250. vain ideals
***
A space far away from the Empire’s front lines.
In a space full of deep darkness, strange waves were spreading.
“…You failed.”
Then, in the darkness, a little girl’s voice rang out.
Among the nine apostles, she was Eusilia who had the power of wisdom. And with her voice, the nine apostles each revealed their presence in the dark, causing a bigger stir.
“Did Anastasia’s seal fail?”
“It’s bad news as soon as the grand plan begins… .”
As the strange thoughts of several apostles resounded, Eucelia let out a light sigh.
“Yeah, not good.”
As a colder voice ran through the darkness, the several apostles did not open their mouths for a moment.
It was because her emotions were fully revealed in her voice. And in that silence, Yusilia slightly narrowed her eyes.
‘Foreknowledge is out of order.’
Foreknowledge does not show a definite future. I know that foreknowledge can go awry. Nevertheless, it was foreknowledge that showed a reality that had a high possibility and was likely to happen.
A discrepancy that might or might not happen once in a century at most… .
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Now it happens with too much frequency.
I thought it would show a more certain reality because I was more careful with my prediction this time, but even the result was wrong.
One of the main pillars of the empire, ‘Anastasia’s Seal’, could be said to be a much bigger failure than the others.
And I had some guesses about it.
The existence of a human named Han Chun-seong, who will be the main axis that could not be dealt with last time.
There is a point of contact between the human and Anastasia that did not exist in my prophecy. Azazel said that she couldn’t finish the seed that would be the main axis because of Anastasia.
‘Even those are all heterogeneous.’
A person who had no foresight is distorting his own foresight.
My heart leaned towards the absurd thought that maybe Anastasia escaped from the seal, maybe that person was involved–.
thought and the decision was made.
“I’m going to have to delay the big deal for a while. I think we should proceed with clearing uncertain factors.”
While making a firm decision, he looked closely at the other apostles.
“If it is an indeterminate factor… .”
“To delay the delivery, do we have to go that far?”
When Sekhmet and Azazel answered first, they nodded their heads thoughtfully.
“It’ll be worth that much.”
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Naturally, the human information of Han Chun-seong came to mind.
-Common spearmanship.
– A human who awakened his skills at a very early time.
-Han Chun-seong is a name far from the world.
– Up to the fact that there is a sense of existence that is different from other humans.
Even after gathering various information, what came to mind was that it was a fire that had to be extinguished. The most important thing was that the speed of growth was different from that of other humans.
“Azazel.”
It was Azazel who wanted to move forward with the plan, and it was Azazel who pointed out the human who would be the main axis.
That’s why I looked at Azazel and made up my mind.
“… … uh.”
The shape of Azazel, shining strangely through the darkness, was heterogeneous.
Even so, among the apostles present here, he was trustworthy as he was the one who hated humans the most. Azazel’s unique power is a power that no other apostle can replace.
“This time I will act with Azazel and erase the humans.”
Even if I erased it, I felt like I had to check it out myself to put my mind at ease.
A person who was not in the prophecy, but a person who shines strongly and distorts wisdom.
It was worth that much.
***
The Tuesday of the 9th week of the academy was bright.
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Now that the morning sun is shining warmly, Chun-seong, who was preparing to leave the dormitory, was contemplating the third episode.
“…bloody despair.”
Took. Even as I muttered the name of the third episode, I felt an ominous feeling.
It was not simply the idea that an apostle was dangerous because it was strong.
ㅡExtreme.
This episode was different from what had happened before.
It will really take the situation to the extreme. If the previous episode was like an episode to raise awareness or highlight Leonhardt, the third episode was different.
“So far, like a miracle, no other victims have come out…”
Clearly, in the first episode, the damage that had to happen was erased by saving Karite, and in the second episode, me and Glesia were able to stop it by finding the apostle first so that the cadet who would have inevitably died did not appear.
So even if I was the biggest victim, I ended up at the point where I could say ‘I’.
“…it’s different this time.”
Even as I spoke blankly, my heart sank.
The third episode inevitably comes with a victim. That’s apart from what I can’t help but do.
“No matter how vigilant the instructors are… no matter how much the imperial family recruits knights.”
It’s because it’s like an ‘accident’ that happens suddenly.
The monsters in the entire forest will change rapidly at once. Due to the apostle’s howling, which is the center of it, the monsters go berserk, and simultaneous dangers break out in various places.
An apostle in the form of injecting his ability into other monsters and raising the level of danger to the limit… .
Seruk.
I wished I didn’t go to the forest where an accident would happen even while wearing my cadet uniform, but that was practically impossible.
“Because they don’t properly explain when and where accidents happen.”
Even in the work, the situation after the accident was suddenly expressed. I don’t know if I was trying to maximize the sense of crisis, but I didn’t show the signs of the incident itself.
It happens so suddenly and unexpectedly.
The instructor who was present at the scene acts as if to subdue the monster that goes berserk in an instant, expressing power, but at that time it is expressed after several cadets have already been sacrificed.
“… … .”
Considering that most of the lectures from now on will be conducted in a real-life format, it was said that you should be nervous every moment.
And I wasn’t… an idealist. I’m just trying to face the reality I’ve encountered and move on.
“Because I can’t… protect everyone.”
Even if I knew what was going to happen, the actions I could take were no different.
It is impossible to stop or prepare for lectures scheduled to be held in various forests.
