Genius Warlock - Episode 540
540. princess and prince (4)
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A large space with nothing but a bed.
There was a dull hitting sound and the sound of something breaking..
Oliver looked at the girl who had fallen silently with an expressionless face..
Although he appeared to be in his mid to late teens, he lived for hundreds of years.,
Offered to hundreds of thousands of humans, and to the princess of the fallen kingdom who offered them..
‘······.’
Her head was broken on one side and red blood was spilling on the floor..
Oliver observed her eyes, expression, and body closely..
According to her experience as a fixer and the medical knowledge she gained from the former Grand Master Theodore of the School of Life, she was now dead..
Emotions and vitality were fading away like a dying candle..
However, Sleeping Forest, which was created by sacrificing a kingdom, injected life force into such a princess. brought her back to her perfection.
Unilaterally, regardless of the princess's will.
The blood and brain fluid that had spilled on the floor went back into her head as if time had flown backwards, and the princess rose to life again..
Clean not only the wounds but also the dust that came from falling. To the point where it feels unnatural..
It's probably the will of the forest.
I was really curious. Between Sleeping Beauty and the Princess, who is master and slave?.
To relieve his doubts and annoyance, Oliver lifted one foot towards the princess and stepped on it..
Kwasik!!
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How many minutes have passed??
If it's short, it's short, if it's long, a long time has passed..
As Claude said, Sleeping Forest was a place where the flow of time was strange, and it felt like it had been there for a long time and yet had a strange feeling that it had not been that long..
Or maybe Oliver was too focused on killing the princess..
“Are you not sick??”
Oliver asked, holding up the princess' arm that had been torn alive..
Across from there, the princess had collapsed, looking like a burst tomato..
It seems better to die quickly. However, Sleeping Forest, which had its roots in the princess, saved the princess by consuming the lives of the people of the kingdom one by one..
Be selfish, regardless of the princess's wishes.
Oliver pulled out the princess's arm, as if tearing off an insect's leg, and threw it on the floor..
The princess's arm disappeared, melting onto the floor like butter, only to magically return to its original position a moment later..
From the body to the clothes.
“It's like playing with dolls..”
Oliver said as he looked at the princess who was revived against her will, her body restored, and even her clothes returned to their original appearance..
Because it really looked like a doll. It's like something that gets fixed on its own regardless of your will..
I thought the princess was the owner of Sleeping Beauty, but it seems to be the opposite..
“So you can't feel any pain??”
Oliver's tone is the same as usual, but a little sharper..
However, the princess, who had died more than a hundred times, only answered with a gentle smile like the first time..
“No, I feel pain..”
Sincerity.
“Is that so? I thought it didn't hurt because you didn't scream..”
“If screaming will relieve my anger, I will scream..”
This time too, the princess was sincere. She truly wanted to make Oliver feel better. Due to regret and guilt. But there were no regrets there.
I didn't have any regrets about the ridiculous prank I played on Oliver. Probably, to the point where I would do it again if I went back in time..
“······.”
Oliver thought of Sleeping Beauty, staring at her with a mask-like face..
The child that Oliver was unable to help at Mattel. Colin.
“······.”
Due to incorrect information, the child thought Oliver was his savior, and as soon as he saw Oliver, he came to save him and thanked him. Then he asked me to please save him. He said he was afraid of going to hell..
However, unfortunately, Oliver did not have the ability to save Colin at the time..
Because I didn't develop the ability to heal people..
“·······.”
Oliver felt embarrassed at that time. Because of the gap between the children who want something for him and himself who cannot do anything. I can't explain it specifically, but I was embarrassed..
So, without knowing it, Oliver suggested that Colin go to confession..
Even though he did not have the authority to do so, he suggested the sacrament of confession to alleviate Colin's fear and anxiety, like administering narcotic painkillers. On a topic I don't know much about.
“······.”
Fortunately, Colin believed Oliver. He had no doubt that if he confessed his sins and asked for forgiveness, he could go to heaven..
Colin, who believed Oliver's words, began to confess his sins..
Breaking a vase, taking more bread, not returning the money that fell, not being able to save my younger brother because I was afraid.·····.
Every time he confessed his sin, Colin felt pain, but at the same time, he was relieved of his fear, and in the end, he fell asleep while expressing gratitude to Oliver. I believe I can go to heaven.
Oliver was curious too..
Since divine power exists and demons also exist, there must be heaven and hell. Indeed, where did Colin go?.
Since I sincerely regretted my sins through the Sacrament of Confession, did I go to heaven??
Or, did he confess to a warlock and go to hell??
Oliver had no way of knowing, and he didn't think much about it..
Colin was already dead, and there was nothing Oliver could do. She was just tired when she thought about it..
Meanwhile, Oliver faced Colin, who was shaped by darkness, and heard his cries again. That's so much·····.
“······princess.”
Oliver, who had been silent for a long time, finally opened his mouth. He seemed to be trying to forget the indescribable sensation he was feeling..
“How do you know Colin??”
In quiet frustration. Oliver asked.
The only people who knew of Colin's existence were Oliver, Merlin, Rosburn and the children, and a handful of wizards at the Mattel Lab..
Among them, all Mattel associates have been arrested..
sleeping forest. No, it was questionable how the princess, who was tied to the magic and confined to the castle, knew..
