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Kael laughed—a dry, broken sound. “I’m Kael. Remember? You called me ‘mage’ for eighteen months until Finn told you my name. You looked embarrassed for half a second, then went back to calling me ‘mage.’”

Outside, the first true dawn in a decade broke over the mountains. And the hero, for the first time, realized he had already lost the only battle that had ever mattered. yuusha ni minna

“You were a mage,” Theo said, frowning. “That’s what you were.” Kael laughed—a dry, broken sound

In the hushed aftermath of the Demon Lord’s collapse, dust and shadow bled from the crumbling sky-tower. Alena, the party’s thief, was the first to speak. You called me ‘mage’ for eighteen months until

“And you were a hero,” Elara cut in, her voice gentle but not kind. “But we were more than your tools, Theo. We were people. You just… never saw us.”

“We were your family,” Alena said. “And you didn’t know our names.”