Chapter 700
The day was already bright when the man woke up from his dream.
just carry
I had only lived five years, the life I had to endure.
What doesn’t break down.
A man whose long-term goal was not to collapse is living a life without direction in the last mission of not collapsing for the rest of his life.
without knowing where to go
without being able to stay anywhere.
They constantly walk on a path that is unknown whether they are running away or advancing.
An eternal wanderer who only wanders to find what he can’t find.
That is the role assigned to the fourth apostle and the owner of the last sacred object.
Everything is fading, but the fire is still not extinguished.
It can burn until it goes out.
The most important thing in the world, but with the most dangerous thing in the world in your arms.
Without letting anyone know that I have this.
I walk aimlessly, sometimes taking a break.
The man looks up at the sky.
In the midst of numerous hallucinations, now I listen to my almost inaudible ears.
Be still as if you want to hear the sound of the world.
how long has it been like that
-mister!
I always see a bright, mischievous and kind girl running towards me.
How many days had I been in this unknown village?
I didn’t remember very well.
but.
A town with a cute, lovable, kind, mischievous girl.
It’s time to leave.
“Today in particular, I also brought sausage.”
The man shakes his head as he sees the girl with a bright expression on her face with sausage sandwiched between bread.
“Sandy.”
“… … huh?”
After coming to this village, the man called the girl by her name for the first time.
The focus of the eyes of the dying man returns to where he went, and the man who has regained vitality in his entire body rises from his seat.
The man who always sat down was always on eye level with the girl.
However, there is a big difference between the eye level of the man and the girl who woke up.
As the girl straightens her hunched back, she wonders if the man is this tall, so she looks up at him with her mouth wide open.
To Sandy, the man seemed to have become a completely different person.
The man looks down at the girl and says.
“Tell the villagers.”
“the year before… … ? what?”
What do you mean?
“No matter what, don’t leave the house until the sun goes down.”
The man is a strange person.
Sandy knows that he is a strange person.
But really.
A really strange person.
Sandy never knew.
The man quietly starts walking somewhere.
The sound of horses’ hooves was heard from somewhere in the man’s distant ears.
* * *
Sandy didn’t know what the man meant by that.
But somehow it looks serious.
Sandy was screaming all over the place this time, just like she had been screaming all over the place to save the fallen man.
Sandy didn’t say something out of the blue, ‘Don’t let the old man come out of the house’.
It just sounds weird, and no one will believe it.
So Sandy tried a trick.
A monster appeared near the village.
don’t come out of the house
screamed out loud
Fortunately, little Sandy, famous in town as a tomboy, never played with a monster.
At the story of a monster, people trembled in fear and closed the door.
Some people asked Sandy what kind of monster appeared. Sandy doesn’t know much about it, but he says it’s a very vicious and scary-looking monster, and he says he has to keep quiet until the monster passes.
However, Sandy’s mother and father thought that Sandy was up to some other nasty prank.
So this time, the moment I promised myself that I would really beat you up.
– Doo doo doo doo!
In the distance, an unknown roaring sound began to come.
I don’t know if it’s a monster or what.
Knowing that something serious was the truth, Sandy’s parents took her and hid inside the house.
The villagers didn’t know what was going on specifically.
However, the roar grew louder and closer to the village.
getting closer, getting closer
From the moment you wonder if something has arrived in town.
-Hee hee hee hee!
the sound of dying horses.
-Keep it off!
-What, what is that bastard… … !
the sound of people dying.
Everyone’s ears were soaked in blood.
* * *
By the time the screams had died down, it was Sandy, of course, who ran out first, overtaking Marley’s parents.
It was already night.
Sandy ran frantically to the place where the screams and sounds of death had been heard, and saw it from the entrance of the town, where night had already fallen.
dead horse.
dead people.
And scattered armies.
In the meantime, a one-armed man standing in the pale moonlight.
The golden spear held in his left arm.
The man who didn’t seem to have the strength to break even a branch of a tree killed dozens of cavalrymen.
“mister… … ?”
No matter how strong-hearted it was, Sandy had no choice but to sit down and throw it away as soon as she saw it.
The golden spear in the man’s left hand, who turned around at Sandy’s call, disappeared like a mirage as if it never existed.
A man slowly approaches Sandy, who is sitting and shivering.
“Ahhh… … .”
Then, carefully, he crouches down to meet Sandy at eye level.
The man speaks while making eye contact with the frightened Sandy.
“They are thieves.”
“… … .”
“I saw villages farther west from here being plundered by them. Then he brutally killed everyone in the village. Children and the elderly alike.”
“… … .”
“I had no intention of worrying about it. Things like thieves… … . Because I don’t know.”
You can’t care about everything in the world.
But the man stayed in this village.
Even if people notice
Even if you give me a face sometimes.
without saying anything
I sat at the corner of the barn and waited for something.
It wasn’t because the man couldn’t open his eyes and see the thief’s existence.
