〈 Episode 296 〉 Prophecy points to death (8)
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“So, do you have any other advice?”
Cardi, who was stirring the thick green tea, looked back. There is Raniel, clutching his nose as if he doesn’t even want to smell the scent of green tea.
“advice?”
“Yes, advice.”
Raniel nodded.
“There are ways to attack the sword of death, weaknesses, and things like that. “I’m sure there’s at least one, right?”
“Is it possible?”
Cardi let out a laugh.
“There’s no way that monster-like guy has a weakness.”
“But if I look for it, won’t there be at least one?”
“well. It has been invisible to my eyes for at least hundreds of years. “You might find it if you look for it.”
“Tsk…”
While Raniel was regaining his appetite, Cardi let out a short breath.
“It’s probably better now.”
“what?”
“That guy, didn’t he replace half of his body with a magical beast? It seems that the body of the King of Demon Beasts was recovered and put back together by Gleria…”
“King of Demon Beasts?”
“This is a magical beast that was called a disaster when we were active.”
A truly terrifying beast.
A being that swallowed humans and collected human bones to decorate its body. It was a demonic beast, but it hoped to become an intelligent human being.
“Even though he was born in the shadows, he was a demonic beast who spoke in human language, loved humans, and was jealous. “A demonic beast that ripped off my skin and replaced it with human flesh.”
“···Do you love humans?”
“He was a difficult guy to explain. In the end, he even held a sword and exchanged fire with Ganicalt. According to Ganicalt, he was like a superhuman.”
Is the demonic beast a superhuman?
While Raniel blinked, unable to understand what was being said, Cardi let out a chuckle.
“I’m a little lost in words, but whatever it is, the current Ganicalt is half filled with the flesh of the King of Demon Beasts.”
“…Then aren’t you stronger than when you were a warrior?”
“That didn’t seem to be the case.”
Cardi shook her head.
“I told you, right? “He was originally right-handed.”
“ah.”
“The last blow was swung with the left hand, but the sword technique he created generally starts with the right hand. So, compared to its prime, it might be said that it is weaker now.”
“About…? that is···?”
Flying down a gorge with one swing of a sword?
Watching Raniel mumbling like that, Cardi decided not to talk about Ganicalt when he was fighting the Demon King. That would be impossible now anyway.
Cardi ended the story appropriately.
“…I’m talking about it from a technical perspective. In terms of power, it might be stronger now.”
“Ugh…”
Raniel let out a long sigh.
“When I asked you to give me advice on strategy, you were bragging about your old colleagues. Hey, I have to go stop that monster now? “I can’t cheer you on, I’m just scaring you.”
“I’m sorry.”
Advice, advice.
Cardi, who was muttering like that, closed her mouth for a moment. As if something occurred to me. Raniel glanced at Cardi, her eyes shining.
“Did you think of anything?”
“It’s hard to call it advice, but it’s there.”
“What?”
Cardi said, resting her chin.
“Didn’t I tell you that in the past, Ganikalt had a disciple? “It’s Grace.”
Grace, Master of the North.
A boy whose talent was recognized by Ganicalt.
Also, the swordsman who received Ganicalt’s sword.
“That guy returned the sword to the Holy Land and left a message. “I also checked it later, but…”
This is a phrase I saw in passing hundreds of years ago.
However, elves never forget what they saw and heard. Cardi pronounced the phrase from her memory.
『Death never forgets pride.』
『Show pride in the face of death.』
『Death is the noblest swordsman.』
The words Grace left before she died.
Cardi added, mumbling it.
“They said so. “I can’t say this because I don’t know anything about the prosecutor’s mindset.”
He put down the green tea he was stirring.
“Ganikalt always wanted something. Ever since his days as a warrior, he had desperately wanted something, and in the end he perished without being able to find it or tell anyone about it.”
“what is that?”
“I do not know either. “I don’t know…”
Cardi looked at the swirling teacup.
Cardi muttered as she watched the thick powder settle.
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“Ganikalt once said that he pays respect to someone who has what he desires. “He did that with his sword raised even in front of the King of Demon Beasts.”
