Thus, the wise strive for light - to start over with a life in different worlds

I stare at the monster in front of me, recognizing that my breath is rising.

Already the ice blade starts to melt with my heat, and the droplets tell my fingers.

No matter how many times you chop up your body, the monster in front of you is not going to fall.

But on the other hand, the monster didn't attack this one.

I just walk to Zahr and Cyan in the back, and they don't even look at me.

I finally realized that I was sincerely angry with such a monster.

But that's what it is.

"... you're not even in the eye. You're kidding me."

I'm going crazy.

I'm even physiologically averse to this guy.

But Koitzha in front of me, about Oreno and other mimosinai......!

"Kill. Be sure, I'll kill you...!

That's when I noticed a petal scattered at his feet.

Of that flower garden, white flowers.

It is the place where the boy who aspires to the Savior was born.

……

Why?

I hate this guy.

But... my hand stopped for a moment.

"... Savior"

That's right.

I exchanged that promise, the flower garden.

Why, this guy holds the memories of that time.

"No more, stop. Brother."

Cyan in the back, squeaking.

What am I supposed to stop doing?

I don't know about that, I just stand up.

"Your brother, he's not a monster... Huh!

"... what?

I don't understand what Cyan is saying.

You mean me, don't you?

- For a moment, I had eyes with this guy in front of me.

……

I understood.

But I didn't want to understand.

Finally, I understand.

This is me.

I forgot myself... no, I was pushing in, I'm the last person I want to see right now, I'm the one in my childhood.

"... oh well. I think I finally understand what Mentila wanted to say now"

I've been running from this guy my whole life.

But now I'm not going to get away with anything.

In a chamber with no escape, in this place where everything was over and everything began.

Now I have to face the past.

"Sorry, me. A little bit, I think I lost my eyesight."

……

"Come on. I'm gonna beat you this time."

Looks like he finally noticed me with those words, and he points this way at the tip of the knife that was rolling to the ground.

Like I'm scared of this guy, he's got something to say to me, too.

Come here, I'll run.

The movement will be dull, and it will be possible to avoid it or to turn straight back into a counterattack.

But I took it with my body.

……

"Ha. If you take it, it won't hurt."

"... you, ha"

"Oh, you kept me waiting. Now (...) Degree (...) Ko (...), (...) I (...) came (...) to (...) rescue (...) Chi (...)"

Clumsy, too slow a conclusion.

But I knew very well that the words would be salvation.

I glance at the two people behind me and stare at the door in front of me.

Exhale loudly once and concentrate your nerves on your fists.

As such, the door in front of him was shot.

"... What does Mr. Mentila intend to do now?

"From now on... of course, we will defeat Bettenburg. That's why I'm here now."

"Really, that's an odd encounter. Me too."

"... Ha, ha. You know, it might be rude to say this, but maybe we're alike."

Mentila's dry laugh echoes in the night sky.

The wolf took it face-to-face.

"It may be so"

At the same time as the wolf's response, the feeling of air straining for a moment strikes the wolf.

Mentila seems to have noticed that too, gripping the pattern of the sword she had.

It was another raven... Bethenburg who showed up from the dark direction.

"Long time no see, both of you"

"... Bettenburg"

"You, are you going to come all the way here to die?

I laugh at the wolf's words, after giving him a look as if he had eaten his face, that he could no longer reveal himself.

"No, I heard the three of you screwed up during the day, and then I was driven to the end."

"... Lazareth won't let me kill you."

"I don't care about such trinkets. My purpose, wolf. It's you."

"My purpose is yours, too. It's disgusting, but we seem to feel the same way."

"Seems so."

Bettenburg laughs at the joke with his nose and shrugs his shoulders.

The next moment, there was a scratch on the wolf's cheek.

"... eh"

"There are rules in the world. The same existence cannot exist on the same timeline"

"So you're here to get rid of me that gets in the way?

"Exactly. Decide it's impossible to call the devil into this world at the earliest. Let me switch to another plan."

Now, separating the conversation, he opens his hands.

His expression was full of himself, backwards of that gap filled aptitude.

"It's time to plead not guilty. Gentlemen, enjoy your last moments."

I hear a fierce sword trident.

In front of you, wolves and mentiras.

