Episode 124 Death of a Hero (2)
Iriel returned to the annex after finishing all work in Gehel and checking the relief supplies and troops again.
She took off her clothes and entered the bathroom.
Not long after that, he felt a strong flow of mana.
The place is right next to her.
‘Magic?’
Iriel wrapped the divine power around her body and created an aura from her hand.
I was not notified of who was coming.
Moreover, coming into the bathroom where you are through the teleport gate?
The drifting mana gradually thickened and someone appeared.
Beautiful appearance with long ears. The small elf was Aira.
And the one on her back is Ray.
As soon as she saw him, she quickly covered herself.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa What are you doing!”
“I have no interest in your insignificant body. More than that…”
Aira winked at Ray who was sitting on her back.
Iriel, who had a cloth wrapped around her body, began to examine Ray carefully.
The condition looks a bit bad.
His breath is weak and his whole body is in a drooping state.
In addition, a strong fruity scent came from him.
Iriel freaked out when he saw the severed arm in Aira’s hand.
I’m not surprised that the arm piece is disgusting.
I’ve seen nothing worse than this in the midst of war.
The reason she was surprised was that it was Ray’s right-hand man.
“Why did the far arm get cut off?”
“I don’t know exactly. I’ll explain what I saw later, so put your arms together for now.”
At Aira’s words, Iriel grabbed Ray’s arm with a hard face.
“Heal.”
Hwaaak-
The huge divine powers that were crouching in her mana hall began to move and penetrated Ray’s arms.
Then, like a lie, the arms started to stick together.
It wasn’t long before it was transformed into a normal state.
Indeed, the saintess was a saintess.
Iriel didn’t even think about changing clothes and asked Aira.
“What on earth happened to Ray to get to this point?”
“…When I came, they were already in that state. Judging from the wounds, it looks like it was inflicted by a monster…”
“A monster? Did a dragon come?”
What she said was not a joke.
Because otherwise, I couldn’t have hurt that monstrous saint.
Even while fighting the Bone Dragon, Rayda did not suffer a single wound.
No matter how many Ows or Orcs rushed at them, they were able to annihilate them.
Ira shook her head at her words.
“I’m not sure why I got hit by the monster. It’s a guess, but it’s probably because of the magic circle. I don’t know what’s accurate. It’s just… I think I’ve known at least that they made a magic circle out of buildings.”
While talking, I slightly glared at Iriel.
His eyes asked how you were ignoring how you carved magic circles into buildings in your kingdom.
However, Iriel had no choice but to know.
Those buildings are well over twenty years old.
That was before she was born.
There’s no way to know.
Besides, she, who has no magical knowledge, can’t even realize that the buildings are magic circles in an instant.
Even Ray didn’t know that at first.
It was unreasonable to guess at a glance unless you had bizarre magical knowledge like Aira.
Iriel sighed deeply and asked again.
“Now is not the time to argue among ourselves. Rather, it would be better to talk about this unheard-of symptom.”
A sweet fruity scent that mixes with the breath from the nose. She showed no symptoms, but her unawakening was the kind she hadn’t seen either.
Aira opened her mouth.
“…no one can fix this. No, you must be right that there is no way to fix it.”
Iriel slightly frowned at her words that seemed to know something.
“What do you mean? Can’t you fix it?”
“It is literally. I have been lying like this before, but no one has healed me for twenty years.”
“But are you awake now? Doesn’t that mean someone fixed it after all?”
Ira nodded at her words.
“There was one man who fixed what no one else could.”
Saying that, she let out a sad smile.
One person was lying there.
There was nothing he could do.
Iriel saw that expression and noticed it.
That no one can fix it anymore.
“Oh my God… how could that be…”
Iriel sat down on the spot.
Looking at Ray lying down, his expression was so peaceful.
As if he died in comfort.
Ira began to tell what she had seen.
“When I went, the surrounding buildings were completely destroyed and all the monsters were dead. Probably thousands.”
“……”
“…I’m not sure why he didn’t run away even when the magic circle was activated, but it was probably because of the monsters.”
If a monster hits the backs of people evacuating, it will take a lot of damage.
Iriel, who was able to infer Aira’s backstory, closed her eyes.
A child brought in as a saint has already shown grace to the Holy Land beyond belief.
It was not an exaggeration to say that he saved the kingdom from the battle with the necromancer, and defended the entire continent in the battle against the dragon.
Following that, he made several high-circle users with the lectures he had given at the Magic Academy.
Now, in order to protect the people, even when the magic circle is activated, they do not run away and fight back, and now they are like this.
But the funny thing is that he hadn’t even tried anything about medicine that he wanted to do so much.
It is like coming to the Holy Land, only being sacrificed, and then sending them away like this.
