23 – Confession (5)

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Lilithiana Ekaterina had no choice but to stop running as a shocking incident unfolded right in front of her eyes.

“B-berry…?!”

The situation of the boy’s body being thrown right in front of his nose, who said he would throw himself down for himself to stop that gigantic monster that he did not know.

The girl hurriedly ran towards the boy, but the boy’s physical condition was what anyone could call the worst.

Because the battle continued without even healing the left arm that had been hit by that black monster, the boy’s arm was already in a state where it could not be used with any treatment.

It was the worst result for a swordsman who swung his arms and fought using his body.

Where is that?

A dark red hole formed in the middle of the tattered body.

And the large amount of blood that flowed through the hole was creating a muddy puddle.

“Hey, hey!! Berry!! Wake up, Berry!!”

The girl hurriedly called the boy, but the boy did not even respond, and the boy was slowly extinguishing the flame of life engraved in his eyes.

The girl shouted at the boy several times.

Wake up. what the hell are you doing right now Could it be that the head of the academy just collapsed in a place like this?

However, the girl’s desperate cry did not reach the boy who was already on the threshold of death, and the boy’s red eyes gradually lost their light.

Again, will I lose the person who sacrificed for me?

so powerless.

This is also pointless.

He has made efforts to cut bones and shed blood to become a princess-like self as he wished, but

Even so, am I still far from that utopia?

The moment the girl was swearing at herself and blaming herself, the boy suddenly got up from his seat.

“B-Berry?! If you suddenly wake up with a body like that…!! Berry…?”

The girl’s bewildered voice called the boy’s name.

That’s right, if you ask all the people who know the boy’s condition just a moment ago, what will happen to the boy’s life and death?

Because he was a boy with a face that made everyone just shake their heads in pity.

Even so, the boy gets up from his seat as if nothing is wrong, as if his appearance from just before was like an illusion,

It was because he was just walking behind the girl without hesitation.

To be precise, towards the black monster that was stealthily aiming for the girl’s back.

– Hwaaak.

As the boy’s feet moved forward, the air flow suddenly changed.

The uneasy air that surrounded the girl and the boy as if devouring them disappeared in fear.

I felt the warm sun-like air swirling around me as if protecting the girl.

The air the boy created was different, and the atmosphere he gave off was also very different from before.

Didn’t the boy, even before he collapsed, have a snake-like killing spree, aiming only for the moment to calmly suffocate his prey?

However, in one word, the boy of today is a big and solid castle wall itself.

The girl was horrified at how a person could change so quickly in an instant.

Soon after, as the boy slowly closed and opened his eyes, the boy’s eyes that had lost their vitality began to shine again.

Brilliant golden eyes that shine brighter than red eyes.

It is said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. As if to prove him, the boy seemed to burn his soul and take one step at a time.

Turbuck.

The boy faced the darkness and quietly moved his steps.

A gait with no extraneous things to the point that you can’t find frivolity without washing your eyes.

It was like the movements of an old veteran who had overcome countless adversities and hardships.

Turbuck.

In the middle of the black silence, as the boy advanced, the darkness followed him back, fearing him.

The boy raised his head and stared into the darkness.

He seemed to rebuke why he was trying to run away from him.

The girl just blinked once with her head still facing the boy.

It seemed that he couldn’t believe the current situation.

Then the boy disappeared from the girl’s sight.

In response, the girl asked herself if she had truly looked at something in vain, but that question quickly got an answer and disappeared.

It was because he realized that the new type of boy who had disappeared from his sight had moved to the edge of darkness before he knew it.

The boy then drew a line with his sword.

The girl couldn’t find any other way to express it.

Indeed, the boy drew a golden line in this dark world.

wickedness.

Along with the sound of the veil coming off, there was the sound of something dropping.

It was because the body of darkness that threatened the boy and girl was broken in two.

The sound of falling trees in the forest followed.

When the forest that was blocking the sun disappeared, the sunlight came through the hole and revealed the boy.

The boy, who was the only one shining in the darkness under the sunlight, soon turned his head and looked at the girl.

His eyes seemed vague, like looking back at old memories.

Soon after, the boy, who had been giving the girl the warm smile that the girl once felt, fell helplessly to the ground as if he had exhausted all the strength he had squeezed out.

“Berry!!”

