EP.35 Laughing Brings Blessings
The ground made of concrete soaked up the blood of those who had fallen, and the endless darkness swallowed those with stories. In the abyss cursed by even the benevolent Mother God, foolish children commit another sin. The knight who wanted to leave a line in history eventually passed away along with the four young men who followed him.
However, the flow of time flows away everything like a huge river and lays a flat floor called daily life. The death that took place yesterday sinks without being known to anyone or conveying any inspiration.
Everyday life like before came to me.
“bruise!”
Mmm. It is an alarm sound that seems to have been heard for a long time. I tossed and raised my hand. Then, Aji pressed his nose against my hand and arm and barked continuously. Even then, when I didn’t wake up, he even bit me lightly.
“bruise! bruise!”
“Ah, okay. I will wake up.”
I stretched out and gave Alarm a stroke as a reward, washed my face with today’s amount of water, and washed my hair with water from the next room. It feels refreshing. There’s nothing I could wish for here, as long as there’s warm morning sunlight and a cool breeze.
Insert the instructor uniform packet into the biological terminal. The instructor’s uniform, which is tight but does not hinder movement, covers my stomach. I changed my clothes in an instant and stuffed things into my pockets and went out. Aji followed me closely.
“Let’s have breakfast and go for a walk.”
“bruise!”
“This morning was freshly rationed yesterday, so fresh and clean.”
“Woof woof!”
“It’s canned bean stew. Are you fine?”
“Woof woof!”
thank god. Maybe it’s because dogs don’t have a good memory, so they don’t care if it’s the menu they ate yesterday. I will only feed Aji soybeans from now on.
I thought I had a hearty breakfast. Now I have to do the next thing.
came out into the yard. Aji followed behind me, his eyes twinkling, wondering if he was playing ball.
Not today, you mutt. If you played like that yesterday, you should be satisfied. Are you not satisfied or have you already forgotten? Can’t you improve your memory only at this time?
I kept pushing ahead of Aji, who gave me an expectant gaze.
“Don’t interrupt. An incredibly difficult task awaits me today.”
“bruise?”
“Because I have to wake up an old man who sleeps a lot in the morning and has a bad sleeping habit.”
I headed towards the underground armory where the vampire resided with a spleen attitude. Even in the dark, a gloomy aura seems to be visible. After swallowing, he approached the iron door of the armory and banged and shouted.
“Tirkanjaka Trainee! wake up! The sun has risen in mid-heaven!”
“bruise?”
Aji looked up at the sky as if wondering. In the abyss, not even a speck of the sun is visible. Aji tilted his head.
What do you think? Outside, it must have floated in the middle of the sky. If you want to refute, call the sun.
I knocked on the armory door with my hands and feet.
“wake up! How long will you be sleeping! Even if the resistance invades from above, it’s okay, even if this land is in danger of collapsing. Is it the answer if you die once? When you die, does labor end or tax payment end? If you can move your body, think of contributing to society even a little…!”
“What’s the fuss in the morning?”
While I was knocking, the door to the underground armory slowly opened.
“He is a rude fellow. If you come as a guest, shouldn’t you wait while the owner is grooming you?”
“What about grooming while in the coffin anyway…”
I was about to say something, but I shut my mouth when I saw a vampire appearing through a crack in the door. Naturally, I thought of the voice inside the coffin, but the vampire now had a different appearance than usual.
“Oh, you’re awake.”
The floating ancestral rite coffin remains as it is to the point of getting tired of it. However, a vampire sits on it. The vampire, with her legs gathered together, had her hair up in an antique hairpin and a parasol lightly slung over her shoulder, showing off the elegance of a princess from an old dynasty. The pitch-black parasol, made from gathering darkness, seemed to be weightless and swayed like a willow leaf as it caught on the vampire’s slender fingers.
An old worn-out outfit. The sleeves are so big that the white skin sneaks out through the gap. It is an outfit that indirectly expresses relaxation by using a lot of fabric. The military might look like a flagship, but in the past, they actually wore it like that.
