episode_0077

Beneath the dark sky, her radiant figure shone so beautifully.

I couldn’t help but continue to gaze at her.

And so, as I looked at Silia with even the flames extinguished in my right hand.

She was smiling brightly, driving away the darkness of the world, spreading bright light like the rising sun.

Turning her gaze away from me, she continued speaking.

“Dilpang, I’m sorry. Did you suffer a lot because of me? But now, it will be okay. Don’t worry.”

Due to significant bleeding, my vision blurred, and moreover, I couldn’t see her face as she turned her head.

I couldn’t discern the expression on Silia’s face.

Yet somehow… her back seemed a bit lonely.

Watching her back, appearing empty and lonely like the dawn sky with cold winds blowing.

Silia, who was hesitating slightly, unable to continue speaking.

Taking my trembling hand in hers, she added, “And… I’ve been sorry all this time. We haven’t known each other for long, but every time I met you, I complained and annoyed you for no reason, right? The annoying fellow will disappear now, so everything will be fine.”

“Silia, why are you suddenly saying such things that aren’t like you?”

“I just… wanted to thank you, Dilpang. Anyway! Dilpang, what I want to say is… that the time spent with you wasn’t bad at all!”

“What… What is this…”

The bleeding is severe.

My strength has reached its limit.

Regeneration has long ceased, and my left arm has become impossible to move.

My legs continue to tremble, and my breathing is rough.

Furthermore, my magic power is completely depleted now.

There is truly no way out now.

The only fortunate thing is that the sun is beginning to rise.

The problem is that Abraham won’t leave us alone until then.

So, wiping the blood flowing from my mouth, I shouted to her.

“Ha… Ha… Silia, it’s really lucky that you’re getting up now. But it’s dangerous to stay here. So, if you have the strength, run away now!”

“…..”

“…Silia?”

A sense of unease… an inexplicable sense of unease floods my mind.

In fact, I felt strange since encountering Silia.

I don’t know what it is.

Is it because of the blood flowing from my head, or am I just exhausted?

I don’t know what this unease is.

But still, I can tell that something is off.

The current Silia is strange.

It’s absurd for the guy who was just lying injured on the ground to suddenly get up.

Moreover, moving like that without the injury properly healed… either Silia is pushing herself too hard right now, or there’s some special condition at play.

As if confirming my suspicions, Abraham, holding a crimson sword, slowly approaches us and speaks.

“Clearly, your arms and legs have been rendered useless. Silia, how are you able to move?”

“…..”

“It seems like your injuries haven’t fully healed… How did you escape from the shackles in the first place?”

“….”

Silia didn’t respond to Abraham.

As if her actions were the answer, Silia began to assume a stance.

As she did, the blood flowing from her injured shoulder gathered at her fingertips, gradually forming a crimson hand.

“Silia, stop this futile resistance. What you’re doing now is rendering that human fellow’s actions futile.”

“…No. If I kill you here, Tilbang can survive.”

Her hands, now even larger as they were drenched in her blood, flew towards Abraham to attack.

No, while flying, she suddenly changed direction and started coming at me.

“····!!”

Having no strength left to move, I was hit by the sudden attack she launched.

In the end, I was thrown out far away from Silia.

Rolling on the rough ground, my body became a mess.

I couldn’t collapse.

Because I didn’t understand.

Why would Silia attack me? Why would she do such a thing?

But what puzzled me more was that her attack didn’t really hurt.

So, I tried to move my legs again to approach her, but my legs just trembled weakly, refusing to cooperate.

Even if I wanted to stand up, I couldn’t.

I couldn’t walk, run, or move forward.

So, with my right arm that wouldn’t move properly, I started crawling slowly across the ground.

However, it seemed like Silia didn’t want me to get closer.

She began to move further away from me.

No matter how much I tried to reach her, I couldn’t.

If I stretched my arm, it felt like I could reach her.

If I reached out, it was within reach.

“Silia! What are you doing!! Run away now!!”

But even my voice couldn’t reach her.

So, in an attempt to reach her, I moved forward.

If you can’t run, walk.

If you can’t walk, crawl.

Keep moving, never stop.

Slowly but surely.

As I moved forward to reach her, the moment I got close to Silia,

She turned back and whispered softly to me.

But I couldn’t hear what she was saying clearly.

So, even if I tried to read her lips to understand what she was saying,

I couldn’t see anything.

I thought I was getting closer to her, but the closer I got to Silia, the further she seemed to drift away.

But I can’t give up.

I promised to change things.

Everyone should be there at the happy ending I aimed for.

I wanted everyone to be smiling in the end.

I can’t give up here.

So, I moved forward.

But at that moment.

-Boom!!

A massive explosion occurred where Silia was.

….

Abraham, holding a red sword, approached Silia with his black cloak fluttering.

As if unleashing the anger he had been holding back, he raised his voice and shouted at her.

“Silia, what are you doing right now?”

“….”

“I tried to see what mischief you were up to, but is this eruption all you’ve got now?”

Silia adjusted her stance and scattered blood in the air.

“Now not even a smile comes out.”

The blood scattered in the air soon turned into sharply forged spears, heading towards Abraham’s heart.

“Becoming a blood-craving monster without reason, that is truly the ending you desired.”

Avoiding the raining spears, Abraham approached Silia.

“Silia, have you given up on becoming human now?”

“….”

“You’ve made an irreversible choice. You will now become a monster, neither human nor vampire. Everyone will leave you, Silia.”

Ignoring his words, Silia continued to attack Abraham.

“No matter what you think of that guy, eventually he will leave your side too.”

Even as her shoulders tore apart and terrible wounds appeared on her legs… Silia did not stop.

“Running towards death while destroying even your own vessel.”

Even as her shoulder was pierced by the projectiles he sent, and her leg was pierced, she kept moving forward.

“Are you really satisfied with that?

Abraham continued to hurl blood-made projectiles at her.

And in the end, Silia could no longer move forward.

“Falling from such an attack. Seems like I overestimated you.”

I could only watch the scene helplessly.

“…Tsk, got too excited after a long time. Thanks to that, I made a foolish mistake unlike myself.”

“Now, this tool is unusable. This is my fault… Falling from this level. Couldn’t even handle that person’s blood in the first place.”

Then, he looked towards where the academy was and began muttering to himself.

“The retrieval of the vessel has failed. And it’s about time.”

Saying so, Abraham began to conceal himself within the shadows.

However, in that fleeting moment, someone’s magic grazed his arm.

Yet, that attack alone couldn’t stop Abraham from moving.

Eventually, Abraham vanished into the shadows.

And the one who attacked Abraham began to approach Silia.

A middle-aged male wizard with gray hair and a rather robust body.

Looking down at Silia with golden glowing pupils, he addressed me.

“I sensed a significant magical disturbance here and hurried over. But… seems like I’m a bit late.”

“First, you need some healing.”

With the headmaster’s words being the last thing I heard, I lost consciousness.

….

And when I opened my eyes again.

I found myself lying in the same hospital room as before.

“….”

“Gasp! Doctor! Bern woke up over here!”

Beside me, Elisha in her school uniform was calling for the doctor.

I simply gazed endlessly at the white ceiling.”