One dies.

One life ends.

That's just it.

But I guess the impact of just that on the surroundings has a lot to do with what that human has become.

If nothing is made of dying, it will not affect the people and things around us in any way. It's just a story that one human being dies, and that there's not even anything sad about it that's possible enough.

In that regard, he cannot help but feel blessed.

"I did nothing."

But it seems that many people mourn and grieve for the end of his life.

That was just a little consolation for him to realize the end of his life, which he couldn't accomplish anything about.

"That's not true"

The powerful and gentle voice thrown against his sigh had enough power to reassure Halwar's heart. The voice of Halberg Reus-Lucion. Son's voice. Merciful and affectionate, Hulberg is arguably the most colorfully inherited of Hulwar's three children. It's not just nature. The position and the role, too, I let it pass on.

In other words, it is a position and a role to play in helping Gandhia make the leap.

Halwar supported Siuscloud, and Halberg the son supported Leongand the son. Siuscloud does not fulfill his aspirations, and Halwar is also about to die halfway down the road. But Hulberg isn't. I have done everything in my power to achieve Leongand's ambitions. It was Hulberg who made the battle work on many battlefields, playing leongands and letting him raise his admiration.

He was a proud son.

"You just did. Thus deny my word."

Halwar laughed for the first time in a long time. He could hardly even see Halberg's face firmly with his dark-covered eyes, but still, he tried to see my child's face. In the darkness, Hulberg's figure is shaken like a shadow.

Halwar has three children. Halberg, Haldir, Halkar. They were all boys. It means I was blessed with a baby too, and in that respect, I have to say, I was happy. The more kings and successors there are, the better. Even if the successors are incompetent, as long as the people around them are firm, the country will never go in the wrong direction, Lucion, that's how history has accumulated. There's nothing wrong with the next king.

"It is up to the Father to teach us that it is the duty of the Son and the duty of his subordinate minister to deny if he is doing the wrong thing, even if he is a venerable Father or a great King"

"Well... that's what I remember"

"Father's teachings are all I have."

There is no precipitation in the words of Hulberg. It means it's not a snuff lie. So I punched him in the chest, and it resonated with my heart. The voice that resonates in my heart creates multiple regrets. Makes people like him wonder why they couldn't let him be more free. It was Halwar himself who tied his life up.

One day, it became a country to devote itself to Gandhia.

"... That voice sounds good. Often, I hear you. That's just the voice. Only that voice will remain in my ear."

Halwar snapped, but Halberg didn't come to anything. Maybe it wasn't anything, maybe it was because I couldn't find the words to say. Either way, Halwar just reaffirmed the fact that only his son's voice is giving him a sense of reality.

In the ever-increasing darkness he sees all the starry skies. A universe that extends inside the lid. The many shining stars make him think about his life.

His life was dedicated to one man.

Ciuscloud Ray-Gandia.

Called Gandia's Young Lion King, he couldn't be a hero while having enough style to line up with the heroic grandeurs of the past.

I got sick and fell without being a hero. Everyone was complaining that the disease was caused by the poison raised by Marcias-Vlidia, the lord of Zalwarn, and, in fact, seemed right.

Cius Cloud challenged and defeated Zalwarn.

Halwar's life was just as over when he fell ill and fell unconscionable. I lost sight of a light called the Sius Cloud. The world that seemed so radiant lost its colour as soon as possible and was covered in shadows and darkness. Why is this world cruel? Destiny is, for all this, so innocuous? Halwar glanced at heaven, but with no improvement in Siuscloud's medical condition, all the time went by.

It was the growth of his sons that comforted Halwar's heart, who had lost his English temper, and the light reflected in Halberg's eyes among them gave him hope. Hope is no exaggeration to say that it was the support of my heart and kept him alive until today. In that sense, Halwar was grateful to Halberg. Had it not been for Hulberg, Hulwar could have been dead by now. In that case, it would mean he died carelessly.

There is nothing but thoughtlessness in dying without meaning what you have become.

But if I were to die now, I think what I've become made some sense.

At least, Gandhia, the tri-national alliance with Myon was not pointless. Only if there was an alliance between Lucion and Mion could Gandhia expand its national territory so far. In one Gandia country, it must have been best to control Logner.

Gandhia became one of the best in the small group of nations. Neither that nor this is because Halwar has set the stage for the Siuss Cloud, which his son Hulberg has maintained and set for a better environment. Hulberg's marriage to Linonclair, Princess of Gandhia, was also meant to make the alliance with Gandhia stronger. The two marriages deepened and strengthened the ties between the two countries.

The country itself, Lucion, has grown stronger. The White Saint Knights, organised by Hulberg for Linonclair, were strong and became so known as the luxury of Lucion in just a few years. Hulberg and Linonclair had a positive influence on Lucion in various ways.

Neither that nor this is too much to say when it comes to what Halwar has become.

He twists his neck around his chest, looking out for the universe that spreads to his ceiling, thinking to convince himself.

(But...)

But it's also true that I made a sacrifice for it.

"Halberg, are you there?

"Yes, Father. I'm here."

"Fine, then."

