Well. What am I going to do?
How should I explain this?
No, before I explain. I don’t know how to express this miserable feeling.
I wiped my face with one hand and muttered.
“I warned you clearly, Tirkanzaka. Be careful when a stranger approaches you with sweet words, as he may be trying to take something away from you.”
I taught, showed, acted, and even made fun of myself. It was clear that the seeds were not eaten.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have shown Finlay my heart.
“Don’t give your heart away, you can never get what you want with magic. I’ve emphasized it over and over again. But it’s like this.”
A voice full of doubts reached me, who was repeating myself.
“What else does that mean?”
“That’s why you shouldn’t call yourself an educator. ha. I’m running out of strength. What have I struggled for so far, but what will my efforts be if a trainee goes astray like this?”
“Whoever hears it will know that he is a proper educator. So what the hell is it?”
A returnee who rudely dismisses it and asks questions one after another.
Taking a deep breath, I calmly shared what I had read from Finlay.
“Tirkanjaka trainee has fallen into the dilemma of the homunculus.”
I fell into the dilemma of the homunculus.
The phrase has symbolic meaning to those who know magic.
It means that he tried to change himself by borrowing the power of magic, but ended up in a miserable condition comparable to that of a mere homunculus.
In other words, it was the same as saying that he became a puppet controlled by someone.
The returnee who understood my words at once was astonished.
“What? to whom? no way?”
“Finlay. He ruled the Tirkanjaka trainees. Because of that, Finlay was able to wield the power of a Tirkanjaka trainee.”
“Impossible!”
said the returner.
“How is that possible? A vampire with a lower rank cannot beat a vampire with a higher rank. Because there is a huge gap in the ability to control blood with hematology! What about Sijo? With just a snap of your finger, you could tear a limb!”
“But it happened. I think the Tirkanjaka trainee was careless.”
“This is not a gap that can only be narrowed by being vigilant!”
“I do not know? To the extent of revealing your heart in front of me and asking Shay to shoot a lightning bolt? If you’re that careless, wouldn’t it be full?”
In fact, I couldn’t do it, so I’m in a state of control right now.
The returnee, who could not find any fault with my words, looked at the present situation with a more objective gaze.
“Certainly, that explains everything. If Tirkanjaka was really going to leave, at least he would have left us a message. But, why? To that little dwarf… ?”
The regressor, who had been troubled with a confused face, remembered what happened yesterday one by one.
He said he wanted to have a heart that beats arbitrarily. He asked himself to bring down lightning. And the one who told me to ask me about the homunculus dilemma.
The regressor, who even remembered that, looked at me with an angry expression.
“You, yesterday, told Tirkanzaka about the homunculus’ dilemma.”
I nodded my head and answered.
“yes. Because someone encouraged it. If you knew, you would have to explain it yourself, but why don’t you keep taking on troublesome tasks?”
“Cheet.”
The regressor, who had no words to refute, clicked his tongue and turned away.
“Did you tell me right? If he had heard that story, Tirkanzaka would not have thought of it prematurely.”
“You are right, I told you. However, it seems that our expectations are a little different.”
Naturally, the homunculus’ dilemma is a warning.
If you don’t want to dismantle body parts and become a terrible mourner that is used as a material, a stern warning not to even dream of changing your body with magic.
“For an ordinary human being, disassembling the body and using it as a material is a fearful event, isn’t it?”
However, the vampire has shown a deviant attitude on several occasions. I knew it, but at the same time I didn’t.
Even me, who reads everything from thoughts to memories, couldn’t fully read the vampires who had lived through 1200 years.
is that so It was a little late to realize.
“By the way, did the Tirkanjaka trainee feel fear or vague rejection after hearing the ghost story? Or, would there be a way to do that?”
For some reason, when I was told about the dilemma of the homunculus yesterday, I didn’t feel much emotion while listening to it.
I should have known then.
“Maybe the Tirkanjaka trainee, it is not a taboo… . I might have taken it as a way to get my heart racing again.”
The returnee’s face hardened.
For the vampire who opens his chest to say that he will receive an electric shock, and for the vampire who asks to use magic because he thinks that electric shock is not enough, he will be struck by lightning.
It’s not like the homunculus’ dilemma, it’s not a reluctant taboo… It was nothing more than an euphemistic refusal.
“Not at all… I didn’t know.”
The returnee’s voice trembled.
“Then it’s me? Did Tirkanzaka grant Finlay his heart because of me?”
Is it because of you? what nonsense
If it’s your responsibility for saying that, what would I do? I couldn’t predict this situation even while reading my thoughts in real time.
“no. It’s not Shay’s fault.”
I am not responsible. So, you are not responsible either. Let’s avoid each other.
“And it’s not my fault. How do you know that a Tirkanjaka trainee’s wish is so great that he wants to have his own beating heart? To be honest, this is all the fault of the Tirkanjaka trainees from one to ten. I’m not really an old man with dementia. Do you put your head in danger and look at it? If it weren’t for the immortal, I would have died right away.”
He offered consolation with an infinitely light voice.
The returner was a little moved after receiving my consolation for a moment. Because warm comfort was rare even for her.
The car I was trying to put my mind to.
‘for a moment.’
Power came back to the corners of the round, falling eyes. The returner forcibly pushed away the sweet consolation, and set a sharp thorn in his heart to become weak.
“How did you know that?”
ahahaha. it’s sharp
I read the memory.
From the lie Finlay told yesterday to the vampire who finally took out his heart after hearing the obvious lie. Finlay’s memories clearly.
