221 – Reverse Idea-1
The Dragon Blood Knights.
A new order of knights created a few years after the monarchy completely collapsed and the imperial knights collapsed.
Now that the gods have disappeared, they have arrived directly after receiving the dragon’s blessing.
“I didn’t expect it, but it was a scam and bullsh*t.”
In reality, the dragon’s blessing dried up and was no different from the dragon’s curse.
Even though he had already mass-produced serum with blood made by somehow increasing the volume of the dragon heart he had barely found through necromantic techniques.
“…But thanks to the treatment, my arms are moving better and the pain is less…”
“That’s the worst! The dragon factor has finished merging with you Chris!”
It may seem stable in that it is fused, but that is not stability at all from the human point of view.
The higher the assimilation rate, the stronger the power, but the price is more than gold.
“First of all, surgery comes first. You have to do what you can.”
“…Sorry…”
“I know I will gag you if you say that. Start thinking about living. Because that helps each other the most.”
The operating room is a first-class facility provided by Seonghwang himself.
Thanks to divine purification, there are no germs at all, and various holy water, potions, and medicines are almost infinitely stocked.
In addition, the surgical equipment is the latest that has not neglected the human body knowledge of the Magic Tower, not simply relying on divinity.
Those who cooperate with the surgery are Lumine and Angela, the most divine saints, and even sages who are knowledgeable in each knowledge as assistants.
There are also priests and wizards with abundant expertise on standby outside.
There was an environment where I could focus on the surgery without worrying about humidity or interruptions.
Obviously this is the best.
But I know. Compared to the information and treatment I know in the future, the limits are perfect.
Obviously prevented Chris from being scaly and tolerant of madness.
For now.
Even after the surgery, Chris only had 10 years left to live.
***
“…How are you?”
Looking at Chris after her surgery, Leonardo felt her hands tremble. Everything that could be done in the operation was successful.
He said that he mobilized everything he could.
Nevertheless, the unchangeable ending was enough to give a sense of despair.
Now I was not helpless.
I was just complacent like other trash.
It is different from just having no power.
I could have changed it if I had been a little more careful.
There was no room for rationalization in feeling powerless despite the power and knowledge.
“It’s okay. There was a bit of pain during the operation, but it made me feel a lot more comfortable.”
At those words, Lumine, who helped with the operation with all her might, and the Reinhardt family, who had been waiting for the success of the operation, could breathe a sigh of relief.
Leonardo also said that it was a success when he finished the operation, but seeing Chris fainting as if he was dead and his dark expression, he couldn’t be relieved.
“Very fortunate…”
“Why is it always natural to lie at times like this?”
Yeah, actually, it wasn’t a safe situation at all.
“Really pissed off.”
Leonardo felt the anger welling up as he watched Chris keep his smile.
When she deceives others for her own sake, she behaves like a slob who sold everything she noticed, but when she hides her scars even by shaving herself for others, she becomes more than Eileen.
If you are an adult, you are an adult.
It was just pure.
“…I’m really fine. Leo… Mr. Reynald.”
He maintains a smile, but his gaze is slightly distorted.
Even that sense of incongruity was hidden with miraculous mental strength, but it could not be hidden from Leonardo.
“Do you think the operation you underwent was a treatment for pain?”
Leonardo, who performed the surgery, knows best what kind of effect this surgery has.
“…Then what kind of surgery…”
“This operation distinguished the cells of the arm and body, which had been tolerated to the last, as different beings. You have awakened your body to resist and oppose the arm that has been transformed into Yonginhwa.”
It may seem like an ordinary treatment when the knights hear it.
If you are well versed in medicine, even if that is a necessary treatment, it will not feel like an improvement at all.
“…That means the pain has gotten worse…”
Arya Spiel covered his mouth with her hand and looked at Chris’ arm. He was infused with saline holy water as an intravenous drip and wrapped with a bandage soaked in holy water, and his complexion improved.
But the movement that seemed to force him to hold back the tremors proved that the pain was worse than when he was already hurt.
“…I’m fine…”
“It’s not okay! Do you think you’re the only one who’s experienced that!? Don’t think of cheating on me!!”
I am acutely aware of the side effects of Yonginhwa.
