97 – Decide, and Persevere (4)
After a magical storm swept through the weightlifters, the Archwitch moved her feet towards the two corpses that remained discreetly.
And I can finally stand before the devil.
No matter how demonic you are, it seems that the Archwitch’s magic was unbearable. The devil wearing the mask of his brother did not erase his fishy smile even as he breathed hard.
“Whoa! Whoa! The human body is uncomfortable after all! A weak body that cannot accept dreams!”
“After taking your brother’s body… Is that all you have to say?”
When I went in front of him and raised my dagger, the devil did not lose his composure and laughed at me.
“Ah~ Serien! My cute and lovely little brother!”
“Shut up! Don’t say disgusting things with your brother’s body!”
“This is too much~”
The demon giggled and shook his body to stand upright in front of me. Then, he flipped his left collar to the side.
His breath caught in his throat as he saw the black devil’s mark swaying above his heart and from his left chest.
The stigma of mistakes that will be engraved in my life from now on.
He didn’t even show an effort to hide from me and was threatening to kill me if he wanted to kill me.
It was an ironic situation.
The criminal is pounding his uvula by pushing his head into the guillotine and telling him to kill him, but the executioner is hesitating.
Even though I promised myself that I would not hesitate if given another chance, I was shaking again. I longed for someone to break my arm and forcibly take the dagger and pierce my heart instead.
I resented my hands that were starting to tremble again and gripped the dagger with all my might. Then he slammed his fist down on his thigh.
‘Don’t be afraid! Are doing it! I have to stab you!’
It’s different from back then. Now I have enough time to prepare my heart, and there is also a great witch who can heal my brother right away.
From nob le mt l. co m
My brother never dies. All you have to do is kill the demon.
So! I!!
Seeing my conflict, the devil laughed loudly at the top of his voice.
“Ahahahahaha! Serien! Your despair is so sweet! Give this older brother a taste of that despair just a little longer! You will be freed soon!”
“Shut up… Shut up…”
He was spitting out curse words, but his eyes glared at him and his strength was relaxed, and the dagger he was holding with both hands was trembling relentlessly.
At that time, I was swaying endlessly at the edge of a cliff.
A large, warm hand wrapped around mine.
‘Ah…!’
From nob le mt l. co m
My hand, which had been cold, suddenly began to warm up with gentle heat.
When I turned my head in surprise, this time Count So’s golden eyes full of warmth, as if bathed in sunlight, were looking at me.
“Don’t try to carry it by yourself too much.”
“Cow… Count.”
Then belatedly, as a senior and a daughter of a ducal family, I thought that I had only shown him what I couldn’t see. The shame unexpectedly suppressed my fear and made my tremors subside.
“Senior, you don’t have to overdo it. Even if someone else does…”
It’s amazing. It’s just an ordinary thing that anyone can say. Why did this man’s words pierce my heart so much?
Once the fear disappeared, a small spark began to revive in my determination that had turned to ashes again.
‘How far are you going to fall into a lousy woman, Serien!
Scolding himself, he politely pushed away his consideration.
“No. This is something I must do. Thank you for caring.”
The trembling disappeared before I knew it, and I raised my hands and aimed at my brother’s heart.
Even in that situation, the devil was still laughing at me. And ask with your eyes
Can you really stab me?
Are you really prepared to break the heart of your flesh and blood?
Then, his sharply curved mouth answers in silence.
You can’t.
I gritted my teeth against the ridicule.
Then he shouted.
“Do your best to make fun of me… This Serien Garatroso!”
From nob le mt l. co m
Make a decision. And be patient.
Even if a situation comes where your brother will die right here!
I will make a decision now. And I will persevere!! Carrying on the philosophy of Garatroso!
“aaa!!!”
I opened my eyes wide and stretched out my hand as hard as I could.
“hahahaha!”
That’s not my brother’s scream. It’s the devil’s scream
While thinking about it, he felt the terrible sensation of tearing his flesh, splitting his muscles and shaving his bones, and pushing the dagger with even more force.
“Get out of my brother’s body!”
I pushed the dagger with all my might, containing the shame and sadness I had received from the devil.
The width and length of the dagger is about the same as that of the middle finger. It was clear that he had set it to a close-range length that would undoubtedly take a person’s life.
