Episode 172
Hundreds of wagons left the city with cheers.
The carriage was massive and was driven by machines, not horses. Behind him, he was leading a weapon he had never seen before.
Hundreds of students and volunteer mercenaries, adventurers, and professors split up and set out for the West.
It was the departure day of the Western Reinforcement Army among the four Allied Forces.
As the student council president told Allen, not long after, the academy recruited volunteers for the reinforcements, and the response was more explosive than expected.
Anxiety about the future and fear that nothing will change if you leave alone. And even the fear of Estodor
The vague anxiety about them, who caused numerous accidents affecting the continent, spread like wildfire.
Demi was enough to give the students courage.
Not only are professors full of talented people from the 6th and 7th ranks working together, but they also open up the academy report and provide sufficient support including elixir.
They say that every time you join the reinforcements and make an achievement, you will be rewarded with an achievement value.
Even those who were worried about the academy’s radical declaration, there were many who eventually turned their minds to participating.
Because his own success is important, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t worried about his family.
It’s just that the priorities are different.
Thousands of Elpis had escaped in a short period of time, and they became quiet.
The city where most of the power had been drained was a great opportunity for someone to attack, but fewer people were concerned than expected because of the special geographical location, holy sword, and arm rivers that guard the place.
“Is it really okay if I don’t go?”
Milred asked, looking at the tails of the carriages in a row.
“I heard that Reinhardt’s estate is close to the elven forest…”
“In the meantime, the mountains are a natural barrier, so there are only a few places to defend.”
Allen’s acquaintances took this opportunity to join the reinforcements.
Second Prince Eliza joined the Eastern Allied Forces after hesitating, and Francisca also applied for the Eastern Allied Forces because she was worried about Princeal, who had lost contact in the East.
Illyana struggled over whether to go or not, and eventually joined the Northern Reinforcement Army.
It was because it was said that a machine was mixed with the body of a monstrous monster that appeared in the Beast Man Alliance.
At present, her engineering research is stagnant.
Allen didn’t stop her, thinking that the weapon she had invented before her return might have been invented against them.
“But my fiance left, are you okay?”
“that….”
Rachel was also worried about her family and was about to join the Western Allied Forces to take a look.
“It’s not okay. But I couldn’t help it either.”
But Allen could not go.
Because I knew it was going to happen here soon.
Maria had talked to him before, and the reason why the student council president called him apart was that he felt like he wanted to get Allen out of the city.
To Rachel, who looked at him sadly, Allen sent Linbell instead of him.
It was because Soned and Arcandus were worried that they were trapped in the elven forest, and they believed that Linbell could handle the matter well.
With so many left, Allen walked the El Peace with Milred.
Elpis, who had found temporary peace, seemed to be the same on the outside as usual.
However, since they could not remove all their worries, anxiety lingered around the rest of them like an unavoidable flow.
“So, what are you going to do now? What are your thoughts on staying here?”
Milred followed him even after seeing off the Western Allies.
Allen looked at Milred. Even though she had spoken clearly in the last conversation, she could sense a faint sense of guilt in her face.
After the relic practice, she avoided Allen.
‘I feel guilty… :
To him, her behavior was natural.
Allen had a similar experience.
Immediately after Hibel’s Chimera incident, Allen was locked in a closet and could not come out. He couldn’t blame him, but Allen felt it was his fault.
“Allen junior is not long until his sophomore year, but…”
Allen saw Milled telling several stories as if he didn’t know what to say.
“senior.”
Is it because his mood has changed, or is it because she knows that her attitude annoys others?
‘I’m just waiting anyway.’
Allen looked at her with an expression that could have made him look cold.
“I’ll tell you a story.”
“•••story?”
An embarrassment crept across her face.
He moved back to where he had stopped. She hurriedly followed him.
“Yes. Hearing the story of the senior, I remembered the story I wanted to tell.,,
She looked at him with a puzzled expression on her face.
With a squinting glance and wiggling fingers, she clearly shows that Allen is angry or anxious because of her.
“Would you like to hear it?”
“•••Yeah, I’ll listen. I’ve only been talking about it so far, so you can’t not hear it.”
Allen grinned as he looked at Milred, who couldn’t figure it out.
“Let’s start. It’s just a story I’ve heard, but…”
After an accident while quarreling for successors, which is a common occurrence.
There was a coward who was locked in the room.
A stupid man who can’t face his actions.
“It’s okay, man. Didn’t you see the carriage procession? It’ll be over in a few months.”