『I will ask. Are you a prosecutor?』
『Human, I held the sword. It stands in front of you with its claws out and the demonic beast’s arm torn off. Only you are my enemy. Then, am I a prosecutor?』
『Then, you are a prosecutor.』
Short questions and answers.
When we exchanged questions and answers, Ganicalt showed more intense emotions than ever before on his face. Even warning my colleagues not to interfere.
“···Well, that’s how it is.”
Cardi, who was reminiscing about the past, let out a short breath.
“Drink.”
“This? I?”
“Who else is there besides you?”
Cardi placed the diluted green tea down in front of Raniel and gestured. Raniel was disgusted and pulled his body back.
“Drink.”
“no. “Why am I drinking this?”
“It was thinly burnt. Drink it.”
“No, you don’t like it? “Just looking at it makes me feel sick.”
“It’s good for your body. Drink it..”
After arguing for a while, Raniel finally poured some green tea into his mouth. Aside from being good for your health, the taste was truly terrible. For a while, just seeing something green made me feel sick.
2.
“···No, it was really a health drink?”
“What are you talking about?”
Raniel blinked. He was tired after staying up all night for several days, but after drinking an unidentified green drink, his fatigue went away.
‘···Should I ask Cardi to pack some for me?’
The taste is so terrible that I don’t plan on eating it again, but it would be an appropriate gift to give as a gift to a subordinate who works hard overtime. Raniel slowly shifted his gaze and looked at the subordinate sitting in front of him.
“Hey, Kalt.”
“Yes, senior.”
“Aren’t you just tired these days?”
“You call that a question?”
Kalt smiled.
“I can’t even remember the last time I slept for more than three hours. If this continues, I think I will die from overwork. Recently, I went on a business trip up north, and it was truly to die for. “Really.”
“yes?”
Raniel said, resting his chin.
“So, you should rest during this subjugation battle.”
“That’s right, you need to rest… yes?”
Kalt blinked.
Raniel did not make eye contact with Kalt as he flipped through the documents. He just throws his words around indifferently.
“Take a rest. “Take some vacation time and sleep well for a few days.”
Raniel chuckled.
“I became a Guardian by preventing three disasters in a year, so what would I become if I prevented four disasters?”
She looked up and pointed at Kalt with her pen.
“Rest, dude. “Don’t even think about coming.”
“…Weren’t we calling on all forces?”
“The convocation will be used to protect the northern residents who are evacuating, and only a few elites will be able to deal with the sword of death.”
It was a natural story.
Numbers are meaningless before the sword of death. You have to prepare a lot of knights, because they will just be wiped out with a single slash of the sword.
“Me, Kyle, Sarah, and you. These four are going together. I don’t need any more. “It’s just a distraction.”
“···but.”
“Shall I tell you frankly?”
Raniel narrowed his eyes.
“If you come, you will die.”
“······.”
“You became a superhuman to deal with Uncle Kuntel. Stay true to your purpose. “Don’t try to throw your life away for no reason.”
Kalt looked at Raniel in silence.
While looking at him, he blurted out.
“Senior, are you going to die?”
“What dude?”
Raniel widened his eyes.
“What is this guy saying about cheating now?”
“Ahh!”
Sigh! Raniel cracked Kalt’s joint.
Kalt screamed and sat down, clutching his knees. I was so refreshed that tears welled up.
“No, that’s the atmosphere! “Some say that if a person does something they aren’t used to doing, they will die…!”
Raniel nodded as if asking him to say more. It was clear that if he said any more, he would be hit again, so Kalt obediently kept his mouth shut.
“Ugh…”
Raniel let out a long sigh.
“I won’t die. Since you’re not dying, you’re doing well. Even if I want to die, I can’t die like this. and···.”
I hate to admit it, but
Just thinking about it makes me irritated.
“With that guy Kyle, things usually work out. Because the number that can be used increases several times.”
“…Your evaluation of Kyle is pretty good?”
“what? “I originally overrated him.”
Raniel laughed mischievously.
