Twilight of Shepherd and Calamity (BY 真真子) - Ch. Extra 2 - The ghost I saw again in midsummer

Notes:

P.S. The heroine of this episode is Eleanor, and the modern setting has been updated a bit, continuing the timeline of this work,Contains elements of ‘Velvet/ Eleanor’, no ‘Sorey/ Velvet’ Elements

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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Ch. Extra 2 - The Ghost I saw again in Midsummer

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After being familiar with this place for a year, I gradually feel that I can integrate into this community. At first, I didn’t know anything about this place, and I entered this community in an unidentified state, but I am still allowed to stay here, given opportunities to work. For example, this orphanage is one of the places where I usually work. I was asked to comfort the children here and do psychological counseling work.

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Most of the orphans here are children who were orphaned by a catastrophe a year and a half ago. At that time, it seemed that part of the continent was swallowed by malevolence. Then there was a large-scale army of demons and dragons, And Magiland was the most negatively affected place. At that time, they sent a large number of soldiers, mercenaries, pact-formers, and Seraphim to guard the town. Later, with the help of the Empyrean, the disaster was finally quelled, but the casualties caused by the disaster were also Irreversible, there are also many people who committed suicide when they heard the news of the death of their loved ones, and these children survived in such a background, still ignorant of the world, waiting for those who will not return.

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These children think they are abandoned, live every day very negatively, and it is my job to give them hope again.

So today I can see the child smiling and waving goodbye to me, which really gives me a sense of accomplishment.

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"Bye bye, Eleanor! This is for you, thank you for always encouraging me, I will try my best to be happy in my new family!"

The girl in the orphanage smiled and said goodbye to me when she was adopted, and gave me a doll she cherished.

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"This is a doll that you cherish very much. If you give it to me, you won't be able to see it again?"

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"It is a pair with this doll~ Whenever I see it, I will naturally think of the other one, and it is in my mind. If Eleanor also brings it to visit me later, it won't be impossible to see me again. "

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"Well, then I will bring it to you later."

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"Hee hee, we have an appointment."

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Occasionally, good things happen like today, but this is work after all, and I just do my duty.

Anyway, I am also a 25-year-old seraph, and I also have to work to earn money to support myself, and the money earned from work must also pay rent for the "staff dormitory" where I live.

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This old villa not far from the community is a "staff dormitory" for me to live in. Basically, I live in it for free, but I need to pay "household" every month to pay for water, electricity and gas.

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There are all kinds of people living in this "staff dormitory". They are all "guild adventurers" like me. To be more precise, they are basically people in the same team as me.

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Sorey is a human being who grew up with Seraph, and has self-taught swordsmanship;

Mikleo is a childhood sweetheart who grew up with Sorey when he was young, and sometimes he will come back to live in the "staff dormitory"

Edna is Sorey's former traveling partner and Eizen's younger sister, she seems to enjoy bickering with Mikleo and doing "solo crosstalk"

Lailah is also a partner who traveled with Sorey before, and I used to travel with her as a shepherd. Now she likes to go to the bar of the guild to chat with others, and sometimes she lives outside a few days because Zaveid is too bad at taking care of children, she helps take care of Alpha, Beta and Delta.

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In addition to these people, there seems to be a ghost that I can't see living in this "staff dormitory". It sounds scary, but it doesn't seem to be malicious, except that sometimes it steals the dishes on the table, helps clean up and help to cook. It seems that I have heard it has not done any mischief. As a ghost, I think this ghost is really obedient, everyone will reserve a special seat for this ghost when eating.

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I took the black wolf doll that the girl gave me back to my room, and went downstairs to eat at the usual time.

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Today's dinner table always feels different.

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Sorey: "This dish tastes good, but the texture is very unique, what is it?"

(“__________”)

Edna: “Mushroom Pengyon Pie…… has anyone heard of this dish?”

Me: "I seem to have tried this dish a long time ago."

Mikleo: "Huh? It's pengyon meat, where did you find it? It must be hard to find."

Rokurou: "You can get it by hunting. This place has been sailing south to the South Pole, and there is Pengyon there."

Lailah: "Isn't this illegal hunting? It shouldn't be possible to hunt casually in modern times, right?"

Rokurou: "Just one should be fine."

Me: "It’s not fine! Some Pengyon breeds are endangered!"

Sorey: "But why cook this dish?"

(“__________”)

Lailah: "Because a friend once said..."

Edna: "What a tenacious guy."

Mikleo: I really hope it will work."

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They were talking about a certain dish, and I also had a nostalgic feeling, like my mother's feeling. Because I also ate Pengyon dishes cooked by my mother when I was a human.

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Today is also a day of peace, everyone at the dining table gathers for a meal, even though the Seraphim does not need food to maintain life, but it seems to be naturally mixed into it.

It's a very natural and peaceful landscape, but I have doubts about whether I'm a part of it.

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But today, there was one more person sitting at the dinner table, and she sat in the usual vacant seat.

It's just that everyone is talking as usual, which is really a bit strange, so I raised a question.

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"Huh? Who are you? Why are you sitting here?"

Everyone gave a very surprised reaction for the second time.

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The person I pointed to was surprised at first, and then quickly responded calmly: "Sorry for the late introduction, I am a new resident, Velvet Crowe. Nice to meet you."

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"Well, nice to meet you. I'm Eleanor."

It was a friendly "first meeting" between us.

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I heard that when I went out, I passed out alone in the forest, and then Sorey and Mikleo sent me to Magiland for recuperation.

When I woke up, my companions were very worried and wanted to ask me what happened, but I couldn't remember what happened that day.

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After my physical recovery, I also returned to work as a commissioned adventurer. It seemed like Sorey, Mikleo and Edna were commissioned while I was away, and I was able to share their work after recovery.

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Then someone is going to join our team today, that is the new resident who came yesterday---Velvet Crowe. Edna asked me to introduce her to the daily work, she was very familiar with all the work, which surprised me, she explained that she was doing similar work before.

But this can't stop my curiosity about her, and I can't accept her into the team without knowing anything about her.

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"What did you do before?"

"...I can't remember, I feel like a mercenary. I participated in a fierce battle before, was seriously injured, and lost some memories. This place is very good. It accepts people of unknown origin like me. I am offered treatment, and I was offered a job and a place to live."

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She said that she lost her memory, so the background is almost blank, and the only specific information is 'mercenaries', which sounds a bit suspicious.

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"Sounds very similar to Sorey, he also lost his memory after the battle. But, mercenary, have you ever killed someone?"

I stared at her seriously, hoping she would tell the truth.

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"...Yes, if you don't want me to join the team, I can leave." Her expression was obscured by the shadow, and she turned her head a little hurt to leave, thinking that I was rejecting her. I subconsciously pulled her back: "Please wait first. No, I am not telling you to leave. You are here to represent that you want to change! Then we welcome you! Please be a part of us!"

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".......Thanks."

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Her melancholy eyes hesitated for a moment and then brightened up. She was grateful for my acceptance, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, giving a nice smile. Seeing this smile, I felt a great feeling for a moment, as if this is rare, as if I have achieved what I have always wanted to achieve. But for some reason, I disapproved of this slight sense of disobedience.

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I was suspicious of this new team member, so I kept watching her, and I have to admit she was a charming person.