As the vampire took a step forward, the huge steel door swung open to both sides as if to welcome the vampire. The bright red brand engraved on the iron door glowed. Either terribly slow or time-consuming, and gracefully, the vampire stepped out of the arsenal.
The iron door slammed shut behind her. The vampire muttered as he climbed onto the coffin.
“Because it’s been noisy lately. I couldn’t sleep at all. Why is it more noisy than when there are over a hundred when there are only three? Myok-tda-i cries louder than a pig, so I need to be able to live.”
“and. If you didn’t wake me up, would you have tried to sleep more? Are you not getting enough sleep? If you’ve slept for hundreds of years, you’ll get tired of sleeping and run away.”
“…was done. It’s my fault for arguing with you.”
The vampire glanced at me, took control of the coffin, and moved forward.
“Why did you come out of the coffin?”
“If you decide to wake up, you have to dress up. Isn’t that basic?”
For some reason, the vampire answered with a sharp attitude, then turned his head and glared at me sharply.
“or not. Are you dissatisfied with the way I am dressed?”
‘Let’s say it’s a house again like yesterday.’
what. This sudden enemy.
ah. no way.
Are you upset because I said I was home yesterday?
Hmm. should i read It’s annoying to do mind reading in the morning, but I can’t help it. I rolled and opened my fists a few times and concentrated on reading the vampire’s thoughts.
‘Making up and presenting one’s appearance is a must for those who know proper etiquette. In fact, she puts water on her hair every day and even dresses up in a uniform, but she only gives me a face-up…! The other day, I couldn’t refute because I was involved in your unfair words and actions, but today is different. I’m going to show this cocky guy a lesson!’
and. You kept the words I said yesterday as they were throughout the day. You’ve aged a lot, but why are you so petty on the inside? If you have this much memory, you won’t have dementia.
I don’t know why the resentment grew so much, but the feeling of making kimchi over the course of a day had matured and become something completely different. If you collide at this time, it will be a real big deal. I need to loosen up a bit.
I answered as mildly and sincerely as possible.
“no? Why are you complaining about dressing up? Only my eyes are getting better.”
“You guys. Keeping your clothes tidy is a basic etiquette in all ages and places… What?”
“I am a human being too, and I much prefer a pretty person dressed up than a wooden coffin floating around. The colored hairpins and clothes go well with your white impression. It seems that he painted colors on white paper and practiced his skills. It seems that the legend that vampires have magical powers of attraction was not an accidental story.”
“uh?”
“The world must be jealous. As a vampire who lives immortally and immortally, even time cannot change his appearance. Maybe staying in the coffin is for the world. That way, jealousy will disappear from women and men will not be arrogant.”
“Ummm….”
The vampire who had been grooming himself for the whole day yesterday. Coming out of the coffin means that I will be active in earnest from now on. Dressing up and putting her hair up was an expression of that will.
For a long time and a lot of emotions prepared, you need to be compensated for it. Otherwise, it will all become a grudge and attack me.
To my compliments, trained by cheating in the back alleys, the vampire answered by slightly tilting his parasol.
“Heh heh. You are good at what you say.”
“It is true that flattery is true, but it is not a lie. As you can see from my usual words and actions, I am a person who expresses every word with sincerity, so I cannot say anything that is not in my heart.”
“Yesterday, when you saw me, you said it was a house…”
“I said it was a house because it was urgent, but I didn’t say a word that it wasn’t beautiful. I don’t know if you know it, but false reports are considered the greatest crime in the military, and saying that Tyrkanjaka trainees aren’t beautiful is obviously false reports.”
good. The vampire finally shut up. I went far away without turning my head and covering my face with a parasol, but as a result of reading it with mind reading, I am quite happy. Also, my impression of myself has improved a little.
Phew. I passed the urgent hurdle. ruler. Now let’s go pick up the regressor.
Regressors live on the first floor of the prison.
If you ask why the great regressor still lives in that narrow and stuffy prison when there are no instructors or other prisoners, I will tell you to lower your head and take a look.
