Episode 375, Chapter 75. where you should be (1)
One.
After destroying the Abyss Gate.
About a week has passed.
And many changes occurred in this process.
First of all, the biggest change was the sudden withdrawal of the pagan barbarians and desert cults who had attacked the northern and southern parts of the empire.
The two groups returned to their respective areas at the same time, as if they had joined each other in advance.
Additionally, Rimmer and the mountain lord Ergent, who had an armed conflict at the main gate of Arsene Academy, also stopped the fight thanks to a mediator.
The Holy Knights of Eloden.
Through the mediation of the Holy Knights, led by Paladin Master, Cadel Dune Shanktus, the two groups each headed to their base without much conflict.
It was the moment when Noah’s third insurance policy came to light, albeit belatedly.
In this way, the battle inside and outside the empire ended without any significant bloodshed.
Although so much had happened, the interests of the warriors, including Ulan, were directed elsewhere.
After everything is over.
This is because Noah had difficulty explaining his current situation to the warriors.
“… … what?”
Special reward, return to Earth. As soon as the message that had suddenly appeared a week ago came out of her mouth, Ibella asked back, unable to hide her surprised expression.
“Well, what does that mean? “Return?”
“Does that mean that we have returned to the original world?”
“Yes, that’s how it happened.”
Noah nodded silently to Laurea’s question that followed.
On the other hand, the reaction of the group was that they could not understand at all.
That was natural. When we spent the night together in the desert, Noah had said that he wanted to stay here.
Perticia refuted by mentioning that time.
“B-but last time you said you definitely wanted to stay here, right?”
“that’s right. “For me, this world is now more familiar than the original world.”
“No, then why…” … .”
“I guess I didn’t have a choice.”
Noah sighed and added an explanation.
The message was not about asking for the intention to return to the original world, but simply saying that the message would be moved automatically after a certain period of time.
Immediately after the story of Noah ends.
A strong reaction soon followed.
“What are you talking about? “This is ridiculous!”
“You’re trying to send people away arbitrarily just because the business is done, how are you treating people like tools?!”
“That is absolutely unacceptable!”
Ian shouts with an absurd face and Ibella bursts out in anger with an angry face.
Then Laurea also shook her head.
But then.
Delia, who had been quietly watching the reactions of the group, looked at Ian and Laurea.
“But, the message, the will of the stars, was embodied. “Then, shouldn’t we see it as the will of the Star God?”
“Well, that’s… … !”
Ian, who was about to retort, closed his mouth.
I was speechless.
If, as Delia said, this is truly the will of the Holy Spirit, then as a paladin of Eloden, it would be difficult to deny it.
Laurea, on the other hand, was different.
“… … Anyway, this is not it.”
She lightly shook her stiff face.
Soon Laurea was grasping Noah’s hand tightly with both hands.
Then he whispered with eyes filled with determination and determination.
“I will pray to the Holy Ghost. “I might be able to help you.”
“Yes, Thanks. Laurea.”
Noah answered with a smile.
However, I didn’t have high expectations.
Now that everything was over and the threat of the abyss had disappeared, I wasn’t sure if Laurea’s voice would be able to reach the will of the stars.
Still, Noah honestly expressed his gratitude to the person who said he was willing to step up for him.
‘but… … .’
In fact, I was somewhat resigned.
For some reason, I had guessed that this moment would come.
At the time, I lived as ‘Yoo Min-ah’ in the original world.
She enjoyed reading novels in which Earthly beings moved to another world and took action.
At the time, the main characters in the novel also eventually returned to Earth after completing all their tasks.
‘It probably feels similar to that.’
Noah, who faced a similar ending to the main characters in the novel, laughed bitterly.
Afterwards, a heavy silence fell in the room.
Jump up!
The door that had been tightly closed opened.
The person who came in next was a Myoin boy with a young face.
It was Sven, who was away for a moment.
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“Eh? what? “Why is the atmosphere like this?”
A room full of silence.
Colleagues with dark complexions.
Sven looked puzzled, as if he realized that the atmosphere was unusual.
“That’s actually… … .”
“Oh, I’ll tell you later what happened and just follow me.”
When Noah was about to tell her why, Sven suddenly cut her off.
He then pointed outside the door and grinned.
“Because Ulan woke up.”
A hero of reversal who broke down the gate of the abyss and even defeated the source of the abyss.