Even though Kaliya will follow my words unconditionally, how can others accept that a crisis comes for no reason?
Even though the moment when the instructors will recognize the crisis will be faster than me. I’ll just be able to do nothing but protect the people around me.
And in order to do even that properly, I went through such sparring yesterday.
good.
While finishing all preparations by carrying a spear on his back, he quietly closed his eyes for a while.
‘…Something.’
no matter where it happens Just looking at the description, it appears that it takes place in a forest inhabited by monsters.
It was so stuffy, but I couldn’t deny that my heart was strangely stirred.
Surely someone will die. And that made me strangely concerned.
‘Since when the hell… did I come to have this kind of heart?’
I don’t know when exactly, but the extreme good heart that Leonhard had in the work. I was trying to keep the right mindset.
If I can protect it, I try to protect it somehow, and I want to save everyone.
So, in the first episode, I tried to save Karite by throwing my body, and in the second episode, I risked facing the apostle by acting before the victim appeared.
I’m a bit more rational.
I know that if I acted with my safety in mind, it would be safer if I acted while waiting for the victim to come out, but I don’t think about that at all at that time.
It’s as if it’s the way it should be. I was about to throw myself away.
“…”
That it is the right mind and is in line with the values that I thought was right… I knew it.
however.
I also had to realize the reality that I couldn’t do that.
“…Let’s put this mind down for a little bit.”
While slowly opening her mouth, she slowly emptied her mind.
A burden I can carry.
that is limited
Enough to go beyond that, I had to throw away my greed to hope for something too big and prepare for it.
Obviously, I hope there are no victims. However, it was reckless for me to try to prepare by overdoing something.
The idea of protecting everyone.
The mindset of having to save everyone.
It was something I shouldn’t have.
that in the end… … .
“It’s a futile ideal.”
Even as he spoke, he calmed down as if he were trimming my heart.
Even when I gently opened my eyes, it seemed to be shimmering. It was obviously just a scene from a novel. Even so, it seemed as if Leonhardt’s screaming, terrifying scream was inadvertently vividly drawn in front of his eyes.
—-Why…! why!!
The moment Leonhardt, who had always made up his mind and faced crises, collapsed greatly. The scene expressing Leonhardt’s broken image in the play remained so intense for me.
Advocating sincere goodness, he overcame the crisis by burning himself intensely. The moment Leonhardt, who had not lost his light despite numerous crises and adversity, collapsed as it was.
“… … .”
In the small silence, my heart gently swayed.
It was definitely a future that hadn’t happened yet. Even in the work, the future will only happen after half a year more than now. And it was a future that might not happen now.
Even though Leonhard, who had lost his own characteristics and struggled, was able to stand up on his own, expressing his will.
Since Leonhard, who has such a strong will, suffered an accident of injustice, he spends more than a week like a disabled person.
“ha.”
He took a deep breath and wiped my face once more.
Then, he shook his head. An empty laugh leaked out without my knowledge. I felt that I had to fill his vacant position, and I made up my mind.
Clearly, I decided not to live for myself, and I tried to respond to the crisis that would come.
And now I feel that I tried to follow the guy’s mindset in the middle of the day.
“…”
I didn’t have the confidence to handle the despair that would come from the end.
‘so.’
I have to protect my people within the limits I can protect.
At least the people around me… .
So that I can protect even the person who touches my sight.
I had to work harder.
***
Lupden Forest.
In the middle of the afternoon, the sun shines brightly on the first half of the forest.
Vermian was walking lightly in the woods.
“It will be a major disaster.”
I was naturally aware.
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Now, recalling Leteia’s memories, he is going to find the arrangements left by the nine apostles one by one. The vastness of the arrangement was indescribable.
Even with the arrangements they left behind, the empire might end up in great chaos and self-destruction.
There was no end to the arrangements left here and there, and the types of dangers varied.
[Why are you hesitant to eat?]
Then, Vermian twisted his lips while hesitating at Leteia’s thought.
“It’s the last line.”
[It’s the last line… You mean there’s a line you need to keep while you signed a perfect contract with me?]
“…there is.”
He groaned, narrowing his eyes.
I knew what Leteia meant.
ㅡ cannibals.
By combining with the apostle, I can further amplify my power by eating humans… .
But I couldn’t bear to do that.
“I know I’ve become inhuman.”
While muttering, I blankly held the bright, sunny sky in my eyes.
My characteristic was darkness, and it was such a bright light that it was compatible with Letheia’s power.
…But it was the last line I had to keep while facing the light.
In order to live this pitifully for the sake of Beatrice, he colluded with the apostle.
Because I want my sister, who has suffered all her life, to see the light of day.
He said he had already entered the path of the outsiders… but he couldn’t bear to touch it.
“Because it will definitely show that you can’t hide it.”
[It’s obvious… .]
Letheia’s thoughts made me smile in vain, and I didn’t know if the current me would be like that either.
He is reluctant to meet Beatrice and is avoiding the meeting implicitly.
I was afraid of how I would look in Beatrice’s eyes… .
But if I covet greater power… and even eat humans, I’d feel like I’d lose even the confidence to get close to Beatrice.
So it was impossible.
“…The nine apostles said they had high intelligence, so I will prove it as the present me.”
That I am what they need.
That’s why I didn’t want to think about cannibalism, even the power to get that ugly.
If only this guy could have been saved before …