episode_0087
by fnovelpiaClink. Vivian’s sword, which was slightly longer than her body, touched the floor.
“Heh, heh.”
Vivian pressed her palm hard around the dagger stuck in her abdomen where Van had stabbed her. As if you want to stop the bleeding.
“···Ha. Of course, this is what happens when there is a hole in your stomach?”
However, the fresh blood gushing out did not reduce its intensity. In the end, Vivian’s body fell to the ground.
Soon, the body that fell down lost its balance again and the whole body came into contact with the floor. Vivian was turning into a corpse.
“Why, why…”
“Ugh-!”
Ban, who was sitting on the floor, pressed Vivian’s wound as much as he could with his trembling hands. If the dagger was removed in this situation, it would actually hasten death.
“Uh, why, obviously.”
For sure. I was late. A process that was no different from the previous sparring followed.
At this moment, Ban did not exert superhuman strength derived from his survival instinct. In other words, the reason why the winner of this duel was half the battle was simple.
Vivian. on purpose. speed up. delayed.
I had to ask. So I tried to force my shaking jaw to ask Vivian.
“···Shh.”
Toouk. However, Vivian mustered up all her strength and placed her index finger on Van’s lips. A sign to be quiet.
Van wasn’t stupid enough to not know the reason for the sign. The question of why they intentionally slowed down could be seen as a conspiracy between the two to manipulate the match. Then both of them will die.
“No, please, please…”
Even if they knew that fact, there was no way the class could be resolute. Without worrying about shame or losing face, I tried my best to stop Vivian’s bleeding with tears streaming down my eyes.
“···Half.”
“Say, don’t say. Just a little bit of strength.”
“You have to listen. Because this will be our last.”
“No, please, please.”
It is human nature to want to save face in front of someone you have affection for. Vivian chuckled as she looked at her class, who didn’t care about such external things at all.
“I told you, right? My hometown was invaded and I lost my neighbors.”
“······.”
Ban, who was temporarily unable to move his tongue because he was crying, nodded.
“So I said… If I am liberated, I will go and see my family.”
“That’s right, I have to live. Even to find your family-”
“No.”
Vivian’s eyes, which had been losing color moment by moment, briefly returned to their color.
“There is no need to go looking for your family.”
“···What?”
“Because you are there.”
Sreuk. Vivian’s bloody palm gently stroked Van’s cheek. In the meantime, blood spread, but I didn’t have time to worry about that.
“My father died before my eyes, and my mother was sold. It’s been several years since I became a slave. There is virtually no chance that my mother is alive. Because she was such a beautiful person.”
If I were to describe Vivian in one word, it would be. She was like a woman with ‘life’.
Bright red hair, eyes, and even the jewels adorning the neck. A woman wearing vibrant red.
The woman’s body was turning even redder. Because of the fresh blood fluid flowing from the abdomen. Ironically, Vivian’s body was becoming increasingly red and closer to death.
“So, the only family I have right now is you.”
It was a moving statement. Even if I hadn’t listened in this situation.
“But of course, if you die. How on earth should I live?”
“···What?”
Vivian’s voice began to become filled with passion.
“I! If I cut your head off and survived by getting 100 wins, what would be left for me after that?
It’s been a few years since I lost my family, my hometown, and my neighbors. For the first time since then, I found something precious. But, but…”
Finally, Vivian’s eyes began to water.
“I… cut your head off myself?”
“······.”
“There’s no way that’s possible…”
It was Vivian’s tears that I had never seen before. Vivian was always a bright, sun-like person who seemed excessively bright.
And while listening to Vivian’s voice mixed with moisture and anger, I could barely understand half of it.
“Rain, rain…”
Vivian did not accept death. There was nothing else but that path.
“Me too, I was looking forward to it too. Traveling around the world with you. The waiting will be nothing compared to the past few years.
···okay! I think it would have been nice to go home. Also, I wanted to go to a place called the sea. No, to be precise. I think any place I went with you would be fine. But, but…”
Various emotions began to pass through Vivian’s eyes.
Those emotions were things that were not normally seen. Grief, sadness, pain, fear, horror.
“This is the end.”
Cough! Vivian coughed loudly. Something with a ratio of fresh blood several times thicker than saliva came out.
“···Ha. Haha.”
“No. no. No…”
This is a class that has seen the death of countless lives so far. Now, it was easy to see that Vivian was on the verge of crossing the threshold of death.
That means that this moment is the last moment I can be with Vivian. The last time we can talk and feel each other’s warmth.
Even though it was a precious time at the end of his life, Ban just kept his wounds tightly closed and kept repeating ‘please’. Like a child who gets angry at his parents for something he doesn’t want to do.
