31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 587)
- what?
- paper… see!
- I waited for this moment!
By the will of the transcendental Kang Seol, the point in time when madness was blocked from his universe dates back about a thousand years from now..
And a thousand years passed.
They once again set foot in a space that had been cut off..
A universe of purity, uncontaminated by madness and prone to negativity, greeted them..
One question remains.
Why was madness able to visit this universe again??
Because as a thousand years have passed, the power of snowfall has weakened? Has he now declined to the point where he doesn't even have the strength to stop the invasion of madness??
But if it isn't….
Who brought madness into this universe??
* * *
It's good…
I profit…
Cheolkeong.
A man stood up in a neatly organized laboratory..
“at las… is it. I finally finished it.”
A cool-headed look with white hair and glasses.
It was crying.
“I wonder if I've wasted too much time on things that aren't poetry..”
Questions like this don't suit him. Because he was the first to believe and act.
Nevertheless, when Ur has doubts, it is usually not when he is doing something he has to deal with, but when he is doing something based on his own emotions..
In that sense, the name ‘Lust’ was given to the mechanical device completed before our eyes..
Regret is an emotion that he despises and ranks high among the mistakes humans make..
Funnily enough, he had such feelings and devoted himself to creating this device..
“…What are you expecting?.”
Ur learned that as a result of Snowfall's fight against the Judge, Pandea and Earth went back in time and finally regained their freedom..
Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible for him to be resurrected..
However, the interesting fact is that, unlike other lives whose souls were reborn through the cycle of reincarnation, he was resurrected as just Ur..
Becoming stronger than before.
As far as he knew, there were only two such beings on Pandea since the Celestial Struggle..
Oh, it's a little different from the other two, but the old troll Mael, who has already passed away, also experienced a similar phenomenon..
However, he only remembered the snowfall, and nearly hundreds of years had already passed since his life ended and he entered the cycle of reincarnation..
Ur evaluated Mael as having survived for a relatively long time, perhaps because something had gone wrong with his body after going through time regression..
After Mael passed away, there were two special beings who remembered Snowfall..
“Now that I think about it, I may have seen him... It's been a while.”
Ur himself and the 'guy' he refers to were overcome with complex emotions when he woke up after the time regression..
Because not everyone in the world remembered the snowfall..
In that case, it is right for both of them, including Ur, to forget him..
what should i do.
How should we live in the future?.
I gave a rumbling answer..
- I'll watch..
I will watch the life of life.
As a watcher and observer.
The answer of one remaining person was this:.
- I will take care of it.
Well, no… she answered in her own way.
The two separated because their paths were different..
Probably about a thousand years have passed.
thousand years…
It's almost a thousand years.
To the first mage who lived for eons, a thousand years was just a number, but it was a pretty boring time..
After making sure that too much chaos did not arise in the lives of the living beings, he realized that they no longer needed his help..
It's thanks to her for taking a different path from him..
Now Ur is free.
What should a great mage who has experienced most things in the world now live for??
The answer was in this mechanical device. No, it would be correct to say that it is a magic engineering device..
“John, it's all because of you..”
jornet.
Scorpio Archmage of the Great Zodiac.
His groundbreaking ideas about ultra-long-distance transfer still existed in the mind of Ur, which was like a library for humanity..
in a more advanced form.
“If I didn't know, I wouldn't have done this..”
Transfer using memories and emotions as coordinates.
The more blurry the memory or the weaker the emotion, the more difficult it is to coordinate magic power, and if you make a mistake, you may fall into a misaligned space..
That's why I plan to get help from this mechanical device..
Because the transference he is trying to do is not an ordinary transference..
river in the meadow.
city to city.
country to country.
continent to continent.
Beyond that, the transition from space to space.
Of course, this wasn't possible through Jaune's idea alone. Another helpful memory.
This memory is not your memory, but someone else's memory.
Yuriko and Asmodon.
This device was operated properly only after referring to the method used by the magicians of time and fate, later called Kodon, to send a snowman to a distant heaven..
The coordinates have already been fixed..
Wow!-!
With the sound of clapping hands, a huge pillar of light rose up..
Quaaaaaaaaa-!
His appearance disappeared along with the pillar of light..
Where is he headed?.
What is regret again?.
* * *
fantasy dream.
Symptoms experienced by many people living in modern society.
This fantasy dream, which suddenly and explosively emerged at some point, was a bit strange to call it a disease..
