88. Negation
The body that is completely ruined,
Even cheap coffee is sweet.
Horok-
The more you drink, the fatter you become.
I can definitely say that it tasted better than any other drink I’ve ever had.
I put down my glass.
A dark orphanage room.
A primitive torch softly lights up the room,
The table creaks even though it is not moved.
And, she is sitting in front of me.
“The religious order even supplied luxury items.”
“It came out when I looked for it.”
After that, the conversation stopped for a while.
The sound of firewood burning,
The sound of insects in the grass outside can be heard overlapping.
The first to break the silence was Scarlett.
“Liz Blaze.”
“…”
“It’s my name. My real name.”
If it weren’t for the Cleric, I wouldn’t have had to tell such a personal story.
All the words she spoke before she died mercilessly touched Scarlett’s dark side and mine.
There was a need to re-establish it.
What kind of person is Scarlett?
And, what kind of being is Ivan?
It was just a difference in order.
“I was originally… A nobleman. A nobleman from a fairly large family. Have you ever heard of the Blaze family?”
“There is.”
“Then, I guess you already know.”
I know. The fact that she came from a noble family, and the fact that that family once fed her.
And, the fact that it disappeared overnight.
I didn’t need any particular reason to know that.
Probably most nobles with even the slightest interest in world affairs know this.
It was such a big family,
It was such a shocking incident.
There was one thing that Ivan should have been surprised at.
“I thought it was strange, but I didn’t know he was a real nobleman.”
“You were guessing… It was there?”
“For a commoner from a back alley, it was surprising that he didn’t use any vulgar swear words.”
“Ah.”
When Scarlett heard what I said, I felt relief for some reason.
As if there was any other reason why Ivan would know about her past.
And, slowly, I was able to guess that as well.
“Are you the only one who survived?”
“I don’t know. A few people besides me escaped alive, but I don’t know what happened now.”
“I see.”
I don’t know why Scarlett’s family disappeared.
I didn’t really want to know.
Selection and concentration.
The story behind the heroine Scarlett is not very helpful to me in returning home.
So, only reasonable guesses were left.
For a family of that size to explode, it was natural to assume that it had already festered inside.
I thought that the power struggle within the family reached its peak and he committed suicide.
That didn’t seem to be the case.
“I still remember it vividly. The mansion engulfed in fire and collapsing, the tearing screams. And…”
A trembling voice.
Eventually, she reveals the reason for her extinction.
“The shadow of someone who created all that hell and murdered my parents. I can’t forget that sight to this day.”
The internal conflict did not explode,
It was the work of an outsider.
Sinchang Rampage.
It is now in her hands, but
This is a keepsake that originally belonged to her father.
He is a man who can destroy the family that owns the highest-ranking holy relic in just one night.
The candidate group was not that wide.
And Scarlett probably.
She must have disappeared that day, so I guess she was looking at me as a prime suspect because I knew about Shinchang.
If so, the progress made so far is understandable.
“Do you remember what the Cleric said?”
When you last fight with the cleric,
She said.
I was deceived by you,
You were fooled by that guy.
The fact that this was a situation where one of us or the Cleric would have to die anyway added credibility to that statement.
Because there is no reason to bluff.
She followed the Cleric’s will,
It seemed like it was related to an extinct family.
The difficult thing is,
I have no idea about its authenticity.
This guy may have really done it.
Regardless of whether you have the ability to do so.
If possible, he’s a psycho enough to commit such a thing.
No matter what they say here, it is ultimately a lie.
Because I didn’t know Ivan’s past in the first place.
So, if it is going to be in the form of a lie.
It would be better to be a white lie.
After a long silence, I raised my right hand.
Then, he turned it over and showed the stigma.
“I belong to a religious denomination.”
“……”
“The reason the Cleric is ridiculed is because of this.”
The cleric smiled and said that you were a squire like me.
This was said after confirming that he was the owner of the stigma,
I distorted and lumped the meaning into something like ‘an important person in the religious order.’
And, I decided to become one of them.
“The denomination is completely different from its appearance on the inside. “It is a group that can commit any inhumane act as long as the cult leader’s ambition to devour the empire is not extinguished.”
“…I have clearly learned that they are not normal people.”
“I was the chosen confidant of that cult leader, and the Cleric will be the same way. “This tattoo is proof of that.”
