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Episode 635: Suspicion Not Completely Relieved (1)
Erenes sat looking out the window every day.
There was no change of emotion on her face, but anyone who knew her could tell that her mood was different from usual.
She was enveloped in a deep emptiness and loneliness, for her only friend who remembered the war a thousand years ago was dead.
“Arterion… … Now even you have left.”
I don’t regret telling Giselle about Arterion.
She has fought for humanity. If she destroys humanity together with Arterion, the fights and sacrifices of a thousand years ago will all lose their meaning.
That’s why she didn’t go with Arterion. She wanted the world to continue as it was.
“That way… … we’ll know we made the right choice.”
But even if she didn’t regret it, the loss of her old friend didn’t go away. She sat there every day, looking listless.
I just didn’t express it violently, but my mind was already very tired.
Suddenly.
He heard the door open, but Erenes didn’t turn his head.
Because in this kingdom, there is only one human who would invade one’s residence so arbitrarily.
She opened her mouth, still looking out the window.
“… … Now you’re back.”
“Yeah, thanks to you I was able to catch it without any damage.”
“……okay.”
If Erenes hadn’t told me in advance, the damage would have been enormous, just like in my previous life. Thanks to her information, I was able to catch the right timing.
She chose her beliefs over her long-time friend.
Knock knock.
Giselle brought a chair and sat down next to Erenes. Only then did Erenes turn his head.
“Did you come here to have a congratulatory party?”
Giselle shook her head at her indifferent gaze.
“No, I know you don’t feel like it since Arterion was your friend. Let me say thank you first.”
“You don’t have to worry about it. As you live for a long time, you have no choice but to let go of the people you’ve grown attached to one by one. That’s… …my life.”
“… … .”
Although elves are said to live longer than humans, Erenes has lived longer than that. She must have had to send away everyone she cared about.
The pain that had been building up for so long would have been so great that no one else could possibly understand it.
Jiselle, who had been silent for a moment, slowly opened her mouth.
“How did the dragon become like that? He was completely mad. He refused to join us in finding his enemy, and instead tried to kill all the humans.”
“… … I don’t know.”
“You really don’t know?”
“Yes. I can only guess that it is probably due to the anger caused by losing one of their own kind.”
“I don’t understand. Is the curse of the Adversary so strong? Enough to wipe out an entire race and force you and the dragons to join?”
“The power of a curse varies depending on who casts it. If someone who holds a great grudge against the world can control the power of the demon, it wouldn’t be strange for them to have that level of effect.”
“In that case, wouldn’t it be better to ask that the human world be destroyed?”
“… … That is why the adversary is trying to come back to life. To destroy this world.”
Jiselle let out a deep sigh. The enemy’s curse was powerful, but it didn’t seem to be powerful enough to destroy the world.
So, he is resurrected to deal directly with those who have escaped the curse.
There is no other way to understand it, because it is knowledge beyond his scope.
“What on earth happened a thousand years ago? If there’s something I don’t know, I’d like to know more.”
“Didn’t I tell you? The war broke out and we won. The warrior and the saint sealed the demonic realm and the world regained peace. There is nothing else.”
“No matter how much I think about it, it feels like there’s something more to it.”
Erenes spoke with his eyes still emotionless.
“The Salvation Church has been resurrected and is looking for their king. To destroy the world and create their own paradise. What more explanation is needed here?”
“… … .”
“Because we won, the Salvation Church was able to remain silent for so many years. And now, Duke of Fenris, you have cut off their breath again.”
“… … .”
“Is there any more doubt? If the adversary is resurrected, we just have to finish him off. Then the human world will regain peace.”
“hmm…….”
“That’s the truth. I don’t know what else you need.”
There was nothing wrong with what Erenes said.
To put it simply, there was an enemy who was trying to turn the world upside down, and if you eliminate that enemy, it would be the end. It didn’t really matter what happened with that enemy in the past.
It was Giselle’s personal curiosity that brought her to Erenes. She had seen something in the saint’s dream.
It wasn’t an urgent matter at first. I wanted to find out slowly through my dreams.
But something in Arterion’s body was digging into Yulien. If that was why the dragon was mad, then he couldn’t just ignore it.
Jiselle mustered up her courage and started talking about her dreams. It seemed that she had to reveal some of her secrets in order to have an honest conversation.
“After I got this necklace, I saw someone in my dream. It seemed like a saint from a thousand years ago.”
At those words, Erenes looked a little curious.
Erenes also knew that necklace well, because he was with Giselle when she stole it.
At the time, she pretended not to know about it, making excuses that she had mistaken it because it was similar to what her old colleague had used.
While observing Erenes’ reaction, Giselle told him about the contents of her dream.
“I saw a warrior and an adversary in my dream. But the person who resembled Yulien was not an adversary. He was a warrior.”
“I saw the battle between dragons and the lesser gods of the other world. I saw you fight in countless battles.”
“… … I saw the heroes of that time through my dreams and learned the techniques they used.”
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Even though it’s pretty concise, Giselle’s story is quite long because she’s seen a lot of it.
Erenes opened her eyes wide in disbelief as she heard the story. However, when she met Giselle’s eyes, her expression quickly changed and she laughed.
“The saint appeared in your dream?”
“okay.”
“The saint’s companions saw it too? Me too?”
“okay.”
“Ha, hahahaha. Duke of Fenris. Would someone of your stature believe in such dreams?”
