CH 90

: home (1)

Sara, who was cheering alone, hardened her expression for a moment, and asked Sears seriously.

"But your last name is Mo?"

At that, the people around them burst into laughter.

The tense atmosphere was released in an instant.

I didn't know why people named Sarah were laughing all of a sudden, but everyone laughed so I was excited too.

"Thanks to my granddaughter, I had a cool laugh."

"Me too, Marquis."

Philos wiped away his tears and rubbed his stomach.

Others were like him.

Philos looked at Jamie with a more relaxed face.

Although Sarah had calmed the mood, they were still doubting their ears.

Jamie laughed inwardly at their reaction.

'I don't believe it.'

It would be blasphemous not to believe in the words of the apostle Ricky, but it must have been unrealistic.

'It's a little embarrassing to show it in person.'

But nothing is more certain than seeing it with your own eyes.

Jamie stretched out her left hand with a bewildered look.

" The scale of justice."

Philos muttered as he looked at the familiar sentence clearly drawn on his small palm.

He was second in the rank of Holy Executioner, and there was no way he could not recognize the crest of the denomination he belonged to.

No, everyone here was the same.

"Ji, is it true?"

Lars was seeing it with his own eyes, but it was hard to believe.

Iraq, who talked a lot, couldn't even open his mouth.

The Marquis and Sears looked at each other with complicated faces.

It was not easy to decide how to deal with this situation.

Originally, it was normal to run wild with joy, but Jamie's identity and abilities were far from that of an adult.

Heir to Count Welton, who reigns in the aristocratic world in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Seldam, and a 9th-class challenger who is treated as the supreme state.

Although the latter was a possibility, the former was definitely a guaranteed position.

"Jamie is an adult ."

The Marquis frowned.

To become an adult means to give up all status and become a perfect servant of the goddess.

If the hometown territory believes in the Pyro, it will be relieved to some extent, but no religion has been established since the Highness and Zenithism.

"That's fine."

Sears still opened his mouth with a complicated face.

She said looking at Lars.

"Heis will embrace the Pyro."

"Madam, is that really true?"

When Airak asked with a surprised face, Lars answered instead.

"I was going to talk about it anyway, but I couldn't because of the incident."

"What do you mean?"

"I got this from Earl Wellton before I left Heath. The Archbishop read it first, but because of this... ."

What Lars took out of his arms was a letter kept as neatly as possible.

"Read it, sir. Among the people in this position, isn't he the highest position in the church?"

"Then excuse me."

Upon receiving the letter, Philos quickly read the contents.

Then he opened his eyes wide and looked at Sears.

Is that true?

"It is as it is written."

"What do you mean by that?"

Airak took the letter from Philos and read it aloud.

"The Bon family intends to join the Pyro Church, and we hope to build a Pyro temple in Heis, the home of the Bon family."

There was more, but what he read was the key.

The Marquis looked surprised that the Earl of Wellton had made such a choice.

"Did the Count really make such a decision?"

"There are a number of reasons, but it is undeniably true."

"Then I'm glad ."

If Earl Wellton joins the Pyro Church, Jamie's situation will be alleviated to some extent.

However, since adults are ultimately the possessions of the goddess, it was inevitable to give up their status.

Sears also had a headache because of that.

It's okay.

At Jamie's sudden words, the adults looked at Jamie with a face that they didn't understand English.

"The Goddess said I don't have to."

"What does that mean?"

"I told him to do my job. You don't even have to come to the headquarters, and you have to act freely. So you don't have to give up your identity."

" Can you do that?"

Iraq questioned, but he couldn't ask any more questions because Jamie, who had received the proof of adulthood, could not lie.

"Being an independent adult."

Philos burst out laughing and quietly bowed down to Jamie.

It was the same with Lars and Iraq.

Jamie looked at them indifferently.

"The sword that carries through the justice of the Goddess, Holy Executor Philos Oran, greets the newly appointed saint."

"The sword that carries through the justice of the Goddess, I salute the newly appointed saint, Holy Executor Airak Tedley."

"The sword that carries through the justice of the Goddess, Holy Executor Ras Armetic, greets the newly appointed saint."

