Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

Sivir was stunned.

Those amber eyes widened instantly.

His pupils contracted slightly.

She stared at Lin Gui.

Staring into his indifferent eyes.

Under the moonlight, those eyes, which had never shown much emotion, were now quietly watching her.

It's not a question.

It's not anger.

Just... waiting for an answer.

Sivir opened her mouth.

Then, she slowly sat up.

He sat up from Lin Gui's lap and faced him.

Moonlight fell between the two of them.

Cheers could still be faintly heard from beneath the city walls.

But it's very quiet here.

It was so quiet that they could hear each other breathing.

Sivir looked at him.

Then, smiling, he pointed to the reveling city dwellers below and said...

Will the revolution fail?

"Are you kidding me?"

"Uncle Carls's cheap ale, which he's treasured for years and can't bear to touch."

"He freely poured it all out on the reveling workers on this day."

"This is the victory of the revolution!"

"We drove them away, they clung to us, cornered us, held knives to the necks of our beloved ones, and threatened the nobles who exploited us!"

"They drove us away, treated us like slaves, and valued our lives like worthless knights!"

"This is the blossoming of a spark!"

"The council has recognized the establishment of Starfire City! Before long, we will be able to integrate into the city-state alliance. This is our victory."

"We don't need to risk facing the wrath of the Alliance's immense power by worrying about the potential chain reaction caused by our own system."

"We have won, Lin Gui."

"Nothing unexpected will happen."

Sivir stood up.

She walked to the edge of the city wall, turned her back to the lights, and opened her arms.

The night breeze ruffled her hair and stirred her faded shirt.

Behind her lay the entire Starfire City.

It is countless flickering flames, countless cheering figures, illuminated streets and mines, and those slag heaps that have been piled up for decades.

The moonlight fell on her.

It fell on her pale blue hair and into her amber eyes.

She stood there like a lord overlooking her territory.

"Lin Gui"

She said softly.

"Take a look down here."

"Those who once couldn't even afford a full meal."

"Those who toiled to death in the mines, only to have their bodies left unclaimed."

"Those who watched helplessly as their daughters were taken away by nobles, yet dared not utter a sound..."

She paused.

"Now they can drink to their heart's content."

"You can sing loudly."

"You can hold your child and tell them that from now on, they don't have to be afraid anymore."

Her voice was very soft.

But every word seemed to come straight from the bottom of his heart.

"Do you know, Lin Gui?"

She turned her head and looked at him.

Those eyes reflected the city lights.

"I once met a miner."

"He works sixteen hours a day, from morning till night, without rest."

"His wife died because he couldn't afford a doctor."

"His daughter was coveted by the lord's son, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed until his face was covered in blood, begging them to let her go."

"Then he was dragged out and whipped thirty times."

"Because he offended the nobles."

Sivir paused for a moment.

"His daughter... was eventually taken away."

Three days later, her body was dumped on a slag heap.

"That miner is crazy."

"He would get up every night and dig on the slag heap."

"Dig up his daughter."

"He dug for three whole months until he himself died in the slag heap."

She took a deep breath.

"But not now."

"No more miners' daughters will be taken away."

"There will be no more fathers kneeling on the ground kowtowing, their faces covered in blood."

"No more children will starve to death in winter, and no more elderly people will freeze to death on the streets."

"They will have enough to eat."

"I will dress properly."

"You'll have a place to live."

"Their families will not suffer torture or even death for a single act."

"Their wives and daughters will not be insulted by anyone."

She turned around to face Lin Gui.

The city lights burned behind her.

At that moment, she was breathtakingly beautiful.

Like the goddesses in legends who descended to earth to relieve the suffering of all living beings.

"This is what we've been looking for, Lin Gui."

"This is the meaning of revolution."

"And now."

She opened her arms, wanting to embrace the whole city.

"We succeeded."

"Parliament has recognized us."

"Starfire City will truly exist."

"We will become a member of the City-State Alliance, and the first city-state on this continent that truly belongs to the common people."

"We will build more houses and cultivate more land so that everyone who comes here can survive."

"We will show those who once looked down on us what we're made of."

"Even a peasant can build his own city-state."

She looked at him.

Those eyes were filled with laughter.

Carrying light.

With a kind of almost pious certainty.

Lin Gui looked at her.

Moonlight fell between the two of them.

Cheers could still be faintly heard from beneath the city walls.

The firelight illuminated half the sky.

She stood there in that radiance.

So beautiful.

So determined.

So...

It's like trying to convince myself.

Convince yourself that the Spark Revolution has come to an end.

They can fully enjoy the wonderful things that are about to happen.

Lin Gui did not move.

He just sat there, quietly watching her.

His facial expression remained unchanged.

Those eyes remained indifferent.

It's like a stagnant pool.

I was not moved by Sivir's speech.

he knows.

He knew everything that was happening before him.

I know those cheering people, those leaping fires, that burning city.

Knowing every word Sivir says and every scene she describes at this moment.

It's all true.

At least, in this moment, it is true.

But he also knew.

After tonight's revelry.

The Black Dragon Army will raze this place to the ground.

Those who are reveling right now will fall in pools of blood.

Those streets that are illuminated now will be engulfed by flames.

Those beautiful days depicted at this moment will turn to ashes in a single day.

And Sivir.

This woman, standing in the moonlight, was as beautiful as a goddess.

This is the fox painting a beautiful picture of the future for Lin Gui.

They vanished into thin air during the massacre the following day.

They did not die by the enemy's sword.

It didn't fall into the flames.

But it happened just before the enemy army stepped into Starfire City.

It vanished into thin air.

The arrival of the Black Dragon Army made everyone realize that the so-called peace talks and agreements were nothing but a scam.

Disaster struck, and the army was led by a bribed traitor.

Searching for members of the Spark Organization.

With the help of the city's residents, the members of the Spark Organization fled in all directions.

Only Sivir was nowhere to be found, despite searching the entire Starfire City.

Many people believed that she had been secretly kidnapped by enemy assassins.

They thought she had been secretly executed.

They thought her body was buried under some pile of unidentified bones.

But Lin Gui knew.

nothing.

Because along with Sivir, the celestial star that aided her in casting prophetic spells also disappeared.

That celestial planet she never parted with, sealed using the secret techniques of the Star Fox clan, hidden in the most secret place in the city.

That thing, apart from Sivir herself, no one could break through the layers of protection and get their hands on it.

There is only one possibility.

Sivir found out.

She knew the impending destruction was coming.

I knew that the revelry that night was the last revelry.

She knew that those beautiful days she had painted with her own hands would never come.

So she left.

Before the enemy arrives.

Before the massacre began.

While everyone else was still fast asleep.

she left.

But what Lin Gui couldn't understand was...

Why didn't she notify us in advance?

Even if it's just half an hour earlier.

Even if it's just half an hour earlier.

Maybe a few more people can escape.

Perhaps he could have informed the other two city-states even faster.

Maybe we can save more people.

Even just one.

Even just one.

But she didn't.

And just like that... she abandoned her so-called ideals and ran away.