["Princess." He chuckled and said:]

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【"Until I reach the end of my journey, I will not consider death to be my ending."】

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Michael, who transformed into Su Lin, wiped away the tears on his face.

His eyes have become extremely clear, like a high-spirited young captain who was sailing away in his youth.

He put Su Lin's flesh and blood on the ground into a small mahogany box, completed this extremely simple, lonely, unattended funeral, then turned around and walked away slowly in the wind and snow.

The wind and snow are getting stronger.

The houses are dressed in white, and the city wall is like a sleeping dragon, lying in the heavy white snow.

The cold wind brought a burst of noisy market sounds, mixed with people's laughter. In the distance, amid the wind and snow, the water surface of the harbor shone like neon lights, and the white sails of fishing boats disappeared and appeared.

The young man wearing a white mask, holding the extremely light mahogany box in his arms, slowly walked out of this deserted alley step by step.

Deathly silence spread in the air, and the wind and snow pressed on his somewhat stooped back.

His slightly bent figure blended into the silent darkness in the gradually thickening twilight.

The white light in front of me gradually faded and disappeared.

This scene is over.

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After decades, Michael could no longer bear the malice in his soul.

At that time, he had been completely assimilated into Su Lin, and the memory that originally belonged to Michael had become blurred.

Before he died, he wrote his last words in the basement of the royal city.

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[I deceived the Pope and Princess Tulip, saying that I was going to sea to find a way to break the barrier. 】

【However, I just want to die alone.】

[That person...that kid who claimed to be a soul hunter, when he used the knife on me, I didn't resist.]

[He seriously injured me and tore half of the map in my hand.]

【...However, he probably didn't think that I just wanted him to kill me.】

[I don’t want to take on such a heavy responsibility anymore...it’s almost crushing me. I can no longer tell whether I am the Michael of the past or the ‘Su Lin’ of today.]

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[Let the kid who killed me, who calls himself Kaiya, become the next ‘Su Lin’. 】

…

Garder's later husband, Kaia, became the third generation Su Lin.

He snatched away half of the map from the dying Michael. After Michael's death, a large amount of Su Lin's memories were poured into his mind.

Unable to control his overwhelming memories and swinging emotions, he went to sea according to his original plan and boarded a ship bound for the Art Empire.

Belonging to Kaia, his timid mood made him afraid to return to Praia and face the deceived princess and the pope - he chose to settle in the Art Empire and lived there for decades.

In the process of Kaia's assimilation, Su Lin's memory gradually gained the upper hand. He bewitched the Duke of the Art Empire and obtained the false identity of Viscount. However, due to Kaia's cowardice, he struggled between living in anonymity and returning to the common people.

Raya struggled repeatedly.

...Finally, one day, he completely transformed into Su Lin.

The part belonging to Kaia disappeared.

He planned a plan to seize the ship, transformed S-class soul hunters and a group of nobles, boarded the immortal pearl of the empire, and with the help of the Siren Soul, took away the most important Art of the empire.

stone so that it can be preserved safely.

And those who travel with him,

...She is just as dignified and beautiful as a tulip, the declining lady.

【Saya.】

But in Praia, the East Side girl who was supposed to have a happy life failed to wait for her husband and spend the rest of her life with her lover.

After Su Lin blessed her, his first generation successor inevitably destroyed her happiness with his own hands.

She guarded her daughter who was sick in bed and her son who went to the front line,

...until the teeth are shaking and the hair is gray.

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And no matter what, no matter what means are used and what is sacrificed.

In this land that has gone through many vicissitudes of life, peace has continued.

"Su Lin" lives on in people's praises, has been erected with monuments and names, and has successfully become a glorious hero in the legend.

A symbol that has been passed down, a name that is chanted, and a mark engraved on a stone tablet. He regards himself as a brick and stone of this land.

He once stepped into the golden color of dusk amidst the noisy sea breeze full of laughter, turned his back on his partners and colleagues who spent time together, walked towards the airship, and never looked back.

The sound of the waves is like a drum, and the sound of the flute is like thunder.

The setting sun shone on him, and his shoulders were as red as flames.

He implemented the ideals of generations, protected the peace of the land, and died in the brilliant lights of thousands of families.

for commitment,

for order,

for love.

He is a microcosm of the thousands of victims on this land.

or justice,

or kindness,

Or angry.

…

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【The story about me is very long...there are also many things I regret.】

【——What is the way to protect the people I love? Sacrifice, balance, or hatred? 】

[What is the motivation to maintain the survival of a group of people? Are they who have lost their faith and are living in illusory dreams still considered the people I love?]

【At the moment before I die, I can't figure it out.】

[My dear heir, I am sorry to entrust you with this task.]

【Inevitably, please be me, and then...】

【——Use your life, your flesh and blood, your bones, your burning soul, everything about you, fearlessly, bravely, and decisively--love this land. 】

【Fight for those who cry, live for those who smile.】

【Because of your sword, your will, your bond——】

【...To protect this land of thousands of suffering people.】

…

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【Just like me,】

【...just like thousands of "us".】

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Chapter completed!