45 – Reunion (3)

* * * *

“The eyes are said to be the windows to the soul.”

A place where even the shape of a person cannot be discerned due to the thick fog, and even the lofty mountains visible to the eye lose their sense of perspective and disappear and appear.

The fragrant scent of flowers gently drifts in the light wind,

A place where the scent of the forest from the trees refreshes the tip of the nose.

A teahouse like a small palace placed in contradiction with such a natural scene.

The rainbow-colored woman sitting in it said that while sipping tea.

The eyes are said to be the windows to the soul.

“No matter how much you change your appearance, how can a mere artifact change the color of the soul in your eyes?”

“Besides, I made it myself to contain that unstable soul.”

“So it’s only natural that you don’t notice it. There can’t be a sense of incongruity. How can you feel a sense of incongruity when the original soul dwells in the original body? It’s all about accepting it as natural.”

A woman with a smile on her face. At the end of the woman’s gaze, the golden sunflower is shining brightly as if burning the last flame.

“It’s a qualification that I was able to get because you were there, but if you disappear, I wonder if that boy will be able to do well…”

This time, the woman turned her head to look at the silver lisianthus lying on the opposite side.

Poor lisianthus, who seems to be about to create a dazzling moonlight, but whose petals are blocking him.

“Maybe, it will bloom soon.”

In that ecstasy, the woman was waiting for the boy to come to keep his promise.

* * * *

You should have brought at least 300 people.

Am I wrong now? Or did he go mad because he couldn’t overcome the fear of death?

The words and actions of a very arrogant and childish boy.

Bifrons thought so and tried to think so, but couldn’t bring himself to bring him out of his mouth.

“Heh heh heh… heh heh…”

It was best not to take her eyes off the boy while catching her breath from the overwhelming presence.

The boy, who had been silently looking at the demons, stretched out his hand toward the air and said. no, called

“Solaris.”

“What shall we do now…”

Kwajik.

Bifrons’ words about what a non-magician would do by reaching out into the air didn’t come to an end.

Before Bifrons could finish his words, the boy was holding a bloody greatsword larger than his body in his hand.

It was because he noticed that the heads of the three demons placed in the path of the greatsword approaching the boy had disappeared neatly.

But unlike those Bifrons.

Chaeeng!

Porras didn’t flinch at the boy’s sudden change of mood and went on the attack.

Of course, the attack didn’t lead to an effective hit.

Realizing that his attack on the boy had failed, Porras stepped back and trembled his hands.

It wasn’t because of fear or suspense.

He wasn’t a demon at the level of being dominated by that level of emotion.

Due to the shock transmitted from the sword that collided with the boy, the hand holding the sword trembled and he could not properly grip the sword.

“That guy, not only has superior strength, but also superior speed.

“”Yes… !!””

“…I understand, Poras-sama.”

‘I’m sure his level wasn’t this level… Considering that even his personality has suddenly changed, is it a possession-type artifact?’

If so, how could he possibly win?

Possession-type artifacts, instead of momentarily summoning the power of a legendary figure, had the shortcoming of being hopelessly short.

“Everyone, don’t move hastily! Prioritize holding on until his possession is lifted! Forbidden attacking first!”

The boy noticed that the other demons were blatantly distancing themselves from Porras’ remarks.

Then the boy started talking to himself in a tone as if he were talking to someone.

“Do you know why your sword can’t reach the level?”

Kwak.

As the boy held the Solaris and expressed his will, the Solaris, which had been a crude greatsword, gradually began to regain its original form.

Old and frayed blemishes are radiated and filled in, giving them the same sparkle as new.

The blade of the sword, which had faded over time, resonated with a sharpness like pure white.

From the handle of the sword to the tip of the sword, the divine yet overwhelming sunlight covers the entire sword, showing off its dazzling heat.

Patterns meaning the sun were engraved on the blade connecting the handle and the sword body in various ways, clearly showing that the sword had received the blessing of the sun.

Those who serve the sun more than anyone else.

A person who yearns for the sun like a sunflower and continues his life by receiving sunlight.

The only knight the sun blesses the way.

Solaris created a small sun in the academy’s arena because it contained the will of the only owner worthy of its rank.

“It’s because your sword doesn’t have a single will.”

A sword is a way to possess a single will and to wield it with meaning and power.

As he muttered, the boy swung his sword towards his right side.

own will.

A sword containing one’s own will to protect the lord, even at the cost of one’s life.

Then, along the path the boy swung his sword, the red and bright sunlight began to burn like a fuse.

Even though the sword did not come into direct contact, the bodies of the demons on the path the tip of the sword was facing were crumbled without showing the slightest disturbance, and the whole body began to burn as the sunlight rose from the cut.

