＜Skientia＞, which arrived through the explosion and vibration, looked quite chaotic.
Well, it’s worth it. There is a monster that makes you shed bloody tears just by looking at it.
It is natural that it is Honbibaeksan.
“Is this better though… … .”
Right now, Imperial City is pretty quiet. It is devoid of human beings.
At best, the sound of defeated soldiers moaning in pain is all.
I can’t even scream, and I can’t make a fuss because I’m in a panic.
At least this is because I received [Unknown]’s attack.
If it wasn’t for that, the loneliness would have sent chills down my spine.
“Are you okay?”
“… … I do not know.”
In ＜Skientia＞, which is in such a state of confusion, it is definitely this girl who is in a particularly severe condition.
“My sister went out of her way for everyone.”
Spina, Tia’s younger sister.
She was looking up at the sky with a blank expression.
Dangerous. I feel a sense of incongruity that is hard to express in Spina.
It’s like a ticking time bomb that’s about to explode if you touch it wrong.
“Why doesn’t everyone trust you? Why is everyone so scared?”
I guess you know what
She shudders at the weakness of people she doesn’t believe in, even though she pushed her sister into a fight.
“I wish it was… … .”
“Miss Spina. Humans are weak and timid creatures by nature.”
“Why are you trying to protect cowards like that? While clinging to it, without even believing it. Why are you sacrificing for such a cowardly race?”
It is a natural question to have because he was born as a dragon. How to value the value of existence.
Perhaps this is her nature. No, it must be the nature of a creature called a dragon.
In their eyes, human existence is worthless. It has to be. Because it is special to be born.
In their eyes, human beings are usually seen as little more than pitiful pets.
Even if there is one person who thinks in particular, he does not think of the entire human species.
Tia, who actively intervenes in human society, is unique.
“Hey. Are you really worth it?”
“That is a painful question.”
Tia’s actions were nothing but goodwill. And to Spina, that is completely incomprehensible.
“you’re right. Miss Spina. We are not special enough to protect you at the risk of our lives.”
“then… … .”
“But we can always be special.”
Originally, this is the role her older sister should play.
What I’m doing right now is no different from someone interfering with home education.
“… … can you be special? What are you guys? In what way?”
“Yes. chamberlain… … .”
It’s a look of despair.
No, to be precise, it’s an expression that doesn’t matter anyway. If so, shouldn’t you change that expression?
“You can go to the rescue of the most special person in the world.”
“… … !”
Spina, who was looking up at the sky with empty eyes as if she had lost the whole world, turned her head for the first time.
“Can you help my sister?”
“Yes.”
Eyes filled with anticipation.
“really?”
“Yes.”
“Really really?”
Eyes full of sincerity.
“of course. I will definitely rescue your family.”
“… … .”
Spina started to weep while holding onto the hem of my clothes.
I would have worried a lot. But there was no one to comfort her.
I just did what an adult should do.
“So please wait a little bit. I will definitely bring your one and only family.”
“yes.”
Spina lowered her head.
It seemed that he could not hold back the tears. Like that, she grabbed the hem of my clothes and lowered her face.
“yes… … !”
He gave the same answer over and over again, as if to be sure to keep his promise.
fairy magic
[Lullaby]
He tries to put her to sleep, who must have suffered greatly in the meantime.
It is better to be asleep now than to be sleepy.
And when she opens her eyes, her family will be with her.
So that you can look forward to waking up every morning.
“Then please.”
“I’m sorry, Oz. This is what I am supposed to do.”
The student council president, who had been paying attention to this direction from a while ago.
Leave Spina to Ratia.
“Are your eyes okay?”
Right now, she was wearing bandages over her eyes, as if she had been directly hit by [Unknown]’s influence.
In that state, it would be impossible to ask for help. So it’s right to leave this kind of safe job.
Ratia answered with a wry smile as if she had noticed my meaning.
“Yeah, it seems like I’m temporarily blind, but it’ll be fine in a day or two.”
“I’m glad.”
