Episode 332 < Glass palace. (2) >
3.
I knew it.
“It’s a shame.”
I think I already knew, a long time ago.
“Think about it. “I don’t know who built this tower, but it must have taken a lot of effort.”
“Originally, it would have been a sight to look up to with a little more admiration.”
“We have already become accustomed to everything on the 10th floor.”
A person who almost always maintains a blank expression, wears a helmet, and avoids showing his face to others as much as possible.
He always wore armor around his body.
“I’m quite confident in my poker face.”
“Kim Gongja. Do you have any mind-reading skills?”
A person who surrounds his heart with walls that are perhaps even stronger than that.
“I can’t help it.”
my colleague
Patricia.
Our noble and noble paladin.
“I have the ability to recognize other people’s lies.”
“It is no exaggeration to say that this is the skill that elevated me to the position of vice-guild leader of the vigilante group.”
“Doubt is a gnawing poison, and truth is the most powerful antidote. We may not be able to regain the trust we have lost so far, but at least we will be able to cooperate on the 12th floor.”
Just before the close battle with the Demon King of Autumn Rain.
The hunters who had passed the stage for the first time in years were excited, so they easily fell into the trap set by the devil. The possibility that ‘the quest itself may be a trap for the devil’ was not taken into consideration.
When it became known that someone had betrayed us and sided with the Demon King, the heads of the large guilds simply became suspicious of each other.
“Foolish! I told you so! “Never choose the devil’s reward.”
“I still don’t know who betrayed us, but I will give that person the most painful death.”
It was a time when we still couldn’t trust each other.
The Heretic Inquisitor was interrogating people under the pretext of heresy in the basement of the Pantheon, an assassination squad led by the Black Dragon Lord stalked the night of Babylon, and the Count was busy encroaching on the capital of other guilds.
Above all.
“This atmosphere. This air. “That’s the feeling I got when I conquered the early part of the tower.”
“That’s right. “It feels similar to the time when the top 5 guilds were the top 10 guilds.”
“A lot of people died in those days. I killed a lot. is not it?”
The fact that each other is nothing more than a massacre.
Everyone knew it well.
I knew too well.
“Holy knight! Interrogate everyone with a lie detector immediately. No one left out! If even one person does not answer or avoids the paladin’s questions, I will kill that person right here and now!”
therefore.
“I think so even if you don’t say it.”
I knew.
“First of all, let me start by saying that I am not a traitor.”
There’s no way someone like you would forget the massacres.
There is no way to understand, no way to be persuaded, and no way to forgive.
If I don’t have the power to punish the massacres right now, I will wait until that power builds up. I will be patient. Whether it’s 5 or 10 years, I’m willing to wait until the opportunity comes.
“With a poker face.”
“I’m quite confident.”
Let those around you think, “Only Paladins are trustworthy people.”
Even if I miss an opportunity, I don’t show any regret.
Even if an opportunity comes, they do not show any signs of excitement.
Just do what needs to be done.
“You really don’t know what life is like.”
That you are that kind of person.
“Why don’t we reconcile with the Black Dragon Master and become friends again? My relationship with other guild leaders… … .」
「… … really.”
“Things like that happened.”
I think I already knew, a long time ago.
“…….”
therefore.
In the 63rd stage of the Glass Labyrinth, in a dead end alley, I encountered a doll that looked exactly like a paladin and saw a paper sign held by the doll.
I wasn’t surprised.
at all. even alittle.
“I am.”
The sign was written in simple handwriting.
『I have 17 plans in place to assassinate all my colleagues.』
That was the Patricia I knew.
4.
Creak.
“Are you surprised?”
The mouth of a doll that looked exactly like a paladin moved. A snake that did not reveal its appearance or voice was whispering through the doll.
“This man is my exemplary follower. In principle, the Constellations are prohibited from arbitrarily interfering with humans who have not yet reached the 50th floor. That’s why he makes indirect contact, in the form of skills or protection.”
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“…….”
Indirect spread of faith.
From the Constellation’s perspective, are skills and protection some kind of means?
There are far more worlds that do not reach the 50th floor than those that reach it. There will be a lot.
From the constellations’ perspective, it would be a waste of the world’s religious resources.
That’s why I create and distribute skills as I use my authority, and spread blessings like the [God of Death’s Protection] that I once received as a hidden stage reward.
“But this man was desperate.”
Geek. Squeak.
While I was engraving new facts in the back of my mind, the Marionette Paladin spoke happily.
“I am a constellation who does not like to treat anyone special, but I can still say that this person was ‘special’. It’s been quite a while since anyone made a wish so earnestly! “More than 10 years ago, this man bit his lip until it was tattered, bleeding again and again, and prayed to a god he didn’t even believe existed.”
