〈 Episode 323 〉 Turn over the board (1)
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“I don’t want him to know about this.”
Cranbel Eleanor.
“I am afraid that the child will sacrifice himself on my behalf, as the madman wishes, but it goes back further than that.”
A gray elder and Lesty’s teacher.
“I don’t want him to feel guilty.”
he told me
“It means that I don’t want you to feel responsible for my death, saying it was because of you that I died. “I don’t want that child to break down from guilt and responsibility.”
I listened to the elder with my mouth shut.
The elder smiled bitterly and continued.
“This is a child with a lot of scars.”
I know.
“I don’t want him to get hurt any further. “He will be hurt by my death, but I just hope that those wounds don’t fester.”
The elder laughed bitterly.
Looking at that smile, I think.
Resty was a child abandoned by his parents and felt lonely for a long time. He wouldn’t know it, much less as an elder, but Resty must have been completely isolated during the years that the elder was bedridden.
There is no one to support him.
There is no one who looks after them either.
In the magic tower where my shadow was cast, that child would have been constantly compared to me. All of his self-esteem and confidence would have been eroded.
‘I guess I’ll finally be able to move forward now.’
I hope the kid doesn’t stop.
I hope it doesn’t fall apart again.
I also have similar thoughts as the elder, but that doesn’t mean I can make a decision easily.
“···Phew.”
I let out a long sigh.
In the end, the situation only gets more complicated.
The elder hopes that Resty does not know about his sacrifice. I hope she doesn’t feel her guilt. It’s not a choice that doesn’t make sense. If I were in this situation, I would make a similar choice.
‘but···.’
I slowly opened my mouth.
“In the end, isn’t this also a deception?”
It was the perfect answer.
Cover up the truth and deceive with lies.
That can never be said to be the right path.
“···I guess so.”
“Still, do you think it’s better to cheat?”
“okay.”
“Even if no one knows about the sacrifice?”
The elder laughed.
“I didn’t do this because I wanted people to know, so it doesn’t really matter.”
Even though no one recognized the sacrifice, the elder smiled as if it was okay.
“I am that child’s teacher and father.”
The elder spoke as if stating the obvious.
“Parents are willing to sacrifice for their children. No, this is not a sacrifice. “It’s your responsibility as a parent.”
I just took responsibility.
The elder said so.
“I have a difficult request to ask of you.”
People who grow old, get sick, and just wait for the day to die.
An old man who wanted his death to be beautiful looked at me. These were the eyes of someone who had already made a decision.
“Will you please listen to my request?”
I couldn’t say anything.
2.
Raniel opened the door and came out with complicated feelings.
I thought I would feel better after hearing the story, but it was the opposite. I felt like my stomach was stuck. Raniel sighed, pressing his chest for no reason.
There is a park not far from the magic tower.
When he couldn’t organize his thoughts or had important work ahead of him, Raniel would often walk around that park aimlessly during his time as the next Mage Tower. I was thinking of doing that again this time.
Raniel walks in the park.
She stopped walking and looked at the sky.
The sun sets and the sunset sets. Even that doesn’t last long. Soon the sky turns black and the hidden stars begin to shine.
Stars and shadows.
Raniel thinks about the first madman who created the shadow. Can he kill the madman himself? Of course, this is impossible at the moment.
‘It was impossible.’
This is what I experienced in Arcadia.
Although the mana that swallows shadows works, the effect is only weak. If the seed planted in the elder’s body fully blooms, Raniel cannot guarantee victory either.
So it must be killed before it blooms.
‘Did you say you gained immortality?’
The elder said:
The moment the contract was made, he gained half of his immortality. It is not immortal, but it is immortal. An elder cannot be free from life until the lifespan given to him or her ends.
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The only thing that can kill an elder is when a month or so passes and his life comes to an end.
The moment the shadow is about to completely engulf the elder, Raniel will kill the elder. I will burn the budding shadow along with the soul of the elder.
“Whoa…’
Raniel let out a long sigh.
It’s not easy.
At this moment, when he has to deal with an unknown enemy, there is one person that comes to Raniel’s mind. The moment he thought of that guy, Raniel’s expression crumpled.
“f*ck you…”
Raniel, who felt displeased at the thought of that guy in his mind, ruffled his hair.
