151 – 45. Climax of Tragedy (4)
Elijah sat dazed, hugging his knees.
She didn’t carelessly straighten her messy hair, just stayed still.
Her eyes glowed with gold, but were lifeless.
There is a crystal in front of her.
Inside her, Mary was sealed with a dagger inserted into her chest.
Leah. She was Maria.
Since when? Why.
I’m confused.
A disorderly line is drawn in her mind.
If you draw it again and again, it soon becomes a surface instead of a line.
She was so confused that her mind was as clean as new paper.
She stays still like a dead person with her eyes open, and all she does is ask questions periodically.
“What about Judas?”
Then, the knight guarding the door answers.
“He hasn’t returned yet.”
“… ….”
She became unable to use magic.
She can’t even receive signals from the artifact she shared with him.
Where is he, what is he doing, and is he dead?
I’m worried, but there’s no way to confirm.
He who cannot use magic is no different from an ordinary person, so he cannot go out.
I am helpless.
All you have to do is wait.
Was it like this for you too?
I feel terrible.
‘Mom… ‘I’m not dead.’
In other words, Judah did not kill her mother.
Then, does he mean that the document he saw was a lie?
No. Judas was also confused.
This situation is like a mischievous trick of fate.
His voice suddenly appears.
‘Actually, I am not originally a person named Judas, but a person who came from another world….’
Ignored.
I believed it was a ridiculous excuse.
But what if that is true?
It’s completely unbelievable, but if we assume it’s true, all doubts will be resolved.
If this too convenient excuse is true.
‘… ….’
Elijah, who had been crouching, raised her head.
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I opened my eyes.
For the first time in a long time, Elijah remembered his own standard of judgment.
‘Everything that makes up this world can be distinguished by only two criteria.’
Verifiable facts.
Speculations and assumptions that are not true.
‘Verifiable facts.’
Judah loved Elijah.
Judah protected Elijah.
Judah was willing to die for Elijah.
Judah was on Elijah’s side.
Judah held Elijah’s hand and hugged him.
At the same time.
Judas is an assassin raised by the Moon God Church and the royal family to kill Elijah and Mary.
But my mother didn’t die.
How.
I thought she was dead.
Why did you believe that?
‘… ….’
The scene where Maria died 10 years ago.
The carriage burned down, and her mother’s body was not left behind.
Until now.
Because of that shock.
I didn’t pay any attention to it at all.
Looking back.
A very strange fact.
‘The Assassin’s Guild, Ramek, will make it known that this was his own doing.’
They always leave evidence.
That is the special deadly poison.
If you get hit, your flesh will turn black and rot.
In other words, they do not burn their subjects to death.
This is because there is no evidence left.
This is one of the reasons why Elijah was able to immediately point out Judah’s disguised corpse.
Still, that’s what Elijah believed.
Not only was Balak told that Maria had died, but it was also because Ramek’s poison remained at the scene.
The coachman leading the carriage died from Ramek’s poison.
But Maria.
Mom.
There is no body.
It burned and nothing remained.
Her sword left a mark where her mother had sat, and she detected Ramek’s venom in her scars.
However, the evidence does not prove that the mother was poisoned by Ramek.
‘… ….’
Mom died.
The truth of the proposition that was thought to be a verifiable truth has changed.
Mom didn’t die.
She could have guessed the truth, but she never knew.
Hair that is red but has black roots.
Not too much, but a little thick makeup.
Black eyes.
The name is Lia. And Maria.
If she had tried to find out, she might have been able to.
I couldn’t do that.
She thought her mother was no longer there. She received the news that
She was dead.
Looking back, it was weak, but at the time it was reliable evidence.
Since her mother was dead, she could not have been expected to remain by her side, hiding her identity. Because she can’t think she has something that isn’t there.
It is natural.
It is also pathetic to regret that you could have known in advance after knowing the result.
Anyone can think that way if they check the results.
Clues scattered sparsely in the past.
I was able to recognize them.
If I had paid a little more attention, I would have noticed it in advance.
That can’t be true.
Until we know the result, humans will never know the end.
Nevertheless, regretting after knowing the result is an unavoidable and irrational human defense mechanism.
If she had been by her mother’s side that day, she could have protected herself.
It is an extension of the regrets I have been ruminating over for the past 10 years.
Leah.
After being by her own side for 10 years, what did she think?
