177 – Amnesia-4
The truth is sometimes cruel.
It is always true to deny the feelings of faith.
The cruelty varies according to the degree of faith.
After the world was destroyed, it was normal for priests and paladins who denied God to commit suicide.
And now I can be sure.
“…Captain, you say…?”
The truth won’t be as cruel as it is now.
Chris sent his signal to Marken, his father and leader of the knights, by minimizing the movement of his lips as if he were doing ventriloquism.
It was safer for both of us to talk quickly, even for the sake of that pitiful man who he thought was the greatest villain.
“…Now, you, the head of the household, should step forward…”
But it was the same that Marken was uncomfortable talking about. After all, Marken also had bad feelings for the Senator, and he was the one who killed him himself.
“…Kh…Chris, you say it. He used to be a teacher, so I think we can get along well…”
Even Gladio, the owner of the house, didn’t want to talk about it directly. It was the owner of the house who permanently froze the Council of Elders.
I decided that it would be better for Chris, who brought Leo to Reinhardt, and took on the role of mentor before returning, rather than saying that himself.
Aren’t their personalities bizarrely similar?
“… I’m sorry… I’m sorry… My lord… But…”
“…Are you…Crying right now…?!”
Even before he heard the family head’s request, Chris had big tears welling up at Leo who was giggling.
“…It’s not crying… It’s just bleeding from a wound in the heart…”
In the sensibility of darkness, I couldn’t help but shed tears.
Despite being drenched in madness, the justice of a wicked villain who seeks to complete his revenge is enough to move the heart of darkness.
“…Let me try…”
“You don’t step out. Rios.”
Even if he was his own son, he couldn’t entrust explanations and persuasion to that pure love fanatic.
It would be fortunate if it didn’t get worse.
“…Then Aria is…”
Get it…!
The knife flew into the wall and got stuck. Her place seldom engaged in conversation, and she brushed Silica’s hair.
“I’m sorry. Because I hate bullsh*t.”
Leo, who said the most nonsense right now, said so.
“We have a strategy meeting later. Seeing your stupidity makes me feel dirty.”
[…Will only you do it?]
The sage, who was worse than him, opened his mouth first.
I don’t know if it’s another time, but it was a decision and decision as a teacher that I made because I thought I would commit suicide if my real memories returned.
[Listen carefully. The senate has already…]
“It’s time for children to sleep.”
Leonardo, not listening, put five fingers into his chest again. Black divinity overflowed from his hands as his blood trickled down.
[…Ugh…Extremely… You ungrateful bastard…!]
“I hear that a lot. I don’t know if that’s the right expression.”
Soon, the sage’s spiritual body disintegrated and penetrated into Leo’s heart. It was a bonus to shake off the remnants of the spiritual body like dust, saying it was unpleasant.
It was just unfortunate that he didn’t know that it was something he would regret after hitting the ground in Leo’s life.
{What are you doing?! Give me back the sage!!}
“…Are you in love? Is the age difference criminal?”
Of course, Leo thought of the victim and the perpetrator in a slightly different direction, though. But in this madness, it didn’t matter who was the thief and who was the thief.
{That’s romantic!}
“What nonsense are you talking about?! Both of you!”
Lumine, worse than the two madmen’s f*cking, shouted in shameful rage.
She usually adheres to noble etiquette, but it was something that he couldn’t possibly see.
“Oh, it’s been a while since I’ve seen Lumine get angry. Come to think of it, I owe you.”
With his madness still intact, Leo brought up an old nightmare that had surfaced. From that figure, they couldn’t find the ‘Leonardo’ they knew.
“…Debt…”
“The debt that healed me. He gave me full treatment for my limbs without receiving any money.”
Obviously, he said it as if he was in return for a grateful favor, but no one at the scene could tell that Leo didn’t mean it that way.
“Even though my arms and legs were cut off and I could have gone to sleep if I left it alone, even when I wanted to die and jumped into the Devil’s Realm, you somehow saved me.”
At that paradoxical statement, Lumine’s expression slowly hardened.
It was not something I could deny. He thought it was odd.
I couldn’t be sure that the secret to Leonardo’s survival for so long was just ‘ban’ or ‘fighting power’.
However, if Lumine treated him himself, it would add credibility to the story. If only his treatment was available, Leo would be able to recover no matter how much he abused his body.
“You saved me even when people begged me not to heal these cultists, if they didn’t.”
The words were mixed with curses. Upon hearing the contents, the Reinhardt family also bowed their heads, and even Lumine and Angela solemnly avoided Leo’s gaze.
“Even if I wanted to wake up from the dream, I managed to pull it up with that nightmare. That’s really gracious is not it?”
The guilt of not even being worthy of seeing them subordinated them. Leo’s hatred never lost sight of those who were being avoided.
{…Do you want revenge?}
“Ha…hahahahaha… Did it look like that? Angel lady.”
Leonardo gave another exaggerated laugh and looked back at Angela and Lumine.
Lumine couldn’t stop laughing when she asked if she was getting revenge on herself.
“For now, I am just explaining.”
Leo’s laugh cut off.
It looked as if he was wearing a mask with a different expression.
“Lumine, even if you’re not Reinhardt, there are plenty of reasons to kill you. There’s nothing strange about getting stabbed at any time.”
It could have been unfair, but the party couldn’t say anything.
Decades of old hatred have crushed defenses and counterarguments into existence itself.
“Then~ See you until tomorrow morning, fellow corpses!”
Leonardo, who soon returned to his bright energy, greeted him and tried to leave the room.
“…Well…Hold on…! Leh, Reynald!”
“Oh, but you studied. I’ll compliment you. Genius warrior.”
