Episode 317
Then a huge ‘temple’ appeared before my eyes.
Just as Plank was about to step inside, I stopped in my tracks.
“I have to answer before I go.”
He turns around.
“What answer do you want to hear?”
He just carried the load on his back.
“What kind of answer do you want to hear? You didn’t ask without knowing, did you? Then I’d be disappointed.”
“… … Yes, I created it and improved it. I was told what kind of children Noah had and how the two children lived.”
I see.
“Try answering this one too.”
“… … You really have a lot of questions. You seem to have no manners.”
This time, instead of laughing, they burst out in laughter.
I don’t do things without a reason.
Everything that happened on this island, and everything I’m doing now, had a reason.
“What on earth did mother see?”
“… … .”
“There was a diary that my mother had hidden away. It said this. I ended up reading it that day.”
He took the diary out of his pocket.
What my mother saw was exactly like this.
-April 14th. On that day, I saw the secret of the sanctuary that I should never have seen.
I never imagined that there would be such a secret, that it would be so ugly.
I thought it was a noble spirit of sacrifice.
Disgusting.
It’s so disgusting I feel like vomiting, and it’s so ugly that my head feels like it’s rotting away.
It makes me really sick.
I have to leave this island.
I have to leave no matter what.
I proposed a deal to my grandfather and it worked out.
I will be leaving this island soon.
The reason I am leaving this diary is.
Because I want to give a chance to my only brother who tormented me so much.
If my brother sees this, I’ll give him some advice as his younger brother.
Run away without looking back.
Run away at any cost.
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Otherwise.
Because you will become ‘that way’ too.
“Why did you leave such a message?”
“… … .”
“I felt fear in the text, more than that. I can guess just by reading this text. But if I look at this text in detail, two questions arise. Do you know what they are?”
“Interesting. Tell me.”
There is nothing I can’t do.
“First of all. What did my mother mean when she said to my uncle, ‘You will become like that too?’”
Plank didn’t answer.
This was a question I didn’t even necessarily expect an answer to.
“Second. Why, ‘Grandfather’?”
Plank’s eyes twitch.
There were two words, but in reality it was one thing.
Because this one thing could answer two questions, and this one thing was essentially ‘everything’ that my mother had been afraid of.
“You are my mother’s father, that is, my grandfather. But you are not my mother’s grandfather. You are the father of ‘Frank Gunnar’.”
I held the diary in my hand and lightly used ignition magic.
The diary bursts into flames.
I try not to hide the truth about the past or anything like that, if possible.
Going around telling the world that I was a regressor? It didn’t matter.
Because it didn’t matter if I knew anyone.
But this is a little different.
This is ‘our family’s’ business.
A story about ‘my bloodline’. Furthermore, it is related to our teacher and our older sister, a story that does not need to be told to the world.
It doesn’t matter if I spread the news to the world right now that I’ve regressed, but this is not it.
No matter how much of a brat I am, I will protect what I have to protect.
“It was said that the current and future runners head to the sanctuary together to decide the owner of the dojo. And only one person comes down from the sanctuary. No one knows what happens inside except for the ‘runner of the current generation’ who enters and comes down from the sanctuary.”
The diary was completely burned, and ash fell to the floor.
“Let’s meet again. The date the diary was written is April 14th. However, the date the new runaway was born is April 11th. In other words, after April 11th, the owner of the Taoist temple changed. From your mother’s grandfather to you, your mother’s father. But why did your mother say she ‘made a deal with your grandfather’? On April 14th, the owner of the Taoist temple was your mother’s father, not your mother’s grandfather.”
The ash that falls to the ground is scattered by the wind.
“What are you trying to say?”
Ignoring the plank, I approached the giant pillar in front of the temple.
What are you trying to say?
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“hey.”
“… … At first, it was like that, but now I’m starting to feel uncomfortable hearing that informal speech.”
Laughter breaks out.
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“Let’s just keep the acting to that extent. Just between people who know each other.”
He sat down with his buttocks resting on the large boulder protruding from under the pillar.
“I’ve seen a lot of guys in my life.”
“A lot of them?”
“Those who killed their brothers to sit in the aristocracy, the people who want to sell the nation in the experiments to change the people who do not know the life of the individual, and the crazy guys who are trying to become a god. I have no enemies. ”
“… … .”
He crossed his legs and rested his chin on one hand.
“What was it that you said when you first pulled me into your fantasy world?”
“… … .”
“I introduced myself as Plank Gunnar.”
I definitely introduced myself like that.
“How about I introduce myself properly?”
A faint smile appears on Plank’s lips.
