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“Let’s go quickly. “Then, while saving my daughter, you will also save the world.”
The savior who left those words began to stride into Dainhar. The steps without any hesitation were impressive. Ronan, who was dumbfounded, followed him.
“Oh, let’s go together.”
“I have no intention of wasting time, so hurry up. Hey, where was the road to the bridge?”
“Ha, bridge? “What is that?”
Dreaming Thunder was taken aback by the sudden question. The savior explained step by step the place called ‘bridge’.
“It’s a very wide and flat space. Everything is pure white, and there are mechanical devices… Ah, yes. “There is such a large crystal.”
The savior spread his arms and drew a circle. In an instant, a certain place passed through Ronan and Thunder’s minds. Unless my memory is distorted, I have definitely been there before. Thunder, who succeeded in guessing, snapped his fingers.
“Aha, you mean the heart of the ruins? “If it’s there, I know!”
In the past, this was the place where Ronan had a decisive battle with Terranil, the leader of the Nebula Clage. The shock waves, the sparks that tore through the ground and the bloody smell of the slaughtered natives were still vivid. The savior hesitated.
“It’s the heart…yeah. It’s not wrong. “Can you guide me there?”
“B, but it’s a sacred place. “If you’re not from our tribe, you can’t enter…”
Dreaming thunder dragged the horse’s tail. And then he fidgeted and looked at Ronan’s eyes. She was asking if the savior was trustworthy.
Come to think of it, it was a place called a holy place or something. The road to get there was also shit. Ronan, who was thinking about it, nodded his head.
“He’s someone you can trust. “I guarantee it.”
“Okay then. “I will take you there!”
As soon as Ronan’s assurance fell, Thunder’s face brightened. The trust in Ronan could be seen in the fact that he never asked why he was heading to the Holy Land. Thunder took the lead and walked forward.
Ronan and the Saviors followed the thunder and moved into Dainhar. Since the surrounding area was made up of rocky mountains, sand, and strange metallic rocks, I had to raise my head and look up at the sky in order to feel at least a little refreshed.
The night air was still cold. Perhaps because it is a desert with no artificial light, the night sky was unusually beautiful. Ronan was walking while looking at the colorful burning nebula.
“Where are you going at this time? Thunder.”
“ok?”
Suddenly a familiar voice came from the front. The three people shifted their gaze at the same time. There was a big, bulky native man standing there. Thunder’s eyes opened wide.
“Wow, brother?!”
“you···.”
Ronan was equally surprised. Like the thunder, it was an angry gust of wind, natives with whom I had formed a bond in Dainhar. He made eye contact with Ronan and greeted him first.
“Ronan. A long time.”
“I know.”
The angry gust of wind had a colorful hat on its head. As expected, it seemed like he had been crowned as the new chieftain. He approached with great strides and held hands with Ronan.
“I was a little worried because there was no news for three years. “I’m glad you look healthy.”
“Do you think it’s as good as you?”
Ronan, who saw Gust’s body, stuck out his tongue. It looked like a statue carved out of obsidian, not a human being. He said he noticed Ronan and his saviors the moment they entered Dain Har. After saying hello, Gust opened his mouth.
“I only heard the story roughly. “Are you trying to go to the heart of Dainhar?”
“ok. that’s right.”
“Then I will guide you. Thunder is still immature, so it would be impossible to go alone.”
Angry Gust, like his brother, did not ask Ronan why he was heading to the Holy Land. The favor he had received from Ronan and Schlieffen in the past was engraved in his bones. Dreaming Thunder next to him jumped up from his spot.
“older brother! What does that mean? “I can do it right too!”
“So, did you break your limbs last time you went there? “If it weren’t for me, you would have been crippled.”
“Ugh, that’s…”
“No, you two should go together.”
The native brothers were in the middle of an argument. A savior suddenly intervened and tapped the two people on the shoulders. He looked back at Ronan and continued.
“If this guy faints, I need someone to move him or wake him up for me. It’s so big. And Raging Storm, you are the chief, aren’t you?”
“faint? Move it? Well, that’s it for now. “I am the chief.”
