❝ There is so much more than meets the eye, Venus. Back then you were way too young and inexperienced to understand what a real death is like. When you attacked me you set me free. You released me from the prison Dark Kingdom turned my own mind into and the only gratitude I could ever show you with was staying away from you, as if I was dead. This way you could remain loyal to your duties without ever having to ever think about me again, or at the very least, it would ease the Soldier of Love and Beauty’s aches and preoccupations. I’ve always known Venus would never regret putting down anyone to ever threaten the Moon Princess, and that she would never pity a soul who had been driven mad due to the love he felt for her, however, I knew Aino Minako would suffer each and everyday for knowing Kaitou Ace was killed with her own hands right after coming back to his true self. So tell me, how did it you live after murdering your almost lover? By the way, allow me to take a guess, you still remember how much I adore this kind of game... that would have been the very first time, but it was definitely not the last one you met such an unfortunate fate, am I right? I suppose you managed to find your beloved Kunzite after I was gone. Nobody can say my predictions were bad, uh? ❞
A disturbingly soft chuckle escaped from his lips. The young man’s features expressed nothing but calm and all of his statements were made in such a warm voice one could say he was merely declaiming a beautiful poem. But in reality, every inch of his wounded soul was aching and shaking due to her mere presence. Venus was the one that he needed whilst he was still the one that she loathed, and probably, that was all he would ever be.
