17. It wasn’t some silly swordsmanship.
– Did you see it?
Open your eyes.
No, it would be more accurate to say that he was conscious.
“Huh!”
Kariel, who was surprisingly accustomed to this experience, was not greatly taken aback, unlike the other members.
“Bah, was that just?”
“That’s St. Cariel’s… memory?”
– Did you see it?
heavy voice.
Everyone turned their gaze to the source of the sound, but even that was different.
That would be too.
The sound was coming from all directions.
At some point there were barbarian warriors in whitish shapes.
Dozens of such people.
maybe more than that
They were glaring at the people inside, including Kariel, as if they were encircling them.
Those who wear helmets go through the gaps between the helmets.
Those who don’t have it are between bare faces, with ugly eyes embedded in the eyelids.
– Did you see it?
“What, what are you asking me to see?”
“No, did you answer because you thought you would have a conversation with a ghost?”
At the words of Baron Loia, Philbar bet on death.
-Then, did you not see it?
“Uh, huh? Hey, I mean… Can you hear me?”
Faced with the facts, Filvar was stunned.
It’s already pale skin, but I can’t believe it can become even whiter there.
-… … .
the silence is heavy
It wasn’t an atmosphere where silly jokes or wordplay would work.
“Look, I saw. I saw it.”
His drooping shoulders look very weak.
“What are you? I can only guess.”
Luke asked boldly.
If you had a little bit of notice, you wouldn’t even have to ask, but it was obvious that you didn’t ask because you needed confirmation.
Their clothes and outfits were proof of their status.
– We are sorry.
they say
died pointlessly.
fell to no avail
I searched for nothing really.
Called.
– It’s lamentable.
If only I had died like a warrior.
If only he had died gloriously.
… There’s no way we’re bound to this land.
on the eternal battlefield.
Standing on the stage of glory.
You should be enjoying the honor of being a warrior chosen by God.
-Why didn’t we get there?
-Why can’t we leave here?
-Please answer me. descendants. Why do we have to rot so miserably and meaninglessly?
A warrior raised an ax.
Someone with a huge sword.
someone with a hammer
There are also those who aim at spears.
There was also a man who hit himself on the head with a large shield.
But none of them were healthy.
who did not have two eyes.
someone’s leg is lame
who had no arms.
If there is a tooth with a cracked cheek, the jaw joint and teeth are exposed.
There were also blood dripping from the abdomen and down the neck.
Even if such people can’t do it, there are dozens.
No explanation was necessary.
That is, they were.
Those killed by Saint Cariel.
Warriors defeated on the battlefield.
Alessia, who had been silent until now, took a step forward and asked.
“The reason you showed us that memory. And I think there must be a reason why you showed up here and spoke to us. Please tell me. What do you want?”
-… … .
long silence.
However, the atmosphere and the momentum they displayed were enough to understand that there was a fighting spirit.
They were fighting against Saint Cariel’s descendents and descendents.
Is it a grudge? Is it a grudge?
Or did you just need someone to vent your anger on?
… I do not know.
but.
Kariel’s gaze turned to one side.
He was still standing there.
in whitish form.
As if it would disappear at any moment, dangerously.
It is exactly as it was in my memory.
No, it’s a little different.
Perhaps, what he looks like now.
After defeating the barbarian warriors. Perhaps it will be after that.
It just doesn’t bleed.
Because his body was already full of wounds.
“Come to think of it… Ruel?”
As if Alessia had just come to mind, he looked at Kariel.
“Did you, by any chance, know that name and write it? Is that why you took it as an alias for your journey as a knight?”
“… … .”
just a weird coincidence.
To think that a child with the same name as the pseudonym he revealed was related to St. Kariel.
When I revealed my pseudonym, I couldn’t think of anything else.
I inadvertently brought the name Ruel into my mouth.
Some of the father’s names.
At the time, that was all I could think of.
I’ve regretted it from right after I revealed it until now, but this is also spilled water.
Picking it up just because you want it would be a long way off.
But in the end, it’s just a pseudonym.
There was no water to spill from the beginning.
“Not at all.”
“okay. Well, the name Ruel has spread a lot thanks to the Knight of Radiance, so there’s nothing new about it.”
like this.
must be mentioned
Filvar also added as if he had just remembered.
“Come to think of it, did you just give birth to your second child?”
this too.
What I could hear sparsely while going to and from the village.
I pretended not to hear
“You-all. Isn’t that important now?”
Baron Roia, who was vigilantly vigilant of his surroundings, was anxiously examining the souls of the saintess Alessia and the warriors who surrounded her.
