Drunk talk – 4
I asked.
“Did you cheat? how?”
“I said May was going to kill me. In fact, May is jealous of you for taking her place.”
I opened my eyes wide.
“Of course I didn’t believe it at first. But they hid Mei perfectly, and they whispered in my ear all year round. May will kill you. If you do not want to die, you must first use the jewel.”
“·················ogue.”
“Repeatedly for two years.”
She took a sip.
“Now I won’t fall for such vulgar tactics, but after hearing such stories for two years, even I started to get confused.”
“·················ogue.”
“I was twelve then. I couldn’t tell what was right and what was wrong.”
She let out a deep sigh.
“But even so, I didn’t give up trust easily. That’s why I made that headband.”
“yes? Ah, this.”
I fiddled with the headband I was wearing.
“okay. That’s how I tried to transform myself into May’s form. I wondered if they were saying something different to Mei, so that if I pretended to be Mei, I would know the truth.”
“Great. To think of that at the age of twelve.”
“Not at all. I’ve been so stupid Because I made it all and lost my headband.”
“Lost?”
“yes. I hid it in all sorts of ways, but it was discovered right away.”
Neryl’s voice softens.
“The headband disappeared like a lie the day it was finished. I searched desperately, and soon found it.”
“no way?”
“okay. May was wearing it.”
“·················ogue.”
“Mei, whom I met after two years, made eye contact with me while wearing that headband. He smiled brightly, really brightly… I found that smile so frightening. Like, what were you going to do with this headband? It’s like asking.”
I closed my eyes slightly and opened them.
“May is running. It seemed to me that he was coming to kill me.”
“Didn’t you tie me up with restraint magic?”
“At that time, I had not learned any magic. Because the only thing I have been doing since entering the adopted daughter was to plant a jewel.”
I mean, I didn’t learn magic, but I made a headband by myself.
With only the knowledge I peeped over my shoulder and heard.
In the midst of all this, I couldn’t help but admire her genius.
“The only thing you can do is use the Jewel of Desolation to absorb energy.”
“·················ogue.”
“I was just trying to get rid of the energy so that May couldn’t come any closer. It was just that.”
It seemed like I didn’t have to listen any more.
Neril, who used the power of the Jewel for the first time, could not easily control it.
In the end, it had absorbed too much energy than necessary.
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Maybe May is dead.widely.
Neryl put her hand on her diary.
“Defir thoroughly hid the ugly alien affair that was going on in the family from Mei. But Mei must have thought something was wrong. I wanted to get this diary and find out the inside story.”
“·················ogue.”
“Then a loyal butler secretly stole a diary and handed it to May.”
“·················ogue.”
“He was the only one who cared about me and Mei. I remember being bullied a bit because I was an upright person. So the rest of the family didn’t even tell him about their plot.”
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Maybe the butler’s descendants?After reading my expression, Neryl nodded.
“right. Domaine, who died at the hands of the Grays, is the last descendant of that butler.”
“·················ogue.”
“Unfortunately, May’s skills were unable to open the previous pages. In the first place, Defi knew that too, so he must have managed it poorly.”
The last time Neryl got the book in the capital, I remembered that I couldn’t open the sealed page.
I was only able to open the page he had written after I told him the number of numbers that Beyond unlocked.
It’s impossible for Mei, who had a knack for magic, to open the pages her father had written.
“So May ended up not figuring out what was going on. But instead, he wrote his own diary in that book.”
“·················ogue.”
“I couldn’t use it for a few days and it was taken away by Defir again. Shortly after Mei’s death, with the help of that loyal butler, I secretly obtained the book.”
“Could you open the pages? He said he had not learned magic until then.”
“I couldn’t open it. But I could read what May wrote. Because he didn’t have the skills to put a seal on his page.”
Neryl’s voice becomes muffled.
“The short diary Mei wrote was smeared with letters and the paper was crowded. Because of the tears she shed while writing her diary.”
she bit her lip.
Hot tears run down my cheeks.
indeed.
So, somehow, you wanted to retrieve this diary.
Numerous magics contained here are of no value to Neril.
What she cherished was the last part of Mei’s diary.
“This guy… the fool was really sad that he was separated from me.”
“·················ogue.”
“I was writing a diary saying I wanted to get to know you again while crying.”
“Neryl.”
“The moment I saw May’s diary, I lost my mind. kill them all Kill everyone in this family. Sending all the things that deceived me and made me kill Mei to the underworld… because that was the only thought I had.
Thus, Neryl used the power of desolation generously.
So he destroyed the Erenika family.
The enormous number of places written on Neryl’s blood letters must have been written at that time.
Whoops.
Neryl said with tears in her eyes.
