Clearing the Game at the End of the World Chapter 355

Chapter. 16. Saint and Perfection (11)

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“….What?”

“Really. “It just happened to be like that.”

Giggle, giggle. Oh my. Even though everyone is different, if you just look around, it’s there.

Ah, that expression. It’s been a really long time. That was exactly the look on my face when I tried to deny this thought that had secretly occurred to me by any means necessary.

‘It was like that back then…’

Everyone has imagined the end of their family at least once. I was there too.

[Oh, I saw that memory. It was quite grandiose, wasn’t it?]

‘Because I had a lot of sensitivity back then.’

A family lying in a hospital bed. I shed tears while holding my bone-dry hand with both hands. He speaks of his will and love in a trembling voice, and in the end, his hands lose their strength and fall, and in a sea of tears, he grabs the doctor by the collar and saves him~ Saves my father~ There are scenes mixed in… I used to think of scenes like those seen in movies or dramas. .

But what about reality? Where is something like that?

While out for a cup of coffee during the company lunch hour, he was struck and killed in broad daylight by a car driving drunk at a crosswalk.

It’s been a while since I worked out and my legs are shaking. While doing so, I slipped and died in the bathroom.

He died of lung cancer after blowing away a day’s worth of worries with one puff of cigarette. Or, they didn’t do anything but they just got sick and died.

Oh, the war that was treated as a rumor broke out and 90% of the existing population died along with it.

He died after handing over a gas mask to save his son.

He listened to his foolish son and died of lethal drug addiction.

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Contrary to what we think, death happens quite suddenly and without any time to prepare. Some have a causal relationship and some do not. There are things I have to blame myself for my whole life, and there are things I burn inside because I can’t blame anyone.

“You’re probably focusing on things like ‘Why is this happening to me and us?’ but that doesn’t mean anything. If you knew why it was like this, if you knew who and what to blame, you would feel better, right? yes?”

“no. No matter what you do, these types of hurts won’t go away. No matter how long you wait, it will remain within you forever, no matter how much time passes until young Siod IV becomes Longevity King Siod IV. forever. Until the moment you die. Maybe even after death.”

I added the last word because a variant came to mind.

Erwin seemed to be thinking about what I was saying without even being able to close his mouth, and he began to tremble slightly. Even pulling up the torn curtain like a person getting chills.

“So… does this mean that I will live like this forever…”

“That’s right. “This moment will solidify and you will grow on top of it.”

“Hehe… Huhehehe… What a miserable… life.”

“okay. “It’s miserable.”

I could see the strength draining from the young boy king’s body and despair filling him. If you leave it like this, you are now on your way to becoming an alcoholic.

“Can you tell me something better? “What I said was only my case, and now you can become even more miserable and terrible here.”

“Here… more?”

“okay. “If you have something to lose, you can fall even further.”

A person who falls to the floor cannot easily stand up. What if I pulled it down even further and drilled through the bottom and planted it? Let it be firmly established like a rock so that the memory of this moment becomes a driving force.

At the place she pointed with a subtle gesture of her chin, there was Charlotte, leaning forward as if she was going to attack at any moment, but still covering her ears with both hands as if she was following orders.

“Do you value Charlotte? So that’s why you said it so quickly that tongues were twisted when Charlotte and I were getting excited about making a decision at the Royal Family’s Secretariat, right? “I said I was granting an audience, so don’t fight with him.”

“Commander Ki is a person who is no different from my sister… A truly knightly person who makes you think that if he had a sister, he must have been like that… No matter what happens, he will do it for people like me. He is a knight who deserves to die more worthy than to die….”

Taktak-

“I agree with that. “The crybaby loser is definitely Sir Charlotte de Agathe, rather than the king.”

“Uuuh….”

“But what? “The people down there have completely different thoughts from us.”

Ah, I’m craving a drink. Even if he was fifteen years old, I would have dragged him somewhere and made him drink alcohol before talking to him.

I dragged the dazed Erwin with my arms around his shoulders and made him sit next to me in a seat with a clear view of the outside beyond the shattered wall of the royal palace.

Erwin’s body trembled again at the sight of the city full of blood and smoke, but this time he was held by my hand and could not turn around.

“Now look. Your knights and your people. Like it or not, you are their king. The blood that colored that castle wall was shed in the name of you and Rodrik, and the sword over there that was only recovered after cutting off the knight’s finger because he did not let go even after death was also swung in Rodrik’s name.”

