248 – True Ending (1)
Pria and Marie continued to hold on to the sword inserted into their left arm’s chest.
And I was concentrating my attention on that.
As if there was still work left to be done.
That too.
Left arm.
I never thought that ‘it’ would face death so easily.
But to put those worries in vain, his left arm did not even move immediately after being pierced through his chest.
“… “
“… “
A considerable amount of time passed in that state.
Marie and Fria placed their swords delicately and carefully, as if they were building a card tower.
Tuk.
Then the body of the left arm falls apart.
It’s vain and unsightly.
It was clearly nothing, just a lump of fabric, a corpse.
The left arm has truly faced death.
“… Under.”
Marie burst out laughing.
“… “
Fria was lost in her thoughts with her complex face.
As Ceylon was looking at the two people, a proverb suddenly came to mind.
Revenge is vain.
‘No?’
Not even a trace of futility was visible on the faces of the two people who had completed their revenge.
The two people felt as if they had been saved.
That feeling of lightness. I feel relieved. A sense of liberation.
Ceylon thought.
The saying that revenge is futile seems to have been spread by those who deserve revenge.
“Oh… “
Fria, looking down at her left arm, made a sound.
Sssss-
The body of the left arm turned into dust and began to scatter.
“Now his existence has completely disappeared.”
The sword that Ceylon gave to Pria and Marie contained his power.
The power of negativity.
It suffocates his left arm, which cannot be killed by normal means, and at the same time denies his very existence.
“So, don’t worry unnecessarily and just enjoy the emotions you are feeling right now.”
Marie laughed at Ceylon’s words and burst into laughter once more.
“… “
Then he began to sob while holding his breath.
With Pria.
When his left arm died completely, the first thing that came to mind was his precious people who had died as a result.
Mother.
Colleagues.
Next, he remembered the atrocities he had committed so far.
There was no doubt. He himself was the same type of person as his left arm.
How many innocent people have lost their lives because of him?
And how many people have lost loved ones?
They were two people who knew better than anyone else the pain of losing a precious person.
That’s why he was so disgusted and saddened by the things he had done.
Now, even the sight of them feeling happy that their long nightmare was over with the death of their left arm felt ugly.
“Right arm…”
Fria picked up the sword that had been stabbed into her left arm’s chest.
“Right arm…”
Marie picked up the sword that had been stabbed into her left arm’s chest.
They took it in reverse and handed it to Ceylon.
You know what to do, right?
The eyes looking at Ceylon seemed to say so.
“…”
Ceylon looked at the swords held out by the two people for a while.
Calmly.
Soon, he accepted the two swords.
“…”
“…”
With lonely yet satisfied smiles on their faces, the two quietly closed their eyes.
Like a criminal who humbly accepts punishment.
But no matter how long you wait, the execution will not be carried out.
The two opened their eyes again and looked at Ceylon.
He grinned as if he had been waiting.
“Shall we go?”
The sword in Ceylon’s hand had disappeared before we knew it.
He held out his empty hand to the two people.
It was sudden.
That’s why I couldn’t think of anything to say in response.
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The two reluctantly held Ceylon’s hand.
At the same time, the space changes.
“This place…”
The place where Ceylon went with the two people.
It was the residence of none other than the great man.
Seylon left the two people behind and went straight to the great man’s shell.
Nearby, he placed his hand on a huge snake, of which only the underside was visible even when his head was raised as high as possible.
“Pria. Actually, I am a great person. Cudalin already knows this.”
“…That name is a curse to me. You can call me anything, so please don’t call me only that name.”
“Oh, excuse me. Then – can I call you Marie?”
“…How do you say my name?”
Mari is embarrassed.
Ceylon smiled awkwardly and scratched the back of his head.
“As you know, you are under my control, right? So when you saw that dream, I saw it too. hahahaha, I apologize for the unintentional invasion of your privacy.”
“…Is that why you didn’t kill me?”
“We’ll hold off on answering that for now.”
Ceylon took his gaze away from Marie and turned to Fria.
“Anyway, you don’t seem to be very surprised.”
Eyes shaking violently.
That was Fria’s entire reaction upon hearing Ceylon’s Weaming Out.
“At first, Marie was crying, blowing, throwing up, screaming, and urinating, and it wasn’t even a fuss.”
“…”
When Ceylon suddenly teased her in a mischievous manner, Marie couldn’t stand it and her expression broke down.
Her determined expression filled with determination to die.
“Do I really need to say that in a situation like this?”
Marie said with her deep sigh.
Her face was subtly red with shame.
“hahahaha, isn’t a joke something that only shines when the atmosphere is heavy?”
Ceylon looked at Fria again and she shook her head.
“No. I was surprised. Very much.”
Pria looked at Ceylon with eyes that still hadn’t calmed down.
“May I ask what you mean by suddenly telling me this?”
“I know it’s rude, but let me ask you the other way. Don’t you guys resent me?”
“Yes?”
“What…?”
