A Thousand Year Promise [Part 1]

As an Elf, I lived a very long life.

The lifespan of an ordinary mortal was no different from the life of an insect that only lasted for a few days. And yet, someone with that fleeting lifetime touched the core of my being, and made me experience things I have never experienced before.

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"Hey, are you alright?"

"Why are you sleeping on the ground?"

"Hello? Can you hear me?"

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These were the questions that he asked me back then when he first appeared in my life. I, who had been exiled because of the curse I carry, had prepared myself to live alone without any interaction from the outside world.

And yet, he still came… and melted the resolve I had built with merely four words.

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"I love you, Acedia".

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