Episode 248. Helpers (5)
The last time I saw my sister’s face was 7 years ago in Lemea Gorge.
That day, I saved her from a devastated state after being betrayed by a knight she trusted and relied on like family.
And then gave it a second life.
I hope that she will no longer live for her family, but for herself.
I didn’t particularly think I wanted to get more involved.
Since she is much smarter and more intelligent than me, I thought she would take care of it on her own.
So we didn’t even exchange news, let alone see each other, for a while.
Didn’t you miss me?
Why wouldn’t you want to see it?
When I was young, I was the only family member who offered me a helping hand in that hellish house,
He is the first person I decided to protect as my person.
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to see it.
She is like that now,
It’s in front of me.
With a warm smile that does not change over time.
Not a short period of time passed, and it came to me at the moment when I needed it most.
“Your face has changed, Sian?”
Seven years have passed, isn’t it natural?
“When he saved me, I felt so distant that I wondered if this was really my brother, but now he has returned to the Xian I knew.”
“what do you mean?”
“It looks like a lonely, distressed lamb that desperately wants someone’s hand. That’s why I have to take endless care of this child. “This is what I see of you right now.”
My sister gently stroked my head with a bright smile.
“Are you still going to treat me like a child?”
“Would it be okay if I accepted it in a more relaxed manner? “The way you treat women is still the same?”
I was bored and laughing for a while,
For a moment, I felt a strange energy in her hand as I held it.
It felt as if I could feel the flow of pure water without any impurities with my whole body.
However, it contained a very mysterious power that no human being could possess.
A power very similar to my own, having inherited the power of the God of Black Mist.
“Are your hands cold?”
Did my sister also feel the same energy as me?
Just like me, he started staring at my hands.
“As expected, you were like that too?”
“What on earth have you been doing?”
I suddenly changed my expression and asked interrogatively.
My sister was not embarrassed, and for a moment, she caressed my hand, which was full of scars and calluses.
“When I first saw your wanted badge seven years ago, I thought a lot about it. I wanted to run to where you were right away and ask everything about what happened and how you ended up in such a place. I wonder if this is what you were hiding… … .”
What was the reason I hid the truth from my sister?
It was because I didn’t want to confuse her.
So there were some things I avoided even more.
“But I soon realized it was pointless. If I ask you the truth like that, in the end, only we will end up sad for each other. In fact, I should say that I had no right to even question such a thing. “Because I couldn’t even see my surroundings properly.”
As if remembering what happened at the front, a bitter look appeared on her face for a moment.
“So I thought I also needed to increase my strength. A strong force that can correct you if you take the wrong path and fully support you if you go the right path. Even though I wasn’t able to help you this time… … .”
My sister’s hand, which was holding my hand, soon began to tremble.
I could sense her regret for not being able to help me through that trembling.
“Do you believe that the path you are taking is the right path?”
I said yes without hesitation.
“Then that’s enough. “I am ready to help.”
I was so overcome with emotion at that moment that I held onto her hand even more tightly and refuted it.
“You don’t have to! You should live a life just for yourself, not for me! You asked me to help you, not to save my sister… … !”
“Who said it was for you?”
“… … ?”
“It’s not for you. “This is entirely for me.”
I was speechless at the calm yet firm answer.
“I am your family and your sister. You are my precious little brother. “The family says they will do their best for the family, but who would say that is wrong?”
There were a lot of things I wanted to say in my throat, but I couldn’t get anything out.
No matter what I say, I don’t think I can overcome her logic that it’s because we’re family.
“Did you have fun at the restaurant earlier?”
“Did you see it?”
“then! I even saw that cute face that didn’t know what to do. I felt relieved when I saw it. “There are so many people other than me who think of you.”
My sister hugged me once more with a truly happy expression on her face.
“You don’t have to feel lonely alone. Because there are so many people around you who can help you. So, you can open your mind a little more. “You are a person who can be happy enough.”
It’s happiness.
While living two lives, I lived without knowing what happiness was.
Of course, I didn’t even get to experience that.
My sister confidently told me that she was a person who could be happy.
‘So let me support you. As a teacher who hopes for a happy future for his students.’
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At that moment, I remembered the last words the head of the family told me before he died.
If I were to call this moment of being held in my sister’s arms happy.
I think I can do anything to protect that happiness.
Even so, protecting everyone,
Even if I have to die alone.
* * *
‘… … !’
A late night when everyone is asleep.
Hastia, who felt a series of energy, quickly opened her eyes and immediately stood up.
‘Seo, really?’
She soon came out quietly so as not to wake those who were sleeping with her.
Then, the moment you leave the inn and head towards the place where you can feel the energy,
“There is no need to look for it in such a hurry.”
