The Barbarian of the Academy - Chapter 195
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2.
Late night, Count Dermore.
Even though it was well past midnight, Demuel Ron Dermore did not leave his office..
it was for a simple reason.
It is because of the success of the Crown Prince Chartrand's rebellion, all kinds of work has been overloaded..
When I was so engrossed in work.
Suddenly, a mound of dirt in the corner of the desk moved. Seeing this, the Count immediately stopped what he was doing and stared at the place..
some time after that.
The mound of dirt took the shape of a doll in an instant, and opened its mouth with red eyes..
“finally caught him.”
Howling Eye of the Abyss, Lacus.
He is the lord of the abyss who made Demuel his apostle. On the other hand, despite the rather sudden words, the count asked back as if he understood what he meant..
“By the way, you mean Sven Isaac??”
“okay. It's okay not to rush, so you should aim for the perfect time to process it..”
one month ago.
The Count infiltrated Arsene Academy during summer vacation and opened a gap in the abyss. It was to summon Lacus's followers..
The convocation was successful, and Lacus dispatched half of his retinue to the eastern jungle..
They have only one purpose.
To completely annihilate 'Sven Isaac', one of the stars that will later become a threat to the abyss.
After a long time passed, Lacus finally managed to locate Sven's base..
“What happened to the priests of the holy kingdom?”
“treated as a team.”
It wasn't just Lacus's family that was chasing after Sven. I don't know why, but the priests of the holy kingdom also investigated Sven's background..
But now you don't have to worry.
It was because the abyss worshipers, under Lacus' orders, killed all the priests..
“Just got a new problem.”
“hmm? What a problem?”
“It seems that the paladins caught the traces..”
Lacus' eyes crinkled at those words..
It was natural. Unlike the Priests, the Paladins could be said to be difficult opponents..
“Shit, it's bothering me.”
The moment they face death, they recite the prayer of sacrifice without any hesitation..
Then, a huge nova explosion occurs and swallows the surrounding area. Since this is a power that can instantly destroy even the members of the Abyss, caution is always needed when dealing with paladins..
“the number of knights?”
“two people.”
“uhm, but little…….”
“If you let him live, he'll get in the way.”
The count's eyes shone bleakly..
Lacus also replied as if agreeing..
“I have no choice but to deal with it. i get it. Then leave that to the worshipers too.”
“I will tell you.”
Countess Responds Politely.
Then he pulled out a piece of paper..
“Finally, news from the church.”
“don't let me speak.”
“It is said that the immortals and those of the giants are asking to see their master..”
Immortals and Giant's Clan.
These refer to the family of the Lord of the Undead and the King of Giants, one of the Lords of the Abyss, respectively..
“Heh, have you finally broken your stubbornness??”
“When is a good time to have a meeting??”
“It would be nice to have a night without the moon.”
“yes, i will tell you.”
After writing a brief note on the document,.
Looking at Lacus again, the Count muttered as he searched for memories of the past..
“So now only the ghost's family is left..”
“you can ignore that.”
“yes? but…….”
“I'm not going to participate anyway.”
an answer with strong conviction.
The Count asked curiously..
“why is that?”
“because of the mission given to them.”
“Perhaps because of the task of monitoring the 'spirit of the abyss' you mentioned last time?……?”
“Accurate.”
Lacus nodded..
After that, the red eyes that flashed mysteriously turned towards the pitch-black night sky..
“Among the seven stars that will light up the abyss, there are those who use the power of spirits. If that star gets hold of the spirit of the abyss…….”
“You said that the Ghost Knights would be at an extreme disadvantage in the war against the stars later..”
“Yes. I remember you well.”
Lacus grinned..
as if satisfied.
“The Spirit of the Abyss is the only weakness of the Wraith Knights. So until we get rid of it or drop the star that controls the spirits, the ghosts will never come out..”
After a long story.
Lacus' red eyes flashed as if he had suddenly remembered something he had forgotten..
“Oh, come to think of it, when did you plan to meet the prince you saw last time??”
“An audience is scheduled for the next week.”
“good. I can contact you then.”
Feeling like everything is going smoothly.
Lacus left the desk and went to the window..
“So the plan goes smoothly.”
Red eyes headed for a cluster of stars embroidering the black night sky. Lacus looked at this with hateful eyes and said in a growl..
“This time, the abyss will swallow the world of stars and become the true world..”
Lacus' eyes glowed red..
As if you are the only star who deserves to exist in the darkness of the abyss.
3.
Meanwhile around that time.
Ulan was led deeper and deeper into the forest by the tiny Perticia. After a while, she finally stopped..