Fantasy dreams are more vivid than any other dreams and are different from lucid dreams..
It feels like a movie showing what kind of life you lived in another world..
What patients with hallucinatory dreams have in common is that they all have similar experiences with similar worldviews..
Because it is truly a strange thing, it has been a long time since hallucinatory dreams were treated as a mental illness..
Instead, in order to consistently collect data on this, patients should regularly visit designated medical institutions for consultation..
“to… So, there was a dragon in my dream today.?”
“…yes.”
“Flap your wings... dragon?”
“Uh, so a dragon is a dragon, but it feels like all of its strength has run out and it's drooping.?”
“Ah, anyway. He also talked to the dragon.?”
“yes. We clearly talked!”
“What did you say??”
“therefore….”
Han So-mi forcibly pulled out the memory of a fantasy dream that was about to fade..
……
- Hello, Han So-mi.
‘know my name?’
- Didn't know it, but we spent time together.
‘lie… Nonsense.’
- My name is Nier.
‘you… er?’
There is no way Han So-mi could remember the name of the first dragon, Nier..
but… That name somehow feels nostalgic yet familiar..
And one thing.
There was a part of me that sensed that it was different from the fantasy dreams I had had so far..
It was different from before that she could move and speak directly..
‘Nier, why did you come to me??’
- I have to leave now. The reverberation in your memory is the last piece of me.
Han So-mi couldn't say anything..
A dragon is saying something in front of you, and you can't help but gasp in surprise..
- I have seen both your downfall and your prosperity. And even that sad fate. Nier… It hurt.
‘…….’
- Asmodon too... Yuriko, too, achieved what she wanted. However, Nier has not achieved it yet. That's why I came to see you.
‘that is… What are you talking about?’
- I am… I wanted to give you happiness. I wanted to become that kind of person. But, I don't know exactly what happiness is. so… I'm going to leave it to you.
Han So-mi in a dream tilting her head to an unknown word.
- I'll give you the power to choose. My last strength... It's the power of the first dragon. Whatever it is, I will make a miracle happen for you, with this power….
the dragon laughed.
appeared to be smiling.
- Take true happiness with your own hands.
……
“…That's what you're saying..”
“Yes, the dragon did that? Really!”
“A typical fantasy dream is like watching a film... I said we had a conversation in person.?”
“yes!”
The consultant was embarrassed and adjusted his glasses..
Sigh…
“to… A dream is usually something that you sincerely desire.….”
“……Anyway, that was it. All you have to do is leave a consultation record.?”
“…All right.”
I thought you wouldn't believe it, well.
Han So-mi quietly grumbles and leaves the clinic..
As I turned my eyes towards the people sitting in the waiting area and waiting for their consultation, I made eye contact with someone..
“uh? sister!”
“Yes, it's Somi..”
“Mira was next after me..”
Yu Mira laughed..
“Yeah, your voice was really loud. I could hear it outside.”
“Yes, I heard it.?”
“are you okay. Because I was the only one.”
“still….”
“Anyway, I'm going in now.?”
“What did you dream about??”
“It's the same.”
Swish-!
Mira Yu raised one arm up and down..
“Dream about splitting a person's head with an ax.”
“…I'll go.”
“okay.”
Han So-mi, who came out onto the street, wandered in the crowd for a moment..
homesick.
People who were born in this country, but miss the world of their dreams..
It was ironic.
“ha….”
The sight of her walking aimlessly resembled her current life..
She visited a neighborhood park and found an old bench that marked the birth and beginning of this park and sat down..
Sigh.…
Whenever she feels frustrated about something, she sits here and sighs. The bench is located in a remote place and is not often visited by people..
Filling a large space with lonely thoughts.
“Haaaa….”
“…The earth will disappear in one breath.”
someone spoke to me.
She recognized that the person she had just spoken to was sitting on a bench, and that there was no sound coming from the old bench when he sat down..
However, it disappeared from consciousness in an instant. When she saw her man sitting next to her she recognized him in her long coat and her fedora..
The face... didn't see.
No, even if I saw it, I just forgot it like before..
Han So-mi said while looking at the empty park in front of her, not at the other person..
“I have concerns..”
“worry? Why don't you tell me.”
“Is that so? Hmmm….”
Han So-mi felt comfortable with the man sitting next to her, even though it was her first time seeing him..
Somehow, I felt like I wouldn't be in danger at any moment if I was with this man..
“I'm not happy.”
“…what?”
