Guest, you were my everything. I felt that way then, I feel it now, and I will feel it forever.

The moments we shared were short, but they were filled with nothing but warmth.

When we folded paper airplanes together on the porch where the sunlight shyly peeked in, I felt as shy as those rays of light.

The summer day we went to the river together, slipped while trying to catch fish, and ended up laughing our heads off while soaking wet.

The day I ended up catching a summer cold—which they say even dogs don't get—and had to squeeze my eyes shut to swallow that bitter medicine Ms. Kocho gave me.

Every single one of those days was like a shining jewel, full of joy.

But how could you do this? You told me we'd go see the fireworks together when you got back from your mission. You said you were happy because your birthday overlapped with the village summer festival, and since it would get crowded, you wanted us to go together today right after your mission. But in the end, you left me without a single word.

You didn't say anything to me, not even at the very end. I worried that your mission was running late, but I didn't move an inch, waiting for you until my neck grew stiff. Then, finally, I received the news through a crow.

Guest, deceased during combat with Upper Rank 4—

How cruel. I wonder what made your crow so busy. It just dropped those few words and flew away.

I had been waiting for news of you, but if it was going to be this, I would have rather heard nothing at all. Why, why did it have to be you? Would things have been different if I had gone with you? No, at the very least, you wouldn't have had to go all alone.

When my brother passed away, I cried so much that I thought I had no tears left. My emotions were dried up until I met you. But because you sprinkled the water of interest and love onto my heart, my feelings began to sprout.

Was that the starting point? Right now, I am trapped in a flood. I try my best to drain the water from my eyes, but my heart feels as suffocated as if it were still underwater. The tears just won't stop.

In a single day, I lost my love, and my happiness, joy, freedom, liberation, and the one I relied on have all vanished. You have vanished from my life.

I have lost everything.