Halwar was satisfied with the cool voice of his proud son. Satisfied, but at the same time it was also true to learn to catch on. It's not like Hulberg's words and actions get caught up. Question marks arise in one's life. You question yourself and his life.

Wasn't there something else you could have done?

"Think of what I'm about to tell you as a will, and listen"

"What do you say?"

"No, I know best myself that I have little time left. It will also be obvious to your eyes. I don't need to. Don't worry about me."

"Father..."

"It's Halberg. I have tried so hard to live with myself. I intend to do what I can. But in retrospect, I sometimes wonder what the hell I've become."

Instant little light in the stars. That's my life. It shines small in the sea of many stars, large and small. Really little light. Then I can't illuminate anyone. In that regard, how about the next giant star? A star that burns as big and powerful as the Sun. That's the Cius Cloud. He illuminated many stars as the Sun. The illuminated stars burned until each of them ran out of life. I had to burn.

That's what a star called Sius Cloud was all about.

"I saw the light in the Sius Cloud"

Anything that sees light can only continue to follow the light until its life is exhausted. Follow the light, burn it, burn it out in the scorch of light. I've seen many of those things. I also thought it was something that would happen, and I even thought that would be okay.

Light is so fascinating, it creates fanaticism.

"Therefore I have devoted everything to the Sius Cloud. All of my power. All of my life. All of my life. Anyway, he spared me nothing. Even if my dreams were broken and I fell halfway down, there would have been no regrets there. Even if the country perishes."

I can see Halberg breathing. Oh, my God. The time of death is already approaching, and you can't possibly tell it in your dull senses, but I knew that I would take it in my hands when it came to Halberg. It's just like only his voice is often heard. Strange thing, but no doubt arose. Maybe that's what parents and children are for.

"I have done what I can, and I will die with my breasts stretched out."

But how about reality?

Put your chest up, is it something you can die of?

If you think about it, you have to shake your head to the side.

I have regrets.

Bitter thoughts are tightening Halwar's mind.

"But in fact, it's not. I can't die with my chest up like this. In regret, of which there is nothing more than death."

"Father, what's ridiculous?"

"Listen. Listen. I must tell you so."

Hulberg's anger probably came out because he couldn't tolerate a statement that could also be taken as Hulwar's masochism. For Halberg, Halwar is a respectable father and a great king. You can't admit that such a person is despicable.

Sius, I have a good son.

That's all you can be proud of against the Sius Cloud.

Just that.

But that's why I regret it.

"I let my dreams and my role, which should have already been over, take over until I had done so. It has allowed him to inherit the role of supporting the Ciuss Cloud and preparing the ground for his activity in a different way. I tied my life up."

The stage for Sius Cloud set the stage for Leongand.

Originally, everything should have been broken down when a man with the heroic appearance of Cius Cloud fell unrepeatable. That way, at least, we shouldn't have even tied up Halberg's life.

Don't be sorry about that.

"I'm afraid, Father"

Hulberg has spoken in a clear tone of voice.

"I do not regret my previous life. I, as Hulberg Reus-Lucion, intend to live to the fullest. I've never even thought about life tied up."

"... that it's tied. It was nothing but my business that kept me from thinking of other ways."

"... but!

"It's okay. That's good. I have thoughts of mine, and of mine. That's all. As far as my thoughts are concerned, I only regret it. I'm not going to let you carry me until I regret it."

That is the inheritance of life itself.

"I just need to be clear about this."

"... Yes"

"If I die, I will inherit the throne of Lucion. That's unshakable. Both the heavy ministers and their younger brothers have already been convinced. Then you will be king of Lucion."

It is also the default route.

It is only natural that Halberg, the first son of the current King Halwar, is the first heir to the throne, and if the first heir to the throne is not inconvenient, it can only be said that it is inevitable that the person in question will inherit the throne. And those who are dissatisfied with Halberg's succession to the throne will not be alone. Halberg, who often follows Gandia's outings as Prince of Lucion, but the attitude of taking the lead in the battle not only attracts trust from the military, but the undisciplined policy power attracts the expectations of the civilian population. Impossible, such as a voice of rebellion coming from the Lucion people. Halberg was popular with the people along with Princess Linonclair.

Lucion will be a better country if he succeeds to the throne. Everyone must be whispering to each other that way. Halwar understands. And that's not necessarily a mistake. At the very least, there is no question that Halwar will be a much better country than the one at the apex where we have lost sight of our dreams and hopes.

"... Yes"

"There is nothing to bind him to that which made him king. Whatever you want."

"Father...?

Halberg raised his voice, bewildered, but Halwar said nothing. Speaking of something, that is his guiding principle. As has been the case so far, I'm sure it will. So what couldn't be one thing that would affect his thinking any more?

"I told him. That's the will. Good for the ministers, too. Including. Lucion's future depends on Hulberg."

I told him and unilaterally cut the story off.

Even though it was to keep Hulberg from scolding me, I was tired.

This is the only conversation you can have with a weakened body.

(Was this how you did too? Sius)

Halwar thought of his friend, who had been fighting on the hospital bed for nearly twenty long years, and wept. I'll see you soon. At that time, let's go through years of battle.

He closed his eyes slowly.