[WN] Re: Starting Life in Another World from Zero - Volume 14 by Tappei Nagatsuki

Author:Tappei Nagatsuki [Nagatsuki, Tappei]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Arc 4, WN, ReZero, RZ
Publisher: Shōsetsuka ni Narō
Published: 2021-03-05T00:00:00+00:00

Illustration from Volume 14, coloring by Xarlasar (source)

Young Emilia: “Mother.”

Fortuna: “I didn’t… follow, a single thing, you… told me…”

Spoken like a child giving an apology, Fortuna voiced her regrets. Blood no longer streamed from her body, though tears poured from her eyes. Emilia felt the hot teardrops landing on her fingers, and scrambled to gather them up.

Because Emilia inevitably felt those composed the entirety of her mother’s current strength to live.

Fortuna: “I know, you’ll… be angry, sister10… I know you, won’t, forgive me…”

As she listened to Fortuna’s incoherent mutters, Emilia finally realized.

Fortuna’s amethyst eyes had not been reflecting any light for a long time. She had long lost her sight, and her eyes had degraded solely into organs for shedding tears. She was not even looking at Emilia’s face. She had not even noticed that Emilia was right beside her.

Emilia could touch her, could hug her, but it would not reach her.

Emilia, faced with Fortuna as she sobbed like a child seeking forgiveness——

Young Emilia: “——I forgive you, Mother.”

Fortuna: “…”

Young Emilia: “You’re my Mother… You were so good to me… and not even Father, or Mother, could beat you with how you like me sooo much…”

Fortuna: “…”

Young Emilia: “So you, don’t have to apologize. You do not have to. Emilia will always, always love you, Mother Fortuna. Love you. Love you, love you… love you…”

The dam bursted. Her voice lost its usual tone, as the overflowing tears dripped one-by-one onto Fortuna face. If teardrops were composed by the strength to live, then the final miracle left was the strength conferred by Emilia’s tears.

Young Emilia: “…Mother?”

Fortuna: “Lia.”

Her hand slowly reached out to touch Emilia’s cheek. A hand that should not have been moving stroked Emilia’s cheeks, her ears, tickled her hair. As if touching something beloved, so as not to break it, lovingly.

Fortuna: “You big crybaby.”

Young Emilia: “…”

Fortuna: “I reeeeally love y…”

The strength drained from her. Her arm hit the ground with a thud.

Emilia sensed that Fortuna’s body had grown lighter. Her body had lost its strength, and this should be compounding the weight on Emilia’s lap, but Fortuna as she laid in Emilia’s arms had definitely grown lighter.

The most important part of her mother, which must not be shed, had been shed. Even Emilia could understand that.

Young Emilia: “————"

She had lost Fortuna, her mother.

Juice, Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti, had lost his mind. And Emilia——

Pandora: “Now, have you prepared yourself to choose the hope which follows the opening of the seal?”

Young Emilia: “————”

Asked Pandora after walking over to Emilia, who held Fortuna’s corpse close. She looked towards the sitting girl, all while wearing a calm expression and waiting silently for her reply. Finally, Emilia understood.

Young Emilia: “Open, the siel?”

Pandora: “Yes. Although highly unfortunate, your Mother, who you shared your promise with, has passed away. There is no need for promises to bind you like fetters for any longer. What do you think?”

Listening to Pandora as she spoke insane logic, as if it was something normal, Emilia comprehended. She now understood what this demon in human shape had been intending by pulling this stunt.

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