“As you all know, the culprit of all of this is the left arm. But if we go back one more time from there, it is ‘this’. The left arm would not have come this far if ‘this’ had not lent its strength. “It would not have been necessary for Fria’s colleagues to sacrifice themselves by summoning the Demon King, nor for Marie’s mother to suffer an unfair death.”
“…”
“…”
Ceylon mentioned a sensitive topic that was her offense to her.
Nevertheless, they did not show any resentment toward Ceylon.
I was just curious.
“What are you…?”
What is his identity?
In response to Fria’s question, Ceylon made a meaningful smile.
“Let’s say he was a person who suddenly fell from the sky one day.”
“Yes…?”
“Marie said that her left arm has been unable to feel the presence of the Great One since some time. Did that happen to you too?”
“…”
Maria nodded and Ceylon continued speaking.
“Perhaps it was then. I robbed ‘this’ of its existence.”
“Robbing existence…?”
You robbed ‘that’ of its existence?
Of that absolute being?
Is such a thing really possible?
It was difficult for the two people to accept Ceylon’s words, but they did not doubt it either.
Because his speaking attitude was very serious.
“I accidentally robbed the existence of ‘this’, and I learned about it when I first came here with Marie.”
After speaking up to that point, Ceylon returned to his original no-nonsense attitude and let out his signature laugh.
“The story has gone astray. Anyway, what I want to say is this. The reason Left Arm was able to commit all these evil deeds was because he had a great man behind him. And, as for me, that great man. Now, let me ask you again. Don’t you resent me, a great man?’
To the two of them, Ceylon’s words felt unexpected and unreasonable.
But I soon realized his intention.
“The great person who deceived the Left Arm and you, the current great person, are separate beings. Therefore, you have no sin and there is no reason to blame you.”
Ceylon nodded.
‘And?’
It seemed as if he was saying that.
“…So, the person I am who was ruled by the Great One and the person I am now are separate beings. There is no sin in me now – is that what you want to say?”
“What is that-“
What kind of poor logic is that?
Marie tried to argue with Ceylon that way.
“…”
But she could not bear to continue her words.
To deny Ceylon’s logic was to say that he had karma for the sins committed by the Great One.
“This… Is cowardly…”
Fria said in a trembling voice.
In the end, the two were left speechless.
Otongsu.
The two could no longer ask Ceylon to put an end to his ugly life.
Even people say that their lives are ugly.
The two people went from perpetrators to victims due to Ceylon.
This is a very convenient thing.
Is this really allowed?
I don’t know.
‘I’m really going to be amazed.’
In fact, Ceylon is different from its appearance of being leisurely, sly, and meaningful.
He had been feeling anxious and worried for a while now and did not know what to do.
Cudalin was under the control of Ceylon.
Pria was under the rule of the Great One.
So, in the end, both people were under the rule of Ceylon.
Is it thanks to that?
Ceylon was able to see the past of the two people directly.
He knows that these two people are victims whose lives were ruined by the left arm and the right arm.
I know that the reason these two people accumulated bad karma was because they were manipulated by these two people.
Even the emotions the two were feeling right now were being conveyed to Ceylon.
Are they going to make the two people pay for the sins they have committed by dying?
It was impossible for Ceylon.
Then what should we do?
In fact, Ceylon had already encountered a similar problem once and reached a conclusion.
This was when Suu, the murder golem, was kept alive instead of being disposed of.
The weight of the issue is so big that it can’t be compared to what it was back then, but it’s essentially the same problem.
So.
Ceylon decided to give the same answer this time.
Because I believed that was the best I could do now.
“Don’t hurt anyone anymore.”
Ceylon took a cautious stance.
The eyes of two people who were lost and wandering like their hearts are focused.
“Even if it’s yourself.”
“…Then what on earth should we do-“
“Now. Everything has been resolved, but the world is still in chaos. The traces and scars left by the darkness remain. Many people need help. You have the power to help them. “Isn’t there this?”
“Will that atone for what we have done…?”
“If you cannot accept your own atonement, I will punish you.”
“Yes?”
“You entrusted me with your punishment. Use your power to help those who have been harmed by darkness. This is the punishment I give you.”
“…”
The two could not question any more.
He didn’t even nod his head.
Just silence.
As a result, he reluctantly accepted the favor that Ceylon had given him.
How.
Has it been resolved well?
It was at that time that Ceylon breathed an internal sigh of relief.
“Huh?”
He looked up at the shell of the great man he was holding.
“This is-“
The great man’s shell turned into dust and was scattering.
Like the body of the left arm.
Great person.
It has finally completely disappeared.
“…hahahaha-“
At last, everything was over.
Yes.
Isn’t it safe to say that we’ve accomplished this?
Can’t it be considered a true ending?
Ceylon tried to enjoy the lingering feeling in earnest.
“…Hmm?”
But at that moment, a voice rang in Ceylon’s ears.
These were five women who were connected to him by becoming people of Ceylon.
They said to Ceylon:
Here now.
It is said that an abnormal phenomenon has occurred in Palgyeonseong.
The air, the space has become distorted-
“Moon…?”
The distorted shape looks like a ‘door’.