(EP.403)Angmar Company #8
403 – Black Angmar Company #8
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Narnar invited me to his parlor.
A luxurious and elegant room filled with gifts from the baron. The tea cups there are gorgeous, and the tea leaves inside are fragrant.
Until just a day ago, reception of guests was very poor, but now the attitude has changed so much.
“I heard from the baron. Sir Tae Oh, I found out that you are a wonderful person.”
Whoops, Narnar smiles. That smile was quite captivating. Indeed, if you could see these smiles next to you every day, it would be natural to fall in love.
Of course, I was able to receive the effect of the fascination a little more slowly because I had seen Airana and the young girls who are reputed to be the most beautiful.
“So, Sir Tae-oh. What did you say you wanted to ask Narnar?”
“Well, Ms. Narnar became a big imp. I’ve seen a lot of imps. So I know very well how special Ms. Narnar is.”
At my words, Narnar turned his teacup round and round with the tip of his long, slender fingers. And then he mumbles a little, as if talking to himself.
“I’ve seen many imps… . Of course it would. Because you seem to be Angmar’s Teo Gospel. I heard from Marmar. You claim to be the protector of all the imps?”
“You can see that.”
Abbot Narnar suddenly began to laugh at my answer. It was a small smile, like the wind swaying wild flowers.
“It’s fun. So you want to protect an imp who has grown up like me?”
“If you are willing to do that, Miss Narnar.”
“But it doesn’t have to be. I don’t need anyone’s help now. Because this monastery was protected by my own strength. in my own strength.”
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Narnar was full of himself. It could well be called the self-confidence or arrogance characteristic of self-made people.
Bondi Imps follow me well. But I didn’t know that there would be a being who didn’t like me in the Imp. Another big grown imp?
She said.
“I asked him how he was able to grow so big. But I want to ask the other way around. Sir Tae Oh, and Marmar. How can you remain little children in this world.”
“What… ?”
“I envy you. You who know nothing and can remain just children. If it was you, Tae Oh, and not them, I was like Marmar… .”
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Narnar, who had been saying nothing, soon shut his mouth.
Soon she took a thick tobacco from somewhere, put it in her mouth and lit it. It felt like seeing a beautiful spy rather than the head of the monastery.
If Marmar had not met me, would he have become like Narnar? I picture Marmar who has grown large in my mind. However, it was not well drawn, so I gave up quickly.
After that, Narnar said with a puff of smoke.
“You must have heard that the monasteries were scattered by Baron Voltaire.”
“That’s what I heard.”
“It’s easy to imagine how the lives of children who suddenly find themselves on the streets will change. That winter, I had to bury my siblings in the cold winter floor myself.”
“… … .”
“I could have been. But there were so many children who believed in me, so I couldn’t die. So I did anything to live. There were some things that I thought would be better for me to die.”
“Have you been subjected to any experimentation or brainwashing by the Roman Antiek monks?”
At my words, Narnar looked surprised for a moment. I wouldn’t have expected that I’d hit it like this.
did you look down on me
I’ve been through everything before birth, so this is the same. I added a few words to take the initiative in the conversation.
“The movement to elect the Archbishop of Rome as a success. You would know.”
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Narnar smiles at him.
“I didn’t even know your name, Tae-oh. You’re the Archbishop of Rome, so I’m going to tell you what I know, but… . That’s right, I vaguely knew.”
“I think you know what they are thinking. The world can be confusing. If you cooperate, I will make sure you do not feel sorry for the return.”
“Hey, thank you… .”
Hearing my words, Narnar quickly switched legs and sat cross-legged. Thanks to that, something like a firm thigh caught my eye, and I slowly moved my gaze. This woman is doing this on purpose. I know the man well.
She said.
“You don’t even have to use such a difficult method. You might be forced to say it. You must have the strength and power to do that.”
“Who said it? It is not a gentlemanly act to force a woman. It seemed right.”
“Voltaire. That stupid, stupid man.”
I was startled as a light of contempt flashed across Narnar’s face. When the Baron talked about Imp Narnar, there was a shy boyish corner.
Her eyes are shining, and she has an awkward smile on her lips.
But when Narnar spoke of Voltaire, it was as if he was referring to an enemy. No, she must have been an enemy.
I asked.
“You are using Voltaire. Couldn’t you forgive him for driving him out of the monastery?”
“He would know. As far as I’m using the Baron. Marmar probably noticed too. So that must have been mad at me. Marmar is such a friend.”
She was a more terrifying woman than I thought.
* * *
I talked quite a bit with Narnar.
The story of how she, when she was young, entered the Seonghwangcheong located in Roman of the church. And a lot of things I’ve seen there. The reason Narnar grew taller was probably because of various experiments.
“Teo Gospel, do you know why nymphs and their subspecies, imps, remain childlike?”
“… I do not know.”
“It’s called the curse of God. Bondi nymphs are a promiscuous and corrupt race. So, the gods of light and salt punished him and made him remain a child forever. Half the truth.”
“Half the truth… ?”
“It is true that nymphs are cursed. about a thousand years. Because of the curse, the number of nymphs has gradually decreased to the extent that they have reached the present day. But that curse is weakening.”
The curse is getting weaker. The sudden sound of a god or a curse did not make me feel a little realistic. To be honest, I am an agnostic.
He maintained the position that he did not know whether there was a god or a transcendent being. Because I had a lot of other worries about living in the world, so I had little time to contemplate on God.
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Narnar said.
“A new millennium will soon begin, Teo Gospel. The world will be full of chaos without the church’s holy spirit. Roman is just trying to control it.”
“You seem to know a lot.”
“The age of David and the old light is over, and the age of new rules will come. The reason I’m telling you everything so bluntly is because I know that as an insignificant individual, I can’t stop it anyway.”
