Chapter 159 – Malo (Tristan’s point of view)

I can’t fall down like this… All the bones in my body are broken, the broken ribs pierce my lungs, and I’m going to die soon. But even so, I was able to take at least one companion along the way. The Black Round Table told me to capture you alive, but I will kill you Werner Alton. Because that’s the only way to reduce innocent sacrifices.

“I… this dream… no matter what…!!!”

Even my life force was replaced with magical energy and the magic was activated. He made a huge rock arm and lifted it up. Anyway, that person is a mess anyway… It’s possible to get along.

“Ha ha ha… that’s great, Gaius.”

If you just hit it like this… he will die. You can end it all like this. But the last words he uttered were so intrusive. Yes, if you swing your arms like this…

Then, someone blocked the way.

“Master… run away… I’ll try to stop that at least somehow…”

He was Werner’s pupil. My apprentice died… because he died alone in pain… Werner, why only you…

But when I met that Verna’s pupil, I couldn’t help but freeze as soon as I saw those golden eyes. The same golden eyes as my pupil Tricia… Yes, she had those eyes. Is the only thing different from those eyes back then is the deep hostility in his gaze toward me?

“Get out of the way, Airi. I’m dealing with that person.”

With such a body, Werner passed the student and stood in front of me. Even though each other’s body is in the middle of the day… I was taking care of my disciples first. I also wanted to be a teacher like you. I wanted to become a teacher like you, like Skadi, who sacrifices herself for her disciples. However, being ignorant, I pushed my student on the back with my limbs.

Maybe that’s why he killed the elders and the masters of the Mage Tower. I might have wanted to believe that it was all their fault, that they were bad, and that I hadn’t done anything wrong.

My heart is weak.

Then, another voice was heard. Did you say that he was his fiancée? She, who suddenly appeared, also tried to protect Werner. Her red eyes were, yes…similar to Master’s. As expected, the only difference is the hostile gaze toward me.

Have I become a villain enough to receive hostile stares from those pupils… I have returned to my original place. At most, Master saved me, but I returned to this damn wasteland, on the fucking path of evil. It was I who made Master’s death in vain.

“Step back, Lady Glaceon… I am not an enemy that can be dealt with with an injured body… Besides, that person is the one I have to deal with.”

Would you still want to have a relationship with me even after becoming that kind of body? Great, Werner Alton. that was a wizard that was a man I didn’t know.

“Werner Alton.”

That must be the posture of a man and a wizard that Master talked about. A real wizard and man should have eyes like that. I was reflected in my pupil’s golden eyes, and I had a completely different look in my teacher’s red eyes.

“It’s my defeat.”

dispelled the magic And the dispelled mana flowed into Werner Alton’s body.

“What is this…”

“I’ll give you first aid. You don’t know when the chaser will come, so run away and get treatment.”

“…You don’t intend to follow me, do you?”

I struggled to avoid committing sins as much as possible, but I also closed my eyes in front of countless murders. I was silent in the face of countless deaths, and I ignored the hand reaching out to me for help. It was a group of moderate-spoken idiots who were just trying to pretend to be virtuous.

“Werner Alton. Look into my eyes.”

“Hey… Why did you suddenly open your eyes…”

“Look at those clear eyes of yours. The words of a loser’s eyes that have become cloudy after being defeated by pain, sadness, and frustration.”

I moved towards my destination. Yes, this must be the correct ending prepared for me. Because he is the one who trampled on the dream of the master and the dream of the disciple. Because I have insulted the lives of countless people who still have unfulfilled dreams.

“Hey, that’s a cliff!

yes i know Because when I was young, I had penetrated this place like the palm of my hand. For me, who has been committing sins ever since, this would be a suitable ending.

I threw the ring I was carrying in my bosom.

“It’s something I got by chance. That ring must have been your sacred object, right? I’ve never worn it, so you don’t have to worry about the time of the wicked.”

