Episode 417. Pandora’s Box (2)
It was the moment when the emperor’s afterimage and voice flowed in his field of vision.
Tap-!
At the same time as the busy footsteps, an urgent voice was heard.
“Captain Harkon!”
Should I say this is luck out of misfortune…?
Yesica.
She must have found something in the imperial palace.
For a moment, Harkon’s gaze turned to me.
The emperor’s afterimage and voice were valid only for me, the manifester.
I’m just stabbing myself.
Around that time, I achieved the manifestation of 『True Fantasy』.
What kind of question did you ask the library of the war that can answer all questions? Did the emperor say that he was hiding it thoroughly? And what would be the answer?
You can smile so brightly at the last moment…!
‘Very ominous.’
This gave me one more reason not to die a violent death.
It was because he did not have the courage to face the emperor after dying.
At least.
‘Until I become oblivious to this dark history.’
I have to survive fiercely until the emperor’s share.
It was a moment of promise.
I heard someone’s salivation.
“What the hell is this hideous thing about?”
Room of the Imperial Palace.
The servants gathered at the entrance.
Harkon said loudly.
“Will everyone move over?”
“Oh, Captain Harkon!”
“It is said that this is the room where Pride stayed.”
Yesica’s guide.
Following Harkon, I also entered the guest room.
It’s a demon theme, but Nucksal is good too. Pride.
He must have deceived the emperor while being treated in a place like this.
Harkon gritted his teeth.
“It’s a heinous insult.”
Seven coats of blood painted on the outer wall of the room.
The vast walls were almost completely covered in blood. I don’t know if it’s animal blood or human blood, but it’s not strange that negative emotions soar just by looking at it.
Matisse responded to Harkon’s angry self-talk.
“It’s more than an insult, it’s a curse.”
You know, too, Matisse.
Which is not surprising.
Matisse would have witnessed this kind of curse often when he was wandering the Arcana Continent to establish black magic. Of course, there was a difference in the strength of the curse.
Healing School Mage.
Naturally, it was Bellier who was accustomed to blood.
It seems that there is no objection to it.
Bellier, who had been peering closely, opened his mouth.
“I don’t think it’s a character used on the continent.”
“Has His Majesty not been enough to insult even the imperial palace?”
“It’s not just an insult. Curses must have intentions.”
At Matisse’s last words, I nodded.
“Yes, a curse is a message with impure intentions.”
From the repetitive quests of the days when Arcana was just a game.
A curse left by a demon worshiper who was an elder mage.
And even [Understanding Darkness].
I was quite familiar with the curse thanks to the direct collision with my body.
If you pretend now, it’s called pretend.
Thanks to him, he replied with confidence as always.
“But this is not a message left to the emperor or you.”
“then?”
“It’s a message left for me.”
“…!”
Because it was clearly written in the blinking message from earlier.
[Curse: My one and only flesh and blood]
Grandfell, you will never be able to admit it.
Being tied to the same Cloudy as this guy.
But don’t be too sad.
I’m in a bad mood as well.
I hear the whispers of the servants.
“They differ in length, but the hair is exactly the same.”
“Am I really from the same Cloudy clan?”
“Maybe you know something about that man…?”
Harkon’s brow twisted.
The corners of his mouth twitched as if he was about to scream.
But my cubic was a little faster.
I looked at my servants.
“You are right.”
“…Yeah!!”
“He was also Cloudy.”
cleverly added.
“At the same time, he is Cloudy’s traitor and treacherous criminal who colluded with the previous emperor of the empire and drove Cloudy to extinction. Of course, right now it’s just my prey.”
“?!”
predecessor emperor.
It is not the emperor that Harkon and his servants served, but the emperor of the previous generation. Yes, there is a time difference between reality and the Arcana continent, right?
‘I suffered from secondary illness 10 and even several years ago in real time.’
Because it was decades ago in Arcana Continent Time.
Anyway, with just one word, you completely turned the atmosphere around. These are the faces where the suspicious eyes that used to be directed at me went and now everyone doesn’t know where to put their focus.
Of course, Harkon was no exception.
“Even though the Lord knows that fact…”
No, I wouldn’t be mistaken for that again, right?
