Genius Warlock-Episode 133
A dark, narrow space with all sides closed.
There was a boy sitting there crouching.
The boy's name was Rosburn. An orphan, an inn worker, and a student at the Magic Tower... … . No, he was a rat who thought he would be a student..
laboratory rat.
Well, it was common in this city..
Children who thought they had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity through luck and ability, but then fall to the bottom..
In particular, the rate of orphans was high..
They had no adults to advise them that here in Landa there were countless crises disguised as opportunities..
Maybe if it was a sin it was a sin.
"Is that really a sin??”
Rossburn asked softly while holding both knees..
It was unlikely that I would get an answer since I was alone in the private room, but surprisingly, an answer came back in the dark..
A voice as gentle as a mother's voice and as kind as a sister's voice..
There was a high probability that it was an auditory hallucination, but Rossburn already didn't care..
What does it matter whether it is an auditory hallucination or not??
Rossburn just wanted answers..
"Is it really a sin that I don't have an adult to tell me to be careful??”
"well?”
A voice in the darkness answered vaguely. Rossburn was confused..
"Well, then why am I being punished here? Well, I've never committed a crime.…?”
The kind voice answered skeptically again..
"well.… . If you're being punished, you haven't committed a crime. Otherwise, there's no way you'd be like this.?”
the boy was silent.
She was right. How could he be punished if he had not committed a crime? If that were the case, how sad would it be? She didn't sin, but she gets punished.
The boy touched his body.
The upper body was wrapped in bandages. very thick bandage.
After getting the injection, I woke up in this condition, and the researchers said that the surgery was successful..
They say that if you endure just a little pain, you can evolve from an inferior Barbary to a true human..
I couldn't understand anything that was being said..
What is Barbary, and what is a true human being??
Rossburn opened his mouth..
“About me.….”
"Yes, I'm listening..”
"Well, I just wanted to go to school. just… So I can study... Is that a sin??”
Again a skeptical answer came back..
"well? I don’t think it’s a sin to want to study. Rather, it deserves praise. Learning is a virtue and a joy."
Rossburn closed his eyes tightly..
It was dark anyway, but I was able to focus my thoughts better when I closed my eyes..
“..…Is it because I bothered you??”
"It's annoying?”
“yes… ..Is it because I wanted to learn how to read and bothered the customer??”
"hmm.… . Did the customer hate it??”
Rosburn held his head in both hands. Did the teacher hate it??
"Oh no… ..probably not. So, is it because learning to read made you lazy? Inn Sunday?"
"Have you been lazy??”
Rossburn thought for a moment and shook his head..
Although I missed some time from work to learn how to write, I worked even harder during the remaining time..
In order not to get caught and lose the opportunity I barely got,.
really..… . I worked really hard.
That's why I couldn't understand Rosburn even more. I was confused.
"no..… . I worked really hard.”
"really?”
Rosburn covered his head at those words and put his forehead on the floor..
I worked really hard, but maybe it wasn't right??
What was the point of working hard in the first place??
When I couldn't tell what was what, a voice in the dark spoke softly.
"In fact, isn't it because Rossburn was lazy and bothered the customers that he came here? Maybe that's why the lady at the inn handed over Ross's name, and maybe the guest who taught her how to write didn't come to see her??”
Rossburn's head was filled with confusion..
I've been in the dark so long I can't tell what's what anymore.
I wasn't sure if I had lived hard, if my eyes were open or closed, if I was sitting or lying down..
Is Rossburn really a sinner??
Is that why I am being punished here??
".…Oh, no. That's not it.”
"What?”
"I asked my wife to send it to me. You said you wanted to study, so you didn't sell me..”
"is it so?”
"yes..… . And the teacher too. She may not have come because she was busy. It's already happened a few times. I guess it's something like that. I'm sure that's why you couldn't come..”
Rossburn shouted so.
As if struggling.
I worked hard, but was sold and forgotten by the person who showed me favor. Isn't that too cruel??
So Rosburn desperately denied this. To keep the minimum rest.
Even the voice in the dark did not know this..
"okay. But you're here and no one's looking for you.”
Rossburn's eyes widened again..
Whatever it was, it was true. For Rossburn, who was alone in the darkness of a small space where he could barely lie down, that was the only truth..
He was sold here, no one is looking for him or looking for him..
At that moment, anger welled up in Rosburn's head. Primal anger.
Why did this happen to me?.
I searched deeper in my mind to see if I had missed any memories..
I relived my life when I was sold to a motel with the promise of a job, or at the orphanage..
What was so wrong.
Did you break a plate? You didn't help your sick friend until the end? I couldn't finish the cleaning that the director ordered me to do on time.?
Then suddenly a thought occurred to me..
“..…Is it a sin that I was born??”
