episode_0249

“……There you are.”

I clicked my tongue as I saw a soul flying in a specific direction in the sky.

The moment I learned that Asha and Adele were facing hardships that I had not expected, all I could think of was to jump out of the locker room and watch the children with my own eyes.

As expected, behind the unexpected incident was an unsightly guy.

“Akasha.”

As I was paying close attention to the direction in which the human soul was flying, I obediently let it go without chasing it, leaving behind a lot of regret.

If I follow that soul’s destination, I will definitely be able to find Akasha’s hideout and confront him, but I thought it was still too early.

As I became stronger, Akasha would definitely become stronger as well.

Of course, the biggest reason is that it hasn’t been long since Arjen’s power was fully restored.

“…….”

I watched the children below in silence for a moment and then returned to the lair.

“How are the kids? Are you okay?”

“Look at everything in the mirror and ask something.”

“Still. There may be things you miss in this two-dimensional scene.”

“There was nothing like that. Kids are smarter than you think?”

I now understand why so many dragons are able to live peacefully even after sending their children out into the world when they are not yet fully grown.

Even if it is an immature dragon, it is a disaster enough by world standards.

“Arjen and I also said that. There’s no need to worry and make a fuss.”

“I’m sorry. Because all the people I saw were not ordinary.”

Since it’s only rare, I feel like I misunderstood the level because the threats I mostly see are those that invaded rare. For example, Wayne in front of me, or the Holy Knight of the church.

“Why are you looking at me like that? What were you thinking?”

“I didn’t think anything of it. Rather, I have this thought after seeing it in person.”

“You’re changing your mind… I’ll pass on. What is it?”

“Keuhum. I don’t think there’s any need for me to step forward. Things like hardships and trials.”

“What? But if you don’t do that, doesn’t that mean you can’t give faith?”

“No… I don’t know why, but all kinds of hardships are already tightly tied to the children. I don’t even need to use faith.”

Needless to say, Akasha was already involved. Of course, there were many stepping stones in between, but Asha and Adele blocked Akasha’s plan.

Judging by the fact that the soul of the human who became a lich went to Akasha, Akasha’s final plan is probably to take that soul, so it will not have any effect on the children right now.

However, the children’s trip will last longer than expected. There wouldn’t be any problem if I only got involved with Akasha this once, but I didn’t think the world would go that smoothly.

There was a concern that the situation would worsen if I stepped in and guided the children to their destination through faith or created achievements.

Akasha may not know anything else, but she is amazing at smelling things related to God.

Although Akasha herself was in a position to live in hiding and could not easily monitor our movements, it was a shame. If Akasha had been free to scout out Nana Arzen, she would not have allowed the children to go home in the first place.

“What on earth did you see when you went out? Is there something I couldn’t see in the mirror?”

“Umm.”

I explained the whole story to Wayne. About things such as the energy of Akasha that can be felt in the Necromancy spellbook and the direction that the soul of a human being who becomes a lich is headed, although most of it is speculation, it can be considered fact.

“In the end, is it that guy again? I’m so sick of it now.”

“It’s a terrible relationship. That bad relationship never ends. I think we’re going to have a big clash.”

The more I build my faith, the more I begin to feel things that I could not see or feel before, as if I had become a true god. Although it was not at the level of predicting the future, it was confidence that something would definitely happen.

It could be said that it felt as if I had been possessed by something truly ‘mysterious’ as they call it on Earth.

“Anyway, it doesn’t seem like there’s anything good going on here if I have to blow it up now, so for now I can only hope that the kids’ trip ends safely.”

“If that were you, it would be like that… but hearing things like that makes me even more anxious. Should I secretly follow behind the kids?”

“No, that means every single intervention can have a negative effect. The problem is not that I use faith in the children’s actions and get caught by Akasha, but if I do that, the children may not gain faith due to some butterfly effect.”

Of course, that would be difficult. Since the huge threat called Akasha cannot be eliminated right away, I wanted to give children a means of self-defense as soon as possible.

Sheesh, okay. First of all, will you tell Arzen the same thing?”

“It’s a bit undesirable to tell Arzen about Akasha, but… well, I can’t help it. Please do me a favor.”

“What do you do?”

“Me? I have to keep watching the kids.”

