116. The dream I want to wake up from
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The wind blew.
The wind snatched up the short grasses and made them flatter each other. However, the grasses only brushed off their bodies for a moment as if they were troublesome, and were not very interested in the wind’s request for friendship. When only solitude greeted him, the wind turned his attention to something else. For example, something like Zerfied’s front hair.
The Death Knight was surprised by that fact and touched her own cheek. But what she could see was her own hair. Instead of her hard helmet, the softer texture of her skin touched her palm. The hand that touched his skin trembled. He didn’t know when he released the pitch. But thanks to his lack of a helmet, he could clearly see what was in front of him.
A male knight wearing armor. A voice with a cheeky laugh that doesn’t match him with his sturdy build.
As I remember.
The knight tilted his head and asked a question.
“The leader? Why, from earlier?”
The twilight light flows through the knight’s armor. The light that bounced off the armor jumped straight into Zerphied. It was a fading twilight light, but perhaps because the knight’s armor was dark, the light was particularly sharp. The living death squinted.
The knight who saw it muttered.
“What are you doing, Captain? Are you shedding tears?”
Hearing those words, Zerpied hurriedly groped his eyes. Then the knight smiled.
“Just kidding, Captain. There’s no way we’ll shed a tear.”
The wind blows. The wind howled lonely in a lonely and lonely space where twilight, sweet grass, and smoke were mixed.
“Like us…… Will shed tears… Don’t you have a li?”
It is full of sorrowful wind and cries. Why is the wind howling so strongly? Because of that rough and heavy cry, even the sight seems to be shaking.
“Captain…… Kinda that… Just play Even if the leader isn’t the type to criticize you greatly.”
Because of this, Zerfied found the female knight standing next to him a little later. Zerfied almost screamed.
Slightly small, but a solid body. A piece of armor that clings tightly to the body. A high-pitched voice that is hard to find.
Same as memory.
As if something inexplicably powerful and sinister affirmed his words, voices came one by one.
“Are you kidding the captain again? … La… de… ? Isn’t it about time you got tired of it?”
A calm voice. The sharpness is buried. A man with a slim body.
Stop it.
“What did the captain say? Because you watch so much… La… de… is going to keep doing that What does a guy called a knight do, really.”
With his tall stature, the weapon he holds in his hand shows strength. But at the same time, you can see a lively voice and a shy smile at the corner of his mouth.
That’s enough. Please.
“What? … La… de… made fun of the leader again? How could you come all this way and think of making fun of the leader?”
“I knew it was great, but you were also really bad…. La… de….”
“At this level… la… de… I guess it’s true that no one could make fun of me before I went, so I’m only teasing now. Uh? It’s just a very easy dressing, right? …… Huh? Are you crying right now?”
However, the voices increased one by one as if laughing at his cry. It was a familiar voice. So, so familiar. It was all too obvious that the owners of those voices had familiar faces.
“How can the captain cry? You also … la… de… Did you get along with me these days and then get stained? … Wren?”
“No… The leader’s expression was strange, so I just joked about it…. Everything, Captain… ? Why don’t you say anything Aren’t you offended?”
Zerfied felt like he was about to vomit. He shouldn’t lift his head. He must not lift his head. What he has already heard is enough. Death Knight repeated to himself. That she has to overcome Don’t get eaten.
“The leader?”
But he was defeated in the end. He had to look up. He couldn’t stand it. In one word, leader. Like a moth leaping toward fire, he had to watch.
And always the words of a loser are miserable.
Everything was, perfectly, exactly as I remembered. Damn it.
“That… during…. Well… there was… Me… ?”
Zerpied Lim Sedbaigal could never stop talking to his comrades.
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“I never thought the captain would crack a joke. Did you think I was dreaming? I also pinched his forearm.”
“You did something useless. …… Crack.”
“Yes, it was useless. I mean, I was so surprised! …… Del. ‘How have you been?’ Rani. You talk like we’ve been seeing each other for the first time in a while. You stayed together until just now.”
In a world full of twilight, sweet grass, and smoke, an intruder has entered. The intruder was quite colorful. Loud voices and clanking armor. Even the weeping wind was quietly watching him, as if such an intruder was strange.
It wasn’t just the wind that was watching the intruder. Zerfied was also watching the intruders. Looking at his colleagues from a quiet distance, he smiled slightly.
