EP.213 Reunion (8)
“Aplia’s crazy bitch…!”
As the fateful reunion took place, Sarah’s reaction was horrified. Sarah gasped and clung to Kyle’s side.
“Why is that crazy bitch here? Kyle, please say something…!”
Sarah grabs Kyle’s arm and shakes him.
“Why is that bitch here…! Also, why is Kyle still? It is an insult for a non-believer to stand with his own two feet on this sacred ground! “It’s blasphemy…!”
He was shaking so violently that Kyle’s head shook from side to side when he just grabbed his arm and shook it.
“We who were chosen by the stars have the responsibility to punish those unbelievers. “You’re desecrating sacred land, let that non-believer go…”
When she first came here, she was grumbling and saying that she didn’t want to go to the ‘cursed land’, but she was nowhere to be seen. Before she knew it, she was calling this place sacred ground and Sarah was holding Kyle’s arm tightly.
“you!”
Sarah pressed her chest against Kyle’s arm and extended her finger toward Rania.
“It’s going to be hard to get out of here!”
He looked quite confident.
Wincing, Rania’s eyebrows trembled. Without saying a word, Rania reached out her hand and grabbed Sara’s finger, which was pointing towards her.
“for a moment···.”
Kyle, who was wiping away his eyes, belatedly stretched out his hand to stop the girl, but it was too late.
Crack!
“Aaaahhh!”
Sarah’s fingers were bent at a right angle.
She screamed and ran away, and Kyle belatedly grabbed Rania’s wrist and pulled Sara and Rania away.
“Ugh, ugh!”
Sarah recovered her broken fingers and glared at Rania with tearful eyes.
“Kyle, quick!”
Sarah clings to Kyle and pleads.
‘You’re dead now!’
Sarah was sure that Kyle would give the girl a taste of the warrior’s spicy fist. Whenever she asked for a favor while holding Kyle’s arm like this, Kyle would always listen to her.
“···Sarah.”
However, today the reaction is a little different.
Kyle called Sarah’s name in a sighing voice. Sarah slowly lifted her head and looked at Kyle. Her eyes looking down at her were quite cold.
‘···what?’
Why are you looking at me like that?
Sarah gulped and swallowed dry saliva.
“Why, why? Kill that crazy bitch right now…”
“Things are getting complicated, so take a break. “I’ll explain later.”
“No, Kyle, what do you mean…”
Kyle pushes Sarah’s body away.
Then, he called Remia over, threw Sarah away as if leaving her in charge, and then walked towards the girl. Sarah’s pupils shook violently at that sight.
“Hey, Kyle? Have you forgotten what happened in Aplia last time? And I just broke that finger! “That finger hurts…!”
I tried speaking with a trembling voice, but there was no answer. It was complete disregard. Sara ends up feeling betrayed without knowing why.
“Remia, Kyle…!”
“Stay still, Sarah. “Kyle is talking about something important right now.”
“Remia, even you…!”
No one sympathizes with you.
Sarah’s clenched fists trembled. However, I can’t say that we should use separate rooms like last time. In fact, Kyle gave Sarah her own room as she wished, and Sarah had to spend a lonely night for a while.
In the end, Sarah can neither do this nor that.
The broken finger healed quickly, but it still hurt.
“Ugh, iiiiiik…!”
Sarah’s eyes widened as she continued to step on the rough stone floor. The gaze was directed at a girl with gray hair. Coincidentally, the girl was also looking at Sarah.
“You, you…!”
“What a crazy bitch.”
“W-what?”
Unlike Sarah, who grinds her teeth, the girl’s reaction is extremely simple. Rania just sighed and smiled mockingly.
‘···That thing.’
And, there is one person who was watching it all. The ancient great sage, Cardivan Armiel, looks at the saint of his time and widens her eyes.
‘That thing, a saint…?’
Cardi can’t believe her eyes.
From what he remembered, a saint was like a representative of the Delohim Church. She had to be more faithful than anyone else, and was a being full of dignity who always refined herself to spread the word of God.
Gleria Belle Armias.
The first saint was naturally that kind of person. She may not have been alone with Cardi, but she was perfect in front of third parties. She was faithful and pious, and her elegance was evident in even a single gesture or small habit.
Cardi thinks of Gleria.
Thinking of her appearance, I look at the saint in front of me.
“I-I-IK!”
The sight of him kicking the floor, unable to control his anger, doesn’t show even the slightest hint of dignity. His words and actions were extremely vulgar.
‘What the heck…’
There is not a saint, but rather a goofy brat.