So, if you clumsily stop, you will only engrave pain on your brother’s body without any gain.
Certainly! Make sure to drive the demon out of your brother’s body!
“Heo-eok…! Huh…!”
Finally, when the blade of the dagger penetrated completely into the body, the devil cried out and vomited blood.
I was so nervous that I didn’t even have the strength to lift a finger anymore.
While digging into the devil’s arms, the hand holding the dagger kept slipping because of the sticky blood that flowed down the dagger.
If I let go of this hand, I felt like my legs would lose strength, so I clenched my teeth and held it again and again and didn’t let go of the dagger.
The devil stared blankly at the dagger stuck in his body in disbelief and burst into laughter.
“Damn it. I never thought I would lose the bet. There was very little left, but it was a more courageous year than I thought.”
Bet? What do you mean? The demon giggled and slowly leaned toward me, babbling incomprehensible words.
“Congratulations, girl.”
The devil whispers.
“Your decision has led you to more hell. Keuhuh… Endure it.”
Before I could ask what that meant, the demon’s voice slowly faded.
“You won the bet… Eriark.”
I received my brother’s crumbling body with bloody hands. Then, after coughing a couple of times over my shoulder, a completely different voice came into my ear.
“Cool…! Seri…N…”
It was the voice of someone I missed so much in my memory.
“Oh, brother…?”
“Sorry for making you have to make a tough decision…”
“Ugh… Ugh…!”
Tears welled up in my eyes at the relief that I had finally recovered my brother who had been taken away by the devil.
A soft voice that cares for others first even while suffering himself! He is undoubtedly the brother in my memory.
Finally, with these hands, I have recovered my brother’s soul! At the last, last chance, I succeeded in correcting my mistake.
‘I did it…!’
Unlike me, who was relieved by the fact that I had my brother back, and sat down on the spot, Count So quickly took the next action.
“Aisha! Please treat me!”
He belatedly reprimanded me. My brother isn’t dead yet. Even now, she is still coughing up blood violently, but with the Great Witch’s magic, she should be able to heal in an instant.
However, following his cry, the Archwitch’s urgent voice was heard.
“It’s a big deal, Tyr! This guy suddenly…!!”
—–
She quickly turned her head at Aisha’s flustered voice. Then, in front of her, a person wearing a deep black robe caught her eye.
It was clear that he was the one who attacked his father and Aisha.
‘Invisibility Cloak!!’
It must have been hiding with an invisibility cloak until now that it finally came out.
The guy standing in front of Aisha was squatting and lightly resting his hands on the bodies of the two men who were rolling on the floor.
That person raised his dark eyes and looked directly at me, not Aisha.
Right after our eyes met.
Its eyes curled sharply into a creepy grin.
He laughed at me with just a pair of eyes.
‘You… You bastard…!’
Those eyes, resembling black crescent moons, were drenched in strange foreboding.
A cold sweat ran down my back the moment I looked at those teary eyes.
The fact that that guy… Appears here and smiles is tantamount to implying that this situation is not over yet.
Aisha is the only person in this position among those targeted by the Marsh of the Five Elements. That means, as predicted in advance, Aisha is that guy’s target!
sh*t! Bad hunches always hit!
“Aisha!! Run away! Come this way!”
“Ugh, yes!”
Fortunately, thanks to my warning, Aisha quickly teleported to my side.
Whoo!!
Immediately after Aisha moved her body with her teleport, her mana resembling a black mist instantly began to scatter in all directions, as if a smoke bomb had exploded from her assassin’s body.
It was a really short cut. If Aisha had been a little flustered or hesitated, she would have been swept away by that unknown smoke without being able to use the teleport.
As if engulfed in black smoke from a fire scene, the vacant lot was swallowed up by the ominousness, making it impossible to see the person right next to you.
I wanted to tell him to restore Ufait’s heart right now, but I couldn’t afford it.
The moment this black smoke adhered to the body, it dulled not only the five senses, but also mana and body movements.
It was a similar feeling to being deceived by Poache. The feeling that I can’t trust myself.
“Aisha!”
I squeezed Aisha’s hand before it was completely covered in smoke. With the determination not to lose as much as Aisha, even if the worst thing happened.
A silence like death came.
And in that silence.
“Umm… It’s been a while since I set foot in this world.”
A new demon has appeared.