บท 367: The One Executing The Promise

The memory filled Iria's mind as she recalled the day Zaro told her that. They were only small children back then and... despite the tough training that they both went through each day, their days were always happy.

Was it because they were always together? They never need anyone else.

"Do you think it's funny?" Iria said with the shadow of a smirk on her lips. "Everything I said to you that day has come true. You are the one who destroyed your life."

She was referring to the day she begged him to stop and Zaro knew that right away. After all, he never spent a single day without recalling those words.

"Kill me," he said, breaking the silence that goes on for a few seconds. "You already made the promise. Don't waste your time."

"There is still a lot of time left before sunset, let alone sunrise," the Masked Commander simply said. "Besides, you will go down without a fight? I was hoping for the last duel with you."