29 29 Stories: Simulated Revenge

"Let's do the story first. This time, it's all a play (...). I haven't died since the beginning, and Grand and Mize's head is a fake from Alchemy."

Surprisingly, I told Elisia that I was losing her voice.

"It's me, as you can see, who the Raiders are. The other one is my acquaintance... but I've already sent him home because I've already used him."

The first assailant to show up was my former colleague.

I asked if you could help me because I was understaffed, and he accepted with pleasure. But I'm going to owe you.

"Everything, a play......? Then everything that happened today..."

"Not just today"

To that word, Elisia opens her eyes.

"No way, Roberto I killed..."

To Elisia's whining, I nodded.

"He's not dead (...). It was this doll (dummy) that Elysia killed last night. The real thing is still alive."

Elysia was stunned when she was told the truth.

But naturally.

There's no way an amateur can assassinate the Duke's second son and run away. No matter how lucky you are, it's impossible.

Elisia's assassination is not well known as a case in the first place.

Nothing was supposed to happen last night.

The real Roberto isn't dead, so the real Knights of Phosphorous will be relaxing and enjoying their holidays in the King's Capital by now.

"I really didn't think you were going to stop avenging me. I let him hit a play, even to get him to calm down once. I feel like I've defeated my hateful enemies, and I think I've got a little bit of a cold head..."

That's all I explained, and I noticed.

It smells strange. I thought so, and when I dropped my gaze - around Elysia, who buttocks on the ground, there was a small build-up of water.

"... each other, get dressed first"

Was there a clothes store nearby?

With that in mind, I moved.

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After I took off my armor, I bought some clothes from the clothes store that belonged to a woman and gave them to Elisia.

A few minutes later. I suggest I head to the park next to Elysia when she's finished dressing.

I took Elysia, who nodded small with a lost soul, and I headed to the park.

The park was completely quiet at this time of day.

I sit back on the edge of the fountain, watching the sunset, and I open my mouth.

"... a little, I'm reflecting that I may have overdone it. But it's also true that we couldn't have talked without this."

Until the other day.

Elisia was filled with hatred, narrowed her horizons, and unstoppable.

So I decided to remove (...) her hatred once (...).

In other words - I decided to let her have the perception that I had avenged her.

By killing the fake Roberto, Elysia regained her calm self.

That vengeance leaves nothing but nothingness. And the beauty of having a future.

Elysia, who lost her hatred, gradually noticed two facts there.

In some cases, it was possible that Elysia would destroy the doll (dummy) while harming herself. I was going to rush right then to stop... but I know, she didn't.

That's what I knew.

He is still a former resident of the "back" world.

I was convinced that Elisia would always spare her life after taking revenge.

There is no such thing as a man who, after taking revenge, self-determination in a clear mood. I'm also familiar with the "back" situation to the point where I can identify such a peculiar person as someone who isn't.

"As I said earlier, this whole thing is a play. But a play isn't the right scenario. This is an indisputable future. In fact, the Knights of Zhenghong have a knight with a background in being saved by Roberto where he was an orphan."

Elysia shakes her head in silence vertically.

I don't want to explain the situation, but Chris is not only working with me on this scenario.

That is - this is the situation that the Royal Defence Intelligence Agency, the Kingdom's largest intelligence agency, has determined is most likely to happen. Its median rate is quite high. It is elaborately calculated not only the background of each member of the Knights of Zhenghong, but also their character and power.

In other words, this is the one called mock revenge (...).

It is a simulation of vengeance.

"What you went through earlier. That is the end of a ruinous avenge.... Do you know why it happened?

"... because I tried to pick up the future I threw away"

"Yes."

I nod at Elisia's answer in a squeezed voice.

"Readiness is preposterous, transient. If the environment changes, it becomes useless, such as being prepared before it.... taking revenge is a major environmental change. Even though I thought I could die, it would be a natural change to want a future at some point"

Elisia's revenge was not a foresight of that change.

So she became aware of the failure at the end.

You were right about everything.

Elisia says.

"Even with revenge, it was only the first time I felt sunny. After one night, there was only emptiness... and sometime as I tried to fill that void, I was thinking about 'coming'.

Ever since my father died, I've only lived for revenge. But what I waited for after I had my revenge was nothingness and... anxiety. One day the knight will find out what he did. Can I go back to my peaceful routine? Such anxiety was creeping into the corner of my head.

This is ruinous, isn't it? Anguished by anxiety, we have a miserable end.... when I realized my own death, all I could think about was regret.... If this were to happen, I wouldn't have done anything to avenge it. The words of that time were undoubtedly true. "

"... if you say so, I'll be relieved"

I told Elysia that I was mocking myself.

Roberto is still alive. But she doesn't want revenge anymore.

She won't have a hand in ruinous revenge in the future.

It was somewhat forceful, but seemed to persuade me gradually.

First of all, now our routine has been observed.

"- That said, it's also true that it doesn't fit well if it stays this way"

To my words, I lifted the face that Elysia tended to lay low.

"Remember what I said before, if you want to do it, it's productive revenge"

"Yeah.... but I couldn't do it"

"I can't even do it. Productive revenge is hard. Except if you take the time to go positive or have power like Zeke... amateur revenge will probably be devastating.

So the professionals on that path are heavily used (...) (...). There are experts in the world who do difficult revenge on amateurs, just as a job, perfectly with aftercare included "

From the entrance to the park, Gran and Mize approached us.

Remove your gaze from the two approaching, and stand up slowly.

"Leave the two of you duly deluded."

"... where are you going?

I answered Elisia's question briefly.

"Work."