Chapter 44: Separation (part 2)
"I don’t want you to see me crying."
Her words felt heavy.
"You know, I am actually not from this planet. I come from a different one. And I am also not from this time or era. I am not even a human."
She stopped after that, and after a brief silence, her words rang into my ears again.
"I come from the planet of beasts, but they are not like the beasts from here, they have their own intelligence. And just because I say I am a beast, you wouldn’t hate me, would you?" She asked with a playful smile, trying to hide that sadness and grief inside her.
"I would never!"
I truly will never hate her whether she is a human, beast or a demon. I can never hate her.
"I know... and I am also the same, whether you wish to turn back to a human again or you go back to becoming a demon. I will love you forever. Even if I am gone, my feelings for you will stay the same. It won’t matter even if you don’t love me, I will do it until I die."
She buried her head on my shoulders. Tears kept on coming down from her eyes.
"The outside world is soon about to change, people will do anything to achieve the godhood. Many more people who have been in slumber from centuries ago will rise soon. At that time, the strength of this world won’t be enough to survive. It will likely fall once the war breaks out with many other small worlds. You need to be prepared for that, brother... I do not have much time now, they are waiting for me."
She said, her voice getting bleak.
"Who are they?!" I yelled. "I will kill them all, just... don’t leave me, Setsuna." My voice cracked, with the fear of losing her.