episode_0062

The tears never stopped flowing, and her heart was worn away by the endless repetition of self-blame, but the changing world did not wait for Ariel.

The world that illuminated the academy had already changed into a snowy village. And in the distance, Ariel can be seen walking around the village and talking with Venice.

“Clog…Clog.”

The image of oneself continuing to cough, and the image of Venice looking at it with pity. Obviously… it was before the cold got worse.

At that time, I felt a foreign energy inside my coughing body. It’s similar to the dark magic I can feel now, but it feels a little different.

how. Why do I feel a strange energy coming from me?

“……”

Venice is suddenly seen looking at herself closely.

Why… why do you look so miserable? no way…

“No… please don’t do that…”

“I’ll give you a pat on the back.”

Despite Ariel’s screams, Venice still placed her hand on Ariel’s back. Soon, dark energy comes out of his body and begins to be absorbed into Venice’s body.

Although she denied that it couldn’t happen and that it had to happen, Venice eventually absorbed the energy into her own body.

Ariel’s complexion from the past suddenly brightens, and at the same time, Venice’s complexion darkens.

“….cough.”

Venice coughs slightly, and a little blood leaks out. Ariel, looking at that scene, feels heartbreaking pain and guilt.

“Ah…ah…”

What he thought was a cold that came and went in an instant was something similar to the dark magic that remained in his body.

Strangely enough, every time Venice pats and caresses my back, I feel like my body is getting better. I was grateful for Venice and a new interest arose.

However, the cold did not disappear, but Venice absorbed the energy that was consuming Ariel’s body.

You probably know that if you absorb energy, your body will break down.

When another truth she didn’t know was revealed, Ariel broke down again.

Ariel’s legs gave out and she sank to the floor, reaching out with trembling hands toward the past Ariel.

“Please… look back…”

Look back even now. Look at the complexion of Venice behind you now.

You can guess it. The condition got better in an instant, and another person’s complexion worsened.

If you look back even now, you can turn back. So please look back… Please.

“No… no…!”

But, of course, that cry could not be heard by the Ariel of the past. The hateful self from the past continues to walk with an expressionless expression as usual.

Without even noticing the sad smile of Venice following behind.

“Ugh…Ahh…!”

“…I think you understand my feelings at least a little.”

I look at Ariel with a hateful past walking away without even noticing the sacrifice of Venice.

Ariel hit the floor and cried, and the angel stared at her past self, shedding tears quietly.

Taaaak-!

The world changes again. It was my room, something I was very familiar with in Snowpil Village.

“Cough… Cough…”

The image of Ariel in the past, suffering from a severe headache and burning heat all over her body, her family looking down on her with concern, and Venice looking on silently.

Eventually, only my past self and Venice remained in the room. As Ariel from the past falls asleep, Venice smiles sadly. And then he quickly puts on a determined expression.

“No… don’t do that…! Don’t do that…!”

“Cluck…cluck..”

“Aaaaa…!!”

Ariel falls into grief as she sees her past self sleeping and Venice absorbing energy while coughing up blood.

As Venice’s complexion worsens and the frequency of vomiting blood increases, the energy in her body gradually disappears. And in Venice, the energy begins to be clearly felt, and it gradually builds up.

stop. Please stop. You are killing yourself.

Stop it. I cried out to him to please take my hands off the disgusting person and ran to Venice and tried to touch him, but I couldn’t reach him.

“Black…Ugh…”

Realizing that no matter how hard she tried, there was no way to reach the Venice of the past and herself, Ariel sat down and could only stare blankly at the sight.

Time passes so quickly. One day, two days, three days pass.

Venice always sits next to the fallen person and absorbs his energy without stopping even for a moment.

Even in the evening after finishing nursing, he goes out alone to find the warlocks, defeat them, and rescue the victims.

He was a hero so devoted that anyone could believe him, even if he was a fool.

That’s how time passes. At one point, Venice’s eyes shake and she becomes restless. The reason was because he suddenly left for the imperial family.

