Chapter 414

Chapter 74. Other End (1)

Okay. know.

There are definitely times when something unfamiliar is better than something familiar.

The fact that there are such times means that ‘there are’ or ‘there are not’. That means that in most cases, unfamiliar things are not pleasant.

‘Kyrie.’

‘yes. ‘Your Majesty.’

‘What happens after a person dies? ‘Have you ever thought about it?’

‘a lot.’

‘What do you think will happen?’

‘I’ve never come up with an answer.’

‘why.’

‘Does it have any meaning?’

‘Is there no meaning?’

‘Raise Cinasta on the grave, or float Annerusia on the river. It is said to be an act of comforting the departed, but we do not know whether they really accept Sinasta and say goodbye, or whether they walk away following the light on Anne Lucia and truly receive comfort. ‘I don’t know anything.’

‘yes. ‘I don’t know anything.’

‘yes. Isn’t it just something the living created to accept separation from the dead? Then, wouldn’t thinking about what happens to those who have ended their lives have no more meaning than self-satisfaction for the living?’

I am not happy with unfamiliar things.

In general, not everyone is happy.

‘I thought the King was thinking the same thing as me.’

‘It’s meaningless to think or mourn after death?’

‘yes. That’s right.’

‘Why did you think that?’

‘The King has not yet placed Sinasta on the Blue Warbler’s grave. So that’s what I thought.’

‘Did I do that... I don’t really remember.’

‘It’s already been a year. As time passed, whenever he had time, he went there and emptied his liquor bottle. ‘You haven’t taken Sinasta with you even once.’

‘Not for that reason. That’s because grandiose flowers like cynasta don’t suit Aila. ‘Aila, you’re already pretty even without something so loud on your head.’

‘My lord.’

‘huh.’

‘The blue warbler is dead.’

I am never happy with unfamiliar things.

‘... Is that so?’

‘yes. Dead. ‘A year ago.’

‘Yes... Aila is dead. That’s how it happened.’

‘I know how many people the King thinks of when he looks at the grave of one blue warbler. The people the King personally killed and even Devlan. I know that it seems like they are all buried together in that grave. ‘You need so many Synastars that you can’t even climb all the way up to the grave, but I also know that you can’t do it because you think that no matter how many Synastars you raise, it won’t be of any use.’

‘......Did I even talk in my sleep? ‘Why do you know me so well?’

‘My lord.’

‘huh.’

‘The reason people place Sinasta on the graves of the departed is not because they do not know that it is meaningless. It is not because we have meaningful thoughts about what happens to the dead person. Even though people know everything, they still do such meaningless things. That’s because you have to let them go at least that way to survive.’

‘But I want to live.’

‘I do it because I want to live.’

‘If I do that, will I survive?’

‘If you do that, you will survive.’

‘Will you survive if you do that?’

‘Somehow... I survive.’

‘Then Kirie.’

‘yes. ‘Your Majesty.’

‘If you let me go like that, I will. After that. ‘Who do you blame and who do you ask for forgiveness?’

Devlan is dead. And the blue warbler died.

The blue warbler died as if it were payment for the many lives that died for no reason. He died so proudly, as if to experience for himself what he had done, as if to realize for himself what it means to never return.

‘Can’t a king live without someone to blame and ask for forgiveness?’

‘I lived to protect my brother. After protecting them, resentment and atonement remained...’

The world that came after those two died and disappeared was unfamiliar. It was something I had never thought about. There were no more lives to kill for no reason, and there were no more lives to desperately protect. There was no longer anyone to blame or anyone to whom one could receive atonement.

‘If I let go of resentment and atonement as I please. Now then, where should I live?’

Unable to endure that unfamiliar world, he summoned a ghost every night.

Devlan came by every night. Many people came to remember the Blue Warbler without forgetting a single one.

I complained every night. I asked for forgiveness. After waking up, an unfamiliar day with nothing left began again. After surviving that day, a ghost would come to visit me without fail.

‘Do you remember the knight of Tensil who was shipwrecked and washed up dead not long ago?’

‘I remember.’

‘Is there any difference between the King now and him?’

‘Is there any difference?’