Of course, not everyone is confused. Most of the refugees and students who have relied on ＜Skientia＞ are in confusion.
A few, including combat-related professors, are relatively trying to rectify the situation.
Yeah, I have nothing to do here.
“Should I move?”
Go straight to your original destination. It is End Lord’s personal laboratory.
My job is to take the elixir and go to Tia.
Of course, it’s best not to use it, but you have to be prepared for anything.
The promised time has arrived.
But here’s the situation. I don’t know if it worked properly.
Well, in any case, this matter was completely entrusted to him. All I can do is believe
“Oz students.”
That’s when I arrived at the lab.
I saw End Lord standing in front of the lab, waiting for me.
It’s a pretty gloomy expression.
“Did something happen?”
“I didn’t know.”
Perhaps the elixir refinement failed. Of course, I have no intention of blaming him if I fail.
Something else I couldn’t do in the first place.
Because if he couldn’t do it, nobody else would have done it.
“Even though I had been told beforehand that things would turn out like this, I was just concentrating on my role.”
“Wasn’t that the best the professor could do?”
“But Oz students. Do you see yourself now?”
At End Lord’s words, he looked down at himself. It sounds obvious, but it was stained with blood.
It was a reaction to receiving [Unknown]’s attack alone.
“You, a student, are doing that, but I was only doing what I was told to do.”
“… … .”
Endlord let out a deep sigh.
But I was rather relieved to see it. That’s not a sigh from failure.
“As an adult, it is very pathetic. Leave everything to the students… … . I wish I could have done more.”
End Lord held out two bottles to me with a serious expression.
If it’s not a failure, one side is probably an elixir. the other one… … .
“The Elixir is complete. It’s your big bottle.”
“Then this one?”
“That one is made by refining the remaining peel of the fruit. You might be able to cure the Oz student now.”
“… … That’s great.”
It would have been difficult just to make the elixir, but I made something like this.
This is more than expected.
It was the result of Endlord’s desire to improve, who thought he was pitiful.
I am afraid of how far this human growth will lead.
“Oz student. My legs are shaking and I can’t move. This was the only thing this pathetic, ungainly adult could do.”
End Lord said that and bowed his head to me.
“Please. Could you please save Tiamat on behalf of this unsightly adult?”
“… … .”
Acknowledge your shortcomings and bow your head in front of someone who is much younger and inexperienced than you.
I know how hard it is without even thinking about it.
He is a really great human being.
“Just leave it to me.”
Thanks to that, even the weak remaining anxiety disappeared as if it had been washed away.
“And the professor’s legs are shaking, it’s probably not because of fear.”
End Lord swallowed the nutrients he had handed over along with the elixir at once.
There’s no such thing as too late for this
“It’s because I’m tired.”
“I’m tired… … .”
“Yes, because the professor has already done enough.”
Did I tell you to look at your own face?
Who is talking to whom?
While I was staggering so much that I couldn’t even tell my eyes right away.
“Get some rest. I will deliver the professor’s present.”
* * *
Gentilis knew he lacked something.
That was before ‘Deva’ was still lost, when he was a human.
He felt an unknown emptiness alone in a world where everyone felt no problem.
I wanted to know the identity of that sensation.
– It’s empty.
An intolerable emptiness.
That’s why I wanted to know. To know that, I chose the path of a scientist.
Because I wanted to know the deficiency in myself, the emptiness of the English language.
Then he found out.
– Is it hunger?
It was hunger.
A sensation felt by most creatures except themselves. A signal to replenish the lack of nutrients in the body.
– Then I… … .
Gentilis started eating to satisfy her hunger.
There were no great difficulties.
They were able to survive without eating anything, but they had some luxury goods.
-no.
But the hunger was never satisfied. In the first place, it is a species that can survive even without consuming nutrients. I lived like that too.
There is no way that emptiness can be filled by eating something now.
– Neither is this.
Gentilis ate relentlessly.
A variety of food and many other items were packed into it.
Hunger does not go away. thirst does not go away can’t fill
At this rate, you will have to live forever in emptiness.
