[Episode 168]
The conversation ended there.
After going down the stairs, the road that seemed very complicated went on endlessly. It was dark, so to be honest, I was a little scared.
I’m afraid that bugs will pop out more than anything else.
I could hear rustling here and there, but when I turned on the light, nothing would happen.
It came as a horror, though.
“Do you know all the ways?”
“no.”
When Lucillion asked as if he was puzzled at walking too fast, he shook his head at once.
“But the structures of temples are usually similar.”
“Is that so?”
“yes.”
he walked slowly
Just as Lucillion said, a room like a large open space soon appeared, and a mirror was placed in the middle.
It was a mysterious mirror that glowed green.
“Is that what Eirin was looking for?”
“I do not know. I’ve never seen the real thing…but wouldn’t it be right?”
It was because it looked like I was saying that I was a verdant mirror.
“You can take it.”
“But… it’s a holy relic from the temple, so can I take it?”
“yes.”
“Uh… yeah…?”
The answer was so confident that I was at a loss for words. As I rolled my eyes, Lucillion added.
“The green mirror will not be handed down to future generations after today, so don’t worry and take it.”
“why?”
“Because I didn’t receive it from the High Priest of the previous generation, it would have been something I wouldn’t have known about for the rest of my life.”
“Ah….”
That logic doesn’t seem to be wrong at all, but it doesn’t seem to fit at all, so I hesitated for a moment.
“It is probably a mirror that not many people know about in the first place. That would mean that there would be no problem in living without it.”
“…I guess so.”
“There may come a day when neither magic nor divine power is lost. Just like Eirin’s old world.”
My eyes widened at Lucillion’s words. It was because he had never thought that Lucillion would bring up the matter at that time.
One day, this fantasy-like world might change little by little like the present day I lived in.
“This is a product that will disappear someday. So even if it gets lost in the middle, there is no problem.”
I quietly nodded at Lucillion’s words.
“Because there is no guarantee that someone in the future won’t become a High Priest in the same way as I did. What is passed on from mouth to mouth is bound to be forgotten someday.”
When someone doesn’t or can’t convey the word anymore.
The voice he added was so deep that I could tell Lucillion hadn’t been thinking about it for a day or two.
“I saw a lot and thought a lot while living together in Eirin’s previous world.”
“huh.”
Lucillion walked slowly and lifted the green mirror.
When Lucillion’s hand touched it, the mirror that emitted brilliant light gradually lost its light.
Lucillion held out a verdant mirror to me.
“Eirin is here.”
“Ugh thank you. But I don’t know if I can have it like this. In the end, it seems to be asking for help here and there.”
As I muttered with a bitter smile, Lucillion reached out and tousled my hair slightly.
“Eirin.”
“huh.”
“The bonds you have built are also your ability and strength.”
My eyes widened at Lucillion’s words. Maybe it was because I didn’t expect to hear this from him.
“…it just wasn’t meant to be this kind of help.”
“Still, Eirin saved me, Enosh, and the damn wizard.”
“Because it was something I could do.”
I didn’t want to casually pass over something that could change someone’s life and something I could change.
“Yes, this is something I can do, so I’m helping others, too, because it’s something I can do.”
“…you are really good at talking.”
“Because the High Priestess is also a job that makes a living by talking.”
I thought the priests were casually making noises that would make them faint.
I giggled while holding the green mirror in my arms. Looking back, a lot of time has passed.
“It seems like a lot of time has passed since we met.”
“Iknow, right.”
“Come to think of it, it seems like you were by my side whenever I was having a hard time.”
Sometimes, whenever I was in danger, there was me who thought of Lucillion or my dad.
‘Um, is this too dependent?’
Even dragons were still clumsy at controlling their excessive abilities.
“Please think about it in the future.”
“huh?”
“I want you to think of me first whenever you are having a hard time.”
Lucillion gently grabbed the back of my hand and pressed his lips against the back of his hand.
“Didn’t you say you’ll confess later…?”
“It was.”
“But is this kind of skinship okay?”
“That way, Eirin will fall to me quickly.”
His face lit up at the words he chanted with a smile. I really have nothing to say
“You really…”
“Yes Eirin.”
“…under.”
He lowered his head and rubbed his face briskly. There’s something about really hitting the hook.
“I…”
“Huh?”
“I can be with Eirin for the rest of my life.”
said Lucillion.
He narrowed his brows for a moment at the sudden remark, and as he was about to ponder the words, he opened his mouth.
“It means that I can live the same time as you, who will live a very long time.”
“…!”
My eyes widened at the unexpected words.
The suddenly changed tone of voice and serious voice did not even come into my ears properly.
It’s not a very distant future.
Maybe I’ve never thought of the not-so-distant future. It would have been more correct to have been ignoring it.
Looking at the people around me who gradually get wrinkles and age, I try not to think that way.
Dragons live terribly long. It was something that could be known from numerous literature and various oral traditions.
So maybe a hundred years from now I will be the only one standing on this earth alone.
There is no one I know and I will still stand with an unchanged face.
“I can’t leave you alone.”
“…”
I hesitated for a moment before opening my mouth.
“how?”
“It’s possible if I become a demigod.”
“Demi-God…”
Was that possible?
no it might have been I remember Richard describing him as having abilities comparable to that of a god.
“If Arma will allow it, I will forever be his follower.”
immortal believer.
For Arma, it might be a welcome thing. But would you live a life where you don’t know when the end will come?
“why?”
I opened my mouth with a strange face.
No matter how much you love someone, why do you want to live a life close to eternity?
Just thinking about it now makes me breathless.
“I told you. I want to be with you.”
“So that’s something you can do together until the end of your life. Even if we stay together until then, you will get tired of me.”
“I’ve never gotten tired of something that interests me.”
“When that happens for hundreds or thousands of years, the story changes.”
“It doesn’t change.”
“….”
“It’s because you don’t know me well. I have the confidence that I will not let go of what I once clung to and made up my mind to have, even after tens of thousands of years.”
I was speechless at the unfounded confidence. When I kept my mouth shut, Lucillion laughed heartily.
It was a smile that wiped away all worries and worries, as always.
“It’s okay to think slowly.”
“….”
“But I want you to choose me in the end.”
Is there any meaning in thinking about it?
I burst out laughing at the absurd request, but Lucillion’s impregnable smile showed no signs of breaking down.
“Even if I spend my whole life with you as a human…”
Lucillion pursed her lips.
“The day my life ends, I will probably regret seeing you left alone. I don’t want to leave you alone.”
My heart skipped a beat at the touching words.
“And I will be furious that you will one day forget me.”
“uh…?”
“If you think you’ll forget me and love someone else, you’ll want to rise from your grave…”
No, what does this mean?
The conversation that went well with an emotional route suddenly jumped out in a strange place.
“I came to the conclusion that it would be better to just be together for the rest of my life.”
“…is there any point in giving me time to think?”
“no.”
A stern answer came out with eyes that folded like a crescent moon.
“Perhaps for a thousand or two thousand years, he will follow you around and do pretty things until he likes you.”
“…I might get tired of you first.”
“Then I’ll show up again with a different look that will make Eirin’s heart flutter.”
“Are you going that far?”
“The thing I want to have is originally attention that does not choose any means or methods.”
Blue eyes twinkled miserably. As I let out a small sigh, Lucillion sneakily grabbed my hand.
We went back the way we came together holding hands.
