“Aikalen, do you know about my past?” Fran asked in return.
Aikaren paused for a moment, then shook his head.
Fran, with his hands in his pockets, slowly lowered his eyes.
"I've traveled all over the world before, you should know that."
"Yes, I know."
"Actually... when I was traveling around the world, I wasn't alone; there was a girl who was always with me."
Ekalen looked at Fran, who was sighing, and listened attentively without saying anything.
"Her name... is Eileen, um... she's my fiancée..."
Fran scratched his face, a little shy when talking about his fiancée, which made the corner of Ekalen's mouth twitch involuntarily, who had been looking sullen.
He thought Fran was single like him, but he never expected her to have a girlfriend!
"It's a pity she's dead..."
"ah?!"
"It's not exactly death; she just merged with one of the Five Calamities, the Sky, meaning her consciousness is still intact."
"but……"
"How could a kind girl like Eileen do something like destroying a city..."
"So whether she's dead or not, I know perfectly well..."
Fran's eyes slowly reddened, and she covered her face, turning her head away as if she didn't want Ekalen to see her sobbing.
Aikaren looked at him, hesitant to speak, wanting to comfort him but unsure how to say it.
After a moment of silence, Fran gradually calmed down.
"She and I have been childhood sweethearts. From a very young age, we made a promise that after we had traveled all over the world, we would get married in the most romantic place we had ever been to."
But that accident made it impossible for us to keep that promise...
"So... actually, the moment she died, I had already lost all hope of living, and I no longer wanted to live..."
At this point, he smiled helplessly, "But the aliens are really despicable. [Sky] put on Eileen's face and told me not to die, then gave me to our boss, Hera, as a favor."
I've also survived to this day thanks to this symbiotic relationship.
"Aikalen, I'm tired..."
"Let me go keep Eileen company."
Aikaren kept his head down, his long hair obscuring his face and making it impossible to discern his expression.
But a single tear sliding down his cheek and his clenched fists revealed his current state of mind.
"However, it's not really true that I was just barely hanging on, since I was quite happy during this time."
He stepped forward, smiled, and patted Aikaren on the shoulder. "You're just too melancholy and lack confidence in your speech. I've seen plenty of people like you who stay home all day playing games."
I don't know about other things, but you're a very good person. You're kind, thoughtful, and it's very comfortable being with you.
Ekalen was stunned, her eyes widened, and she looked up into Fran's eyes.
Those eyes were full of affirmation and sincerity.
"Xiao Huan is also a nice mutant. It's quite fun to bicker with it occasionally."
Well, how should I put it... I'm quite envious of Thoth for having such a nice maid. Her refined and gentle demeanor is actually quite nice.
Hera is much better than I imagined; aside from being inhuman, she's quite nice.
Suddenly, Aikaren reached out and hugged him tightly, sobbing and tears streaming down her face.
Fran's lips twitched, then he sighed and hugged her back.
"Seriously, stop being so gay. I'm going to be with my wife, why are you making such a sad face..."
But his voice trembled more and more, and a tear slid down his cheek, which he quickly wiped away.
He tilted his head back, trying to hold back his tears, and took a deep breath before slowly speaking.
"If you and I really are the friends I met online as I mentioned before, then the two of us... would definitely be very good brothers!"
"Uh-huh……!"
Aikalen nodded repeatedly.
"Alright, that's where my journey ends. I'll have to leave the rest to you..."
Good brother!
As soon as he finished speaking, Fran transformed into wisps of pixels that coalesced into a pale blue heart, which floated together with the other hearts.
Aikalen, who was holding his body, lost her grip and fell to the ground, her hands trembling uncontrollably.
"goodbye……"
The lamb bid farewell, and all the love gathered into his body. Then, the entire void was enveloped by a burst of bright light.
The empty space turned into a white expanse.
Aikaren dazedly got up and looked at his hands.
"Am I...resurrected?"
But where is this?
He looked ahead, his pupils dilating slightly.
In the vast expanse of white ahead, a pixelated figure wearing a brown and blue striped shirt slowly emerged from behind.
This is also pixelated, but the difference is that the outline doesn't seem to resemble a monster, but rather... a human!
"Six boss monsters..."
The person in front muttered to himself, and Aikalen's brows furrowed slightly.
"Each time you defeat a boss, you will advance to a higher realm... These six bosses also correspond to the human realms:"
New Star, High-Rank, Royal Army, Extraordinary, Myriad Stars, Star Radiance.
And you, have defeated all the bosses and reached the highest realm, Starlight.
The figure slowly turned around, revealing a face with a sallow complexion, composed of pixels that revealed no emotion, to Ekaren.
(-_-)
Aikalen's pupils trembled violently; the person in front of him was someone he knew all too well!
“My name is Frisk, you can also call me… the player-controlled protagonist…”
“You… how could you…” Ekalen’s face was filled with disbelief and shock.
Frisk looked calmly at Ekaren.
"For me, that game was always just a game, and I didn't feel anything no matter what I did to those monsters."
I was once their best friend, bringing them into human society to help them live in harmony with humans.
They had also slaughtered them, leaving no one alive.
However, none of this matters, because if I regret it, I can simply revert to a previous save and start over. To me, it's all just a game…
Ekalen frowned, becoming wary as she looked at Frisk, who claimed to be a player.
"Actually, there aren't just six real bosses, there's one last one..."
That's me!
With that, a short sword appeared in his hand. Aikalen was immediately on high alert and tried to summon the Dragon Bone Cannon, but he couldn't activate its power no matter what he did.
"You can't use your abilities, right? Because I am actually your ability!"
Frisk approached step by step with the knife in hand, and Ekaren's heart tightened with each step.
He walked up to Aikaren, raised his sword, and brought it down!
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