"Successive kings of the Callevalans saw me as a symbol of their divine right to rule. They fought over me, waging wars to possess me.
"I had had enough of their sordid desires, and I no longer wished to kill for anyone.
"So I returned to the stone monument where that man was buried-from then on, no one could pull me out of it."
"...But you let Argenti draw you out?"
Yunli looked at Lone Cloud as she spoke. She had not attacked again for quite some time.
"Because even after all this time... I still wanted that man to return home," Lone Cloud said. "At the sword presentation ceremony, when I learned that I would be given to the finest swordsman to charge into battle and kill again, I felt anguish.
"That man engraved his deepest desire-to end the fighting-into my blade.
"As a forged object, my purpose was determined from the very beginning. I had to be a weapon, cutting people down without end.
"But once my mission was complete, could I, like that man, have the right to choose my own destiny? That was why I asked the Knight of Beauty to help me leave, so I would no longer have to fall into the cycle of slaughter and battle.
"I do not want to be a sword that kills. My war ended long ago.
"My years as a gravestone were the best years of my life."
Yunli slowly lowered the enormous Molten Iron Sword Husk in her hands.
Seeing what Yunli did, Argenti smiled and released Lone Cloud as well, saying:
"I believe Miss Yunli now knows everything Sir Lone Cloud has experienced. At this moment, just as I was then, you too have been moved by the Beauty flowing within the sword.
"Of course, as