From that day on, there was one less obedient and gentle little girl who liked to circle around her parents. There was one more Destiny Knight who tried to use his limited life to save all the people who had tragic experiences or were about to face disaster.
Kallen felt her body temperature continuously drain away, and the images in front of her quickly passed by like illustrations. She seemed to have seen all 16 years of her life, but she had completely forgotten them after they floated in front of her.
She saw her hands that were stained with the blood of someone unknown.
She saw a child running on the ridge of the wheat field.
She saw the death she had experienced, the hope, pain, and stubbornness of those who had died.
However, all of this was gone like smoke and smoke. It was not very clear, like the words on the beach. It disappeared in a flash, not leaving a single trace behind.
The only things that remained were the few scenes that were most indelible in her memories.
The first scene was the village where Kallen grew up. There were four cats and two dogs in the village. One of them, a gray cat named Akeley, always liked to rub against Maria's pants in the afternoon sun or quietly squat by her feet after Kallen finished her meal. Then, Kallen would secretly leave a small bowl of porridge and feed it to Maria after she finished eating. There were a few times when Maria actually saw it, but she didn't say anything. She just happily raised Kallen high and told her that she was a kind and loving child.
Those days always passed quickly and simply. These monotonous lives were the most stable and happy times in Kallen's life. There were golden wheat fields there, and when the wind blew, the wheat would rise and fall like waves. Kallen and Maria sat under the tree. Maria was doing needlework, Kallen was playing house with her bear, and the villagers were dancing to celebrate this year's abundance.
Sometimes, Kallen would go to Kush's workshop to play. There were many strange things there. Kallen heard that Kush was a carpenter and could make many things. Most of the wooden products in the village were made by Kush, which made Kallen very curious and admire him. She pestered Kush many times to learn carpentry, but Kush refused on the grounds that carpentry was not suitable for girls to learn.
Although the young Kallen was very confused about this and even sulked at Kush, at this moment, Kallen could clearly see that when she was young and pestered Kush to learn carpentry, Kush first looked at her old hands full of calluses and wounds and thick knuckles, then looked at Kallen's delicate and white hands, and then firmly refused.
When he was young, he didn't understand the love and care of the villagers, but at this moment, he could clearly feel the pampering of the honest and loyal farmers.
It was a precious treasure that he had once enjoyed but had never realized.
The second memory was when she fled to the Easternmost Island alone with the sealed Disintegration Casket. She fell into a deep sleep in the darkness, heavily injured. The only things that accompanied her in the empty abyss were the countless murmurs of the demons in the box, the bone-chilling cold, and hunger.
In that deep and seemingly endless darkness, she had suspected countless times that she had done something wrong, and she had almost collapsed and obeyed the pervasive whispers of the demon in the box. However, there was always a voice calling out to her. The voice was very gentle, with some concern and anxiety. Although that voice was not always there, it was the only pillar that could help her temporarily escape the temptation of the demon in her long nightmare.
The voice that came from nowhere let her know that she was still alive.
In that seemingly endless nightmare, she had also imagined the source of that voice. The owner of that voice must have a pair of soft and warm hands, a pair of gentle eyes, and a pure smile. Her hair would be gently blown by the breeze, like the tassels on the wedding dress of an eastern bride.
Finally, on an unknown day, a trace of light slowly appeared in front of her eyes. Although it was weak, it was extremely dazzling in the dark dream space. She reached out her hand to grab the light, wanting to keep it by her side.
But what she grabbed was a pair of hands, a pair of soft and warm hands.
She opened her eyes and saw that the person in front of her had a pair of gentle eyes. Under those gentle eyes was a pure smile. Under the morning breeze, her pink long hair was gently swayed by the wind like tassels.
That was the end of his life, where he had been wandering on the edge of the abyss, and the beginning of the most regretful period of his life.
However, this beautiful memory was ended by her own hands.
All that was left for her was the nightmare and torture of sealing the person she loved the most with her own hands.
However, after the beautiful merry-go-round, it was the most painful experience in her life, and also the experience she was most unwilling to recall.
It wasn't the day when the village that had carried Kallen's beautiful childhood for six years was destroyed by its own inhabitants, nor was it the day when she learned of Maria's death, nor was it the moment when she personally nailed the person she loved to the ground with a spear made of Soul Steel, because compared to this experience, these pains were simply too blissful.
It was his father, who had appeared in front of him after he was captured and brought back to the European headquarters by the Mandate of Heaven. After he announced that he had fallen in love with Yaekura and was imprisoned in the prison cell that only crossbow-level Disintegration Beasts could enjoy, his face was haggard, and his crystal white hair had lost its luster. In just a few days, it was as if he had been tortured in hell, and he had instantly aged like an old man.
The father who had carefully protected his childhood with beautiful lies.
The father who had insisted on building Maria's cenotaph next to his wife Christina's grave at the expense of his noble reputation.
This father who had taught her how to properly use her power and guided her to use this power to protect and not fight.
This was the father that she admired, the one who always commanded thousands of troops to fight to save the people and fight against the collapse.
In his impression, his father, who was always as steady and unshakable as a mountain, grabbed his collar with his hands that were like iron pincers and pressed him tightly against the iron fence. He let out a roar like a beast that had fallen into despair. The roar was mixed with pain, sadness, despair, and depression. Almost all the negative emotions that could be described came from the iron fence.
Kallen knew that the pain in Francis 'heart was thousands of times greater than the despair he felt.
