About Things That Haven't Occurred Yet — Chapter 24

YOU ARE RIGHT...

OUR WORLD IS NO LONGER A WORLD THAT BELONGS ONLY TO US.

NOTHING IN THIS LIFE IS EVER SET IN STONE FOR US.

SO PLEASE... TAKE BACK YOUR BLESSING. I'M BEGGING YOU...

I AM BEGGING YOU, LYKRESIAOL!

SHE LIVES WITH MEMORIES OF THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

IF I DO THIS... I'LL FORGET HER, JUST LIKE I ALWAYS DO.

AND THEN SHE WILL BE LEFT ALL ALONE AGAIN.

I CANNOT BEAR THAT...

WE HAVE FALLEN INTO AN ETERNAL SLUMBER, SO WHY DO YOU BELIEVE OUR BLESSING STILL EXISTS?

LYKRESIAOL? IS THAT YOU?

YES, LITTLE HUMAN.

WE KNOW THAT YOU LOST YOUR WORLD BECAUSE OF US.

THAT IS WHY WE FELL INTO AN ETERNAL SLUMBER,

AND THE DRAGON'S BLESSING DISAPPEARED A THOUSAND YEARS AGO.

...THEN WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS POWER THAT WE POSSESS?

THE BLESSING... THE BLESSING STILL EXISTS.

THAT IS WHY ADEL KEEPS... DOING THAT...

HUMANS HAVE BELIEVED IN THE EXISTENCE OF DRAGONS AND THEIR BLESSINGS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.

AND THEY CONTINUED TO BELIEVE EVEN THROUGHOUT THE THOUSAND YEARS AFTER OUR DISAPPEARANCE.

THE REASON THAT BLESSING CONTINUES TO EXIST IS NEITHER THE POWER NOR THE WILL OF DRAGONS.

IT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE BELIEVED IN IT FOR SO MANY YEARS.

EVERY STORY CONTAINED WITHIN THOSE YEARS IS YOUR STORY, AND THE SOURCE OF THE BLESSING.

IF YOU DENY THE BLESSING,

ITS POWER WILL NO LONGER REACH YOU.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR BLESSING AS A HERO.

THAT MEANS YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO ENTER THE MOUNTAIN OF TIME.

I DON'T CARE.

I MUST GO. WITHOUT FORGETTING A SINGLE THING,

I MUST RETURN TO HER.

THEN PROMISE ME SOMETHING.

WHAT... MUST I DO?

TELL THOSE WHO WILL RECEIVE MY BLESSING.

TO PUT AN END TO THE ENDLESS PASSAGE OF TIME.

DOES THAT MEAN... ADEL MUST COME HERE AGAIN?

THE MOUNTAIN OF TIME FEEDS ON TIME ITSELF.

FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS REPEATED TIME COUNTLESS TIMES, THIS PLACE IS LIKE POISON.

HOW COULD WE POSSIBLY ASK THAT OF THAT CHILD?

WE, WHO ARE NEITHER DEAD NOR ALIVE, CANNOT TAKE BACK THAT BLESSING OURSELVES, EITHER.

SO PROMISE ME.

THAT SOMEDAY, NO MATTER WHEN,

YOU WILL BRING THE HEARTS OF ALL OF US DRAGONS TO A STOP.

ARE THESE THE LAST FIVE DRAGONS REMAINING ON THE MOUNTAIN?

I, TOO, SHALL MAKE YOU A PROMISE.

YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE ABLE TO KILL US.

CHILD WHO RECEIVED THE BLESSING,

YOU MUST KEEP WHAT YOU SAW AND HEARD HERE A SECRET.

BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY THING IN THE WORLD

THAT IS 'ABSOLUTE.'

I OPENED MY EYES AGAIN BESIDE MY FAMILY'S CORPSES,

AND BEGGED LIKE A DOG ONCE MORE BEFORE ANTON'S BLOODSTAINED SWORD.

ONCE AGAIN, I SURVIVED.

ONCE AGAIN,

MY PREVIOUS LIFE BECAME SOMETHING THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED.

HA...

HE FORGOT ME.

DOMINIC

LEGENON...

HE... DOESN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHO I AM.

WHY ARE YOU CRYING?

YOU STABBED HIM WITH YOUR OWN HANDS, SO WHY ARE YOU CRYING? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

ARE YOU MARRIED?

NO.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A FIANCÉ?

...NO.

YOU DON'T LOOK THAT YOUNG, EITHER. THAT'S UNEXPECTED.

DO MEN REALLY LEAVE YOU ALONE?

HIS MAJESTY...

HIS MAJESTY...?

ARE YOU ASKING WHETHER I'D LEAVE YOU ALONE?

...WHO KNOWS?

IT'S A RELIEF THAT DOMINIC ISN'T HERE.

IF HE WERE BY MY SIDE, HE WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT ME WITH DISGUST-

AND THOUGHT OF ME AS A PATHETIC HUMAN BEING.

WHY DO YOU KEEP CRYING?

YOU'RE GETTING ON MY NERVES...

THIS WON'T DO.

IF I DIE AND START OVER AGAIN,

THEN I'LL ENTER THE MONTE PALACE AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SURVIVE UNTIL THE END.

WHAT...?!

AND MEET DOMINIC AGAIN, JUST LIKE IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE.

I'VE DONE IT ONCE BEFORE, SO SHOULDN'T I BE ABLE TO DO BETTER THAN LAST TIME?

HE SEEMED TO DISLIKE BEING SPOKEN TO WHILE ON DUTY, SO I'LL REFRAIN FROM THAT.

INSTEAD, I'LL VISIT HIS STUDY AND TRY TALKING TO HIM.

I'LL DO THAT,

AND THEN,

AND THEN...

...NO MATTER WHAT I DO, IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AS IT WAS BACK THEN.

HIC...

SOB...

YOUR... THE CARRIAGE OUTSIDE IS...

...?!

WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!!