‘Is there any difference between the King who lives holding on to resentment and atonement because he has nothing to live for right now, and the person who drank sea water because he had nothing to drink right now? In the end, you will dry up and die, so what difference does it make? So stop drinking salt water. ‘Why do you keep swallowing?’

Kyrie said so.

‘At least spit it out. That way you can breathe. That’s how you live. Even if it’s just occasionally, please... come out of the water and vomit.’

He told me to spit it out.

He said if you have to swallow it, do it.

But Bern did not do that.

It has dried up. I went crazy.

As if it was falling apart little by little. As if it is being chipped away. As if it was being erased.

* * *

The sky, which had been dyed red, shone blue.

It was beautifully colored, conveying signs of regret at leaving the day just before the dark night or joy at welcoming rest. All the colors that exist between red and blue were mixed together as if they were all in one place.

Meanwhile, I just watched my brother sitting with his head down.

If you insist that this is all because of you, they will refute it by saying, ‘Why is it because of me? It’s because of Brissen, Sillike, and Lemain.’ If you argue and say that it’s all because of me, ‘Why is it because of you?’ ‘It’s because of it’ I’ll explain it to you.

Fools can’t even say that to each other.

– ...... Tuk.

I was unable to say my final goodbyes to Silike.

Failure to prepare Annerusia for Silike.

‘I’m sorry.’

I just told him what I had been putting off.

– Tuk. Tuk.

There was nothing more to say to the peas, who were only giving salt water to the healthy flowers, so they kept their mouths shut. Now, all I could do was listen to the sound of salt water dripping onto the flower petals that I was barely able to spit out.

I kept seeing only the shadows that continued for a long time in the dazzling sunset light and then disappeared into darkness.

So that the sunset sky turns blue.

So that the longer shadow becomes darker.

He stayed by my side in silence for quite some time.

– Tap... tap.

Then, at some point, I noticed that the sound was quieting down. A little later, I realized that the flowers had stopped getting wet and that I could no longer hear the sound of tapping petals to my bright ears.

Just like that, the crying stopped quietly.

The silent vomiting stopped without a sound.

Calian let out a long, silent sigh. Then he turned his head to look at Planz and smiled faintly. This is because I noticed that the pea kept sitting still with its head down.

“You asked to go to Secretia yourself. You can feel unfair about that too.”

“The reason my younger brother keeps talking down to me is...”

“That’s because you’re young... but. You can feel unfair.”

Plantz chuckled.

There are a lot of words attached to each thing that is considered unfair, but in any case, it is permission for Plantz to consider it unfair in his own way. It is permission that it is okay to feel unfair about anything, really. So.

“... Okay.”

“Okay.”

“Calian.”

“Why... Yes.”

My face looked like what would happen if, not only my humanity, which was already torn to pieces, but my personality as well, went crazy when I tried to fix that guy? Calian looked at Planz.

So, what can I do?

If it breaks into pieces, my smart brother will pick it up and put it back together.

“I. It’s not Brisen.”

I saw light green eyes that were clearly human’s, and the light purple eyes that were said to not be human’s. The broken and shattered pieces were shed a little and the dry things that were shaken off a little began to shine again and ripen well again. I looked at his thin pea-like eyes.

“Are you stating the obvious? “Someone grew peas.”

“So. Kalian.”

Pea, who turned a blind eye instead of barking, continued.

“I. There is no need for Vriesen.”

Calian looked at Plants.

It wasn’t just Plants that left Vriesen behind. Of course, the family needed it for Plantz’s safety, but they couldn’t destroy that huge thing right away, so they left it as is. . They did not know Serenti’s arrangement or the reason why Plantz turned the axis of time, so they left

it as is to prepare for it. They said that they did not touch it in order to give it to Plantz intact so that their power would soon become Calian’s.

Plantz had already A fact you know well.

A fact that was told to Plantz as a notification without asking for his opinion.

He never said those words again.

“Yes.”

“I can make a replacement for Briesen.”

Plantz said of Calian . He pointed to his hand.

Bern’s hand, a large hand full of scars. The hand eventually had a new scar on it. He opened his mouth as he looked at that hand.

“So close it together. Brisen.”

After a long period of discussion, he came up with an opinion.

