episode_0180

Elin looked down at the floor with blank eyes.

It was the spot where Leo had been lying just a moment ago.

Kwak.

I clenched my fist.

Not a single particle of dust is caught.

extinction.

There was no phenomenon that fit those words better.

Ellen started to cry without realizing it.

I haven’t even answered yet… .

“What if it goes like this?”

He was a person I really didn’t like until the very end.

Couldn’t you have at least accepted the apology?

… … Of course it wasn’t Leo’s fault.

It’s brave enough to have endured the aftermath of the contract with the dragon so far.

Rather, I guess he held on tenaciously because he still had something he wanted to say.

In the end, no trace of Leo remained.

If we really have to be specific, it’s probably the Dragon Sword stuck in Calchad’s heart?

Suddenly, I felt angry when I saw Carl Chad, who was dead without even closing his eyes, and his family members attached to his body.

They say that the hero who saved the world disappeared and no one ever remembered him.

The corpses of those scumbags were left behind.

Leo dispersed with a relaxed expression.

Is it any consolation that even in death they have faces full of pain?

“… … ”

《… … 》

A battlefield where no one is happy even though they won.

When Ellen feels an injustice that she cannot express.

“Ah, no… … !”

I heard sobbing next to me.

It was Tristin, the secret agent who had a crush on Leo.

Ellen bit her lips tightly.

What if the person who disappeared here was Luke and not Leo?

Have I always felt this much injustice?

No, that’s absolutely not possible.

Probably Gernom, Carlchad, and something like that.

He must have destroyed everything and wandered through the outer dimensions to find Luke’s soul.

Hug.

So I hugged Tristin.

No matter what I say, it won’t go into your ears at all.

Rather than talking about pain that you can’t easily sympathize with.

I decided that it would be better to just share the warmth.

If we don’t catch her now, Tristin will definitely be ruined.

“… … !”

Tristin is suddenly held in Elin’s arms.

I put everything down and burst into tears.

“Why, why… Why on earth… … !”

A mixture of doubt and despair echoes.

Immediately after Leo turned to dust and disappeared.

Just as the dragons said, memories are being erased.

The erasure of memories was much more terrifying than I had imagined.

The person you had in your heart is ripped away whole.

The sincerity I just heard evaporates.

“… … ?”

Name too.

Appearance too.

I don’t even remember his personality.

“Ugh… Huh… ?”

Questions arise.

Why are you crying here?

What are you doing now?

What on earth is this feeling?

It hurts. My head and chest hurt so much… .

A secret special forces unit that I joined right after graduating from the academy.

The figure of the captain I respected disappeared.

The voice of the man I liked is erased.

Captain…? Who was the captain? What was I doing in the first place…?

My head is full of confusion.

It feels like there’s a huge hole in my chest.

The result of uncontrolled and unintelligible emotions taking over Tristin’s body.

“Ugh… !”

The body, unable to endure, lost consciousness.

* * * * *

“… … ”

Elin patted the fainted Tristen with a complicated face.

The stupid hair had completely lost its strength and was touching the bridge of the nose.

“Teacher.”

“… … ”

“Teacher?”

“… I’m sorry, Your Majesty. I have a headache for a moment… .”

Ellen tasted bitter.

I knew it, but Tristin wasn’t the only one who forgot Leo.

Aren’t both Cherel and Watt suffering?

The only weird thing is.

“… Leo Oppa.”

Ellen said she still remembered it vividly.

At first, I thought I just forgot a little later than other people.

But even Luke had forgotten his memories.

Elin didn’t forget a single thing.

-I’m sorry. I’m a bad brother.

Of course, he just smiled comfortably and disappeared.

-… … Brother?

Even the despair I felt after leaving the family home without saying anything.

It was so vivid.

“My loyal subordinate… You’ve worked really hard.”

“I swear I will remember.”

The Emperor retrieved the Dragon Sword that was embedded in Kalchad’s heart.

Berthain closed his eyes and meditated silently.

Let’s say that they are high-ranking ancient beings who do not forget their memories.

Then, is Elin also of high rank?

It wasn’t unfounded confidence.

Even though Bertain said he was watching over him, he held on without dying.

“Ancestors.”

Elin ran straight to Bertain.

“Why are you doing that, baby?”

Bertain looked at Elin with compassionate eyes.

I don’t know exactly what Leo and Elin’s relationship is, though.

I felt it clearly at the last moment.

Let Leo tell his true feelings.

