Jackal and I stared at the scattered pieces on the floor.
The glass that Evangeles had broken was glistening in the light of the lamp hanging in the hospital room. And the small amount of wine left on the floor like a stain was red like someone spilled blood.
It was a scene reminiscent of clichés seen a lot in places like movies. Often used to express a broken relationship in a melodrama.
And the system log gave a brief summary of the situation.
[Warning: Your relationship with the main character ‘Evangeles Hermes’ is in jeopardy. If left unattended, he will act as a bad factor in all events involving you.]
A warning that did not appear even in the relationship with Jackal, who tried to thoroughly destroy each other.
Such a warning was lost in his relationship with his childhood friend, Evangeles.
And I can explain why in one sentence.
You could call it Evangeles’ Achilles heel.
This is because he is a character who shows extreme sensitivity when it comes to his younger sister, Ida.
“Is it really a woman’s problem? That too… No, because of Miri?”
He stared at the jackal, who was embarrassed by what he had said. Fortunately, Evangeles is misunderstood.
That the ‘woman’ the jackal was talking about was Ida Hermes.
Seriously, if you kiss his sister and find out what he did to meet Miri, Evangeles will not just break off the relationship, but will start a fight.
It’s kind of funny to say this, but the misunderstanding had to remain misunderstood.
After thinking about it for a while, I drew a picture of the situation in which the truth was revealed.
It didn’t take much imagination.
‘요한, 야이 개새끼가! Are you messing with my sister?!”
Unfortunately, that imaginary situation was a situation that could have happened even if the character in front of me made fun of it.
So I decided to step on the embers of that anxiety right away and put it out.
“Jackal… I want you to forget.”
“What do you mean?”
“Things about Miri.”
The jackal’s face frowned at the name ‘Miri’. Two different, hostile eyes glared at me.
“Why do you look like that?”
It was a bit of a strange reaction to me. The jackal closed his eyes for a moment, caught his breath, and then spoke in an assertive tone.
“Johann Esperts. I need to make this one clear.”
“What?”
“Whatever the reason, thank you for saving Pilbo.”
It was a strange word. he continued.
“He was my loyal servant, mentor, and friend, an escort warrior, and thanks to him, I can continue to do so. I plan to repay my gratitude for this somehow in the future.”
I thought about ending the story because it seemed to be lengthy, but the jackal held out his palm and showed his willingness to finish the story. I closed my mouth and listened to him in silence.
“But I have a position as the eldest son of the Frodo family. You can guess that what happened at the parade ground today wasn’t just my judgment. In fact, it is. This has been planned for a long time with the consent of the father and mother, who are the heads of households.”
“… I see.”
“Well, of course breaking my arm on that was unplanned.”
The jackal’s final words seemed to be a ploy to impose a psychological debt, but I understood his reaction anyway.
He understood my words, ‘Please forget Miri’ as something like ‘Now take your hands off Miri’s affairs’.
I remembered what I had said and said it again.
“The words were slightly misunderstood. No matter what the relationship between Miri and your family is, I’m not asking you to end it.”
“then?”
After thinking about what to say, I said honestly.
“Literally, I want her to forget about me and her relationship.”
“Your relationship with Miri?”
“okay.”
“… why?”
“Because it would be a bit difficult for Evangeles to find out.”
“… ? What do you mean?
“It is literally. The woman Evangeles was talking about earlier… Not Miri.”
“Ahh.”
Only then did the jackal let go of his stiff expression. Then, after thinking for a while, he smiled.
“I thought I was good at people, but I guess I wasn’t.”
“What do you mean?”
“I think I misunderstood you.”
“It’s an illusion.”
“you… I didn’t think it was a horny style like Bastia.”
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As I tilted my head slightly, the jackal raised the little fingers of both hands and waved them.
“I didn’t mean it in a bad way. A good man… Well, you could have several spouses.”
In this world, it is a world in which nobles and royals openly have several concubines along with their wives. Jackal’s words are not so strange in terms of ethics in this world.
However, other parts were not understood.
“What does that have to do with having multiple spouses?”
“Why? You, other than Miri, don’t you know there’s a girl you like? That Evangeles likes that girl too.”
Rather than whether this long misunderstanding can be resolved, I am more curious about whether it should be resolved. The jackal, as if interested, asked in a hint.
“Can you tell me what kind of woman you are? I’m curious.”
“… I don’t want to talk.”
“okay… Still, I want to give you one piece of advice.”
Jackal said with a serious look.
“There are a lot of women in the world, and I think it’s stupid to pretend to be with a friend just because of one woman.”
“… okay.”
I gave up talking to him.
It was frustrating.