Velvet Crowe is a person full of mystery, and she seems to have experienced a lot of desolation and sadness always in her expression. She is usually very gentle, she doesn't seem to have too many desires of her own, but she is very good at taking care of others, like a sister, she quickly establishes a relationship with everyone. No, it's more like everyone already knew her.

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I'm skeptical that she's really a mercenary, because my impression of her can't be linked to this profession, but I don't think it's any good for her to lie about being a mercenary.

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Unless she wanted to show that she had killed people in the first place and wanted me to take it. I'm not surprised by that, but I think she's always been like that.

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We've come to the hidden village of Tewks, where we're busy helping with the rebuilding. Although Velvet received a resentful look, she continued her work indifferently. She honestly accepted the fact that she was resented, and she just wanted to do the current thing well in her eyes.

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Why is she resented? I wonder if, as a mercenary, she has done any resented work here.

"You don't mind their stares." I stated my observations.

"Yes, I was commissioned to destroy this place, and some people here recognize me." I was even more puzzled by her generous admission of something that only made her impression bad.

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"Did you answer unabashedly that you wanted me to hate you?"

"...I just don't like lying to you, you are a very serious person." This time she showed a confused look, maybe she still didn't want me to hate her.

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"Because this place was once destroyed by me, I want to contribute to the reconstruction." She added, explaining the reason for accepting this commission, and there was determination in her firm eyes, which did not seem to be a lie.

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A catastrophe happened half a year ago, causing successive disasters in the neighboring towns on the south bank, and a large number of seraphim were captured as food for the dragons. As a result, many towns are now being rebuilt. Whether Sorey, Velvet, or me, everyone is affected by this disaster. After the disaster, a large number of people were displaced, and Magiland took care of a large number of refugees, including us.

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Velvet claims to have lost her memory as a result of the disaster, but says she was commissioned to destroy the place.

This place is one of the places affected by the disaster, that is, the disaster is not a natural disaster but may be man-made, and Velvet may know the key to it.

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If she was a victim, Velvet should have lost something in the disaster, but I can't see it, she is so strong that I don't think she is a victim. As a companion, she is very gentle, and she can even say that she is caring for me . I'm a little flattered, although I don't hate it, but I also find it strange that she seems to be atoning for something.

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I always feel that she has another purpose, that she is covering up something.

But I can't think of an answer, because she's not going to cover up her sin, so what else does she have to cover up?

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If she really lost her memory, it would make more sense that she would want to get it back. I'm curious about her attitude, like she doesn't care about the past, why she wouldn't want to explore the past memory.

Where is her family? Where are her former friends? Where is her hometown?

Does she even care?

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I, who had a large blank space in the past, was very concerned about this. The more I probed, the bigger the void grew, and I found myself not knowing how I got to this place, how I met these people.

Why am I among these people?

People accepted me normally, almost without question, and talked to me as if they had known me before.

I also feel like I know them, because I can recall their names, remember their personalities, but I can't remember the details of knowing them at all.

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When I came back to my senses, I realized that my memory from a year ago was blank, ambiguous and full of loopholes.

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After waking up that day, everyone was very worried about me and hurriedly greeted me. I seemed to have lost something, but I couldn't answer it.

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After a few days, I noticed that people sometimes talk to themselves with the air."Hey? Who are you talking to?"

Everyone was surprised when I asked this question.

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"Are you kidding me? Of course it's _____, she's just standing there?!"

"Huh? Did you say something? I can't hear you very well. Is someone there? I can't see anything?"

“(_____________)”

"...There is an earthbound spirit in this room, we are negotiating with her."

"Why can't I see?"

".....It takes talent to see."

“.........”

"Don't be discouraged, as long as the conditions are fulfilled, maybe you can see it too."

"Yes, after all, here are basically Seraphs over 1,000 years old---"

"Mikleo! What a disrespect for revealing a lady's age like this!"

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".....Lailah, have you ever had a situation where a human being was not seen by the Seraphim?"

"...I'm sorry, it's the first time I've encountered this too."

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They're hiding some things from me, and many things at that.

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I was looking through the photo album in my phone, and I was shocked to find a photo taken a year and a half ago. At that time, Velvet hadn't arrived yet, but she was already in the photo, as if she was a part of us. What surprised me even more was that I was supposed to be in this town a year and a half ago, but the photos show a different reality.

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I didn't start living here when I woke up from a coma a year and a half ago, nor did I meet Velvet half a year ago.

Velvet Crowe is also hiding something, or maybe she's at the core of it.

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Today, I followed the team to Marlind, an art town, for an art escort task. After the task was completed, we visited the art gallery. There is an area in the art gallery that exhibits items and records about "Eleanor Hume", that is, when I was still a human being, the traces left by me as a shepherd are now being collected and displayed, which makes me feel embarrassed.

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Velvet: "This person has the same name as Eleanor."

Sorey: "Ah, this is Eleanor. It was when she was a human being. She was the founder and advocate of the original Maotelus sect."

Velvet: "Hey, have you lived from before to now?"

Me: "No, I was reincarnated as a seraph, there must have been many years of blank time in between."

Edna: "You still know that you are reincarnated, did someone tell you?"

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Me: "Grandpa has told me in detail about the reincarnation relationship and some conditions between humans and seraphim."

Sorey: "I heard you say that gramps taught you a lot."

Me: "Yeah... Speaking of which, shouldn't I visit him? I haven't been back for a long time."

Velvet: "Huh? Isn't your gramps in Magiland?"

Me: "No, I traveled a long time ago...and never went back."

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Then I realized that this memory also has a fatal gap, neither the purpose of starting the journey nor the time in between can be connected with the present.

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"Then should we go and have a look?" Velvet showed a worried expression for some reason.

"...Okay, I should prepare the vessel first-------Huh?!"

I found out that I have already established a contract with Velvet, and I am using her body as a vessel, and I have no memory of contracting with her at all.

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"...Velvet, who are you? Why did you form a pact with me?"

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Velvet's expression became incomprehensible to me, like a state of no emotion, but with a strong sense of depression.

"Lies can't go on anymore." Edna commented coldly.

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"If you can't remember, then it's no use saying anything... I just want you to know that I'm not trying to hurt you."

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"...I want to know why you are forming a pact with me, I have never agreed to form a pact with you, right?"

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"......This is the pact you started with me without authorization, you rescued me back without authorization, and then you treated me as a ghost. "

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"You just forgot about me, you just couldn't see me, you just didn't want me...I don't know what to do... .”

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Then, as if she was trying to endure what was about to explode, she announced the words of resentment in a cracked voice.

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I stared at her gradually distorted expression, gradually collapsed appearance, and finally shed tears, speechless.

Dark purple particles slowly leaked out from her body, it was malevolence, it was the existence that Seraphim should avoid, but I was not surprised, and none of the Seraph around her tried to stay away from her.

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"....I.... umm...."

I hugged my chest and knelt on the ground, feeling the tearing pain in my chest. Just because I still have a contractual connection with her, her malevolence will be directly transmitted to my body, and this pain is what she bears down.

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Only this pain I can clearly remember, the despair I endured at that time, and now I experience it again.

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"you........"

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Tears welled up in the rims of my eyes as memories came one after another, whether they were things I shouldn't forget, or things I wanted to forget.

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"......Why are you........"

My stomach rolled over again, as if I wanted to vomit all the contents inside. Even if I bent down and hugged my abdomen, the pain could not be relieved, and the words could not form a meaningful sentence when they reached my mouth.

