4. Rynella’s fate is decided by Rynella (52)
The saintess’ warm consolation continued for a long time.
I could hear the whispers of passers-by. It wasn’t a saintess who didn’t know this, but she showed no signs of letting me go.
It was just bewildering for me.
Wasn’t it the saintess who always teased me and teased me?
But suddenly, he hugged me tightly and comforted me sincerely, to the point where I wondered what the hell had happened overnight.
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Judging by the fact that he looked closely at me at first, it seemed that he had seen a future ‘me’.
Then, it was more reasonable to assume that the change in the saintess’ attitude was also due to ‘me’.
Even while my thought circuit was running without a break, the saintess continued to soothe me.
Now it was even mixed with a little bit of crying.
The saintess stroked my hair and continued talking.
“Only you, as much as you, I will never make it like that… I’ll be by your side whenever you’re having a hard time or you’re sick, so be sure to consult me.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
The voice she spat out became a mumble, blocked by the saintess’ soft valley.
I wanted to ask about the circumstances, but the saintess wouldn’t let me go.
In fact, with a little effort, I could have escaped from the saintess’ arms.
Thanks to her mastery of jujutsu, the saintess’ physical strength was on the strong side. Even so, it was nothing compared to me, who had only trained swords for the rest of her life.
However, I couldn’t push the saintess away in the end.
because it felt good
The saintess’ arms were cozy and soft.
Memories from my childhood came flooding back.
They say that a man is a child no matter how grown up he is.
Like those words, it was hard for me to shake off the saintess’ motherhood.
To be precise, it was a certain body part that symbolized motherhood.
Still, it seemed like he could understand why the saintess was acting like this when she tried to listen to the story in silence.
In the saintess’ words, several keywords were constantly ascending.
Like ‘alone’, ‘pain’, or ‘I’ll be by your side’.
Apparently, the saintess was shocked when she saw the future ‘me’.
It must have been sad and scary that my original future was like that.
I’ve never talked to him myself, but I could roughly guess what state he was in, even if I put together the fragmentary memories I’d peeped at.
I lost all my precious people.
The only mission left for him is an empty word: ‘Save the world’.
Could he have saved the world in the end?
It was an unknown future, so I raised my head while inhaling.
Then, he held the grieving saint’s hands tightly.
“Saint, don’t worry. Isn’t that Ian Percus?”
“… … He also claims to be ‘Ian Percus’.”
Alas, it was.
When pity in the saintess’ eyes was young again, I quickly corrected my words.
“It’s different, because there wouldn’t have been a saintess next to him.”
In fact, it may have been.
But I didn’t care enough to mention it.
The saintess still had a sad face, but she seemed a little relieved.
“So the path I will walk will definitely be different. In addition to the saintess, there are many good friends by my side… Do we really need to make painful decisions?”
“Ian, that… It can be a bit difficult.”
The saintess slightly avoided my gaze and blurted out her words.
It was a look of distress to anyone who could see it.
I just stared blankly at the saintess, wondering why she was like this.
After hesitating for a long time, the saintess finally closed her eyes and spoke to me.
“… … I decided to abandon the Percus Territory.”
While persuading the saintess, my body stiffened.
For a while I didn’t understand that.
throw it away The Percus Territory?
why the hell
A lot of questions swirled in my head, but I managed to squeeze out only one word.
“Absolutely not.”
Right after that, I started visiting people around me randomly.
The first person to visit was Arthur, the imperial administrator.
He showed a dramatic change beyond that of a saint. As soon as he saw me, he jumped up and stood up.
And when I was about to kneel down, I was startled and stopped.
As I stared at him in a daze, Arthur greeted me in a cold sweat.
“Hey, did you cough? The instructions you mentioned are being implemented sequentially. Thanks to Viscount Percus for being cooperative… … .”
“Orders?”
Now it was Arthur’s turn to be dazzled by my question.
He looked at me for a while, and then, as if he thought it was some kind of test, he immediately started reciting the instructions given by the future me.
“This is a massive retreat operation. If the evil god’s family is summoned, it will be impossible to handle it with the current power, so it is decided to empty the Percus territory within three days… … .”
“… … three days? How can all the villagers leave in three days?”
Arthur could not easily answer my question and bowed his head deeply.
As if he was sorry, he recited the painful reality.
“So at least hundreds of people are expected to be displaced. However, the other day, Ian-sama said that it was an inevitable sacrifice… … .”
f*ck this
I couldn’t bear to curse in front of Arthur, so I muttered to myself.
