270 – Memory – 3
After Delta rushed out of the throne room with the god of the Holy Land, only silence hung in the room.
It was not enough that the sun and moon appeared directly, they even warned that they were approaching right in front of them, so it was a natural result. Everyone here feels that there is no time to worry anymore.
“From now on, I will take over. Because the Goddess arranged it that way.”
Amid the chaotic atmosphere, Nyx opened his mouth.
A question came to Minerva’s gaze. I’ve been through both people who use honorifics and people who use informal language, but I’ve never seen a person who uses that kind of tone.
Because those who spoke respectfully were timid, and those who spoke rudely were sullen.
“Now I am in a state where my two personalities have been reunited. It should be said that this is close to my original personality.”
“Your notice has become very fast.”
“Because in order to survive in a world that is on the verge of collapse, all you need is your senses.”
A smile caught on his face. It wasn’t the usual sullen and timid smile, but a smile containing very complex emotions.
“So, what do you want to do? As you may have just heard, Mr. Delta is as close to wanting you to not do that as much as possible.”
“This is a fact we already know. There is no need to emphasize it.”
“Of course, you can do whatever you want. The decision is yours, and neither I nor Delta have any intention of stopping that. Just know that the odds of failure are very high. Even the Goddess wouldn’t recommend it very much.”
While no one could easily open their mouth to Nyx’s warning, which even mentioned the goddess, black eyes turned to Aurora.
“Especially there is so much more. It’s a life-and-death matter, so I won’t say it again. You can’t fight at all, right?”
“… ….”
Aurora shrugged her fists and barely nodded her head. She herself knows that she is practically being treated as out of power in this position.
It is not known whether she will be able to awaken her soul, but even if she does, it is clear that she will not be able to wield the sword properly with her hand holding a pen instead of a sword for the rest of her life.
It is questionable whether he will be able to use it properly even if he teaches the sword in a situation where the fate of the world is right around the corner.
What if you die by doing something wrong? Sadness is the responsibility of those who remain.
“I don’t know about the others, but don’t even mention that you will participate in sharing her memories. Even if it did, it wouldn’t help anything.”
Nyx deliberately chose harsh words to completely crush Aurora’s pride. She’d much rather be a bad b*tch on her own than let her flimsy considerations give her false hopes.
“Something like that…… I know…….”
It sounds so cold that it even sounds like an abusive remark, but because I knew why Nix was acting like that, I couldn’t even refute it.
Nevertheless, it was also true that she was angry at her own situation. Aurora chewed her lips until she bleed. Her front teeth dug into the thin, crimson skin.
Now that Laura had even heard those words in the already subdued atmosphere, her atmosphere became cold, almost frozen.
Rize, Erica, and Iris felt as if they had just heard those words, and their breath was choking. It’s this much just by simply seeing it from the side, I don’t even want to imagine what it would be like if I heard it in person.
“I’ll ask you one, short woman.”
“You can call me Nyx, Your Majesty. Or you can call me by my old name, Flor. It doesn’t matter either way.”
“If leisure follows Delta’s wishes and gives up acquiring the soul, Delta will have to face it alone. When that happens, does she stand a chance against Delta?”
“…… I don’t know either. I don’t think that’s a question I can answer. But, how much do you all guess?”
I guess to some extent.
Cecilia was not so stupid as to not understand the meaning hidden in it. The golden pupils sharpened, and in an instant, a tremendous lifespan erupted.
The nearby knight commanders, Stella, and Selene flinched reflexively, but Nyx calmly passed the killing blow.
“Then, isn’t the answer already decided?”
Kai Killia turned her body towards Aurora and looked down at her.
She
She is a woman of the same blood as Libanus.
“Aurora.”
“…… Yes, Auntie.”
“Raise your head.”
Aura Laura slowly raised her head. Tears the size of fingernails formed at the corners of her eyes, and her lips were bursting with red blood.
It was to the point where you could clearly see that he was desperately trying to keep his expression as if it was nothing special.
Since they both inherited Livanus blood, the two looked at each other, looking very similar except that one was slightly younger and the other mature.
“Nyx, no, did you say Flor? That’s probably a good thing. Listen, single woman.”
“…… Yes. Please tell me.”
“I will accept the memories of Delta that opens. Whether she has to endure hundreds of deaths or thousands of deaths, she will do it.”
“Okay. If His Majesty says so.”
“So, Aurora.”
A round halo of light appeared on Caicilia’s right hand. Recognizing the identity of the halo, Minerva made a surprised face.
The rest looked puzzled because they didn’t know what it was. Just because Minerva reacted like that, she could only guess that something was wrong.
However, it was not long before the halo took the shape of a complete object, which surprised even others.
What was in Caicilia’s hand was the crown that symbolized the emperor of the Aethernum Empire.
“From now on, you are Libanus.”
A crown made entirely of pure gold and diamonds with the pattern of the Aethernum Empire at its center. It was gently placed on Aurora’s jet-black hair.
After confirming that her emperor’s crown had been placed on her head, Aurora jumped up from her seat in astonishment.
“Auntie! What is this-“
“It is as you see it. As of this moment, the opening is no longer Caecilia Libanus. Isn’t using the surname Libanus an authority only granted to the current emperor?”
Her sister Laura’s legs trembled when she heard her words. She’s the emperor’s coffin? At a moment like this?
