episode_0134

Cradle – cradle, birthplace, gently know.

“…“

“…“

“…sniff…“

As we hugged each other in silence for a long time,

I opened my mouth cautiously.

“Lapis.”

“Ugh…yes…I hear…I’m listening…”

“What if… What if… If there is still one way to save this world… Can you believe it?”

“Still… there’s a chance…?”

If it had been someone else saying it, I would have definitely thought it was a joke.

But as soon as I said that, they looked at me with desperate hope.

If it were me who moved as if I could see through the future and saved them time and time again from crises they didn’t know were coming.

At the last moment, he might have suddenly thought of a way to prevent destruction.

Maybe they wanted to believe in me until the end.

It was as if the teacher I had always trusted and followed had the ultimate technique kept secret.

Even I knew this was the only way.

Of course, I also knew that there was a price to pay.

“…Commander…Really…?”

“Yeah…lucky…there’s still…a final method left…and…sigh…I wanted to meet you guys before I did this.”

I slowly got up from the floor and looked at them and smiled.

I took out a red bullet from inside the necklace.

Inside it was a lot of red, shimmering magical power.

“This is my first time seeing something like that…?“

“…But something…it definitely feels different…no way…”

“Could it be…is that what the Commander said…is the last hope?”

“Yes, that’s right. With this…cough…I can…split that meteorite…as if…nothing happened.”

“Well…then…we can do it somehow…! If you just block the meteor… and hold on until the barrier disappears… Seojin will also heal…!”

“Lapis…! If this is the case, Seojin is definitely…”

Lapis looked at me with tears in her eyes.

A perceptive girl would have already instinctively known,

A technique that left me in tatters with my body completely shattered.

Because she knows very well that there is no hopeful technique to prevent such destruction that even she, the genius of geniuses, cannot do.

‘…I’m sorry Lapis…but…I…was prepared…’

I slowly signaled with my left hand, secretly only to Lapis.

Just like when I tried to kill time by talking to the archangel a few hours ago,

Then she gasped and barely nodded, approving my actions.

“But…if I’m going to do this…you need to evacuate in advance. If I use this…everyone around me will get involved…”

“…”

“…”

“…”

Everyone looked at me with nervous expressions.

I barely endured the crazy pain that felt like my heart was being stabbed with a needle.

As always, he smiled, hiding his pain.

“It’s okay…I’m not going to die…when we fought inside the portal…it’s a skill that angel bitch showed me…if it’s this…it’ll work out somehow…”

“I…really…?”

“Hey…Seojin…are you sure…you’re really okay…? All you have to do is stand right now… You could really die…!”

Everyone gathered their eyes and looked at me.

Lapis lowered her head and spoke in a hushed voice.

“The commander said…that’s right…no…it’ll be okay”

“La…Lapis…what do you mean…? There is such a technology… right…?”

“Hey!!! shut up!!! It’s dangerous!!!! Somehow…somehow the other level 6 guys will solve it…!”

“Mr. Seojin… Mr. Surt is right. Let’s wait first…!”

Surtur turned his head and warmly caressed my cheek.

She, too, might have realized that I was talking nonsense.

However, the numerous spells used against the meteorite had no effect,

In the end, Surtur just bowed his head in resignation and hugged me.

“There’s no time…cough…not much…”

I smiled and hugged the children in my arms.

“It’s okay…I’m not dead…I’m not dead yet…It’s okay…”

“That’s not what you’re saying…! La…Lapis…! Say something…! Please…!”

If only I could sacrifice my life to save them.

It didn’t really matter what the price was.

For the girls who have trusted and followed me until now.

And even the unfortunate people I couldn’t protect in the past.

If only to prevent the destruction of this world.

I could pay any price.

That’s why I did it right away, without regrets and without fear.

Even if my soul is banished from this world and I will never see them again.

I had an idea to prevent destruction.

Maybe something like this will come someday.

It was something I may have already noticed in my heart.

“Hey you idiot…! What are you going to do if you really die? Please…I…I can’t do it without you…”

Surt was right.

I also wondered how I would live in the future without her.

“Lapis..! Lapis, please tell Seojin quickly that there is another way! Please..!”

