Chapter 351: The End of All (4)
The interior of the uppermost floor of the empty lighthouse was filled only with bookshelves, a desk, a chair, and books, while beyond, the sky was thick with darkness and a celestial body within it released brilliant mana, as the ground vibrated roughly and the wind rustled meaninglessly.
In this place where Ria had disappeared—no, where Yoo Ah-Ra had departed—I looked at the spot where she had just been standing.
"How completely ridiculous."
It was utterly laughable that a hollow laugh escaped me as I looked back and saw the hints everywhere—her face, which was much like Yoo Ah-Ra’s, her habits that would sometimes surface, her reckless personality, and above all...
“... There is no way.”
The blue flower on the desk caught my attention as I placed a finger on the small bud and gently traced its surface.
"To know with a single flower such as this," I muttered.
... I cannot believe there could be another person on this continent besides me. Let alone that it would be you. You are not an insignificant person to me, and because you are so precious, I cannot presume to think so, I thought.
“... Yoo Ah-Ra.”
It is only because you found the courage to speak my name that I finally came to know this, at this very end.
"You are just as you were," I said with a smile.
The emotions for her remained vivid because she was the one who had occupied the largest part of Kim Woo-Jin’s soul and the person who had been with him for half his life.