Chapter 334
Elerith’s actions were swift. Judging that the pursuit of Charlotte de Gradias might begin, Elerith moved along that path.
“It will be cold. You have to dress warmly.”
Of course, since it was already winter, Elleris was going to the extreme regions, so she put on a thick coat and cold weather clothes for Lydia Schmidt.
Other than that, Elerith packed only the very important things she needed to bring.
Ellerith was not particularly excited about leaving the ecliptic. Because it’s a place she can come back to anytime.
However, his heart felt heavy knowing that returning to the Vampire Council was the beginning of a huge trend.
something is about to begin
Without knowing whether it would be the way to protect the world or the way to destroy it.
Hoping that Valier’s words were true. Elerith casts a mass teleport.
– Whii-yi-yi
A place called Goseong Epiax by humans, but the original purpose was a place used as a gathering place for Lord Vampire families.
Ellerith arrived at the snowy old castle with Lydia Schmidt.
“… … Where is it?”
“Have you ever been there? The other day, you said you came for a temple group mission.”
“No, I am the first… … are you.”
“Probably no one but us… … . Just in case, don’t stay far away from me.”
Ladia hesitated and followed Elerith, who led the way. Ellerith opens the side door of the cold and barren old castle and enters.
-Uhhhh… … . Hehe… … .
“Who, who. who’s there! there is… … yo. this?”
Ladia was frightened by the sound of sobs coming from all over the place.
“It’s a miscellaneous spirit.”
Although they are only low-class ghosts, they irritate my nerves. Lydia Schmidt’s complexion turns blue as she sees the ghosts rambling through her walls.
What the hell are you doing here?
Originally, she would only think of destroying the unclean being, but the deep-seated fear in Lydia Schmidt’s consciousness made her weak.
Ellerith’s calm footsteps echoed through the cool, gloomy hallway.
“From now on, I won’t be watching over you. You don’t even know where this is, and you have to run away. If you run away, I’ll go catch you, but remember, I’m not doing it to punish you, I’m afraid you’ll die.”
At Ellerith’s words, Lydia Schmidt only nodded blankly.
“Of course, don’t worry, I’ll take care of food, clothes, and a place to sleep.”
Unless you are a wizard who can use teleport, you cannot even reach this environment. So, if Elerithga abandoned Ladia here, she would have no choice but to wither away and die.
“But if I kill myself for not monitoring you, I will turn you into a vampire out of shame.”
Ellerith said that and turned to Ladia.
“Okay?”
“… … yes.”
“If it is judged that you are safe, and the lower authority gives permission, they will release you safely. I don’t know when that will be, but it won’t be impossible forever.”
Those words seemed to spark a small spark of hope in Ladia’s heart.
At least the vampire in front of him was not the evil vampire he had imagined.
I don’t know if the existence is evil, but the disposition is not evil.
Radia Schmidt finally understands in front of Elleris’ kind and sad smile towards her.
So, Radia Schmidt has hope.
hope.
Without knowing that it is always a preparation for greater despair.
-Jerbuck
Then, Elerith stopped at the sound of footsteps coming from afar.
“The passenger… … . I saw you were there.”
Except for the ghosts, there is someone in Epiax.
Ellerith stops in the hallway of the old castle and sees someone walking in the dark of the hallway. Ellerith looks towards her Ladia and brings her index finger to her lips.
“Don’t say anything. Don’t even look.”
At those words that somehow sounded like a warning, Ladia nodded with a firm expression and lowered her head.
Someone approaching from the hallway soon emerged from the darkness.
Black hair with white hair. It was an elderly gentleman wearing a black suit and holding an antique brown wooden staff.
“It’s been a while, Ellerith.”
“… … long time no see. Antirianus.”
At first glance, the old man in front of her looked older than her age, but it was unfamiliar to Lydia Schmidt that the old man respectfully respected Elleris, who at first glance seemed only a young woman.
“I heard that there would be a meeting, so I came a little early and stayed… … . You brought something bizarre.”
The man called Antirianus watches the silent and quivering Lydia Schmidt behind Elerys.
“And now, are you planning on bringing something even more bizarre?”
“Don’t be grotesque. He is my lord.”
At those words, a smile formed on the lips of the old man called Antirianus.
“Lord… … . Lord… … .”
“… … .”
In front of that attitude of not being able to stop laughing, Ellerith’s expression hardened.
“Does the young demon king know who you are?”
“You don’t know. And you will never know.”
“Gee, then everyone in the Council will have to keep their mouths shut.”
