It was on a hot night that the battle took place. The princess is saved. The valiant prince launches into a final assault using all of his remaining strength to strike down their enemy, the fallen angel of the Dark Realm, but he parries him.
The prince finds himself on the ground at the mercy of his enemy. He turns around wanting his last words to be addressed to the princess he had worked so hard to save...only to find she was no longer there.
He could see horses galloping in the mountains.
He could hear the cries of his soldiers.
They are sorry.
Sorry.
Holy shit.
Yeah, they're sorry.
Sorry for not even trying to help her.
Sorry to have fled before even knowing if he was going to get out of it.
The prince turned to his enemy ready to die but...
"Wow...are they really gone?" A soft laugh came to punctuate the sentence even more. "Your valiant soldiers and your pretty princess gave up quickly, Prince."
"Kill me right now and let's get this over with instead of laughing at me. At least they'll be safe and you'll never have Anastasia again!
The prince expected a fatal blow or at least another mockery.
A hand was held out to him.
"Don't stay on the ground, I'm not sure this is the place of a prince."
He was confused.
He was scared.
"I don't take the hand of a-"
"So be alone. It's not my problem."
The prince watching the dark angel walk to leave.
" Hey ! Wait ! That's not how it should be!
"Oh so how it must be."
"You must kill me where I kill you!"
"Hmm...I don't really like this prospect. I held my end of the bargain to be able to leave."
"Your end of the bargain? Which deal ? "
"..."
The prince finally got up and ran after his opponent.
"Hey! You listening to me! What are you playing?!"
"What kind of sick are you that you want me to kill you. You don't want to stay alive? Or would it be too dishonorable for you to come home alive without having my head on your sword little Prince?"
"…For what? Why don't you want to kill me? Isn't that your goal? Kill me to steal Anastasia?"
"No. My goal is to live a quiet life which was my last script, I was granted the freedom to kill you or not. I wouldn't."
"What are you talking about again..."
The angel sighed.
"They abandoned you. They left you for dead and surely came back to tell the whole kingdom that you were already dead without even knowing it. It's your brother who will marry this stupid princess if you don't come back now ."
"Why are you acting like this?"
" Like what ?"
"Like a good person."
"You are like me now. You understand the pain of being alone, of seeing the people you love abandon you badly. I saw it in your eyes."
A silence passed.
"Can I…stay with you for a bit?"
"Do what you want, I don't care."
"By the way, my name is Prince!"
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
"At times like this, you're supposed to give your name… Dark Angel, Demon Mage etc… It's not very glamorous."
"I'm leaving anyway you don't need my name."
"So where are we going?"
"I recharge my strength then I go home"
" Cool. Where is your home ?
"I take back what I said, no you can't stay."
"Go home, tell everyone you killed me and never see us again."
"Wait-"
Before he could finish that sentence, the prince was gone.
"Why are all the mains characters so cute..."