It was a nobleman to scream in pain, and it was normal to keep hurting the regenerated part, and in severe cases, it was not difficult to beat the healer to death with brute force.
In my case, it felt like sulfuric acid had been poured into every sweat gland on my skin, even though there were two special measures.
“…It was my mistake. In the first place, the problem was that he didn’t do the training that Reynold-sama ordered properly and went out without notice. You didn’t know that the berserker covered the dragon’s scales, did you?”
Chris acknowledged his mistake with a calm expression and voice as he suffered the pain of his arm rotting away.
Looking at that scene, I get angry.
Even if an anesthetic is injected, the body’s rejection reaction is already severe. His expression is okay, but the sweat that has already wet the bed linen and blanket is a precursor to that.
Fever reaction caused by the body rejecting the dragon’s factor, Chris’s body and mind must already be a ball of fire even though he uses antipyretics and holy water.
“So? Wouldn’t it be a little less unfair if it was your fault?”
Unlike his heart, Leo’s words come out ferociously.
If there is a way, I will concentrate on it.
But there is really no way to do this.
Because of me.
Because I’m complacent.
“…Reynold…”
Not only Marken, Gladio, and the rest of Reinhardt’s family all looked at Leo.
I couldn’t possibly blame him for having to worry about such harsh words.
“I am afraid of dying… But I am determined. Everyone would have been there in the first place.”
“I don’t think so. You saw those religious people doing it earlier. Besides, even when I participated in the battle, it was very spectacle.”
Reinhardt and the others may have felt frustrated, but they couldn’t get angry.
I just saw the ugliest slander and blind faith displayed in the sacred temple.
I felt the screams of the soldiers trying to escape from the death they were about to sacrifice on the battlefield.
Leonardo experienced it countless times, dozens of times, and hundreds of times.
Aryaspil saw. Leonardo’s trauma was worse than a corpse.
Leonardo was the only human who could live up to the words “Thank you for being alive”.
“…Even if you think so, I understand.”
“By the way, it won’t end with you dying. There is a grace period of 10 years as a life-limited life.”
The expression darkens at the word time limit, and the direct expression of 10 years draws conflict.
They must be aware of how much time is left and at the same time how short it is.
“…Yeah, is there any way during the grace period?!”
Chris’s father begged Leonardo in an urgent voice.
Leonardo, who usually knows Marken’s attitude and pride, knows. He is an old man so noble that he would not beg even the emperor.
He is helplessly clinging to himself now.
“I can’t use it even if I have it.”
“Leo… Mr. Reynolds! You are not alive…!”
After a while, Marken’s mouth was shut. Even at the trial, Leonardo had long since given one of the reasons.
“Yes, even though I begged to die, I had no choice but to live.”
One of the reasons why Leonardo was able to accept the dragon factor was because of the ban. The divinity of the forbidden increases as much as it causes the pain of wanting to die.
Thanks to that, the balance of power was at least leveled, and it was possible to alleviate the pain with sacred arts.
But even that alone had its limits. Even with divinity, it is impossible to increase the lifespan that has been reduced, or to spend mana on the entire body.
{How about injecting externally?}
“…I-I will infuse divinity periodically! With my inexperienced treatment in the first place…!”
“No. It’s just that it doesn’t turn into a lizard monster for the rest of its lifespan, and it’s just enough to keep the spirit alive by weakening the pain.”
Angela and Lumine’s response is close to euthanasia. It’s just a way to die less painfully for the rest of your life.
Leonardo knows that best.
“…Then…! What way…!”
“Will you do it if you have it?”
“As far as I can, I try…!”
“Then you have to kill Seonghwang right now.”
A word from Leonardo makes the air chill.
You can see that neither the situation nor the attitude is a joke.
Leonardo doesn’t care about remarks that cast doubt on humanity before being blasphemy.
Because that’s what I know best.
“The reason I was able to fully control the dragon’s power is because you used the holy sea cloth that covered the corpse of Hyundai Seonghwang on me, Lumine.”
Seonghaepo.
A sacred cloth that was wrapped around the body of a saint or saint.
Just as each person has a different personality, the characteristics of Seonghaepo also differed depending on the priest.
