◈ 469. [Side Story] Forgive me not (2)
‘It’s not fair.’
From an early age, Junior thought about the world like this.
where it is not fair.
The other children in the village are playing happily with clean, healthy limbs without a face.
All the children who grew up with him were burnt and incomplete, making it difficult to move.
The children next door each use their own bed, but in this house, all of them were wrapped in blankets in a small room.
The books I want to read, the food I want to eat… … .
Even the rest of life.
It was lacking.
The comparison was endless. In every way, the world is not fair.
‘why?’
In the summer, Imperial nobles lined up to vacation to the coastal village where Junior lived.
Looking at them, Junior’s doubts grew.
Her entire life was ruined after being bombarded with magic just because she was born in Camilla Kingdom.
Those who live without lacking just because they were born as nobles in the empire.
‘Why is the world so discriminatory?’
By birth, by appearance, by property… Junior received endless glare.
Always living in a state of lacking something, Junior sometimes felt resentful.
However, life was hard enough that I couldn’t even afford to spit out such resentment. Junior clung to life to live.
In order to take care of my younger siblings, I cling to my own terminally ill life and cling to it… … .
However, even while living a busy life, those resentments did not all disappear.
‘So let’s burn them all.’
That resentment was whispering in Junior’s ear.
‘They should know the pain I’ve been through.’
“… .”
‘Let’s just let the emperor perish. Let’s watch the massacre. Wouldn’t that make the world a little more fair?’
The whispers intensified. Junior covered his ears, but the whisper continued.
‘Why do I have to live a terminally ill life? Other guys need to know this horror.’
“stop… .”
‘Let’s just eat them all up.’
“stop! I-”
‘Sucking the life out of others. Then you too can live forever.’
A sweet scent seemed to emanate from the whispers. Junior didn’t want to listen, but the whispers continued.
‘Every time I go to bed, I’m fed up with worrying about what will happen if I don’t wake up tomorrow.’
“… .”
‘I can continue to take care of my younger siblings while doing the magic research I want to do. What is the reason to avoid eternal life?’
At some point, the whispers were whispering.
‘Blood magic used by blood relatives. You already know the principle. If you steal the essence of others, you can live.’
“But that’s-”
‘That’s what Mama wanted.’
“… Mom?”
Junior muttered blankly.
Mom… Jupiter’s will echoed in my head.
– Live happily ever after, Junior.
Undoubtedly it was.
Jupiter wished Junior a long life. That was the wish the mother had left for her daughter.
If only to grant my mother’s wish.
Why can’t I get my hands on the bloodline taboo? In the yard that has already brought the blood family’s magic inversion… … .
a little bit.
If you break the taboo as a person just a little bit, you can grant your mother’s wish.
The injustice of this world that has not disappeared is softened a little… … .
‘Yes, that’s it.’
A whisper was let out satisfactorily.
‘Now then, let’s eat that fucking wind wizard in front of us first. Let’s take the life of that cursed woman and make it yours.’
“Sir Reina… ?”
‘I’m the one who ruined your life. Blood revenge is natural, isn’t it? kill and drink blood That’s fine.’
Before anyone knew it, a dark red shadow was hanging around Junior’s body.
Dark red shadows covered her body and slowly raised both hands to cover Junior’s eyes.
‘Leave it to me. I’ll do it all. Revenge and eternal life are everything.’
“… .”
‘That’s right. nice Stay still, be still… … .’
Junior slowly closed his eyes in the midst of his confused consciousness.
okay. If you follow the meaning of this whisper.
The resentment engraved in my heart like a thousand dollars may disappear a little… … .
Junior slowly let go of his body. A whisper of satisfied laughter rang in my ears.
It was then.
“Hey leech.”
suddenly, really suddenly.
A cheerful old woman’s voice came from the side.
“Didn’t I make it clear then?”
Cheeky chijijik… !
A thunderclap rang out,
“Get your hands off my gold!”
Tuhak-!
An iron fist exploded with ignorant sparks.
I hit the dark red shadow covering Junior’s body. The dark red shadow let out an ugly scream and shattered as it were.
Then the whispers disappeared.
My mind, which had been dazed as if there was noise, became clear. Surprised, Junior widened his eyes.
“uh?”
Junior was standing there when he urgently looked to the side.
He puffed out smoke from the cigar in his mouth while laughing with his wrinkled mouth lifted up.
A one-eyed old wizard with white hair neatly tied behind him and wearing an eyepatch.
Junior, who blinked in surprise, stuttered and called out to his opponent.
“… mom?”
Thunderbolt Jupiter smiled broadly at Junior.
“It’s been a while, my daughter.”
***
“… okay.”
Junior, noticing the current situation, smiled dejectedly.
“This is a fantasy.”
“I’m glad you found out right away. Is my daughter quick to notice because she looks like me?”
Jupiter chinned, blowing smoke from his cigar.
“This is a space created by the combination of your unconsciousness and the malevolence sleeping in your weapon over there.”
Where Jupiter chinned, there was a dark red shadow that had been shattered by a thunderbolt fist a moment ago.
The shadow had changed into an elongated staff.
[Lord of Crimson].
A Nightmare Slayer forged with the magic core of the Vampire King Selendion.
