Ed subjugation (13)
A huge amount of gold and silver treasures hidden in an underground wine cellar.
Dune tried to find it and use it as a justification for Lortel’s dismissal.
The imperial convoy that was running to help him.
Taily McLore rushes in with the determination to save Ayla.
After accepting his blow, he tried to regain consciousness, but eventually lost consciousness.
These are things I can barely remember.
I didn’t think that Taylor, who was so devastated and had lost even the strength to breathe, would deliver such a powerful blow.
Also pride is a sin.
Since he had really cornered Taylor to the limit, it wasn’t something that he would treat with such an attack lightly…
Because, more than I thought, Taylor McLore’s willpower was stronger.
There is no point in regretting the past. Now is the time to come to your senses and heal your wounds.
Thinking so, I opened my eyes.
It’s a cliché, but it’s an unfamiliar ceiling.
And Lucy, with a clichéd face, was on board.
“…is it deja vu?”
“…?”
“No, I think I’ve regained consciousness like this before.”
“When did you collapse from overwork last year?”
“That’s right. You released quite a bit of twisted magic back then.”
“It’s the same this time.”
The process of opening your eyes and exchanging stories is as natural as flowing water.
Anyway, when I look at Lucy, who is somehow dazed, I also feel like I am stretching, so I keep my composure for no reason.
“Long time no see. Lucy.”
“…That’s right. It feels like I’m back after a whole mess.”
I tried to move my body, but I gave up when the pain started creeping up around my chest.
The knife wound from Taylor cut across her abdomen, but strangely, Lucy didn’t feel much pain even though she was pressing it hard.
In the first place, she is a girl so light that it is hard to tell whether she is a person or a feather, but even taking that into account, she has a mysteriously weightless feeling.
“If you put unnecessary pressure on it, it will only open the wound. So I used some lightening magic.”
“Yes. I see. But if you don’t get on the boat in the first place, you don’t even need to use lightweight magic…?”
“That’s not okay. Your posture will make you uncomfortable.”
“Isn’t there any reason to sit here like this and release the twisted magic?”
“It’s nice to see your face.”
The answer left me speechless.
I tend to talk nonchalantly, but to be honest, it’s straight forward.
After he said it, he must have thought that it was a fastball that was sucked in too straight, so he put magic into his fingertips as if he was evasive.
“Then, can I ask you some questions that you should have asked right after waking up?”
“Yes. You can do it.”
“Where am I, how did you take care of me, how things went after I collapsed, what happened to the imperial family, what happened to Taily, how did Ayla go well, how the work with Elte Co. ended.”
“Yes, I’ll answer only what I know.”
Lucy’s characteristic blank eyes and carefree tone are still the same. However, the number of words seems to have increased more than usual, which is quite surprising.
Well, I became close enough to be quite friendly with Lucy.
Compared to the time when we were just going to camp to take a nap, we communicated a lot, and didn’t we know everything about each other?
Besides, there are few people who can be as dependable as Lucy in a crisis situation, so I was always in a position to think reassuringly.
“This is Trix’s infirmary, and I beat Taily pretty hard.”
“…”
“…”
“…Is that all…?”
“Actually, there’s nothing to do about finishing. Less than an hour has passed since I finished work.”
Since I had lost my mind and woke up, I thought it must have been quite a long time.
However, in reality, it was not a situation where the basic first aid treatment and Lucy’s magical treatment were handled well, so it was not a situation where the physical condition improved greatly.
“But the rain has stopped. The morning sun is slowly rising.”
“I see.”
“Yes. The night is over.”
I let out a deep sigh, covering my eyes with my raised forearm.
is it.
It wasn’t until after such a good monologue that the brain, which had stopped working, began to function properly.
“…This isn’t a situation where you can lie still. We have to check everything that happened after that. Go back to the camp first…”
Just as I was about to say that, Lucy took off her witch hat and pressed it against my face.
When I thought my vision went black for a moment, I could only feel the sharp brim of the hat touching my skin.
“no.”
“…”
“rest.”
A short but determined emotional expression is Lucy’s characteristic.
In fact, since it’s extremely rare for a girl to express her feelings, it’s not often that she speaks so decisively.
It was because he was a kid with a strangely fresh temperament who only contemplated the world going by, always telling it to be as it should be.