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Velvet Crowe is a great liar, you lied to me from the moment I saw you again.

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".....I know that I am a painful existence to you...even so......"

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“......Velvet.....Gramps..”

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One and a half years ago in the summer, our work came to an end, and Eleanor rarely proposed to take a vacation to go back to the homeland to visit relatives.

For a workaholic who wants to take a break, we all welcome it, and because we are curious about what her homeland looks like, everyone willfully asks to go together. When we arrived in Elysia, we were all surprised that Eleanor and Sorey, Mikleo had the same hometown .

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Everyone is busy talking about the old days, and I have to explain to Kymn what happened in the past six months. After all, I promised him to take good care of Sorey, but now Sorey has lost his memory.

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“It's only half a year though, where did you go after you visited us?”

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“Oh, did I come here once?”

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While Eleanor is talking with the villagers, Sorey talks to Kyme and the conversation is off because Sorey lost his memory early, he didn’t remember that he came here once with me and he is trying to introduce me again.

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Kyme saw Sorey unbelievably and looked at me confusingly, searching for an explanation.

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Knowing that the fire will burn the paper wrapping it, I smiled wryly and decided to tell Kyme about how Sorey lost his memory, I would not try to find any excuses.

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“Kyme, Sorey lost his memory….and it was because he protected me….I am sorry.”

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“... What's happened?”

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“Many things happened and it turned out like we fought the one called Tartarus who captured Seraphim and tried to doom the world. We were protecting a city behind from the march of Dragons and Hellions. The enemies were strong, we tried our best to fight, and we defeated the last one. We fell off the high ground, I lost consciousness and he protected me while falling into the sea. He probably lost his memory due to the shock from the height. We were treated under the city's care and settled there.”

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“........I guess this is a very brief version but still makes me speechless, you two really have been through a lot.”

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“Yeah…. Yet, we made a lot of new friends too.” I said while smiling unconsciously.

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“I see, you changed a lot too, in a good way.”

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“Is that so?”

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“Yeah, the atmosphere around you becomes softer and more cheerful.”

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“I don’t think the word ‘cheerful’ is right but if it does, it is all thanks to my friends who support me all the way.”

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“ You really changed, don’t mind too much in Sorey's case, it is good enough to see him come back healthily.”

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“I will be continued by his side. One thing got in my mind though, you and the villagers here seem to be hiding something from Eleanor, may I know what it is?” I finally asked Kyme the question.

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Kume gasped.

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“....You have seen through it but I hope it is not that obvious…… There is a fact, an old news, we would like to prevent her from realizing it when she just comes back…….That gramps has died long ago.”

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“....The one who raised her up.”

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“Yes, his name Zenrus, he was a great seraph, he was also the one who raised Sorey and Mikleo up, they knew about his death, since they were forced to kill him, facing the fact directly.”

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“....I see, and they don’t know he was also Eleanor’s gramps.”

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“Yeah, Gramps didn’t mention Eleanor directly, but she was also in his mind. Now that she is back…I am afraid….”

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“They had a deep relationship and Eleanor would feel responsible for Zenrus’s death.”

I stated Kyme’s worry as concluded, knowing Eleanor has an intense sense of responsibility.

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“Yes, that is my worry……..I only hope that she doesn’t discover the grave so early…….if something happened to her, I am counting on you.”

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"I will, she is the most important friend of mine."

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Kyme looked surprised, and then smiled: " I'm glad that she got someone who values her so much."

Thinking about she got so far for me and saved me so many times, there is no way I could let myself leave her alone.

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Yet, when I found Eleanor, she had fallen around the grave, hugging herself with a painful expression.

At the moment, I know I come late.

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Eleanor discovered the hidden truth, she was shocked and lost her consciousness under the sudden pressure. I knew well how the pain could be when realizing the death of family members, I could not be numb to it no matter how many times I faced it.

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It is clear that I missed the best moment to comfort Eleanor, she faced her pain alone when the truth struck straight towards her heart.

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I swore to be so powerless about that, the only thing I could do at that time was to make sure Eleanor recovered healthily. Eleanor passed out for a long time. For my concern, we brought Eleanor back to Magiland. I told Sorey and Mikleo about the things I knew about the incident. They both were shocked when they realized they had the same gramps, unfortunately, they faced his death differently.

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Eleanor was in a coma for a week, I understood how my friends felt when I was in a coma then.

There wasn’t a day I didn’t wish her to be awake, I stayed around her bed every day.

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"Eleanor! Thanks the Empyrean, you wake." I was being the first person to see her regain consciousness, I exclaimed at the moment to thank her for being awake.

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“.......Where am I?”

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“You are in the hospital.”

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“Eleanor, you okay?”

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However, she neither responded to my words nor looked into my eyes. It is more like she couldn’t perceive me in both sound and vision.

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“...............Eleanor?”

I tried another time, but nothing changed.

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“Velvet? Does Eleanor wake?”

Sorey entered the room when here my exclamation, I looked at him in shock.

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“.....Velvet?”

I wasn’t sure what was I like at that time, but surely a difficult expression.

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“Hi, Sorey? Where am I? What happened?”

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Eleanor answered other people who entered the room after me.

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“Hum? Velvet hasn’t told you?”

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“But you are the first one to enter the room.”

Sorey looked at me in shock.

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“Something’s there?”

Eleanor was confused.

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“...........She can’t perceive me.”

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I have to accept the fact that she can’t see me or hear my voice, because I know how she would act if she was lying, this time she just lied to herself too successfully.

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I still stay in the corner of her room, watching her.

I kept observing her, sometimes I made noises, and I got to know that she could still perceive the noises and changes I made.

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Thus I had thought to let her slowly acknowledge my existence again.

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Days passed, and even Eleanor felt something was off when there were people talking to me, talking to someone she couldn't see.

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Thus she asked why they were talking to air.

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Edna: "Are you kidding me? Of course it's Velvet, she's just standing there?!"

"Huh? Did you say something? I can't hear you very well. Is someone there? I can't see anything?"

At that moment, I knew she didn’t want to perceive my name, she was denying everything about me.

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"...She can't see me or hear my voice since she woke up, so just say I'm an earthbound spirit and confuse her."

"...There is an earthbound spirit in this room, we are negotiating with her."

"Why can't I see?"

".....It takes talent to see."

“.........”

"Don't be discouraged, as long as the conditions are fulfilled, maybe you can see it too."

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I'm also curious to know what conditions must be fulfilled in order for Eleanor to see me.

I was like air to Eleanor from that day, and she lost all the memory about me.

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Because of the above dialogue, I let her recognize "I" as an invisible earthbound spirit. Although she can't recognize my existence, at least she knows that "I" exists. My teammates and I deliberately made it look like Abnormal phenomena, such as "Leave a place for the ghost to eat at the same table", "The ghost is cooking", "The ghost is cleaning the big house". In fact, I am just doing what I usually do, but if I change it to " "Ghost" will become very strange when doing these things. But she quickly accepted these strange facts, and accepted these obviously irrational facts.

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The existence of 'Velvet Crowe' is still unrecognized.

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Months passed, and her life went on.

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“Eleanor, I miss you.” and you won’t hear.

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I wondered if it was the same feeling when Eleanor tried everything to save me and guarded the seal, waiting for the day when I woke up---it was like waiting endlessly for the arrival of hope.