“Then you should go further together. “I’ll go and tell you the details, so let’s leave.”
The savior who said so grabbed the angry gust of wind’s wrist. It was a gust of wind with one more head than him, but he was helplessly dragged by the savior and led the way.
“her.”
Ronan laughed as if he were dumbfounded. The level of shamelessness was astounding. Suddenly, Thunder clapped his hands as he looked back and forth between Ronan and her savior.
“Ah, if you look closely, that person resembles Ronan. “Except for the hair color, they are identical!”
“That’s because he’s my father.”
“father? Did Ronan have a father too?! “Then do you have a mother too?”
Dreaming Thunder asked with wide eyes. Even if I were a woman, I would be less surprised than that. Ronan asked, glaring at her.
“Yumma. What does that mean? “Are you saying my physiognomy was born like an orphan?”
“Don’t be angry. Ronan was so strong that I honestly thought you were a monster. “I’m glad he’s human like us.”
“I’m kidding. But we don’t have both.”
Dreaming Thunder said in confusion. Of course it was a joke, so Ronan reassured him with a moderate chuckle. However, the statement that he was human like us bothered him a little.
‘Am I actually human?’
Ronan twisted his lips, remembering the moment he drank the giant’s blood. He thought that maybe he would live a life close to eternity like the Savior or Abel. He fell into introspective worry and fell asleep.
“Uhm… I kind of don’t like that.”
“Woah, I’m angry too.”
Thunder shrugged his shoulders. Anyway, the four headed to the heart of Dainhar. There were more natives I wanted to say hello to, but due to the situation, I decided to put it off until later.
“be careful. “If you fall into red water, you won’t even be able to find your bones.”
“So that’s called lava. “You stone head.”
The four people climbed the cliff, crossed the river of lava using stepping stones, and finally reached the long, long hallway that led to the heart. match! The savior, who was looking down the dark hallway, clapped his hands.
“okay. I remember now. “The bridge was just past here.”
“You remember things quickly.”
Ronan laughed. Anyway, it was fortunate that it was the same place. There were no dangerous elements like traps here, so I was able to walk comfortably. Ronan, who was crouching down, winked at his savior.
“I understand, so let’s get on it quickly. “You have to hurry.”
Of course, there was no time to relax. The savior naturally placed himself on his son’s back. At the same time, Ronan’s figure shot forward. bang! The sound of the ground being pounded was heard and at the same time the bewildered cries of the native brothers were heard.
“Ro, Ronan! “Let’s go together!”
“wait!”
The gap widened quickly. Either way, Ronan kept running. The problem was that the passage itself was so long that even though the speed was increased, there was no end.
Even though darkness and silence encouraged conversation, there was no conversation between father and son. Only the sound of widely spaced footsteps echoed regularly.
Suddenly a question crossed Ronan’s mind. It was a question I had originally planned to ask my savior later when I had some free time. Thunder came to mind again because of the question I had asked a moment ago.
‘Why am I like this?’
Ronan shrugged his eyebrows. I don’t know why, but she had a feeling that if she didn’t ask now, the opportunity of her life would never come. Ronan, who had been silent, opened her mouth.
“Hey.”
“Why are you doing that?”
“What kind of person was your mother?”
“oh. You’re finally asking that now. “I guess you were curious too, right?”
The savior smiled. Seeing that he answered as if he had been waiting, it seemed like he was looking forward to when the question would be asked. Ronan, who felt hot for no reason, became irritated.
“Damn, wouldn’t you be curious? “He is the one who gave birth to me.”
“You must be curious. Of course you’re curious. If you ask me what kind of person I am… hmm. She was literally like the sun. “Your mother.”
The savior said. Although he felt a little sick, Ronan listened to him in silence.
“Kasha was a girl who had always lived in Nimburton. Her black hair was so beautiful, like the universe. “She felt bad that Iril couldn’t get her hair, but she doesn’t know how lucky she is that you did.”
As the savior said that, he started playing with Ronan’s hair. The colors resembling the night sky were undoubtedly her wife’s. Ronan frowned at her.
“Can you please stop touching me?”