This is the time when the great purge broke out in the tower.
“Please give me the strength to punish evildoers without anyone knowing.”
“…….”
“So to speak, this man wanted to become an assassin! Secret killing. A veiled executioner. Planned murder. Although I am not the constellation that governs death, my power touches all plots and assassinations. “He willingly lent his strength!”
I muttered bitterly.
“[Lie detector] is a skill you gave me.”
“Yes. “Is that all there is to it!”
A friction sound came out of the doll’s mouth.
“The skills this person possesses are literally a brilliant list of my powers. You can express the other person’s liking for you in numbers. When revealing one’s skills to the other person, this person may misinterpret and distort the skill description as he or she wants. Secret detection. Distortion of information. Operation. stratagem. “Isn’t it truly beautiful!”
“…….”
“Those who thought you were friends were planning your death!”
[The eyes that dwell in the labyrinth] teased.
“Not a single person approached you out of pure kindness.”
“What do you think?” asked the Serpent Constellation.
“I thought about your death before I even heard your story, and it was only after I had devised the perfect method of murder that I smiled innocently at you. Death King. “Even before you got your nickname!”
okay.
“This is the friendship you value so much!”
No matter how unsightly a dagger it is, it hurts when the blade touches raw flesh.
Even if I already know it in my head and have already stored it in my heart, I know that what I am hearing right now is nothing more than a provocation to shake me up, and that only by provoking me in this way can I hope to win, and the other person is essentially struggling. chart.
A blade is a blade and a wound is a wound.
I’d be lying if I said it didn’t hurt.
“If you want, you can keep silent and not tell the secrets those people are holding.”
Then the problem is.
“Even if you don’t want to, I could expose all the secrets these humans hold right before your eyes!”
It will be a matter of whether I can endure it.
“Fear what you should fear. You humans, you would be wise enough to do that. You have been given a name that is undeserved for your destiny. Put down that sword… … .”
“What do you know?”
The doll’s made eyes turned towards me.
“what?”
“I mean, what do you know so well about Patricia?”
I took out a handkerchief from my pocket and smoothed it out.
A white handkerchief with silver thread embroidery.
As I felt the soft texture around my fingertips, I calmed down my excited emotions by following the slow movement of my fingers.
I controlled the temperature of my heart.
“I know Patricia much more, much more deeply than you think.”
“under. That’s funny! “Didn’t you know what kind of murder plan they were making right now?”
“Patricia used Suha Yoo.”
“… … what?”
I recalled a memory.
It feels like it was a very long time ago.
At the very moment when I decided to go back for 4000 days, there was a paladin at the scene.
“Those with water abilities should not use skills alone!”
“That’s right, just at the right time! yes!”
Harlem was on fire due to Yoo Soo-ha.
Among the top rankers, only paladins and pharmacists rushed to the scene of the fire. The Paladin might not know, but in fact, that was the first time I saw a Paladin.
The two rankers talked in front of the fire.
“It’s strange. Why hasn’t Ms. Seongnyeo arrived yet? ?」
“He said something was going on tonight. I’m not sure, but it’s probably a date. These days, he spends a lot of time with Emperor Yeom.”
「… “I don’t like that guy named Flame Emperor.”
Naturally, the two knew Yoo Soo-ha.
“I think you should meet someone better, Ms. Saint.”
and.
“The snow is too high. “If there’s a better man than the number one ranked guy, who on earth should I date?”
The Holy Knight did not say anything bad about Yu Su-ha.
You, who hates people like Yoo Su-ha more than anyone else, would definitely be chosen if there was someone in the world who hated Yoo Su-ha, but you never showed any sign of contempt.
“Welcome, Emperor Flame.”
Rather, it was polite.
“As you can see, there was arson in the former slum area. “Can you help me?”
It was polite.
“What do I get if I help?”
“Tomorrow, an article titled [The Flame Emperor who extinguished the fire performed a great good deed] will be widely published in media and broadcasting stations around the world. “It can give a refreshing shock to the world and improve your image at the same time.”
why ?
Why did you do that?
Because you didn’t realize what kind of person the Flame Emperor was?
There was a time when I thought that way.
There was a time when Emperor Yan’s acting was so great that he deceived the people of the world, and Patricia was also deceived, so he felt indignant.
“When the saint tried to poison Yu Su-ha, Yu Su-ha was hit once. But she returned right away and took revenge on her saint. At that time, Yu Su-ha was thinking, for some reason, [the person who ordered me to be poisoned was the Black Dragon Lord].”
