150 – Hymn to Humanity
I am Cain, the Saint of Grey.
We put our story in this will.
We were a death squad created to subdue the northern disaster Aegyn.
Rake, the leader of all people.
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Noon Knight Lurond.
Cain, the gray saint.
Sam the Red Face.
Mithra, the witch of light.
The Immortal Elua.
Dale of white snow.
The Twin Spearmen Galle and Galle
The death squad of 9 members, who are considered to be the strongest in the North, found Eguin hidden in the sea of darkness after a long chase.
However, the concept of death did not exist for demons.
When Eguin tried to revive, Lake sacrificed himself and locked him inside her body.
I suggested that we go to the Holy Land with the intention of purifying the demons in Lake’s body, and we carried the unconscious Lake on our backs and headed to the Holy Land.
Aegin’s men pursued us, and the death squad did not give up on Rake until the end and headed to the end of the earth.
Due to the battle with Aegin, the sea of darkness fell into even more darkness and became more ferocious. The only bridge to the Holy Land collapsed leaving only traces, and the demonic energy gradually grew thicker in Lake’s body.
It seemed impossible to cross the sea of darkness that swallowed everything that approached.
Reik’s lover, Mithra, the witch of light, used her own power to create a path of light to her holy land.
We headed to the Holy Land while she kept her way. With a promise to return when the moon rises.
We arrived at the Holy Land, and I tried to purify the lake using the magic recorded in the Holy Land. But that failed, and Lake, who was conscious for a moment, asked to be sealed.
I put the awakened Rake back to sleep. And desperately prayed to God for an answer.
I needed God more desperately than ever. But God, as always, did not give me any answers.
We, who know better than anyone how important it is to get rid of Aegyn, the plague of the north, tried to seal Rake in the basement with tears.
But Aegin awoke, and he fought desperately. From the sea of darkness, his men answered the call and appeared, attacking the temple.
The twin spearmen Galle and Galle headed towards the entrance, saying they would hold out until we returned. They should be able to buy you enough time.
Reik suppressed Aegin and asked him to cut off his limbs, and his close friend, the red-faced Sam, shed tears and swung her sword.
But it wasn’t long before Aguin woke up again, and we had to get out of the basement as if we were running away. They tried to seal the cellar once again, but Aegyn fought desperately and tried to escape the cellar.
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Now that people called him a saint, he had no choice but to doubt God. Saving Rake failed, and sealing also failed. If God won’t answer, now we had to find an answer.
I remembered the synthesis magic that uses two magics, the purification magic and the sealing magic recorded in the Holy Land, at once. In order to use that magic, everyone had to sacrifice.
We were a death squad to defeat disaster. Just as Lake thoughtlessly sacrificed himself, none of us were unprepared.
However, I have no choice but to question it at the end.
If God loves us, how can there be a devil?
If God loves us, why doesn’t he give us an answer?
Does God really exist?
If Aegin is sealed, she won’t be able to wake up unless she forcefully opens the basement door.
I have a conflicting mind that I hope that our tragic and heroic sacrifice will be remembered for a long time and that the temple will be forgotten in everyone’s memory and that the disaster called Aegyn will forever remain with us in darkness.
I will leave the choice to you who read this will.
***
I read the interpretation written by Lotos. The question is now solved.
The skeletons that prevented me from breaking into the temple must be the twin spearmen Gall and Galle. He kept his promise to protect the door even when he became a skeleton.
I passed the interpretation sheet to Ileid, who looked at me with an expectant expression. Navier, who was next to her, asked to see her, and raised her face.
I sighed. And unlike Lotos, he had no choice but to laugh. Because he knows one more thing that Lotos doesn’t know.
Cain has believed in God all his life, enough to be called a saint. He doubted his lifelong faith only at the end. Asking why God didn’t answer, he doubted its existence.
But I know that God has already answered Cain. In his hand was proof that God exists. However, he did not know until the end that the fountain pen was the answer.
At first, I thought that probability worked at will to create a plausible story.
But now I know this sounds like a very mean joke from God to me.
“… Yes, that was the story.”
I heard Ileid’s muttering. Looking up, I saw Navie, her eyes moistened, biting her lips.
“It was the story of great heroes forgotten in memory.”
As Ileid said with a sigh, Lotos and Navie slowly nodded.
I didn’t nod. The story isn’t over yet. Knowing this, you will be able to figure out the full truth about lighthouses.
“Do you have any books about the language of flowers?”
It may have been an out-of-context question, but Ilaid nodded without question.
Ileid ordered a servant to retrieve a book about the language of flowers from Ilia’s study. After a while, the servant returned with a book in his hand.
I received the book and quickly checked the contents. And I found what I was looking for on one page.
I spoke to no one.
“There was a person who eagerly waited for a forgotten hero in his memory.”
The opened page was placed on the table for all to see. The observant butterfly noticed that it was a flower carved on the lighthouse door frame.
“Evening primrose….”
“Yes, evening primrose. Flower language… It is a wait.”