“You called yourself the king of a ruined country, so did they shed blood and swing their swords for Rodrik, who was already gone? Can you really say that in front of the walls soaked in their blood? ‘I’m sorry, but I got the wrong person! I am not someone you can serve, and Rodrik is no more! sorry!’ Is it possible? “Is there such a pulpit?”

“That’s not possible… I can’t say that to them when so much blood has been shed…”

Slam!

“Then you should just live as a king. If they call you king, you are king. It’s not your choice, it’s their choice. “This is the one you will choose.”

Clang-crack-crack-

clack- The monster-like grip carved several small lines on the solid floor of the royal castle. One arrow heading to Kingsland beyond the broken wall and one arrow heading to the king’s beacon where he was hiding.

“pick.”

“What…?”

“I wonder what you, who can’t do anything, will do right now. If you choose the front, I will immediately shout ‘Your Majesty the King!!!’ so that the entire King’s Land can be heard, and then send you out onto the balcony. Soldiers and knights who have never seen the new king’s face will gather to see you, even if they have to crawl on their severed legs. Pick the back and I’ll send you back to your safe, damp, dark den. And I will never bother you again.”

“This is ridiculous! “Without any preparation for something like this-”

“Did you have time to prepare for your family’s death, then?”

“….”

“If you want to act stupid like ordinary eleven-year-olds, that’s okay. No one is blaming you. “Because it’s natural.”

“step! If you don’t know anything and really do nothing! One by one, other names will be added to the list of tragedies that brought you to the ground. The knights and soldiers over there are covering their ears and sticking out like inchworms – your mother who is sick from the shallots! Even countless refugees!! That too will happen naturally. “It is only natural that everyone here will die in this situation.”

“Oh no, it’s just not as good as that!”

Wow!

“If you don’t like it, do something! If you don’t know, act like you don’t know! They are still alive and if that is the case then Erwin Tur Siod’s name means King of Rodrik! Move in the name of the King! Do everything you can with it! It’s too late when you’ve done nothing and lost everything and there’s nothing left to do but regret it! “Even if I die, I can’t change it then!”

Just like I lost my father and mother and couldn’t get them back no matter how hard I tried. When the only thing left in your hand is regret, it is too late, so I wanted to tell you as someone who went down the same path first.

At least this guy can still act for his people in the name of king.

“Then… if I act as the king… can I save them? “Is there still hope for Roderick?”

“I don’t know that.”

“….what?”

“Unlike in fairy tales, not many things are solved with grit and effort. In fact, in most cases, the loss becomes uglier and more miserable. “The world doesn’t work that easily.”

“Such ridiculous words…”

“Still. That’s what you have and what you don’t have. “There is something that a person who fails after struggling and scraping together everything he can find, including his own and others’, is sure to gain something.”

“Partial success?”

“No qualifications. As much as I gave everything I had, I pointed my point at the sky, shook my fist, and screamed at the top of my lungs, ‘Oh my God! ‘Don’t be rude, you fucking bastard!’ You become qualified to say that. Even if you want to blame yourself, you won’t be able to. At least you can claim justified anger at situations and circumstances that are not your own. “Only then can you achieve it.”

What I’ve learned in life is that there are so many things I cannot do.

No matter how much I made a name for myself as a special forces member who could fly and crawl, I could not save my comrades who were on the line of fire.

Some things can be caught if you stretch out your hand, but others slip through your fingers like sand. Pain is inevitable and wounds accumulate. This is something that cannot be prevented.

So, even though I knew in my head that it was impossible, I took on the challenge.

I rush to the point where no one, even if someone who dies because of my lack, sees me and says, ‘That’s enough.’ Like a crazy person, you don’t stop going through the fire pit.

By doing so, you will avoid blaming yourself while dwelling on inevitable failure. At that moment, the wound that cannot be erased becomes a scar and begins to weather with time.

This is the 25 years I have lived as Professor Park. And it is my own realization, my own philosophy, and my way of living that I have concluded during the one year and eight months that I have lived as a player ‘professor.’

“Ervin. “Probably half of these people out there will die.”

“Half of that…?”

“At the minimum, half. “At least that’s what I expect.”

The young king’s complexion turned white and he looked towards the city that was completely covered in blood. And the king’s lips trembled as he realized the meaning contained in those words.

“That means… if you catch as much as you can, half of you can survive…! With Roderick’s name!”

