Chapter 364. 4th ending spoiler (2)
This is the royal capital of Magenta.
On one side of it is a living room for VIP guests.
Parts Tsut…!
There was a passage of blue light in space.
Lloyd stepped into it.
His figure disappeared inwards.
next moment.
The world’s time, which had stopped for a moment, began to flow again.
Even the clouds that flowed through the night sky.
The air quality in the living room of the VIP residence.
The breath of Xaviel, who pretended to be asleep.
Even his eyelids that were silently closed.
moved quietly. floated It sparkled.
“….”
In the darkened bedroom of the dorm, Xaviel rose silently.
Then, I checked the signs in the parlor.
Lloyd’s presence was felt.
But did you go there?
‘does not exist.’
I looked around the parlor.
Lloyd was nowhere to be seen.
However, the sound of Lloyd’s breathing and presence could be heard little by little from all sides.
There was even a gurgling sound.
“….”
Xaviel suddenly recalled a memory from the past.
It was some time before the construction of the great sewer.
Something similar happened back then as it does now.
I had something to report, so I went to Lloyd’s bedroom.
Lloyd’s presence was felt all over the bedroom.
But I could never find it.
Even in front of the table.
Even under the bed.
Even beyond the curtains.
They looked everywhere for hiding places, but they couldn’t find Lloyd.
Even so, the situation at the time was still felt.
Now is the same as then.
“….”
How many secrets does that fake Lloyd hide?
What are you trying to do again this time?
“I didn’t look good earlier.”
Xaviel suddenly remembered the image of Lloyd he had seen earlier.
Said he was going to say goodbye to the king.
It was good until I went to the royal castle like that.
After visiting the castle, Lloyd’s expression changed 180 degrees.
Of course, it was barely noticeable on the outside.
It was a subtle facial expression change that was almost impossible to notice to a stranger.
But he was different.
He was the one who had been hanging out with Lloyd for years.
If it was the change in that bad-tempered boy’s expression and his emotional fluctuations, even if it was a subtle change, he could immediately recognize it.
Thanks to you, I felt it.
‘I was nervous. I was nervous and nervous.’
At the same time, it seemed that he was preparing for something.
It looked like she was singing a lullaby to me while trying to hide that expression.
So it was.
I wanted to know.
What the hell happened to you like that?
What is it that you do not tell yourself?
What are you trying to do alone, nervous, anxious, and nervous like that?
and yourself…Is there any way to help?
‘I did something that didn’t suit me.’
pretended to be asleep
It wasn’t difficult.
Even though Lloyd is a sword master with high senses.
He was a grandmaster who far surpassed even that.
It was too easy to fool Lloyd’s senses.
That’s how he tricked Lloyd.
Until you feel a change in his presence.
I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep.
‘But it’s strange. He woke up as soon as he felt an unusual flow of mana in the drawing room where Lloyd-sama was. In the meantime, Lord Lloyd disappeared.’
Where the hell did Lloyd-sama go?
What condition is it?
Why can I feel the presence but not see the figure?
And besides, why the hell is that sign making a grunting sound like someone in shock?
‘Like having a nightmare.’
Xaviel sighed softly.
On the other hand, I pondered for a while in the dark drawing room.
Shall we wait for Lloyd like this?
Or should I pretend to be asleep again so that he can come back safely?
And how am I supposed to help him who seems to be in an unspeakable predicament?
While the silver-haired knight was lost in thought.
The night deepened and the moonlight dimmed.
♣
The sun is slowly setting.
The space in the ending spoiler you just entered.
The moment of the future ending that this gap in time reveals.
Lloyd frowned at the sunset light that suddenly penetrated his retinas.
No, I tried to frown, but failed.
The eyelids did not move at will.
That trivial fact reminded me of a rule.
‘Oh right. Now I can’t move my body.’
It was always like this when I wrote ending spoilers.
He can only observe and experience the situation by being overlaid on the future body facing death.
I couldn’t move or control my body at will.
‘Tsk.’
Lloyd held back his glare and tried to understand his surroundings as much as possible.
But it was in the middle of that.
“I’m here, Lloyd.”
A low voice came from the side.
The familiar voice was Xaviel.
Then something softly covered his shoulder.
Did he put on his coat?
But I couldn’t react.
I had no strength in my whole body from a while ago.
My stomach was sore and I was nauseous.
It was like having a terrible hangover.
‘but. Because it’s the moment I die.’
The ending spoiler is already the fourth.
Lloyd remained calm and unfazed even at the moment of death that was previewed.
Now is not the time to get sentimental.
You need to observe the conversation going on at this moment as much as possible.
We need to gather at least one more piece of information like a straw.
With a firm resolve, Lloyd watched the situation more calmly.
In the meantime, I heard the rustle of grass next to me.
