As the sun slowly rose, Norn wandered around the entrance to the village with an anxious mind.
‘The time has come for you to come back… .’
Come back before the sun goes down Vera’s appearance as he left after saying that was clearly that of a man who was ready for battle.
Maybe, really, it’s not going to happen, but maybe something happened. Such thoughts come to mind.
In retrospect, it could be said that it was a useless worry. Vera was a stigmatized apostle, and he was too strong to surpass the Norn.
However, it was still a worry.
Armedness aside, Vera was a young man now only 18 years old. For Norn, 18 was the most immature age, and the age at which mistakes were more accustomed to success than success.
As an adult, it is natural to feel anxious.
‘Why aren’t you coming? !’
Should I have followed you? Anxiety filled Norn’s mind as he remembered such a thought.
Bark-.
The sound of rustling of the bushes could be heard from behind the Norn.
Norn’s head hurriedly turned to the source of the sound.
The person who jumped out of the bush was Vera, who scrambled for a bath in blood.
“ah! Vera… .”
Norn approached Vera with a very happy expression on his face, and stopped breathing at the sight.
Words filled with embarrassment came out of his mouth.
“Hey, this is… .”
“It has been dealt with.”
What came back was an answer that was full of signs of subsidence along with short, intense fatigue.
“… Are you okay?”
“Yes, as you can see, there are no injuries. First of all, my body looks like this… .”
The words he continued while lifting the hem of his robe. Norn’s gaze turned to the robe dripping with blood.
How did you fight so much that you were soaked in blood?
A question like that came to mind, but Norn did not spit him out.
I just clenched my fists to shake off any thoughts that came to my mind, then bowed my head toward Vera and continued.
“… Yes, please come in. There is plenty of time for the saint to come out, so I think you can organize it slowly and come out.”
“Maybe the dragonians will come again. We need to figure out the route in advance, so please gather rumors from the area.”
“Yes.”
“Then let’s go.”
Vera said so and went past the Norn towards the village.
In Norn’s eyes with his head raised, Vera’s back was locked in his eyes.
drop. drop. Falling drops of blood light the way Vera passes. In addition, Vera’s gloomy voice, which I had heard before, lingers in my head.
A small worry floated in Norn.
‘What happened to you?’
Apparently, it didn’t look too bad.
*
Vera grabbed an extra pair of clothes and headed for the river, then threw himself into the river, soaked in blood.
The sensation of the cold stream’s temperature seeping into your skin.
It was a deep dive to awaken the mind with the chill of the river, but it was not easy because of the sight at the end of his gaze.
Vera’s gaze turned to the blood that was washed away from me.
A long red road over the clear water.
Vera, who looked at him, felt the blood getting entangled again, thinking that the red path was the path he had walked. I felt a deep hatred for my self that had not changed in the slightest.
Negative emotions that arise. Vera let out a long breath and banged his head in the stream.
with a plop-.
Vera regained his composure as he felt the cold air on his face seep into his head.
‘… Calm down.’
This was not the time to be so confused.
What if it didn’t change? What if he still wields the sword of the beast?
Renee was here. He had to protect her from this place.
I had to wield even the sword of such a beast.
The only thing that stood in her way now was her own mind.
Vera held his breath and made up his mind, then opened his eyes and lifted his head, which had been submerged in the stream before.
Puff-!
As Vera moved, the water splashed.
Vera looked up at the water droplets bouncing as he moved, clenched his teeth and stood up.
‘… can do.’
He was confident that he could stop the enemy no matter how much it came. Renee was also slowly opening up her heart.
You just need to press down on this self-hatred.
If only Renee can be saved, she will be able to change when she finally ignites the embers.
In that moment, she will make herself a human Vera, not a demon from the gutter.
Jureuk-.
Water dripping down his cheeks drips from the tip of his chin, causing short ripples in the stream.
Vera saw the scene, turned and moved.
‘… I.’
He had to save Renee.
*
Just right. Just right. Just right.
widely. widely. widely.
The sound of Renee’s staff hitting the ground and Vera’s footsteps overlap, creating a constant beat.
Vera followed Renee one step further from the previous day.
As always, not many words were spoken. just clichéd conversation. It was the moment when the words about the weather, the wind, and the dream place of the past continued.
So, I was walking as usual.
“What are you doing?”
Suddenly, those words came out of Renee.
Vera was startled and trembling at the words he heard, then quickly spit out an answer.
“Nothing happened.”
“is that so?”
“That’s right.”
As resolutely as possible, Vera gave an answer so that René would not think of any worries, and then he shut his mouth again and moved on.
However, was there any sign of being buried?
Was there such a sign that only Renee could know?
From Renee, the question continued again.
“You know what?”
“What do you mean?”
Vera’s next words. At that, Renee’s steps stopped.
Renee stopped walking, turned to Vera, and continued.
“People who have trouble… Among them, those who try to hide it come out with their heads pressed down when they speak.”
Startle.
Vera’s body trembled. The answer that followed was spit out one beat slowly because he was conscious of Renee’s words.
