episode_0082

After giving a brief explanation to the Emperor.

I left the imperial palace.

Even then, I was still focused on the woman’s voice that had rang in my head earlier.

The woman’s voice was too familiar to just pass by and ignore, but it felt like it had been a long time since I heard it.

Should I say that I feel happy and nostalgic at the same time?

It seemed like something would come to mind, but it didn’t.

‘Who could it be…? ‘

I thought about it for a while, but nothing came to mind.

Since there was something I had to do first, I walked forward with the thought that I would think about it later.

The place I walked towards was where Lena was.

I went inside with a nostalgic feeling, as if it had been a long time since I had been here.

Inside, as always, Lena was working.

As soon as Lena saw me, her eyes widened.

“Are you here?”

“Uh. Are you doing well?”

“Yes. The problem is that I’m busier than usual. Because of what happened just now.”

Not even a day has passed since the demon was cast out, but at least 7 hours have passed.

Due to the strange phenomenon of dark clouds covering the entire sky and the light I showed spreading throughout the entire area, the stories and events about me will probably overflow so much that they will explode.

“Now… The Pope told me to come see him when I have time. In particular, Ilen is stubborn and says she wants to see Kariel. In addition, there are various people who want to meet Kariel. I’m very busy. And as for Kariel’s rumor… ”

“Ah, I have something to say about that, but you don’t have to spread it.”

At my words, Lena momentarily closed her mouth and looked at me.

I nodded when his gaze asked me if it was true.

“It’s true, so you don’t have to spread it anymore.”

“… Have you had a change of heart?”

“There are many changes of heart. Anyway, you don’t have to spread it, so there’s no need to go through the trouble.”

Lena, who was looking at me with subtle eyes, swallowed her sleep.

“Obviously… It’s a good change. I don’t know why I’m so anxious.”

“What’s there to be anxious about? It’s just like that. First of all, I have a place I need to go, so I’ll go there first. If anything important comes up, please contact me at any time.”

“Cariel, please take care of yourself too.”

“Okay.”

After a short conversation with Lena, I headed again to the place where the middle-aged man who had now become my hunting dog was in effect.

Just now, I was so focused on thinking about Erdi that I immediately left the room, so we couldn’t have a proper conversation.

Fortunately, I had enough energy to confirm its location.

As a result, I was able to find a middle-aged man without much difficulty.

The middle-aged man was in that position earlier.

“Did you go?”

the man asked.

His face was filled with mixed emotions, as if he had a lot of thoughts and conflicts when I was away for a while.

“I went and came back. Why is it still like that?”

It’s not like a lot of time has passed since then. Quite a bit of time has passed.

It was a little funny that it was still like this, even though it seemed like it might have gone somewhere.

“I was waiting because you left without saying a word.”

“That’s enough for now. Follow me.”

“Your tone of voice has changed.”

The man asks as if he is puzzled.

He seemed quite awkward with my current tone, perhaps because he had only heard me speak in a hard, firm tone.

It was natural that unless people were close to me, they would not use their original tone of speech.

It would be quite awkward.

Erdi also remembers the first time he heard my hard tone.

It’s like looking at a monster.

I remembered that even after being thoroughly beaten, those stares continued for several days.

I’m afraid of being scolded or hit by me, but I’m afraid of it, so it’s not that I don’t understand the man’s reaction.

However, I had to get used to it.

Because I don’t want to bother maintaining that tone even to the guy who ended up rolling under me.

I waved my hand roughly and said.

“This is my natural way of speaking, so you can roughly understand it. Just follow me.”

I don’t have time to sit like this.

Actually, I did, but I didn’t really want to waste my time.

“Where do we go?”

I asked, getting up.

To that, I gave the most definitive answer.

“To meet Elon.”

The man’s pupils widened at that.

The words seemed completely unexpected, so my body stiffened and stood still.

Soon he let out a laugh.

“I see.”

“I don’t know what’s coming, but it’s better to prepare your mind.”

“Sure.”

I don’t really know what happened between the two.

I moved on with the deep hope that things would be resolved well.

***

Arien’s party.

They had been taking some time off recently.

It was to recover from the fatigue and injuries I had suffered from overexerting myself recently.

They rested in their own way, but one day they all gathered together and talked.

And naturally, the central topic of the story was Elon.

It hadn’t been long since Elon joined Arien’s party, and the rest of the party members except him had already talked a lot.

In fact, it was inevitable that the topic of conversation or discussion would be focused on Elon.

Elon was not familiar with this position.

But since we went together and built up some kind of relationship, he started telling his story.

“My memories from when I was young are vague, but I can roughly remember them. It means I was abandoned. No, it would be ambiguous to say that it was abandoned. It would be correct to say that my parents suddenly disappeared. After that, I wandered around for a while and was picked up by someone.”

“They were good people. I grew up under them normally. I thought I would live a normal life. But one day, bandits attacked. With a frightened expression, as if being chased by something.”

He continued speaking after gulping down water as if his throat was burning.

“Of course, the bandits who came in were scared, but they demanded everything from them. Be it money or anything else. And I literally lost my senses when the people who raised me got into trouble by bandits. My memories of that time don’t exist. When I came back to my senses, I knew nothing except that my whole body was covered in blood and the bandits had been reduced to cold corpses.”

Elon let out a laugh.

It was a laugh filled with emptiness.

“And do you know what the expressions on the faces of the people who raised me at that time were?”

“… ”

“… ”

“… ”

Arien and other party members fell silent.

Even though Elon didn’t say anything, you could tell from the expression he showed.

The answer to the question.

Elon said with a chuckle at the reactions of the party members.

“Monster. It was like looking at a monster. It’s not the kind eyes you usually see. I made a decision when I saw the expression on the murderer’s face. I think it’s right to leave. I don’t blame them. Because they are the people who raised me. Also, he even asked me not to leave later. Of course I came out. I thought it should be like that.”

“Because I didn’t think that was the place for me. As I went out alone and advanced to many places, I realized. The fact that I am different from ordinary people. There is a curse on me.”

“A curse that makes you greedy for blood and unable to resist the urge to kill. But if you hold back, you’ll become more and more violent. At first, I tried to endure it, but it caused a lot of damage.”

“And I chose. Let’s just kill those who have done wrong. That is the only help that I, who was born under a curse, can give to this world.”

“That is the life I have lived. If it’s simple, it’s simple. There’s nothing special about it, but it’s something that many people experience.”

There are many difficult people in the world.

There may be people who go through worse times than Elon, or there may be people who go through less.

But what they had in common was that they had gone through a very painful time.

No matter the size, it is true that it was a painful time.

The party members all spent time in silence.

Partly because he had more thoughts, but more than anything, Elon’s expression was confused.

It was a time when everyone was locked in silence.

“Then… Do you originally resent your parents?”

Lindzel asked.

Elon shook his head at her question.

“No.”

“You left me behind?”

“Last memory with my parents. My parents didn’t look good at that time. It was a very anxious look. Honestly, I still don’t know why, but I think there’s a reason for that. Like I have a curse now. My parents could have had that curse too. Because that may have led to an unavoidable situation.”

Elon recalled his last day with his parents.

The eyes of my parents looking at me in the thick darkness.

It was an ominous and dark color, like looking at blood, but there was concern in those eyes.

Elon did not resent his parents because he knew that they were not abandoning him because they hated him.

On the contrary, I understand it even more now.

“Did you get the answer?”

“… That’s it.”

They fell into silence again and returned to their original mood.

It was after a person contacted me.