Rain continues to fall.
But it was silent between us.
At my feet, there was blood mixed with rain.
"... ha. I can't even use the flames with this rain. And I don't even have a sword. How do I tell you to lose?"
I lean against the wall and look down at Zahr and tell him to spit it out.
The opposing zar was just silent and nagging.
"... chip. Bye, Zahr. This time I'll send you to the afterlife. I screwed up then."
"That's when...?
"Ah? What, you don't remember? When I was in the orphanage, I tried to kill you. With Cyan.... Well, it looks like he survived."
"Wait, what are you talking about? You missed us then."
"... what?
I know Zahr is not a lying personality.
But I felt caught up in words that were too different from my memory.
... but maybe extending the conversation like this is his purpose in itself.
Thinking about it, I could see the force coming into my arms gripping the ice.
"Enough. I'm not gonna talk to you any more."
"... Lasalles"
"Goodbye. Don't worry, Isel, the people and Cyan will send everything to you."
I shake my arms up with my own strength.
... but I just shook it up and it never moved.
"... again. Forever, ever... Huh! Follow me, Lazareth!
"... Lazareth, you, no way..."
"I'm not like you! I'm like you, he's like you, he's like you!
I can't get the words to follow.
'Hate'. Without being able to say those two letters, I open or close my mouth.
It's unpleasant, it's disgusting.
"... Zahr, remember. Next time I see you, this time I'll bury you."
I ran in the rain with a headache that didn't ring.
Would you have run for a while?
Already rain and light rain, and the sky is stained black.
I pushed open the door to my house and fell in the front door.
"... Ha, ha"
I cover my eyes with my arms, keep my chest up and down, and put oxygen in my lungs.
My consciousness is already hazy and my headache doesn't start ringing.
At that time, there was someone who could soften my head.
"Welcome back, guests are here."
"... Yu. Guests?"
"Sophia, that's the guy with the name. You know that, don't you?
Of course, I know. He's coming. Then even to what you would be wearing.
But what do I look like to her?
I asked him to forgive Sophia.
But what exactly am I supposed to do?
Don't kill me, do you?
Or, on your side, you mean?
Either way, I can't do both.
"... oh. I'll go as soon as I wipe my body. Tell them to wait."
"Okay. More than that, what was your business?
"Oh, no. I still had to go through the Wise Men's Act, so Nikolai was summoned. That's all."
... Of course, there is no such thing.
The day after tomorrow, we finally move on to Isel.
My day of revenge was told.
But why did I hide that fact from her?
"... oh, I'm sorry. I don't feel well. Will you leave me alone?"
"Okay. Then wipe your body and get dressed before you come. Your body, you dirty bastard."
"I know. The..."
"Hmm?"
"... thanks"
Why, the word made me want to say it.
But I'm apparently not clever enough to see the heat caging in my ears.
Did you find that interesting, Yu laughed a little and told me you were welcome.
When I'm done wiping my body and getting dressed, there's a knock coming in the room.
... To be honest, my mind wasn't ready yet.
But I understand that you can't avoid it.
"Get in. I'll go along with the Yotai story."
"... eh. Excuse me."
... Again, it was Sophia.
I told him to wait, but I guess Yu or Lynne cut the numbness and taught him.
"... Lasalles, right"
"That's a greeting. You don't know that, do you? It's Lasalles."
This body, I add, in my heart.
"Why, why are you here?
"... Ha, whatever I believe in, it's none of your business. Or what? You're saying I can't even get out of Isel?
"Lasalles......?
After seeing how she was now, I was finally convinced.
She doesn't realize I'm a sage.
Well, if it's true, we're almost new here. It won't even be possible.
… then it is also the hands that use it.
"... Kuk. Hey, Sophia. Why don't you join us in the Sage's Act? Let's rebuild the world right together, huh?
……
"Hey, not really. I'm suggesting we do this in good faith. Besides, those scumbags deserve your protection."
"- That's enough. No more talking."
When Sophia says so, she suddenly gets up and leaves the room.
... Unfortunately, the solicitation seems to have failed.
Even though I failed...... I had myself in relief for some reason.
Besides, why did I even notice she was crying?
"... chip"
Lie in bed and keep your body.
That time, the words Zahr was saying catch me.
I did kill him.
I also checked his body.
... Then why are they alive?
Cyan is a witch. No wonder I'm back.
But Zahr isn't.
But why was Zahr born in the first place?
We witches become human beings when our own core magic is poured into the human beings who pass through the Holy Nucleus.
But there were no humans in our world.
Then it is natural to think that we have connected somewhere with the rest of the world.
Besides, I still don't know why the witch could have come to this side.
"... doors, huh"
If I were you right now, I'd open it.
But our world is doomed. Even if it opened now, it wouldn't exist no matter how many witches.
Daimyo, it is Othi who is part of the immense demonic nucleus.
At that time, a person blurred the back of his brain.
The only person who can travel between different worlds and the other.
"... mentilla"
It would be easy for him to make Zahr human.
But the question remains as to why.
But when I began to doubt him, there were also places where Tsuji would pass.
There is also information that he and Bethenburg were close before.
Besides, in the previous world, he was reconciled with Dahlia, who was at the top of the Sage's Law.
Whatever it is, there will be no doubt that he was trying to get involved in any way in the end of this world.
But far from the fundamental 'why' part.
That's when a man showed up from the shadow stretching out of my bed.
"Hey, I didn't know you would give me that name. I'm surprised."
"... Nikolai? Good luck in the rain."
"It's nice to have the sun hiding on a rainy day. I can travel as I please."
More than that, he sits in a chair and turns back to this one.
I stared back at him like that while he was asleep.
"When that name comes up, think it's time to get to the truth. So I came here to make a suggestion."
"... what?
"That's not how you get along. I don't think that's a bad story for you, either, do you?
"Follow me. Let me show you the nucleus of the devil."
That's all he says, without waiting for a reply, then he adds and blends into the shadows.
... In the first place, the answer is already in me.
Listen to me and destroy the devil the day after tomorrow.
That's the end of my life.
... but why? The thought that nothing was over yet was ripping my mind off.