43. The Truth Revealed (2)
Elijah has a big scar on his face.
A very large scar running diagonally from her chin to her eyebrows.
It’s not like he intentionally scratched her face, it’s a sign that he tried to stab her neck and failed.
Now Elijah doesn’t have it.
It’s just white and smooth.
I wondered why it wasn’t there, but it was an unknown problem.
I thought it must be because something changed because of me.
She completely forgot what was in her pocket right after she was possessed.
A piece of glass and some paper.
I was also curious about my origin, but I didn’t obsessively dig into it.
Because I thought she wouldn’t be that important.
Moonists. Angra too.
If you don’t know, you pass by as you don’t know.
It takes a lot of effort to know that, and for that, Elijah next to me was more important.
And at the end.
At the point I didn’t want to at all, I found out my identity.
‘The Assassin of the Church of the Moon, raised to kill Elijah….’
I can’t believe it.
No, I hate to believe it.
Nevertheless, the reality is cruel.
If I am an assassin, all doubts are cleared.
The reason Elijah has no scars.
Because I didn’t.
The reason why the original Elijah hated escort knights.
Because I, that is, Judas, is the person who commits such a thing and exits.
The reason why he had a skill specialized in assassination.
I was raised as an assassin.
When I saw Angra.
When I recalled my memories at Giudecca.
When I visited the Assassin’s Guild.
The strange sense of incongruity sprinkled throughout life is explained.
I licked my dry lips and spoke after a while.
“Why… Joe?”
Reason.
Why am I the assassin of Elijah?
Are you really curious about the background?
Or, are you asking why because you just can’t believe this reality?
Even I couldn’t figure it out.
Euridike sighed incomprehensibly and explained.
“From what we have discovered so far, it is because you are a child of revelation.”
“… A child of revelation?”
“Yes. To be precise, should I say that I have the qualifications to become a child of revelation? Those golden eyes.”
I listened quietly.
“The Bible of the Church of the Moon says this. A primordial existence that shines with gold. It is said that the human who inherits that legacy is made of gold, and they call him the Child of Revelation. And that child of revelation is the savior who will defeat the solar beast predicted in the Apocalypse.”
It is similar to, but different from, the first Bible.
It has no choice but to be.
Each religion independently interpreted the first Bible, then compiled a new Bible and established it as a doctrine.
It is the same with Moonsindo.
“And Bishop Angra. He said he considered you a child of revelation and took it away.”
“What does that have to do with me having to kill the lady?”
“Angra, so the leaders of the Church of the Moon must have regarded Elijah as the beast of the Apocalypse.”
Crazy fire. Crooked sun.
Depending on the interpretation, she could be the Sun Beast that is the enemy of the Moon God Cult.
The Moonshinkyo, which hated the Sunkyo, defined the Sun as their enemy.
I understand so far.
But.
“You said that the Church of the Moon and the Empire were on the same side. Then, why did the empire….”
The Empire follows the Bridge of the Sun.
Then, why did they work with the Moonshine Church to kill Elijah?
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Euridike laughed dejectedly before answering.
“Because of the monopoly.”
“Exclusive….”
“The emperor wanted to possess this continent. There are two biggest stumbling blocks to accomplishing the great task, Balak and Elijah. So, he must have tried to deal with young Elijah somehow rather than Balak.”
“… Now, wait a minute.”
Elijah said.
The Empire, Balak, and the Church of the Moon God worked together to kill him.
The purpose is to eliminate Elijah early to become a threat to power.
However, if Eurydike is right now, Balak cannot side with the Empire.
Eurydike explained if he knew my doubts.
“That part is strange to me too. Recently, I sent people to the Bebel family to get information, but there is no evidence that Balak and the Empire were trying to cooperate. I seem to have had quite a bit of correspondence with the Church of the Moon, but it’s been a long time and it seems we haven’t had a good relationship. Or rather, Balak had been preparing to bring down the Empire for quite some time.”
“… ….”
“But suddenly, with the death of Narsisi and two of her direct children, the war ignited. Before Balak even tries to do anything.”
