〈 Episode 354 〉 Now moving forward (2)
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The carriage rumbled along.
In the rattling carriage, Raniel just looked out the window and did not even look at Remia or even ask a simple question. The interior of the carriage was deathly quiet, with no conversation taking place.
The only sound that the carriage shakes and shakes can be heard intermittently.
The only time Raniel opened his mouth was when Remia asked him to accompany her. He might die. After saying those words, Raniel has been silent ever since.
···Of course.
Raniel Van Trias is uncomfortable with Remia’s presence. She is despondent over losing Kyle, and she does not particularly sympathize with Remia, and she is not particularly interested in the changes in her, which only began to change after losing her.
Maybe some people just don’t want to draw attention to it.
Because I’m busy taking care of myself right now.
Currently, Raniel has no time to spare.
How should he deal with Kyle, who has turned into a disaster, how strong is he, and what can he do with his current body? She had so much to think about that she had no time for other thoughts.
It rattled.
Even in the shaking carriage, Raniel did not move a thing. He is just looking out the window, looking somewhere far away.
“······.”
Remia looked at Raniel who was silent like that from the corner of her eye. She looked a lot different than she remembered. Even when she was a man, her appearance itself was outstanding, but nothing compared to how she looks now.
‘···I couldn’t see it properly in the north.’
When I looked at it up close, it was clear…
Humans often use the idiom ‘elf-like’ to describe beautiful women. It was a funny idiom for Remia, an elf, to hear, but Remia felt that the expression was insufficient, at least for the girl in front of her.
Blue eyes reflected in the window.
Shiny gray hair.
Remia, who was staring at her as if fascinated, suddenly noticed platinum-colored particles rising from Raniel’s eyes. Remia knows that light.
Platinum-colored starlight.
This was Kyle’s starlight.
The starlight that Kyle carries. The starlight that Raniel now has. Kyle has changed. Information received from great ancestors. Remia, who put them together one by one, muttered as if she was sighing.
“···As expected, Kyle was trying to save you.”
At that moment, Raniel’s shoulders trembled. The woman who was looking at her window slowly turned her head.
“what?”
“Isn’t that what happened to Kyle while he was saving you? “I think she’s right about that.”
Remia sighed.
“If you think about it, it was strange. “Originally, it wouldn’t have been surprising if you died that day… but after Kyle left the barracks, you immediately became fine.”
“···what?”
Raniel narrowed his eyes.
What does that mean?
This was information he did not know.
“What are you talking about.”
“The day I first encountered the Demon King. When you returned to the barracks, you couldn’t survive the night. “Don’t you know better than I’m telling you?”
Remia spoke calmly.
Raniel frowned. Certainly, he must have been bedridden for some time with the side effects of having lost half his life in one go.
…But, you were in danger of dying?
“that···.”
Raniel sighed.
Certainly, now that I think about it again, there is something strange about it. There is something flawed in the wizards who make a deal with the stars in exchange for their lifespan. It’s a blow to the soul that can’t withstand the enormous force.
Kelhalm became a madman.
Many wizards ended up worse than Kelhalm.
But what was it like for yourself, who sacrificed about half of your life at once in the fight against the Demon King? His soul was worn out… but that was it. Even that has now fully recovered.
Star, starlight, deal.
And Kyle’s contract.
Raniel’s eyes narrowed. Her eyes shook widely as if she realized something.
“That night.”
In the meantime, Remia continued to speak.
“That night, Kyle went out of the barracks alone. And he looked up at the sky and said something.”
Remia touched my ear.
“I heard it because I have good ears.”
“···What did you say?”
“I don’t remember the details. Just sign a contract, that’s what I heard. And things got noticeably better for you right after that.”
Raniel groaned.
Ah, the last word.
What comes to mind is a conversation I had recently in the North. When I asked Kyle to cancel the contract immediately, he said that he received something ‘first’.
There is something I received first.
So, the contract cannot be canceled.
The contract Kyle made was a contract to save himself from the beginning. It was not difficult for him to recall now what he had received in advance. “Ugh,” Raniel bit his lip.
‘···Has it been since then?’
Did it start from there?
Raniel’s expression distorted. Ran El stroked his face with his trembling hands.
