Love Letter From The Future chapter 123

2. The Lord is with you (44)

There was a strong smell of blood in the cave where the silence fell.

There were more than six corpses that had been pierced by swords, struck down with axes, and had their skulls shattered by fists. Of the ten flesh seeds, I killed more than half.

In other words, while the other six took out four, I alone killed six.

Originally, it was not possible with my skills. No matter how much I entrusted myself with anger and actively stepped forward, it was a massacre in such a short time.

As a result, the muscles of the whole body were stiff. It seemed that he exerted excessive force in a short period of time. Somehow, my head was pounding, and I was lost in thought for a while.

The scenery I saw in a trance, with a high probability, must have been memories of ‘me’ from the future.

Other than that, there was no existence that could plant unfamiliar memories in me. So, is that the end of mankind if I do not follow the contents of the letter?

The emotions of sadness I felt at that time still linger in my heart like a reverberation. Helplessness and hopelessness, anger and hatred.

The feeling of exhaustion was extreme. I staggered, caught my breath for a moment, then let out a sigh.

He trudged to retrieve the sword and hung the hatchet from his waist. My eyes glanced towards the inside of the cave.

The remaining flesh seeds were not at all like this. In addition, there was also an unidentified monster called ‘Flesh Nest’, so it was too risky to rush into it.

As I was about to turn back, my eyes suddenly stopped at the corpse of the flesh seed that Delphine was supposed to have defeated.

In the place where the flesh fell off as if scorched by fire, the face of a child was once again seated. I couldn’t even scream, and the fear-soaked eyes pierced my chest like a finger.

Swear words flowed from within.

I don’t know who it was, but I did something unforgivable. Thinking of the children who were still suffering inside the flesh seeds, I wanted to immediately storm into the flesh nest and destroy them all.

But as of now, it was impossible.

It was a simple calculation. He couldn’t deal with dozens of flesh seeds. Seven people were not enough.

In the end, I had no choice but to say a word to the party who were still looking at me with fearful eyes.

“… … All flesh seeds that are pursuing are repulsed and withdrawn.”

And then I started walking again.

The party, who looked at my back without saying a word, soon followed me. And there was no chatter between the group until they arrived at the orphanage.

It was a grim reality.

The monsters in mythology, the flesh seeds made as children, and even the demons that have yet to be found.

The violence I showed at the end only ignited the fuse.

Unbeknownst to anyone, a crisis was gradually approaching the world.

Even if we didn’t say it, we all noticed that fact.

So the silence was even heavier.

It wasn’t the truth that an academy student could handle at best.

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Until I returned to the orphanage, there were no attacks by demon beasts.

He might have thought that we would have been killed long ago by the flesh seeds. It’s because I cut six of them at once, the flesh seeds were a threatening enough foe.

If the head is not destroyed, it moves endlessly. It was also poisonous, and its strength and speed were also terrifying.

If we hadn’t been made up of seven academy students, we might have died on the spot.

No, I was just happy to die.

It might have been an ingredient for flesh seeds while alive. It was a life worse than death.

That’s why the children who were used as ingredients for the flesh seeds begged so much. Please kill me, thinking about it again, it was a very unpleasant sight.

After returning to the orphanage, we headed to the multipurpose room without a break.

There, I explained to Leto what I had seen. At first, he looked at me with suspicious eyes, but since everyone in the party nodded, he was forced to trust me.

He tapped the table with his index finger. It meant that he was troubled.

While the Theory Wizard sorted out his opinions, we first discussed our upcoming schedule. The result was obvious anyway.

“We need to leave the orphanage as soon as possible.”

That was what I said. It seems that the attack mentioned in the letter has already been experienced several times, and that the nest was destroyed, but it was also not necessary for us to do it.

It was enough to bring an army and wipe it out. Power was such a convenient thing.

However, there were some blind spots in my words. The saintess listened to my words and asked cautiously.

“But then what about the children?”

“… … You can’t get hundreds of children out at the same time.”

