〈 Episode 259 〉 Wow! Double the nightmare! (5)
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frontmost line.
Magyeong (？？).
A place where many people die and crumble to pieces. A place where countless people have sunk and become mud. Thus, a place where the weight of life becomes infinitely lighter.
According to the original plan, taking Chloe there would have been a little later. I planned to take Chloe in when she was mentally mature enough and ready to accept it.
But, as always.
Not everything works out the way I plan.
There was less time than I thought. The time given was not as much as I thought, nor was it leisurely enough to wait for my hesitation. Eventually, the things I had been ignoring began to surface one by one.
‘Galajal will retire soon.’
The knights’ mental support disappears.
When one hero disappears, a vacuum is created. The knights will sense that the era of lights out is approaching. The front lines will be greatly pushed back and morale will drop.
A new symbol is needed.
The world is demanding a new warrior who will lead the era when the lights are off. I looked at the girl blinking in front of me. A hero who is still immature and not yet perfected.
however.
A hero who must be completed.
“···yes? “The front line?”
Chloe asked me back.
I looked at Chloe in silence.
“······.”
Although the topic was raised lightly, it was not light-hearted. What should I say? I pursed my lips as I put together the scattered words floating around in my head.
“Chloe.”
I bent my knees slightly and was at eye level with Chloe.
There was a height difference of one head between me and Chloe. Realizing the difference, I opened my mouth.
“Sorry.”
“···yes?”
I bowed my head slightly.
Chloe blinked.
It seemed like he didn’t understand the meaning.
“To be honest, I think it’s still too early for you.”
I was thinking of starting by sending him to an apprentice knight training center like Lark. He planned to take it step by step and give Chloe time to accept it.
“But, there is less time than I thought.”
I spoke honestly.
“You’re growing fast enough, but you need to go a little faster. “To the extent that the knights can feel the potential I see in you.”
Even if you don’t know much about stars.
Even if you don’t know much about magic.
Upon seeing Chloe, the knights had to feel the potential.
“With this kid, it’s possible. “It can be replaced.”
I said, looking straight at Chloe.
“Even if one fire dies out, even if the flame that illuminated them for a long time goes out…”
Galahal flinched and moved his fingers.
I continued speaking without paying any heed to him.
“A new fire is burning again. The stars haven’t abandoned us yet. “We need to instill that kind of thinking in our drivers.”
Chloe shows potential.
Accelerate Chloe’s growth.
Even for that purpose.
“To do that, getting to the front lines is essential. “I feel sorry, but…”
“You don’t have to be sorry.”
Chloe cut me off.
I quietly looked at Chloe. Chloe smiled bitterly and wiggled her fingers.
“I know, and I understand.”
“······.”
“I know that they are given more convenience and enjoy many benefits compared to other warriors. “It was thanks to this talent that I was able to get out of the back alley.”
I was silent.
Chloe continued speaking.
“I have no intention of turning away from responsibility. “If we can grow quickly, that’s what I’d like to ask for.”
There was determination in his green eyes.
Standing there was a girl with a slightly different look than the Chloe I had seen so far. She did not look like an ordinary girl enjoying academy life.
“···Anyway.”
I smiled bitterly and patted Chloe on the head.
Contrary to what I thought, Chloe seemed to have already come up with an answer to some extent.
“I’m glad you think so.”
I briefly explained the plan to Chloe.
Compared to Chloe’s determination, the plan itself was not that grandiose. The purpose this time was to experience it and come back.
Chloe tilted her head after hearing the explanation.
“···Is that all?”
“Then are you going to tell me to roll on the front lines already? I told you. “It’s all about ‘seeing’ and coming.”
“But what you just said…”
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Can you grow with just that?
He seemed so suspicious.
“well. “It’s probably not just that.”
I pointed to Galahal, who remained silent.
“Watching a hero fight up close will be a more valuable experience than you think.”
Just looking at it will help.
Even more so if the target is Galahal.
2.
It was decided to take Chloe to the front line after the end of the semester. Because I needed to ask Kalt to send a letter to the knight commander and go through the process.
Once the relevant schedule is decided, we will inform you separately.
After sending Chloe away, only me and Galahal were left in the spell training room.
“so.”
I opened my mouth, sweeping away the soot Chloe had left on the floor. Since Galahal was still silent, only my voice echoed loudly in the spell training room.
“You look like you have a lot to ask.”
“···yes. a lot.”
The silence was broken.
Galahal looked straight at me.
“Rania, it’s you.”
he asked me a question
“To what extent and how much do you know?”
I felt complex emotions in the eyes looking at me. It seemed as if he was slowly questioning my identity. I leaned my back against the wall and looked at Galahal.
“More than you think.”
“I don’t intend to play with words. This is necessary…”
“You’re retiring soon.”
Galahal was silent.
I continued to say.
“Knight Commander Heinkel probably recommended you retire. He would have asked me not to set foot on the battlefield. And yet, you want to go to the battlefield.”
The more I continue talking.
“You probably don’t want to retire.”
Galahal’s expression hardened.
“That I have to retire. because···.”
I stretched out my hand and pointed at Galahal.
“Because your lifespan may not be long.”
“···Did you notice?”
“I noticed it from the moment we shook hands. “If the cracks are visible above the skin, it means that it was changed too hard.”
I know this because I have used the same method.