“yeah, it'll be fine here.”
The place where the two arrived is a place that is no different from the scenery of the forest they saw for the first time. Even the large boulders and ponds were exactly the same..
Only one thing has changed.
‘much deeper than before.’
the very depth of the pond.
The first pond I saw was so shallow that I could see the bottom, but now the pond in front of me looked completely black to the extent that I couldn't tell the depth..
When I was silently looking at this.
“But how did you get in here?”
Pertishia has spoken.
Eyes shining bright with curiosity. Faced with this, Ulan gave an honest answer..
“I do not know either.”
“I don't know? why?”
“I just opened my eyes and it was here.”
“Ooh, that's a strange thing.”
Surprisingly, Ulan was the same..
I never imagined that I would enter Perticia's memory and have a conversation with her in my childhood..
“Hehe, welcome anyway! It was a car that I was bored because I was alone.”
Perticia, who had been tilting her head for a long time, smiled. With a spotless, innocent smile, she spoke again..
“So will you tell me the story?”
“story?”
“huh! Ulan's story.”
“what story would you like to hear?”
“whatever is fine!”
Tiny Perticia sat with her back against a rock, stamping her feet. Seeing her full of anticipation, her uhlan nodded her head..
“i get it. let me do it.”
It's not difficult to talk about.
Also, if you talk to Perticia, you might be able to find a way out of here..
So he started the story from growing up in the meadow to coming to the academy..
“……When I opened my eyes, it was here.”
After a not short time has passed.
Ulan confided in detail about the reason he came here. But young Pertishia's interests were completely different..
“Whoops, that's right. Then, when I became an adult, Ulan and I were friends.?”
“similar.”
Ulan silently nodded.
Then, Perticia's head tilted slightly. Then, a puzzled expression bloomed on her face, and her small lips quivered..
“but that's all?”
“what?”
“there's another story?”
“if it's another story…….”
“don't pretend you don't know.”
Perticia suddenly shows her face.
At the same time, bright red eyes flashed..
“I see everything.”
“what do you see?”
“Similar to what Ulan just said, but traces of a different life..”
“……!”
Ulan opened his eyes wide..
Because I finally understood what Perticia in front of me was saying. At the same time, I realized that Perticia's eyes resembled someone else's..
‘laurea.’
One of the braves and the next saint of the Holy Kingdom.
Now, Perticia's eyes seemed to be looking through Laurea's projection eye. When I felt like I was piercing through her insides.
“Seeing and hearing are different. That's why I want you to tell me the story left in the traces.”
Deep eyes like a pond in front of you.
Beyond that, for some reason, I felt an earnest wind. Facing this, Ulan pondered for a while and then made a decision..
“yes, that's what you said.”
“then…….”
“I remember my past life.”
To openly tell the secret. And as long as you're caught anyway, there's no point in hiding it any more.
So Ulan began the story of his past life. However, it is not explained from the beginning, but the story from the moment I met Perticia..
After joining the warriors in the past life.
It was thanks to Laurea that Ulan first became aware of her existence. One day, as she battled battle after battle, an oracle suddenly came down to her..
『In the ruined land, there is a star that shines brightly in the ashes of ruins. This is the last starlight to light up the abyss.』
So the warriors scoured the country that had been destroyed by the Abyssal War..
In the meantime, they arrived at the Imperial Castle of the Ruben Empire and found a small forest at the northern end of the Imperial Castle, which was devastated by the abyss..
“There I met Perticia..”
While dipping her feet in the pond and splashing around, she noticed the warriors, including Ulan, and opened her eyes wide like a surprised rabbit..
Recalling the vivid landscape of the time, Ulan briefly summarized the story after joining Perticia..
“wow, that happened.”
Little Fertisha, who listened to this in silence, showed various reactions. She was not only surprised and delighted, but sometimes she was angry too..
how long has it been like that?
The story of the past life finally came to an end around the time when the sunlight that had been shining around the pond disappeared and the moonlight took its place..
“my story is all.”
“hehe, good to hear thank you for listening.”
After being immersed in the afterglow for a while, she burst into laughter. She then gently hugged her legs and soon she glanced at Ulan..
“Ulan's world is really wide.”
“that the world is wide?”
“Yeah, my world is all about this forest.”
Perticia is a bird in a cage.
A confined princess who can't go beyond the forest even though she has legs, and can't see the scenery beyond it even though she can see the sky.
Is it because of this situation??
she let out a short sigh.
“i envy you. I'm curious about the outside too.”
“Then you can go out.”
“I wanted to do that too, but I couldn't. I have to stay here until permission runs out.”
