Chapter 492

Chapter 86. Greed (5)

Everything that came to mind was different.

– Shoot...!

– Tap, tap, tap... Tuk.

A strong sound that constantly comes from far away, and the quiet sound of tapping on the shield covering the ceiling. Different memories emerged in the minds of the two people who listened to sounds that were loud or close to silence.

‘I can see rain outside the window. It’s okay if it’s raining and you don’t have to prepare a rain gutter.’

Kirie, one of those two people, was thinking of these words. This was the answer Hina gave to Kirie’s question one day not long after she came to the palace.

‘I love that so much. You just need to get closer to people little by little. There is nothing difficult or uncomfortable. ‘You don’t have to worry.’

The first and second floors of Chermil Palace, where Hina and Kirie were newly staying, had glass windows instead of wooden windows. There was no such thing as a ceiling that was constantly leaking from rain. Thanks to this, Hina was able to look out the window even on rainy days. I could see raindrops falling down the glass window and fell asleep comfortably while listening to the sound of rain falling all night long.

It was all a first time experience.

It was a pleasant and exciting experience.

So don’t worry. Hina had said those words to Kirie, who was worried that her younger brother might get lost in the extremely clean palace and the unfamiliar but friendly people.

‘Vice Commander, do you ever eat apple jam pie?’

Plantz’s memories were a little more colorful.

‘My younger brother runs a cafe on Astrisha Street. When it rains, I pack sweets and I made a lot of them today too. If it’s okay with you, would you like to try it, Vice Commander? It’s very sweet, but still delicious.’

I recalled Needlen’s laughter when he said that he should eat sweets because he gets depressed on rainy days, adding that he had already given half of it to Alan on his way back.

‘Vice Commander, have you seen Vice Commander Hertz? The healer said he would look at Vice Commander Hertz’s shoulder for a moment, but he can’t find Vice Commander Hertz. I said I stayed up for two nights, but I guess I already got off work...’

Another day came to mind.

It was the voice of a day when I had to cancel a scheduled class and handle the work of a colleague for the rest of the afternoon thanks to a crazy blue-haired magician who complained that my shoulder hurts when it rains and then fell asleep somewhere in the treatment room with an empty bed.

‘Prince, I think Anne went into a place where rainwater was trapped today. Lucy brought him a baby whose belly and tail were all covered in dirt and placed them on the prince’s bed... and we are currently rearranging the prince’s bed. Please wait a moment and I will finish quickly. I’m sorry.’

It was a time when Plantz had not yet been called ‘low’. Even so, the story of the day when young Anne, who hated water, fell into a puddle of rainwater and ended up having to take a bath, cried in sorrow late at night.

‘Look, my baby. ‘It’s raining.’

Of course, such light images were not the only things that came to mind.

‘No matter how fierce that rain is, it won’t be able to wet your sleeves. As long as I’m here, nothing will be able to reach you. I will take care of it all until you walk and talk and one day you bring me the greatest gift of all. Even if it is heaven.’

The day when I was so young that I wasn’t even called by my name yet.

Because it was left in my memory without understanding its meaning, the words of a promise that I was never happy about, whose meaning I learned only after a long time, are heard in passing.

And of course.

‘I hate rainy days.’

‘I hate rain. I also hate getting caught in the rain. It feels like being submerged in the sea.’

Similar yet different.

Or something similar that seems different.

Even his younger brother’s consistent confession.

‘If it were now, would I have recognized your brief words?’

And like this.

okay. like this.

The countless words I had heard on the rainy day suddenly came to mind and took on different voices.

While I feel happy about the sweet taste of apple jam, I also feel irritated by my missing co-worker, and I feel as warm and fuzzy as the sad cry of a young cat. Whether it was longing or resentment, I was lost in a longing that I would never find a complete answer to in the future.

In the end.

It returns to its original position as if it were being pushed back into place.

So many memories came together.

So, for Kirie, the sound of rain meant peace. And for Plantz, it was a neat mixture that could not be defined in one word.

‘Please fix it. this time.’

For Plantz, who believed that patience was something an adult should do, Calian, who had been stubborn and chose words that he did not want to accept even if he was dead or awake, changed his attitude in an instant.

Randel, who heard those words, did not answer right away.

