episode_0068

I often feel when I come here that the world is different from the movies. I wanted to close Amor’s eyes, but he soon opened them as if he was squinting.

Rigor mortis causes muscles to relax.

Even though I know this, I feel so helpless that I can’t even close the lion’s eyes. In the end, I just received it from this person.

“I will do the transport.”

“It’s difficult to do it alone. Let’s do it together.”

“It’s okay.”

Grace picks up Amor’s body and leaves the room.

As someone who only received things, I thought I had to do something, so I followed in Grace’s footsteps.

“I plan to scatter the bone meal of Amor all over Pangea.”

Everywhere?

“Is there anything I can help you with?”

“There is no need to help. Amor will be happy just by observing.”

As we exited the fourth space, the sun rising in the sky welcomed us. Grace started climbing the mountain with Amor in her arms.

Since I was also strangely light, I was able to follow them more easily than yesterday. We didn’t say anything while we were going.

They did not burn Amor’s body.

Amor, who was held by Grace, was gradually reduced to powder.

Like a dry tree that has lost its vitality.

In this way, Amor began to spread across the southern region, riding the wind created by Grace.

Grace quietly held Amor and watched the powder fly.

Her mouth is dry.

[···Dragon. Please allow it.]

A breeze blew from somewhere.

Clouds emerge from the wind and sweep in all directions with Grace as the central axis. Soon the sky became clear without a single cloud.

Something is massaging nature.

“Louis. Please warm the soul of this poor man with your power.

Diana. Please use your power to illuminate this poor person so that they do not get lost in the darkness.

Mercurius. By your power, help this poor man to smile throughout the world.

Venus. With your love, help this poor person to love and be loved…”

Woe!

A gentle breeze blows.

Bone powder began to flutter across Pangea on the breeze. Grace’s shoulders were trembling slightly as she looked at the sky. For a long time.

Tuk-tuk!

Amor’s form collapsed in Grace’s arms.

The breeze stole away all of Amor’s bones.

“···Thank you for your hard work.”

“Thank you for your visit.”

In contrast to her trembling back, Grace looked at me with a calm expression.

“I plan to make a special container so that you can control the amount when drinking Amor’s blood.”

“···Thank you.”

“It’s nothing special.”

After the simple yet solemn funeral ceremony, Grace took the lead and began heading towards the village.

*

As soon as I arrived, I felt a headache.

Because Elysia was fidgeting around the illusion of me lying on the bed instead of me. As soon as Grace enters the medical center, Elysia rushes in.

“Hey! Si-hyeon won’t open his eyes!”

I left the very excited Elysia behind and quietly touched my illusion. It feels like skin, is warm and soft like human skin. Glancing at Grace, it seems that she is watching closely and is telling me to sit down quickly.

“What’s going on?”

“You said you would come back in a day?!”

As I sat down on the bed, the illusion quickly disappeared.

Now! I quickly crawled into bed. At the sound of her hitting the bed, Elysia turns to look at me.

I just froze.

“Ugh, what’s wrong?”

“You, you bastard! Are you pretending to faint?!”

“Yes? no. I just woke up. What are you talking about?”

I stopped pretending and looked at Elysia with the most innocent expression possible. I’m sorry, but I can’t help it. Eventually, I turned my gaze to Grace with an expression that made Elysia feel guilty.

“Hey, won’t you just die like that if you do that?”

“To solve the problem, I have obtained a drinkable medicine, so if you take it consistently, there will be no problem.”

Grace brought a container that looked like a syringe, mixed Amor’s blood in the magically created water, and held it out to me.

A syringe is a very useful item.

I should try to get a few more if possible.

“If you drink it, you will feel much better.”

“Thank you.”

Since I knew what was in it, I took it and drank it.

I feel like my body is getting better. It must actually be getting better. On the contrary, my heart feels a little heavy───.

“Heook──?!”

Suddenly, my heart began to ache.

why? Why does my heart suddenly hurt? Is this a precursor to a heart attack? It wasn’t like this before…?

“Uh···Ugh···.”

I can’t control the moan that escapes my lips.

