#15
“I, really?!”
“Wait, calm down.”
In a rush to get up from breaking the table at any moment, Tetra put me back on the sofa for a while.
“… Oh, sorry. Tetra.”
“Nope. This can be happen. I understand enough. Maru, you take it quickly. Are you a guest? Be polite.”
“… … ”
Maru, who was about to pull something out of her waist, quietly puts her hand back into place. What the hell were you trying to do to me? I thought it would be better not to think about it.
“If it were much easier… … ”
“right.”
Tetra shook her head.
“If I could just cut it out and say it, it is possible.”
“… … ah.”
really.
You can find it.
Even the feelings I was worried about inside seemed to melt away, and then my body was relieved of strength. Looking at me drooping like a fish on the shore, Tetra said.
“I understand your story and circumstances. That’s the point of the request, isn’t it? I want you to wake up everything sealed inside you. Without any side effects in the process, that is.”
“you’re right.”
In my affirmation, Tetra scans her lips with her tongue.
“Indeed, it deserves to be a prey for the demon bastards. Divinity you feel in your body. It’s never small. It must have been such a sweet temptation that I would want to eat all of it, even at the cost of my life, if I knew anything. Interesting. Interesting.”
“I, but it wasn’t me who was kidnapped, it was a friend named Rubia… … ”
“Not that.”
Tetra shakes her head.
“You said the Great Evil approached you?”
“Ah yes.”
“But how are you here?”
“… … ”
“You should have died then. certainly.”
It wasn’t like a curse word. It is the most miraculous to be here now, surviving the grip of the Great Evil, Tetra was saying.
“Hey. If just an ordinary human is 1, then an ordinary demon is 7.”
Tetra lowers her voice and opens her mouth.
“Humans and demons have different levels of power from birth. body and magic. No matter how extraordinary you are, there is always a limit to your age. So let’s say it’s roughly 5. Did you say the average devil is 7? So what about the Great Evil I just talked about?”
“… … 100?”
“I can’t guess.”
Even though I called a slightly larger number.
Tetra slashes her hand around her neck.
“The moment we meet, it’s over.”
He made a breaking gesture.
“If I had to ask, 2000? more than that? Depending on how old the Great Demon is, the number can change. Then there’s no point in playing with numbers. Unless there is a special case, children like you today, even if there are millions of them, will never touch a single hair of the Great Evil.”
“… … Is it that much? The devil.”
“of course. Could it be that humanity’s greatest enemy?”
Tetra’s words, not anyone else’s. have no choice but to trust As I listened to the story, I had a question.
The faction that finally won the victory on the demonic front, where such demons united and united, was us humans.
And the person in front of me was a war hero who participated in the famous Inma War and achieved great results.
As if she had read my mind, Tetra spit out words related to what I was thinking right now.
“How could we humans be able to stand up to those terrifying demon cubs? When it comes to their lifespan, they are of a low-class race that is only a hundred years old. What could they have done against the Great Evils, who have lived ignorantly for hundreds of years, ignoring their powers?”
A human who has been at war with demons for a long time. Nevertheless, they were able to survive and not perish. Repeating endless victories and defeats, he even won the most recent war. How could that be?
“As for the results, I could have done something.”
There must be a reason why the imperial palace of the empire never collapsed and was able to stay strong and strong.
“To be precise, not by the idiots who die pick and pick by one magic even if they give me a single sword, but by incarnations like me.”
“avatar… … ?”
With new knowledge, I recalled my story with Jim Jit Elena.
“Are you talking about people who have gone from heaven?”
“… … have you heard Did Elena tell you?”
“That’s all I’ve heard from Elena-sama.”
“Still, that should be enough to understand.”
Tetra licked her lips with a sigh.
“Incarnations are those who are endowed with undesirable power and fate according to the will of the God of Heaven. A bondage and another bondage that I once again placed on my creature in order to calm the confusion of the bondage it created.”
Tetra narrowed her eyebrows in displeasure.
“It’s a f*cking illegal contract. It’s like pushing people to the limit on purpose and throwing the rope of salvation. There is no such thing as evil.”
