episode_0118

The sun was shining and I thought it was too late to sleep, so instead of sleeping, I was recovering my condition by circulating my mana with Sirocco’s help, when my door suddenly opened.

“Arjen, Eugene. It’s morning. Wake up… wow….”

The person who opened the door and came in was Wayne. We had always lived together, so it was very awkward for a third person to open the door and come in like this.

“Hello. Wayne.”

“No… I was expecting it since it’s been a while since we met… but how much have you done?”

As soon as I came in, I was surprised and wondered what I was so surprised about, but now I see that the bed was a complete mess. The sheets were soaked with fluids including semen and love juice, and the resulting body odor filled the room.

“I just fell asleep, don’t wake me up.”

After all the personalities had touched the baton, the body that returned to Argen was sleeping peacefully despite the mess.

“Anyway, Wayne, you haven’t changed at all.”

“So you… I know you had the power of Arjen, but how is it that 360 years have passed and you haven’t changed at all? How have you been so far?”

“The flow of time here is different from where I used to live. I feel like it’s been a month since I broke up with you.”

“Eh… I see.”

“So, when asked how I’ve been so far, I don’t have much to say. I think you have a lot more to talk about than I do.”

I skipped over the reunion with Arjen because it was a very important event, but in fact, Wayne’s current situation was also a very important issue. She used to be a human warrior loved by Stella, but now she has become Arjen’s limb. This is because if she made a mistake, she would incur the wrath of not only humanity but also Stella.

“Umm… Actually, I’ve lived for over 300 years, but I’ve spent most of my time just tidying up in Argen’s Lair, so I don’t have much to say…”

Wayne began by telling the story of what happened after Viola defeated Akasha. Perhaps because it was an explanation from a person who was present at the scene, I was able to hear a more detailed explanation than what I heard from the Vatican.

“Suddenly purple hair… So Viola came out and literally played with Akasha. Realizing that you wouldn’t come back, Viola began indiscriminate destruction.”

“You ended up safe.”

“Don’t even talk. I literally let go of reason and was ready to kill me too. Although I successfully escaped one way or another.”

At that point, Wayne’s voice crept in slightly. It seemed like he felt guilty about his actions of leaving Arjen, who was not in his right mind, behind. Of course, I could fully understand how she felt.

I had the experience of getting my legs cut off beautifully by Arjen, who was half out of his mind…

“The first thing I did after that was to retrieve the holy sword. The holy sword was stolen by Akasha.”

“Huh? Could that bastard even touch the holy sword?”

“No. Of course it’s impossible to touch it directly like you did. They say Stella’s power is strong… You’re strange.”

It wasn’t strange, since I was actually freed from Stella’s power with Prinia’s help. Of course, there is no need to say this, so I will always remain an Irregular in Wayne’s mind.

“Anyway, you can know the location of the holy sword even if you are far away.”

“Huh? Then, even if I hid it, didn’t I just have to find it and take it away without needing a pledge?”

“…You guys would have just left it alone.”

It was correct to say that. At least at that time, there was no thought of returning the weapon that had the only chance of killing Arjen to the right person.

“Well… Now that I think about it, it’s actually a good thing that I’m still alive thanks to that pledge. Anyway, Akasha couldn’t come out of her residence, probably because of the injury she received from Viola. I did get the holy sword back during that time, but…”

Wayne dragged his words. It seemed like this was the start of a full-blown conflict.

“There was no problem with me shutting my mouth and returning to being a warrior, but Arjen just couldn’t stop. After 5 years, he was branded an enemy of humanity and became a target for subjugation.”

“It was faster than I thought.”

” That’s right, they turned Eletrobe into a desert in less than two years. Rather late, right? Until then, Arzen had a friendly image toward humans.”

“2… 2 years….”

I couldn’t hide my bitter feelings upon hearing that Arjen, who had been with me and was respected by humans for his pro-human attitude, had become a target of subjugation, but now that I thought about it, it was better that he was still alive.

“The continent’s largest agricultural land has been turned into a wasteland, so you can understand the impact without even saying it… right? Anyway, because of that, a situation came up where I had to participate in the subjugation of Arzen.”

Food is the basic basis for population growth. Since population growth means prosperity, Arjen was a direct blow to the prosperity of mankind.

