Side Story: Canopus, the Guard Knight (300 Years Ago) (1)

―――My own sins are something I understand better than anyone.

Through the long years still ahead of me, I regret again and again that I was not by her side that day.

Yet no matter how much I regret, grieve, plead, or pray, nothing changes.

The loss of something precious happens in an instant.

And it can never, ever be reclaimed.

Her radiant dawn-colored hair, her compassionate smile, her gentle voice—everything is gone.

There is no salvation left in my life―――………

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―――I was dreaming.

I was dreaming of serving her once more in a world just a little different from this one...