What information was conveyed to the family?
How did you feel when you looked at yourself?
Being bullied by her immediate children at home.
I was educated by being beaten until I bled by Narcissi.
When she found out that her mother had died and she became a wreck.
What did you think when you looked at me?
I want to ask because I want to know.
However, there was no one to answer.
Anything you can say is fine.
I didn’t think it would matter even if it was a bad answer.
If you say you didn’t think anything of it, it will be really painful and sad, but you can still accept it.
If you could just open your eyes again, breathe, and be alive in front of me, I would do it….
Elijah slowly leaned her body against the ice in which Mary was sealed.
It’s cold.
I stroke her face.
Just like she did to herself when she was young.
She cherished and hugged her ice.
Touch her ear.
But there is no sound of breathing or heartbeat.
Is he dead?
Can I really survive? Mom is.
‘I am…’ . What have you been doing so far? .’
The final truth.
Last question.
Judah, she did not kill herself.
There were countless opportunities to kill.
To aim for the optimal opportunity, we postponed too many opportunities.
Even if you think that the emperor’s goal is not just himself, but the entire Bevel family.
Judas had already had several moments where he could have killed himself.
Even at the very end.
Elijah asked that he rather be killed.
She was willing to give up her neck.
Judas did not do that.
Why?
At that time, Elijah could not accurately understand his emotions.
Buried in her own emotions.
She didn’t want to see the truth.
I just thought Judas was bullying him.
She thought she was being mean, that she was being hurt on purpose.
‘Verifiable facts. Judas is an assassin who tried to kill me.’
But still, Judas did not kill himself, and Mary is actually alive.
“Ah….”
After a long time, Elijah spoke up.
“Ah….”
Judah had no sin.
It was all my own illusion and misjudgment.
But what did you say to him?
How did he treat him?
I shouldn’t have done that.
Ah.
“Ah, ah… !”
Among the selected and filtered facts.
Only one shines miserably.
I said something to Judah that I couldn’t take back.
The reason the situation is so twisted is that the sin is neither Judas nor Mary.
It’s all because of you.
Elijah fell into self-blame.
“Aaaaahhh!”
I screamed until my throat was torn.
He hits the desk, rolls around, and soon falls under the sofa.
“Lady?!”
Councilman May ran over in surprise, but Elijah was unable to stop her struggles.
“Ugh… ! Ugh! Off…. “Aaaaahhh-!”
She hit her head on the floor and screamed like crazy.
“Miss! Calm down!”
“Ugh…. Ugh….”
She just clutches her arms and sobs.
My body hurt so much.
Not where you cut yourself, but inside.
“Ahhh….”
Elijah grabbed her breast.
It felt like her heart was being ripped out of her body.
It felt like she was grabbing it from both sides and twisting it to tear it apart.
“Huh, huh, huh… !”
I couldn’t stop the crying that came out.
She ended up covering her face and sobbing, not even noticing that her neck was sore.
She wish she had believed in him a little more.
If only I had looked at Lia a little more closely.
If only it had been so. If only it had been so.
Ah. If only I had been more rational and wise in those countless moments.
The present would have been a better future.
Meaningless regret and self-blame circulate.
“Huh… ! Ahhh-! Hwaaaaa!”
A cry like a scream.
The people in her room, including May, could not even comfort her.
After sobbing for a long time, she opened her eyes.
Sparkling golden eyes.
I looked down at her hand.
For some reason, the palm of the left hand that was clasped with Judas was stained with gold.
It looks similar to when Judah’s body was charred black.
‘… ?’
Elijah turned off her nerves.
Now that Judah is on the battlefield, she cannot sit still here.
It must be resolved now.
You must apologize for your mistake.
Before it’s too late.
It’s all your fault that the situation got to the worst.
Elijah blamed himself like that.
The resolute self-reproach that came with enlightenment.
At the same time, I can feel the magic power slowly activating in her body.
The moment she felt confident that she could use magic again, her necklace began to glow.
‘… This?’
The artifact brought from Balak’s secret laboratory activated at will.
It was a response to her own magical power.
It became noisy outside.
Elijah looked through her window.
The spacious grounds spread out outside the window.
Under the night sky, which had suddenly become dark, pillars of scarlet flame rose up everywhere.
‘Balak’s… color….’
Only after the artifact was activated, did Elijah realize the effects of this artifact.
