Switching back to the present timeline – end of Volume 2]
Moonlight bathed the forest path.
Sahiru walked silently, his sword sheathed, his cape swaying behind him.
On his back—Shinobu Kocho, weak but alive, her arms resting on his shoulders.
She glanced at his profile.
He wasn't smiling.
Not really.
Just a slight lift of the lips—a ghost of warmth.
"…That smile," she whispered weakly, "It's not real… is it?"
Sahiru didn't respond immediately.
The wind rustled.
The air around them was still.
He finally spoke, voice low.
"No. It never was."
Shinobu closed her eyes softly.
"Then… I'm not the only one."
Silence stretched.
The night whispered between two broken souls.
Two people who wore masks for the world.
"Rest," he said gently. "You've done enough."
She nodded against his back.
As he carried her onward through the dark woods,
the dragon on his haori gleamed softly—
A scarlet flare in a violet night.
And so, the hidden legend returned to the world…
But not as a savior—
As a storm.
END OF VOLUME-4
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