The regressor ‘cut’ all the walls of the ten rooms adjacent to her, including the walls of her prison cell. To prevent prisoners from escaping, the thick concrete walls made with iron plates were cut into squares like prefabricated furniture and piled up on one side of the prison. The regressor lived in such an enlarged prison as both a training ground and a residence.
In fact, it was safe to say that the entire first floor was a regressor’s house, and the regressor himself seemed to think so. From the moment we set foot on the first floor, a sharp sense of alertness was directed at us.
“uh? Tyrkanjaka? Azi? And…”
The regressor checked the visitor’s face and relaxed his guard. Even in the midst of that, it’s unfair to see me slightly frowning. what did i do
“Why are you here?”
“I have something urgent to tell you today. Follow me.”
“I am busy. I have work to do.”
“Oh Mr. I can’t match the rhythm. He must have been a loner outside.”
“…what did you just say?”
The regressor who was about to enter the room showed his face again, exuding hostility. As long as I restored the regressor with a single word, I said without pretense.
“I have an important message to spread, so please attend my seminar and listen to it, trainee Shay.”
“It’s important, so listen carefully. I don’t have time for that.”
‘Yesterday I got a feel for Blood Sculpture, so I’ve been swinging my sword all night, but it’s annoying.’
Your efforts are imaginary, but not my knowledge. I raised my chin and spilled something that a regressor might be curious about.
“I’m going to tell you about the structure of Tantalus, but don’t you need that too?”
“Tantalos’s… rescue?”
As expected, the regressor, tempted by new ‘knowledge’ he did not know, put his hand on his chin and pondered.
‘I know what happens in Tantalus, but I don’t know much about its structure or secrets. If we can know the structure of Tantalus, can we also know why ‘she’ comes?’
The regressor repeated thirteen regresses and uncovered a lot of knowledge and secrets. What will happen in the future, what is going on in this world. At this moment, few people know better than the regressor.
Even I, who reads my mind with mind-reading because of the nature of regression, don’t know it perfectly.
However, this episode was the first time he came to Tantalus before the regressors collapsed. In other words, I expected that he would not know about the rescue of Tantalus, which he learned about through the resistance raid. That prediction was right.
Outwardly, he was a hesitant regressor, but he noticed that his heart had already tilted. I said turning around.
“what. If you don’t like changebacks, that’s fine. Then I’m fine.”
“for a moment.”
You caught it.
Gamma No Wickroll thanks. You’re dead, but I’ll put your knowledge to good use. People don’t leave behind knowledge even after they die.
“I’ll prepare, so wait.”
It was time for the regressor to enter the inner space separated by cloth. Aji, who had been snooping here and there with curiosity, suddenly ran towards me and dropped something in his mouth. It was a round orb processed with magical crystals, transparent and with a strange light swirling from the inside.
“bruise! bruise!”
“What. You want to throw a ball? But what are you going to do if you bring someone else’s stuff carelessly?”
Just looking at it, it looks expensive. I carefully lifted the orb and looked around. what bead is this? It seems to have quite a bit of magical power inside. is it expensive? Or are you taking a risk?
“Oh that. It’s a bomb.”
It was both. I hastily threw the marble away.
“Quaaaaaagh!”
The orb makes its way down the prison hallways. In the meantime, I ran to a nearby corner and hid myself behind a wall. What the hell if you put the bomb in a position where a dog can bite it! Explosives must be carefully managed…
Wait. dog?
Thinking of this, I peeked my head over the wall. Just then, I saw Aji, who had just run, catching the falling marble with perfect posture.
Oh if you ask me if.
When I couldn’t keep my mouth shut, Aji and I met eyes.
“bruise! bruise!”
“Oh, no. don’t go! don’t bite! Do not come!”
Terrified, I kicked the ground and tried to run away. But by the time I got up, Aji was already in front of me.
Aji opened his eyes and set the marble at my feet. Before I had time to respond, the bomb Aji dropped hit the floor. I sat down with both hands outstretched randomly. As if he believed he could stop the explosion with his hands and feet.