Even after Kirie was immersed in the warmth of a bonfire and Plants was immersed in mixed memories, he remained silent for a long time. He just looked at Kalian, as if he had forgotten that he had asked him first if he needed treatment.

“The waterfall and the sound of the waves that passed by were not bad.”

Then he said this.

Looking into the red eyes of my younger brother, whom I had not seen in quite some time since the Whitlin territory.

Calian nodded instead of telling him that the situation outside was serious enough to break his stubbornness and ask for treatment right away.

“I’m glad. I was worried because it was all unfamiliar things.”

Instead of revealing that the wound had moved because the disguise had been removed, the pain I had become accustomed to was creeping back in, so I answered instead.

“It looks a lot like the sound of rain now.”

“I imagined that it wouldn’t be much different since they were all the sound of water accumulating and vomiting out.”

“Did you imagine that?”

“Yes. I imagined it.”

Instead of the sound of rain and the valley, a quiet conversation continues like the sound of the Seneu River.

“Yeah. It wasn’t much different.”

“I’m glad to hear that my imagination wasn’t wrong.”

Those were words directed at ‘Kalian’.

Also, this was the answer given by ‘Kalian’.

He said it was nice to hear the sound of waterfalls and waves that cannot be heard in the palace. These were Randel’s words to ‘Kalian’, for whom the sound of rain that he heard in the palace was the only sound of water.

I had imagined that since it was a sound made by water, it would be no different from the sound of rain. This was the answer given to Randel by ‘Kalian’, who had heard the sound of rain in the palace as all other sounds of water.

Didn’t Calian have the face of Bern all the way from Whitlin to here? In the end, it seemed that among those who were with Randel, there was no ‘Kalian’ who had imagined the sound of the water.

no. It was correct that there was none.

“Were you curious enough to imagine it?”

Randel asked.

It was as if the Kalian standing in front of me now was the Kalyan from a long time ago who had always imagined the sound of water. It was true that Kalyan was not there, but it was as if he was still by his side and talking to him.

Calian shook his head.

“I wasn’t even greedy for the sounds of the waterfall and the ocean. I liked the sound of the wind more.”

“Did you think it was greed?”

“In the end, the only sound you can hear from the tower is the sound of the wind... Isn’t being curious about other sounds ultimately greedy?”

Calian answered by mentioning the things he had been trying so hard to pretend not to know. I continued the conversation with Randel, bringing up things I had kept ‘as unknown’ because I did not want to know.

“So I wasn’t greedy. I really liked the sound of the wind more.”

A small, quiet sigh was heard.

It was Kyrie’s.

No other breathing sounds were heard. The second brother held his breath and kept his head down, and the first brother was unable to decide when to breathe out. So in the end, only Kirie’s small sigh was dissolved in the sound of rain.

“I don’t plan on opening it until I die.”

Finally, under the rock roof, where only the sound of rain was left behind, under the shield that had been carefully placed to prevent rainwater from falling on the two brothers, Calian opened his mouth.

“What happened to ‘me’ from the time I received the poisoned tea until ‘me’ woke up again? Why did ‘me’ accept ‘me’? What were they thinking while they were with me? I don’t know. I would like to.”

Randel’s sea turned toward Kalian’s life.

Calian, who looked directly into deep blue eyes, continued speaking.

“I’m saying that I don’t want to blame others anymore. Instead of blaming other people for every single detail, I will just think of it as Serenti’s fault. Just like I didn’t care about the sound of the waterfall or the sound of the waves, I also imagine without knowing. “I will live my life just doing it. That is my greed.”

Do you think you might have resented your brothers?

If not, would you have forgiven your brothers?

Three warnings flowed simultaneously and were directed at Danu. Danu shook his head at the strong warning. Then I looked up at the Sispanian who was much taller than me and answered.

“It’s not about coveting. It’s about protecting. It’s not distrust, it’s anxiety.”

A piece of the axis of time. Or a piece of disaster.

It was not my intention to abuse it. Because my accident wasn’t short enough to be greedy for something I didn’t even know how to use. He just felt uneasy about leaving the power to disappear into the hands of a human who didn’t even notice his attack.

Just a difference in understanding.

Or differences in beliefs.

Danu cannot trust Kalian, and Sispanian cannot trust Danu. In the end, even though what each other wanted was not different, they kept misaligning.

