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∞ x human. That dragoness who could not accept the pain.
"Let me see him again... Let me see Hyodo Issei again..." She pleaded to the silence as she sobbed and all the chaos around her gave hints of being merciful enough to kill her as she so desired.
However, to understand this call to despair, we must focus on the past; infimum beginning of everything that is but how much from thousands and thousands of years ago....
There was something magical about him; whether in the miraculousness of his birth, his terrifying luck, absolute empathy, loving sympathy and absurd charisma.... Oh, and his extreme perversion, of course....
Ophis remembers perfectly when the whole army was behind him, ready for the battle to come. She, standing behind him but at his side, watching in profile with seriousness as he was ready to fight to the death for his home. Vestige of a war that almost cost everything.... Then, noticed in his long beard and hair waving in the wind as he gazes into the distance with seriousness and tranquility, reflection of the inert pride she had when she saw how much her first friend in the world changed as he rightfully took Great Red's place when it was all over to maintain the balance of the dimensional rift upon his death. The future sweeps over them and showed that Hyodo was no longer the young man who had to become a hero because of circumstances, but now one out of pure desire to help and protect. A sigh furrowed his wrinkled old man, whether from age or from life itself that had dragged his existence down to a thousandth of the years he already had on his back.
But just as she saw him so focused on his mission to preserve peace at any cost, she also saw the sadness he carried when he slowly realized that he was alone in the world. First it was his parents after prolonging their lives a little longer than necessary for them to enjoy their grandchildren, then the more mature wives, who had many years behind them and were leaving behind a boy who was filled with uncertainty by the facts of life and death.... Then it was the younger ones, who noticed how he began to "age" to accompany them, they noticed his desperation for not wanting to be alone... So many children, grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren passing their lives after, being already the resignation of knowing that maybe and only maybe he will be the last of the family to leave...
Ophis was always there when he walked away from the most recent legacy of his blood. She saw it all, accompanied him through it all. But, in the end, even when she understood things much better, she never took the time to explore herself, to self-examine, to know her own heart....
And when she did, she learned to open it; she had one at the end, what a surprise. She fell in love with the man behind that sad old expression so long that she never knew how to appreciate it. She appreciated his friendship so much that she saw it with new eyes too late....
So too, Hyodo left his heart behind. He refused to love again, his perversion was gone, just as his mentality abruptly and slowly degraded.
Issei had given up on life, and because of that he began to die when his power did the rest....
Ddraig let him do it out of respect for his friend, and she, enraged, couldn't accept it.... But no matter what she did or said, he wouldn't change his stance and her situation got worse.
By the time she understood the anguish of losing Issei from her life (that she had fallen in love with him), he had finally left this world....
...
She rubs her face on the shirt of the person she embraces while sobbing. The nostalgia, the joy, the emotion, the passion... Her love, welling up from the depths of her heart, ready to explode towards him at any moment she wants.
"Emm..." Attempts to ask the embraced subject. "Is something wrong, can I help you, maybe we know each other from somewhere? P-Please don't cry."
She can't help it. She loves him, so much that it hurts. But it's time, no more repression. She no longer needs to hide, for she knows her heart and she is going to follow it to the infinity that represents her. Her gaze rises, smiling with total happiness and affection while her chin is lying on his chest; she breathes out and breathes in, also taking advantage of the fact that her nose is close to his body to inhale his whole being.
He, on the other hand, does not understand anything. Suddenly, a girl stops him on the bridge to talk to him and, and even more sudden, this girl appears out of nowhere, hugs him and cries over him; the girl in front of them both is uncomprehending and he doesn't know how to resolve the situation. He returns the hug somewhat cautiously, which then causes her to apparently react.
"You got excited! Your heart is beating like crazy! You're totally red!" Ophis begins to get excited as she starts jumping up and down with excitement, allowing the guy to then notice her gothic black dress, as well as the mask on her eyes and her black lips. She looked like a real doll and he couldn't help but feel nervous when she started touching him so intimately, embarrassing him even more. "I love you, Issei, I finally told you!"
And he then just looks at her without understanding a damn thing that was happening....