Chapter 400. Goodbye (2)
[Hello, this is Lloyd. No, this is Kim Soo-ho. What do you mean by this? I know. You will be puzzled. But it’s true. Really, in fact, I’m finally telling you the story that I should have told you someday.]
Basrak.
Count Prontera’s hands trembled.
The letter in my hand trembled.
The familiar typeface seemed to waver.
A child who always worked hard.
But now the child is gone.
It was a letter from Lloyd.
[If you haven’t seen this letter after everything is over, it’s probably because I made another successful attempt and returned home safely. Unfortunately, if you’re reading this letter, I probably won’t be there. Beyond the door of reincarnation, no one will be exempt. Neither I nor the King of Hell.]
The countess lowered her head.
The Count wrapped his arms around his wife’s shoulders.
The couple’s trembling eyes studied the correspondence.
[So now I’m going to tell you at least in a letter like this. Originally, I should have said it right away, but I should have been braver earlier, but I couldn’t. I was cowardly. sorry. Seriously.]
“…Whoa.”
The Count could not hold back and let out a deep breath.
I’m sorry.
that’s not what you’re talking about
Rather, we are sorry.
And thank you very much.
Even if I say it a hundred times, it won’t be enough.
“honey.”
The wife looked into the Count’s eyes.
The Count nodded.
The couple’s eyes moved again.
[Actually, my name is Kim Soo-ho. The place where I was born and lived is Seoul. He was just a guy who lived like that in the alcove there. But I still don’t know how I became Lloyd Frontera. just really just…It was like that when I woke up one day.]
The count’s hand moved.
I opened the next chapter of the letter.
[I was embarrassed at first. So I lied without knowing it. Chuck Lloyd Frontier, your son Chuck, that’s how it went. It’s not my fault, it’s just a nasty joke of fate, so it’s not my fault…Convincing myself like that, I lied every day, and the lies piled up. Then we finally met. The real Lloyd guy.]
The couple’s eyes wavered.
[After losing his body because of me, he became a specter and was wandering in hell. The moment I met him, I realized. Even if it was something I didn’t mean to do, it doesn’t change the fact that he suffered because of me. It was heartbreaking. But I promised not to show it. I thought I would be disgusted with myself because it seemed like hypocrisy. So it was.]
Inside the shaking letter.
A calm confession from Lloyd or Kim Soo-ho followed.
[I helped him in every way I could. Fortunately, he was able to enter the door of reincarnation. I don’t know what kind of existence he reincarnated as. sorry about that He just asked me to. Please take good care of the two of you. to tell you about yourself. Maybe that’s why. Leaving this letter to the two of you like this right before the final battle.]
It continued.
[I will not make excuses. sorry. I’m even more sorry that I couldn’t tell you directly with my mouth cowardly until the end. And if you look in my bedroom closet, you’ll find a large blueprint. This blueprint will be used when this fight is over. Plans for the restoration of the banks of Lake Kapua and water supply aqueducts in the mountains and the drainage of the Marez Reclamation. In addition, we have prepared a plan for the reinforcement piles and anchors to reinforce the slopes of the city of Namaran. The construction method is also detailed.]
You didn’t even forget the request.
Even in a letter that might be a will, you
[Maybe you’ll be fine without me. Our sappers are very skilled now. So, I will end this unnecessarily long letter here. Sorry again. Say hello to Julien and Xaviel. Please also speak to the King’s sister. Please take good care of Podong and Banguli, Hamangi, Bibeong and Kkomingi. Because they are good children. Enough…father mother. Thank you so far.]
“….”
The count’s eyes were wet.
His wife buried her face in his arms.
Seeing this, Xaviel bit his lower lip.
“That’s all the correspondence I found in Mr. Lloyd’s bedroom.”
“is it.”
“yes.”
“Sir Asrahan.”
“Yes sir.”
“You were with him the whole time. Wherever the child goes.”
“It was, sir.”
“If so, how much did you know?”
“…sorry.”
“also. nope no. He must have believed in that child. I hope someday you will reveal the truth yourself. Isn’t it?”
“….”
yes it was
My heart aches like this because I believed so much.
I didn’t know you could use it that way.
I didn’t even know that I would sacrifice myself and jump into the door of reincarnation.
If only I had known that beforehand.
If only I had realized it a little earlier.
I should have been stronger at the last moment.
No, I would rather have thrown myself through the door of reincarnation with the king of hell.
“….”
I couldn’t.