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I was beside Eleanor watching her day after day without myself, as if I never existed. I noticed that Eleanor's emotions have become a little weak and thin, and she is not easy to feel happy, but Eleanor is still Eleanor, she is still the girl who is eager to help others, and the amnesia has not changed this, there is everyone around her. I kind of feel like my existence is unnecessary to her.

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No one is necessary, and the sadness of parting will fade with time.

Is it the same with your grief?

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"Edna, when you talk to me in front of Eleanor, she seems to be thinking that you like to perform ‘solo crosstalk’."

"Ha, it's nothing, I don't care, but are you fine with that? How many days you haven't slept well? Aren't you really going to become a ghost?"

It seems that I look very lethargic, and the problem of insomnia has become serious.

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"...not good, but I don't know what I can do."

"...Go online and look for it. You may be able to find something from a human perspective. I have to say that the Internet is very convenient, and you can find answers to many things in an instant."

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Accepting Edna's proposal, I began to explore why she couldn't recognize my existence. In the over-information-rich Internet world, I could easily find similar symptoms, even those symptoms I had.

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Amnesia can be caused by a strong blow to the head, but it will not cause this selective blindness and deafness. What can cause this strange symptom is the "somatization" of psychological problems, as in the case of my loss of taste. And memory loss is one of the characteristics of PTSD. ‘She recognizes that the fact that she lost a loved one’ is one of the reasons for PTSD, and it may also cause her to have depression problems.

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As Eleanor was denying the reality, shocked by the fact her family died, felt guilty about not being there for her family.

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My intuition tells me that the loss of a loved one is only one of the factors that made her like this. I am afraid the other factor is because she blamed herself for the sin. The reason why I can't see me is because she "choose to help me instead of staying by Gramps's side." It's just my guess, but that's pretty much what she thought.

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I clearly know how much time and energy she has spent trying to save me, and that is a favor I cannot repay.

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If she subconsciously denies my existence, she cannot know everything about me. Does this mean she is regretting saving me?

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I was broken down several times, but fortunately my companions were there to support me, telling me that I was needed and that I could continue to exist.

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I stayed by Eleanor's side to do the adventurer's work as usual, even if she couldn't see me, I continued to be by her side stubbornly. Just because she saved me, just because she is always by my side.

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There goes a year, and I lived like a ghost to Eleanor, until the day I was suddenly seen.

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Sorey: "This dish tastes good, but the texture is very unique, what is it?"

“Mushroom Pengyon Pie。”

Edna: “Mushroom Pengyon Pie…… has anyone heard of this dish?”

Eleanor: "I seem to have tried this dish a long time ago."

Mikleo: "Huh? It's pengyon meat, where did you find it? It must be hard to find."

Rokurou: "You can get it by hunting. This place has been sailing south to the South Pole, and there is Pengyon there."

Lailah: "Isn't this illegal hunting? It shouldn't be possible to hunt casually in modern times, right?"

Rokurou: "Just one should be fine."

Me: "It’s not fine! Some Pengyon breeds are endangered!"

Sorey: "But why cook this dish?"

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"Eleanor said before that her mother cooked something like this, I just wanted to see if it reminded her of something."

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Lailah: "Because a friend once said..."

Edna: "What a tenacious guy."

Mikleo: I really hope it will work."

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"Huh? Who are you? Why are you sitting here?"

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I froze for a moment, only to realize that she was talking about me.

The habit is horrible, I almost got used to her thinking I was a ghost.

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"...me?" I pointed to myself blankly and asked her back.

Eleanor suddenly saw me that day, and I couldn't help jumping for a second, and then the cold water immediately quenched my enthusiasm.

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"Yes, who are you?"

Eleanor talked like she doesn’t know me.

She put the cold facts in front of me again, and drew another knife on the unhealed wound.

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She doesn't remember my existence at all, she and I are already strangers.

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At this time I have to calm down, it doesn't matter, at least she can see me, this is already a big progress.

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Although I really want to explain who I am to her directly, but it is difficult to explain clearly in a few words, and I don't think she can suddenly understand everything.

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In order not to spoil my "first impression", next I will reconnect with her as a friendly person, make her willing to talk to me, and I want to reconnect with her even if it means cheating her.

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"Sorry for the late introduction, I'm a new resident, Velvet Crowe. Nice to meet you."

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"Well, nice to meet you. I'm Eleanor."

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It was a friendly "first meeting" between us.

I will try harder until you think of me again.

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I started lying to her, making up lies about me, and portraying myself as someone with a somewhat complicated background.

In fact, I can also write myself into a more perfect image, but I really don't like to lie to her, so I described myself as a mercenary.

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She always has doubts about me, maybe everything about me is too vague. But then she will care about me and pay attention to my existence.

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Till you believe I will go on telling lies.

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Till your lie breaks into pieces.

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The severe pain that accompanied the malevolence crazily pulled out all the memories, occupying my mind like poison.

Why I forgot?

All my efforts were to save her and help her, but now I have forgotten her and hurt her.

No, probably because of that.

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It all started with a dream.

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After a busy day, I lay in bed and fell asleep.

Then I opened my eyes and saw the scene of paradise, like a paradise that does not exist in the world. This is a lonely plateau surrounded by clouds and mist, like a paradise isolated from the world, it is my hometown that I have never returned to after waking up.

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I still remember my grandfather took me to this place when I was just born, and told me that this is where I will live in the future.

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Elysia

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Gramps said this is a place isolated from the world

Not to be disturbed by complexity, like a peaceful place where the soul can rest in peace after death.

A resting place that comforts wounded heroes.

Close to heaven.

Perhaps it can be said that it is the Garden of Eden that fell into the world

I can't find it easily, but it's the last direction of my soul~ where is it?

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Gramps placed these hopes and named this place Elysia (イズチ/何方).

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At first I didn't understand everything, I just knew it was a safe and secure place. There are very few unpleasant noises here, just the sounds of nature.

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The ancient and powerful trees connect layers of branches and leaves, making a crisp sound of rubbing under the breeze. The sun shines through the leaves and on the grass through the gaps between the leaves. Looking up, it is a mysterious painting, and the strange tree shadows formed naturally are projected on the ground. The grass blades on the ground reflect the light, presenting a refreshing green. It is like saying that this land is blessed.

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Let the sheep live peacefully on the edge of the cliff, and the birds fly among the clouds, but no one has strayed here. Surrounded by Gramps's enchantment here, ordinary people will get lost and not easy to get in.

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Gramps taught me all kinds of knowledge patiently, and I learned about the world from the books he brought.

The time spent reading and studying made me forget about food and sleep. Many times I fell asleep directly in a pile of books. When my Gramps came home, he silently covered me with a quilt to prevent me from catching a cold.

He reminded me that I should pay attention to my living habits, and let me pay attention to my own living habits on the grounds that "human living habits may help restore memory".

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I grow up protected every day in this environment, and with all the knowledge I have acquired, I hope to give back to the world more.

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At the period of Twilight, claimed the end of a day, the end of her works and missions.

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“See you next time! Eleanor!” A girl said goodbye to Eleanor cheerfully.

The girl was once a war orphan, she had depression every day when she knew her dad will never return. Eleanor always spends time visiting the facility taking in these orphans, they once remind her of her human self, she lived because of those priceless favors, so she would always be a person who passes on these virtues.

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It was the reason she became an exorcist, to help more people in need.

Eleanor practices her creed here too, there were many people in need too.

