I Quit the Hero’s Party Chapter 281

〈 Episode 281 〉 Constellations (2)

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Galahal, the hero of the holy spear.

The most heroic warrior.

The boy who dreamed of becoming a hero in a fairy tale ran with his eyes only looking ahead. The boy grew up to become a young man, and he experienced many things. After his experiences, the boy realized that he could not be a hero.

The heroes in fairy tales shine brightly.

They remain beautiful and brilliant until the moment they end their lives. That is why they are called heroes, and they are the objects of admiration for many children.

However, in reality, such a life is impossible.

Death is terrible and cruel. In the face of the approaching end, humans tend to become ugly. Galahal is not much different. He also feels fear.

Did your life have meaning?

Did I really achieve what I wanted?

Have I lived the right life?

Galahal was in constant agony because he could not get the answer. As his remaining time dwindles, Galahal’s heart becomes sick. Time passes by as he receives no answer.

“Wow, it’s an honor! Mr. Galahal!”

Then one day, Galahal meets a girl who dreams of the same path as me. The girl called Galahal a hero. In those eyes, Galahal saw his past.

Eyes that dream of becoming a hero.

An envious gaze that admires someone and wants to be like that person. Galahal burst out laughing at the fact that those eyes were directed at him.

“Isn’t that enough?”

“You have already tried hard enough, and everyone in the world calls you a hero.”

is it.

“Relax your shoulders and live, young friend.”

“No one can take your place. “The achievements you have accumulated are like that.”

Was it like that?

“I have already achieved my dream.”

Galahal looks ahead.

In this place, where many heroes who have protected the kingdom’s hundreds of years of history are displayed, a statue of himself is also placed. The statue has a large sentence engraved on it.

“The most heroic warrior.”

The warrior that Galahal dreamed of.

Galahal smiled as he faced that sentence.

“Without even realizing it, I had become such a big person.”

The warrior who only looked forward looks back for the first time. The scenery that unfolded like that was the path walked by one person named Galahal.

It’s not a perfect path.

It’s clumsy. Sometimes I was shaken, and sometimes I stopped and got frustrated. But it doesn’t break. With difficulty, I stand up and walk away again.

Like a hero in a fairy tale.

Galahal looks at his feet.

Now, before I know it, I am walking towards the end of the road. The road ahead is not very long. Perhaps it will pass by in an instant and it is a fleeting moment.

The road will not be as glamorous as the road so far. Accepting your approaching death is a terrible thing, and you may end up becoming ugly.

But, it’s still okay.

If you look back on the path you have taken, that is probably a good thing. Galahal looked back on his life and muttered inadvertently.

“I’ve lived quite a wonderful life, I.”

The path you have walked.

In Galahar’s opinion, the road was beautiful.

More than anything else.

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Galahal carved his signature in front of his statue.

Rania briefly exclaimed, “Oh,” as she looked at Galahal’s signature engraved in a fancy font.

“What? “The autograph is really cool.”

“I practiced. Quite a lot.”

“huh? what?”

“Ever since I first became a warrior, I have been practicing autographs in secret. “Shame on you.”

Galahal said in a light voice.

“I thought that one day I might be able to leave my name in a place like this, so I thought a lot about how I could write beautifully.”

“···okay?”

“Yes, actually, there are quite a variety of shapes, right? You can also twist the letters in this way…”

So Galahal left a few more autographs.

Galahal, who was scribbling letters, was smiling, a smile more comfortable than ever. An expression as if a long burden had been laid aside.

Rania, looking at that expression, asked.

“Something, the atmosphere has changed?”

“Is that so?”

“huh. “I guess I should say that he looks a little more comfortable than usual, something…”

“Maybe so.”

Galahal laughed.

“I feel like I realized that there is nothing to think too hard about. “Have I been looking too far ahead?”

It’s a noise that catches a cloud.

While Rania, who did not understand Galahal’s words, blinked, Galahal turned his head. The place the gaze was directed at was Rania.

“Rania.”

Galahal hesitated for a moment and spoke.

“It’s a secret, but my original dream was to be a writer.”

“···author?”

