Episode 569 It’s all about me (2)
The reason why Noksanna stopped doing all this was simple.
She just loved it a little more.
Even more than I hate Rumensis, who betrayed the gods and tried to usurp this world at will.
Because I loved the people living in this world more.
Noksanna concluded all of this with her own hands.
Franz felt something in his heart begin to cry out at that sincere feeling.
Normally I would have tolerated it, but Franz couldn’t do that now.
“why!”
Noksanna’s eyes turned to Franz.
“If it was going to be like this, why did you do it? why!”
How many people died because of this incident?
This is not a national situation.
This was a dangerous situation that everyone, not only humans but also sub-races, had to be on guard against.
Many people died to prevent this.
And among them was Clara Cowen, a master of the dream school.
“If it had been like this from the beginning, my mother would have made other people…”
Franz eventually couldn’t hold back his anger and lowered his head.
Noksanna looked down at Franz with pity.
“Oh my. I think it’s a shame that you lost someone precious to you. In some ways, all of this is probably my negligence. “It happened because I didn’t treat my apostle properly.”
Noksanna apologized to Franz.
“I’m sorry.”
It was unbelievable.
A god who is far superior to humans can say the words of apology.
Even if it is an incarnation, it is Noksanna’s original will.
It was something completely different from the elephant bowing its head and expressing its apologies to the ant.
Franz lifted his bowed head at Noksanna’s apology.
His eyes, red from tears, stared at Noksanna as if he could not believe it.
Franz’s lips trembled.
“Are you sorry? You called me! That day decades ago! “The day my father died!”
Franz remembers.
When he first fell into the depths of Dreamland, he felt a calling from something.
Franz remembers that day.
And I always thought and thought.
Who on earth could it be? Who instilled will into the sculpture and called it to itself?
I didn’t know at first, but now I think I know.
Goddess Noksanna in front of you.
It was that being who called me that day, even though I knew nothing about it.
Everything about me is ruined because of you.
If only you hadn’t called me.
My life wouldn’t have ended up like this.
“Oh my. I know what your situation is. That feeling is everything. That’s why all I can say is that I’m sorry. “That’s all I can do since I’m sealed.”
“….”
“Yes. It won’t be resolved with just words. “Even if it is an adoptive parent, how great must the sadness be because you have lost someone precious to you.”
There was sincerity in Noksanna’s words.
That fact made Franz’s heart sadder.
I know that it is meaningless to think about it this way.
There is no malice in Noksanna’s actions. All she has is a love that is difficult to estimate.
However, because God exists, that love was not something humans could dare endure.
Can a person gently stroke an ant’s head?
Can you give them the food you used to eat just because you love them?
From one’s perspective, it is favor and love, but what about the ant who receives it?
The gesture of love will become the pressure of the mountain that weighs down the world.
Food filled with God’s favor will become a disaster that will cause your stomach to swell and explode.
Humans were prone to being ruined by just a little bit of good will from God.
It’s better not to love.
I’d rather just pass by like an insignificant bug.
There was no way that the goddess Noksanna did not know about Franz’s feelings.
“It’s truly a shame. “I love my children, but the children who receive my love are ruined.”
Noksanna’s gaze rested on Ludger for a moment.
“Maybe that’s why other gods love you. Because you don’t break easily.”
Noksanna sighed softly.
“The call that day was not my will. To you, it’s just a little sleep talk. “It’s just a very trivial sleep talk, just a little bit of twiddling of the fingers after falling asleep.”
Noksanna said that and opened her palm.
A fragment of the relic was revealed on the bare white hand.
“That…”
“This fragment contains my power.”
Franz was also the one who recognized the fragment.
How could I forget that object preserved deep within the Dream School?
“okay. It was because of that. “That makes me…”
“That must be because of the uniqueness of this object.”
Noksanna asked Ludger.
“Oh my. You came looking for this. “Do you know what this is?”
“I don’t know exactly. Who made it and how it was made. All I know is that when all the pieces come together, a very powerful ancient artifact is created.”
“Relic. Yes, you call this a relic. “If you really think about it, it’s probably not wrong.”
The surrounding landscape began to slowly collapse.
As Noksanna’s main body began to fall into sleep again, the summoned [Nurse Lime] also lost its shape and was about to collapse.
“There is not much time left. “I need to explain as quickly as possible.”
“What exactly is that thing?”
“This thing you call a relic is something we made.”
The word “we” came out of the goddess’ mouth.
Franz was astonished and Ludger sobbed.
“Looking at that reaction, it looks like he was vaguely thinking about it.”
“…It was because they were items that could not be analyzed even by the knowledge and science of the time to say that they were made by humans in very ancient times. “I thought it had a little more mystical power.”
I never would have thought it was an item imbued with the power of a god.
“That’s right. The things you call relics are toys we created. Just like this kid [Nurse Lime] right now.”
[Nurse Lime], which was slowly disappearing, trembled at Noksanna’s call.
A miracle with will.
A terrifying tool that neutralizes all beings with just one sound.
If that alone is scary enough, [Nurse Lime] even has the ego and power to deal with enemies on its own.
But the Relic was something magical like that [Nursery Rhyme].
“But most relics have weathered over time and their performance has deteriorated significantly. The current Relic only produces a small portion of its original performance. “But this is a little different.”
Noksanna shook the fragment of the relic in her hand.
