The pain. Sauro was so ready to just obliterate them all for hurting Arsenio - and was totally going to give up on becoming a knight for him without a thought about it - but there was no other way to save him in that situation that for him to accept the deal with a fire spirit.
And now they're both heartbrocken, even though they both achieved their dream (or at least can still work on them: becoming a knight and keep defending his country; being able to make magic weapons his hands being healed too) but at what freaking price 😭
@Ceiye : guys remember that Arsenio made Sauro swear to kill him if he ever turned into a monster?
They really never meet a good one ever, the rare ones hide like poor Caith Sith was hiding, if succubi/incibi or other creatures like that exist in this world it make sense that they're be told not to trust demons/monsters who can either possess loved ones or take their appearance, to deceive and feed on humans.
Anyway, this was a painful but good prequel, and I will riot if those two don't get a happy ending where they get to be both alive and at least forever friends (if not more) and by each other side, they deserve it, I'm begging you Mochi ಥ_ಥ
Thank you
so much for translating it Generic Scans, good work!