142. Long live Lynchester!
―Lua von Lynchester I have a favor to ask of you. Come out of the demon realm with me and destroy the demons.
destroy the horse
It was a wish that encompassed not only mankind but also the race. Even the elves and dwarves wished to annihilate the demons.
However, Lua was serious about that request.
―You dare to call the ancestors who can rest in peace because of demons to the battlefield?
―One, the demon king may descend soon.
-is it? But it is impossible.
-Yes… ?
Hearing that it was impossible, Ethan stupidly asked back.
―I said it was impossible. This soul cannot escape from the vicinity of the shrine. No matter how far I go, my range of activities is around the Linchester estate.
No, I can’t go with this irreplaceable opportunity. Suddenly, Ethan looked back at Lua’s words.
―Are you not allowed to enter the castle of Lynchester?
-impossible.
Hearing that answer, Ethan was relieved. Memories of Sylvia and the hot springs on a hot summer day flashed through my mind.
At least, he might have done something like that in front of his ancestors. Just thinking about it made my eyes go dark.
– Now let me ask. Ethan the psychic boy.
-yes… .
―What can you do for my descendant Sylvia?
-I can even give my life.
Lua laughed and said ‘huh’.
-You’re bluffing. If you’re going to sacrifice your life, use it to annihilate demons. Instead, he dedicates his heart and body to the cute Sylvia.
—… …
It wasn’t bluffing, but Edan had nothing to say to his ancestors. It was Ethan who had already risked his life once during summer vacation to protect Sylvia.
―If that is true… . The wedding will take place at the shrine. I’ll tell you how to take Sylvia.
—… … ?
At least, I almost replied that I wasn’t curious.
-Are you curious too? Simple. Let go and get pregnant. Then your body and mind will come over. Giving birth to a child at a young age is the key to a healthy child.
—… … .
Ethan couldn’t tell if the Lynchesters were open-minded or if they were old-fashioned in this way.
-It’s a joke.
―Wow, that’s so much fun!
-Don’t be mean. If you laugh like that, isn’t it like being stabbed in the side and bowing down?
It was Lua who met someone she could talk to after a long time. If you don’t talk at this opportunity, you don’t know when another opportunity to talk will come.
-I have one more question.
-What is it?
―Why are you maintaining your youthful appearance?
If you die of old age, shouldn’t the ghost also have the appearance of an old man? For Ethan, that was the thing he was most curious about.
—… Hello, do you want to die?
―Oh, no!
―The appearance of the soul seems to follow the shape of the peak period.
Thanks to this, Edan’s most curious point was resolved.
Anyway, it was time to head back. The knights were collecting injured comrades and slowly preparing to return.
-Take the proof first.
Oops.
Edan first took the tokens and skill balls that had fallen on the floor. To be honest, I couldn’t believe that he could kill two demons at once.
―And take care of your teacher. Are you planning to leave it in the hands of an outsider?
Following those words, Ethan carried Sylvia on his back.
-I had a great time meeting you. psychic boy. Go and tell Sylvia. The father of Lynchester looks down on you.
-thank you. Lua von Lynchester. It was an honor to meet you.
-Gorum, gorum.
Ethan took a look around the shrine and walked towards the Lynchester barn.
* * *
The cloudy remnant danced.
What Sylvia saw in her dream was a wide back. It was a black-haired disciple who passed him and made his way toward Gamigin.
When the disciple became so strong, Sylvia did not know.
Soon, Sylvia, who was lying on the bed, slowly opened her eyes. Somehow, it felt good to feel the warmth.
When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was my one and only disciple. The disciple was looking down at Sylvia with black eyes blinking.
“… Dana?”
“Are you okay? Master?”
“Are you really okay?”
Sylvia stood up and hugged Ethan.
A warm body temperature came through. Until the end, the disciple holding the sword against Gamigin was vaguely memorable.
“Master… ?”
“I’m glad you’re safe.”
Ethan blinked in Sylvia’s arms. As soon as I woke up, I was a little embarrassed by the teacher who hugged me from the student.
“ah… . I’m sorry. You must have been overdoing it to catch the mine too… . No matter how much you use the final technique, you won’t feel well.”
Even so, the master was proud on the one hand. Last summer, while pointing to the swordsmanship ceremony in Lynchester, Ethan grew rapidly.
‘And you created your own swordsmanship… .’
Learning swordsmanship in your own way was easy. Most adventurers use what they see and hear in their own way.
But, as Ethan seemed to be, it was difficult to fully digest in that way.
Even Sylvia, who grew up hearing that she was a genius in swordsmanship, took a long time to independently research her own swordsmanship and create an improved version of the Lynchester.
