Episode 307
I hear the sound of a bonfire burning.
Just the right amount of warmth, the feel of a soft mat, and regular sounds… The sound of paper scraping?
Is someone reading a book?
Doubts soon led to mental awakening.
“… … .”
The mind that was wandering in a dream is slowly returning to the body.
I suddenly realized that I was lying in bed, there was a fireplace next to me, and someone was sitting in a chair at an angle, flipping through a book.
“… … .”
“… … .”
And the moment I turned over, I made eye contact with a lizard.
To be exact, it is a person with the face of a lizard.
There was no mistaking him for Araksad, as this figure’s scales are red.
Moreover, I felt like I had a different impression from the Lizardmen, so I wondered if hanging out with the Corrupted had opened my eyes to distinguishing between different races.
“… … .”
Bright red eyes looked directly at me, and its mouth slowly opened.
“Lanfero. Woke up.”
“… … ?”
I felt something, but it wasn’t something that was being said to me. Moreover, surprisingly, this person’s voice was very thin and radiant.
In other words, it was a woman’s voice.
The lizard woman got up from her seat, closed the book, and walked out of the room with a calm step.
He is a person whose strange behavior is overflowing with elegance. I guess he looks much more like an aristocrat than the aristocratic Lanfero.
And then, as if taking a shift, Lanfero came in.
“did you sleep well? I heard you tend to sleep a lot. “You little sleepyhead.”
“… good morning.”
“okay. “Good evening.”
As I followed Lanfero’s gaze out the window, I saw the already dark landscape outside.
I slowly opened my mouth, recalling my memories.
“What situation is this?”
“well. Where and how should I explain… … . “First of all, you just slept for three days.”
I felt like this was a somewhat familiar development.
It’s not that it’s not, but after getting tangled up with demon bastards, you always fall unconscious like this for a few days before waking up.
Anyway, after listening to Lanfero, I realized that my throat was dry and my stomach was so thin that it was sticking to my spine.
It would have been natural if I had starved for three days.
“Would you like a glass of water?”
“Thank you.”
I took a swig of water from Lanferro and drank it down in one gulp.
My thirst was satisfied, and my hunger faded as something entered my stomach.
Lanferro went outside, brought a kettle, and poured water for me one after another.
It was only after I drank two more glasses of cold water that I felt fully conscious.
“Anyway, who was that person just now?”
“Our clan member, Rukuruku. “Have you heard of it?”
“At least the name.”
“We’ve been pretty busy these past few days. Rukuruku took care of you. “When you see me later, please at least say thank you.”
“Oh, yes.”
Rukuruku.
This is the name Ramon told me.
Just looking at the name, it’s Slime Senior… I expected it to be someone of a different race who looked as cute as Charmout, but when I actually saw it, it turned out to be someone who was blowing in the cold wind as strong as the northern wind.
Have you ever said that you don’t like it when people talk about themselves?
When I actually saw it, I knew what it meant.
Should I call it cold or cool… … .
Still, if he took care of me for three days without saying a word, it means he was a considerate person, but even so, he left as soon as our eyes met.
He doesn’t seem to be the shy type, but he is an unpredictable person in many ways.
“For your information, I am not a Lizardman.”
“sure?”
“The dragon tribe.”
I was startled at this point.
“The Balaur? “The dragon I know?”
“that’s right. The same dragon you know as Taon Glad, the head of Heros. Of course, unlike the head of the headquarters, that guy is half-hearted.”
“If it’s half-baked… … .”
“In short, it’s a half-dragon. “There’s a story behind it, so it looks like that.”
“If it’s a story… … .”
“It’s some kind of curse.”
“… … .”
“Well, let’s stop talking about other people. “It would be rude to go into it any further.”
“I guess so.”
“Still, you’re the first to look at that guy’s face and not make a fuss at all. “I don’t know, but Rukuruku probably likes you a lot too.”
“Shut up, Lanferro. “Come and have something to eat.”
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When a cold voice came from outside, Lanfero shrugged his shoulders.
“I can’t believe you overheard the conversation. “That’s not polite.”
“Who brought up my story first? And if you’re going to be polite, close the door first, right?”
“Of course. Oh, eat first. “I still have something to talk about with Luan.”
Without answering those words, I heard the sound of clinking dishes, and Lanfero also closed the door.
As the noise coming from the living room disappeared, silence immediately fell in the room.
With only a single shimmering candle lighting up the room, Lanfero’s mouth slowly opened.
“The church work is almost finished.”
“ah.”
“Originally, the area should have been polluted just by the corps commander being summoned, but fortunately it didn’t go to that level. “Why?”
I narrowed my eyes for a moment.
I don’t think the answer is that difficult, but I couldn’t immediately think of whether my mind had completely recovered yet.
“It’s simple. Because the place where the four moons took place was inside Ymir’s body. Although at least thousands of years have passed since his death, Ymir’s remains have not yet decayed. Thanks to this, the instrument didn’t completely leak. Could it be unexpected luck? Well, apart from that, we can’t stop the musical instruments that escape from the stone gate, so some parts of the northern area will be dangerous for the time being.”
“Is the evacuation complete?”
