Looking at those stubborn eyes, Reppenhardt eventually burst out laughing. Siris hugged Reppenhardt’s neck. Reppenhardt also wrapped his arms around Siris’ waist.
The two lovers kissed in silence, leaving the burning ecliptic behind.
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“Umm… … .”
With a groan, Reppenhardt opened his eyes.
‘It’s been a while since I had a dream of my past life.’
It was a depressing memory, a fragment of a sad memory. In the end, despite their role as bait, the Four Heavenly Kings were all killed by humans. It cannot be said that the operation was particularly wrong. If I hadn’t done that, escape would have been impossible. The difference in military strength was so severe that there was no solution other than that at the time.
‘Whoa…’ … .’
When I think of the Four Heavenly Kings who died, a part of my heart feels cold. But Reppenhardt shook his head and tried to shake off his thoughts.
‘are you okay. It hasn’t happened yet. It’s something that can be prevented.’
Trying to cheer himself up, Reppenhardt got up. And he made an instant impression. The moment he moved his body, excruciating pain overtook his entire body.
‘Ugh, it’s completely broken.’
Leffenhardt stuck his tongue out. When he used his auror to check his physical condition, he was amazed. Five or six of his ribs were broken, his internal organs were damaged, and his muscles were torn in various places, turning the bandages red.
‘As expected, Eldrad, the strongest magic weapon.’
It was a body that had been trained over and over again, but it ended up like this in a single blow. Eldrad’s reputation was by no means a rumor.
‘I did something stupid.’
Leffenhardt shook his head. Yussus’s skills in handling the barbarian Eldrad were definitely comparable to those of an Auror. He was indeed a renowned Golden Knight, and he possessed a force that was clearly superior to that of Lantas, who was obsessed with catching cinnabar.
However, it was not something that Leffenhardt could not handle. If he had fought with all his might from the beginning, if he had limited his Aurors and not fought, he was an opponent he could have easily defeated.
In the end, it was a matter of one’s own way of thinking. Even when your life and death are at stake, you fight with shackles on yourself, saying, ‘I am stealing’ and ‘I must not reveal my true identity.’ Moreover, you cannot loosen the shackles on your mind until a crisis is right around the corner. What kind of idiot is this? What do you mean?
‘This is truly pathetic.’
Repenhardt laughed. Through this incident, I was able to clearly feel what the problem was.
“You are being too timid. I am now… … .”
Of course, if Reppenhardt, who ran rampant so ignorantly in the Principality of Chatan, was said to be timid, the people who died after being hit by his fists would be enraged. But that wasn’t what he meant.
He had already failed once in his previous life. Although he was the strongest wizard of all time, he was eventually hated by the entire continent and was killed.
That’s why, even after I was reborn, I was only paying attention to the situation. He was filled with the thought that, as the Demon Lord, he should not appear in front of the world, and was only thinking about hiding his existence somehow.
But if you think about it carefully, there is no need to think like that just yet.
I have to hide my Auror because I steal? You can’t do it if your identity is revealed?
It was a ridiculous thought. What happens when your identity is revealed? Even so, all that is known is that a powerful auror who handled the auror committed an unbecoming theft. Well, his actions may have caught Gerard’s ears (in fact, he was unconsciously so afraid of it that he tried to hide his true identity), but if you think about it, Gerard’s personality is such that if you praise him for running wild, it doesn’t seem like he would say anything.
It’s good that you don’t want to repeat the failures of your past life. However, if you are afraid of failure and are afraid of failure, nothing will happen. Now was the time to move forward without looking back. The reason you are afraid of failure is after you have achieved something worthy of failure.
“I did something really stupid… … .”
Leffenhardt chuckled. After he clearly recognized the problem, his heart felt relieved.
‘Well, anyway, the result isn’t bad. I learned a good lesson and took care of Eleusion’s voice properly.’
With a more relaxed look on his face, Reppenhardt searched his pockets. Then he took out a square black box. It’s just an ordinary box that doesn’t look like a magic tool at all. However, this is a top-notch artifact even in the Silver Age.
‘With this, we have taken a step forward on the road to regaining magic.’
Repenhardt smiled happily. Although he paid a heavy price, he still got what he wanted, so it was a satisfying result.
“Ugh! “I laughed and it hurt again.”
Of course, there is no change in the fact that the cost is quite painful.
Touching his side, Reppenhardt put aside his thoughts and checked his body again. There were severe wounds here and there, especially on his two legs, which were not protected by Aurors. The bones in his legs were completely crushed and shattered.
