"This doesn't seem like you, Arcueid.
To say such things. These are what other True Ancestors wanted to impose on you. I'm different. Just like with Altrouge, I didn't see you as weapons."
[You speak gently.]
[Altrouge, standing beside you, speaks harshly.]
"Is that so? I think she's broken. Otherwise, how could such an unqualified princess be born?"
"Altrouge, do you want to fight?"
"If you want to fight, I'm ready anyti. I won't lose to a naive princess who stays at ho all day."
[The two won's gazes clash again.]
[You are used to their bickering.]
[They only bicker.]
[In the end, they don't fight, but Arcueid's weak expression when she asked the question.]
[Seeing her like this,]
[You really feel troubled.]
[Both Altrouge and Arcueid are afraid and worried about your impending end.]
[You feel you can't just sit by.]
"Moran, have you been happy up until now?"
[Altrouge suddenly speaks up.]
[She is one of the people who have been with you the longest, and even she can't help but ask.]
[She struggles to suppress her emotions.]
[She doesn't know if she has satisfied you, as your first creation, she cares deeply.]
"Such questions are hard to answer. I didn't expect Altrouge to beco as sentintal as Arcueid. Has she infected you?"
"No! I haven't been infected by this fool!"
[Altrouge blushes and turns her head away.]
[Arcueid beside her smiles happily.]
[Yes, this scene is sothing you always cherish, even as your end approaches, you can answer with confidence.]
[I have gained much, I have lost much.]
[I still miss the Crimson Moon who accompanied , and in my dreams, I can recall her breath, her warmth.]
[And the sorrow of our parting.]
[Even now, he holds onto the sincere wish his lover conveyed to him before they parted.]
[Miraculously, they fell in love.]
[In the end, he watched her leave like this.]
[Even now, looking at the two won before him, he deeply understands the words the Crimson Moon spoke at their parting.]
"This planet still looks beautiful to ."
[You give your answer.]
[If Altrouge hadn't asked, you wouldn't have thought about whether you were happy.]
[Nor would you have co to this conclusion.]
[Although the final result is that you lost much, not everything gained in the process was lost.]
"I think I have been happy."
[The two won listen to your words.]
[Just like when they were young and listened to your stories.]
"Arcueid, Altrouge, if you ever feel sad, no matter when, I will be by your side, even if I'm not here. I will do my best to co to you."
[You speak sincerely to them.]
[And they rember this.]
"Yes—! That's a promise! Moran, you can't go back on it! Otherwise, even if you hide in the deepest corner of the Inner Sea of the Planet, I will find you!"
"Moran, since you've said it, I can't pretend I didn't hear it. This promise, I won't let you break it."
[In the flower field caressed by the gentle breeze,]
[The bright moonlight falls on your face as it always has, but this ti it brings a long-lost warmth.]
[Their radiant smiles, their excited deanor,]
[Exist in this Inner Sea of the Planet.]
[As if existing in colors outside of ti, for you, nothing is more real than this.]
[It will remain in your mories forever.]
[You recall many things.]
[When you finally co back to your senses,]
[The battle between the priest and the vampire has ended.]
[The dark figure standing outside the deep chasm is the first thing that catches their eyes.]
[The barrier lts like snow.]
[Silently disappearing.]
"Moran..."
[The na escapes their lips.]
[A word that should be unfamiliar to both, yet sowhere in their mories, it feels incredibly familiar.]
[The vague outline in their mories,]
[Now finally becos clear.]
"I was thinking of eting you in a better place, but reuniting here... well, anyway, Altrouge, have you been fighting with Arcueid again?"
[You turn to face the two.]
[With a helpless expression, like a father returning ho after a long absence.]
[These words,]
[Make both Altrouge and Arcueid tremble slightly.]
"Although I've been away for a while, I'm sorry, but if you're fighting. Things like this..."
[As you continue to speak,]
[In the next mont, you catch the familiar scent of flowers.]
[Distant mories are awakened again, there's no mistake, it's the scent from the sea of flowers under the moon.]
[You will never forget it.]
[Looking at Arcueid and Altrouge who have thrown themselves into your arms, you feel only the deepest longing.]
[If it weren't for the incomplete principle of this simulation...]
[Only Half-Baked Ancestor]
[You probably had already planned for this scene to happen, otherwise you wouldn't have waited countless days and nights, anticipating this day]
[No need to explain too much]
[They recalled the experiences they had forgotten like a dream]
[What was once hidden in the corner is now completely exposed in the mont of reunion]
[In the heart that had been frozen for so long]
[The long-lost blood in mory is surging]
[You stripped away the most superficial emotions, wanting to reveal the most essential feelings to them]
[Choked up in your throat, there's only one sentence]
[You don't know how long they've been waiting, and your own desire to et them has swelled to an unpredictable extent]
[This world is indeed very beautiful]
[There are things that you can et as long as you keep protecting them]
[And precious things that you can keep as long as you persist]
[You said the words you've said countless tis before, as if everything was just a continuation of the distant past——]
"I'm back..... Arcueid, Altrouge."
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