Armed Summoners - Black Spears and the Brave Men of the Other World

Episode Two Thousand Two Hundred Seventy Seven: A Man Named Darks

He stayed in the engine room.

I didn't fail to guide Miliu, and I wasn't left alone in harm's way. They believe in him and accept him with stupidity to the point of being wild, against things that don't talk about and don't even try to deepen mutual understanding. That fact just frightens me every day.

They can say they have little understanding of who they are.

I recognize as a well-known fact that I was a former adversary, but I didn't even try to find out more. He misled them as if he was someone he couldn't talk to and misled them into believing that misunderstanding. It would be extremely convenient for him if he uttered the word, and soon his identity would be dispersed, but the fact made him worry about them.

Is it okay to believe so easily in things that do not speak the language, do not represent emotions, refuse to understand each other and do not even try to deepen rapprochement? There's no way. I know that. They seem to believe so easily that it is they who will see the painful eyes sooner or later.

He had to keep an eye on them so that they would not be fooled by such malicious things.

Darks, was named. My named parent is Miliu. Miliu-Libaien. No, it's Miliu-Levaire. The name given to her is taken from the ancient language. Darks probably named it that because the pitch-black armor he always wears is black as darkness, in an ancient language that means darkness. Short-circuit, but in the sense of being easy to understand, would be a good name. He liked the name.

Darks.

My heart jumped whenever she called me that. Finally, I can help her. Finally, I can wield my powers for her. I can spend my life. I can keep burning my life indefinitely, just for her.

It was a joy to him.

Nothing but joy.

He strained his chest that his life was for this moment.

That's why you can't let them know who you are. If they find out who he is, if they find out what he is, they'll let her down. Therefore he is silent and plays a man who has lost his word. It's a tricky move to unconsciously control her not to call her name, but there's no way I couldn't do it right now.

"Darks...... or something"

To the voice, give a face.

This is the ark's engine room. Mayuri, the main goddess of the engine room, sat on top of the power machine, pointing its divine obsession at this one. The figure of the faintly luminous goddess boasts such beauty that it can never be seen as something of the world. Regardless, I don't think it's more than Miliu for him, but that's why the Goddess's value doesn't diminish either.

"Don't you have to stay on Miliu's side and do it?

To Goddess's question, he looked sinister in his helmet. I had to. Apparently, to the goddess, his thoughts and so on were lost. Then there is no need to pass silence. Anyway, it's all a prospect for the goddess.

"On her side, you have him. There is no curtain for me."

To put it into words, it was a fact that involved some pain. The fact that she was on her side and it was not herself supporting her was an extremely absolute fact in this world, something that could not be overridden. Her love was not directed at him from the beginning. It can be said that the only thing directed at him was his emotions as one another, so to speak, nothing more than friendship. Neither did he intend to ask for more, and he even thought that would be fine.

And it's been a while since I've uttered a word. Ever since the final war destroyed his last land and everything was changed by the Great Destruction, he was ruled by the phantom of a girl, guardian of ruins and fruitful. The girl named Mireille, the very word pure innocence, became what the Mirews called a divine man and ruled him. He believed that it was thanks to Miliu that he was able to escape that rule and that his reunion with her was nothing but destiny.

So, now, here he is.

"... well. But you don't think so yourself?

"I don't care what I think, it's irrelevant."

He said back, staring into the eyes of the goddess. The goddess can't hide anything. Lies are discerned and vague responses also discern the truth. Even the identity of Darks is likely to have been discovered. Doesn't it see through everything in the life of an unbroken man named Crude-Fabruneia? I felt that, and he narrowed his eyes.

"Is that what this is about? I don't know how to be human. I said something terrible."

"Instead, I don't seem to tell anyone who I am."

"Except for the story if you want it, but you don't, do you?

"... so, okay?

He doubted Mayuri's words. I have to wonder if the patron goddess of this ship is such a good idea. But the goddess speaks softly.

"I am the goddess of hope, Darks."

"Are you saying that my hope, too, will come true...?

"Oh, I will give hope to all that aboard this ship. That's my raison d 'être, my raison d 'être."

"Totally... merciful thing"

Not sarcastically, but sincerely he said so. Along with the fact that we cannot but sweeten ourselves to its mercifulness, we understand that the Goddess is a real God and a being with the greatness that comes to believe.

"It's not like mercy. This is my role, so it's just a matter of doing so, Darks. Besides, I don't want to break my friend's heart by revealing who you are. If I can find out who you are, there may be discord in this ship. That's unnecessary, too."

"Don't you think I'll sprinkle the harm?

"If I had that idea, I wouldn't have accepted you into this ship. I don't care what Miliu says, I don't care what Setsuna says."

The goddess smiles. That would be a testament to the fact that he saw that no such malice existed in his mind. That's why I can keep him on this ship.

"I am a goddess. Mayuri, goddess of hope. I know what you think, what you wish for, what you want, and what you pray for. That's why I allow you to be on this ship and you to be on Miliu's side. You may continue to speak the tentative first name of Darks."

"... I see. It's all a prospect."

It's exactly what Darks feared. Hidden things apparently don't work for goddesses. At the same time, it also provides relief. I'm glad the goddess is the one who understands the story, and he sincerely thought. If this were an unfriendly opponent, he would have had to expose the identity of the Darks under the day and expose himself as Crude-Fabruneia before Miliu. If so, did he, or did he not, manage to maintain himself?

If Crude, who was supposed to be dead, were alive, and that was one arm of Orian-Lebaen as a black warrior, and even revealed the truth of his untold news with Orian's death, he would run out of standing. It was Crude who killed Orian. How shocking and painful is the fact that Miliu broke the lifeblood of a loving and hateful real father who couldn't try to kill her. Just imagine, my heart shook.

"I fear only that she, Miliu, will be hurt. I want her to be happy. She has a right to be."

"I think that's the same for you."

"I can't. I have taken her father's life. I have no right to be happy anymore."

"... if that's what you think, nothing. I'm sure that's your hope."

"... thank you. Goddess of Hope."

Darks thanked the Mayuri God from the bottom of his heart. Only with the warmth of Mayuri God can he stay here. I can stay here and help Miliu. I don't think that would be redemption, etc. The sin of taking her father is not such that it would be written off to this extent. No, it can't be a write-off.

That's why he's spying.

One day, we will be waiting for the time to redeem this sin.