Chapter 164 The End of the Betrayer
The video continued, Fjöll still couldn't accept such an ending, "Don't..."
Nanteuil stood up and said, "I didn't expect that this would be the final farewell..."
Alechino "However, given the strength and determination that Lini and the others showed in this duel, I can kill you in another way."
"Eluard, is the [Fire in a Bottle] that I gave you for safekeeping still there?"
Eluard ran forward and said, "Yes, yes. I don't know what they are used for, but I kept them well. Not a single bottle is lost."
Alechino: "You will supervise them later. Let them take it."
Nanteuil "Fire in a bottle...?"
Alechino: "Well, it was the product of a secret experiment. It was a flame that was stripped from my body and preserved under certain special conditions."
"After swallowing it, the burning pain will spread to every nerve in your body. Your body will remain intact, but your memory will be burned."
"If you can survive this pain... when you wake up again, you will forget everything about Hearth House, and then, I will expel all of you from the house."
"In other words, I will kill you who grew up in the Hearth House and give you new identities."
The traveler Ying instantly understood the confusion in her mind (So that's why, the newspaper seller she met at the gate of Momang Palace was actually Orne on the execution list, and she didn't kill him.)
[Paimon] "I didn't expect that, [Servant], you are more gentle than I thought."
[Otto] "It makes sense. She did kill those who betrayed her family. She was just arranging a place for strangers to live in their old age."
[Captain] "This is a good ending for both sides."
[Linnie] "And from what the traveler Ying recalled, it seems that those who were executed before had their memories erased by their father and started a whole new life."
[Fimini] "No wonder sometimes I run into familiar people on the street, but I never recognize them, and their names are different. I thought they just look alike."
[Alechino] "Human memory is a very magical thing. Losing part of the memory will change your self-perception..."
【Traveler Ying】"At least this is better than actually taking their lives."
In the video, Fjöll looked at the [Servant] in disbelief, "[Father], are you... going to let us go?"
Alechino: "I don't intend to let anyone go. Memory is a very important medium. After the fire, the Fjöll in front of me will die with the secret, and the one who survives is just a stranger."
Fjöll couldn't help but shed tears, and began to regret her recent dissatisfaction with Hearth House. "Even so, even so... wuwu... I don't have to live in fear anymore... I'm sorry, [Father], I failed your expectations, but I really, I..."
Alechino gave Fjöll his final words of instruction as a father: "Don't cry anymore, Fjöll. You haven't left home yet, and you still need to abide by the rules of home: anger brings impulsiveness, sadness makes people hesitant, don't let emotions control your heart."
Fjöll: "Yes... I remember it."
Alechino "Dry your tears and pursue the life you want."
Everyone: “Yes!”
Then those people were taken to White Pine Town, including the three Linnie siblings. Krevy, who was standing by, just watched them leave quietly...
[Cecilia] "Arecino, although your identity as an executive of the Fatui may be disgusting, you are definitely a qualified [father]."
[Alechino] "Thank you for the compliment."
[Arata Ichito] "Just now, the three siblings were also taken away. Did they also have to drink that... fire?"
[Linnie] "No, I don't think I will leave my father, so I will definitely refuse to drink the [Fire in the Bottle] when the time comes."
[Linnet] "Well, wherever my brother goes, I'll go."
[Fimini] "I don't want to leave this [home] either."
[Alechino] "It's okay if you don't want to be expelled by me. This is your own choice anyway... The only thing I can do is respect your choice."
【Aponia (Elysian Land)】"May those poor children have a bright and sunny future."
In the picture, Arlechino has solved the problem, so he is ready to solve the problem of Krevy. "Krevy."
After a while, Alechino found a seat and sat down. Krevy also came to her and looked at the person in front of her clearly. "Can we finally talk? I've been looking at you for a long time. It's really Pepe. Long time no see. How come you have grown up suddenly?"
"Could it be that I accidentally traveled to the future? Or am I still dreaming? This dream is so long——"
Alechino was about to tell her the truth, "Neither, Crevy, because you are already dead."
Paimon was frightened by Arlecino's words, "Don't be so direct... Look, Krevy is stunned!"
Traveler Ying looked at Klevy (If it was really Klevy as a child...she must have had enough of the "lies").
Krevy: “Ah… So that’s how it is.”
Paimon: "Wait...you accepted it so quickly?"
Krevy: "Well, because Pepe said it, and Pepe would not lie to me."
"And compared to [Why did I become like this], I am more curious about what will happen in the future. Pepe became an executive officer, which means that my mother is no longer alive."
"Can you tell me, Pepe? I want to know what will happen to my mother and me."
Alechino: "You kept resisting your fate. No one believed you at first, so you told your worries to the moon. One night, you even made an appointment with me to go to the winter to see the northern lights."
"Later, you tried to escape, but were always caught. Your mother spared your life not out of kindness, but to slowly torture you and let others know the consequences of betrayal."
"But you still didn't give up. Mother hopes to choose the best king among the children through fighting one after another."
"And you called on everyone to unite and use a [draw] to reduce casualties. Although in the end it only delayed the battle for a little longer, you gave them hope."
"You tried all the methods you could think of, but all ended in failure. Your sword did not stab Kujavina, nor did it point to me. On that gloomy day, you said to me -"
"[In the past 16 years of my life, I have been pursuing freedom, but now I find that the only freedom I have is the right to choose death.]"
Krevy: "I didn't expect that I would say such a thing. I must have been very tired at that time, right?"
"However, I can completely understand my future self. According to my mother's plan, only one of us can survive in the end... I hope that person is you."
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