that is sadder than goodbye, but then Gunvolt's priority is Joule's happiness and freedom so he didnt force anything and sacrifice his own desires to be with joule, as long as Joule is happy thats all that matters to GV in short this is still a sad ending for GV its also a sad ending for Copen, his sister no longer remembers him and his sister is actually an adept, an entity which he dislike