Episode 223. Main character correction (3)
Lyman, who single-handedly destroyed the face of the evil god that fell like a meteor, fell into Lake Vergi, west of Alighieri.
I was able to avoid the worst outcome, the destruction of the continent, but the price I paid was that half of my body was gone.
The right arm that had come into contact with the sphere was naturally gone, and half of the internal organs and bones were burned.
The entire body appeared to be destroyed, especially the right side.
After transforming into the form of a demon, he raised his power to its maximum, but the falling sphere also had power that was just as strong.
However, Lyman currently only had 70% of his power.
If he had 30% of his remaining strength, it would have ended in less pain, but Lyman knew that and still lent 30% of his strength to someone he trusted.
After all, even if he becomes one with a meteor, he is a being that will not die.
‘There were times when this damn curse helped.’
No matter what damage he takes, even if his neck and heart are destroyed, he will never die.
However, because it was the greatest damage ever suffered, recovery was delayed.
Lyman was found in the lake with his body still not regenerated.
As he did so, flashes of memories of the life he had lived and of becoming this cursed body passed through his mind.
-Happy birthday.
Her mother hugged her and called her by the name she had given her for the first time.
Just like other mothers, the sight of them hugging their newborn children with joy was nothing new.
But even apart from that, my mother was always positive, no matter where or when.
He was a nosy person who would not just pass by someone in trouble, and would always intervene when he saw something wrong.
It was easy to think of the human figures as just friendly neighbors of the townspeople.
Of course, that didn’t always lead to good results.
It was when I went out to the nearby town shopping district with my mother.
When the mother witnessed a merchant beating a young man, she intervened as usual.
The merchant recognized his mother and, flinching, explained the whole situation.
It turned out that the young man was a thief, and that he was angry because he habitually stole things from stores.
Stealing is stealing, no matter how dire the circumstances. That was the thought in Lyman’s head, even though he was only seven years old.
however…
-Take this. From now on, you have to work hard and buy it with the money you earn. Okay?
My mother gave the thief half of what we had bought with a kind smile.
Lyman sighed as he watched the thief run away after receiving it.
I know roughly what my mother was thinking when she gave it to me. It probably meant that violence alone wouldn’t solve the root cause.
But Lyman could read the thief’s expression just before he ran away.
There was no trace of gratitude on his face, and later that ominous prediction was proven right.
-Fire!
When a fire broke out in the village, my mother quickly responded as if she were a rescue team.
The fire was quickly put out by the efforts of his mother, who was a brilliant sorceress and scholar.
But the cause of the fire could not have been more shocking.
-He’s the thief that Dantia-nim let go back then! I finally let him go, but he’s doing this to return the favor…!
The mother, who was restoring the burned house, flinched when she heard the sound.
Even though he had received the favor, the thief returned to the store again to steal, and this time he was caught and accidentally started a fire before running away.
This example of good intentions returning to their worst form reached Lyman’s ears as well.
-Mom, don’t you feel wronged? We need to track him down and catch him right away.
I don’t know where he ran off to, but considering that there are many people who believe in and follow his mother, we will be able to catch him quickly.
Even though she is a fool, my mother is a wise woman praised on the continent.
However, the mother’s heart was not as heavy as her great position.
-Son, listen to what your mother says.
That’s what my mother always said.
-The world can change just by saving one person.
If you help someone, your relationship will improve. I could understand it if I roughly interpreted it that way.
But as time went by, Lyman began to understand less and less.
When he was 12 years old, Lyman went into the mountains to cut firewood and saw a wagon being attacked by a monster.
Lyman was about to just pass them by, but his conscience pricked him and he helped them.
Thanks to his mother’s bloodline, he also possessed outstanding magical powers and was able to defeat monsters in an instant.
However, since he only learned monotonous magic, he focused only on destroying monsters and was lacking in the means to perfectly protect the carriage.
At the time, they didn’t know how to deploy something like a defensive barrier, so the people riding in the carriage had to be attacked by monsters that attacked from behind.
Because she was the princess of the empire, she was imprisoned in the empire.
-Suspicious guy! You made the princess like this!
I was dumbfounded when I heard the soldier’s words.
I tried my best to save him, but he was beaten up without even a word of thanks.
It felt like my head was going to burst because I was accused of being the culprit when the monster attacked the carriage.
Clearly, I saved the person just as my mother said.
But why do we get such results? Even if there is no compensation, shouldn’t there at least be a word of thanks?
-Why did it turn out like this?
Lyman answered his mother’s question when she came to visit him after hearing the news late.
-I was just following my mother’s instructions. I was saving someone in trouble.
