episode_0091

If I had to choose the memory that surprised me the most after coming to this world, it would be:

First place was, of course, when [Priest of Erosion] suddenly appeared as the first boss.

Four wings covering the moon.

Hundreds of chaos insects cover the northern part of the country.

And the [Priest of Erosion] who stood with his back to the flames…

Those memories still often sneak up on me in my dreams.

After preparing for a year to see the original ending, I gathered all three juniors. When I saw the black lizard appear and said, ‘Hehe, no problem!’, I thought I was going crazy.

‘Well, now I feel better than before, no matter what. ‘I’m not that surprised, though.’

How a man grows with frustration.

No matter how much I let go of my memories of the Three Kingdoms, the truth still remained.

If you’ve ever been really surprised…

scolding Hilde with her surprise confession,

scolding Hilde for her surprise kiss,

There was a scolding for Hilde’s surprise wedding, etc.

‘… For some reason, Hilde seems to have a lot of importance.’

Anyway, except for Hilde’s unusual behavior,

I thought there were no major surprises left in Academy City.

However, it is an immutable truth that Pingchang must be sloppy.

Just like the cliché, my confident thoughts were shattered today.

I again felt like my heart was dropping to my toes.

I had no choice but to ask back, shivering as if my sensitivity was 1,000 times stronger.

“What… Say… ?”

“Jjinsu! Acquaintance—Su! launching! Abub—☆”

It’s definitely true.

That little boy just said ‘Jinsu’.

… This is my real name from my past life.

I felt like my head was spinning when I heard that.

“… ”

A few minutes ago… When Nella, the head of the theology department, suggested that Albit and I take turns having a one-on-one interview with the ‘Sword Spirit’. I confidently declared that I would go first, and immediately arrived at the interview location where no one was present.

There was the ‘Sword Spirit’ held by Nella.

But as soon as I arrived,

That pink-haired kid called me by my past life’s name without hesitation.

As soon as I came in, they called me Nopakku… Well, I didn’t even have time to mentally prepare for this.

‘I never thought hearing a Korean name in this world would be this awkward.’

I wondered if it was the sound of a little boy cooing.

I tried to move around with a crab walk, gliding here and there…

Shashak…

Shashak…

He pointed at me with his chubby finger and spoke again.

“Jinsu! True!”

“… ”

It’s a situation where you can’t even gamble.

That translucent pink kid… ‘Sword Spirit’ was the name of my past life.

her…

‘Is this the magical power of ‘Just Big Tree’?’

The power of the World Tree is roughly at a cosmic level.

Like the mountain spirit, it may have recognized my original name.

If I had not had knowledge of the original work, I would have lost my faith in the face of this miracle and become a nun. And while doing a good deed for a wild girl like Hilde, he will become addicted to a weak potion and suffer unspeakable, unspeakable acts.

A person passing by the church asks, ‘Was there a watermill near here?’ It’s a BAD ending with a close-up of the wet floor, ending with the scene where he mutters.

That was Ping Chang’s fate.

…

…

…

I was so agitated that my thoughts went to the mountains.

I shook my head, shaking away the strange thoughts in my mind.

‘I need to get rid of the habit of talking nonsense when I’m surprised.’

Nella let out a small laugh when she saw me like that.

“Hehe. It looks like the spirit really liked the saint.”

“… Well, I see—☆ I haven’t done anything yet, so why is it like that~?”

“Hehe… Is that so? Then it must be fate too.”

Nella didn’t say anything in particular after that.

I was just watching the actions of me and the pink spirit, with a faint smile on my face.

I cringed at Nella’s smile, which could only be frowned upon.

‘I’m not particularly squinting, but why am I smiling so meaningfully?’

-Ah, I see… I see.

-So that’s what happened.

-But you don’t need to know that.

… It was a smile with a similar vibe.

Although he appeared in the original work as the person in charge of handing over the Holy Sword,

I don’t think I’ve ever created such a meaningful atmosphere.

In the first place, it felt strange that a being called a [Saint] had appeared now.

‘When I heard Urd’s words, he originally existed in this world… It was said to be a [fate] that was forgotten for some reason and discovered belatedly by Clara after the original work.’

But the ‘Sword Spirit’ knew.

“… ”

A quiet space deep in the forest beyond the rice fields.

Even though it was midday, there was a somewhat eerie atmosphere.

“… ”

In the meantime, the pink spirit’s pure cry echoes again.

“Hexadecimal—! True—!”

A spirit that raises both hands and repeats my name over and over again.

The guy cheered, his eyes sparkling as if he was really happy.

“Abuuu—☆ Jinsu, Jinsuuu—! Jinsu Joaa—☆”

Okay, so please stop calling me.

‘You keep calling me by the name of when you were a man in a baby voice, so it seems like you’re just scolding me for how corrupt I am now.’

…

Probably not?

It’s probably because of my mood.

“… ”

To begin with, the Sword Spirit was not a person with such deep thoughts. Strictly speaking, this kid just follows his instincts… It’s literally a spirit.