“Sandy.”
“When it comes to being good… … . Originally, there is no price given.”
“Because I live a good life, because I live a good life.”
“It doesn’t make you happy, it doesn’t reward you.”
“That’s why there must be many cases where life is more painful.”
The man puts his hand on Sandy’s head.
Just like Sandy did from time to time because she was sorry and pitiful for the man.
The hands that looked like those of a dead person were so big.
was it warm
Sandy stares blankly at the man.
“But sometimes it was good.”
“It was nice.”
“There must be a reward given just for that reason.”
“It is not always rewarded.”
“If you live like that, sometimes good things have to happen.”
“That way, people will be able to affirm the good even a little bit.”
“For saving a dirty beggar who was dying on the road.”
“It’s like that beggar defeated all the bandits who tried to raid the village… … .”
“There’s nothing wrong with having such an incredible story.”
someone you can ignore.
Someone who doesn’t care if you let them die.
A girl who screamed all over the neighborhood because she couldn’t leave such a person alone.
And the eccentric girl who took good care of the beggar.
take care of the meal
wash it away
shave your beard
A girl who became a companion.
It was a reward for such a girl’s kindness.
The man was not interested in thieves.
However, he had no choice but to repay the girl’s kindness with what he could do.
Knowing that thieves would come here, he did not give in to the notices of the villagers and quietly guarded the barn.
After all, the villagers were also good.
Even though I noticed, I didn’t chase them away with a club.
The heart of everyone in this town, that can’t be helped.
And Sandy’s mischievous yet kind line.
To repay him, the beggar stayed in the barn for a long time without notice.
“Sandy… … .”
“I’m sorry.”
“Oh, to see such a terrible sight… … .”
“That’s why I told you not to come out… … .”
However, it was inevitable for the girl to witness this scene.
The man carefully places his hand on Sandy’s cheek.
“Thank you.”
“You don’t have to live like this in the future.”
“But your line… … . For the first time in a long time, you made me feel joy… … .”
“I want you to know.”
After stroking the cheek a few times, the man slowly gets up.
Sandy still doesn’t know what happened.
I don’t know who the man is.
but.
Because Sandy saved someone.
through someone’s death.
The village is saved.
The girl spoke towards the back of the wanderer who was about to leave without a word.
“mister.”
At the girl’s call, the man stops.
“Where… … . let’s go?”
The man doesn’t look back at the girl’s vague question.
Clearly, the man was looking for something.
I don’t know where it is, so I just wander aimlessly.
“A place of eternal rest.”
just by walking
To the most important and saddest beings in the world.
Find a land that can give you eternal rest.
The Eternal Wanderer has departed.
* * *
The Eternal Wanderer wanders aimlessly in search of a resting place.
I don’t know where it is or even if it exists.
In front of the man who left the village entrance and started walking aimlessly.
There were two figures under the moonlight.
One was standing, and the other was perched on a ledge of a rock.
The man, still, stopped in front of the figure.
“Long time no see, Ludwig.”
A face seen in blurry vision.
distant voice.
Ludwig remembered the look and the voice.
Even in the moonlight, that red hair.
“Scal… … Let?”
A precious friend was waiting for him under the moonlight.
and behind it.
A being that could only be identified by having a pair of horns was looking at him.
“Long time no see.”
ruler of the continent.
Devil.
“Reinhardt… … .”
A being whose name could be heard everywhere was sitting on a rock ledge, looking at Ludwig.
“… … What is it?”
Naturally, a golden spear was lifted from Ludwig’s left hand.
“… … Is that Alixion?”
“… … .”
“Let go of your impressions. Would I have come to fight?”
The emperor raised his arms as if he had no intention of hostile.
how did you find me
Ludwig was curious about that, but in fact it may not mean anything.
The opponent is the ruler of the continent.
What you are looking for is bound to be found someday.
If you spread the chain of coincidence wide and wait to be caught, you will find what you want someday.
In the end, Ludwig got caught in the chain.
“As expected, was it you?”
The demon king speaks quietly.
To be exact, he was staring at the necklace hidden under Ludwig’s clothes.
“… … .”
Ludwig didn’t answer anything.
But the other person didn’t have to listen to the answer, it was a look that already knew everything.
“You saved my life, why did you disappear even if you couldn’t show any respect?”
“… … I didn’t save you because I thought you were right.”
At Ludwig’s words, Reinhardt sighed.
“Yes, it’s the life you saved, so if you’re fooling around, come get it again.”
I’m alive thanks to you, so you’d have a right to take my life.
Reinhardt adds so.
“by the way. Can you bear that?”
At Reinhardt’s words, Ludwig looked at the emperor with a firm expression.
Tolerable.
I had never thought of it like that.
Every moment is like hell, but I just don’t fall down.
“That, I think it’s right for me to take it.”
“… … .”
“There’s no reason you should have it.”
“… … .”
“No matter how you think about it, it’s right for me to have it.”