Did God call the saint just to see this?
Iriel sighed deeply.
The castle was being oppressed by the third force.
It will be an even tougher fight as long as you lose the overwhelming power of being a saint.
There was no time to be immersed in sadness now.
Isn’t emotion control something you’ve been doing all along? It’s time to get out of bed and get up and get things done.
Even so, seeing Ray’s face lying peacefully brought tears to my eyes.
He quickly closes his eyes. There was no place to show emotions now that there is no saint of the same rank.
Because God won’t allow it.
Iriel, who quickly returned to a calm expression, spoke to Aira.
“Please bring Ray to my place. I think I should report this to the Holy Kingdom.”
Aira answered with a small hand running through Ray’s bangs.
Unlike him who healed himself, there was nothing he could do for Ray.
She replied helplessly with a self-deprecating smile.
“…Yes…”
* * *
Iriel, who left the three young men in Gehel and went straight to Selonia, reported all the facts he knew to the Holy Kingdom.
Then there was an uproar on the Seongguk side.
The problem of the third force, Proxia, was also a problem, but I couldn’t believe that the saint who boasted of that enormous power had fallen.
Even the Bone Dragon was a saint. By the way, did you get knocked down by a magic circle at the academy?
Seongguk, which suddenly lost its strongest power, was in trouble.
The enemy is extremely powerful, and compared to that, they are pushed behind in the number of sword masters.
No, I didn’t even fully know my identity yet, so I felt like it was a battle I couldn’t win.
After the report, Aira opened the teleport gate to Ray’s mansion and Iriel accepted him.
Having heard the unbelievable story, Eucliwood looked at it from the side.
However, as reported, he couldn’t maintain his expressionless face at Ray’s appearance, and his eyes shook greatly.
It was the same with Mary.
Tears spilled out of her, and she grabbed Ray and began to cry.
The benefactor who reached out his hand in the back alley of Gehel became like this.
The sadness was already crying in the heart, although the others did not show tears.
Upon hearing the news, Zeke hurriedly opened the door and entered.
Behind him, the seven security guards also stepped in, not even thinking about hiding.
“Saint!”
Zeke looked at Ray lying on the bed.
Where did the normally dignified expression go? The first thing I saw was the expression that didn’t suit him and quietly closed his eyes.
Why did he show himself like this even though he was open-minded!
How can they call themselves the three families of saints!
Looking at their expressions, Iriel shook his head.
I didn’t have much time now.
Seongguk highly regarded Ray’s achievements.
As the time is right, the heroic ceremony will be held modestly, but this was the first time that an adult directly became the main character of the heroic ceremony.
“The heroic ceremony will be held soon. Please help me.”
At her words, Zeke and Euclid Hongyeong stepped forward.
representative of the three families. They lifted Ray with stiff faces.
Then, lay Ray in a luxuriously decorated carriage without a ceiling.
Seeing that, they were stunned again.
He sacrificed his entire body for the sake of the Holy Kingdom, but all they could do was put them on a carriage like this.
With a carriage on one side, they cautiously left the mansion.
Then, many people who heard the report lined up in front of Ray’s mansion.
Those who take off their hats and put them on their chests look silently in silence.
The image of a man who gave his heart and soul to the Holy Kingdom weighed on their hearts.
If it wasn’t someone who ordered it, my head was lowered.
The pope, who hadn’t been seen in the meantime, came directly to Ray’s mansion.
He stood in the middle of the garden and opened his mouth.
“…I, Glycer, bestow the surname of Abel to the saint who honorably completed all tasks under the name of God and further protected the kingdom.”
The pope’s words went on and on.
“In addition, it grants the right to put the title of Bi (砒) in front of the surname from generation to generation of his descendants.”
Rain. It was the title of a hero passed down from generation to generation.
The second castle that no one has received from the Holy Land.
Just as a family that serves a saint inherits the title of poetry (侍).
At the end of the pope’s declaration, applause poured in.
Originally, the applause should have been received in a good atmosphere, but the atmosphere was extremely dark.
“Above the ideal, the heroic ceremony will be abolished.”
With the advent of the third power, the pope, who had too much to do, turned away.
Iriel also couldn’t stay there all the time.
Her heart always wanted to be with Ray, but her duties as a saint held her back.
Iriel winked at Aira, who was looking down at Ray through the window without being able to attend.
‘Take care of Ray.’
The most heartbreaking thing right now would be Ira.
Because they were of a different race, they couldn’t be by Ray’s side, and there was nothing they could do.
I just can’t help but watch.
Iriel could feel at least a little how hard that was.
That would be the case, because Aira’s expression as she looked at Ray looked like she would burst into tears at any moment.
