episode_0027

500 years ago, Hiria, the wizard of the warrior party and a woman called the Archmage of Disaster, was able to realize when she opened her eyes again.

The insinuations, brainwashing, and magic eroded into one’s soul.

Fortunately, I was able to escape thanks to one being, but I almost couldn’t escape the devil’s hints for the rest of my life.

‘Is this fate too?’

The woman completely regained her senses and saw the being who had saved her again.

He is sleeping soundly, drenched in sweat and looking quite exhausted.

Before she knew it, his appearance had become quite different from the one she knew.

Face, body, soul.

All of that had suddenly changed.

To be precise, it was not so much that the being had changed, but rather that her perspective had changed.

Because of the vision that came back after unraveling the hints and brainwashing that had been put on me.

‘It was alive… ‘

And thanks to my vision returning again.

She could sense that the person sleeping soundly in front of her was the person she was looking for. But paradoxically, the person in front of her was not the person she was looking for.

The soul is the same, yet different.

Because his memories were the same yet different.

The man in front of her was not the person she wanted to meet so much, but she did not want to meet him.

But still, Hiria was good.

Even though souls and memories are different.

His previous personality and righteous personality have not changed.

Because I felt great relief that I was still living like this.

‘Yucheon… ‘

Hiria carefully placed Yucheon’s head on her lap.

Hiria smiled at the sight of him sleeping soundly.

Recalling the memories from 500 years ago, I slowly and carefully brushed Yucheon’s hair.

A soft yet deep hand of affection touches him.

It’s been 500 years.

This is how I felt his warmth.

I thought I would never feel it again, and the years were filled with nothing but hatred.

To be honest, she still hated and hated the goddess like crazy.

In any case, he interfered with and sealed other party members, including himself.

Even if I wanted to have good feelings, I couldn’t.

but.

‘I still don’t know why the goddess sealed me here and interfered with me.’

I thought that maybe it was because he was alive like this.

The woman decided to forget about the goddess.

I was just satisfied with feeling his warmth for the first time in a long time.

She whispered softly in his ear.

“I love you.”

Just like 500 years ago.

I will love you forever.

A word with such meaning.

The woman then whispered to him, who was still sleeping soundly and could not hear.

Even though you don’t remember.

It’s a memory that only I remember.

Nevertheless, I will love you forever.

Because that was the last promise we made.

***

After some time had passed while being held by the woman’s hand.

I got off her lap.

My fatigue was gone, and I was worried about you and Sarah.

After roughly brushing the dirt off my body, I spoke to the woman who was still kneeling.

“Do you want to go together?”

The exact circumstances of the woman are unknown.

But what I knew for sure was that she wanted to get out of here.

So of course I thought you would accept my offer.

Contrary to my thoughts, the woman shook her head.

“It’s sealed so you can’t escape.”

“Ah.”

While treating the woman, I felt as if her soul was tied up somewhere.

At the time, I just passed by it, but it turned out that it was sealed.

‘But why is the wizard from the warrior party 500 years ago sealed here?’

A question suddenly occurred to me.

The question was why on earth was the wizard of the warrior party who captured the Demon King 500 years ago sealed here? No matter how much I thought about it, it was strange and incomprehensible.

I asked the woman to answer this question.

“Why is it sealed here?”

“Goddess.”

“… The goddess sealed it here?”

“uh.”

“Why on earth?”

Instead of answering, she smiled slightly.

I don’t know if that means he doesn’t want to answer or if he doesn’t know.

What was certain was that the goddess had sealed her.

‘Why on earth would the goddess have a warrior’s party…? ?’

The warrior party is not an evil group.

They captured the devil and saved the world.

Even if you listen to the words of the wizard of the current hero party, it is without the power of the goddess.

Wouldn’t it be right to give at least a huge award?

But why did the goddess seal the wizard of the warrior party?

I sighed at the incomprehensible situation.

‘So, are other party members also sealed?’

There is a possibility that only the wizard was sealed.

However, even though the wizard was sealed, I did not think that others would not have been sealed. There was no clear basis, but my intuition was screaming so.

“Perhaps… Can you tell me why the goddess sealed it?”

“Iyura… ”

She paused for a moment and looked at me.

An unknown emotion met her eyes and gaze.

It was after that that she opened her mouth.

“The price of going against the law.”

“It wasn’t Magi.”

500 years ago, I thought it might have been consumed by demonic energy and sealed by the goddess for some reason, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

‘Anyway, it’s the price you pay for going against the law.’

I pondered the meaning of the words.

To put it simply, rationality is like the rules of living in this world.

According to what the woman said, it meant that it was sealed like this because it had been violated.

“Then why?”

Did you go against the law?

When asked with such meaning, the woman answered.

“That’s… I can’t say it.”

The woman’s voice calmed down in an instant.

I was sure there was something.

But I couldn’t delve into it.

This is because the woman’s eyes, seen for a moment, contained overwhelming despair and sadness.

I don’t know what the reason was, but it was clear that it was definitely not a light matter.

‘If we sum up the situation.’

The woman was sealed here by the goddess in return for going against the law of nature.

And for some reason, the current situation was that it had been infiltrated by demonic energy.

‘The only remaining question is the mark I saw when I came here.’

The mark symbolizing the goddess of light and the mark symbolizing the devil coexist at the same time.

Is this also related to this incident?

My head hurt from the questions that continued so endlessly that I couldn’t figure out the end.

I just can’t figure out what’s going on. I just wanted to restore the disrupted causality. My mind was confused as questions about things I could not have predicted came up.

I calmly cooled down my brain, which seemed to be cooking quickly, and asked.

“Then Magi… ?”

“I don’t know that. At some point, it was engulfed in demonic energy. I don’t have all my memories from when I was alive either. All I remember is that the goddess sealed me, and I was stuck here, hating that goddess.”

Although it wasn’t the same as before, I could feel a subtle anger coming from the woman.

It wasn’t simply due to demonic energy; she was purely angry at the goddess.

The goddess who sealed herself.

I asked the woman again.

“Do you still hate me?”

“No. I don’t hate anymore. Something more important than hating has come to be.”

The woman smiled brightly.

I couldn’t figure out how she felt, but one thing I knew for sure was that she was truly happy.

I looked at her smile and then turned my gaze to the ceiling for a moment.

And then he spat it out.

“I have decided what to do next.”

Originally, the plan was to eliminate causality and leave immediately.

But this time, my plans changed slightly.

“I have to find out.”

Heck, that was 500 years ago.

We will find out what happened between the warrior party, the demon king, and the goddess.

“So, let’s go together.”

Relationship with the warrior party 500 years ago.

She didn’t tell me everything, but there might be things she didn’t know.

So shouldn’t she know too?

At least I thought she should know first before I did.

However, the woman only smiled at my suggestion and shook her head again.

“Even if I want to go, I can’t.”

“Are you talking about the seal?”

“Yes.”

“If that’s the case, don’t worry.”

Could it be that I suggested it again without even knowing that?

No matter how much she was sealed, there was a way.

All I wanted to know about her was the answer to my question.

“Because I have a way. So just give me the answer. Are you going together?”

I held out my hand to the woman.

The question of whether you will come with me or not.

In response, the woman smiled and held my hand.

“Good. I’ll go.”

“Good.”

I burst out laughing.

Is it because it was a warrior party 500 years ago?

It was also refreshing.

I pulled the woman’s hand to help her stand up and spoke.

“Then let’s go out. This damn place.”

It was finally time to leave this historic site.