176 – Amnesia-3
The Philosopher, the Philosopher’s Stone originally should have played the role of a ‘library’ that exists only in the form of knowledge.
An error of prediction that was not originally assumed for personality or ego.
That’s why his appearance wasn’t originally the shape of an old man.
“…Then that’s…”
[Yes, this is the default setting. Damn… If I knew this would happen, I would have done it as a middle-aged person…]
The little boy muttered abusive words with his arms crossed as if he was pissed off.
This is an avatar to reduce the hostile attitude of the person chosen as the successor as much as possible.
At the same time, it was an image of his own childhood.
In the eyes of people, he was so dainty that it was hard to believe that he was the same person as the old wizard with deep wrinkles.
{It’s been a while since I’ve seen that. Is it after 319 years?}
I looked down at the young sage with a smile as if I was really happy to see such a prickly sage.
[Do not split. If you fix Leo’s head, he’ll be right back.]
{Why do such a wasteful thing? At best, I became a young body. Isn’t it nice to reminisce about old memories?}
[Yes, I can’t chew the cud, so I’m going to vomit.]
{Keukheop…}
Angela stared at the sage’s face, ignoring the wise man’s words.
If he listened with that cute face, he was willing to listen while praying for blessings.
“Muncho…! Let’s talk about complicated bullsh*t later. The rice tastes bad.”
[How come you’re younger, so you can’t get cheaper?]
Leo, munching and devouring various dishes, pointed at the sage’s forehead with a large meat bone.
“Can only you do it?”
At that mockery, the wise man’s eyes bent like an axe.
I’m still getting into trouble with all sorts of problems, but the disciple was eating rice with amnesia.
[…So, do I remember?]
“…Well, let’s come. People like this are remembered even if you don’t want to remember them.”
[Just have a double bath.]
“That sounds too much like child abuse.”
A smile appeared on Leo’s mouth as he wiped it with a napkin.
It was a clear mockery, a mockery that looked down not only on the wise man but also on everyone present.
[The condition is worse than when we first met.]
“Hurp… Gulp…!”
[I’m talking about people, but I’m going to have a good time!]
Despite the sage’s annoyance, Leo ate the remaining soup in the bowl.
“I have no compassion. Old man. I don’t know how you guys are, but I was on the battlefield just four hours ago.”
Licking his tongue, Leo pushed the plate aside. A meal that was enough for 10 people was eaten in 10 minutes.
“But have you ever thought about the pure feeling of being in your 50s, suddenly falling into a place like this and having to seriously listen to this silly story?”
It was a relaxed voice, but the basis of what he said was rooted in hatred.
The target included the people present here.
[Because it’s embarrassing to eat rice with others out of etiquette just because it’s hard for you.]
“…Certainly that’s right. Maybe it’s because he’s an old kid, so he got a good early education.”
At that mockery, the sage was seriously conflicted about whether or not to torture Leo by showing him his chess again.
“Then come back to the main topic and explain. I’ll have to get what I paid for kneading my heart.”
But at Leo’s words, the wise man had no choice but to let go of his anger.
Even if I tried to get excited in that state, it would only waste time.
[…Since you lost your memory?]
“…Can you explain…?”
[The degree of cause. It seems more obvious than that.]
With his smaller body, the wise man looked at Arya and Leo alternately.
[…I thought so, but I guess I didn’t really explain it. In the end, if it was like this…]
“…Is it the wisdom of the sages to mumble explanations to themselves?”
In spite of Leo, who was and was supposed to be a disciple, there was sadness in the wise man’s eyes.
Not many people understood the sage’s monologue, but at least Lumine and Angela, the saints who were investigating the black divinity, could understand it.
{…No way…}
“…If that’s really the case…”
In the eyes of those who were not understood and did not understand, the sage opened and closed his eyes deeply.
As his emotions settled in the silence, the sage slowly explained speculation and facts.
[Black Divinity is unstable and untested mana. It possesses the properties of magic and the properties of divinity at the same time.]
I’d like to say it’s impossible, but the black divinity rising from Leo denied common sense.
[And one of the properties of demons is to transform humans into demonic forms.]
Everyone in this room knew it well enough to say they were sick of it.
Jehard, the clay priest, and even the owner of the red tower.
Devils and warlocks basically become non-human beings. Their appearance changes, or even if they maintain their human form, their internal structure changes.
The faces of those who quickly understood the sage’s explanation hardened in an instant.
[Leo, you transformed from a human.]
