170 – Until death do us part (5)
I successfully joined Cluna and Clara anyway. At that, Hans let out a sigh of relief. But he couldn’t help but feel worried after he had done his job.
What does time mean to transcend oneself? No matter how much I think about it, I don’t know. But even so, nothing changes. Now that we’ve come this far, we have no choice but to move forward…….
Clara was now sitting helplessly with her head resting on Hans’ shoulder. Hans didn’t bother to shake it off. Clara’s condition was not good right now. She does, because she died and came back to life.
Hans quietly raised his hand and stroked Clara’s hair carefully. Was it because he felt Hans’ touch? Clara’s hardened expression softened. Cluna laughed and said.
“Clarado seems to be barely settled now.”
“That’s good.”
“But Captain, that power…”
“…….”
Hans lifted his index finger and brought it to his mouth. I meant secret. And Cluna understood that at once. I don’t know what happened. The leader is still the leader.
It is an existence that can only be trusted and followed. Kluna nodded her head and lit her bonfire. Is it because she’s an elf? All of the fruits and grass Cluna brought tasted pretty good.
However, she did not look as good as Hana. So that’s why I took it all. I hope it tastes this good. What are the hardships I’ve been through so far? Said Hans.
“It tastes pretty good.”
“The nutritional value is not bad either.”
“……What happened in the meantime?”
Hans met Cluna’s eyes. There was relief and a little disbelief in his eyes. The situation was a little ambiguous, but now Hans and the girls are not in a very good situation.
However, as soon as he met it, he didn’t want to speak right away. At least how they lived before that. I wanted to hear it with my own ears. Cluna sighed and said.
“Every day was hell.”
Cluna’s words were not an exaggeration at all. After Hans disappeared, the Royal Knights collapsed. However, the biggest reason for the collapse of the Royal Knights was none other than internal strife among themselves.
After the central point, Hans, disappeared, the anxiety and fear that I had suppressed amplified. It made each other irritated with each other. But still, there were no problems so far.
The biggest problem was the next move of the Royal Knights. Although everyone did not believe in the leader’s death. All of the next moves were different. Cluna and Clara chose revenge.
“We were going to attack the demons right away for revenge. Elder Macenis stopped that.”
“That’s good.”
Hans’s heartfelt words spilled out of his mouth. If Elder Makenis hadn’t stopped it, he might have died before Hans himself arrived, making it irreversible.
However, the mother and daughter managed to escape somehow and advance through her demonic territory. To exterminate all demons left in this world. Maybe it was because I wanted to die in the middle.
Every day, his hands were stained with the blood of demons. It took the lives of countless demons. And today, I moved to take Jinjo’s life. Cluna bit her lip.
“I never thought it would happen.”
“…….”
If the captain didn’t come on time. If so, maybe Cluna would have lost her family all over again. The rest is so scary. Cluna’s body trembles with fear.
Hans closed his eyes tightly. At first he tried to speak calmly though. Because the mistake must be corrected. However, it is also true that the mind becomes weak in the current situation.
In the end, Hans let out a sigh and looked at Cluna. Then he points his finger at her knee. At the unexpected reaction, Cluna asked again with her bewildered expression.
“Yes?”
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“Lie down.”
“That’s…”
“Storms always come.”
A storm that sweeps away nature always comes suddenly. Every time I deal with this or that, I go through a lot of trouble. Eventually, when the typhoon stopped. We look at the ruins.
If you see your hometown, house, and place swept away and turned into a mess. You just want to give up everything. But, the more times like that, the more you hold on to your mentality. I have to move on somehow.
Even so.
It’s okay to take a short break.
Because they are children who have suffered so far.
Although Cluna hesitated for a while. She didn’t bother to refuse. She came close to Hans and lay down on her lap as a pillow. Like a little child Hans said quietly closing his eyes.
“I had a lot of trouble so far.”
I still have a lot to say.
For now, let’s take a break.
* * *
It felt like living in the dark.
The feeling of nature drying up under the sunless sky. I never dreamed that I would feel it. What was the problem My complacency made it work again.
What if Clara turned the arrows of her wrath on her demons? Cluna turned her towards herself. If only I was a little more thorough. If it was more definitely supplemented. That wouldn’t have happened.
The self-blame eventually became a worm that gnawed at my heart. I couldn’t help but blame myself. However, he still couldn’t die. Because my daughter is still alive.
In a way, parents are disqualified. Even more soberly, I had to stop her daughter and orient her. It was so hard, I couldn’t. She had only been forced to ride on the bandwagon of her daughter’s wrath.
And the result is this. Cluna had to see her own flesh and blood die before her eyes again. Although she felt like the sky was falling. Surprisingly, she wasn’t as shocked as she thought.
Why?
Now there are only two treasures left.
I left everything.
Ah, that’s right. The truth is nothing is wrong. It’s already broken and won’t change anymore. It was just then that Cluna, who realized that fact, was staring at the sky in dismay.
A familiar face appeared before her eyes. A man with black hair and a full beard, familiar to her who suddenly disappeared three years ago. Cluna said his name that could never exist.
“However, chapter…?”
“Later.”
Maybe I am seeing an illusion. Or did the leader come to meet me because I died along with him? To put Cluna’s vain delusions to shame, the leader reassured her with a trustworthy voice as always.
The light appeared behind him. The brilliant light was as warm and intense as the World Tree. When she finally came to her senses, her daughter, who had cooled down, opened her eyes.
At that moment, Cluna felt that she was waking up from a terrible nightmare. She no longer had a heavy burden on her shoulders. She didn’t feel afraid to go back to her sleep. Before long, Cluna opened her closed eyes again.
Because of the sudden chill, her body shivered because it was so cold. When Cluna opened her eyes, she saw. The back of Hans looking out from the entrance.
Cluna moved her gaze to the side. Clara, who must have died once, was now sleeping with her back against the wall of the cave. Cluna let out a sigh of relief, but was slightly worried.
‘Is it okay for me to fool you?’
3 Years. For an elf, such a short moment of time. However, Cluna felt that time seemed like an eternity. There was never a time when she didn’t regret it day after day. If, really if…….
If the captain comes back. Then I said I would never lose again. She made up her mind over and over again, but the leader was again in front of her eyes. That firm resolve began to waver.
“Captain, where are you looking at?”
But already her mouth was moving first. It felt like Hans would suddenly disappear someday if I just kept going like this. Hans averted his eyes at the plaintive echo of her voice.
“Are you awake?”
“Yes, sorry.”
“No, nothing to apologize for.”
“Then… Excuse me, could you hug me again?”
It’s cold. It was so cold that I thought I would freeze. That’s why you want warmth. No, maybe Are you afraid that this warm light will disappear? Even Cluna can’t figure it out.
But, in response to your request. Seeing Hans warmly hugging him without saying a word. Cluna closed her eyes again. Her breath sank again. She is as calm as a baby in a cradle.
‘Damn it, I came out for a while because my thighs were sore. Could it be that he found out?’
However, it is too much to lend a shoulder and a leg to two people. Thanks to this, Hans, who was very tense because of the lack of blood flow, secretly placed it next to him and stretched for a while.
Then I was caught out and it ended up like this again.
No matter how much Hans went through.
After all, Hans was Hans.