“That’s…! Ugh….! Ugh…black….”

Lapis was just lying in my arms with her head down.

Her warm tears flowed through the black suit,

I gently stroked the hair of the child who was panting and crying bitterly.

bang—-! bang—-!

Numerous explosions occurred in the sky toward the meteorite,

As if that didn’t matter at all, the meteorite continued to fall.

“Commander…everyone…failed…level 6 awakeners around the world…even nuclear weapons from other worlds…and other methods were mobilized…but in the end… ”

“…Lapis…”

I smile and look at Lapis.

She fidgeted and looked up at me tearfully.

In the words of the real Lapis, it seemed like there was no longer a way left in the world.

The hope we had that day.

The idea that somehow we can prevent destruction if we all work together,

In the end, like a mirage, the glimmer of hope only turned into bubbles and disappeared.

‘But I can’t let these children die like this…’

I thought it was a completely free transaction, like sacrificing my life.

I didn’t care.

I haven’t been loved once in 22 years.

Far from being in a relationship, he was severely assaulted since childhood and suffered from anxiety disorder and other mental illnesses.

I had recurring nightmares every night about children dying,

Now, a person is so broken that it is difficult to maintain his or her sanity without taking anesthetics and tranquilizers.

However, the children who loved me, even though I was such a monster, still stayed by my side and stayed with me.

The same goes for the three colleagues who remain by my side until the end.

It’s not just ‘trust’ as a commander, but a blind bond and love without any reason or hope.

It was only after I came into this world that I was able to feel an overwhelmingly warm love.

Even if he had no work to do, he always contacted me first and asked how I was doing.

He always gave me a kind smile whenever he encountered trash like me.

Even when I am mentally broken and in panic,

With a warm heart, he said to me, ‘It’s okay now. “I’m here,” he said, and just hugged me.

The answer that came back was always love.

And I was always preparing for the separation that would come someday with a bitter heart.

Can you save the children?

What if I just sacrifice my life?

It was a deal with no losses for me.

They smile too beautifully to frown in resignation to reality.

If I could never lose my light, there would be nothing to regret…

I told them with tears in my eyes, trying my best to endure the pain and smile.

“Don’t worry…you somehow managed to come back alive…so…this time too…you will definitely succeed…”

“Mr. Seojin…”

“…Seojin.”

“…Commander…”

There was silence.

“What…cough…why is no one answering…? If this happens, I’ll be sad… please… so… smile… it’s okay just once… ”

The cooled blood in the back of my head began to flow.

In this situation where I have to lie to these lovely children until the end,

I looked at them, my heart overflowing with a terrible sense of guilt.

Everyone exchanged looks.

Three people spoke to me cautiously at the same time.

“Okay…so…don’t think about anything else…you have to come back…I trust you…even if you do things I don’t understand sometimes…you’re always successful…◦# ◦

“That…yeah…! Mr. Seojin, you have always overcome things that seemed impossible… both at the academy and in martial arts competitions… right? Well…so…this meteorite…he will definitely stop it…and I have to come back safely…please…I’m asking you…”

“…Sniff…Commander…If…it’s an order…sniff…I’ll believe it and follow it…So…Ugh…I…I… .”

“Yes…! It’s a promise… cough… promise… in…”

‘Sorry…’

I couldn’t see clearly anymore.

But I could feel that they all still loved me.

And now I knew that I didn’t have much time left.

bang—! bang—-!

On the rooftops of huge buildings, numerous magic techniques combined their powers to powerfully hit the meteorite.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak—!

Numerous missiles hit the meteorite endlessly,

They hugged me warmly and buried their heads on my shoulder.

“Commander….”

“Seojin…“

“Mr. Seojin…”

My vision is gradually becoming blurry.

As they started to gradually move away, I squeezed out the last of my strength.

I motioned to them for a moment and slightly distanced myself from them.

He hugged Lauren warmly and stroked the delicate child’s golden hair.

