As the silence grew heavier and stiller, Serallin's simple story quietly came to an end. Since this childhood experience, which had ultimately ended in tragedy, was undoubtedly the most beautiful, saddest, and sincerest memory the evil white dragon known as the Winter Princess had ever possessed, when the power of Soul Charm and the enhancement of Mind Fusion took effect together, even though Serallin's storytelling had been far from dramatic, the tangible emotions that had nearly become real energy were still enough to let any intelligent creature willing to open its heart feel the feelings hidden in the deepest recesses of a white dragon's soul.
But were the emotions the Winter Princess felt at this moment truly nothing more than a simple mixture of nostalgia and sorrow?
"The lives of mortals are destined to be short and fragile, and mortal kingdoms are bound to rise and fall in the blink of an eye. Perhaps such a helpless disparity in lifespan is one reason why many lesser long-lived races are unwilling to associate with lesser short-lived races. After all, waking from a brief, hazy nap only to discover that everything familiar has changed beyond recognition truly is painful... In fact, when I finally returned to that unforgettable wheat field from my childhood memories after enduring a thousand years of wilderness storms, not only had the little thatched cottage I missed disappeared, but even that absurd little country had already fallen. The once-fertile farmland had even become a vast expanse of low-lying lakes, and within hundreds or thousands of miles, there was not a soul to be found... Tiamat above, heaven knows how heartbroken I was when the still-immature me first learned that ordinary humans lived no more than a hundred years."
Her soul spoke, and her memories echoed. After shaking her