72. Post-war processing (4)
“You are abandoning true friendship for a small favor. “You have truly become a dark warrior.”
Cadenza mounted his horse again.
The horse turned its head that way and left Zeke’s side.
Zeke didn’t catch him.
The person Zeke was thinking of at this moment was Regin.
I couldn’t stand by and watch
Cadenza drag Regin into this futile war .
Even if I get criticized for being selfish…
I can’t lose Regin.
On this day, a precious guest came to Regin’s place.
As soon as she saw Regin, she rolled her eyes and got slightly angry.
“It looks like neither I nor Berol wanted to see them.”
“Is that possible? You are the sun and Berol is the moon. “As long as night and day do not disappear, you
will always be by my side.”
Regin hugged and kissed his wife, April.
“The reason I came here is solely for my wife, Epril, the monarch of the Verde Kingdom. “Because you are my wife, a monarch, and a knight’s wife.”
“How many noble ladies have you molested with your sweet tongue?”
“You should know better that I have only you.”
Regin held Berol in his arms.
Although he was a child who had just turned his first birthday,
he looked quite dignified in his father’s arms, as if he was already aware that he was a member of the royal family.
Of course, there was another reason for that proud face.
“As soon as you see your father after a long time, you give him a generous gift.”
The diaper became heavy. With a solemn look on his face, every time Berol applied more force, the dregs of life in the diaper increased.
April left Berol in the care of a nanny.
We were alone for a while.
However, the current situation was not light even with sweet stories being exchanged.
“It’s your fault.”
April complained.
“Since you left the kingdom…
“Normally, I would pass over your whining story, but I have to be harsh. “I don’t know what the warlike nobles were talking about, but now is not the time for war.”
“Zeke said that and took you with him.”
“I have been traveling far away with my brother for the past few months. We crossed a large mountain range and passed several deep rivers. What I found there was a huge
piece of land and golden wheat growing there. “It was a fertile land that seemed to be under a spell.”
“I already received the report. There is also a proposal to designate the land as a joint management area for the Joseon kingdoms. “If we announce this, all other countries will praise our Verdean generosity.”
“It’s just a small thing.”
“Little things?”
“What I saw was the truth behind this world.”
“The truth behind it…
“April I am your knight. “I swore that it would be so, and I have never forgotten it.”
April pulled Regin’s hand and kissed it.
“I know it well. “You risked your life and fought the devil for me.”
“We can fight again at any time. You can die at any time. Ramen for you.”
“…I cannot abandon my revenge on the previous king.”
“I know. “I have no intention of stopping that.”
“So, I was thinking that maybe we could win if we mobilized the army…
Regin shook his head.
“You really know nothing about your enemy.”
“I don’t know.”
“It’s not something that will end with complaining. April This world is wide. “The three continents of Hor are nothing.”
“Outside the continent of Jose, there is only a mugwort monster.”
“We need to expand the era. I… I think I finally know what he’s talking about .
I don’t even know what my brother saw. The era we live in is just a very small world in a long flow. “My brother said that not long ago, he stopped the moon from falling to save this world.”
“…You’re kidding, right?”
“That would be nice, but probably not. “It seems that it was my brother and the people around him who made it possible for Jose’s continent to land smoothly.”
“It’s like a myth.”
“It’s that powerful. He is named Deus. “I
made him my enemy to keep my oath, but there will be no outcome except death.”
April bit her lip.
“I
’m not telling you to break your oath. April, do you still not understand why I want to die?”
“I don’t know, I don’t know anymore.”
“I want Berol to live in the new world.”
“new world’?”
“We were born and raised on the Jose continent. I don’t know anything except that
. We must prepare for the fight against the demon lord, who hates demons and attacks without reason once every 100 years. That’s what our lives are all about. But this world is not small enough to die doing something like that. Even on this planet called Earth, where the continent of Jose is located, there are incredibly diverse places. It’s a huge land, hundreds of times larger than the continent of Jose. But even that is just a dusty star in a bigger universe. My brother just recently fought a giant god named Nezar. That Nezar is the one who created a huge number of giants tens of thousands of years ago and
even started a war with the angels. He said the ship he built could escape the world ruled by the sun.”
Regin laughed while telling the story.
“Do you think I’m crazy?”
“I don’t know.”
“You’ll think I’m crazy. Just like I saw my brother that way. What’s even funnier is that even the places Nezar can go to are worlds that are no bigger than a single grain of wheat compared to the entire universe. Because they failed to go farther, Nezar’s clan was destroyed.” Regin
picked up quite a few stories
while traveling with Zeke .
Before that, during the one year he spent with Yulgeum Migo and others, Regin learned quite a few secrets of the world.
Aside from the people around Deus, Regin was the human who had the most exposure to the true nature of the world.
That is why he was the first to crack the eggshell called the Jose Continent.
