“And you have to take his memory too.”
“what…?”
Goddess of Destiny, who only speaks other words after taking him as her own.
“And all the people I’ve met before have to sever ties.”
It was only after the transaction was established that the state’s situation was handed over to the state, which led to strong backlash from the state.
“It’s nonsense!! It’s a different story!”
Eleanor’s enraged protest pointed out as if pointing a knife at Morione first.
“What the hell do you mean that I have to cut off all my previous relationships?!”
Erina, unable to accept the reality at all, also insisted with one voice.
“……”
But for some reason… Mir and Miru didn’t say anything and looked at each other with different eyes.
Mir is expressing her own thoughts, but it seems that she doesn’t say it out loud.
“……”
Procrastinating, drenched in shame and regret, seemed not to dare to speak.
Because she has been warned from the past.
He said that he should not step forward, and that if he continued to meet with him, his ruin would only be pulled.
She has been constantly being warned by the goddess who is confident of her own victory right before her eyes.
However, despite so many warnings, he was determined to save his father by helping himself.
That end…
“I don’t think you’re in a position to be condescending? If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have seen him forever?”
In the end, as she said, he was meddling and drove him to ruin.
If he hadn’t been here, he wouldn’t have been taken over by the Old God and driven to his death…
Even if I hadn’t met him in the first place, the curse I had handed over to him wouldn’t have brought up these words…
I had no choice but to remain silent with the guilt that was soaring along with regret.
“But I’ll tell you why, so far, Harold has been corrupted a lot by the curse.”
However, in spite of such opposition, Morione rather raises her voice and refutes it confidently.
“Eleona, you probably know how defiled his inner life is… You are a divine being, but once defiled within a mortal, he becomes irreversible like crumpled paper.”
If you crumple the paper once and make a mess, no matter how gently you try to unfold it, the marks will remain.
Just like that, so was the inner life of a mortal, and if it is corrupted in any way, it will be impossible to return to the way it was before.
At Morione’s words, Eleona was at a loss for words, and she had no choice but to listen to Morione’s continued opinion silently.
“So I have to give him a completely different life, because I have to slowly purify and remove all traces of this previous life, including memories.”
Whether she, too, was making an argument without any logic, Eleanor and Erina’s expressions slowly permeated with despair.
“Really… Do you really have to take all of them? So you mean that you can’t be with him in the future?”
Morione nods her head at her cruel fate as she trembles and becomes frustrated.
“I can’t say it’s forever, but by human standards you have to act like you said for quite a long time.”
Still, Eleanor raises a glimmer of hope at the fact that it is not an eternity, and carefully asks a question.
“How long…?”
Eleana has made up her mind, is she already familiar with loneliness since she has spent countless years alone enjoying eternal immortality?
“20 years”
For God, 20 years is not a very long time.
But for humans…
“Twenty years?”
It was such a long time.
“You can’t meet Harold until then?”
Erina, a condition that is too unfavorable for herself, earnestly prays to Morione with a sincere expression as if it were nonsense.
“Herald should avoid situations where he has lost his memory, where he may recall his past memories, his most cherished object, the person he was close with… It could get worse.”
That means it’s absolutely not impossible
The problem of being watched from a distance or stumbled upon for a while could be interpreted as fine.
“If you really want to meet him, you have to treat him as if you didn’t know him, because to him you’ll be the first to see him.”
“It’s like he’s starting a new life, so you should start a new relationship too, well… it’s best to just avoid dating anyway.”
After those words, there was a moment of silence in this space, and it seemed that each of them was in a hurry to maintain reason and accept reality in their own way.
“Well then, I won’t reach him to say goodbye, but if I can comfort you, I’ll give you one last word.”
However, after breaking the silence, Morione’s words spread out like a resounding echo, and everyone’s mood subsided.
At those words, Miru cried and cried and there was no riot.
“Brother! I’m so sorry!!”
Mir, who looked like her, was strangely calm, but not in a very happy mood.
“See you later…”
Erina also vomits out all the sadness she has endured and delivers a confession that will never reach him.