“…… My God, did you just see it?”
“What is it?”
“The captain smiled.”
“… La… de… teasing you again……. No, it’s better to ask the captain directly. Hey, Chief! Did you just laugh?”
Hearing that, Zerpied muttered to the male knight who shouted at him.
“Why, . . …. Nice. Can’t I just laugh?”
The article that was about to ask what nonsense was all of a sudden froze. Because Zerfied was saying that with a soft smile on his face.
“…… Really.”
“I’m not kidding! How long has it been since you laughed this time? Anyway, it’s definitely shorter than the last time I laughed. I didn’t forget…… Nice? You said that if you lost the bet, you would call him big brother.”
“Are you sure, … la… de… ? I can’t trust you at all because you’re weak in counting. I’ll have to ask the other kids.”
“What? Where to avoid your seat! Are you trying to run away from a fair duel!!”
“What, what?! Running away from a fair duel! What a fair duel is a bet!”
The two articles stood up and continued a fierce argument. Everyone around me shook their heads along with the familiar muttering, “That’s it again.” The two articles enthusiastically participated in the dispute, hoping that someone would stop them this time as well. The dispute between the two articles eventually came to an end. It was just something I hadn’t thought of at all.
The two knights looked blankly at the source of the sound.
It wasn’t just the two articles. All the knights were staring blankly at the source of the sound. It was because Zerfied was laughing out loud. There was an uproar in the area.
“The captain laughed continuously…… ! It’s that big…… ! Leader… I’m not sick… ?!”
“It hurts…… , I’m not kidding in this shocking situation… It wasn’t anything else, I just laughed out loud…… !!”
Hearing his teammates’ serious nonsense, Jer Peed couldn’t stand the burst of laughter, so he lowered his head for a moment to calm his laughter.
Come to think of it, didn’t I laugh that much? Why did you do that? It’s so fun. I was only with my co-workers, so why didn’t I laugh all this time? Well, how is it? It was like that in the past, and I will continue to be with my colleagues in the future.
“…… Watch the leader keep smiling. It’s getting scary now.”
“Okay, I guess something fun happened this time.”
“Captain, have you had any fun lately?”
Zer Pied was able to answer the questions of his teammates with his lowered head straining to contain the laughter that burst out again.
“…… I don’t know, I just can’t help laughing strangely when I’m with you guys. I am so happy.”
“…… Okay? Are you happy?”
“Yeah, that’s fun. I wonder if I’ve ever felt such joy.”
“Then why did you stab me?”
What?
Zerpied raised his head. Twilight, Dancho and Toyeon overtook him. No, it is blood, flesh, and bone. Blood and flesh fall from his comrades. Every time you stumble, bone powder scatters. Tears of blood, his comrades glared at him.
The comrades spoke in a roaring, bloody voice.
“Why did you stab me?”
Zer Pied almost sat down in shock at the sensation of his trembling hand. It was his own Partisan. Covered in gooey blood.
“You stabbed me. Us. Leader.”
Only then did Zer Pied realize what he had done.
“Why did you stab me?”
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“I stabbed you.”
I’m sorry.
“Us.”
I didn’t want to.
“The leader.”
“No – !”
The wind blew.
In a lonely and lonely space mixed with blood, flesh, and bones, the wind howled in solitude.
The wind rushes in all directions, howling with sorrow. He now knew where this wind was blowing. He was blowing right out of himself.
“No – !”
“Hey, knight…… ?”
The saintess of innocence suddenly crouched down and looked at the howling Death Knight with bewildered eyes. And with the colossal madness she felt, she resisted the near nausea of her own. She wasn’t just where the Death Knight was. Contrary to the previous battle, where he was simply trying to clear the maze, demonic spirits were swaying all over the place. It was the kind of demon she had sensed once.
The magic of the Demon God of Dreams.
Realizing the situation, the saintess bit her lips tightly. She simply put her divine power on her body, and she slowly approached the Death Knight.
“Huh!”
The closer she got to her, the more unpleasant sensations of her demons oppressed her. Her mind wandered, but she bit her lip even more. A trickle of blood flowed from her mouth. When she barely reached the front of the Death Knight, her legs trembled at the amount of magi that spouted out. However, she released her divine power wrapped around her palm. It was obvious that the Death Knight would be in pain if she came into contact with it in that state.