Judging by the presence, I wonder if Xaviel was sitting side by side with me.
It probably seemed like that.
“Haviel.”
Soon, a thin voice escaped from her lips.
Xaviel’s answer came back as if he had been waiting for it.
“Yes Lloyd.”
“There is something I want to say.”
“Yes please.”
“It seems a bit long.”
“it’s okay.”
Could it be that Xaviel is crying?
As usual, it was a voice with a characteristic coldness.
However, the end of his words was faintly wet and trembling.
This side of the food future laughed hard.
And he opened his mouth.
“This ending spoiler is so nasty. yes?”
“yes?”
“Just listen. I don’t have time to explain them one by one.”
“….”
“It started from then. Right after the completion of the Pantara Mountains Railway. you probably felt The king’s sister seems to have something wrong with her left arm. That feeling is right. Never just spill it.”
His voice struggled with stuttering, but he tried to speak clearly.
Just like what he said to Xaviel.
On the one hand, like a monologue.
But the truth is….
‘Could this be something you’re talking about to me?’
It seemed that way.
Lloyd focused on the story coming out of his lips in the future.
“The king’s sister’s left arm is going to get worse. It will deteriorate much faster than expected. just numb? I’d rather have it like that. Unfortunately, this version is even worse. It rotted in just 2 months. It’s like your arm just got sick.”
‘….’
The king’s sister’s arm rots as it is?
At the terrible words, Lloyd opened his eyes inwardly.
The story of the future self continued.
“So I just cut it. Because no treatment worked. I feel like I’ll endanger my life if I leave it as it is. he cut himself Biting your lip once. If I talk this far, do you get a rough feeling? yes that’s right iron-blooded knight. The attempted assassination of the king took place there. It turned out to be very similar to that.”
‘…what.’
Lloyd was shocked.
Listening to it made me really sick.
The restoration of fate phenomenon seen before seemed somehow more devastating than the first version.
‘furthermore…It’s closer to the original story of the Sangvis Knight than before.’
Lloyd held his breath.
He focused more on his future story.
“It’s the same after that. The king’s sister who cut off her arm eventually changed her personality. It must have been a great shock to cut off your own arm after going through such terrible things. Probably. Anyone would. Especially since the king’s sister is a person who uses a sword. The loss of an arm must have added to the sense of loss. Anyway…Whoa.”
The future self holding its breath for a moment.
The story continued again.
“As the King’s sister’s personality changed little by little, she began to doubt her surroundings. I think someone poisoned the food in tiny bits and thought that his arm was paralyzed and rotted. So I executed all the attendants. Even the court wizards were hanged together, as if the resentment was still not resolved. Do you know why?”
‘….’
I do not know.
But somehow I think I know.
“Okay, guess what? that’s right. It was because of doubt. Suspicion that a magical curse, rather than poison, might be the cause of arm necrosis. Anyway, I purged all the court mages like that. Thanks to that, the aristocratic house went into an uproar. Of course Among the court mages, there were many children from aristocratic families. that’s right. That was the beginning of the civil war.”
‘…Whoa.’
As I listened, the situation was drawn.
Perhaps the entire capital was covered in dark clouds.
It was like that in the novel Iron Blooded Knight.
Because the king’s sister, who lost her arm in the attempted assassination of the king, ran amok, doubted everyone around her, and carried out a bloody purge.
‘As a result, a civil war broke out.’
More than half of the country is devastated.
Countless fields and villages are set on fire.
The majority of noble families fell into the abyss of extinction.
But it seemed to happen here too.
When I listened to myself in the future, it really was like that.
“The side following the king and the side against tyranny. It was a big war. So which side did our family stand on? Of course it was on your side. Because I was calculating enough and it was clear which way the victory or defeat in the civil war would lean.”
Probably.
Because even he would have moved that way.
Future self’s monologue continued.
“Of course, I didn’t actively participate. I hate meaningless wars. Should I say that I actually held out in a neutral position? Fortunately, the King’s sister also didn’t question me to see if she hadn’t completely lost her sense. Although the other actions taken instead were a bit problematic.”
‘….’
What actions did you take?
Lloyd became the flagship at the testimony of his future self that followed.
“They went to war with other countries at the time when the king’s sister’s civil war was largely over. To control the atmosphere in the country. For the reason of the unity of the surviving royal faction aristocrats. invaded the southwest know? Kingdom of Veneto.”
‘….’
no way.
Lloyd felt terrified.
But that rumor was real.
“The Pantara Mountains Railway that I drilled. That trade route was used as an invasion route. Thanks to that, the kingdom of Veneto couldn’t hold out for even ten days and the capital fell. So what am I? I rebelled. that this is different I didn’t build a trade route to do such a thing. However, the price of the backlash was a little bigger than I thought. It’s gone. The one who carries the praise magentano.”
