Chapter 138
I was dreaming.
A dream so real that you can’t tell whether it’s real or fake, real or dream.
“Aslan. Are you really going to choose the labyrinth of desire?”
A man with long blond hair reminiscent of gold below his waist.
The momentum flowing from both eyes is unusual.
With that golden eye in front, no lie could be told.
His eyes were strong and deep enough to make such a thought come to mind.
“yes. If I were to be placed on the pages of the Fifth Trial, I would like to be placed with the Labyrinth of Desire.”
An all-black man contrasted with gold.
He got down on one knee and bowed his head.
“Why?”
“This is because the Labyrinth of Desire is a labyrinth where you can test your mind, spirit, and body at the same time, and it is also a natural testing ground where you can check the hidden nature of human beings. When it comes to testing future successors, I thought there could be no better place than this.”
The man raised his head.
Short black hair that was clearly grown.
Their eyes are full of loyalty and respect that cannot be hidden.
“I admit that it is a test site blessed by nature. However, the Labyrinth of Desires is too dangerous for the heir who is only a member of the 5th Circle.”
“yes. I know.”
A tear flowed from the black man’s eyes.
“So I’m trying to clear the labyrinth of desire.”
“Clean up. Does that mean that the labyrinth will be remodeled to a level where even future successors can clear it?”
“yes.”
“It wouldn’t be easy to remodel a labyrinth of that level.”
“I know. But I will try.”
“Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think it will fail. Even if it takes time, you will definitely succeed.”
“… … I am sorry.”
The black man bowed his head again. It was the appearance of a vassal who was thrilled with the trust of his master.
“My concern is not that you fail. It’s time.”
The golden man raised his left hand, palm open.
The man’s hands were shaking.
As if he had contracted some kind of disease.
“Until you remodel the labyrinth, will my body be able to withstand it? You don’t know that.”
“… … Lord.”
The black man bit his lip.
A distorted expression and eyes.
It was an expression of regret and anger.
“… … Previously. I will do it unconditionally.”
The man swallowed his dark emotions and put on a rather bright expression.
I couldn’t disturb the master’s heart, which was already disturbed, with feelings like myself.
I laughed desperately while thinking about that.
“Anyway, I have nothing to do in the current Bytenor Empire… … . I will definitely complete it within half a year.”
“I have nothing to do… … .”
The golden man turned his head with a mysterious expression.
A huge glass window hangs on one side of the dazzling room.
A panoramic view of the beautiful metropolis came into view.
The market is full of life, people are laughing, and adventurers are full of energy.
A utopia of perfect peace.
Happiness was embodied beyond the window.
“surely. There’s nothing for either of us to do in the current empire.”
“… … Lord, don’t talk like that. The empire still needs a lord.”
The black man said with a sad expression.
“Don’t look at me like that. How did you achieve peace? I intend to enjoy this peace as much as possible.”
“… … yes.”
The black man bowed his head.
He didn’t want to show his master the expression he was making now.
He seemed to know how that black man felt. The golden man turned his head again.
“Then please.”
Looking at the beautiful scenery outside the window, he said in a hint.
“Make the Labyrinth of Desire a great testing ground so that it can be of help to future heirs, so that you can evaluate them.”
“yes. Please leave it to me.”
The man rose from his seat with a determined expression on his face.
“Then I will head straight for the labyrinth of desire.”
The black man’s mana moved.
Mana that seems to affect space itself. Are you trying to use space movement magic?
“Please say hello to Elena on the way.” “… … .”
The man in black’s expression darkened. Elena Law Greenwood, a forest sorceress nestled in the Greenwood Forest.
The black man is very bad at dealing with her.
“… … I’d like to ask Mimir-sama to do that instead of me.”
In response, the golden man laughed.
“no. will make you The two people I love and trust shouldn’t be awkward forever.”
“… … yes. All right.”
The man in black responded with a grunt.
It was also funny, so I laughed out loud.
“Then I really want to go back.”
“okay. I beg you.”
The man in black put his hand on his chest and bowed his head dignifiedly.
