Chapter 110 – The Incompetent Champion
A tavern located on one side of the guild. Most of the conversations have no nutritional value as the people who come and go are adventurers.
Rumors or many times exaggerated. Schemes to trick the opponent and take advantage.
In the corner, two men were chatting while tilting their glasses today.
“Did you hear that rumor?”
“Is that a rumor? Are you talking about the rumor that Angus’ wife was cheating on you?”
Haha! That rumor is also a rumor, but that’s not what I meant!”
However, unlike usual, the conversation being shared now is quite nutritious. It is said to be a rumor, but in reality it was the truth that the princess secretly spread.
“…What? The demon king… ?”
“Shh! Can you hear me man… !”
“No… Anyway, why is this rumor a secret! It’s the same as the congratulations of the empire!”
“There are rumors that the saintess has gone missing. With the traitorous blue whore… “
“What! Such nonsense… !”
Blue whore. A traitor recognized by the Empire. Who gave himself to the demon king for her pleasure… Villain. The person responsible for corrupting a village.
And someone I loved, loved, and will forever love.
The two adventurers of the same class raised their voices from the alcohol and started talking without even knowing that everyone around them was listening.
-It’s a pity for the saintess… Still, she succeeded in the end, so…
– How do traitors…
-Princess Iris is the next successor…
-The warrior party…
-…
-…
“…”
What followed was quite predictable.
That the traitors were lost, that Princess Iris would inherit the throne, or that the development of the Demon Realm would soon take place…
I took my attention away from their conversation and turned my attention to the soup and bread on the table.
Soup and bread. It’s food that can be found everywhere, but… I feel a bit strange today.
The soup and bread I ate at the first inn I visited after leaving Valence in the old days. I really liked Lena.
“Whoa… “
I wanted to go on an adventure so much, but in the end, I never had a proper adventure.
Now, adventure is just a painful word for Lena. She’s been through all that hard stuff… Of course it will. If I had noticed it sooner, Lena wouldn’t have had to go through that humiliation.
“…I’ll do the math.”
“Did the food taste bad? You leave so much… “
“No. Just… I feel so resentful of a man who was terribly ignorant.”
“Yes… ?”
The food was great. Even though it was the cheapest potato soup and clunky bread.
It’s just that I ordered two servings without my knowledge, so the quantity was large.
Why.
Even though everything about her is over, is she not by her side? She was determined to propose in style.
“I really enjoyed the meal.”
“Cow, guest… !”
I roughly picked up a gold coin and handed it to the owner of the tavern. He panicked and tried to return the gold coin, but I turned around and left the guild.
Jjallang-
“Whoa… “
Let’s let out a sigh, and along with it, white breath flows and spreads.
The weather is cold. Yesterday was also cold, but today, like the elders in the neighborhood said, my bones feel sore. If someone held my hand, would it be warm?
‘…A stupid bastard.’
I laughed and laughed. What is my hand, what am I entitled to.
I must have filled my stomach, so I walked towards the meeting place. The now gloomy clouds seemed to represent my mood.
‘I hope you’re doing well… Those two.’
Since you said you witnessed the knights together… Maybe it’s for sure that we’re together.
The problem is that these two, who are like dogs, are trying to get along without fighting…
“…Ah, it’s snow.”
A single snowflake fell at his feet.
When I slowly raise my head, I see white snow falling down.
The snow that gently lands on the cheeks and conveys the coolness of the moment before melting away.
How could such pure white snow flow out of the dark clouds? I muttered as I stretched out my hand toward the cloud.
“…Are you sad too? Why are you crying?”
I am the one who is sad, but why is the sky crying so loudly? It was a situation that I couldn’t understand as an incompetent warrior.
It snows. As if covering the whole world in white.
It doesn’t snow. In my dry heart, not even a handful of snow comes.
Kiik-
“Nobody can come in here. When you die… “
“It is me. Abel.”
“…You must have been a warrior. Come inside, it is a place always permitted to you.”
A knight who recognizes my true identity only when I take off the hood enchanted with perception-damping magic. As expected, I thought that it was good to accept what Chloe used to write.
Here, in the outskirts of the capital. A place covered in silver of blessing.
A fortress and a prison to confine only one person.
I bowed my head to the knight standing guard. Then deep inside. I walked towards the center and arrived at the door exuding reciprocal energy.
It was a place covered with dozens of barrier magic. I’m the one who got permission, but if someone didn’t came, I’d have turned to powder right away.
Feeling the fear and awe of the beings called wizards all over again, I opened the door and went inside.
Waiting for me in a place full of pleasant stench was a man with a familiar appearance. I smiled and greeted him.
“Haha. Are you calm today?”
“…”
“I wouldn’t call it a gift, but… I also bought some snacks. These skewers are reputed to be delicious. If you try it once… “
“Fuck it!!”
The man with a pair of horns on his head shook off the envelope I held out and shouted. The skewer bag was tossed aside and the contents spilled out.
To think that the culprit that the empire and all its subjects feared had fallen so shabby. Of course, he is a completely different person.
He smiled awkwardly and pulled a chair in the corner and sat down. The heating was not working properly, and I could feel the coldness of the iron chair through my clothes.
Haha. If you don’t like skewers, tell me… “
“No… Driving me crazy. Hey Abel. Do you fucking see me as the real demon king?”
“Can you bring me a mirror?”
“Ah-oh! My body is like this. I’m a good citizen. Fuck! A man from Earth too! Those years… They arbitrarily transfer human souls… ! No, this shit from the goddess year in the first place… !”
