episode_0028

“Then let’s go out. This damn place.”

The moment you pull out your sword like that.

“Wait a minute.”

The woman suddenly stopped me.

When I looked at the woman asking why, she laughed.

“Wasn’t there a colleague who came with you?”

“Oh, that’s right.”

They almost destroyed the entire historic site because they had forgotten about it.

It’s a good thing she told me first, otherwise I would have unintentionally buried him alive.

“Sounds stupid. Now, catch it.”

A woman gives me her hand.

When I looked at her wondering what it meant, the woman shrugged her shoulders.

“Shouldn’t I go find my colleague? Now that I look at it, it’s nearby so I tried to go through space movement. It’s more convenient than just going in person, right?”

“It’s definitely true, but… But there’s no reason to hold hands when moving through space, right?”

No matter how much I don’t know about magic, I do know that I don’t need to hold hands to move through space.

That’s why I found her words puzzling.

“Shut up and catch me.”

“Yes.”

As her gaze grew bloodier, I had no choice but to catch her without any further excuses.

It was so brutal that I instantly got goosebumps all over my body.

“Hold on tight.”

I hurriedly gave his hand a squeeze, thinking that he might be staring at me once again.

At the same time, along with the sensation of my body floating, my vision changes dramatically.

‘It’s been a while, this feeling.’

Space magic to move to another space.

My former colleague was also able to use space-travel magic, so he often experienced this.

Maybe it’s because it’s been a while since I experienced it, but I felt quite nostalgic.

As I was immersed in nostalgia for the past, my vision had already returned.

When I returned to sight, what appeared was the appearance of Sarah and the old man.

They looked like they were intensively examining the four statues and various traces.

‘Anyway, is the statue a warrior’s party?’

It seemed certain considering the location and the fact that there was a statue resembling a woman’s face.

I asked her, leaving behind the two of us who didn’t even know we were there.

“What kind of space is it?’

“A place created to remember old places. I created this place because I didn’t want to forget my colleagues. There’s nothing in particular. There are only a few traces to remember the past. Those traces are actually nothing special. Because it’s just a remnant. No one remembers or wants to know.”

There was loneliness on the woman’s lips.

Loneliness and solitude.

I said with a smile as I saw the feeling of deprivation at having fought desperately but not even having proper records left.

“Well. I don’t think so.”

The woman looked puzzled at my words.

Instead of answering, I pointed to the old man.

The old man had no idea who was around him and was trying desperately to interpret and understand the traces.

I sweat like a waterfall and my body is shaking.

Anyone who sees him would think he’s about to collapse at any moment.

The old man looked at the remnants of the past without stopping.

“Writings about the heroes left behind in the world went on a journey and defeated the devil. This is it. Only a few people want to know more, and even those who do give up quickly. But do you think the old man in front of you is that kind of person?”

“… ”

She shook her head instead of answering.

I smiled at him.

“The old man said that when I came here. If we are here because of the sacrifices of the past, isn’t it right that we should remember them? He said that since he is a scholar, he has a duty to find out their records and make them known to the world.”

“… You are a rare human being in this world.”

“A rare human being. But wouldn’t there be a reason to save the world? Even though most people in the world do not even remember them properly and do not even compensate them. I wonder if we feel pride and value in the fact that the world was saved thanks to these very few people. What do you think?”

The woman was silent for a moment.

I looked at the old man and Sarah quietly with an expression that I couldn’t tell what they were thinking.

Soon he smiled brightly.

“Me too. I feel like my colleagues and I didn’t do anything in vain. I feel that the world is still worth living in.”

“You too?”

We were looking at the future generations with strange eyes.

One was young and one was old.

The passion coming from both of them was second to none.

‘Thank you so much.’

If you think about it, she and I are not people from the current world.

It was a remnant that should have disappeared from the past.

A remnant that will only leave a trace of defeating the devil in history.

But thanks to these people.

