Chapter 349
Due to the blow from earlier, it seemed that he couldn’t keep his shape.
A dragon that quickly began to disintegrate.
The collapsed bones and flesh turned into mana and flew through the air.
In between them, a translucent, undissolved energy swayed.
soul.
It is the spirit of the dragon that dwelled in Drake’s body.
“Miho.”
Unlike the body, the soul does not disappear.
Even if the body decays, the soul never disappears forever.
In order to save this soul, a separate method is needed.
“Let it go.”
Buddhahood.
The only way to return the soul that missed the time to leave to where it should be.
A miracle that only the guardian of the soul, the divine beast, the nine-tailed fox can perform.
Aww-!
Miho cried a little.
As if comforting a wandering soul right now.
Like singing a song for a departing soul.
It honored the souls who had ended their long lives and were looking for a new life.
“It’s the first time I’ve actually seen it. That’s the mission Miho was given by the sky… … .”
Mimir muttered with a genuinely moved expression.
The existence of a divine beast is not simply called a divine beast because it is strong.
As a divine beast, it has its original role. Because it has a mission that no one can replace, it is called the messenger of the sky, Shinsoo.
‘thanks… do.’
The dragon’s soul delivered its last message.
With sincerity, he expressed his last gratitude to Miho for honoring his last days.
Aww-!
The soul path created by Miho’s Requiem began to guide the dragon’s soul to the soul’s resting place.
As if the last remaining lingering feelings were burning, the spiritual body shone much more brilliantly.
A spiritual body that changes like a firefly and scatters in all directions.
Only the symphony created by that spiritual body and Miho’s cries filled this space.
“… … Hmm. Was your fox capable of such a thing?”
A woman’s voice interrupted the symphony.
A familiar yet longing voice.
“Surely a divine nine-tailed fox. Doesn’t the name Guardian of the Spirit make you look pretentious?”
I slowly turned my head.
A special cross emblem engraved on the blue robe.
Above it was the face of the woman I had been searching for.
As if he had no intention of covering his face now, he was pulling back his hood.
“hmm.”
Sofia Annechefrey.
Sophia’s face was there.
“The gaze is quite burdensome.”
However, the only thing that reminds me of Sofia-sama is her face. only the exterior
The inside reminds me of other people.
“… … The real Sein… Are you?”
Saint Binoche.
Two and a half years ago, a hero who killed the King of Darkness and died together.
vertex inspection.
Now, this woman’s eyes, actions, and way of speaking are Sein-nim’s own.
“well. I used to think that it would be so… … I don’t know.”
Sein-nim let go of the sword he was holding.
As soon as it fell from Sein-sama’s hand, the sword turned into mana and started flying.
The sword made of mana would return to mana again.
“Can I really call myself Sein Binoche?”
Sein-nim smiled.
With Sophia-sama’s face, Sain-sama’s signature smile was on.
“I have the realization that I am Sein Binoche. I have my skills as well. Memories as Cein Binoche are also clear. However.”
Then, the smile began to change.
From a sharp and strong smile to a compassionate and graceful smile.
“Now I also have memories that Sein Binoche doesn’t know.”
Sein-sama’s expression changed completely.
“… … !”
Incredibly dramatic change.
I know whose smile it belongs to.
“Sophia… … sir?”
A warm smile like a mother’s arms.
That smile is the sun-like smile Sophia-sama always gave me.
“long time no see.”
Sophia-sama greeted me with a soft smile, the same as two and a half years ago.
“Is it two and a half years?”
Then, the expression changed again.
“To be exact, it’s been 2 years and 201 days.”
Sofia-sama’s expression changed to Sein-sama’s expression.
“… … Don’t cut in suddenly. I remember the date exactly. It’s just an appropriate expression.”
And immediately, Sain-sama’s expression changed to Sofia-sama’s expression again.
“I had no intention of being sarcastic. It sounds sarcastic.”
“yes. It was sarcastic to anyone.”
Facial expressions and tone of voice constantly change.
There is only one person speaking, but the conversation continues.
It’s like playing multiple personalities.
“I apologize if I sounded that way. I didn’t know that you would have been sharp enough to take my passing words as sarcastic. Or, was it that I was so sad when I told you to reflect earlier? If so, apologize for that too.”
“… … Is that really sarcastic?”
“this. You caught me.”