‘Kyle, why does it remind me of that bastard?’
Kyle Torben, a warrior who rose to superhuman status.
In the last close match against Ganicalt, Kyle completely blossomed. Raniel can’t forget the movements that guy showed and the scene where he clashed with Ganicalt.
Because it was what she wanted so much.
May Kyle bloom.
May you hold the sword once again.
I hope you stand up with your sword in hand and become a warrior.
Raniel hoped and hoped.
Even after being kicked out by Kyle, Raniel couldn’t let go of that regret. He said he only regretted Sarah and was not obsessed with her, but that was false.
‘I was obsessed. whopping.’
Funnily enough, after letting go of his obsession with Galahal’s death, Kyle changed as if he had been waiting for it. Raniel sighed at the laughable story.
‘I think everything will work out as long as he’s the only one.’
Thinking like that, Raniel muttered.
“Kyle, what on earth is that bastard doing?”
After going with the ancient dragon wizard, Kyle has still not returned. Some time passed, but only one letter arrived from Kyle.
“I’m thinking of getting myself together.”
“I plan to focus on training for the time being.”
“In order to prepare for the final ordeal that remains for me, I will need to accumulate strength. Don’t wait. “It will come out on its own when the time comes.”
Just like that, the letter arrived.
Kyle did not tell us until the end what the ordeal was. Raniel tsk and clicked his tongue.
“I have to choose…”
In the end, without even being able to do anything, Raniel returned to the mansion. It’s time to change into your pajamas and end the day.
Flashing.
The magic tool placed on the table sparkled.
Stationery linked to specific people.
The moment he saw that, Raniel kicked off the blanket and jumped up from the bed. Raniel snatched up the letter, wondering if a letter might have arrived from Kyle.
“Professor, are you okay tomorrow?”
It wasn’t a letter from Kyle.
Inwardly disappointed, Raniel checked the contents.
“It’s been a while since I last saw you again.”
It was a letter that arrived from the first princess Leruelle.
3.
A summer afternoon with the sun rising in the sky.
The afternoon sunlight illuminates the garden located a little away from the villa. A tea table was placed in a corner of the garden, where well-maintained flowers and trees glowed brightly.
There is only one person who uses or can use the garden located in the villa. The owner of this garden stroked his hair once.
Sarah.
Her platinum-blonde, almost silver-haired hair shined golden in the sunlight. She usually looked silver, but when exposed to sunlight, her hair would shine golden.
Silver hair tinged with gold.
Haughty golden eyes.
The first princess, Leruelle, put down her teacup with a thump.
“It’s been a while, Professor.”
Sitting opposite her is Rania van Trias. Rania blinked her eyes and asked back.
“Didn’t we meet about a month ago?”
“Isn’t that in a public place? There are many eyes to see. “It wasn’t a comfortable place to talk.”
Lruel, who was sipping tea, raised a topic.
“By the way, you are a descendant of the Gray Wizard. “You were certainly extraordinary.”
“Is that so?”
“It’s hard to find someone like you who doesn’t blink in front of me, who is called a crazy dog.”
That’s true.
Most people who are called crazy dogs are just busy crawling on the floor. Only wild animals think that if you crawl on the ground in a low posture, they will throw something to you.
To Leruel, who was sick and tired of such people, the person in front of him named Rania was quite stimulating.
“Not anymore now. After I sat down at the highest position, there were a mountain of guys trying to get something from me. “Every day is just tiring.”
Is that why?
Leruel muttered that and let out a mischievous laugh.
“I remember the hot summer days I spent with you.”
Memories of a summer day with a crazy dog and a crazy bitch.
Leruel often thinks back to the day when he grabbed everything he saw and started to look at it. Because it was a very happy memory.
Rania answered with a laugh.
“It’s still the same.”
“Because being unchanging is my strength.”
Lruel let out a short breath.
She narrowed her eyes and glanced at Rania sitting across from her. She looked as if her thoughts had been elsewhere for a while. If I saw someone like that, I would immediately leave my seat, but the professor in front of me is an exception.
Rather, Leruel was concerned that the professor, who seemed to just give it a go without thinking, was worried.
“You look like you’re worried.”
