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“Sister…!”

Even though she knew it was an illusion, Rosie tried to capture her sister’s illusion.

There was no guarantee that the vision was real, but the situation and environment of the battlefield itself were exactly as he had investigated.

No, but rather than that, I was so happy to see my sister’s face after such a long time that I had no room for doubt.

“You always pretend to be rational, but what are you doing holding onto the illusion…”

The crow snorted and mocked her, finding such a pathetic sight.

“Your sister was finished then. From that point on, she was a pathetic girl who was played into the hands of the Demon King…”

“Shut up! What do you know!!!”

“What do you know about me that you said that to my class… no, to Raul.”

“Because that guy took my sister away…! He didn’t cry and just had a look of disinterest…!”

“Ha!”

The crow looked into Rosie’s eyes with angry eyes.

The only thing that was hidden in those golden, enchanting eyes was stubbornness. The crow lamented at the sight of those eyes that seemed to be struggling to find something to hate.

That everything was meaningless. If I had known it would end up like this, I wouldn’t have made that choice.

“You… need to feel it a bit.”

A feather fell from the crow’s wing and pierced Rosie’s chest, lodged directly in her heart.

“The pain he felt.”

And what unfolded next was Raoul coming face to face with Leila, who had become insane and consumed by a curse.

“Leila…?”

“Come on…”

“Leila… What traces of magic are engraved on that body…”

“Kill me Raul…”

Leila swung her sword and attacked Raoul, but her voice was crying out for death.

“Before I kill my loved ones… Please…!”

“If it’s a curse, it’s a problem that can be solved. Penelope is knowledgeable about this kind of thing…”

“Wake up, Raoul Bergé! Look at what’s behind you right now!!!”

The Queen of Dragons was watching all this orgy.

As she was the key figure in this plan and the one who proposed this scheme to the Demon King, she wanted to see the end of this affair.

“Now, show me the end of that love…”

Like an audience before a stage, she longed for that unknown ending.

It is impossible to close the play without leaving the audience behind, who are like the queen of dragons.

Even if he could subdue Leila, he wouldn’t be able to take Leila and fend off the Queen of Dragons with his battered body.

“So that I don’t get disappointed.”

The Queen’s words meant nothing to Raoul.

Because the only thing that mattered to him right now was Leila.

“No… You… You know… You’re my other half… I…!”

“I can’t kill you… But I have to kill you… Only you can kill me… Because you have to be the one to kill me… If I die to someone else… You will definitely…”

Leila couldn’t bring herself to finish her words, so she transformed her dagger into a scythe and swung it around.

The vicious attack that tore even the space apart left deep scars on Raoul’s cheek and shoulder.

The curse that was placed upon her was such a curse. A terrible curse that killed everything she tried to protect.

“Please… kill me before I kill my friends and Rosie too, Raoul… my other half…”

“Leila… You are truly… a cruel woman.”

Leila tried her best to keep her wits about her, but she couldn’t stop the rampage.

“Raoul Bergé, son of Arthur Bergé and Latri Bergé, and commander of the Imperial Knights of the Iron Bird Order. From now on, I will treat you as an enemy and fight against you.”

“… Yeah.”

Raoul’s staff deflected Leila’s scythe.

Since his staff was rated 100 points, it was able to deflect the scythe, which was rated 99 points.

Because she could never jump over that one point. She was born before the finish line, but was destined to die before the finish line. An unfortunate genius who could surpass everyone with her talent but could never reach the finish line.

“Kill me quickly, Raul…!”

Raoul tried to cut Leila’s thigh with the blade of his hand. The reason his hand was shaking was not only because of the ‘resonance’ he had given it.

Every moment spent looking at her face created a stronger force and hesitation.

“You know you can’t kill me if you come out so slowly…! Faster and stronger…! Do your best and kill me…!”

He wanted to do that, but Raul’s body did not follow his decision.

His head, his heart, and his body all recognized her as one.

Who can hit their own body with all their might? Who can stab their own body with a weapon with all their might? It is natural to hesitate. It is natural to feel weak.

Because Leila was Raoul’s half-body, and Raoul was Leila’s half-body.

For a moment, Raoul even thought that it might not be a bad idea to die by her hands.

“If I leave it like this… I might end up killing your sister… Because that child is also one of the people I wanted to protect…”

Then a dull thud resounded.

Raoul’s palm struck Leila’s jaw.

“Yeah… That’s right… We’re just a brother and sister, right…? Idiots who have cute younger sisters should get upset at such remarks.”

Leila was Raoul, and Raoul was just like Leila.

That’s why I knew exactly what to say in order to draw out my opponent’s power.

“I’m sorry, Leila. I refused your request… and tried to make you my death.”

“That’s enough. Since this is the last time, let’s burn it brilliantly, Raul, my other half… my lovely, lovely half…!”

It clashed with Leila’s scythe and Raoul’s staff.

Raoul looked sadder than ever, but he seemed to have finally made up his mind.

“Come to think of it, I made a mistake in my introduction. The introduction I should have given wasn’t something so trivial.”

Raoul corrected his introduction.

“Raoul Bergé, the demigod of Leila Nevermore. From now on, I will suffer and… save you.”

