𝐀 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 /// ᴋʜᴜɴ ᴇᴅᴜᴀɴ

Afterword

Congratulations for finally making it to the end of this messy story!!

I'd like to thank all those people who supported me as this was ongoing and all those people who are reading it now or in the future.

Here are some references in the story I put in reference to Lilia and her relationship with the characters! Some of them are pointed out and some of them aren't:

- In the beginning of the main chapters, I would always put a 'he loves me' or 'he loves me not' as if you're pulling the petals of a daisy

- In Forget-Me-Not I was referencing to Aguero when Eduan and Lilia are talking about their future children

- The point of Lilia always wearing her flower hairpin is due to the contrast of her image. She was always acting primp and proper, and dressing nicely. This also reflects on her actions where she is disciplined and ladylike. The blue flower pin, as pointed out by Hon and Yurin, sticks out like a sore thumb on her, or that it's out of place for someone like her. This is representative of her relationship with Eduan. But in the end, she still accepts it.

- Lilia may not have realized it, but the reason she unconsciously stick by Aguero is because of the fact that she unknowingly loves him as a child of her own

- Some of you might think that it would be weird for Lilia to cling onto the data version of Eduan rather than wanting to find the real one— remember that his data version is that of his past self, therefore the past self that still loves Lilia. This also raises the question— does the real Eduan still love Lilia as well?

- the prologue and epilogue are my attempts to write about the current Khun Eduan, who has been established to see Lilia as nothing more than a memory, so if he still truly loves her or not is still in question

- since it was confirmed that there was a civil war waged between the Great Warriors, the second part of the epilogue was about the war and how they lost based on the context of the story, which may not apply to the canon story

- some of you might have noticed the parallel between data Eduan's sacrifice and Lilia's death. Lilia told him that she loved him because she didn't get to before she died. Data Eduan didn't get to tell her that he loved her too before he deleted himself. Hence, why both parts ended with 'but that would be too cruel' as both will be starting their parting with a confession that neither will see through.

- and finally, yes, data eduan did die believing that Jahad was the one who killed Lilia, not him. Lilia wanted to keep it that way because it was until after he killed her that made her hesitant to love him. For a brief moment, she wanted to recreate what they both had before the conflict that drove them apart.

Once again, thank you everyone who read and supported this story. I really enjoyed reading all your comments even though I don't get to respond to them as much as I used to. Please feel free to let me know how I did on my first even complete story as constructive criticism is always welcomed here <3