"Kallen! Tell me! Why?" His father shouted at the top of his lungs, and two streams of hot tears flowed down his cheeks.
"Are you worthy of Thomas, who died from overwork this year?”
"You're worthy of those who trusted and respected you! Even when you were in exile, your subordinates and people spoke up for you regardless of their own positions!”
"Tell me! You did this! Are you worthy of your biological mother? Are you letting Maria down? Are you worthy of the two lives they gave you?! Twice!"
"They saved you from the claws of the fallen! And you're using this to repay them?!"
"Are you worthy of the oath you once made? You once said that you would protect your people! Fight against the collapse! To save the people who suffered because of the collapse! But now! You said that the Lawyer is innocent!"
"You're worthy of those who have lost their homes because of the collapse! His wife and son were separated! Grieving people!"
"The current you! She still dared to call herself Kaslana! Tell me!"
"Kallen! Tell me! Are you letting them down?" Francis's desperate roar mixed with tears echoed in the dungeon for a long time, echoing in Kallen's heart like a bell.
Kallen opened her mouth, but she didn't say those words.
She wanted to say,"Father, forgive me."”
Because she knew that she was not worth it, and there was no reason for her to be forgiven.
Moreover, at that time, he no longer had any reason to live.
After an unknown period of time, a ray of light finally appeared in front of Kallen's eyes. She could finally hear the sounds of the outside world, just like the day she was awakened from her nightmare in the Easternmost Island.
She tried hard to distinguish, and finally, she could distinguish Kiana's voice from the faint voice.
The light gradually expanded, and Kallen saw everything clearly.
The blue sky, the unbridled white clouds, the warm sunlight, and a crying face that was similar to her own.
" Kiana..." Kallen felt a little gratified. Even though she thought that she had committed a great sin, there was still someone willing to cry for her when she was dying. This made her feel a lot more at ease." Little girl..."
" She's fine," Kiana replied with a sobbing voice." There's a large piece of wall that created a small space. She's not injured. I've also destroyed the Disintegration Beasts. There's no one left."
" No one will get hurt anymore…" Kiana's tears fell on Kallen's face, warm and cold.
That's right, no one would get hurt anymore.
Except for you.
You, who protected them, are going to die.
" Kiana... don't cry for me..." Kallen raised her trembling hand with the last of her strength, trying to wipe away the tears at the corner of Kiana's eyes." I am... a sinner... who betrayed mankind..."
"No…I don't want you to say that!”Kiana held Kallen's blood-stained hand that wiped away her tears and pressed it tightly to her face.
" Kiana... is so beautiful..." Kallen's gaze swept over the wings of light on Kiana's back. Although Kallen did not know where the clothes and wings of light on Kiana's back came from, she was very beautiful.
The face that was shedding tears for others and the six-petaled wings that were gently swaying on her back made Kallen suddenly think that she had seen an angel.
However, Kallen could no longer hear Kiana's voice. The brief moment before her death had exhausted almost all of her life force. Images of her 16 years of life flashed before her eyes again.
Feeling Kiana's warmth, Kallen smiled gently, as if the fatal wound was not on her.""I remember now…"
" I don't know when it started…All of this is like a cycle of reincarnation…Thousands of times…I don't know how long I've been in this hellish cycle of reincarnation…I've died over and over again…"
" Until you appeared…You are the only difference in this hell of reincarnation…"
Kiana's eyes were filled with shock. She knew that Kallen was just a program.
But Kallen knew about it herself?
" Don't look so surprised... Actually, I can probably guess what kind of situation I'm in..." Kallen smiled weakly. The hand that Kiana had placed on her face pinched Kiana's face playfully." Kallen... I mean the real... Kallen, how long has it been since she died..."
Kiana was silent for a moment, but she still replied softly,"" It's been more than five hundred years."
" More than 500 years..." Kallen's eyes showed a momentary absent-mindedness." I didn't expect to meet a descendant of Kaslana's family..."
"Eh?" Kiana was even more shocked." You…How did you know…"
" Look at your…silly face…I knew it…" Kallen's eyes were slowly closing, and her voice was getting weaker and weaker.
" There's one more thing... I don't know... if it's possible..." Kallen's voice came out from her lips.
"Speak! I will definitely do it!" Kiana's hands were already trembling slightly. She could feel that Kallen's body temperature was much lower than a normal person's. These were probably her last words.
" The lifespan of a Ruler-mimicking…should be very long…" Kallen could barely open her eyes. She was still hanging on to her last breath.
" It's been five hundred years…if she wakes up from the seal…and finds out that all…all the familiar things…have disappeared…how hopeless would that be…"
" If…I mean if…you meet someone…called Yae-Sakura…"
"Can you…pass on a message to her for me…"
Kallen's throat suddenly began to cough violently. Blood had already seeped into her throat, making it almost impossible for her to finish what she wanted to say.
Kiana put her ear to Kallen's mouth, afraid that she would miss a single syllable.
" Oh right... there's one last thing..." After giving the message to Yaesakura, Kallen's will to live suddenly weakened, as if she was going to die at any moment.
However, she still held on, using the last of her strength to speak with her loudest voice.
Even though he was shouting loudly, he only made the airflow flow a little faster in his throat.
Even though this voice was still inaudible, the emotions that she used all her strength to make sure that Kiana heard Kallen's words.
"Kiana…I hope you…have…a love that you won't regret.”
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