Son?

Maybe I... regretted it.

When the Hero came to save me, and told me he loved only me and wanted to stay with me forever.

That was undoubtedly what I felt in that moment.

Why hadn’t I resisted until the end? Why had I wanted to give up at the very last moment? What foolish thing had I been thinking? Regret overwhelmed me.

Only now did I finally realize it.

The end of my life.

At that precipice, I closed my eyes as I watched the sword’s arc descend.

Ready to never open them again.

And yet.

Slaaaaaash...