Chapter 310 – Chapter 310 ― Be My Companion (3)
Episode 310 ― Be My Companion (3)
‘Looks like it’s backwards from last time.’
After Urtellia suddenly met Count Bertellia, Anmut and Fiora went on a quest for the artifact. He had agreed to give her some of her own blood.
When the Count and Anmut were away at the same time, Urtellia felt restless.
It was because he did not know when he would achieve it, in a way, half resigned, and achieved the goal he had put his mind into ‘just in case’ without even thinking about it.
But this time she had her time.
Although it was only half a day, several hours, Yurtellia got a brief moment to think about what it means for her to meet her blood relatives and what she should do in the future.
On the other hand, Anmut this time did not seem to accept this situation easily.
“You look strange.”
“Yes?”
“She is away from her.”
At Roan’s question, Anmut kept his mouth shut for a moment. It is to search for her memory.
“When I was on duty, I often worked separately. Because me, who has to use my body, and what a wizard can do are two different things. However…”
Anmut lowered his head. Loneliness lingered in the tone.
“Yes. It is very unfamiliar.”
Roan and Anmut were in the emperor’s office. It was to avoid interfering with the reunion between Urutellia and the Count.
“I said it was like family.”
“Yes.”
I felt sorry for the droopy little ears and tail. Maybe she feels like her family has been taken away from her.
“Lea couldn’t quite remember her old days. She only knew that she had a sister, but she didn’t have the right information. So she was saving up money to travel over to Evirzio, but she said, frankly, I… She never thought it would be possible.”
Anmut spoke her mind.
Although the other person was in an extremely high position, it was a pampering thing to do because he knew that he was a demon who took care of even the lives of humans and a person with a deep heart enough to understand the circumstances of Urtellia, a mere mercenary.
And Roan, as always, listened to him quietly.
“I feel that a paragraph in my life has come.”
“There are times in life when something comes to an end.”
Roan remembered a moment. He was not a thing of the world he lives in now.
“A moment like that comes without warning. It’s always sudden.”
Roan said as he looked at Anmut, who was fixing the teacup.
Everything was unfamiliar to Anmut.
From this gorgeous sofa where you bury your body,
This teacup he is holding,
Even the red tea water contained in it.
These are things I never would have imagined coming into contact with just a week ago.
The tea she had passed down her throat was probably equivalent to the mission reward that she and Urtellia would receive for a month of hard work.
Too many things have suddenly changed.
Evirgio’s younger brother.
Urtellia, whom she had considered as nothing more than blood, suddenly felt so far away.
“But wouldn’t there be a new beginning to meet the short circuit like that?”
“…”
Anmut’s fingers stopped moving.
“All families go through breakups. Even you who used to live like brother and sister, even if you are a blood-shared family, won’t you be like that someday? We end up getting out of each other’s arms.”
It was a soft tone, as if trying to comfort him.
“It’s not like we’re going away forever, so I’d say it’s fortunate. In other words, it is a good opportunity for a fresh start.”
“Start…”
Anmut recited softly.
“I told you before. Jim will make you grow. As a mercenary, you don’t have to be entangled in your work, you have been given time to refine your swordsmanship.”
A strange light shone in Anmut’s eyes.
Both Urtellia and Anmut were confined to the eccentric wizard’s laboratory.
Soon after they had limited freedom, they shared the same life.
He taught himself a skill no one had ever taught him.
Until they grow to the point where they can evade the human gaze that seeks them out, and then repress the hand that rejects them.
The direction of training was different, but the two never thought of each other as separate from themselves. This was the first time that they were acutely aware that they were separate entities.
In the meantime, Roan’s words seemed to be a new indicator. A new beginning as a complete individual.
The gun began to return to Anmut’s eyes.
“Come to think of it, I’ve never seen your swordsmanship properly.”
“Yes.”
The first time we met was inside the imperial castle.
There was no time to share swords with each other.
The second time they met, they were no longer enemies.
Because it was after Roan got rid of it first.
In the third meeting, Roan revealed that he was the Demon King.
There was no time for Anmut to draw his sword. Because he was already overwhelmed.
It would be right to say that he was defeated without ever striking a sword.
“Did you learn it by yourself?”
“That’s right.”
“What about the master?”
“Nothing…”
A look of admiration flashed in Roan’s eyes.
I’m not the main character of the game for nothing.
The demon king is also a demon king, but the hero has qualities that are just as good as that.
“Take this opportunity to learn from me.”
Anmut’s eyes widened.
Now Roan’s head contains all the memories the original demon king had.
It wasn’t the swordsmanship he wielded after first coming into this body and following the habits and sparse traces of his body.
Now it’s solid enough to teach someone. It was because he had already perfected his swordsmanship without missing a day for a year.
“I heard that he was a top-notch swordsman even among mercenaries because he realized himself without being taught. I wouldn’t have had time to show it off and ponder the technology. That’s great.”
Roan’s admiration was sincere. If the first starting point had not been the demon king’s body, would he have been able to become like the warrior himself?
He is the main character
“And… It’s about your special ability.”
“Yes?”