“The Holy Haepo of the current pope has the power of moderation and patience. Fortunately, these two qualities synergize well, making it easier to control the arms and reducing lifespan problems.”
It was bad luck forced from extreme misfortune.
With that bad luck, only he survived ugly like this.
“…Replacing it with another relic…”
“You know it well. The holy relic is not an industrial product, and the only holy relic that is suitable for use is that in the future.”
The reason Chris’ body has been able to endure so far is thanks to his own mental strength and Reinhardt’s unique strong bones.
“…That’s…”
They all look desperate.
Of course. Who would benefit from living as a sick person as a terminally ill person?
Of course, I can’t make that kind of expression right now.
Because I don’t deserve it.
“…You look pretty calm, don’t you?”
The only ones who were calm were Leo and Chris.
Depending on the question, their expressions will face each other.
“…Maybe I thought I was being punished. To be honest, I thought Reynold’s Yonginhwa was a bit cool. So, like this…”
“Don’t be a bee. This is just because you’re an idiot.”
Chris’s resignation stimulates Leonardo.
Being a punishment is nonsense that is not even funny.
Whether it’s a divine punishment or a divine punishment, it’s bullsh*t.
“…I see. Maybe.”
“…What? What could be that!!”
What do you mean by earning something like this?
Those who should be properly punished are full of garages.
“Do you think the religious people, the bastards who survived thanks to you, will be moved by your sacrifice and change!?”
“…Will never be the same as before.”
“…Yes…! It will be more trash. I’ve seen them all!! After the sacrifices of Reinhardt’s heroes!”
It’s not just Chris.
That’s what I really wanted to say to the entire Reinhardt family here.
From the words of a family member who became a hero, Leonardo experienced it afterward.
“Thanks to your noble and proud sacrifices, at least 70% of humanity survives. Know?! In a situation where monsters like those berserk warriors are infested, 70% of humanity will definitely escape the demon lord’s hand!!”
Leonardo knows better than anyone.
Reinhardt, the hero did not lose in the battle with the demon lord.
Because co-destruction doesn’t mean defeat, it means a draw.
It was the others who were defeated.
“By the way, do you know what those 70% of the lucky ones did?”
However, humanity was defeated by the Demon King.
“I was afraid that I would be included in that 30%. Because of the death of the hero, they trembled with anxiety and quarreled with each other. Yes, at least that makes sense.”
That too perishes in the form of self-destruction and betrayal.
“People who were in a state of insecurity gradually decided to become demons! The only thing I learned through the sacrifices of the nobles of Reinhardt’s family was that becoming a strong Mine is easier than becoming a strong Hero!!”
10%, 20%, 30%… The number of humans decreases in that way.
If it had died or died by stealing or suicide, it wouldn’t have collapsed so quickly.
The only way to become a demon, the antagonist, is to offer up a sacrifice to accept demons, and the position and power gained through betrayal must have been too sweet.
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Allies quickly decrease, enemies increase easily.
If mankind had known the meaning of that sacrifice even a little, it would not have been so stupidly catastrophic.
“…I see.”
“Yes!! I’m sure you guys have already seen it with that sword sheath! Being a hero is just bullsh*t for idiots like that!!”
Heroes are all short-lived.
Because I chose the straight path that normal people wouldn’t.
That’s how you get eaten.
For ordinary people.
“Be moderately stupid!! Look at reality! Look at your dying body, look at all the scum that feeds favorably thanks to it!!”
Leonardo was getting angry.
It was Chris who raised his voice, but no one stopped him.
Because I knew for sure that the target of my anger was different.
“…Yes, I am still watching.”
“Aren’t you afraid to die!? I want to commit suicide like me…”
“It can’t be.”
It wasn’t an honorific, but it was a soft voice.
But with that one word, Leo’s rough tone fades and becomes suppressed.
Like a teacher-teacher relationship.
“…Then…Why…”
“Not for others. I made this choice to survive.”
You can clearly see the fear in Chris’ eyes.
Death is the unknown that everyone fears.
It was the same even for Leo, who was desperate for death.
“If I had the power and didn’t do anything, the darkness in my heart would have died. Perhaps there would never have been a day when I could confidently face the sun in the sky as Reinhardt’s shadow forever.”