“what? … … You guy. “What are you talking about?”
“Who told you about that?”
Now I don’t think Patricia was fooled.
“That night, I spoke to the saint. [Think carefully before answering. Even though I don’t have the ability to kill poison, I do have the skill to detect lies. “If I catch her cheating, I will burn her bones.] But she didn’t have a lie detector under Yu Suha.”
“So what are you talking about… … .”
“The person with that skill was Patricia.”
contrary.
I think Patricia fooled everyone.
“In the world before I returned, the elder Sword Saint was probably killed by Yu Su-ha. Elderly people are strong. Even if Yu Suha had the regression skill, it would have been extremely difficult for him to defeat the elder sword saint on his own. Nevertheless, the elderly man was harmed, he was declared missing, and there were only rumors that he had disappeared somewhere.”
“…….”
“As it happens, Patricia knew swordsmanship well. When Geomseong was the leader of the vigilante group, he was his direct subordinate. He would have known very well what the Sword Saint’s weaknesses were and what the Sword Saint’s schedule was. She was sharpening her blade on the Sword Saint who took part in the Great Purge. “I wouldn’t be surprised if Patricia cooperated with the Flame Emperor in hunting down the Sword Saint.”
I think everyone was fooled by Patricia.
“Of course, there are also vigilante guilds that have the power to [make missing] people who have been murdered and pretend that they are not dead… … . “It happened to be Patricia’s limb.”
“…….”
“In another world.”
The world line that the tower owner showed me.
An IF scenario where I live as a member of Yoo Soo-ha’s guild.
There, the saint attacked Yoo Su-ha with a spear.
“For some reason, the saintess knew that the murderer who killed her grandfather, Elder Sword Saint, was Yusu.”
「Yoo Su-ha!」
“You murdered my only grandfather!”
“Who told you this?”
Someone wanted to destroy the Sword Saint using the Flame Emperor.
Someone wanted to eliminate the Black Dragon Master using the Flame Emperor.
Someone wanted to instill in the saintess a desire for revenge, thereby causing a decisive change in the relationship between the Flame Emperor and the Black Dragon Lord.
“Who could have told me?”
In the IF scenario, large guilds collapsed.
The Heretic Questioner was killed by a terrorist who infiltrated the Pantheon, and the Black Dragon Master was also killed by an assassin.
The Heretic Questioner and the Black Dragon Master must be people who are stricter about security than anyone else.
“As it happens, the guild that verifies the identities of those entering the tower is a vigilante group.”
How terrorists and assassins.
Was it possible to not only enter the tower but also hide in the center of a large guild?
“There is only one person with the ability and status to do that.”
Being trusted means being able to betray.
“There is only one person among the guild leaders who has the motivation to do that.”
Being able to guarantee something means being able to manipulate it.
“Topju showed me a fantasy to prove that [Yoo Soo-ha can also change]. But even in that fantasy, the tower was damaged and the giant guilds were collapsing. why? If you’re going to show a fantasy, you could just show the most perfect world, so why bother showing a broken world? to me.”
Because the tower owner cannot ignore human wishes.
Even though it was a blood-soaked grudge, the wish that Patricia had in her heart was [to give the murderers their due revenge].
It was simply impossible for the tower owner to ignore that wish.
“…….”
A very long time ago.
I think I already knew.
“Hishmit kritz.”
I opened my lips.
“You don’t know everything I just said.”
“…….”
“I guess he wanted to provoke me by saying that the trust I had built so far was nothing more than a sand castle. “I would have wanted to peel away the secrets of my colleagues one by one, display them to me, and, if possible, drive them to a point where I could no longer trust anyone or even myself.”
but.
“I know more than you know.”
About Patricia.
About friends.
“I know the facial expressions they make, and I even know facial expressions they have never made. “I see and know what they don’t know about themselves.”
I didn’t reach out because I didn’t know.
It’s not like I gave you faith without knowing anything.
“I didn’t believe him because he was someone who couldn’t do something like this or because he wouldn’t do something like that.”
I held the sword.
“To prevent people who can do this from doing this, and to prevent people who can do such things from doing this, I am by their side, and they also trust me.”
“You… … .”
“Among the secrets you can reveal, there is no blade that can bring me down.”
“You little brat!”
“Humans are not dolls to be displayed in your glass garden.”
With all my might.
I marked the labyrinth’s path with my sword.
“No one lives to be exhibited to others, and no one has the right to exhibit others.”
Blah blah blah, enemy-.
Centered on the ground I hit.
“I will drop you from now on.”
Yuri’s world was torn apart.
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