“Yes, I longed for heroic stories, but I didn’t have the strength to become a hero. So what I thought was to compile the stories of heroes and write a heroic story.”

A dream from my childhood that I had never told anyone about and had somehow forgotten.

“That’s why.”

Galahal looks happy as he talks about it.

As if I had returned to being a child.

“I think I’ll try writing now.”

“okay?”

“Yes, now that I’ve experienced a lot, wouldn’t I be able to write more vividly? “Why didn’t you tell me too?”

“I?”

“There is no better means of communicating than talking about experiences.”

Galahal muttered and laughed.

“Perhaps, after reading the heroic stories I wrote, someone might come out and dream of a life like mine.”

Looking at Galahal, who looked happy, Rania also smiled inadvertently. A dream, a dream. Rania nodded her head, remembering her dream that was now so far away.

“Okay, try hard.”

“Put,” Rania said to Galahal, poking him in the side.

“When you finish writing it, show it to me first.”

“of course. “Your story will also be included.”

“Don’t forget the word great.”

Galahal burst out laughing.

Rania also laughed along.

In front of the statue of the most heroic warrior, the two looked at each other for a while and smiled.

2.

Ten days passed in an instant.

Chloe boarded a carriage to undergo the trials to be reborn as a warrior. The carriage heads toward a forest hidden deep within the royal capital.

Chloe’s two teachers are also in the carriage.

It is a place that is not open to outsiders, not even Chloe’s guardian, the Black Tower Master, but as an exception, permission was granted to the two people riding with Chloe.

“It’s been a while. “I have been here before.”

“I think I only heard it through rumors.”

One is Galahal, a warrior who went through trials here, and the other is Rania Van Trias, who is said to be the successor of the Gray Mage.

“Entry of Rania Van Trias is permitted.”

Originally, permission was not planned to be given to Rania, but permission was granted due to the words of the first princess, who was practically the person with power in the current royal castle.

“A trustworthy person, the woman said.”

“Are you trying to doubt the woman’s insight?”

No one is brave enough to express an opposing opinion while facing those cold eyes. The carriage carrying three people heads deep into the forest.

“······.”

As the place of trial approaches, Chloe is silent. She lowered her head and looked at her trembling fingertips.

After passing the ordeal, he becomes an apprentice warrior.

The fact that you are a warrior is announced to the world, and depending on the situation, you may have to be called to the battlefield. I am not afraid of that fact. What Chloe fears now is none other than her own qualities.

‘Can I do it?’

The past few months have been busier than ever.

I trained without stopping, and compared to myself a few months ago, I achieved amazing results. Now it was time to prove the results of that effort.

The problem is whether that achievement is enough.

As Chloe was thinking, Galahal, who was sitting across from Chloe, opened his mouth.

“Chloe.”

Chloe raised her head at the sound of the voice.

Galahal makes eye contact and is smiling. It’s a soft smile. Galahal, who had been Chloe’s mentor for a short time, nodded his head and spoke.

“Be confident.”

A short word.

“You are fully qualified. “You will be able to easily pass the ordeal.”

“okay. “That’s enough in my opinion.”

Rania nodded along with Galahal.

The two who watched Chloe from nearby are confident. The current Chloe would be able to easily pass the ordeal.

“······.”

Chloe nodded silently.

Before you know it, the carriage has arrived at its destination. Chloe got out of the carriage with his fists clenched.

“This way.”

Astrologers who measure the stars guide three people, including Chloe, deep into the forest. After walking for a while, there is a vacant lot where a huge tree is located.

Before the sun rises and dawn comes.

It’s not as dark as a forest in the middle of the night. This is because the stars shining in the night sky light up the forest.

“Here.”

Following the astrologer’s guidance, Chloe stands directly under the tree. Platinum-colored starlight pours through the tree branches toward where Chloe stands.

So Chloe becomes the center.

The starlight gathered where she stood becomes one dot. A point (one point?) was created in this way. Afterwards, the constellations in the night sky began to shine one after another.

Starlight leaks through the tree branches.

One, two, three, five, and six.

Six dots appear around Chloe. Dots are connected to create lines, and the connected lines become one pattern. Chloe is at the center of it all.

Sarah.