Those pillars of fire are magic aimed only at the imperial knights and imperial guards.
This is an item made by Balak to deal with the imperial family.
*
Judas prepared to die.
The front is the guard captain.
The rear is Geist. Leader of the Imperial Wizards.
There is no corner to escape to.
So, I will take one person with me to death.
Ice Spear appears like a huge tower.
You have to kill the guard captain faster than that.
He rushed back to the guard captain holding the Zweihander.
My whole body is shaking.
I order you to collapse and rest immediately.
My heart feels like it’s about to burst, and I already don’t have the strength to lift my sword due to minor wounds.
I grit my teeth and hold on.
Lift up the moon’s pupil.
Use inertia and cut straight through.
-Phew!
Knocks down the guard captain at an exquisite angle.
However. He was stabbed himself too.
“Kruk…” .”
I cut down, but I was exhausted and didn’t have enough strength.
The angle was slightly off, so it went over his shoulder and caught on his chest.
I applied strength to the sword I was holding to cut it.
“Khaha… !”
The captain of the guard vomited blood.
He also gave more strength.
Twist the inserted Zweihander.
The sword that pierces the body rips through the organs.
Judas tried to kill him somehow, but he knew it was already too late.
Ice Spear is approaching.
I felt a huge mass rushing in, pressing down on the air.
But do not give up.
As long as we have breath left, we will fight until the end.
And then from time to time.
The world sometimes shows miracles.
-Good luck!
In an instant, my vision became brighter.
A huge scarlet firestorm raged around the guard captain.
“K-?!”
Soars high into the sky.
Deep flames enveloped the two.
It was so powerful that Geist’s Ice Spear melted and disappeared as soon as it touched it.
Judah felt that now was his opportunity.
You are immune to fire.
Unlike Geist’s sun, there is room to breathe.
You must kill the enemy here.
“Sigh!”
I used my last strength to raise the moon’s pupil and then struck it down again.
The captain of the guard, who was struggling under fire, allowed the attack in vain.
The upper body splits and dies.
By the time he died, the firestorm had disappeared.
The outside scenery was full of flames everywhere.
Flames were blooming around the imperial knights and guards.
It’s like a blazing hell.
“Ha…. Ha….”
Judah pulled out Zweihander.
I tried to hold on by relying on the moon’s pupil, but I ended up falling on top of the body of the guard captain.
I give strength to somehow get up.
He reaches out his hand and tries to grasp the sword, but he can’t.
I fought too long with an exhausted body, and lost too much blood.
“Ellie… hey….”
The sound of someone approaching can be heard far away.
Are they the remnants of the imperial army that were not affected by magic?
‘I have to stand up and fight back…’ .’
Judah’s eyelids slowly closed.
“Elijah….”
‘I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner….’
*
At a time when firestorms were erupting everywhere, Geist received a signal.
Notification that he has secured the position on the sun.
I couldn’t kill Judas on this spot, but the image of the sun was more important than that.
She confirmed that she had been stabbed with a sword anyway.
I can’t survive. That monster.
Geist immediately teleported and took over the sun statue.
“I finally got it.”
Afterwards, he ordered the imperial army to withdraw.
“You couldn’t kill Elijah? Does not matter. Anyway, with this item, Your Majesty will become a new god who will rule over humanity and the world.”
He ordered withdrawal and immediately disappeared through teleportation.
Toward Emperor John, who was waiting for the sun statue.
*
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Elijah was watching the firestorm and was about to go find Judah.
At that time.
Boom! And the door opened roughly.
I expected Judas to come, but no.
“Lady.”
It was Dylan.
“The enemy is retreating. Boles said that a wizard entered the mansion and immediately fled, causing the sun statue to disappear. “That is the enemy’s goal.”
“… ….”
“Currently, Sir Gawain has taken control of his troops and strengthened his defensive formation. “It seems like we have decided not to pursue the enemy.”
Elijah wanted to ask about Judah’s whereabouts, but she wouldn’t speak.
Her voice felt stuck at the base of her throat.
“There are many injured, but fortunately there are no deaths….”
-Thump thump thump thump.
The sound of urgent running.
He approaches this room.
Dylan raised his head in confusion.
Argon appeared beyond the door.
He shook his shoulders and took a breath as he spoke urgently.
“Miss, Judas….”
