107 – Coming of Age Ceremony (1)
The air that stings your skin. As a result, the desire to win more and more. The room was filled with demonic energy that made my nose tingle.
The restaurant was not a place to unwind and eat something. It would have been fortunate if he didn’t pretend, but it was a good thing for Yuma, the source of demonic energy.
“What are you doing?”
Yuma gestured to the three of them, who had become as hard as wood.
“The long-awaited meal will cool down. Please sit down.”
“…Sure.”
Glenn nodded and pulled the chair across from Chiron. However, after sitting down one after another, it became a strange composition.
The distance between Lucia and Siriel, as well as Siron, had widened too much. As Siron was sitting at the end of the wide rectangle, it was an inevitable choice for Glenn, but wasn’t he treated like an outsider?
However, Glenn cannot sit next to Siron.
Glenn is the head of the Prien family, the elder, and Siron’s father. Glenn’s respect and pride did not allow him to sit awkwardly next to his son. Even though he didn’t think so in his mind, Glenn’s instincts in his subconscious told him to sit across from Siron.
‘What is this awkward composition?’
Shiron also had strange thoughts. I just sat down as Yuma instructed… but it seemed like I was deliberately keeping my distance.
Since this was not what he wanted, Siron motioned to Yuma, who was standing behind him.
“Yuma.”
“Yes, master.”
“Isn’t the table too big? Still, it’s been a while since we’ve seen each other as a family.”
Yuma bowed his head and stretched out his hand into the air.
She held out both hands and clenched them into fists.
Hook- Hook-
span. One step.
three steps. The table has narrowed down.
However, the dishes or food on the table were not disturbed. Yuma’s magic was so exquisite that it was worthy of being called perfect.
“Good.”
Siron looked at Glenn with a satisfied smile. Red hair, golden eyes. Other than that, their appearances were so similar that they looked very similar to Siron.
Siron did not greet me first. He stayed quiet to see how Glenn would turn out.
For a long time, their eyes met in the air.
Glenn smiled and spoke warm words.
“It’s been a while, son.”
“Yes. That happened.”
Instead of bowing his head, Shiron smiled.
*
Glenn Frien. A human male in his early to mid 40s. Prien’s matriarch.
And someone with a strange head…
Before possession. That was my only appreciation of the fragmentary information given.
*
Those sitting around the table ate without saying a word. There was no conversation and the only sound that could be heard in the spacious room was the sound of clinking dishes, so although we exchanged greetings, the atmosphere was always awkward.
‘I feel like I’m out of breath just eating.’
Siron quickly swallowed the sliced piece of meat.
Even Hugo, who seemed quiet and solemn, spoke to him in various ways to make it easier for him to speak up, but the man named Glenn was even more silent than Hugo, despite his cool appearance.
‘Well, there’s nothing I can do about it because I stopped by for a short while during the massacre of the apostles.’
Siriel thought Glenn was an exceptionally handsome middle-aged man, but the first thing Chiron saw was the shadow cast over his eyelids.
Like the successive family heads of Prien, Glenn Prien was also pouring his life into killing the apostles.
‘I can’t die without the holy sword.’
In the swordsman of reincarnation, the apostle is represented as an existence that can only be killed with a holy sword.
To make the player feel special by giving them the symbolism of being a warrior. Or as a metaphor for the contradiction of not being able to save the world no matter how much you want to save it unless you are the chosen one…
When I was doing Reincarnation Geomshin, I passed over the passage because it was something I read to kill time.
Now that the game has become a reality, it only feels like the creator’s malicious intent.
Siron felt sorry for Glenn.
A hell where you can’t feel any sense of accomplishment despite your best efforts. Because Glenn Frien was a man living in hell.
In the past, just like Kylie did.
‘by the way. ‘Do you have any questions?’
Siron rolled his eyes to the side and looked at Lucia. He looks like he is not happy about this situation and has been waking up for a while.
Lucia must have a lot of questions about Glenn, the matriarch of Prien, as his true identity is, but contrary to expectations, she only focused on making fun of the dishes.
It’s a strange thing. Even before she went to Lucerne, whenever she talked about Glenn, she gritted her teeth.
‘So is Siriel.’
Siron, who could not see anything, wiped his mouth with a napkin.
“…What is the coming-of-age ceremony like?”
Shiron spat out the chosen words.
The common interest of the four people sitting at the table is the coming-of-age ceremony that will be held soon. Although he had a rough idea of what the coming of age ceremony would be like, Siron wanted to break the awkward atmosphere first.
“It’s a coming-of-age ceremony.”
Glenn, who was drinking wine, answered. His face lit up as if he was waiting for a question.
Huh- Glenn cleared his throat and cleared his throat.
“Well… the purpose of the coming-of-age ceremony is to check whether a person has become a warrior who can do his or her job properly.”
“…A warrior?”
Lucia raised her head.
“Yes. It may seem a little unexpected, but the Prien family is a very old-fashioned family. Since it’s been around for 500 years, the words to describe it are also very crude.”
Lucia’s head nodded slightly.
“For 500 years, the content of the coming-of-age ceremony has not changed. Cross the Makal Mountains, reach the demonic realm, and survive. Sometimes the content has changed a bit, but the content is the same: surviving the terrible demonic beasts that attack day and night. Of course, water and food are provided locally. It is basic to procure from .”