“Glory to the Ray Bell bitenor.”
At that slogan, the golden man smiled bitterly.
“How long are you going to use that military title?”
Military title that lasted for decades.
It’s time to change that too.
“I think it’s about time to change things.”
Because the war is already over.
The glory of the Ray Bell bitenor is now over.
“no.”
A tear flowed from the black man’s eyes.
“I will not change. no. I won’t let it change.”
The man spoke in a strong voice, as if chewing up some huge emotion.
“Ray Bell bitenor. Because the glory of the lord will last forever.”
“… … .”
golden man.
No, Ray Bell bitenor.
Master smiled faintly.
“okay.”
It seems like you have a lot on your mind.
This situation is both sad and happy.
“Thank you.”
It was such a sad smile.
* * *
“Are you awake?”
When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the black man I had seen in my dream.
It was the face of Aslan Polo Hamruin.
“What happened… … Ugh!”
I moved my arms to get up, but a sharp pain prevented me from moving.
sick. It hurts so much that I can’t even make a sound.
“Stay still. Unless you want to be crippled.”
Aslan put his hand on my body. The pure white mana that erupted from his hand wrapped around my body.
Could it be healing magic?
The intense pain that was eating away at my body began to fade quickly.
“It’s painkiller magic. Please do not move, as your injuries have not been healed.”
“… … yes.”
The pain in my body was quickly relieved.
I can’t say it doesn’t hurt at all, but this is enough to endure.
“That, thank you.”
“Goodbye.”
The man took his hand away from me and returned to what he was doing.
I don’t know what you’re doing.
It doesn’t come into my sight when I’m lying down.
From the angle, you can see it if you turn your neck slightly, but now I’m a seriously ill patient who can’t even turn my neck.
Therefore, I cannot confirm what he is doing.
No, the more important thing is not what Aslan is doing.
“Can I ask what happened?”
The important thing is, why am I here right now?
“How long do you remember?”
The man, still engrossed in what he was doing, replied insinuatingly.
“… … I even remember trying to break the magic ceremony engraved on the iron gate.”
“Did Pafe succeed?”
“I remember. After successfully breaking the hole, while the iron gate is opening… … mind… … .”
At that moment, something vaguely came to mind. The voice I heard before I passed out.
‘Is it true that tiger cubs are tiger cubs beyond the ages?’
It was definitely Aslan’s voice.
“… … You are the one who saved me.”
“no.”
Aslan raised one corner of his mouth.
“You have passed the first gate on your own. As a supervisor, I just put two rampaging monsters to sleep.”
Saying that, he turned his gaze to me.
“I only brought you here for a while because you got in the way when I was organizing the two of them.”
“… … Didn’t that help?”
“well. If you think so, then so be it.”
The man lowered his gaze again and focused on what he was doing.
“… … I’m surprised. I heard that no matter what happens, you won’t be able to help me.”
“Did you hear from Mimir?”
… … Are you Mimir?
Why do you add ‘nim’?
Is Mimir higher in status than this man?
“answer.”
“Ah, yes. This is what I heard from Mimir.”
“okay.”
Aslan smiled.
“… … Mimir knows more about me than I thought.”
You seem to be thinking a lot about something.
“okay. As Mimir said, I was not going to save you, no matter what happened.”
“Then why… … .”
did you save me?
I let go of my words in silence.
“Because a variable occurred.”
“A variable?”
“okay.”
Asran started talking about variables.
What kind of structure is the first gateway made of, and how is it passed?
And how did he come to be the supervisor?
explained everything in detail.
“… … Then, I bought a hardship that I shouldn’t have to do. Are you saying this?”
“okay. That’s how it works.”
Aslan chuckled.
Now this situation is very funny expression.
“Anyway, it’s amazing. You know that Horus and Darkness are enemies, but you don’t know about the nine-tailed fox. Why?”
“… … why and what I hear it for the first time. A nine-tailed fox is not a monster, but a divine beast, and a divine beast is not hostile to humans. No, it was the first time I heard the word divine.”
Aslan stroked his chin.