The expression on Elysia’s face when she looks at me is grim.

“Huh? What’s wrong with you?”

“Maybe it’s because I haven’t gone to the bathroom in a while, but my stomach hurts a little…”

“If you stand up──!”

It doesn’t matter if you stand up.

Did that reassure Elysia? He reaches out his hand to stop me, but just stands awkwardly and looks at my back. Elysia withdrew her hand and sighed deeply.

“···Come back quickly.”

“Yes.”

I quickly ran out of the medical center and headed to a deserted corner of the lake. I couldn’t even take a few steps and collapsed against the wall.

“Huhuhhh······!”

It’s not heartbreaking. My heart ached so hard.

So tears flowed. I just didn’t want to show tears in front of Elysia.

“Are you feeling unwell?”

Did Grace also sense that something was unusual?

“My heart hurts…”

“Specifically, where and how does it hurt?”

My heart aches and feels cold.

But why?

“I don’t know. My heart aches.”

[index]

Why are you doing this all of a sudden?

This isn’t my first time eating this. If not, maybe there were some side effects? I looked at Grace. Because I thought she might know something. But Grace’s expression was still unreadable.

“Suddenly… Why is my heart doing this?”

It’s like being sad.

Yes. It was so sad that my heart broke.

“It’s putting a strain on my heart.”

“So…! Why…?!”

“Unknown. However, he seems sad.”

“Yes?”

“···My heart is crying.”

My heart is crying?

can not understand. Even as Edeline, who was speaking, I couldn’t understand it, so I couldn’t speak any further. The mind is not sad, but the aching heart only brings a sense of disconnection.

We’ve only known each other for a day.

Of course, Amor’s death isn’t sad, but it doesn’t hurt to this extent. But what exactly is this sorrow?

“This is my first time seeing this phenomenon. It may be a new side effect, so it is best not to drink sacred blood for the time being.”

“······Yes. That would be better.”

Suddenly, a foolish thought occurred to me that this blood might contain Amor’s emotions.

*

The syringe that Grace handed over was no different from the syringes commonly used in hospitals, except that it did not have a needle.

That’s not surprising. Because the syringe is a rare completed design. As there was no plastic, this syringe was made of glass.

“Thank you. This and that, everything.”

“It’s nothing special.”

I took the syringe cap and sealed the syringe full of Amor’s blood.

Now for another question.

“Can gunpowder only create magic towers?”

“No.”

So why did they say that it was gunpowder provided by the Magic Tower when they arrested Deverg?

“When Deberg threw the bomb before, you caught him, right?”

“Gunpowder is an extremely dangerous substance, and when it is found to be used for purposes other than industry, industry, or seawater relief, the Magic Tower directly takes action and severely punishes it. What he threw was a mining bomb provided by Magic Tower.”

This means that the presence of firearms is not tolerated.

“Isn’t that interference in internal affairs?”

“Prior consent from all countries was obtained.”

······I can’t use gunpowder.

Can not help it. In the first place, it is obvious that even making a single gun barrel would be hard work with current steel manufacturing capabilities.

“Lastly, I have one more question.”

“What is it?”

“Before my memories came back, there was something Amor asked me. Is Dragonia coming to get me?”

“Why did Amor ask you that question?”

Grace looks at me intently.

······He is someone who knew my identity in the first place.

It would be okay if I told you.

“I lied that the reason I could speak the language of other demi-humans was because of Dragonia’s magic.”

“Your language has nothing to do with our Dragonia. Please keep this in mind.”

They are saying not to associate it with themselves.

As I learned after meeting Grace, Magic Tower is pathologically concerned about its public image. It’s as if I stole the name of that magic tower without permission.

From Grace’s perspective, he is no different from an imposter.

“I’m sorry. When other people ask, I have no way of explaining how I can speak another demi-human’s language. Do you know why I am like this?”

“The language you are using is Newspeak.”

Are you wearing them?

“What is Newspeak?”

“God’s words. It is the most primitive language, and once mastered, you can even communicate with beasts, dragons, and plants.”

“······.”

Talking to plants? Where in the world can you find such a word?

