Epilogue. at the end of a long winter

There is a long story.

As if to spend a long, long winter, a turbulent story of enduring the wind and waves of a blizzard.

There was a girl who was born with the blessing of a star, and there was a hunter who stood up alone in the darkness that no one knew.

The girl’s childhood, which was lived under everyone’s blessing, was splendid.

She had a brilliant talent and a dazzling family.

Everyone liked her, so the girl naturally enjoyed her splendor.

And, on the outskirts of the world, the hunter made his way through loneliness alone.

with nothing.

The man who lost everything to the demons became a hunter to kill them.

girl and hunter

stars and darkness.

Each other’s lives moved at the end of a parallel antipode.

Abundance given for granted, and the emptiness that comes from it.

Desperate to survive without having anything.

The two childhoods were stark, as if drawing the light and shade of the world.

And as time passes, their fates flow, and the stories of the two intersect.

“I am Professor Yujin Kang, who will be teaching Mathematics from today.”

The first time I met him.

The girl, who had no feelings for anything, felt a strong attraction to the man who was completely flawless.

The echo of the soul that felt strangely large.

The girl was curious about the man.

“How did you just do that?”

The girl was curious about the hunter.

There were many questions, many questions.

And, the hunter never evaded the question he asked impatiently.

“There’s plenty of time. Don’t rush, you’ll learn soon.”

He comforted the girl like that.

like that.

The girl met the hunter, and the hunter met the girl.

And obviously, each other’s lives changed greatly from that day onwards.

He was a man who knew nothing.

He knew how to answer any question, and never panicked even when faced with countless trials.

A person who looks at the world wisely with a quiet and contemplative gaze without being rash.

He was a fresh shock to the girl and a miracle that brought color to a colorless world.

maybe… yes

The girl may have longed for him before she knew it.

‘I want to know a little more.’

The girl starts to care about him.

I was curious about his life and what he was thinking.

It was cool what he was doing, so I wanted to imitate anything.

“Isn’t that the style of Professor Yujin Kang?”

“Right. Isn’t it cool?”

He saw where he looked, did what he did, and hoped for what he wanted.

Like water slowly entering, the existence of him gradually melted into the girl’s life.

“The past is just the past. Do not be buried and stand up.”

So when the girl wanders

he showed the way

“We have to live for tomorrow.”

Looking at him holding her hand when she was about to collapse and pointing out the right way to go.

The girl couldn’t help but admit it.

That his existence has grown so much to me.

“Then, it’s okay if I don’t become a Constellation.”

So when she was forced to choose the light of the beginning, she was able to give up the position of the star she wanted the most.

Trial of Ascension.

Because he thought that the process of devouring a world and giving birth to a star would hurt him.

It was a dream she had longed for, but she was able to give up her old dream for him.

And.

The man returned the lost hope to her who had given up on her dream.

Because he was the girl’s teacher, and he was the one to lead.

“professor.”

So, the girl asked.

“Can I stand by the professor’s side someday?”

Can I pretend to be your colleague?

to the question asked.

“You still suit my back.”

gave such an answer.

but.

he said.

But your talent is better than mine.

“Someday, you’ll get ahead of me.”

He told me to get out of his shadow, pass by, and get ahead of him.

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Just like that, the girl grew up and became a woman.

The student who only hid behind has become a colleague who can stand by your side even in bad battles, and now wants to get out of that position and move forward.

Again, I want to go see you.

because.

“Because I still have things to say.”

─Gates are being restructured.

——The World Line Leap Spell… Completion.

Huge magic power stirs.

A dimensional periphery without any popularity scale.

The magic that was manifested centered on Estelle began to spread across the plains, the land, and the sky.

Estelle’s existence shimmered like a star in the glow of enormous magical power that colored the whole world.

Since ancient times, there is a saying in the realm of ‘wizard’.

The realm of great magic wielding the world.

It is said that there is a higher and nobler state than the position of the stars, beyond the owner of the nine rings.

Some called it the 10th Circle, others called it the SSS-class, which wasn’t even funny, but it meant the same thing.

With the power of a mortal, the state of “transcendence” that surpasses the position of a star.

The only realm where you can jump to the top of the world line beyond worlds and dimensions.

Estelle was ahead of the stage that no one had reached in the distant history, and her teacher had to stay at the beginning.

A position that only she has reached, which she has achieved over a long, long period of time.

so that.

because you are the first

Estelle wants to give it a name.

With your own little wishes.

Go round and round innumerable rings, so that you can finally meet someone you’ve been longing for.

Estelle called it this.

───「Reunion」.

Shoot aaah

The air is torn, and she steps towards the path that has appeared.

Crossing the wall of time and space that no one could cross, we head out to a world that history has not reached.

At the corner of the road passing by like that, there was a history of everyone who had been through it.

─From now on, I appoint you as the apostle of ‘the most holy sky’.

The contract he made with the Constellation.

The first contract that offered revenge and opportunity, and the starting line from which it all began.

Taking a step, I pass the promise he made.

—And, I hate the word demon itself.

-You are just a ‘human’.

As I walked and walked, I saw the moment I saved a dark-haired girl.