‘The role is simply to pass on the holy sword… Wasn’t it roughly like a fairy that usually appears in fantasy elements like Excalibur? ?’

But even amid the chaos, one thing is certain… My name, which I did not reveal even to Urd or Hilde, who knew my past. The ‘Sword Spirit’ knew that.

I couldn’t figure out what kind of harmony this was.

“… ”

I feel like my finances have been robbed from the start, so I can’t even answer.

‘I thought I would just quietly take an oath and say, ‘I will set an example as a [saint]—☆’ and end it… ‘

In my mind, I was thinking about how to handle this situation. It was a time when I was moving around at a crab pace to avoid the pointing of the pink spirit who was shouting ‘Peck at Jinsu!’

Suddenly Nella opened her mouth in a relaxed voice.

“Are you surprised?”

“Yes, yes?!”

Of course I was surprised.

I thought my heart sank.

‘If my trash falls on the floor, can you pick it up for me?’

However, Nella did not even pretend to look for the lost item on the floor and continued talking.

“Sword Spirit… He said he felt a very familiar energy from you.”

“Uh, yeah… ? Familiar? Even though I’m a cute girl☆ I probably don’t have a common impression—☆”

Are you talking about the energy of a [saint]?

The sword spirit has been around since the time of the [Three Heroes].

Maybe the forgotten [Saint] also knows.

“Wow—☆”

“The Sword Spirit says that you have already become a great [Saint of Sacrifice]… He said he had nothing more to say.”

“Wow—☆ That’s strange… I have never made any sacrifices… ”

“Dating—♪”

“The Sword Spirit said that your stigmata are proof that you have already realized and found your [fate]. Girls with the fate of [Saints] lose their precious things… He said that by being wounded, you can handle the greater power of [fate].”

“… ”

“The slowest, most painful path… You know best where you need to go next, so even if you say anything here, you will only get in the way… You did it.”

Sol, to be honest, if you stretch the two letters of ‘Dta-tta-♪’ that much, it seems unreasonable.

… However, I didn’t bother to tackle Nella, who pretended not to hear me say ‘genuine’.

‘Or are you interpreting those words in your own way and filtering them out?’

If you look at Nella from earlier,

It felt like I was hearing the spirit’s will directly through something like Religious Faith.

Wouldn’t it be nice to add your own opinion there?

“… ”

Well, it seemed like the sword spirit already knew that I was raising my juniors with a firm goal. And I already knew from the [Golden Witch] that I was a [Saint]…

‘hmm… I had it confirmed again what I knew. ‘It’s no help.’

Just looking at the atmosphere, you can see a pitiful smile here… It seems like it’s time to make a remark like a saint and then step down. Somehow it was a coincidence that he called me by my previous life’s name, but I felt uneasy about letting it go.

I finally said what had bothered me from earlier.

“That… Among the words the Sword Spirit told me☆ I am ‘the essence’… What does it mean when you call it—☆ Ah, maybe it’s an exclamation like ‘You’re cute!’ in the ancient language—♪”

“… ”

Nella looked at me closely, then smiled and said.

“Before I was torn apart by [fate]… When she was alive as a [Saint]. The person I respected the most. You said that a similar energy flows from you.”

…

…

…

‘… what?’

After learning the identity of the sword spirit,

I am shocked again and my mind goes blank again.

“… ”

Even if I hated it, I had no choice but to understand.

The ‘Sword Spirit’ was my senior.

and…

“… ”

An ancient foreigner.

A stranger to the world in this game.

A person respected by the [Saints] of a previous era.

A man who led the [Three Heroes], but at some point helped .

The name of the prophet was ‘Jinsu’.

“… ”

Even if you don’t like it… I could only understand it intuitively.

*

Albit approached the lakeside that Nella had told him about. It was said that only by facing one’s own [fate] here can one obtain the sword.

“… This is the holy sword.”

There, a long sword with a lot of rust was stuck at the water’s edge. Naturally, due to time and moisture, it had been completely worn down into a black tree branch-like shape.

“… ”

It looks like you might catch tetanus just by holding it. But for some reason, Albit reached out for the sword as if possessed.

He came here to be here.

Only by pulling this out can you move on to the next step.

Mother’s prophecy.

Stories from friends.

Senior and your own destiny.

Such thoughts passed through my mind.

“… ”

but…

The sword was firmly planted on the floor and did not move.

It looks like it would collapse if a child came and gave it a tap,

It didn’t budge as if it had been driven into the ground with a stake more than several meters high.

“… Why?”

Albit stood holding his sword for a long time. Along with the faint cry of a hawk, I heard the sound of huge wings flapping in my ears.

-yet… lack…

“… ”

What… ?

Wasn’t this his [fate]?

“… ”

Albit tried to pull out his sword.

I even used ether and tried to give it strength.

I even tried to dig up the ground around me and pull it out from underneath.

But the sword still didn’t move.

“… Why?”

Albit was standing quietly at the lakeside. Gentle waves washed at her feet, soaking her legs. The cool breeze from the lakeside made my hair move.

“What is lacking?”

A month has passed since then.

Albit was still unable to draw his sword.