641. The Path Towards What We Must Do
“I was deaf to the suffering! My teachings to you…!”
Suddenly, just as the Fruit of Everlasting Miracles’ HP dropped to half, a pale field expanded from where the Arbiter stood, temporarily overriding Snowfallen White’s Corrupted Zone. She held out her weapon, dashing towards the singing Snowfallen White and pumled her into the pale ground.
“… Were my honest feelings! The throes of man were born from the wounds you gathered whenever you entered my forest! How they threw rocks at you for your discolored hair and eyes! Despite how brightly you shone! Was there ever a day of downcast when you were in my forest!?”
Her sword was swung repeatedly at Snowfallen White like a club, bashing her into the dirt as the thorny brambles withered away. The forest sharply shifted, transforming into a rose garden along a highway leading to nowhere.
This was clearly not done by the Arbiter. Rather, the form of Snowfallen White was changing again.
“I… had wished that I was born a human. That way I would have been able to understand how to love you! I never learned how to love you! All I could do was hope that one day –!”
The Arbiter’s eyes were peeled wide and strained. Her body rejected the notion of displaying her emotions, and this further riled her heart with agony.
“– I could give you back the life I stole! And if that wish was my poisoned apple…!”
Her pumls stopped. She fell onto her knees above a now frozen Snowfallen White, who carried a golden apple in her hands which rested atop her heart. She was trapped within a glass coffin, surrounded by a field of red, weeping roses.
“It was ‘Her’, not your daughter. Nor ‘Us’.”
“Do not pretend like you loved your own child.”
“Only I can give her the love she needs.”
“Only I can break her free from our eternal curse.”
//////// < WARNING > ////////
< WOE OF THE FALLEN STAR >
< THE ARBITER’S TRUMPET WAILS >
The Briar Rose
< An eternal curse befalls the princess. Only true love’s kiss awaken her >
AFFINITY : Amalgamation
LEVEL : 270
ORIGIN : Folklore
HP : 30,000,000
ATT : 40,000
MAG ATT : 40,000
ATT DEF : 30,000
MAG DEF : 30,000
MP : 2,000,000
RESIST : 700
AGI : 130
“Galia. Anna. Co to my side.”
“M-!?” Anna shouted from across the field of red, lifting her blood-soaked leg in disgust. “W-What can I do!?”
“Bring so sense into Frost.” Galia smirked.
“Indeed.” Michaela humd. “Let us all take the reins of this tale. I realize now how unfair it was to let you be the only one to direct the course of it, Frost. That is why I will now do my part. That child is mine –!”
The Arbiter’s False Price of Paradise grew to twice its size. She carried it on her back, the handguard biting deeply into her shoulder until it drew blood. Then, she howled with absolute conviction.
“– And I will take her back into my arms, even if it ans destroying you in the process!”
A black, shadowy aberration of a giant jaw appeared, and it devoured the roses in its path.
< [Prejudice] >
< EFFECT: If determined Guilty, deal 1,000,000 damage. Lose 1% of total HP per attack until HP reaches 1. When HP reaches 1, all Juries may Enact Judgent >
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