Episode 211. What do you want (1)
A day after her unexpected reunion with Xian, Arin wakes up in the Kundel Duke family’s mansion.
Arin, who was looking at the scenery outside the window, unconsciously stroked her neck.
The feeling of the feeling of him confining me the previous day still vividly remains.
In a situation where her distraught mind could not subside, Arin could only sigh in despair.
“The princess. “This is Resimus.”
Arin, suddenly startled by a sound coming from beyond the door, quickly ran to the door.
“Sorry for being away for a while.”
“Are you crazy? Resimus!”
Despite the princess’s urgings, Resimus responded steadfastly.
They said it wasn’t life-threatening, but I needed to rest for a few days and take some time to recover.
As if there was no need for that, she came back less than a day later.
“Basic recovery has already been fully completed through the territory healers. President Kundel also said this was okay… … .”
“Did I say that?”
Following Resimus, Kundel, the owner of the mansion, also came inside.
“I don’t know right now, but in the long run, it will damage your body. It’s good to serve your lord, but strictly speaking, your body comes first. Only then can you protect your master.”
“Anyway, there are many knights who can protect the princess on my behalf. But my master is only one princess. From the moment I decided to become the princess’s sword, I stopped caring about my own safety.”
“Although he is a bit stubborn, he has a very good attitude for a knight.”
It was a situation where Arin couldn’t just laugh.
Would that relationship with Resimus have continued like this without Xian?
Arin immediately shook her head at the negative thoughts that came to mind.
“First of all, we have thoroughly controlled entry. What happened to you two in Aquizel will not spread to the Imperial Castle. In fact, isn’t it a situation where we need to go back quickly?”
“yes. that’s right.”
“I will offer my help. “We will be able to get to the imperial castle before sunset today.”
“I will not forget this grace.”
Arin bowed her head and expressed her gratitude to Kundel.
“Aren’t you curious about that guy?”
At that moment, the eyes of the two women wavered at the same time.
“I found… “Is it true?”
“We are scrambling to find it. “Even though I mentioned it, it would be better not to expect much.”
Arin bit her lip tightly as if trying not to show it.
“I don’t know if it’s any consolation, but I don’t think he would have tried to kill you in the first place.”
Kundel said while looking at Arin like that.
“At least while he was talking to me, he didn’t seem to have any intention of doing so. Even when you knocked on the door, you looked very anxious. “Maybe he was just trying to watch you at first.”
Arin looked a little dazed, as if she couldn’t believe it.
“I don’t think it would have ended up like this if I hadn’t been there for no reason. It’s entirely my fault. If you want, you can go to the imperial castle and interrogate me for my sins.”
“Are you saying that because you know I won’t do it?”
Kundel smiled slyly, and Arin then smiled faintly as if she couldn’t win.
Soon her eyes turned to Xian’s cloak neatly placed on the bed.
“Is it his?”
“yes.”
“I heard you covered your face at the last minute so people wouldn’t see it, right?”
“I think so… … .”
“Just when you’re rushing at me like you’re going to kill me, you suddenly become considerate. “Even when I look at him again, he is a guy whose true feelings I cannot understand.”
Kundel stroked his beard and expressed his doubts about Xian.
Arin also spoke softly as if she agreed with this.
“Xian, what on earth does he live for?”
In fact, it was a question I had asked from the moment I first met him.
What path does he want to take, even following the black fog that denies light?
As of now, Arin had no idea.
* * *
Almost 9 years ago.
I did something called regression, returning to the past with miserable memories of my previous life.
From the moment I returned to the present, my life has had only one purpose.
It was revenge.
Eshel Bert.
I was told that I was not even human, and I lived my whole life for him, not me, but he abandoned me.
So I tried to destroy everything he was trying to do.
I tried to destroy all of his plans with my own hands.
So I didn’t kill him.
I wanted you to despair when you realized that even though you did everything you could, you couldn’t break me in the end.
Then he said.
I’m an ordinary human being who knows your true nature and hates you more than anything.
Yes, human.
I am human.
Know how to be happy, know how to be angry, know how to be sad,
He is definitely a human being with emotions.
To an assassin, hesitation is like death,
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Now I have become a real human being who even has feelings of hesitation.
The head of the family told me.
I need to know how selfish I have been.
A selfish being who is so conceited that he has the power to handle everything that he doesn’t care what happens to his surroundings.
A very foolish being who can ruin a cause just because of a small kindness.
That’s who I am now.
Are you deplorable?
at all.
It was just an unfamiliar situation that I had never encountered before, so it just took some time.
There is no human being as foolish as that person if they think about it for days and days.
The end of a long fog.
A familiar face sitting on a familiar altar and looking at me as I approach.
He was smiling mischievously, as if he was a little surprised that he had finally arrived.