“okay. There are so many bodies that it will take a long time to clean them up. To make matters worse, there are still instruments lurking inside Ymir’s body, so we can’t rush.”
“ah.”
There was a person that immediately came to mind at the mention of a corpse, and Lanfero looked at me and nodded.
“Ramon’s body was recovered by Mir.”
“… okay.”
“What did you say at the end? “I think he would have kept nagging me until the end.”
“I left a letter.”
I reached into my arms, took out the letter, and handed it to Lanfero.
Lanfero received the letter, read it slowly, and then burst into low laughter.
“You worry about others until the very end. Foolish guy. They told me to worry about myself… … .”
“… … .”
“Perhaps. “Is this the first time someone died on your behalf?”
I nodded, embarrassed by Lanfero’s sudden question.
“Uh, maybe?”
“Well, I wouldn’t have guessed it until I came to Corrupted. “I never thought a little goblin would save your life.”
“… … .”
“In the future, things you can’t even imagine will happen frequently. That’s what heroes are like. “When you confront irrational things, you end up going through a lot of shitty situations.”
What does this man want to say to me?
As I asked with my gaze, Lanfero continued.
“I’m saying don’t get caught up. Ramon will be satisfied that I don’t forget.”
“… … .”
“There is no need to regret or feel guilty. Any clan member other than Ramon would have acted the same way. Regardless of your strength.”
“How come?”
“You’re a senior.”
“… … .”
“And one day you will be a senior. “It goes on like that.”
I quietly made eye contact with Lanfero and opened my mouth half impulsively.
“What if you could turn it back?”
“what?”
“Go back in time, Ramon-senpai and Fied-senpai… Or what if you could bring back all the people who have already died?”
“I don’t like ‘what if’ assumptions.”
Actually, so did I.
If I didn’t have this kind of protection, I wouldn’t have been bothered by these thoughts.
“You’re asking a strange question. Or is it really possible to turn back time?”
“… … .”
“Tsk tsk. Has this gone too far? I’m kidding.”
At that moment, I heard the window frame creaking due to the wind.
Lanfero looked out the window with a smile on his face.
Today, the shadows on my pale face seemed darker than usual.
“What you’re saying is that everyone would have one. The desire to take things back comes from regret, and where in the world is there a person who lives without regrets? hmm. Let’s see… … .”
Lanferro folded his arms and thought surprisingly seriously.
This aspect is somewhat surprising.
I remember what this man showed at the last moment.
Lanfero Nosferatu was the one who faced the devil’s army in the face and showed his appearance as a predator.
In that person, I now felt the firearms and goodness of a kind old man.
“Yes, speaking of that assumption, how many times can you go back to the past?”
“no. “Just once.”
“okay? Then there is no right answer.”
“There is no right answer?”
“How about this? For example, what if we go back to the past and succeed in rescuing Ramon, but what if Araksad dies?”
“… … .”
“Or Ramon and Araksad could both die, or I could die, or things could go wrong and we wouldn’t be able to stop the cult’s plan?”
“well. At least if we go back to the past, we won’t repeat the same thing. The benefits of information cannot be ignored either. “No matter what happens, won’t the results be better than what we have now?”
“That’s why this matter was so complicated, and the church’s preparations were also meticulous. Just look at the last one. “If I had arrived even one step late, you would all have been killed by the devil.”
“… … .”
That’s right.
“If there are multiple opportunities, you can find a way by repeating failure. But I think it’s literally a miracle that we only suffered this much damage in this operation. “I don’t know if it will be done a thousand or ten thousand times, but the best result can be achieved if it is repeated about a hundred times.”
“… ah.”
I also understood what Lanfero said.
The current result was achieved thanks to several lucky combinations.
Such luck is not in the realm of calculation.
Even if repeated, there is no guarantee that the same results will be obtained.
“Of course you have a point. There is a possibility that it could develop better. So my thoughts… … .”
Lanferro looked at me and said.
“It’s okay to go back, it’s okay to not go back. Of course, as a clan leader, I regret Ramon’s death, but if it was a choice he made himself, I have to respect it.”
I closed my mouth.
Lanfero showed aloofness even at the death of his colleague.
I can guess the reason.
Since we’ve lived together for a long time, we’re probably used to separation.
I guess I’m not that mature yet.
“You’re saying something strange and out of place. Have you read a novel like that?”
“yes?”
“A novel about going back to the past and winning. “I heard it’s popular in the system these days.”
“… no.”
I didn’t even know that was popular.
“Anyway, let’s talk about the rest later, let’s eat for now.”
I nodded, but I saw the back of Lanfero leaving first without getting up from the bed.
Actually, there is one more thing I would like to ask.
‘… ‘If we could really go into the past, and not just assume.’
Still, would you give me the same answer and advice as you did now?
The majority of humans cannot go back in time or change the past.
So, I thought that Lanferrault’s idea, which seemed reasonable at first glance, might also be self-reasoning or a compromise that took a long time to come together.
Lanfero may have thought of my worries as an immature hero’s escape from reality, but in reality, that was not the case.
Because what I said was a possibility that could actually happen.
I sighed.
I feel like I’m thinking too long and it’s not like me.
‘… ‘Let’s eat first.’
For now, as Lanfero said, I decided to fill my stomach first and think about it.
