◈ 354. [Side Story] The sin of being born into the world
“You must remain a human being.”
At the unknown words, I blinked my eyes in bewilderment.
no, what an obvious thing to say.
“I only fight against the monsters as the human commander. Of course I have no intention of becoming a monster.”
“… .”
Anonymous looked at me with a clear gaze and said,
“… The handkerchief is dirty. I’ll wash it and return it next time.”
He took the handkerchief I handed him to his chest and put on the hood attached to his robe.
Her face, as white as her pale hair, was hidden in the shadows.
“Then Ash. See you next time.”
And the nameless disappeared into darkness.
I was just staring at the back of it.
Why?
What Anonymous just said to me was like a warning to me… … .
It sounded like something she wanted to say to herself.
‘Don’t be like me… … you.’
So, does Moo-myeong himself mean that he is already a monster? Does it mean that it has already been swallowed up by darkness?
“… I don’t become a monster, so I’m unknown.”
Even if he becomes a tyrant who stands above the rules of the game.
don’t become a monster
I will become a tyrant within the bounds of man.
“And I won’t let you become a monster either.”
The 742nd round of the game.
The final boss we met in the last stage – ‘The Lake Princess Who Can’t Sleep’.
I remember the image of her who was completely stained with darkness and turned into a monster.
‘I will not turn your end into such an ugly monster.’
Because you are within my reach.
therefore… i will save you too cotton.
I clenched my fists.
certainly.
By any means.
***
Time passed quickly. Almost ten days had passed before I knew it.
The snow, which had been pouring several times, lost momentum and then disappeared, and the weather was dry and clear.
Crossroads is preparing for the next defensive battle with all its might.
From all over the city, the sound of construction to reinforce the walls, the sound of saws trimming wooden fences, the shouts of people busy moving military supplies.
After all, the cross road here is a fortress city. The forefront of the world colliding with monsters.
This image of doing everything in your power to stop the monster can be said to be the true face of Crossroads.
And in a corner of this busy crossroads –
“Ahhhhhhhhh!”
… I got caught.
To the snarling Dragon Lady – Dusk Bringer, sharpening her sharp teeth like saw blades.
‘Damn it… … !’
Dusk Bringer’s tiny hands held terrifying strength. I’m caught by the collar, but I can’t move.
I’ve been desperately avoiding Dusk Bringer for a while since the last occupation war, but I ended up getting caught… … !
“I must have run away well! I won’t miss it anymore! Look straight at the ego overgrowth! Let’s talk, Ash!”
“… .”
I tried to turn my head away to avoid her gaze, and I broke out in a cold sweat.
The reason Dusk Bringer was looking for me and I ran away is simple.
Because they found out I ate dragon hearts.
“What the hell is that in your body! where such bad… … Did you pick up something bad for your body and eat it! Speak the truth!”
“… no what are you talking about This is the royal family. I don’t even eat junk food, I only eat clean, clear and expensive organic food… … .”
“Stop talking nonsense! Guwain is a woman with dragon blood in her veins! There’s no way you can’t sense the dragon’s energy flowing through your body!”
“… .”
“Can’t you tell the truth! Can’t you tell me in detail when, where, and how I got that power!”
“No, that’s not what I ate because I wanted to eat… .”
Eventually I gave it all away.
After using [Imperial Declaration] for the first time, I collapsed due to exhaustion of magical power, and I was told that Moo-myeong found a dragon heart and fed it to me.
After hearing the story, Dusk Bringer made a face of amazement, then stretched out his hand and grabbed my ear. Aww! It hurts!
“Did you gobble it up like that?!”
“No, it’s not grunt… Someone else ate it while I was sleeping! Against my will!”
“You idiot! If someone puts something in your mouth while you sleep, you have to spit it out! What did you get home schooling for?!”
“Who in the world receives home training to spit out food when sleeping!”
“The imperial family should receive it! Isn’t preparing for poisoning the basic of the basics!”
uh? really? Did the royal family even receive such an education?
Dusk-Bringer struck his round forehead with his small hand, as if his strength had run out during the bickering.
I asked cautiously while examining her furrowed eyebrows.
“Are you angry because you ate the hearts of your own people?”
“what? cognation? Dongjook?!”
what. Did I say something wrong?
It literally seems to have touched the reverse. Dusk-Bringer growled ferociously with a face that looked like he was completely pissed off.
“What did you say? Sympathy!?”
I immediately bowed down.
“sorry. I was wrong. Please explain why you are upset and I will correct it.”
“… Ha ha.”
Dusk Bringer put his hands on his hips and let out a sigh before slowly opening his mouth.
“The dragon hearts you consumed do not belong to my kind.”
“yes?”
what. you are a dragon So isn’t the dragon heart the heart of your kind?
“In the distant past, there were several species of dragons, but among them there are two species that were enemies.”
Dusk Bringer glanced at the sky.
“Red dragon and black dragon. Red dragons and black dragons.”
“ah… !”
“As you know, the red dragons are wise, intelligent, elegant, and considerate perfect creatures, but the black dragons are savage, evil, ferocious, and ghast! They are very, very bad guys.”
The explanation is changing intuitively as you go backwards.
“The Red Dragon Tribe believed that the world was worth protecting and that life should prosper, but the Black Dragon Tribe did not. I argued that this world was wrong from the beginning and that all life should be wiped clean and started anew from nothing.”
“… .”
“These two dragons have struggled with each other from birth to the end, and in the end, they waged a great war. As a result of this war, the two dragons end up destroying each other… … . Leaving only the last red dragon, my ancestor, ‘Dusk Bringer’.”