“Huh…… !”
As I brought her palm closer, her vision began to blur. But she slowly grabbed the Death Knight and started shaking it.
“Knight…… !!”
“No – !”
“Calm down, please…… !”
“Sorry, sorry…… ! I, I just…… !”
“Please…… !!!”
“That’s too bad… I shouldn’t have… I am… why… why… ….”
“Calm down!!!”
With the sound of meat colliding with flesh that could be heard lightly, the Death Knight’s head turned around. Death Knight blinked her eyes at the world that suddenly changed. Everything was unfamiliar to her. Blood? What’s the point? What about bone fragments? Whom did I stab?
Among them, there was only one that wasn’t unfamiliar.
A saint.
Death Knight said her name.
“Eshil… Lia… ?”
The saintess of innocence caught her breath violently in dizziness and met her eyes with the death knight whose magic had disappeared.
“Are you awake now? Wake up, knight. We have to get out.”
“Get out… ? Where… ?”
“Maze! The dream demon has set a trap in the maze! If you make a mistake, you may fall into a hallucination and be trapped in a maze for the rest of your life!”
Zer Pied looked around her slowly and blankly. Esilia stomped her feet as she saw Zer Peed.
“Please, knight! If you don’t avoid the traps, you’ll keep being trapped here while watching hallucinations!!”
At that, the Death Knight was taken aback. He squeezed her body tightly.
“I see… ? No…. I am… I am… just….”
The saintess of innocence took a deep breath. The saintess jumped up and stretched out her arms. She then grabbed the Death Knight’s head and forcibly met her eyes. I saw the eyes of the Death Knight who had lost her place to go.
“Look at me.”
“I… I am….”
“Look at me.”
Death Knight blinked her eyes slowly. The only thing familiar to him filled her vision. That’s Ecilia.
“Listen carefully. Knight. I am a saint Magi can tell them apart. And I also experienced the Demon God of Phantom Dreams. Do you know what I mean? I can tell where there are traps and where there are no traps. All right?”
He nodded absently at her. Because it seemed like it should be.
“If you understand, stand up. Right Now.”
Death Knight slowly raised his body. Then, she stared at the saintess’ outstretched little hand.
“Catch it.”
Her tiny hand wrapped around his. His delicate hands, which pierced and interlaced between his fingers, felt strangely firm.
“Just step on where I step and follow me. Don’t look anywhere else Only look at me.”
Death Knight nodded his head. Following the guidance of her saintess, the Death Knight took the first step.
His legs continued to tremble as the demons swayed in all directions. I felt like I was about to fall if I made a mistake. However, the saintess did not let go of her hand holding the Death Knight. She caught her cracking voice and spoke to the Death Knight.
“Don’t look anywhere else! Merely encountering them can lead you into a trap! You just have to come and see me!”
I passed an area where the space curved to form a slope. My nose was bleeding, but I didn’t care.
I passed a place where the space was fragmented and became like a single wooden bridge. I felt like my arm would fall off, but it gave me strength. Because I could miss Death Knight.
Now, as if the illusion was getting stronger, even strange whispers began to be heard. However, the saintess didn’t care and continued to talk to the Death Knight. So that he can see himself and keep walking.
And finally, eventually, everything in front of my eyes changed.
The moonlight flowed down like a waterfall. Birds and insects sang. The sound of the water harmonized with their melody.
The saintess and the death knight came out of the fierce battle.
“Haha… under… !”
Esilia turned around with an awkward smile. She wanted to tell Death Knight. She finally got out. But she couldn’t.
The Death Knight hugged the saintess tightly. Death Knight’s face was unknown because he was looking behind her. All she could tell was the voice. A very low, falling voice. It was a trembling voice.
“Esilia… a little bit… very little… Like this… ….”
She smiled. Death Knight was trembling. Overshadowed by her great stature, overshadowed by her notoriety, like a child she was trembling. Slowly, the saintess stroked the Death Knight’s back.
A powerful being who can kill himself in an instant, and a fragile being who can also annihilate himself in an instant. She gently stroked the slender being’s broad back. Like a saint, she embraced her frailty.
“It’s okay, everything will be fine.”