“I can take a break later. The things I need to check now… are so important… I have to check them with my own two eyes… Even if I go all the way to the camp, I’ll be able to figure out some pretty important things.”
“Do you remember the promise we made before going to the Ross Taylor family at the beginning of vacation?”
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At Lucy’s sudden question, I thought for a while and then nodded.
“I kept my promise. Just as you asked, I dealt with that eyeball monster at the Roth Taylor mansion, and I went to the imperial palace and was promised your safety.”
“…thanks.”
“I don’t need verbal thanks. I just wanted the return I promised.”
Lucy’s expression as she quietly removed her hat was still motionless, but lately I’ve been able to extract subtle emotions from Lucy’s expressionless face as well.
If you look at the soft tone and the tip of the slightly lowered eyes, you can roughly read her heart.
“I don’t like being lonely anymore. I need a reason to live by seeing only one thing.”
that’s what i’ve already heard It is also what I promised her.
If you think about the girl named Lucy Mayrill, she is always alone.
It is natural to have a temperament that does not fit in with others. It’s because I don’t try to understand others easily, and I don’t try to be understood.
I don’t even try to put anyone within my reach.
I know the pain of loss, so I don’t carelessly reach out my hand. If you’re trying to have someone by your side, that’s the result of a very big decision.
Even if it’s a feeling that seems quite twisted, if you understand the nostalgia at the root, you can’t carelessly say that it’s wrong.
This is because human emotions are subjective. You can’t just say what’s right and what’s wrong.
“So, don’t get hurt.”
Eventually, Lucy lowered her upper body and buried her face in the pillow with her head resting on my shoulder.
The sight of her holding my head in her tiny hands was vague, like holding something she didn’t want to lose tightly in her arms… I didn’t know what to say.
“There are some experiences in the world that you don’t want to do again.”
I stayed still without any other answer… and apologized slowly.
“I’m sorry for worrying you.”
*I lay down like that for about 10 more minutes, and when I raised my upper body, I was able to control my body.
In any case, the sword wound sustained by Taily does not seem to be deep in itself. His hands were trembling just by lifting the sword, so just cutting it off must have been a miracle.
The range of the cut was wide and the bleeding was severe, but there would be no aftereffects if the bleeding was stopped with good first aid.
However, it is said that it is difficult to get rid of scars… Let’s think of this as self-inflicted.
“By the way, you beat up Taylor…?”
It was only then that there was a sense of incongruity that overtook the time difference.
“You… He was still in a state of full body damage… You said he hit it more there…?”
“I was so angry that I almost went to work. But I am also a person who develops. I endured it with a few punches.”
To say that Lucy’s punches did not contain magical powers, it would be more painful to have a honeydew or a stark night.
It was truly reassuring.
“Ugh, keugh…”
When I somehow raised my upper body and sat down, Lucy was sitting next to me on the side of the bed, jerky in her mouth.
In the meantime, did you mean that he brought beef jerky from the cabin? Even her tongue sticks out at that instantaneous power.
After taking a bite and rubbing his feet with his mouth closed, he has a sunken face as if he has regained a sense of the nostalgic taste.
“I’m not making a fuss like I used to. Slowly thinking about it, I can see your intentions.”
“My intentions?”
“No matter what, there’s no way you’d allow a sword attack from a guy who’s been in such a mess so easily.”
Certainly, Taily’s last sword attack was close to an indiscriminate attack that devastated the surroundings regardless of the target.
On the verge of losing all energy and collapsing, it was a desperate attempt to overcome the opponent, even if it was by relying on the last hope.
It was obvious why he dared to rush in and stop an opponent who was sure to destroy himself if he just watched.
“You were trying to protect the girl in the wooden shelter.”
“…was he all right? To be honest, I cheated a little, so he’s close to being innocent. That’s why I was a little worried that he might get hurt. He wasn’t hurt, did he?”
When I said that, the answer didn’t come out right away.
Lucy, who was mumbling with jerky in her mouth, suddenly pulled her upper body forward and opened her half-moon eyes to peek at my expression.
As I stared at her as if there was something wrong, Lucy flopped onto the bed as if it was okay.
