episode_0318

“Queen… … ?”

“I have a place to visit one last time.

You guys get to go first.

Let’s take Yui too.”

When asked by Henia, who was waiting for her when she returned to the lobby, Vivian was trying to keep her voice calm and ignore her.

“Bar… I will accept it… ”

Henia, who noticed that Lily had not returned with her and showed a sad expression, left Vivian without saying a single word.

Now that her order has been delivered, all Henias will withdraw from Floraz and return to the Academy’s Enic Den through the secret cave that was created in advance.

But Vivian, who had one last thing to do before that, was trudging forward helplessly through Floraz, which was now empty as everyone else had already left.

Go down the stairs leading to the basement warehouse, past the abandoned supply boxes piled up here and there.

And Vivian arrives in front of a wall that no one seems to be able to open.

‘candlestick… ‘

As I moved the candlestick hanging on the wall, it started spinning with a ticking sound, revealing a hidden secret door.

“I was doing well… … ?”

Vivian’s expression brightened for a moment upon discovering her second newborn Enik, her happy baby, but soon her expression became hardened by the incomprehensible situation.

That was because there was a being quietly watching the new Enic next to him.

“Greta… … you… … ”

A mysterious expression, as if he was still not thinking about anything.

That expression might be because you are thinking too deeply about something.

Vivian, who tried to suppress the feeling of goosebumps rising for a moment at the sight of her quietly watching Enik, walked up to her and grabbed her arm.

“Why are you here… ?

What do henias do?

How could it be better than that…

How did you get in here… … ?”

“Human.”

A voice that is clear yet icy cold.

“Enic.”

Although it did not seem malicious, Vivian’s hand holding Greta’s arm was trembling at the voice that did not convey any particular emotion.

“Greta… … Because I don’t really know what you’re talking about…

okay… Let’s go out first… ? Let’s go out together… … ”

“Why are you together?”

Since this underground place was supposed to be safe, we probably wouldn’t see each other for a while, but I thought we would meet again someday.

I just came to say goodbye to my baby for a while.

“Traitor human?”

Without knowing why, how, or for what purpose, I just heard each word uttered by Greta, whom I met in this unexpected place.

Vivian’s expression revealed a blank expression, as if she was being overwhelmed by an incomprehensible being in front of her.

What kind of being could make oneself this weak?

How long has it been since he felt such contradictory emotions, despite his unique confidence and arrogance?

A cosmic horror that makes you feel as if you are facing the ‘world’ itself.

It didn’t make sense to feel that from just a young girl, but the instinct that prevented her from even lifting a finger was telling her that the existence in front of her was dangerous.

Vivian, speechless, sat down in her seat, unable to suppress the feeling of being sucked into the occasionally blinking golden and orange eyes with vertically slit pupils.

It might have felt better if he had killed Lily with his own hands.

Even though it was sad and painful, it was just a small whirlpool of emotions that you could control and get back on your feet.

My current self was no different from being thrown into the middle of a stormy sea or a vast empty space.

“B… Bian… okay… note… … ?”

“That… … how… … ”

“I know. entire. What happened. It’s going to happen.

Vivian… Vivian… …

Descendants of Grenot… … ”

“You… … Who is it… … ?”

“Saurua.”

“Saur… ah… … ?”

“Humans. We call them ‘dragons’.”

Greta whispers just one sentence.

At the same time, Vivian’s eyes were shining brightly as she was overcome with dizziness, as if the world was turning upside down, and her body, which had lost control, was slowly falling towards the floor.

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A long time ago, a long time ago.

There were people who dreamed of freedom, peace, and a peaceful life.

People who had desperately endured the dangerous life given to them continued to fight today, dreaming of the dawn of hope that would come someday.

“Rise up, suffering brothers and sisters.

Today we will rise, and our descendants will inherit the dream.”

Countless people threw their lives away like stubble and soaked the ground with their blood along with the monsters.

The world was enriched by the plants that grew from their bodies and the animals that ate them.

However, because of him, humans advance and advance again.

Humans who were running towards the most noble goal, a dream that could not be completed in their own time, did not stop their progress and continued to shed their own blood.

However, the more their blood flowed and the greater the sacrifice, the more the humans who advanced to the center of the continent faced an inevitable wall.

“No more… !! The sacrifice is too great… !!

If we keep going like this, I won’t be able to last another month… !!”