I turned and walked to the window of the hospital room. I opened the window wide and glanced up at the sky. Three moons of different sizes formed a triangle in the middle of the sky.
three moons.
[Forbidden Book, Escomin] As I answered ‘The Golem of Language’ during the event, that refers to the difficulty of this game.
There are games where the difficulty is determined by words such as ‘Normal’, ‘Hard’, and ‘Hell’, but ‘Savior from another world’ determines the difficulty of the game by the number of moons.
1 moon is the normal mode, 3 moons is the hardest mode.
In other words, the more the number of moons, the higher the difficulty of the game.
And according to the setting of ‘The Savior from Another World’, the moon is the traces of the devil’s stay.
The first evil that bears fruit from the primordial plant, the sapling of Eupresia.
The lives born after that, whatever they are, are a joint product of the ideology of the devil and god.
And each month has a different meaning.
First, the moon that rises first in the night sky is the trace of the demon of the creation. The moon, like the sun, simply exists, and appears on all three difficulties, so it has no other impact on the game itself.
The second largest moon rising at the lowest level is the trace of the ‘Devil of Destruction’. Therefore, the fact that this second moon is visible in the night sky means that the difficulty level of the battle in the game has increased.
Finally, the smallest rising moon is the sign of the ‘Demon of Discord’. And the fact that the moon has risen means that it is easy for human relationships to go wrong in this game. And needless to say, this is the trickiest element in a game with multiple branching events based on relationships with characters.
And the third moon shines the brightest.
Trees planted around the hospital bathed in the moonlight and cast gloomy shadows here and there. Somewhere it looks sad, and somewhere else it looks miserable.
And after a while, I realized that it was the shape of my heart.
I took a deep breath to calm myself down, but I heard a jackal’s voice from behind.
“Do you remember what I said the other day?”
“What did you mean?”
“The reason why I want to be the grade president.”
Of course I remember. When I nodded, still looking out the window, the jackal continued.
“I said the same thing to a schoolgirl named Adrine Violet.”
It must have been.
He must have wanted to embrace Adrine as well as he did to me.
Jackal is the only character out of all the characters who chooses a woman based not on whether he likes the other person’s appearance or personality, but on whether the other person can be of help to him or not.
“The first thing I do when I try to embrace a person is to reveal the will of my heart first. I judged that her beauty would act as a vote, and I tried to embrace it by explaining that judgment to her. But she gave an interesting answer.”
“What did you say?”
The jackal seemed to recall his conversation with Adrine for a moment, then laughed as if it were ridiculous.
“She said beauty is like a knife.”
“… Are you saying it’s not funny at all?”
“It was after that that I said it was fun.”
After waiting for a while, the jackal continued his story.
“She explained it this way. If you have a knife that can easily cut someone, shouldn’t you be careful about using it?”
I was able to figure it out at once.
It’s a line that is not like Adrine.
She is a character who does not hesitate to use her beauty as a weapon. This was the basis for her survival despite the many dangers of royal court strife, and the lessons she learned from the people around her who died of infatuation.
‘Isn’t the jackal lying now?’ I thought about it, but I soon gave up on that idea. Jackals don’t lie when they try to coax someone out.
In other words, there is a point where Adrine’s character has changed.
I pondered for a moment when that point would be. The timing that was the biggest inflection point for Adrine.
There was one moment that came to mind. It was the day she and I became the same patrol team thanks to Hansu’s trick. I said this in the presence of Ida, Arien, and Hoan.
‘God dwells inside me right now.’
The shock that Adrin must have received was quite predictable. Others would have thought of me as a lunatic or a con artist, but she is a ‘truth seeker’ who can see through the truth of words and writings.
And the first appearance of the one who revealed himself as a trustee is-
It is the appearance of quarreling while trying to stop Ida from following him. Instead of suppressing or coercing her with divine powers.
“To say you have to be careful with your own abilities is bullshit.”
The jackal continued with a sarcastic tone.
“That’s not evil, but it’s not good either. If you have the ability, it’s really the right thing to use it where it suits you better. Just as I, as a member of the nobility, want to become the foundation for the unification of the empire. As if trying to end this sluggish war of attrition on the Frantimo front. Because power starts from knowing exactly where to use it and accepting it before being careful about its use.”
I didn’t feel much emotion from his words. However, there was one point that bothered me.
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Now is the moment to adjust the relationship between the main characters. In order to go to the true ending, there must be no flaws in the relationship between the main characters, including myself.
But, unsettlingly, the values of Jackal and Adrine began to subtly conflict.
Adrine, who has to lead the party, and Jackal, who has to fulfill her role as the second person.