Chapter 669
Luna, who had appeared with the solar eclipse, vanished, and the world began to stir once more. The red eclipse faded away, and the clear sky was replaced by a thick blanket of clouds. The rain, which had been suspended in time, resumed its relentless descent upon the earth.
Swoosh!
Thunder clashed with the sounds of explosions, creating a chaotic symphony as battles between monsters and the Allied Forces resumed.
At the center of the storm, hidden within the downpour, lay the final battlefield. Within it, there was a presence. It was the only other presence, besides my own, that had noticed the sudden anomaly. After all, both Lament and Lapelt had vanished without a trace.
“A strange trick indeed,” it mused.
Since it had not been privy to the knowledge of the sudden pause in the world, it naturally assumed I had orchestrated some kind of stunt.
The Cloak of the Sun, and the Sword of the Moon. It seemed only natural that Luna, the embodiment of both the sun and the moon, was able to retrieve them from their appointed master.
That was the greatest assistance she could offer without sacrificing so much that she would cease to exist. She might have had to pay some price for it regardless, but she hadn’t mentioned it, so I couldn’t be sure.
In the end, even though she had angrily wished for my demise, Luna didn’t want me dead.
‘See, Mother?’
Luna had always said I was like a child throwing a tantrum. But by doing so, I had helped her to find a way to help me without having to disappear from the world.
If I hadn’t known what was to come, I might have thrown a hissy fit, insisting that I would die and urging Mother to leave. Eventually, Luna would have yielded to my stubbornness. Then I would have died, and Ellen would have died as well.