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The fight between Erdi and Helbert went in Erdi’s favor.

Although the two showed quite equal momentum in the beginning.

At some point, Helbert’s strength weakened.

The momentum has clearly decreased.

Erdi, who did not miss such an opportunity, pushed quickly.

As a result, Erdi was able to secure victory.

Now all that remains is the finish.

Erdi said while looking at Helbert, who was kneeling and bleeding.

“Do you have any last words?”

“… ”

Helbert said nothing.

I just laughed to myself like a crazy person.

Erdi frowned and raised his sword.

I tried to listen to his last words out of respect for the past, but looking at his condition, it seemed like I couldn’t do that.

“Goodbye.”

It was the moment when Erdi swung his sword to finish.

Suddenly, magical energy pours out of Helbert’s body.

Is this the last struggle?

Erdi quickly widened the distance and looked before being caught up in the magical energy.

Contrary to expectations, the Magi gushing out of Helbert did not show much of a threat.

Does it feel like something is missing?

Seeing that the surging demon energy quickly disappeared, it seemed closer to extinction rather than struggling. Thinking that it wouldn’t be a big threat, Erdi relaxed his guard a little and observed the situation.

About 5 minutes into his observation.

Helbert’s body suddenly began to change.

My body joints became distorted, my height became shorter, and my physique changed.

It’s a sight that makes you wonder if that’s really possible.

The beard disappeared and the white hair turned black and grew longer.

‘woman… ?’

Helbert was turning into a woman.

Even as I was wondering what on earth was going on, Helbert’s appearance changed even more, and now he was completely transformed into that of a woman.

‘Who is it.’

I walked closer to see who it was.

He was slowly approaching the woman, wary of any possible threat, but as soon as he saw her face, all thought circuits stopped for an instant.

He even let go of the sword he was holding in his hand, and his whole body, including his hands, was shaking.

He very slowly and carefully caressed the woman’s cheek and spoke in a trembling voice.

“Harwen… ?”

Harwen.

He is his younger brother whom he cherishes and cherishes.

On that day two years ago, the child no longer exists in this world due to the Verdium Massacre.

“Ha, why Harwen?”

I heard that they all died at that time.

I personally checked everything, including the bodies.

The sight of the family being horribly torn to shreds.

I still feel dizzy just thinking about that time.

That’s why I just thought he was dead…

‘It’s alive…’ ?’

No matter how you look at it, it was Harwen.

Even the frowning eyes and chewing habits while sleeping.

Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t.

‘… no. You need to come to your senses. There’s no guarantee that it’s the real Harwen.’

Not where it was found.

Suddenly Helbert turned into Harwen.

No matter how much I looked at it, it didn’t make sense, and it was clear that there was something there.

but.

‘… ‘

His senses are crying out.

His instincts, having lived with Harwen for a long time, were crying out.

The thing in front of you is Harwen.

He said that she was the family member and precious sister he had wanted to see so much.

He bit his lip hard to somehow suppress that instinctive cry.

I couldn’t hold back the tears that were flowing.

‘Sigh… ‘

This is the younger brother I miss and think about every day.

It was so painful when my younger brother came out of my nightmares.

In my dream, my younger brother was dying and I could only watch.

however.

Right in front of you like this.

Harwen appeared.

I couldn’t control my emotions.

I wasn’t so cold-blooded that I couldn’t change my emotions when I saw my younger brother, whom I missed so much and felt sorry for, in front of me like this.

It didn’t matter to him whether the Harwen in front of him was real or fake.

The only thing that mattered was that it was Harwen.

Erdi hugged Harwen and burst into tears for a long time.

***

I saw Erdi shedding tears a short distance away.

He was crying so desperately that he wanted everyone to leave the world.

‘Is it Harwen?’

I saw a woman sleeping soundly in his arms.

His younger brother, who obviously couldn’t be alive.

Harwen was in his arms.

I don’t know why.

