Chapter 303
The Empress's Request
Grammer, the capital, the royal palace.
On the throne.
The golden light emanating from Titania slowly dissipated, and she opened her eyes.
She won.
She finally did it for herself, and for all the iron cavalry.
He avenged Sam...
but……
Looking at the figure that still stood there like a statue, tears finally welled up in her eyes.
She won the war, but lost the empire.
now.
Even the last person who truly followed her... is he going to leave her too?
"Lu Qing..."
She reached out to touch him, yet was afraid of shattering this already fragile hero.
Sam's tense body finally relaxed after sensing her presence.
He slowly...slowly...fell backward.
Titania quickly got up and stepped forward to embrace him.
When you actually come into contact with his cold, traumatized body.
Her heart... was completely broken.
"Lu Qing..."
"Lu Qing..."
She could only call his name in vain, over and over again, tears falling onto his pale face.
The sky above the capital planet was tinged with a hazy gray by the smoke of war.
On the ruins of the palace, Titania held the man in her arms, whose life was rapidly fading away, her body trembling uncontrollably.
She won.
Parliament has turned to dust in the universe.
The flames of revenge ignited by lies and betrayal have finally been extinguished.
She never regretted launching this war of revenge.
But why...
Because of her spiritual connection with the Iron Cavalry, she can see.
You can see this burning city.
You can see the people of the Republic crying and fleeing in the ruins.
Now that the iron cavalry is no longer there to stop them, the greedy swarms of insects can be seen flying through the sky once more...
Even though her revenge was complete, she felt, for some reason, not a trace of the satisfaction of a successful vengeance.
There was only an endless emptiness and absurdity.
The empire is fake.
Glory is fake.
Everything she fought for and sacrificed her life for was a lie.
just now.
Even the thrill of revenge... is fake.
She was like a traveler chasing a mirage.
When she finally reached the end, she found there was nothing there.
There was only... a desolate wasteland.
What in this world is real?
She lowered her head and looked at the dying man in her arms.
Perhaps... only this kind of following.
This protection... is the only thing that truly existed.
"No... I won't let you die..."
Titania snapped back to reality.
She looked at Sam's pale face, a resolute glint in her eyes.
She then carefully channeled the remaining spiritual energy within her body into Sam's body, attempting to slow the passage of his life.
"Lu Qing, the Republic is gone, and my revenge is complete."
"Besides you, there's nothing left in this world that I'd want to stay for."
"There are hibernation pods in the palace's basement that can freeze your injuries..."
"So I want to... break the seal on the palace."
"I will take you with me into the deepest slumber until I find a way to heal you."
"What if you... then let's sleep together in these ruins, in this grave that belongs to us..."
"Until the end of the universe, until the end of time."
"OK?"
She seemed to be pleading, or perhaps begging.
She wanted to use this method to keep this one and only truth with her forever.
As long as he can live...
The audience outside the canopy were all deeply moved by these words.
[Sigh... The Empress... She's so pitiful...]
[To have your revenge fulfilled, only to find it was all for naught—I understand that feeling...]
【You know nothing! Waaaaah, my Queen, my Sam…】
[But it seems the Queen has fallen in love with Sam after saying those words. To be able to sleep with the one you love until the end of the universe, how romantic... and how sad...]
[Say yes, Lu Li! You're going to die anyway, so you might as well stay with her!]
Yes, yes! You two suffered so much; resting in peace together is a good ending!
But what about my fireflies?!
[But the crucial thing is that Sam is dying! If his injuries could be frozen, there might be a day when they can reunite, but if... then they'll truly never see each other again!]
however.
To everyone's surprise.
In the sky.
Sam, the man on the verge of death.
He... slowly shook his head.
"Cough...cough cough..."
Sam coughed and laboriously raised his hand to gently place it on Titania's hand, stopping the flow of energy.
"It's no use... Your Majesty..."
"My life... has... burned to its end..."
He knows his own body best.
The self-destruction power of the Shadow Forces far exceeded expectations.
In order to completely protect Titania, he used almost all of the energy shield's power to protect her.
As for himself... he only left behind energy protection to prevent him from dying on the spot.
His internal organs had already been shattered beyond repair.
Right now, he's just clinging to his last breath with sheer willpower.
"I have no need for... meaningless prolongation of life..." He looked at Titania, his eyes dim yet as calm as ever.
"Your Majesty, I will fulfill my previous promise and repay you with my lifelong loyalty."
"Getting this far... is already quite good."
"No, no...this is not good at all!" Titania shook her head sadly.
"You saved me, you avenged me... I haven't... I haven't repaid you yet..."
"Repay?" Sam smiled, each breath laced with blood. "No, you have already... repaid me..."
"From the moment you decided... to defy fate."
"You have already... given me the best reward."
Throughout his life, he fought against "fate".
He wanted to save the girl named Liuying and free her from the fate of "entropy syndrome".
He also wanted to save the imprisoned empress and free her from the shackles of "lies".
Now, he has done it all.
Although his journey was about to end here, he regretted not being able to witness these two people who had escaped their fate and moved towards the future.
But... that's enough.
Titania felt a pang of anguish when she saw the calm and composed look in his eyes.
Because she knew... he was telling the truth.
She knew that too.
Everything... is beyond repair.
That being the case...
……