98 – (Side story) Warmth
The day after having dinner at Master’s family. Master’s descendants suddenly expressed their willingness to join us on our journey. I didn’t like her because she had no resemblance to Master, but I didn’t oppose it because she said it provided many conveniences.
That’s how she joined, and I scratched her temper from time to time. Like the last time, he gave off an air of special relationship with him, or scratched his temper in a way that interfered with her attempts to close the distance with him.
Whenever that happened, it was refreshing and enjoyable to see the immediate response.
But that pleasure soon came to an end. The moment you enter the area called Seolwon. I felt extreme cold that I had never felt in my entire life.
Although I traveled here and there with Master, I had never visited a place this cold, and since I usually lived in the south where it was hot, I couldn’t experience this cold.
In such cold weather, I used a warming magic tool given to me by Master’s descendant, but the effect was insignificant. When I told her about it, she explained that the function of the warming magic tool is weakened in the snowfield.
Her words sounded a bit questionable, but I had no choice but to endure it.
The cold air that made my breath freeze white, my skin feeling like it would fall off, and the eyes that caught my foot every time I took a step. It was clearly felt that they were eating away at his stamina.
My stamina was so low that I didn’t even have the energy to speak. As I was breaking through the terrible snowfield for several days in that state, I heard the cry of an animal.
The sound was familiar. The sound faded for a moment, then began to approach with great speed. Then the familiar monster appeared.
Black thorns and the twisted shape of a beast. It is a monster that the witch’s servants took with them.
Since he’s been killed a lot in the past, he’s a guy that can be easily killed in a normal state. However, it is difficult because all of the physical strength has been taken away from the snowy field.
That’s why I tried to raise the energy of blessing, but I couldn’t move my energy like my heart, probably because my mental strength was exhausted along with my physical strength.
I tried to squeeze my mental strength, but the power of the blessing moved slowly. In that situation, the monsters and their balance began to fall apart.
In such a situation, impatience began to creep in. As if that impatience had become poisonous, the power of the blessing was out of control.
While swearing in such a situation and squeezing out his mental strength, the monster’s black thorn pierced his stomach and blood spurted out in all directions.
The scene reminded me of Master being carried away by the Elder, covered in blood. The image came to mind and the mood fell into abyss.
I haven’t changed anything I am still helpless to do anything.
I hate it so much. want to change
The moment I thought so, the energy of blessing began to move according to my will. He raised that energy to create a purifying flame and burned the monster.
The monster collapsed with the same cry of the monster as before.
After confirming that the monster had collapsed, he looked at him and saw Master’s descendant holding him in his arms and shedding tears. He struggled to open his mouth, wiping away her tears.
“Don’t cry.”
Those words sounded so warm. It sounded warm enough to remind me of Master, and I was overcome with tears.
can’t understand it Why do you keep reminding me of Master from that human and feeling Master’s warmth? I don’t know if I even have feelings for no reason.
I can’t understand them, so I want to know him a little more. I want to know about a man named Alik Norman, a man who strangely resembles Master, and a brother who has been greatly blessed by Kaian.
With that thought in mind, he and Master’s descendants moved the brother to the witch’s abode and treated him. Fortunately, the brother opened his eyes without any aftereffects.
And we went around the witch’s abode and investigated. And I saw what I didn’t want to see. The bodies and relics of gods killed by witches. Among them was Ariel, the god of the elves.
Ariel-sama suddenly disappeared and the relationship with the elves was cut off, but she was killed by a witch.
It is bittersweet. That bitterness became a heavier and darker emotion in the next one.
In the journal left by the witch, I found the reason for the disaster that befell Master. It was only because of the witch’s play that Master suffered so much.
When I found out about it, I felt an indescribable feeling.
That feeling did not go away no matter how much time passed. It continued to linger in my mind. I hid it and acted bright as usual. It wasn’t difficult to hide emotions from the Dark Elves.
Even when I was with a brother whom I didn’t like at first, I hid my emotions and acted like an innocent child.
While doing so, I followed my brother and Master’s descendants to a place called Hwangseong where a man called the emperor lived. It was a place where all luxury and splendor seemed to have been gathered and condensed.
I felt an inexplicable disgust from it. While enduring such disgust and helping Brother and Master’s descendants, I felt an eerie and unpleasant energy.
I felt an energy similar to that I felt from the witch’s servants, so when I headed to the princess’s room to report, the brother opened the door and came out. And the brother said he was going to check it out, and I told him to escort the princess.
When I told that brother to run away in case of danger, he answered yes and got off immediately. When I looked at such a brother for a while, I felt a bigger energy and a red wall appeared on the stairs going down. I tried to cut through the wall, but I only felt a heavy repelling force and failed.
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Looking at such a wall, I wanted to wake up the sleeping relic and use it, but using the relic quickly drains my stamina, so I put it on hold and prayed for the brother’s safety.
I focused on praying like that and feeling the energy. Fortunately, I felt the brother’s energy normally. As I was concentrating on and feeling the brother’s energy, the unpleasant energy disappeared one by one, and then a huge energy suddenly burst out.
As soon as I felt the energy, I woke up the holy relic and cut the wall. When the red wall cracked, the huge energy was felt more clearly. It’s smaller than the high priest, but it’s too huge for me to handle.
I hesitated for a while at that energy. While hesitating, Master’s descendant jumped up with a dark face and tried to go down.
It was clear that it would be dog death, so I stopped her. But she screamed and screamed that she had to go and help Alik.
I couldn’t stop it because I saw my old self in her like that. However, I couldn’t let her die, so I gave her the spirit evil I brought from the Holy Land.
I ate it in the past, so eating it now doesn’t have much effect, but if she eats it, it should be enough to send an aura from a distance.
With that thought in mind, I fed her, threw an aura from a distance, advised her to support, and went downstairs.
When I went down, I could realize the identity of an unpleasant and huge energy. It is the energy of the old saint, the apostle of Armis-sama, who was corrupted by the witch’s scheme. Realizing that, the hand holding the sword was full of strength.
The fact that she, who used to help people by saying that she respected Master while wandering around with Master, swore allegiance to the witch who made Master suffer, and met the person who accused Kian-sama of being an evil spirit made her head hot.
Forcing my hot head to calm down, I quickly ran to get the brother away from the garbage. And I did my best to fully unlock the power of the holy object and kill the scum.
I did my best, but my stamina quickly ran out and showed the floor. On the other hand, the trash seems to still have room.
In such a situation, I think of Master.
What would Master have done in this situation?
I’m pathetic for thinking like that. I feel sorry for myself who still relies on Master. I feel shabby and disgusted because I can’t do anything by myself.
In that thought, I gnawed my teeth and squeezed everything out. Then, the garbage caught the gap left by arrogance and succeeded in defeating it by using the fragments of energy thrown by Master’s descendant.
Relieved by that, my strength was released and my body staggered. Then the brother ran up and helped me. In such a brother, I could see Master’s image again.
Also, it was funny and pitiful to see Master in a strict person, but I want to enjoy it for now. So, instead of hiding my heart and making up words as usual, I said what I often said when I was young, who wanted to be praised by Master.
“Brother. How was I?”
Then the brother said in a wet voice that looked like he would cry at any moment.
“It was great.”
The words Master often said flowed out of the brother’s mouth, and the brother and the master seemed to overlap.
For some reason, I was so happy that I laughed. And I felt my consciousness blur.
“You said that, it’s too rewarding… I overworked myself, so I’ll take a break now.”
“Okay, rest in peace.”
His trembling voice sounded so warm that he was about to cry. I fell asleep feeling longing for that warmth.