If there was a faithful priest in this position, he would be surprised to see that he was filled with resentment and poison against the principal and sharpened his teeth.
“By the way, what is this? Are you the same?”
This is why Elena sent you to me, she murmured as if adding to it.
“Besides, the shape of fate… … There are quite a few similarities to me. Yes, you are also white. What kind of necessity is this?”
White.
I responded to that word.
“Inherent Magical Power… … ”
“Oh, you know? Well, I can’t possibly know.”
Tetra blinked.
“Some people may call it unique magic, but that’s divinity to be exact.”
divinity.
I think I’ve heard it somewhere… …
“What is that divinity?”
“Well, should it be considered as some kind of magic? So I guess they gave it a different name like its own magical power.”
Tetra, who looked bored for a moment, spread her palms in front of me. Woo woo-. A round white sphere floated above it. It shone brightly like the sun rising in the middle of the night, but when Tetra clasped her hand, it creaked and disappeared.
“Is it the power that humans have received from birth? Things that are often called talents belong to the realm of divinity.”
Talent. Those two letters tremble. If I had it from the beginning, I wouldn’t have had to suffer until now.
“Depending on your unique magical power, you have a talent for something and a talent for something… … Haven’t you heard that explanation in class? Now that it’s April, you should have taken the basic lecture. As far as I know, yes.”
I nodded in affirmation.
Alpris’ unique magical power, said to have an aptitude for the earth type. Lenny’s unique magic that he has an aptitude for the flame series. And, the unique magical powers of me and Tetra that show suitability for all attributes.
“Actually, it’s very likely that you have the talent for that—but that’s mostly true. And it’s proof that this world is going unfairly. The limits of one’s abilities are set from birth. If that’s the case, then what’s the reason people work hard until they die?”
Some agreed with that statement.
“It’s a world I don’t like. so I… … ”
Tetra, who had been muttering, closes her mouth.
Then I questioned.
“By the way, Tetra-sama.”
“what?”
“If a person’s talent is determined from birth, what is the case with me? I was just a student who couldn’t find an aptitude for whatever I did… … It’s a bit difficult to say out loud right now, but I feel like I’ve been able to achieve my goals much more easily… … ”
“That’s a good question. You should have that question.”
Tetra smiled brightly.
“It’s an extension of the example I talked about earlier. Normal humans can hold on to demons for a few seconds on the premise that they fulfill the conditions and fully open their divinity.”
“That opening is… … How are you doing?”
“yes? Simple.”
Tetra said without erasing her laughter.
“You can give your life.”
“… … ”
It would have been better not to delve into it any further.
“Anyway, if a human possesses a powerful divinity, it can kill not only a few seconds, but also a few. Human divinity is the power that demons most desire, and at the same time, the power most feared.”
I couldn’t drink a few drinks because I was concentrating on her story. On the other hand, Tetra seemed to have completely emptied the tea, so she asked Maru for another cup of tea and held out the teacup to the side.
shriveled-.
Maru takes a cup of tea and says:
“Unlike such ordinary humans, our incarnations are not born, but people who have been given a new divinity at some point.”
A tetra with a cup tilted.
“An unfair contract is made in the moment.”
Tak, put the teacup on the table.
“The most desperate, resenting the world more than ever, not wanting to die like this, there are so many unfulfilled wishes, and when you want to live and live … … You finally reach out your hand. I’m going to drop you a rope that you can’t help but hold on to.”
Tetra was definitely looking at me, but those starlight eyes somehow didn’t seem to be pointing at me. As the voice gradually grew smaller towards the end, I licked my lips.
“Then, I… … ”
“right. You are already dead once.”
“… … ”
I couldn’t believe it.
damn, you’ve been dead That being said, it’s natural that it doesn’t feel real. ‘Cause I’ve been living here I couldn’t even imagine what it felt like to die.
“Why am I telling you all this?”
“Because it is necessary… … Isn’t it?”
“right.”
Tetra snapped her fingers clearly.
“It is partly because of the contract that requires you to cooperate as actively as possible, but the most important thing to note is that you are unaware of your own condition. Can you tell me what you know about your condition?”
