[Selgaath's Son]
"Mother, there's no need to sugarcoat it. Father is dead… isn't he?" I asked.
My mother seemed hesitant to answer me but after seeing the expression on my face, she eventually gave me the truth.
"Yes. Your father has died."
"..."
"But do not mourn him."
I'm not.
"He has brought honour to our family. Our king had a plan for him and in death, he's fulfilled the task that he was given."
I looked up at the painting in our home. One of them was a family portrait, but above it was a large portrait of the demon king.
"Do you know which puny human killed my father?" I asked her.
Mother went quiet for a bit before she responded.
"Bell Agnus."
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[Francis]
The cure to heartbreak is distraction.
The remedy for the loss of a loved one is the gains in muscles.
Where I lost a lover, I acquired a body that is to die for.
One day, she will come to regret that—
My poem was interrupted by an arrow that nearly nicked my ear.
"Watch it!" I yelled at Cormier.
