706 – 8. Will (80)
Even though it was only a fleeting moment.
Let there be silence between me and the woman for a moment.
My knees suddenly buckle. It was evidence that not only the brain but also the body had reached its limit due to excessive abuse of imagery. In the end, I ended up hitting my head on the ground and making only a faint sound of breathing.
It’s literally a return invoice.
After remaining silent for a few seconds, a laugh burst out from the woman’s mouth.
“Sir Ian, no way… right now…” ….”
My old master could not finish his sentence.
The corners of her eyes furrowed for a while, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she finally let out a deep sigh.
She spoke in a slightly angry tone.
“Good. If that’s what you mean, there’s nothing you can do… Instead, Ian Perkus is dismissed for insubordination.”
Tap.
The woman threw something out of her arms. When I took a quick look, I saw that it was a luxurious bottle that looked unusual.
Elixir.
It was a rare drug of which there were only a few left even in the imperial treasury.
“It’s severance pay.”
Originally, according to internal regulations, severance pay is not provided upon dismissal.
She wanted to talk nonsense, but her body was already in disarray and there was no way she could keep her vocal cords intact.
He only let out a helpless sigh, “Huh, huh.”
“As of this time, the Ravens are temporarily led by Lieutenants Celine Hastur and Leto Einston… “Okay then.”
There was no hesitation in the woman’s movements as she turned her back and left.
Instead, what filled the place were two men and women who appeared through the air.
Short-distance space leap magic.
It meant that people around me were watching the argument between me and the princess. After all, there is no way that thorough woman would talk into the air with no one listening.
As soon as Celine saw my mess, she clicked her tongue.
Then she picked up the elixir that was rolling around me, unscrewed the cap, and poured it all over my head.
A childhood friend whispers to me.
“Oppa, are you an idiot?”
“Shut up… ….”
As soon as Leto saw my features, she clicked her tongue in the same way.
He just asked the princess in a polite tone on my behalf.
“Your Highness. So what would you do with ‘Emma’?”
“I will handle it.”
Smooth question and answer as if he had expected it.
The princess’s body, which had been walking steadfastly, suddenly stopped, and it was then that she looked back for the last time.
“I just got a little tired… “The competition will be held in two days.”
“I obey the dragon’s will.”
Leto finished his reply by lowering his posture.
The princess just left, and the two evil friends I had spent my whole life with were left beside me as I was gradually being revived by the power of the elixir.
“Oppa, are you really an asshole? No matter how I attack you… Wow, this is really crazy. “I was already thinking about the eulogy I would read at my brother’s funeral.”
The sound of giggling and teasing me.
I wanted to feed him some honey chestnuts, but my body didn’t have full energy yet. I couldn’t help but swallow my sleep and slightly shed my eyes.
The twist actually came out of Leto’s mouth.
“It’s funny, if I hadn’t stopped him, he would have run away at any moment…” What.”
“Ah, ah! Really!”
At the truth that Leto snorted, Celine’s face immediately turned red.
Then she started stamping her feet and screaming.
“I told you not to tell Ian! “Why do you say whatever you want!”
Of course, there was no way Leto, who was so good at dealing with Celine, would deal with her.
Leto, who neatly ignored Celine’s criticism, clicked her tongue and spoke to me.
“Anyway, we’ll take care of the crows ‘temporarily’.”
“Oh my…….”
“But what are you going to do with that body?”
Just one word.
One word colder than dozens of harsh words stuck in my heart. So much so that the blood vessels that were just being healed were almost distorted again.
In fact, my body was already at its limits.
The image was twisted into a mess. The previous battle was only possible through temporary projection of the ‘Eye of All Things’, but it was originally a battle that was impossible to sustain.
Are we going to deal with Emma, who has become the Seven Sins or something worse?
It was an act of suicide.
What I meant was that Princess Shien wasn’t overreacting to me for no reason.
The now familiar harsh words pierce my eardrums.
“Tsk tsk, you really…” “I guess I’ll give it a try first.”
“… ….”
“You idiot.”
Leto threw another bottle of potion next to me, who was silent because he had nothing to say.
Dark bright red drug.
Even I, who worked in the Imperial Intelligence Department and was familiar with all kinds of medicines and poisons, had never seen this before. When my curious gaze turned to Leto, he said a brief word.
“It’s ‘blood love.'”
I almost bounced straight on the spot like a spring.
No, I would have done so if my body had been fine.
