"Nito's not guilty by now."

That's what Oswald told Sabrina.

"Is that the will of the Kings?

"By the will of Master Schneizel. Instead of producing a second emperor, killing Nito was said to be more... threatening to summon even the Dark Ages"

Between the two of them sitting on the couch in the principal's office, a dark cloud stood in.

As you tap it, the rain grain hits the window and the rain noise interrupts the conversation.

The room is dim and there are no lights there.

Expressions vary, but 'Dark Age' mainly means the demise of the world, also referred to as the 'Age of Chaos', in which darkness can enter the world and life dies.

- It means the end, so to speak.

There are many fairy tales about such things in this world, and they are also used in teaching materials for mothers to have children.

Then he heard the noise of knocking on the room, and with the voice of "excuse me," Saab appeared.

When Saab showed up, Oswald asked, "What's wrong?" he asks in wonder.

"Well... I thought I'd quit school..."

With hesitation, Saab's heart had already been set.

"What?

Oswald is unintentionally surprised.

"King Arthur told me to quit school and come to Greyberg now"

Oswald then gives the look that he was convinced of Saab's explanation.

I guess he heard something beforehand from Schneizel about Saab's situation.

"Right... go..."

Oswald asked to whine.

"Yes."

"Did your lord agree?

It's what I wanted.

"Not for what?

"To be strong."

"Stronger for what?

"It's..."

There was no space between them, and the conversation continued pale.

"Not to kill Nito, is it?

……

Oswald asks, staring over his desk.

But Saab doesn't answer.

"It's about stopping it. Don't get involved with him. You don't just destroy yourself, do you?

"... ready"

"Are you ready? Did you just say you were ready?

Then Oswald devours Saab's words in such a way as not to listen.

But my voice is calm.

- "I don't know anything."

That was how I felt about Saab.

"That of the Lord is not to say ready. It's just ignorance. Your Lord is his... deep..."

"Oswald......"

Oswald tried to say something, but stays just before.

Then Sabrina perceived it and called her name to blame.

Sabrina blocked Oswald's words, saying it should not be said beyond.

"What is it?

Saab floats a question mark.

Even Saab would have heard about that word.

But that's only a fairy tale, as it stands.

I don't even have the idea that it exists for Saab.

That's why it makes sense for Oswald to say that word here.

"Oswald, more than that..."

"But... should I no longer know be in danger?

"Are you going to make contraindications?

It should not be spoken of.

Its existence should not be revealed cheaply.

……

Then Oswald, once, shut up.

But after a while, he opens his mouth again.

"Saab, did your Lord ask me before?" The Heart of the Dragon "or Nito, which is stronger then ever?

"Yes."

"The answer is the latter. Undisputed, that's him. Nito... he said," Okay. "

"" Chi "?"

"It's unusual not to talk about sweeping away the Demons. Not only that, but even the Demon King was destroyed. That, too, is like having a child bug...... Oh, he's playing. I left enough room for too much. Saab, what about me? Even before that, he was called the Great Mage, and he made his name heard all over the continent as the Alchemist of Guardianship. I had no enemies when I was young, and I stayed on track. Then one day I too could have loved him. A child was born, and after a while, a grandson was born. That's when it happened..."

- Nito is strong, but I used to be strong myself.

When it seemed as if it was such a story, Oswald started another story.

Oswald then looks restless, biting his lips off or licking them a little.

It's as if you're afraid to talk.

"O Saab, I speak for the Lord. Then don't despise me."

Plea.

of Oswald. That was just a plea.

What Oswald is about to talk about, I mean, - shame on you.

That's why he pleaded "I hope you don't despise me".

"That's... of course."

Saab replied, not knowing what he was talking about.

"I..."

Oswald then pressed his strength into his hand, which he placed on his knee, gripping strongly, as if to support his trembling body.

"I killed my real son..."

……

Saab is not out of line, and I don't know how to return it.

"My son is a gentle wizard of the heart. And he said that he respected me, and helped men without discrimination, as I had done till then. I didn't get caught in the race, I reached out. Then one day. Returning to the house as usual, in front of him, was the appearance of a son who had returned to his whole body and bathed in blood. His son's wife bled in front of him and fell down. Beside it was the figure of his grandson Zells, who shook and wept. I immediately understood the situation. You're an adventurer. Once you see it, the footage that leads up to that situation comes to your mind."

As Oswald recalls, he told us about the situation.

And so that I can bite my regrets off...

………………

…………

……

"Kyle... what the hell..."

Red splashed on the floor.

Red dripping on Kyle's right arm.

Oswald instantly understands the situation.

In front of me, the wife of a son who bleeds out of his belly and falls.

Beside it was Zells, still a young grandson.

And Oswald looked back at Kyle, understanding the situation.

At that moment, they chant magic at each other and at the same time.

It was reflexive, extremely unconscious.

That's when the colliding magic started a rampage, creating an explosion.

The impact caused about half of the house to collapse, and…

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Noticed, two people across the street from each other.

Fortunately, Zells was not caught in the explosion.

"Kyle...... what are you doing?