“…It would be embarrassing to suddenly engage in s*xual harassment.”
At that bad joke, everyone in the room gave a chilling silence.
I doubted if that Leo was really the same person as Leo, who was called the owner of the small tower and the magic knight of the brave.
[Don’t be that perverted bastard! The metamorphosis of the growth form of living things!]
The ignorant insults of the disciple he taught gave the sage a nervous tantrum.
On the contrary, Leo raised the corners of his mouth in awe.
“…Then am I a Mine? I kind of hate that.”
[No, it’s not Mine. Depending on the type, some are accompanied by memory loss, but to be called a demon…]
The sage examined Leo’s body with an unsure look. He didn’t look like a demon at all from the outside, but his internal organs and other conditions were still unconfirmed.
There was no guarantee that the previous tests matched the current state.
[…That’s not the problem. If the metamorphosis is successful…]
The sage took a deep breath as he paused.
It was hard work even for me to say this hypothesis.
It would have been easier if Leo had told him in advance, but even the wise man knows.
He knew that even if he was a Leo, he wouldn’t have been able to say it easily.
[…In that case, the memory cannot be retrieved.]
The explanation ended just like that.
I understood what that means.
A reality without any hope.
It was obvious despair.
“…That’s why… Right now…”
“…This…This… Can’t…”
“…Cruel… This is too… Cruel…”
Instantly, people’s eyes turned to Aria and Leo.
In the current situation, it could be said that there are definitely two people who are most shocked.
“…Bar…The way…”
As if there were cracks in Arya’s pupils, the trembling did not stop. She couldn’t even shed a tear in a situation that was beyond despair and even terrifying.
“…Is there any way…?”
I wanted to deny reality.
This was harsher than death.
Why is it that the warrior’s words, which showed his contempt and hatred, lingered in his ears?
“…By magic… Or… If there is a way…”
Ruben, who hated himself fiercely, understood why he had saved himself.
“…Remember Leo…”
To show that Leo, the hero saved himself. He thrust the holy sword through his heart to punish himself worse than death.
“…Please…! I’ll do anything…!
Arya desperately begged the sages and saints.
I would do anything for Leo’s memory.
It was okay even if my whole body was torn to pieces.
It was okay even if I died because I was dyed by the black divinity.
But as for Leo…
[How to…]
“Kuh…”
At that moment, an unexpected ridicule rang out.
Those who helped themselves out of helplessness, even those who chose silence out of despair.
I couldn’t help but focus on that frivolous sneer.
And as they gazed at the source of her laughter, everyone felt a chill run down her spine.
“…hahahaha…! Ha ha…! Ahahahaha…!!”
It was Leo.
It was a mockery of Leonardo.
“Ha ha…! Ha… This is a masterpiece…!”
Even though his own memory was extinguished, Leo let out a pleasant laugh as if he had won the lottery.
“…Leonardo… What does that mean…”
Unable to fathom Leo’s feelings, Lumine asked, forgetting even the title of saint.
Leo sighed, as if his stomach hurt from laughing, and gently wiped the tears from his eyes.
“I can’t stop laughing. Where else can you find such a funny story?”
The gray-haired Leo was cold and crazy.
“Looks like the three of you knew this, but judging from the circumstances, it seems like I knew too?”
At Leo’s words, even Lumine, who tried to scold, and even the sage and saintess did not make eye contact. Even though he lost his memory, Leo was Leo.
“Ah, I understand even if I don’t hear the answer. Your expression scores.”
With just a few words of conversation, he admitted that the present was real, and even revealed the veil of what he had just said.
“So you’re not going to be funny? To think that such a nice, kind future me fooled Ariasviel.”
So I laughed at despair and laughed at silence.
“…Cheating…?”
“I cheated. It’s a complete scam.”
Aria’s eyes were filled with despair.
What was reflected in her eyes was a man who was her own knight who sneered at her.
“I probably wouldn’t have said anything until this situation. The memories we had together, the friendships… Even though all the memories would be reduced to ashes.”
“…No…”
But Leo whispered his love even under such circumstances.
“For something like that, my complexion is so blue, it’s been a long time since I’ve been so disgusted with myself.”
She tried to deliver love so forcefully that it seemed artificial.
“…No…”
I didn’t want to hear any more.
“The time I was with you must have been hypocrisy and complacency for me.”
I couldn’t hear it.
“That’s how I used you. It was just an existence to fill my self-esteem.”
If you want to hear more…
“As proof, the truth that is most important to you…”
f*ck…!
