Chapter 212

not.

I was able to notice right away. The voice and appearance were unmistakably Jerome, but the atmosphere felt was quite different.

“What happened.”

It wasn’t a question in the sense of whether it’s time to be in summertime.

everything has stopped

The throat of the person next to him swallowing saliva, the middle-aged woman’s arm throwing anything at random, and Euril’s hair flying dangerously as if it were about to be hung on at any moment.

“If you want to see it through to the end, I won’t stop you. do you want to see that?”

“no.”

There’s no way I want to see it.

I just had to see.

“Then thank you.”

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Jerome, who groaned and stretched forward, reached out his hand. A black tree trunk that slowly stretched out lightly stabbed me in the chest.

What I felt at that moment was an eerie sensation, as if someone had completely grabbed my heart.

“… … What is your identity?”

At the end of the day, I almost lost my strength and collapsed. I said clenching my molars.

“Perhaps the devil you speak of.”

“That is me.”

“okay. Who said what?”

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Jerome, no. The demon in the form of Jerome whispered softly.

“You made me.”

“What… … ?”

“I am the world you created. A sad, cramped, bleak story. Do you like that?”

replied with a smirk.

“… … Not anymore.”

“Well, it’s come to this, but I must have realized something. Have you looked in the mirror lately?”

Then, like a mirror, my image is reflected in the black world.

Melancholy and sunken eyes. Her hair is a mess, and her beard, which grows vaguely, looks messy because it is not tidied up.

In a word, it’s inconvenient. In this way, Ainim and Hira were sent. I laughed out of embarrassment.

“Tsk. At first, it was fun to see you suffer around like this. It has to be moderate.”

What else are you going to do here? The devil muttered with his tongue stuck out.

That’s pretty good.

“Is Euril dying?”

“You sound natural.”

“What about me?”

“You know?”

I’ve looked at the logs of test play. After Auril jumps from the Tower of Truth, Rockstrin commits suicide.

“Well, for now, I’ll quietly return to Rongrult. with the head a bit weird. It will last for a few days… … .”

As he pretended to twirle his index finger, the demon burst into laughter.

“To borrow your words, this is a kind of ‘failed ending’.”

I vaguely knew.

I don’t even have the confidence to see Euril with my own two eyes right now, so there’s no way I can bear it after that. Wouldn’t it be better if we returned to Rongurt together instead of staying in Mash… … .

It seems that even such a simple alternative was the wrong choice.

“But now I’m sick of that. I’m tired of seeing it hundreds of times. It’s no fun.”

“what do you want.”

“I’m not trying to make you a bad offer. If that was the case, I wouldn’t have stopped the wizard. Simple.”

Although it is close, it does not intervene greatly in the development, and its ability is unknown, so there are many gaps to dig into.

He had been watching me from a close distance. It was this devil’s will that stopped Mad.

The stems that stretched out slowly entangled the body. The story I created with my own hands has choked my throat.

is it.

this is the end of this story

“Oh, I forgot to say something important.”

The stopped world gradually turns black. As if coming from far away, the devil’s voice resounded loudly.

“You haven’t failed yet.”

pop.

And the world closed.

It was when the consciousness that had been wandering in the hazy feeling of floating awoke.

Flash.

Is there really an afterlife?

Flash.

While I was thinking about that, something kept twinkling in the stillness.

Flash.

Flash.

what.

When I stretch out my hand, I see the light.

[GAME OVER]

It was a very familiar message that I had seen hundreds of times.

[GAME OVER]

▶ Redo from scratch

▷ Game over

It was the only option I knew the right answer to.

* * *

“You saw this way!”

“Kyaaah!”

“Whoaaagh!”

It was a sunny spring day.

The imperial academy with cherry blossoms in full bloom, sitting on a bench in the bright campus, I looked up at the sky.

The reaction of those around him who scolded him is not new. Because I am Lockstrin Aindar Locke.

“The weather is nice.”

I slowly got up.

“It’s like Manggeum.”

