Editing Dark Elf:Volume1 Chapter4 (section)

===Part 5===

The colossal dragon vanished like it had been an illusion all along. All that remained was a boy ignoring the pain from his broken rib as he ran toward the dark elf lying collapsed on her side.

“''Slender!!''”

Her movements remained sluggish even as he shouted and ran over to her. T.E.O.D. must have stopped moving after Rosehera’s defeat because she had removed her bloody hands from the hilt. Her hands now lay limply on the ground.

He didn’t need to be a doctor to know something crucial was spilling out along with her blood. Camouflize only changed his outer appearance, so it was powerless to help her. Not even with the power of a dragon large enough to destroy the world.

“''Is it…over?''”

That was all she said.

Klaus was too scared to say anything. When he nodded in response, she looked satisfied and started to close her eyes.

He wanted to keep her here. He wanted something – anything – that would give her reason to stay here in the realm of the living.

Only one thing came to mind.

“''Marry me.''”

The words spilled from his mouth. He had struggled so much in the forest, but now that it was time, they came so easily. He pulled something from his pocket: a simple ring made from a thin stick and a rounded-down shell piece.

The dark elf girl exhibited some surprise.

His face crumpled up as he cried. He spoke through the tears and snot.

“''Please, please… Ugh, I can’t live in a world without you. I’ll do anything. I don’t care if I never leave this forest again. So…''”

Slender gently raised her hand.

She was responding. What about his request had tugged at her heartstrings? The smile on her face was more like someone calming a small child after a nightmare than it was someone accepting a marriage proposal.

Klaus bit his lip and moved his trembling fingers, bringing the ring closer.

It touched her left ring finger.

But then her lithe hand dropped down.

It hit the ground and ceased to move.



Klaus Knockburn felt something burn out in his mind and he looked up into the sky and wailed.

With that, his fieldwork had ended.

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