(The child who always growls at me is nowhere to be seen today.)
He was referring to Kayram.
(Did you two fight?)
“If that’s the case, I’d be happy.”
I suddenly got upset and didn’t know what to do, so I’m still like this.
(I’d like to give you some advice on what to do to ease a woman’s feelings, but looking at your expression, I don’t think you’re in the mood to say that.)
“Since when have you cared about that?”
I raised my chin and reacted in disbelief.
“Do you remember when I first met you?”
(Are you talking about this life?)
“Isn’t it obvious?”
Aer laughed and continued speaking.
(Of course, I remember everything without exception. Which part exactly do I have to remember?)
“The part where I said I would do what you wanted.”
At that moment, the corner of his mouth, which was smiling, moved slightly.
(Yeah, but didn’t you say you don’t know what I want?)
“know. in fact… … .”
Aer stuck out his lips as if he was interested and let out an exclamation.
(Is this what I told you before?)
“no. You never said anything before or now. At least for me… … .”
(…….)
“It was just a guess before, but now I’m certain. “If you think about the reason why this organization called Mist was created, it was immediately understandable.”
(That’s interesting. Then, tell me. What exactly do I want?)
I calmly crossed my arms and continued.
“A retired engineer I met recently told me that. Is the black fog that the world is talking about really true? “If I had to answer that question, I would have answered it this way.”
(How do you mean that?)
“I don’t know either.”
(…….)
“Then he said it again. “Before calling fog evil, can we really be sure that light is good?”
His eyes changed subtly for a moment.
“You want to change that notion.”
This world is ultimately created by a victor called Light.
The defeated fog was regarded as a being of negativity and was despised in this world.
In the end, beings in such a situation will have only one mind.
“Towards a new world order centered on fog, not light… … .”
Soon, Aer frowned, tilted his head, and asked.
(Isn’t that the superficial reason?)
right.
This is like the most basic code that you hear first when you join Mist.
This god cannot do what he truly wants.
What this crazy god wants is not a changed world, but the next.
“You want the Shinma War to break out again, right?”
(Why do you think that?)
“Because there is no way other gods would tolerate a world centered on fog.”
Then, you will naturally intervene in the human world, and if you do so, you will not engage in meaningless idle talk.
They will once again carry out their own cleansing operation to erase the presence of fog from this world.
This god will try to lord it over them through that process.
There’s nothing to think about.
To compare it to human history, you can think of it as an obvious story about a prince of a country who was driven out in a civil war, grows his power by grinding his teeth at the bottom, then rebels and eventually sits on the throne.
Haven’t we already said this many times?
It is said that we humans are the creatures that most resemble God’s nature.
What we do is no different from what they do.
(Kihahaha!)
Aer showed the most exciting reaction I have ever seen.
(So, you followed me even though you knew that from the beginning? I’m sure it wouldn’t have been very pleasant for you? Why are you offering to help me like that?)
“Nothing special. “Because you took me away.”
If it weren’t for you in the first place, I wouldn’t exist today.
I cannot live proudly as a human being in a world centered on light.
So, we will create a world centered around fog.
It doesn’t matter even if God doesn’t allow it.
In a world created like that,
I will live proudly.
Not for anyone else, just for me.
“So, as a successor who must carry out your purpose, let me speak clearly to you.”
(What do you mean?)
“Just watch.”
(…….)
“Don’t get involved in anything, just watch as you are now. “If you keep watching like that, what you want will eventually come true.”
(That’s what I do best.)
Aer responded confidently, saying it was no problem.
(Are you going to stop the head of the family, or rather your teacher?)
“To begin with, I wasn’t a very obedient student.”
(I don’t think you’ll like it that much?)
“That’s what I’m saying. “You shouldn’t get involved.”
I thought about it carefully.
I wonder if the reason the head of the family excluded me from this mission was simply because he couldn’t kill Princess Arin.
In conclusion, no.
She is not just killing Princess Arin, but through this incident, she is preparing for a big change in the fog.
And that wind will definitely have a huge impact on me.
I have no intention of watching the process completely.
After saying those words, I turned around.
Aer didn’t catch me or talk to me as I grew further away.
Even though I don’t have eyes in the back of my head, I can’t see what kind of expression he is making.
You’re probably smiling.
After taking a few more steps, my body was no longer in subspace, but outside in the sunlight.
In front of me,
‘Did you end the conversation well?’
Hastia was there, smiling brightly.
“Well, roughly.”
‘Such an uncertain answer is not good! Still, looking at Sian’s face, it doesn’t seem like there was that big of a problem!’
I answered by slightly raising one corner of my mouth.
‘So where are we going from now on?’
Hastia asked with pure eyes full of expectation.
I spoke calmly as always.
“Hwangseong.”
(Continued in the next part)
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