320 – 307. Finale-3
As the overwhelming emotions subsided, my mind calmed down.
I slowly thought about who I am and where I am.
An overflowing amount of mana, a strong and solid body, and the presence of a massive holy sword.
I could clearly feel that I had returned to Bern’s body.
[Is this really okay?]
“I heard it’s okay. “I see.”
[But after she lost consciousness and woke up again, she hugged Mimic, who was so scared, and cried. It’s hard to say that I’m fine even with empty words, isn’t it?]
“That’s…… “There are circumstances that cannot be explained right now.”
[I will explain it properly later. And please also calm the confusion. Because the contractor’s actions completely destroyed his soul.]
“Okay.”
I gently put Munak down on the floor.
And then he picked up the black glutinous rice cake that was curled up in the corner.
Chaos clinging to his right arm without any resistance.
When I supported its plump buttocks with my left arm, it started to wag its tail as if it was satisfied.
“King!”
“Yes, yes. “You were very worried because you suddenly collapsed, right?”
I patted Chaos head with my chin and found the entrance.
According to Prah, right after I passed out, Ira gave up one of the rooms where her bed was.
Thankful for her consideration, I stood in front of the door, embracing chaos.
Because I couldn’t use both arms, I had to use magic.
The moment I tried to use the newly developed technology, the chaos in my arms was struggling violently.
When I brought Chaos close to the doorknob, he hit the doorknob with his front paw and then kicked the door with his hind leg.
“Heh heh! Wow!”
Chaos, who successfully opened the door with a punch, let out a satisfied cry.
It was truly sweet to be able to appreciate Chaos’ cute behavior after a long time.
As I came out, smiling brightly, there was someone running towards here.
“Juguun!!”
“Oh, Hades! Long time no see.”
“Yes? Uh… “It’s only been two hours, but I’m glad to see my lord in good health!”
“Yeah, really?”
I have been wandering around for a little over a year and a little over, but it is said that only 2 hours have passed since then.
The concept of time collapsed to the point where I laughed out loud, but it wasn’t such a bad thing.
I couldn’t have predicted what a terrible thing would have happened if I had been unconscious for a year.
Didn’t countless incidents happen in the year that I spent in Bern’s body as well as in the year after I fell into the past?
‘Two hours is something I am thankful for.’
However, since I ended up worrying those around me, including Hades, I needed to go and apologize in person.
“Were you really surprised when he suddenly collapsed? “I’m sorry for worrying you.”
“It’s okay, my lord, as long as there’s nothing wrong with your body, I’m satisfied!”
“I see. “Anyway, what about Meryl?”
“If you were Meryl, you should have left the ruins a long time ago.”
“Have you gone to call someone to help me because I collapsed?”
“No. Immediately after the lord fell, a wise man calling himself Meryl’s father appeared from the pocket watch. “To be exact, it was a remnant of the soul.”
“If you are a wise man, Felix… ?”
“Yes, I know it was that name. Anyway, he appeared out of nowhere and was saying something to Meryl. Unfortunately, I couldn’t hear the content because there was a soundproof barrier.”
In the past, I entrusted my pocket watch to Felix.
He made me hide the pocket watch in a dungeon near the academy so that my future self could find it.
After breaking the seal on the pocket watch, I borrowed the power of the watch from the desert ruins and traveled to the past.
It appears that by taking an additional watch, they added features for my daughter.
‘It might be a story related to this era.’
It was easy to infer that Meryl left the ruins after receiving the message from Felix.
This means that it is an urgent matter, so I think the apology should be postponed.
“Is Ira still there?”
“Ira? “Who is that?”
“Then I guess you’ve never heard of it. “It is the true name of the true ancestor.”
“Oh, you are my lord! You even know Jinjo’s true name… ! “In the world of the dead, there is an unwritten rule that you must not call the true ancestor’s name in vain.”
Ira is not some kind of Voldemort…….
It is not a dragon that values its true name, so it was no problem to say its true name.
Probably, the false rumors were spread one after another.
“So where is Ira now?”
“Even so, Jinjo asked me to come to his place when my lord wakes up.”
“Are you talking about the space that appears after passing the long passage?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, I’ll be back soon. In the meantime, you can take care of Chaos and Munak.”
I handed over the chaos I was carrying to Hades.
Chaos struggled to leave my side and then hid in my shadow.
I debated whether to take it out of the shadows, but decided to just leave it alone.
Meanwhile, Hades was reacting in confusion.
“Um… My lord? “Who is Munak again?”
“Mimic behind my legs!”
“Are you so close that you even gave me a name?”
“Yes! “Please take care of me!”
“Yes….”
Leaving Munak with Hades, I quickly headed to the living quarters where Aira was waiting.
It was a relationship that was neither short nor long, but in the past I thought of Aira as a close friend.
