engagement ceremony (5)
For 28 years, Runia has walked a single path with her sword.
She has been called a child prodigy and has been expected by everyone as the only successor, and she has fully responded to it.
One day, the house was in an uproar.
“Are you asking me to raise an illegitimate child?”
「It can’t be helped. No matter what, they are Aden’s blood relatives.”
bastard.
Runia, only ten years old, knew what that meant.
“I am your brother.”
A newborn baby who has not yet turned one stone.
The child, wrapped in an old, rough cloth, was rejected and pushed away by everyone, and eventually fell into the hands of Runia.
– Come on!
Even so, the child was smiling brightly as if he knew nothing.
Seeing the newborn baby in my hands, I inadvertently held it out to my parents as if I were proud of it because of how lovely it was.
“Look, Father, Mother. You just touched my cheek.”
「················.」
long silence. embarrassing gaze. I realized it belatedly.
The illegitimate son of the head of the household. An unwelcome existence who was born after killing her mother due to difficult childbirth and will disturb the next heir.
ah. This child is not welcome anywhere.
The mother she gave birth to died of difficult childbirth and was pointed out as the bitch who ate the mother.
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The father who sowed the seeds did not know me, and he denied the evidence of my affair.
The mother, the only victim, was disappointed and silent.
Even the servants turn a blind eye to the child who cries because he can’t eat baby food, saying that he is of dirty blood.
I understood that I was the only one caring for this child…
“Mamma… piggyback!”
“Eunya, I’m tall! Baba, now over 100 centimeters!”
“Sister! I will become a wonderful knight just like you!”
“Uh, sister… I’m going to the academy tomorrow.”
I watched everything about that child.
A weak child who can’t even take care of his fair share if I don’t take care of him.
「Lu, to Lunia Arden 1st Sword Leg… As a new instructor of Aden-style military service, I request a friendly match.」
Less than half a year after sending to the academy. the child has changed
Corinne Locke.
A being who changed a child who was stagnant and buried.
An outstanding knight with talent and hard work. I recognized it at once.
That this man has changed his brother, and that he has a crush on him.
‘The dullness of not being able to take care of my own is still the same.’
I raised him for 17 years. I can clearly see what kind of personality Arisha is.
If I snatch that boy… will this dull one come to his senses?
It won’t be boring to watch it.
“Hey, won’t you marry me?”
Chickens invented the chicken dance. They’re just too embarrassed to admit it.
Just in time, there must be pressure for a troublesome marriage of convenience. I tried it once, but the child’s expression was spectacle.
Even so, it was even more spectacle that he couldn’t notice my feelings.
Well, it’s a fake engagement anyway. When it calms down, it will naturally be destroyed, and Corinne Locke will be free.
A contract for what each other wants. Even though it was done with the intention of provoking my younger brother…
“Each of these calluses is Mr. Runia’s history, evidence of his hard work, and attitude towards life. Should I be ashamed of this?”
“If someone says something, that idiot is intolerant. Because this is a beautiful charm that only you have.”
The more I met him, the more this man had something that penetrated my heart.
A natural-born hospitable.
Those who walk the path of suffering themselves.
His conviction and manliness made my heart throb.
Maybe to the point where I want to make this engagement real, not fake.
However, this is a cowardly act.
This betrothal must be false.
The strongest knight in the east, called the swordsman, was always proud of himself.
“What are you doing here?”
“Uh, sister…”
Looking down at my younger sister who followed me on my date, I read the fighting spirit in the child’s eyes.
“Heh…”
Was it just enough to go to the point of victory?
After all, it is a waste to take it away and make it an established fact.
Taking it a little more confidently would be the magic.
“Do you like it?”
“Yes, what do you think? who, who? Who is it?」
“Always play with your tongue evenly. Aren’t you too old now?”
“I’m sorry…”
“joy.”
Runia floated her rhyme as if talking to herself toward Arisha, who was bowing her head.
“The key to this engagement is avoiding an arranged marriage. It’s a kind of time penalty. In short, there is no need to get engaged as long as you can earn that time.”
“Uh, sister?”
“okay. Right. If someone shows up at the engagement ceremony and runs away with the fiancée…the shock of a broken heart won’t make you want to meet someone for a while.”
