174 Episode 67: A Long Night Comes (4)
174 Episode 67: A Long Night Comes (4)
"Acrylic, pull the spear"
"... ugh!
When I told Acrylic that, my hand shaking the acrylic spear shook a little. With the spear tip braced, the woman briefly raised a scream that had drawn her.
Blonde hair dirty with mud, clothing looks superior if you look good. Appearance is in the mid twenties. And the eyes moistened with tears - crimson. It was a familiar color for me.
"Are you a vampire…?
When I asked, did the woman cramp her throat or just tremble and she didn't respond to anything. That gaze is directed at the spear the acrylic is poking at.
You can't listen like this even if you want to listen to me. I have no choice but to exhale.
"Acrylic, I'll say it again. Pull the spear."
"... chip"
When I strongly said it, the acrylic pulled the spear even as I tongued it. But those eyes still stare at the woman with hateful caged eyes. You found out the acrylic pulled the spear, and at the same time the woman suddenly moved out.
I got fit, but I didn't feel harmful there. The woman followed me in a desperate manner. Its body is trembling to the point of abnormality.
"Nevertheless... in the meantime, it is curled, curled... no... no..."
I wander my gaze, bewildered by the woman who follows me. Somehow I'd like to calm her down and talk to her, but this is deep in the woods. Stampede hasn't stopped yet.
Doing so, Al approached me to see if I had finished my surrounding enemies.
"Uphilia. There is no sign of Chimera around here, and around the villagers' shelter.... for once, I'm going back to the shelter, what do we do?
"... right. I can't loosen my guard, but I think we should listen to her."
"Right.... Hey."
Al grabbed the shoulder of the woman that was wrapped around my arm and gazed at himself. Al's crimson eyes wobbled suspiciously, and the woman seemed to be gazing at Al as she ate in.
Probably using vampire mental interference, but does it work between vampires...?
"You know what I'm saying? Evacuate to a safe place now. If you turn it against me, I'll dump it here. All right?"
"... is, yes..."
The woman snorts over and over again, but Al's expression is sinister. Perhaps it wasn't the result you wanted.
Then Al turned his gaze to me and shook his head sideways small. Still no good mental interference between vampires......?
"I'll hold it. Acrylic, can you ask for the front?
"... Al holds that guy?
"It's a matter of efficiency.... please"
"... Huh"
When Al said that to Acrylic pale, Acrylic clearly seemed to be in a bad mood and out of sight.
"... you should be in a good mood later."
"... Shut up"
"Dear Algard! Acrylic! Was Her Majesty Queen Uphilia safe too!
When we went to the villagers' shelter, there the knights were in a hurry to prepare for defense and evacuate the villagers.
A knight who would have stood on the lookout broke his face to delight in our safety. But I got a surprised look when I realized Al had a strange woman.
"You worried about me. The stampede hasn't subsided yet, but the momentum should drop. Few demons would come straight this way, too, would they?
"Yeah, sounds like you scattered it all over the place.... Do you have a demon stone after all?
"No, it's more troublesome than that. How much evacuation is done for the villagers?
"The escort of Her Majesty Queen Uphilia is also helping, so I think the evacuation will be complete in three more minutes. Our retreat will follow…"
"Right...... ok. I share information with Darren and take his place. Acrylic, I'm sorry, but I need Uphilia. And rest your body."
He was Al talking to share information with the knight, but he speaks to Acrylic before he leaves here. But they're in a bad mood. Acrylic didn't reply.
Al, sighed when he saw such acrylics, deposits a woman with me. Then I stop by the acrylic and stroke her head.
"Forgive me. I'll ask you one later Wagamama"
tingling, and acrylic ears and tails stood pinned. Then Acrylic turned his gaze half-eyed and whined low.
"... anything?
"... to the best of my ability."
"Fine, then. I forgive you. Look, you need to talk to Darren, right? Go on."
Apparently Acrylic's mood has returned to the point where I think it was a lie to ignore him. Besides, Al sighed a little hoarse, then rushed to me with a gracious glance only.
Perhaps you wanted to say that you asked for acrylic.... Well.
"Where is Raini?
"If I were Miss Raini, I'd be assisting with evacuation induction.... She's amazing, she calmed down people who are going to panic in this situation and helped them evacuate smoothly. I'm a boulder, Her Majesty's dedicated maid. You have a liver sitting around. This is the situation, but I'm glad she's here."