It should have been, but Edan learned swordsmanship in less than a year, and he used a swordsmanship that suited him.
‘Really, Dan-i suddenly became stronger than me… .’
The teacher’s eyes overflowed with tears.
“Master, are you not feeling well?”
Sylvia shook her head slowly.
“It is not like that. What happened anyway? What about Gamigin? What about Mine?”
“I also caught Gamigindo and Lerajido. It was all possible because Master gave Gamigin a fatal wound.”
It was true. If Gamigin hadn’t been hurt, it was impossible to know how the war would have progressed.
“You are even humble.”
“yes… ?”
Even if that was true, in Sylvia’s eyes, all of the student’s actions looked good.
“And the founder of Lynchester fought alongside me. That’s why my soul dwells in my body, so let’s have a swordsmanship ceremony together… . Ah, this is only possible because I am a psychic… .”
Black magic and psychics were unfamiliar concepts to the general public. At present, there was no person in the Lynchester class who could see the spirits of their ancestors.
Even looking at the entire continent, a rare being was a psychic.
“Dan, you give the glory you built up to Lynchester.”
“No, that’s really… . The spirit of Lua von Lynchester, the founder of Linchester, who lived in the shrine, fought alongside me… .”
The more he spoke, the more Sylvia nodded as if she understood everything. It’s not like a metaphor, it’s real… .
Ethan was embarrassed and scratched the back of his head. Even if the soul came in and fought alongside her, Sylvia would not believe it at all.
“Really. The progenitor of Lynchester… .”
“I understand. Sometimes I don’t understand the awakened power, so at first it’s as if someone else helped me and fought together… .”
The illusion is not me, but Master.
Suddenly, the door to the hospital room burst open. And there stood a middle-aged man with tears in his eyes.
It was Sylvia’s father, Beneck von Lynchester.
“Sylvie! Are you okay? I heard that you dealt with two high-ranking monsters. I ran there because I was seriously injured. This is ugly.”
Is it because I’m too old? Lately, Benek has been becoming emotional.
Benek wiped away the tears with the palm of his hand.
He had a similar reaction last summer when his only daughter was poisoned.
“Father, there is something I want to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“It is about mothers… .”
Benek faced Sylvia with a firm expression. A taboo figure that the Lynchester family has been reluctant to even mention.
Leenna von Lynchester.
Now is the time to clear up that misunderstanding. Sylvia told Gamigin what she had heard.
“My mother did not sign a contract with Mine. In the hands of Majin Gamiginae… .”
Upon hearing the truth, Benek was initially silent. However, he soon nodded at Sylvia’s words.
“My mother did not sign a contract with Ma, but is a man of merit in the domain. So please treat me accordingly. I would like to enshrine my mother’s ancestral tablet in the shrine. Please accept my mother as a member of our family again. Father, no, head of the house.”
A person who was taboo because his name was not even mentioned for 18 years. Leenna von Lynchester.
After a long silence, Benek nodded.
* * *
The next day, Sylvia led her father and the knights to the shrine. The shrine was out of shape, but the building was intact.
After the Knights came and roughly organized them, they were able to come up with a decent assortment.
“mother… . Please rest in peace.”
Even the body was burned to prevent resurrection. She bit her lower lip and placed her mother’s mortuary tablet on the altar. and got down on his knees
-My dear daughter. You grew up well.
At that time, Ethan’s eyes saw a vague shape. The woman smiled warmly as she looked down at Sylvia.
Soon, her and Ethan met eyes. Behind her was Lua von Lynchester, arms crossed and smiling.
-That’s it. A psychic boy named Dan.
Ethan looked at the smiling woman with blank eyes. I felt like I knew who she was without asking why.
Leenna von Lynchester.
Sylvia looks like her mother, Ethan smiled lightly. The woman walked slowly and put her hand on Sylvia’s head.
As if feeling something, Sylvia raised her head. But what she could see was the mortuary tablet placed on the altar.
―Please take good care of my daughter.
―Don’t you want to talk to Sylvia?
It meant that I could lend my body for a while if I wanted to. I don’t know exactly how, but if I could, I wanted to.
―Thank you from the bottom of my heart. psychic boy. But I don’t have that power like the founder of Lynchester.
Ethan nodded slowly.
―Thank you for letting go of my grudge. psychic boy. And I love you, my daughter Sylvie… .
Her body gradually became transparent, and she left behind a smile for the last time.
Sylvia was staring at the seat where her mother was with a hazy smile.
The silence of winter settled down on the shrine once. It was a quiet, cozy silence.