“with permission…….”
“being in charge of.”
Perticia spread her arms wide..
As if trying to hug the whole forest.
“He did. It's not time for me to leave yet. So I must stay here.”
A melancholy expression spreads across his small face.
However, that was only for a moment, and she smiled brightly, as if she had never had a melancholy expression. Then she took Ulan's hand and said.
“But with Ulan's help, it'll be possible..”
“I?”
“huh! Ulan is incredibly strong.”
Perticia nodded..
Soon she looked at her hand.
“On the other hand, I lack the strength.”
A hand small enough to hold a pebble. Pertisha wiggled her hands and muttered.
“From the moment I opened my eyes, no one was by my side. All I had was people watching me, no one I could call a friend.”
A bitter smile blooms on your lips.
At the end of the self-deprecating murmur, the small eyes looked at Ulan again..
“So please.”
At the same time, her hand went this way..
As if you want to catch me.
“will you take me outside?”
“…….”
Ulan, on the other hand, said nothing..
As if lost in thought for a moment. Little Pertisha waited patiently, and it wasn't long before she received the answer she had been waiting for..
“Well, it must be hard to come out alone.”
“That's right, so I'd like some help.”
“i get it. don't do that.”
“really? really?”
she asks with surprised eyes.
Ulan nodded happily..
“okay. let's go out together.”
“yes, good!”
Perticia smiled happily and stretched out her hand further. But it didn't happen that Ulan grabbed her hand..
“uh?”
No, I didn't even reach out in the first place.
He just walks towards the pond.
Are you taken aback by the sudden action? Pertisha asked with her bewildered face..
“what are you doing now?”
still no answer.
Ulan, who had arrived at his destination at that time, bent his knees and reached out to the pond. Per Tisha repeatedly raised her voice at her incomprehensible action..
“I'm here! what there……!”
“no, it's different.”
“……what?”
“you are not Persian.”
A word of strong conviction.
The resolute voice resounded, and the jewel-like eyes shook violently..
“what are you saying now……?”
“Unlike the previous life, in this life, the guy introduced himself as 'Tisha Lapidis'..”
In all, until they first met by chance in the capital, she had never once said her name was Perticia..
And Ulan, face to face with her, never called Pertisia.
‘however…….’
When talking about his past life, Ulan mentioned the name Pertisia several times..
But far from being surprised, the child in front of him showed a calm reaction. As she affirms that Pertisha is right.
The evidence is not only.
The fact that young Pertisia first grabbed Ulan's hand willingly. If she was real, none of this would have happened..
Just before falling out with Ulan, she was so delusional that she would have a child if she held hands with a member of the opposite sex..
Based on these facts, Ulan judged.
Now, the guy who repeatedly asked to talk to her was not Perticia, but a certain existence that only imitated her..
“Ha, but it's only me here!”
Then the fake shouted as if to retort.
The boy continued to scream, unable to hide his puzzled expression..
“There's no one but me and Ulan! If I'm fake, where's the real one…….”
“real is here.”
Right after he finished answering, he put his hand into the pond without hesitation. After a while, Ulan pulled out something he was holding onto..
shoot it!
A girl who appeared with a strong spray.
She must have drank a lot of water on the way up, and she coughed continuously..
“Coke, Coke!”
But that's only for a while.
She raised her head, not even thinking about wiping off the heavy water. She then looked at Ulan with a mixture of surprise and bewilderment..
“Ooh, Ulan. how……?”
“The pond smelled of you.”
Simple reason indeed.
But it was also a clear distinction..
Unlike the real Perticia, the fake body did not emit any odor. Even the body odor that would naturally exist if it were a human being.
Meanwhile, Perticia's eyes trembled slightly..
Watching the swirl of indescribable emotions swirl around her, Ulan held her hand tightly..
“I'll say it again in case you didn't hear it.”
“uh? what, what……?”
“Let's go out together, Pertisia..”
she looked blank.
As if I couldn't understand the meaning of the words for a moment.
Meanwhile, Ulan recalled the memories of Perticia he had seen. She sympathized with her solitude and loneliness, when she had been alone in the woods for a long time..
I remembered afterwards.
Chartrand's eyes as he looked at Perticia, who longed to go outside. Unbelievable to see flesh and blood, ugly eyes.
and at that moment.
Ulan made a decision.
“I'll get you out of the castle.”
“……!?”
“In the name of a warrior, surely.”
Even if it means facing Chartrand,.
I will definitely save Perticia.
With resolute determination, her crimson eyes burned as if anointed with oil..
Like a raging fire that will burn everything.
45page. bird in cage
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