‘The praise disappeared?’
The one who carries Magentano.
It was the first compliment he got.
It was a sweet praise that made her receive her full support and favored support, so that no matter what she did, she would not be suspected or hated by the king.
But what if it’s gone?
What if the king’s sister disappeared while becoming a tyrant?
I couldn’t see it after that.
“At this point, you should have a rough idea. that’s right. As soon as the accolades faded, the control that had held her suspicions up until now had been released. Our family has become so strong that an ordinary monarch would have felt enough suspicion and threat, but the dam that blocked it has disappeared.”
My future self laughed.
His voice became more self-deprecating.
“I was branded as treason. It has become a public enemy of the whole kingdom. What would I do in that situation? what can be different I protested openly. I didn’t see an angle to negotiate and compromise anymore. So the second civil war began. The king’s sister’s royal family and our family. So, who won?”
I guess.
It is this way.
My future self nodded.
“You would know. we won The capital was captured fifteen days ago.”
‘….’
“Actually I was going to stop there? But it wasn’t reality. The king’s sister committed suicide.”
‘….’
“I thought this was a bit off. The situation sucked. It was from then. I watched things unfold. How reality is broken, distorted, and crumbling. how will it end But people’s lives are ruined really quickly. So it was yesterday Burying the two Countess and Countess of Prontera in the graveyard.”
what else happened?
Mirae’s own voice, which has become more self-deprecating, gave the answer.
“Someone among the nobles following the king’s sister sent someone while they were out on an expedition to capture the king. I met two people who brought an important and urgent letter pretending to be a dispatch from me. Then…I was stabbed without a chance to do anything.”
‘….’
“Of course, the two of you had an escort. I’m not a weak personality enough to leave the house unprotected. However, the assassin nobles sent it with their intentions. He was a sword master who wandered abroad without any affiliation.”
‘….’
“Anyway, since yesterday I drank a lot, my whole body has no strength. What can I do though? My heart hurts so much In the end, I couldn’t tell the truth to them, and I couldn’t even call them my parents. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, my heart hurts. So it’s been a long time since I drank. Thanks to that, I made up my mind.”
My future self chuckled.
I knew it when I saw that smile.
What decision did he make?
What are you thinking?
Why is this the moment of death that the future self faces?
“okay. you would know Lloyd Frontera wrote the ending spoiler. You are the one who is peeking at the present from the time of the past. Have you been noticing it since before? That this is my message to you.”
‘….’
Know.
He predicts the situation in which he will write an ending spoiler and leaves a message like this right before his death.
So I was thinking.
I also say that I am myself.
At the same time, on the other hand, I was puzzled.
‘It’s just that I’m not feeling well from drinking too much, but this is the moment of death?’
It was a bit strange.
My body seems to be suffering from binge drinking.
It looks like you’re very heartbroken.
It didn’t look like it would die.
‘Besides, you’re acting like you know you’re going to die soon. wait then please….’
It was then.
My future self smiled.
“that’s right. Ending spoiler It’s showing death at the last moment. But that death can be met somehow.”
…no way.
Lloyd thought.
But that guess was right.
The future self turned its head for the first time.
I said to Xaviel who was sitting next to me.
“Xaviel right now.”
“…Do you really have to do this?”
“uh. Only then can I live, the Count and the Countess, and His Highness the King live.”
“but….”
“trust me.”
“….”
Xaviel’s complex gaze was looking this way.
Judging from the atmosphere, it seemed that there was already a lot of talk about the current situation between the two.
Maybe my future self insisted.
He must have persuaded and persuaded again and again.
It must have dragged the hesitant Xaviel all the way here.
Thanks to that, Xaviel must have ended up crying and nodding like that.
“…All right.”
Xaviel got up.
The boy stood with his back to the setting sun.
Thanks to that, the crying face was covered in shadows.
His shadow covered the face on this side as well.
The only shining thing was the sword he pulled out.
Sureureung.
Xaviel raised his sword.
The tip of the sword was trembling slightly.
As if checking for the last time or as if hesitating as if he couldn’t let go of his lingering feelings.
have asked
“Is this really the only way?”
“uh.”
“….”
Xaviel bit his tight lip.
This side of the future smiled bitterly.
And he spat it out as if leaving a will.
“Oh, and the conclusion I came to at the end of my reasoning, but there is someone who brought the restoration of destiny ahead of schedule like this. That’s right-”
Xaviel’s blade fell off.
so quietly
The blade cut through the body.
that was the last
Blood pouring out.
A leaning body.
A rapidly fading consciousness.
At that moment, I gathered my last breath and whispered like a sigh.
“…King of Hell.”
Soon everything went dark.