“···Does it look like that?”
“I’m not denying it.”
Leruelle smiled and opened her mouth.
“If you were to think differently while talking with your wife, you would normally throw this place down… but you, Professor, are an exception. “I’m rather curious.”
She slightly tilted her body towards Rania.
Leruelle’s silver hair waved on the table.
“Let’s talk about it sometime.”
The woman will provide consultation directly.
As Lruelle said that, Rania thought for a moment and then opened her mouth. If this princess lives with a different way of thinking than others, I have some expectations that she might suggest a different way.
“That’s right, it’s a bit complicated…”
All specific details were omitted.
Connecting only the rough context, Rania began to explain without hesitation.
“so.”
After Rania’s explanation was over, Leruelle settled the situation by tapping the table.
“Why is this damn thing forcing you to choose one of two paths, is that what you mean?”
“It’s similar.”
“Isn’t it impossible to catch and kill that thing?”
“Unfortunately, it’s not possible.”
“Hmm,” Lruel said, smoothing his chin.
Leruelle, who was thinking about this, glanced at Rania with a suspicious look, as if it was strange.
“Professor, it seems like you’ve become a little quieter while I wasn’t looking at you?”
“Are you going to be quiet? I am?”
Rania blinked.
Leruel glanced at that and sighed.
“You’re not like the old you. Did you say it was a story related to an important person? “It seems like your judgment has become a bit clouded.”
Is your judgment clouded?
While Rania could not understand Lruel’s words, Lruel leaned back with his arms crossed.
“professor. This is what I feel these days, but there are so many things trying to force me to make a choice. “They cleverly hide information and play pranks to narrow my horizons.”
It’s a random story, but it’s not unrelated.
Rania nodded her head slowly.
Leruelle crossed her arms and raised the corners of her mouth.
“They are difficult people to catch and kick. They are nobles with a long history to cut out their roots. “She is sure that they will not die, so she must be trying to play a prank on her real wife.”
Miscellaneous things like that.
Garbage that cannot be killed.
“How do you know how a girl can mess with those guys?”
“no···?”
“Take a guess.”
“···Water knows the answer?”
“Water is a very good choice. Once the water goes in, the answer comes out. “She often patronizes the main woman as well, but in this case it is impossible.”
Lruelle said with her legs crossed.
“You’re doing the thing they hate the most.”
“What do you hate?”
“okay. There are two main ways to f*ck with those who force you to make a choice. “You either don’t make a choice at all…”
Unless it is.
“You end up making a choice you couldn’t even imagine. Did you say you are forced to follow two paths? Take it all away. No matter where you go, you will only regret it. “In that case, let’s completely overturn the board.”
Overturn all established paths.
And, choose a completely new path.
“Isn’t choosing from the given options exactly what they want? Are you going to do whatever these damn bastards want? She is the real woman and she never does anything that others like. “f*ck it all.”
Red lips drew an arc.
“If there’s someone making the game behind the scenes, why should the main girl play on the game?”
Lruel pretended to swing his fingers.
“Throw it all away.”
Trample the overturned board with your shoe.
“If a shitty guy acts like a shit, wouldn’t this mean that this guy would act like a shit too?”
Lruelle laughed naively.
This is not a smile that a woman sitting at the highest place in the country would make. A raw smile that is revealed without hiding or embellishment.
Although it is a shallow laugh.
Rather, that’s why Rania likes that smile. Rania, who was looking at Le Ruel, wiped the corners of her eyes and burst out laughing.
“This is not that easy, princess.”
“It’s rather good. “Isn’t it the only way to feel pleasure when you overturn a game that seems to have no answer?”
The way of thinking is different.
In the face of such an exciting way of thinking, I feel like a fool for worrying about it. Rania, who was laughing, let out a short breath.
Whichever you choose, you will regret it.
Throw away the structured board.
‘Easier said than done.’
It’s not something that can be decided that easily.
I don’t even know what other path there is other than the choice given right now. In the end, it is also something that Leruelle can throw out because she does not really know the situation.
but.
The words Leruelle said indifferently continue to linger in Rania’s mind. Thinking over those words, Rania closed and opened her eyes.
It felt like my narrowed field of vision had widened.
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fantasy,