It looks like the horse is acting, but it doesn’t look like acting.
That’s also the case, the expression changes too quickly.
No matter how great an actor is, acting like that is impossible.
It’s not like smoke.
“To Sophia-sama’s body… … Is Sein-sama’s soul and Sophia-sama’s soul coexisting?”
That’s really two people coexisting in one body.
“It is still the ability to grasp the situation.”
“yes. That is correct.”
The two answered in turn.
It was a look he hadn’t gotten used to.
I don’t think I’ll get used to that expression and tone that changes in 0.1 seconds.
“Two souls coexisting in one body… … .”
At that time, Mimir, who had been quiet in the back, uttered a question in words.
A look that he couldn’t understand with his common sense.
“What happened?”
I probably have a similar expression to Mimir.
I can’t imagine how those two got to be like that.
“How did it come to this… … thing about. We don’t know either.”
“When I opened my eyes again, I was already in this state.”
Sophia-sama smiled wryly, and Sein-sama furrowed her brow as if it were not right.
“I infiltrated this laboratory to investigate how this happened… … .”
“I didn’t find any information that was particularly helpful.”
“ah… … . So this lab… … .”
I wondered if Sophia had a reason to raid this laboratory.
It was to figure out their condition through an experiment to chimerize the bodies and souls of drakes and dragons.
“understand.”
It feels like the puzzle is finally being put together.
“however… … .”
but one.
There is one puzzle that has no clue to the solution.
“If that was your goal, you would have been much better off asking me for help.”
Why didn’t Sofia approach us?
“Why were you hiding the fact that you two were alive from me?”
Why did they hide the fact of their survival?
this is questionable
“What? For a very simple reason.”
Sein-nim answered dryly, as if it were a trivial question.
“If it approaches you, it’s because he’s trying to wake up.”
But the meaning behind those insignificant words was quite significant.
“… … Speaking of him… … ?”
There is something to be expected.
In this place, there is only one person that Sein-sama can describe as him.
Although expected, it did not come out.
I hoped that this would not be the case at all, and I asked back pretending not to know with a ray of hope.
“The Dark Mage King.”
But hope was just hope.
“His spirit also resides in my body.”
My predictions were exactly right.
“In Miss Sophia’s body… … Is it a state where three souls dwell?”
“yes.”
Sophia put her hand on her chest and frowned.
“He’s asleep now, but his spirit is definitely in me.”
A look of sorrow for the world.
Faced with this unanswerable situation, he had an expression as if he was blaming himself for being helpless and unable to find a way to do anything.
“If the soul of the Dark Mage King is with me, it will help me even more… … .”
“I would have told you.”
Saein cut me off.
“If I approach you, he will wake up.”
“ah… … .”
Sein-nim frowned with an expression of displeasure with the world.
“It’s not like we didn’t want to ask you for help either. However, every time I think about it, the soul of the guy sleeping inside us vibrates violently. Even if you tried to approach not only you, but someone around you, it would shake violently as if it would wake up at any moment.”
It was an expression of resentment, anger, and hatred.
“I used to try to inform about our condition in the literature, but it didn’t work. The dark mage king’s soul sleeping inside of us didn’t even allow that.”
“If I tried to approach you by any means, I reacted right away. Annoying bastard.”
“… … yes. The dark and humid thing is truly the soul of the Dark Mage.”
The two faces became one.
Annoyance with sincerity.
The dark mage king’s shady soul was annoyed.
“So I thought about dying, but… … .”
“If you try to die again… … .”
The Dark Mage King was about to wake up.
That would be it.
“I cannot die. I can’t even ask you for help.”
“The only option left for us was to find a way alone.”
The two spoke alternately.
“Without informing anyone of our survival, we find a way alone to eliminate the Dark Mage King within us.”
“We searched for a way to kill him with our souls.”
I wanted to bet on something else.
At the words of the two that they did not care about their own lives, emotions rose up in an instant.
However, he did not show his feelings outwardly.
Because I know the resolution of the two of you.
Because I know how much weight the determination of the two of you carries.
I couldn’t say anything.
“But the result, as you can see, is this.”
“I couldn’t find a way. For two years and 201 days, no clue was found.”
The two bowed their heads.
A look of trembling at their incompetence.
It was a look of genuine shame.
“Well, then… … .”
