Chapter 362. Extend vacation (2)
– Hey! Lloyd Frontera!
Shouting that suddenly and violently poked at the eardrum.
Lloyd’s eyebrows furrowed at that cry filled with the soul of anger.
He quickly realized where the epicenter of the shouts was.
‘It’s a surprise. What. Weren’t you enjoying your vacation?’
He asked the inside of his mana heart.
Then, from the inside, the former spirit king Panthalasa’s protest returned at the speed of light.
– What to enjoy on vacation! I almost died!
‘uh? why?’
– Why are you asking because you really don’t know!
How unfair and angry was it that he even screamed and trembled like that?
Lloyd felt puzzled.
The ensuing cry of Panthalasa relieved his doubts.
– The heat that just poured into your Mana Heart! What was that? I mean, I almost got caught up in it and almost melted away!
‘uh?’
– Uh what!
‘Mmm. No, I’m not trying to make excuses. I really didn’t know sorry.’
Lloyd was heartbroken.
He readily admitted that he had forgotten something.
‘Actually, this was something I had planned from the beginning to absorb summer’s eyes. So it was just going ahead as planned. that was today But I couldn’t tell you in advance. this is my mistake I’m really sorry.’
When you make a mistake, it is right to apologize sincerely.
The more excuses and excuses are given, the more filthy it becomes.
Recalling that fact, Lloyd neatly admitted his mistake.
‘But you? Are you okay?’
– It’s okay.
Panthalassa responds as if he were shooting thorns.
It was still rough, but it felt a little more relaxed than before.
– I was almost destroyed for real. It was the most terribly hot heat I’ve ever experienced.
‘Still, I didn’t die.’
– Are you kidding me?
‘It’s fortunate.’
– It sounds like you’re kidding.
‘I can’t help it if I accept it like that.’
He shrugged his shoulders in embarrassment.
It seemed that he knew roughly what Panthalasa had been through.
‘That’s it. I was completely satisfied with the air conditioner, but hot water poured out of nowhere. Right?’
– I don’t know what the air conditioner is, but it seems accurate that you poured hot water. so i want to ask Didn’t this happen in our promise?
‘Oh wait. Do you have a promise? I’ve never made such a promise.’
– what?
Panthalassa hesitated.
Lloyd pointed out the truth.
‘Really. You asked to stay in my manahat, so I granted it. But in the process, have I ever guaranteed or promised to keep the conditions or environment of my manahat intact? It wouldn’t have been.’
– ….
‘I’m sorry I didn’t tell you in advance what you’ll be going through today, but that’s not a broken promise. Moral responsibility, but no legal responsibility. Just like that?’
– Huh. Let’s see this human.
Panthalassa’s voice was tinged with anger again.
But Lloyd didn’t care.
It was a clear apology for the part that was wrong.
I had no intention of giving him more responsibility or compensation.
So instead, he willingly offered the consideration he could provide.
‘Then what shall we do? Now, no matter how angry and protesting you are, there will be no turning back as coldly as before in the environment of my manahat. Because I’ve already finished absorbing summer’s pupils. So choose.’
– What to choose?
‘Either stay in my mana heart like this. Or go back to the Pantara Mountains.’
– ….
‘If you want, I’ll cleanly give up the position of King of Spirits that I handed over to me and hand it over again.’
Lloyd said frankly.
It seemed like this was the best consideration he could give.
‘It’s like going back to where you were originally from your point of view. everything will be restored Of course, I will lose the help of the lower spirits who have been entrusted with managing the mountain range railway, so I will have to go through the hassle of mobilizing additional personnel. I think that’s the part I’ll take if I think it’s the responsibility for the damage I’ve done to you. how is it?’
– ….
Unexpectedly, Lloyd’s proposal was presented in an honest and plain manner.
Upon receiving the offer, Pantalasa was silent for a moment.
calmed down anger
I calmly looked at myself.
What would you like to do in this situation?
After thinking about it for a while, the answer came surprisingly easily.
– hate.
‘what? no?’
– Yes. I hate going back.
‘To the Pantara Mountains? why?’
Lloyd tilted his head.
It was because I didn’t understand.
I thought you’d be happy with the offer to give up your position as the spirit king of the Pantara Mountains again.
Surprisingly, Pantalasa was adamantly expressing his intention to refuse.