“If this happens… I don’t have time to treat…”

Even though it is a process that damages Venice’s own body, you can see his expression and words that prioritize the fact that he was unable to absorb the energy.

Seeing this incomprehensible devotion drives another nail into Ariel’s heart and tears flow.

Then, Venice packs her bags and starts heading to Snowpil Village. After giving friendly greetings to her acquaintances in the village, Venice soon changed into a warlock’s robe with a nervous expression and began heading to the highest roof in the village.

Venice begins to look down on the town without blinking an eye. He was anxious about when the warlocks would attack, and continued surveillance, even skipping meals.

Venice didn’t leave until the next night. At that time, dark magic began to bloom from all around Snowpil Village.

It was time for all the village residents to sleep, and no one noticed the dark magic.

However, dark magic blooms quickly. If we knock on every door as quickly as possible right now to wake people up, it will already be too late.

Venice, looking around, begins to run towards the orphanage. Collect various flammable substances and burn them.

The noise made by the explosion and collapse of the orphanage, which had begun to burn, caused people to run out of their homes in fright.

When people discovered the orphanage starting to burn, they rushed to the homes of their neighbors, and soon residents from all villages gathered.

Venice discovers the fire and begins to deal with the running warlocks. The group of warlocks blocking the evacuating residents were also completely defeated.

Afterwards, after confirming that the residents were evacuating, Venice began to search for the remaining warlocks inside the village and deal with them one by one.

“…….!”

Meanwhile. A huge amount of black magic rises from the center of the village. As Venice ran to the center, a powerful warlock greeted him.

After chatting for a while, they soon entered into battle. At first, the warlock had the upper hand, but Venice, who caught the warlock off guard and then reversed the black magic, took the victory.

The face of the warlock seen behind the broken mask was a face that Ariel also knew.

Carl Bent. That disgusting squire was even a warlock. Venice sent away Carl Bent, who was ugly until the end.

“…..No…”

And right after that. Kale and Fria are angry, and themselves are revealed with a disgusted expression.

Without knowing the truth, they just explode with anger at what they see in front of their eyes. Ariel was disgusted by that sight.

As soon as he saw them, his eyes began to shake violently. He was the one who caught Venice, who was trying to quickly run away because he had to rush to join the meeting.

In the end, Venice’s face is revealed by his magic, and he can see himself not even trying to listen to Venice’s attempts to explain.

“Don’t do that…. Venice is not that kind of person…”

Even at Ariel’s small sobs, Ariel from the past pushes Venice away. Venice endured the criticism silently.

There was no more time for Venice. In order to stop the warlocks’ plans, we had to move now.

“….I’m sorry.”

In the end, Venice chose to save many people at the cost of sacrificing herself.

My friends and I, who didn’t even notice that, cursed, criticized, and hated Venice.

They disparage and criticize the noble sacrifice of a person who was more pure and good than anyone else. In a situation that would have been unfair even for a saint, Venice sacrificed herself for herself and her friends.

How much it must have hurt Venice to endure that criticism alone in silence. How painful it must have been to have your noble sacrifice be belittled and ignored with just a few words.

Venice ran away. Hot tears flowed from his eyes, and he kept saying he was sorry.

So time passes again. Venice pretended to be Carl Bent and infiltrated the warlock’s leadership.

We see him letting go of his anger by making endless efforts to save everyone at the cost of sacrificing himself.

We see Venice hiding among the disgusting warlocks, trying to please them and holding back her emotions.

What was I doing back then?

When Venice sacrificed her life, I disparaged him with disgusting delusions and distrust of Venice.

“…Ha…Haha…”

I am a moron. Everything he did was for others rather than for himself, and was a noble sacrifice, but he didn’t even notice it.

He even distrusted and hated Venice, which saved him by sacrificing his own body.

A bastard who threw away the benefactor who saved his life several times.

An idiot who couldn’t even understand the truth because of his foolish thoughts.

That kind of human trash was me.