「·············.」
Once again, the match must be confident.
Victory in a fair match will be the sweetest America.
“This, this engagement! Opposite!”
I can concede this once. While looking forward to the day when he will be robbed of his younger brother who is conscious of his feelings and has entered the game.
“Ah, Arisha? You, what are you doing right now?”
“Tta, follow me!”
“Uh huh? huh huh?”
Tup! Corinne Locke being led by the grasped hand. How dumbfounded they are, they are dragged away without a chance to resist.
“What, what are you doing! Follow me right now!”
Sophia instructs the family prosecutors. But soon a huge shadow fell from the sky.
– Quaang!
The identity of the falling shadow. Hresbelg, a large passenger ship specializing in the south.
“Corin, Arisha…!”
The eldest daughter of an agricultural empire in the south. A girl with azure hair and an apprentice nun from the Cathedral of Zeon stretch out their arms as if they were waiting.
“Eh? Eh?? Eh???”
Corinne boards the Hresbelg without knowing why. and Arisha.
“let’s go···!”
The number of passengers soared as they spread their wings vigorously. The complexion of Sophia and the guests turned pale at the unprecedented situation that her fiancé was kidnapped by her family’s half-brother.
The only one laughing while watching that scene was Lunia.
“Hahahahaha…!”
“Lu, Lunia?”
“Such a mother. Girl, the shock is great.”
“Oh, no, but why are you laughing…”
“Haa~ Shocked, I don’t want to see men for the time being.”
“Yes? Wait, no. Lunia?”
The eyes of the guests are focused on seeing Lunia disappear from the ceremony with a lively gait.
In this way, the small engagement ceremony held in Aden, famous for swordsmanship in the east, ended with a pato.
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“Hey, what’s the situation?”
Stupid Corinne Locke. To him, Arisha pulled out a piece of stationery from her bosom.
“That… Corinne. My sister asked me to give this to you.”
“······This.”
“I’ll officially come pick you up later. My fiancée.”
“Oh······.”
“What, what is written on it?”
“······You don’t have to know.”
* * * *
run through the night
Armies of the dead fill all directions and screams fill the city.
Originally, the dead were jealous and hated the living. All at once, they rushed towards the fresh and green live meat that caught their eye.
On the main street, in the alley, on the roof… even in the sky.
Silver-colored shapes embroider the night sky, and ink-colored maggots chasing them paint over them.
– Knock!
“this···!”
An undead Abyss shrieker bat that hides in the clouds and dives in an instant. Those gigantic wings attack the silver model.
-Quaaaaaagh…!
Falling new. Acceleration and gravity from the impact add up, and a weapon named Earth hits the slender body.
“Big…!”
the third night. A bizarre sight where the undead form a legion, form a row, and gather in groups to devour only one person.
10,000 undead surrounded one spearman.
“Haa~ Even if only that guy had found it a long time ago.”
The giant flying beast that attacked him, the undead Abyss shrieker.
Since they are free beings flying in the sky, they are always the last Undead to be defeated because it is not easy to find and track them.
Because of that free route, this attack went awry. I have to hurry up and defeat the Immortal King…
“It can’t be helped.”
Silver new model… Erin Danua grabbed the spear and summoned magic power.
The runes inscribed on the spearhead glow with the infused magic power and are engraved into the form. at the same time······.
– Kwaa!
-Kwaaaang…!
-??!!!
The dead distorted by bewilderment. Storms and flames erupted from all sides and overtook them.
“It’s not just playing for 300 years.”
If Erin, who continues to repeat infinitely, has the only privilege, it is that the dead can openly roam the city even during the day when they are not active.
The runes inscribed throughout the city over 300 years are an emergency measure for such times.
Thousands of undead were annihilated at once. A feat that is difficult even for an archmage to achieve. Leaving the burning corpses behind, Erin escaped the flames and headed for the bats flying into the sky.
“The moment you reveal yourself to me is the end of your short life.”
A soaring silver spear. The straight silver spear pierced the Abyss shrieker at once.
of Goesano.
That deadly magic spear shot down the Nazrea Sky Lord in one blow.
“Would you like to rest for a while?”
