“I once dreamed that you would shine for a thousand years, only to see a thousand years of pride reduced to ashes in that radiance.” He remembered the prophecy she had once told him. At the time, he was at the pinnacle of his life and had paid her words no mind. Now, scenes from the distant past returned to him, but they could only remain in his memories.
“Did you hope to redeem my soul? Do you think you succeeded?” he asked An in the depths of his mind. He had cast the necklace into the sea with his own hands. Like a pearl inside an oyster shell, it sank into the deep waters.
Now, at last, he too was about to fall into a deep slumber.
In his endless sleep, he seemed to see her standing in the garden in a white silk dress, her face lovelier than the most radiant rose petals.
Unable to resist, he drew her into his arms, savoring the immeasurable sweetness and joy of that moment.
“You'll never leave me, will you?”
Theme: A fate that cannot be escaped
Chivalric literature should be King Arthur and Lancelot
There are gains and losses in life