Episode. 27 Conversation (3)
“Chwiik… … .”
Rapture was boring.
For an active orc, being locked in one place was like torture.
“I can’t. If I stay still like this, all my muscles might disappear.”
“If you’re worried about that, why don’t you train?”
Jack gave a sensible answer.
However, it was not a clever idea that would soothe Rapture’s heart.
“Training is built up through actual combat.”
“Then, how about sparring?”
“Chwik, only great human warriors can compete with me. Jack will not be here.”
Jack’s fists trembled at the bitter refusal.
I wanted to put at least one honey chestnut on the head of that unorcish orc.
“I’ll go for a walk or something, Chwik.”
But Rapture was already walking far away.
Richard had repeatedly asked me to stay at the 3rd Knights quarters, but it seemed that my shallow patience had finally run out.
“hehehe.”
In the middle of the garden lined with stone statues, Rapture took a deep breath.
The only thing sucked into the pig’s nose was stuffy air mixed with demonic air.
However, to the current rapture, it only felt clearer.
One demon sweats a hundred times more than the sweat of hundreds of men.
He murmured once and put his palms together.
“Horror man. Where should I go to meet Mary Sojour?”
Looking up at the sky, I couldn’t see God’s answer.
God is always like this.
There was no response even though he earnestly prayed to know how to win the heart of outward love.
“You must be a nobleman with a heavy mouth.”
woo. Rapture, who spat on his palm, moved on.
With the belief that if you follow the wind, a flower called Mary will appear.
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“Chuiiik! Winter solstice is not a flower! I mean no!”
“Hey, why are you doing this!?”
The one who appeared in front of Rapture, who was expecting flowers, was an orc named Moritz.
I’m sure I followed the wind.
Rapture looked betrayed.
“Why are comrades here? … !”
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about after Ji came to the Junggeomgung?”
“Chwik, then you’re stuck in your room, what are you doing walking around!”
“I’m taking a walk, why!”
There was no such thing as a red banhjang.
The rapture is nothing other than walking around after violating the command to stay still.
Moritz was even more absurd because he knew about it.
“Such a stupid pig!”
“Stop your kin hatred, Chwik!”
Burr-
Moritz’s fist trembled.
After properly scratching his insides, Rapture rubbed the bridge of his nose.
“now. Please sit down for a moment.”
Anyway, Moritz is not a bad opponent as a companion.
I was still worried about it, so I thought I should take this opportunity to have a frank conversation.
‘Maybe God deliberately guided them.’
Otherwise, would he have met Moritz in this vast land?
Taktak.
Dust rose as Rapture knocked on the seat next to him.
“Tsk.”
Coincidentally, Moritz also needed a companion, so he put his butt next to him without muttering.
As they sat side by side like that, the events of two or three months ago flashed in Rapture’s mind.
“I guess a lot has changed.”
“what.”
“At that time, if there were no great human warriors, you would have been trembling. Chwik!”
A thick red finger pointed to the collar in front.
Only then did Moritz understand the meaning of the rapture.
“hehehe, I thought there was a lost puppy on the wall.”
It was about when Richard left to tame the spirits.
During those days, Moritz lived on top of the castle walls.
Staring intently at the shining allied flags.
“Noisy!”
Moritz, whose memories he wanted to erase, dyed his face red.
Rapture laughed at him.
“Write!”
Even his glaring eyes looked like the grumbling of a young orc to Rapture.
In the end, Moritz had to become a laughing stock for a while longer.
It was time for Moritz, who couldn’t stand it, to think about whether or not to leave.
“comrade.”
Rapture stopped laughing slowly and called to Moritz.
“Why do you keep doing that?”
“Make a choice without regrets.”
“… … .”
Rapture had a very serious face, as if his mischievous appearance from a moment ago had been all acting.
“Human beings tend to be buried in the past. I live by following the will of the past and responding to the feelings of the past.”
Orcs, on the other hand, live in the present.
The capacity of the brain was insufficient to live by remembering the past.
Because of this, I threw away what I had to throw away and learned what I could learn.
Orc’s unique sixth sense becomes sharper through the process.
Moritz looked at it with such a keen sixth sense.
“I want comrades to live every day. Like an orc.”
I was too hung up on the past.
Always Battenberg, Battenberg… … .
I myself did not know.
The Battenberg that he shouted as if he was everything in his life was the meaning he set up himself to spur himself that he was lacking.
“There is no shortage of comrades now. You have become a decent man for this wonderful family. Chwiik.”
“… … .”
“Then you have to make up your mind. How can you follow the will you made when you were lacking?”
Took.
A rough, rough hand rested on Moritz’s head.
Rapture as a child was also advised in this way by an adult in the tribe.
And every time I do, I always get new insights.
‘I hope the comrades do the same.’
Fortunately, the prayer worked this time.
Moritz’s expression, which was tightly shut, changed considerably.
“… … Like an orc I am human.”
“flaw. You may really be my relative. He looks exactly like me.”
“Please no bullsh*t!”
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Rapture, who had a glimpse of Moritz, moved on again.
sniff sniff.
I was walking down the street in a good mood, and I could smell fragrant flowers from somewhere.
It was a scent that tickled a corner of my heart and reminded me of a woman I adored.
good night. A flower that smells like this must be beautiful.
Cut a bunch and bring it to her.
After a series of thoughts, the corners of Rapture’s mouth went up slightly.