I will always protect Lloyd.
I would do anything to protect that fake.
I made countless promises and made resolutions.
at the very last moment.
I depended on his sacrifice.
couldn’t save him
I couldn’t help but watch his end.
But Xaviel didn’t show anything.
Because at this moment, the one who is most saddened is the Countess and his wife.
Because the tears he showed his sorrow in front of those two would be nothing more than an indulgence thrown at himself by an ugly knight who couldn’t protect his precious one.
So let’s not show sadness.
I dare not shake it carelessly.
Xaviel made a promise and made another promise.
‘Because I have no right to be sad.’
I will be patient.
the pain of that patience.
It will be the punishment for my incompetence.
“sorry. Then I’ll just leave.”
“Yes, let it be.”
before it gets any worse.
before the tears form.
As if running away, he retreated in front of the count and couple.
As I closed the door and turned around, I heard the Countess’s low cry from across the door. The wet voice of the count comforting his wife could also be heard.
He said he was a grateful child.
He said he was like a gift from heaven.
So let’s keep it deep in our hearts.
That’s the only thing we can give her in return.
Leaving behind the sobs of the couple comforting each other, they left the hallway.
“…Whoa.”
I thought breathing the night air would make it a little better.
It didn’t seem like that either.
Even if you come out of the mansion.
Even if you look up at the starlight in the night sky.
Even if I walk with a sigh and walk again.
The feeling of being stabbed in the chest was still there.
Then, finally, a strange tombstone came into contact.
Only in front of the new tombstone, made yesterday and not even mossed yet.
It wasn’t until he ran into the one who arrived first in front of the tombstone.
I finally realized where I had come.
“You’re here, Lord Asrahan.”
“…Your Highness the King.”
King Alicia was standing in front of the tombstone.
She smiled bitterly.
“It’s okay to set a meaningless example. I don’t want that even in this place. This is not Jim’s space, it’s a place for this stupid man.”
The tombstone she is looking at.
There were strange writings engraved on it.
Lloyd Frontera, the eldest son of Count Frontera and a public servant of the Magentano royal family, sleeps here…Called.
“….”
strange.
That sentence is so unfamiliar.
It is unfamiliar and unrealistic.
Why does that tombstone feel like a lie to me?
Or maybe I want to deny even this reality.
“But where are you injured?”
“Thanks to your concern, I am recovering well.”
“I’m glad.”
“Sungsung is….”
“No, stop saying that.”
Are you crying?
It seem to be like that.
His Highness the King bowed his head while looking at the tombstone.
Her shoulders are trembling slightly.
I clenched my fist.
Maybe it’s because of what I was trying to say.
Seong-eun said that he was embarrassed.
I’m really sorry.
It must be because the person who was always spinning around came to mind.
“Then I’ll just leave.”
I didn’t want to disturb her memorial.
He escaped the graveyard as if he were running away again.
I walked aimlessly.
without any purpose.
Hugging the void in my heart, just like that.
Like the day I walked in the sunset with him that day.
On that day when he asked what kind of father was your father.
I walked alone now.
So the laughter came out.
“really.”
The night is such a problem.
My face keeps getting wet.
It is because of too much night dew.
It’s because every time I do that, I keep coming back to regret.
It’s because I keep missing you more and more as much as the regrets that come to mind.
‘Mr. Lloyd.’
I suddenly became curious.
what happened to him
Is he okay that I couldn’t protect?
After jumping into the door of reincarnation, what kind of new life did he receive?
Did he get a normal and happy new life, moderately well-to-do and free of worries, just like he always said?
I walked in hopes of that.
Wanting to check it out, I jumped into the water.
The bandaged shoulder felt numb as if it had been hit with a hammer.
But it didn’t matter.
depth.
more deeply.
He waded through the water to the bottom.
The jewel of truth was there.
Just like that fake roid one day did.
I put my hand on the jewel altar.
[Those who seek truthful answers from the Jewel of Truth. In exchange for the truthful answer, you will have to reveal to the world one secret truth that only you know about you.] A
voice in your head.
It was as expected.
‘I’ve never thought of a life without Lord Lloyd. Even at this moment.’
I repeated the prepared answer.
The reaction was instantaneous.
[You willingly offered up a secret truth that only you knew about yourself in exchange for a truthful answer.]
Soon the surface of the water was brightly shining.
The night sky shines brighter.
asked a question
‘Kim Soo-ho’s soul…What happened after I jumped into the door of reincarnation?’
