episode_0132

The fast-running automatic carriage is currently moving its wheels toward the eastern part of the empire.

“Now… it’s really the last time.”

“East… You said you were heading to Espilia, right?”

“Sphilia… I heard that the entire city collapsed and was rebuilt.”

“That’s right. The most developed city in the empire… has already disappeared.”

“How has it changed now?”

“Hmm… It just turned into a small town. Build houses out of wood, bring food from nature, things like that.”

The day I left. It is said that the entire city of Espilia collapsed and was so damaged that it could not be restored.

Kali said that the reason the city collapsed was because the noble faction, including Ronan, maintained the city with energy created by replacing people, but it could not be maintained after they all disappeared.

On the contrary, I think it is a good thing. Because it made no sense to maintain the city through innocent victims.

“..Espilia was the first to start, right?”

“A village where beasts and humans live together… you mean? ”

“That’s right. As far as I know, it was like that. Now… they say they live together in quite a few villages.”

It is said that Espilia ended the long era of discrimination between beasts and humans and opened the door for humans and beasts to live together.

Until I left, there was a lot of fighting between the humans in the upper layer and the beastmen in the lower layer… I’m glad.

Because in my opinion, there is no difference between a beast and a human. And anyway, isn’t it a good thing to have no conflict?

“Ah, I think we’re all there now. I think it would be better to walk from here, right?”

Carly spoke while looking out the window. We followed Carly and looked out the window, but saw nothing but a large, dense forest.

“….That was Espilia.”

“It’s really all collapsed. There is no way to recover it.”

I left the forest for a moment and looked at the ruins of an entire city in the distance. The entire building collapsed, with no recognizable shape…

Still, it was a little sad to see the place where I had spent a lot of time, although not for a long time, collapsed in such a meaningless manner.

“What are you going to do with the carriage?”

“Leave it alone. I’ll hide it with a perception-impairing spell, so no one will find it.”

After getting off the carriage, when I was stretching and looking at the surrounding forest, Ariel muttered something and the carriage disappeared in an instant.

What’s interesting is that although it feels like an invisibility cloak is on, what you see is just nature. At this rate… I really don’t think anyone will find it.

Carly took the lead and walked for a while and walked again.

The place where the new Espilia was created is in a huge forest right next to the former Espilia territory.

“It’s a place with a slightly different charm than the West.”

Actually, it was my first time coming to this forest. It would be natural, since he never left Espilia City even when he was living as a clone.

What can I say about the appearance of this dense forest… It really looked like something out of a fantasy world.

A summer forest is mostly green trees and blades of grass. And you can imagine the colorful flowers, and the forest in the east was a mixture of red and blue, giving off a dreamy scent.

If I were to just talk about the feeling… I would say it’s a forest where a race of people with blue skin and riding butterfly monsters would live there.

Anyway, it was beautiful and it was amazing because it was the first time I had seen the forest.

“Now. Everyone is here. That’s the new Espilia!”

After walking for a while and going through the dense forest, Kali pointed to a place and spoke.

“…This place?”

“It’s a small town.”

“Hoo… This is my first time doing something like this.”

What was revealed was a small village in a dense forest. The buildings were all made of wood, and everything was made of things that could be found in the surrounding forest, as if you were looking at a species living in nature.

“….Esphilia.”

Although the appearance has changed a lot. There was one thing that did not change.

The laughter of the residents living far away and this friendly yet warm atmosphere. Now that humans were living together, the atmosphere was even more heightened.

“Let’s go, Venice. no. ‘Master’.”

“Yes. Let’s go.”

Carly and I looked at each other, smiled, and then slowly walked into friendly Espilia.

***

It is a truly warm and cozy day.

Slurp-

A prisoner drinking fragrant tea inside a wooden house and looking at the scenery outside.

Pure white snow fell on the horse’s head, and it reached down to its beard. Although he looks like an eccentric old man on the outside, his eyes are serious and warm.

“….I should go for a walk.”

After drinking all the fragrant tea, Suin slowly got up and left the house.

The bright summer sun made it hot, but the cold of the forest neutralized it.

The cries of grass insects, which some might hate or hate, sounded as beautiful to him as the song of nature.

“Hello, Chief Hoodie!”

“Nice to meet you. Nothing special happened…?”

“Of course! Because nothing happens around here.”

“Yeah… I guess so. Do something.”

“Yes! Have a nice day too, Chief!”