– If you ask why…It’s too bad. To end this vacation here.
‘haha?’
– Honestly, yes. It was the first rest and luxury enjoyed in tens of millions of years. No, I haven’t even enjoyed it properly yet. It was something I was going to enjoy from now on. But now I have to go back to the Pantara Mountains…To think that I have to resume the work of the Spirit King…I feel a little unfair about this.
‘aha.’
A grumbling like Pantalassa’s grumbling.
As soon as Lloyd heard it, he accurately caught that feeling.
‘Well, I know how you feel. What if, on the afternoon of the first day of vacation, you get a call from the company telling you to stop your vacation right now and go to work? Because that will make everyone sad, unfair, and angry. Even Buddha or Jesus Gandhi would lose their reason and shout. It’s the same as that.’
– I don’t know who Buddha or Jesus Gandhi is, but…I guess you understand my feelings. right. It is too unfair to end the long-awaited vacation here and go back already. I hate that.
‘Then will you continue to live in my Mana Heart?’
– no.
‘what?’
– It’s getting hot here, so I can’t live here. But I don’t want to stop vacation right away and go back to the Pantara Mountains. I hate both.
‘Hey, then what?’
Lloyd clicked his tongue and asked.
Panthalasa’s reply came back quickly.
– Please introduce me to a place that is as cool and pleasant as the old Mana Hearts.
‘her? If I introduce you, will you go there and enjoy the rest of your vacation?’
– Exactly. Are there any places like that?
‘Hmm.’
After hearing it, Panthalasa’s suggestion wasn’t bad.
Maybe this side and that side could be satisfied.
‘Then let’s see….’
Lloyd pumped his cerebral cortex.
Records seen in the novel Iron Blooded Knight.
And the places he went to himself.
Among them, I tried to find a place where Pantalasa could live comfortably.
Of course, the answer came quickly.
the coldest place in the world.
Among them, the places you have been to.
At the same time, what kind of place would be beneficial to the province by itself, where Panthalasa settled?
‘Hmm, if you like being that cold. Why don’t you go to the North Pole?’
– North…pole?
Lloyd’s subtle question made Pantalasa’s heart skip a beat.
♣
The result of the North Pole proposal was beautiful.
Not only was she beautiful to Lloyd and Panthalassa, she was also extremely beautiful to the mermaids of the Arctic Ocean.
It was a win-win for everyone.
First of all, it was Panthalassa who was satisfied first.
– I never thought there would be such a beautiful place in the world!
He was a former spirit king who had never left the Pantara Mountains for tens of millions of years.
The only exceptional place I went to was Lloyd’s Mana Heart.
So right after arriving at the North Pole?
Panthalassa should have felt the shock as if her eyes would pop out.
Wherever you look, you can see the thin iced sea.
If you look around, there are countless icebergs scattered around.
There’s even a knife wind that seems like it’s going to rip you off because you can’t even cut your skin!
It was beautiful.
It was almost perfect.
What is the only thing you regret?
– What is that? Is there something strange in the sky?
Pantalasa, who had been admiring the environment of the Arctic Ocean ever since he came out of Lloyd’s mana heart, pointed to the sky.
There was a huge glowing hole there.
It was the Hell Gate connected to Hell.
Panthalassa’s eyes turned harsh as she looked at Hellgate.
– I really like this place called the North Pole. i like it all Except for that one thing. Why is there such a hideous thing in such a beautiful place? Why is there such a strange hole blowing hot air in this fantastic coldness?
Maybe I didn’t like Hellgate after all.
Panthalasa moved first before this side could say anything.
Gathering all his strength, he created a cold storm.
The hot wind flowing from Hell Gate was pushed back with a cold storm.
Like an air conditioner against a hot air fan.
We fought to see who would win.
And, unexpectedly, he won.
The secret was simple.
Fixed a cold storm in front of Hellgate.
As if pulling off a cold air curtain.
It neutralized the hot wind blowing from Hell Gate with cold air.
Thanks to that, the wind around us became cooler.
That was enough.
Originally located in a high latitude, it was a polar region with insufficient sunlight.
In addition, the hot wind coming out of Hell Gate was neutralized, and that alone stopped the soaring temperature.
Arctic warming caused by Hellgade.