Those were Delphine’s words. She was the only one in our group who used to use honorifics only towards the saint. It was because he was the only person on an equal footing with her.

However, the arrogance and arrogance felt in that voice was still there even when dealing with the saintess. She continued speaking in a sullen manner.

“First of all, we have no choice but to escape by ourselves, who are highly mobile. After that, the children should be separated and let them escape.”

“… … Who will lead the process? And what about the children who escaped?”

Delphine’s story was extremely common sense. However, the saintess couldn’t let go of her lingering feelings and asked again.

A blurry hesitation flashed in her eyes. Born in an orphan, she was a kind and compassionate saint. There was no way he was willing to leave orphans behind.

Even more so after knowing that there is a lab right next door where children are made into monsters.

Originally, he talked as if he would leave at any time, but when the time to make a decision approached, his feet seemed heavy.

However, despite the saintess’ swaying gaze, Delphine was determined.

“Saintess, ideals and reality are different. Can we protect our children just because there are seven of us? What if demon beasts and flesh seeds came hand in hand right away?”

Delphine’s words did not waver. The bloody eyes that looked at the saintess in silence were deeply sunken. The attitude of trying to refute if you can refute.

The saintess hesitated, and finally bowed her head.

What if demon beasts and flesh seeds came hand in hand?

The result was obvious. Everyone here was going to die. All of them, including the children and Mr. Guilford.

Yuren shook his head as if he couldn’t stop seeing that.

“I agree, Miss Delphine. I need to get ready to leave soon.”

“Yeah, yes! I have to leave this run-down orphanage and go to the city!”

Senior Elsie quickly agreed with that statement. The trembling eyes in her eyes spoke of the fear she was feeling.

She was like a timid girl. I smiled bitterly.

Seria kept looking at me. The way he glanced at me seemed like he had something he wanted to ask.

The content was obvious.

It must be about the Golden Death Sword, but I had no words to give back.

It was just something I wrote about.

I don’t know how I learned those arcane skills. I could only guess that I had somehow inherited the skills my personality from the future was learning.

It is questionable how the future ‘me’ could have learned that skill, but it was a question that could not be resolved at this time.

So I deliberately ignored Seria’s gaze. Then Seria, who is not good at human relations, would only hesitate and not be able to ask.

I’m sorry, Seria. But one day I’ll tell you about the Golden Death Sword.

While apologizing inwardly, I glanced at Leto.

He was always frowning, as if something was bothering him. It was then that the saintess stood up.

“… … Then, I will go to Mr. Guilford.”

“I thought the director would stay here anyway.”

Those were Celine’s words. His voice sounded a little brusque, perhaps because he had recently been engaged in a strange war of nerves with the saintess. Even so, the saintess only smiled benevolently.

It was a surprisingly pretentious face. People other than me and Yuren might not have noticed the true nature of it.

“It’s important to give people a choice, though. Good deeds must be rewarded.”

Then, as the saintess began to move, Yuren raised her hand and asked.

“Sister, shall I follow you too?”

“No, Yuren. Please get ready to leave. I will have to leave soon.”

Yuren nodded as if he knew that, then stretched out and got up. The saintess and Yuren exited the multipurpose room at the same time.

It was then that Leto, who had been engrossed in it, opened his mouth.

“… … It’s kind of strange.”

“what?”

Everyone was about to disperse, so I was the only one who responded to his questions. The rest were yawning and slowly moving to pack their things.

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Judging by the erratic movements, it seemed that he was very tired. It was fortunate that there were no more battles.

“Why is there no Mine?”

“I must have run away. To be honest, seven to one is a bit scary even for me.”

No matter how strong Mine was, there was no business in numbers unless you became a master.

Of course, I don’t know since I’ve never dealt with Mine, but the seven academy students would have wanted to run away.

There was even a saint among us who could be said to be in conflict with a demon. It wouldn’t be strange if Mine ran away.

However, Leto still looked unconvinced.

“But Mine is definitely responding to our movements. It’s like the monkey beasts attacked all at once today, and they made a strategic move before that.”