Cardi’s expression was wrinkled as if she had bitten a bug. The yellow beast’s eyes are full of contempt. Sarah actually doesn’t notice those eyes, but…
I flinch.
Remia, who continued to look at Cardi’s notice, noticed the disdainful gaze from the elf savior. Remia hurriedly covered Sarah’s mouth.
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“Sarah, please be quiet…!”
“Eup, eup! town!”
Remia dragged Sarah towards the corner.
Cardi pressed her eyebrows together and let out a long, long sigh.
“Whoa…”
I think I now understand why this guy, Raniel, shudders so much every time the names of saints and shrines come up.
“The world is truly coming to an end…”
Cardi sighed softly.
2.
I looked at Kyle standing in front of me.
He doesn’t look any different from the guy I remember. Even the empty look in his eyes after encountering the Demon King is the same. I looked straight into his eyes and opened my mouth.
“Did you ask what it was?”
Last time and this time too.
Kyle asked me the same question. Kyle nodded his head and I pursed my lips.
‘···Even if you do this, you won’t notice?’
To be honest, I was a bit surprised.
Let’s say Sara and Remya are not very interested in others. But, it wasn’t Kyle. This guy has seen my fighting methods up close.
Ashes to Ashes.
He must know for sure that I am the only one who can use that technique, and that I am the only battle mage at a level that can fight against him, the hero.
However, the guy still didn’t notice.
Of course, it is true that a change in gender or a transformation of the soul is providentially impossible. However, I thought that if this much evidence came out… they would realize that my identity was Raniel.
‘Then, there is another reason.’
There was only one reason that came to mind.
‘star.’
Ayla, who was a child loved by the stars, also doubted me but was not sure. It wasn’t until she chose to become independent that she became convinced of my identity.
So, say it again.
‘The stars do not judge me as Raniel.’
Because he trusts the stars, Kyle may be turning away from his intuition. Because her guy will still be living his life entrusting his life to her star.
‘Pathetic bastard.’
I muttered to myself and opened my mouth.
“Why don’t you ask that handsome star?”
“They didn’t give me an answer. “The stars just say that I missed you.”
“Missed it? me?”
“I don’t know why. “The stars just whisper like that.”
Whispers of stars.
Yeji always had an ambiguous side.
“······.”
I kept my mouth shut and thought.
‘What should I say?’
He doubts my existence, but is not sure. The only thing left for him now is doubt.
Why do I use the same skills as Raniel?
What is my relationship with Raniel now?
Why can I hold this Holy Grail?
The answer to that question was simple. I am Raniel, and while you stayed, I moved on. As a result of moving forward, it would be enough to say that I had obtained the right to obtain the Holy Grail.
however.
‘But I don’t like that.’
I didn’t want to do that.
I still didn’t want to reveal my identity.
‘I just don’t like it.’
I just didn’t like it. I can’t explain it in words, but I felt an instinctive feeling of rejection. I didn’t want to reveal this to him until the end.
“···Disciple.”
So, I lie.
A very poor lie.
“I am a disciple of the Gray Wizard, Raniel… and am in the same position as his successor. So, you know everything. “I also received all the skills.”
It’s a light lie.
It was a lie that left enough room for doubt.
“···is it.”
However, Kyle ends up accepting the lie.
Because they still blindly believe in the words of the stars, they do not even suspect such simple lies.
Things are going smoothly.
If you say a few more lies, the situation will be easily resolved. Kyle will stop being suspicious and won’t ask me the same question anymore.
Should I like that fact?
However, the more lies I told, the more my expression became distorted. The contempt in Kyle’s eyes only increases in size.
“Then the right to hold the Holy Grail…”
“Because I accompanied Raniel.”
“Then, the reason why Raniel chose you…”
“I guess it’s because he had the qualifications.”
“is it. “It certainly is.”
Simple questions and answers are exchanged.
But it is not a conversation between people. It feels like I’m facing a doll that nods its head no matter what I say. I feel a wall around him.
An encounter with the devil.
Brokenness due to helplessness.
It is a wall that I have felt ever since that day. I felt no value in the conversation I had with this guy who blindly trusted only the voice of the stars.
“Then this guy…”
“hey.”
In the end, I cut Kyle off.
“Is this meaningful?”
It’s just a waste of time.
I shot back with a crumpled expression.
“Get to the point. “What’s the point?”
I asked, and Kyle let out a short breath.
“…I was ordered to search for the Holy Grail. And the Holy Grail is in your hand. “It will probably end up in Raniel’s hands.”
Kyle asked, pointing at me.