“Somehow, we only reaffirmed the human side of our ancestors.”
No, rather than being anxious about this situation, he remembered the St. Cariel he had seen a while ago.
Maybe he felt disappointed at the ugliness of his ancestors he saw there.
or.
“But, thinking that it would have happened even if it were me, I can’t blame you at all.”
“father… .”
Ludhi looked at him with pitying eyes.
―Coooung!
yet.
The silent souls kick the ground with their feet.
broke the silence
-What we want is a reenactment of the battle. The battlefield that took place that day! It is a reproduction of it.
“??”
-We couldn’t even meet death satisfactorily. If I had died gloriously here, I would not have been so pitiful and miserable.
“Anyway, it seems that there is an inside story that we don’t know about.”
Filvar lowered his voice and spoke to Alessia.
“… … .”
She watched the situation without expressing a word.
As a saint, she had the duty and ability to help the unfortunate souls of this land in part.
But what if you are a pagan?
Although there were those who were strong enough to say that pagans should be killed.
Alessia was not like that.
‘Irenis-nim forgave even those who tried to stab him to death.’
His descendants and those who wish to inherit His will and teachings.
ignore this?
If he is not such a god-man and is busy making excuses, he does not ruminate on or follow the teachings.
Is that really the right thing to do?
may not be able to follow.
But what’s the point of not even trying?
“… … .”
Of course, Alessia also peeked into St. Kariel’s memories.
It was enough just to look at the stupid man’s expression that this was not what Filvar intended.
However, apart from that, St. Kariel’s life gave her a considerable depth of realization.
“If reenactment of that battle is impossible, what will happen to us?”
she asks.
-Then I will send only one person alive.
A cruel sentence has been passed.
“… What if I refuse?”
– will kill them all We will only buy the one we choose. Only then will this fact be widely known in this world.
“Oh no! Where is that! They say that we have committed a mortal sin!”
Filvar ran all over the place.
It’s just that they didn’t openly oppose it, but the Baronens family was no exception to the change in momentum.
Luke snapped his wrist and said.
“Let’s keep our resolve firmly. Still, don’t we have a saintess?”
that’s right though
“By the way, everyone, what do you do when you don’t have proper equipment?”
“That’s it, one sword is enough… .”
Luke proudly drew his sword, but seemed to have realized something important.
That there was no one armed except for Kariel.
As if he had just noticed this, his face immediately turned red.
Even the saintess, who would be the most important force, was defenseless.
“Since the saintess’ whole body is a weapon, bare hands are enough, right?”
“… Do you want to die first?”
making a fuss
With just one clenched fist, the sound of breaking bones resounded viciously from her grip.
Surprised by that, Pilbar, who made a fuss, summoned his servants with a beckoning gesture as if to harden his heart.
“… … .”
“Luel?”
Alessia asked softly.
As if his mind had been sold elsewhere, Kariel had no reaction.
She, who had been watching him for a moment, naturally gave her gaze to Kariel’s.
A space with nothing.
Even so, Kariel, as if there was something there.
He was staring intently at his surroundings.
Then he suddenly turned his head.
“If it’s a weapon, there’s one more.”
“What?”
Kariel pointed at it with her index finger.
“That one.”
“… … .”
that.
Just an old straight sword.
A sword said to have been used by St. Kariel in the past.
and.
Everyone who peeked into St. Kariel’s memories had no doubt that it was true.
However.
It’s just an old story.
“… … .”
Kariel silently approached it and picked up the sword.
Of course, the blade was gone, but the body was cracked and rusty.
Thanks to the well-preserved, the shape was intact.
“Are you really going to be okay?”
Alessia asked.
Kariel didn’t respond, holding on to that old, worn-out sword.
I took a light breath.
I even closed and opened my eyes a few times.
I snorted lightly.
but.
It’s not a matter of wanting to hesitate.
“You said Did you say that you want to recreate the humiliation of that time?”
– Uhm… ?
“Luel?”
Kariel took a deep breath and said.
“if? where is the end? Are you satisfied with winning? Or will you understand it only after suffering a more devastating defeat than that time?”
– There is no satisfaction. The only outcome is to live or die. So if you can defeat us all, if you can handle us with that skill. All of you who live will return alive.
“Then, what if.”
Kariel raises her detached eyes somewhere.
I looked at the souls once and asked.
“If I had satisfied you, but even if I myself did not survive. Others may be safe, is that a story?”
“Luel?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Don’t say anything strange! You should think of joining forces together. Why are you rashly saying that… .”
cried Kariel.