But the result is like this.
Unfortunately, because the witness had been unconscious for a long time, he could not be released even when his mother came to find him.
Now that it had come to this, Lyman asked his mother.
-Why are you so obsessed with good things?
Another strange thing is that the more you peel it, like an onion, the more you find out.
Why is it that he and his mother, who are praised across the continent, are living in an indigenous village in a remote forest?
Why, despite his immense power, does he run a small school in such a secluded place instead of displaying his influence?
My mother answered the question I had been wondering about for a long time.
At the same time, I was able to learn about my mother’s birth.
-Don’t be mistaken, Bezir. It’s not the mother who is good, it’s the ‘people’.
The mother said she didn’t even know who her parents were.
The mother, who was abandoned in the mountains as a newborn, was taken in by the natives, and it is said that the originally savage people changed their minds as soon as they saw the mother as a baby.
From then on, he raised his mother as if she were his own child, and he said that he decided to live up to the expectations that they had of him, as they had abandoned their own nature for him.
-No matter how fierce a person may be, a person’s heart can shine like gold. That’s why I’m grateful to be born into this world.
-… .
-And… I’m so grateful that you were born as my son.
At that Lyman was left speechless.
Yes, my mother was like that from start to finish.
Thanks to the testimony of the princess who woke up late, Lyman was able to be released, and the one who welcomed Lyman back home was the Master.
-Are you here?
His teacher was not a human being.
Because it was a thousand-year-old tiger, a divine beast with nine tails and fox ears.
The millennium tiger, who had polymorphed into a human form, lamented greatly and told another fact.
-That emperor guy, he’s still as petty as ever.
-What kind of person are you?
Machia from Divine. A figure who gained the high trust of the previous emperor due to his achievements in subduing numerous demons and became the current emperor.
Even during his time as crown prince, he was a figure who was greatly trusted as a hero, but it is said that he was a madman with no end in sight.
No, the entire nation still looks up to the emperor, so how can you call him a madman?
This could be seen in the ‘Tactical Demonstration’ competition held when he was crown prince.
Although he had outstanding skills, he was helpless in front of his mother, who was a great sage, and it is said that he held a great grudge against her after that.
-Just because of that?
-… .
Even though it was a fair fight, the emperor’s inferiority complex was sky-high.
So my mother lived in a far away place from the zodiac.
Perhaps the reason he had been locked up behind bars until now was because of that grudge.
Every time I heard such uncomfortable information, my mother’s words inevitably lost their persuasiveness.
-What the heck is a heart of gold?
Then one day, in the middle of a stormy night, someone was found collapsed in front of the school building.
To her surprise, she was a young girl, and her soles were worn as if she had come a long way.
And what’s even more surprising is…
-Hello, Your Majesty?
Luscious red hair and beautiful facial features that look like red silk like a rose.
It was definitely the princess I had rescued from the carriage that day.
It was amazing that she, who should have been in the hothouse of the palace, had braved the storm and traveled this far.
First, we guided her to a warm room and served her a meal.
It was pitiful to see him eating so desperately that he seemed to be starving.
But why? Why did they leave the princess to go through this much trouble while she was on her long journey?
This area was unknown because news of the zodiac reached there late.
-He was dethroned?
With that one word, the question was resolved.
It is said that the reason for his dethronement was because he admired someone his father hated extremely.
Of course, the reason was not made known to the public, and instead, it is said that they were driven out by covering up the false fact that they had come into contact with the Demon Tribe.
It was easy to use the term as a pretext because even the people hated the Demon Race so much.
Moreover, Emperor Machia had lost his younger sister, Mela, to the demons when he was young, so the people were not very upset.
-I feel so wronged. I just respected one person.
When asked who it was, the princess pointed to her mother sitting in front of her.
Yes, it is the great sage Dantia Alighieri.
The person who heard that blushed in embarrassment.
-And… I was really grateful back then. I really wanted to meet you at least once… .
The princess was very grateful to Lyman for saving her that day.
Because I woke up after being unconscious for a long time, I never had the chance to meet him in person.
So, he said that he walked all the way here to convey at least this message.
-Just because of that… .
Lyman looked at her badly scratched feet and was deeply troubled.
Lyman felt a great sense of betrayal after he rescued the carriage that day. Even though he helped others, he never received any compensation, not even a word of gratitude.
A single word of thanks would have been enough to continue the sentiment, but Lyman had never heard such words from anyone.
People around him are busy looking up to him as the son of a great sage, so he doesn’t get on his nerves.
-Thank you so much.
But now, for the first time, those words have shaken my heart.
I can confidently say that this is never a lie.
