695 – 8. Will (69)
Lupin Lynella cried and shouted.
“All of you… “You’re fake!”
This was a meeting place, a place where only high-ranking officials who were isolated in the academy gathered. The scene where the academy’s professors, high-ranking figures, knights, and wizards from all over the world gathered and suddenly fell into silence was quite foreign.
It had to be that way.
The student who came into the conference room out of nowhere, cried out, and pointed at the person who was in full control of the academy.
‘Ian Perkus.’
He was a young hero who had performed numerous activities in recent years. Some call him ‘Morning Star’, and many people have no doubt that he will soon become the continent’s fourth master.
Eudali also didn’t do much for the past month.
The fact that his fame was never in vain was clearly proven a few days ago. He entered the conference hall in confusion due to a sudden situation, and was able to immediately overpower the knight and take command.
It was just as I had heard through rumors.
The man who was once called ‘the mad dog of the academy’ was a natural dictator with both cruelty and recklessness.
A young tyrant who has no hesitation in using force if necessary.
There was a short boy standing in front of him and screaming, so if you weren’t surprised, it was more abnormal.
Of course, the boy was also afraid.
As evidence, the boy’s body was trembling. He may have been angry, but it was clear that he was also feeling fear. Because the water droplets at the corners of his eyes were reflecting light.
The twitching eyes are pitiful.
“Uh, how could you…… !”
“Lupine Lynella.”
The man called the boy’s name and slightly raised his gaze upward. He was reading the document without wavering even after Lupine shouted.
Even after those indifferent golden pupils opened the document, the moment they stared at Lupin was literally only a fleeting moment.
Dry eyes glance left and right. The man’s question was simple.
Who on earth let this boy into the conference hall?
The conference hall was a place that played the same role as the academy’s headquarters. Of course, not just anyone could come in, and it was certainly not a place where regular students could come in on their own.
Some information comes to mind. In charge of security at the conference hall, where the person in charge changes every day.
Today must have been the turn of the Empire and the Holy Kingdom.
Naturally, the man’s eyes turned to a few suspicious people. Her first suspect, the saint, pretended not to notice her man with a haughty look on her face, and her second suspect, Siene Alpenhauser, only coughed dryly with her pale face.
There was no physical evidence, but it was certain.
The two people reached some kind of agreement. But how could two women who had no connection come to an agreement and move the guards?
It was simple to add just one being to the hypothesis.
A woman who was called a ‘blind snake’ in the distant future.
Although she was not present here, it seemed relatively clear that the Fifth Princess Shien was participating in this scheme. Although I couldn’t guess his intention right now.
Even during this lengthy reasoning, the silence lasted only for a moment.
“I don’t know how you got here, but you weren’t even included in the search team because you weren’t skilled in the first place… ….”
“Even if it’s not me!”
The first words I uttered without stuttering.
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The eyes that had been raised in tears were lowered again by a golden chill colder than thin ice. Even though it was clear that he was intimidated, Lupine was trying to keep his voice strong.
That would be the greatest courage he could muster.
“Even if it’s not me… “You dispatched my comrades as an exploration team.”
“Yes, it was a decision for everyone.”
There was no hesitation in the man’s words. As if I didn’t have even a single doubt about my judgment.
The dry tone continues.
“That ‘contaminated tumor’ can never be eliminated by normal means. It is possible to slow down the erosion rate with divine power, but even that has its limits. “The only way to minimize damage is to deploy as much manpower as possible to find the core of the barrier.”
“So you put us in that dangerous place?”
“Again, it’s not ‘us.’ I would have said that you were too weak to be used as a search team. If you wait patiently, I will take care of it…….”
“Ooh, don’t be funny…” … !”
The man’s mouth closed once again at the voice that was twisting his lungs.
Although his eyes were still emotionless, everyone in the conference hall knew that. The point of ending the conversation is slowly passing.
Nevertheless, Lupine seemed to have no intention of quitting. She just clenched her fists.
The boy scolded.
“That bastard doesn’t say things like that!”
“What?”
“Ian doesn’t say things like that!”
Soon, silence.
As if he hadn’t expected that remark, a faint crack appeared on the man’s face, which looked like a dry desert. The people gathered in small groups at the conference hall simply exchanged puzzled glances with each other.
‘Ian’.
Wasn’t that man ‘Ian Perkus’ himself?
But there was strong confidence in the boy’s blue eyes as he gritted his teeth and glared at her man. Just as the man just moments ago didn’t show the slightest doubt about my choice.
It was those eyes that burned so hard.
“A decision for everyone? It’s a decision I made without trying anything! If it’s Ian, if it’s Ian… I never do that. “At least you don’t sound so cowardly!”
“Cowardice?”
“Yes!”
The boy’s tone was full of excitement as he grunted and wiped his eyes with his sleeve.
Before I knew it, the stuttering and hesitation had long since disappeared.
“You say you’re doing this for everyone, but you’re putting unprepared students in danger? Ian wouldn’t do that.”
The sound of words that have quietly subsided, holding back the cries.
Contrary to the audience’s expectations, the man did not specifically deny the boy’s claim. Only the eyes that stare silently sting.
