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"Alright, I really don't want to delay you anymore. So let's get over with this. Co and kill ." Said my other self, offering his chest as he opened his arms wide.
"What?"
"You have to complete this trial by defeating . The hardest part maybe it is the pain of getting rid of the illusion in front of a person… Co on, it is not hard, you just have to kill this loser. This good for nothing…"
"…"
"After you're done with , you can keep going like always. I'm sorry for taking ti from you, I shouldn't had spoken so much. Co on, let's get over with this quickly."
He's right, killing him would be the correct thing to do. I should get rid of him for good, so I can walk outside for those waiting for . But no matter how much I think about it, I can't help but feel like it hurts a lot. Crushing my forr self rcilessly, it would be like negating who I was.
Is this truly what I wanted?
No…
I don't really want this.
But its not like there's another way to complete this trial.
At the very least, even if he's an illusion or whatever, I want him to hear my words, and I want to comfort him, because I know he's . I want to comfort him the sa way I've always wished for soone to completely understand back then to comfort … I want to pat myself in the back… and tell myself that I shouldn't try to deny my past.
"You're myself. You think I can bring myself to just kill you like this, without anything else? Dry as ice?"
"Eh?"
"I… I am sorry for not telling this to you before as well, but I have no plans in denying who I was, who you are…"
"B-But…"
"Even with all our mistakes and even with everything we did wrong, even with all our flaws, even with everything that made us who we were, I am still you, and you're . I cannot bring myself to forget you, to forget …"
"You…"
I smiled back at myself, as I walked towards him and hugged him, letting his face over my large shoulders.
"We might had been flawed, but who isn't? That flawed personality of us, all those mistakes, those flaws, they built up the man we are today."
"Ah…"
Suddenly, my other self's eyes began to flow with tears.
"Yeah, let it all out man."
"E-Even after everything, you still want to keep myself within you? Even after everything you've done to easily be soone even greater? Am I not a burden to you?"
"No, you're the one that makes who I am. Without you, Benladann wouldn't be in love with . I wouldn't even have a daughter to begin with. Imagine if I didn't had you within . Wouldn't I be just a very grumpy dragon?" I sighed while giggling a bit.
"Ah… Maybe…" He sighed.
"So how about it? Let's continue as we have always done, together." I said with a nod.
"You… don't really see as a burden?" He asked again.
"No, you're what makes . I am you and you're . That's all there is to it." I said, extending my hand towards him.
He slowly extended his hand, as he grasped mine tightly.
The size difference was big, but even then, I knew that hand was so familiar… it was mine after all.
A flash of bright light began to flow from my hand, reaching his own hand and then the rest of his body. As I hugged my other self once more, he began to turn into particles of light that quickly began to fuse with my body instead of simply dissipating. I was in fact, using my ability to absorb Divinities to bring it to . I wasn't simply going to kill him.
"Why does this feels so warm…?" He wondered.
"Because you're not dying, you're simply becoming part of again."
"Thank you… I really… I didn't wanted to die."
"I know… Let's go together from now on then."
As he stopped crying and smiled like I've never seen my past self smile, he suddenly turned into the last particles of light, fusing into my body.
The mont he disappeared, he turned into . I felt him flowing across my body, I felt his mind beco mine… There were no interruptions either because he was truly just .
Instead of trying to beat those past insecurities, or trying to get over my flaws, I embraced them, and made them what I am today. I might had changed over ti, but those things remain within as part of what made who I am.
I still remain afraid of things, and I am still quite timid in fact. But it is thanks to the many new experiences I've had in my life that I was able to improve, but I never truly stopped being the sa as I've always been.
In fact, it could be said I was always like I am now, I simply… needed more people at my side, a new environnt, and the challenges to make open myself to what I truly was.
"I am Drake, the Dragon King."
I proclaid those words to myself in low voice, as I walked forward, a sudden confidence I never felt within my heart began to flow into it, quickly giving an incredible amount of warmth. However, a quick hint of lancholy embraced my heart as I walked outside the room, that small hint was perhaps that I still, was leaving sothing behind…
I looked behind once more, only seeing the whiteness of the room. I guess there was nothing else anymore.
[That was incredible… I never thought that you had such thoughts about yourself, Drake.]
The System suddenly spoke to , surprised about my feats.
"Is that so…? Neither I did…"
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