I couldn’t hear the usual screams.

As if it wasn’t worth listening to the eerie screams of demons, the sun that rose from their bodies reached the point where everything about them was annihilated in the blink of an eye.

“Don’t try to play tricks like drawing images with words you’ve heard.”

At the same time the boy spoke to himself again, Porras hurriedly shouted to the other demons, including Bifrons.

“This, retreat for now!! Retreat…!”

As soon as Porras finished speaking, the demons turned their backs on the boy and girl and tried to escape the arena.

But.

Finn had no intention of giving those unscrupulous, reckless bastards the means to make ends meet.

“Who dares to show their back to the imperial family in front of their eyes without permission?”

As the boy drove the Solaris into the ground and gave it power, the brilliant sunbeams formed a circle as if surrounding the demons, creating an atmosphere resembling an arena.

“Either drawing with a sword or showing flashy movements has nothing to do with not being able to show state. The important thing is that the problem is that you simply hold the sword without putting your will into it.”

Turbuck.

The boy, shining his gold eyes, moved toward the demons who were hesitating as the sunlight blocked their retreat.

“I.”

As the boy swung the Solaris toward his left side, the demons that had been frightened and hardened on the boy’s left side disappeared without leaving a trace of their existence.

“My sword.”

“To the dead who dared to experience death!!!”

Chaeeng!

Poras prepares for death and starts wielding the Dark Night at the boy with all his might.

The retreat was blocked by the sun that burned everything up, so I couldn’t sit down in despair and quietly offer my head to that possessed body.

Now, even the demons surrounding the boy are left with only four people, including himself.

Porras decided to pour all his might into blocking that vessel.

Chaeeng!

And the boy continued his conversation, accepting Porras’ life-threatening blow without hesitation.

“I was born with the will to protect my sword because I couldn’t protect my master.”

Chaeeng! squeak.

“It has been passed on thinking of the lord I couldn’t protect.”

“and.”

A boy sitting on the floor looking at a girl who is looking at him with eyes full of tears.

Finn gave the girl a bright smile, knowing that he could face the death he had so longed for.

– No, rather wish! If it wasn’t a dog-like death lying around on the battlefield, if it was an honorable death that I could dedicate to my lord!!

“With my sword.”

“By protecting my lord, I will put an end to it!”

Solaris held high in the sky.

Soon after, Solaris drew a line from the sky to the ground.

This time, he followed the line drawn with the will to protect his lord.

The ceiling of the battlefield.

A lot of magic surrounds them.

the wall.

The night covered the sky.

The ground cracked and began to burn brilliantly.

And Porras disappears without leaving a trace following the brilliant flame.

Like the other demons who were struck by Solaris, he, too, could not even scream a death sentence and was scattered as ashes with only astonishment in his eyes.

The boy, who had been watching the divine power unfolded for a while, turned around and headed towards his master.

“…pin?”

A word from a girl who has many questions for a boy.

However, he was not the one who could answer that question, so Finn knelt down to the girl and said the last thing he wanted to say before he left.

“I hope you will forgive this unscrupulous attendant who is finally paying back the favor bestowed by Her Highness the Princess…My, one and only sun.”

“That, what does that mean…”

Seeing the sorrowful yet happy tears in Finn’s eyes as he said that, the girl was speechless.

soon

Finn’s eyes, which had been shining in gold, glowed red again, and Finn’s left eye turned into golden powder and began to scatter.

At the same time, Finn’s body loses strength and leans toward the girl.

“Pi, Finn? Finn?! Finn…!!”

Could it be that he met his death after unleashing the previous blow?

With such anxiety, the girl grabbed the boy’s body and started shaking it wildly.

“Please…don’t do that Finn…this isn’t it. This….”

Tok.

The girl’s tears ran down the boy’s cheeks and scattered into several streams.

“Damn it…”

It wasn’t the girl’s words.

It wasn’t even the words the boy had uttered.

These were the words uttered by Bifrons, who was the only one who was still alive in the midst of the brightly burning flames.

“…Is the possession finally over?”

gulp.

To protect the boy, the girl wrapped her arms around the boy and began to stare at Bifrons, who was looking down at them from afar.

It was because of her heart that she did not want to give up on the boy, even if it meant dying herself.

“I’ll make you all disappear without a trace.”

As if to prove those words, the huge and thick mana gathered in Bifrons’ grasp.

At the same time, the boy’s body trembled and flinched.

-I’ll let that bastard called Bifrons live. That guy is more than me, he’s the one you’d want to suffocate him yourself.

The last will left by Pin as he disappeared.

Reflecting on that will in his heart, the boy opened his own red eye, which had only one side left, and said.

“…Thank you so much for that.”