-Present Day-
I woke up and could not help but shed tears as the truth finally unfolded within me. I remember everything… all of it. Every shard of pain I once felt, every moment of despair and anguish I endured for all those tortured years, now becomes clear as day. In that moment, my heart cleared with crushing certainty—I already know the one at whom I must aim my sword.
Oh my goodness… How could I have ever forgotten him? How could I have let those memories of him, so vivid and dear, slip away with the passing of time? I searched my aching mind. Does he remember me now? Samael, do you recognize me?
My last life as Madeleine ended with me dying in his arms. I was reborn as Adeline—and all of the knowledge I now possess is not derived merely from the novels I have read.