Perfect Avatar

Leon was lying on his back, looking at the blue sky, he wasn't thinking about anything in particular, or even feeling.Little by little, everything turned white, everything around him disappeared and when he blinked, he was in his hometown, in his little house next to his grandmother.

She was about to read him a book about the hero, but as soon as she opened the book, he felt uneasy.

"Being a hero isn't so great after all."

A hero must fight to the end, isn't that too tiring? Maybe a normal life as a shopkeeper would be better? Especially when we have the blessing of the emissaries. You can work better and you don't have the burden of always getting stronger. You're not competing against nature's tricksters like avatars...

He didn't feel anything, but he smiled, he was happy.

He raised his hand and whispered.

"... just... just... you wait... andma... I'll... I'll take care of... the shop... don't... don't... do not worry..."

The hand hit the ground, and his fighting spirit disappeared. Leon was no longer Leon.

Only Erick and Hope witnessed this scene, Sana rushing towards Dora.

Erick, barely holding back his tears, turned to the others.

"CURSE YOU!!! I WILL KILL YOU ONE DAY! I swear I'm going to kill you DORA!!!!"

The group stopped and turned around for a moment, everyone looked annoyed and only Dora showed concern.

With dark circles, testifying to his fatigue, he noticed Leon smiling.

He looked away, seemingly worried, but not because of his opponent's pathetic state, but because from his point of view, this was Leon's state after his strongest mode.

(... Didn't I use polymerization? How is he still conscious?)

"Don't look back, he brought that to himself." Freya led the way, Dora looked confused and put a hand to his face, he was only worried because his opponent was fine, but the circumstances made it seem like he was really worried about Leon.

Morgiana placed a hand on his back and encouraged him to move forward, Marie held his hand.

"Wait!... Dora!"

Sana joined them, but as she tried to grab him, Lilith hit her hand.

"I can't believe it... Why are you so persistent?!"

"N-no... I... Dora, he lied, I didn't..."

"Enough already!!"

She gave her a powerful slap on the cheek, not hard enough to knock her out but enough to shake her spirit.

"... I'm tired of you... You're not better than Leon... Go away..." Tears began to flow in Lilith's eyes.

Sana knelt down and spoke in a broken voice.

"Please... Let me explain, don't trust him... Dora, please... it's just a lie, I didn't trust him, I never followed him, I was... I was just lost. .. I didn't know... you... you can't... I'm like everyone else... don't abandon me..."

She started crying profusely, it was a poor sight, Lilith couldn't hold back her tears, even though she was the most furious with her.

Freya, amused, began to lecture her.

"Some people really have no shame, even in such a position, you are begging? Right in front of... Huh?"

She stopped when Dora walked over and crouched down in front of Sana, the healer looked at him with pleading eyes.

"Sana, let's stop this now, it's no use."

"Please... please... he's lying... I... I never betrayed you... I was fooled... like everyone else... ."

"... Look... Urgh... How can I say this... Okay, so... I don't hate you, I never hated you."

Her eyes shone and their audience began to open their mouths wide.

"You... You don't hate me?..."

"No."

"... Really?... D... Dora... even... even after... ugh..." She started to cry again, she cried with all her might and leaned on him for a hug, but a finger on her forehead stopped her.

"But I never loved you either. That's why I can't hate you or Leon, this love triangle game means nothing to me."

She froze, her arms still open. She opened and closed her eyelids several times, unable to process what was happening.

"I don't know why we started dating... Or... let's just say it was a mistake, I didn't want that and you just wanted to date someone who would be a serious emissary, am I wrong? Remember our discussion about my purpose in life?"

"... no... no..."

"Look, I'm not stupid, okay? I know what's going on behind my back, more than you think in fact, I know what you and Leon have been doing all this time, and the only reason I haven't intervened is the same thing as why you did all this: to get rid of you."

"Stop... Stooooop!!!"

She covered her ears with her hands and closed her eyes, but his words could still reach her.

"We're both guilty, you wanted me because I was... I'm strong, then you used Leon to get rid of me, and I agreed to go out with you because... A part of me is a fool, and I let you use Leon to get rid of you. Leon is the real victim in this story but screws him... If you want to date someone with a bright future, there is still Hope, or the mage with a prosthetic leg... Oh, sorry, Freya.

"... I'll ignore it." Freya frowned.

Dora looked at Sana who was trying to make herself deaf and gave her a pat on the head.

"I didn't ignore you because I hated you but because I knew what you wanted, and I won't be trapped in that anymore. I hope we don't see each other again, I don't hate you, but I have a feeling it won't be reciprocated, and you might want revenge, so, goodbye and sorry."

He got up and walked away very slowly, his face showing immense fatigue.

Sana burst into tears and fell to the ground.

"I gave you everything!!! I did everything because of you!!! Why?! Why???... It's not fair... it's... give it back !... Give back my happiness!...ugh...why..."

She burst into tears, Dora, turning his back on her, stopped for a moment.

"I wish you find true happiness one day." 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝓬𝓸𝓶

He walked away and Sana's tears redoubled. Everyone else looked at the ground worriedly.

They were relieved to see this cursed romance finally over, they were so satisfied to see the young boy settling down free that they forgot to think about how they ended up in a relationship.

But they still respected this moment. No one spoke because they knew it was a conclusion for all 3 of them.

They didn't know what kind of relationship they could actually have, Dora and Leon were supposed to know each other before the creation of Shining Sword, and no one knew what Dora and Sana's love life was like.

They could only count on his reaction and, judging by his calm and seriousness, they thought he was seriously affected.

But during all this time, Dora never felt sadness, or even joy, or even boredom. It was a normal day for him. He heard Sana crying, he could have done anything to help her, anything would have worked at that moment.

She desperately needed any kind of help, she lost herself in the process of realizing her dream and couldn't erase the image of the boy who was after all more than an Avatar in her heart.

All she needed was a word, some form of support, but Dora never responded.

He looked at her and said nothing, he could have, he knew, but he chose not to. Everything that happened that day was his fault, every decision he made led to this day, but he never felt bad about it.