Cain promised Mitra that he would return when the moon rose. But even when the moon rose, they did not return. Eagerly waiting for her lover and her companion to return, Mithra had believed in the promise and waited her whole life.
For them to return someday, they built a lighthouse and lit it every day. As time passed, everyone forgot why the lighthouse was lit. Only her earnestness she left behind was passed on to her posterity.
When the moon rises, like the blooming evening primrose.
When the moon rises, ask them to light a fire for them to return.
That… It was funny.
Ileid comforted the tearful Navier. Thanks to the handkerchief given by Lotos, I later found out that my fingernails were digging into my palms and bleeding.
I untied my clenched fist and wiped the blood with a handkerchief. The bitter pain felt dull, perhaps because of the congestion in the chest.
For a moment there was silence in the room. Each had time to organize their thoughts in their heads. After a while, Ile Reid opened her mouth.
“As Cain said to her, now I have to choose. To let everyone on the continent know about their sacrifice. Or destroying the lighthouse and burying the temple forever in darkness with the demon Eguin…. Ross, the choice is yours to reveal.”
Ever since I found out that demons are sealed, I made one uneasy assumption. In the original story, the vice-governor gets Shin’s fountain pen. And he must have seen the will left by Cain. It was obvious what the assistant priest would do after realizing that the devil was sealed. He would have broken the seal. Because the church and the demon king had a cooperative relationship.
A few years later, the eastern boundary collapsed, and shortly thereafter, the northern wall also collapsed due to demonic attacks.
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Now a plausible probability has been made as to how the devil came to appear in the North. That demon was Aegin.
The unsealed Aegyn waited for the right time, growing stronger in the sea of darkness.
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Now that I know that, there is only one choice I can make.
“Their stories should be forgotten as they are. If it becomes known that an ancient demon named Aegyn is sealed away, someone might try to take advantage of it.”
Everybody nodded at my words. It’s bittersweet that their sacrifice didn’t end up being a story, but it was better than making it in vain.
“Okay, I will help you destroy the lighthouse.”
As Ileid said as he got up from his seat, Lotos stood up as well.
“I want to see the lighthouse with my own eyes, so I will follow you.”
The butterfly is ready to follow without asking. We all headed to the lighthouse together.
***
Arriving at the lighthouse, I told Delan what had happened. Upon learning why the lighthouse was built, Delan shed tears like a child.
I came out while Ileid and Lotos comforted him and observed the lighthouse. My shoulders shrugged involuntarily at the cold north wind.
“Ross, look at this.”
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Navie pointed to the evening primrose carved on the door frame.
“This was carved one by one by one person. I guess that’s the reason why everything looks so different. Could it be that Mitra left behind… ?”
It will. He would have carved an evening primrose while waiting for them.
Suddenly, I remembered one thing. Could Mithra not have thought of going over to the temple?
Since there was no need to maintain the path of light, Mitra must have headed for the temple.
However, the temple was sealed and could not be opened.
I finally realized who built the stone tower on the way to the temple.
My vision fluctuated, so I bit my lip hard.
Ileid and Lotos came out of the lighthouse. After that, Delan followed.
“I will bring down the lighthouse. After that, I’ll knock down the cliff and wipe out the traces.”
He is a sword master and the head of the Ilaid family. It’s quite possible for him. I nodded at Ileid’s words and asked Delan.
“Is it okay if I don’t bring anything?”
At my question, Delan smiled sadly.
“It’s okay. We have to send it along with the lighthouse.”
Some people find that letting go of something helps them forget. Delan might be that kind of person. I just hope it helps.
“Okay, everyone back. I’m not responsible if you get hurt!”
At Yleid’s warning, everyone moved away from the lighthouse. Ileade took out her sword and cut down the lighthouse with her magic.
Kuuu!
As if an explosion had occurred, the lighthouse exploded with pure white magic. Amidst the roar of lighthouse fragments falling to the ground, Delan’s cries could be heard.
Ileid rose into the air. Once again, pure white magic cut through the cliff.
Kuuu!
The ground shook and the cliff where the lighthouse used to be cut off and fell into the dark sea. As a result, a huge stream of water rose.
I could feel the salty air. Desperation and someone’s tragic story will no longer be remembered except for us.
Looking at the remains of the lighthouse disappearing into the sea, I suddenly remembered the last conversation I had with the Ileid family.
“Ah, there is one more thing I want to ask you. It must be an ancient language. These are the words they kept shouting until the very end.”
At my question, people who were about to leave the room turned their bodies to go to the lighthouse.
I spoke slowly but clearly and forcefully so that the words left in my memory would not be wrong.
As I finished my words, my eyes focused. Looking at Navie’s distressed eyes, Lotos lowering her head with a shaky gaze, and Ileid’s drooling look, I was able to notice that everyone here knew the meaning of the word.
Lotos raised his head and opened his mouth.
“It’s a saying that has come down from a long time ago in the North. If you’re a northerner… It’s something everyone knows.”
Lotos looked at Navie and Ileid. They nodded to each other and looked at me.
As if the eyes of the three became one, their voices sounded like one echo.
―For humanity.