“As expected, has the concept of Shinsoo completely disappeared in modern times?”
“yes. I haven’t seen it anywhere in the literature.”
“hmm. As time is time, maybe so.”
Aslan nodded a couple of times.
“Well, anyway, that’s it. I decided that you didn’t know anything about Shinsoo at all. It is judged that it is impossible to evaluate further. That’s how it came about.”
“… … That’s how it happened.”
The ignorance that comes from the age difference.
This is not a factor that can be evaluated.
Therefore, Aslan, the examiner, moved.
in order to make a proper evaluation.
It was like that.
“By the way… … .”
A smile flowed from Aslan’s eyes.
It’s a very interesting look.
“I never thought I would pass through the first gate in that way. Quite right.”
I smiled bitterly.
“… … well. Can we say that we passed it?”
I didn’t even notice that the magic circle was engraved on the iron gate.
If it wasn’t for Horus’ breath, I wouldn’t have noticed it to the end.
It was because I was lucky that I was able to break the magic circle of the iron gate.
“Even more so, I even lost my mind with Pahui… … .”
Despite having such luck, I couldn’t pass it perfectly.
Destroying the magic circle that exceeded my achievements, a huge subordinate came to visit me, and I lost my mind.
If Aslan hadn’t intervened, I would have died the same way.
Therefore, it cannot be said that it has passed the first barrier.
“no. pass.”
“no. I am… … .”
“noisy. As long as the supervisor said it passed, it passed. Don’t talk back.”
Aslan frowned and glared at me.
It’s an expression that asks you to say it one more time.
“The point I realized that the shelter of Horus and the shelter of Darkness are connected by one wall. It was set to initiate action with Darkness by fixing magic in Horus’ shelter. Finally, by concentrating their attacks on the wall, the wall was destroyed. Your strategy was commendable.”
“… … That, thank you.”
“Even though I made a mistake at the end because of my lack of realization. Even taking that into consideration, it’s worth giving it a grade point. I judged that. So, the first barrier is passed. What objection do you have?”
“… … doesn’t exist.”
“I wish I knew.”
At my answer, Aslan sneered.
“yes.”
Something very different from what I expected.
I imagined a more stubborn knightly image.
“hmm. Whatever it is, this is my mistake. Can’t you think of the difference in knowledge of the times? I should have remodeled the first gateway properly.”
Aslan muttered with a somewhat regretful expression.
“remodeling… … .”
“Why?”
“no. just… … . While I’m losing my mind… … I had a dream.”
Remodeling the Labyrinth of Desire.
This is what I heard in my dream.
“dream?”
“yes. It was a dream in which Aslan-nim and his master were having a conversation in the palace.”
“… … Does master mean master?”
“yes.”
“Master’s dream… … .”
Aslan’s brow furrowed.
“Tell me more. What conversation did I have with my lord?”
“Remodeling the labyrinth of desire to put it on the page of the fifth test… … You said.”
“Right. Is it then?”
Aslan narrowed his eyes as if he had remembered something.
“That time… … . Are you saying that my dream is real?”
“okay. Probably.”
“How is that possible?”
Aslan answered that and stood up.
Aslan got up from his seat and held a small potion with a beautiful blue light in his hand.
I thought I was concentrating on making something from earlier, but it seems that I was making that.
“Before I explain, drink this first.”
“Ah yes.”
Aslan brought the potion close to my mouth.
I gulped down the potion that flowed into my mouth.
“Ugh!”
A tingling pain ran through my entire body.
“Be patient. It is a recovery pain that inevitably occurs as the twisted inside of the body and the Infinity Circle return to normal.”
“… … yes.”
Aslan went back to where he was sitting and sat down.
“Anyway, to continue what I was talking about earlier, you experienced my past as a dream.”
“The memory of others as a dream… … .”
To experience someone else’s past as a dream?
How is that possible?
“It would have been impossible in a different place. But this is a labyrinth of desire. It is a place where people’s desires and images come true.”
Aslan crossed his legs and smiled.
“Because I infused my mana myself for your healing. It is possible to experience my past as a dream through my mana.”