“It is thanks to him that I have been able to live this long… No, it is a bit strange to say. That’s why.”
“Neryl.”
“King Mu only put his energy in the jewel, but Defir did various things so that energy was absorbed by me. At that time, the energy of all the people in the family gathered in me.”
“·······
“Originally, my life ended in an instant. Right now, I’m just living with the vigor of that time.”
In other words.
I swallowed my saliva and asked.
“You look like you are in your early twenties.”
“yes. He would have died when he was twenty-two. I guess that was my life. He was a short-lived seller.”
“What if I release all the energy accumulated in you?”
“I’m just going to die. As I just said, my original lifespan ended in no time.”
Before returning, Neryl told Kayle, ‘It will disappear.’
There was a reason why I didn’t say, ‘I’m going to commit suicide.’
Suicide would not be appropriate for Neril, who had already reached the end of his original lifespan.
“It should have disappeared right away. But again, I couldn’t do it because I was afraid. I was afraid of what I would hear if I met Mei in the underworld.”
“Neryl.”
“That’s why I couldn’t even die, and I passed the time erratically. But I felt no joy anywhere in all these years.”
“·················ogue.”
“When I thought that I was really going to die, the butler who was protecting Mei’s grave said that she had given birth to a son. He’s been a butler for several generations… I can’t remember.”
That son must be Domaine Howard.
Seeing my expression, Neril nodded.
“right. Still, he is a descendant of the butler who told me the truth, and he couldn’t just leave it behind.”
“So, did you decide to live a little longer?”
“yes. Of course, I was literally just living. I had no more regrets in the world, so I turned my attention to Erenika’s heirloom and all other treasures.”
“That was the ‘slump’ you were talking about. So Dame was able to steal the heirloom.”
“okay. The moment Dame found out that he had stolen it, a long-weathered feeling revived. Ah, I thought there was Mei’s diary in that heirloom.”
Dame threatened to burn the heirloom.
Neril couldn’t stand the burning of Mei’s last traces.
So, I signed a contract behind the scenes, and I was stigmatized as a witch of wretchedness.
Her story was connected with ‘now’.
But I still have one question.
“I told you that the Jewel of Desolation was planted on you.”
“I think I know what you are asking. Why was that jewel in King Wu’s stomach?”
“okay.”
“I don’t know either. He annihilated the family with his power and lost his mind. When I woke up again, the jewel was nowhere to be found.”
“perhaps.”
I swallowed my saliva.
“Maybe Idria took it.”
“yes. Actually, I was thinking the same thing.”
“·················ogue.”
“The Jewel of Desolation was so meticulously engraved that it would be impossible to extract it without killing me. I don’t think anyone other than the Demon King can do that.”
“Are you the first to meet Idria among our party members?”
“Is that so? I’m not really happy.”
Let’s check this out.
I told Trail.
‘Show me the secrets of Idria and Neryl.’
[··········.]
‘Trail?’
[Whoa. I couldn’t breathe and I was listening. Wait a minute.]
I laughed bitterly.
You are the oldest of the warriors, so you are very sensitive.
＜I used the Eye of the Battery.＞
＜Currently the battery’s eye level is 4. The secret level that can be read is A level.＞
＜The selection condition is ‘Secret between Neryl Slaine and Idria.’＞
＜It is impossible to read because there is no related secret.＞
ok?
I blinked my eyes.
asked Neryl.
“what’s the matter?”
“Ah, I can tell you now. I’ve been looking into some secrets with Trail’s abilities…”
“It’s a great ability. No, wait. If that’s the case, wouldn’t you have had to not ask me? Meihago’s secret.”
I shrugged.
“Do you want me to see your secret without you?”
“······no. I absolutely hate it.”
“It was a good choice after seeing the answer.”
“Made.”
She looked at me with a slightly red face.
“You are so proud.”
“·················ogue.”
“Uh, um. Wait a minute, I was speechless. You are so kind.”
“Isn’t it similar?”
“Anyway, there’s no secret between me and Idria? Is it not Idria who took the Jewel of Desolation from my body?”
I nodded.
Neryl crossed her arms and leaned back on the chair.
“Then who are you? No one comes to mind at all.”
“done. It’s not that important.”
“No, it’s very important.”
“The important thing now is to have a drink.”
I raised the glass.
Neryl said with a blank expression.
“Why is it important to have a drink?”
“Because I want to have a drink with you.”
“Fufu. What is it.”
“Let’s toast now. My arm will fall off.”
She smiled and raised her glass.
percussion.
The wooden drinking glasses lightly bumped against each other.
I gulped down the drink.
Neryl followed me and drank alcohol, even though there was no need for it.
