It's really been too long.

Too long, too long.

The woman with a sad expression raised her hand and gently stroked the man's cheek, as if she were holding a treasure, extremely gently.

In that darkness, I didn't know when the loneliness I had become accustomed to began to feel so uncomfortable.

I had never thought in the past that the wait, which was only a few breaths long, would be so long...

It was so long that my soul was about to collapse, and even my self almost disappeared.

I can endure the darkness if I never see the light.

【How pitiful.】

She didn't know whether she was talking about herself or pitying the scarred silent man.

The idea of ​​saving everyone was unrealistic. He had also thought of hiding with only a few people and saving only a small number of people worth saving.

[No matter what sins you have committed, no matter what vows you have broken, no matter what choices you make in the end...]

【I'm waiting for you to save me.】

【Sure enough, is this still the case? Haha, you are really stubborn.】

Uncontrollable tears fell from her eyes, she was very sad.

Maybe, both.

She is suspicious by nature and never trusts others.

As if he had stepped from a hallucination into reality, all the hidden scars on the man's soul were revealed, and he could barely recognize his human appearance.

She forced herself to break away from the warm embrace and held his dull face.

[It’s just as miserable as I thought. It’s a shame you persisted in coming here.]

But only you, I don't want to give up.

She hugged his body tightly, wanting to rub her body into him, and she vented her emotions to her heart's content.

Because others can't be perfect.

Because it's time to separate again.

However, there is no way around it.

I wanted to see his expression, but my body was tightly controlled and I could only hear the gasping in my ears.

【I will always be by your side, either watching you win or watching you die.】

【Looking at your current appearance, you probably can’t say anything.】

The arms that were originally just on her waist hugged her body tightly, forcing her to press against her body.

This is all that can be done.

The pain in body and soul never ends, and every death challenges his mental stability.

His consciousness has dissipated and not much of himself remains. This is indeed his true intention.

[Work hard! Tear them down from their thrones! I’m looking forward to this day~]

His body stiffened when he was hugged, but he still followed his instinct and raised his hand and put it on her waist.

[You are a hopeless rebel and a disturbing factor that should be eliminated.]

Putting her chin on his shoulder, she closed her eyes and whispered softly:

【So, after what you have experienced, do you still want to save them?】

【I love you.】

"think."

"…………"

【!!!】

"I want to save you."

【...You are really mean-spirited.】

[This is what is in your heart...]

I can't save everyone.

【If you say that, am I not the only one who looks like a bad person? 】

The man was silent, just looking at her with eyes stained by blood.

She asked:

【Do you really want to save them?】

【...This is right.】

Accompanied by a gentle whisper of incomprehensible joy and anger, the fingertips gently touched the man's eyebrows:

This is obsession.

But just as she was leaving, she heard a voice.

Even if the road ahead is full of thorns.

【Just think of it as punishment for not being able to see me, and leave everything to you.】

"Compared to them..."

This was the first time she had experienced such an emotion since the beginning of her life - being moved.

[You have an unforgivable sin on your body, and only the deepest hell is your destination.]

"despair."

Those scarlet eyes that were burning like fire were not filled with anger, but with unbreakable love.

【Have you ever thought about giving up? 】

Suddenly, her deep tone changed, and a bright light lit up in her eyes.

How miserable.

You will also want to give up.

Although the perfect savior will be loved by others, he will also be silently alienated and kept at a distance by them.

[You are an apostle favored by God, but you are a fallen person who betrayed His trust.]

How much have you paid for them?

Do you really want to save them?

Even if it means sacrificing yourself?

【……so be it.】

【I will bear all your sins, and you will walk the loneliest journey alone.】

Taking a deep breath, she hugged him and said in a distant voice:

"pain."

Even if you will forget me.

【But before that...】

I don't want you to be lonely.

What she awakened at this moment was the obsession that existed deep in his soul, without any falsehood.

Countless fatal injuries were all piled up on his body at this moment. It was like he was spliced ​​and sewn together, restrained and entangled by dim silk threads to keep him from falling apart.

Why so late?

Gently she finally kissed those lips.

【Why did I finally see my destiny clearly until now?】

Even though divinity is like poison.

In her eyes, men are much more miserable than they look on the outside.

He will be weak in the face of fate, he will want to give up when faced with despair, and he will want to escape from difficulties... He is a living person, not a perfect savior destined by fate.

Yes.

Although she was touched, she still felt sad.

【Desperate?】

"Thought about it."

【Although the idea is really naive, this is you.】
To be continued...