687 – 8. Last Words (61)
“Welcome, Sir Ian. But will you be okay? The leadership of each country, including the imperial family, does not sit idly by and watch today’s situation… Kkuuuck?!
There was not even a breach.
I just blinked and saw that there was a hatchet stuck in Dalton’s shoulder. He couldn’t even scream properly and just took a couple of steps backwards.
It wasn’t a question of speed.
If there is a result, there must be a cause and a process. However, the previous two steps were deleted from the man’s battle.
The absurdity of just arriving at the result.
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In just a few minutes, the man captivated everyone in the conference room.
“From now on, I will have control over the personnel remaining within the academy. “Do you have any objections?”
Of course, no one raised their hand.
Is it because the company also knew that fact well?
He didn’t ask any more questions. He simply directed a report of available power and resources as if he were familiar with it. Then, suddenly, the man looked back as if a thought occurred to him.
There the saint was looking at him blankly. She frowned slightly.
“…… By the way, did you ask when that kid would come back?”
As always, there was not even a hint of pitch in the man’s voice.
“I’m not coming back.”
Even warmth.
“At least, for a while.”
So it had to be an illusion.
The man who said that looked particularly tired.
The saint decided to think so, and her gaze on the man diverged. A princess with dark blue hair and a crippled daughter with silver hair.
The snowstorm continued to rage.
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Thump.
My memory began with me lying on the ground. I gasp for breath, the scent of blood rises from my lungs, and the muscles of my entire body scream.
This place is a dream.
It was a familiar sight. My body had just been thrown across the horizon and the wilderness, reddened by the setting sun, and among countless corpses.
It was around this time that I let out a loud moan.
“That’s pathetic.”
Golden eyes with all emotions bleached out.
Facing the cold sun, I hesitated and tried to get up. Even so, his overworked body was unable to generate proper strength.
Soon, the body flutters and falls down again.
The beating continues.
“You said you wouldn’t throw anything away, but is this the end? Run away, run away… “It’s like it’s stuck in my subconscious.”
Huh, a long-winded laugh escaped my mouth.
Yes, it was as I said.
I was a loser. A loser who lost Celine, lost Leto, and ran away to the edge of unconsciousness.
But I also had something to say.
“They said they wouldn’t let you out until they beat you…” … ?”
“To be exact, until it even touches the collar.”
Then, the sound of a man taking steps was heard.
Jeobug, jerk. Eventually, he came to my side, lying face down.
The person looking down at me looked extremely neat. Literally, there wasn’t even a scratch on the collar.
“How long should I watch you whine? Unfortunately, the world is not your babysitter. “Once you become an adult, you have to learn how to stand on your own.”
“So you’re going to beat me up like this without any mercy? “Do you want me to know the bitterness of the world?”
“No, that’s because you’re too weak.”
You damn bastard.
Anyway, he was a person who had nothing to like about him. So much so that I want to kill the past me who once felt sympathy for this man without blood or tears.
I wanted to spit out a curse, but my body had already declared a strike a long time ago.
My attempt to at least raise my head quickly stopped at little more than a nod.
It was immediately after that that the man began to slowly lower his posture.
“But the bigger problem is… ….”
The eyes of the man who lowered his gaze as if he was sitting down were staring directly at me. It was difficult for me to meet his eyes, so I quickly averted my gaze.
“It means you have no desire to leave.”
“How do you know that?”
“I should have told you.”
And then, wow, the pain rushes forward.
I woke up with a pain that made my eyes pop out. It was because the man’s foot was already trampling on my wrist.
Then what caught my eye was the sword lying around my hand.
“I also had a time like you.”
Instead of retorting, only a moan came out of my mouth.
I thought as I lay down once again.
Why didn’t I notice?
If I wanted to win, I would have taken advantage of the man’s carelessness and planned a surprise attack. Because there was no better condition to aim for an unexpected strike than the sword placed near my hand.
But I didn’t do that. No, you weren’t even aware of its existence in the first place.
Why on earth?
As I was taking in such painful breaths, the man stood up without any hesitation.
As always, I leave behind words that deeply pierce my heart.
“So, you are a ‘child’.”
