◈ 225. [STAGE 9] The arrow jaw left the demonstration
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Kureha grabbed Damian’s hand as he reached out to hold the [Black Queen].
“Damian.”
“… .”
“The wickedness I feel from this gun is unusual. Are you really okay?”
“Let go. right now.”
“I heard that His Highness the Prince also stopped it. This… .”
“Let go!”
A harsh voice that did not normally come out of Damian’s mouth came out.
“I have to go see my class! Let go!”
“… Damian.”
“With this gun, I can meet half the dead again… What’s the matter? I meet Ban, and you guys get rid of that snake and it’s good for everyone, right?”
“… .”
Kureha slowly let go of Damian’s hand.
“Just remember this. Damian. There are people who cherish you here too.”
Without hearing it, Damian reached out and grabbed the Black Queen.
“… Remember that.”
Whoa!
An aura that was several times thicker and more sinister than before wrapped around Damian’s body.
“Here you are, Damian.”
A voice came from inside.
“ruler. Let’s go dream.”
His voice sounded like Orlop’s… It seemed like half of it.
“This time, I’ll give you a dream so happy you’ll never wake up.”
Hearing that sweet voice, Damian lost consciousness.
***
When I came to my senses, I was at the top of the mountain.
Damian looked around in bewilderment.
It was a small, low mountain in the dawn of dawn. On the other side, the endless land stretched out under the wide open sky.
Damian now understands his situation.
It is the dawn of the day he escaped the orphanage and climbed to the top of the mountain.
‘Something… It sounds like you’ve been through a lot… … .’
Damian rubbed his forehead with his hand.
My mind is cloudy. Accidents don’t go well.
However, no matter how much I look back, I don’t remember anything other than that I escaped from the orphanage and arrived here.
did something else happen?
“Promise me Damian.”
Then a familiar voice came from beside me.
When I looked back in surprise, it was half.
Tanned skin and short hair like a boy’s. Scarred cheeks.
The face of the girl Damian loved was right in front of him. Damian blinked quietly.
“huh? promise? what promise?”
“To venture out into the whole world.”
Half smiled brightly.
“Let’s put the whole wide world in our eyes.”
Damian looked blankly at Ban’s dazzling smile and said,
“… no.”
I shook my head.
“Let’s not do that.”
“uh? huh?”
“Let’s not do anything adventurous.”
“what… ?”
“Let’s not become mercenaries aiming for a quick fortune, and let’s not go south to see the end of the world.”
“Damian? What are you talking about?”
Damian himself didn’t know what he was talking about. But he knew for sure that he should not go on any more adventures.
Damian strode closer to Ban, who was blinking without knowing why, and carefully grabbed her chin with both hands and
kissed her on the lips.
“… ?!”
Ban’s face turned red in surprise. Damian slowly opened his mouth and smiled faintly.
“Suddenly sorry. But if I hadn’t done it anyway, would you have tried?”
“You you you you… !”
“If you go north from here, there is a big city. We’ll have a lot of work to do there. Let’s start there.”
Damian reached out and squeezed Van’s hands tightly.
The girl’s hands were warm.
“Quit adventures, quit risky things like swords and healing magic… Let’s live quietly and peacefully.”
“… .”
Half looked at Damian with blank eyes and then answered with a grin.
“… If you want to, I will. Damian.”
Van’s fingers dug into Damian’s hand.
“Because anywhere is fine as long as I’m with you.”
“… huh!”
The boy and girl held hands and ran down the mountain.
Their faces were full of hope.
***
That’s how a new life began.
In a corner of a bustling city, the two began to make a living.
He lived in cheap lodgings and did odd jobs. I cleaned alleys, washed dishes in restaurants, turned on streetlights, and delivered letters.
He shouted at the stalls and peeled potatoes until his hands were blistered. He endured hunger and saved up a few bucks worth of wages.
The income was not good, so the two of them had to live with their belts tightened all the time.
But happiness was everywhere.
With the leftover ingredients he got from the restaurant, Damian skillfully cooked. It couldn’t be that delicious even with hard bread, withered vegetables, and crumbly meat.
I didn’t have money to go into the theater, so I sat on a tree branch outside the theater and watched the play, which moved me to tears.
Late at night after work, when we hold hands and take a walk around the city. Even if your body smells like sweat and your hands smell like fish.
Every day was beautiful.
The boys and girls were recognized soon because they were sincere.
Damian was smart and quick to count, so he was able to get a job as a cashier at a nearby merchant, and because of his cheerful and friendly personality, he became a regular salesman in a shopping mall.
Healing magic and swords had long been forgotten.
I was happy without it.
***
Years passed.
The two have come of age. Damian and Ban both became indispensable at their respective workplaces. His pockets were still poor, but his youth was young and fresh.
And one autumn festival day.
pop! Pervert!
That autumn night when people poured out into the plaza, held hands and danced, loud songs resounded from all sides, and firecrackers exploded in the sky.
“let’s get married.”
Damian got down on one knee in front of Van and proposed.
She held out a ring made of cheap silver and looked so nervous that she was about to explode. Damien, half in tears, proposed.
Ban, who smiled and looked down at that stupid face, eventually said,
“… huh!”
I accepted, wiping the tears from my eyes.
The two put rings on each other and kissed. The citizens who were enjoying the festival all around cheered and whistled and congratulated them.
There was no time for a wedding. After registering the marriage, the two began their honeymoon.
I couldn’t afford to buy a house, so I rented a small, shabby room. I removed the cobwebs, pushed the mold, and applied white wallpaper.