“If not, I want it in your hands, Cispanian. If so, I will hand it to you.”

“It’s impossible.”

“Why do you say it is impossible? Isn’t this something you made?”

Sispanian took a deep breath.

Just like Hatsuara did when she was about to worry.

Instead of explaining the reason, Sispanian remained silent for a moment.

– There were people who objected to Hatsuara raising his flag on such a large piece of land.

And I sent this message to someone:

– Hatsuara was, of course, a strong human being, but he did not have the disposition to take out his sword, saying he did not understand the same thing as the few surviving members of his compatriots.

– Because of this, Hatsuara just watched those who opposed him.

– One day, they captured Hatsuara.

– Because they trusted my understanding, they believed that even if they harmed Hatsuara, they would not incur my wrath. They aimed their swords at my human, who had gone out alone to do some important work.

So many words delivered in an instant.

Danu, who was standing in front, showed no reaction. instead.

– I didn’t know.

Now I heard a familiar answer from an irrational person who was very good at thinking.

– That kind of story wasn’t in the history books. I heard this for the first time now.

An answer too calm to be attributed to someone who did something without a plan. Sispanian, who had been quietly listening to that voice, spoke again.

– They told me not to record it because it would be embarrassing.

– ...... His Majesty the first king.

– okay.

– Ah...

‘People believe that when I hold a sword, it flies. Even though he can’t fly, he’s definitely a sword master, so it’s embarrassing to be kidnapped. So I told them not to record it. In case this somehow becomes known in the future and someone asks about the truth, Sispanian. Please explain that I only held you for a moment because I felt like I was in a bad mood.’

– so. How did you do it?

Sispanian raised his head in response to the answer, trying not to be embarrassed by the sudden conversation. Then, he looked at Danu, who was standing still as if he was rooted in one place, waiting for Sispanian’s answer, and then continued speaking.

– He called me.

– His Majesty the first king. Sispanian.

– okay.

– I’ve been kidnapped, so please save me.

– That’s what he said.

– ...... ah.

The quiet laughter of a distant descendant who heard the secret story of the first king is heard. Sispanian continued, pretending not to have heard that.

– You handed it to Danu. Fragments of disaster.

– yes.

– Have you not thought about how I would treat someone who would not allow me to touch it?

– I didn’t have time to do that. Otherwise, I’m going to lose my brother.

– So you handed it to me without any other thought?

– yes. It was like that.

-You him.

Sispanian, who was talking like this, stopped talking.

This is because Danu was seen moving one foot and approaching Sispanian. However, no further action was taken. Because of this, Sispanian tried to continue talking to Calian.

– Is it similar to asking for a great person without any solution? I am the first king.

But Calian’s voice was heard first.

Sispanian gave a small smile.

– It reminds me of him.

Even without reason.

Doing things without hesitation.

Because it reminds me so much of that person.

– ... I wanted to apologize for calling the black butterfly death.

– I understand.

– I would like to apologize for what reminded me of this.

I would like to apologize for making me reminisce about the feelings that I tried to forget but still did not fully understand.

– Don’t do that.

Sispanian spoke in an extremely calm voice.

– That was life for me.

He said he would not accept an apology.

I felt like my life that day would fade if I received an apology. I didn’t want to understand, but somehow I just felt that way.

“then.”

I heard an answer.

– Jerk!

Footsteps were heard.

A loud sound that had been made on purpose was suddenly heard.

Black hair and red eyes.

A pretty face that was flawless even compared to the three gathered here smiled brightly at them.

Kalyan.

Before I knew it, Kalian, who had completely healed his shoulder, came to visit.

Calian looked around as he walked towards the three older beings who would have already known of his visit without even having to make a sound. He walked slowly with his right shoulder still intact and was the first to show a deep bow towards Sispanian. And instead of saying hello, he looked at Arneizel and gave him a brief wink.

I didn’t say hello to Danu, who looked a lot like the young elf Sia. Because Calian was not a big-hearted person.

“I won’t apologize. Instead.”

Jump and jump.

Calian walked without hesitation and stood in front of Sispanian.

“I will get it back myself.”

The spot where Arnaizel was standing a little while ago.

I stood right there with my back to Danu. I stopped, facing Sispanian. And I finished saying what I had said.

“I need trees to grow corn.”

Sispanian looked at Calian.

Calian smiled once again.