– Frey Starlight’s POV –
Morning had arrived, heralding the start of a new day .. another step in this long journey known as life.
I felt my body stiff as I stirred awake. For once, I had gotten a good night’s sleep, sothing rare as of late.
Ever since I obtained this superhuman body that set apart from all other beings, sleep had beco unnecessary .. no longer a need, but rather an escape.
A realm of dreams I fled to when the weight of the world threatened to crush .
I rose quietly, sitting up on the bed as I checked my body.
Running my fingers along my limbs, I could feel the power once again surging through my veins after the recent exhaustion I had endured.
There wasn’t a single scratch on my bare torso. My body was flawless .. thanks to my regeneration ability, which had erased every trace of injury as if they never existed.
It had been three years since I reincarnated into this body.
Three long years of trials that forged who I had beco.
I could see it now so clearly .. the version of myself from the past.
That weak version of , the one who once broke down in despair in his room upon realizing he’d been reincarnated into the world of his own novel.
It felt as if I had climbed an uncountable number of mountains since then.
I had beco stronger .. far stronger.
I had gained the kind of power that could shake the world... and crush the enemies that walked upon it.
But deep down, I knew this wasn’t the end.
Many mountains still awaited ahead .. peaks far taller than any I had faced before.
The trials to co would only grow harsher, and I had known this from the mont I saw Wesker’s na in the final mission forced upon by the System.
To face such horrors, I needed to grow stronger .. much stronger.
I had to keep moving forward.
I had to beco a monster powerful enough to stand atop the sa stage where the titans of this world stood alone.
To achieve that... I knew I would have to pay a steep price for the power I sought.
Perhaps I would lose myself.
Perhaps I’d lose sothing so precious I could never live without it again.
Perhaps life would break harder than ever before.
I was bound to lose many things... but there was one thing I could never afford to lose, no matter the cost.
My goal.
That single goal I had set for myself .. the one that gave the will to walk through hell itself if that’s what it took.
The goal that gave the strength to keep moving, to keep fighting, no matter what stood in my way.
In so way, I felt like I had started losing parts of myself .. even the emotions that once clouded my vision in the past.
Brushing aside the long white strands of hair that had grown longer recently, I stared up at the ceiling of my room .. a room that trembled from ti to ti, proving the ship was still moving forward.
In this rare mont of quiet during war, my mind drifted back to the mont I stood face to face with the half-demon Gvardiol.
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I’d be able to control myself in front of the man who had killed soone so dear to .
The man who killed Danzo.
I thought I would go berserk the mont I saw him.
I had spent countless hours thinking of the perfect way to exact revenge.
A way to make him suffer. To kill him in the most excruciating, rciless fashion.
I wanted to unleash every ounce of strength I had gathered through my training all of it .. on him.
But when the mont of truth ca...
Those feelings vanished.
As if soone had doused the raging fire in my heart with ice-cold water.
No matter how long I stared at him... Gvardiol no longer felt like anything more than an enemy to be eliminated.
Just like any other wretch from the Ultras.
Another insect.
A filthy creature this world would be far better without.
That way of thinking ..that mindset .. was what allowed to survive the first round of war the way I did.
And it brought the best possible outco.
I earned the love of every soldier in the Imperial Army, making them follow without even realizing it.
I gave them hope when darkness engulfed their hearts. Showed them miracles when it felt like the world itself was ending.
I told them what they needed to hear at the right ti, in the right place .. and I did it all with full intention.
I didn’t do it out of love for them.
Nor out of pity.
I did it because I needed them to follow in the future, so I could achieve the goal I had carved for myself long ago.
I manipulated them .. all of them.
... of all people.
Just as those above toyed with my fate and tried to bend it to their will, here I was, manipulating those around in return.
Actions fit for people like Prince Aegon .. those I once despised.
"...I’ve changed. I truly have."
But that’s okay.
Even if I seed like a hypocrite...
Even if I turned into scum...
It didn’t matter.
The people I truly cared for were few .. so few I could count them on one hand.
This was only the beginning...
"I have to endure... until the very end."
Firming my resolve once more, I broke free of my thoughts and tried to rise from the bed.
But I froze mid-motion when I felt a pair of slender arms wrapped tightly around my waist.
They had been there since the beginning .. so much so that my body had grown used to them, and I’d completely forgotten.
Beside , Sansa slept peacefully and quietly.
Despite the dark horns that grew from the crown of her head, she looked like a sleeping angel.
She really was... gorgeous.
Slowly, I slipped away, pulling the blanket over her body to hide the curves my eyes had so often been drawn to .. unconsciously, at that.
In that mont, we looked like a married couple. A peaceful pair living a quiet life in a modest ho.
And strangely enough... it didn’t seem like a bad thing. In fact, it felt like a beautiful ending I might actually wish for soday.
But that wasn’t who we were.
We weren’t a serene husband and wife .. we were Frey Starlight, the monster, and Sansa Valerion, the demoness. Two beings destined to be the first to plunge into the flas of war.
Wherever we walked, death would follow.
We’d co to terms with that a long ti ago. And we were ready to keep moving forward, no matter the cost together.
I pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead, then withdrew silently, leaving her behind as I left the room. I donned my black armor and prepared myself to face another day in enemy lands.
"See you later," I said with a faint smile, closing the door behind .
The mont I did, I sensed her stir .. clumsily, at that.
She had been awake the entire ti. She hadn’t moved a muscle, but I knew. I could read her like a book. She was still shaken from last night, especially after I’d taken the lead the way I had.
Pretending to be asleep... how foolish. Especially when she knew I could hear her thoughts.
Still, I played along.
Because honestly, flustered Sansa was far more entertaining than the usual cold, domineering demoness.
That was the kind of relationship I had with her.
I suppose the future held countless twists and turns for us. But one thing was certain.. Sansa was soone I genuinely wanted by my side.
And so I chose to keep her close. Because she was one of the few people I truly cared about.
Whatever the future had in store for us... we’d face it.
Together.
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