“Did you see it with that foresight??”
Oliver asked, recalling the princess's precognitive powers he saw in the shadow puppet show. When Oliver's characteristic expressionless expression and insensitive eyes combined, a pressure that was difficult to describe in words was released..
My lungs are weighed down, I can't raise my head, and I feel like my body will be crushed in the end..
The princess couldn't escape this either, but she did her best to smile and reply. After all, she was used to pain..
“I saw it in a dream.”
“Could you please stop playing with words? It's a bit like that..”
“It's not a joke. People call me a prophet, a seer of the future, but I'm just a human talking about what I dreamed. A weak, helpless human being..”
Sincerity······. There was a lot Oliver wanted to discuss, but his patience was so short that he moved on to the next question..
“why······. Why did I play that prank earlier??”
Oliver asked, reflecting on the discomfort he felt. I'm really curious. What on earth do you want?·····.
“Is it by any chance a feeling of wanting to die?”
Sleeping Beauty, feeling pierced, was silent for a moment, then slowly shook her head..
“no······.”
“don't lie.”
Oliver, who always respected and listened to what the other person said, flatly denied it..
Because I read the princess's fatigue, pain, and strong desire to rest. She wanted to rest. in any form.
“It's true that I want to rest, but I don't want to die right away. There's something I have to do before that... I swear.”
Sincerity. But that didn't mean Oliver's discomfort went away..
“Then why did you do that??”
“It's because I want to have an honest conversation. You who bear an unreasonable fate,.”
“Why are you calling me that??”
“Do you really want to know?”
The princess asked Oliver's question back..
Her question was as surprising as a stab from a hidden dagger, and Oliver was speechless for a moment..
Because I didn't know if I was really curious..
a being outside the world,
great man,
a noble being.
Until now, this modifier used to refer to Oliver has aroused curiosity, but at the same time, it has evoked contradictory feelings that make me want to ignore it..
Just as Oliver unconsciously knew that his blood acted as a special catalyst, but didn't care..
But at this moment, Oliver faced head-on the problem he had been avoiding and circling around. By the princess in front of me. It was truly unpleasant.
Perhaps reading Oliver's feelings, the princess opened her mouth..
“If my behavior offended you, I apologize once again..”
“······Does the reason you want to have an honest conversation with me have anything to do with the memories you showed me through my eyes??”
Oliver asked, remembering the shadow puppet show he saw earlier..
Through the shadows combed with emotions and memories, Oliver was able to indirectly learn about the fear people felt and the situation in the center of the continent when the Pied Piper appeared hundreds of years ago..
A huge amount of information that can be considered a page of history.
No, it was more than that. I was able to feel the sadness, fear, fear, and madness that people felt beyond simple information and words..
And the princess's knowledge was also included in those memories and emotions..
Creation black magic and barrier magic that transformed the space and concept of the kingdom into creatures, as well as space magic that did not appear in academia at the time..
In addition, there was a lot of knowledge, such as the forbidden knowledge of human sacrifice using human sacrifices, the secret techniques of black magic that strengthens and gives rules to magic through relationships and karma, and magic using memory as a medium..
Originally, it was the witches' knowledge, not the princess's, but the princess, trapped in the castle for hundreds of years, studied the witches' knowledge, analyzed, reinterpreted, and reconstructed it, establishing her own complete theory..
The only knowledge in the world that only you know.
The princess gave it to Oliver. Similar to Theodore, but in a different form.
I was curious about the intention..
the princess answered.
“Fundamentally it is similar.”
“Why do you want to have an honest conversation with me??”
Oliver stopped killing the princess and asked.
“I don't have much time anymore..”
The princess answered vaguely. But Oliver knew exactly what she was talking about, recalling her burnt-out encounter in the New World..
“Really now... don't have much time.”
The smiling princess spoke in a tired voice. Strangely, she wanted to say more but couldn't..
“By any chance, is the princess a warlock who predicted the apocalypse??”
Oliver asked, recalling the conversation he had with Ewan when he first met him..
Ewan says it's a ticking apocalypse. Or, they said that the apocalypse of judgment was predicted by some princess or warlock..
Coincidentally, the entity that corresponds to both cases was now in front of Oliver..
A rather important question. However, the princess had a sad expression.
“That's not important... The important thing is that a huge hole has opened at the end of the world, a huge black sun has risen from the ground, and a monster that will swallow everything will soon be born. I really don't have time.”
“······.”
“The reason I'm telling you this is-”
“-I suddenly became curious. princess.”
“······?”
“The people of the kingdom that make up this forest... If we get rid of all of the princess's people, wouldn't it hurt the princess??”
Oliver asked a guess based on the feelings of the princess he saw in the shadow puppet show and the feelings of the princess who wants to rest but cannot rest now..
It was difficult to understand, but the princess wanted to save the people of the kingdom who sacrificed herself..
In a spell that is close to a curse..
That's why Oliver asked. Wouldn't it hurt if we burned down this sleeping forest of the princess's people, or turned it into food for shadows?.
In the past, the sister of the meat cook was murdered in front of her eyes..
The princess smiled and asked back a question filled with pure malice toward the princess..
“Like you did with Hansel and Gretel? Prince.”
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