The long-standing problem was finally resolved.
Thanks to that, the mermaids were also happy and giggled.
Lloyd, who saw that, felt relieved.
“…With only a bunch of modifiers attached to it, in fact, it looks like you’ve removed an annoying hump.”
“What about it?”
Wheein-!
Leaving the distant Arctic Ocean behind.
On the back of Yongyong’s hand, Lloyd shrugged.
He smiled brazenly at Xaviel, who opened his flounder eyes and glared at him.
“But thanks to you, everyone is satisfied, right?”
It was true.
Panthalassa is now able to continue her vacation in the arctic cold.
The mermaids have escaped the arctic warming problem that plagued them.
This side is also able to relieve the guilt and burden of the spirit king in one queue.
Literally a win-win.
My sister is good, my brother-in-law is good.
Catching pheasants and picking eggs.
Eat the Baron and win a team fight.
Even group assignments received full marks in an unprecedented dialogue.
Such a miraculous (?) result was created.
“So now we have to say hello in the capital.”
“Hello?”
“King who…Your Highness.”
I felt that the time had come.
It was the yard where they got the summer eyes they were aiming for in the first place.
To be honest, there was no business with the capital or the king anymore.
‘Besides, the phenomenon of restoring fate, I will have to find a way to stop it from now on.’
all the way back to the royal road.
Even while requesting an audience at the royal castle.
Even while walking to the office for an audience with the king.
Lloyd thought about the phenomenon of restoration of fate.
He was engrossed in trying to find an answer to the alternative, saying that either he or Xaviel would have to die or disappear.
Of course, it wasn’t an easy answer to come by thinking about it for a while and concentrating on it.
‘But it doesn’t matter.’
There is still plenty of time.
That’s what I figured out while peeking at the last ending spoiler.
As expected, there are still nearly two years left until the restoration of destiny begins in earnest.
So in the meantime, you’ll have to think about it some more.
You will have to work harder and work harder.
If you do, wouldn’t you be able to find the answer until at least 2 years pass.
Wouldn’t it be possible to find an answer that satisfies everyone even if either he or Xaviel died or was sacrificed?
So by all means.
dreamed so much
Ordinary yet relaxed.
I wanted to live that kind of life.
‘I really want to do that.’
I’ve been struggling all my life.
At least it has been that way ever since I grew up.
So, I want to live a normal life for once.
I want to enjoy my life leisurely without worrying about tomorrow without being sad because I am lacking.
It was a time without regret. Looking back on the journey of life.
I wanted to greet the twilight of such a life.
‘I’ll definitely do it.’
Lloyd carefully conceived a small wish.
On the other hand, in my heart, I looked back at the firm resolution.
Let’s work harder for the next 2 years for the kind of life we even dream of.
No matter what happens, let’s not be weak or broken.
you can do it
you are that kind of guy
I made a promise to myself, encouraged myself, and moved on.
And entered the king’s office.
I wanted to say goodbye.
It seems that there will be no business in the royal capital for the time being.
So, now I want to go back to the territory.
“Lloyd Frontera, the eldest son of the Frontera family, welcomes His Highness the King, the rightful ruler of Magentano.”
It opened with a greeting.
So as not to offend the King.
so that she doesn’t feel sad
Inwardly, I carefully chose my words and loaded them.
When the king’s greetings return, he said he would take out a farewell message right away.
so promised
But next moment.
The moment King Alicia turned to face us.
The moment when a welcome smile appeared on her face faintly.
Lloyd completely forgot all the words of farewell he had been preparing.
“….”
Is it because the King’s gaze is warmer than expected?
Because her smile was unexpectedly bright?
Not all.
‘for a moment?’
King Alicia turned to face this way.
That short, extremely simple, and simple action.
However, her left arm was awkward in that movement.
Like the arm of a person with less anesthesia.
Or as if experiencing some paralysis.
But I’m trying not to show off to others.
It was only for a brief moment, but it was clearly visible.
At that moment, Lloyd suddenly remembered.
‘Left arm paralysis symptoms.’
Ending spoiler last seen.
King Alicia suffered paralysis of her left arm.
The moment you recall that memory.
He had to intuit.
I had to realize.
without even knowing it
I thought there would still be plenty left.
The cruel alternative time was suddenly approaching before my eyes.
