51 – second first kiss

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-You may lose the power and talent that I passed on to you.

It was Finn’s warning to me as I cried out in despair as I regretted my own weakness.

He may no longer be able to use his power to protect her and Lily.

I must have warned him, as a Sword Saint, because I knew how to overcome the situation purely with my own abilities.

A method that was visible to him but invisible to me was to put a single will into the sword.

But since I didn’t see it at the time,

Because what I feared more than my death was Lily’s death.

Despite Finn’s warning, he expressed his determination to do everything.

‘However much.’

Even if my life, like a candle in front of the wind, disappears because I lost my power, lost my relationship with Lily, and consumed all of Finn’s power.

If Lily’s chance of having a happy ending was non-zero, it was a life she could throw away without hesitation.

I was so determined, so I thought.

But.

The moment Finn’s soul escaped from me and my talent as a knight disappeared, I realized my own magical power, which I felt more clearly than before.

I was able to feel the deep black like a shadow that I couldn’t feel because it was covered by the light like the brilliant sun.

okay. I no longer needed Finn’s talent.

Rather, based on Finn’s experience, I could not feel my own sense, which had grown as much as I should, that his brilliance was shining on me.

And above all, be sure.

white nights and black nights. Combined, I remembered the moment I was selected for Moon Night.

Why does Midnight follow me, and why does Solaris resist me?

Because I’m not Finn.

My body is his, but my soul is of the opposite nature.

Actually, I don’t know what the nature of the soul is, but the fact that the nature of the sword he and I were chosen for was opposite was the most clear proof.

Finn is the most brilliant and loyal knight’s sword, Solaris.

I am the sword of an assassin whose appearance is not constant like the moonlight in the night sky.

The mirage I showed Bifrons was also a skill that could be used thanks to the moon night that can use the characteristics of the moon.

Like the moon, which can become a crescent moon or a full moon depending on the date, the ability to distort my image in the eyes of others at will.

In the yard that can get rid of the presence and sound regardless of day or night, now it’s a moon that makes it impossible to follow me with my eyes.

Finn was chosen by Solaris because he was a loyal knight.

Then, on what basis does Wol-ya choose her owner?

-That’s why the criterion for choosing the white night is simple. A swordsman whose fate is bizarre even though he is born with talent.

What talent are we talking about here? And whose talent is it?

Finn’s talent?

Nonsense.

If Finn’s talent was going to pass, why couldn’t Solaris?

The talent that the assassin’s sword, Wol-ya judged, was purely the talent I possessed.

A talent that had no use value to me who was born as a modern person.

A talent that finally started to shine because I was possessed by this world and held a sword in my hand, but the world hid me, so I couldn’t shine.

The ability to kill something.

He sighed in relief when he remembered that fact the moment he was chosen by Wol-ya.

It was because I realized that I could protect her with my own talent, not Finn’s.

“…pin?”

In the waiting room set up outdoors, Lily looked down at me with a worried look.

To be precise, my right eye, which is still intact, and my left eye, which is wearing a makeshift blindfold.

I couldn’t show my empty eyes because I had no eyeballs,

But, what does it mean to go through a tournament with a bandage on… It was an eyepatch that he was given, saying that it felt like making a tournament against an injured soldier.

An eyepatch with magic patterns drawn in gold on a black background.

Is there something magical about it?

It’s stuffy and blurry, but it’s convenient that the vision on the left side of the eyepatch is transmitted directly to the head, so I was silently waiting for the start of the tournament without any complaints.

It’s better than nothing.

“Pin, are you okay…? No, I don’t have an artificial eye, so my eyes hurt a lot…?”

Looking at the left eye that was wearing an eyepatch, holding Lily’s hand, who was gripped by the guilt of the past, said.

“I can’t believe it. I think I was unsuitably nervous because I was just thinking about what kind of expression the princess would make when she saw me.”

“You don’t have to be so nervous! I think any pin is cool! So… it’s okay to lose, so don’t get hurt…”

I can lose, so please don’t get hurt?

Even though she had that divine power in her eyes, she still said that to me with a lot of worries.

Before she had time to say anything to reassure her, the familiar fanfare of the finals resonated throughout the makeshift waiting room.

I had no choice but to get up from my seat and walk toward the arena, talking to her.

It’s not arrogant enough, but if the state I’ve reached is true, it could be said to be rather humble.

“At least for now, no one in my grade can give me even one scratch.”

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trudge.

The moment I entered the arena and raised my head, I felt that the thunderous shouts stopped and all attention was focused on me.

Could it be that cognitive dissonance has occurred to them, who have been recognized as berries?

However, to say that, I tilted my head when I received the fact that the academy had informed me in advance.

The whispering sounds of exclamations from female students followed.

“Hey, wait…what’s his name…? Berry? Finn?”

“Cedric is handsome too, but unlike Cedric, something just… should I say that the fact that people don’t look nice is more attractive…?”

“So…! Besides, how about that eye patch on that eye…!”

‘Oh right. Isn’t Finn originally really handsome?’

It is a fact that I forgot because I had been living as a berry for a while.

Of course, unlike me, the original Finn has a loyal and kind impression. In other words, the bad boy they say is because of me… .

‘Then damn it, if you think about it, the original me wasn’t even as handsome as Finn… Doesn’t that mean I’m just a bad-tempered bastard?’