It's normal to be embarrassed, but Jamie told them with a natural look.

nice to meet you. I wish you all the best in the future."

The marquise's mind was once again complicated by Jamie's appearance.

* * *

The three holy executioners left first, saying they had a lot of work to do.

"We too ."

The Marquis was about to tell everyone to go back, but a priest rushed to him.

Wait!

"What's going on?"

"Heh heh heh heh!"

Perhaps due to lack of exercise, the priest gasped for breath even after running a little.

The Marquis and Sears waited for the priest to catch his breath, and when he had calmed down, the Marquis asked.

okay. What made you come in such a hurry?"

"Nothing else, Sir Beiryl Onyx has awakened."

At that, everyone except Sarah reacted in surprise.

Sarah was not interested, so she went behind me and looked at the ants.

"Are you awake now?"

Yeah.

"That's right. What are you going to do?"

The Marquis turned to my daughter and asked.

It was Jamie Gunn who said thank you to Beiryl.

But looking at his face, he still looked burdened.

"Because I have a lot of time. I'm still tired, so I'll come back tomorrow... ."

"I will go."

"Are you serious?"

Yeah. I have to say goodbye. He is my son's benefactor."

Saying that, Sears placed a hand on Jamie's head.

The marquis smiled happily at the sight of her daughter and nodded her head.

"I can meet him anytime, so let's go together. Let me go back with Sarah first."

I know.

Jamie will stop by Uncle Beiryl, hold hands with Mom and come back later.

"Yes, Grandpa!"

"Not even good."

The Marquis ruffled Jamie's hair as she replied boldly.

Jamie felt uncomfortable and regretted that she would answer with a little less courage.

* * *

"It's here."

It was Ricky who led Beiryl to the room where he was staying.

"I will go first."

"Thank you."

No. See you later, Jamie."

Huh. See you later.

Ricky waved to the two and disappeared over the corner.

Sears looked at the door with a slightly nervous expression on his face.

From the question of whether it was right to go inside, what kind of conversation to have, whether there is any hope that the completely broken relationship will improve, and whether it should be the case, I thought of arrogance.

It was a big disappointment for him.

Now that a lot of time has passed, the feelings at that time have been diluted, but it was impossible to treat them like they used to.

'Let's just say thank you and leave right away.'

He raised his hand to knock, but his arm didn't move.

It's just knocking, what's so hard about-

Mom.

That was then.

Jamie pulled Sears' skirt.

I looked down and looked at my son, and he was nodding his head as if saying it was okay.

When I saw that face, it felt like the complicated emotions had subsided in an instant.

Sears smiled at his son and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Beiryl's voice was heard from within.

Sears took a deep breath and opened the door.

Beiryl, who was reading a book on the bed, looked at Sears with calm eyes.

The terrible image of the past overlapped with the present Beiryl. It felt like a completely different person, but Sears felt familiar.

Good morning.

As Sears stood still in front of the door, Jamie strode inside.

"Are you all right?"

"Thanks, it has improved a lot."

That's fortunate. What would you do if you died?"

"Does a little boy say such things in front of a patient without hesitation? Oh, you're a kid, aren't you?

"Kids are capable of anything."

"It's like a clever guy."

Sears was bewildered by the sight of his son talking to Beiryl without hesitation.

Was it that they were close enough to treat each other so comfortably?

As Sears looked at each other in bewilderment, Jamie motioned to her.

"Come here, Mom."

Yes. okay.

Sears glanced over and walked over to his son.

Beiryl said to her with a small smile.

"I saw it a few days ago, but somehow it feels like I haven't seen it in a long time."

" Iknow, right.

"What did you come here for?"

Sears hesitated for a moment at Beiryl's question, then put a hand on his son's shoulder and answered.

"I'm here to say thank you."

what?

"You saved my son. thank you so much.

"I, too, saved my life thanks to Jamie, so everyone else."

It is true that he saved Jamie from Demon Baron Reeta, but it would have been impossible to survive in the first place without Jamie in the battle with Sable.

"Nevertheless, as a mother, I came here thinking that it would be appropriate to say hello to the benefactor of my child. Then take good care of yourself... ."

Sears hurriedly said goodbye and tried to leave.

However, after Beiryl's words, it was impossible to do so.

