Egret

I was anxious that the fire I created would eventually burn everything around me.

Born as Judas and living a new life, he was still unable to shake off the past.

I closed my eyes to conceal the feeling of shaking like a flower on a cliff, but my anxiety did not sag.

Standing there with his eyes closed for a moment, he slowly raised his eyelids and said,

“How could you come all the way out here without rest? ”

“... Judas. ”

Judas looks back slowly.

Cristina stands there looking at him with a straight eye.

“Gee, I must have been so mean to you today. I'm sorry."

“No, I don't think so. That Cristina is rather. ”

She decisively denied Judas' words.

“I trust His Majesty more deeply than I trust myself. I mean, I'm worried. Of course I have it as a god serving the Lord. I beg you to accept my apology. ”

“That.”

“Forgive me for breaking my word. One is the same idea as her. ”

It was Edan.

Cristina stares at him with a sudden appearance.

Edan slowly walked before him and bowed down.

“If you are willing to rebuke us, correct us by rebuking those who do not know the truth. ”

“That's right, brother. It's me who didn't do anything. ”

Edan and Sage, who appeared on the other side, expressed their consent.

Somehow, it became as if we had come together.

At the same time, when they realized it, they looked as if they were one and the same.

And at the same time, I spilled my feed laughter.

“Ones. Did you walk out here in your sleep? Haha, everyone is young, so I can feel it from dawn. ”

No, you too…….

With his eyes wide open and fat, Judas, who was wrapped in his hand, sighed with a small sigh as he looked up at the blue dawn sky.

“Thank you.”

“ ……. ”

Sage lowers her head slightly and Edan and Cristina quietly kneel down.

It wasn't just Judas who was upset by this incident.

Someone blamed him, and some looked up to him even more, and stopped him from knowing how to keep him by his side.

And now the three of us in one place have the same wish.

‘We need to be stronger. ’

The same was true of Baikal, who suffered serious injuries and was in charge of the ward.

I couldn't lift my head because it was always the same now.

But they each had a different idea of where to get stronger.

‘Whatever the enemy threatens, let His Majesty leave his back. ’

Ethan, the commander of the pro-crisis division and a strong sense of nothingness, wanted physical strength.

‘One more step. As long as you can always look back and respond without obstruction. That is my role. ’

Cristina wanted a strong relationship of trust that she could count on.

‘You would have died if you hadn't saved me. Shit! Not like this. We should examine what we protect and not become a civil servant..... And Fluvi needs to train properly. ’

Baikal, who came back from this mess, felt the need for real power and felt responsible for Wyvern.

‘I'm not like you. I can't do anything. ’

And last but not least, Sage.

‘But you can't really hold your hand because you can't, can you? What's the difference between me hiding behind you and the runaway girl right now? She'd rather be brave! I need to know something for myself. ’

I decided to study magic again in earnest.

Since I was born with talent, some basic knowledge and magical expression were possible, so it was only possible to borrow magic books from Baikal.

The growth of boys and girls who were so stagnant began to flow slowly.

They each came down from a rough dune with their own vows.

* * *

As soon as the sun set, Judas went to the temporary ward where the wounded were gathered and examined the condition one by one.

He said he was coping quickly, but three of the 21 rescuers died.

Half of those who suffered fatal injuries and suffered a recovery suffered permanent loss of arms or legs.

Most people thanked Judas for rescuing them from Hell, but there were also those who were angry and grumbling.

“Argh, I would have let you die with me when the child died..... ”

“How to live with this leg! ”

“What about you? Find my mom, too. Yes?”

Judas passed by them in despair and in the presence of those who were fierce.

It was their life and the future they had to take responsibility for themselves.

I knew now that it was not a matter for him to apologize.

However, he didn't intend to let them stay in despair, so he set the stage for people to express their feelings and return home or reckon.

Even after their group left, the disaster management team was contacted to help them get back to where they all belong.

There was someone who was angry instead of Judas who cleaned things up and turned around.

“Well, shut up. You were trapped underground and you turned your head? What kind of national laws are you barking at when you see someone who helped you? ”

“What are you! ”

It was a bicycle sitting against a wall with a bandage on its shoulders.

Fluffy, who had turned small on his knees, fell asleep without rounding his tail.

He said again, choking his ears with his healthy left hand.

“What is that? He was dragged into a swamp of sand like you. ”

“You, you haven't lost anything, have you? I didn't lose my family and my limbs like us, so that's what it sounds like! How... how...! ”

Quaaang!

The victim shouted loudly, pointing at the truncated leg, and shut up like a clam.