Aurora thought for a moment that her aunt was trying to make an untimely joke, but she was very serious with her golden pupils, who looked very much like her. Those were undoubtedly sincere eyes.
“Ha, but…… I can’t afford this…….”
“You can bear the weight of that coffin. This is a fact guaranteed by this former emperor. It would be embarrassing to even call your father a fellow human being, but you inherited Livanus’ line very well. If you are, you will be able to sustain the empire.”
“But… ….”
Kai Killia placed her own left hand on her sister Laura’s right shoulder. Aurora reflexively shut her mouth.
“Opening…… No, i am From now on, he is a person who will walk a path that may never return.”
Took, then took again. Her slender palm tapped her shoulder lightly.
It was a lot of encouragement.
“The man said he didn’t want to see me ruined. He said he was worried that I would be broken. However, isn’t it really funny? It’s not just a feeling that the man alone has.”
There was no word “Auro”. No, i couldn’t
“I worry about Delta as much as Delta worries about me. I will never allow my man to fight alone. I won’t let it go like that.”
Because I recognized the sincerity in those words.
“That’s why I can no longer be the emperor. For I am not the emperor of Aethernum, Cacilia Libanus, but Cecilia, the woman in love, who wants to help him.”
Would I have been able to say this in the past? Caicilia questioned herself for a moment.
The answer came quickly. She probably wouldn’t have been able to wake up if she was dead. She knew all too well what a wild personality buster she used to be.
But not now. Just as her man seemed to be able to do her many tasks that were considered impossible, she did the same for Cayquilia.
Some say that people in love don’t resemble each other. This was an extension of that.
“Aunt… ….”
“If you are, you will know the weight of my words. Now the survival of the empire is in your hands. Go, Aurora Libanus. Go…… Prepare a place for us to return to after everything is over.”
Aurora gritted her teeth. The taste of blood filled his mouth from his chapped lips.
It was an abdication that was decided so suddenly, but no bureaucrat would be able to rebel against it. Such was the path Cecilia Libanus had walked.
And, maybe the path that Aurora Libanus will walk is like that too.
If there is no one to stop them, two people who look so similar will end up doing the same thing.
Aurora turned her body and walked slowly towards the door to her throne room. Clearly, the footsteps carrying the weighty responsibility could be heard very clearly, even though they should not have been audible because of the finest carpet.
The door opened, and just before the figure in the black dress disappeared beyond it, her calm voice opened her mouth.
“Please come back alive. This is the first order I give as the emperor of the Aethernum Empire.”
With those words, the door closed.
Even Minerva couldn’t keep his mouth shut at the sight of the empire’s power being reversed right in front of his eyes. Everyone here, including the Popes and Nyx, was in awe.
“So, how do you share that memory?”
Except only Caicilia.
“…… You’re serious, Caicilia.”
“It is to help the man who made me this way. There’s no way you can’t be sincere.”
Caicilia’s eyes were infinitely proud as she said that.
“So are we.”
“So, could you please tell me how?”
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Soon after, someone who was the first to escape the shock stood in front of Nyx and next to Caicilia.
These were the popes who wore black robe-like clothes all over their bodies. It was so tightly wrapped that no bare skin could be seen from under the neck.
“We know that a throne next to Delta’s body, which has already become a woman, even if it is a valley full of tribulations in front of us, is our duty.”
“As he saved us, now it is our turn to stand up for him. Even if it means risking your life.”
“Are you not going to give up your position as Pope?”
At those words, Floretta and Luna responded with a slight smile.
“The office of Pope is not something that can be changed by human will. Since the sun and moon have come down, wouldn’t it be right to leave it to the sun and moon to reap?”
“When the previous pope ended his life in the flesh and was embraced by the sun and moon…… The sun and moon will shed light on the new pope.”
Stella and Selene stood side by side behind the popes while the three of them were talking. To these two, life was the same as faith, so of course they had no choice but to help the saint.
I couldn’t even repay the favor of saving the popes from the monsters of the underworld. I would rather kill myself than step out of this situation.
Especially Stella, who has a personal debt due to Lucia’s work.
“Have you also made up your mind?”
The four captains of the Silver Dawn knights quietly took their positions behind Kaikilia. Sensing that presence, Kai Killia murmured without even giving her a glance.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I am no longer your majesty. So call me Caicilia. So, what is your reason for wanting to participate?”
“Lungs…… Caicilia, for the same reasons as you.”
Rize, who had completely erased the unique single smile from her face, replied bluntly. With a sharp impression and even bluntness, a bloody spirit lingered like frost.
“For the same reasons as me…… That guy is really helpless. There are so many women who would shed tears if she did something wrong, and she was going to bear the burden all by herself.”
Actually, out of the 3 other than Rize, Iris was the only one who could really say ‘same reason’.
Erica still had feelings for her sister’s man, but she was in denial of her guilt, and Claudia was wondering if her feelings for her Delta were friendship or love. Because I was doing
But the fact that even Erica and Claudia didn’t want to think about anything after Delta’s death was the same.
“Hey, what should I do now?”
Minerva was seated next to Caicilia without a word. With the exception of Aurora, who she was inevitably excluded from, she meant that after all she had made up her mind towards learning her requiem.
“I can’t die thousands of times right from the start, so let’s just taste it first.”
Of course, Nix, who knew this was going to happen anyway, wasn’t surprised.