“But I can’t harm Arjen because of the oath, right? So I just gave up being a hero.”

Wayne calmly says that he quit being a hero as if he had resigned from some company. Wayne had a strong desire to survive and was skeptical about the life of a warrior, so such a decision was natural.

“Fortunately, from then on, he was able to at least discern between interests and interests. If you look at the fact that he didn’t kill me even though I went looking for him.”

Since the hero who was humanity’s only hope betrayed him at once and joined the mad dragon, it was fully expected how big the impact would be. It must have been outrageous for the people of that era that so many years had passed and even the current Pope, who had no experience at the time, looked in disbelief when he told me that story.

“Well… a hero who can’t subdue the enemies of humanity is no different from not being qualified to be a hero. I was immediately branded a heretic and couldn’t even take a single step outside the rare…”

Without speaking, Wayne tapped the holy sword on his waist. Seonggeom, who had a noble image that did not suit Wayne, who was wearing a comfortable cotton t-shirt and cotton pants, was still by Wayne’s side.

“The problem is, you still have the holy sword and can handle it, right?”

“Yeah… that’s the biggest problem right now.”

There is only one Holy Sword in the world. Of course, there is only one hero who can handle it. As long as Wayne has the Holy Sword, no more heroes will appear to humanity.

“How about returning the holy sword yourself?”

“It’s meaningless. Anyway, if I am stripped of my title as a warrior, I will not be able to touch the holy sword. And the newly appeared hero will figure out the location of the holy sword like me and come to get it.”

In other words, Stella had no intention of letting go of Wayne, who was already well past the human lifespan. However, it was safe to assume that Arjen had ownership of Wayne’s body, which was still alive due to the covenant, so it was not surprising if a dispute arose between Stella and Arjen.

And Stella was a being who could pose an even greater threat to Arjen than Akasha, who was half-penny.

“I’m asking just in case… You don’t want to die yet, do you?”

The most certain way is to terminate the covenant. There seemed to be no particular problem in terminating the covenant with Wayne, who had already exceeded the designated lifespan. The problem is that if the covenant ends, Wayne will probably die.

“I still want to live longer…”

It was an unfair thing even for Wayne. To put it bluntly, he has been alive for 360 years, but if you think about it, shouldn’t he have lived in Argen’s Lair without seeing the light of day at such a young age? To me, who couldn’t survive a life without sunlight for even a year, I thought she was just amazing. Because it’s hard to see that as living a life like that.

“Hmm… It would be easiest to meet Stella and negotiate in person, but…”

Even though he was a god in name and appearance, there was no way I could just meet him whenever I wanted to. The only possible way was to receive Prinia’s relay.

First of all, I was also chosen by Prinia, and although it was a residual thought, there was definitely a way to meet and talk to her. Of course, I had to go a long way, but is there still a way?

“In order to do that, I have to first do what I was asked to do.”

The reason Prinia helped me come here again was to calm Arjen and restore the land she destroyed. Since I couldn’t just go and talk about my business without even doing what I was asked to do, greening the area around the lair was the top priority right now.

However, I was eager to start work right away, but unfortunately, Arjen showed no signs of waking up. I have the power of the World Tree, but just like when I lifted the curse of the Free Elves, I needed Arjen’s help to use that power to my liking.

One way or another, I am an illiterate person when it comes to dealing with mana.

“…Huh?”

As I was looking at Arjen, who was sleeping soundly, with affectionate eyes, Wayne suddenly took off his clothes. A beautiful, well-trained body was revealed.

“What, what is it?”

“What is it? If I hold you in a place like this and keep telling you stories, will you not feel warm and exhausted…?”

The room was still full of pheromones generated by the night of pleasure Arjen and I had had.

“Uh… But when we met again, my reaction was duller than I expected, so I thought I didn’t have that feeling anymore…?”

“Well, for me as a human, 300 years is enough time to forget a lot of things… But it’s even weirder that you don’t get annoyed when you openly turn on me like this.”

“Wait a minute, I don’t think so… Eup!”

“Noisy, wooum….”

I was pinned down by Wayne and was completely taken away.

No matter how I tried to resist, there was no way I could defeat her, who could still use the power of both the hero and Arjen at the same time, and who had been skilled in using power for 300 years.