The cup hit Leo directly in the face. Had she not held it in her hand, the glass would have shattered and lodged in her face.
“Is this… Slipped your hand? Commander of the Executive Knights?”
It was the glass Marken threw.
“Calm down. Leonardo.”
The emotion flowing through Marken was not anger.
“I bet you know that too! You’re not that kind of person…!”
It was a feeling of despair. I wanted to stop Leo, who had no choice but to change like that.
“No, I know best.”
Kajak, the glass in Leo’s hand is cracked. The shrapnel is stuck and blood flows down the hand.
“I’m going crazy because I don’t know, I want to not know. Even if you’re already crazy.”
Then the glass hits the ground and breaks. Bloody glass was scattered around in the form of shards.
In the meantime, a voice that did not stop laughing rang out.
“Come to think of it, I haven’t introduced myself to you yet.”
Leonardo wiped himself with his bloody hands.
“Right now I’m called Raynald Grave, usually by the embarrassing title of Darkness… But for you, this is probably the most appropriate title.”
Dark Shinny burst blood into his grip. The black divinity flowed down like holy blood on the blood.
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“The Reinhardt Slayer, a madman who single-handedly killed all of Reinhardt’s blood relatives.”
At some point, a knife was clutched in his hand. It was just a tableware for cutting meat, but nonetheless, the handle shone menacingly.
“I will announce according to the value of the name.”
Leonardo’s knife was stained red with blood.
“I will kill Reinhardt, the current Senator, by midnight tomorrow.”
At that notice, the tense atmosphere was reversed.
“After killing them, let’s aim for Hangryeol under them. I’m going to keep aiming for his underside.”
Everyone panicked. When the reaction was expected, Reinhardt Slayer showed madness in a rhythmic voice with a pleasant voice.
“…?”
“Ah~ Why do you look like you’re killing the old man in the back room?”
No.
“Judging by the timing… Sooner or later the senate will do something very offensive to my heart. In other words, unfortunately, he is still innocent.”
Not at all.
“So, one by one, I’m going to blow that wrinkled amber barrel. Of course, it is your freedom to block. Only if you don’t kill me and capture me alive…”
Oduksini drew bloodstains on his neck. He neatly drew the shape of a single head with a curved line like a perforated line.
“I will commit suicide. Even if you don’t have to make a cumbersome swing with your neck, it’s no work to die.”
Leo stared at Silica and nodded her head alone.
The cool airflow was the perfect delicacy.
“In that case, I will also take that sage as a road companion. I will kill myself by bursting my heart, so there won’t be any magic stones left.”
The sage kept his face low and was busy breathing out his sighs. He was guilty too. He deserved to be judged for the sin that brought him to such a place.
“This must be a bit difficult for the hero. Would you kill an old fallen colleague for the greater good? Or would you kill your current superior, who would be corrupt, for your own selfishness?”
“………”
Leo felt full in his heart at the question that reminded him of a dilemma.
This was a test as a hero, and at the same time it also showed limitations.
Aria was not the only one who claimed to be a hero after his death. However, all of them were mere human beings before this test.
Because that was only the essence and façade of a hero.
“Aren’t you glad though? I’m not the Leonardo you know, at least. But at the same time, the trashy essence is the same.”
No one said anything at all.
“I’m sure I was the target earlier, right? It’s a coincidence. I am too.”
Leo pointed the knife at Arya’s chest.
“My target is you, the hero Ariaspil.”
The hero’s ruin, the hero will create a meaningless world.
“I gave you a reprieve, so wash your throat and wait. I’d rather destroy it with my own hands than lose it to someone like the demon lord.”
Leonardo fired one after another.
“Then I’ll wait for an answer. Rival.”
Looking at such a madman, the wise man whispered to Lumine in a small whisper.
[…Didn’t I tell you that I killed all of you senators?]
“…Yes… I don’t have time to tell you…”
I couldn’t explain in detail other than the fact that I had a regression. It was because he had to risk his life just to convince Leo.
At such a pitiful excuse, the sage scolded him briefly with cold eyes.
[I don’t have the right to say this, but you are the real devil.]
“…If I had to say it now…”
[To commit suicide now?]
It was Lumine that I couldn’t bear to deny.
Still, Rios said.
After that, he said that the god Sunae had given him a revelation.
[If someone makes Sunae impoverished, be pure love through impoverishment. This is bloody pure love.]
He was only following a gospel that was very right for him, and therefore very right.
I swear, the author better sleep with both eyes open.