The feat that legendary heroes said to cut the sky with a sword.

Of course, in reality, they just cut down the forest blocking the sky, but the girl hurriedly ran towards the boy who had shown the feat of cutting off the sky that covered them with the overwhelming darkness.

really anyway.

Worried that he might have burned the last spark of his own life.

Now, the flame of life remains only ashes, anxious that it may be on the verge of disappearing.

The girl took a step.

Soon after, as the girl got closer to the boy, the boy spoke to the girl in a faint voice that could only be heard in the girl’s ears.

Maybe it was because he was so tired that he thought it was just a dream when he saw the girl who suddenly appeared in front of him.

“Princess…”

“You…why did you go that far… why the hell did your body end up like this…”

The girl didn’t understand at all.

Since she was the princess of the empire, she would surely be able to receive a lot of help from somewhere if she gave herself grace.

But if it’s worth risking your life for, well… Even the girl herself shook her head.

Even if he said that he wanted to protect the person he fell in love with at first sight, the girl could not help but be skeptical.

I thought it would be possible if there was only one idiot who weighed his life against the person he fell in love with at first sight, if there was only one attendant he was anxiously drawing.

And the boy opened his mouth to answer the girl’s question, and the girl stopped breathing and opened her eyes wide as she heard an answer she had never thought of.

“Because I promised…”

“…uh?”

The boy said in a calm tone.

It didn’t appear to be a lie, and since no one would bother to lie in a situation like this, the girl had no choice but to recognize the truth.

If so, with whom? why?

That was the biggest question that popped into the girl’s mind.

Who the hell did he make a pact with, so he could sacrifice his life to save himself.

What could he have received in exchange for this boy accepting the promise?

“Even his share…because he promised to protect the princess…”

The boy, who was shining in the red eye, not the left eye, gave an answer in his own way, but the girl couldn’t help but blur her pupils at the answer.

There was no way for the boy to know the question in the girl’s heart, and because of that, the boy’s answer only amplified the girl’s question.

Then the boy said.

“So, I’m glad I can protect you this time. Princess.”

“…What?”

At the same time as he finished speaking, the boy lost consciousness as he turned off his pupils that were emitting light as if burning them.

The girl’s jewel-like eyes, which had settled deep doubts that could not be resolved, lost their way and just started to fluctuate.

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Sup. Whoa.

The sound of my own inhalation and exhalation echoed in my ears.

‘Fortunately, I was able to return safely without incident after that.’

As if a weight had been hung on it, I lifted my heavily drooping eyelids to see the baroque-decorated ceiling and the white tent surrounding me.

It was possible to infer where I was now from this alone, but I still couldn’t help but spit out this line.

“Ah…it’s an unfamiliar ceiling.”

Was this the feeling he was experiencing?

A voice like a bell ringing sacredly next to me who spit out a famous line from an animation I saw one day announced its existence.

“You’re awake, Mr. Berry from the Knights Faculty.”

flinch.

If this world were Earth, it would have been a very embarrassing situation, but this place was different.

It’s because I have an era and background where I wouldn’t think it’s strange even if I spit out lines that were no different from those of middle school two.

So, I just calmly turned my head to confirm the identity of the voice.

Silky, platinum-blond hair came down to her waist, acting like a curtain that didn’t dare to see her voluptuous back.

The seaside blue eyes, like topaz, clearly showed her integrity and innocence.

Her features were so distinct that I could intuit that she was a beauty just by looking at each of her features.

Her voluptuous body… .

gulp.

“Oh my, that’s how you react as soon as you wake up… I’m glad you’re healthy.”

She looked at me lying on the bed in the hospital room and smiled so heartily.

“Grace.”

“…After the entrance ceremony, will this be the second time we see each other?”

Second? You may be the second one, but I’ve seen you hundreds of times in print.

A freshman like me and the head of the Divinity Faculty. Grace.

It’s not yet, but at the end of the first year, she awakens and is revered as a saint.

and… .

‘A character of misfortune who is the only one in this world who has a means of reviving the dead, and because of that, enters the NTR route.’

You can’t make this super-efficient walking potion die for such an asshole.

It’s clear that this bitch will become a great deterrent to the Demon God just by being alive.

So I said to Grace, who was looking down at me lying on the bed with a benevolent smile.

“…I want to talk to you for a moment.”