We put our heads together to research or experiment with new technologies. We moved with one mind and one will.
She listened to her trivial jokes and even joked back with her.
She even granted my request, which was almost unreasonable and had no benefit in the end.
I couldn’t express my gratitude to Aira countless times.
“Stop! This is a place where only the dead can pass… !”
“Get out!”
A bird’s head blocking the path to the shelter.
With the joyous reunion just around the corner, the annoying intruder passed by in an instant.
[Contractor.]
“Why?”
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[Why does it seem like I’m much stronger than before I fainted?]
It’s actually only 2 hours, but I’ve been living in a dream-like place for over a year.
The memories of that time are still vivid to this day, so they have become my experience.
In other words, the magic circle omission technique developed with Aira could be used in Bern’s body without any problems.
I wanted to brag, but I felt uncomfortable mentioning things from the past so I just glossed over it.
“It’s an illusion.”
[Yeah, right?]
Lightly convincing Prah, I stepped into Ira’s place.
I thought the two direct vampires who followed Jinjo would stop him, but that didn’t happen.
Ira was sitting with her back leaning in front of the giant pillar in the center.
She was looking at me with one of her closed eyes open.
Eventually, Aira smiled and stood up from her seat.
“When you arrived here, she remembered the promise she made to her man a long time ago. He died in vain after promising to repay his debt to Jim. Still, he wasn’t disappointed at all.”
“… ….”
“It was said that in the distant future, a man named Bern would appear in front of Jim and pay his debt on his behalf. And she even boldly said the absurd thing that that man was her.”
“Yes.”
“But Bern, you acted as if you didn’t know anything even after seeing the luggage. “I felt really bad because I thought he lied to me.”
Ira expressed her displeasure enough to narrow her eyebrows.
For a moment, she smiled and relaxed her wrinkled facial muscles.
“She even suspected that someone had eavesdropped on her appointment and prepared a fake for her. “But looking at your face again, I see it was Jim’s mistake.”
“Sorry, I just remembered it now.”
“You are a high traitor. “Before I left, I should have told you how much time would have passed before we met.”
“I’m sorry, but I couldn’t specify the exact date.”
“Yes, I thought so, so I’ve been waiting for you all this time.”
Aira came right in front of me and pressed her palm against my cheek.
Then she started shaking my face from side to side and looking back and forth, and then she nodded.
“As expected, her physical structure is completely different from his.”
“Because the body is a completely different person.”
“Then we can say that the souls are the same person, right?”
As she shrugged her shoulders in an attempt to interpret it with ease, Aira suddenly hugged me.
She was surprised for a moment that Aira hugged her first.
As her warmth reached me, I was already placing my hand on her back.
“I am so happy to be able to meet you again like this.”
“Me too.”
Even though we were hugging each other, my heart was pounding.
However, unlike Munak’s time, tears did not flow.
She believed that they would be reunited again someday.
It was unseemly to show tears in the face of someone with such strong trust that it was said to be a necessity.
Face her with her bright smiling face.
That was a fitting image for her reunion with Aira.
“Kukuk… !”
“What’s wrong?”
“I can’t help but laugh as I imagine what kind of punishment would be bestowed upon you for taking my precious girl and neglecting her for such a long time.”
“Ah! Ha ha ha… !”
“Because of you, there may have been a spider web under my luggage.”
“I’m sorry… ….”
“There is no need to apologize. “You will be rewarded well for it!”
Ira scared me with her evil laugh.
I will make a complete mess.
He seemed full of such intentions, but his expression soon changed.
“I guess you haven’t gone to see her yet?”
“Ah… huh.”
“I want to do something bad to you right now, but I’ll hold back for now. “Because she missed you more than Jim.”
“…… “As expected, it was like that.”
“Hurry up and go see her.”
“Do I deserve to meet Breeze? “She unilaterally told me to run away and I ended up dying like her idiot.”
“It’s a rumor. You fought to the death, hoping that your beloved wife and daughter would not die. Even if he died in vain, it was something he couldn’t have done without love. “If you don’t deserve her, who in the world do you think would be worthy of meeting her?”
“Ah… ….”
“It’s just as frustrating now as it was then! “Don’t do anything you’ll regret and just go away!”
A familiar hand pushing my back.
It seemed to overlap with Aira’s appearance, shouting to go save Breeze.
I nodded and walked out of the shelter.
“I will definitely come back this time! Even if it means I die!”
“Are you stupid? “If you die again, you can never come back.”
Ira was shaking her head as if she was fed up and laughing.
Then she waved her hand, telling me to go away.
Even though it was a breakup not long after we reunited, we were able to say goodbye comfortably.
Because I believed that we would meet again soon.
Glad that’s over. Annoyingly long time spent in the past.