Lydia Schmidt didn’t know what was going on.
“Soon we will start gathering one by one. When everyone gathers, this meeting convened by the matriarch of Hwayo will begin.”
Leaving behind a sullen smile, the old man called Antirianus slowly moved away from them. Elerith looks at Ladia.
“Ladia.”
“… … .”
“You can tell me, now.”
“Ah yes… … .”
As if she knew that if she told her to be quiet, something serious would happen if she spoke, Ladia only opened her mouth after Elleris said that.
“I don’t think anyone will harm you, but you’d better not talk to anyone other than me.”
Elerith looks at Ladia and says.
“Remember. You are the only human here.”
Ellerith gave a firm warning.
* * *
The border area near the border, southwest of Kernstadt, the Second Empire of the Empire.
A place where most people don’t even know that such a town exists.
Mountain village, Lijaira.
The hometown of Lagann Artorius and the hometown of Ellen.
After a long absence, Ellen returned to her hometown, Lizaira. The people of her village welcomed her Ellen, and as she was from the countryside, Ellen got along just as she did in her old days, with her hair in a loose ponytail.
He talked with friends from his hometown whom he hadn’t seen in a long time, and told them about the ecliptic.
Everything that didn’t inspire Ellen was a series of surprises for the children of Lizaira. A typical example is a horsepower train.
A party was held in the village to celebrate Ellen’s return from vacation. A feast was held, full of meat and bread.
After a very grand feast for a mountain village, Ellen went for a night walk with her parents for the first time in a long time.
On the northern ridge of Lizaira as night fell, Ellen sat between her mother and father.
Ellen talked about this and that.
Stories of things I’ve been through while living at the temple, stories of making lots of new friends.
The parents were overjoyed that Ellen was innocently doing well.
that.
While talking about things that were nothing but could not be nothing, Ellen’s heart was getting heavier.
It started with a light story, but if you remove those stories, only heavy stories will remain in the end.
There is a story I don’t want to tell, but I have to.
Ellen returned to her hometown for vacation.
Although she returned to rest, Ellen had something to say to her parents.
What to say.
The full moon was shining brightly in the winter night sky.
Ellen, who had been sitting still for a while, quietly opened her mouth.
“It looks like the demon king hasn’t died, or a new demon king has appeared.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
At those words, both Ellen’s parents’ faces hardened. Just as Ellen lost her brother to the Devil, they both lost their son to the Devil.
The name Demon King was a name that could never be easily passed over.
“I met His Majesty the Emperor not too long ago.”
Ellen’s parents were quietly listening to the story.
“Can you fight the demon king? … . I heard that.”
Ellen’s mother carefully held Ellen’s hand. Her father also hugged her Ellen by the shoulder.
“I still can’t understand you.”
“Still, if the demon king wants the things I love to disappear, if the demon king wants that kind of thing.”
“I will fight the demon lord. I said so.”
Ellen looks at her parents.
“Sorry.”
You may have to lose your son in a fight with the demon king, and now lose your daughter in the next fight with the demon king. Ellen didn’t want to bring her parents such grief.
But Ellen knows too.
If only Lagan Artorius was able to stand against the demon lord, then the only person who could stand against the next demon lord would be himself.
‘Cause you’re not alone there
Because there are people who will fight with you. Ellen can make that decision.
If the world is going to force you to defeat the demon lord, then you have no choice but to accept your fate. In front of daughter apologizing to her parents.
In front of a daughter who decided to fight to the death at such a young age.
Ellen’s mother and father stare at each other briefly.
“Ellen, can I talk to Mom and Dad separately for a minute?”
“huh.”
“Wait a minute.”
As if they had something to say to each other, Ellen’s mother and father left Ellen sitting still and headed somewhere.
Ellen was still looking up at the sky.
Ellen did not know what her mother and father were talking about him while her brother was outside doing various things.
Sometimes he would come back briefly in the middle of the night, quietly stroke Ellen’s head while she was asleep at the bedside, and then go away.
My brother always shared important things with his mother and father, and he was always not confident about them.
Ellen doesn’t know what her parents thought of her brother’s decisions and actions.
However, the last time I cursed at my older brother, I remembered being slapped on the cheek by my always kind dad.
It was a rainy day.
Mom and Dad would have been sadder.
Ellen still hated herself then.
Now that time has passed, parents see their daughter making the same choice as their son.
Ellen didn’t know what that would feel like.
Will my parents object?
I’m going to say that I lost my son like that, but I don’t want to send my daughter to such a dangerous thing.
