THE LOCUS OF STARS
1
Fall wore on.
Since a certain boy arrived in the Labyrinth City, there had been a spring marked by fateful meetings and a summer distinguished by the strong start of a new adventure.
A tumultuous six months had flown by in the blink of an eye, and winter was just around the corner.
Much had happened.
So, so many things.
One thing that could be said for sure, though, was that it had been a time filled with irreplaceable experiences.
The white-haired boy was immature at first. But he had been growing at a stunning pace.
And the girl with the pearl-gray hair had fallen in love with him. While thinking fondly of him, she began to smile in a way she never had before.
She should have merely been watching over them. She had saved the boy who the girl cared for so much countless times and, in the process, came to respect him, and…
Fall wore on.
Now in late autumn, with all they had experienced and learned about each other, they were attempting to change their relationship. Disastrously.
The harvest bore no fruits or smiles. At the harvest festival held in the name of goddesses, a girl confessed her feelings to a boy who did not return them. And so, the goddess attempted to make everything hers.
A conquest occurred. A walled garden was created. A sacred flame rebelled. And at last, a great battle was set to begin. To defeat the followers of the tyrant empress, myriad groups formed an alliance. It would be the largest battle in Orario’s history.
As she was, she would not be able to support him. She was certain of this. How many times had her slender, twiglike body experienced defeat at the hands of the Goddess of Beauty’s followers. No matter how well she utilized her knowledge and tricks, she was as powerless as a gentle breeze trying to move an imposing mountain.
I need power. I must become stronger. To save him. To stop her.
And so, she decided to undergo the purification she had avoided all this time. The conclusion she had always lacked the courage to face. For her own selfish convenience, to protect bonds that she would not and could not give up on, she would face her reunion with justice.
The only ones to see her off were a single friend and the head of the post town in the labyrinth.
After taking a magic item and a splintered piece of wood from them, she looked up.
“Wait for me, Syr.”
It was that moment between night and day before the sun had even begun to rise.
Turning her back to the white tower and massive defensive walls, Lyu left the city. And as she did so, she said:
“I am coming to see you…Lady Astrea.”
She looked up to the stars glittering in the early-morning sky.
No Comments Yet
Post a new comment
Register or Login