episode_0113

Everyone’s eyes turn to the mysterious woman in the dark and blood-red palace.

“Everyone… it’s a mess.”

I look at the woman who is giggling and smiling. But I couldn’t say anything, because I couldn’t feel any energy or even magical power from the woman.

Everything in this world contains magic or energy, even if it is just a speck of dust. It includes plants, inanimate objects, and even objects.

However, mysteriously, no energy or magic is felt from the woman dressed entirely in black from head to toe.

It may seem as if they are not from this world, or as if they are unknown beings that should not exist.

[Yes…what on earth are you…! What…!!]

It’s a joke!

The visibly panicked eyes send powerful red lightning down on the place where the woman stands.

The lightning that hit Seris, Ariel, and Kali was an incomparably large and vicious lightning bolt that seemed like it was a joke.

“Ah….no…!”

“K…Ugh..”

“Holy shit…”

“Royu….!”

The dark interior of the castle blinks with red light. Because it was a powerful attack that no living creature could possibly survive, the only sounds that could be heard inside the dark castle were slurping and screaming.

A huge cloud of dust rises and the eye begins to laugh and laugh after the attack was so severe that it caved in the floor.

[Ki…ki kick… If this attack is to take four years-]

“Hmm. It’s definitely a strong attack. If I were an ‘ordinary person’, I would have been reduced to dust.”

[Uh…uhh…?]

The eyes let out a voice of confusion that had never been expressed before. That’s right, even though she attacked with all her might, there wasn’t a single speck of dust on the black woman’s body.

Silent gaze is once again directed at the woman who is standing unharmed despite being hit directly by an attack that would have turned ordinary people, or even some of the strongest men in the world, into dust.

[This…profit…!]

Kwazijic-! Squeeze!

The pupils are horrified and continue to rain down lightning and chains. Because he was supposed to be the pinnacle and ruler of this world, it didn’t make sense that his attacks wouldn’t work.

“No way…..”

“What on earth are you…?”

“……..”

“Ro…U..”

[This is ridiculous…! It makes no sense…!]

In a situation where everyone doubts their eyes. The woman in black still shows a mysterious smile.

“I told you. I am an ‘error’ that should not exist in this world. you can’t reach me By any means necessary.”

-Of course, I can’t reach you directly either.

[….That can’t be possible…! I must rule this world…! Everything must be placed under me…!]

“Okay. You would think so. Maybe it’s a natural result. Because that is the ‘concept’ given to you.”

[….concept? What on earth are you talking about…!]

His eyes are covered in cold sweat as if he is taking a step backwards, and his voice is full of fear.

Because his true attack, which was supposed to rule this world, did not reach him, and there was not even the slightest hint of information about the woman in his information, which was supposed to understand everything in the world.

“Hmm… You know. You said you were a being that had to rule this world, right?”

[…What are you suddenly saying-!]

“But… have you thought about the reason? Since when did you have to rule the world and why have you acted like that?”

[……uh?]

The pupils suddenly stopped. Clearly… I am a being who must rule this world. Everything must be placed beneath me.

…But, why on earth? Why did I have to put everything under me and dominate it?

I just… had to act like that. I just lived as the ruler of this world without even knowing why.

….Why on earth?

What on earth am I? Where did it come from? The pupils think about the reason for their existence.

Then the eyes lost their vitality and stopped.

“Of course… you can’t know. There’s no way you can let ‘NPCs’ know the truth about the world, right?”

“””…………”””

As people look at the woman who is making an unknown sound, the woman begins to make eye contact one by one.

“Seris. Do you know everything about your life?”

“….Yes? What is that…”

“Isn’t it a little… strange? Why did you have to follow your father’s will, and why did you have to act so stubbornly?”

“…………!”

“And… they’re called a mercenary group. Who creates that mercenary group and who appoints the leader? I may not have had time to think about it, but it doesn’t make sense.”

“That…what…”

“Those ridiculous contradictions. That is the ‘rule’ and justice given to this world. And it is also ‘truth’.”

Seris stopped lying on her stomach. If you think about it, it was like that. Why did I insist on being vice-captain?

In order to revive the mercenary group, it would have been a wiser decision for me to take the position of leader and lead the team rather than trusting someone else.

He insisted on being vice-captain, as if to say, ‘I can’t do that.’ I didn’t even think about it as if the leader’s position was fixed.

Who appoints the head of a mercenary group? This world I’ve been living in… what is it?

“Eriel, Carly. The same goes for you too.”

“”…………””

“Eriel. You are there in Snowfeel, where Venice’s true identity was revealed. I couldn’t choose the option of believing in Venice.”

“….Huh?”

“Why did you, who are smarter and wiser than anyone else in this world, make such a choice? No, it had to be that way. The ‘story’ is set, and you have no choice but to follow the flow of fate.”