The platinum-colored dot that Chloe stood on had not yet gained its brilliant light. It just shines softly. A line continues from six points toward an incomplete point.

Points and lines face each other.

A huge well of light appears there.

A well of light illuminates the constellations in the night sky. The reflected constellations and the constellations in the sky begin to resonate.

To become a perfect seven from an imperfect six.

The star imposes trials on the humans it chooses. A door appears above the platinum-colored well. A door engraved with a constellation opens, and the path leading to the ordeal appears.

Nod.

Chloe nodded, looking at Galahal and Rania who were a few steps away. This is the moment when she has made up her mind and is about to take her steps towards her shining passage.

Geek.

Something starts to twist.

Six dots under the ground shake. The brilliant platinum colored constellations blink and their colors change. The reversed color is black. Black like old water.

And, wow.

“uh?”

Something swallowed up the star passage.

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Instead of staring at the six dots on the map, Destel let out a long sigh. No matter how much I look, I can’t find the answer. He searched through numerous books, but could not find a pattern with six dots connected.

“Whoa…”

Destel sighed and came out of the barracks.

The sun has long since set. While walking through the dark meadow, Destel suddenly looked up at the sky.

The stars are shining brightly.

Destel doesn’t really like stars. Destel has no hobby of looking at constellations, but for some reason he can’t take his eyes off the night sky.

“······.”

Destel narrowed his eyes.

Something feels familiar.

Destel hurriedly ran into the barracks and came out holding a map. Six dots engraved on the map and constellations shining in the night sky.

The shapes overlap.

With Destel’s eyes wide open, the ground begins to shake with a roar. Among the knights who started to stand up one by one, someone came running.

“De, Destel!”

The knight shouts to Destel.

“An abnormal phenomenon, an abnormal phenomenon has occurred!”

He mentions the location.

Kateron’s voice.

Deltaon Goseong.

Karmat Gorge.

Hartel Plain.

Ornfelstein temporary base.

Kimmelt base.

Immediately after, Destel jumped to the highest point. A shroud of some kind is wrapped around her shoulders. With her vision enhanced by starlight, D’Estel looks towards the distant castle of Kateron.

The article said.

Blood spurted from beneath the ground into the sky.

The blood that poured out covered the sky.

Indeed, that strange scenery can be seen even from afar. A disc-shaped dark red blood floats on top of Kateron Castle.

It looks like a mirror.

What the mirror reflects are the stars floating in the sky.

Destel looked up at the sky blankly.

The stars were turning black.

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The gushing water engulfed the passage.

It’s not a shade. It’s something that resembles a shade. At the same time as the creepy thing engulfed the passage, Raniel kicked the ground and rushed towards Chloe.

However, by then it was already too late.

“Chloe!”

Someone’s hand reaches out from beyond the dark passage. Pure white woman’s hands. The hand grabs Chloe’s arm and drags her into the black passage.

There is a being who has appeared beyond the passage.

Raniel’s eyes shake at the presence’s presence. Raniel is well aware of this presence. He cannot know.

A soggy demonic energy (？？) that is pressing down on the entire area.

Unable to bear it, the astrologers collapse, vomiting blood, and Galahal opens his eyes. Galahal’s widened eyes are bloodshot.

and.

“aha.”

Laughter is heard from across the aisle.

“We meet again, gray.”

A voice that whispers sweetly, as if calling a lover’s name.

What comes out in that voice is madness.

Raniel utters the name of the being as if chewing it.

“Apostate.”

Apostate, Gletus.

The disaster whose name is called smiles.

“It’s been a while, but I’m sorry. “It’s not you who has business today, but this child.”

Across the aisle, the apostate strokes the face of a girl who looks like him. Slender fingers caress Chloe’s cheek, as if handling a material more precious than anything else.

“Can you wait a moment, Ash?”

The apostate laughed.

“I’ll be meeting you soon in a new body.”

you also.

And, the first gray color.

From the perspective of an apostate, they only appear as human beings who are sick in the world and hope for salvation.

“I will save you soon.”

The first saint hopes for salvation.

When it comes to the salvation of human beings, Saint Gleria Bel Armias does not hesitate to do anything.

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fantasy,