People like her and me are remembered again by the world.

“By the way, you don’t know my name?”

I’m looking at you happily.

she asked me

I smiled awkwardly at her question.

As they say, it’s because I don’t know the name.

It was natural since she didn’t say her name, but somehow my conscience pricked me for not knowing. There’s nothing to be stung by.

She laughed at me like that, then turned around and opened her mouth.

“Hyria. That’s my name. Can’t you just forget it?”

“Of course.”

It wasn’t difficult to memorize, just the name was easy.

However, Hiria was looking at me with untrustworthy eyes as if she did not think so.

“Why?”

When asked in a voice full of resentment, Hiria shook her head.

“You have to be able to trust it.”

“I don’t think there’s anything I can’t believe.”

I wouldn’t know if I showed my untrustworthy side.

On the contrary, it was quite absurd to be treated like this even though I was only repaying his trust.

“Hmm? Has that person already forgotten once?”

“You forgot? This is the first time you’ve heard it, right?”

“Then it must be like that.”

I was curious about those words, as if there was something that only I knew about.

Hiria turns her head as if she has no intention of answering any more.

“Rather than that, I think it would be better to explain the situation to those two quickly, right?”

“That should be it.”

Let’s leave the truth about the name for later.

We had to start by explaining the situation to the two who still hadn’t noticed our presence.

“Young Master.”

“… ”

There was no answer.

This meant that he was so focused that he could not even recognize the voice calling him, even though a considerable amount of time had passed.

‘I don’t want to touch anything right now.’

Given the situation, I had to come to my senses.

I walked up to the old man and tapped him.

Only then did the old man look back at me.

Sarah also came to her senses.

The old man looked back and forth between me and Hiria behind me.

Although he obviously didn’t realize the situation properly, he must have realized that the woman behind him was the wizard from the warrior party 500 years ago.

Tears flowed from the old man’s eyes.

The old man knelt before Hiria and bowed his head, biting his lips hard to somehow suppress his tears.

The hat the old man was wearing fell down.

However, the old man put his head on the ground and said, as if he didn’t care about that.

“… Thank you for protecting the world… I wanted to give it to you… ”

“… I never thought we would meet, I never even dreamed of it. Nevertheless… If I ever meet one, I wanted to tell you… For protecting the world… thank you… ”

“… ”

Hearing what the old man said, Hiria said nothing for a moment.

However, her smiling expression replaced the answer.

Hiria said to the old man.

“Thank you.”

“No… ”

When such a touching atmosphere is created.

Sarah didn’t know what to do, so she just stood there looking around.

Hyria’s gaze turned to Sera.

Sarah rolled her eyes here and there and struggled to open her mouth.

“I… It’s not like that guy, though. still… I’ve seen it a lot in fairy tales. So I respect you… Oh?”

“Ah.”

Hyria sighed and leaned slightly toward me.

She suddenly leaned towards me and said.

“So cute… ”

“Eolssi-gu. Grandma, you can’t do this here… Billion!”

The pinch pain was quite painful.

Obviously, most attacks wouldn’t feel pain, but seeing the pain, it seemed like the fingers were filled with magic.

“I’m still young.”

Hiria glared at me as if telling me to retract that statement immediately.

But it wasn’t for me to back down from here.

“You’re a grandmother. Since she is a person from 500 years ago, is she a grandmother?”

“… ”

puck!

This time I kicked it.

Is it because of how I feel that it reminds me of when I was alive?

I’m sure I was treated like this back then…

‘Kuhhh… ‘How did my situation end up like this?’

It seemed like wherever I went, I was destined to end up like this.

Should we just give up and accept it now?

“I… however… What are you two related to? ?”

Sera, who was looking at me and Hiria, asked.

I tried to tell him that he was my companion, but Hiria covered my mouth before saying that.

“Lover.”

“???”

A question mark appeared on Sarah’s face.

However, my face was no different from Sarah’s.