60 Puzzle Piece (2/2)
She whispers to him with her hand positioned over his cheek. But he can no longer see her.
There is no one there, merely the morning continuing on in its silence.
” 'Please kill me,' huh...”
He murmurs Aurora's final words, then touches his own cheek. For some reason, it feels like her warmth is still lingering.
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Alpha and Epsilon look down on Lindwurm from a mountaintop.
Alpha's dress is ruffled by the wind, leading to her white legs being visible in glimpses.
”The Holy Ground has been erased.”
”So it seems.”
Alpha presses the bridge of her nose.
”Retrieval of the Holy Sword?”
”The Holy Sword was evaporated.”
Alpha sighs.
”Sampling of the core?”
”The core was also evaporated.”
Alpha shakes her head.
”The simplest and the surest solution. How like him.”
”The only one who could actually accomplish it is Shadow-sama alone.”
So says Epsilon with pride in her voice.
”The path he walks, is the path we walk.”
Alpha's beautiful blond hair glitters in reflection of the morning sun. While gazing at the faraway city of Lindwurm, she narrows her eyes.
”Beta?”
”Guiding the princesses. If all goes well, she should be able to plant herself.”
”Noted. Investigation at the Holy Ground?”
”We gathered all information that we could at the present stage.”
”Tell me.”
Epsilon explains, while Alpha listens.
Her brilliant mind instantaneously sorts through the information.
”Enough. That matter?”
”Our hypothesis was ...indeed correct.”
So answers Epsilon with the simplest word choice possible, but only after a brief moment of hesitation.
”Aurora the Witch of Calamity... by another name, the demon Diabolos.”
Alpha directs her blue eyes towards the faraway morning sun.
”I see... so that's why he...”
The sound of a puzzle piece falling into place seems to reverberate in the air.