Erenes smiled as if he found it amusing, then said firmly.
“There are no such colleagues.”
“what?”
“Speak sense. I am the only one who remembers the appearances of heroes from a thousand years ago. And why is the saint who died a thousand years ago appearing in your dreams?”
“… … .”
“A knight similar to the founding king of Rutania? An assassin who can freely wield a dagger? A wizard similar to the founder of the magic tower where Jerome was? And the founder of the Ferdium family? Ahahaha!”
“… … .”
“Duke Fenris, you have a truly imaginative mind. But aren’t they all similar to the people around you?”
“… … .”
“Gillian and Belinda, Jerome, and you. The warrior is Julian. What did the saint look like? Was it Parnielle? Or Piote?”
Jiselle crossed her arms and frowned. She had nothing to say in response to that. It seemed like the dream story was a waste of time.
I should have pushed forward after some more concrete information came out. But now I just couldn’t overcome Erenes’ logic.
“Ugh… … .”
Jiselle, who had been frowning and thinking about something difficult, glanced at Erenes.
‘It won’t work even with force.’
It seemed like he had gotten stronger while I wasn’t looking.
It doesn’t mean that I would lose if I fought. It means that I am strong enough that it would be difficult to open my mouth.
Even if threats don’t work anyway, if the two of them fight, the capital will be completely destroyed.
Erenes said with a sigh.
“I don’t understand why you would do that. Don’t overthink it. Just root out the remnants of the Salvation Church and kill any enemies that appear. Don’t you also wish for peace in the world?”
“hmm.”
It wasn’t a wrong statement. Since returning to the past, Jiselle has been busy protecting her family, friends, and her land and family.
Now, the entire Kingdom of Rutania had to be protected. If only the Kingdom could be protected, then everything else was of secondary importance.
But now, I had to know the identity of the energy that had penetrated Julian’s body. If I ignored it, it could come back as a great danger in the future.
‘How should I say this?’
As Giselle was thinking, the sound of someone’s footsteps came closer.
Thud, thud, thud.
The two men turned their heads. Soon, Julian appeared.
It seemed that Julian had heard part of their conversation as he came. He asked directly.
“Something from the dragon’s body was transferred to me.”
Jiselle looked slightly surprised. She had deliberately not asked because she was trying to hide it, but Yulien revealed it on his own.
Julian said, looking at Giselle.
“You knew that, didn’t you?”
“What… something like that? I just felt a strange energy at the time.”
“Yeah. That’s better. I’ve been trying to figure it out on my own, but I just can’t figure it out.”
“You don’t know?”
“I can’t feel it or write it. It has been absorbed into my body so that it becomes one with me.”
“hmm…….”
Jiselle just blinked. How could someone as skilled as Yulienne not even notice it?
Then there is no way to find out the identity?
Erenes opened his mouth, still looking at Yulien with emotionless eyes.
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?”
“Yes, I don’t know everything about the world. But… … .”
Erenes thought about something for a moment and then continued.
“During the final battle, the adversary plunged his sword into Arterion’s dragon heart.”
“… … .”
“But I couldn’t kill Arterion. My adversary had exhausted all his strength from the long battle and was dying.”
“Is that the end?”
“Yes. The adversary was the last to die in that attack. Arterion was also badly wounded and could not return to his land.”
“So where did he head… … .”
Erenes nodded.
“It’s the Shadow Mountains. He fell asleep there, his strength drained, healing his wounds. While he was unconscious, he was cursed and was bound to the gap between time and space.”
“… … .”
Erenes said, looking into Yulienne’s eyes. For some reason, her gaze seemed eerie.
“The thing that you have absorbed may be the cursed energy left behind by your adversary. It may be that the remnants of that energy have found a new vessel.”
“Are you sure?”
“I can only guess.”
Julian’s eyes were deeply fixed. He asked again.
“Then do you have this energy too?”
“does not exist.”
“We have the same ban, so why aren’t you here?”
“It was because the World Tree protected me. Because the World Tree surrounded me, I was able to avoid being tainted by the demon’s energy.”
“… … .”
“Then, as the enemy was resurrected and the gold was weakened, both I and Arterion were able to move.”
Jiselle asked with narrowed eyes.
“Why… …you didn’t say anything like that?”
Erenes made a displeased expression.
“Haa, do I have to tell you all these things? Things that are not that important? Do I have to tell you what I ate to survive in the war a thousand years ago?”
“hmm…….”
Jiselle looked at Yulien. If what Erenes said was true, then the energy that bound Arterion was now entering Yulien’s body.
“You… … Are you having any trouble moving around?”
“… … Not really.”
“Is that okay then?”
“… … .”
Since I didn’t know what the energy was, I didn’t know how to deal with it.
Julian added one more thing, hoping that the more information there was, the more helpful it might be for their guess.
“Right after all the energy was absorbed, a saint-like figure appeared in my head for a moment.”
“Saint?”
“I’m not sure. I just assume she’s a saint because she’s wearing the same necklace you’re wearing.”
“Uh… … Nothing else?”
“I said it wasn’t about saving the world.”
“What? What is that?”
“I don’t know. He just said that and disappeared.”
Jiselle frowned. That damned saintess was appearing here and there, muttering incomprehensible words.
Giselle and Julian were looking at each other while talking, so they didn’t see Erenes’ expression.
‘… … !’
That her face turned pale for a moment, like a child caught stealing.