627 – 8. Will (1)
Senior Siene’s explanation was simple and clear.
After moving places with the main figures of the academy, it was only a few minutes after listening to the circumstances. Most of the people present at this event swallowed thick saliva and closed their eyes.
There was no doubt in their faces.
However, it was just a feeling like a sigh of relief.
I was the only exception.
“…… Aren’t you mistaken?”
In a moment, the eyes of the crowd turned to me.
I was about to break the long silence. Of course, it was the reaction I was prepared for, but I couldn’t stand the emotion contained in those eyes.
Sympathy, or pity.
I couldn’t stand the feeling of crying, so I hit the desk with a bang.
“Selene suddenly attacked Alpenhauser’s immediate family! Isn’t that strange?! She was just a child who was fighting swords with the Dark Church until not too long ago… Yes, deception! To rule out the possibility of deception…… !”
“It’s still the same. Hatchet Sir Stupid Fool.”
Tap, tapping the ground with a cane.
Siene-senpai said that in a tone that didn’t show her ridicule or lamentation. Her heated gaze was directed at her, but before long I could only let go of her moans and turn her head away.
Because the bandage that covered half of her beautiful face was wet with bright yellow ooze.
A burn that never heals.
It was a terrible curse. In terms of pain alone, burns were the most dominant among injuries.
Siene-senpai has to go through that pain over and over again.
Even by covering half of his face.
She was such a miserable woman. No matter how excited I was, it was hard to raise my voice recklessly.
Siene let out a low growl using my silence as an excuse.
“The woman brought out the grudge of the Hastur family. I don’t know how she got the information, but it’s quite probable that Celine Hastur will betray humanity. Didn’t she already conclude that she had contacts with the Dark Church from before, and that the forces that kidnapped her were also tentatively on that side?”
“That grudge!”
With a bang, the palm hit the desk again.
I couldn’t control my emotions, so one of the legs of the table crackled and collapsed. Even so, the voice that blamed me didn’t continue.
Only Professor Derek looked away with a sigh.
I immediately shouted with bloodshot eyes.
“It’s not Alpenhauser’s fault! But how can you be so shameless…… !”
“Shameless?”
Hmm, he burst out laughing after all.
The woman’s silver gaze pierced her heart like a flash. Her melancholy expression was again dropping ice on her boiling chest.
“Right, maybe. Maybe it’s our Alpenhauser’s fault. Maybe there was a better solution… But, what does that matter?”
“Celine deserves it…… !”
“You mean turning your back on humanity and setting the world on fire? How worthy it is.”
I wanted to refute again, but I had no choice but to sit down weakly.
It was as he said.
Betray humanity, burn the world.
Celine may have such circumstances. But it wasn’t until the end of ‘the destruction of mankind’.
There was no place for my objection. Siene-senpai, who had no way of knowing this, was stabbing her with a dagger again.
“Yes, let’s assume that Alpenhauser did something wrong. My younger sister has become a vegetative person and cannot even open her eyes, and I have become a half asshole, suffering from melting facial skin all my life and living while hiding my hideous face… Yes, let’s say she deserved it! But, does she think that woman will be satisfied with burning only our Alpenhauser?”
That might be the case.
I wanted to defend Celine with empty words, but I couldn’t bring myself to put it into action.
Because I knew.
What kind of beings are the Dark Churches?
If Celine was truly on the side of the Dark Church, she would not even know that the outcome was predestined.
She just didn’t want to believe it.
I wrapped my face with both hands.
“The woman has already made an irreversible choice. So, it became clear what we had to do. Do you still not understand, Sir Hatchet Stupid?”
Tak, tapping her on the ground again with his cane.
Siene-senpai said in a voice that did not match the playful title of ‘stupid idiot with a hatchet’ in the slightest.
“Your childhood friend is now our enemy… ….”
“Stop!”
Screams erupted from my mouth, which I couldn’t stand anymore.
My feet kicked off the seat on their own, and I got up. While staggering on my forehead, I somehow communicated my intentions through my teeth.
“It may not be too late yet.”
“Ian.”
There was no need for Siene-senpai to step forward anymore.
Because everyone who has already settled down here tried to dissuade me. Right now, even Professor Derek called my name with a sigh.
“If it’s really difficult, let’s talk about it later. I’ll summarize what was discussed later and let you know…….”
“I am!”
While shouting like that. I scanned the crowd with burning eyes. Siene-senpai met her gaze with her eyes, which she did not understand.
“Let me go…” Maybe it’s better than not trying. Therefore… ….”
“Ian.”
“Immediately mobilize the Imperial Intelligence Service…… !”
The moment I took a step forward, sorting out such a messed up plan.
For an instant, I lost my balance and stumbled.
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Oh, why the hell.
Before that question even continued.
Cool, a gourd of blood vomited from my mouth. Soon, panicked voices began to ring in the eardrums.
“Ian? Ian!”
“No, what is this…….”
“Call the priest right now!”
Cudang-tang, the body rolls on the floor in a clumsy manner.
Ha ha ha.
The smell of blood wafted up along the breath. Before I knew it, I could feel the warmth soaking up the bandages covering the injured part of my body.
