31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 524)
Philsword was an old man who was now in his final years. By the time Kang Seol played him, he had already grown gray and had age spots..
In the past, he had the misfortune of being struck down during a battle, falling from his horse and seriously injuring his head..
I stuttered for a while, had trouble moving for a while, and suffered from a fever for a while..
Also, for a while he was acting like a child, and for a while he was unable to use the toilet.…
I started forgetting people.
His world began to fall apart..
Philsword's mind was devastated and his health deteriorated to the point where he could not choose a choice..
In the end, the snowfall let him go..
And as time passed again, Snowfall came to Philsword's side. To the side of an elderly person who has suffered from dementia for a long time and whose days are coming to an end.
As if it had to be that way..
As if it had to happen like that.
* * *
“You guys are going to sleep at my house again today.?”
Phil Sword greedily ate the food on the plate in front of him and asked Kang Seol and the two knights..
Kangseol stopped chewing his food and smiled and nodded..
“wow! exciting! Really? I promised!”
“Yes, Philsword..”
“Hehehehe… Hurry up and eat! I have a lot to do today too!”
Dadadada…
“Oh my... father! careful….”
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
“Phew….”
Elaine, daughter of Philsword.
A middle-aged woman who welcomed Kangseol and his group when they arrived at the mansion..
“…Thank you. Thanks to you, my father has been looking happy these past few days..”
“…….”
Elaine's words were sincere..
And it was also true.
Even though Phil Sword had a long history, he ran wild and played like a child..
Thanks to this, Kang Seol had to suffer from Phil Sword's playfulness while staying at the mansion..
“Let's ride a horse, ride a horse!”
“Okay, horseback riding.!”
Kang Seol bowed down and became a horse, and Phil Sword rode on his back..
“Hey! Hey! Run, run!”
“Hehehe… Hehehehe….”
Viewers were distressed when they saw that..
- Hehehe… Hehehe… Hehehehehehehehehehehe……
- Umamusumeya… Run, my son..
- I, the king of shadows, am an animal in this mansion?
- This was the full story of the Portra father and daughter murder case..
- Legacy… All you have to do is get the will… Just a little hehehe... If you hold on… Puh hee hee hee…
Kang Seol really put her heart and soul into getting along with him..
“ruler! I'll speak next time! Hurry up and get in!”
“That can't be possible….”
“Hehehe… Come on tahihi hin!”
- It's revenge from earlier..
- Snowfall in Cheongeunchu.
- That's it for now, Philsword.
Sparsely trimmed muscles were visible on Pilsod's back and waist. Snowfall climbed onto his back, thinking it wouldn't be a big problem..
“Puheeheehee! Puheeheehee! where should we go? Puh hee hee hee!”
“excuse me! Let's go there!”
“okay! Hehehehe….”
Snowfall that strengthens the lower back and adjusts the weight so as not to put pressure on the felt sword..
At that time, the door opened.
I profit…
“Father, happy….”
“Hehehehe….”
“…….”
- Do you want to join the vacant seat on this two-wheeled carriage??
- The scene of abuse by riding on the back of an elderly person was discovered..
- I don't think any excuses will help lol.
Elaine suddenly lowered her body, assumed the same posture as Pillsword, and let out a horse neigh..
“Puhi heh… Hee hee hee! It's fun, Dad.?”
“Puhi hing! fun! fun!”
“It's coming up on my back too! I'm faster!?”
“what? Really? Sorry, buddy! They say they're fast here, so I'll check it out.!”
Phil Sword plays with horses while riding on Elaine's bent knees..
Elaine worked hard to imitate the horse, even though she was sweating profusely..
They hung out like that for a while.
Pilsod must have been exhausted, so he climbed into bed and fell asleep soundly..
Kang Seol apologized to Elaine for what happened earlier..
“I'm sorry I thought you were playing too hard..”
“No, your father really likes playing with words..”
“…It seemed like that..”
“When I was a kid, I still vividly remember riding on my father’s back and playing horse games..”
Elaine looking at Philsword sleeping peacefully.
“…Now I have become my father's horse. It's amazing?”
“…….”
“Human life is truly strange... I was a child, then an adult, and then I became a child again.….”