The Cleric learned Scarlett’s true name,
I also knew that Scarlett was the Empress of her Divine Spear.
The logic was that it was possible because he was a close associate of the religious leader, the head of the largest organization in the empire next to the imperial family.
Then, the Pan-India that destroyed her family.
It is natural for this to become the denomination to which Ivan belongs.
But, I drew a line.
“But, the owner of the shadow you saw that day.”
“…”
“It’s not me.”
I have nothing to do with that matter,
Rather, they are trying to destroy the denomination.
The latter was proven by soaking the cleric, but the former is an area where empirical evidence cannot be provided.
I didn’t do it, so just know that.
There is no human being who can ignore these words.
So, you have to persuade them somehow.
“The reason is-“
“No.”
However, Scarlett shakes her head.
“Don’t talk.”
“……”
“That’s it… that’s enough.”
Scarlett refuses further explanation.
She knew it too.
What I have confessed so far and what I will say in the future may be outright lies.
As long as that possibility remains,
There is no meaning to this conversation.
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“You are an eccentric and twisted instructor.”
“……”
“I’m not the kind of person who would do something like that.”
“How can you be sure?”
“…Because I decided.”
Only then did I realize.
If he thought Ivan was the guy who wiped out his family in the first place, he wouldn’t have even told his story.
She has already decided on the answer,
I was only longing for certainty.
“Just as you chose me, I chose you. So… act like a teacher.”
What is sitting before my eyes right now is,
It is not a character defined by phrases such as ‘heroine whose personality has become sharp due to a miserable past’.
Just a girl who has just become an adult.
He was a person who wandered and sometimes forced himself to ignore suspicions he wanted to deny.
It seemed that way.
I put down my glass and got up.
As much as Scarlett covered me up and trusted me, I also had to clean up what I should have done a long time ago.
To the noble in front of me,
I bowed my head and apologized.
“Deception until now. And I ask for forgiveness for my rudeness. “Miss Liz Blaise.”
“……”
Even though I knew about her past, I ignored it,
Even though they knew he was a nobleman, they treated him like a commoner and punished him.
If it were Ivan, he would definitely point this out and move on.
But, there is no answer.
I slowly became anxious.
‘Is this really true? ‘I guess not?’
I admit it.
It’s an agenda that deserves a beating.
But, in this atmosphere?
I think it might be possible for him.
How long did such thoughts last?
Tub-
She came here before I knew it,
He grabbed my chin which was down and lifted it up.
“I just said it. “Behave like a teacher.”
“……”
“Don’t call me Liz. “Because it’s awkward.”
Although it is said to be awkward,
It’s not just because of that.
“Is that really all you have to say?”
It was a kind of declaration.
“Scarlet Rain.”
“Yes. “I’m listening.”
“Are you ready for the future?”
I turned her enemy into a cult,
Because my enemy was a religious denomination.
She still remained Scarlet Rain.
At least, until the common goal is eliminated.
It was like a wordless promise.
“Yes. Please take care of me.”
She agreed,
He pulled my arm up and raised it.
Then, he placed it on her head.
Even though I was wondering if this was right, I carefully moved my hand and stroked her hair.
She does not respect anyone,
Even empty words cannot say that one has a good personality.
Although he is always blunt.
“Now it seems a bit like a priest.”
That may not necessarily be the case.
—
There was great progress in the relationship with the heroine,
I felt like I couldn’t possibly attach any affection to her alley itself.
Why?
“Ah, I really hate it because he’s a noble…”
Myceliac disease imprinted in the soul.
Because of those useless ‘aristocratic qualities’, using the bathroom here felt almost like a near-death experience.
I have to go back quickly, really.
After coming out of the bathroom, I headed back to the room at the end of the hallway. The place where I drank coffee with Scarlett.
Apply more eyes,
When the time comes to be able to walk normally.
I have to grab a carriage and go back right away.
While I was walking with that promise in mind.
“I thought you were doing this to pretend to be a priest, but it turned out you were just a worm by nature?”
Behind your back,
I heard a welcome voice.
When I turned around, there she was standing.
Playful, but somewhat cold impression.
Blond hair cut short.
…And one eye covered with a bandage.
A vision that will probably never return.
“You survived.”
“That’s it.”
It was Pelia.
Poor girl