269 – Memories – 2
The ones who reacted the most fiercely to the words of my past were the knight commanders and Aurora.
It was inevitable. Those five knew from before that there was something I was hiding, and once they even made me drink alcohol to try and find out what it was, but failed.
It was only natural that he would show such a reaction when the content he had dragged on with just one verbal promise to tell him someday was about to be revealed.
Except for Nyx, who gently closed his eyes, other people generally reacted similarly. Even Selene, who usually shows very little emotion, was no exception.
“A story from the past, that sounds very interesting. Let me know where Who were you once upon a time?”
With her legs crossed, her elbows resting on her knees, her back bent and the back of her hand resting on her chin, Kai Kilia urged with a smile full of interest.
The thing to come has finally come. After catching my breath for a moment, I opened my mouth.
“I…… He’s from another world. In many ways.”
“Did you just say you came from another world?”
“Yes. Minerva would know. The fact that the purple magic I showed you can never be manifested in this world. So even Minerva-sama must have not known about it yet.”
“Yes. I studied the magic the child taught me a little, but the basic structure was different from the blue magic we use. That alone would make you understand.”
Receiving my attention, Minerva nodded in affirmation.
When Minerva, who could be said to have absolute authority when it comes to magic, said something like that, even Caicilia seemed quite surprised.
“…… It’s a story that is absurd from the start. If those words had come out of someone other than you, she would have slit her throat to stop talking nonsense.”
“I fully understand that it sounds absurd. Because it’s so unrealistic. However, it is a fact that I personally experienced.”
“I know. If she doesn’t believe in you, then who the hell will she believe in? I have no doubts about what you said, so put your worries aside and move on.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
She quietly chose her next horse. Paradoxically, there was so much to say that it was difficult to choose the next one.
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“Nyx, who is sitting next to Minerva-sama, came from another world just like me. We were both in the same world.”
Attention briefly focused on Nyx, but quickly turned back to me.
“The world Nix and I crossed was…… Doesn’t disappear The world itself has collapsed and scattered.”
I have told you all about the origin of the immortal centipede and the story behind it.
Immortal centipedes are originally beings that appear in the distortion when the world begins to collapse, and that is why just by appearing, they accelerate the rate at which the world collapses.
At the word that your existence alone can turn the world upside down, everyone here, including you, all turned serious. He said that the world might be ruined right away, but there was no way it wasn’t serious.
“Then there is no time to be like this. Hundreds of them appeared right away and almost killed the captains of the Silver Dawn Knights. We must immediately mobilize all the power of the Empire to find out the whereabouts—”
“The Goddess is blocking it as much as possible, so it’s okay so far. The real danger is what comes next.”
“Next? Do you still have the next one left?”
“Your Majesty knows, too. That dragon that appeared in the imperial palace.”
At the mention of the dragon that appeared in the imperial palace, Caicilia gritted her teeth.
When Seongguk explained why his stomach was pierced, he reacted like that, so it seemed like the fact that he was knocked over with just one roar was deeply embedded in his brain.
“You could say that dragon is the biggest problem. The destruction of Nyx’s world was also an aftermath of the goddess’ power being shaken by that thing.”
When the power of the goddess was shaken, even the members of the Seongguk side reacted similarly to Caicilia. From that point of view, the world eater is no different from committing blasphemy.
“As you said, I know it’s dangerous. So tell me how to kill it first. Unless I came to tell you to sit still and wait for the time of destruction as there is no way.”
“The way to kill him is the requiem I mentioned, Your Majesty. As long as you don’t take some measures to prevent it from cutting its essence, it will be possible to do damage with requiem.”
“Then now it is my turn to tell you how to use the requiem. I have heard about your past, now I will hear about how you can use it.”
We’ve finally come this far. I paused for a while. To be honest, it was true that I was still a little hesitant.
Nyx said that if you have strong mental strength, you have a higher chance of surviving, but it’s not absolute. Right now I was a good example of that.
I never wanted to see even one of the people gathered here whose soul could not bear death and whose soul was broken.
‘Even so, it’s not for me to decide.’
However, the decision-making power rests entirely with others. All I can do is say that I’m worried that you guys might go wrong.
If you listen to those worries and change your mind, you can’t completely nail it down. It’s not a worry, it’s more like a restraint.