“Whoa…”
First of all, it was a feeling that needed to be put away first. Raniel slowly caught his breath, feeling that he had a little more to say to him and that it had become a little heavier.
“···I didn’t particularly mean to blame you.”
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To Raniel, who was catching his breath like that, Remia muttered in an unusually weak voice.
“Kyle and Sarah risked their lives to accomplish something, and it ultimately saved your life. I don’t blame you for this. In the first place…”
Remia sneered.
This is not a mockery directed at Raniel. It was a mockery aimed at oneself. Remia said as if mocking herself.
“Who do I have the right to blame?”
“······.”
“Do you know what I did while you were dying and Kyle and Sarah were risking their lives?”
Remia grabbed her ears.
“I was playing and eating in the North. “Of course Kyle will be back soon, so she was thinking about that and what she was going to do when Kyle came back.”
“···you.”
“Of course I knew tomorrow would come. I thought I would go back to normal life. As always. “I thought it would be so natural, but…”
The natural future did not come.
“This is the result.”
Everything ended suddenly.
Now that it is over, Remia can no longer turn away. The moment she laid eyes on the things she had been ignoring, what she felt was a terrible sense of self-destruction.
“···I’m embarrassed.”
Remia muttered.
“it’s annoying. I’m embarrassed. “I really hate myself for wanting to run away even at this very moment.”
Remia is overflowing with self-love.
Remia was clutching her long ears, which were like a symbol of being an elf, as if she was going to rip them off.
“If you notice something wrong, correct it.”
What she remembers is the story she heard from her great ancestor last night.
“Do something. Move with purpose. You may think it’s already too late, but act anyway. Because the life of an elf is too long.”
The life of an elf is long.
It’s a long, long life, but the fleeting moments left by humans will haunt you forever. So, if you’re going to finish it, do it right.
“Do your best now.”
“Do what you can.”
Cardi is.
The ancient great sage.
“If you know shame, take action.”
That’s what I said to my distant descendants.
Remia pondered those words and raised her head. He entered and he looked at Raniel.
“That’s why I followed you.”
The wisest human being he knows.
A human who shined brighter than anyone else.
Remia continued as she looked at the human who would definitely use her ‘usefully’.
“If I follow you, I can do anything. You are smarter than me. He’s smart and knows how to do more than me. yes?”
This is something Remia had never done in her entire life.
The arrogant elf who never acknowledged others humbled himself and bowed his head to Raniel.
“It may be of no use to you, but let me do something. “It’s already too late, but we can do something…”
“I’m sorry.”
Raniel cut off Remia.
Raniel lifted his arm, resting his chin as if he was not interested. Then he stretched out his finger and pointed at Remia. To be more precise, the quiver of arrows Remia was holding.
“What’s useless? Just shooting that arrow would be useful enough.”
What Raniel pointed to was a moonlight arrow.
Raniel said while laughing.
“If you were useless, you would have already died by my hands. “Why do you think I put up with you doing that shit?”
“···Because of the moonlight arrow?”
“I know.”
Remia let out a laugh.
Because it sounded like it was comforting.
“You don’t hate me?”
“Oh, I f*cking hate it. “You little bastard.”
Raniel let out a chuckle.
“Did you know what I hate?”
“Because it’s true that I treated you badly. “Usually, people hate me when I do that.”
“Wow, did you know? If you’re thinking of apologizing, stop it. “Because I have no intention of accepting it.”
“But why…”
“Because regardless of dislike, I recognize your ability.”
So, I tolerated that behavior.
Because one ability is trustworthy.
Annoyed by Remia making him say these things, Raniel roughly brushed his hair. It was a habit that remained even before my body changed.
So many things had changed, but the habits were the same, making Remia laugh as if it were absurd. When the laughter died down, Remia asked a question.
“…Then what do you plan on using me for?”
About your own use.
Raniel gave a short answer to that question.
“To clear a path.”
“Are you clearing the road?”
“I was planning on telling you when I arrived, but it looks like I’ve already arrived.”
Raniel glanced out the window and snapped his fingers.
The control circuit of the carriage (??) appeared in front of Raniel’s hand. Raniel grabbed it tightly. The carriage quickly stopped with a squeak.
Shake, boom!
The carriage shook violently and stopped, emitting smoke. Leaving Remia alone to panic, Raniel kicked open the carriage door with his foot.
widely.
