Episode 109. Schlus Heinkel (3)
-My Name. I’ll let you know. Iris.
Iris.
okay. This touch was that of Iris.
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Just a little smaller.
There was no difference in its warmth and softness.
– What’s your name?
My hand moved on its own.
Can’t see or hear, but rely only on touch.
He took hold of Iris’s hand with difficulty and placed his index finger on the palm of his hand.
-End.
It’s over…?
At that moment, Schlust’s emotions rushed into me.
‘ah.’
suddenly hung up.
An unknown feeling of despair seemed to weigh on my body.
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Just like when I lost him…
I felt like crying like a baby right now.
In the case of Schlus, he lost his eyes and ears, so it must have added a sense of helplessness.
But Schlus was persevering.
I don’t know what happened, but I was struggling with it.
It was only then that he seemed to understand the meaning of ‘the end’.
At this time, Schlus was giving up on life.
This was where his life would end.
-End?
– The conversation is over.
The handwriting made up of short words was cut off like that.
Schlust didn’t seem in the mood for a long explanation.
I didn’t even feel like thanking you for saving me.
I just wanted to die.
I wanted to end this painful, uncomfortable life.
– Schulus.
-?
-Your name is Schlus. End in Imperial. Is not it?
My, no, Schlusz’s hands trembled, perhaps because of embarrassment.
Schlus.
I see Now I know.
Its name was given by Iris and no one else.
– What’s your last name?
Schlusz refused to speak at all, probably exhausted.
He had shaken off Iris’s hand and pulled it out.
It’s a shame.
It was a chance to find out Schlust’s real last name.
After that, Iris touched my hand a few times to see if she had any regrets and left.
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Judging that no one was around, Schlusz stretched out his arms and began to examine the surroundings.
The place to lay on was a soft bed.
Ah, I didn’t mean to understand the situation.
He was looking for something sharp, possibly a cutlery.
It’s obvious what you’re going to use it for.
“············”.
Soon after, Schlust slid his hand under the bed and grabbed something ragged.
A piece of wood was about to fall.
When I pulled it with force, it came out easily and crumbly.
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Just by touching it roughly, I could tell that the tip was sharp enough.
But whether he was pursuing perfection, Schlusus even tried to poke his palm.
Suddenly, the tip of a piece of wood pierced the back of his hand.
Nevertheless, the solid wood carvings maintained their shape.
A faint smile appeared on his lips.
He seemed to think that this would be enough to kill him.
Where are you going to target the carotid artery in your neck?
‘Oh crazy.’
Oops.
This bastard was crazy beyond my imagination.
He pressed the tip of a piece of wood into his temple once, and then took it off again.
To make a groove in the wall before screwing it in.
It seemed to be working.
Soon, the internal circuits started running in Schlust’s body.
The whole body became hot, and the generated magical energy began to spread throughout the body in an instant.
The mana made in return strengthened my fist, and I tried to drive a piece of wood into my head as it was…
“······································································!
All of a sudden, something hit me and I was stopped.
Due to the wrong direction, the piece of wood lightly brushed against the skin of his head, and, unable to withstand the strength of Schlus’ fist, it broke and flew away.
Suddenly, I got angry.
He felt more anger than the pain caused by a piece of wood burrowing into his head, and more than the pain of being pierced by the palm of his hand.
A slender arm touched Schlus’s outstretched hand.
The shrewd bastard immediately grabbed the girl by the shoulder and threw her on the bed.
A strong hand reached up, stroking the girl’s collarbone.
Finally found the neck.
Suddenly, I sat on top of her and grabbed her neck.
It wasn’t meant to be a threat.
Even if I begged for help anyway, I was not in a state of being able to listen.
I just wanted to kill him.
I killed everything that got in my way, and I wanted to die too.
Without any hesitation, he tightened it with a force to really kill.
There were no tears, no painful faces, and no squeaks.
It was perfect for killing people.
“···········?”
Then a soft hand touched my face.
I wondered if he was trying to resist by poking his eyes.
But that touch, a gentle touch, ran up my cheeks and wiped away my tears.
Even then, his extended hand reached my temple and began to caress the torn skin.
It hurt.
it hurt terribly
My head hurt so much that I didn’t even know I was hurt because of excitement until just a moment ago.
However, after a while, he felt the wounds on his head connect and the pain went away.
“············”.
Schlust’s grasp was loosely released.
It seemed that all of a sudden a feeling of guilt was rushing in.
Again, that slender hand touched my seated hand.
But Schlust didn’t want to pull his hand out anymore.
These were the words carefully written by the index finger.
-it’s okay.
I groaned and something was about to come out.
I, Schlusus, took Iris’s hand and turned around again.
Facing her, Schlus couldn’t raise his head.
Then he opened his mouth, squeezing like an idiot.
I’m sorry.
I cried out that I was really sorry.
I couldn’t even tell if I was pronouncing it properly because I couldn’t hear, but I continued to apologize.
Squeezed by Schlust’s guilt, he began to have doubts.
I wonder when this is going to end.
I feel like the ‘memory of my own body’ was activated for 10 minutes.
Until now, no matter how long it was, it was around 10 seconds.