“Chwik, obviously this way… … .”
As Rapture turned toward the source of the incense, someone caught his eye.
A garden full of yellow flowers.
On the other hand, an old man whom I had seen several times sat on a chair.
“under.”
Rapture let out a laugh.
After following the wind, he meets his comrades, and after following the scent of flowers, he meets the butler of a great human warrior.
In addition, the old man’s occasional sighs were showing off that he had a story behind him.
Since he was the one who subdued the dragon together, he couldn’t pretend he didn’t see it.
‘Hor man. So today’s cupid is me? good I believe that someday he will send Cupid to me too.’
As a sign of promise, he raised his little finger high into the sky.
I wouldn’t say it twice with one mouth.
At least if it’s God.
Rapture, shaking his head alone, approached Gide.
“Chwik! Hello!”
“you are… … .”
Gide opened his eyes wide when he saw the rapture.
Anyone would be surprised if an orc’s face was thrust in.
“He was a comrade-in-arms of Master Richard. There is no circumstance, so I am greeting you now.”
Gide, who jumped to his feet, bowed respectfully.
“My name is Gied Meyer, the butler who assists the young master.”
“Call it rapture. Chwik, your spear skills are really excellent.”
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“yes?”
“I was there when I subdued the dragon.”
“ah… … .”
Gide opened his mouth.
Come to think of it, it seemed that a red orc passed by on the other side of my memory.
“Come on, sit down! I’m more comfortable not wearing a class.”
Rapture, sitting in the chair, slammed the seat next to him.
The action was as natural as flowing water, so Gide took a seat in his seat.
“hahahaha… … You seem to like Gloria. Come to the small sword palace.”
“Gloria? I love only Mary Sojour.”
Gideon sweated at the unexpected confession of unrequited love.
He was a very peculiar character.
Are all orcs like that?
“Gloria is the name of this yellow flower.”
“ah! This is it, sorry for being ignorant.”
Shuk-
Rapture’s arm turned toward the flower.
“I can’t break it, but… … .”
“Chwik, was it like that?”
The scratching with embarrassment continued for a long time.
Unfortunately, giving Mary a bouquet seemed to have failed.
“The flower language of Gloria is a hymn to glory.”
“Ho! That’s what a great human warrior looks like.”
“A great human warrior… … ?”
Seeing Gide’s bewildered expression, Rapture grinned and said,
“Richard.”
“ah.”
Complex emotions ran through Gide’s heart.
“Are you calling him a great human warrior?”
“Chwik, that’s right. Because he’s great.”
“… … I am curious.”
really. I was really curious.
What kind of appearance did Richard show?
How did he show such great trust?
“What are you curious about? If I can say anything, I will tell you.”
“… … .”
Gide was unfamiliar with Richard.
I was proud of his transformation, but now it was just unfamiliar.
Even if it changes, it has changed too much.
Because it’s like a completely different person.
“Does Rapture believe in God?”
At the center was the god Richard was crying out for.
That was all Gide knew.
“If you are asking whether God exists, I believe there is. Chwik!”
“Your question is wrong. I will ask if you are serving God.”
“For now, I don’t serve.”
for now… … I mean
It was an ambiguous answer.
“Chwik, but God is a distant existence. Others have said that too.”
“You mean the 3rd Knights?”
“exactly.”
Rapture talked a lot with them as much as he stayed at the lodgings of the 3rd Knights.
Among them, Shin and Richard were not missing.
“Even when I prayed, he never gave me an answer, and he never appeared in front of me. In fact, I wouldn’t be shocked if a great human warrior said that there is no god.”
“Then why is everyone following Master Richard?”
That’s something I can’t quite understand.
I don’t know about the Rapture, but if the 3rd Knights think so, then I can’t understand their decision to leave Battenberg.
“It’s the power of the gods, and everything that happened seems to have been done by a great human warrior. Chwik!”
The answer to that question was simpler than I thought.
“… … yes?”
“You know what? If you ask us to imagine the image of a god, we will envision great human warriors without exception. I don’t know why, but it’s just like that.”
What did you see in Richard?
What did the immature youngster show you?
“Did you say the power of God? Could you please elaborate a bit more?”
Gide wanted to know.
How different is the Richard he sees and the Richard others see.
What was the ‘attitude toward the new lord’ that Richard wanted?
“I have nothing more to say.”
chuck.
Rapture’s red, thick fingers pointed to a place in the distance.
The main palace seen over the garden in full bloom.
And on the roof of that tall building… … .
“Do, young master?”
There was Richard standing by the collar of Battenberg.
Why did you go up there?
It was when Gide, dumbfounded, stared blankly.
[In the dark of the night]
[He will deliver the good news through the lamp]
[Soon the dawn will rise]
A beautiful song rang out from the main palace.
It was right after that that light exploded from Richard’s collar.
“Heh… … Isn’t it nice?”
Gide did not answer.
I looked at Richard’s light with open eyes, and heard the angels’ songs with my ears.
[Dark embraces fear]
[The sheep have faith]
[How can I not endure this short night?]
The vassals, each doing their own thing, raised their heads and looked at Richard.
Wherever the light and the hymns reached, the demonic spirit retreated.
Battenberg felt fresh air for the first time in a long time.
“Ahhh… … .”
That’s him.
The ‘Richard’ that others follow so much.
Gideon’s eyes flashed with heat.