Sword Whisperer

'.... Why are you so late? ’

Muñet bites his nails and looks back. It has been a long time since I left the courtesy area. Forest of Eustein. Surrounded by forest druids, Munet slowly watches where she has fled.

Running away with Emily, they couldn't keep up with one vampire behind them. That means Van has grasped their ankles with certainty.

Then I guess that's how good he is, but why isn't he still showing up?

'That fool, you must be busy fighting..?'

That's all the speculation Munet can make. It was then. Emily, who continued to sigh, smiled like a withered flower and asked.

"I was by Eroc's side. Yes, is he still...?"

"..... You ask if you're still there, I don't know what the old days are."

"I guess so. Then let's change the question. Is he still..... the best?"

"Maybe."

Munet's tone was quite disadvantageous. I also did. As a woman, Emily was forced to look soft. No, it wasn't even a performance level. Looking at her as if life were flowing out of her eyes at every moment, looking at the 'evidence of love', Munette was forced to ask herself.

If Eroc leaves the same curse on her, how strong is her love for Eroc.... how long will it keep her going?

How can I say that her heart is bigger than this woman who has lost my life for hundreds of years and has not lost my love in the face of a curse, rather than a day of blessing?

It was an unanswerable question. Not because I don't know the answer, but because I don't want to answer it.

'' I thought I would never leave this forest..... but I also knew that I was forced to leave at some point. "

"…… When you meet Eroc, what happens?"

"You'll have to ask him."

Emily replied in a calm voice.

"Give me the curse now."

"..... Why were you cursed in the first place?"

The power to share my power with everyone in the world. It might have been fine if it had been there. But somehow, she gained the power of eternal life, and her very existence became a threat at some point. And Eroc cursed her like that, dropping the value of eternal life.......

"My power always called for jitters. When eternal life was added..... not to mention."

"Were you... in love with your elder?"

Knowing that, Munette asked the obvious question. And Emily looked silently at Munet instead of answering. And then Munette realized that being in front of me had endured hundreds of years. It felt like standing in front of Eroc. One look, one gesture, an eye that seems to read everything about her...

"Arotep. You have a beautiful daughter."

"…… Thank you."

Arotep smiled quietly. It was his first time. I didn't know he could make that look, I didn't know he had a long debt for what he was sick of living as a vampire.

"You're young, Munet. ’

Muñet kept his mouth shut. It would be natural for her time to feel short in front of humans and other time frames, but somehow that was frustrating.

"…… What happens to you when the curse is lifted?"

"It will probably take years to postpone it."

"That means......."

"Don't worry. I don't die. The years I've been expecting her eternal life are less than thirty years. That's how long it's been going on.

Death will not come right before me. Even if you can get a little closer. "

"Who cared about you……"

Muñet looks away from Arotep and roars. And soon I looked back at the forest. Van and she had nothing to say as friends, but that did not mean that there was no hate between the two of them. I asked Van to tie their feet because he believed he could turn them around and run.

Was it an exaggeration, or was it too shallow for the vampires?

"We should be there by now..."

Muñet looks back at Hilgum Zeo. He sits in a tree stump, staring to pierce through the half. On his arms and legs, the tendon stood up and repeated to sink. Muñet sneaks up on him and sticks his words to him.

"Hey, Master."

"... Oh, what's going on?"

"You seem to know this forest well, so I'm asking..... What should I do if I don't hear from you?"

"The forest is not kind."

Zeo replied with a loud voice.

"For decades, people used to get lost in the woods."

"Does that mean Van is lost?"

"Of course not. Me and Van learned how to find a way in any situation at the Citadel Academy. The forest of Eustein is beautiful, but not catalytic at the same time. The forest won't bother Van."

"Then why are you still not coming?"

If you think rationally, yes, you're fighting. None of the vampires have been chased. Nevertheless, half of them are not coming back. He's grabbing his ankle. For a very long time. "

"…… Aren't you worried?"

Zeo didn't answer. But Munet soon realized it was a silly question. I could see how much thought was touching his head.

"…… Vampire Realm is not invaded by us. That's the promise. And Van will be fine. Even more oblique than this. I can't even imagine him dying in a place like this. I trust Van."