But I can’t tell you that, so I put my index finger to my lips.
“It’s a secret.”
‘ he said, smiling brightly.
Then the returner’s gaze darkened even more. Like a beast that met an enemy, she glared at me with all her senses sharp, and clenched her teeth.
No, you had such a friendly smile, so why the hell? what did i do
“… great. The secret is gone. then.”
The regressor demanded an answer from me in the form that if I touched it, it would pop out at any moment.
“therefore. What are you going to do? onlooking? Cooperation? Or is it hostile?”
well
If I could use the power of a vampire to escape, I might have cooperated with Finlay. No, he must have lured a vampire to the ground before that.
But I know I can’t escape in such a simple way. I got a clue by disassembling Finlay’s bracelet, and after interrogating the golem, I was convinced.
To get out, you need something other than the ability to fly.
This word means.
“Finlay will fail to escape. You can’t get out of the abyss that way.”
As immortal vampires, they can climb steadily with patience. But it also has its limits. As you climb, you will someday realize that you will never reach the ground this way.
“If he knew he was wrong, he would come back to us. Then we’d be really shy of each other, wouldn’t we? Hi! Good bye! I said hello, but if you come back because you don’t know the way out. It will become awkward for both of us and them, and the air in the still heavy abyss will become even heavier.”
“So, what is the conclusion?”
I don’t have the ability to export Finlay. However, even if I tell them that fact, Finlay will not believe me, and even if I come to believe it after confirming it by various means, I will not let me deceive them.
In other words, it is destined to meet one day.
If I’m going to live I’ll have to kill Finlay.
“I was born active, so I don’t want to kill the awkward atmosphere. I guess I’ll have to catch Finlay and kill him.”
I smiled and reached out to the returnee.
“Student Shay, let’s work together. To catch Finlay and kill him.”
“huh. Do you think you would cooperate with someone you don’t know like you?”
No, you had such a friendly smile and a cooperative attitude. Why are you being so picky? Are you really the king of hedgehogs?
Ignoring my shyly outstretched hand, the regressor plucked his clothes.
“It was just a coincidence that we had the same goal. Just don’t get in my way.”
“Anyway, good. It’s reassuring.”
“I don’t feel any better.”
‘It’s better than having enemies, but you can’t trust it completely. Let’s think of it as fighting alone.’
Five. It’s a good decision.
Because you really have to fight alone. Because I don’t have the ability to fight vampires.
So you have to win alone. If I’m left alone, I’ll be in big trouble.
Seeing the regressor who was determined to fight alone, he asked secretly.
“Do you have any plans?”
“… Whoa. There is no reason to hide it.”
The regressor raised his finger. As she concentrated and gave her strength, the bright red blood that oozes out of her fingers clumps like beads and rolls over the regressor’s fingers.
“Hematology is an ability that every vampire possesses. But no matter how good his skills are, he’s nothing but Yaling. Not the Elder, not even the Ein. Obviously, the link between abilities is loose. then.”
tuk. As the regressor waved his finger, blood gushed out in the air. It was a shock comparable to a small bomb.
Among the flowing blood, the returner said confidently.
“I’m going to shock Tirkanzaka with my hematology. My power is primordial hematology. It does not belong to the power of Tirkanzaka. If it is stimulated with a foreign power, the instinct of Tirkanjaka will come out even to counteract it.”
Even if his head hurts a little, the regressor is a regressor, and the measures are clear. enough to pass
There’s no need to spare the praise in this case.
“It’s good. It’s a great job.”
The returnee snorted and answered.
“huh. Don’t just say empty words, you can provide remote support.”
“I don’t really have a means of remote support.”
The returner looked at me with cold eyes.
why, what Don’t you know that there is only a means of remote support?
In fact, there are no close-range support means! Voila!
“Then they use magic behind the scenes.”
“Is level 0 magic the limit for the magic that I can use?”
You saw me using magic last time. Even that insignificant amount of magic power.
The regressor who just remembered it wrinkled his face.
“Hey, what is it? Was it just a swordsman? A swordsman without any ability has the worst compatibility with Tirkanjaka!”
No, I’m a card nerd. I’ve never even used a knife. The kitchen knife I use for cooking is the whole of my knives history.
“Then, take care of Tirkanzaka’s workman! Everything else I’ll take care of!”
‘You’re not really strong at all! Heh, but it’s okay. I can do it myself. It’s what I did in the previous episode!’
The returner briefly recalled what had happened in the previous episode. In the past, when the Immortal Army that faced Seonghwangcheong in the Great War, attacked its headquarters.
At that time, the returner met the progenitor Tirkanjaka. A vengeful ghost who proclaimed revenge of blood with reddish eyes.
‘I am weaker than I was then and there are not many tools I can use, but that is the same for my opponent. No, rather more. There is no Elder or Ein of the Mist Principality to protect Tirkanjaka, right? Rallion, as long as you take care of that, you can wake up Tirkanzaka.’
The brief recollection is over. After completing the calculations in his head, the regressor solidified his resolve and said:
“I need to be prepared.”
“It’s a strange coincidence. I also needed some preparation.”
“See you here in a minute. Defeat Finlay and save Tirkanzaka.”
I didn’t even hear an answer. The returner strode back to his room. To get the tools out there to fight the vampires.
hmmm.
Actually, I have nothing to prepare. Still, should I pretend to take care of it?
He scratched his head and headed upstairs. To get some gear.