Elin’s hatred melts away.

But you’ll all forget it.

It was a truly pitiful fate for mortals.

“I’m okay.”

《You don’t have to pretend to be strong. If you want to cry, cry…》

“No. I meant that my memory was fine.”

《…What?》

Bertain realized something strange too late.

All the people here right now are holding their heads and suffering.

It is not natural for memories to be castrated, so this is a natural process.

But why is Elin so fine?

“I have all the memories of my brother.”

A shocking statement that transcends the limits of mortal life.

《… … !》

Of course, Berthain too.

“That, is that true?”

Even the emperor was so surprised that he stuttered.

* * * * *

“My throat hurts. Could you make it smaller?”

《That’s right.》

Berthain immediately polymorphed into human form.

The massive body shrinks.

A girl smaller than Elin appeared.

“Are you still doing that?”

Boldred’s emotions changed from confusion to bewilderment.

I never thought people could still polymorph like they did hundreds of years ago.

“Then, if I’ve been locked up the whole time, is there really a need to change it?”

“… Jim made a slip of the tongue. I apologize.”

“What’s wrong with you… It seems like only yesterday that I was getting beaten up by this body and crying.”

“Are you suddenly bringing up a story from over a thousand years ago?”

“Over there.”

The dragons’ past was interesting, though.

That wasn’t important right now.

“Why do I still remember?”

“Hmm… .”

“Jim thinks he was greatly influenced by his close friend.”

Boldred pointed to Bertain.

“The baby looks a lot like me.”

“I’m not talking about personality or appearance. Didn’t you say there’s a curse that’s been passed down through your family for generations?”

Boldred also knew something of the dirty side of the Bertain family.

Before executing the final operation.

Because Leo told everything.

“Perhaps the curse has disappeared and the pure power of my friend has entered my mana heart… … .”

“Does that make sense?”

“Isn’t there another possibility?”

“Ugh… … .”

It was something that made no sense.

Let’s say only pure power remains from the curse.

How do you absorb that into a human’s mana heart?

Even if a human is born with a strong mana heart, that’s not the case.

“Are you saying I’m like a half-dragon now?”

“That’s what Jim thinks.”

“… … ”

Elin was lost in thought.

Actually, I felt something was abnormal the whole time I was chasing Gernom.

Even though Luke was using all his magical power to create a dimension, his mana heart was still at a throbbing level.

This was because the magic power started to build up at a faster rate as it drained away.

Anyway, the conclusion is.

“I won’t forget my brother’s memories either.”

Elin also did not forget Leo along with the dragons.

“That’s fortunate. I thought he was a pitiful descendant. But at least there’s at least one person who remembers him… … .”

“Thank you very much. Jim’s subordinate never showed it, but he always lived with regret. I should not have neglected you from the beginning.”

The two dragons patted Elin on the shoulder, saying that it was really fortunate.

however.

“That won’t do.”

Elin had no intention of being satisfied with this.

What are you doing remembering Leo alone?

Nobody else knows.

This way, it’s no different from an imaginary friend.

More than anything, what bothered me the most was the fallen Tristin.

You’ll live your whole life not knowing why you feel empty.

Perhaps, along with the memories, I could have lost my motivation to live and given up on everything.

If Ellen forgets Luke… that’s bound to happen.

“Ancestor’s friend.”

“It’s the first time Jim’s been called that.”

Boldred continued, laughing.

“I don’t know what you’re trying to say, but I’ll tell you in advance. It’s impossible to bring Leo back to life.”

Boldred drove the wedge in firmly.

It’s because I was worried first.

Now that Ellin has heard her useless brother’s apology, she’s worried that she’ll start a fight to save Leo.

“The fact that something has disappeared means that it can no longer be found in any dimension. It only remains in our memories.”

“I don’t even want that.”

Of course, Elin had no intention of saving Leo.

I already knew it was impossible.

I don’t think Leo would want that.

“Instead.”

Elin looked back and forth between Bertain and Boldred.

“Isn’t there a way to get my memories back?”

If I had forgotten Elin as well, I wouldn’t have been able to think like this.

But I clearly remember the unfortunate sacrifice of the hero.

There was no choice.

“You said he was a precious subordinate. You said he was a pitiful descendant. Rather than just mourning and passing it over, it would be right to at least hold a funeral.”

Sacrificing myself to eliminate the evil agents who are like a cancer to the empire.

The least we can do for the hero who saved the continent from demons.

I was thinking of having a funeral.