Did you say it was a sage’s ring? It also brought the effect of increasing the power of various magics, but it was a ring that died on behalf of the owner until one time. It was something that didn’t suit me who was trying to face the end from now on. So, Werner, it would be right for you to have. Because it’s your thing in the first place.

“How did you…”

“At first, it was a gift I was going to give to my disciple. Now it’s no use, though.”

I should have given the gift a little earlier. If so, I wouldn’t have made it this far.

“And… if Bedivere, Galahad, and Agravain are the three of them, they might be your allies. And among them is a skilled doctor. How to convince them… it must be up to you.”

“Wait! You too…”

“Don’t be soft, Werner. I’ve killed thousands of troops. Considering their families… this is the right ending.”

Even if you say you’ll kill me until the end… You’re so tender, Werner Alton. No, because you are a tender person, you will not walk this path. don’t lose heart

“And finally… admit it, Werner Alton. You were a true ‘man’ and ‘supreme wizard’. To the point of splitting it.”

I just took the last step in my life. However, it was none other than Werner’s voice that decorated his steps.

“I apologize, Gaius. I am truly sorry for insulting your dreams.”

So I was sorry… that one word would have been enough from the beginning…

“Thank you.”

I hate magic. Because it was uglier than anything else and took precious things from me.

magic is good Because it was more beautiful than anything else and made me meet precious things.

I hate rain. When it rains, memories I don’t want to recall come back to me without my knowledge.

Rain is really good. Because the flowing tears can be hidden with rainwater.

Wilderness is good. Because it doesn’t rain like that.

I hate wilderness. Because it’s not raining like that shit… I can’t hide that I’m crying.

Ah, come to think of it, it’s raining in this wilderness too. It’s raining warmly like Master’s arms. The warm raindrops were dripping down my cheeks.

—–

Bloodstained footprints were staining the ash-brown floor of the wilderness red. To Glaceon, Kay, who was the bane, was somehow taking steps while maintaining that tenacious vitality. Her death was preordained, but she did not wish for a helpless death.

The body of Tristan, her only friend, was in the place where she continued to step.

“In the end… is this? They started talking about proof and what, and in the end, they couldn’t kill anyone… They dragged me in and made me die… Did you go through all that hard work to end it in vain like this? You even dragged me in! “

Kay was angry. The intestines that seemed to be spilling out, the blood that seemed to have flowed more than once, the mind that was getting hazy, the pain and nausea that invaded the whole body. What overcame all of them was anger at the fact that a friend had died helplessly, and that there was no result after making himself die. Her anger was justified, as it was clear that she would be killed as well at this rate.

But Kay could only lower the volume of her voice when she saw Tristan’s smiling face.

“By the way… what makes you happy just because you’re happy? A fool… are you so happy even after you lose? Are you so happy that you and I were so happy? You foolish wizard, is that the answer and proof you were hoping for?”

She sat down next to Tristan’s corpse. Then he leaned on Tristan’s shoulder. Any more was the limit for her. In the first place, it was a miracle that he came all the way there with a body that would not be strange even if he died at any time.

“… Hey, are you that happy?”

Tristan’s corpse was silently laughing.

“That’s it.”

Even if it led to her own death, as long as her friends were satisfied, Kay thought it would be okay.

“Rest in peace, friend… No, it’s overcast. Shouldn’t you rest in peace if you sing the song you sang before? Well, since I don’t remember all the lyrics, can I change it a bit…?”

Even lifting his eyelids was difficult, so Kei started singing even after clearing his throat.

“Why is Donggobi in the sky chirping so happy?”

“For whom did the violets of the field bear the dew?”

“Even the stonemason who was drunk is going to be with his family soon.”

“And why are you so happy and laughing so much?”

“My dear friend…”

And there was only silence in the wilderness. As if no one had ever existed in the first place. However, in the wilderness, the satisfied smiles of the two lingered.