“It’s not like it’s worn out, so what are you talking about? Anyway, Kasha was a very nice woman. She wasn’t perfect, but she was, and that made her all the more lovable. “She was a person who was truly good to others.”
The savior’s tone brightened beyond recognition. It almost made me wonder how I had tolerated this topic for so long. Without even taking a breath, he continued to recite his wife’s strengths.
“She made potato stew well, she was strong for a woman, and although she made many mistakes, she never gave up in everything she did. But there is another crucial reason why I fell in love with Kasha. Do you know what it is?”
“It’s the face, right?”
“You know me well.”
Ronan answered without any hesitation. He remembered his mother’s face, which he had seen while traveling through the mental world in the past.
My mother looked so much like my older sister that it could be said that only her hair and eye color were changed. She saw her savior nod solemnly.
“okay. Kasha was more beautiful than anyone else. She’s been with a lot of women for countless hours, but she’s never been a match for anyone. “The oath that I would never leave a trace no matter what happened turned into a complaint that was no better than shit with just a glance from her eyes.”
“···It’s nice to be honest.”
The Savior said that he originally had no intention of dating a woman or having children. If this terrifying ability she had was inherited, something terrible could have happened.
In fact, Lycoforce, a special organization of Nebula Clage, was created when his inferior version, Abel, sowed seeds or became obsessed with cloning technology.
But Kasha was too beautiful to make a rational decision. He was intoxicated by the first love between the sexes in his long life.
It could only be said that it was the power of love that prevented the wounds inflicted by Abel over the years. After saying a few more words, the savior closed his eyes.
“Ah, that enchanting night is still vivid enough to be touched. Exactly ten months later, Iril was born. Your mother grabbed my wrist and said that the star-filled river was beautiful. and···.”
“Damn it, if I go any further out there, I’ll just throw it away.”
Ronan cut off the Savior’s horse. He didn’t want to know that kind of information. If things continued like this, he was going to start talking about his sister and even the anecdote about the moment he appeared in the world. Ronan, who was silent for a moment, smiled.
“Well, thank you anyway.”
“hmm?”
“Anyway, my mom was an incredibly good person. “I don’t even remember seeing her face properly, so she was kind of curious.”
Ronan said. In fact, he had no memory of his mother. Every year he and his sister laid flowers on the grave in a sunny spot in Nimburton.
If I hadn’t traveled through the world of images in Secret’s room in the past, I wouldn’t have even known his face for the rest of my life. The Savior wrapped his hair around his index finger.
“···One of the regrets of my life was not being able to watch your mother die. Because after placing a curse on you and Iril, I immediately left for the Sea of Wraiths. “She has never felt so cursed about herself.”
“There was nothing we could do. “I have to live right now.”
“Thank you for saying that. The same goes for leaving you behind. Iril had a time that could at least be called her memory, but she did nothing for you, Ronan.”
The voice was muffled. A feeling of regret was felt from the pitch of the note. He continued.
“That’s why I gave Iril a needle with my blood on it. She asked me to hand it to you on her birthday the year she became an adult. “I thought I could help, but…”
“You’ve grown up?”
“Actually, I just wanted to see my son grown up. “Selfish private property.”
The savior laughed self-deprecatingly. Ronan said nothing. Even though it was outrageous, I thought it could be possible.
Suddenly, I realized that running away from home early in my past life had really messed up a lot of things. Even if he had only lasted until he was an adult, he might have found a way to destroy the giants for the rest of his life. Of course, it was a pointless story now.
“There is a saying that only blood can be washed away. As the saying goes, I think there are wounds that only love can wash away. It seemed like Kasha and your siblings would never be erased, but it helped her forget her despair at being betrayed by Abel.”
“That’s a good thing.”
“Thank you so much. “Now I’m finally saying this.”
The Savior concluded that with his final words. The conversation did not continue any longer.
“… That’s right.”
Ronan twisted his mouth. It wasn’t that I was keeping silent on purpose, but I couldn’t think of a suitable answer.
After leaping exactly three more times, it was the moment he turned the corner. Suddenly, his vision brightened and a familiar space unfolded before his eyes.
“First of all, we arrived.”