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The time in Magiland becomes natural to her, seeing the people living here happily and normally would be her happiness. Now the city is returning to normal, she got her new friends here, and most importantly, Velvet woke and settled well here, she thought her work here could call it come to an end somehow.

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She completed her goal in the first place, she thinks she could go back to her homeland proudly.

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Then, she would report these things to a person, her precious family, one like her adoptive father, one who taught her all the things and gave her the things she needed.

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It has been 700 years, from when she left Zenrus to search for her memory, got involved in ‘the Lord of Calamity mess’, and was sealed with Velvet’s seal to protect Velvet and elongated Maotelus’s resistance to malevolence, time pass away without her notice. She was waking at approximately the same time as Sorey and Velvet, there goes her empty 700 years, knowing nothing about the outside.

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Since she left him for so long, it became what hung in her mind.

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It is not like she is a bad child, she just wanted to accomplish her long wish and responsibility, even if that meant leaving her family behind.

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Being a hero, you may be a villain to the family, you are the one leaving them behind, but some families realize it, they agree with it, and they let their child be free.

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Some heroes either saved the world but not themselves or their families got killed. Getting the chance to return home is somehow precious.

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She has been busy saving the one she insisted on saving, and now she got all the things on the right track, so she thinks it is a good moment to visit her gramps.

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She got to report everything to her gramps and express her gratitude. His precious gift has helped her greatly in saving her friend once.

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“Hey guys, I want to go visit my old home.”

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Thus she told her teammates that she would go home once to pay a visit to her gramps.

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“Yeah, sure. Can I also pay a visit? I am curious about what your old home looks like.” Sorey said. He is an adventurer inside, so he is always curious about different places.

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“Ok,I don’t mind.”

“Then may I go with Sorey? I am curious too.” Mikleo follows, he is being protective around Sorey.

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“Would you count me in too?” Velvet asked, thinking to know her dear friend more when Eleanor has done so many things for her.

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“Wow, I don't know if all of you guys were that interested, I am fine with all of you following. I'm just not sure if the place is still here.”

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“You rarely claim a request other than work and helping others, so I am interested to see what it is.”

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“We will see it together then. I'm sure that the place still exists, like the place I visited in this era.”

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After all, if it has been several hundred years, the medieval-like world is no longer there but substituted by technology and the modern world, things would have changed.

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“Right, let's be optimistic.”

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Eleanor goes to her old homeland with most of her team members.

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They could have used the teleportation arte to complete the journey, jumping to the place directly but Rose strongly suggested they try another way for a more interesting experience.

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They should be how a journey looks like, experience troubles and joys with the transportation, chatting with each other on the way, using teleportation just skip away all these things.

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Rose won’t tell them that it is a budget problem, she was giving them too much free pass in using teleportation. The arte is actually very resource-demanding, when Rose was traveling with Sorey, the landlords charged them gald for the teleportation, even after they raised the blessing level, it only results in charging fewer but not for free.

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Thus they took the train to reach the place.

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When Sorey and Velvet first arrived at Ladylake, they saw high bridges connecting everywhere, they didn't have the concept of what they are, and they didn’t get a chance to use them when they were relatively poor. It is not the case for them now because Rose has helped them with all the documents to get the necessary things they need in living, for example, identity card, passport (true), Uni card( the payment card for goods and transport).

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Luckily enough, the war didn’t affect the station and the train rail, the structure is strong enough to support during earthquakes, and all structures still work normally.

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Now they are at the train terminal of Magiland waiting for their train, the terminal is elevated by concrete columns and connected to the overall elevated train rail. Since there were so many ruins underground, the train stations tend to be elevated so they don’t mess with the complex underground structure while keeping the ruins structure.

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Although it is the first time Sorey, Velvet and Eleanor come to see the train terminal, the two girls are not excited like Sorey. They simply expressed admiration towards the invention but Sorey admired the whole thing on a different level that he would keep discussing it with Mikleo, who fully studied the whole thing for his interest.

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Sorey is super excited to see new things, knowing that the train is a transport system connecting different places, he just can’t help but feel so proud and excited. Since the whole idea is grand and marvelous, the whole time and engineering are great enough to be recorded in history, and he is able to be the one to see how different a place turned by the development of human technology.

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Inside the terminal, the interior design is minimal style but still has the features of ancient pattern, in Magiland’s case, the station is associated with the Fire Empyrean - Musiphe, having similar features as his shrine - Igraine.

As an elevated platform, the place could become a great view spot, Sorey can’t see many windows but a skylight, instead, the station exposed its inner structure to show its charm in another way.

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‘--- Attention please, the train towards Marlind is approaching, please stand behind the yellow line—-’

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The train arrival announcement rang with a notice tone, reminding the team to get ready. They got inside the train and the train launched.

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The scenery covered by the terminal was revealed gradually as the train launched, the team could look at the view outside through the windows.

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“wow…….this is amazing.” Now even the girls are amazed by the view.

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At altitude the rail is raised, and they have the bird’s eye view of Magiland, they see the stair-like landscape shaped by nature and buildings with some windmill towers standing, and the city facing the vast sea. It reminds Velvet and Sorey of the first time they visit the city, and it is the first time Eleanor sees the whole view of the city despite her helping in rebuilding.

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As the train leaves Magiland, the view becomes far far away, they see more views of different places, in an angle they were never able to see until now.

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"Eleanor, what is your hometown like?"

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"The scenery there is beautiful, at a certain height, surrounded by clouds and mist, like a fairyland that has nothing to do with the world. Other seraphs who follow Gramps live in seclusion there, and everyone takes care of me like my brother and sister.

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"Sounds like a good place, everyone is gentle."

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"Yeah, Gramps taught me a lot, so I can live on my own even though I'm still young as Seraphim."

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"I really want to meet Eleanor's Gramps. Although our Gramps are very strict, they took good care of us until the end. The knowledge he taught is still very helpful."

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"He's like a strict father."

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"Just curious, why did you leave your hometown?"

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"At that time, my mind had deep promises and memories left by human beings. I wanted to recall it no matter what. It happened that the barrier of the village was affected by Malevolence, so I thought I should go down the mountain to deal with it, and find my answer by the way... …”

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"Have you found the answer?"

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"Well, I found it, so I remembered Velvet and being with everyone now. It's just that I encountered many things later, and I helped Maotelus protect the seal without reporting to the village and fell asleep, but as a result, I left Gramps them for hundreds of years...and now I suddenly go back."

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"The Seraph has a vague concept of time because of its longevity, so it shouldn't matter. For me, 500 years is already a blink of an eye."

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"It's all right, you'll be welcome, and you're doing the right thing, and no one will blame you, Eleanor."

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Sorey and Mikleo comforted Eleanor, she answered unsurely: “I hope so.”

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The train should be heading towards Ladylake, but the station was temporarily disabled due to the explosion months ago, the train stops at the Marlind station instead.

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The designer tried to respond to the art history and the museum, so the station is filled with different artworks and different styles fuse together naturally in its interior.

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"Speaking of which, I have never been to a town other than Magiland. This town is full of artistic atmosphere."

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"The most famous thing here is the art gallery."

"Edna, Sorey and I have been here before, and there is your record in it, haha."

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"Huh?! Really? It's embarrassing..."

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Knowing that they will get off the train in Marlind, Sorey asks if Lailah wants to go with them, since a certain passionate Normin very much looks forward to seeing Lailah, and Edna also comes along the way to visit her old home too.