Elijah misunderstood.
Balack, Moonshine Church, Empire.
These three were not one.
Balak tried to attack the Empire, and the Empire tried to wipe out Balak and the Bebel family.
The two factions picked the Moonshinkyo as the bridge between them.
The Church of the Moon God took the side of the Empire while watching the liver in the middle, and Balak was betrayed.
From the beginning, the Church of the Moon God and Angra were not on Balak’s side.
I was just pretending.
Unaware of this, Elijah spread the truth about the cooperation of their factions and the maintenance of the war.
The sparks of war had already been sown all over the world.
And before Balak could do anything, the emperor struck.
You killed Narsisi, Achan and Sarah.
The embers caught fire.
A war between the Imperial Army and the Allies.
The inside was a civil war within the Bebel family.
Elijah and the rest.
“We haven’t completely figured out everything yet. But, to sum up what we found out, yes.”
I’ve heard all the twists and turns, but nothing has changed.
I was an assassin trained to kill Elijah at an early age.
“I’m still figuring out why you were raised the way you are. Is it simply because Angra caught the eye, or is there another story behind it….”
“… Who might know my information?”
“For now, except for us, the leaders of the Moonsin Church. And the emperor who came in contact with them… I think you know.”
Elijah went to see the emperor.
The emperor wants to get rid of Elijah.
I am an assassin to kill Elijah.
Here, what is the possibility that the emperor will mention me?
‘… Very low.’
There’s no way I can tell you that there’s an assassin next to you.
As I thought about it, one more question came to mind.
A warlock once tried to use magic on me.
On the day of the coming-of-age and swearing-in ceremony.
‘If I were an assassin raised for their goal.’
It’s highly likely that they put hints or brainwashing on me.
The warlock must have come to replant or awaken the brainwashing.
Because of my possession, the existing brainwashing must have weakened or disappeared.
‘As a result, I am an assassin to kill Elijah….’
I organized my thoughts and accepted them.
Then, surprisingly, my mind calmed down.
I felt even an exhilarating intellectual delight, as if I had awakened to the reason of the world.
Ah. I don’t know what the heck this is.
But the answer I gave at this moment was very clear.
“Miss, you don’t know about this yet, do you?”
“Probably, expect that. Even if I knew all of this, I would not have kept you by my side.”
“That’s it.”
“Ugh, huh?”
At my sudden calm attitude, Eurydike was taken aback.
Orphe looked at me with a worried look.
The shock seemed to have gone out of his mind, he seemed worried.
No. I am not.
I was very sane, rational, and wise at this moment.
“After all, I didn’t do anything to Lady Elijah.”
When you are confused, think like Elijah.
Her way of thinking is often beneficial.
The elements that make up the current situation are divided into verifiable and non-provable.
Anything that can be proven.
The Empire and the Moonshin Church tried to kill Elijah.
I was the assassin to carry out the assassination.
But.
I cannot prove that I really tried to kill Elijah.
Actually, I didn’t act.
She never did her any harm.
No one will know the paper that was thrown away then.
Thus, only Elijah needs to know.
Now, for the first time, I am actually the assassin who will kill you, but I cannot say that I have no intention of doing so anyway.
More fundamentally than that, this is a world in a game, and I am Kang Kang-won, who lived in the Republic of Korea on Earth, possessed by a character named Yuda, so it makes no sense to say that I am innocent because I did not know Juda’s past.
There is no way Elijah can believe it.
Is there such a perfect answer?
Maybe that’s why I kept laughing.
Isn’t that true?
I am not Judas.
It has nothing to do with what kind of person Judas was in the past and what thoughts he lived through.
It’s not something I know.
“Of course, it is a bit shocking, but…. Isn’t it a thing of the past that you don’t have to worry about anymore?”
“Judas, you….”
“I am fine. If only the lady doesn’t know….”
“Mr. Judas.”
Hermis grabbed my wrist.
“Please calm down.”
“… ….”