Heisel’s hobby was walking around the city.
“Really?”
Unlike the way it developed in the past, it has significantly declined now, but it is because it has a different flavor than it was back then.
“Of course not, of course not.’,
The man who was cleaning the stall mumbled the same words as if he were talking to himself. As if that would solve the problem.
Heisel glanced at them and moved forward.
But Heisel couldn’t find a sight like the one he usually sees.
The liveliness of the market and the splendor of the black market.
The fierce fighting of the mercenaries and the vitality between them.
A research area with constant monotone sounds and comfortable silence from the forge.
The whole place was quieter than it was a few months ago.
He saw and felt it all and moved his body.
In fact, even now, there were times when I couldn’t believe that I was reincarnated.
At that time, Heisel roamed the city. The destination was good. He felt joy when he found his own secret place, and when he saw the faces of others, he realized that he was different from the past.
into the academy.
Find the gate and gather demons.
Until they plan a portal for them.
All of that didn’t feel real.
This was a scar from what he experienced as a Demon King, and it was a task he had to solve in the future.
As Heisel took her usual steps, someone next to her opened her mouth.
“Where are you going?”
It was a familiar voice.
before and after reincarnation.
“Didn’t I tell you to hide until I executed the plan?”
Heizel turned her head to the touch of a gentle grip on his arm.
Black hair that came down to the waist with a neat face. She had a scent that made her feel at ease.
“••• You may not be able to see in the future, so please take a look at this.”
She pursed her lips and turned her head.
Lilith said so, but looked worried that he was really going to ask him to go back.
Heisel sighed and nodded.
“Yeah… if you don’t show your magic.”
“If a succubus can’t even do that, it’s a shame for the race.”
She smiled confidently.
Then he looked at the atmosphere around him and opened his mouth.
“It’s a familiar atmosphere.”
Heisel didn’t answer.
He knew it too. Tension when war broke out. People struggle to hide their fears and insecurities, live life like a lie, and hope for tomorrow’s well-being.
It was a sight I was familiar with in the past.
He liked to wander around the city. Because you can feel something different from the past. am
But what is different now?
It was nothing different from the past, except that he didn’t raise it.
But Heisel didn’t stop.
As if trying to find a familiar face.
Lilith looked at him and opened her mouth.
“••• Do you regret it?”
For a moment, Heisel’s feet stopped. But he resumed his steps again as if he hadn’t heard.
“If you don’t want to, you don’t have to. You only have to sacrifice once…”
He didn’t listen to her all the way.
“I do it because I want to.”
“But in the end because of me…”
Lilith looked at the destination where Heisel had arrived and kept her mouth shut.
It was the center of the academy, the square where the warrior’s sword was placed.
A holy sword that shines brilliantly.
Heisel has competed with the owner of that weapon dozens or hundreds of times.
His will was at the center of the battle, and the Middle East, which had nothing to do with his will, also existed.
At that time, he didn’t realize that.
So I followed like a puppet. Shouldn’t it be said that there is nothing different from the current Julius?
‘No, I made the least amount of resistance, so that’s not enough:
It was the hero who helped him in the end.
A man who was human but not human.
Following the good, defending justice, and showing mercy to the enemy once.
There was no one who deserved the name of a warrior so much.
It was the hero who gave him this information.
‘You said you had to break the bridle:
So he was disappointed when he saw Maria.
It was different from what he remembered.
Although it could be said that she inherited the talents of a warrior, she was just an immature child, unlike the heroic character he remembered.
If he hadn’t been involved with the demons, he might have helped her to repay the favor of the past.
To be reborn as a real warrior.
‘Julius:
Everything changed when Julius visited.
Because of that, I knew that the gates were opened periodically and demons were summoned, and I realized that the bridle the hero had spoken of had begun again.
Heisel opened her mouth as she grumbled past memories of the past.
“I do not regret my last.”
That was his last pride as a Demon Lord.
It was a decision I made myself, not someone else’s puppet.
“I know it would have been impossible if the hero had not given me a chance. That’s why I owe him. Without him, I wouldn’t have been able to save you.”
“••• Demon Lord.”
She bit her lip for a moment, then made a dark face.
“No need to apologize. I forgive you. Now it’s Hazel. Hazel Kailus.”
Hazel’s name is derived from the hazel tree.
Heisel smiled a little frivolously, lightly.
“Otherwise, there would be no reason to give it this name.”
The flower language of the hazel tree means reconciliation, a peaceful and calm person.
It was named because he was determined to live like that.