chapter 15
15 – I’m back! (1)
The time for the decisive battle has finally dawned.
“Please take care of the mansion while I am away.”
“Yes, don’t worry. Father.”
My father is leaving the mansion early this morning to attend a conference held in Jedo. And taking advantage of that opportunity, today, the attack on the county of Peerosis begins.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t get out the gun, but I was able to secure two magic circles for Aisha and me. Of course, even this is low-level and not perfect.
Still, the performance was overwhelming, so I still vividly remember Aisha’s words as she threw me a magic circle after waking up in the morning.
“With this, I could wipe out all the dragons right now.”
This is enough performance. Gazing at her father’s back, she received a golden bracelet from Aisha. This is the magic circle. Later, those who dealt with advanced magic created it instead of a magic wand.
[ Name : Magic Circle (Low Level) ]
[ Maximizes the effectiveness of the magic used by activating multiple magic stones with runes engraved inside. It also greatly increases the wearer’s magic power. ]
[Effect: Increases all magic Lv.3, Magic +30, Intelligence +10 ]
Simple and strong.
Of course, even with the same 3-step increase, it’s hard to expect great performance with the normal magic I can use now. But what if the person wearing this magic circle was Aisha?
Even so, she is the Great Witch of the Cold Cold, who is said to be unmatched by magic. If all of her magic effects are improved by 3 levels, it is safe to say that she is literally an animated weapon of war.
To be honest, I was worried that if I started shooting already, the medieval fantasy feeling that I could possess and enjoy would disappear, but in a way, it’s fortunate. If it’s Aisha, she’ll be able to prevent a tragedy with just one magic circle.
As I watched my father leave the mansion, I hinted at Aisha, who had approached me before I knew it.
“Please take good care of me, Master.”
“Uh, uh uh…”
Is it because of what happened yesterday? The way he treated me became very awkward.
What happened? Ayesha was drunk and dragged me to bed and wouldn’t let me go. Thanks to that, I also unintentionally slept with Aisha.
“Hello”
“Ah, ah, ah, ahhh!!”
I can still see her blushing and screaming as soon as she woke up and saw my face. Do you know how I feel? You should play with it for the rest of your life.
Still, shouldn’t I do what I have to do?
“Then he said to remove the horns at once, so shall we go right now?”
At my words, Aisha nodded her head slightly with a somewhat firm expression.
In the original work, the Pyrosis raid takes place late in the evening. It must be to avoid needless conflict with the enlisted soldiers led by my father.
So we agreed to move in the morning. Also, right after my father left to minimize the secondary damage that would happen from the collision between Aisha and Raminasis!
Father is also an excellent wizard, but compared to the great witch and dragon king candidates, his power is infinitely weak.
I think I already know what kind of incident will happen and who the culprit is. What is the point of waiting any longer? Aisha and I immediately headed to the garden where my mother was.
To be honest, I was pretty relieved. I was just nervous last night, but I didn’t have the slightest thought that I would fail.
Because I knew the time of the incident, the ringleader, and the opponent’s strengths, weaknesses and strengths.
Because I thought it would flow like a game.
However, carelessness always reveals itself from the conceit that one knows everything.
The uneasiness that suddenly reared its head last night… Was revealed.
“Oh my~? Are you here?”
The place where I thought Riet Maman would welcome me with a bright smile.
She could see Trisha lovingly hugging her disembodied mother’s neck.
—–
Drops of fresh blood scattered on the green, vibrant leaves fell to the ground, and at the same time, the heart sank down and pressed against the lungs. She gasped for breath and rolled her eyes at the shocking sight unfolding before her eyes.
Time flickers and causes cognitive dissonance. Why why…
This is nonsense. It’s completely different from the time I knew! The originally planned prologue is not like this. At least after dinner, the count’s tragedy begins.
However, what happened before my eyes is undoubtedly a reality.
The thick smell of blood and the lifeless, decapitated corpse hanging on the floor forcibly dragged me down to the edge of reality.
Tricia, who is spinning Lit Maman’s head round and round…
“You, you… What the hell!”
“How about this? Our Countess So~ Were you very surprised?”
She provoked me with her lips sticking out as if she were admonishing her little one. She is definitely someone I thought I could save. That she could barely live now!
“Why did you kill me already!”
“As expected~ Seeing the word ‘already’ coming out, did you know that I was aiming for a madam?”
How did you get caught? Where did you go wrong?
Cold blood ran between the folds of my brain, trying to find the route I had taken so far.
However, my thoughts, which had already begun to wander, never reached their destination.
“Right now, until yesterday, Raminasis-sama couldn’t come, so I would have been beaten by a vixen who was still there. What about this Are you a little late?”
“Shut up and answer the question!”
“How is it? Be afraid, oh-ho-ho! It’s because of you, you.”
What did that guy just say? Because of me?