“Leto, are you crazy?! Do you know what this is? … !”
“There is nothing we can do about a soul that has already become a blood spirit.”
This was Leto’s rebuttal, cutting me off abruptly.
“And I’m an adult… It is long past time to consider means and methods. “If you can write, you should write anything.”
“But… ….”
“Ian.”
A suddenly serious voice.
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While I was momentarily speechless, my close friend asked me.
“Are you planning on dying?”
I can’t breathe.
I didn’t know what to answer. Leto’s green eyes seem to see right through me into something that even I don’t know about.
“Survive, by all means.”
Until Leto bent his knees and placed his hand on my shoulder.
I couldn’t say anything. It was the same when Leto got up again and turned around.
Leto walked away, and Celine, the last one left, stuck out her tongue.
“Just try to die! “I did it every time and came back alive, so I’ll trust you just once.”
The two of them should have known each other better than anyone else.
No matter what I say, I will not break my will.
So he didn’t say anything.
I stared blankly at the bottle of red potion for a while, then sighed and staggered to my feet.
With Leto’s gift in my arms.
There are two days left.
I had to meet Emma there.
*
I slowly opened my eyes from the memory of a man.
This was my first time regaining consciousness so stably. Every time I woke up from a glimpse of the memories of ‘me’ from the future, I had to feel a strong headache.
Is this because the assimilation rate has increased that much?
Or maybe it was because the end was truly approaching.
Suddenly, I came to my senses and realized that this was a space of nothingness where I couldn’t see anything.
It was a place I had visited once. Above a strange place where there is not a single ray of light, but the view is clear.
A woman with dark blue hair was standing holding her back.
It was an impressive outfit with a golden dragon embroidered on a pure white cloak. Even though it is only a view of her back, she must be a woman of such noble status that her elegance can be felt.
Actually, I knew her identity.
Because she was a person who had been seen in the man’s memories just a moment ago.
“I… ….”
The moment I so carefully parted my lips.
“This is the last time.”
The woman said that without even looking behind her.
“The ghost sword said they would meet soon. “You just have to keep going straight ahead.”
The slender fingers pointed somewhere.
“You can meet him there.”
“Who do you mean?”
“My best article.”
The woman’s answer to my question was without hesitation.
“And the man you must overcome.”
“I… ….”
“There was a time when I thought I knew everything. But that man came with a result that was different from what I expected. He thought it was so funny that he kept it by his side and watched…….”
Although her face was not visible, she was probably smiling.
“I ended up going blind. “That man’s light is so strong.”
And yet, that laughing voice was strangely bleak.
It was when I hesitated and couldn’t open my mouth.
“Ian Perkus.”
“Yes?”
“Are you a noble of the empire?”
A sudden question.
I hesitated for a moment, then decided to answer with sincerity.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Are you a knight of the Empire?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Then you are also my subject.”
After just two questions and answers, the princess summarized the story and gave me an order.
“I command you as a dragon.”
I couldn’t say anything in that majestic voice. I just held my breath and waited for the next instructions.
“Please take it back. My best article… ….”
I did not bend my knees. However, I still looked in the direction the woman’s finger was pointing.
A road covered in fog.
“Even if it collapses and falls… “It never broke.”
Take one step.
It was an impulsive decision that could even be called an instinct. I moved my feet, feeling obligated to follow the path that continued.
“That’s why I felt sorry for it, and that’s why I loved it so much.”
And run.
Even though I ran and ran, the woman’s voice could not leave my ears.
“My treasure, no… ….”
Her vision becomes blurry.
“The last knight of mankind.”
All kinds of memories start to pass by me.
One day she lost her sister-in-law and was unable to protect her teacher.
There was a time when I retreated, leaving behind a junior who was completely ruined. The lover who loved her dearly risked his life for the retreating army, and the disloyal one who ran away from his master.
Ah, I wanted to protect it like crazy.
When I think of the woman I could never protect.
Hate, resentment, regret.
Extremely desperate emotions were washing over me like waves.
The end of all the sorrow.
Blood and swords dance.
Killing, killing, killing.
Before I knew it, his blade was tearing not only the enemy, but also my own heart. Golden eyes reflected in a pool of blood, yes.
It resembled a wilderness.
In an endless barren land, countless corpses piled up there were evidence of the path the man had taken. The scene bathed in fiery twilight overwhelms me like a giant on its deathbed.
The highest level of hell.
A pair of golden eyes floated out of the shadows.
It was finally the end.