The Nightmare Slayer is an equipment made with the power of the evil nightmare corps commander, so it shows powerful performance, but it is accompanied by such a risk.
Junior suddenly remembered Damian, who had blacked out in the past. It seems that something similar happened to Damian at the time.
“In the meantime, your mind was strong, so this guy couldn’t break in… … It looks like you took the opportunity and crawled out now that you have been beaten and stretched out.”
Jupiter giggled and kicked the staff with his boot.
“but! My daughter has this guardian angel, Thunderbolt, clinging to her! Don’t even dream of doing anything serious. You leech molester!”
“Mom is… Are you really my mother?”
When Junior asked shyly, Jupiter scratched the back of his head shyly.
“Oh what Of course, I am also a fantasy. It’s just that a kind of defense mechanism created by your unconsciousness has appeared in the form of such a wonderful Miss Gold.”
“… .”
“Hey, but you’re the pretty Omani that you’ve been wanting to meet again.”
Jupiter opened his arms.
“Now, this is a chance that won’t come twice! You can do anything you want to do to mom! kiss? hug? sleeping hand in hand? Read a storybook? What are you going to do?”
“… .”
Junior looked up blankly at Jupiter, then slowly lowered his head.
“I’m sorry, Mom.”
“huh?”
“I don’t think I can keep my mother’s words to live happily ever after.”
“… .”
“I have managed to survive, but there is not much time left. The residual elements left in the magic furnace… … It is eating away at me.”
Junior pressed his left breast with his hand.
“If we fight with all our might, the next few times will probably be the limit.”
“… .”
“however… Reina Kyungeun. Stronger than anyone I’ve ever met. To the point where I can’t tell if I’ll be able to win even if I use up my remaining life… … .”
Reina must be stopped.
Execution of the shutdown protocol must be prevented. I came here for that.
In this situation, I don’t want to kill Reina.
However, rather than subduing it without killing it, it is difficult to just fight against it. The odds of winning are infinitely small.
In the midst of this, the few lives left are steadily being cut away.
Even my mother’s will… … can’t achieve
Junior couldn’t even figure out what he should do now.
Missions, revenge, forgiveness, let alone living.
I can’t get anything right… … Is dying like this the right ending for you?
“Oops. You completely misunderstood what I meant, Yonsuk.”
Jupiter burst out laughing.
“I told you to ‘live’ happily ever after.”
“… ?”
“Junior. What does ‘living’ mean to you?”
at that point.
Suddenly, Junior remembered.
During the battle against the Vampire King. What justice you have given to your life.
“… I will prove it.”
Junior’s trembling hands grabbed the front of his chest.
“That I was here.”
For Jupiter Junior, life is like a spark.
It’s time-limited, but it burns itself brilliantly because it’s time-limited.
Even if you vomit blood and roll in mud. Even if not only the left side of his face, but his entire body was covered in burns. Even if everything is burnt and only ashes remain.
good night.
I decided to burn my life, emitting a dazzling light even for a moment. Junior had already made up his mind.
“okay. you are already a flame Why should a spark be afraid of a fire?”
Jupiter nodded quietly.
“Live Junior. Live as you wish.”
If you’ve decided on a direction, do your best.
Like Jupiter’s daughter, Jupiter Jr. – Live.
After saying that, Jupiter shyly added:
“But at least! Live a little longer.”
“… .”
“Come a second later to the town where your mother is. That’s all you need.”
Looking at Jupiter like that, Junior laughed and slowly got up.
“Thank you, Mom. Even if it’s an illusion… … It was nice to meet you.”
okay.
In fact, the answer was within himself from the beginning.
Junior, fully standing, did not embrace Jupiter.
They didn’t kiss or hold hands. I just stared at that wrinkled face.
Because that was enough.
“Live. As I want to live.”
and.
If possible, at least 1 second longer.
Junior smiled and turned around. And I started running toward a shining point over the horizon.
Jupiter, who was watching his daughter’s back, whispered softly.
“No matter what kind of life you lead, don’t forget that your mother always supports you.”
Jupiter slowly raised his hand towards the sky-
“Run my daughter.”
I snapped my fingers.
Fuck!
***
Raina mercilessly shot a bullet of wind toward the fallen Junior.
That was the moment.
Curling… !
Thunder roared from the dark cloud-filled sky and
flashed!
Lightning struck.
A bolt of lightning struck right between Reina and Junior.
The magic bullets of wind that had just been fired from Reina’s fingertips were offset by the lightning and disappeared.
“… ?!”
Frightened, Rayna hastily pulled back.
‘what… ?!’
I thought it was a crazy coincidence, but Reina eventually changed her mind.
Before I knew it, Junior was slowly straightening his body.
Beneath the bloodied peaked cap, among the scattered hair around it –
raising his eyes that shimmer like flames, he had a completely different determination than he had a moment ago.
“hot… !”
Reina licked her lips and smiled.
Kurung Kurureung… .
Thunder roared and
flashed!
Quagmire and light!
Dozens of lightning bolts summoned by Junior pierced Reina.
Reina, who hurriedly summoned a tornado to stop the thunderbolt, laughed fiercely.
“Certainly, now it really looks like ‘Jupiter Junior’… !”
