EPILOGUE II
Mitsuki just stared in shock at the scene before her.
Yuuto and Fagrahvél, as well as Felicia, Sigrún, Albertina, and Kristina, who had heard the news and came running, were all mourning Rífa’s death, tears coursing down their cheeks.
There was a part of her that, for some reason, was happy at the sight, even if she felt a little guilty about it.
It was because the fact that they were mourning meant that they loved Rífa deeply enough to mourn her passing.
And in that instant, Mitsuki understood.
No, to be more precise, Mitsuki remembered.
That she had once been a girl named Sigrdrífa.
That she had died here, and after thirty-five hundred years, had been reborn next to her beloved Yuuto as she had so fervently wished.
She couldn’t help but feel a bit of exasperated astonishment at her dedication. Or perhaps it was better described as obsession?
But there were things that she did, in fact, understand now. Everything seemed to snap into place. She finally understood why she had loved Yuuto for as long as she could remember.
It was because her very soul was already hopelessly in love with him.
That was why, even though she had been born to a regular middle-class family, she had known how to carry herself as the wife of a ruler, because she had the experiences from her past life to guide her.
The reason she was hardly jealous of the women who made up Yuuto’s inner circle was because she loved them as well.
When she was among them she wasn’t “special.” She was just a normal girl that was in love.
They were her friends. Her irreplaceable, precious friends, which was why she wanted to root them on in their relationships.
She wanted to tell the others that she was Rífa.
If she told them now though, they would think she had gone mad with grief, or that she was insulting the memory of the dead.
That wasn’t something either she or her past self, Rífa, would want.
This was something that would take time.
Which was why Mitsuki embraced Yuuto.
She wanted to tell him that she was here.
That she—that Rífa—was here.
To be continued...
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