Anmut’s body, which had been thinking a lot from the conversation so far, stiffened with tension.
It was because the word “Special ability” Was something Anmut had pointed out, and that it was a secret that could not be shown to others.
It seemed that the air in the office stopped for a moment.
However, that momentum did not reach Roan. The Demon King spoke calmly with an indifferent expression as always.
“Can you choose the power you take from others?”
“Ugh… !”
A small moan, incomprehensible, escaped through the gaping teeth.
Anmut jumped up.
The wind rattled the teacup on the table noisily. He did not fall close to death, but the tea in him overflowed a little.
A beastman taller than the demon king looked down in astonishment at the demon king who was leaning across from him.
“You, that…”
“Perhaps Jim knows more about you than you do yourself.”
Because you are the main character
A little guilt lingered in Roan’s smile.
It was out of apologetic feelings for having unintentionally peeped into the bottom of the lives of others.
“I’ll let you develop other abilities you have.”
The warrior’s basic skills,
He knows everything from his stats to the skills that will bloom in the future.
It’s something I’ve done dozens or hundreds of times.
“Just don’t look at the women around you like a playboy. There will be others who will help you.”
Even if it wasn’t the main heroine, there were many women a hero could meet. Other hidden items.
Of course, most of them are in Merde, the country of humans. You won’t touch my girls staying in Evirzio.
Anmut’s face heated up like never before.
I know all too well what Roan is talking about.
“How… Crab…”
The words that I barely stuttered came out in just a few steps.
“That is also the arrangement of the Goddess.”
It may be a little funny that it took the form of Yagem, but the power of Goddess Laurecia is present everywhere on the continent of Moira.
From huge forests to tiny bugs.
It wouldn’t be strange if that vast power changed into any form.
Roan, who received the power of the goddess more strongly than before, experienced the second miracle beyond death and became more dependent on the power of the goddess.
“…”
Anmut glared at Roan.
It was a complicated gaze filled with embarrassment, a little anger, and awe at having a secret that he hadn’t told even to Urtellia.
However, he grew up among Merde’s humans. The place where the name of Goddess Laurecia is most highly known.
That is why, to him, the name of the Goddess is like the law.
At the words Roan mentioned, Anmut involuntarily shrank.
I saw the transfer Roan showed me several times.
I heard the voice of the Goddess even through my dreams.
It’s hard to believe, but at least I know now.
That the Goddess worked through the demons.
“Why.”
There were many things I wanted to ask, but there was one thing I was most curious about.
“Why do you want to do this to me? Why me?”
The emperor of a country
No matter how excellent Anmut’s swordsmanship was, there was no way there were no subordinates with that level of ability.
If you were looking for someone to carry out the emperor’s secret orders in Merde, there would be many more qualified than you, who was openly a prisoner. Like a blood relative of a vampire who recently became empress, or a clan of succubus who are said to be one of her aides.
“Are you sympathetic?”
It’s a word that doesn’t really suit a demon, but Anmut, who knew that he had mercy on even the people of the enemy country, naturally thought of such a word.
“No.”
Roan’s words put Anmut a little relieved.
“It’s all about living. Anmut.”
For the first time, nervousness appeared on Roan’s face.
Anmut moved his forehead as if he was puzzled by the feelings that did not suit the demon king.
“It is not giving. To grow together.”
“Your Majesty?”
“Now is not enough.”
Roan’s purple eyes scanned Anmut’s insides. Now, the confusion caused by Urtellia began to clear from his mind.
Obedience as a demon, and a sense of self-righteousness.
Roan began to water the seed.
If you fan the heart that has started to grow a little more, it will bloom in the blink of an eye.
“You can grow more.”
He had thought of this before.
If I were a warrior and not a demon king.
If a player who knew what a hero had to do had nestled in the hero’s body, wouldn’t it have been easier to defeat that ‘greed’ summoner and seal ‘greed’?
However, it was only this time that Roan found out why he had nested in the demon king’s body.
The hero would not have been able to convince the demon king.
The original Roan must have already had a tired heart.
He still does not understand in his heart why he must join hands with humans or why he must protect his people. That is the natural thought of a demon who was born as a noble person.
However, he himself is the Demon King.
That’s why he can rather convince the warrior.
You can even swing your sword at a common enemy.
“Your majesty. It is Northern Baengnyeongju.”
He bit the secretary. It was Count Bertellia who knocked on the door himself.
“Come in.”
Hearing Roan’s words, the count’s eyes sharpened as he entered the office.
A mere prisoner was standing and looking down at the emperor. A chill crept into her eyes.
“Um, how rude?”
There was a hint of bitterness in his voice.
Yurtellia, who had followed her in, was taken aback by her sister’s sudden change of voice, and Anmut suddenly looked back at his behavior and was flustered.
The tension in the office was gone.
A small smile appeared on Roan’s face. Anmut has shown a sharp appearance a few times, but he is still immature.
It is my job to forge it into a good sword.
And Roan said he was confident.
“Everyone is here.”
Those who will be my sword.
“Let’s talk about the enemy we must defeat.”
I have to take the lead this time.