"Dad? Ha ha! Are you going to kill me?!

Kyle's condition was clearly off track.

That cannot be said in words, but the senses tell us that those in front of us are anomalies.

"I wonder why?... I feel good, Dad. I feel better than ever. It feels like everything's gotten there. But you don't know why? But there's something I'm sure of. Don't doubt this power... that's all I know."

"Don't doubt it, then?... What do you mean?

Oswald floated a question mark, but Kyle doesn't answer it.

"I don't know? But that's all I know. Don't doubt... this power is my will -"

At that moment, as the shadow wrapped vigorously around Kyle's arms, it turned into a sharp, pointed giant hand.

- Shadowy, black hands.

Kyle was blinded by the way she was in love, staring at it.

Oswald had found his son.

And I knew there was no such thing as sanity there.

I also know that at this time, which is relative, there is no point.

Next, I also know my son's hand will attack me.

A first-rate adventurer would know.

Just facing each other, I see the nature of the other.

At this time, Oswald's account, an active adventurer, was sharpened and everything was visible.

Except for my son's nature...

"Kyle......"

And Oswald slowly meditated his eyes.

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"Father..."

And the next time Oswald opened his eyes, he bled out of his mouth in front of him, a figure of his son.

That moment, what happened?

But it's easy.

Oswald was so strong.

As an adventurer, I acted reflexively and naturally towards those who did harm to me.

This is the result.

"Gohoo!"

Kyle spits blood out of his mouth.

On Oswald's right hand was a spear, with the spear tip piercing Kyle's heart.

"Kyle......"

- My cheeks, tears spread.

With seeping eyes of tears, Oswald captured his son in front of him and burned his figure to memory.

I met my wife, I loved my wife, and Kyle was born.

Oswald, who had only adventure, was immediately distraught when Kyle was born.

He stopped the magic prop production and devoted all of his time to Kyle.

To the lonely Oswald, who had nothing but adventure, his wife and son taught him to love.

"Kyle......"

What the hell happened to Kyle...

"Why... why, did you kill him?

Oswald asking in tears.

His eyes were always on his weakening son in front of him.

"How could you... do this..."

That's when Kyle grabs Oswald's left arm.

A sharp nail pierced the meat and Oswald distorted his expression.

"Huh! ……

"Father......?

At that moment, something, an incomprehensible feeling, flows into Oswald.

- I want to kill people.

That was Kyle's emotion.

An interest in killing people, an exploratory mind.

The idea that killing is a talent.

There was a figure of Kyle, which Oswald didn't know.

"Kyle... you..."

Kyle was always helping people.

He was also kind to the elderly in the village, responding if asked, and before asked.

Why does Kyle have such feelings?

Oswald doesn't know that.

That's when Kyle put his strength into the arm he grabbed.

"Gu!"

"Dad!... the killer!... talent! That's what I wanted to know! Why is Dad helping?! Why? Why should I help?!

In front of you is Oswald's unknown son.

"Well... you are..."

But Oswald doesn't know.

Why has my son become like this?

And it's pouring in. What is this?

What kind of magic can make you feel nauseous just because you're this close?

"This is..."

"My... will!

I can't save my son anymore.

That's it, okay.

And Oswald opens his mouth quietly and chants.

"[Ore Water Curse" Elemental Exorcism "] …"

Then the spear tip that stabbed him in the heart emitted light, and the light surrounded Kyle's body.

Kyle's body gradually contracts, and then there, a small blue ore appears.

……

It's magic that forces organisms into ore.

At the same time as mineralization, the subject dies.

"Kai...... l......"

Oswald takes the blue ore.

There's no more of my son there.

From Oswald's eyes, who took the ore, there were no tears.

Oswald doesn't know.

I don't have an answer for this situation.

Suddenly, his son turned into a leopard and killed his own wife.

……

Oswald then returned to the house on the verge of collapse and rushed over to the fainted Zells.

And when I crouched in and held Zellus back, I was distracted by the kitchen for some reason.

Oswald stood up and, then, slowly advanced his legs.

And it was when I peered softly into the kitchen.

On Oswald's cheek, there are zero large tears.

There...... Oswald's beloved wife bled out of her chest and lay quietly.

"Helena......"

After a while, Oswald grabs Zells and goes outside.

In those eyes, there is no longer anger.

Still, I guess I can keep an eye out for it because Zells was there.

I guess it's because I thought so, that only Zells has to be protected.

Zellus was grated to the meadow, and he himself bowed down next to it.

He looked at the blue ore on his left, looking at the house in front of him unbroken.

Oswald then makes the spear appear again from somewhere earlier.

A silver-blade spear with a silver tone leading up to the pattern.

"Kyle......"

Oswald then attached the ore on his left hand to the blade of the spear.

At that moment, the dazzling light can stand around.

And some time later, the light welcomed convergence.

Then a different spear appears.

The blade of the spear, which was silver, emitted blue and clear, and it was like,

- It was like a sapphire.

"Kyle......"

Oswald couldn't even stand up for a while, leaning against Zells and just looking at the broken house.

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