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Narnar laughed as if it was funny. It was a sadistic and original laugh, like a smile after trampling on a sand castle that a friend made hard.
I asked.
“Is the monastery involved in this?”
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Narnar shook his head at him.
“This is the hometown I made to rest when I am exhausted. A place to watch the end of everything. I’m not telling you to believe it, but the people here have nothing to do with it. All I know is this.”
He got up from his seat, took out a piece of paper and scribbled something down. Then he held it out to me and put out the fire by rubbing the cigarette into the ashtray.
“If you go to the person written here, you can hear more.”
Shh.
When I took the paper, I saw someone’s address and name written on it.
“… … .”
This big imp is pretty good.
As a wizard, I could tell she was a pretty good wizard. So I was expecting some kind of armed clash, but surprisingly, this guy acted cooperatively with me.
Is it because he is wise enough to objectively see the difference between himself and the other person?
Or, as I said before, do I have enough room to know that no matter how much I find out and respond, the result does not change?
As she tried to keep her mouth shut, Narnar said, looking at the smashed cigarette on the ashtray.
“I wish I had met someone like you sooner. Of course, the results wouldn’t change anything. Marmar will treat you with respect.”
Shrek.
The chestnut-shaped tail was lifted up.
“—so that you don’t become an adult like me.”
He slaps his own neck as it is.
“… Now, what… !!!”
Blood spurted from the cut through the cut. At that sudden action, the blood drained from my body and my head seemed to turn white.
* * *
“I barely saved my life, but I bled too much… .”
Professor Balan looked at Narnar’s condition and said small and gloomy. Narnar lay on the bed and looked out the window with blurred eyes. There’s nothing alive in those eyes.
“Tae-oh, I searched the director’s office… , there were letters exchanged with the interrogators of Seonghwangcheong. There are also stories of large-scale protests and military actions in Angmar at the time marked with an ‘L’… .”
According to Balan, the head of the monastery, Narnar, was plotting a rebellion. The sins of rebellion and treason are heavy at any time and at any time.
This monastery will be dissolved now.
profit.
Just then, the door to the master’s bedroom opened and someone entered. Looking at the crooked tail of Diamond, it was Marmar. The eyes of the woman lying on the bed lit up at that sight.
“Ah, Marmar… ! Marmar is here… ! What are you going to play today? The thread you did yesterday? Or a tag?”
“… Narnar.”
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Narnar speaks brightly, and his appearance resembles that of a young girl, not matching his extrovert at all. Imp Marmar’s eyes looking at her like that are exceptionally dark.
“Narnar… .”
balan says
“Blood, I shed too much blood. Shock came. Part of the brain is also damaged… , even if the original memory returns, it will take some time… .”
This made it impossible to ask Narnar anything. He was more toxic and stronger than I thought. I ate one big room. It’s been a long time since someone upset me like this.
I got out of the room and walked down the hallway. The images of children and nuns shivering back and forth in the hallway spreads anxiously in my eyes.
-I can’t believe it, the director is treason… .
-Now what will we do… ? Are they scattering… ?
– I don’t know… .
Their worries entered my sensitive ears. Now what are they going to be like? Originally, the monastery would be dismantled as it is, and those involved would be thoroughly investigated.
And the children… .
Will it be the second Marmar and Narnar?
“The future doesn’t change anyway… .”
It’s good to have the guts to talk like that in front of me. I was changing the future I had planned for as long as I could. I don’t know who’s planning what, but that’s not the case.
So I said to those who were looking at me with anxious eyes.
“From today, we will take care of this place. There were various problems, but don’t worry, it won’t cause any inconvenience in your life.”
Then, a nun who looked quite old looked at people and asked me.
“I… , so who are you… ?”
Oh, they still don’t know who we are. I decided to answer lightly.
“Angmar Comp… .”
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No. Thinking about it now, I might be doing something bad or tough. In that sense, this name seems a bit plain. So I said with some modifications.
“Black Angmar Company.”
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We got on the return carriage. Unlike yesterday, when I was a little excited, now that the sun has set, it seems like everyone is tired and has nothing to say.
In particular, Marmar was silent for quite a long time. Then, at last, the whipped horse ran down the dark road and finally opened its lips.
“If I hadn’t asked to come… , Wasn’t Narnar going to be like that… ?”
Were you blaming yourself? Given Marmar’s sensitive personality, it’s not strange to think like that. I answer.
“It’s not your fault.”
“then… ?”
“Looking back, it was my fault. Because I was the one who pushed your friend Narnar into a corner.”
“But, comrade, you just did what you had to do. I honestly can’t believe it. That kind and courageous Narnar… then… . Being an adult is like that, isn’t it?”
In response to Marmar’s question, I looked at myself reflected in the window. A look that cannot be said to be an adult. I don’t even know what it means to be an adult.
“Why do we end up becoming adults? .”
I couldn’t answer Marmar’s question. I am too poor to answer that question.
Why do we become adults? Why are you born and why do you die?
There is probably only one person who can fully answer that. I looked up at the darkened sky. A sky full of clouds. Does anyone out there know the answer?
slur.
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Now my gaze turned to the paper in my hand. Paper stained with the bloodstains of an adult Imp. There it is written in clear writing:
「Theodoros Gospel – Roman City, Street of the Covenant, 3rd floor, 2nd floor.」
Theodoros Gospel. It’s the name of a man I know. can’t forget At first, I said that he was raised by Saint Friga and the Church.
It was too late to realize
I folded the paper well, put it in my pocket, and said to the driver.
“Balaan, maybe Vasago… , No, I’ll have to visit Theodorus. But before that, let’s start with the address written here.”