However, what we can know to some extent is the possibility that Harwen in Erdi’s arms may be fake.

No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t make sense for someone with a corpse to suddenly be alive like this.

‘I don’t know the exact situation, but who was he fighting with?’

However, considering that the enemy is not visible right now, I wonder if it is some kind of plan from the enemy.

If it were the same as before, people would curse at me and say it’s fake, but…

I couldn’t do that now.

‘How do you say that?’

That day two years ago.

Erdi’s family members died in that incident.

Erdida even personally checked the bodies of his family members.

‘I blamed myself and had a hard time back then.’

Naturally, all kinds of emotions would be swirling around me as my dear sister, my deceased family member, is still alive. What can I really say to a guy like that?

It could be a trap, so it could be dangerous?

That sounds funny.

Right now, I was unable to properly shake off the death of Arina and Master until recently and was ignoring reality.

Do I have the right to say that to that guy?

Even if it was there, it shouldn’t have been that way.

I know very well how sad and difficult the death of a loved one is.

So, regardless of whether Harwen is real or fake, at least at this moment.

I had to wait for him to get some of his feelings out.

***

Four hours had passed since Erdi held Harwen and shed tears.

I just watched without making any sign or sound. When Erdi seemed to be feeling somewhat better, he made a sign. Erdi’s eyes turned to me.

Two red, bloodshot eyes.

This was the part where you could tell how much he cried.

“Did you come…? ”

“Did you know?”

“Just… I feel like you would just be watching from nearby… ”

How did know.

I stuck my tongue out at the sight of him recognizing me like a ghost.

“So what happened?”

I asked Erdi.

Erdi looked at Harwen for a moment and then picked her up.

“What we’re talking about here is a bit different… Let’s go to the place you forced us to go… ”

“When you say that, it makes me feel like I’m such a bad person.”

“That’s right.”

I was annoyed that I could say no.

I can’t dig this out now.

I sighed and headed towards the house I had been forced into.

It’s a cabin so it’s not that big, but it’s enough for three people with plenty of room to spare.

So I headed to the cabin and arrived there.

After putting Harwen on the bed for a while, we started talking.

“Now, explain it to me properly. What is Harwen again? Where has the enemy gone again?”

“That… ”

Erdi’s explanation follows.

After listening to his explanation, I was left speechless for a while.

‘No, the enemy you were fighting suddenly turned into Harwen right before he died?’

Is this even possible?

No matter how much I thought about it, it was a story that was difficult to understand.

There was no reason for Erdi to lie to me.

I turned my gaze and looked at Harwen.

‘No matter how you look at it, it’s Harwen.’

After awakening his power as a warrior.

One of the things my body has changed is.

One of them is being able to see the color of another person’s soul.

In a word, you can tell whether someone is a bad person or a good person.

Of course, it is not absolute, and even if the color of the soul is good, one can commit bad deeds.

Even though the color of the soul was evil, there were many times when one committed good deeds.

But that doesn’t mean it has no use at all.

Basically, this is because it helps in judging that person.

‘And when I saw it, the color of Harwen’s soul was so clear.’

He is a very kind-hearted guy.

It was something I knew because I had seen it several times in the past.

‘But if he really turned into Harwen and it was a trap, the soul can’t be like this.’

Actions that do not simply affect one’s nature are recorded in the soul and fade away.

When you think about it, the color of his soul is so black that it must be the soul of the abyss itself.

However, the color of the soul was so clear.

It was too elaborate to be considered a fake trap set by him.

Even if it was a trap, it was so vague and strange.

When we put this all together, what we can know for sure is:

‘In other words, there is a very high probability that Harwen is indeed Harwen.’

In fact, it was safe to say with certainty that it was 99%.

It’s really Harwen.

Then, there was only one thing left.

Ask Harwen, the person involved.

It was a moment when I thought that since I wasn’t in particularly good shape, I would wake up right away if I just waited.

“Hmm?”

Harwen’s closed eyes opened.