Listening to Tetra’s question,
I remembered what happened a few days ago.
“Elena-senpai said it. My memory is sealed, and if I break that seal, I’ll turn into a monster… … ”
“It’s a monster.”
Tetra grinned.
“It is not at all wrong. A foolish incarnation, who was forcibly awakened by unwillingness, loses reason and moves for the single goal imprinted in his mind.”
“Only one goal… … ”
“Destroy and destroy all demons. So, if it has anything to do with demons, they are trying to destroy everything.”
I imagine myself becoming a monster engulfed by the intense violence. It didn’t seem like a very good look.
Frowning and sipping a cup, Tetra opened her mouth with her chin clenched and her head tilted to the side.
“But, surprisingly, you used a celestial object to stop your runaway in a situation where you don’t have a clue. Elena wrote that on the note. Well, I can’t believe it. It’s the first time I’ve ever heard of it. But looking at your traces… … I don’t even think it’s a lie. How could this be?”
Tetra stared at me with her head sticking out. Embarrassed, she stepped out for a moment, but Tetra immediately returned to her seat.
“Anyway, the aftereffects you are suffering now are the price of daring to use heavenly things as you please.”
I was telling you why I lost my memory.
“I wonder if Mistilteinn was brought out because I knew exactly how to use it that I would not know how to use… … So you must be special. You are so interesting, Ezio Cranil.”
It’s Mystyltaine.
Before that, I asked with a question.
“A heavenly thing… … What?”
“The arsenal of heaven that can only be opened when the incarnations have fully opened their divinity. stuff from there.”
The arsenal of heaven. Just hearing the name gives me the feeling that amazing things are sleeping.
“You did a great job in the last war. Keter’s ‘Heavenly Sword’, which you’ve probably heard of at least once, is also sleeping there. It’s the same incarnation that can handle it, but it’s an incarnation with the same white deity as Keter… … I couldn’t deal with it in the end. can you handle it I wonder.”
“I don’t know how great that is, but I probably wouldn’t… … ”
“You don’t know until you try. Of course, I don’t want you to ever touch the arsenal. This is sincere.”
Tetra said so and looked at me.
“Back to the point… … to sum it up.”
He placed his finger on his temple, as if retracing the story. With the other hand, he lightly tapped the table.
“Ezion, you were forcibly awakened by the Great Evil, and you forcibly opened the door of the arsenal that you were not permitted to use, and took the things inside of it at will. In fact, it is vague to see it as the price, but to prevent your runaway, you would have had no choice but to bind and seal all the memories that triggered the forced awakening.”
“So you’re saying I’m like this now?”
“That’s right.”
My head hurts.
It would take a month to sort out the information we got.
After holding my breath for a moment, I opened my mouth.
“The solution is… … something.”
“What?”
As if the answer has already been decided.
Tetra said.
“If there is a hole left by a heavenly object, it must be filled with the same heavenly object.”
Outwardly, he was speaking so quietly.
Having just heard Tetra’s story and grasping the meaning behind it, I opened my mouth with a very serious face.
“Wait.”
“yes?”
“To open that heavenly arsenal… … You said that the divinity had to be completely opened, didn’t you?”
“It did? You remember it well.”
Tetra, who clap her hands as if praising a child, smiled brightly, but I couldn’t.
After muttering for a while, he finally vomited.
“Tetra-sama was… … You said that in order for a man to fully open his divinity, he would have to sacrifice his life.”
So.
If there wasn’t one wrong explanation in Tetra’s words, if my understanding was correct.
Tetra has now reached a point where she has to sacrifice her life for me.
This doesn’t make sense.
However.
“Yeah, it was. Why?”
“… … ”
“What should I do? That is your request and the contract between us.”
“But… … ”
“Ezio. Listen.”
Unlike my nursery rhymes, the tetra is just calm.
“I am a body that lives by contract. The moment I break this, my existence is destined to collapse. It’s the worse way if you don’t fulfill the contract, so don’t think about stopping it any longer.”