“Someone once said that when asking someone’s name, it is polite to state your own name first.”
“That’s right. That’s not wrong. Then let me introduce myself first. I’m Jack, and I returned from the future about 20 years from now.”
“……return?”
“Oh, regression.”
Now he wiggled his leg, telling me to shake my beak too.
Oh, wait a minute. Before that.
“Don’t introduce me, tell our teacher.”
“… … .”
“Why, are you afraid to do it? Should I do it for you?”
The corners of Plank Gunnar’s mouth twitch and quiver.
You seem a little angry.
But why are you getting so angry over something like this?
I’ll just do it.
“The hero who disappeared 400 years ago has lived a long time, taking over the body of his descendant. It is nice to meet you, Arthur Gunnar.”
* * *
400 years ago.
When everything was over, Valentine asked a man.
“Where are you going?”
“A place where no one can find it.”
“Why do you want to go? The Gunnar Empire is not destroyed. You just need to be the center.”
If you just look at the way he spoke, it might seem really awkward, but it wasn’t.
At that time, Valentine was only 29 years old.
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Arthur Gunnar in front of you is 37 years old.
The two were step-siblings.
“There’s Julius.”
“Julius is not fit to be a king. He is more greedy than he looks.”
Arthur chuckled.
“But I’ll listen to you anyway. He loves you so much.”
“… … .”
A mountain range of enormous heights, with clouds visible in the sky and clouds visible below.
People call this place the Steel Mountains.
Arthur said in that mountain range.
“Gunnar is a nation that existed before the glorious era, a new world for humans has arrived, but relics of the past are being used.”
“… … .”
“I’m going to take these people from the Taoist temple and disappear. I’m going to settle down in a place where no one knows me, and live and die like that.”
“Really?”
Arthur smiles faintly.
“Well, if possible, how strong can I become as a human? I’d like to try to achieve that, but I don’t know if I can. If I can, then I can, but if I can’t, then I’ll just die. What about you?”
“I don’t know.”
Arthur knew.
That Valentine wasn’t very interested in Julius Teslan.
“But give him a chance once or twice. Who knows, you might end up liking Julius too.”
Valentine was skeptical.
“I’m not good at giving my heart to someone. I guess it’s because of my childhood trauma. You know that, oppa.”
“I know. The abandoned past, but you’re not the only one who was abandoned. I was also abandoned by the Gunnar royal family.”
Valentine smiled blandly.
“My brother ran out.”
Arthur turned his head.
“Anyway, I’m leaving. This will probably be the last time, but just know this. I’m going to teach this to my descendants. Don’t have any ties to the continent, but if a disaster that no one can stop hits the continent, then the Taoist monk will stand in the vanguard and save the continent… something like that.”
Arthur was smiling.
“I’ll prepare the worst device. The rest of us will create a better world. I believe you will do the same. Why are you looking at me like that?”
“… … .”
“I know. I’m handsome. Well then, live well.”
That was the last one.
Arthur was that kind of man in Valentine’s memories.
Trustworthy, responsible, and strong-willed.
After that, Valentine founded the Teslan Empire together with Julius Teslan, and eventually opened his heart to Teslan, who continued to court him.
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That was it.
I opened my heart. When I was about to start something, Julius betrayed Valentine instead.
Valentine watched in real time as his comrade and close friend became blinded by power and greed.
So, Valentine’s time stopped there.
Until Jack showed up.
* * *
[Arthur, is it really Arthur?]
“You don’t even call me oppa anymore.”
The teacher’s eyes looked sad.
He looked genuinely sad.
I couldn’t bring myself to say more, so what more could I say?
“You still have a keen eye. You still recognize me even in this state.”
Frank Gunnar, or rather Arthur Gunnar, has changed.
It was definitely not the look of the liberated old man he had been until just now.
This is like leisure.
It was a look of confidence that went beyond that.
[Did you really take away the body of your descendant?]
“okay.”
[With black magic?]
“Well. The inspiration comes from black magic, but in essence, it should be called ‘spirit of soul.’ As you know, spirit of soul can change a lot depending on how the user uses it.”
The teacher closes his eyes tightly.
Then he asked:
[Was the reason there were so many masters in the Dojo to create a body that could hold your vessel? Using the title of Grand Master and the blood of your descendants, as if you were crossbreeding horses, to create better talents and make them your vessels… … Is that how you lived?]
Arthur seemed to have nothing to hide.
He said it proudly.
“okay.”
I showed no reaction to those words.
What does it matter to me what that mongrel says or does not say?
But he wasn’t the master.
