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"N-no..." My lips parted as words finally creaked out.
With widened eyes and trembling insides, I gazed upon the scene unfolding before me.
"You... finally came..."
The girl who spoke gave a relieved smile. Her red hair fluttered with the wind, and her bloodied body was barely standing.
The bled she tightly gripped was chipped, and a pool of blood had formed underneath her.
"L-Lucy...?"
Her slender frame did not suit the terrible state of her body.
My heart shattered, from one to a million pieces, and the tragedy broke me.
"... I'm sorry. I... I couldn't protect everyone..." The girl's breaking voice was low, and it contained so much sadness that it moved me to my core.
As I stood away from the vehicle, watching from a distance, I could no longer resist the multitude of thoughts that assailed me.
'IT'S ALL MY FAULT.'
Everything I witnessed—the deaths and chaos all around me—they were all my fault!
"H-Hero... I'm sorry for... for being too weak."
I shuddered.
Lucy's smile did not cease.
Her amber eyes contained a faint glow as she looked at me.
The enemy Demon that rendered her into her current state was a distance away, supported by a multitude of Lower Demons.
For some reason, the Demon didn't interrupt my reunion with Lucy, and I did not even spare it a glance.
All my attention... was on the child that was near death.
"I can save you! Lucy!" Sarah yelled, drawing close to her as I remained frozen.
"I-it's too late. I used... that Skill..."
Lucy's bated breath and her pale skin seemed to get only worse.
"N-no... Lucy." Byron also drew closer.
Everyone seemed to be moving, but I couldn't take a single step.
'Why...?'
"I had to use it... to stop the enemy... to hold the enemy off..." Lucy's voice overlapped with mine.
'.... Why are you so useless?' My mind's voice rang deep in my heart.
"... It was the only way to make sure..."
Tears—uncontrollable hot tears gushed from my eyes.
"... That the Hero would come to save the day."
'WHY ARE YOU SO USELESS, SAMUEL!!!' My heart cried as I watched Lucy look at me with her last remaining time in the world.
"So, Hero..."
My heart pounded and my tears kept falling as I clung to her last words.
"... Please save us."