“… Is that so.”
“Yes, as if swallowing something and talking, the head of the horse is pressed down and the end is cut short. If you remember your usual voice and compare the voices you hear, it’s easier than you think. Are you curious?”
Vera’s gaze turned to Renee.
Inside, there is a feeling of ‘Ahaha’. I should have known that she could make this kind of distinction, but I overlooked him because of the rush of emotions.
“Are you worried that you can’t tell me?”
the next word. At the moment Vera was about to spit out his words, Renee’s words were added again.
What stood on the corner of his mouth as he spoke was a smile with an infinitely warm temperature.
“Even so, my ears are fine. I can’t see, but I can hear. ugh… Usually, the driver listened to my concerns, so I thought I should do this in return… .”
A slightly embarrassed face. A head that slowly falls while heading in the direction you are in.
There was definitely something in it. In every action taken, there was consideration for oneself. It contained the consideration that made him infinitely weaker, which he remembered one day.
Vera felt a slight sway in his words and actions, clearing his throat and letting out the words.
“… Nothing really happened. It seems that my voice has subsided a little because my last sleep was a little rough. I’m sorry.”
continuous words.
Although Vera had said it with as much leeway as he could, Renee was able to catch a different look in it nonetheless.
Renee continued his thoughts, gauging the words he heard and the distance that felt a little farther than usual.
Vera’s words had a hint of repression.
You could call him anger, or you could call him sadness.
In the meantime, if you were asked to pick out the deepest emotion contained in that voice, Renee would spit out the answer of hatred.
Renee was a person who could capture the temperature of hatred better than anyone he knew.
why not On the day when the prayer that had continued throughout his life was betrayed, didn’t he cry out in the same voice as that?
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Of course, I didn’t know who I was hating for.
I didn’t even know what the hatred was.
He knew it was hatred, but he didn’t fully understand him either.
It was a natural story. Aren’t humans stupid creatures that can’t understand themselves, let alone others?
I didn’t know it might have been an over-the-top meddling. Maybe it was meddling that bothered the other person, I didn’t know.
Nevertheless, Renee wanted to listen to Vera’s concerns.
I can’t solve it, but I can’t fully empathize with it, but I thought that I could still listen to it.
Renee thought it was a courtesy to Vera, who was silently following himself for being selfish and accepting his temper.
“Chief, do you know?”
“What do you mean?”
“Now, knight, I smell blood. It’s also very bad.”
Bark-.
Vera moved away from Renee, and there was the sound of grass being trampled on.
Through the sound and the faint smell of blood, Renee realized that Vera was taking a step back from him.
Rene then proceeded cautiously and approached Vera again, as far as Vera was moving away.
Those words came out of his mouth.
“I am blind, not stupid.”
“Sorry… .”
“Songgu is a word used when passing the ball.”
“sorry… .”
“Sorry is a word you say when you do something wrong.”
Vera’s answer disappeared.
Did you shut your mouth?
Renée realized that Vera, who had always kept her mouth shut, had been shut down by her this time, and she smirked and then spoke.
“I think the knight is my friend. You listen to me and have been seeing me for over a week. Well… I think maybe a friend is right.”
“Take away the word… .”
“I mean, that’s my opinion. So even if you can’t be a knight, there’s nothing you can do.”
Again, Vera’s mouth shut.
“The friends I know are in a relationship where they help each other. Someone who can comfort you in your most difficult moments. So… Can’t you tell me? Until now, thanks to the knight, I have been comforted. This time, I want to comfort the knight.”
long lasting words. Vera’s gaze turned to Renee’s face.
Eyes are… focus was off. The direction he was looking at was slightly different from him.
However, Vera remembered that she was still looking at him.
The smile on his lips, the steps he approached, and the infinitely clear energy were all directed towards him.
As she approached, the tremors that began to grow stronger were now turning into waves that could not be dismissed as simple oscillations.
For a moment, Vera smirked again at the thought that his arrogance and ignorance had struck him.
‘To save… .’
Who is saving whom? Who is protecting whom?
No, on what basis was the judgment that her fire did not ignite?
Vera’s brow narrowed. A long breath escaped from the clenched teeth.
Although she did not protect herself, she was noble even while she vomited a lot of resentment.
Even in the midst of such a hard time taking care of himself, he had a brilliant light.
The embers that Vera had determined had not yet been lit was already ingrained in her mind.
In the end, his own arrogance and ignorance had blinded him, preventing him from looking straight at her.
At the end of Vera’s gaze, Renee spoke again.
“Is not it?”
That was stupid.
Even when he was determined to follow that light and to protect her, he was lost in his own situation and was impatient again.
Vera felt so funny at the thoughts that came to him, he barely answered Renee’s words.
“… Why not?”
“Ah, so are you telling me?”
A voice that blooms brightly.
Vera then, for some reason, felt that his expression was not being controlled, and felt that there were emotions coming out of his chest, and he licked his lips like that.
What followed was like a confession with a truly sinful heart.
“… I felt that the light I wanted to pursue was too far away.”