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The team parted with Lailah and Edna at Marlind and continued heading to Eleanor's old homeland.

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Eleanor was leading the team all the way to a familiar route, the route from Ladylake to Aroundight Forest, the forest near Elysia.

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Sorey and Mikleo were surprised they didn't get affected by the domain protecting the realm, they thought the domain still exists as protection in this district, but it may be because Eleanor is a high-rank seraph so she can pass it ineffectively.

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Eventually, she leads them to Elysia.

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“So she hasn't changed much these years… Here is my old hometown, Elysia.” Eleanor finally introduced it when they arrived at the entrance.

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“Your homeland is—”

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“Elysia?!”

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Sorey and Mikleo both were surprised when they heard. Who would have thought that they share the same homeland?

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“Well? Yes, is there any problem?” Eleanor is confused, blinked and tilted her head on one side.

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“Argh….no… we are surprised…that we have the same homeland.”

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“Oh? That's amazing….” Now it is Eleanor's turn to be surprised.

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“Maybe, we can call it fate.” Velvet commented mutteringly, worrying the worst may happen here. She has an assumption, and her pessimistic personality is convincing her to think about the action to take if that is the case.

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When they entered the village, someone had already come to welcome the visitors. Seraphim have the domain to sense invaders, so the mayor knows the visitors coming.

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“Sorey, Mikleo, haven't seen you two in a while, we were worried something happened to you two again. Ah, you bring someone here again, who—- ELEANOR?!”

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Mayor Kyme expressed his worry to two youngsters here who saved the world but it all turned into shock when he noticed Eleanor is visiting Elysia with Sorey and Mikleo.

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In Sorey’s and Mikleo's case, they visited Elysia around half year ago, which is long enough to make the villagers worry about accidents happening but still within a reasonable range of time.

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In Eleanor's case, she hadn't returned to Elysia since around 700 years ago, completely losing connection with them, long enough to make them wonder if she was dead, because so many things happened during the lost time.

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Now Kyme sees a seraph who he thought dead come to his eyes.

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“Ah… Kyme, hi, it has been…..a long time, but I am back.”

Eleanor responded with a wry smile, she felt shame to return so late without any message leaving. At least there is one she knew, great enough.

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“.....Umm, eh, welcome back, come and meet the others, there are new seraphim moved in, they will love to see you.” For a moment, Kyme's expression becomes unreadable, he says welcome to Eleanor but Velvet can see that it is not completely true.

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It is not like he doesn't welcome her, it is not a hostile attitude, but something is concealed.

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Kyme leads Eleanor, Sorey and Mikleo to the dwellers in Elysia, saying hello to everyone.

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Some of the dwellers look happy to see Eleanor, seems like they know each other, but Velvet sees something is off there, almost like they are hiding something together.

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After 700 years she returned to Elysia, the village hasn’t changed much, still being the pure land among the mortal world. The seraphim living there are isolated from the world.

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It gave her the wrong expectation that the one she missed is still here since everything she knew here doesn't change much.

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“Oh? Eleanor, you are back! Where have you been? It has been really a while.”

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“eh… Hard to tell, but I had a great adventure.”

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“Great to hear that, I have learned new cooking, would you try it?”

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“Sure, Why not?”

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She flows with the conversation, trying to convince herself that nothing changed.

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"I am really surprised that you know Sorey, he just got back after a month."

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"It is already half a year!"

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"Sorry, you know how time is flowing so confusing."

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Eleanor still happened to be aware of the time like a human, because the time she experienced as a seraph is not that long, she couldn't feel the same confusion as the other seraphim, which probably led to an issue. This will be the first time she got an impact from the time flow when she knows what they are hiding.

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"It is not that surprising that they both value justice and they are selfless, and reasonable to become friends."

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"Yeah, like fate, they both…."

The seraph is then interrupted and is gazed at strongly.

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"Both have been a Shepherd after all."

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Kyme, who usually trained with her is still living in Elysia, he is the one who welcomes Sorey, Mikleo, Velvet and Eleanor at the entrance. He is shocked at first but then acts like everything is fine and tells her to greet the other villagers, so as the villagers she knew in the old time as if they are hiding something from her.

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She knew that from experience, from her human memories.

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And she acted like normal, preventing herself from knowing the truth.

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Despite being prepared to accept that things are going to change in time, she doesn't like to hear the sad news.

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Everything is fine until she discovered the grave there.

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The world of her suddenly doomed by the ‘news’ she knows—-Gramps is dead.

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Zenrus was dead 500 years ago, he fought for Elyseria, protecting her from Heldalf, the Lord of Calamity at that time.

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He was eaten, Sorey and Mikleo have to killed Heldalf, they can't save Zenrus that time.

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It was a right thing, Zenrus knew, they knew, he comforted his children. He always respects the children's decisions. Despite wishing Sorey and Mikleo live normally, he respects their decision to be involved in the matters of the world, chasing the future where humans and seraphim coexist.

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Maybe it was the same case for Eleanor, Zenrus always supported his kids to do the right thing, and he supported them to do things they wanted, thus he let Eleanor go to find her answer.

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Yet the sadness still exists, like how Sorey and Mikleo felt at first, Sorey even had a nightmare after he woke up in this era.

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Same to Eleanor, sadness would not disappear just because she expected that time changes things. Zenrus was like a father figure to her, she would do everything to repay his kindness.

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Now it seems fate left her no chance, she could never repay Zenrus.

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She thought she is responsible to Zenrus's death that she isn't able to be by his side in that time. She was in the seal that time, to answer Maotelus's request and for her own sake. She would not regret or make a different choice, which is enough to make her feel guilty.

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".......Eleanor." Kymn walked around and found Eleanor, here she discovered the fact.

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"...Sorry, please leave me alone for a moment." Eleanor hid her expression and tried to maintain her usual tone but still leak a cracked voice.

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".....alright." Kyme sighed helplessly, he could only leave. He knew this will happen, so he didn't want to tell her.

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…….

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Eleanor tried to pull herself together and she failed but only maintained a fragile cover to protect herself.

Eleanor became silenced, she maintains an emotionless face wandering around the ruins area.

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The entrance of Mt. Mabinnogio Ruins lies here, Eleanor knew well, she was once an explorer of the ruin too. She knew the ruin is built to praise the greatness of Zenrus, she knew he is a great seraph, living from the ancient time, being a great teacher to other seraphim, she heard of him even when she was a human.

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She found the gravestone standing on the edge of the cliff around the ruin entrance, watching the ruins building along the mountains, coated in clouds.

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Several flowers were put and leaned on the gravestone, it looks like somebody has already visited the place. The gravestone carved the dear name of its belonger: Zenrus, our beloved gramps and teacher.

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She has to accept the fact her gramps has long been dead, all the evidence and statements pointed to the fact. At that moment, she doesn’t know how to face her gramps, how to face herself, she is denying her own existence.

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‘Why did I choose to save Velvet but not Zenrus?’

‘Why am I doing nothing about helping Gramps?’

‘Why am I the living one?’

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She couldn’t accept it, she fell into a coma, she lost her memory, and she didn’t want to perceive Velvet, she didn’t want to remind herself she fail to help Zenrus.

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You bring me above the thorns so I recall the reason I lied.

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Your tears started to blur my face, penetrating my oblivious past.