Stopped at 1203 Tower of Truth, took the proceeds from the sale of the heirloom by Lockstrin, and exited the front door.

“Oh, aren’t you Lord Rockstryn? You have to go to the auditorium now… … .”

“To the Menlua Desert.”

“Yes?”

I got a driver and climbed into the wagon.

What if it was like this What if it was like that It was full of lingering regrets and regrets, so there was no need to worry any more.

I took out the newspaper I had brought from the Tower of Truth lobby and opened it.

＜Monthly Summer 594＞

[Q. But, is he the one you care about the most?]

[A1. Lockstrin Aindar Locke!! The young son of Count Aindarlock, who has a great reputation in the social world, has entered the school… … .]

A bloody laugh came out.

Unfortunately, this student newspaper is wrong.

“Come on, Lord Rockstryn. It will take ten days to make the round trip.”

“I’m going to hit you.”

“ah… … ?”

“I have nothing to learn. There is no one who can use magic better than me.”

Day 1 car.

escape.

* * *

less so

“… … ?”

Time for everyone to sleep.

The door to Tower of Truth Room 1303 opened quietly. Euril woke up to find something hanging from the sock-wrapped doorknob.

‘Village?’

It was a vial filled with a suspicious sky-blue liquid. The string hangs like a necklace.

Who would have put something like this? It was meant to be put in the lost and found in the lobby.

Euril carefully picked up the vial with her gloved hand and climbed the elevator. Warm warmth came through.

12th floor.

11th floor.

4th floor.

3rd Floor… … .

“uh… … ?”

Even after coming down the elevator, the bottle was still warm. It was impossible. Surprised, Euril picked up the vial and examined it again.

slap.

I came out to a park far away from the Tower of Truth, carefully took off my gloves and even touched it with my bare hands.

I was trembling.

The light blue liquid did not freeze or cool. Warmth emanated from the tightly held hands.

* * *

“Professor Jomel is missing.”

“Hey, aren’t you scared? Someone is digging up the campus floor at night.”

“Who buried the treasure?”

15th day car.

Night raids do not occur.

* * *

“What do you think, Professor Kanin?”

“There is nothing to say. It’s innovative. It wouldn’t be strange to revise the curriculum starting this year.”

“But who is this… … ?”

“I would have referred to it because there are many contrasts with the existing basic theory.”

“I tried tracking the rental records, but they were all normal students.”

“And this is the second agenda… … .”

“Isn’t it a magic core?”

20th day car.

Dissemination of imagination theory.

Beginning of research on popular magic cores.

* * *

“You can use it after teaching young wizards for a month, so you can put them right into the barrier.”

“You mean you made this?”

“Not alone, but with a court wizard over there in the imperial family and sister Neil.”

“… … Good job.”

30 days car.

Class A kidnapping has not occurred.

laser development.

* * *

‘nameplate. something.’

Ai suddenly remembered.

This morning, a note with only five letters was left in front of the door. Although Maria threw it straight into the trash.

“Is there really not? The student who found ‘000’. I still think it’s not too late.”

000.

‘something’ with a number on it.

not a note?

“… … I found it.”

Ainim quietly raised his hand.

Along with the name tag embroidered on the left chest.

“Congratulations, Your Highness.”

“… … .”

Ai made a sad face.

* * *

“… … What do you mean?”

“Daisy is being protected on our estate. The things Lord Baeller is worried about don’t happen.”

black hair.

It was Aindar Loch, the rockstar that was rumored in the world. Baeller couldn’t hide his bewilderment.

“How did know?”

“Kyung is a good person. You were handsome.”

“… … What?”

“Anyway, he’s handsome.”

* * *

“Any casualties?”

“0 people… … . no see.”

An air raid on an unprecedented scale.

And, likewise, an unprecedented sweeping victory. It was a record that will go down in history.

The barrier brought from Summer Turge as a test functioned perfectly, and the young wizards who were quickly nurtured were able to operate the laser.

“Where is the Rockstrin?”

“That, we also looked for it, but it disappeared in an instant… … .”

“He’s a newcomer.”