“Didn’t you even hear from the Witchbeast?”

“If I had run away, I would have gone quite far, but at that distance, you can communicate with a non-intelligent beast?”

At that, I was silent. Indeed, there was a plausible reason for what Leto pointed out.

But again, it wasn’t all that was impossible to explain.

The magic beasts basically moved only in a way to protect the cave. And since he was quite intelligent when he was a monkey, it wouldn’t be strange if he showed some strategic movement if he became a demon beast.

I tried to talk about it.

If it hadn’t been for a sudden shout.

“… … Everyone, come out right now!”

It was Yuren’s voice. Along with it came the sound of children screaming.

As they slowly moved to pack their belongings, their eyes met each other. The hesitation was over.

Everyone hastily started running. If there was a commotion among the children, it wouldn’t be normal.

And in front of our eyes when we went outside, a wave of shadows rose.

They were witches. Countless monkey demons.

It was to the point where I couldn’t figure out how so many witches were hiding in the forest. Hundreds at least, enough to tightly surround an isolated orphanage.

The group’s eyes went blank.

This was an overly strategic move.

Aiming for a situation where you are placed in an isolated place right after retreating, and laying in an ambush around it in advance and then besieging it?

If they had moved from the forest, they would have noticed it a long time ago. While we were in the cave, monkeys quietly settled down around us.

My eyes turned to Leto stupidly. He tut and clicked his tongue.

“… … I told you, too strategic.”

“So you’re saying Mine is nearby?”

“must.”

At Leto’s assertion, I immediately looked around. If so, where the hell are you?

Now, to break through the encirclement of the demons, defeating the demons was the best way. It was impossible to deal with hundreds of monsters one by one.

However, seeing me hurriedly looking around, Leto let out a sigh.

“… … Ian, you’re not going far.”

While doing so, Leto began to bring out what he had been thinking about, item by item.

“I looked through the ledgers at Guilford Orphanage a while ago. However, the deficit is too large. Hundreds of gold a month, no matter how much money I made during my mercenary days, I can’t make up for this deficit.”

“… … What are you talking about?”

With a vague sense of rejection, I asked.

But Leto, as always, didn’t care how I felt when I was telling the truth. He continued talking.

“And one orphan from the orphanage disappears every month? What kind of witch would take care of things like that? And if there is a food shortage at the orphanage, it wouldn’t be strange if someone as strong as Mr. Guilford went on a monster hunt. By the way, there is no trace of hunting the monkey witch.”

I was silent. Mr. Guilford’s voice hummed.

The strict look of the teacher who taught me arcane skills, and the look on his face as if he genuinely cared for the children.

Is it all fake?

It was impossible. I was so upset that I was about to argue, but Leto’s hand rested on my shoulder.

“… … And Mr. Guilford can keep track of all our movements from his seat, Ian. Can you believe me?”

His serious eyes were on me. I parted my lips for a moment, then closed them again.

Whom to trust, if I had to choose, my choice was always one.

Of course I trusted my friend Leto. My gaze fell slightly.

After thinking for a while, I spoke to Leto.

“… … Just now, the saintess went to see Mr. Guilford.”

Leto’s eyes widened at my words.

When he was lost in his thoughts, he would concentrate so much that he didn’t know what was going on around him. So, he wouldn’t have even heard that the saintess was going to meet Mr. Guilford.

He jumped up on the spot.

“What?! Then why don’t you go right away, you bastard!”

“Don’t worry too much… First of all, don’t tell the kids because it can cause confusion. You never know when the monsters will attack you right away.”

Then Leto widened his eyes even more. Then I was worried that my eyes would pop out.

“Hey, are you going to deal with Mine alone? Did you turn?!”

“Then, leave it to me.”

I kicked the ground as if there was nothing to wait any longer. I heard Leto’s voice calling me from behind, but I didn’t pay attention.

I just thought to myself.

Is Mr. Guilford really a Mine?

If so, there was only one courtesy I could show.

sending you to hell.

My running eyes cooled down.

The saintess was in danger.