‘that is.’
I didn’t even know from the beginning. Why did I expect that many forces would be entangled in Cloudy’s extinction? It was only recently that I heard a specific story.
– “Forgive me for being bystanders. You are the dark dragon.”
A hatchling that likes to chatter.
Through the new chick Prosnax.
After listening to everything, I understood.
‘Well, unless the empire permits it.’
The public enemy, the Shadow Mercenaries, could not have wandered around the Arcana Continent in broad daylight, nor could the scavengers swarm in droves.
Emilio also talked about him in passing.
-“Even if the empire, the continent, and the world abandoned Cloudy. I’ve been told for a long time that we scavengers shouldn’t betray Cloudy.”
But of course.
Harkon and others couldn’t know what I was thinking.
Why are all the eyes looking at me unusual?
‘…It’s really burdensome.’
The gaze that seems to be looking at a grown man beyond the crowd.
Doesn’t it take into account past grudges?
To be merciful when vengeance would not be enough.
You are proud.
‘He must be thinking like that.’
You should be ashamed too.
There was no message from this brazen skin.
As always, I’m just going to talk about it calmly.
“I will ask for your understanding. I want to be alone now.”
Is it because of the bombshell declaration you just spit out?
Including Harkon Matisse Bellier.
No one left the room without a murmur.
The reason why he declared that he wanted to be alone in the first place is simple. Shouldn’t you purify the dreary curse just by looking at it? It’s because you never know what you’ll see and what nonsense you’ll talk about in the process.
‘Why, even in the understanding of the darkness last time.’
that they should all be killed.
The memory of the bloody muttering was clear.
It is a no-brainer to cause unnecessary misunderstandings one after another.
Again—
I immediately approached the curse left behind by Pride.
[Enters the curse ‘My one and only flesh and blood’.]
“Never talk about bloodlines again with your ugly mouth.”
He responded in a cold voice to the blinking message.
“Bug.”
*
Isn’t it dangerous?
I’ll ask again.
When have I ever been in danger?
‘It was on the verge from the start, but it’s new.’
I am the one who survived by fighting with demons who boasted levels several times higher than mine. So even in the unfamiliar curse, I was not confused.
I was able to stare right away.
Pride.
A guy in his human days who couldn’t smell the devil at all.
Anyway, the background is familiar. Now that I look at it, it looks exactly like Cloudy’s mansion restored with reverse magic. I was watching Pride climb the stairs in Cloudy’s mansion.
Bubbly.
Pride, who was heading upstairs, suddenly looked at me.
“Congratulations, Grandfel.”
congrats?
I wondered if something good had happened.
I was taken aback by the words that followed.
“My dear brother.”
After all, the superiors in Hangryeol were right, right?
That’s why he had a grudge against Grandfel, who was chosen as the next family head.
must have done something stupid
‘Maybe we can catch a specific clue.’
Take a moment to calm your mind.
under the shining moonlight.
Silver hair that shines more brightly.
Pride continues.
“But I have my doubts. Will you be able to handle Cloudy’s weight? What do you think, my brother?”
See what I’m talking about?
I don’t know how many years older than Grandfel.
I am Lee Ho-yeol, who has three older sisters.
The difference between love and hate and just hate is staggering.
‘He only speaks kindly, but the meaning behind it is explicit, right?’
If it were me, I would have reacted with my brother or something.
Was it to maintain his formality in the past?
Granfell responded politely.
“I will handle it.”
Yes, if I had conceded a hundred times and my brother answered like that.
Then do your best.
Even if it was empty words, they would return with good words.
“Can you handle it? Ha ha ha ha ha!”
That bastard just laughs like he’s out of breath.
“Unlike usual, you know how to joke. No, because it will take the place of the next head of household. Are you able to say those words naturally thanks to your leisure?”
Grandfel did not answer.
Same for me.
You don’t have to answer, do you?
Because Pride’s temper was as expected.
It seemed that the silence was not enough.
“I really like the way you stare at me, Grandfel. Yes, maybe you are more qualified to be the head of the Cloudy family than I am.”
The smile disappeared in an instant.