‘Still, the Auror’s defense is slow, so it’s actually like I got hit with my bare body half of the time… … Considering that, it’s even more surprising that my limbs are intact.’
It is unclear whether we should marvel at Eldrad’s magic that turned the steel-like body into this shape, or whether we should marvel at the body that ended up like this even after being hit by such powerful magic. Normally, an injury of this magnitude would be serious enough to cause complete disability… … .
‘It’s been a while since I’ve been hurt like this.’
Repenhardt had a calm expression even as he looked down at his two paralyzed legs. This is not a serious injury by Jim Unbreakable’s standards, but only ‘after moderate training with the master’. It wasn’t something I’d experienced once or twice, but before I became an Auror, I suffered from injuries like this every day, so there was no way I was going to panic.
‘If this is enough… … If I can put the shattered bones and flesh back together with aura and increase my self-healing ability, I will be able to wake up in about three days.’
Repenhardt looked around while using his aurors.
‘But where is this place?’
It was a small room. The granite walls are smooth and there is only a thin curtain on the door. What was unusual was that the ceiling was quite low, so if Reppenhardt got up from his seat, he would have to bend down quite a bit.
‘Is this… … .’
Something occurred to Reppenhardt and he looked at the bed he was lying on. The bed he was currently sitting on was made up of four small beds stacked on top of each other. It is too wide to be called a child’s bed, and too short to be called an adult’s bed. And Leffenhardt certainly knew who used beds this size.
“I knew it… … .”
It was then. I felt an presence, and then someone lifted the curtain and came inside.
“Hoo? “I think he’s awake.”
Looking at the owner of the voice, Reppenhardt nodded his head involuntarily.
It was as expected. There is only one person on the continent who uses a bed of this size.
It was a dwarf.
Dwarves are the sons of the earth, with an average height of about 140 cm and a shoulder width of over 1 meter, with a small but sturdy build.
The person who lifted the veil and appeared was a dwarf with pure white hair and brown eyes. Covering his chest with a rich dwarf-like beard, he looked over at Reppenhardt and told him how he was doing.
“Are you okay?”
“Oh, yes. so so… … .”
Leppenhardt lowered his head in confusion and looked at the opponent in front of him.
Judging by the length and abundance of his beard, he seemed to be an old dwarf, at least three hundred years old. To humans, all dwarves appear to have thick beards, beaky eyes, and round and flat torsos, but it is not that difficult to tell age if you understand the points.
Anyway, there was no doubt that they saved him. Reppenhardt politely expressed his gratitude.
“Thank you for saving me. “You unintentionally caused trouble.”
The old dwarf smiled warmly and waved his hand.
“Hehehe, take the obvious. “My name is Hethos.”
“… … “This is Leffenhardt.”
Even as he made a loud statement, Reppenhardt was inwardly embarrassed. If the other person were human, it wouldn’t be so awkward to make clear statements to each other in this situation… … .
‘What, what? ‘Why is the atmosphere so good?’
Considering the current situation on the continent, it is almost impossible for dwarves to have good feelings towards humans. In the first place, it should have been assumed that dwarves rarely saved dying humans. Well, let’s say it was because these dwarves had such great personalities. Still, there is no way he would look at me with such friendly eyes.
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Moreover, the favor did not end with a glance.
“It will still be difficult to wake up… … “Can you have some food?”
“yes? yes… … .”
“Thank goodness. “Miss Tila, please bring something prepared.”
Hethos shouted outside the curtain. Next, a cute-looking dwarf woman came into her room carrying a large tray. She looked like a young human girl in her early teens, but there was a crucial difference that made her instantly recognizable as a dwarf woman.
‘Looking at her breasts, I see that she is a virgin full of spirit.’
Originally, even when dwarf women reached middle age, they had a small, girlish body shape and maintained a youthful appearance by human standards. As you get older, your breasts become fuller. So, among humans, those with unusual tastes sometimes took young dwarf women and used them as sexual slaves. Well, there isn’t much demand.
Anyway, men have beards, women have breasts! This was the easiest way to tell the age of dwarves. It doesn’t seem like Reppenhardt had any dark intentions in stealing the breasts of a woman he met for the first time.
“Ah, you’re awake. Great. Please eat.”
A dwarf woman named Tila smiled softly and placed the tray on the corner of the bed. There was a large bowl full of barley porridge on the tray.
“Okay, thank you.”