Coltman let out a rare chuckle. I couldn’t even praise the ball, but I wasn’t dissatisfied at all.

* * *

[Using the magic core of the beginning stored in the Summer Territory, the entire Whirlwind Islands were completely annihilated… … ]

[The princess of Mash who single-handedly incapacitated the monsters in the abyss… … ]

[About the assassination of factors occurring in various parts of the continent… … ]

[The exchange between the academies was the main reason why Rongrut and Liden had the meeting… … ]

* * *

and again,

Spring of 1320.

‘Still, it’s better to have a diploma.’

‘No, my father didn’t win either, but he’s been doing well.’

‘There is a saying that the reason why I was treated badly at the Magic Society was because of that.’

‘I have nothing to learn… … .’

‘Why don’t you make friends?’

On a campus full of cherry blossoms, I was sitting on a bench.

Since the popularization of the imaginary theory, the Summer Turge has expanded tremendously. Now there are five towers, and the restrictions on admission have been greatly reduced, so the age does not matter. Coincidentally, he was a 19-year-old freshman.

“What about friends?”

Except for Baeller, he had no contact with anyone. Even that was only once.

Aindarok’s status is intact. No one is willing to speak up.

When I think of what I did to make friends… … . I can’t possibly do that twice.

I sighed as I watched the brown-haired girl chatting happily at the tea table.

“Is it over now?”

I really stretched my back slowly for the first time in a long time. It took some time, but nothing got in the way.

I knew the answer because I went all the way to the end. They say everything becomes memories after it passes, well.

not easily forgotten Still, there is nothing comfortable about it.

“found!”

For example, if there is a shiny blonde running from a distance like that.

Oh, now you’ll jump on me You have to power the boat. You don’t even have to think about it… … .

“Cuck!”

“Rox!”

thud!

In an instant, a dull shock was transmitted to his side. It was completely unexpected.

Are you a child? Are you right?

“What are you doing, no. Meet Her Highness, the princess.”

I hurriedly took a step back and straightened my posture. what? Come on?

Gawil still favored the child, and since it had been quite a while since he had threatened Marquis Tippole and persuaded Tane, the child had the absolute upper hand to the extent that the succession race was meaningless.

In effect, he was the next emperor, but it was not enough to show proper manners.

Now that they are nineteen, the children are also growing up… … . no It wasn’t that light even in the old days.

“majesty? There are many eyes to see. Keeping your body in shape… … .”

“Did you miss it?”

“Yes… … . Yes?”

what are you saying out of the blue

However, Ai-nim suddenly held out a fairly thick notebook.

“this.”

I blushed as if I was a little embarrassed.

“I went to Leeden as an envoy.”

“I heard it was.”

“I stopped by the Eternal West.”

“uh… … .”

I accepted the note given by Aini.

“Records in the Eternal West will not be taken out… … .”

“It was copied by hand.”

Carefully turned the first page.

[I really, really like Rocks!]

“… … .”

It was the child’s diary.

[What happened? Well, from the time of admission, I should just write from the beginning. Actually, I spoke to Rox first. Rox was left alone in the auditorium… … ]

“How is this?”

“I remembered everything while reading this in the West Building. Rocks will disappear as soon as you look away.”

Did you mean this when you said you had a good idea? I feel like a kid all over again.

“There are so many things I want to say.”

The boy in front hugged me. Bright blonde hair wrapped around her like a curtain.

warm, cozy and It was an indescribable feeling.

“Was it hard?”

“It wasn’t very difficult.”

“Well, was it lonely then?”

“that… … Yes. I have no friends.”

I couldn’t deny it.

I never thought it was unfair, but I didn’t have a friend with whom I could have a small chat.

This was the right ending in my opinion.

“Yes. Now that I think about it, have you not broken your engagement yet?”

“… … I never did it here.”

“no?”

“no.”

We closed our eyes for a moment.

I think I made a happy ending somehow. Unexpectedly, I realized that I was wrong from the first goal I set.

… … Dude, you couldn’t make it in the end.

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