Chapter 484
On the night of the day when they greeted the people of Lizaira, there was a party.
It was a feast to welcome me, Ellen’s friend and guest.
The game was trimmed and roasted whole, and the villagers gathered to eat and drink.
The people of Lizaira were living on their own. And there seemed to be no problem with that self-sufficiency at all.
They welcomed me just because I was Ellen’s friend.
Adults know that the world is in great turmoil, but they don’t mention it.
And it seemed that most of them did not know about Ilwoldang.
Everyone was worried about Ellen, but they seemed to believe that nothing big would happen to her.
Are the people of Lizaira born here and living here until they die?
Have outsiders ever flowed into the town?
“It sounds like chaos outside, but what is it actually like? Nothing happens here because it is too deep in the mountains, but the adults don’t say anything. Just tell me not to go too far out of town.”
Lena.
The guy I introduced as Ellen’s childhood friend asked me that.
A guy named Arta, who was sitting on the other side, could be seen focusing on me as well.
These guys don’t even know the details.
Lizaira didn’t seem to know that it was very strange that nothing had happened.
“It’s dangerous, a lot.”
“Sheesh, you don’t want to tell me properly, do you?”
There was no reason to tell those guys who didn’t know the details that the outside was hell.
I silently look at the adults of the village and Ellen’s parents, who are still laughing and chatting.
You don’t have to die for someone. Just because I have the power and ability, I don’t think I have to do those things.
However, I could never comfortably watch them live hidden from the world like this.
I don’t know what kind of power they had.
However, if their power is added, wouldn’t the situation be resolved more quickly?
I couldn’t erase those lingering feelings and doubts.
-… … .
Ellen’s mother, Luna Artorius, who was sitting in the far seat, looked at me for a moment, as if she had read that I was thinking that.
She immediately looked away, but I could sense that she had just looked at me.
* * *
“Follow me, Reinhardt.”
After the party, she cleaned up and called me aside.
Without a word, she led the way and crossed the foot of Lizaira.
Soon, I was able to reach an empty lot with a small warehouse.
Luna did not bother to explain what kind of place this place was.
You can understand without explaining.
It must have been the place where Lagann and Ellen practiced swordsmanship.
I don’t know how the two warriors practiced their swordsmanship in this place. Perhaps Lagann taught Ellen the sword. I don’t know if Lagann learned the sword from Luna or Ronan.
However, I was able to know that I was now in such a certain historical place.
Are you trying to teach me something?
What can I learn from Luna?
“You cannot have the power I use.”
It’s not that you can’t teach it, it’s that you can’t have it.
That categorical statement took my breath away.
“Perhaps I can’t teach you anything properly.”
I don’t know what restrictions she has or what kind of situation it is. But it seemed clear to her that trying to teach me something of hers was a very big adventure for her.
Like I can’t turn away from the world.
It might be that kind of story that she just couldn’t turn away from me.
“Just promise me one thing.”
“what… … . You mean?”
“Trust me.”
“… … .”
“Can you?”
Trust me.
I don’t know what that means.
Why do you say this before teaching me something?
Perhaps, it is a story that things will continue to happen that will make you unable to trust her.
Why on earth do you talk like you have a foreboding that a situation where you won’t trust her will happen?
However, she accepted me who came to me without any hesitation.
Even try to teach me something.
“Of course it should.”
“… … .”
she looks at me quietly
You have to trust her.
If that’s the only way you can take something with you and be prepared for what comes later.
You have to believe.
Nothing will help if you come all the way here and doubt Luna.
What does she think of saying that she believes?
She did not express any disapproval.
I simply nod my head silently.
“Try to enhance your magic power.”
“yes.”
– Kurleung!
Enhancing magical power itself is now as easy as breathing.
The release of explosive magic that runs through the body, and strengthening.
Can she take me to the next level?
It must have been about 3 seconds since using Magical Enhancement.
“Stop, that’s it.”
According to her instructions, I stopped releasing the magical power of the magical power enhancement.
Can I find my problem just by looking at it? Luna turned her body around.
“The flow of mana is overly emotional.”
I’ll just add the words and leave it.
“Let’s go back.”
Trust me.
I thought I knew what those words meant.
* * *
how much time was left
I think we have quite a bit of time before the final fight.
However, since the situation was different from the original, unexpected situations could occur at any time.