An old fox beast. Hoody warmly greets the human young man who greets him warmly, and then begins to slowly walk around the village again.

-hey! Try a drink of this!

-What is this?

-cider! It’s going to be so fucking delicious, right?

-Gulp… Oh! What is this! It’s delicious?!

-right? I worked hard to make it.

A wolf beast handing homemade alcohol to a passing human from a shadowy place in the distance. And you can see them gulping down the drink without even suspecting it and laughing and joking together.

Not only them, but no one in Espilia rejected or hated each other.

“….What a nice sight.”

Even Hoodie, who had lived for a long time, could not get used to this appearance. That doesn’t mean I don’t like it.

After that day. The day when a new Espilia was created and humans and beastmen chose to live together. That day was the third best decision of Hoody’s life.

Didn’t he, who was just an eccentric and foul-tempered old man, become the chief of such a beautiful and wonderful village?

humans and beasts. The hatred and discrimination towards each other reached its peak, but the misunderstanding disappeared very quickly.

late at night. It was a day when everyone sat together in silence with a large bonfire between them.

Starting with Hoodie’s story, everyone started telling their own stories. A difficult story. A sad story. Stories that were so happy and joyful.

At first, many people were embarrassed, and some refused. Nevertheless, as they shared their stories, the boundaries between them became blurred.

Look at the results. That terrible line has disappeared, and now everyone is living like one family.

Although it has lost its past glory, it is even more brilliant and beautiful now.

“….It’s a day I miss you.”

Therefore, it was a day when one person’s face came to mind very much.

The person who reached out to himself and Rania, who were dying of dryness without a single penny, and gave them hope to live by setting up a small shop.

The one who made it possible to abandon the idea that all humans are disgusting beings and to view people as human beings.

….The person who breathed warm and brilliant hope into all of us whose hearts were drying up.

His military power was not outstanding. Although there was a lot of money, it could not be said to be enormous.

Although he was clearly an outstanding person, there was nothing particularly special about him. That’s why he remains even more deeply in our hearts.

As he thought about the being who saved everyone in Espilia, Hoody found himself walking to the huge statue in the center of the village without realizing it.

“I’ll be better…”

A stone sculpture created by dexterous beasts and humans with great care, stitch by stitch.

The impression and appearance that I thought was suspicious when I first saw it remained.

Underneath the large statue are countless flowers and gifts to commemorate him. Everyone who passed by prayed when they saw the statue of Nauri.

The day I left. We lost our savior. Everyone was in pain. I spent the night in tears.

However, Nauri saved us even at the moment of his departure. Because the greatest connection point through which we could unite and understand each other was Naira.

Are you… really a saint? Your life is filled with sacrifice and giving. And it was only infinite love. Will you save us even after you are gone?

-Ugh…

He heard a familiar voice from under the statue, so he narrowed his dim eyes and looked closely to see his granddaughter, Rania, kneeling and praying beneath the statue.

“Ugh…Ugh… Mr. Venice…”

“……..”

My granddaughter is always bright and cheerful. The day Nauri left. Rania cried so hard that the sky would leave.

Nevertheless, Rania lived courageously. How did he grow up so well? You are truly an adult now.

As always, people greeted her with bright smiles, and Rania, who lived her life as usual, became a child again in front of this statue.

“….I miss you.”

Rania sobs and prays for Venice to get better. Passersby who heard her cries also mourned her with their own prayers.

…I will never forget. Me, Rania. And you who saved us all.

“May the heavens… watch over us. I will definitely protect this village that you have built.”

With both hands folded. Close your eyes and lower your head. Remembering you, the only saint in this bleak and harsh world.

Tudge-tudge…

“There’s no need for that…”

“…….!”

At that time. Someone’s footsteps are heard from behind, and a young boy’s voice rang out.

But… there was something strange. Even though it is clearly the voice of a child I am hearing for the first time… how can it make my heart flutter so much?

Hoodie. And Rania hugs her heart that has started pounding and looks back.

“…..Oh my god.”

“Uh…uhh…?”

A small child stands next to Kali, a happy face. However, he did not fail to recognize his identity.

Jet black hair. Red eyes. Even though it looked like a child, and it didn’t have bald-white hair or significant squinted eyes…

“Nice to meet you. Hoodie, Rania… how have you been?”

The good will that was sleeping in those eyes. Warmth. And the brilliance that led everyone to hope remained.