"I don't think I should keep your promises."

Muñet stepped on his back. Zeo's strange eyes followed her.

"Are you sure you want to leave? Maybe half and half the way. When you face angry vampires, is there anything I can do to protect you?"

"Why not? My sword runs like this."

"…… I have nothing to lose if you go. I'm more likely to have my friend back safely. But be discreet."

Muñet rushed to the next step without even listening to all his words. But it was then. One of Munet's in-laws fell like a lightning bolt.

"Don't go. Munet."

"…… get out of the way."

"Van's role was to tie his ankles. If you can't get it straight, it's entirely half the blame. You don't have to blame yourself."

"Even so, I can't just suck my fingers here."

"Then, change course to take her to Eroc at least a little sooner. Just because you're going into their castle alone, there's nothing you can do. Rather, if you let Eroc break her curse and let the years that have been postponed come to them..... that might be the way to help Van."

"I've been going to him for years!"

"You don't have to worry about that."

It was then. I stopped arguing with the two of you, and Emily said with a faint smile in her mouth when she was next to me. Emily looked up at the sky and asked. Once upon a time, the clouds of food filled their skies.

"As soon as I left the castle, he decided to appear before me."

It was not necessary to ask what the word meant. I wanted to see if there was a lightning strike between the clouds, and the next moment, the man with the lightning applied slowly raised his head. Under the brightly colored hair, like the sun, I cast a sad shadow on my face.

Eroc raises his head and looks at Emily.

Emily smiles quietly in front of her eyes.

"To end my life."

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Benda. Benda. Benda again.

What we cut for, what we cut for, why and why we lose light. No, in the first place, they were things without light. In the end, he was a slasher to slash. When people chased after the honor and wealth that they could have through the sword, he simply chased after the trail of the sword itself.

- Maybe it wasn't wrong from there?

A long time ago, the first time he had brought death, Auburn appeared and asked. Facing an auburn with a black and white bite, Van came to slash instead of answer. But Auburn wasn't the end. A bandit who threatened him. Murderer who cared for seven girls. Rebel spies. Sometimes the mission, sometimes the situation, has to be cut to pieces.

- I don't know what to cut, but why the hell did you grab the knife?

Wrong. Wrong. Van knew what to cut. He climbs the sky. Cut off the mountains, and bend the sea. His dream, that kind of body....

- Then why the hell did you cut me?

They were looking at Ben Vampire's face. I don't know. Van couldn't answer. He said he would cut off the sky, but what he had cut down in the meantime was a man's death.

It may have been a relief. In his life as a prosecutor, he may have only seen what he wanted to see.

The knife that he thought was so beautiful, the knife that he thought was so cool,

In fact, it's not the sky..... but it's lightened to cut life.

- Haha! No matter what life is, is it meaningless in front of your romance?

The sound of laughter. I turned my head, and Auburn stood there again and looked straight at him. Van replied.

You killed a man, too. He tried to kill me. I had no choice but to ring you, and there is no shame in that.

Auburn asked.

- Would there have been a reason for killing me, or would there have been a reason for all your walks? No, in the first place, were you trying to get serious about your cause?

- No, you didn't. The important thing for you was that you were invincible, not a boring, boring debate about good.

- So you're here now. Look.

Auburn turns his head. The moment I chased after five glances and moved my eyes, half of my complexion died. I had to. One by one, the bodies he killed were crawling through the ground and approaching him. It wasn't fast. I could have run away to get away. But I couldn't. The voice of Auburn tied his chest like a snake.

.. when you become invincible, you will have more magnificent landscapes than your own.

Wrong. What he wanted, what he wanted.

- No matter how unconcerned you are, even if you turn your back, you will continue to face this landscape. You'll realize that your genius is completely different than you imagined. You won't forget. All the lives you took.

Auburn laughed.

- Like the dead won't forget you.

".. Ugh! Heh, heh, heh..."

Half stood up screaming half-eaten. Then I looked around with a dull, white face. It was a strange room. Rough duvet. A fungus bookshelf and a half-torn curtain. There was nothing ripe in either eye.

No, there was only one unfamiliar thing.

"What happened?"

A wrinkled face looked at him.

Van's eyes trembled.

"...... Lopo?"