116. Resolute Will & Very Strange Atmosphere
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The car that Luna and Milia were moving to the upper floor where they could see the infirmary with nature.
In the infirmary, talk of doran was going on.
“So… it means that Karite and I were the only ones who fell in the Ale Forest.”
“Cadet Han Chun-seong must have had a hard time even imagining the situation at that time. He showed up covered in blood without any warning, so I was really surprised when I arrived at the scene.”
Seeing Adelia respond softly, Chun slowly nodded.
time deep in the night. Inside the infirmary, a soft light came out and illuminated only Adelia.
All of those people had already left.
Karite, Carly, other Vermont instructors, and other high-ranking figures in charge of high positions in the academy came to see me.
To those who were trying to understand the situation at the time, Adelia took the lead and said that they needed to stay calm.
“…Honestly, I’m curious too. I won’t ask you as much as today. Not only the body, but the mind also needs absolute stability.”
I accepted the favor of her who had gently met her gaze.
“Instructor Adelia. Thank you so much in so many ways.”
“If you’re so grateful, do you really take a good rest like I said? Don’t be foolish, you know?”
“Yes. I will give you a good rest.”
Seeing her smile at my words, I also smiled faintly.
“Then I’ll be waiting for you somewhere a little further away so you can rest in peace. If there is something wrong with your body, call me right away.”
“yes. All right.”
Seruk.
As Adelia got up and left the place like that, I watched her from behind as she was slowly moving away.
I came to understand the situation a little bit, but there was no sense of reality.
‘I said it’s already been two days… .’
Even her words that I had been unconscious for two days seemed like a lie.
…Tonight has passed and tomorrow is Saturday before I know it.
Sararak.
Later, when Adelia drew the curtains in the hospital room, I blankly leaned against the bed.
“…”
Even though I had my eyes on the pure white ceiling, I still felt like it was solved.
Even the moment I met Leteia for the first time, I felt the worst, but now, like a miracle, everything worked out.
Karite is alive, and Leteia has hidden his traces.
Even thinking about it now, everything felt alien.
From the sudden change of Karite to the sudden appearance of Leteia through the darkness that filled all sides… .
At that moment, there was no sign of anything like this, and it felt like Karite and I were completely isolated from the world.
“…”
He shook his head, taking a deep breath.
‘I understand why an apostle is called a disaster.’
The moment I faced the apostle in person, I thought I had no choice but to be defeated.
Leteia’s power was far beyond the ordinary. It is also something that isolates space and separates us from the world, and even though it is an alter ego, not the main body, the power I felt was like a huge wall to me.
…In fact, from the moment I met Leteia, I felt it.
gulp.
As he swallowed, he held his hand in a daze.
Seruk.
I could only feel a slight pain in my body, which hadn’t returned to my senses yet.
Still, the pain was tolerable. A reality that is only possible because Adelia is giving me great consideration… .
Even with a small smile, the fact that my limbs were intact and able to recover felt like a kind of luck.
‘This situation itself is actually a miracle.’
Even now, when I think about it, all the emotions I felt while facing Leteia were terrifying.
A grotesque human figure made of purple light. From making eye contact with strange eyes, to talking to me who speaks the language fluently.
Even thinking about it now, something that shouldn’t exist in this world… It felt like it existed right in front of my eyes…
‘Apostle… .’
Thinking about it, it was not the feeling that a specific entity, which was the majority of the apostles, had been further strengthened, but Leteia itself felt like a ‘separate existence’.
Beyond the level of being strong or weak, everything else was on my mind.
Now, in this world, many characters are living and breathing, and they form a world in itself.
And even the apostle, who can be said to be the most threatening being in this world, is ‘thinking and acting’ in the same way.
All of that creates a variable.
So I came to understand.
“…The wires have no choice but to be pushed.”
On the battlefield, the forefront of the empire, apostles frequently appear. Even so, beings who are said to be the best forces in the empire are guarding each frontline, so even this reality is maintained… .
Suddenly, why did Kali look like that in the first lecture? Now I understand with my body.
There are certainly few apostles with unique powers like Leteia’s, but conversely, there are apostles stronger than Leteia’s in this world.
And there are probably countless apostles whose names I don’t even know exist. Because Groa is a novel that contains only the crisis that Leonhard has to deal with.
It wasn’t me who knew everything in this world.
“……”
As I let out a deep sigh, I remembered the following.
The very next episode was scheduled for a truly extreme future in which Leonhard would receive an apostle.
If the first episode [Conditions of the Sacrifice] is an ominous event, it shows signs that some sort of thing is about to happen.
It was the second episode that could be called a proper raid. That episode takes place approximately one month from now.
A direct crisis came to Leonhardt in the second month of the academy.
squeak, squeak.