Raniel, who came out of the carriage first, snapped his fingers and said.
“What are you doing? “I’m not getting off.”
“…Aren’t you going by carriage?”
“Over there? “By carriage?”
Raniel laughed and pointed outside.
Remia got off the carriage with a startled look and lost her breath the moment she saw the scenery outside. Remia muttered, her eyes wide open.
“It wasn’t like this a few days ago…?”
The landscape has changed in just a few days.
It was definitely a place I had passed by a few days ago, but the terrain itself was different now than then. Severely distorted terrain. And the pleasant scent of a demonic beast wafting from the depths of the twisted forest.
“···Is there a magic beast?”
“That’s why you can’t go by carriage.”
“Isn’t this a place without magical creatures? “It wasn’t anywhere near where the Demon King appeared.”
“It was like that originally.”
Raniel spoke, loosening his arms with a pop.
“It looks like they’re in a hurry, too. I’ll explain as I go, so come out first. “I have to walk.”
“···To what extent?”
“To the Eastern Zero Front.”
Although Remia has been wandering the battlefield for a long time, this was the first time she had heard of the front line. What do you mean, the zero front? Originally, I wouldn’t have numbered it that way.
Where is it?
Before asking that question, Raniel went ahead. Remia strung her bow and moved after her. A twisted forest, a changed landscape.
The two walked towards the strange scenery.
2.
An ashes goddess from 13 years in the future.
Raniel recalled what he had heard from her.
“Demon beasts will gather around Kyle, who has become a disaster. The demon beasts are trying to protect Kyle until Kyle is completed. “A truly incredible number has gathered.”
Kyle was chosen to be the master of the Ten Thousand Demons and the vessel of the Demon King. The shade is transforming her Kyle into a doll that will do her bidding… and it will take some time, the Ash Goddess said.
And, it is the magic beasts who buy that time.
She said that a huge number of demonic beasts would be guarding the road to Kyle. As if to protect her own master.
“Of course, I don’t know the details either.”
“I wasn’t in a position to understand such things at the time, so I only found out later.”
“After it’s completed?”
“Even after it was completed, you still drove around demonic beasts, but at that time, there were a few demonic beasts and they didn’t really bother you… huh? Why do you look at me like that? Are you bragging? No, it really was like that…”
…although there was some unnecessary information.
In any case, numerous demons will gather around Kyle. The Ash Goddess said so, and Raniel, who had been gathering information from her for the past two days, confirmed that her prophecy was true.
“It’s true, senior.”
“There have been quite a few reports that the demonic beasts’ movements are strange. And, a special front was also formed.”
The information about the front line that I received through Kalt was indeed as she said.
Demonic beasts are gathering on the Eastern Front.
They completely blocked the road leading to the old site of the Selef Kingdom, and as the demonic beasts gathered, the demonic transformation of the land progressed rapidly. The forest was twisted and the ground split and rose at will.
As if he would not allow anyone access.
“That’s what you’re seeing.”
Raniel lightly shook his hands as he crossed the twisted forest. With a patter, the demonic beast’s soggy blood was splattered on the rotten ground.
“What lies beyond this forest is a front line formed to understand the strange movements of the demonic beasts.”
Eastern 0th Front.
A special wire to identify strange phenomena.
The old site of the Selef Kingdom.
In order to reach Kyle, who would be at the center, it was necessary to cross the zero front. Naturally, cooperation was needed for him, so Raniel had already contacted the person in charge of this front.
“I’m going to go see the person in charge now.”
Kwasik, wow!
Raniel took a step forward, smashing the twisted tree blocking his path. After taking a few more steps, I was able to get out of the forest.
“It’s coming so loudly.”
The outskirts of the Twisted Forest.
The beginning of the Eastern 0th Front.
The person who had come to meet me was standing there.
“nice to meet.”
He, who was sitting on a rock, waved his hand at Raniel. Blank black eyes. Dull gray hair. At first glance, he looks like a battlefield-worn soldier… but the clothes he wears reveal his status.
Clothes decorated with white gold thread in a white tone.
A warrior’s conquest that is only allowed to warriors.
“A long time. “It’s the first time since we split up.”
Hero, Destel.
A hero with the nickname Bigul (??).
The general manager of the Special Front let out a short breath.
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fantasy,
