Chapter 789 Tear's New Resolve
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Tear continued remembering those times. When Veredorr was at her side, those times she misses so much. Those time she never thought she would miss… Gritting her teeth, and hugging his Soul Crystal as she rested over the soft bed.
She couldn't help but remember those last words, that last conversation they had together, before she was to never see him again… When she was rescued from the crown's control, as he flew across the skies of the crown's mindscape, with big, frost-made bat wings.
"V-Veredorr?!"
"Tear… I've finally found you."
"After I… did that to you… You came back for me?"
"I knew it wasn't you who killed me… It was the crown's will."
"But I did so many horrible things… I even…!"
"Please, don't bother yourself with that… I want you to be happy. I want you to smile like you once did… I've been fighting, fighting for you, for that smile. Please…"
"Veredorr…Why? Why go… so far…"
"Because I… Tear… I've always loved you…"
"E-Eh? V-Veredorr…! I…!"
"I love you too…" Tear sighed, kissing the jewel in front of her. "I love you so much… I love you… That's what I wanted to say… Why didn't you even waited a little bit? Why… Why couldn't you let me say it? Maybe… you could had gone out more peacefully."
Tear continued lamenting, looking at the jewel.
"I wish we could had shared a life together… I wish… we could had… enjoyed so many things together… I wanted to be with you…" She continued crying. "I wanted to even be your wife… We could had had children, a big family… You could had taught me how to cook your favorite meals… Sniff… I could had… loved you back, and give you back all the love you deserved…"
Tear continued talking to the jewel constantly, almost endlessly.
Minutes passed, even an hour, two hours… three hours.
Despite knowing the jewel couldn't talk back, and maybe, there was nothing there but just a crystal.
She continued talking to him, to Veredorr.
"And that's why… We would had named our first child after my brother! Don't you think?" She smiled, glancing at the jewel.
And then, her face quickly grew more sad, depressed…
"R-Right…?"
She couldn't cry anymore.
Tear stood up from the bed, glancing into the mirror, the people outside were living their lives normally.
Some smiled, others laughed…
The world kept going, even when she had lost someone so important to him.
Veredorr wanted her to continue in this world that kept going, he wanted her to live in this world that kept giving.
He wanted her to enjoy the things he couldn't enjoy; he wanted her to explore the places she couldn't explore…
And she remembered his words once again.
"I want you to be happy. I want you to smile like you once did… I've been fighting, fighting for you, for that smile."
Tear smiled faintly, sincerely.
"I will smile for you, my love…" She sighed, caressing the jewel. "I will smile for all the times you made me happy, and for the many times you would had made me happy if you were here…"
Her broken heart slowly started to get itself together, even if wounded, it was still trying its best.
"And I will keep fighting for you… For my people here… I will protect them and amend for what I've done…" She gripped her fists.
The door behind her opened once more, as Maria entered the room with Nyx, Arachne, Partner, and Emeraldine. Everyone brought snacks and drinks to console the broken hearted girl.
"Hello there~ How are you doing?" Partner wondered.
"We brought you something to eat, you mustn't stay for so long without eating anything, Tear!" Emeraldine said.
"It's the missy that was evil before?" Arachne wondered.
"Yeah, she's good now." Nyx nodded.
"Oh, nice." Arachne smiled gently.
"How are you feeling?" Maria asked with a faint, gentle smile.
"I'm… not fine at all. In fact, I feel like dying. I feel terrible even… Yet for him…" Tear smiled. "I have to smile and keep moving forward."
Maria, who had also lost many loved ones, smiled back gently.
"Well said." Maria sighed. "Let's eat now. You can't go around with an empty stomach."
"Right… I would love to know more about… all of you, your names, and what you do and all… I don't know if I am even as strong as before but… I want to grow stronger. I want to help you all fight injustices and protect my tribe…" Tear sighed. "Is it okay? If I wanted to amend for what I've done?"
The girls were left surprised.
"W-Well, of course. If you really want to." Maria sighed. "I'll also make a necklace with that jewel, so you can always be together with him."
"Thank you…" Tear nodded. "Even if it is just an empty jewel, it is still… a part of him. As long as I have it with me, I think I can keep going… And maybe, sometimes smile."
FLAAASH!
The moment Tear said those words, for a faint moment, the jewel glowed brightly…
Everyone gasped in surprise.
Yet, it quickly stopped glowing right afterwards…
Silence took over the room.
"V-Veredorr? Is that you?" Tear cried, but there was no response. "Why did the jewel glowed out of nowhere? What is… happening?"
"…Maybe there could be a way." Maria said, suddenly getting serious, as she sensed something within the jewel.
It was Veredorr's Origin.
"A-A way?" Tear asked in surprise. "What is it?! C-Can I really bring him back?!"
"But for such a thing, we'll have to do the impossible, Tear…" Maria smiled. "Are you ready to walk a path that could even defy the gods? And the worst is… I can't even guarantee you that, at the end of the road, he could come back… I would say, fifty-fifty."
Tear smiled, her eyes glowing brightly, they glowed with the light of hope.
"I will! I don't care… For him… I would do anything!" Tear smiled. "Now… now it is my turn to help him, it is my turn… To repay him for everything he has done for me… I will even walk to the ends of the world; I would swim to the depths of the sea… I would even defy the gods if that's what you want. I don't care."
Maria smiled, nodding.
"I see, then you're one of us." Maria smiled. "Because my goal is the same as well. I will make a world where we no longer fear the gods, where there is no longer prejudice… And where the tragedies that led to the sacrifice of our beloved ones… Never happen again."
"I'm in! For sure!" Tear nodded. "I am sure that this is what Veredorr would had wanted… Right, Veredorr?" She smiled faintly, caressing the jewel.
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