Now that my memories have returned
in force I know just how stupid I’ve been throughout my time here. But it’s a forgivable stupidity. Being able to grow up, make mistakes and learn
like a normal person (using normal loosely) was nice. I’m still alive, so I can’t really regret
what I’ve done here. I got to make
friends proper with the residents of Misaki Town from the Carnival Phantasm
world, and when next we meet at the café I’ll have a better understanding of
them.
My remaining time here has had its
ups and downs, and I can’t say I did everything the way I wanted. But in the
end, I can say I’m satisfied with things turned out.
Don’t you
think it’s time you take off the blindfold?
With
all of your memories restored the limitations on your Mystic Eyes should be
gone.
I’ll be sure to take it off when
I’m done with this. It wouldn’t feel
right unless we were completely finished here.
Fair
point.
Hah, well
said.
The past nine years were filled
with strange things coming and going.
Mages, monsters, alchemists, humans that could have passed for monsters,
I saw it all. What I ended up relying on
more and more were my eyes. They grew
stronger with each passing use, and the overall strain put on my psyche
increased appropriately. Eventually my
glasses weren’t enough to stop myself from seeing the death of everything
around me. I took to wearing a blindfold
everywhere, only removing it to fight at full strength. I hear Shiki ended up having to do the same. And unlike me, who now gets an on/off switch,
his Mystic Eyes will eventually cause him to die an early death. My jealousy over his achievements is probably
the closest thing to something I regret.
Arcueid and Shiki took to hunting
Dead Apostles together, Ciel still operates as a Church Executioner and Akiha
is managing the Tohno estate with Kohaku and Hisui at her side. Sion and the rest of the “Back Alley
Alliance” are doing ok, and Akiha is keeping a close watch on them so Sion’s
experiments don’t go out of control.
I myself didn’t leave the city all
that much. It wouldn’t be right seeing
as how I chose to be Karen’s servant for ten years. Occasionally she sent me on an errand that
allowed me leave town. I learned that
she had used Leo as a sort of mercenary for hire to attain her income. It never made sense for her to just have a
constant stream of money when she never worked or had a family fortune to fall
back on. When something was particularly dangerous, or had already beat Leo, I
would get to leave, although it was rare.
I’m going to miss this place. It was nice to be able to just grow up without
the knowledge of my jumps. While I know
that only the last ten years of memory I have are real, the childhood I “had”
here will remain a part of me. I appreciate the gift of life more now, as it
can be snatched away from those that are prepared just as easily as it can from
those blissfully unaware. I thought I learned to appreciate my powers from my
time at Mahora, but the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception (excuse the pun), allow
me to see them in a different light.
While I may now be exempt from the detriment of having and using them, I
hope that I can better understand those whose power is a double edged sword.
Nicely put kid.
But I think now’s about the time you take a look at the world again.
You may
have to wear some form of sunglasses while your eyes readjust to light again.
And with that, I can take off the
blindfold and set my sights on the next adventure we have in store.
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