The neighbors picked up discarded furniture, mended it, and painted it. It turned out to be a pretty decent honeymoon.
The two of them had a lot of fun as they fell asleep holding hands every night on a moth-eaten bed.
On weekends, I dressed up in the few street clothes I had and went to a small theater in the back alley to watch a one-act play. On the way home from work, we ate out.
Since I was looking for cost-effectiveness, I always had to go to cheap and high-volume stores. I am grateful to be able to live this life.
and after a few months
“I was pregnant.”
The half who was waiting at home cried and said to Damian who came back from work.
“I’m pregnant Damian!”
“… !”
Damian, who had been frozen in a daze, rushed over and hugged half of them. Clinging to Damian’s body, Van let out a scream of joy.
“My child, my child! I’m going to be a mother!”
Time passed in an instant.
Ten months later, a midwife came to the house and, hearing Van’s painful screams, Damian gnawed his molars at the door.
Mmm… … ! Mmm… … !
The child was born safely.
“This is my son… .”
Ban, who was rubbing the blood on his chest with a pale face, asked with a grin.
“What should I name my child?”
“Ugh, I haven’t thought about anything… .”
“You’re always like that… … .”
The babbling class winked at Damian.
“Then how about naming the person you admire the most?”
Damian blinked blankly. Who do you admire the most?
‘The person I admire the most is… … .’
A man’s name flashed through my mind. Damian sighed involuntarily.
“Then the child’s name is… .”
***
Years passed.
The child grew up like a tree.
The two of them were hectic as they both took care of their children and worked at the same time.
However, both of them needed income, so they did not give up on childcare or work.
The child who had been crying for half of the day crawled out, stood on her own, and started walking.
The day the child walked on two legs for the first time, Damian ran through the city with his son in his arms, bragging to the whole town.
Ban, in embarrassment, covered his face with one hand and slapped Damian on the back with the other, but they ran after him together.
“flattery! Mommy!”
The child started talking.
The child was weaned and started weaning. A tooth erupted between the child’s gums. My hair was growing thick and had to be shaved.
Years passed.
Soon the child turned seven years old.
Demian and Van felt bad about not being properly educated as children, so he promised to educate only the child properly.
The child who loved books from a young age showed his prominence even after entering school.
Every time the child received an award certificate, Damian and Van would brag to the neighbors saying that our son was a genius.
The family of three used to go on picnics on weekends. I packed my lunch, took a mat, and went on a picnic by the river in the park.
Years passed.
The thirteen-year-old entered boarding school. The grown-up son went into the dormitory, saying not to worry about himself, and Ban and Damian quietly blushed.
Years passed.
Damian rose through the ranks within the ranks. Since he had already worked for nearly 20 years, his position in the upper ranks was high.
Ban took over a commercial building and opened his own shop. I owed some debt, but the store was doing well, so I was able to pay it off quickly.
It was also at this time that he left his familiar semi-basement house and moved to a nice mansion on the outskirts of the city.
Years passed.
After graduating from school, the son passed the city hall as an administrator.
On the day the pass was announced, Damian and Van hugged their son as if they were treating their son when they were young and took a lap around the neighborhood to show off.
The son was ashamed and covered his face and was ashamed.
Years passed.
son has advanced He got a house near the city hall and made his own living.
Before I knew it, the wrinkles on Damian and Van’s faces had increased considerably.
The two still went on dates holding hands on weekends. We went on an outing to the Grand Theater in the center of the city and ate at a nice restaurant.
Years passed.
My son came to introduce himself with a beautiful young lady. They said they had already promised to get married.
Since Damian and Van couldn’t hold a proper wedding, they decided to hold their son’s wedding in a grand manner.
Many people came to my son’s wedding. Everyone applauded and threw flowers, blessing the new union of young youth.
Watching this, Damian and Van held each other’s hands tightly.
“Shall we have a new wedding too?”
“What is this inspiration talking about?”
Damian’s proposal was rebuked by Van, but after a while, the two actually had a new twilight wedding.
Keep it a secret from your son and daughter-in-law, just the two of you quietly.
“A wedding at this age, really… .”
In a quiet temple where the dusty sunlight falls.
She was half beautiful even with her wrinkled face in a wedding dress. Ban said with a bright smile.
“You like me quite a bit, inspiration!”
Damian silently hugged Van and kissed him on the lips.
Years passed.
Years passed.
… Years passed.
***
Lying on the bed, Damian was waiting for death.
Ban, who was sitting in the chair next to him, squeezed Damian’s hand.
“Are you happy honey?”
“then. I was happy.”
Damian muttered as he looked up at the ceiling with his blind eyes.
“What kind of happiness can you enjoy more than this… .”
“… .”
“Are you happy honey?”
When Damian asked, Van replied with a faint smile.
“Then I couldn’t be happier.”
The two held hands for a while and didn’t talk.
A peaceful silence filled the comfortable bedroom.
Then there was a commotion outside the bedroom door. I heard children laughing.
“Ah, it looks like our son is here.”
Van quickly ran out and opened the door.
“father!”
The proud son, a commoner, but now the mayor of the city, entered the bedroom with his grandchildren. Damian greeted his son with open arms.
“Welcome, my proud son.”
And Damian said his son’s name.
“… ash… .”
The moment you spit out that name.
“uh?”
A faint moan escaped the corners of old Damian’s mouth.
In my clouded mind.
It was like a sharp ripple.
jerk, jerk.
The son who came and stood in front of the bed smiled brightly.
A young and handsome young man with jet-black black hair and jet-black eyes.
Ash- said.
– Damien.
– Are you going to sit still and wait for your death?