- And Bettenburg.

"... why did you..."

Squeeze.

But the voice was extinguished by a sword trident.

No, I'm not even sure if it's really a sword trident.

Because Bettenburg in front of you hasn't even pulled out a sword.

We're dealing with each other at the same time.

A wolf noticed I was awake and said, not turning around.

"Run. If I lose you now, I'm really done!

"... Damn!

I can see from the situation in front of me that it's useless for me to add up.

Besides, if you can bring the White Wolf, I'm sure you'll have a chance.

Now, we have to run.

That's when they stopped me from behind.

"Oh, Mr. Lazareth. I'll tell you what, the other one in the fangs is playing with my men. It's no use thinking about calling reinforcements."

"... can you afford to make a finding?

Only for a moment, he turns behind Bettenburg, distracted by me, and the wolf flashes his neck.

But he took himself with one hand without even looking at it.

"Even if there is. At a time when I'm not pulling out my sword, I find that obvious, don't I?

"... Bettenburg. The devil has perished, no matter what his form. Your ambitions must have been crushed. Yet why avenge this world!

"... oh, I see. To tell Lasalles? Okay, let's talk about it."

Bettenburg started talking once he distance himself from them and gently swept the dust.

"Lazareth, do you know where the price of the spell disappears?

"... you know"

"Everything will be restored to the founder of the spell, the original brave man. Disappeared, to the last raven."

"A brave man is a raven...?

"I suppose so. And now he's got a presence called Lazareth. It's all because of you. Thank you for your cooperation, wise man."

... I was working with Bettenburg?

Got a presence called Lasalles? What are you talking about?

No. I already knew that.

I guess the spell was a means of collecting the price to create the brave body.

And I gave away the presence of Lazareth.

"But there is a troublesome decision in this world that two identical beings should not exist. That's why I have to eliminate the wolves."

"... to the wolf and Lazareth, what does that have to do with... ugh!

"Even if there is. You've moved beyond time and space to this world, getting in the way of my plan."

"Mr. Lazares-Mercius?

The name was mine.

But my gaze isn't pointing at me, it's rather capturing the wolf.

The wolf, Lazareth?

"Let's get this over with, Mr. Lazareth. And Mentila. It's a mystery now what you thought you could beat me for, but the play has to end."

"Lazareth! Run away already, I have a tear ready for Mactoria at the entrance!

The wolf's cry echoes throughout the castle.

And when I realized it, I was so self-absorbed that I ran away from them.

"And no other love."

Bethenburg wipes his bloody sword and disappears from the balcony.

My consciousness is already hazy, and Mentila keeps her body on the wall, and she's depressed.

That fact made it clear that we lost.

"... Mr. Mentila. Give them this sword."

I get up somehow and put two swords next to him.

So I walked, and I made a tear with the last force I had left, and fell into it.

It was a white flower garden.

Illuminated by the moonlight, a single tree stretches out its shadows.

I could reunite with Sophia, a place of memories.

The flowers at your feet stain the Zhu.

The dream is over. The beast could not save the human world.

Like the flowers here scatter, I'm sure they'll disappear to scatter, too.

"... I can't protect him anymore."

Unbeknownst grumble.

But the presence behind him appeared as if he had reacted to the crush.

"... Sophia, is it?

"Wolf...? What's wrong, that wound!

"Ha... Flashy, you're fucked."

I hear Sophia rushing over.

But I can hardly see my vision anymore, and the contours just seem blurry.

I squeezed my last force and removed my mask.

"... I knew it was Lasalles"

"You were finding out, I knew it.... but I still don't like hiding things"

"Don't talk! Now give me a hand..."

"That's okay. I'm done with what I have to do. From now on, we're gonna entrust it to him... Grr!

The wound hurts.

But good enough to talk to her for the last time, right?

"Sophia. I love it"

"... eh"

"I've been wandering for a long time, but I haven't forgotten about you for a moment. It's true."

"I can't believe you're happy to hear me say that right now...!

"... I'm fine. I'm sure we'll be able to go around again."

I'm sorry it's one-sided, but don't screw with me.

I don't want the girl in front of me to cry again.

My body is losing its strength.

It must be time.

So, at the end.

"... Sophia"

I called your name.