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All the lies flee from your tender dance around my denying lie, unfold the memory I kept as secret.

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I remembered your untold promise, which stung my heart.

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You cried lonely in the light, I want to caress you again, like the memory I once abandoned.

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I recall everything, as you said, like I don't want you anymore.

You are breathing heavily, trying to anesthetize your feelings with a large amount of air, trying to reduce the malevolence you emit, your hands even want to tighten your neck, trembling.

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The malevolence was indeed reduced under your strong suppression, and I was able to endure the pain to stand up again and walk to your place.

My pain has eased, but your pain has not eased at all, I just hope this hug does not come too late, I hope this hug can heal your pain.

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".....You are such a fool... Sorry, I'm back."

I thought to myself that if you had confessed to me earlier, maybe things would not have developed like this, but maybe I am stubborn and do not want to believe it, but you would rather protect me with lies and wait for a suitable time.

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"...Did you remember me?" Your voice was trembling with sobs and grievances just after crying, I have known you for a while and it seems that I have never seen such grievances.

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"Yeah, I remembered."

Just imagining how you spent a year in my ignorance, I felt cold and trembling, I increased my strength to hug her tightly.

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"......Do you not regret saving me?"

Your voice is cowardly, you who are already denying your own existence have been hurt even more because of my ignorance.

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"No... how could I regret it."

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"...I see, that's great... I'm glad I'm still here, sorry... I should have been the one to comfort you... ...and let you see my weak side."

You took a deep breath, and finally calmed down, along with the malevolence.

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"No...you are right, I forgot you. I don't regret saving you, so I can't forgive myself. I failed to save gramps."

Yet just recalling the past did not dilute my guilt, and I still felt responsible for my own incompetence.

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“......Eleanor, I know what happened to your gramps.....but I want you to know that you protected me, you saved me, so I’m here………..I want you to be proud of everything you achieved.”

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When I denied my choice, it was you who affirmed, even though I denied your existence.

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"Thank you..." I didn't expect you to say that, and I couldn't say anything other than thank you for a while.

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Sorey: "Eleanor, in fact, we are also responsible for this matter. Gramps, Zenrus is the one who raised us. He was eaten by the Lord of Calamity of our time. He was protecting Elysia until the end. It was our responsibility to save him. , we also came one step too late and failed to save him. We can only kill him with our own hands, together with the Lord of Calamity, so this is not your responsibility, Eleanor, please stop blaming yourself like this."

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Mikleo also went on to add various details, so that I don't blame myself.

I was surprised to understand the comprehensiveness of the facts, and I didn't know how to respond.

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Edna: "No matter how powerful you are, you can't save everything, so don't be so arrogant."

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Edna, who has been silent for a long time, said that she was right. It was because I became stronger that I mistakenly thought that I was omnipotent and took everything as my own responsibility. I am not qualified to say Velvet, right? In fact, I don't know how to rely on others either.

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Mikleo: "Edna!!...there's a better way to say it..."

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"No, for her, the honored student, maybe this is what is necessary. Eleanor, I know you are sad, but your Gramps doesn't want you to feel responsible like this. He should have wanted you to be happy in the first place, to do what you wanted to do, so he let you set out on a trip, so you should report to him that you are happy now."

You sighed, the words becoming especially eloquent coming from the mouth of you who have lost all your loved ones and gone through so much misfortune.

Maybe I was saved by these words, or maybe you have become like an existence that illuminates the path of others before you know it.

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"Well! Gramps will definitely not want to blame you."

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"Are you going to visit Gramps? We'll be there for you."

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I raised my head and wiped away the tears from my eyes, and nodded hard.

This time I want to complete what I failed to complete, and come to say "I'm back." to Gramps.

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I walked towards the hometown where I used to live.

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“I’m back, gramps.”

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Velvet stands behind at a distance, watching silently, not to get too close and not to lose sight of her, as do Sorey, Mikleo and Edna.

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Eleanor stands in front of the grave she once denied, kneels down and tells her adventure to the dead.

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This time she has to face Gramps, face his death, and face everything he has given her.

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It was a long and complicated story to tell, like a steadily silent epic, like a vast star atlas, a story across millennia, sparkling in a human's and a seraph's lives. That could be a book-length thing, but she wants to tell , she has to report everything to Gramps. Because she left him for too long, because he gave her too much. She became strong because of gramps's education, and as a child, she also wanted to tell the seraphim who raised her about her achievements and deeds. It is no longer possible to get that reassuring praise, because she is an adult, and because her Gramps is gone, but she still wants to report everything to Gramps.

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She thought Gramps should have the right to know what she had done to be away for so long.

She wants to tell her Gramps, and herself, that this time of her absence is meaningful.

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She has accomplished her long-standing goals, she has met many people, she has witnessed the era of Gramps and her own dreams have come true and she will try her best to maintain it.

She wants her Gramps to be proud, and she wants to make herself proud too.

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"Gramps, I've finally done what I wanted to do."

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“________________,______________. _______________,___________!!_______________________________.________________,____________________________________________……”

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She managed to tell the story as a whole, to tell her Gramps that she finally accomplished the thing she long wanted as a human. It was no longer forgotten, no longer incomplete. She saved her friend, she lives to see the era when Humans and seraphim lived together, and it is just another beginning of her life.

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It is still a pity she wasn't able to save Zenrus, but she thinks she can be proud of herself, for being raised by him, being able to help others, being happy, and being able to make the world better.

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She will forever be glad and grateful to be Zenrus's child, and she will live happily, with her friend back there.

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“I’m glad to meet my friends here supporting me in hard times.”

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“Farewell, Gramps, I will live my best, so please watch over me in heaven.”

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The wind blows mildly around, Eleanor looks up far away, and traces the flying leaf in the air, as if someone passed by, saying a farewell.

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Gramps was there, always watching his children, wishing them to have a blessed future.

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After I don't know how long, I reported everything to Gramps and stood up again.

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While telling these fantastic experiences, I recalled everything, recalled the heartbeat.

I picked up the necklace in my pocket, it was a farewell gift from my Gramps when I was leaving. There may be sporadic magic power left in the crystal clear magic crystal. Every time I see this necklace, I will think of the situation when I rescued Velvet when he was dying, I will think of the scene where my Gramps carefully taught me various "magic". It magically brought back memories in me, a heartbeat that continues to beat to this day.

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That girl was right, when I saw a precious object, I recalled another person, Gramps lives in my memory, as long as I come to visit him again, I can meet again in the memory.

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"Thanks, Gramps, I'm off."

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I said goodbye to my Gramps with the same words as before departure, and left Elysia with my companions.

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The return journey was very long, and my companions and I chatted about Gramps.

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Listening to what Sorey and Mikleo said, Gramps seems to have mentioned me vaguely, saying that I am a serious and hard-working kid. Basically, he described me very well, sometimes there are comparisons, but my Gramps also said that my overly serious character can sometimes easily lead me to go crazy and have a mental breakdown.

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As we talked, we shared our life with Gramps.

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“Gramps adopted me when I was just born as a seraph in the world, he named me after my human name.

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We had lived together since then, he taught me a lot of things, about seraphic arte, about human society, about the history of the world, about how to treat people correctly, and to care for myself properly……. It is not like I mastered everything he taught, but I remember well, they help me adapt to the new environment before I remember anything as a human.

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He is like a father to me, but I haven't been able to do anything to pay him back…..I will live well and help more people to pay him from now on.”

