Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Sleep

"You idiot... Carrying him like this in his dying state!?"

"This is an emergency, how can I care about his condition?"

"~Ugh! I know that, but..! Good grief, you're always like this! Try to emphathise a bit!"

While my consciousness is blurred, the conversation between Kuro and Gifrid reaches my ears dimly as if I were underwater. 

"Claudia, you're sure, right!? There's no going back! "

The Devil is... It should have been sealed. Ugan's magic and my support must have worked. Ugan, Elena... Is Zeke and the others safe? I can't remember anything. I can't get my thoughts together. The limbs seem to have completely disconnected circuits with the brain, and they do not move at all. Fortunately, I don't feel any pain, perhaps because the nerves that feel the pain are paralyzed. But somehow, if I keep going like this, I'm going to die. That's all I know. 　

I was born 21 years ago. Blessed with a talent for magic, I was said to be the strongest sorcerer and even a perfect sorcerer, and was even selected to defeat the Devil. And as the Six Heroes, we fought with the world on our backs. The result is... Then, just before I fainted, the words that would have been said to me ruminated in my head. 

"Live, Gil!"

White hair fluttering, thin arms pushing into me. That's right... Elena. Elena saved me... Only me. Everyone else is dead. I guess I'm next... 

"Are you ready, Claudia? We don't know when he'll wake up. ...You're really sure, right?"

"Don't underestimate me, human. It's only a fraction of a second in my time interval. Even faster. Gil is about to die."

"...You can't guarantee success, so! The probability is less than 1%!"

"Still, there is a 0% chance that he will be saved at this rate. You've even used my blood, do it now."

"You don't even care about my feelings..! I'm doing something... Ah, don't look at me like that anymore, I get it, I'll just have to do it! You look like you're going to kill me if I don't do it, so!"

As ever, Kuro is strong-minded. Kuro and Gifrid... I don't know what they're going to do, but I just have to surrender. Then, my consciousness gradually fades away. Even my field of vision, which had been almost only light, slowly darkened. Oh, it's cold... Is this death? Then, I feel something gently touching my hand. Something warm. 

"No, Gil. Rest well now. See you later."　

With that, my consciousness was lost.