I came all the way here with wounds all over my body, including the soles of my feet, to tell you that, so how could it be anything but sincere?
-My name is Maya From Divine. Please take good care of me.
It was the first time Lyman saw the girl and his heart fluttered.
From that day on, Mother accepted Maya as her disciple.
Then the mother said,
-You don’t have to blame your father. If you become a better person, no one will say anything to you.
The moment I heard those words from the great sage I respected, I could see Maya’s expression of admiration.
However, since Mother was taught by Lyman along with Cheonnyeonho, the two could not help but become close.
We fished or hunted together to eat, and the more I spent time with her, the more I laughed.
For Lyman, Maya was the first being to shine like gold.
‘I wanted to be with you until the moment I die.’
But that couldn’t be done.
When I was 20 years old.
That damn emperor secretly made a pact with an ancient evil god and became the Demon King, and because of that curse, Maya died.
Because in exchange for becoming the Demon King, his blood relatives were cursed instead.
When Lyman discovered the cause of Maya’s death through his mother’s supernatural powers, he was furious.
The anger that exceeded that limit gradually transformed Lyman’s body.
Filled with the malice of rage, he truly became the devil himself.
Because of this, Lyman saw his true self for the first time, and it was unfortunate that he was discovered by people, and the news spread that Dantia had joined hands with the devil.
`Did I do it right this time?`
The more I recall that day, the more my body moves as hatred dictates.
Now I wonder if it was a good idea to destroy the meteorite.
It was a moment when I was sinking deeper and deeper into that deep thought.
Ssuk-
Something was wrapped around his body.
I thought it was a net abandoned in the lake, but it was actually a fishing line lowered from above.
The thing that had tied Lyman tightly began to rise upward.
I somehow felt that my fishing skills were not ordinary.
with a splash!-
“Hey, did you have fun playing in the water?”
“….”
After being rescued from the water, Lyman was able to see Radon Crawler fishing on the back of the Raven Spirit.
* * * * *
I pulled Lyman out of the water and carried him into the nearby woods.
The body was still shattered, but it would soon regenerate, so no special measures were needed.
Lyman asked, sitting on the tree.
“What happened?”
“It’s been resolved. This concludes the Magic Banquet incident.”
Thanks to my activities disguised as Enviel, the Vladimir School and his followers became docile.
And the battle outside the village also ended in our victory.
Now all that’s left is the aftermath.
“Who will take on the role of Envyel without you?”
Lyman said.
That was the biggest worry during the aftermath.
The power I borrowed will soon return to Lyman, and if I continue to act like Enviel, I’ll obviously get caught.
But it’s not like there was no one who could replace me.
“I guess we can leave it to Sprite, the spirit of life. The acting of the Second Knight Commander is quite good.”
Since it is a top-level spirit, it will not be easily detected in terms of strength.
When I explained the solution like that, Lyman just laughed bitterly.
“What about other people?”
“Everyone’s fine. A few people were injured, but their lives are not in danger.”
“okay….”
Lyman looked out across the lake ahead and the town of Alighieri beyond it.
I remember fishing with Maya here 300 years ago.
A place of unforgettable memories for Lyman.
If the worst comes to pass, he says he will destroy the continent, including this area… I’m glad that didn’t happen.
“thanks.”
“what?”
“Thank you so much. Thanks to you, I was able to stop it.”
I thanked my friend for helping me avoid that ending.
But it’s still too early to be thankful.
“By the way, Princess Miro or Princess Rosaria has been retrieved, the holy sword she used in her previous life.”
“Why is that?”
“Rosaria strengthens her master by amplifying her soul.”
That means…
“My memories from my past life have returned.”
“what…?”
At those words, Lyman’s expression hardened like stone.
It wasn’t a negative thing, but the problem was that I wasn’t mentally prepared.
“I met the princess in person and she immediately looked for you.”
“so?”
Lyman asks what her answer was.
“What should I do?”
I said with a bright smile.
“I told you it was here.”
“….”
“I got ahead of myself and saved you.”
I could see the heat radiating from Lyman’s head.
But the guy is unable to move.
“Oh my, you seem like a romantic.”
“This kid!”
“Then I’m off!”
“hey!”
I left Lyman, who was furious as hell.
Then the sound of someone approaching from beyond the forest was heard.
Slurp-
A girl stood in front of Lyman, her red hair brushing the branches.
She looked down at Lyman, who had turned so miserable, with an expression that was impossible to describe.
Lyman blushed in surprise, still unprepared, and I watched him leisurely disappear.
“This Radon-nim will disappear coolly.”
Hehe, I’ve always wanted to say that.
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