“I overestimated it, so I’ve been doing that shit for years.”
The strongest warrior, Kyle Torben.
Now, a year and a few months have passed since he left the party, Raniel is once again on the same battlefield as Kyle. Raniel feels complicated emotions about that fact.
“…Are you okay?”
A question without a subject or object.
Raniel answers that question with a bitter smile.
“well.”
She muttered, resting her chin.
“Maybe we can have a proper conversation this time.”
I haven’t had a conversation with that guy in years. You can’t call it a conversation when people raise their voices and only say what they say.
‘perhaps.’
This time, maybe we can have something productive to talk about. Raniel suddenly had this thought.
3.
“It won’t work.”
“what?”
“I don’t know what you expect, but I’m not going to talk to Kyle.”
Sarah said in the carriage heading north.
“Kyle has been a little strange since he encountered the Demon Lord and since you left the party. “I just don’t know what’s going on.”
Kyle has changed.
At some point, things changed.
“It’s expressionless. It’s like a doll. Sometimes, I get creepy when I look at it. I rarely smile like I used to. “It’s as if the emotions have died.”
“···For that matter, you seemed very emotional in front of me, right? “You’ve seen me raise my voice and fight a lot.”
“Only in matters that concern you.”
Sarah sighed.
“The only time Kyle shows emotion is when it involves you. Oh, right. Just remembered, what on earth is that pendant you gave her last time?”
“You know what?”
“Ugh, it’s okay. “Just don’t tell me.”
“I picked it up from my hometown that was in ashes. “It’s like a keepsake of sorts.”
Sarah narrowed her eyes and glanced at Raniel, perhaps not knowing if he would respond obediently. Raniel snapped and continued talking.
“I don’t know why you gave it to me. “It doesn’t seem like it was magically processed.”
“···is it so?”
“So, how many years have you been hanging out with this guy you can’t even communicate with?”
“Yes?”
“Aren’t you tired? You hate being tired. “I thought you’d be the first to let go.”
“Hmph,” Sarah snorted.
“Unlike Remia, who only pursues pleasure, I am a pure lover, right? I never change. “We will grow old and die together.”
“Does it seem like you’re subtly trying to turn me into an earworm?”
“It sounds like that because your personality is twisted. “I have a good relationship with Remia.”
Sarah crossed her arms and smiled.
“So, aren’t you dating anyone? Still a virgin wizard, right? Are you now a virgin magic mountain?”
“Do you want to rummage?”
“I don’t think there is one. “I live my life at a loss.”
“I am voluntarily single. During his time with a lover, he draws one more circuit and conducts one more research. Dating is a waste of life. “You must be living at a loss.”
These are conversations we had sometime ago.
Raniel tells stories that either make sense or are bullshit, and Sarah laughs back. Then, suddenly, the two burst into laughter.
“Anyway.”
Sarah clicked her tongue and said, “Tsk.”
“That’s right, really.”
She rests her chin and looks out the window.
The scenery passes quickly. Sarah opened her mouth, still looking out her window, without looking at Ran El.
“Raniel.”
“what.”
“Are you obsessed with Kyle?”
“Do you want to do it?”
“Don’t you feel mentally and physically exhausted?”
“I said you were crazy.”
“Any regrets?”
“······.”
After a brief pause, Raniel opened his mouth.
“I have no regrets. little.”
little.
Sara smiled faintly, thinking that saying that was a way of protecting her pride.
“I regretted a lot.”
“you? “It’s terrible.”
“Who said they regretted it because of you?”
Sarah turned her head.
Sarah said with a bitter smile.
“I should have been like you. Kyle needed someone like you. “I have such regrets.”
Sara knows that regretting it is useless and that no matter how hard she tries, she cannot become that way. Still, I have thought about it like that.
“Anyway, you don’t really have a clue.”
Sounds like a sympathetic wizard.
Since she doesn’t have much tact, even with her looks like that, she doesn’t attract any men. Sarah muttered and snorted.
“This shit is real.”
Raniel reached out and pulled Sarah’s hair. Sarah’s screams echoed inside the carriage.
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