“Does this mean that we should abandon the mission entrusted to us? ?

This is the hope entrusted to us by our ancestors… !!”

“Isn’t that something you can only achieve if you are alive!!

The opponent… The opponent is a dragon… … !!

At this rate, all warriors will die…

Who can protect women and children?”

The final barrier they face and the supreme being that threatens the survival of humanity.

The humans face the dragon and can no longer bear the sacrifice.

Now that they had entered the center of the continent and had no strength left to return to where they came from, the winds of the world and monsters were cruelly crashing down on them.

In the end, they became stranded and couldn’t do anything, so in the wilderness, people settled down just waiting for the day to die. All stories were beginning.

“It’s killing me here.

I added a little more glue today…

Take some of this and cheer up… ”

A beautiful blonde country girl handed her a bowl of porridge while gently wiping the sweat from her face. The old man was about to say thank you, but then coughed and gently pushed the bowl away with a bitter expression.

“Thank you, lady… … Cough… !!

But it would have been better for the young lady to eat this…

I feel like I’m wrong anymore… ”

“I already ate.

I’m sure it’ll be okay, so don’t say things like that.”

The words of the old man, who probably didn’t have much time left to live, were probably correct, but the girl who encouraged him to die until the end simply stood up, gently clutching her hungry stomach.

The girl left the old man to do other things while he was eating.

The girl, who had put a basket on her head to do the backlog of laundry, was heading to a small river just beyond a hill.

The moment when such a girl arrived at the river and was washing her clothes in the cold river water without the slightest complaint, blowing on her cold hands.

She came face to face with a bloody man who appeared from the forest on the other side, and without realizing it, she crossed the cold river water and tore the cloth to treat him.

“…….”

Although the other person did not say anything as he looked at her, perhaps because he had been through a lot of hardships, the girl, who could tell that the emotions in his eyes were not just wariness and anxiety, silently helped the silent man in the same way. There was.

After giving first aid to her wounds, seeing the girl begin to shiver as she got wet from crossing the cold river, the man lit a small flame on his hand to warm her body.

The girl was asking a question filled with curiosity to the man who scooped up river water with both hands and took a sip, as if he had come to drink.

“Exciting… It does… … ?

How did you do it… … ?”

“……”

Although he remained silent this time, the girl smiled brightly, not disappointed at all.

For people, being able to do something is important, not not doing it.

The first meeting went by like that, and before we knew it, time continued into the next week.

The moment when the girl arrived at the river again carrying the laundry and was washing the laundry in cold water.

The man appeared again from the forest on the other side and reached the river with weak steps, and the girl crossed the river again and treated his wounds.

But today, the man’s wounds seemed to be more severe than last week, and she felt pain as if her own body had been wounded.

“You’re a warrior from another village… ?

Fighting… … It’s hard as expected… … ?”

The girl, who heard that the direction in which the man appeared was where a fierce battle was taking place recently, pretended to know and stroked the man’s wounds.

However, the man, who was just staring at the girl without frowning, soon nodded as if reacting to her words for the first time.

Then the girl, who was overjoyed, gave him some of the porridge and some alcohol she had brought along just in case.

Sitting around a bonfire that the man had conjured from thin air. For a while, one-sided questions, nodding of heads, and sometimes even whispering continued for a while.

The beautiful and kind girl who always had a pretty smile on her face took on a dark look for the first time when the time was over, and she sent him away into the dark forest on the other side.

Even when I returned to the village, a subtle feeling dominated my mind, as if I was being weighed down by a heaviness.

“How tough this guy is…

I touched it wrong and almost saw blood, right?

I almost didn’t come back safely today…

But somehow, he came back like this!!”

“I’m glad you came back safely, honey…

Still, I can’t believe how well my daughter was doing…

Sooner or later, they will have to marry each other…

Hey, is something wrong?

Are you feeling unwell?”

A feeling that no matter what good deeds you do or how much peace you spend with your family, you will never feel comfortable.

“No… no…

I’m just tired… …

I’m glad you’re safe, father.”

From that day on, the girl went out to the riverside every day, making various excuses, and looked for someone.

But even though I waited and waited, the person I was waiting for was not shown.

And finally, a week had passed since the last time I saw him.

From that moment on, her life changed in a way that could never be reversed.

“Plancina… … Your father… Hmm… … ”