The Barbarian of the Academy - Chapter 196
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4.
immediately after the first incident.
Perticia was quite embarrassed..
It's because Ulan's hands, which were holding each other until just now, have disappeared..
“Ooh, what about Ulan? Where is it?!”
When I looked around with a surprised face.
Suddenly, a pure white light spread like an explosion..
Unknowingly, she closed her eyes tightly, and soon opened them again. Then, like a frightened rabbit, his eyes widened..
“what?”
This is because the surrounding landscape has changed..
Instead of the dark 4th district, it was a green forest full of vitality. To her, this place was very familiar to her..
“I'm sure this is…….”
The Imperial Forest where Perticia was born and raised.
sure Even the thick bushes and towering trees all around are familiar to me..
After a while, she moved on.
It was to find out why the scenery suddenly unfolded like this. Then I arrived at the pond and soon faced my childhood self..
“…….”
and at that moment.
Pertisia finally realized.
That this is your memory.
With traces of vivid memories, she watched silently as she grew up as a child..
‘that's right. It was like that then.’
The forest I saw when I first opened my eyes.
The clear blue sky seen through the trees was the only world and everything she perceived..
Still, I wasn't particularly lonely..
Perticia had friends by her side..
‘spirit).’
they were everywhere.
It also appeared in the blowing wind, fresh vegetation, moist soil and cool water..
Perticia communicated with them, shared emotions, and had various conversations. Perhaps thanks to that, she learned the feeling of loneliness relatively late..
Just when she was ten years old.
Loneliness came unexpectedly.
Unlike the formless spirits, she had a body. In other words, from the moment I recognized the difference between humans and spirits, a piercing loneliness rushed in..
But the solitude didn't last long.
「I am your brother.」
One day, a strange young man came to the forest.
Chartres Monick Al Leuven.
Platinum-colored hair neatly laid down, he said that with a benevolent smile..
It was the appearance of a family connected by blood.
‘and from this time…….’
Her world has expanded a bit.
Maybe that's why?
Around this time, Perticia waited for the day Chartrand came. As she was spending time with her, she suddenly had a question..
curiosity about the outside world.
So one day, I mustered up the courage to ask. It was with the words that I was curious about the outside of the forest.
But the answer that came back was cold.
「It's dirty and dangerous outside.」
He took a long time to explain how dangerous it was out there in the woods. Then he asked in a tone full of pressure..
「so you should be here.」
At that moment, Pertisia realized.
Chartrand didn't want to go out of the woods. Not wanting to lose her one and only family, she remained silent..
However, as time passed, the meaning of Chartrand might have changed, and he often began to tell various stories that happened in the outside world..
Perticia listened with delight, and especially fell in love with the story of a barbarian young man of her own age..
‘Ulan.’
The first savage to ever enter Arsene Academy, and an unconventional being who caused more than a hundred casualties at the entrance ceremony..
Just hearing the story aroused curiosity. So, wanting to hear more stories, I even asked the spirits.
I want you to know his every move.
‘strange person.’
The more she heard about Ulan, the more Pertisia fell for him..
Unlike himself who was confined to the forest, Ulan freely roamed the world like a bird swimming in the sky, unbound to anywhere..
‘So I felt envy.’
On the other hand, the moment I thought this far.
Suddenly, the scenery around her changed. The green vegetation disappeared in the blink of an eye, and white ashes flew like snow..
“This place……?”
A space full of gray.
When I looked around in silence. Suddenly, a sense of stillness was squeezed out, and an unknown voice was heard..
【that's me too.】
The protagonist of the voice is a black lump.
It appeared at some point and began creeping up from a place not far from Perticia..
【i envy you too.】
A voice I've never heard before.
where did you hear this?
As I searched my memory, I realized.
“Oh, I see.”
Why did she find the fountain of magic?.
It was this voice that whispered from the Spirit that came from the center of the fountain..
The moment she recognized this fact, the black spirit silently nodded as if she had read her thoughts..
【that's right. because you are just like me.】
Are they the same? what does that mean?
Perticia tried to ask again with a puzzled face. But this time, too, she said her opponent's answer was much faster than hers..
【It means that I, like you, am a spirit created for a special purpose..】
However, the question was not resolved.
rather grew.
I don't know what the 'special purpose' the spirit was talking about, and I didn't understand what it meant to be a created spirit..
【The only difference is that I've been alone much longer than you.】
Whether Perticia was puzzled or not, the spirit simply continued to speak. After a bitter murmur, the spirit looked this way again..
【it really sucks.】
Like a child complaining.
The spirit shouted in an angry voice..
