The Sea Has Many Voices

By: Silver Affection

The ocean. The sea. The thing that my alter was destined to control. And now, she’s gone. Noble Tempest is gone forever.

I’m actually going to die. But Kazuma knows this. I know this. I have known it all along.

I was able to tell him everything that the mainland is doing. The way they’re treating these alter users that Holy captures.

Why weren’t you able to save me? My brother, Biff, the others that were with us that day, myself...

I love him, Kazuma the Shell Bullet.

But he can never love me. He loves Kanami.

Maybe that’s why, for just a split second, I actually wanted to kill him. To feel his blood on my hands. For him to plead with me. For his blood to mix with the ocean’s water before his death. For him to feel the sting of the salt in his many wounds that I would have given him...

But this is all wrong. Kazuma is my friend. Kazuma and Kimishima saved my brother. I still owe them for that.

But that’s all in the past. My brother is dead. They killed him. So now, there’s no reason left for me to live either.

Death. I now crave it. I won’t live much longer anyway.

I’m sorry, Kazuma. I’m sorry for attacking you. For doing what I did. Now it’s all up to you. Please, save the Lost Ground. Do it for me.

I’m sorry, Akira. I failed you as well. I’m so sorry. Please, when we’re in Heaven together, I hope that you can find some way to forgive me...

I’m so sorry...

Water. All around me...

My name is Ayase Terada. Never forget it.

And then darkness...

The Sea has many beautiful voices. Of joy, when it sparkles in the midday sun, of rage, when it crashes against rocks on the nights of violent storms, of love, when the sun sets over it as happy couples run through the waves that the ocean creates... The sea is indeed my home, my heart, and my love.

My final resting place...

The sea has many voices...