After that, the bomb fell on the hallway… and
the sneer of the regressor was heard.
“Pup cu cu cu cu. idiot!”
‘Are you like that because you just got scared? Those are lava tears. It’s a bomb that will never explode unless high-purity magic is blown into it in a specific pattern!’
The marble rolled and rolled at my feet without any change and collided with it. I blankly picked up the marble and alternated between the regressor and the marble. The regressor burst into laughter when he saw my devastated expression.
“Puh ha ha! No matter how much I do, there’s no way I’m leaving dangerous stuff anywhere!”
“…they said it was a bomb.”
“The bomb is right. But it never explodes unless I try to explode it.”
“A bomb is dangerous, what are you talking about! Did common sense fall into the bottomless pit just because you live in the bottomless pit? Get rid of it right now!”
“Puhuh. okay. okay.”
The regressor giggled and picked up the marble. Aji looked at the regressor with longing eyes, but the regressor just pushed it into the subspace pocket. Aji glared at the regressor with the expression on which his toy had been taken away.
“Sheesh.”
He clicked his tongue and rose from his seat. I felt uncomfortable because I felt like I had tasted the limits of mind reading.
The knowledge of previous rounds possessed by the regressor cannot be read until the regressor directly recalls it. That is why, when something related to a regressor happens, the response is delayed and the reaction is difficult to predict. It was the first ordeal that came to me, who was feeling great pride for only mind reading.
no, it’s not even an ordeal To be honest, regression is a bit out of the norm. I was proud of the mind reading that worked hard against such a person. The world is too much, not enough mind reading.
anyway. Now that we’ve all gathered, let’s go. It would be foolish to add something at the point where my image has been degraded. Using only mind reading, I checked the situation behind me and silently walked towards the management office on the 4th floor.
On the way, the vampire rolled his hand and put it to his mouth and gave a small smile.
“It wasn’t bad entertainment. I could see that guy making a fuss. It’s just that it’s disappointing to see him run away clumsily, no matter how frivolous he may be. What about a bomb?”
“well? That reaction, I think I roughly sensed the power of the bomb. When this bomb explodes, a 3km radius will be devastated.”
“Is that enough? Wasn’t it only used for fireworks?”
“Because it’s useless if it’s not that destructive. Pooh. Anyway, thank you for the funny look. To the point where I want to keep it in my heart.”
The vampire looked at the strangely cheerful regressor and spat out.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen you smile.”
“huh? That might make people laugh.”
“It was nice to see. Why don’t you smile sometimes?”
“Sometimes. I…”
The regressor suddenly shut his mouth and touched his mouth. Her face reflected the shock of someone who had just been reminded of something long forgotten.
‘…laughed?’
I was always trying to get stronger. I tried to gain even one more line of knowledge. There were still countless powers and secrets dormant in this world, and every minute and every second of the regressor was struggling to obtain them.
Even after entering the bottomless pit, the regressor did not neglect to wield the sword and take power.
The emotional luxury of laughter was so unfamiliar to her.
‘How many times have you laughed?’
The sense of alienation, as if an inappropriate wind had blown past, and the longing for the emotions I felt in the distant past. The regressor wiped his lips several times.
During the silent march, the vampire, who had been sitting comfortably on the self-moving coffin, moved about in discomfort. Every time that happened, the silver hair under the hairpin was illuminated and the loose clothes fluttered.
However, the regressor, who was deep in thought, did not respond. In the end, the impatient vampire decided to try his hand at home. The vampire spoke while playing with his hair.
“Hmmmm. Shay. Has anything changed?”
“Oh right. Tyrkanjaka. I realized something about hematology while going through a real fight yesterday, and I need some advice on that. Look at him when he finishes talking.”
“…okay. nope The good news is that there has been progress.”
The sad vampire drooped his shoulders and looked at me alternately as if comparing the regressor to me.
ha. really. It’s such a shame that I’m embarrassed. Next time, I’ll just stop praising.