-That’s not allowed.
Recognizing that fact, Gentilis felt fear. To live forever in hunger and conflict.
I can’t stand it.
– There must be something. Something… … .
With that in mind, Gentilis began to study themselves.
Why don’t you need to take nutrition, what is the cause of starvation.
-We can live without eating or drinking. So, if they get their nutrients from the food they eat, what do we get our nutrients from?
Then, what the hell is the way to solve that hunger?
-How on earth can we live without Devas?
Because of that obsession that bordered on madness, he was able to assume destruction.
I was able to uncover the phenomenon of deva depletion.
And only then did Gentilis know the true nature of hunger.
-Perhaps the imperfect life is us, not them.
It must be because he was more imperfect than anyone else, because he was a premature baby.
To be honest, I didn’t like destruction. I just wanted to be reliable, and I thought it would have been easy to get support if I used him.
If we find a way to solve the deva’s deficiency, we will be able to solve his hunger as well.
Yes he was a hypocrite
That’s why I couldn’t help but like a hypocrite like myself.
It was for this reason that he had his eye on Theo.
Theo was a typical honor-seeking man. A person who is intoxicated with the phenomenon of ‘the one who saved the world’, not the purpose of saving the world.
That’s why I liked it.
“But without consistency we cannot live.”
so i abandoned him
I couldn’t help but point out that he, who always put himself first, was willing to risk his life for something.
Even if I tried to change now, it would be too late. He was able to stand at the peak because of his consistency.
he feels hungry And I have lived to satisfy that hunger.
It is a monster that destroys the world forever in order to get rid of hunger that cannot be satisfied no matter how much it is swallowed.
Even if that’s something that can’t be done, there’s nothing to stop.
“Things that are halfway do nothing in the end.”
He hates them.
I’m not sure if I’ll be able to achieve it even if I focus on one thing, but I’m not sure if I can afford it.
That kind of thing doesn’t deserve a goal. You don’t know emptiness.
“Just like you now.”
A battle between firepower and evolution.
The result is this.
He grew stronger, but Tia was covered in blood.
Even with infinite mana, there was a difference that could not be reversed.
One reason why the situation happened this way.
“Parents who want to protect their children are strong, but if they attack their children, that strength loses its meaning.”
“… … .”
It was because Tia was dispersing her powers to protect the empire.
Gentilis isn’t stupid enough to let his obvious weaknesses go.
He spread his attack as wide as possible and grabbed Tia’s ankle.
As a result, Tia was fatigued more than necessary, and even though she had infinite mana, she could not overwhelm him.
“Still, you are strong.”
There were dozens of worlds he swallowed, but he consumed half of them just to defeat Tia.
Doesn’t it mean that the result of consuming dozens of worlds and evolving is similar to only one person?
It is truly an outrageous monster.
But if only I could swallow her… … .
“… … For the first time in my life, I might feel full.”
Gentilis has done a lot of delicacies so far. In every world, in every way, something has been swallowed.
Same goes for tea. He was always eating something.
But was there such a mouth-watering existence among them?
no, no I know it even if I don’t eat it. That would be the ultimate gastronomy.
“It is absurd.”
Gentilis looked away from Tia, who was only floating in the air.
His gaze was directed below.
It was a place that Tia had been trying to protect until now, devoting half of her strength to it.
“What on earth makes you do that… … .”
Gentilis felt regret.
If he swallowed her, he would not be able to expect an equal fight from now on.
So, he wanted to enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime hunt until he was satisfied.
But to go out to protect such a weak human… … .
“Well?”
Looking down like that, Gentilis felt strange.
“Fog… … ?”
Just a few seconds ago, Tia’s flames must have been heating up the world.
Even if the place was the sky and Tia’s barrier was working in between, that was strange.
Some heat can be blocked, but not all convective flow can be blocked.
Can fog form on dry land?
“There is something.”
and that moment.
“Indeed, unlike his stupid appearance, he is a monster with good eyesight.”
The fog over the Samdo River began to take shape.