In Edina, through the information Antirianus picked up, he was able to receive some information about the continent and the empire.
However, Lizaira is a place isolated from the world, so the world’s affairs do not come into my ears.
Once I arrived to find a breakthrough in Lizaira, but I couldn’t learn anything.
The only thing I heard was that the flow of mana was overly emotional.
A few days after that.
Luna was preoccupied with preparing meals for me and doing village work with Ronan.
It was clear at a glance that he was busy with a life where he had to support himself in everything.
Looking at the scenery, I couldn’t help but fall into nervousness.
There is no time for this.
I have no time to waste
Even at this very moment, countless people are dying, they don’t know what’s going on in Edina, and they don’t know how the empire and the continent are going.
Even if you swing and swing the sword without even breathing, it’s not enough.
It’s like watching people living in a mountain village in a daze.
My mother asked if she wasn’t worried about Ellen.
I felt like screaming like that dozens of times a day.
but.
After seeing my magic enhancement that night, she didn’t even ask me to try again.
Since Lizaira was isolated from the world and had nothing to do with the world, he couldn’t even hear the things of the world.
I felt like I was going crazy from the stuffiness, and although Luna and Ronan took good care of me, they didn’t really do anything I wanted.
Feeling really crazy, I swung my sword all day in the clearing.
Maybe she wants me to find a breakthrough.
He pulled out and extracted his mighty mana until he was exhausted, and when he was close to exhaustion, he idly leaned against a tree to rest.
And when he recovered, he focused his whole mind on finding the next stage of magical power enhancement.
There were no results at all.
* * *
It’s been a week since I arrived in Rijaira.
I got to know the people of Lizaira to some extent, but Luna and Ronan still didn’t teach me anything.
In the end, I had to make a decision.
breakfast time.
“for a moment… … . Can I go back and come back?”
“Going back, where are you talking about?”
At Luna’s words, I sighed.
“I have things and people to care about. I think I will have to judge how things are going and come back.”
At my words, she looks at me quietly.
“You may go back. However, if you go back, I will not let you into Lizaira again.”
“… … .”
Why?
Isn’t it such a big problem to go out for a while?
The words stuck to his throat, but he couldn’t spit them out.
Luna told me to believe in myself.
But, one week.
I felt like I was going to lose my mind when she didn’t care.
I’d rather do something, but I don’t know if you give me a task that I can’t handle.
It was just being neglected, not doing anything.
No matter how much I struggled alone, I couldn’t get a clue. And that’s something that could be done even if it wasn’t Lizaira.
Edina without me, I felt like going crazy because I didn’t know how things were happening and rolling that I didn’t know.
In the first place, I was thinking of leaving my bed for a long time, but when I was away, I realized that Edina didn’t need me, but that I desperately needed information from the world.
Not knowing how the world worked, I felt like I was going crazy with nervousness.
So wait a minute.
You can teleport back in a few hours, not even a day.
If I leave, I won’t let you in here again.
I couldn’t figure out what Luna was thinking.
“What will you do?”
As if it was your choice, Luna looked at me still.
Time is running out.
Irrevocable things must be happening.
Can I really get something from Lizaira?
“… … I will stay.”
Luna just nodded quietly, as if telling her to do so.
* * *
It’s been 15 days since we arrived in Lizaira.
It’s been over a month since I emptied Edina.
As the end of the gate avalanche approaches, the speed at which the gates are destroyed gradually slows down, and you must carefully approach each gate one by one to prepare for a big fight.
I was thinking about it hundreds of times a day in fits and starts.
A sense of isolation. and anxiety.
I was going crazy because of the things I didn’t know were happening in my absence.
Is Charlotte doing well with Edina’s work?
Could it be that there was trouble with Liana and Olivia?
Then Harriet caught in the middle would be in trouble.
Is Ellen okay? Could she be involved in an overly risky operation?
Because of not being able to know what the world is doing, the stress made me vomit every minute.
At least yesterday, Luna once again made me strengthen my magic power.
She said nothing this time. As soon as she saw me using her magic, she said it was okay, and then she spun around her body and went away.
If it’s inconvenient, it’s inconvenient.
If it’s rough, it’s rough.
If it’s not enough for a while, it’s not enough.
If there is a problem, please tell me what the problem is.
I wanted to shout that, but I couldn’t say anything.