The man, the man who once lived close to Lena’s body, gnashed his teeth.
If I hadn’t heard the whole truth from Chloe, I would have thought it was just a demon king’s realistic performance. Even though he is actually a much more hateful person than the demon king
“Fuck… I don’t want to die… ! If I had just a little bit more, I could have regained control of my body… ! Fuck, fuck!”
“Then you must have pretended to be Lena again and acted disgustingly.”
“No? Do you like me and act like that slut? Now I’m going to live as I like. I must have learned how to use magic, even shooting TS beams here and there… “
“Haha. Crazy bastard.”
Garbage that arbitrarily entered someone else’s body and ruined their life. Whether that was his intention or not, there was no way he would look nice as long as his relationship with Lena was like this.
Of course I have a problem too. Someone else got into Lena’s body and imitated her Lena and her, but she didn’t notice…
I’m really bad
Even in the last episode, Chloe was raped and humiliated right next to her, but she didn’t even notice.
Losing them in the end was my own karma. If a more decent person had been chosen as the hero and received strength, this wouldn’t have happened.
It’s hard to make a voice because my throat is locked. He forced his throat and squeezed out his voice.
“…Where did it go wrong?”
“…Are you asking me that now?”
“You wouldn’t have seen everything in Lena’s body. So… “
“Kuh, kuh… ! Fuhahaha!”
His brows furrow as he suddenly laughs loudly.
I confessed my serious concerns, but if anyone bursts into laughter, it is bound to be so. Moreover, especially if the opponent is the same as the enemy.
He raised his head and looked down at him with a cold voice.
“…What’s funny?”
“Hey Abel. That it’s already too late There is no turning back, so what are you going to do by looking back at your past mistakes?”
“But… “
“Sick. All that’s left for you bastard is atonement. Oh, and get me out of here too.”
Expiation. The words that the garbage man spat out jokingly resonated in my heart.
“Expiation… Atone… “
I can’t go and ask for them. They are the ones who have finally found their composure, but appearing in front of them will only bring back bad memories.
So no matter what they do or who they meet, I shouldn’t be involved. I don’t deserve
What… I’ll go see you eventually, but not right now. Me, Lena, and Chloe. All of them require quite a bit of time.
If so, how should I atone? How can I soothe their resentment and resentment?
Turning this damn world upside down… Wouldn’t my heart be conveyed to them even just a little bit, even just a little bit?
“Yes, atonement. Yes… Huh? Hey hey! Where are you going!”
“Expiation… I got it. Thanks. ‘Devil’.”
After defeating the demon king, he gave me a new way to get lost and wander, and I am grateful to him. I was so grateful that I picked up a skewer that had fallen on the ground and threw it at him.
With all his might, with an absurdly sharp sword at the tip.
“This bastard… ! Fuck! Save me… Aww!!”
Hooked! A skewer that flies like an arrow and sticks to the Achilles tendon. Not enough to pierce through flesh and bone, it even pierced the floor.
I won’t be able to walk for a while now. Oh, I guess I couldn’t walk anyway because I was tied up. I’d rather throw it in my arms.
I smiled at the blood dripping down his leg.
“This is my last goodbye. It’s probably going to be very busy for a while. I don’t know if you’ll be alive by then.”
“Growl… “
Like trash, he froths at the mouth and rolls his eyes to see if the pain hurts so much. It’s a look that suits Garbage, but I don’t like it because it looks like a painting.
I’ll have to bring in the owner of the magic tower in the north and ask her to completely change her appearance. The things Lena and Chloe suffered… So that everything can go through the same again. So that they can feel at least 10% of the pain and frustration they must have felt.
After all, it was him and the Goddess who were the culprits of everything.
After turning around and leaving the closet-like place, the waiting knight approaches and asks.
“How was it? Whether the interrogation was successful today… “
“Yes, I think I have had an epiphany. What should I do next… Now I know for sure.”
Will I, like Lena, be called a traitor to humanity?
A warrior who overturns a rotten empire… Yes, that’s a true warrior. Right Lena?
“Um, okay. Then may we begin today’s work?”
“Today’s task?”
To my question, he answered by pointing to a man-sized container on one side.
“In addition to investigating the demons, I’m going to put the demon king in the water today. You can get physical data related to your breathing ability… If you can kill it, that would be great.”
“Hmm.”
Yesterday they said they burned it, but today it seemed they were trying to drown.
Seriously, how can you be heinous…
I frown and grab his shoulder as he talks excitedly.
“Stop it.”
“Yes? Ho, perhaps the hero, the demon lord… ?”
“Quit… Use holy water instead of water. It will be more painful that way.”
“Ah… ! Oh, I see! I’ll make a suggestion to the top right away… !”
Leaving him behind as he bows down, he leaves the fort.
I expected it, but as soon as I opened the door and stepped out, a gust of wind blew up and covered my body.
Wheein-
My body shudders at the sudden goose bumps. Pulling the hood over my head, I set off in search of the first target, her former companions, ‘he’ and ‘she’.
“…It’s cold.”
In the meantime, thick snow covers the streets, making it look like a white carpet has been laid. Podeudeuk podeudeuk. It’s so nice to hear the sound you hear every time you take a step.
It snows heavily. By the time her eyes cease, before her leaves have sprouted from her tree, will we ever see her again?
If you meet What should I say, what expression should I make?
Footprints were left along the way I walked. However, unlike the two pairs of footprints left in the heart, only one pair of footprints remained there when I looked back.