“How to learn the requiem…… It is to experience countless deaths.”
A question popped up on people’s heads. I dutifully added an explanation.
“So that the soul can realize the essence of existence.”
“…… Hey, can you tell me one more time?”
Minerva’s voice trembled slightly.
“It is said that experiencing countless deaths is the way to learn the soul.”
“Would you like to wait a moment? Then, the fact that the child has learned the requiem—”
“Yes. What Minerva is thinking is correct. It means that we have already experienced countless deaths.”
When I told her that her guess was correct, a look of astonishment appeared on her face. The faces of the others who heard it were mixed with astonishment.
It was only natural that she said so calmly that she had died countless times.
“I died, died, and died endlessly in order to somehow save the crumbling world. In the process, the soul realized the concept of essence. That is why I can use Requiem.”
Saving the world ultimately failed. I laughed bitterly.
This time, the response was quite small. It was because everyone was shocked and couldn’t show their emotions properly.
“It is…… Doesn’t that make sense? Have you suffered countless deaths? How? Unless the goddess was directly involved—”
“It is as you said.”
Dude, Caicilia stopped talking.
“Because I wasn’t originally from the world Nyx was in.”
The golden pupils trembled.
“The place where I used to live…… I was dragged from another world. Everyone here will remember that I said that I came from another world in many ways. That’s why I used that expression.”
“Have you been dragged? Who and why did you do that?”
“There is only one person like that, no, there is only one goddess in this world.”
The pope’s eyes widened at the mention of the goddess. Stella and Selene were no exception. There was no reason to hide it anymore, so I told the rest of the facts.
The goddess took me to that world and gave me the mission of immortality.
Because he moved on a mission and went through countless deaths over and over again, his soul was broken even though his will remained.
After waking up after a very long time, he killed monsters for the purpose of restoring his soul, and went back into the seal to restore his broken soul.
While asleep, she was encroached on by an immortal centipede, but thanks to her spirit’s elevation, she maintained her sanity and went on a journey with Nyx to defeat the immortal centipede.
Finally, in order to defeat the last immortal centipede, she committed suicide by using the requiem on herself.
“…… However, before I regained my memories, I seemed to have a greater desire for revenge against him. I even asked the goddess to call me back here.”
I came back here to repay the debt to him, and even the fact that the goddess gave a power called the ‘witch’s curse’ through Nyx, because he shouldn’t be aware of my existence.
“Well, I’ve almost recovered my memories now. Except for the memories of the farthest past, and the memories of the most terrible days for me.”
I finished the explanation with that, but no reply came back. Everyone was so shocked that they were busy organizing their thoughts.
Particularly, Floretta and Luna, Stella and Selene seemed to be the most shocked. Stella and Selene’s faces turned white, and Floretta and Luna were trembling like aspen trees.
“Now, for a moment…… Please wait a moment…… Mr. Delta. If so, what are you…… Do you mean how many times you endured the pain of death?”
Floretta asked a question in a voice she could barely squeeze.
“Well, I don’t even remember how many times now. No matter how minimal it is, wouldn’t it be hundreds of times?”
At least it was a few hundred times during the 2nd and 3rd years of Brunet, when my strength was roughly equipped. What if you add the days of brute 1, when you believed in only one mission of immortality to the subject of ordinary people who knew nothing?
It was a number I didn’t want to think about.
“So I told you, Floretta. Don’t beat yourself up too much if you don’t learn the requiem. Because you have to have this experience to use it.”
The popes’ faces were etched with shock. In particular, Floretta had tears in her eyes.
I was deliberately speaking as nonchalantly as possible in case it would be a reaction like that, but it didn’t seem to have any effect.
“As I will tell you in advance, I do not criticize or resent the goddess with this. If I had thought of that, I wouldn’t have been able to endure the mission of immortality.”
The fact that she resents the goddess means that her heart is breaking little by little.
I can only say that I am unusual that I do not have any feelings of resentment until now.
“However, isn’t it true that you suffered because of the god of the Holy Land? No matter how much Delta had a sense of mission to save the world, overcoming the fear of death would never have been easy, right?”
As if she didn’t like the fact that I had been subjected to such a thing, Caicilia looked quite uncomfortable. I replied with a slight smile.