The guardian dragon who married the Emperor of the Everblack Empire who passed on his name to the current Dusk Bringer.
This must have been the reason why the red dragon was the last dragon in the world. They all died in a war with each other.
Dusk Bringer placed a hand over his slender body.
“As you know, the blood of the Red Dragons runs through Guwain’s body. And what you ate… … .”
Then I guessed a bit.
“… Are you saying it’s the heart of the Black Dragon?”
“Yes! Do you now know the identity of the bad heart you ate!”
Dusk Bringer pointed at me and shouted wildly.
“You eat the heart of a black dragon tribe because you are in a state of magical power exhaustion?! Isn’t it like setting your body on fire just because it’s cold! It is as if a huge bomb has been planted inside your body!”
“Heehee!”
ah no! Mr. Anonymous! Why the hell did you feed me this dangerous thing! Even though the situation was urgent!
“Do you know what happens when an ordinary human consumes the Dragon Heart?”
“What’s going on?!”
“It becomes a ‘bowl’ that can hold a dragon. It means that you are halfway qualified to become a dragon now!”
Ho holly shh! Even though I was a dragon on Earth!
“Then what about the other half of that qualification?!”
“… .”
“yes?! What?! I’m a bit scared right now! I don’t want to be a dragon! I will live as a human!”
But Dusk Bringer kept his luck at bay and didn’t tell us about the other half.
Instead, he cleared his throat and turned around.
“Anyway, the Black Dragons are very, very bad guys. They tried to destroy this world.”
“No, what is the sudden change of topic? So what if I don’t want to be a dragon!”
“All of them had to be killed, and they were actually dead. But where did you suddenly come from? You ate their hearts! where the hell… … .”
The hesitant Dusk Bringer trembled as if he had noticed it only then.
“Could it be that the Black Dragons are also resurrected in that dungeon…?” … ?”
“yes? yes what… … .”
Black Dragon Corps.
It is one of the most powerful monster army. Even in the game, every time I caught these cubs, my teammates died in droves.
But since I’m not the one to care about right now, I honestly didn’t care much… … .
Dusk Bringer gritted his teeth and muttered ferociously.
“The Black Dragons are sinners who were born into this world. They must all be killed and destroyed.”
“Isn’t that too extreme?”
Is it a sin to be born into this world?
that’s too much talk
“There are also beings who were born as sinners, Ash.”
But Dusk Bringer spat out this with a serious face.
“For instance, think of the monsters you face.”
“… .”
“The goblins are attacking this time. They are the tumors of this world and skin diseases. They are monsters who just repeat looting, killing, and burning.”
Dusk Bringer raised his index finger and stabbed me.
“Aren’t you in a position to exterminate them without leaving a single one behind? Could it be said that being born into this world is a sin for monsters like this?”
“that… I’m definitely in a position to kill them all, but… … .”
but.
Even so.
Is being born or existing in the world merely a sin?
The reason I want to kill them is because they want to ruin the royalties.
If there is one goblin who doesn’t harm people, if there is one that doesn’t care about looting, killing, and burning.
Should goblins be killed as soon as they are born?
that… Is it right?
‘No, what are you worrying about! Are you hungry? More than 50,000 goblins will invade here soon!’
Know.
but… I couldn’t help but be suspicious.
Dusk Bringer snatched my troubled hand and led me recklessly.
“Anyway, let’s go to the temple.”
“yes? What about the temple?”
“Why, why! Since I ate junk food, shouldn’t I get tested to see if I’m fine!”
No, what kind of prosecutor is the prosecutor! Absolutely healthy!
***
In the end, I couldn’t overcome Dusk Bringer’s compulsion and visited the temple.
However, the examination was not immediately available. It was because the temple was quite busy.
The parties that had left for self-exploration in the dungeon today had just returned, and it seemed that several injuries had occurred.
The heroic characters groaned and were seen being healed by the priests.
“But fortunately, there are no serious injuries.”
Dusk Bringer looked over the wounded with his head out. I also took a closer look at the heroes.
“huh?”
And I found a man standing alone in this crowd of wounded.
“… .”
It was Thorkel, the leader of the Leper Slaughter Corps, who joined this time. He stood still, leaning against the wall in the hallway of the temple with his helmet on.
“Thorkel!”
As I approached, I was startled. It was because there was a puddle of blood under his feet.
“What is this, are you okay? Aren’t you seriously hurt?”
“… Oh, Your Highness.”
Thorkell looked back at me slowly and bowed his head. Blood dripped from his body. What are you!
“are you okay?! Aren’t you going to die?!”
“it’s okay… . You just have to endure it. To be healed at last… … I am waiting.”
“What are you waiting for! Hurry over there and ask for a bandage first!”
“… .”
Hearing that, Thorkel glanced at the other patients gathered over there, and
he rumbled!
The other patients who were watching this way flinched and hurriedly avoided their seats.
“… This is why I am waiting to receive it at the end.”
Torquell spat bitterly from the inside of his helmet.
“Everyone avoids lepers.”
“no… .”
“it’s okay. I am used to being treated like this.”
Thorkell silently bowed his head.
“They say that those who sinned against the goddess in their previous lives will be reincarnated as lepers.”
“… .”
“So we lepers are guilty of being born into the world.”
Being born into this world is a sin… … .
It was a topic that came up a little while ago. I never thought I’d hear it again.
I didn’t know what to say, so while I was stumbling around, Dusk Bringer who jumped out beside me shouted.
“No, whoever it is! Being born into this world can’t be a sin!”
… Aren’t your words different from before, Grand Duke?