When I heard a familiar voice, I immediately turned around.
A spirit the size of a face that emits soft five-colored light.
The spirit soon seemed to show off a radiance that brightened the dark surroundings, and then gradually changed into a human form.
“I never thought I would see you here. Hastia.”
Hastia was so embarrassed that her body became frozen like ice.
‘Oh, Marian?’
Marian, the guardian dragon of Pruina.
A few years ago, she left Pruina without a proper explanation and suddenly appeared in the human realm.
A rare humanoid with a polymorph.
‘W-What’s going on here?’
“Do you think that’s something I should ask? “Where are the other clan members going, and why are you here alone?”
‘Well, that’s a series of circumstances… … .’
“Do you know about other clan members?”
‘yes… … .’
“Then that’s it. Since I left you all without even saying anything, I don’t want to hear about such complicated circumstances. “I’m sure a lot of things happened to you too.”
Marian did not persistently ask, but instead glanced at Hastia’s body.
“But it’s strange. Why do I feel the energy of black fog from you?”
Hastia, who was startled, was unable to control her expression and her face turned white.
‘W-what do you mean?’
“Take out the Soul Stone.”
Hastia’s heart sank for a moment and her hands trembled in embarrassment.
Soon, I closed my eyes tightly, as if there was nothing I could do.
Then he took out the Soul Stone from his pocket and showed it to Marian.
After checking the stone, Marian immediately asked Hastia.
“Were you with the Heir of the Black Mist?”
‘yes… … .’
“You are out of your mind.”
With her angry words, the surrounding air became heavy.
“Did you really not know what would happen if you, not another elf but protected by a god, got together with the being of the black fog?”
‘Woah, there is a situation here, Marian! Xi’an gives us our clan!’
“This is a man who could lead your clan to destruction.”
Hastia could not bear to respond any further.
A situation where even ten mouths have nothing to say.
An elf who was protected by God was chasing a man whose very existence was denied by God.
Hastia, who once again realized how selfish she had been, could not raise her head in shame.
Marian looked at Hastia like that and sighed softly.
“Well, what right do I have to blame you? “I’ve been doing the same thing.”
‘yes?’
“no. It’s something I’ll find out soon anyway, so I don’t really want to say it out loud. Rather… … .”
Marian’s eyes soon turned not to Hastia, but to her back.
“You can see all sorts of unexpected and dangerous beings here.”
Even though I tilted my head without understanding what was being said,
‘… … !’
When I felt an unfamiliar energy, I immediately turned around.
“Is that child also the child that the heir of the black fog was carrying?”
‘yes that’s right. This is a child I found by chance and raised… … .’
“Raise it? Him? That doesn’t make sense. “How do you control a child like that without causing him to run away?”
Marian frowned and expressed doubt, as if she couldn’t believe it.
Hastia was also surprised.
When we were together at the restaurant during the day, I thought he was a normal person with no problems, but the energy I felt now was very different.
It feels like seeing something where the energies of humans and dragons are inappropriately combined.
For some reason, I felt a sense of discomfort.
“… … .”
The child, Nana, calls Sian by the nickname Papa and says that Sian also cherishes him like family.
Nana was staring at Hastia and Marian with blank, bloodless eyes, as if she had lost her mind.
“It smells… … .”
‘… … ?’
“It’s not a bad smell that feels so delicious, but it smells like something you shouldn’t leave alone. “What is the reason?”
-Gigeek
As soon as she asked the question, changes began in Nana’s body.
A sharp horn that seems to sense a threat.
Wings spread wide, radiating divine energy.
It gives off a gloomy vibe and even has a cute, fluttering tail.
At first glance, it was not a normal condition.
“Can you tell me what you came for?”
* * *
The time when dusk sets and the blue curtain of dawn falls.
Arin’s face was haggard from working all night, but she couldn’t fall asleep yet.
The long-awaited letter has finally arrived.
This is the message from Lord Belias, Duke Willius Berth.
In the meantime, Arin predicted many situations.
Will Duke Berthe agree with the direction suggested by the imperial family? Wouldn’t he?
Will you raise your eldest son’s hand? Will you raise your youngest child’s hand?
No matter which side she chose, Arin tried to prepare for every situation as much as possible by constantly planning the next plan and direction that suited it.
but,
“What the hell is this?”
According to Duke Berthe’s message,
“What do you mean?”
It didn’t contain any of the content Arin expected.
The message is not about the direction the imperial family pursues, nor about the choice of which child to support.
There was something completely different written there.
What Duke Berthe sent was none other than a request.
As the leader of the front lines and commanding military power comparable to that of the imperial army, what he requested from the imperial family was:
(Continued in the next part)
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