There is still a lot of time left. Recovers HP and defeats Immortal King.
The death god appeared in front of Erin, who had hidden herself in an alley because it was annoying when the dead clung to her.
“You look happy.”
“Does it look like that?”
Erin does not deny the death god’s words. Why?
The reason for this is unknown to the god of death.
A boy who appeared here in Nazrea five months ago. There was a person who proudly declared that he would stop the repeating three days and received a treasure from the messenger.
Corinne Locke.
A disciple of the original ‘Erin Danua’.
300 years ago, a man who declared that he would save her, who was left cloned after the lunar eclipse.
The Shinigami still observed the daily life that had been going on for 300 years.
One thing that has changed since that day is that Erin always looks down at the city view from the same place after solving the problem.
“That’s why! That’s what Corinne is saying…!”
Erin’s excited voice is a bit embarrassing.
《I’ve heard it several times already…》
The voice of the god of death stretched as if he was fed up. However, if anything about the boy comes up, they don’t care and repeat the same story over and over again.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time… but honestly, I think it’s a shame.
“I want to save you this time,” he said.
Do you know old friends? When he talks about his disciples, he smiles broadly without even knowing that he is blushing.
That she, who has lived in shady darkness for 300 years, shines like the goddess of the moon.
“Ah~ Corinne, I miss you.”
I’ve known her for over a thousand years, but the last queen of these fallen gods smiles stupidly like a girl in love.
“You will see soon. The expiration date is approaching.”
“······yes.”
I miss you so much and sang a song, but when this story comes out again, I immediately die.
Purify 1.2 million souls in Nazrea within half a year. A feat impossible for one human being. Because I made a contract with the Shinigami, betting my soul on such a thing.
“Reaper… perhaps.”
“I’ve said it several times, but no. A contract once concluded cannot be canceled or modified.
A relentless attempt to change the subject of the contract to himself over and over again. Knowing this, this woman persuaded the Shinigami again and again.
“I’m still… a child. Taking away the karma of reincarnation… is too cruel.”
“This is what the deceiver chose, Queen. You are the one who inspires heroes. The one who teaches, trains and bestows wisdom and secrets. Don’t try to do more than that. Do not forget the reason why Goidel’s sword was not pointed at you.”
“You mean that child… will walk the path of a hero?”
“Go to sleep and you are already a hero. Heroes are prepared in the world.”
“…I see. The world faces a crisis again.”
emergence of a hero. This means that a crisis is coming.
Shinigami and Erin, who had lived for a long time, knew the signs better than anyone else.
“It’s harsh…”
He taught and sent countless heroes. She is the master of heroes. The Queen of the Shadow Realm who teaches wisdom, magic, and occult arts.
Because of that kind of existence, the god of death also proposed to clone Erin Danua and leave it in Nazrea.
To understand the Queen’s role in teaching the world’s guardians.
“When Nazrea is purified and I am freed from the bondage of this place, what will happen to me?”
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The answer didn’t take long. At that clear answer, Erin puts on a sad expression.
“It’s a little… sorry.”
《This is also causal.》
“I know. Me too… but regretting things is regretting them.”
How long has it been? Erin stood up on the bed in the private house where she was breathing, and stretched her tired body.
“Then… shall we go?”
The night is over. All that remains is to defeat the immortal king Gerolg and end the last night.
Erin heads to the residential area where he is. I trudged up the stairs to the black magician’s dwelling…
“You’re late? Have you had dinner?”
Corinne Locke.
A young hero with a unique wildness was welcoming Erinn.
“uh?”
“What? I thought you’d be welcome?”
head slapping. He jumped from the roof of a residential area with a blank stare in disbelief and approached slowly.
“Gerolg I took care of.”
“Uh huh? huh huh?”
Contrary to her embarrassment, Corinne Locke pats her cheek with a big smile.
The natural action makes my heart thump and my heart beat faster.
“I told you. This time I’ll save you.”
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Looking at the boy’s smile, the heart beats so fast that it’s difficult to breathe. Every time the callused palm touches the skin, it feels like a tingle of electricity rises.
I know. You should have known it was coming.
“I’m here to save you, Erin.”
Why does the shiver run up my back?
Yeah, she really is the Scathach