The fact that he could still smile like this, knowing he would die and be eaten alive after battling the seven Sages of Destruction under the Dark Lord and yet seeing Himmel defeat the Dark Lord in future must have lifted an enormous burden from his shoulders. Although he once believed he would be the one to do it, he knew he wouldn’t survive long enough, so he paved a slightly easier path for Himmel and Frieren. He confronted those seven Sages alone, slew three of them, and died a true hero. To have the power to foresee the future, to see your own death coming, and yet to embrace that fate instead of avoiding it... The Hero of the South was incredibly brave and selfless. His smile in this scene brought me to tears. What a man. What a hero.