Bowing his head once again, Reppenhardt continued to be puzzled.
‘There’s no way dwarves like humans. How can this happen?’
However, it is also funny to ask people who treat you well, ‘Why are you so nice to me?’ Leffenhardt looked embarrassed and picked up his spoon. After looking happily at Reppenhardt eating porridge, Hetos opened the curtain again and left the room.
“Then I will bring the elder.”
The question was immediately resolved the moment an old dwarf called the Elder appeared.
“oh! Are you awake? “Savior of the clan!”
“… … “A savior?”
The name of this old dwarf with full of white hair is Gelphid Delphistone. He was an elder of the dwarf clan who stayed here and a priest who served Alport. And after listening to his subsequent explanation, I could immediately understand why they were so favorable to Reppenhardt.
It is said that Alport’s oracle was given to the Dwarven High Priest about six years ago.
The one whose body of steel contains supreme knowledge, he will appear on the tears of the North Wind through the path of darkness. Follow him. He is the one who will twist fate and bring salvation.
To put it simply, a big, smart guy was going to come floating down in ice water through an underground cave, so you had to rescue him and use him as a savior.
The high priest secretly announced this oracle to dwarves across the continent, and it is said that all dwarves kept an eye out if there was a cave in their residence and it was connected to a river. This place also had an underground cave connected to a river, so Gelphid stood guard in that cave every winter for six years and waited for someone to show up. Then, finally, last night, a large human came floating down, and I thought it was okay and rescued it.
“haha… … .”
After hearing the explanation, Reppenhardt touched his forehead and laughed.
The situation was immediately understood.
‘Wow, Al Port, you just changed your words.’
What the oracle said was 6 years ago, exactly at the time when Reppenhardt would have been reincarnated in this time and space. This means that as soon as Reppenhardt appeared at this time, he moved immediately.
‘You react really quickly. I rolled it once, but they still want to give me a warranty. A good man, no, a good god of self-defense.’
Reppenhardt chuckled at this situation that went beyond causality. With this, he could clearly understand why these dwarves were so welcoming to him, whom they met for the first time. Because it was like this in my past life too.
Still, just in case, I repeated the question I asked back then.
“Anyway, that’s true. “Is that why you trusted and treated a human you’ve never seen before?”
As expected, the answer I heard in my previous life came back.
“Could it be that Al Port was just saying something empty?”
It was Gelfide, a dwarf elder, who responded with a look in his eyes without the slightest doubt. Without further ado, Leffenhardt thanked Al Port in his heart. Even though it was Reppenhardt, it would have been difficult to guarantee his survival if he had been submerged in ice water with injuries of this magnitude.
‘Thank you for trusting me one more time. I’ll do better this time.’
Gelphid stood up. As he left the room, he spoke in a friendly voice.
“It’s okay to talk at length with a patient in front of you. For now, rest well and take care of your wounds. Let’s talk about it in detail later. “I’ll keep Tila by her side, so if you need anything, just tell her.”
Tala smiled and sat down on the chair next to the bed. After expressing his gratitude, Leffenhardt began eating the porridge again. He had to quickly improve his physical condition.
‘I need to get better quickly, at least to the point where I can move on my two legs. ‘Shouldn’t you be able to go to the bathroom alone?’
No matter how much you know in your head that she is an adult woman, Tila only looks like a young girl on the outside (except for certain parts). He wasn’t shameless enough to ask someone like that to take care of her toilet.
Reppenhardt, who had downed a bowl of barley porridge in an instant, held out the empty bowl and let out a disappointed voice.
“Hey, can you give me some more porridge?”
“You’re eating well. “Please wait a moment.”
With a young girl’s face and a mature woman’s smile, Tila took the empty bowl and walked into the room. Lying down again, Reppenhardt began to use his Aurors. As he healed his body, he fell into thought.
‘Anyway, now that things have come to this, I’m worried about Cilan and Siris. I hope nothing happens.’
2
Early in the morning, a street in the Viscounty of Kelbern filled with morning sunlight.
Under the sunlight, which was no different from usual, a completely different scene from usual was unfolding.
“Chase!”
“Catch the thief!”
A group of knights were galloping through the streets, leading numerous soldiers. And above, I saw two people running frantically on the roof of a two-story house close together. There was a beautiful elf girl with pointed ears showing through her short platinum-blond hair, and a long-red haired boy following her frantically, led by her hand.
Siris, the elf girl running ahead, stretched out her hand as soon as she reached the edge of the roof.