And I had to stagger back and leave the meeting room.
Everyone I met after that said the same thing.
On the contrary, the women were even more concerned about me than the contents of the bizarre operation.
“Senior Ian, are you okay? what should we do… Well, if you still have difficulties, you must tell me. By all means!”
This is what Seria said.
I tried to say that I felt like I was going to die right now because it was so hard, but I forcibly endured it.
How could an aristocrat abandon a territory, let alone a landlord?
Celine let out a deep sigh as soon as she saw my pale face.
“Brother Ian… … .”
She patted my shoulder weakly.
“… … They say they can’t.”
can’t you?
There were 1,000 enlisted soldiers of the Yurdina family, and even the Magician Corps of the Rainella family had arrived.
Even so, Seria had already given up, and it was unclear where Elsie-senpai and Reynold-san had gone.
After all, the last person I went to was Leto.
As soon as I gasped into the drawing room, Leto let out a deep sigh as if he knew that.
“… … Are you here?”
“Hey, Leto. Are you like that too?”
What, Leto did not bother to ask.
The attitude was that as soon as he saw me, he immediately figured out my inner thoughts.
He started explaining with a sigh.
“I can’t help it. The more I listened to it, the worse it got… I don’t have the power to deal with that monster right now, so it’s crazy to go head-to-head.”
“At least we have to give the villagers time to evacuate! Why have you been sitting in a mansion and collecting taxes all this time?! Because you have to sacrifice… … .”
“Ian, the Dark Church is still alive and well.”
I was speechless and kept my mouth shut.
Leto was also sad and pitiful.
Because he grew up here with me, making countless memories.
Even with such anguished eyes, Leto persuaded me by laying out the reasons one by one.
“I don’t know what kind of attack there will be during the retreat right now. And most of the power available now is not from House Percus, you know what I mean?”
“However… … .”
“It’s not an opponent that can be defeated by blindly projecting power.”
Then Leto threw the papers he was holding towards me.
It was a piece of paper full of notes.
I blankly looked down at the papers.
At the top was written in large letters:
‘Corpse giant.’
“This is the information I got from you from the future yesterday. I heard that the more I talk about the details, the less time I can stay in this time zone, so I’ve only summarized it roughly… But it’s like that.”
My eyes skimmed down the note written on the paper.
‘Infinite regeneration.’
‘Resurrect the corpses around you and make them your allies.’
‘Cannot be dealt with as a corps, a small number of elite subjugation forces must be formed.’
‘Means are needed to prevent regeneration.’
It was an unbelievable enemy.
Was the evil god’s family such a terrifying being?
I had no choice but to stand there, lost for words.
“A careless response will only increase the damage. Because the body is growing.”
It was a death sentence.
It was also a death sentence handed down by the bookkeeper I trusted the most.
“I’m sorry, Ian… … .”
It was a feeling I hadn’t felt in a long time.
Despair and a feeling of helplessness at not being able to do anything.
I was an ugly person.
At least in front of hundreds of people who would lose their lives.
**
I couldn’t stand it, so I pulled out a bottle of whiskey.
According to what I heard, ‘I’ had drunk too much the day before, but no one in my family or company stopped me.
Everyone seemed to understand my heart.
If you get drunk, a personality from the future might possess you again.
I suddenly had such a thought, but soon I shook my head and denied the possibility.
Didn’t the man himself even add that it was ‘impossible’?
Therefore, even if I fell asleep drunk, there was not a high probability that my future personality would be summoned again.
Also, even if he was called out, nothing would change.
Wasn’t he the one who decided to abandon the territory?
I felt like the headache was getting worse by the day.
So I had to open the door to my bedroom with a light moan.
I wanted to get drunk and fall asleep right away.
If there were no unexpected passengers in my room, I would have faithfully carried out the plan.
But as soon as I opened the door, I could only hesitate.
There is someone.
It was a girl with flowing ebony hair and golden dew on white drawing paper.
It was immediately clear who she was.
None other than Leah Percus, because she was my sister.
However, there was another reason why I had no choice but to stand still.
It’s like Leah popping into my bedroom on her own, it’s happened a couple of times before, so I wasn’t surprised.
What surprised me was the posture Leah was taking now.
She was on her knees, with tears streaming down her face.
“Oh, brother… … .”
Crying, the girl said.
“My, please don’t hate Leah… … .”
Even throwing away her pride, that was the only request my sister wanted to give me.
I felt the need to talk to Leah.