Upon hearing that Ulan had come to his senses, the group immediately left the place.
Then everyone left the room together.
2.
Meanwhile, at that time.
Ulan, who opened his eyes after a long week, lay down on his bed and looked out the window.
“… … .”
It is a familiar sight.
Arsene Academy’s general ward.
This is a place that Noah and Delia often visited when they were hospitalized.
Ulan, looking at the scenery outside the window, recalled the situation before he lost consciousness.
The moment when I broke down the door of the abyss and trampled on the source of the abyss.
At that time, the abyss whispered like this.
The abyss is like the other side of the world and is said to be immortal as long as the world itself does not disappear.
So, I said, be afraid of a new abyss emerging.
Ulan, who remembered this, said in a low voice what the guy had said.
“It’s a new abyss… … .”
Whatever it is, it’s probably good.
If you crawl out of the abyss again, just crush it like this time.
Around the time I clenched my fists and quietly made a promise.
“Ulan!”
A welcome voice was heard.
Colleagues who fought against the abyss together.
All the warriors gathered next to Ulan, led by Ibella, who rushed in with tears in her eyes.
Soon, the group explained what had happened while Ulan was unconscious.
After a while, Ulan smiled brightly after hearing the whole story.
“I’m glad it ended well.”
“that’s right. “I’m so glad.”
Noah, smiling slightly, agreed.
When all the conversation was coming to an end, Ulan suddenly asked as if he had a question.
“Then what happened to Count Dermore?”
“They said they found the body of Jurpe Dermore in the imperial castle annex. And I heard that there were a lot of ashes piled up around there.”
If so, it would definitely be Demuel.
When Lacus, whom the Count had served as his master, disappeared, he probably turned to ashes along with it.
At the truly meaningless end, Ulan nodded silently.
After finishing the story of the past day.
A moment of silence came.
But for a moment, Delia’s voice rang out softly, cutting through the silence.
“Now, slowly, let’s talk, shouldn’t we?”
“hmm? “What are you talking about?”
“Noah’s situation.”
Perticia answered with a stern expression.
Ulan and Sven, who had not yet heard the story, reacted in confusion, and Noah, seeing them like that, began to talk in a calm tone.
After some time has passed.
“… … “That’s how it happened.”
After Noah’s story ended, Ulan and Sven’s faces hardened like the warriors before.
As if he had finally realized the seriousness of the situation.
Then, Laurea suddenly let out a long, heavy sigh.
She frowned and muttered, pounding her chest in frustration.
“Wow, I’ve been praying to the Holy Spirit since a while ago, but there’s no answer. “I guess God has gone crazy.”
“Saint, that’s a bit… … .”
“why? “Did I say something wrong?”
Laurea’s sharply opened-eyed question.
Ian closed his mouth.
As a worshiper of the Holy Ghost, I could not refute these words, even though they were extremely blasphemous.
Ian was equally unhappy with Noah’s current situation.
“Even though Noah was a stranger, he gathered warriors to face the abyss. And she risked her life to fight for the world.”
However, even though they cannot provide proper compensation, they are forced to return against the will of the person concerned.
Laurea was unconvinced.
So, as he continued to express his anger, Ulan, who had been keeping his mouth shut with a stern expression on his face, looked back at Noah.
“How much time is left until we return?”
“There’s about a week left.”
After Noah finished calculating the date, he answered right away, and Ulan softly called her name.
“Noah.”
“yes?”
“What do you want to do?”
Ulan asks his opinion.
Noah expressed his honest feelings.
“Of course I want to stay. As I said last time, even if I go back to the original world, there’s nothing I can do.”
The days when I was stuck in a corner of my room, living each day without being able to die.
The reality of having no friends or family.
Returning to the original world is the same as going back to that time.
This was not the path he wanted, so Noah shook his head.
Then Ulan silently nodded his chin and said.
“i get it. “Then I guess I’ll have to find a way to somehow prevent it from returning.”
“B-but that’s against the Holy Ghost…” … .”
“Does not matter. “Because I don’t believe in God.”
Ulan cut off Noah’s concerns with a single sword. Soon, his red eyes burned like flames.
Hot enough to burn even the darkness of the abyss.
“Right now the Holy Ghost is nothing more than a being trying to take my companion away from me. In that case, we have no choice but to make it look exactly like the abyss.”