"Jamie. I'd like to talk with your mother for a while, could you please stay out for a moment?

I know.

Jamie readily agreed to his request.

awhile. what is that... ?"

"I'll be waiting outside, Mom."

"Jamie!"

"It's an old friend."

Sears' eyes trembled at the word friend .

Jamie said to her.

"Shake it all off."

With that said, Jamie closed the door and went outside.

There was silence in the hospital room.

It was Beiryl who broke the silence.

"You have a good son."

Huh. He is a very sweet son."

When it was only the two of them left, they did not call each other high.

As in the old days, the words were laid out naturally.

"Jamie is a great kid. It's so amazing that it's hard to put into words how great it is."

"Thank you for appreciating our son."

"Your son will one day become a great being who will rule the world."

Sears only showed a faint smile.

"Is the Count doing well?"

He's always fine.

"It should be. He is the man who defeated me."

"Are you keeping in mind what happened that day?"

A duel between two men over Sears.

The day Earl Wellton won the victory by an overwhelming difference in skill.

At that time, Beiryl disappeared from Apton without a sound or rumor.

"It's funny that I like it."

At that time, I hated it so much that I wanted to kill Earl Wellton. In fact, he had planned several assassinations.

There was a time when I was floating on the bottom that much.

"But someone said that. Suffering is, after all, useless. So, rather, take time to reflect on yourself."

After losing the duel, he lived like a demon for three years.

Even after completing the family's revenge, it was a time of madness and bloodshed.

"At first I thought it was bullshit. I was going to kill the person who said that."

- As long as you can't get rid of your afflictions, you can't defeat me.

Defeated.

He was defeated even worse than when he was defeated by Earl Welton.

It started to change after that.

Beiryl challenged him over and over and over and over again.

Whenever he was defeated, he looked back at himself, and while looking for the problems of swordsmanship, he began to find his own problems at some point.

As I discovered the problem one by one, I wondered what the cause was.

Why did I become like this, and how can I fix it?

I thought about it for two years, and many changes occurred in the process.

"It was around that time that I became a real sword master."

The sword master itself had reached the time when they were called demons, but that was nothing but a fake.

"Then I knew the cause of my problem."

Beiryl took something out of the bag next to him.

Sears looked at the object and covered his mouth.

"Do you remember this?"

This Mom gave me... ."

right. This is the music box that my aunt gave me when we first met."

In the broken old music box, a prince and a princess were dancing hand in hand.

But the song didn't come out.

It had been left unattended for so long.

"Seeing this reminds me a lot of the past."

A time when we were like siblings.

Beiryl and Sears were inseparable.

We've always been together, we've been together everywhere.

"It's all my fault."

The family collapsed, and Sears was the only one they could rely on.

At first, it was a bit of an obsession.

However, as time passed, the degree of obsession became more and more severe. To the extent that dreams become chaotic.

Later, she tried to find and kill every man she met.

To be honest, I can't remember that time well, but I lived with regret for all those days.

"But I didn't have the courage."

He went to Heath again and again, knelt in front of Earl Wellton and Sears to apologize.

But I couldn't because I knew I was wrong.

Really I'm really sorry.

Sears, who heard everything, didn't say anything for a while.

I blankly looked at the music box in Beiryl's hand.

- Wow! The sound is so pretty! I want to dance like a princess too!

-haha. Sears is pretty, so I'll be able to marry the prince later.

- Then can I be a pretty princess too?

- Maybe a queen rather than a princess?

-Queen! When you become a queen, I'll invite your brother to the palace too!

- That's expected.

I danced while imagining dancing with the prince on the grass, and Beiryl watched it and applauded.

I used to play like that often.

'I dance, and my brother claps.'

We didn't play like that anymore when we got a little older, but we sometimes listened to music boxes together.

Now it feels like a faint melody is lingering in my ears.

Sears smiled at the old memories and opened his mouth.

Next Next time, come play with Highs. I will be waiting with him."

"Don't make me go."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Jamie, who was outside the door, shrugged as she watched the birds fluttering out the window.

'I still don't know what emotions are.'

Still, it was a day I wondered if it would be okay with a happy ending.

- Continued on next episode -