The second half whispered, and the knight told me so. As far as it goes, he probably knows what's going on.
If you told the villagers about the outbreak of stampede, and thereby the need for evacuation, you would have had no choice but to be confused by fear. But Raini was here for me.
I guess she used the power of a vampire. Coincidentally, I was fortunate to have Raini here.
"Yeah, Raini's my proud squire."
"Dear Uphilia! You're safe and above all!
"Raini, thank you for your help in directing the evacuation."
When the knight led me to Raini's place, he exhaled as if relieved and rushed to me.
So I turned my attention to the woman I brought to support my shoulder. Looking carefully, Raini stared at her breathlessly as she hacked.
"Dear Uphilia... this man..."
"Your kind."
It wasn't me who answered Raini's question, it was acrylic. She looked like she was back in the mood, but still, was it unpleasant to have a woman beside her who was driving herself into a predicament, waving swordswallowing air from earlier on?
Raini opened her eyes just a little surprised, but placed her hand on the woman's shoulder to guide her.
"Are you all right?
"Raini, she may be from the Kingdom of Cambus"
"Oh, right. Um... are you okay?
When Raini switched to the words of the Kingdom of Cambus and said, the woman looked up loosely.
And when I looked at Raini's face, I opened my eyes to the point where, for some reason, my eyes were going to drop zero. And I grabbed Raini's shoulder and stared at Raini from close range.
"What, uh"
"Tillis......?
"Huh...?
"... ah, no... we... uhh..."
"Do you know my mother?
Raini asked the woman how she ate. Me and Acrylic both turned their eyes round and looked at Raini. But the woman's surprise was more than ours. She stared straight at Raini, and looked at Raini.
"Ah......! Tillis'...... daughter? Are you? Is Tillis...?
"... do you really know my mother?
"Exactly, you... oh, could this be the Kingdom of Palettia...?
"Yes.... I am the daughter of Tillis and this is the Kingdom of Palletia. Are you… from the Kingdom of Cambus?
When Raini inquired, the woman shook her shoulders frighteningly and slowly let herself go of Raini. That face had a sarcastic grin, drawn to fear.
"The Kingdom of Cambus...... oh, yeah. Yes, but..." It's gone. "
"... gone, gone...?
"- It's doomed, the Kingdom of Cambus! Because of that crazy princess!
I just pursued a miracle called "magic." Because that was the proposition of life.
I was obsessed with the existence of magic. I wanted to wear that miracle move without any extra effort.
If it were to come true in hopes, I wanted to have an eternity to unravel all of the magic.
I remembered that we were "that kind of thing" when we were meant to be.
Everyone expected me. Everyone wanted it. Everyone blessed me.
Eternity in your hands, truth in your hands, to the end. At that time, the eternity of the tentative beginning becomes true eternity.
We've always lived craving it. To be worthy and eternal, we were born for it.
So I have to live right. Because that's not my only wish, it's what many of my ancestors who followed me wanted.
- No one is indispensable. Because magic is something great, something that gives people happiness.
- A world that will never be lost, that will be permanent and complete. Because it's magic to get to that world.
- So I have to save you. We have to save the imperfect who can't be forever.
If you are ever enough, you must be beautiful. - Oh, that's why I want beauty.
If you are ever enough, you must succeed. - Oh, that's why I want to be strong.
If you are forever enough, you must be wise. - Oh, that's why I ask for wisdom.
I'm glad you saved me, if you don't think so. So it's not enough, it's not enough, it's not enough, oh, I can't help but starve.
- So let's be one with me, shall we? Together, I'll make it forever for you. That would be happy, wouldn't it?
But I'm sorry. I can't connect everything. You can't be ugly. I'm sure they'll hate you.
So just leave me what I need, and I'll split it. If one day I can fill this world with happiness, we'll live together again, won't we?
Don't get old. You can't leave me. You can't disappear or lack it. Yeah, we'll be together forever, won't we?
You can eat when you're hungry, too. Then let's be one again, shall we? Make me more beautiful, stronger, smarter?
I'll remember you. So wait a little longer, okay? Because I will save everything for you.
- Oh, the moon is beautiful today!