“In the first place, what I learned was human speech, right? What you hear also sounds like human language.”

“Newswords have no form. That is why familiar human language replaces the form.”

···I don’t know.

Thinking about it, it was quite a headache. Since when did you have this power? If I had had it since I was a child, I might have told my parents about it from the time I was a baby.

So I understand if you didn’t take me down the mountain. If you had been giggling and kicking your mother’s stomach since you were in her mother’s womb…

“Uuhuh···.”

There is no such thing as reincarnation of the devil.

I think I understand. This must be a gift from the devil. Perhaps because I was upset because I didn’t want anything, I lost a huge power that I couldn’t control.

“I think the reason Amor was mistaken about Dragonia is because we are creating a neutral autonomous region.”

“Ain autonomous district? ···Are you saying that the country’s land is being taken away and transferred to another sub-human?”

Grace nods.

“The land of Horus is wide. The dragon who protects Pangea wants all demi-humans to coexist peacefully. Therefore, the Magic Tower inherited its will and created an autonomous region for the alienated Ajin people, creating a place where they could live together.”

From the trolls’ point of view, who were divided among the southern demihumans, Dragonia’s visit must have been attractive.

I almost want to go there too.

Because Ain Borough is the place I always dreamed of coming here.

“Do you have any more questions?”

“No.”

Grace glanced over my body and stood up.

“It is time to retrieve the commandment. You may feel severe exhaustion, so please be careful.”

“Well written.”

Greas holds out his hand to me.

[dissolution]

“Oh my gosh…!”

It feels like someone is squeezing my body.

It felt like someone was stomping on my lungs, forcing the air out of them, and someone was grabbing my heart and squeezing it. My body was pressed down and sank into the bed.

“Because gravity control and muscle strengthening are too old, organs and muscles cannot adapt. If you lie down for a while, you will return to normal.”

“···Yes.”

As I catch my breath little by little, I feel like my body is returning to its original state, as Grace said. I can guarantee you that you will faint the moment you get up.

“Now that I think about it, you pushed away the rain clouds just to send Amor, right?”

“Yes.”

“Then when will it rain?”

“It comes within two weeks of the tenth day.”

From 11 to 2 weeks. The wound itself was all healed.

Well, it only takes a week to get back.

“Isn’t it pouring a lot?”

“The total precipitation itself will not change.”

“Yes? You mean it pours down like thunder all at once?”

“···Yes.”

If the rain clouds were pushed in, ten days of rain that had been postponed would fall in addition to a month’s worth. I think I understand why Grace asked the dragon for permission.

This rainy season will probably be the worst ever.

“If the village is washed away by floods, will you restore everything?”

“That will happen.”

I was upset. Thanks to you, I burst out laughing.

When I first saw it, it felt like a machine, but it’s amazing that I can now read its facial expressions at least a little.

“It’s a joke, a joke.”

“I’ll just go to my room.”

“See you tomorrow.”

“I hope you have a comfortable night.”

As Grace walked away, the curtain around her slowly disappeared like melting ice. I used to think there was no such thing as magic, but after going through this and seeing it with my own eyes, I had no choice but to believe it.

Science, which had always been with me, is now distant.

If I were to say that there were ghosts in an abandoned house, rather than saying it was a superstition, I would say there were really ghosts and wouldn’t I run away too?

When I think of traditional Korean ghosts, thoughts of Korea come to mind again. I still can’t extinguish the hope that I will be able to return home.

Elf, Naga, Lamia, Siren, Kobold, Centaur, Minotaur, Goblin, Troll, Mermaid…

Maybe one or two.

Monsters from myths and nursery rhymes all appear. There’s definitely some connection. How can I go back?

Even if we were to go back in the first place, it was a problem.

Since I don’t have a resident registration card and I look different, there’s no way my parents would recognize me, and I’ve already been erased from their memories.

Still, if I could go back…

While eating chicken, I watch movies I haven’t seen before, read webtoons, and play new games.

“Ugh.”

I felt like what I wanted to do when I went back was so trivial.

You shouldn’t think about it.