“But, obviously, you said that getting my memories back is easy. How could your life be at stake… … ”
No matter how much the contract is, this is over the line. To say that the supreme ruler of the Empire lays down his life for me alone.
As an archmage wiser than anyone else, even though I expected everyone to have ideas, there was no choice but to react instinctively.
“I told you to listen. Ezio.”
Tetra looked at me with more softened eyes.
“Words give their lives, G. Some survive. Did we just survive the last war? It was a battlefield that could never be won without opening up the divinity. and we’re back In the end, there were quite a few incarnations that never came back, though.”
fallen war heroes.
Their tombstones are erected on the Hill of Eternity.
“And don’t worry too much. I don’t know about the other incarnations, but I’m particularly good at controlling. As long as you don’t lose your self, you can come back to normal. I can break free from the bondage of heaven. Are you willing to risk my life, which I also cherish so much?”
Tetra got up from the sofa. Stretch your arms upwards as you stretch. Ugh-. Tetra, who let out a pleasant moan, drew soft arcs around her lips.
“More than anything else, the research I have devoted my whole life to from the moment I realized my destiny was not in vain. I have no intention of dying until I finish the study.”
That smile immediately turned to the floor next to him.
“… … ”
I was silent for a while.
Finally, he spoke in a heavy tone.
“Sorry for asking too much.”
“Well, isn’t it? Am I not going to die?”
“but… … ”
“Ezio.”
when my name is called
Tetra sneaked up to me and stroked the cheek with her hand. Eyes and eyes met. Again, at the sight of the blinding beauty, I suddenly had a blank expression on my face.
“I think you can see why Elena wanted to help you. You are a child with very clear eyes and soul.”
As if she was caring like her mother, Maru was wriggling for an instant and wanted to start a game, but she couldn’t move from her seat. It was because of Tetra’s restraint.
“I am doing research for a child like you. I want all humans in this world to be truly happy. I want all things and life, a pure and pure soul, to be saved.”
“So this is what I want to do.”
“I have to leave here in a little while, so let’s get started. No more time to delay. Both for me and for you.”
A voice as gentle as the shore of a lake rings in my ears, and I put back the hand that Tetra used to sweep my cheeks.
I barely opened my tightly closed mouth.
“… … Thank you very much. Tetra.”
“Yes, yes.”
Tetra shaking her hands with dryness.
“wait here. I’ll get you out soon.”
He motioned for Maru, who was next to him, to follow him.
But.
“… … master.”
“yes?”
He speaks seriously with hardened eyes.
“… … Do you even need to do this?”
“yes. I have.”
“… … ”
Maru closed her mouth with a dark expression on her face.
“Even if it’s not because of the contract, I think helping that child will be of great help to me as a result.”
Tetra, suddenly sticking out her tongue cutely at me, ripped through the empty space.
“Did you try to eat it raw? There’s no obligation to do that, but conscientiously, it’s not. Is not it?”
“… … ”
I’d rather be happy
So, the moment Tetra took a step into the crack in the space he had created.
“When you come back, help me with my research. If I can solve this problem well, I think the end of my really jingling research will come to an end.”
leaving those words one last time.
He waved his hand and disappeared.
#16
Tetra told me he would be back soon.
That promise was eventually kept.
supportive-. Cracks arose in the space again. Two men and women walked out of the torn area.
The sound of dry breath and sweet smell rushes out. Tetra’s hair, which was waving like a waterfall, was really wet.
Her face, with her eyelids closed, was indescribably distorted. The skin, which looked like white jade, was muggy and crumpled with drops of sweat and blood everywhere.
Maru, who bit her lips, glared at me while supporting Tetra, who looked completely exhausted from the side. With a strong resentment towards the subject who made his master this far. I couldn’t say anything to that bitter poison.
If there was such a thing as being able to claim to be the strongest of mankind, I couldn’t dare guess what was going on inside.
“You have exhausted all your magic. You will need medical care for a while. That Tetra-sama will take half a day, so you have to stay here until then. I wish I knew.”
Maru, who was holding it in Tetra’s hand, handed it to me with a cold voice, saying,
“receive.”