Episode 186
Allen shook her head at her question.
At first, I wasn’t sure it was her. At the end she thought she heard her voice, but maybe it was a hallucination.
He was convinced for two reasons.
“It sounded like a voice I heard one day. Maybe… the day I succeeded in making a dragon core.”
I had a dream that day. When I was young, I dreamed of myself and Julius appearing. Then I heard that voice. Even then, I doubted that it was Bestla, but… .
“I forgot about it because the tone changed like a punsu.”
“Who is the solver!”
she groaned and shouted. Allen grinned at the thought that she was now hers. Her figure was still nowhere to be seen.
But the tension was lessened.
“Anyway, to answer your question… there were only stories about you.”
It may be that she didn’t show it on purpose in order not to be found out, but she was the only one in her life that could be said to be a big variable like Heisel.
But since only her story was missing, I had no choice but to doubt.
“Are you embarrassed because you seem to be bragging about yourself?”
If it had been, Allen wouldn’t have been convinced that she was Bestla. Giving a name to Squall or recognizing the monsters in the ruins.
Allen didn’t ask him on purpose, but he was the most curious about her.
“So, what’s your real identity?”
“I want to tell you that, but… Unfortunately, we don’t have that much time.”
A screen appeared in front of Allen. Familiar sight and eye level. He would be like this if he looked at his point of view from a third person’s point of view.
“It’s hard to even talk about it all.”
“•••I, is it?”
“Actually, it’s another guy who took over that body.”
The battle seen on the screen was intense. As if what he had shown earlier was not the end, Heisel took out endless various means, and ‘Allen’ broke them all.
That wasn’t enough, so he could barely see Hygel’s push.
“Until he survives, there is a chance. Originally, this was also difficult, but thanks to her… .”
“If it’s her, Milred?”
“yes. Perhaps what she wanted was for you to see this for yourself.”
I took this opportunity to talk to you like this.
Allen had mixed feelings about Milred for a moment. Does the fact that she did something like this mean she knows something? If so, she… .
‘Could not have died?’
I can not know.
Allen put aside his unresolved worries and put the questions that came to his mouth.
“Then is it a lie that you should use your powers to sleep?”
“no? Is that true? I just woke up a few days ago and pretended to be asleep just in case.”
He nodded, remembering the momentum she had just before falling asleep. It’s strange for her to sleep for a long time if she has enough power, even though she’s locked in a sword and her abilities are limited.
“It’s not that the time is short, but it’s not enough, so let’s ask a quick question. If you’re really late, you can’t talk outside, right?”
Allen was worried. What should I ask? What about Heisel? her body? I was curious about everything, but to pick one thing… .
“Really, where is Julius?”
He had a nervous face when asking this question. As such, it had an important meaning to him. However, the reply that came back had no choice but to suffocate.
“I don’t know either.”
“•••is it.”
Perhaps because of the disappointment on his face, she spoke quickly.
“that… , Allen I’m very sorry, but I secretly tried to track down the soul that disappeared when Julius came closer… It really disappeared like a persimmon.”
“Thank you for trying to help.”
“I couldn’t even find it.”
Doesn’t anyone know how talented she is? That means those who possessed their own bodies that are higher than that… .
Allen’s expression darkened at the dim prospect.’ She said nothing. She didn’t even know if they really were.
However, Allen also erased the dark expression on her face as if she knew how precious time is now.
Even if it wasn’t, it had to be.
Grief doesn’t solve the situation.
He said that he had regained his original form.
“•••I’m sorry for wasting your time. I’m trying to sort out some questions, so would you mind continuing what I said earlier?”
Bestla didn’t refuse, as if her urgency was oozing out.
“Allen, as I showed you earlier, you must have noticed that your deeds resembled someone from the past. It can’t be compared to him, but the luck that follows and an event that turns out well. Even if there were hardships, the threshold would not have been hopeless.”
“I want to deny it… but it is.”
What he thought was something he had been handed over by his own strength is actually no different from Woojin Kim.
“Then you mean that everything I did was just luck?”
The feeling of embarrassment that appeared on his face steadfastly denied her.
“It’s not like that.”
“••• Didn’t I say it was the same before?”
“Let me tell you in advance… Allen, you are not worthy to be put into a bridle.”
Allen was silent, as if he wanted to hear more of her.
“Usually, there are several conditions for the person ‘they’ want. First, is it suitable for the leading role of the time? Second, was he born with the highest level of talent in that era? And lastly, is it easy to move with words?”
“That means… 99
“You are none of that. The status and talents of a failed countess because they fit the leading role of the times can be said to be geniuses, but they cannot be compared to those who are truly geniuses. Finally… .”
She spoke in a voice mixed with laughter, as if genuinely funny.
“You are so clever.”
