About Things That Haven't Occurred Yet — Chapter 22

IN THIS LIFE, PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT.

I DO NOT HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO ENDURE IT AGAIN.

ADELHEID.

SINCE I AM ONLY REALIZING IT NOW,

BECAUSE I REALIZED IT TOO LATE, I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER ANY WORDS,

YET IF I CONVEY THEM TO YOU,

YOUR WORLD IS NEITHER IRRATIONAL

NOR HUMILIATING.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE AS STRONG AS YOU.

ADELHEID!

...DO... MINIC?

YES, YES. IT IS ME. ARE YOU OK...

TH-THE DRAGON'S HEART...

...I WILL BORROW YOUR SWORD FOR A MOMENT.

ONLY AFTER SEEING ADELE'S LIFE DOES IT BECOME A QUESTION.

IN AN ERA WHERE DRAGONS HAVE VANISHED, WHY IS A DRAGON'S BLESSING NECESSARY?

SINCE THIS IS A WORLD WHERE IT IS PROPER TO THINK FOR ONESELF AND CULTIVATE AND LIVE ONE'S LIFE,

NOTHING CAN INVADE THIS, AND NO ONE CAN JUDGE THIS.

IT IS ONLY PROPER THAT IT BE REMEMBERED SIMPLY AS,

ONCE UPON A VERY LONG TIME AGO, THERE WERE A GREAT DRAGON AND A BLESSING.

ADELHEID.

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WANT TO SHOW YOU SUCH A WORLD.

THE MOMENT I THRUST MY SWORD TOWARD THE DRAGON OF TIME,

I WAS AFRAID SHE WOULD DIE FOREVER JUST LIKE THIS.

HOWEVER, MORE FRIGHTENING THAN THAT WAS

FORGETTING ADELHEID'S WORDS, EXPRESSION, AND ALL OF THESE EMOTIONS ENTIRELY,

HURTING HER AGAIN,

AND REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKE.

THAT FEAR WAS SO DISTANT AND VAST

THAT I BORROWED ADELE'S SWORD, WHICH I WASN'T EVEN USED TO HOLDING IN MY HAND.

IT FELT LIKE IT HAD TO BE THAT SWORD.

EVEN SO, I AM STILL AFRAID.

MORE THAN I CAN BEAR.

....AH.

IT IS TOO LATE.

NOW ADELHEID RETURNS TO THE BEGINNING WITH ALL HER MEMORIES INTACT,

AND I RETURN TO THE BEGINNING HAVING FORGOTTEN ALL MY MEMORIES.

BECAUSE THAT IS THE DRAGON'S BLESSING BESTOWED UPON HER.

...I WAS FOOLISH.

I COULD NOT TELL YOU, ADELHEID.

...I DO NOT WANT TO FORGET.

ANYTHING REGARDING YOU.

....HH.

UGH...

...HH.