“Thank you for always being my shield, Lauren. Before I regressed, I really received a lot of help from the academy… but I had too much to do… so I couldn’t stick around often… ”

“Ugh…Ugh…No…Seojin…No…Seojin…Do you remember us from back then…? The day I was locked in a room where I couldn’t get out if I didn’t do something dirty…and the day I went on a field experience together…“

“Yes…I remember everything…I must have seemed like a strange person when I first met him…I first touched the shield…“

“Ugh… thank you… for everything… I heard… that you helped my father and mother with everything when they were being threatened by the cult… I… I. Something like that did something…something like that…“

“…I have received so much from you. From the beginning to now… all the time… he helped me even when I was weak and getting beat up… and on the days when I had no money and had nowhere to go… he accepted me without any hesitation… “

“Ugh…Ugh…I…must…come back…? I… I have a villa… The sea there is pretty… It’s just… Ah… That’s right…! wish…! This is my wish…! So… by all means… let’s go together…“

“Yeah…that villa…cough…I have bad memories…“

“Well…then anywhere is fine…yes…don’t be hurt…please…when I see you hurt…my heart hurts too…so much…“

Lauren cried and fixed the bandage on my forehead.

Although he was already covered in blood and flowing down to his eyebrows,

No matter how useless it was as a bandage, I could still feel her warmth.

That was enough.

If only I could feel this warmth until the end.

As if he always protected me reliably when I was chased by the cult,

It reminded me of Lauren from the past.

“So…Ugh…I’ll wait…I…Do you have to come see me…? Got it…?“

“…Yes…Lauren…Thank you so much. I’ll be asking you to buy me a lot of good things from now on…so prepare your card…?“

“Yes…!“

side…

I kissed her forehead and gently stroked her hair.

Lauren’s cheeks were red and she was wiping away tears, and she smiled and waved at me.

Just—!

I barely snapped my fingers and evacuated her to safety.

The sky barrier was gradually disappearing, and it seemed like a gap had opened up to move her.

“…Mr. Surt…come here…“

“…Seojin…I’m really scared so don’t do this…It really feels like I’m going to die…“

“…It’s because I’m not sure. Because I might not be able to come back. So…just in case…I just wanted to say goodbye for the last time.“

“Really… haha… I only trusted you and followed you… and I ended up liking you. So… take responsibility and come back alive. Do you understand?”

“Mr. Surt…Before you go…give me a kiss and then go…”

“M..what…? Ugh…!“

I hugged her and kissed her lips.

The soft and warm feel of lips flowed into me,

Surtur pulled the back of my head closer and hugged me gently.

Her warm tongues were intertwined and her lovely expression was visible,

I stroked her head and closed my eyes.

Both of them were covered in blood and covered in sweat,

The kiss I shared with her under the scarlet sunset was very beautiful and ecstatic.

My heart started pounding and my breathing became difficult.

What was better than the kiss was her warm embrace as she hugged me like this.

“Puhaa…haa…haa..“

“…Haa…cough…cough…sorry…your mouth is like this…you tasted a lot of blood when we kissed…?“

“You idiot…don’t say that…“

She whispered in my ear and stroked my head.

She, too, was out of breath and crying, as if the emotions she had been holding in until now had exploded.

“Hey…sniff…I also have a wish…so…I’ll definitely come back…I know you’ll come back…I’m just scaring you…right…?“

“Haha…haha..You can’t fool Mr. Surt…“

“…Noona…Call me Noona…“

She looked at me with tears in her eyes.

I smiled and spoke slowly, as she asked.

“Yes… sister… I was always grateful… for following me… and helping me a lot… “

Whoosh—!

She hugged me and kissed me again.

“Churry…cold…“

She kissed me passionately, as if she didn’t want to let things go like this forever.

Her beautiful red hair glimmered in the glow of the sunset.

“…I’ll go…when I come back…I’ll fry the pork this time…and…I’ll do a lot of dirty things all night long…so be prepared…“

“…Yes. Sister… See you later.“

Just–!

I snapped my fingers and smiled.

Sure enough, she also looked at me with a smile on her face,

She also seemed unable to overcome the confusion in her heart.

“Commander…Ugh…”

“…Lapis.“

We looked at each other and said nothing.

She and I, this is all a lie.

You probably know that I’m not lying when I say that there is a final way to prevent destruction, but

Because she knows full well that she will pay the price.

Under the crimson light of the sunset,

I made eye contact with her for a moment and shed tears without saying a word.