Geniuses have a weak side, except in certain fields. A person of high rank has a stubbornness that cannot be broken.
“But you were too thorough.”
“•••I?”
not. Allen had no choice but to do so in order to minimize mistakes as much as possible and to keep up with the gap with others. To be thorough… .
“After a thorough plan for 10 years from the beginning, what do you say? How ridiculous I was when I first found out what you were thinking… .”
The minimum level of force that one must develop. People to meet, funds to meet, people to recruit and short-term goals to achieve.
The details changed according to the information he received from time to time, but within a broad framework, Allen coordinated all his actions.
To the extent that I feel paranoid.
“Because of that, I went into detail about things that were originally dismissed as luck.”
“…in my situation, that was normal.”
“Not for others. Your brother, no, you can tell just by looking at him, right? He’s busy taking advantage of his luck, and isn’t interested in the fundamentals, right?”
Things like status windows, quests, and possessions.
There are few who, like Allen, doubt the abilities they have attained, as if everything has a price.
“The reason you were chosen… Perhaps, they changed their policy during this time period.”
She continued in a tone of uncertainty.
“Your family must be unique. It must be said that the relationship with my younger brother also met the lack of qualifications.”
That’s why I chose two. This is because the sides are constantly competing with each other, becoming antagonists or adversaries.
If you are chosen alone, your skills will stagnate from a certain moment. In their plan, they had to be endlessly strong
“Does that have anything to do with the puppet you spoke of or the puppet that Heisel spoke of?”
If she had been in front of me, I could feel that she was cool enough to fly around.
“Simply put, as strange as before, Allen means that everything you do will work out well.”
“•••Sometimes like words from a white book.”
Allen could see the danger lurking in it. Literally, following a path that someone has designed. nice to look at
I don’t think I can just use it without thinking… .
“If it repeats itself, you’ll be unable to make your own judgement. Really, like a puppet, blindly…”
For a moment, goosebumps appeared on my back. As soon as he said those words, he realized that he had escaped danger at some point.
“.•.Changed the rules of Squall.”
He followed the instructions of the white book to the ruins, and lost three of his companions in the ruins training.
Because of that experience, his initial determination was shaken, and it was materialized through the events of Noah. And I changed my mind when I went to the town of Mato.
Julius is important, but others are also important.
“Personally, this is the part that surprised me. Seriously, I almost took off the bridle by accident.”
Puppet, bridle and fate.
There are many words to describe him.
However, the contents inside were not different. You can’t escape, and you don’t recognize him.
Allen, once, almost unbridled.
“Is there any reason why the white book was quiet for a while? It was all because of that. I didn’t know if I was really going to get away with it
Because.”
Now that he appeared again, he was convinced that Allen would never give up on saving Julius.
As if her mouth was really itchy, she spit out what she knew and knew.
As I opened my mouth like that, the space shook. The darkness around him cracked as if it were about to break, and the beam of light that surrounded Allen’s body shook as if it were going to scatter.
Looking at the screen, within a few minutes, Hygel’s appearance had changed.
One of his eyes was closed, and his entire body was full of scars. Equipment turned into rags and a broken magic sword. Not long left until the end.
「•••There are a lot of things I haven’t said yet, but I can’t help it. Just be mindful of one million people.”
She spoke hurriedly as if to prove her words.
“We need to increase our strength. If you become stagnant because you resist the bridle, you will regret it in the end… It will be you.”
Allen had no intention of giving up his force. He initially thought that if he couldn’t find the real Julius, he would kill him. He didn’t have the option of staying stagnant in the first place.
“And Heisel… .”
She bit her lip and answered with determination as if she had made up her mind.
“If Allen leaves, it’s okay for a moment, even for a second. hold on a little bit It may or may not help… The more variables, the better.”
Allen asked bluntly, as if he felt conflict in her voice.
“Then what’s the price you have to pay?”
“that is… I think I will fall asleep again.”
The difference from last time is that you can’t really predict when it will happen.
“I will leave the choice to you. If you don’t, I’ll just have to act as usual. But Allen, really he… .”
“would.”
Allen nodded as if he had nothing to say. Not only the use of the high gel, but the compassion and anticipation in her voice, he also noticed that she expected her high gel to do something for her.
He rose from his seat and approached the broken rift.
But before moving, he slowly opened his mouth. Her heart trembled a little. If not now, there was no chance.
Allen was the first that came to mind, but he brought out the question he had buried.
“••• Are my feelings related to Julius real?”
she said the answer
Allen nodded at the answer.
And just before ‘Allen’ killed Heisel, he spit it out quietly.
“And next time we’ll talk face to face.”
「•••Uh, that, uh. I don’t mean to hide it… .”
Allen grinned and stepped into the cracks of darkness. A whisper came from behind her. This time, it wasn’t the voice in her head.
/”…yes.”/