The white smoke rising from Ciel Midford’s body is scattered in the night wind.
The tanned skin caused considerable pain whenever it touched the wind, but Ciel Midford didn’t let out even a small moan.
“… … ”
Ciel was also aware that the duel was over when he heard Prince Inas declared defeat a while ago… …
Nevertheless, he did not put down the sword he was holding.
Ferzen, who stepped forward with a tired face from afar, had a golden opportunity to kill him in a defenseless state where his magical power was almost consumed… …
How many times in the future
Awkward–!
The veins stand out, and strength enters the hand.
In a duel that has already ended, if I kill him… …
Putting himself second, the Lobelium Kingdom will be in trouble.
It is like repaying the grace of accepting him as a knight in disloyalty, but if a warlock belonging to the Imperial family of Ernes Empire receives feedback with his corpse, the story of arbitrariness will naturally come to light.
“It was hard.”
Prince Inas approached and patted Ciel Midford on the back and praised him for his hard work.
Then, standing next to Princess Elizabeth, the Empress——Simply turning her head toward Gremory and clenching her fists! curled up
‘This is enough… … ‘
Surely, he will be able to receive the protection of the Elmark Empire.
“sorry.”
“What are you saying all of a sudden? I have nothing to be sorry for! You are an honorable knight who has devoted enough for the Lobelium Kingdom. Stand proudly… … ”
I wondered if it was because I lost so helplessly, and Prince Inas tried to cheer up Ciel Midford’s morale… …
Paah–!
Before he could even finish speaking, he turned his head with a blank expression on his face at Ciel Midford’s sudden action, leaving his seat in an instant.
* * * * *
“ah… … ”
lost
Inas den Prussian Lobelium.
His words echoed softly, signaling the end of the duel, and Euphemia was instantly relieved of tension and staggered.
Then, looking at Ferzen walking slowly towards him, he released his hands that had been gathering as if praying and went out to meet him carefully.
‘really… … ‘
You kept your promise.
To be honest, if it was Ferzen, I wondered if he would kill Ciel without even paying attention to such a oath… …
Although Euphemia was unable to shake off such ominous thoughts, Ferzen really did not trample on her past.
‘Ciel… … ‘
Slowly turning her head, Euphemia looked at him, who had once been her strong support.
It hurts my heart to see him standing with his face burnt and injured, not covered by his armor… …
This was the right path, Euphemia believed.
If he has a hard heart, he will not feel frustrated right away, but gradually he will feel the high wall of Ferzen and the Brutein family standing behind him and will adapt to reality.
To go back to that time when they depended on each other and lived together in Louerg, too many things had settled and too much time had passed.
It was a harsh reality for a knight in one kingdom to return everything to the original point, so with today’s opportunity, Euphemia has shaken off the regrets and regrets that Ciel is herself… …
I wanted to live my own life.
I removed the gaze from Ciel, who had stayed there for quite a long time.
Euphemia turned her head toward Ferzen again.
Boo-wook–!
But at that moment, an indescribable shock and astonishment seeped into Euphemia’s golden eyes.
Because Ciel, who was standing at a distance, pierced through Ferzen with his sword beyond a fleeting moment, as if following her gaze as she turned her head.
Only one eye movement.
It happened within that short time, so I thought that Euphemia may be hallucinating because she has no sense of reality… …
The smell of Ferzen’s fishy blood seeping into his nose.
I never realized it was a hallucination.
* * * * *
Originally, what Ciel was aiming for was Ferzen’s back——around the heart.
Ferzen, who had intentionally left a bit of magical power, worked on Isabelle’s body and interfered in the atmosphere, greatly increasing the air resistance and then twisting the orbit… …
“Shut up, hey–!”
Ciel’s sword pierced Ferzen’s side.
And no matter how much the air resistance was increased, the inertia that had accelerated remained to a certain extent, so Ferzen slid along the floor like a bison, as if being pushed away with Ciel.
As the inertia that accelerated at the same time gradually weakened, naturally Ciel and Ferzen rolled down the floor desperately.
Unlike the warlock Ferzen, the Auror Knight Ciel used her right foot as a stepping stone to stop her body trying to forcefully roll, then grabbed Ferzen’s neck with her left hand and forcibly pulled out the sword stuck in her side.
👌👌👌👌👌
Then, the bleeding that had been suppressed by the imprisoned sword continued to flow like water, and the end of Ferzen’s suit and shirt was dyed, creating a puddle of water.
It was Ciel who was about to shoot down Ferzen’s heart with a straight sword, but… …
Paang–!
When a large amount of air was compressed and exploded in front of his nose, he was unable to do so and was thrown about 3 meters away in an instant.
“What is the Lobelium Kingdom doing right now?”
The Ernes Empire, the commander of the Imperial Magic Corps.
Theor, the elder of the Dukes of Roswell, walks out in rage.
Then, around Ciel, who staggered in the aftermath of the shock, he created a prison with a flame coated with solid properties.
Prince Inas was suppressed by the imperial knights, kneeling on the spot, and a sword thrust into the nape of his neck.
‘Ciel, Midford… … ‘
There are no high cliffs and strong rivers flowing beneath them, which must avoid death and promote survival for the main character here.
In this world that has become a reality without the frame of fiction.
‘you… … ‘
This trap, in which every circumstance points to death, will never be avoided.
“Stop the bleeding before you take him to the doctor! And quickly recruit people of the same blood type as Count Ruerg!”
“Cool… … !”
Watching the people clinging to him and giving first aid, Ferzen turned his head tormentedly and looked at Euphemia standing alone.
‘Eupemia… … ‘
As promised, I didn’t make you sad.
However, the relationship of the precious past that you wanted to protect so much will make you drown in deep sorrow.