I was obviously being praised, but for some reason my mood was dirty, so I crumpled my facial expression even more and went forward… .

fast.

“…Look at someone.”

The moment I moved my steps, I vaguely heard the sound of grinding teeth grinding behind my back.

I can’t believe Lily is jealous of me.

On the one hand, I was happy about that fact, but on the other hand, I was dumbfounded.

About half of the girls complimented Finn’s looks, but all the boys couldn’t take their eyes off Lily.

At the moment I was thinking about what to do with this, Ian and Selina also slowly appeared from the other side of my field of vision, so I just calmly looked at the main characters of the original work.

It was because they also possessed as gorgeous looks as ours, so it was obvious that the attention that had been focused on me and Lily would be diverted.

Ian tilted his head at the sight of me, and Selina openly trembled her eyes.

The reason for Selina’s agitation was unknown, but Ian quickly figured out the reason for his behavior.

“Berry… are you black?”

As Ian said that, his gaze was directed at my hands, which had nothing to lift.

“I know when I start.”

When I said it so confidently, Ian smiled and said to me.

“That’s right, who am I worried about?”

As Ian drew his sword and took a ready stance, he pointed his clear eyes at me and reached out to the sky, to be precise, to the sun in the middle of the sky.

“Ian, this time I won’t try to beat you and aim for Selina.”

He held out his outstretched hand and spoke again, leaving only his index finger.

“There’s no such thing as attacking from behind you.”

Of course, Lily’s wish was to see everyone admiring the way I fight.

“I’m aiming for only one thing, your sword. Ian Cedric.”

Because I swore to live by her sword, it was only reasonable for her to swing me as she wished if she wanted the sword to be swung like this.

It was the will of my sword to do so,

For that reason, I decided to become her moon and shadow.

If Finn is her shield, I am her sword.

As soon as the sound announcing the start of the finals was heard, he recited quietly.

“Moon night, total solar eclipse.”

Squeak.

The moon that appeared out of nowhere, like smoke, covers the sun and casts darkness over the arena.

At the same time, the moonlight that appeared in my hand like a mirage along with the darkness shines brilliantly.

In the dark background due to the sudden solar eclipse, my sword, which is the only one that emits light, creates the illusion of looking at the moonlight in the night sky.

I don’t do any surprises.

Since Lily said so, there was no point in winning a victory with just that number.

Then, as if Ian had come to his senses, he held his fluctuating eyes and headed towards me, so he stretched out his legs and thrust out his sword.

What needs to be killed is the sword Ian is holding.

Chaeeng!

In the dark theater, I am the only one under the spotlight, and at the same time, the sound of metal clashing flows from me, and at the same time, the sound of something cutting through the sky is heard vaguely through my keen senses.

sounds after a while.

hooked

The sound of something heavy digging into the lawn.

And the moon, which had been slowly covering the sun, disappeared again, and our image was more clearly captured in the eyes of the spectators.

Ian’s sword split in two.

Ian stands still in a cold sweat.

Me pushing the moonlight toward Ian’s nape.

“…surrender.”

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Just one moment, like a fleeting moment.

Even the sound broke the still silence, and as Ian declared his surrender, shouts rang out.

In the midst of a thunderous roar that was incomparable to when he entered, he turned his head and looked at Lily.

“How was the moonlight seen from the special seat, Princess?”

She might not have noticed, but I wanted to let her know.

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Just like the total solar eclipse that I showed you, my resolution and mindset to stand in front of the woman who will later become the sun and become the moon that cuts through all the storms that will come to her.

He didn’t even respond to my words, and just walked towards Lily, who was frozen with her mouth open.

First of all, to alleviate the anxiety that this attendant might abandon the princess he had in his heart.

“This attendant is the one who always wants the princess to be happy.”

I wanted to see this kind of image of being healthy and happy while being cheered by everyone. always.

In this hellish world, I’ve thought of you burning the last flame of life to hold on to happiness even for a moment.

I only wish for your happy ending. For him, I will go through all adversity and hardships on your behalf.

“You are the most important person to me.”

Turbuck. One step closer to her.

“So please don’t cry. Please don’t be sad. Just always smile.”

He got down on one knee and looked up at her.

“Everything I have is the only thing that exists for the princess.”

If you don’t value yourself, I will value you more than that.

I’ll let you know enough to realize that I’m thinking that way.

I’ll give you my all, just one. I want you to give me only your love.

As I gazed at Lily with that kind of heart, even though I begged her not to cry, she began to shed those precious tears incessantly.

“Heh…Huh…Pin…”

“Yes, Princess.”

“I… I…”

I couldn’t bear to put a name on our current relationship.

I was definitely her servant, and she was my princess.

That’s why I just tried to maintain a relationship that was no different from a blank name tag.

For the time being, I tried to think that if it was just the two of us loving each other, it would be enough.

“…I love you.”

But.

I realized that she had a different impression from me.

Rather, it was because she wrote down the letters on our name tags.

Because she knelt down in front of everyone, pulled my face looking up at her, and kissed me with those teary lips.

It was because the name tag, which was blank, was colored with the words Lover Relationship.

Like that, following the first kiss she doesn’t remember, our second first kiss too.

It tasted like sweet, hot, salty tears.