“I tried… I achieved what I wanted. I got into the college I wanted, I made my parents happy, and… I think I'm enjoying the normal college life that everyone else is enjoying..”
“But why??”
“…Is this the life I want??”
“…….”
“I definitely wanted it, but looking back, I think I was just following the life other people wanted... I'm confused.”
“Thoughts tend to change. What was right in the past may be wrong in the present..”
Han So-mi sat down and listened to the man's story..
“Thoughts are not fixed. In the past, I thought I could accomplish anything on my own. one… Now I realize that was a stupid idea..”
Sigh…
The man looked at Han So-mi..
She didn't notice.
“I have achieved everything in my life, but at the same time, I have also lost everything. Now that I have found freedom, what am I bound to?.”
spit out bitter words.
“It's a memory. To remember... Life has become addictive. Again... I want to go on an adventure. I hate to admit it, but this is how I have changed..”
Lonely... lonely words.
“Not anymore... I dream of being with the guys from back then..”
“It's an adventure….”
At those words, Han So-mi suddenly recalled a fantasy dream..
“Ah, if it’s an adventure… It's the kind of thing that appears in dreams..”
“…dream?”
“Sometimes, I have similar dreams over and over again. I dream of going on an adventure with cool friends..”
“Was that dream fun??”
“It's really a dream….”
What was it like?.
What did it mean?.
Han So-mi there laughed and cried as she pleased. that is… I was really jealous.
“He looked happy. much more than me.”
“…Han So-mi.”
“uh?”
Suddenly, I felt a sense of déjà vu, as if I had come back to my senses..
“i know my name?”
“Well, because I heard it firsthand..”
“…did i say?”
The feeling of déjà vu got even bigger..
“It's time to say goodbye. I can't afford to stay any longer. One last thing before leaving... I didn't hear the answer back then, so I want to hear it this time..”
the man asked.
“…The feeling of time travel?”
“Of course it was the best! … what?”
Words that jump out as if they were predetermined answers. Why? Time travel?…
At that moment, Han So-mi got a huge headache..
“Ugh… Head….”
With special memories imprinted in my soul.
- …Well then, let's go back. name is?
- yes?
- Name, your name.
- Ha, Han So-mi. Did you not know my name??
- A name only has meaning when you hear it directly from the other person..
“Ugh….”
- i change.
- That's me. Take your advice. and….
A memory so powerful that it drives you crazy..
- My name is Ur, the mage of the beginning..
right… le….
Han So-mi turned pale, and when she looked to the side, the man was no longer there..
I quickly turned my head and looked towards the park, but luckily the man was standing there..
“you….”
“You seem to be doing well..”
“how to get here….”
“If you were happy... And I hope a little.”
Ur smiled bitterly..
“Me in the distance... And here you too.”
Grinding…
Quaaaaaaa-!
With the pillar of light, Ur disappeared..
Memories close to the aftermath poured out to Han So-mi..
- Pick up the hammer and break that stone.
……
- …Yes, the feeling of time travel?
Memories of the time travel I spent in Star's End.
“Ugh….”
- Times change. It's something I've seen over and over again. Most of the people around me died every time the era changed. that is… So far, I haven't been very disappointed. but
this time….
……
- Somehow, I think the next era will be a bit boring without you..
……
- …Jamard, take her to the next era..
“Ughhh….”
I was out of breath and tears were pouring from my eyes..
All the memories from back then.
Memories that cannot be faced again are like scars..
she wishes.
Again, back to that time.
please… please…
A fantasy dream in the morning that comes to mind at that moment.
- My name is Nier.
yes you were there!
- I am… I wanted to give you happiness. I wanted to become that kind of person. But, I don't know what exactly happiness is. so… I'm going to leave it to you.
You said you wanted to help me.
- I'll give you the power to choose. My last strength... It's the power of the first dragon. Whatever it is, I will make a miracle happen for you, with this power….
If you predicted all these moments…
- Take true happiness with your own hands.
“me… take me away!”
There, again.
Holding, holding, holding, holding-!
A dragon symbol engraved on her wrist.
It matched the pattern carved on Pandea..
Nier is a dragon who wishes for happiness..
Although that wish was not fulfilled during his lifetime, at least one person now lies under Nier's wings..
[Nyerga Holy Season: Uses Happy Dragon.]
[As long as we can afford it, we will make the target's wish come true..]
Quaaaaaaaaa-!
A beam of light surrounded Han So-mi..
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