
“Archie... You're kidding right?”
Scarlesia's cry split apart, she hugged Archie's slowly cooling and stiff body. His only brother had left him, sacrificing his life to protect him.
“Archie wake! Don't leave me! Please open your eyes Archie. Don't joke with me, please open your eyes.
Shouts and sobs of crying simultaneously rang out from Scarlesia's mouth, she was extremely hysterical. His heart was sliced, his heart was pierced by thousands of arrows, how painful he was today. How his little heart was left by the little brother he took care of with all his heart.
“AAARRHHHHH!!! ANYONE PLEASE SAVE MY SISTER!” scarlesia's yelling sounded painful.
Simultaneously, Xeon and Andrew and the others came. They were surprised to see the condition of Archie and Scarlesia, as well as the situation around the devastated by the battle between Archie and Venos.
“Sia, why...”.
“Xeon... Archie is dead.. Can you give him back again? My sister is dead.. I... i....”.
Scarlesia's voice was disjointed, Oliver quickly hugged Scarlesia directly. His issue grew louder, his cries sounding so heartbreaking.
“Give me my sister... I beg you to give her back to me..” Scarlesia.
No one commented, the entire body of helpless limp saw Archie was no longer alive. Though they had just met Archie this morning, he proudly told them that today he was going on a date with Scarlesia and they were asked not to interrupt his time.
“Sorry Sia, sorry we were late,” Oliver said.
“Do not take my sister... do not take her from me...”.
“What should we do now?” zenon wondered.
Xeon fell silent, she looked at Scarlesia full of sadness. His heart was also wounded to see Scarlesia hurt again. Archie blows himself up to save Scarlesia, but it doesn't go perfectly because Venos manages to escape into the portal to the palace of darkness. Here only Archie was the victim, Scarlesia got a great blow from this incident.
After a few minutes, they tried to persuade and calm Scarlesia so that she would be brought back to the palace. Archie's body was also with them, his body was planned to be buried after this. The entire palace was shocked by Archie's death, no one expected this to happen.
Scarlesia with staggered steps and blank eyes went to deliver Archie's body to be immediately buried in a special imperial cemetery. Scarlesia simply silently watched as her sister was put in a chest to be buried immediately. Scarlesia's condition like this worries many people. During the funeral, Scarlesia was embraced by Eldrick so that she would not fall or fall at the funeral.
“Is this my fault?”
Scarlesia's question broke the silence in grief, several pairs of reflex eyes facing Scarlesia.
“No Sia, it's not your fault. You are not wrong,”, Eldrick assures Scarlesia that this is not his fault.
“But Archie died protecting me, it's my fault, right? I got Archie in trouble, I got him forced to blow himself up to save me, it was all my fault. If only my strength had not been locked, if I had not been weak, none of this would have happened. I was wrong, I was wrong. I killed Archie. It's my fault, Dad, your daughter's a murderer! I was wrong..”.
Scarlesia knocks herself down, hysterically returns and says Archie's death was part of her mistake. He was like he was knocked from the high sky, he was a moment of chaos because of Archie's death. This time he was completely helpless, deeming himself useless in the dying moments of his sister.
“No Sia, it's not your fault. My daughter is not a killer, my daughter is a good boy, Archie's death is not your fault. Stop thinking that this is all because of you, Archie chose to sacrifice himself for you. So, it's not your fault,” said Eldrick holding back tears at seeing his daughter feel tremendous inner pain.
Scarlesia fell silent again, her gaze blanked back as the pain she received made her heart unable to cope with the pain in the chest. After that, they returned to the palace together and Scarlesia entered her room without saying a word to them. Eldrick tells Erin and Hana to leave Scarlesia alone first but they must keep a close eye on her.
At night, Scarlesia comes out of the room and asks Hana to bring her some alcohol. He went to the greenhouse to reflect on what happened today, the chaotic feeling of being out of control.
“This is the first time I have drunk alcohol since coming to this world,” his murmur poured alcohol into his glass.
Scarlesia gulped down the alcohol in the glass, then poured it again into her glass. And so on until he felt drunk by the alcohol. Scarlesia was laying her head on the table while looking at the crescent moon in the night sky.
“The month is beautiful, but why isn't my heart? Ahh I'm fucked..”.
While he was busy muttering to himself, Oliver came over to him. Scarlesia raised her head as soon as she heard the sound of footsteps approaching towards her.
“Oh Oliver, I guess who it was,” Scarlesia said as she finished the remaining alcohol in her small glass.
“This is the first time I've seen you drink alcohol. You better not force yourself to gulp more alcohol,” said Oliver, he pulled the chair opposite Scarlesia and sat at the same table.
“When I was in the modern world, I used to drink alcohol. Countless times Archie scolded me for coming home drunk too often. Yeah, it's just my past.”
“Already, do not drink again. Not good for your health,” forbid Oliver snatch a glass of alcohol belonging to Scarlesia.
“Hahh yes, just take my glass. I'm tired..”.
Scarlesia threw her head on the table, her facial expression looking desperate. Oliver bent his face that was also moody to see his beloved girl hurt so deeply.
“Sia...”.
“I hate my life, I feel like everyone will leave me alone. I was always afraid that everyone would die because of me,” Scarlesia said suddenly.
Oliver sighed, he clasped the back of Scarlesia's cold hand from the night wind.
“Do not talk like that, your presence is always awaited by everyone. What happened today was not your fault, stop talking as if your presence was wreaking havoc for everything. You hurt me for saying those words,” Oliver said.
“I feel desperate, somehow my life never ends perfectly. When do I have to endure everything? Until when should I fight desperately?”
“I am beside you, not only am I even a lot of people who are willing to stand beside you. I will not leave you in that difficult condition. I love you, love your whole world, if the world hurts you then I will protect you. Even if you die, I will wait for you again like before. I love you, I just need you, doesn't that describe how valuable you are to me?”
Both of Oliver's teary eyes vented all of his heart to Scarlesia, all this time he had always held himself back but today he said it.
“So, fight a little more. I will accompany you on your long road until you find a happy ending to your life. I will never let you alone bear this heavy burden Sia.”