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I feel my eyes go wide. Why would she call out for her? Doesn’t she know things will only get worse if she gets involved? She’ll ruin everything, and even if she saves Keine she’ll find some way to make your suffer for it!

“SHOW YOURSELF, YUKARI! Please, help her!!” Mokou shouts again, an edge of desperation in her voice. She tries to pick up Keine again, who’s crying in pain, life hanging on by a thread.

I find myself grabbing onto her arms, seeing Keine suffering more is too much.

“Mokou, please, stop!” I cry out.

Mokou tries to look at me, pure rage in her eyes. I meet her eyes. After everything I’ve seen since I’ve gotten involved into this damned mess, all the times I’ve feared for my life, I don’t find myself afraid of her. Mokou is only a woman that’s losing her love, not a monster.

Before anything can happen between us, a hand feebly reaches out and touches Mokou’s cheek. Keine’s and Mokou’s eyes meet and then-

She's gone. Her hand slumps down, and the fire in her eyes dies completely. Mokou cradles her for just a little longer before she unwraps her hands from Keine and guides her body to my arms.

“… Protect her, please…” She mutters before she stands up and wings of fire burst from her back and she rockets towards the Hieda State. I lower my gaze, keeping vigil over Keine’s corpse, wiping my eyes with a bloodied sleeve so the tears don’t stain her clothing.

Above me there’s an intense flash of light- Mokou must be on the offensive now.

Mystia slumps down next to me as she starts to sob, and I find it difficult to fight back my tears. Keine was dead and many more would join her before the day was done. Her dream would never come to be, all the work she had done, the sacrifices she had made all for nothing.

All I can do is stay on my knees as the whole world around me descends into hell.