Quite a radical answer.
If the words Ulan had just uttered were heard by the Holy King of Eloden, they were so blasphemous that he would immediately accept them as a declaration of war.
But that won’t happen.
The saint and paladin of Eloden who are currently here also did not have the slightest intention of obediently following the will of the Holy Spirit.
“Yeah, good. “I’ll help too!”
“me too. No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think this is right.”
Ibella and Perticia also supported Ulan’s decision.
Delia nodded her head silently, and Sven, who was watching, also raised his hand.
After completing the subjugation of the abyss.
New jobs were added to the warriors who completed all missions.
It was to prevent Noah from returning to his original world.
3.
Some time after that, time passed helplessly.
There are now only three days left until return.
However, the warriors did not get anything worthy of being called a harvest.
Is that why?
Noah decided to give up false hopes and expectations and calmly accept reality.
‘I’ve done enough now.’
In the meantime, the warriors continued to struggle.
Laurea and Delia spent little time sleeping and looked through all kinds of literature, while other warriors also ran around looking for ways to prevent their return.
But I couldn’t find a way in the end.
And now this thought occurred to me.
“If it’s confirmed that things will go on like this, wouldn’t it be better to just use the remaining time to build memories that can be remembered and cherished for a long time?”
The next best solution created out of resignation.
It seemed much better than continuing to waste time like this.
It’s just that I couldn’t easily speak up when I saw my colleagues struggling.
‘… … and.’
If I could, I wanted to shake off the lingering feelings I had kept in my heart.
This was Noah’s heart toward Ulan.
‘I like Ulan.’
Ulan was the first person to affirm and accept life as a foreigner, Yu Min-ah.
This is a man who acknowledged her existence and called her a colleague. Moreover, it was thanks to Ulan being by her side that she was able to become close enough to call other warriors friends.
So my heart moved.
Before I knew it, my eyes were drawn to him, and every moment I was with Ulan was enjoyable and happy.
However, except for the past time when he and Ulan went around alone to complete Einer’s Orb, he has never revealed his feelings.
‘Because I’m a coward.’
Noah knew.
Ibella, Delia, Laurea, and Perticia have feelings for Ulan.
So, because I didn’t want to fight with colleagues I had become close to, and because I didn’t want my relationships to break down, I continued to lie and hide my feelings.
And the result.
Noah always watched Ulan from afar like a bystander.
So far, I’ve been satisfied with just that.
‘but… … .’
There is no time given anymore.
The hidden feelings turned into regrets and weighed heavily on my heart.
Noah sighed softly as if trying to relieve his frustration.
Then.
“Noah.”
A familiar voice came without warning.
It was Ulan.
Noah was startled by the sudden appearance and took a step back.
“… … ! Ooh, Ulan?!”
“hmm? “Why are you so surprised?”
“Wow, anyone would be surprised if you suddenly approached me!”
“I knocked and came in.”
Ulan pointed to the wide open door.
It seemed like he was so deep in thought that he couldn’t hear anything.
Noah, who understood the situation like that, tried to calm his startled heart.
Meanwhile, Ulan, who was watching Noah’s expression, tilted his head as if he suddenly remembered something.
“Is there anything you want to say to me?”
“yes? Oh, no, that’s… … .”
It would be a lie to say there isn’t any.
Noah was busy thinking about Ulan just now.
So much so that I couldn’t even hear him knocking on the door.
That’s when I looked embarrassed.
Ulan spoke again.
“If it’s not important, you can talk about it later and follow me first.”
He turned and walked outside.
Then he added something more.
“That guy came.”
“yes? If it’s him… … ?”
“Sirpi Ludrik.”
A visit from a completely unexpected person.
Noah had a puzzled look on his face.
Now that the curse she had placed on Sirpi had been undone, there was no reason for her and Sirpi to meet face to face again.
Then Ulan revealed the reason.
“If he is a descendant of Kazan Ludrik, a stranger from another world like you, he may know a way to prevent his return.”
It’s definitely a reasonable guess.
However, it didn’t really make sense to Noah.
She was already half resigned.
Still, seeing Ulan struggling, he couldn’t show it, so Noah nodded with a smile.
“Yes, I like it. song.”
After answering in a bright voice, Noah followed Ulan out of the room.
With a glimmer of anticipation and a glimmer of hope.
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