Is it because of me that Rit Maman couldn’t avoid the death of the prologue?
That can’t be. For the sake of this moment, I gave Aisha enough time to learn future borrowing, and twisted it to the previously scheduled time.
But why is it my fault? Why is it my fault
However, the words just lingered in my mouth and I couldn’t get them out.
It was because I was afraid of being refuted. If my words were denied, I felt that the death of Riet Maman would be entirely my fault.
“Did you think I wouldn’t notice the murder that a kid like you hides? As soon as I saw it, I thought I had to commit and jump out when the time came.”
Trisha gently caressed her mother’s face as she lost her focus and licked her bloody cheek with her tongue.
Yongin’s filthy tongue… Wiped away the noble blood from Lit Maman’s face and smeared it with ugly saliva.
“How nice, madam. As you said, your son was so excellent that he died after not living a few more hours.”
As soon as she heard those words, the string of rationality in her mind was severed.
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After that… I don’t remember a few minutes.
When I came to my senses, I was mercilessly hitting Tricia’s head, who had already become a six-year-old, hitting again and again.
Although she made her brutal appearance, she was only a prologue boss. I couldn’t even deal with me equipped with a fraudulent weapon called ‘Magic Circle’, which didn’t suit me in the beginning.
Even though Trisha had already faced her death, my heart was not at all relieved. Then, with regret in my arms, the black waves began to calmly wet my heart.
“If only I had behaved a little better…”
If only I hadn’t been vigilant. As much as I went on a route I’ve never been through, what was meant to happen would go awry… If I had ever thought about it.
If only I had taken the idea that this was not a game but a new reality given to me a little more seriously.
This wouldn’t have happened.
‘Yes, it’s my fault.’
And he admitted it. Maman’s death is my fault. I had vainly blew my only chance of avoiding her death through my stupidity.
“Tyr…”
Aisha tried to comfort me, but when she saw my eyes, she hesitantly withdrew her hand. hahahaha… What kind of horrible face am I making that even Aisha reacts like that?
I need to wake up. It’s just a character in the game. Ritt Maman is not really my mother.
‘Bugs.’
With the desire to run away from guilt and the heart of blaming myself, my heart was divided into two parts and I repeated the argument.
It’s your fault. It’s my fault. It’s a game. It’s a reality.
‘Shut up.’
I cursed at myself and stood up.
“Master… Shall we go to the castle now?”
“Uh, uh uh?”
“Since Yongin was also killed, there is no reason for a candidate for the Dragon King to come. Let’s go like this.”
I barely moved my weak legs and passed Aisha, but she grabbed my wrist. I glanced at her dryly and glanced at her eyes.
“What… Do you have something to say?”
Aisha opened her trembling lips and shouted at me.
“I-I can’t go on like this! You will definitely regret it in the future! I’m going to get the corpse and go!”
“Ah…”
I forgot about that. I couldn’t think of the after death because I was in a hurry to save it. I think this is enough for the non-attribute effect. So it was before, and so it is now.
Hearing Aisha’s words, he trudged again and went back to the place where his mother’s body was and knelt down with her. As she carefully tried to collect her body, Aisha yelled at her again.
“That’s not it!!”
I was slightly annoyed.
What… Is it not? Like you said, you’re trying to do your childish duty.
“Aren’t you angry? Why don’t you shed a tear?”
Aren’t you angry? Not angry why don’t you cry? Well. Is it because it’s a game character? Or is it because I couldn’t change it even though I tried countless times for 5 years?
It’s something that will happen anyway… Maybe you’re convinced.
“Aren’t you going to be a little more desperate and try to change this situation!”
“I already did…”
You just don’t know. Don’t say more
“What are you doing! After you see even the desperate tail…”
“I’m already dead, what a struggle!!”
In the end, the anger I had endured burst out.
“Do you have any idea how much I’ve been f*cking f*cking trying to avoid this f*cking prologue!? Do you know how I feel playing the main character while losing my parents because I didn’t get the timing right!?”
I grabbed Aisha’s shoulders and vomited her emotions mixed in her original reading.
“5 Years! I’ve worked hard for 5 years on this short prologue! Do you know how many times I did the prologue a day! Outrage?! How much more desperate are you now!”
But Aisha screamed, not being pushed back by my momentum when her anger erupted.
“Do it though! If you are my disciple, 5 years is not enough! What if you, who should live thousands of years from now, live regretting the rest of your life in just five years!”
“How to bring back a person who has already died? Like fate, my mother’s death is no different from a predestined one!”
It is not a game. Only in this situation can you feel more certain. Riet Maman is dead. You cannot delete data and start over.
All… End… Couldn’t get it this time either.
The strength in his neck, which had been using the jawbone, was released.
“Sure!”
Aisha shouted at me.
“Even change that ‘fate’!”
My brain shook at that absurd statement.