At that time, Adela, who had been quiet all along, raised her hand and spoke.
“The reason why you came to us like this… … What happened?”
“Oh, what is the current situation? This… … .”
Sein-nim turned into a sharp gaze, as if resenting someone.
“The current situation is purely due to Sophia Anechevri’s mistake.”
“… … .”
Normally, she would have reacted to Sein-sama’s words right away.
Sophia-sama didn’t respond.
“I told you to kill me like that. Just in case you didn’t know, I wanted to save you… … .”
Perhaps you are referring to dragons.
Sein-nim wanted to kill the dragon, and Sophia-nim wanted to save it just in case.
It would be something like this.
“We even made the fatal mistake of leaving our mark on CCTV.”
In an instant, Sophia-sama’s expression was revealed.
It looked like he had nothing to say even if he had ten mouths.
“As a result, I called you here and put you in danger like this.”
Sein-nim’s expression became more and more stern.
“We have no choice but to approach you in order to save you who are in danger because of us… … .”
Sein-nim put his hand on his chest.
It gives strength to the hand as it is.
As if he wanted to crush his own heart. With all my might.
“His awakening has begun.”
Gnome.
It must mean that the Dark Mage King has begun to open his eyes.
“Thinking about it again, it’s absurd. How are you going to take on this responsibility? Sofia Annechefrey.”
“… … .”
Sophia-sama bowed her head.
There is no excuse.
It was such a look.
“… … That’s why you said earlier that you took the risk.”
“okay. No matter how big the risk is, it’s not as big as losing you guys.”
Now all the puzzles fit together.
The reason why Sophia-sama had been hiding until now.
Why did you show up in Italy?
Why did you infiltrate this laboratory?
everything makes sense
“… … Even if I have ten mouths, I have nothing to say.”
Sophia-sama said in a worldly sullen voice.
It was a voice quieter than that of an ant crawling.
It was the expression and tone of a person who was truly ashamed of himself.
“really… … . If there is a hole, I want to go in.”
Then, his expression changed again.
It’s Sein.
“hmm. There’s no need to be so self-deprecating. It is said that you took a risk, but it does not mean that you did not gain anything as a result.”
Sein-nim smiled and looked at me.
“anyway. Didn’t you intend to visit us in the near future? The plan was pushed forward a bit. That’s just the story.”
“It is, but… … .”
“Of course, I didn’t mean to meet so openly. If you think like that, the risk has increased.”
“… … .”
Perhaps they intended to pass on information to me as literature.
Because the subject of the Black Mage King’s soul responds to ‘I’.
It would be much less risky to convey information to me through literature than to approach me.
“Because of you, the awakening of the Dark Mage King has come a little earlier, but you don’t have to worry too much about it. Sofia Annechefrey.”
“… … .”
Sophia-sama’s head bows quickly like a withering sunflower.
“Kuk-kuk. It’s a joke.”
Sophia’s reaction seems very interesting. Sein smiled brightly.
“This situation has its advantages in its own way. It is now possible to convey much more information accurately than in simple literature. So you don’t have to beat yourself up too much.”
“… … .”
Despite Sophia-sama’s encouragement, Sophia-sama’s expression remained the same.
I am truly frustrated.
“hmm. You’re in total frustration mode. Did you tease me too much?”
Sein-nim stroked his chin and made an expression that said, ‘This is unexpected.’
“Sophia Anechefrey. It was really a joke. No need to be so frustrated… … .”
It was then.
Suddenly, Sein-nim opened his eyes.
Something very surprised.
“… … It’s only been 5 minutes. Is it already time? impatient guy.”
Judging from the nuance, it seems that the Dark Mage King’s soul has reacted again.
“I’m running out of time, so I’ll just briefly state the conclusion.”
As if Sein-nim would leave this place at any moment, he started talking quickly while getting ready.
“next. When the sun once disappears from this world.”
when the sun disappears
It must mean a solar eclipse.
“The Dark King will rise.”
“… … yes?”
The Dark King is resurrected.
I mean.
“… … Are you saying that during this solar eclipse, the veil stall will be resurrected?”
“It is true.”
My lips trembled with bewilderment.
“If it’s a solar eclipse… … ”
The solar eclipse this year is on October 13th.
And today is April 8th.
“Six months later.”
“… … .”
There are only six months left until the revival of Bale Stoll.
It was like that.