Although small, a bag of someone's luggage flew entirely into the ashes by flame magic.

Baikal, who cast magic with his left hand, laughed dangerously like an angry beast.

“Aren't you going to shut up? ”

“This……. ”

“Shut up. Who said that? I don't remember, but just keep thinking about the person who wanted to die. ”

“ ……. ”

There was silence in the temporary ward that was accommodating a group of patients.

Finally, Judas, who came to see Uriel's condition, shakes his head small and smiles.

“Stir.”

“Hmm?”

Uriel speaks to him with a gloomy face.

Unlike Baikal and Fluvi, who returned as Manshin Chang, Uriel only sustained minor abrasions without major injuries.

Unlike her first vibrant appearance, she was overwhelmed with death.

Even if it was a ward, it was a makeshift tent, so the bed didn't have a proper duvet.

Sitting in a thick brown blanket given for supply, Uriel bows his head and sends his thanks to Judas.

“Thank you. I heard you saved my life. I can't even say hello properly because I'm losing my mind. ”

“I must be surprised that you're going through so much trouble. ”

“Yes, I was really surprised. Really... but I woke up once in the middle. I think I saw it then. No, I saw it. ”

Uriel is anxious and restless.

Judas, who saw the reaction and knew what it meant, remained silent looking at her.

“That's it, that's it. It's silver feet, isn't it?”

“Mmm.”

“Well, then! Really Huang...! ”

Uriel, who almost shouted ‘His Majesty the Crown Prince' without my knowledge, saw Judas in a shy gesture and kept his mouth shut.

Judas shakes his head, blocking her remarks with a grumpy smile.

“Isn't there a reason for hiding it? ”

Uriel could not make any sound like a man blocked by an intangible wall.

I was making a guess, but I was so surprised that I couldn't breathe properly when I got the answer.

‘Then who is Lord Chris? I wouldn't be an ordinary knight if I were your Royal Highness' escort! ’

Only nobles trained in elite courses can handle the Imperial Prince's escort from the beginning.

Even if Uriel was blind in the world, he knew that noble sense.

After questioning Cristina for a while, Uriel sighs, realizing that the memory is useless.

“I'm sorry, I just keep hurting my lungs. Because of me, Lord Baikal. ”

“I can't just say it's your fault. It's the fault of all of us who were wary. ”

“But I really don't know how to do anything. This wouldn't have happened if we had been married just like our parents said. ”

Uriel bows his head. I put my strength into my hand with a blanket.

“I'll go back. It'll only get worse if I try harder. ”

“Wouldn't it be hard to get married if you didn't want to? ”

“Yes! I'm fine. I've done enough. Everything's gonna be okay now. ”

Uriel touches the palm of his hand wrapped in bandages with his other hand.

The answer never came back.

Instead, I could only hear footsteps getting further and further away.

‘Yeah, that's really what this is about. Because I found out that I was getting accredited for not being able to do anything. Go back and marry a man who doesn't even know his face... ’

Uriel, who had thought about it, swallowed the tears that had been there without a sound.

At that time the voice of the man who bowed his head would have gone to her ears.

“The truth is, ”

“Yes...? ”

“Everyone does. It's really hard to know, but even though you feel like you're going crazy because it's really hard. ”

When I heard that, somehow I couldn't lift my head.

Judas speaks slowly, as if he were listening to Uriel like that.

“It's hard every day. I can't even forget that it's hard right now..... Yes, everyone is going through, no, it is the world we live in that has to go through. You won't be able to survive without forgetting. But that doesn't solve everything. ”

It was like a warm, elderly tone like her parents.

Uriel looks at the boy in front of his eyes with a sprawling gaze.

He was younger than himself, but much stronger and more mature.

However, it was shining that warmly.

“Sweetheart, there's not a single person who's always good at living. So you don't have to pretend to be okay. ”

Judas had a silver cross necklace in his hand.

A special necklace made by the Pope's Elixir to determine the divine power.

This necklace is worn by a person with divine power, and the silver necklace is bitten red in response to the divine power.

It is said that the stronger the holy power, the stronger the red color. When worn by the Saint Wigdrasil with the most powerful holy power, a red light shines around.

Uriel hangs the necklace with a trembling hand.

It first turned light pink and then turned red like blood within a few days.

The potential was tremendous in color.

“I have a friend in the diocese. If you tell me your story, I'll be happy to welcome you. Now, there's one more option. What will you do?”

Uriel raises his head with the cross wrapped around his palm.

A smile blossomed over his face with teardrops still remaining.

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