“Then there will be no hesitation. ruler! here! The Kariel you are looking for is right here!”
cried out over and over again.
“Also, an alumnus of St. Cariel, who gave you defeat! I had a teacher like him! Even the names are the same!”
OK.
The spirits began glaring at that one person in unison.
Over the calm sea, as if a storm was brewing with dark clouds out of nowhere.
The fighting spirit of the barbaric warriors who surrounded the whole area. The whole area was blown with the force of a gust of wind and lightning.
Suddenly, breathing stops.
The feeling of being weighed down by an intangible pressure all over the body was certainly not an illusion.
“Lu, Ruel?”
“What are you talking about now?”
“uh? uh?! Her pseudonym was Ruel, and her real name was Kariel? Is that a story?”
Kariel didn’t bother to look at the other people’s reactions, and didn’t respond or reply to them.
just wait
just be patient
The conversation of spirits rang out.
– Alumni!
-So you’re saying you learned the same swordsmanship as Kariel?
– Alumni? same tribe? Do you mean the same kind?
– Maybe his bloodline? What do you mean descendants?
– Wasn’t he a born hero? Wasn’t he a born warrior?
“Saint Cariel, who defeated you, is a famous patron saint in this era, and his name is widely spread on the continent as a knight among knights. To put it in your way, it would be a great warrior.”
Warrior.
Still, at that time, the name knight had not spread.
That Iland was called a great warrior.
Kariel remembered clearly.
“But, among many, many Kariels, I can say for sure that even if a hundred years or a thousand years pass since then. It will be impossible for you to meet the Kariel you want, other than me. Having learned the same sword as him, and meeting me with the same name as him, will be your last, irreplaceable chance.”
so.
swear here
“If you swear to fight glorious battles as warriors, please accept my challenge. And, regardless of the outcome, let everyone else go safely.”
Right then.
I couldn’t see Kariel.
in a place out of his sight.
Someone who was standing there blankly.
Instantly, I turned my head towards him.
and looked straight
The eyes, which were wide open, shone as if they were burning.
-good night!
Kariel didn’t know.
couldn’t even see
because.
The souls that caught Kariel’s attention seemed to rush towards him at any moment.
It was because I was burning my will to fight.
Even now, if I relaxed a little, my legs would loosen up and I would collapse.
Even holding my breath was all I could do.
He won’t lose either, so he widened his eyes.
Even though I couldn’t stop bloody and burst, and the whites were dyed red.
Kariel didn’t blink an eye.
okay.
This is fine.
Rather, this one is better.
Suffering in this way… Compared to all kinds of suffering and humiliation experienced in the system.
Rather, it’s about to burst into laughter.
“Luel! What are you deciding on your own?!”
Alessia expressed her anger and tried to approach Kariel at best.
Huge spirits blocked her path like a castle wall.
– Do not disturb.
-Are you going to defile the warrior’s soul?
“Warrior?! You mean something like that now?!”
The others were also flustered, shouting something and arguing.
More than that.
I wasn’t even given a chance to do that.
Once again.
The world has collapsed.
as if submerged in water.
But this time, it wasn’t as long as before.
Just for a moment, I blinked my eyes, feeling that the desolate wind had disturbed my vision.
Because the world has changed
“… … .”
There.
Kariel was holding a shabby sword in her hand.
It lay on an open plain.
Why
A smile was drawn spontaneously.
‘finally.’
I never thought I’d confess my damn name in front of other people with my mouth.
Even if it’s ridiculous.
What Cariel was concerned about right now.
It was just such a problem.
He grips the sword with force.
However, this is an unfamiliar one-handed sword.
“… … .”
Doesn’t matter.
How is it?
What if it’s one-handed, and what if you can’t hold it with both hands?
In the first place, he had no talent for swords.
This is just a tool and means called swordsmanship.
What matters is the heart.
Seriously.
It is the will to do so.
promise to make it happen.
So, don’t forget the mindset.
Didn’t you hear from the Demon King?
Early on, she was hit by that, ignorant power of Elhermina, and was nearly crushed to death unilaterally.
Even in those desperate moments.
I was able to move on without hesitation.
Also, what saved me there.
It wasn’t some silly swordsmanship.
The thing that pierced through that thread-like possibility.
It was only will, it was intention.
And what supported it.
[Why did the miracle happen? There are several factors that can be cited, but the key is this.]
Right away.
[Innocent will, beyond earnestness and even innocence. And what supported that was probably the trial decision.]
The demon king said so.
And I remember it all clearly.
Reincarnation of legendary knight Kerial