Even if he is indifferent and blunt, he can feel the consideration in his voice.

He passed the traces of a girl who was saved in front of him and later became his close friend.

──I thought that serving something should only be aimed at others.

Memories continue to arrive at the time of a young angel.

—Things about my father, and things about the divine contract. I was just misunderstanding everything.

─It was thanks to the professor that I realized that.

stretch your back with straight eyes.

As her teacher once said, confidently.

Following the teacher who became a milestone, I saw an ‘angel’ who found the right path.

One day, the person who became Estelle’s most reliable pure white wings.

──We always said let’s stay there.

─I promise. Let’s help each other when things get tough.

And, there was a person who became a new colleague for him, who thought that no one would stand by him anymore.

The wizard who wore a white cone hat and always smiled with a wagging white tail.

“Really. You’re consistent.”

Estelle walks.

Past their time, past countless histories, and walks forward.

Then he walked and faced the history she saw.

other places.

another time.

The background changes little by little, but the appearance of ‘Kang Yoo-jin’ there is always the same.

Like a calm and transparent lake, it stays by the person’s side unshakably and calmly.

And when they get lost, they always reach out and show the way.

Like a lonely star that guided the ferryboat drifting across the open sea.

He was always watching us from the spot.

And.

The history that forms him meets a turning point.

-We will definitely meet again.

He loved and loved him.

The star who first led the existence of Kang Yoo-jin.

Crosses the memory of the person called Maria.

A little bit, a little bit jealous.

Estelle bowed her head and paid homage to the little starlight passing by her side.

A star that guided him not to get lost in the harsh and dark winter.

She hovered around Estelle in the passing time.

As if to bless her future path.

“thanks.”

And finally, Estelle’s journey comes to an end.

—Estel.

Faced with one voice.

-I’m proud of you.

Finally, the voice that recognized me as a colleague passes by.

A voice that I kept in my heart and never forgot.

It always made my heart ache whenever I thought of it, but now I was able to face it confidently.

Because I know what awaits at the end of this.

“Can you hear me?”

i’m going

I was your disciple, I was your colleague, and now I want to go beyond that position to meet you.

For you who saved and led me, this time I want to go.

With that belief in mind, ‘estelle’ crossed a long, long road.

“I’m going.”

outside of the world.

In order to get out of the edge of fate, you must inevitably go back through all of history.

Because the end of the world meant the same as the beginning of history.

The journey through everyone’s memories and history was difficult, but Estelle was able to persevere.

Because I endured the long wait.

She was able to endure even this corner of the road where she had to endure the wind and waves that flowed by herself.

So-

Sabak-

Her steps land on a snowy field.

“·······.”

It was a vast forest with a gray sky.

It was such a forest that the air that touched my skin was cold as if it were cutting through my skin, and the breath I exhaled was white.

As if the image of a man who had to stand up in despair and hardship was transferred intact, the forest where eternal winter fell is breathing a quiet breath buried in such cold and thick snow.

In that lonely, sad, and chillingly beautiful forest.

she moves forward

Leaving footprints on the white snowy field, it moves forward like that.

Although the snowfield is wide and cloudy in winter, it is cold.

Her passion transcends snowfields, and her affection melts the harsh winter.

At the end of such forward steps, he is there.

“·········.”

Breathing, breathing, taking a deep breath, stops.

in the middle of the forest.

I see a man who is quietly on his knees and asleep.

There is a person in front of you that you have longed to meet and that you have longed to see.

“professor···.”

Her steps speed up.

Facing the long-awaited moment, her heart fills with joy.

I spent countless years with effort, just for the sake of this one meeting.

Estelle walks towards him.

A step soon becomes a run, which eventually becomes a gallop.

He raised his head at the sight of someone stepping on the snow-white eyes.

“·······.”

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Just like that, our eyes crossed each other.

yes. he’s not dead

It just flew outside of the world that no one thought could come.

In this snowfield where there is no one, I was just lonely and locked in solitude.

Estelle, the girl, and the disciple.

He believed in his master.

“you···.”

he says.

With the voice he longed to hear, he called her.

“How do you feel…”

A face full of surprise.

Looking at the warm black eyes that contrasted with the white forest, the girl smiled.

“The professor said.”

The girl… no.

the woman says

“I will one day outsmart the professor.”

Say what you want to say

I had a lot of words prepared, but now I take the place of my answer with approaching steps.

one step.

one step.

Following the footsteps walking toward him, dawn dawns on the world.

The sky clears and the light comes in.

It heralds the end of the cold and lonely winter, and now the light that sprouts buds from the snow-melted ground.

It was clearly a light announcing the first spring.

Sabak- Sabak-

Stepping on the snow and walking, I finally arrive in front of him.

The young girl becomes a woman and faces the star that led her once again.

As we held him in our arms, we felt each other’s body heat gently passing through.

Thus, she feels that the wait that seemed like eternity is over.

While feeling the warmth of the two arms that were tightly embracing, and the warmth that was transmitted to the chest.

Estelle finally conveyed the word she wanted to say when spring arrived after a long winter.

“I love you.”

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