Even as I squeezed and opened my hand, which was still far from feeling, I couldn’t adapt to the sharp pain as if raw flesh had been torn.
I just have to endure it like this.
“What should I do in the future… .”
…All this time I thought I was trying to face reality.
And facing Leteia, the first crisis was safely passed. Because he succeeded in rescuing Karite, who should have died.
It really was a bigger harvest than anything else.
Beyond how my personal growth was, it was because I saved someone who had to die.
I was more satisfied than ever that Karite was alive today.
A reality achieved by my own strength.
He changed the unsettled future into light.
However… .
‘Then what should I do next?’
Crisis to come in the future. It was not a crisis that only Leonhardt could overcome.
I already thought that even that was a crisis I had to face.
“Besides… because the future is definitely changing.”
Originally, it would have been possible to keep the future longer by watching Karite die and letting it flow into the scheduled future. I didn’t.
By interfering with reality, the destiny of the world was greatly twisted.
Because of saving Karite. I assure you, the future of this world has completely changed.
I didn’t give much of a little butterfly effect. A change point like a singularity that will bring a huge storm… .
“……”
Thinking about it, I let out a small laugh.
‘Really, my heart is heavy.’
Obviously, things worked out better than I thought, but my heart wasn’t light at all.
I reached the top of the rugged mountain that I had to climb right away, but it seemed that another mountain that I had to climb right away shimmered before my eyes.
It is also a mountain higher than the one I have climbed.
I thought I was at a crossroads now.
Are you going to climb the mountain again, where a rough and arduous schedule awaits you? Or will you just give up…
‘Give up… .’
Thinking I felt that trying to turn away from reality was the same as giving up for me.
The road I’ve been looking at and trying to move on.
And now, facing the consequences that appeared along the way.
Than the achievements from which I got strength. I faced the reality that what I did saved someone.
To the reality where I can talk again with Karite, who I am quite close with.
…
The more thoughts go on endlessly. It seemed to me that the way I was going was determined.
In the end, I have to face it again.
ㅡReality.
Even all the crises to come could never be avoided.
A more flat life now. I couldn’t dream of a life of escorting and escorting myself.
On the contrary, it felt very fleeting that I had thought that way.
‘Is there any meaning to a life of ignoring and watching the death of others in order to take care of one’s own body?’
He shook his head even though he smiled a little.
There could be no meaning to such a life.
And even if you live like that, you will continue to live heavy as if a big burden is on the other side of your mind.
So, I completely made up my mind.
the way i’m going direction.
Face the reality and do not avoid the crisis that will come. You have to get over it.
“…”
He nodded his head, and his heavy heart seemed to lighten a little.
At least I haven’t lost my direction to move on. I thought I wouldn’t regret my choice later.
Even if it hurts even more and suffers more than now.
I thought there would be meaning to this path.
A faint smile escaped from his body as he completely relaxed.
‘Let’s recover this body first.’
The cost of the power I manifested was by no means small.
In addition to the eerie words that all the muscles in his body were ruptured, he even said that it would not be strange if he died at any time. My body was in such a serious condition.
This was the price I paid for the future of my power.
And that was the same power that even the apostles could stand against.
“……”
Even in the blink of an eye, there was hope.
‘Won’t it be possible to reach them again?’
to its mighty power.
Even though it was an alter ego, it was an overwhelming force that even Leteia couldn’t deal with properly.
Clearly, the unfinished reason of failing to reach the skill remained more clearly in my head.
that was a bit weird
At that moment, I knew that a huge power surged through my whole body and appeared at the tip of the spear.
I didn’t think there was any reason to understand the skill here.
However, the skill does not appear.
‘Perhaps…’
Maybe my body can’t keep up.
It’s as if the basic conditions weren’t met and the skill wasn’t completed. Intuitively, I felt that way.
Sarak.
Suddenly, the sound of the curtains being pulled back involuntarily shifted my gaze. There, Adelia frowned and let out a deep sigh.
“Cadets of Hancheon Castle.”
“Yes. Instructor Adelia.”
I don’t know why she sighed, but she straightened her body.
Seruk.
Suddenly, Adelia started to take off the suit jacket she was wearing. Then, when her voluptuous body was revealed, I immediately had to look away from her.
“Hey… Adelia… Instructor?”
“I know Cadet Han Chun-seong was very surprised. But today I told you that I was deploying skills to Cadet Han Chun-seong, right? It’s a skill that allows you to objectively control the body of a cadet with Han Chun-seong. It controls the senses and dulls the pain. After checking the condition of my body a while ago, it seems that the effect of the skill will weaken for the time being. About the pain now… I need to prepare. Perhaps Cadet Han Chun-seong… will have a really hard time in the future.”
I could hear Adelia carefully explaining the situation, but Adelia’s ‘appearance’ as she slowly took off her outerwear, her natural gaze…
It was shaking more than ever.