The cracks didn’t appear until after I transformed into this body, but at one time, like Galahal, the cracks spread to me too.
The body that embraces what it cannot handle breaks down.
Even if it were the body of a hero, it wouldn’t be much different.
‘rather···.’
As long as cracks appear in the warrior’s body.
And, if Galahal eventually chooses to retire.
“I would have traded until I couldn’t live any longer.”
“······.”
“How much is left? Galahal.”
I predict that Galahal will not have much time. This is the moment when I try to pronounce the number I guessed out loud.
“stop.”
Galahal interrupted me.
“Stop, you can do it.”
“······.”
“You certainly know everything. “You know so much about it that it’s embarrassing.”
Although he was pretending to be calm, Galahal’s eyes were shaking.
“Did Raniel tell you?”
I didn’t say anything.
Galahal let out a short breath and continued.
“Can I meet Raniel? no. There is nothing to even see. Even a light letter is fine.”
“However much.”
“Yes, then…”
Galahal took out a letter from his arms.
It was a magic tool I often used. A type of magic tool where if you write words on one side, they are transmitted in the same way to the other side.
“Can you deliver this to Raniel?”
“…If you want, I can let you meet me.”
“There is no need for that. From what I hear, it seems like he’s busy too. “It would be nice if I had the time, but I still need determination.”
Galahal laughed bitterly.
“A letter is enough for now.”
3.
Commander of the Knights, Heinkel van Sieghardt.
He opened a letter from his former subordinate.
He once worked as an aide to the wise man, and is now a person who has been given the title of Guarder in the capital. This is a letter from Kalt that tells of his activities on the battlefield.
Guide, Rania Van Trias.
The next hero candidate, Chloe.
The warrior, Galahal.
It was a letter saying that three people would come to the front line to ‘learn’. The general purpose was to educate the next warrior candidate…
‘You noticed Galahal’s retirement.’
As I read the related content, I was able to read the true meaning without difficulty. Heinkel smiled bitterly.
Rania van Trias.
I have had the opportunity to hear about that name several times.
It was not simply because he belonged to the same family as the Gray Wizard. Heinkel recalled the letter he received directly from the Gray Wizard a few months ago.
『I am raising a successor.』
『I plan to train people to replace me and Kyle. Aplia is a stage for that.』
Rania van Trias is one of them.
Heinkel would laugh bitterly every time he heard about Raniel, who rarely rested even after retirement.
“…I’m sorry.”
Raniel, who has endured on the front line with a body that wouldn’t be strange if he retires at any time, or Galahal, who tries to be involved in the front line somehow even though he is advised to retire.
As a knight commander, this is something that should be welcomed.
As a human being, this is not pleasant.
Heinkel could only hope that they, who had fought to the death of their bones and flesh, could rest in peace for the last moment. Even though I know that these people are unable to do that due to their personalities.
‘···Thank you, but it’s too bad.’
Heinkel closed the letter with a sigh.
“So, when are you going to let me retire? Uncle Heinkel.”
“You shut your mouth.”
Heinkel’s expression, which had been smiling bitterly as he read the letter, immediately became fierce. For Heinkel, his words and actions were fierce, but the person who heard them just shrugged his shoulders as if nothing had happened.
“You did a great job this time too. We accomplished the impossible and achieved results. At this level, isn’t it okay to give him honorary retirement? Honestly, you did a good job.”
“It was reported that many knights were driven to death again this time.”
“It was a necessary sacrifice.”
It was a necessary sacrifice.
Heinkel glared at the young man who said that. It is not a necessary sacrifice. It is a sacrifice that is not reduced even though it can be reduced.
The young man often carried out operations on his own, and he used this type of method every time.
“Isn’t that because it was simple?”
“You have to do it quickly and quickly. That requires some sacrifice. “Don’t you know without me explaining that there is no strategy as efficient as abandoning words?”
It was always like that.
Heinkel waved his hand toward the young man, wearing extremely light clothing, picking up refreshments left in the barracks.
“Let’s go out. “I don’t want to talk to you any more today.”
“Tsk. Are you doing this again? Uncle Heinkel, listen to me. “This was all a well-grounded operation?”
The young man jokes.
He explains the rationale to Heinkel with an exaggerated body size. He makes a sad expression while repeating words like “I’m sad, I’m sad too”.
“stop.”
Heinkel, who was worse off, cut off the young man.
“Destel.”
Heinkel narrowed his eyes.
“f*ck the smoke.”
The smile disappeared from Destel’s face.
Destel briefly clicked his tongue and stood up.
“Galahal guy, you said you were coming back to the front line, right?”
Destel said as if he was fed up.
“Adjust the movement lines so they don’t overlap. “I don’t want to cause trouble if we meet face-to-face for no reason.”
“Galahar won’t fight you.”
“I’m uncomfortable.”
Instead of trying to open the barracks and leave, Destel stopped for a moment. Destel looked back as if something occurred to him and opened his mouth.
“I don’t want to run into Galahal, though.”
He chuckled and laughed.
“Rania van Trias. I’m a little interested in that kid. “Raniel, you’re completely different from that crazy guy?”
“They say so.”
“Then there are no angels. “It already seems like he will be my ideal type.”
One of the three warriors.
Destel of servility.
He touched the corner of his mouth as if he was interested.
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