**Chapter 50/1 – The Day Joker and Harley Made a "Sibling Contract" with Elara**
1484.
Joker and Harley showed up in Elara's room with a paper written in blood (theirs, of course).
The contract read:
"If one day you ever think you don't deserve to be here,
we'll blow up time itself until you believe you do.
Signed in the blood of your crazy little siblings."
Elara read it, cried, and signed with her own blood from her finger.
Since that day, the paper has hung on the wall of her room.
No one ever took it down.
**Chapter 50/2 – The First Time Lysithea Let Elara Call Her "Mom"**
1485. After a nightmare, Elara whispered half-asleep:
— Mom… don't go away…
Lysithea froze, her heart exploding.
— I never will, my daughter… never again.
Elara woke up crying and repeated it awake:
— Mom…
Lysithea cried so much she needed three handkerchiefs.
Since that day, "mom" became Elara's official nickname for Lysithea.
**Chapter 50/3 – The "Secret Girls' Club" That Became Tradition**
Sylvara, Lirien, Rina, Kuroe, Astrid, and Marina created the club "Only Girls Cry Together."
Weekly meetings every Friday in the attic:
- Only enter if you bring a tear (of happiness or sadness).
- Rule #1: Whoever cries gets collective head pats.
- Rule #2: Joker and Harley are forbidden (but they always sneak in and pretend to be "honorary members").
**Chapter 50/4 – The Day Astrid Carried Elara on Her Back for 3 Hours**
1486. Elara twisted her ankle during training.
Astrid (14 years old, already adult orc size) simply put Elara on her back and carried her the whole day.
— Strong big sis carries strong big sis.
Elara laughed and cried with emotion the entire way.
**Chapter 50/5 – The First Time Marina Made Steam Snow for Elara**
Elara said she had never seen real snow.
Marina (14 years old) climbed onto the roof, concentrated all her power, and created a blizzard of warm steam that fell only in the garden.
White, warm, fragrant snow.
Elara stood in the middle, arms open, crying as the flakes melted on her face.
— This… is what I dreamed of when I was alone…
**Chapter 50/6 – The Blood Oath Everyone Made (1486)**
The night before turning 14.
In the garden, under the full moon.
Each one cut the palm of their hand (very superficially) and joined them in the center.
Lysithea began:
— By the blood that binds us…
All together:
— The family is eternal.
Whoever touches one of us…
turns to ashes in our circus.
Everyone's marks glowed at the same time.
The pact was sealed with the biggest group hug in the orphanage's history.
**Chapter 50/7 – The Last Letter Elara Wrote to Herself (from the future)**
Found years later inside her pillow:
"If one day I ever forget what it feels like to be loved,
remind me that I have thirteen hearts beating for me.
Thank you for giving me the future I came to save…
and never needed to be saved.
With eternal love,
Elara – the sister who finally came home."