“I don’t want to admit it, but… That guy was more responsible than anyone else. “Even though he broke while carrying it, and even though everyone said he was stupid, he was still struggling!”
“Just because it’s me, how long do I have to do this?”
It was the same objection as always.
However, each syllable seemed to be filled with strange emotions, and Lupine was instantly speechless.
“Saving everyone? Struggling? Yeah, that’s not a bad thing. But what I have to protect is the world… And what if you fail? What if that wasn’t the right choice?”
A question that keeps coming back to me.
They were pieces of worry that had been worn and worn down from countless worries. There was no way that a boy who was only a third year student at the Academy would be able to immediately respond to that dried-up emotional core.
“What if hundreds more people die like that? No, what if it’s thousands? What if it’s more than that? “Can you take responsibility for that?”
Then the man slowly stood up.
Because Lupin was born with a small physique, the height difference was clear when he stood up. The contrast between his tall, muscular body and his slender, small body was clear.
It would be normal to feel intimidated.
“My heart aches right now, and I want to save the life in front of me… “Don’t you think it would be more irresponsible to not be able to endure that one-time sympathy?”
Because there was a table between them, the man couldn’t take a step. Instead, he just gestured and called security.
The guards, who had been distracted until then, start walking hastily. Just before their hands grabbed Lupin’s shoulders.
“I can no longer act like a child. Now is war time…….”
Tap.
Lupin’s hand slapped away the knights’ hands. Even so, it only had the effect of causing the knights to stop due to lack of strength, and the white hands began to swell red, making it look like Lupine’s loss to anyone.
Lupin gritted his teeth and somehow suppressed the scream that escaped.
“As expected, you are fake… Ian said he promised. There’s no way I could ever forget that promise…….”
That’s the end.
Lupine glared at his man once, then turned his back. It meant that even if I left, I would leave on my own.
But maybe I was resentful of leaving like this?
For the last time, the boy used the agdaguni.
“You are not worthy of being my brother-in-law! “If it were someone like you, would my sister have liked Ian?!”
The man’s eyebrows frown for the first time.
The boy, who was so drunk and fuming, didn’t seem to realize that fact. He just gave me one last harsh look while gnashing his teeth.
“…… Absolutely not.”
The boy left like that.
After the storm passed, the conference hall was immersed in silence. In fact, only a few people understood the entire conversation between the two people. Even those few people were busy avoiding the man’s gaze.
As her saintess turned her head, her man sighed for the first time in a long time. The knight came up next to the man who sat down and whispered something.
“Are you applying for the search team? “Lupine Lynella?”
In the end, the man let out a dry mocking sigh.
“You do all kinds of things…….”
Is it an illusion?
The voice of the man who said that seemed more tired than ever…….
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Kwasik.
“What is this…?” “Is this nonsense?!”
Those were the first words I uttered as I was reading the scroll, unable to bear it.
The end of the documents listing the typefaces was disastrous. Unable to overcome my emotions, my grip tightened, and right after that, the scroll literally crumpled ‘like a piece of paper.’
Yuren remained calm despite my absurd and perplexed gaze. On the contrary, I would say that his frowning face was so disgusting that I wanted to punch him.
It might have been his own revenge.
“Why are students included in the search team? They say it’s dangerous! “No one stopped me?!”
“It must have been stopped. As you know, my sister can’t keep her eyes open like that.”
“But why…” … !”
“You should know better, Ian.”
I gritted my teeth, wanting to retort.
But in the end, the air flowing out of my lungs was never put into words. For a while, she took a deep breath and calmed down her mind.
I strengthened my grip on the scroll. Cough, the paper, unable to withstand my strength, is slowly torn apart.
Even that only lasts a moment.
At a certain point, the muscles in my body that had been very tense relaxed at once. I was about to burst out in empty laughter, but stopped.
Yuren’s words kept piercing my heart.
“You knew it too, right?”
“I, am…” ….”
“You knew it would be like this. I just tried not to be conscious of it on purpose… “Why don’t you know?”
“I…” ….”
“That is ‘you.'”
“I am!”
Yuren’s words finally stop when he gasps and spits out a voice.
He would be looking at me. But I didn’t have the courage to face him, so I just avoided eye contact and mumbled an excuse.
“I am not… “I didn’t even think about doing that.”
“Lie.”
Yuren laughed, as if mocking.
“You also thought deep down that you were right. I can’t act like a child anymore… Did it hurt to lose a precious friend?”
The whisper is soggy. Like a bug caught in a Venus flytrap, I had to listen to it without saying a word.
“I was sick too. It felt like my sister was going to go far away… That’s why I signed a contract. “What is that, bad?”
“Well, that thing…” ….”
“You look like me, Ian.”
Why?
What I heard from someone is played again. I couldn’t help but turn my wide eyes to the side.
And there, a demon with fox eyes.
“But why should I leave my sister to you?!”
Flashlight.
Although I was dazed, I was also a body that rolled over on the battlefield. Using Majin’s body as a foundation, he kicks his feet and rolls away in an instant. The moment needed to widen the distance is literally a split second.
But it was too late.
Perhaps because my concentration was scattered, there was a faint cut on my thigh. The gray color that slowly spreads around the affected area awakens old memories.