Ereneth sat by the window every day, staring outside.

Her face betrayed no emotion, yet anyone familiar with her would notice the subtle change in her demeanor.

She was enveloped in a profound void, wrapped in loneliness. The only friend who remembered the war of a thousand years ago was now gone.

"Arterion... So, even you have left now."

She didn’t regret telling Ghislain about Arterion.

She had fought for humanity. If she and Arterion had annihilated humankind, the sacrifices and battles of a thousand years ago would have lost all meaning.

That’s why she had not stood with Arterion. …