【The reason you were born is the same as mine, so why are you the only one wandering around the world? I want to go out as well!】
A spirit that quickly narrows the distance.
Perticia involuntarily took a backward step at the somewhat threatening momentum. But her spirit reached her destination much sooner than she did..
【So now it's my turn.】
At the end of a cold whisper.
The spirit's finger touched Perticia's forehead. Then an amazing thing happened.
“……!?”
The appearance of the spirit, which was just a black lump, began to change rapidly..
saaaaa!
The ambiguous shape changed to a human.
Her white hair grew, her eyes glowed bright red like jewels, and her slender arms and legs also sprouted..
“that look……!”
Perticia's eyes widened..
It was because the spirit that had completed the transformation changed into the same figure as her. Her younger self, when she was about ten years old, to be exact..
【From now on, I will replace you.】
The moment I heard an eerie word.
Perticia realized the spirit's purpose.
So instinctively, I hurriedly reached out to stop it, but it was futile..
with a plop!
Suddenly, a tremendous force struck her, and Perticia fell into the pond without even resisting..
【You've been looking outside for a while, so there's no complaint about doing this, right? Ah, of course, even if there are complaints, nothing will change.】
After bursting into laughter.
The spirit that stole Perticia's face, body, and voice as a child laughed..
【After you set foot here, your friends won't be able to help you. never!】
At the end of the distant laughter.
Perticia's consciousness also grew farther and farther away..
As she felt herself sinking into the pond, she soon lost consciousness..
5.
how long has it been like that?
Perticia slowly regained consciousness..
The first scenery I saw was a gray space. There were no bushes, trees, rocks, or ponds, so it could be said to be a space of nothingness..
‘this is…….’
It's a familiar space.
Then it dawned on me.
That this is the place where the spirit that stole his appearance existed. So, around the time I was trying to recall his memory before he lost consciousness..
Something popped out of the ground..
black mass. It was the same spirit that took Perticia's appearance..
The spirit towering like a tree spoke for the first time after a long time had passed..
「who am i?」
questioning one's own existence.
But I couldn't clear my doubts. The only thing that exists in this space is the spirit.
Eternity of time passes like that.
The spirit uttered the second question..
「where is this?」
No answer this time.
From then on, the spirits shut their mouths. He realized that there was no point in asking questions.
In the stream of time that went by repeatedly, the spirit kept its place like a tree. Then, a sudden change came.
「uh?」
There was a crack in the gray space.
The spirit touched it with a curious face. Then, a part of the space shattered and a black space like the night sky appeared..
The gray space 'outside' the world.
The moment he recognized this, the small spirit's world became noticeably wider. At the same time, the curiosity that had been suppressed for so long soared like an explosion..
But the spirit couldn't go beyond.
【you can't get out of here.】
Because there were people who got in my way.
Bizarre beings with no form.
At first I thought it was a spirit, but it wasn't.
Watching it in silence, it was because I felt a strange feeling of uneasiness and chills..
「why? why can't i go out?」
The spirit asked curiously..
It's a valid question. Then, the unidentified beings answered in unison..
【Until the door that connects the two worlds opens.】
【you must be here.】
【Because this is your destiny.】
【so i can't allow it.】
an incomprehensible answer.
The spirit shouted in defiance..
「why do i need permission?」
This was a valid refutation, but the beings standing in his way were immovable. So he tried to force himself out, but to no avail..
'Cause they're incredibly strong.
Like that, the spirit was drawn by the compulsive force and ended up stuck in the gray space again..
However, the Spirit did not give up..
Because I realized that the gray space is not everything in the world. So I tried again and again to get out, but each time I was blocked..
It's been such a long time.
The spirit has gone through countless despair.
「……lonely.」
crouching in the corner.
The spirit let out a solitary cry..
「I hate being alone now.」
The sense of helplessness that I couldn't get out of this place even though the outside world was right in front of me dominated my whole body..
「Someone please help me. please…….」
Lastly, the earnest plea.
The gray space slowly disappeared. Her eyes were colored with darkness again, and Pertisha, who watched the whole scene from behind, realized.
‘memory of the child.’
The spirit that stole her body was alone for a long time incomparable to her..
That's why I kept asking for help, and Perticia, who could hear the spirit's voice, was guided by the whisper and came all the way here..
‘really just like me.’
Is it because of some kind of homogeneity??
Dew formed around Perticia's eyes..
But that's only for a while.
‘It's too bad…….’
I can't give myself up for that.
Perticia was also curious about the outside world. We'd better find a way out together.
‘I just have to dry it.’
Having made up her mind, she focused her mind..