The voice in the dark answered with silence.
That silence convinced Rosburn more than any affirmation..
It was a sin to be born.
As many adults have said, it was a sin to be born an orphan, and in the end, they would go to hell..
Rosburn had an expression that could not be attributed to a child..
"Are you angry??”
When Rossburn slightly raised his head, he saw a faint silhouette in the darkness..
A woman riding on a strange beast.
she asked softly.
"Do you want revenge?”
"....yes.”
"Well, let me help you..”
A sudden suggestion. But Rosburn had no doubts about it..
I couldn't explain why, but I didn't doubt it..
I was rather worried..
If she helped me, I could take revenge, but it seemed like an unimaginable disaster would spread..
A disaster far beyond Rossburn's imagination..
He wanted revenge, but his conscience told him not to, and Rosburn kept his mouth shut, lost..
"......."
"Don't you want revenge? .… He's a good kid. Even if something like that happened to you, you don't want to hurt others. It's really amazing. I'm serious. But you know what??”
"Even if you act so nice, no one in this world will notice? Because there will be good children like you in the past, present and future..”
With those words, she, composed of darkness, stretched out her hand and touched Rosburn's temple..
Then, numerous fragments of memory vaguely passed through Rossburn's mind..
A child working in a mine, a child selling newspapers on the street, a child abandoned by his parents, a child selling his body..
Past, present, and future There were many good children and they suffered. Consistently.
Then came a terrifying sense of futility..
The futility of feeling like something precious that I want to protect until the end is useless..
All that remained in that emptiness was anger. Anger towards everything in the world. Anger at the world that neglected them and pretended not to know them.
Rosburn asked, his mouth trembling..
“..…plural… .. want to do. what should i do?”
At that moment, the woman in the dark seemed to smile faintly..
she said softly.
"It's simple. Give it your all.”
“yes? .… Everything?”
"Yes, everything. Your dreams, hopes, efforts, life, conscience, humanity, soul, whatever. Then, I will avenge you beyond the anger you feel. Never, no one can forget.”
Rosburn's heart was pounding..
After being deceived by sweet words and coming here, no, his heart, which had not been pounding for most of his life, began to pound..
How many times has this happened other than now? Probably, except when the teacher taught me how to write..
You can take revenge. The world that dropped me here, the world that pretends not to know me.
Even though I was nothing, I was able to leave scars on this world..
Rosburn wanted to say that he was willing to give it up right now..
I wanted to get revenge at least that way. I wanted to leave a scar in this world. traces of oneself.…!
Just as he was about to open his mouth, a memory flashed through Rossburn's mind..
My wife gave me rest and gave me extra food when I was sick. And Dave, who accepted his request,.
Impulse and reason were fighting desperately.
“.....Ughhh!!"
When Rosburn couldn't answer, she stroked his head in the dark..
I don't know if it was an illusion, but that touch was very soft..
"If it's hard to choose, you don't have to. I don't hate that either. Sincerely.”
"......"
"Let me tell you something in a special way.."
"......?"
"If you don't take revenge you will be saved.”
"....Salvation?”
"yes. Of course. If you live a good life, God will save you even if you are an orphan. Because he is an equal person.."
At that moment, Rossburn felt like he had encountered a ray of light..
Until the woman in the dark opens her mouth.
"Of course, I don't know what will happen to those who were captured with you..”
“……Other people?”
"Yes, I don't know if they can be saved or not. It is not easy to live faithfully and not sin like you.."
Rosburn was in trouble again. I don't know what's again.
Is there no way to save everyone? Anger rose again.
What sin have we committed?.
The indescribable anger no longer discriminated against its target. I just wish everyone would die.
Everything!
At a time when even thinking was difficult due to fatigue and anger, Rosburn spoke up..
I was finally about to make a decision..
“Before”
———bang!
"...?"
A loud noise is heard from the entrance in the distance. Ross Byrne and even the woman in the dark who had never looked away turned her head..
She said both happily and regretfully.
“……Well, it looks like he came first. It's a shame.”
"yes?”
I didn't understand what he meant so I asked, but there was no answer..
The woman in the darkness, which I could barely sense, had disappeared..
Every conversation we've had so far has felt like an illusion..
———bang!
——————Boom!
There was a series of loud noises, and then the sound of something breaking was heard..
I wondered if this was also an auditory hallucination, but they told me it wasn't the shaking floor or walls..
I've never had anything like this before.
I heard footsteps.
The sound stopped in front of the room where Rossburn was..
Rossburn instinctively steps back..
I heard the sound of an iron door being pulled, and then a crack! The iron door screeched open with a sound..
Light slowly illuminates the room.
A man appeared with that light. It was his first time seeing him, but Ross Byrne seemed to know who he was..
He said.
"It's a little late. rosburn."
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