“This world will change dramatically. Now that the Joseon Continent has crashed, there is no choice but to change. Berol will live in such a world. Even if we
can’t change… that’s why I’m trying to embrace everything. “I will die carrying all the countless duties that Berol may have to shoulder.”
“I… I’m sorry. “Regin.”
“Don’t apologize. April So the day I die, you have to die too. You must kill and remove the broken part of yourself that is trapped in your father’s revenge. “If I don’t, my death will be in vain.”
“You can’t win, right?”
Regin laughed.
“I overestimate your article.”
“it is not so. “Regin, you were always the best.”
Regin held April tightly in his arms.
The conflict would have disappeared if April had given up on that vow, but she couldn’t.
She was not one of the countless people on the street.
The oath she made during her coronation as queen was remembered by everyone living on the Joseon continent.
Destroying it on your own was not an easy task.
“I’m sorry, Regin.”
Just as tears were beginning to form in April’s eyes, the commander informed Regin of Cadenza’s visit.
“Please wait a moment with Berol.”
“He… has been holed up in the Zodiac Knight’s office for a while and hasn’t come out. Then, I heard that he started to move again after a recent meeting with Cardinal Le Sulet…
“I heard Le Sulet was the leader of the main faction.”
“I still remember what he did to us, but we joined hands to subdue the demons…
“Because you are the queen.”
“be careful. Because all of the main fighters are very excited right now. “That includes me.”
Cadenza, who came to visit Regin, was wide-eyed.
Regin’s heart became heavy at the sight of this rarely seen sight.
“Oridon is dead.”
“I heard the story.”
“Do you also feel that his death is light?”
“…I guess I met my brother.”
“He is a traitor. “You say you won’t fight for Oridon.”
“Because my brother has his own life.”
“you?”
“Mr. Cadenza. What do you plan to do?”
“I swore revenge.”
“You already know that revenge is a synonym for death.”
“I am willing to die.”
“If you just want to die, you can drink poison from Mr. Oridon’s tomb.”
“Are you planning to insult me?”
“If you decide that way, I will die too. “There will never be a single body next to that grave.”
“ Regin
Cadenza opened his eyes wide.
“I already fought him once. I tried my best, but… I was treated like a child. No, I couldn’t even say I was a child. “I felt like a flying insect.”
“Because he is the devil.”
“No, it’s not that bad. Aren’t we warriors? It’s funny to say it myself, but I am a pureblood level 10 warrior. It’s at a level where you can’t necessarily say you’ll lose in a fight with the devil. But it was just a flying rail. I have no choice but to admit it. We are not his enemies. If his brother can be with him, he may have a slight chance of winning, but…
“He is now openly trying to betray humanity.”
Regin sighed briefly and spoke to Cadenza.
“We are destined not to go to the New World.”
“There is no such thing as a new world. Because the world is already full of divine order. Promise that you will go together.”
“I swear.”
The oath wasn’t difficult. In fact, it was because I was walking down that path one step faster than Ca Denza.
“Thank you, Regin. Even Oridon… will be grateful to you.”
I thought of my older brother who was upset because of me.
I’m not stupid. Why doesn’t he know that his older brother pushed ahead with his expedition to the north to save
himself ?
I’m just sorry.
Regin smiled bitterly as he saw Cadenza off.
“brother.”
“It looks like you met Mr. Cadenza.”
Regin wiped his face.
“Sorry. “He opened the way for me to live… but in the end, I ended up dying.”
“Are you going to the demon world?”
“A month later. We’re gathering warriors now. “It doesn’t seem to be going well.”
“It’s only been a few months since an expeditionary army of millions was defeated. “I guess the fear hasn’t gone away yet.”
“I’m not trying to go to war with the demon world. “Deus is the only one we are targeting.”
“Isn’t the mission of raising generation zero warriors more important? “We lost half of our useful warriors, so we don’t have enough instructors.”
“Someone could do that.”
“Wouldn’t it be like fighting Migo?”
“I am a hero and that child is a demon lord. “I’m the nephew I love the most in the world, but it seems we can’t be on the same side.”
“You just have to change your mind.”
“brother.”
“why?”
“Is the Earth… beautiful?”
“Shall I show you?”
“huh?”
Zeke laughed.
He put his hand under Regin’s armpit, hugged him, and soared into the sky. It was difficult
for Regin to open his eyes at the dizzying speed
.
At some point, the surroundings suddenly became dark.
But it was different at night.
Everything is clearly visible. Even though the sky was as black as deep night, it was as bright as day.
From that magical place, Regin saw the Earth.
Dark blue sea.
green earth. Brown mountains and white ridges.
The desert and clouds become entangled and untangled like a coil.
“Before, the continent of Jose was like a pendant. The image of a horse was clearly visible on the round disk. “It’s so disheveled it’s hard to recognize you now.”
Regin couldn’t say anything.