“what. What if all the conditions and circumstances are such that an unexpected event happens perfectly? For example, all the headless nobles die in an unexpected accident. In Kingsland, which is barely holding on, a king whom everyone can rely on and trust appears to boost their horribly low morale. Then what? Isn’t there some possibility? “It’s a bit hard to give a definite answer.”

“Why is there another variable?”

“no. That’s not it, because the person in front of you right now is not Erwin, the crybaby, but His Highness Siod IV. If you speak falsely in front of the king, you will be beheaded. Beheaded. You have to be careful what you say. “Isn’t that right?”

widely!

The professor looked at Siod IV’s complex but brighter face than before and clenched his fist towards the floor where the two arrows were engraved.

“So have you made your decision?”

“I don’t know what to say…”

“I don’t know that either. Isn’t that the role a king should play? What should I say to look like a king? “What should I say to make these people cheer loudly and go about their business with a relieved heart?”

Siod IV’s face was shocked to see me being so irresponsible at such an important moment after pushing him away, but even so, he did not stop his steps towards the balcony.

“….majesty.”

“Ugh! “Why did you call me!”

“Hehehehe. Cheer up. If you don’t know, just remember this one thing. “I didn’t come here because I was a king, but I came here to be a king for them.”

“You said you would become king….”

“Yes. As long as you continue to speak out as king, they can remain your knights and your soldiers. “That’s all they want.”

“It’s simple… it’s nice.”

They remained on this earth and poured out their blood for that simplicity.

The king still had no idea what to say, but he did know this one thing.

Bruises. Bruises. Bruises.

Rattling!

That every day from now on, he would see those eyes looking up at him from the ground stained with stench, acrid smoke, blood, and mud.

Hua-eup-

The king of the king-oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh !!!!!! 』

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“What did you just say…?

“….impart.”

“I’m telling you!”

“Your Majesty, who has been living in seclusion since the death of the late King…!”

Those who were busy moving and those who were lying helplessly raised their heads toward the source of the sound.

Siod IV looked at the people unfolding before his eyes. The moment he put his hand on the railing, he became quiet as if he had made a promise. Even though I hadn’t done anything yet, I couldn’t stop the tears from welling up.

To them, he was already a king.

So, as king, he had to speak out for them.

Falling tears and a hand wiping them away.

A powerful stomach and inhaled breath so that more people can hear it.

And the mouth opens with a lot of hesitation-

“““Waaaaaaaa!”””

“True. In the end, you still cry when you go there.”

For a long time, only death and bitterness lingered, and the cries of the people who had regained their king rang out in King’s Land.

And

kwaang!

Patter….

The saint’s fist swung as if nailing down this moment crushed the arrow pointing backwards without a trace.

The remaining surviving token of choice pointed to King Siod IV with his arms spread out beneath a brightly lit balcony, unlike the dark royal castle.

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“You speak very well.”

“Aren’t you a saint? A saint. The pinnacle of priests and bishops who control towns and cities with just a word. “If I can’t convince your Majesty, who has only lived for 11 years, the name ‘Professor’ will cry.”

“Yes… He was a very good talker in Turan…”

Clap!

“hmm? “Why are you crying indoors?”

“Gwangmyeong… has many good teachings.”

“Uh oh. You’ve heard it all! Roderick, the First Knight, disobeyed the king’s orders when he was face to face with him. Roderick’s honor, which was on the line, ended up being-”

“Your Majesty told me to cover my ears, I never told you not to listen.”

“Hi. Is that so?”

The professor stood up, looked at the king’s small back on the balcony for a moment, and then turned back. The fact that he was waving his arms around might have been his constitution.

“…I will repay this favor of mine no matter what.”

“Not in front of me, but under there is Gregory? Please declare it in front of him. “Please record it in the church’s contribution log.”

“Kuhm hmm….”

“Don’t hate it. “After eating, your majesty is ready, so let’s go do our job.”

“to do?”

“yes. Move the dirty barracks outside into the castle. “I figured out the exact location of the friendly forces and the enemy, and then listed the units that were completely disconnected and put them in order, and then… How about that?”

“What if that is it?”

“They are there. Commanders who devised the most idiotic strategies. “I need to know where they gather and hold meetings.”

“ah. “If it’s a commander’s meeting, it’s held periodically, so I’ll guide you through it.”

“No. “Charlotte is not allowed to stand out.”

“hmm? “You’re saying I shouldn’t stand out?”

“Uh… there is something like that. Anyway.”

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