“Raoul Bergé’s demigod Leila Nevermore. Please do your best to kill me… I feel like I can’t control my body anymore…”

Her scythe transformed into a nine-bladed sword with a single handle, like the nine-headed serpent of mythology.

Nine sabers flew at Raoul at the same time.

And Raul deliberately took the attack.

Rosie screamed in pain that was so severe that death would have been better. But Raoul accepted the pain calmly. No, it would be more correct to say that he accepted it happily.

Because the love wasn’t shallow enough to make you scream at what your friend gave you.

“Leila. I still can’t define this feeling.”

Raoul still couldn’t define his feelings.

But one thing is clear: no one makes me feel those emotions as intensely as Leila.

Raoul knew everything about her. The way she handled her weapons, her little habits, even how her weapons worked.

Because Raoul was Leila’s demigod.

“Still, I’m going to say it anyway.”

Leila transformed her weapon into a chainsickle and threw it away.

Leila’s chainsickle flew straight towards Raoul’s heart, but Raoul knew the weakness of the attack. After all, Raoul was her other half.

Leila had a habit of unconsciously adjusting her grip on the chain the moment the scythe touched her body. That slight gap was one of the countless points she could not overcome.

Raoul, who knew that, deliberately created an opening and wrapped the chain that had been flying towards the square around his arm.

Because the weapon she possessed had a weakness in that it could not transform if two people touched it at the same time.

“You are my everything, Leila.”

Raul’s right hand began to vibrate violently. The vibration was so strong that white energy could be seen rippling, and it even appeared to glow brightly.

“That’s why… That’s why… I won’t let anyone else kill you. Only I can kill you… And I’m the only one who can kill you…”

“Yeah…”

“It should be so… This misery… This sadness… This anger? What is this emotion that gives rise to these emotions?”

Raoul couldn’t tell.

I wanted to express that feeling.

He wanted to tell Leila his feelings one last time.

“If not being able to tell them… is a punishment for me for not being able to protect my half… if that’s true… then it’s really…”

Raoul, who had come within striking distance of Leila, had a sadder smile on his face than ever before.

“That’s a cruel punishment, Leila.”

Leila’s body, consumed by the curse, threw away her weapon and began to strangle Raoul in order to kill him.

Leila’s strength was so great that if left alone, Raoul would surely die of a broken neck before suffocating.

“Raoul… Raoul… That feeling is definitely…”

“And… that’s…”

Raoul finally squeezed out his voice and thrust his trembling right hand into Leila’s chest.

His right hand was trembling not from Raoul’s power, but from misery, sadness, and anger.

That right hand held onto regret and at the same time squeezed Leila’s heart, causing it to burst.

“Leila… Leila… I love you…”

“Don’t say it… Raul. I have something to say too…”

Even though she had lost her heart, Leila’s heart was still beating.

Not a piece of meat called a heart,

Because of the heart that calls it love.

“More than anyone else in the world, I, more than anyone else in the world, you.”

She took out the strength she had saved for the very end and resisted the curse, caressing Raoul’s cheek.

“I love you Raoul Bergé.”

With those words, Leila took her last breath.

Their relationship ended with their hands still touching each other’s bodies.

“Love…”

Raoul was shocked, as if he had found an answer he had forgotten.

If the feelings she had for him were love.

It was clear that the feelings he had for her were love.

“Was it love… My feelings…”

Black blood, instead of tears, began to flow from his eyes.

“I couldn’t even tell you that I loved you until the end… I wasted so many moments… foolishly… ”

Raoul looked at his right hand, which was covered in Leila’s blood.

Black tears of blood fell onto Leila’s blood-reddened right hand.

The red love began to turn into black regret and sorrow.

“Your heart burst… I think mine burst too…”

Raoul’s heart began to break apart.

“I can’t just let you go like this… I have to tell you that I love you too…”

Raoul prayed.

He asked if time could stop. He was so scared of all the time that was to come, all the moments without Leila, all the moments he would have to spend without being able to tell her that he loved her.

I couldn’t accept this reality. I couldn’t accept it. But reality was reality. The reality that Raoul himself killed Leila never changed.

“Please… Leila… Don’t leave me alone…”

Leila was Raoul’s demigod.

I couldn’t walk because I had no legs. I couldn’t grab because I had no hands. I couldn’t see because I had no eyes. I couldn’t hear because I had no ears.

Without a heart, I didn’t feel alive anymore.

“I loved you too… It was the same… More than anyone in the world… I loved you more than anyone in the world…!!!”

Raoul shed black tears of blood without stopping.

Rose, who was watching the scene from afar, couldn’t help but shed tears. She was faced with the worst truth of that day, the truth that she had been ignoring all along.

Rosie, who was shedding tears like that, could hear a wailing sound that could not be said to be made by a human being.

And Rosie could feel it. A terrible pain that could not possibly be of this world. The worst pain, as if her heart was being torn apart and burned.

Even Rosie had never felt that much pain over her sister’s death.

“Raoul Bergé…”

Raoul was the man who mourned Leila’s death more than anyone else.

Raoul was the man who loved Leila more than anyone else.

Raoul was the man who suffered more than anyone because of Leila.

It hurt as much as I loved. That was it.