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“Great to hear that.”

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The chirping of cicadas and the chirping of frogs all indicate the season of midsummer. Summer flowers bloom everywhere. My longing for my old Gramps is like a butterfly dancing, attached to my heart and flying to a distant place. The loved ones I saw, the leaves swirled and danced in the air, as if responding to my thoughts.

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My fatal attachment came to an end with the singing of cicadas and dancing leaves, but there are still longings that must be answered.

I want to respond to the ghost I met again in the middle of summer, the ghost who cleaned and cooked, the ghost I wanted to save when I was a human, the ghost I promised to protect, the ghost atone her sin desperately, the ghost who has been silently waiting for me, the clumsy and gentle ghost that I have forgotten.

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The night in midsummer is unexpectedly cool, and the silver moonlight shines on you and me. Your bare skin looks pale under the moonlight, and you look so fragile under the moonlight. I didn’t pay attention to her because of various troubles. Although her expression is calmer than when she collapsed, she still has a sense of depression. Her dark circles around her eyes are quite serious. Even if you look at her at night, you can tell that she has severe insomnia. Now she looks like she is about to fall down at any time. In the night, she is as unreal as a ghost.

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That’s right, someone who has been ignored by her friends for a whole year and still maintains a normal and sane relationship with the premise of being forgotten, so far I haven’t turned into a dragon is because she is trying hard to control herself, she weaves one lie after another to deceive me , deceived herself, so everything has been maintained until now, and the lie has been protecting her sanity.

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Knowing all this, I accepted the fact that Gramps left, but I couldn't forgive myself for hurting Velvet all the time. I didn't know how to compensate her, but I still asked her out alone on the same night.

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How do you say "I'm sorry."?

How to say "please go take a break."?

How can I make myself feel that I am qualified to care for her?

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"Eleanor? What did you bring me here for?" She finally asked after following me silently into the dark forest.

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I don't know, just go with nature.

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"Just follow me, there is a place I want you to see."

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I took her hand and walked towards my secret place. This seemingly ordinary behavior between friends has become alienated between the two of us. She was a little surprised when I did this, but soon accepted and obeyed.

She always cared about me.

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"It should be in this area."

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We saw faint silhouettes in the forest lit only by moonlight, but soon another light source illuminated our silhouettes into the darkness.

A small bright spot slowly reveals under the feet, each bright light has a weak light, but gathered together to form a light source that can illuminate the surroundings. The light spot reflects the forest at night into a mysterious and fantastic place , as if all the sorrow disappeared in the air in an instant, and the strong illusion buried the world.

The light spots are like petals swaying in the wind, dancing and scattering.

The fireflies floating over your shoulders danced playfully, tempting to reconnect between my hazy moods.

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"I just want to see this scene with you."

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Don't know where to start, the guilt of forgetting.

I don't know where to start, but the joy of recalling.

Holding your hand now, can we still understand each other?

Each point of light floating from below is like the ethereal and overflowing wish I want to convey now.

I keep praying that I won't forget you again.

The unorganized mood turned into a simple sentence in the end, this is not a lie.

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"Here, it's so beautiful...thank you."

You stare wide-eyed at such a scene, you must be amazed by the scene.

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“It should be me who thank you,Velvet. Thank you, for always being there for me.” I hugged Velvet tightly, not to let her feel lonely again when I abandoned her for more than 1 year.

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"It's nothing, it's far worse than what you gave. But I'm glad you remembered me and wanted me to stay by your side......I miss you so much."

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All the troubles were resolved by your one sentence, and turned into a simple thought of "I miss you very much", which made me feel enlightened.

…….I really like you, Velvet Crowe.

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"I too...... miss you very much, and want to be by your side all the time." The ancient and fleeting wish was finally uttered.

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Tonight's night is dyed a hazy bright yellow by fireflies. We embrace each other, I hope to become the arms for you that you can rest for a moment, until you sleep peacefully in your arms, until sorrow disappears into the sky.

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You are the ghost I cannot forget, the moonlight I have been following.

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If someone says that this is a romantic love, I think this is not quite correct, but I like to live with you with such happiness everywhere, and I also love your existence, this must be a form of love, and I want to express this love dedicated forever.

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Notes:

A.N.
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There are trace elements of Velvet/ Eleanor in this passage, and I have always put this Tag, so there should be more elements of this kind in this story.
In addition, I also feel like Eleanor gave out too much unilaterally. I feel a little too unbalanced, so this time it becomes Velvet to give.
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Although it should be written that Velvet paid, this time Velvet should have looked really hurt, but I think I have abused her too many times, so this time I will try to describe it lightly. (That is, Velvet hurts but I wrote it lightly so that you don’t feel She’s in pain, it’s a reality escape () If the Velvet Arc is written seriously this time, it will involve many different characters and have a lot of room for development. To be honest, I can’t write it, so I didn’t write it.
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Zenrus itself is the person who raised Sorey, Mikleo and Eleanor at the same time. I always feel that the setting of this work is very developmental, so I try to extend it. (As a result, the interaction between Sorey, Mikleo and Eleanor is not written in detail at all XDDD)
This paragraph was originally intended to be written in the final chapter, and it was intended to be a short paragraph, but because it deviated from the topic, it was not inserted in the end.
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Because I think it would be a waste not to write it out, I finally wrote it in this episode. I kind of want to express that Velvet has grown to the point where she can help people spiritually. At that time, I didn’t think of any details, and I finally wrote it like this because I saw a MafuEna novel (Chinese) “Who’s Wish” that shocked me, and I used a lot of references when I wrote it.
By the way, the last paragraph was written with reference to the lyrics of "Megurire Luka - A Red Leaf". I was very troubled about how to make the relationship between Velvet and Eleanor come to a conclusion, and worried about what should be done to make up for it. In the end, I found that there was no solution, friends won’t mind, so it turned into such a night tour in the end.
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As mentioned above, Velvet Arc has a lot of room for development. I have almost never written about what happened in a year, and I haven’t set it, and I can’t think of it, because the setting of Eleanor’s inability to see Velvet after amnesia is the result of reading the novel. The setting was just born, so it is a setting that was completely absent in the previous setting sheet. This article was not so long originally, only Eleanor collapsed and Velvet went to comfort her, but when I wrote it, I felt that there was no climax at all, and it was not enough to become Velvet/ Eleanor, so it ended up like this. Because I can't imagine this blank year, and I don’t want to force myself to write something very casual, it should be a kind of "blank" reverie space. So this episode is the last of this series, thank you for watching until the end~ See you again somewhere~~~

Notes:

Well, that's my first fanfic of TOZ and TOB crossover and also my first fanfic. I read many of these fanfics, they inspired me to create my own fanfic as well, so it is normal if you saw some of their shadows, just because I have read and referred from them, taking reference is nearly one of my writing style.65Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Hr4SiEbdb
I hope I didn't get any of the characters OOC as I am not too familiar with TOZ. This fanfic is the timeline after TOZ(game), so Eizen …...I honestly think we can't get back all lost things again but to accept it. However, he will present in some chapters.65Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteQPlcNfMF
The clip of Maotelus told Sorey the story is actually inspired by TOB novel but I rephrase it into Sorey’s POV.
By the way, both Velvet's and Sorey's clothes are hard to draw!

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Ch. Extra 2 - The ghost I saw again in midsummer

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