It’s the first time it’s been this long.
In reality, what kind of state am I in right now?
Maybe it’s like a bastard, waving his hands in the air.
Slowly, I started to worry, but there was no way to deal with it.
‘ah.’
there was.
The reason the ability was activated in the first place was holding Iris’ hand.
If that’s the case, then in reality, I would have to get rid of Iris’s hand.
The question now was whether the body of reality would move as I thought, with the senses and the schluses of the past fully interlocked.
As a test, I tried to move the left hand that Iris was holding.
‘sh*t.’
It was no use.
I was trapped in Schlust’s memory.
***
To my surprise, to my surprise, that damn ability had been active for more than a full day.
How did you know without seeing or hearing?
That’s because Iris took care of every meal.
This was my 4th meal.
Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t try to open my eyes all this time.
In reality, I actually observe the flow of mana and replace my eyes and ears.
But here that wasn’t the case.
It was difficult to read the flow of mana even with cancer.
Was the mana sensitivity of the past Schlusra lower than it is now?
But the most frustrating thing was that I couldn’t move my body at will.
I was feeling all the senses, but I was about to go crazy as time went on that didn’t move as I wanted.
I had no idea that reading other people’s memories would be so painful.
– Let’s go for a walk.
These were the words Iris gave me in writing.
Schlusus hesitated for a moment, as if hesitating, but then he grabbed Iris’s hands and stood up.
My legs trembled.
It wasn’t a lack of energy since I lay down and rested for at least a day.
He must have been injured in his leg.
“············”.
I took Iris’ hand and left the bed, taking one step at a time.
Into the pitch black where nothing can be seen.
I walked on the floor that I didn’t know when it was going to turn off.
At first, I was afraid, so I stretched out my feet and patted them as I walked.
At that moment, I felt Iris trembling through her hands.
It wasn’t for a long time, but if I had seen her, I could tell without seeing or hearing about her.
This was her laughing and shivering.
Perhaps Schlus noticed that too, or the medicine rose and he took a step forward.
As I walked down the hallway, I touched the stone wall.
He touched the wooden door.
And when I came out, I felt a refreshing breeze.
At that moment, Schlusus felt no hopelessness, no guilt or anything.
I was just living in this moment.
I was enjoying being alive.
At that moment, Iris’ hand suddenly fell.
“······································································!
Schlusz This bastard was suddenly bewildered that one of his hands had disappeared.
He hurriedly searched for Iris and struggled all over the place.
As if the lifeline had disappeared.
At least Iris must have been joking around.
pathetic guy.
“··········································································?!”
Then something tapped my chest.
I fell back and smashed my butt.
But it didn’t hurt at all.
Rather, it was soft.
It was only then that I realized that I was lying in a flower garden.
As soon as I felt Iris approaching, I immediately grabbed her hand.
I held onto it tightly so as not to let go again.
Maybe I was in tears at that time…
I do not know.
I don’t know now.
“············”.
To be honest, at that point I was in a state of resignation.
I can’t find a way to get back to reality.
That doesn’t mean I can’t do anything here.
I had no choice but to watch this 5D movie that felt so real.
Around that time, Schlus was resigning as well.
At first, he was the one who threw away each time Iris picked flowers and gave them to him, but now he stayed still even when he put them in his head.
Iris was treating me like a decoration doll.
but. If it was 10 years ago, Iris must have been a child too.
Because I couldn’t see or hear her, I felt only Iris’ infinite goodwill, so I was mistakenly mistaken for the woman she is now as an adult.
Iris also had a childhood-like time…
As if tired of playing with decorating, Iris came and sat down next to me.
hands still holding tight.
– You know what? There are people who see and hear it as mana.
– Where is that person?
– Yes, really.
– Even if there is, it is not a story that applies to me. I don’t like reading mana.
– You can practice.
-·········.
– There’s nothing you can’t do with practice.
At this time, it was easy to guess what Schlus was feeling.
bullsh*t
He must have been thinking like this.
-Does Iris know how to do that? Close your eyes and look at your mana.
-I can not.
– What if you can’t even sleep?
– Then let’s do it together. I will practice from today too.
I was fed up.
What is this cheap chewy?
Iris was so good that all the fighting with Iris so far felt meaningless.
It is often said that people cannot be divided into good and evil, but Iris was an exception.
Iris was an incredibly kind person, even approaching and helping those who tried to harm her first.
I felt it again.
– First, let’s focus on the mana right in front of us, shall we? I’ll draw a simple recipe. Let’s read it together…
Iris saved Schlust alive.
And then, he rescued me from a feeling of despair that made me want to die.
In addition to that, he was trying to restore the now lost eyes and ears.
From now on, this must be the part where Schlust is trying to open his eyes.
It was probably the moment I thought it would take a long time.
“Ahhhh!”
“Surprised!”
Suddenly, the field of vision was wide open.
The trembling of mana began to come to me in the form of a sound in an instant.
Looking back, Iris’s hand was gone.
“hahahaha······.”
I’m back.
into reality.
But I couldn’t separate my own from the feelings of Schlusus that had mixed in me.
Waves of unknown passion continued to rage.