“But keep in mind, my dear. you don’t know anything The weight that Cloudy carried. It means that you know nothing of that cruel burden.”
I don’t know anything else, but this one word feels like sincerity.
It must have been the same with Grandfel in the past.
Grandfell’s mouth opened.
“Nevertheless, I will handle it.”
Of course, nothing more was said. At that point, Pride seemed to have noticed that she had no intention of mingling with Grandfel any more. Soon after, Pride added briefly as he climbed the stairs.
“You are always arrogant, Grandfel.”
.
.
.
[The curse ‘My only flesh and blood’ has been purified.]
[Relationship with Akkshan has increased.]
[Influence in Akkshan has increased.]
Recall Matisse’s words.
Every curse has an intention.
Okay, let’s think about the writer’s intention.
‘It’s not like I’m trying to sell my memories now.’
It’s simple then.
‘Is this a foreshadowing of the trials and tribulations that will come upon me in the future?’
The unbearably harsh weight of Cloudy.
Now that I have declared that Cloudy has returned to the Arcana Continent. I couldn’t even imagine how the storm would return after that. However, I have no intention of shrinking as you intended. Pride.
I am Lee Ho-yeol.
Whether intentionally or not, thanks to struggling to survive.
Because Grandfel was no longer alone.
It’s different from ‘the day’ when I was abandoned by the continent.
It means that there is an ally who will be with you through harsh trials and storms.
So this time it’s time for me to address the issue.
Pride left Antonium in ruins.
To the guy who is watching from somewhere.
It means to return it with intention.
“It’s just pointless.”
I sighed as I looked at the cleaned outer wall.
“In the past, now and in the future.”
*
An overflow of thorns.
As a result, the collapsed buildings were restored with reverse magic. The imperial palace mage Nash watched with both eyes and wrote down the structure of the reverse magic, but did not believe it.
“Tongue bro. Is this really the magic I know?!”
Banshee nodded softly.
“Don’t beat yourself up, bro. Even in the Magic Tower, there are only two wizards, the chief and the tower master, who understand reverse magic. It’s not for nothing that he is evaluated as the most pedantic in the history of magic.”
“It’s magic that even Banshi-niisama doesn’t understand!”
“…keuhmm I can’t even say empty words in front of Chief Lee.”
A survivor of Dredsen.
Ransha looked at Ho-yeol from a distance.
Suddenly, Gardner spoke up.
“This reality isn’t too bad, Ransha.”
“Yes?”
“Yes, it’s a pity that you are so far away…”
Isn’t it natural?
In the first place, it was a miracle that Hoyeol’s hand reached Dredsen Village. Considering that villages and cities that were incomparably larger than Dredsen were destroyed by demons.
Ransha put her hands together this time as well.
‘May the mercy of the goddess be with you.’
It was the moment I opened my eyes.
Have my earnest prayers been answered?
The goddess was in front of me.
no, to be precise.
“Ha Higher?!”
At first glance, it wouldn’t be strange to be mistaken for a goddess. There was a high-el with an elegant appearance. Highel nodded lightly in response to Ransha’s greeting and opened her mouth.
“My lord is curious.”
“What?”
“Is everyone in Dredsen village safe?”
…was overlooked.
Even if it’s far away.
That he was watching them everywhere.
Ransha nodded with a blushing face.
“Thanks to all of you!!”
Antonium did not appear to be in a state where it was driven to the brink of collapse.
no matter what tricks you use.
It seemed pointless.
Yes, as if nothing had happened.
The author’s intention was clearly communicated.
“A ray of light…”
To Pride, of course.
“This is Antonium right…?”
“Didn’t you say you were at war in addition to the blockade?”
“War? Not a festival?!”
Even to the players who gathered late.
but even in peace.
There was a person who did not forget the burden he carried.
It was Harkon.
“I have something to tell you guys.”
I apologize again, Your Majesty.
But everything is for the Empire.
Please forgive me for my change of heart.
“From now on, the Lion Heart Knights follow His Majesty’s will.”
He spoke sternly in front of his servants.
“I’m thinking of appointing adventurer Sir Lee Ho-yeol as the emperor of a new empire.”
“…!!!”
It was as if I could hear the sound of my eyeballs rolling.
