Chapter 668

Luna Artorius.

She appeared with the eclipse.

I wonder who was watching her from somewhere.

I thought her talk about the protection of the moon and sun was just a wish for a common blessing.

I don't know if it was important that she refused the deal or if something else was important.

The promise not to make Ellen sad.

Was it Luna's intervention that made me want to keep that promise?

I don't know the exact reason.

As far as I know, the person closest to being an absolute being in the world has appeared.

It is impossible for me to defeat Ellen in her current state.

But Luna can do it.

Alsvinir summons a deity.

But she is the deity of two gods.

She can definitely do it.

"How did you get here?"

As if regretful.

As if impressed.

Luna looked at me with that kind of gaze.

Luna smiled sadly as she looked at me.

"I'll take care of 'that'."

And she speaks matter-of-factly about the matter.

She'll take care of it.

"Then what about Ellen...?"

"She'll return to normal. As you wished, as you imagined. Completely."

My heart raced like crazy at those words.

I can get Ellen back to normal.

She'll return to her original state.

All the souls will disappear, the Gate incident will end, and I will get everything I wanted.

That's it.

It can be done.

Was the time I spent with Luna in Rizayla to make me stronger or to bring about a change that would involve Luna in the world?

"I'll leave the rest to you later."

Luna walks quietly towards Ellen.

As if there's no need to talk anymore.

Is this the end?

Everything is resolved.

There will be other problems, but those moments will come when all that needs to be done is to solve the problems of the world.

Like that.

In this plague-ridden world.

That's how things are going well.

Impossible.

"What about your mother?"

"...."

Luna's footsteps stopped at my call.

If it was that easy, there would be no reason not to have done it until now.

There must be a reason why Luna appeared now.

It was something that could be done as easily as turning over the palm of your hand, it should have been done earlier.

Watching, watching, watching.

She appeared because there was no other choice.

"She's going to disappear, right?"

"...."

There must be some kind of price to pay.

If it was something that could be done without any price, Luna would have intervened earlier.

At the tomb of the Lich, Luna tried to kill me.

If she had killed me then, she said she would have disappeared as a price.

It's the same this time.

As a price for doing this, she will disappear.

That's why she appeared now.

She doesn't want to disappear either.

She appeared because I still want to keep my promise.

"I am not a being belonging to this world."

Luna, who stopped at my call, turned to look at me.

"I have existed without a purpose, acted without a purpose, and spent time without purpose, so there is no regret."

"...."

"Why would you be regretful when I, who have no purpose, am not regretful?"

Is that enough? "If Luna sacrifices herself to bring Ellen back, is that enough? I don't know. I don't even know how to defeat Ellen or how to get rid of those spirits inside her. Luna says she will take care of it all. Is that enough? It's too easy of a conclusion to accept. I feel like I know the reason for the future. I probably would have refused Luna's intervention too, knowing that she would disappear if she intervened. I would have refused her intervention and made a deal instead. And Luna couldn't prevent Ellen's suicide. But things have changed. I know the result after accepting the deal. The future that was supposed to happen without me knowing anything is clearly different from the present. Is leaving it to Luna's sacrifice the only solution I can find through the future I saw? Am I really powerless and useless? 'What about your mother?' Luna's footsteps stop at my question. I realize that Luna appeared because there was no other choice and that there must be a price to pay. Luna says she is not a being belonging to this world and that she has existed without a purpose, acted without a purpose, and spent time without purpose, so there is no regret." "I'm just throwing a fit because there's no other way besides me handling it. Do you want me to disappear just because you don't like it?"

"Yes."

My words came out without hesitation, and Luna's eyes narrowed.

"Maybe like this... like this..."

Luna let out a deep sigh.

"Am I just a useless person who's fallen behind...?"

It didn't seem like she was just saying it, but genuinely disappointed.

Even in this situation, where everything could be easily solved by someone else, my behavior of throwing a fit because there was no answer was truly pathetic and unbearable.

There was no way, no solution.

I was just forcing it.

I want to get Ellen back.

But I don't want Luna to disappear either.

Is there no better ending?

