"Lucifel, I have something to tell you."

The man, whom she had reunited with after 25 years, spoke.

"I'm going to die soon."

Hearing those words, Lucifel was stunned and cried out in shock.

“Dying… you’re dying? What are you talking about?!”

It was hard for her to believe. While the man wasn’t young by human standards, he wasn’t so old that he should be on death’s door. She was about to dismiss it as a cruel joke when her eyes caught sight of the collapsed ceiling of the cave.

It was the mark left by their swords when they …