Someone has to keep carrying the soul stone, which will become a disaster if left alone.
Ludwig continues to fight this in real time.
It is the heaviest burden in the world.
Ludwig is carrying the sins of others.
Therefore, the emperor’s words about whether it would be more appropriate for me to shoulder it rather than for you are valid.
“I can’t let you have something like this, for you needlessly costing your life.”
The emperor did not save the emperor because he was right.
But I can’t let the emperor shoulder these things.
As if he knew that Ludwig would give such an answer.
“So you’re saying you’re going to die while wandering the world like this for the rest of your life?”
“It’s none of your business.”
“Why don’t you at least give up on this life? It’s not difficult to be considerate of yourself so that you can be comfortable, and if you’re not going to give it up, I hope you understand the importance of yourself.”
There is no need to wander.
Wasn’t it not too long ago that he almost collapsed on the road and died?
Ludwig shook his head at the emperor’s words about making life as comfortable as possible.
“I have to find it.”
“… … .”
“They are not monsters… … . They are just sad beings who had no choice but to become monsters.”
“… … .”
“So, I have an obligation to find a way to give them rest. And that, I have to do.”
It is not a burden that can be eradicated or that someone has to endure.
They are just miserable military figures who cannot find rest.
We need to find a way to give them rest.
That’s why Ludwig is looking for places he doesn’t even know where they are.
Scarlett looks at the obsessive Ludwig with a sad expression.
Even the emperor stared at Ludwig quietly.
“You’re still unnecessarily stubborn.”
The emperor assumed that Ludwig would reject all offers.
“Then make me a suggestion.”
“I have no intention of accepting anything.”
“Aren’t you thinking of looking for the ‘end of the world’?”
“… … what?”
end of the world.
Ludwig’s eyes widened at the words he heard out of nowhere.
I wasn’t going to accept anything no matter what, but it was an offer I never imagined.
“I’m trying to figure out where in the world this world exists and how far it goes.”
“This continent we are on may or may not be the only one.”
“That’s why I’ve been preparing a fleet for a long time to find out about that.”
“We will be leaving soon.”
“Maybe not.”
“Maybe there’s something you’re looking for.”
“Divinity and magic. And superpowers.”
“There may be other powers beyond that, and with that, the impossible might be possible.”
the land of rest.
Is there such a thing?
Can another world exist beyond the continent?
The demon king who became the ruler of the continent wants to find out if there is another world beyond the existing one.
gaps in the story.
As it always was, there might be something in the margins of the sea beyond this continent.
try to find it
Ludwig silently looked at the demon king.
As if not waiting for an answer, the demon king takes something out of his bosom.
It was a magic scroll.
“To go, use this.”
Ludwig didn’t know enough about the teleport scroll that moved to a designated place.
The Demon King looked at Ludwig quietly.
“It’s not like we’re happy to see each other’s faces. Goes.”
Also, the two of them aren’t meant to have long conversations.
“And if you can’t stand that, leave it to me. I’m not asking you to do it forever, but I can keep it for a few months. Then, if you lose, I have to lose. know?”
“… … Let me think about it.”
There was a dragon.
Ludwig received three offers and rejected two.
“finally… … .”
The Demon King looks at Ludwig with sad eyes.
“sorry. everything.”
Ludwig did not know why the demon king was apologizing.
Isn’t it supposed to say thank you?
why are you sorry
But the demon king didn’t say anything more.
Scarlett looks down at Ludwig with a sad expression.
– Flash!
With the flash of the teleport, the two disappeared as if they had never been here before.
Ludwig blankly looked at the scroll in his hand.
end of the world.
The Demon King is trying to do something without being complacent.
There may be nothing beyond it, or there may be something.
However, beyond the hitherto known world.
There will be another possibility.
What cannot be found on this continent may be found beyond the world.
That would be better than wandering aimlessly.
Ludwig did not hesitate for long.
– Flash!
The scroll was opened, and light wrapped around Ludwig’s body.
And, when the light disappears and I open my eyes.
Ludwig was looking down on a huge harbor from a certain hill.
The ships were encamped.
It is a fleet heading to the end of the world, which is unknown.
So, it had to be on a scale that had never been seen before.
Among the large ships, which were no different from another world, Ludwig saw mermaids coming and going in the sea.
And, I saw
welcome face.
A face I never thought I would see again.
“… … Welcome, Ludwig.”
The missing shaman.
“Detto… … Maureen?”
Dettomorian was there.
A shaman who always couldn’t tell what and how much he knew.
You’re going to a place you don’t know where you are, without knowing what you’re looking for, in a direction you don’t know what kind of power awaits you. Of course, a being using power beyond the understanding of the world would have to open the way.
“To the other side of the world.”
Dettomorian will go with Ludwig beyond the unknown borders.
“Let’s go together.”
Ludwig was overwhelmed by the open sea and the abyss beyond.
I was looking at a huge fleet moving in the direction of dawn and dusk.