‘Look… … ‘
Ciel Midford.
He steps on his own and climbs onto the guillotine.
sticking out his neck
His life will come to an end in a tragic way where even an epilogue will not exist.
At the end of the long, long stage, it was time for the curtain call to come down.
* * * * *
“Baby, don’t touch me. become ashes.”
With a voice full of anger, Theor advised Ciel.
“… … ”
But despite that advice, Ciel reached out and grabbed the spear of flame that was holding him in.
Whoops!
In an instant, the skin of the palms melted, and the unpleasant smell of burning human flesh spreads around.
And the flame, riding on Ciel’s palm, moved all over his body, and engulfed his body in an instant.
The armor he was wearing melted, and it clings to the burning skin and mingled unsightly.
Burning is the most painful form of death.
Because of this, Ciel struggled, feeling the most primal human emotion, painful and painful… …
‘Same as back then… … ‘
If my whole body was hurt, wouldn’t the core magical power melt and move?
With one such thought, Ciel held the grate even more tightly.
After this moment, I don’t know when I’ll be able to kill him.
I don’t know when I’ll be able to get Euphemia out of the cage.
no… … The assumption that after this moment had passed was meaningless.
Because there is no promise of the next one to yourself.
‘Heavens… … ‘
Like wax that melts, Ciel Midford’s whole body is distorted.
The flame that the Apollyon-class elemental magician transformed his magic power was just as powerful.
A level that a body reconstructed to an erratic level could not handle.
‘I’ve been through a lot of misfortune… … ‘
His father, who was a fallen nobleman, married a woman in the village with only the castle remaining, and gave birth to himself and a younger brother.
Growing up, he and his younger brother had to watch their mother’s sacrifice and suffering, who always suffered from her father’s violence and never lost her smile.
The moment I felt happiness for the first time in a life filled with so much pain was when my father passed away.
But when I saw my mother passing away not long after, I also realized that happiness and unhappiness come together.
He and his younger brother, who became orphans in such an instant, jumped into the mercenary world while running around the back alleys, but his younger brother lost his life on behalf of himself who fell into a crisis while carrying out the quest.
Precious and loved… …
He couldn’t keep them all in his arms.
So, as if losing his mind and searching for a tombstone to die, he continued to fulfill his quests, and the place he reached at the end was Ruerg.
There Ciel met Euphemia.
A woman who had the same pain as herself, but did not give in and ran the estate like a vicious man.
At first, I felt a sense of unity.
So even after the quest was over, Ciel remained in Ruerg.
There were almost no young adult men, so naturally, he and Euphemia were more likely to solve matters within the territory.
In the process, Ciel felt the tickling sensation of new flesh growing out of the worn-out wounds in his heart.
But I tried hard not to notice.
Because everyone he loved and felt dearly knew what the end was by his side.
But if emotions were to hear the control of reason, people wouldn’t feel magical the moment they fell in love.
Because of this, Ciel suffered from mature morbidity, and carefully developed his feelings for Euphemia.
And was that the problem?
In the end, the misfortune that imprisoned precious people like a curse made her robbed right in front of her eyes, and Ciel, who was buried in the snowy mountains of Ruerg, who had fled, awaited her pure white death, resented the world.
However, the cursed life refused to die, and at the end of that, she realized magic and Ciel entered the royal road.
Afterwards, he became a knight of the kingdom in a series of fortunes that unfolded as if he had been compensated for all his misfortunes so far… …
was not happy
Because if he bowed his head a little, the misfortunes of those who were dear to him were piled up like piles of corpses under his feet and screaming.
‘If you are a cursed body that cannot be happy alive… … ‘
Ciel raised his left arm in earnest hope, so that at least death could take the form of happiness.
“… … ”
A plain copper bracelet engraved with the name Ciel Midford.
Euphemia El Lorraine Louergue, a gift she shyly handed over to herself for the first time she suffered.
Ciel bowed his head where he had never missed a moment, and kissed her lips with pure and devoted love.
crisp… …
Immediately after, the bracelet turned to dust and crumbled at that simple stimulus… …
Ciel followed the traces with faint eyes, and grabbed the sword.
The flame that engulfed the whole body burned even more splendidly.
Everyone said that they have the most shining moment in their life.
Then please, let it be now.
The life of a man who is willing to give his life for the woman he loves… …
to shine brightly.
Ciel longed for it, and took a step.
Whoops… … !
The prison created by an Apollyon-class elemental wizard transforming his magical power into fire shakes.
The explosive magical power flowing around Ciel Midford interfered and distorted the shape.
Of course, the nature of the anti-horse was very imperfect because it was flowing out of shape and literally wasted.
But even if it was imperfect, the magical energy that swirled around Ciel Midford like smoke pierced through the flames.
Taken from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
Made a way for himYes, this is the ability given to Ciel Midford.
One Day One Road.
With one unchanging heart, the moment he vows to walk only one path, the world gives him praise and tribute.
Paah–!
Soon after, numerous fireflies spread beautifully around Ciel Midford, taking the form of a woman with green hair.
And the woman, with tender and caring eyes, hugged Ciel Midford’s desperately broken body from behind.
Among the five gods of good fortune, that is the blessing of the goddess in charge of protection.
The most valuable formless treasure in the world that amplifies the intrinsic power you have when you are trying to protect someone more precious than your life.
‘I… … ‘
Taken from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
May it be the key to the cage that holds you in.‘please… … ‘
Taken from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
May your broken wings be able to spread again.After that, don’t worry.
The Euphemia that Ciel Midford knew was a woman with a hard heart.
The way to fly, you will soon find out again.
so… … No worries.
Ciel Midford swung his sword.
Blind love is sad
fool