“A place without you will be lonely and painful… But I will look forward to the day when I will see you smiling…”
Finally, only Eleanor remains.
“My knight…”
She was clearly crying, but for some reason she also had a faint smile and whispered warmly.
“Twenty years from now, you’ll be a little bit old, do you want to be completely middle-aged?”
He hugged him while he was asleep and gently stroked his forehead.
“Then, maybe he’ll look old and have a beard and some wrinkles.”
He smiles at him with a single heart that will never give up.
“Still, I will love you even like that, no matter what Harold looks like, you are my only servant and a knight on a white horse…”
side
Eleana kissed his forehead, announcing parting for a while, and released him from his arms.
“Stay healthy…”
After each word, Morione lifts him up again and tells him about his future plans.
“If he wakes up, I’ll check his health with a simple activity, and then…”
It was as if he was looking at a distant mountain wherever he was looking.
“I’m going to make you go to the academy, because the talent you’ve acquired so far thanks to your vows, the magic skill itself is high, but it doesn’t have the knack.”
The life of the academy was a good direction in many ways for him, who had to live a different life than before, for him who could not use his power properly, and for the future he never knew existed.
“……”
Morione looks around.
The royal road still burns with fire, with scattered corpses and bloodstains
But no more screams were heard.
“The heinous night is over.”
The goddess of fate, who had an intuition that the war had come to an end, made her final declaration and disappeared with him.
◆◆◆
“So Harold, tell me about you.”
Goddess who told me to introduce myself
It’s so absurd that it makes me shake my head.
“Morione-sama? Why are you suddenly asking about me?”
I asked her, but I have no reason to refuse, so I tell her personal information about me.
“Herald Wicker, a human race who came from a rural village called Landrol Village, crossed over to the royal road and became Morione-sama’s servant.”
After a brief summary of who I am, he nods with satisfaction and smiles.
“It’s the Harold I know.”
Something didn’t make sense in the context of the story.
“Then who am I…”
“Yeah, isn’t your condition weird lately? You’ve been making strange noises like you’ve forgotten something, and that you’re constantly feeling uneasy, so I wanted to make sure my article was really true.”
Should I call it a weakness, if I say it like that, I naturally lose my words.
Well, I was the first to say something strange recently…
“sorry…”
He bows his head and apologizes, but as always, he forgives with a smile.
“Huhu, it’s okay.”
After showing the reaction that I was having fun like this, he handed me a stylish looking letter from my arms.
“What is this?”
Then, he blinked one eye at me to the extent that it was a bit of an over-expression of affection and said it was a gift.
“From now on, you’ll be attending the most prestigious academy in the country. I wrote a letter of recommendation to the principal and transferred him, so have a good time!”
Should I say it’s a bit out of the way, to suddenly enter the academy…”
“Academy?”
When I asked a question with an unfamiliar face, she explained why I was sent to the place.
“Your magic skills are great, but because you’re from the countryside, the educational environment was poor, so unlike the tricks and magic you use, your magic level is too low.”
In other words, was it that he personally wrote a letter of recommendation in the hope that I would become stronger?
Thinking like that, I was moved.
“Thank you, Morione-sama, I understand your intentions and thank you for your consideration.”
He bowed his head deeply to express his sincere thanks, waved his hands as if it was nothing special, and smiled brightly.
“It’s like this, you’ve worked hard for me so far, so think of it as a reward.”
With those words, he snapped his fingers and the door of the temple began to open.
“I’ve parked the carriage in front of the temple, I’ll be heading to the academy right away, and I’ve taken care of all the admissions procedures, so if I go now, I’ll be able to start taking classes in the afternoon.”
“Thank you very much, I will show you how I grow day by day!”
I proudly spread my shoulders and declare to her with a bright face, and she watches me with warm eyes in accordance with it.
“Let’s go.”
The horse falls, trembling as rain, and heads out the door, as if a dazzling light is streaming in.
Academia… It seems like it’s been a long time since I’ve had a social life with such a structure.
Relationships made in a place called learning must have their own unique charm.
My steps are lighter than usual with my chest filled with anticipation.