“What does he plan to do with the Holy Grail? I don’t think he’s trying to become a superhuman. “He who never had a wall to begin with, he won’t be able to tear it down.”
“I guess so.”
“Then, what on earth are you going to use it for? What is its purpose? It is to take this Holy Grail. “If there is no good reason…”
Kyle’s eyes narrowed.
“I plan to drag you, holding the Holy Grail, to the front lines. “The knight commander will make the decision.”
I was speaking from the heart.
And, by his standards, it was reasonable. If you can’t hold the Holy Grail, kidnapping me who can hold the Holy Grail would be the right choice.
“······.”
I closed my mouth for a moment, then opened it again. What I said out loud this time was not a lie.
“The formation of superhumans.”
“···what?”
“Training of superhumans through the academy. As a result, what we are pursuing is securing a four-person party made up of only superhumans.”
I raised my hand.
“therefore.”
My fingertip pointed at Kyle.
“Training of a warrior party to replace you.”
What you failed to do.
A party to achieve what you gave up on.
It was my purpose to create it.
“That is the Gray Wizard’s purpose.”
“…are you going to replace me?”
“Because I no longer felt any potential in you.”
Kyle was silent for a moment.
The silence wasn’t very long. Kyle slowly opened his mouth. He asked me a question.
“Are you part of the plan to train superhumans?”
“It’s none of your business.”
“…If you are a product of that plan, there is a good chance. “Create a party to replace me…”
Kyle smoothed the hilt of the holy sword.
“It’s definitely an idea that only a guy would do.”
“Sigh,” Kyle laughed.
I narrowed my eyes at that sight.
“What?”
“It is nothing.”
Kyle took a step back.
“I definitely think it’s an understandable reason. “Rather than the knights on the battlefield right now, the candidates he chose will need that Holy Grail more.”
The guy who mumbled looked at me.
“I will tell the knight commander. A letter will be sent to him soon, so if you write a detailed explanation there… the knight commander will understand the reason.”
Training of the party that will take his place.
Even though he said that out loud, Kyle’s attitude was excessively calm. I frowned at that nonchalant attitude. Something was strange.
“Anyway, what I needed was a cause. Even if you take the Holy Grail to the battlefield, it won’t have much of an effect. Not only are there few knights facing the wall, but it is unlikely that they will overcome the ordeal.”
Discomfort.
“Did you say Cardi? This Holy Grail must have been placed in the sacred place of the sword, right? The trials that the sword adepts went through there…”
“Yes, it is a trial through the Holy Grail. “The kingdom gave the Holy Grail as a gift to the sword saint who established the sword shrine.”
“Is that so.”
I feel out of place.
Kyle, who was talking to Cardi, looked at me again and spoke. However, those words did not reach my ears.
“I have heard about the trials of the Sword Holy Land. Not everyone can pass that ordeal. “If you think it’s like a star trial… it would take a long time to create a superhuman on the battlefield anyway.”
I took a step closer to the guy who took a step back.
“you.”
I grabbed Kyle by the collar.
“What are you?”
This wasn’t the guy.
He was not a person who accepted the situation in this way or accepted the appearance of a being to replace him.
“What are you doing now?”
“What do you mean?”
“He’s not like this. “That can’t be possible.”
I pulled on Kyle’s collar.
“Who on earth are you…?”
“under.”
Kyle let out a laugh.
“What do you know about me when you say that? “Did you even hear about me from him?”
“······.”
“The person he remembers and the person I am now will be different.”
I was silent and Kyle spoke.
“People change. “It changes.”
Kyle’s dark eyes looked at me.
“Raniel hasn’t changed. No matter what I saw, no matter what he went through… he never changed. But, not me. “Unlike him, I am human.”
A human being who changes.
There was emotion in that voice.
“I also changed. “That’s it.”
Kyle grabbed my wrist.
I let go of my hand holding the guy’s collar. Only then did Kyle also let go of my hand and take a step back.
“Excuse me. I apologize for recklessly attacking you. “I would like to apologize, including to my colleague.”
I looked at him silently.
“Sarah, Remia. “Let’s go.”
“Eup, eup!”
“Okay, I get it.”
The guy takes his colleague and leaves.
I looked at the back for a long time. I felt a sense of discomfort that I didn’t know why, but I couldn’t figure out what it was.
“···Cardi.”
“What.”
It was only after Kyle disappeared that I opened my mouth.
“That guy said he signed a contract with a star.”
“It seemed so.”
“that.”
I looked at Cardi.
“Tell me in detail.”
There was something I didn’t know.
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