Just like that, the man turned his back and walked away from me. I lost today, and it will probably always be like this.
I was upset about that fact, but strangely enough, I felt reassured.
“…… “It went well, right?”
I spat out those words while panting.
The golden eyes of the man who paused glance at me. Even though I felt her gaze, I didn’t have the courage to meet her eyes.
“If you’re right, you can do it your way…” “You must be better than me.”
No answer came back. To be more precise, it would be more accurate to say that I was afraid to even look at the man’s expression.
Time flows like a river again.
After a while, my body calmed down a bit and I slowly got up. It was nice to be in the world of unconsciousness, so even if you were injured, you would be healed quickly.
And the fact that he doesn’t die.
If I hadn’t done that, I would have already lost my spirit and been declared dead. While thinking about that, I was about to pick up the sword.
Suddenly this question occurred to me.
What am I doing?
What are you going to do with the sword? Even if I swung for a hundred days, I could not picture the future that would pass by the collar of that monstrous man. Moreover, didn’t the man also tell me?
I have no will.
Huh, he bursts into laughter and collapses on the spot. It was truly pathetic. If she could defeat the man, it would probably be by accessing his memories.
It was impossible.
Didn’t he end up in trouble while looking into her memories? The ending of being proud of a man’s power, which was not mine, was nothing short of cruel.
Then, a face suddenly came to mind.
I ended up covering my face with my palms.
“f*ck, Leto… ….”
It was still good if I just closed my eyes. The look on Leto’s face before death, the burdensome duty he was entrusted with, until the end, when it was scattered like ashes from a small fire.
It was around the time when I was about to immerse myself in the sadness that had become my daily routine.
“Phew, hehehe… ….”
“…… ?”
My thoughts stopped when I heard an unfamiliar laugh coming from somewhere.
This must be the subconscious?
No one other than me and the man has ever set foot in this place. No, it was more appropriate to say that it was impossible in the first place.
Who can enter another person’s unconsciousness?
If such a miracle were possible, the opponent would be a monster at least equivalent to the Master.
The moment I stood up with goosebumps.
“Aha, ahahahaha! Oh, I can’t stand it… Puh, tsk tsk… ‘It went well, right?’ Damn… Ahahahahaha! “You’re a loser, you’re a loser!”
“No, that’s…” What are you?!”
At the words that stabbed someone’s private part without hesitation, my face became red and I had no choice but to shout like that.
Only then can I see it.
The shadow of a small woman floating in the air. Reddish-brown hair and light green eyes come into view one after another.
I was completely lost.
“And now it’s ‘Leto’? Phew, aha… Are you going to cry if I leave you alone? Wow, I became a man… Ah, ahahahahaha!”
At most, it’s probably a little bigger than my fist.
It was small, but its appearance was very familiar. How could I not recognize it?
She was one of the women who were precious to me.
Of course, there were differences. The woman I know doesn’t have such a bad personality, she doesn’t wear black robes, and most of all, she doesn’t have the height of a fist.
Nevertheless, why?
My voice fell rapidly. Seriously, seriously.
I asked the woman in a dumbfounded tone who was laughing until she was out of breath.
“What are you really?”
“Phew, aha… Ah. Nana?”
Only then did the small woman smile. She had a mysterious face that made it difficult to understand her true intentions.
“I am the person you need more than anyone else.”
Playing back words I heard somewhere.
“Shall we make a ‘contract’?”
The woman who resembled ‘Emma’ spoke.
“Help me get my strength back. As long as you do that…….”
I can’t breathe.
Because the smiling woman is so beautiful. Or, it feels like those eyes are looking straight into my heart.
“I will give you what you need most.”
The light green eyes staring at me shine alluringly. As if possessed, I couldn’t answer and just kept quiet for a while.
Tight!
I fed honey chestnuts to the head of a small woman. Then, with a loud thud, Emma fell to the ground and was unable to move.
Looking at her insignificant appearance, I stroked her chin.
“Well, first of all, isn’t it dangerous…? … ?”
“…… Hey!”
Of course, the little woman burst into tears and screamed.
The dream was still continuing. She hints at the path leading to that end.
The dream was a dream because I had to wake up someday.