“It doesn’t taste bad. I don’t know why you drink this.”
“it’s okay? You are weak.”
“I’m fine. Give me another drink.”
“I don’t know why you drink this.”
“Give it now. And you all know you’re weak, don’t you?”
uh?
How did know?
Neryl says with a smirk.
“Youngji of Hearthpil. You ate and drank with Youngji people in your hometown. I was there too.”
“I remember I drank quite a bit at that time.”
“Your memory seems to have been damaged. No more than three cups.”
“·················ogue.”
“Follow me.”
I filled her cup again.
so that night
We were drunk enough to turn the tap.
It was morning when I woke up.
Neryl lay in my arms.
·····················································································?
What happened?
[it’s okay. Calm down.]
‘uh?’
[It wasn’t as big as I thought. It was up to a level I could watch.]
‘What are you talking about?’
[He passed out at the last moment. Should I call this sad or happy?]
‘Oh, you’re not talking straight.’
I think I’m going to break my head anyway.
Then Neryl opened her eyes.
She looked at me silently, and noticed that my arms were completely wrapped around her body.
Neryl said after tilting her head a few times.
“What happened?”
I answered.
“it’s okay. Calm down.”
The night Maid and Neryl clashed with a drink.
Kayle and Sobius were staying at the inn in Gabriel’s estate.
Sobius said.
“Tomorrow, I go to see the lord.”
“Why?”
“If my prediction is correct, Maid will be near Erenika’s grave. There, you’ll probably want to improve the ‘headband’ and decorate it as a badge of a hero.”
“·················ogue.”
“If you make a token, don’t you want to test whether this really works? Of course, I will come to the lord and show you the proof.”
Kayle, not knowing the context at all, opened his mouth with a deep sigh.
“Could you please elaborate a little more?”
Sobius nodded his head surprisingly lightly.
And slowly started explaining.
To our great surprise, Sobius’ explanation was perfectly consistent with what Neryl had done to Maid.
Except for one thing.
“So Neryl destroyed the Erenika family. Except for one butler, I absorbed the energy of the people of the family to the very root.”
“That’s why you live that long.”
“okay. And I have recovered the Jewel of Desolation.”
Kayle doubted my ears.
Obviously, the Erenika family went extinct about 200 years ago.
How can you retrieve the jewel at that point?
As if realizing such a question, Sobius grinned.
“Why are you looking so surprised?”
“No, that was 200 years ago…”
“Idria-sama has lived close to eternity. Do you think he could have made false fingers only by modern people?”
“·················ogue.”
“I was too hasty after seeing only the cases of Ophelia and Hiren. A person who wants to become a hero has such a short mind.”
This guy’s ability to sell is the same regardless of the owner or limb.
Caled, who was now on the verge of developing a tolerance, passed it away without a big deal.
“Anyway, you are related to the Erenika family. But isn’t it a bit strange?”
“·················ogue.”
“Your armor and sword are clearly those of a knight. What does a knight have to do with that wizarding family?”
“I had a bit of a relationship with Defiir.”
Cald recalled the stories Sovereign had just told him.
who is it
Did someone who might be related to Defir come out in the story a while ago?
Then Soius said.
“Defir Gaju made a deal with me. Instead of handing over the Jewel of Desolation, you have agreed to grant my request.”
“···········?”
“That’s why I also needed to check whether the ‘experiment’ was going well. Halfway through, I stopped by the Erenika family to check on the progress.”
“·················ogue.”
“Defir made all sorts of excuses and asked for time. But the last time I visited, the momentum was soaring.”
for a moment.
‘What are you talking about?’
Does it sound like you’re saying ‘that person’?
“Neril said he had a cute engraved magic on his headband. He said that if you hand this headband to Mei, it will surely break Neril’s last bond of trust.”
“·················ogue.”
“And the next time I came back, Neryl had just destroyed the Erenika family with the power of the jewel.”
“·················ogue.”
“When I realized that the experiment was successful, I immediately retrieved the jewel.”
Kayle was trembling relentlessly.
Sobius continued speaking in an indifferent tone.
“I just wanted to kill Neryl and retrieve it, but you can’t do such a terrible thing to a child, no matter what. She had a lot of trouble keeping her alive and recovering only the jewels.”
“·················ogue.”
“First of all, I am a warrior. You can’t kill the poor subject.”
“I hope you…”
“okay.”
Whoops.
Sobius took off his helmet.
There was a face of a celebrity that Kayle knew all too well.
Kayle cried almost like a scream.
“Padania Burg!”
Sobius… No, the ‘Fourth Hero’ Padania Brook put on a helmet again.
And he opened his mouth in a low voice.
“I beg you again. junior.”