“It was safe. After the convoy arrived, he opened the door of the wooden shelter and came out alone, and hugged the Sword Saint while crying with startled eyes.”
“…”
“The Sword Saint’s expression was a bit bewildered. He must have realized that you jumped in to protect that girl.”
…is it.
It may have seemed strange to Taylor.
At that point, rushing to stop Taily was close to risking my life from my point of view.
No matter how precious Ayla is as a subject of Aspect Magic research, isn’t it a bit strange to try to protect her while risking her own life?
Taylor must have thought so.
“The girl said something funny.”
Suddenly, Lucy stood up again after saying that. Then, unlike before, when they were sitting next to me, they sit back to back with me.
Holding her own knee, she rested her head on top of it… and pressed the end of her school uniform jacket with extra sleeves.
“Star Changryong, Valveroke.”
I was silent for a while.
“I made a fuss about saying unbelievable and strange things. That an old dragon from a myth resurrected and destroyed the island of Aken out of nowhere. Honestly, even if it were me, I would have doubted what kind of nonsense it was.”
“…”
“…if you don’t remember the joint combat practice.”
what was not taken into account.
That is, the boss fight in Act 3 of <Sylvania’s Failed Swordsman> was skipped as it was.
That’s why, a girl named Lucy Meiril, who must have been deeply hurt and fell into loneliness, is looking for a new reason for living, and her dull eyes are shining brightly again.
The influence of the existence of an irregular named Ed Rosteiler is that the existence of a girl named Lucy Meiril was also greatly changed.
Above all, Lucy is the girl who confirmed the existence of Sung Chang-ryong together in the loop.
“Why are you trying to handle it alone?”
“…”
“I wish you would have told me too.”
In fact, it is not an opponent that can be defeated just because Lucy joins in.
It is the final boss of all these scenarios, so enormous that even Lucy struggles against it.
The majesty of the star spear dragon that descended covering the skies of Aken Island became a burden and weighed heavily on his shoulders.
“Of course I thought you wouldn’t believe it.”
“Of course you wouldn’t believe it. If it was like before.”
A stranger who invaded the set scenario of < Failed Swordsman of Sylvania >.
That was my last time as Ed Rosteyler.
Do you know what will happen in the future? For some reason, I can see the flow of the future vaguely.
If you do something that is not even funny, you will think that no one will sympathize with you.
Because I started at the bottom.
It’s because I started from the bottom where no one trusted me and only mocked me, and I walked far away carrying all the problems by myself.
“But, it wasn’t like before. Now.”
However, change is always noticed too late.
It’s like climbing a mountain for a while, then realizing that you’ve climbed quite a bit after looking at the scenery behind you.
Change is ironic, as there are some facts that can only be learned by looking around anew.
It reminds me of my first day in the woods.
There was no place to sleep right away, so I lay down in a wooden shelter made by forcibly joining trees together.
The sound of grass insects that occasionally resound in the quiet forest. A landscape with no one around.
The time when I sat alone in the dark and waited for the sun without a light source.
I was talking about the pain of loss and loneliness after seeing Lucy, but…
In fact, I am reminded of the fact that I was the one who was closer to solitude than anyone else.
However, to rediscover the image of oneself who has taken it for granted,
“I’ll believe anything you say, and I’ll help you.”
It was because Lucy, who was sitting with her back leaning back, seemed to have said something that was not really like Lucy, so she felt uncomfortable.
Only then did he understand why Lucy had bothered to sit back to back. It must have been a bit embarrassing to say it face to face.
I couldn’t imagine what kind of face Lucy behind her back would be. Still, I didn’t bother to look at myself.
When I looked up, there was only a crumbly wooden ceiling spread out.
“Let’s go to Elte Corporation.”
Eventually, I crawl out of bed.
Lucy, who had puffed out her cheeks and looked at me dissatisfiedly, told me that she was coming with me because she was worried.
No matter how much I think about it, I can’t stay still like this.
It’s time to see with your own eyes how things have been sorted out.
Taylor and Isla. Lortel and Dune. Princess Penia and Princess Persica. And even Vice Principal Rachel.
Between the intertwined interests and beliefs, where did I end up?
And most importantly.
Is the person sitting in the chairperson of the Elte Firm right now Dune or Lortel?
I had to check the result.