It feels like I got hit on the head with a hammer. Why did I… make such a stupid decision?

It would have been right to listen to Venice’s words one more time and judge the actions of Venice, whom I had trusted so much, and it would have been ‘me’ as usual.

He distrusted Venice and came to the point of hating him.

….Why on earth? Why did I do that?

As if it had no choice but to happen. I couldn’t even think of anything other than the option of not trusting Venice.

“…and finally, Kali. Every time Venice was hurt, disappeared, or left, you weren’t there.”

“That’s me-!”

“You might think it was a coincidence. By the way. You always clung closely to Venice, so why were there moments when you had to separate from him?”

“…….”

What the hell is this… Wait. If you think about it, yes. I never left Venice even for a single moment, but there were moments when I had no choice but to leave.

As if I was following an order that I couldn’t break, something happened immediately after I separated from him.

Looking at the dazed expressions of the three women. The black woman, Royu, begins to talk.

“This world…. a created world.

■■■■■■■■.”

Jijijik-jijik.

When Royu said something, a crackling sound replaced it, as if the world was censoring itself. Looking at the dazed expression again, Royu smiles as if he knew that would happen.

“Royu…. What on earth happened…?”

“….It’s been so long since I called your name, my heart starts pounding without me even knowing.”

Phew.

Royu sighs deeply. Her sighs seem to contain all the weight she has experienced.

“Me too… I’m not sure. The moment I said goodbye to you for the last time. Because I opened my eyes in this world.”

“…….”

“It was really amazing. I thought I was dead, but I woke up in another world. But you see, there was a very familiar sign in front of my eyes.”

“…Sign?”

“That’s right. In the game we played together. That sign that automatically turned off the game when you touched it. We were together… something that made us both irritated and amazed.”

Royu talks. It was definitely a different scene from the game they played, but the sign was definitely the same.

However, the scene did not seem to come to mind in Venice. It was so vague, like there was a fog over my clear memories.

“I… I don’t remember very well… I remember all the moments I spent with you… but only that game…”

Royu’s expression turns sad as he looks at Venice’s expression. However, he smiled mysteriously again as if he was okay.

“…Okay. Because you too have become a resident of this world. Unlike me, an error that should not exist in this world, you were truly reborn in this world. It’s natural.”

“Mi… I’m sorry… Royu… I should have remembered you… the things I did with you…”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Because it’s not your fault. So don’t cry, pop?”

Royu’s face becomes vague, as if recalling the distant past.

“…It was really strange. As soon as I touched that sign… I was lying there, as if I had opened my eyes for the first time.”

Confused, he touched the sign again, but woke up in the same spot. At that time, Royu says he was convinced that this world was a game.

“I wandered around the world. And by chance… I saw you. Although I looked different from you and had a different personality. I was sure it was you.”

-There’s no way you wouldn’t recognize my love, right?

“But you know. Something a little strange happened. You weren’t one, you were three. I felt the same energy in this world as you, without any differences.”

Roy was wandering. There are three identical people? Does this make sense?

However, since it didn’t make sense that he had entered the game world, he quietly watched Venice first.

“I… strangely enough, I can make ‘errors’ in this world. I could see all your actions and moments.”

Crackling-

When Royu raised his arm, the dimension was torn along its path, and unknown letters and colors were rampant inside.

“…You look happy with other women. I didn’t want to disturb… so I just watched. But… one day suddenly. You are dead.”

Royu’s mysterious eyes wavered. As if remembering the death of a loved one, painfully and vaguely.

“Even… all three Venetians died a cruel and sad death. I despaired and despaired again. I was happy just watching you… but I couldn’t look at you anymore.”

A sign appeared in Royu’s despairing mind. A ‘means’ that allows you to go back in time and start from the beginning just by touching it.

“…As expected, I woke up as soon as I touched the sign. And… you didn’t die, you were alive.”

However, no matter what they did, they could not prevent the Venetians from dying. Royu couldn’t be directly involved in this world, and he couldn’t prevent the Venetians from dying, as if it were fate.

All Venices were the same. No matter how hard I tried to change my environment or the people I encountered, dying was the same.

“I watched endlessly as you committed suicide… sacrificed yourself and died unjustly. And I turned back time again.”

The only thing that helped me hold on to my increasingly worn out and exhausted spirit was the warmth of love.

Because you… always stayed by my side, whether I was having a hard time, being happy, or being broken.

“I no longer know how many times I turned back time or how many times you died. But I still haven’t found a way to save you.”

“Then…. suddenly another Venice appeared. The fourth Venice.”

Another Venice has appeared. Unlike the Venices that I had no memory of before, the Venice that I still remember.

It was the moment when a little vitality returned to Royu’s eyes, which had been ruined.