I carefully looked down at my hand.
I was trembling.
Excessively, like a patient suffering from alcoholism.
After Hermis let go, my hand still vibrated.
I couldn’t help but stop.
Even if I try to stop with my will, even if I hold on to it with my other hand, it continues to tremble.
I feel a change in my body that I was not aware of.
My body is cold and numb as if there is no blood flowing from my head to my toes.
My chin was shaking like a cold person.
“Haa….”
I sighed and covered my face with my hands.
I stayed still for a while.
I wanted to curse.
Just say anything.
This situation itself is annoying.
It was Judas who tried to kill Elijah, not me.
However, that is my position.
Can Elijah think like me?
Ah, I see. She’s a different person, so it doesn’t matter. Can I accept this?
‘It’s ridiculous.’
It would have been better if we hadn’t had a relationship like this.
No, at least, if I had known before this happened.
I felt frustrated thinking that my relationship with Elijah could be broken because of a past that had nothing to do with me.
“Huh….”
I took a slow breath and calmed my mind.
In the old days, it was often used before an important game.
Every time you exhale, you remind yourself that unnecessary tension and worries are released from your body.
“Whoa….”
By deliberately slowing down your breathing, you relax your rigid body.
I objectively check my condition.
‘… I was out of my mind.’
Although it’s only for a moment, I just went crazy.
The so-called mental state was bursting.
Elijah. Me.
I am the one prepared to kill Elijah.
But now I have become someone who likes Elijah too much.
And Elijah is of the same mind as I am.
How can I solve this situation?
If I tell Elijah honestly, will that solve it?
As I put my hands away, three people look at me with concern.
I managed to calm myself down.
“… Sorry for the rudeness.”
“No. Are you okay. I fully understand.”
“Thank you… “
“By the way…. I’m really sorry, but this is not the end.”
“… Yes?”
Yuridike’s expression became grim.
Did she deliberately tell the truth bit by bit for me?
To be less shocked.
What is more shocking than this, what is left?
“You, Juda, have already killed a person once. In the Assassins Guild.”
I knew that roughly.
“The first target to be killed is a person named Maria.”
Maria.
This is the name I glanced at while looking through my records at the Assassin’s Guild.
My reaction is the same now as it was then.
“I see….”
“… Judah? Don’t you know who Maria is?”
You don’t even know who you killed.
It’s not that kind of reaction, it’s how you can’t know the name.
“That…. Yes. As I said, my memory isn’t perfect, so I don’t know who it is.”
Sorry, that’s the only reaction I can give you.
“Haa…. Seriously, what is this situation….”
Yuridike let out a deep sigh.
“Check this out.”
The moment she handed over some documents.
Sparkling.
Her necklace shone.
Elijah is calling me.
‘Of course… !’
It seemed that the private meeting with the emperor was over.
You shouldn’t be caught here right now.
If I am a little late, Elijah will not be patient and she will come to me.
“The lady is calling. If you don’t react right away, I will come here.”
“… !”
“Next time, or to Sir Hermis, after all, he must go. Thank you for telling me.”
“Wait… !”
I answered the summons after speaking urgently.
It seemed like he wanted to hold onto it longer, but it would be difficult if he dragged out the time.
Me, they, Elijana.
In the end, I moved to Elijah without hearing the information I was trying to convey at the end.
*
The summoned place was the garden of the mansion.
Anemone Garden.
A place where red flowers are in full bloom before you know it.
As soon as I arrived, Elijah was taken into my arms.
I carefully hugged her by the shoulders.
‘… Let’s stay calm.’
What should I do?
Should I tell the truth?
First of all, I need a little more time to think.
I smiled and said.
It was a relief that she didn’t see my face as she leaned into her arms.
“Did the negotiation go well?”
“… Judah.”
Instead of answering, she called me.
The voice was infinitely cold and low.
‘No way….’
My body stiffened in an instant.
She slowly raised her head.
An expressionless face.
He has a cold face that he rarely shows in front of me these days.
I waited patiently for her lips to open.