To call on friends who always linger around. Perticia whispered to the spirits with a serious face..
“Guys, lend me your strength.”
But the response is late today.
No, there was no response, let alone an answer. Tried calling again, the result was the same..
“……uh?”
Perticia's voice trembled..
visibly upset expression.
It was natural. I've never had anything like this before. I called the spirits over and over again, but no answer came back..
There was a memory that suddenly came to me then.
A word he heard from the spirit that stole his appearance before he lost consciousness.
『After you set foot here, your friends won't be able to help you. never!』
The moment she remembered this, she realized.
The fact that you are completely isolated.
Right in the dark abyss.
“ah ah…….”
It was as if white paint had been poured into it, and my mind was dyed white. Her complexion had long since turned blue, and her limbs were shaking..
Truly perfect solitude.
As soon as he thought he was left alone in an empty world, an indescribable loneliness and fear surged like a wave..
Couldn't I endure the fear of being alone??
She gradually lost consciousness.
I know it's a handshake, but I couldn't help it. Because he was too afraid to stand alone.
The moment I was about to be swallowed up in the darkness.
「……i get it. don't let me tell you.」
Suddenly I heard a familiar voice.
At the same time, Perticia's eyes widened. Because I realized who the owner of the voice was.
‘voice of uhlan!’
I heard a voice above my head.
Realizing this, she desperately swam, holding on to the slightest bit of hope..
As a result, he succeeded in reaching the surface of the pond at last, but could not get out..
‘wall?’
Because an invisible transparent wall blocked the boundary of the surface of the water. So I knocked on it as hard as I could, but the wall was immovable..
Fortunately, out of all the misfortune, I could clearly see the scenery beyond the wall..
‘……!’
The scenery spread across the wall is the scene of the spirit who stole his face and voice sitting side by side with Ulan and exchanging conversations..
Pertisia exclaimed earnestly..
“Ulan! that's fake!”
She cried out for the truth, but her voice did not reach beyond the wall..
“I'm here! please…….”
know i'm here.
I begged sobbing, but it was futile..
Around the time when he was overcome with a terrible sense of despair, Ulan continued his story. Then I heard something that suddenly opened my eyes..
「There I met Perticia..」
The moment I heard Ulan's story.
red eyes flashed.
‘uh how…….’
you know my name?
I never told him his real name?
In the first place, only a handful of great nobles, including the crown prince Chartrand, knew the name 'Fertisha'..
So I was seized with a strong doubt with a puzzled face, but this time was not long.
「will you take me outside?」
It was because the spirit that took away his appearance suggested that Ulan go out with him..
With this, Perticia pounded hard on the wall once more. Hard enough to break her fist.
“Ulan! i am here!”
a voice still unreachable.
At the sight of the wall not even cracking, Perticia collapsed as if it were collapsing..
Could it be that I have to be left here all alone like this? When I was overcome with such despair.
“uh?”
Our eyes met Ulan beyond the wall..
what? is it just a coincidence?
Just when I was thinking that, Ulan suddenly looked at the pond and sniffed. Then she strode over and plunged her hand into the pond..
and at that moment.
Kwadeuk! clang!
He broke through the invisible wall and grabbed Perticia's wrist underneath it..
“……!”
She looks startled.
Soon, driven by a strong force, Perticia's body rose out of the pond..
“Coke, Coke!”
Although I coughed because I drank a little water in the process. After a while, her cough stopped, and Pertisha stared blankly at Ulan..
“uh how……?”
knew i was here?
how did you notice me?
Around the time when all sorts of questions were swirling around, the Ulan in front of me answered with a tone that said it was not a big deal..
“The pond smelled of you.”
A really simple answer.
However, apart from that, in an instant, an indescribable emotion surged up..
Whatever the reason, he was the only one who really recognized me.
“ugh.”
Is it because the emotions intensified momentarily?.
My eyes were blurry. I wanted to say thank you, but the words didn't come out.
then.
“perticia.”
Ulan called his name again.
Then he suddenly said.
“I'll get you out of the castle.”
“……!?”
“In the name of a warrior, surely.”
Crimson eyes burning like flames.
The moment I faced him with a blank face, a sudden headache came..
“ah heuk!”
The pain is so intense that you can't stand screaming.
I reflexively grabbed my head..
Then, like fragments of shattered glass sticking together again, fragments of memories that had not even been recognized for their existence came to mind..
‘……!’
The imperial castle engulfed in flames.
Terrible monsters unheard of have roamed the ruined imperial castle and attacked people..
‘this memory?’
It's a landscape she doesn't remember.
But the sight is too vivid to be a dream. And in that cruel place, there was also Perticia, who had grown more than she is now..