“What is it? Now they say they can’t even intervene when something happens. Is it meaningful to see?”

“What reason does a father need to say that he will watch over his children?”

“…That’s true too. Then look hard.”

As Wayne left, silence came again. I turned to the mirror.

Now, watching the kids was all I could do.

And Wayne said he couldn’t intervene, but I don’t know.

This is because I could not guarantee that I would not intervene if something really dangerous happened to the children.

‘Asha… Adele….’

***

“What? Asha. I think my dad just called me.”

“The condition is getting more serious, Adele. It’s difficult if you’re already having auditory hallucinations. I have to live for another 10,000 years.”

“AC! Don’t tease me!”

“You better stop making fun of him… Anyway, that guy will wake up soon.”

“Just leave it alone.”

“No. My dad said that humans can die just by sleeping in the cold. What did you say? I heard your mouth is turning.”

“Ugh, it’s terrible. Why are humans so weak?”

“Shh. It happened.”

After the homeowner came to his senses, he was startled to see the two twins staring at him blankly.

“Wow! Who, who… Ah… That’s right… Joe, zombie…!”

“I don’t think I’ve come to my senses yet.”

“I just need to make sure you’re safe. Let’s go.”

“What’s so urgent? There is no suitable destination anyway.”

“Why isn’t it there? Your goal was to go to the village.”

“Aha. Now that he looks at it, he’s upset because the village he found is an empty shell.”

“I’m not upset!”

Their chat continued regardless of whether the homeowner was awake or not. The homeowner, who had barely figured out the situation outside of the spotlight, expressed his gratitude.

“Thank you so much. How should I repay this favor….”

“There is no need to repay the favor. It’s not like we suffered any major damage…”

“That’s right.”

“Still, as a recipient of the favor, I think I should feel at ease if I give something in return…”

“It’s okay! Even if you don’t give it to us, we can take care of it from someone else’s house.. Ugh!! Whoop!!”

“Haha, this guy is talking nonsense again…”

Asha hastily covered Adele’s mouth and left the place, trying to dissuade the landlord from thanking her.

“Now, just a moment! Please at least tell me your name!”

“My name is Asha, and this is my twin, Adele. Well then!”

Asha left like a hero passing by.

“Ha… Asha, Adele… twin adventurers…”

Even as the homeowner looked at his nearly destroyed house, he couldn’t stop thinking about Asha and Adele.

‘Adventurer… I once wanted to go on a great adventure.’

A native of the village, he never left the village until he reached middle age. The adventurer literally left it as a dream.

‘I can’t live here anymore anyway…’

Every single villager died. The sadness that comes late as soon as you realize that reality. However, I had to put off the belated sadness even further.

If you look at it calmly, the rest of your life was the priority. He came to his senses and packed his bags. We had to escape from this place, which was no longer a village, and move to another village.

The corpses of the dead villagers had to be disposed of because if they were not disposed of, various problems would arise. Fortunately, however, the person who did the work was a necromancer, so there were no corpses left in the village.

‘Asha… Adele… Now that I know the name, I should at least deliver a reward to the adventurer’s guild when I go to another village.’

He vaguely knew them both as adventurers, and thus became the only survivor of the village, becoming a spark that greatly contributed to Asha and Adele’s reputation.

Meanwhile, Asha and Adele, who had set off on their way, were once again contemplating which direction to take.

“Where do we go now?”

“You idiot! So, you could have asked that person earlier. All of a sudden, you stop someone’s mouth and just move on!”

“It’s because you said useless things. Why are you so confident in saying that you robbed an empty house?”

“What do you think! It’s an item that already has no owner. I didn’t steal it.”

“…No matter how much I think about it, Adele, you should have studied human society more. I wish I had read at least one book related to it before it came out in Rare.”

“What is it? Dad said there was no problem if I didn’t read those things?”

“You must have said that. Dad wouldn’t have known you were this ignorant.”

“Ignorant? Did you say I was ignorant!? But Asha also acted so ignorantly that she never found a single village!”

“…Would you rather say I’m weak in actual combat instead of being ignorant?”

“Please tell me I’m generous, not ignorant.”

“Okay. okay. Promise.”

The two linked their fingers with serious faces. As Eugene watched all of this, his insides burned even more.

‘…I don’t know if I can finish my trip safely like this.’