◈ 225. [STAGE 9] The arrow left the demonstration
chin!
Kureha grabbed Damian’s hand as he reached out to hold the [Black Queen].
“Damian.”
“… … .”
“The wickedness I feel from this gun is unusual. Really, are you okay?”
“Let go. right now.”
“I heard that His Highness the Prince also stopped it. This… … .”
“Let go!”
A harsh voice that did not normally come out of Damian’s mouth came out.
“I have to go see my class! Let go!”
“… … Damian.”
“With this gun, I can meet half the dead again… … What’s the matter? I meet Van, you guys get rid of that snake, good for everyone, right?”
“… … .”
Kureha slowly let go of Damian’s hand.
“Just remember this. Damian. There are people who cherish you here too.”
Without hearing it, Damian reached out and grabbed the Black Queen.
“… … Remember that.”
Whoa!
An aura that was several times thicker and more sinister than before wrapped around Damian’s body.
“Here you are, Damian.”
A voice was heard in it.
“ruler. Let’s go dream.”
The voice sounded like Orlop’s… … It seemed like half of it.
《This time, I will make you have a dream that is so happy that you will never wake up.》
Hearing that sweet voice, Damian lost consciousness.
***
When I came to my senses, I was at the top of the mountain.
Damian looked around in bewilderment.
It was a small, low mountain in the dawn of dawn. On the other side, the endless land stretched out under the wide open sky.
Damian now understands his situation.
It is the dawn of the day when I escaped the orphanage and climbed to the top of the mountain.
‘Something… … It sounds like you’ve been through a lot… … .’
Damian rubbed his forehead with his hand.
My mind is cloudy. Accidents don’t go well.
But no matter how much I look back, I can’t remember anything except that I got here by escaping the orphanage.
did something else happen?
“Damian, promise me.”
Then a familiar voice came from beside me.
When I looked back in surprise, it was half.
Tanned skin, short hair like a boy’s. Scarred cheeks.
The face of the girl Damian loved was right in front of him. Damian quietly blinked her eyes.
“huh? promise? what promise?”
“To venture out into the whole world.”
Half smiled brightly.
“Let’s put the whole wide world in our eyes.”
Damian stared blankly at Van’s dazzling smile,
“… … no.”
I shook my head.
“Let’s not do that.”
“uh? huh?”
“Let’s not do anything adventurous.”
“what… … ?”
“Don’t become a mercenary aiming to make a fortune, and don’t go south to see the end of the world.”
“Damian? What are you talking about?”
Damian himself didn’t know what he was talking about. However, he knew for sure that he should not go on adventures any longer.
Damian strode closer to Ban, who blinked without knowing why, and carefully grabbed her chin with both hands,
kissed the lips
“… … ?!”
Ban’s face turned red in surprise. Damian smiled softly as he slowly opened his mouth.
“Suddenly sorry. But if I hadn’t done it anyway, would you have tried?”
“You, you, you, you… … !”
“If you go north from here, there is a big city. We’ll have a lot of work to do there. Let’s start there.”
Damian reached out and squeezed Van’s hands tightly.
The girl’s hands were warm.
“Stop adventures, quit risky things like swords and healing magic… … Let’s live quietly and peacefully, Van.”
“… … .”
I looked at Damian with half-dazed eyes, and then answered with a grin.
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“… … If you want to, I will. Damian.”
Van’s fingers dug into Damian’s hand.
“Because anywhere is fine as long as I’m with you.”
“… … huh!”
The boy and girl held hands and ran down the mountain.
Their faces were full of hope.
***
So, a new life began.
In a corner of a bustling city, the two began to make a living.
He lived in cheap lodgings and did odd jobs. I cleaned alleys, washed dishes in restaurants, lit streetlights and delivered letters.
He shouted at the stalls and peeled potatoes until his hands were blistered. She endured hunger and saved up a few bucks of wages.
The income was not good, so the two of them had to live with their belts tightened all the time.
But happiness was everywhere.
With the leftover ingredients he got from the restaurant, Damian skillfully cooked. It couldn’t be that delicious even with hard bread, withered vegetables, and crumbly meat.
I didn’t have money to go into the theater, so I sat on a tree branch outside the theater and watched the play, which moved me to tears.
Late at night after work, when we hold hands and take a walk around the city. Even if your body smells like sweat and your hands smell like fish.
Every day was beautiful.
The boys and girls were recognized soon because they were sincere.
Damian was smart and quick to calculate, so he was able to get a job as a cashier at a nearby merchant, and Ban became a regular salesman at a shopping mall thanks to his cheerful and friendly personality.
Healing magic and swords had long been forgotten.
I was happy without it.
***
Years passed.
The two have come of age. Damian and Ban both became indispensable at their respective workplaces. His pockets were still poor, but his youth was young and fresh.
And, one autumn festival day.
pop! Pervert!
That autumn night when people poured out into the plaza, holding hands and dancing, loud songs resounding from all directions, and firecrackers exploding in the sky.
“let’s get married.”
Damian got down on one knee in front of Van and proposed.
She held out a ring made of cheap silver and looked so nervous that she was about to explode. Damien, half in tears, proposed.
Ban, who was holding his stomach and smiling at that stupid face, eventually said,
“… … huh!”
I accepted, wiping the tears from my eyes.
The two put rings on each other and kissed. The citizens who were enjoying the festival all around cheered and whistled and congratulated.
There was no time for a wedding. After registering the marriage, the two began their honeymoon.
I couldn’t afford to buy a house, so I rented a small, shabby room. She cleared out the cobwebs, pushed the mold, and put on the white wallpaper.