“Whether it is force or military force. I will make as much as I can and give it to you.”

Instead of informing, persuading, not resisting, he finally started talking.

“If that happens, you will have a lot of unfair things to do.”

“I know.” ” It’s not just silique,

it’s even Brysen. Through Evan and Lennon, to Brissen. Not only Gray and Rashid, but all of Brisen were not satisfied with anything and betrayed all of them. They said they destroyed everything. Even that appearance resembles a silique. The resemblance is so striking that they even raise their heads without knowing the end. “I will definitely say that.”

“I let go of my mother’s hand and hide in my brother’s shadow, saying I will live alone.” Put Brisen on your back again as you feel comfortable. Even if there is one more thing added to it. It doesn’t matter.”

“Have you forgotten everything I’ve told you so far?”

“I’m sure your brother will figure it out and keep his mouth shut.” ”

No matter what.” “Even if

you keep your mouth shut and your fingers bent, if there’s something handed to you. I’m sure you will listen to me even if I say that it is unfair.”

“Who?”

“Are you asking the obvious?”

Plantz’s lips rose.

“Either my brother or not. My friend is such a fucking idiot. Anyone would listen. Isn’t it?”

Calian looked at Plantz again. He

stared at Plantz for a long time with sharp starlight that made it impossible to even guess what he had forged.

“If you think so...”

He answered quietly. – Clack.

Soon

, Calian took off the bracelet that had been used for today. The

long hair that had been lying on the ground gradually became shorter. The wind blew in the snow field of the great desert that was said to not melt no matter how much time passed. Little by little, the same light became darker. As if losing its light and being immersed in darkness, as if walking in the darkness chasing the light. No, rather. It

sparkles with a black light that will no longer be submerged, stained, cut off, or faded.

Little by little, the scarred hand It has changed. Instead of the wounds that left numerous marks, it has been replaced with a long white hand with one wound that will soon heal again and one wound that has already healed. Calian raised his red eyes and

looked at Plantz.

“I will get rid of Brisen... ... Willingly.”

He answered his brother.

* * *

Complete darkness had descended.

Those who finished the day a little late sat around the table and started eating, and those who finished the day early were time to return to their rooms.

“Would you like to go to the study or the bedroom?”

The person who was asked gestured with his chin.

The sharp jaw line pointed toward the bedroom.

“Yes, Marquis. I’ve finished tidying up, so please come inside.”

Gray looked down with fearful eyes at the waist bending too deeply and took a step forward. The butler following him opened his mouth again. I know it’s a useless question, but I’m waiting for a useless answer. He asked in a voice full of formality.

“Can I prepare tea or alcohol for you?”

“No need.”

After saying a few useless words as if exchanging a set question and answer, Gray entered the bedroom. And followed me. I bit the butler who was trying to come in and closed the door.

That’s because I couldn’t trust anyone.

In this house, I always prepared a sword that might come at any moment and was always on guard for poison that might be contained somewhere. I couldn’t trust anyone.

“Ha. ......”

I let out a long sigh.

It wasn’t like this when I was in Margin Baekryeong.

So this is it.

“Oh my. It looks like you’re still going through a lot of trouble because of me.”

This...

everything.

“Gray Brisen. Marquis.”

Gray narrowed his eyes.

The culprit of all of this.

The black cat with red eyes had once again come to Gray’s bedroom.

Gray, who had been bitten with pains to the bone, made a delicate face. And his calm demeanor. He bowed his head and said hello.

Because he knew that Calian would not be able to kill him right away. Because he believed so.

“Anyway. “I’m guessing something.”

The black cat smiled happily, as if he had read my thoughts, and opened his mouth.

“What do you mean?”

“You and your son. One is no longer needed. I was worried about which of the two I should kill later to gain greater benefit for myself.”

Then he said,

“Who should I leave behind? No matter how much you think about it, that guy is that guy. What should I do with this?... I couldn’t erase those worries, so I came back again. If I become a person who knows how to listen to the opinions of the parties involved, won’t I be a good king in the future?”

With a delicate face as if he was contemplating which of the delicious fruits in both hands to eat first.

“So, tell me, Marquis. “I will listen carefully... willingly.”

He asked a truly useless question.