I wanted to know.
Hope you can hear the good ending.
I waited and waited for an answer.
Finally the answer came back.
[Kim Soo-ho’s soul did not reincarnate even though he jumped into the door of reincarnation.]
‘What?’
I stopped without realizing it.
Bo-ok’s answer followed.
[Instead of being reincarnated, he returned to his original body of Kim Su-ho in Room 301 of Sxree House Gosiwon in Seoul, another dimension where he originally stayed.] ‘
…what?’
It was amazing.
It was unexpected.
‘And what about his memories? What are your memories of staying here?’
asked urgently.
The answer came back soon.
[He has the full memory of what he built here. I also miss you and many others. So, if you can cross the dimension, it will be possible to bring him here.]
‘….’
It was an incredible answer.
it’s so amazing
I’m so happy.
Without realizing it, my heart skipped a beat.
‘Then another question on a different topic. No, let me clarify first. I feel very happy and excited thinking about Kim Soo-ho right now.’
The reaction was instantaneous.
[You willingly offered up a secret truth that only you knew about yourself in exchange for a truthful answer.] Once again the surface of the
water and the sky above it shone.
As soon as I checked it, I immediately asked.
‘Where is the Dragon King Berkis?’
It is possible.
You can move dimensionally.
If that’s the case, you can bring it.
Fake Lloyd, Kim Soo-ho here.
again like before.
no worries now
can stay here
‘So please.’
I eagerly hoped and waited.
The answer came back.
[Dragon King Verkis has robbed Aatrox’s Rare Dark Cave, which was currently prepared at the highest peak of the Kuantara Mountains, and is enjoying a nap there.] The
Kuantara Mountains.
Fortunately, it’s not too far away.
As soon as I heard the answer, I made my way to the surface.
I ran to the master’s mansion without even thinking about wiping off the water.
I opened the door to the fake Lloyd’s bedroom.
“Sir Koming. And everybody.”
“Kkokkkoming?”
“Ppo bang ha?”
Sir Podong and Sir Bangbang, Sir Hamang and Sir Kkoming, who had been drooping after losing their owner, turned around.
said to them
“There is a way to bring Lloyd back to life. hurry. Come with me.”
“Ppo Bang Ha Kko?”
“Come on.”
brushed them off
I took out the red sunflower seeds left in my hand.
I fed it to Sir Koming.
I took the rest and rode on Sir Koming’s back.
“The target is south. hurry.”
“Kkokkoming!”
He urged the still bewildered Sir Koo Ming.
flew south
get out of the manor
crossing the mountains
across plains and rivers.
After flying for several hours, we arrived at the Kuantara Mountains.
At the edge of the highest peak, the entrance to the dragon lair was visible.
It was a dark cave that the Jewel of Truth told me about.
led everyone in.
The inside was like the rareness of a dragon.
All sorts of nasty traps exposed their fangs.
But it didn’t matter.
They all broke through and broke through.
On the way, I saw a black dragon that had passed out after being beaten.
It was probably the original owner of this rare.
I passed through it and arrived at the center of Rare.
finally found it
“…Cologne?”
The old Manticore, crouched in a loaf of bread, turned around.
A loyal witch who always serves the Dragon King.
Beside him lay the Dragon King Berkis.
No, he was sleeping soundly.
approached him
“Manticore-sama, excuse me for a moment.”
“Corolong?”
“It is an important task to safely bring Lloyd Frontera, who was sponsored by the Dragon King.”
“Cologne! Kororong!”
Did you read the earnest eyes on this side?
The old Manticore meekly stepped aside.
I approached the dragon king Berkis.
spoke up
“Great Dragon King Berkis. Open your eyes.”
“…growl.”
“Could you open your eyes for a moment?”
“…Kuuul.”
“I have an urgent request for you.”
“Puyuuu….”
“….”
I can’t.
Reached out.
He shook the dragon king’s shoulder slightly.
“It only takes a moment. It’s an important thing for the being you sponsored.”
little at first.
harder and harder.
shook his shoulders
However, the Dragon King Berkis did not wake up.
No matter how much you shake it.
Even if you shout in your ear.
It was a momentum that would not wake up with any stimulation.
“….”
Then, in the end, there is only one answer.
Giving a stronger stimulus than shaking the shoulders or shouting.
A way to make sure he wakes up.
Kiyiying!
Awakening the six-pronged circle.
I raised the sheath and aimed at it.
It was aimed at the head of Dragon King Berkis.