Perhaps as a compliment for correcting his name, Leonardo didn’t immediately let go of Aria’s hand holding his arm.
“…Going? Why all of a sudden…!”
“No, I have to cancel.”
A grasp, the rough movement of the arm shook Ariasviel’s hand.
“…A question that is far from being a genius.”
Leonardo stroked Arya’s hair slowly. Arya didn’t push Leo away even though her red blood was soaking her white hair.
If both of them were love, then it was love.
If it was an obsession, it looked like an obsession.
“Do you think that once you declared war, you would take a bath and sleep in the same bed in the same house?”
Of course, Leonardo would dismiss this feeling as hatred.
Actually, there was nothing strange about interpreting Leo’s feelings as hatred.
“…That’s…”
“Listen carefully. You stupid genius.”
Leo’s hand becomes rough as he strokes his hair.
“The reason I won’t kill you right now is not out of old affection or mercy.”
Leo’s hand grips Arya’s hair. Arya doesn’t rebel. Rather, she sent a hand signal to kill to live to her family, who were about to take up arms.
“Because I will personally give you a pain worse than death.”
Even though he knew that, Leo did not hide his will to live.
“The house, the property, the family… They will take it one by one. To the point where I thought it would be better to die.”
“…So… What do you get…?”
Even with her hair in her hands, Arya did not flinch and asked the question.
“It could be a loss to a hero who has everything.”
She will make you feel the loss she felt.
She said it would be her best revenge.
“The annihilation of the Senate is proof of that. I want to prove with my own hands how meaningless Reinhardt’s insignificant traditions are.”
Things were twisted, but that was something they all agreed on.
“Next, I will kill your friends, family, and even your lover if you have one. Watch if you can I look forward to…”
“Uh… Mr. Reynolds.”
Amid lengthy vitriol and speeches, Rios quietly opened his mouth.
“…Ah, should I call you Reinhardt Slayer…?”
“…Ah, brother. Our proud guardian of pure love.”
Leo threw Arya’s head and looked at Rios. Rios couldn’t stop the tingling in his hamstrings and the cold sweat dripping down his face.
“Brother, I wish I had had a child innocently, before you call me pure love, what is going on?”
Despite Leo’s insults, Leos didn’t straighten his face. Retaining his squint and smile, Rios overcame fear as he brought out his most important explanation.
“You said killing that senate was… proof, right?”
From noble mtl dot com.
“As you say. Why? Are you going to stop me right here? I don’t want to recommend it.”
Leo had already set a trap around here. The bloodstains that were buried and wandered around as if in a play were not decorations.
It was a meaningful device, the foundation of the sanctuary that could form a barrier in the name of Seonghyeol.
If used, their stamina would be absorbed by the sanctuary and slowly exhausted. In the meantime, it was enough for him to escape safely.
“But… what if I die before I die…?”
Rios closed his eyes tighter and prepared for violence before asking a question. Because he couldn’t have predicted his younger brother’s attitude right now.
“…Fu…”
As I thought, Leo’s behavior was unpredictable.
“…Puhahahaha…! I didn’t think of that!!”
Leonardo, who was expected to be embarrassed, burst into laughter as if he was having fun. It was a laugh of happiness he could let out because he was genuinely unexpected.
“Yeah, I never thought of killing you before I kill you.”
“…Ah…I see…”
“My head of household, you raised your children very well. Eileen is smarter than that crazy b*tch.”
Despite the unstoppable praise, Gladio’s hard expression did not straighten.
He could tell.
“…Did you think we were going to kill the senate instead?”
Leo had a completely different understanding.
“I don’t notice. Well, I wonder if the family ended up like that because it was like that.”
Leo heard that Rios had said that they would assassinate Leo before they could kill him.
He admired the reversal of the idea and acknowledged it.
“…It’s not like that…?”
“Brother, there is nothing to hide between us. Oh, by any chance, did you intend to disguise yourself as an accidental death while riding in the carriage?”
In Leo’s eyes, it would appear that Rios has properly arranged the means to negotiate.
Unfortunately.
“…The senate are already dead.”
The truth is sometimes cruel.
“…Yes?”
Leonardo looked embarrassed for a moment and asked back with an honorific. It would not be an illusion to look like an old habit.
“So… We don’t have a Senate right now. Because everyone was killed.”
“…What… What… Died of old age? Accidental death? Or… maybe I…!”
Leonardo grabbed Rios and questioned him with a dazed look.
“… So… I killed Leonardo too, but the record is Aria and most of his grandfathers…”
At those words, Leo’s expression fluctuated for a moment.
It was the first time in my life that I had seen Leo’s facial muscles stretch like that.
Because most of Leo’s basic expressions seen in the Reinhardt family were soft smiles.
“…Are you guys insane?! I don’t know what happened to the senate, but what if they kill everyone! Military, economy, honor, what do they have! Don’t you think!?”
Surprisingly, these were the words of the self-proclaimed Reinhardt Slayer who had talked about killing the senate until just now.
Of course, these words come from the experience of annihilating the Council of Elders, but it was difficult to react due to the excessive sense of alienation.
“…That’s… Thanks to various circumstances, I also froze it… And above all…”
Rios twitched his lips with a light smile, then opened his mouth. Perhaps after he says this he will get himself beaten up dirty.
“…All of them turned into vampires and had no choice but to kill them. Ahahahaha…”
“… That…”
Leo lowered his head. His face, far from madness, was completely red with his shame.
“Why tell me now!!!”
Leo screamed as he grabbed Rios.
And Arya thought to herself.
‘How should I explain Ahin?’
The aftermath of amnesia is still far and arduous to resolve.