“I had no sense of mission to save that world.”
“What?”
Caicilia’s face was distorted.
“It was a mission of immortality, as you said, and I didn’t even have a sense of mission that the fate of the world was in my hands. The reason I kept moving forward was just…… It’s just because he’s alive and not dead.”
These words came out in moderation, remembering how I would have responded if I was in that situation, but the whole time I was talking, it felt somehow familiar.
As if he had answered like that before.
Kai Killia had an expression that she didn’t like my opinion at all, but she struggled as if she couldn’t point it out because I, the person in charge, was reacting like this.
“…… I don’t know, child. It’s been a long time since my head has been so negatively complicated.”
Minerva touched her forehead. Laura, who was next to her, cautiously opened her mouth.
“Me, Delta. I know you died so many times that you can use requiem, but I didn’t mention that woman can use requiem too. Does she mean that woman has died as many times as you?”
Her finger pointed at Nyx. Judging by how many times she mentioned her name, she still called her “That woman,” And it seemed that the remnants of her first meeting were still there.
She was in the middle of a date night when Nyx showed up and ruined it all.
Of course, it was not released now. It was a lie to say that she couldn’t solve it even on her own, and she said it was magic she used to solidify the rumor that she was a witch.
“That’s not true. It’s true that you can use requiem, but the method is a little different. She did not die herself, but because Nyx accepted the deaths of other souls, she can use them.”
“…… Another soul?”
“Yes. And that’s how I said it too.”
Minerva’s silvery white eyes widened. In that brief moment, it was as if I had roughly guessed what a method would be by putting my words together.
“To accept the death I suffered by sharing my memories, just as Nyx accepted the death of other souls. That is how requiem can be used.”
A small sigh was heard. It was Minerva. Even though her own guess was correct, her expression was not very good, as if deep down she hoped to be wrong.
“That’s why I told you about my past. If you just blindly share the death I went through, wouldn’t the meaning be conveyed properly?”
A little silence ensued, but the silence was soon broken.
“I fully understand. When can we start?”
It was because of Caicilia, who had her own arrogant and overbearing face.
“It’s not that easy to decide. Caicilia.”
I purposely called her Caicilia and firmly restrained her.
“Sharing memories means not just reading about my death, but feeling as if I experienced it myself. Besides, you have to repeat the process countless times.”
As if my reaction was unexpected, Caicilia hesitated.
“If you can’t bear that death, your soul will be ruined. And, I have seen countless times the dead whose souls cannot withstand repeated deaths and whose bodies are broken and roam around.”
There were quite a few dead among the main enemies of Brunet 1. Perhaps the spirits from other worlds were brought before me.
I haven’t recovered my memories of those days yet, but the Brightest Darkness series is a game that describes my past, so it’s no problem to say that I’ve seen it myself.
“I will be honest. I never want to see the person next to me do that. There are even thoughts that I don’t want you guys to learn requiem at all.”
“… ….”
“But I don’t want to be constrained to even that, so I’ll leave the judgment to each person. You just…… Just remember that I care.”
Kai Killia looked at me, twitched the corners of her mouth, and tiptoed her toe very nervously. Her expression was a mixture of very contradictory emotions.
This time there was a long silence. I had nothing more to say unless other questions came in, and the rest was because each of us was busy organizing our thoughts.
The moment someone tried to break the silence and open their mouth, the sun and moon descended in the center of the throne room. As the light poured in, an incredibly thick shadow fell behind each of them.
“ㅡ!!!!!”
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Floretta and Luna, Stella and Selene hurriedly jumped up and knelt on the floor and bowed their heads.
Everyone else instinctively fell to their knees and bowed their heads, except for Cecilia and Minerva. Even the two people who stood firm were staring in amazement.
It was such a sacred sight.
I was also surprised, but for a different reason. What was it that he was in such a hurry that he descended directly to the ground while raising up to four months?
“Goddess? What’s going on here-“
“…… That is it.”
“Yes?”
From the mouth of the goddess, words I never thought of came out.
If Eclipse calls it what it is, he was the only World Eater. But he couldn’t believe it, so he asked casually. Then the sun and moon came closer and closer to me.
“It’s coming here.”