“Usually, when a relic is broken, it doesn’t do its job. Even if it was created by God, its form must at least be maintained. But even if it breaks, there is no decrease in performance. Rather, if you just collect everything you’ve scattered so far, the performance will be much better than the original.”
“Why?”
“Because there is not just one god who created this.”
“That means it’s not one…”
“Yes.”
Noksanna nodded, saying that Ludger’s thoughts were correct.
“This sacred object was created by the combined efforts of several gods. Of course, even if it is divided into pieces like this, there is no decrease in performance because each piece has its own power. All you have to do is put it together.”
Noksanna showed a sad expression.
“Of course, I also participated in making it at that time. “The piece I am holding now is the piece where my power resided.”
“So…”
Why is this piece in Dreamland?
No, before that, what was the reason why Nathanael wanted to throw it away in Dreamland?
Why was Franz naturally drawn to this?
This was because this relic fragment was an item imbued with Noksanna’s power.
In other words, the cause of this tragedy, which continued from Nathanael to Franz, was the unintentional power of God.
“So you’re saying that this piece itself has power?”
“You’re asking a strange question. “Have you not already seen the results with your own eyes?”
“That…”
“I can see it. What have you been through in the past? “The moment you first fell into the well and found the fragments of the discarded Relic there, the gears of fate in this world finally began to turn.”
At Noksanna’s words, Ludger looked back on his past.
The day I fell down a dry well.
The moment when I had no choice but to choose death without any help.
Was it really a coincidence that I found it sparkling in the moonlight in a crevice in the dry dirt floor?
And the moment he held it, he saw a scene unfold before his eyes like a small hand mirror.
Was it really fate that I chose to live and come here?
“Coincidence and necessity. What should not happen and what must happen. It all intersected. “In the end, this is something you have to step up to do, and that’s why I wanted to give you a chance.”
Noksanna said so and held out the relic towards Ludger.
“Take it. “This is yours now.”
Ludger did not refuse.
Ludger, who obtained the last relic fragment, stared at it with a complicated gaze.
I knew that relics were amazing, but I had no idea that they were something made by the gods.
But that made me even more confident.
This is enough to achieve his goal.
“I feel really sorry for you.”
Noksanna apologized to Franz again.
Franz stared at Noksanna, bit his lip, and shook his head.
“…I know the truth. That I have no ill will towards you. “All of this is just a natural disaster.”
Let’s say there is a person who loses his family in a natural disaster.
Can he really hold natural disasters responsible?
A being with a power thousands of times greater than that natural disaster and whose ego is so enlarged that it is difficult to compare it to a human being.
What kind of person would be responsible?
Nevertheless, Noksanna apologized.
Franz did not know that their hearts truly cared for them.
That made it even sadder.
Franz relaxed his clenched fists.
He spoke in a weak voice, like a liberated person.
“I know that it is no use lamenting our unfortunate fate now. “I came here for revenge, but I also knew that wasn’t what I wanted.”
“You decided to accept it.”
“yes. I will accept it. “My late mother would have wanted that too.”
Noksanna looked at Franz and smiled proudly.
“I have no mother. I am everyone’s mother, but no one has ever been my mother. So I don’t know what it feels like to lose my mother. But just from the sadness I feel from you right now, I can see how painful you are.”
Nevertheless, Franz said he would accept it.
“That’s great.”
“That’s it.”
“No, what I say is always sincere. “Yes, we should give a reward to such a talented child.”
“You mean a gift? why?”
“Because your mother would have wanted that too. “Isn’t that answer enough?”
“….”
Franz made no response to those words.
Since it was not a rejection, Noksanna stretched out her hand towards Franz’s head.
Noksanna gently stroked Franz’s head with her white hands.
“He is a strong child who overcame his grief. May your future be blessed.”
The golden energy that rose from Noksanna’s hand permeated Franz’s body.
Ludger saw this and opened his eyes wide.
‘That…’
It was a power similar to the dream sand that Nirva was handling, or even more pure than that.
‘Could it be that Franz has now been made an apostle?’
It was difficult to dismiss it as a simple illusion, but golden light began to flow through the center of Franz’s powerful eyes.
Wasn’t the existing apostle Nirva?
A god can only have one apostle.
However, this does not mean that Noksanna took away the authority of the existing apostles.
That meant that Nirva was dead.
‘Did the Dreamwalkers finish him off?’
Ludger had no choice but to think that way.
* * *
“No. Goddess. “Why, why are you like this?”
Nirva flew away, flapping her wound-filled wings.
Feathers fell out in patches and golden blood flowed from the wounds, but Nirva had no power to care about it.
Noksanna finally woke up and chose to dream again.
Something happened that was difficult for Nirva to understand.
‘The goddess is not completely asleep yet. If only I could somehow persuade him…’
Nirva’s glimmer of hope was blocked by a sword that fell from the sky.
“…!”
Before Nirva could dodge, one of his wings was pierced by the sword.
It didn’t stop there, and Nirva’s body fell to the ground.
“Who are you?”
Nirva staggered out of the cloud of dust and opened his eyes to find the attacker.
His sharp golden eyes widened as if they were about to split the moment he saw the black doll emerging from beyond the dust cloud.
“Hello, Nirva. Where are you going in such a hurry?”
Zero Order waved at Nirva with a smiling face.