Something is missing.
I wondered if I had to wake up alone, so I relentlessly strengthened my magic power in the clearing.
“Huh… … . omg… … .”
Even the mighty magic has its limits.
After exhausting all my magic power, I sat down with my back leaning against the trunk of a tree with my whole body drenched in sweat.
Through the process of consuming all of the mana and recovering it again, the amount of mana was increasing.
But I have to go to the next step.
This has no meaning anymore.
Talent.
Talents are ready.
There is no one other than Ellen who has the best conditions for becoming a master class.
I don’t know what’s wrong or what’s lacking.
I guess I’ll just have to go one step.
I don’t know how to take that one step.
“Do you want some water?”
“… … uh?”
When I turned around at the sudden voice that came out of nowhere, I saw a girl with bobbed hair holding out a water bottle to me.
“uh… … . thank you.”
There was no particular reason to refuse, so I opened the canteen Lena gave me and drank water.
It was cold water that seemed to chill the brain at once. It might have been that my head was overheating, simply because the water was cold.
While staying here for 15 days, I got to know some of the villagers.
However, since I spent most of the day in this empty lot, I rarely encountered people.
Even with Ellen’s childhood friend Lena, this was only the third conversation she had.
Lena looks at me and tilts her head.
“Are you always here?”
“… … uh.”
“Actually, I’ve seen you from afar a while ago, and you seem to have great skills.”
“… … okay?”
At a level where only magic power can be strengthened, it was possible to overwhelm the master class with only output. It doesn’t change the fact that my physical is out of spec.
However, that just doesn’t fit my surname.
I look at Lena quietly.
Lizaira is not an ordinary village.
Then, does Lena know how to use some weapons, including a sword?
“Weapons, don’t you know how to use them too?”
“me?”
Lena pointed a finger at herself and shook her head.
“No, not really? In the past, Lagan oppa taught me along with Ellen and Arta, but I’m not good at it.”
It is a town where the names of two people who became heroes of mankind come out calmly.
Lizaira is a really strange town.
“Coming to think of it, you seem to be better at using the sword than Lagann oppa or Ellen.”
“No way… … .”
“is it? It must be because it was so long ago that I saw Lagann oppa and Ellen use swords, right? Is Ellen going to be amazing now?”
Lena really didn’t seem to have much talent for handling weapons.
It’s because of my prejudice against Lizaira. Except for a few people, aren’t Lizaira’s people actually normal?
Anyway, Lena’s evaluation was wrong.
I don’t know what Lagann Artorius’ achievement was when he faced the demon lord, but Ellen is stronger than me even if it’s simply a sword, and I’m no match if I do everything I have.
Lena took the canteen I was holding and gulped down a drink. After she drank, Lena looked at me and crossed her arms.
“I don’t know why you came here.”
“… … uh.”
“Something makes me very anxious when I see you.”
“… … Are you anxious?”
At those words, I had the feeling that something was bothering me.
“I don’t know what’s going on outside, and I don’t know why you, who are Ellen’s friend, came here alone without Ellen… … . When I see you, even I get anxious. I don’t know what you’re doing, or why you’re here.”
Anxiety.
nervousness.
Was that what it was supposed to look like?
“What are you in such a hurry for?”
It is quite possible for Lena to say such a thing without knowing any circumstances.
I know that there are circumstances I don’t know about, but I don’t know specifically, and I don’t even know what’s going on outside.
what’s so urgent
Isn’t it a situation where I can’t relax?
However, he had no intention of explaining the situation to Lena.
“If you rush too much, you won’t be able to do what you can.”
“… … uh?”
Lena said that out of the blue and looked at me.
“I’ll go, don’t push yourself too hard.”
As if these were just words, Lena got up from her seat after leaving those words and disappeared.
I stare at the back of Lena as she disappears.
What should I say?
It seemed Lena wasn’t the only strange thing about Lizaira.
“… … .”
I sit still, in an empty lot, lost in my thoughts.
strengthening power.
A master class that goes beyond that.
And the anxiety and nervousness that dominated my whole body.
I calmly draw out the mana of the whole body and activate the whole body.
I could clearly see that the torrent of boiling mana wrapped around my body.
crudity.
“… … .”
Luna said something similar.
‘The flow of mana is overly emotional.’
Couldn’t my magical power enhancement be fundamentally wrong?