“…I guess so..”
a day later.
Philsword suffered from physical aches..
“eww… Ugh….”
“father! father!”
“It hurts… My whole body… It hurts….”
It wasn't an ordinary body aches..
A member of the National Assembly accompanied by a priest made a hasty visit..
Both priests and lawmakers painted a negative future..
“…The time has come.”
“Your health will continue to deteriorate. from now on….”
Elaine nodded calmly..
Kang Seol listened to their story and looked at Phil Sword..
He was sitting quietly looking out the window. There was nothing outside the window. No, maybe everything he doesn't enjoy.
Crumbling-!
The next day, Pilsod got up and left. He walked around the house with a relaxed face, as if he had never been sick..
Crying…
Shoot aaaaa…
Time for the sky to cry again.
The long rainy season is still in full swing, pouring out streams of water like waterfalls..
“The customer… I think it will come.”
“…Philsword?”
Philsword muttered as he looked out the rainy window. Snowfall was watching the road leading to the mansion and noticed someone walking here..
I went to the mansion with something wrapped in a waterproof cloth on my back and without an umbrella..
Thump thump…
Kang Seol quietly listened to the conversation between the man and Elaine..
“How did you visit?….”
“Ah, this is my first time greeting you. I am….”
The man's story was like this.
He is a herbalist who wanders through the towns and villages of Portra. When he was young, he received great help from Philsword, and he remembered that and came here..
And, perhaps because of the news that Phil Sword was sick, I prepared a gift for him..
“Herbs that may help with symptoms….”
“All of this in the world….”
“You will see improvement just by steeping it in lukewarm water..”
“It's not like this, you're going to see your father.….”
“Oh, no. You probably won't remember me anyway. A guy like me... It's obvious that you've just bumped into one while passing by... then….”
The herbalist walks away from the mansion..
Philsword muttered..
“That young man back then.….”
“…yes?”
“huh?”
“do you remember who?”
“who?”
“just now….”
The herbalist was already gone..
“who came?”
“…no.”
Ordinary old people often face death in old age and loneliness. Because getting older is lonely, sad, and disappointing..
Of course, sometimes not.
The small country of Portra Kingdom.
A countryside in a corner of the kingdom.
People started coming there.
“Before Lord Philsword became like this,….”
“Oh my... Just because you're having a bad time….”
“Is this really Philsword’s mansion??”
Hero of Portra.
A smaller guardian deity of a small kingdom..
The last years of Knight Commander Philsword were not gloomy. Just as the scent of a flower remains where it bloomed and attracts people, people from all walks of life visited him..
A businessman who engages in usury.
A man who has just emerged as a saint of the Knights Templar.
A prostitute whose life was saved.
Even the nobles who were kidnapped and released.
People who had absolutely nothing in common kept coming. Few came empty-handed..
However, it could not do anything about the body consumed by Philsword's disease..
He gradually withered away..
stiff…
crackle…
“Yes, I will do it.!”
“no! My brother will do it for you!”
“father… What do you do to your guests?….”
“…I will do it.”
Philsword now defecated anywhere and at any time. The illness gradually became more serious..
Strangely enough, as Pilsod's illness worsened, he distanced himself from his daughter Elaine and instead tried to stay closer to Kang Seol..
Thanks to this, Kangseol took on more than half of the responsibility for Philsword..
They changed the stool-stained cloth and washed his body with clean water..
“Good mood?”
“huh! Good mood!”
Snowfall smiled brightly.
It was truly a funny sight..
The old man behaved like a son and the young man behaved like a father..
It wasn't that awkward.
Philsword is growing thin like an old tree.
His life will soon come to an end.
The feelings of those around him looking at him were like those of an audience member hoping that the curtain call would never come..
“I had a daughter.”
“…….”
Philsword's tone fluctuated..
The closer death gets, the more.
“It seemed like he had no intention of forming a relationship even when he got older, so I took a photo of the guy I had with me and gave him to him..”
“…It must have been an article..”
“okay.”
Shoot aaaaa…
Pilsod was still looking out from the window overlooking the garden..
“Dead. I can't even leave a child behind.”