All of Reinhardt’s families are missing screws.
That’s something anyone familiar with them can understand.
However, those who truly understand the spirit of the original family regard such flaws as aegyo.
“…You want to become a hero…!? Being betrayed like that…! Even if you see them being betrayed?!”
That stupidity is a badge of honor for them.
Because it is a sign of a spirit that pursues a noble purpose in which one is willing to give oneself for others.
“I was not betrayed.”
The trembling disappeared from Chris’ eyes. He was still in pain, and the fear of death would not have gone away.
There is not a single slight movement in that pride.
“Leo, didn’t you come? Didn’t you fight until the end for the foolish heroes, for the failed fools?”
Chris recalls the first time he met Leonardo.
At first, I only thought of him as a talent to be used as a knight after I bought his outstanding ability and allowed him to adapt and confirm for about a month.
I just wanted to become a knight who wants to grow greatly in Reinhardt.
However, as time passed, I wondered why a human named Leonardo was devoted to Reinhardt.
Leonardo fought the giant without a price to the extent that even she couldn’t understand why she was aiming for her hero.
“It has transcended time and returned to us, but we cannot afford to fight at our own risk. Rather, it was an honor to be able to fight together in the final fight.”
It was just a pity.
I didn’t bother to say that.
The words that left regrets only became a curse.
“…I hate you… I resent you…”
Leonardo grabbed Chris’ blanket. Chris caressed Leo’s face with his human left hand without saying anything.
Her hands were hot but weak.
“…It’s natural to survive…”
It is natural to survive.
Even if it was natural, it was not suitable for someone who wanted to commit suicide.
“…Those scum can survive…!”
But Leonardo knows the weight of his life.
Even though countless lives are taken, they know the value of being taken.
“… You… You had to live…”
That’s why I longed for it.
I hope that the existence of heroes, that the heroes I have seen are alive.
“…I couldn’t have been alive…! I… Just had to fight for me…! There is no choice but to die and die…! Such rubbish…”
Instead of not becoming a demon, I had no choice but to become a villain.
Those who fight without a cause, cause, or hope are not qualified to be heroes.
“…Ah…That’s…”
At that moment, Leonardo rapidly turned his head in the direction of his voice.
The habit of always preparing for a surprise attack remained, even when he was immersed in emotions and feelings.
“…Heeek…!!”
“…You…”
She was Rios’ lover.
I can’t remember the name properly… But I do remember that he was a wizard who came as a substitute for the Black Tower Master.
“Ameri?!”
“…Sorry…Sorry…! I didn’t mean to eavesdrop…!”
Emotions were dramatically heightened now, no matter how Ameri and Eileen worked out a solution, they weren’t blind enough to go in as they were.
I just knocked and opened the door because the situation was so serious.
“…Sorry, can I just tell you something?”
Leonardo looked at Ameri with frighteningly rapid emotions. Ameri, who hesitated for a moment at the change, took the ring from her hand with determination.
“…I don’t know if that will help…! With this ring… Why don’t you use the potion written on this note to use the deterrent…?! It’s as far as I can, but…”
“…That’s… I prepared it, but I’m sorry… It’s close to impossible to neutralize dragon blood, let alone detoxify it, with modern antidotes and magic tools. So…”
“…Yeah?!”
Ameri looks at herself with a surprised look.
You will be surprised. All the hard work you’ve done isn’t going to help…
“…This is the legacy of the wise man…? In the first place, it is a magic tool that can cure addicts who regularly consume drugs… I can’t believe even this…”
“…What?!”
I hurriedly accept the ring and note with a hopeless feeling.
Then shoot the sage like an arrow.
“…This…! Really…!”
[Uh, that ring, I made it. When it comes to detoxification of human body, it boils like Seonghaepo. Looking at the recipe, if I improve it well, hemolysis can be suppressed.]
The wise man trusted his work without hesitation.
“Then why in advance…!!”
[Then you want to see me pretending to be crazy while still frowning?]
Leonardo looks at the sage as he is dumb.
Before the refutation comes out.
Why is my face burning?
I couldn’t tell if it was because I was angry, ashamed, or happy.