The neighbors picked up discarded furniture, mended it, and painted it. It turned out to be a pretty decent honeymoon.
The two of them had a lot of fun as they held hands and fell asleep on the moth-eaten bed every night.
On weekends, I dressed up in the few street clothes I had and went to a small theater in the back alley to watch a one-act play. On the way home from work, we ate out.
Since I was looking for cost-effectiveness, I always had to go to cheap and high-volume stores. I am grateful to be able to live this life.
And, a few months later.
“I was pregnant.”
To Damian who came back from work, the half waiting at home cried.
“I’m pregnant, Damian!”
“… … !”
Damian, who had been frozen in a daze, rushed over and hugged half of them. Clinging to Damian’s body, Van let out a scream of joy.
“My child, my child! I’m going to be a mother!”
Time passed in an instant.
Ten months later, a midwife came to the house, and Damian gnawed his molars at the door as he heard Van’s painful screams.
Mmm… … ! Mmm… … !
The child was born safely.
“This is my son… … .”
Ban, who was rubbing the blood on his chest with a pale face, asked with a grin.
“What should I name my child?”
“Ugh, I didn’t think of anything… … .”
“You’re always like that… … .”
The babbling class winked at Damian.
“Then how about naming the person you admire the most?”
Damian blinked blankly. Who is he most admired?
‘The person I admire the most is… … .’
A man’s name flashed through my mind. Damian sighed involuntarily.
“Then, the child’s name is… … .”
***
Years passed.
The child grew up like a tree.
The two of them were hectic as they both took care of their children and worked at the same time.
However, both of them needed income, so they did not give up on childcare or work.
The child who had been crying half of the day crawled, stood on her own, and started walking.
The day the child first walked on two legs, Damian ran through the city with his son in his arms, bragging to the whole town.
Ban, in embarrassment, covered his face with one hand and slapped Damian on the back with the other, but they ran after him together.
“flattery! Mommy!”
The child started talking.
The child was weaned and started weaning. A tooth erupted between the child’s gums. Her hair was growing shaggy and had to be cut.
Years passed.
Soon the child turned seven years old.
Demian and Van regretted not being properly educated as children, so he promised to give Aiman a proper education.
A child who has loved books since he was a child, stood out even after entering school.
Every time the child received an award certificate, Damian and Van would brag to the neighbors saying that our son was a genius.
The family of three used to go on picnics on weekends. Packed a lunch, brought a mat, and went on a picnic by the river in the park.
Years passed.
The thirteen-year-old entered boarding school. The grown-up son went into the dormitory, saying not to worry about himself, and Ban and Damian quietly blushed.
Years passed.
Damian rose through the ranks within the ranks. He already had a position in the upper ranks because he had been with him for nearly 20 years.
Ban took over a commercial building and opened his own store. He had some debt, but his shop was doing well and he was able to pay it off quickly.
It was also at this time that he left his familiar semi-basement house and moved to a nice mansion on the outskirts of the city.
Years passed.
After graduating from school, the son passed the city hall as an administrator.
On the day the acceptance was announced, Damian and Van hugged their son as if they were treating their son in childhood and took a walk around the neighborhood to show off.
The son was ashamed and covered his face and was ashamed.
Years passed.
son has advanced He bought a house near City Hall and lived on his own.
Before I knew it, the wrinkles on Damian and Van’s faces had increased considerably.
The two still went on dates holding hands on weekends. We went on an outing to the Grand Theater in the center of the city and ate at a nice restaurant.
Years passed.
My son came to introduce himself with a beautiful young lady. She said they were already engaged in marriage.
Since Damian and Van couldn’t have a proper wedding, they decided to hold their son’s wedding in a grand manner.
Many people came to my son’s wedding. Everyone applauded and threw flowers, blessing the new union of young youth.
Watching this, Damian and Van held each other’s hands tightly.
“Shall we have a new wedding too?”
“What is this inspiration talking about?”
Although Van scolded Damien’s proposal, the two actually had a new twilight wedding after a while.
Keep it a secret from your son and step-daughter-in-law, just the two of you quietly.
“A wedding at this age, really… … .”
In a quiet temple where the dusty sunlight falls.
Wearing a wedding dress, she was half beautiful even with her wrinkled face. She smiled brightly and said Ban.
“You like me quite a bit, old man!”
Damian silently hugged Van and kissed him on the lips.
Years passed.
Years passed.
… … Years passed.
***
Lying in bed, Damian awaited death.
Ban, who was sitting in the chair next to him, squeezed Damian’s hand.
“Are you happy, honey?”
“then. I was happy.”
Damian muttered as he looked up at the ceiling with his blind eyes.
“What kind of happiness can you enjoy more than this… … .”
“… … .”
“Are you happy, honey?”
When Damian asked, Van replied with a faint smile.
“Then, I couldn’t have been happier.”
The two held hands for a while and didn’t talk.
A peaceful silence filled the comfortable bedroom.
Then there was a commotion outside the bedroom door. I heard children laughing.
“Ah, it looks like our son is here.”
Van quickly ran out and opened the door.
“father!”
The proud son, a commoner, but now the mayor of the city, entered the bedroom with his grandchildren. Damian opened his arms and greeted his son.
“Welcome, my proud son.”
And, Damian said his son’s name.
“… … ash… … .”
The moment you spit out that name.
“uh?”
A faint moan leaked from the corners of the old Damian’s mouth.
In my clouded mind.
It was like a sharp ripple.
that buck that buck
The son who came and stood in front of the bed smiled brightly.
A young and handsome young man with jet-black black hair and jet-black eyes.
Ash- said.
– Damian.
– Are you going to sit still and wait for your death?