“…….”
“I… It's as if I killed him. I should have protected it... I should have died instead….”
Why is Elaine alone?.
Her husband is said to have died in battle. In the battle led by Philsword.
Elaine listened from a distance and came up to Phil Sword and hugged him..
“Oh, no. father… How can you say that….”
“Sorry… Sorry… I could have made you happier….”
“…My father gave me a lot. jeon….”
“…who is this?”
“…yes?”
Pilsod's eyes became blurry..
“Who are you? i don't know you.”
“…….”
“Dad, I'm scared... Tell that woman to go. I hate me.”
Feelsword embracing the snowfall.
Elaine paused for a moment, then smiled and walked away..
Elaine began announcing Philsword’s funeral that day. It is very rare to prepare a funeral before death, as this is a tradition unique to Portra..
In Portra, there is a tradition that all mourners offer a flower. This may not seem much different from other flower offerings, but there was a unique difference in that each mourner had to lay a different flower..
Therefore, before the condolence visit, visit the bereaved family in advance and tell the bereaved family what kind of flowers you would like to prepare..
“scared… scared….”
Snowfall felt his life fading away. She knew that it wouldn't be long before she would break up with him..
From then on, Kangseol stayed with Philsword. I stayed by his side for two full days..
Crying-!
Rain poured down with thunder.
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
Shoot aaaaaaa-!
The wind was so strong that when I opened the window, the floor became wet..
I profit…
The night I tried to roll down the window.
“don't close.”
“…….”
Snowfall stopped as if an arrow had been stabbed in its back..
“…You've caused trouble so far..”
“No… is.”
“I'm worried about my daughter. She has nothing to rely on for the rest of her life.”
“…….”
When the snowfall turned around, there sat a giant with bright eyes..
The giant's breathing becomes shallow..
very slowly.
“Death is scary... I'm afraid... it's okay.”
Philsword slowly fell asleep..
“Father, please hold my hand.”
Snowfall ran over and grabbed his hand tightly..
“Warm hands... iced coffee….”
Philsword is dead.
Elaine held a funeral the next day. A long procession followed to his mansion..
Shoot aaaaa…
Even though the rain never stopped, no one used an umbrella. However, I somehow managed to keep the one flower hidden in my arms from getting hit by the rain..
Flowers were piled up in abundance..
It was even said that this was probably the funeral with the largest variety of flowers prepared in the history of Portra..
“Huh... Heo Eok….”
As the funeral was almost over, a man came to visit..
“how….”
“Ugh, I once received a favor..”
The man prepared a bunch of flowers.
It was a bunch of different types of flowers..
“Are there any flowers among these that have not been laid??”
“…There isn't any. These are all flowers that have already been offered..”
“that….”
The man was so helpless that tears welled up in his eyes..
Sigh…
Elaine handed him a flower..
“This….”
“This is a type of flower that has not been prepared in advance. I prepared flowers to distribute to those who could not afford them..”
“…thank you.”
Heo Eok…
Heo Eok…
man offering flowers.
“…Please sleep. Adult of Portra.”
As the funeral came to an end, it was time for Snowfall to leave..
As the mourners left, Elaine spoke to Kang Seol, who was laying flowers in the rain..
“sorry.”
“…what do you mean?”
“My father… I guess he never remembered you..”
“it's okay.”
The color of the thread threaded through the nose remains where the needle passed. Philsword's death clearly showed what kind of life he lived and how much he was loved..
Whirling-!
A flower made of shadows is placed on the graveside..
“'Cause I'll remember him.”
He passed away as a child, but no one remembered him as a child. Is that an adult?.
Snowfall and the two knights leave the mansion.
As expected, I didn't use an umbrella..
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss For…
A halo of light from the graveside flowed into Kangseol’s body..
At that moment, Snowfall looked back at the mansion..
Somehow, it feels like Phil Sword is watching Snowfall leave through the large window as always..
Kang Seol indirectly experienced the countless deaths that his horses experienced. Kang Seol, who watched Phil Sword’s death, says:.
like a god.
“…It's a good life, this kind of thing.”
[‘The ‘Feel Sword’ tradition begins..]
……
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