‘So Encia told me to keep some preserved food…’
Siron thought of a maid who was good at playing pranks.
Encia was openly telling Siron to commit cheating. In fact, if the storage ability is used, even Yuma, who is in charge of the test, will not know that Siron is cheating.
“however…”
Glenn stroked his unkempt chin a few times.
“I heard that most of you lived at your brother’s house, not at Dawn Castle.”
“…Is that even a problem?”
“It could be a problem.”
Glenn answered Siriel’s question firmly. Siron stared straight ahead, a little puzzled.
“I’m just asking just in case. I don’t think it’s because I’ve become mentally weak due to living comfortably in the city… or something like that.”
“…no.”
“Thank goodness.”
Living in the Dawn Castle, where the harsh cold and demonic energy pours in from all directions, naturally develops resistance to demonic energy.
‘But everyone grew up well.’
Glenn looked around at the grown children and smiled happily.
Just like Lucia, who is destined to ascend to godhood one day, Siriel does not resemble her older brother in any way, but she already possesses power comparable to Lucia.
And the theory…
‘Luckily he didn’t die.’
A smile appears and disappears on Glenn’s face.
‘Has the prophecy gone wrong this time?’
The eyes looking at Siron became thin.
‘…divinity.’
“Because I had to live in the Dawn Castle and learn how to survive in the Demon World.”
Glenn blinked a few times and continued.
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Lucia listened to him.
The Demonic Land was definitely not a place for people to live.
I don’t know because I haven’t been there now, but all the places called ‘Magyeong’ boasted a poor environment.
In places like deserts where it is difficult to find even a sip of water,
There were places surrounded by volcanoes on all sides, and there were places where lightning struck all year round.
The Demonic Land is a land for killing humans.
‘I’m fine. but.’
Lucia sipped wine and glanced sideways at Siron.
‘Even if Siriel is like that, is Siron okay?’
Siron, who listened to Glenn like a stone, seemed a little more mature than usual. Siron’s attitude was undisturbed even when Glenn said he was going to the magic world.
A tall nose, a neat jawline, and eyes that embrace ease. Black eyes of unknown depth. He looked better than usual. Can you imagine the appearance of abandoning Lucia from that appearance?
‘…Are you drunk?’
Lucia pinched her thigh and turned her gaze back to Glenn.
“Then, when is the coming-of-age ceremony? I can start right away tomorrow.”
“Don’t rush. The content of this coming-of-age ceremony is completely different from the coming-of-age ceremonies we’ve had so far.”
Glen smiled happily at Lucia’s positive attitude. The meal was finished and no one touched the plate. Glenn stared at Chiron’s back.
“Yuma.”
“yes.”
Before he knew it, Yuma was holding a large piece of paper in his hand. The table was cleared in an instant by the waiting maids, and Yuma spread the paper on the table.
A rough line running through the center of the paper caught my eye.
“The white line is the Macal Mountains. And, this is the Dawn Castle.”
A pillar of light rising from the map pointed to a point on the map. It was Glenn’s magic.
The pillar slowly moved the map. As if that was the path to the right answer, and Glenn’s magic stopped at some point.
Across the White Mountains. end of the map.
“A week later.”
A slightly heated breath came out of Glenn’s mouth.
“An apostle will appear here.”
“…”
Glenn did not say the following.
*
3rd floor of Dawn.
Although it had been a long time since the Castle of Dawn was vacated, there was never a case where the bathroom that Siron enjoyed using was not maintained.
Siron raised his head as he soaked in the bathtub.
“How is your father?”
“Do you want me to be honest with you?”
The one-horned woman foamed her hands and spoke.
“I don’t know if the time has come for a change.”
“…Isn’t it too early?”
“Do you remember, Master? The day of the succession ceremony.”
-There is no next time. This is over now.
A child barely ten years old making a bold declaration. Yuma recalled the not-so-distant past.
Yuma placed his hand on Siron’s shoulder, which was exposed above the water. A soft, calloused hand gently stroked my bare skin.
“There are only five Priens left. There are only three Priens who will attend the coming-of-age ceremony. In the past, there were times when they were twenty, and there were times when they were fifty. The Demon World is too wide for me to take charge of alone.”
“That’s right.”
“I can’t see the future, but I know what humans look like right before they die.”
Yuma’s hand moved from his shoulder to his neck and then to his ear.
She was massaging her ear and earlobe and burst into laughter.
“The matriarch’s skills are still there, but she is very tired. She must quickly show her skills at the coming-of-age ceremony and prepare for the next generation.”
You must kill the apostle to show that there is an end.
Yuma swallowed the last words.
It is not that I doubt the authenticity of the holy sword that Siron showed me. However, her heart is uneasy.
I’m afraid I won’t be able to kill the apostle even if I cut his head off with the holy sword.
Even if there was a true holy sword, I was afraid it would never reach the apostle.
Yuma believes in poetry, but hundreds of years of repeated failures keep bringing out bad ideas.
but,
“Is the blacksmith still there?”
“…yes?”
“After killing the apostle, I have to go get the sword.”
The depth of the water did not last long. He doesn’t seem to think about failure. The corner of Yuma’s mouth slowly rises on the boy’s shining face.
“…Atmos or Dolby. Which one is it?”
“both.”
‘It was definitely that name.’
Giant Atmos.
Fairy Dolby.
Yuma remembered the owner of the blacksmith across the mountains.