Why do we always have to sacrifice something?

"That's how it's always been."

"...."

"You know that."

Come to think of it, it was always like that.

There was never a solution.

I didn't know how to become stronger.

I didn't know the cause of the Gate incident.

I didn't know how to find Lysira.

There was never a complete solution to any problem.

But I pushed through.

I've failed countless times, but miraculously I've found a way or solved the problem.

It's not absolute, but I've become stronger.

The Gate incident happened, but I found out why.

I didn't know how to get to Lysira, but I somehow found it.

So isn't that why Luna appeared in front of me now?

"Do I not know that? But everything that's happened so far has been truly miraculous."

"That's right."

"Just shut up and listen."

"...."

"Where is the guarantee that it will be the same this time?"

"There isn't any."

It's chaotic.

It's a pathetic thing to refuse the only solution when there's no other plan.

But what should I do?

I don't want to lose anything.

If I accept Luna's sacrifice because it's inevitable now, what about next time?

Luna accepted that there was no other way, so she will ask for another sacrifice that is necessary.

I know that I have to compromise to survive.

But if I get used to compromise, I will eventually sacrifice everything I cherish.

The first step is scary.

Living a life without compromise may be impossible.

But I don't want to live a life accustomed to compromise.

I've grasped everything.

And I don't want to let go of anything.

Not Ellen, not Luna.

I don't want to get used to the idea that I have to give up one thing to gain another.

"You fool."

Luna finally turned her head away from me with a scowl.

She must have been genuinely angry.

After all, I came to her twice asking for help, but now I'm saying I don't want it, even though there's no other plan.

She won't come to help me twice.

It would have been a chance for a genius.

Getting Ellen back with Luna's help would have been the way to solve everything. However, since he refused, there will be no second help. If he doesn't accept the deal with the spirit, he will most likely die. He may regret not accepting Luna's help while dying. However, the protagonist decides what to do now. He doesn't want to receive Ellen back in a world where Luna is gone. He doesn't want to be happy that his daughter has returned when his mother died for her. Luna walks away from him to Ellen, turning her back on him. She falls with a disgusted expression, waving her hand in the air. Then, a sword appears in her hand. She wears a cloak on her shoulder. "…Huh?" "This is all I can do." What was in her hand was clearly the Moon Sword Lament and the Sun Cloak Raphaelt. The Void Sword held in Ellen's hand and the Sun Cloak had disappeared from the stopped world. Luna took Ellen's relic, which was the biggest obstacle. This was not something that was shown in the preview. Something different happened because of my changed words. I don't know what has changed, but something is definitely different. "Look, there's something." "Hey!" -Snap! "Ow!" In the end, he was caught. Maybe it wasn't something that required the disappearance of existence. Yeah. There's something in the end. There's something you can do without paying the price of disappearing. If he had just stayed still, he wouldn't have known this. He should have just told Ellen that her mother saved her and disappeared with that excuse. My thoughts were all written on my face. "Even in this situation, you're still a stubborn person." Luna looks at me and leaves. She has an expression that makes me feel like I'm going crazy. But I can't just watch myself die like this. "If you can't do anything even after going this far, just die. You're such a pathetic guy." She looks at me with a malicious remark. It was a frustrating, annoying, and unbelievable expression. She wouldn't have been a person who showed so much on her face. Come to think of it, Ellen was like that too. I definitely have a talent that makes people with personalities like Ellen's unbearable. "Did you say you weren't going to have another child?" "What? Oh... I said that." Did she really try it? "I have no intention of having another child." Luna was gnashing her teeth. "If you have a child like you who touches everything, it's a big problem." Lagan and Ellen were lucky. What if they had a child like you who was unlucky? So, I'm too anxious and scared to have a child. "Still..." While saying that. "Live." She said that even though she told him to just die. "Good sons and bad sons." "Strong sons and weak sons." "They're all unnecessary." "I..." "The son who is alive is the best." "Not me, who is helpful, but me who is alive." "Like hoping to meet someone anytime."

"I feel the same way."

That's it.

Leaving behind sad words that come from experience.

As always.

She disappeared with one step.