What is this?
I have to go.
Celine was waiting. Since she was young, she secretly cried a lot and her heart was tender. You might be crying because I’m gone by now.
Yes, I have to go.
Suddenly, a memory from a long time ago came to mind. The promise I made with Celine when I was young.
But my consciousness is hazy.
She stretched out her hand, but her body just couldn’t listen. The blurred vision obscures the outline of objects and gradually darkens.
Voices float through the cracks in the darkness of consciousness.
“But keep in mind.”
A man’s warning.
“Every choice comes with a price… ….”
The monster’s madness.
“Aha, kuh… cool, cool… Ahahahaha! This, this was the ‘price’ you had to pay… Kek, Kek… Ahahahaha!”
One day, her man spoke annoyedly to me.
“It’s late.”
And he said something.
“I can’t stop now. I have no choice but to prepare my heart.”
“What kind of mental preparation?”
“Prepare to pay the price.”
Yes.
Memories, memories, memories.
The burns of the past were being mixed up randomly. The clues that had been sleeping in the unconscious suddenly stretched and spoke to me.
A warrior of dreams who has mastered all the visions.
What did Princess Iris call the imperial family’s earnest wish to create that monster?
“Commonly known as the ‘made god (Deus ex machina)’ plan.”
That’s right.
Haven’t I raved about the absurdity of the plan? There is only one ending for those who randomly learned the vision.
Destruction.
I see. Closing my eyes, I had no choice but to intuit.
This is the price I had to pay.
And darkness.
The past and future are reversed.
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“…… Brother Ian? Brother Ian!”
“Uh, uh uh?”
Rarely did I vomit a stupid half sentence.
In front of me was a woman carrying an ax the size of her body on both shoulders that could be used as a tree branch. A girl with her dark hair sloppy and down on her back, her tawny eyes shining with suspicion.
Facing that figure, my face went blank for a moment.
Celine Haster.
Yes, I’m sure…….
It was then. Knock, the girl’s elbow poked my side hard.
It was before I let out a light moan.
“Why do you keep bruising? How long has it been since the battle ended? Heh, or did you fall in love with my beauty all over again?”
Seeing Celine smile so proudly, I let out a dry laugh.
“The way he explodes the skull of a demon with an ax like fireworks?”
“Huh, how are you? Was it cool?”
Amber-colored eyes wink and close while giving me aegyo.
Then the memories rewind. A great ax was clutched in the hand of the woman on her horse, and every time it came and went like thunderbolts, the blood became rainwater and flowed.
Was it cool?
It was cool. If it wasn’t for a scene of one-sided slaughter.
She is my lieutenant, and the woman who is evaluated as having the best breakthrough power among the ‘crows’ was such a warrior.
Even as she moved her steps without saying anything, Celine babbled endlessly.
“Ah, sorry. Sorry! If I had discovered my aptitude sooner, I might have surpassed Ian’s brother…….”
“It wouldn’t be too late now.”
“Puheh… me, me?”
Celine grabbed her navel and started laughing at my soulless chatter.
The hell is Moore funny?
Celine burst into laughter even more as I shook her head.
“Beat the strongest of all time, ‘Ian Percus’ among the crows of the dark part of the Empire? It’s okay, it’s okay… My brother’s adjutant is enough.”
“If you want, to a safer unit… ….”
“Brother, you said it was done.”
As she asserted, the girl shook her hand as she cut off my proposal.
“Ian oppa was by my side when I was having the hardest time.”
I didn’t get an answer back.
I had a business, and the questions and answers with the girl weren’t light enough to share with her as she stepped forward.
Nevertheless, Celine continued her words in a serious tone.
“I told you. From that day on, I will entrust my life to Ian oppa… I can die for Ian.”
“Then I get scolded by Leto.”
“Yeah, I can’t hear you~”
Celine then pretended to cover my ears with her palms. As a bonus, sticking out my tongue.
Anyway, as always.
I shook my head with a strange sentiment. Come to think of it, didn’t I tell Celine about today’s business?
It was time to talk about a new topic.
My mouth gets to the point without hesitation.
“I will meet Sir Irene from now on.”
“Yes, yes. Of course, seeing the battle results… What?”
Then, Celine’s complexion began to harden rapidly.
I stopped pretending and continued talking.
“This is an institution. Of course, there are procedures to be followed before meeting Her Highness.”
“No, no… Even so, she is that woman? I-I hate her!”
“I’ll take good care of Sir Irene.”
Kyaaa
With Celine’s scream behind me, I took a step without hesitation. Thanks to that, there are fewer elements to waste time.
In my heart, I felt sorry for Celine. From a long time ago, she hadn’t hated people from high-ranking aristocracy.
Sir Irene was the same. A direct descendant of the Luphemion family, one of the real nobility.
Nevertheless, I hoped Celine would meet Sir Irene and understand each other.
The person Celine wants to avenge has already disappeared.
They met a terrible ending Celine could not have imagined. In the meantime, they were the last survivors who lost their families.
I hope it will be a good relationship.
I left a vague prayer and walked the rest of the way. At the end of it, my lord was seated.
A woman so beautiful that it will take your breath away for a moment.