“half.”
“Uh, huh?”
“I have one last thing to say.”
last. The weight of those three letters was so heavy. But Vivian didn’t stop.
“After this duel, someone will come looking for you. From now on, follow that person’s words. Got it?”
“A person? Who is that-”
“I don’t have time to explain. and···. And…”
“···And? What is that-”
Vivian, whose lips had now turned pale and bloodless, suddenly raised her head.
sudden awakening. Vivian and Van’s lips met. And, after being stuck for a moment, it fell off.
“Eup-?!”
“···Paha!”
Vivian laughed, making a bubbling sound.
“Really, I wasn’t going to do this! You seem like a strange woman! Even though I knew it would be a burden, I did this!”
“Vivian?! What is this-”
“Still, I’m going to kiss you! Ah – in the other world, I won’t have to be teased by my family for not knowing about men!”
Ahahahaha! Vivian, who squeezed out a cheerful smile for the last time in her life, looked at Van with unfocused eyes and whispered.
“I’m sorry. I loved you. And… forget me.”
Vivian’s hand, which had been brushing her cheek as she made eye contact, fell to the floor.
“······.”
And at the same time, Ban’s eyes also lost their color. So much so that there was no difference from the Vivian in front of me.
“Aaaah-! As expected, the immortal gladiator Ban and the bright red Vivian were lovers?! Such a cruel tragedy between a boy and a girl!”
Contrary to the words that it was terrible, the voice of the presenter who came up at some point was full of excitement and excitement.
“······.”
Ban looked around the audience with his eyes fading in color.
every. Everyone was disgusted.
A man complaining about losing money. An old man cheers with his arms raised, saying that he succeeded in doing the reverse. A woman wipes her tears saying that she feels so sorry for them, and a middle-aged man next to her, wiping her eyes with a handkerchief, possibly in love. Every single one of them was disgusting and disgusting.
Beep—! Finally, no proper words were heard in Van’s ears. All that comes is a terrible sound mixed with tinnitus and screaming.
“······.”
The tongue swept around the inside of Ban’s mouth, as if trying to moisten the parched mouth. And I half felt it.
“Ha, haha.”
Van’s first kiss was filled with the smell of metal. It tasted like blood.
***
“······.”
A corner of the isolation center where there is no light. A mountain corpse was curled up.
“···Hey, if you don’t eat any more than this, you’ll really die. Do you know?”
Toouk. The guard behind the iron bars threw a loaf of bread at Ban.
“······.”
But half of them didn’t move at all. I just hunched over and stayed still with my eyes focused on my knees.
“···Ha.”
In the end, the guard had no choice but to turn his head and focus on his work.
Half of them were forced into a corner of the isolation room. However, the chaotic situation in the arena brought information to the class’s ears at will.
First of all, it is said that the arena was sold from its original owner to someone else. He said the way it was run has changed since then.
It is said that what started happening right after the news was announced was a death match between gladiators. Van and Vivian were the first.
All the gladiators whose names and faces I knew died.
Ah, Vinson and Lotin, former adventurers who were scammed while trying to set up an orphanage. It is said that the two men plunged their swords into each other’s hearts in the center of the duel arena. They said they don’t want to fight with each other because they are already brothers over something like this.
“······.”
After Vivian. All ties were being cut off.
It felt like my brain was being eaten every second. Should I chew my tongue and die? No, I would have played it in the first place. And Vivian clearly told me not to die. Suicide? Is it okay to do something like that?
Numerous discussions continued in my head. A discussion that is not productive at all and just eats away at my sanity.
I spent several days like that without eating or drinking anything. Meanwhile.
-Squeak!
“···This is ridiculous.”
“···?”
A voice I’ve never heard before. Half-bowed, I raised my stiff neck with a crunching sound.
The person who raised his head was… a man with green hair. For a man, he’s a bit short and thin.
“······G.”
“What?”
Who are you? I tried to ask, but my dry, dry throat couldn’t do its job. The green-haired man sighed and got down on one knee.
“It must be confusing. I let go of the person closest to me.”
“······.”
Evil – Ban’s eyes, which had been dying, were filled with a sad blue life.
“Huh, look at your eyes.”
However, the boy made eye contact with his class as if he was not afraid. And, he quietly declared.
“My name is Faust. Vivian’s former master, and the person who will become your master.”
***
“···Phew.”
It took more effort than I thought. After finishing looking back at the past, Revan brushed his hair back.
“···That, that.”
“Hmm?”
“Pa, fighting?”
Adora, who had been hesitant, suddenly clenched her fists and cheered for Revan.
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