Then what should I do?
If he didn’t fight, Reinhardt would have to fight alone. Of course, Reinhardt won’t be alone, but if he finds himself in a situation where there must be at least one more holy relic-bearer, he’ll be left out.
If the world wants a second hero, and Ellen isn’t around.
Reinhardt will be forced to become the second hero.
If he avoids a fight with an unknown powerful being, Reinhardt becomes even more dangerous in an already dangerous fight.
So, Ellen couldn’t choose the option of avoiding a fight.
After a while, my parents came back.
Mother holds Ellen’s hand.
“My daughter.”
Ellen meets her mother’s sad eyes.
“Can I change my mind?”
“… … .”
Of course, I would have no choice but to oppose this. I already lost my son in the same case, and if my daughter says she will do something like that, then my heart is bound to be on the verge of collapse.
Ellen lowers her eyes.
“… … I’m sorry mom. dad.”
can’t help but fight
I don’t know if I was alone.
If he didn’t jump in, Reinhardt would stand alone in front of the demon king.
So Ellen couldn’t help but feel even more guilty in front of her parents’ sad request. Neither her mother nor her father spoke for a while.
I didn’t persuade or plead for a long time.
As if he knew that if his daughter were to say this much, she would not be able to break her stubbornness.
Parents have no choice but to know their children well.
“Wait a minute, shall we go somewhere with Mom and Dad?”
“Where?”
“Once you go, you will know.”
Mother takes the lead, holding Ellen’s hand and raising her up.
They were accustomed to hiking, so even in the middle of the night, both Ellen’s mother and father found their way without getting lost.
The Ellen family arrived at a valley near Lizaira.
It is a place familiar to Ellen. When I was young, it was always here when I went to play in the water.
The mother slowly approached the gorge’s rather large frozen waterfall, and touched the still frozen wall.
“… … ?”
Ellen couldn’t help but be taken aback by the sight that unfolded before her eyes.
Suddenly, the center of the frozen waterfall split open, as if space itself had been distorted.
As if the ice had not been broken, but had squeezed through space itself and created a gap.
“This, this… … . what’s this?”
Ellen was at a loss for what to say, bewildered by the sight she had never seen before. But her mother and her father calmly held Ellen’s hand, only to step inside her waterfall.
Ellen has lived here all her life.
However, it was the first time I had ever seen such a space behind the valley waterfall that I used to visit from time to time.
I have seen many times that the back of the waterfall is blocked in the first place.
But behind it was a cave.
“Ellen, please follow me for now.”
Let the mother take the lead and let the father manipulate something by the side. A dim light began to shine in the cave.
In the pale blue light, Ellen walked slowly into the cave, following her parents’ guidance, not understanding the situation.
“Your brother wasn’t meant to be adventurous in the first place.”
“what… … . Is it a sound?”
“Originally, I went out of town to find ‘something’. Because Lagann has excellent skills. He decided that at the village meeting.”
Ellen was completely unaware of the inside story.
I thought that Lagann Artorius was just shooting around because he liked adventure, but that wasn’t the case at all.
What kind of place is Regira?
Ellen realized that she had no idea where she had lived her entire life.
“As a result, I got to see a lot of people, go through a lot of things, and make a lot of friends. So, in the end, I thought the world’s work was more important than the town’s work… … . It is like that.”
“that is… … . what is that? our village… … . What?”
“later.”
Mother holds Ellen’s hand.
“I’ll tell you later, my daughter.”
It was my mother’s words.
“One of the things Lagann was looking for is the lament you have, Ellen.”
It was my father’s words.
The cave soon began to take on a structure like a building.
In the hallway with the manicured walls, Ellen’s eyes followed the pale light through numerous aisles and corridors.
Ellen couldn’t see what was there. As if they had decided where to go, Ellen’s parents headed to a certain place in the cave inside the waterfall.
– Phat!
The cavity was illuminated, and Ellen could see something in the middle of the empty cavity.
There, a cloak tinged with the light of a blazing flame swayed like flames.
“this… … . This… … .”
Seeing this, Ellen’s eyes widened.
“This is one of the two items that Lagann went looking for, along with your Rament.”
Cloak of the sun god.
Shaljam’s Relic.
Lapelt.
It was right in front of Ellen’s eyes.
The mother, holding the cloak of the sun god, approached slowly and carefully placed it on Ellen’s shoulder.
“May the blessings of the moon and sun be with you.”
Saying that, the mother lightly kissed Ellen on the forehead.