「omg! Huh Eok!」
A small forest about 300 steps.
The Perticia in my memory was busy running through the forest, which I thought was everything in the world..
there is only one reason.
to escape from the monster. However, her opponents were outnumbered, and before long, Perticia was eventually besieged by mysterious monsters..
【It's no use running away.】
【seventh star.】
What attacked her were giant eyeballs.
In an instant, the eyeballs that came to the forest surrounded Perticia, and then muttered something incomprehensible..
【Check twenty-eight access records.】
【I found the traces of the stranger.】
【Judging that there is room for change.】
【The king has given the command―.】
Sensing the threat, the spirits resisted to protect Perticia, but to no avail. The eyeballs tore away all the spirits at once.
【annihilate.】
Eyeballs were torn vertically.
Soon, a countless number of teeth were revealed and the moment he tried to devour Perticia.
Kwajik! oh oh oh billion!
The eyeball that fell upon her was split in half..
And that's not all. The eyeballs surrounding it also turned to ashes..
「ah……?」
When I was in a daze in a sudden situation.
jerebuck!
Along with the sound of rough footsteps, I suddenly felt an unfamiliar presence. What appeared soon after was a man carrying a huge ax on her shoulder..
「It was almost too late.」
red hair blowing in the wind.
Muscular upper body full of scars.
Looking at him muttering in relief, Perticia pursed her trembling lips..
「who are you?」
「Third Star, Ulaanbaatar.」
Immediately after an incomprehensible introduction.
The man scratched his head.
「what is it? According to the oracle or something the seaweed head said, I came to pick you up.」
After lowering the huge ax to the ground.
he reached out Subsequently, he looked straight into her bright red eyes and remembered her name..
「Patrasche.」
「……yes?」
「No, was it Patriot??」
both are wrong.
When the perplexed Perticia reported this, he replied with an impudent face..
「Well, it's a name, you just have to find out.」
「…….」
「I guess I'll have to get out of here first..」
An army of monsters rushing in like waves.
It didn't look like a win, but he showed no sign of fear..
Just swing a giant axe, destroying all the monsters in your way.
「Go outside. take my hand.」
sweet sounding voice.
But Pertisia hesitated.
Going outside has been something I've wanted for a long time, but now the forest is overrun with monsters of all kinds. so the fear arose.
But the hesitation didn't last long.
「……!」
Because he grabbed his hand.
When I opened my eyes wide in surprise.
「don't be afraid.」
covered in monster blood.
he whispered with a serious face.
「I'll get you out of here safely. By the name of a warrior, I swear.」
A trustworthy whisper just by hearing it.
The man in front of me grinned..
「Let's go, Pertisia..」
At the end of a word from Ulan.
Fragments of memories that she thought were only dreams seeped into Perticia's mind. As she absorbed all of it, the dew suddenly ran down her cheek..
just keep going.
‘……ah.’
I just remembered.
The identity of the memory that I thought was a dream.
This is a memory that the present self has not experienced, and that it has experienced in another life. Even if you describe it as a memory from a previous life, it would be roughly the same..
‘I see. i used to…….’
Have you ever met Ulan?.
Although not all of the memories from my previous life came back, it didn't really matter..
What Ulan came to rescue him.
With just this memory, she was satisfied..
‘Ulan is…….’
In the past, and now.
He came to me and held out his hand.
Further, Ulan said.
Like I did in my last life, I'll take her out of the cage this time..
“ugh, ugh.”
Because I heard what I wanted to hear the most from the person I admired the most. And I remembered that something similar had happened in other lives..
Relief that dyes the chest.
Perticia sobbed incessantly in the torrent of intense emotions that could not be expressed in words. In the meantime, she saw Ulan through her blurry vision..
immediately he said.
Same word as last life.
“Let's go, Pertisia..”
“……yes!”
Perticia smiled brightly as she wiped the thick dew from her eyes. The moment she grabbed Ulan's hand as if she wouldn't let go.
【no, that's wrong!】
A black shadow fell.
The spirit that stole Perticia's face.
Returning to his original form, he became like a huge wall and surrounded Ulan and Perticia..
【you can't go anywhere!】
An angry cry resounding.
Staring at the towering black wall, Ulan retorted in a dry voice..
“you are really wrong.”
with immediate denial.
he growled fiercely.
“it's me who decides.”
not you.
Faced with attacks pouring in from all sides.
The ax was drawn, time stopped.
area of forty-five steps.
The moment you took that step.
Aaaaaaaang!
A loud noise enveloped the hall..
It was the sound of a black wall collapsing..
45page. bird in cage
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