I’m Here to End This Fight - Chapter 439



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Episode 439. Baekcheol (3)
Let’s go back in time a little.

Lick-.

Yuri’s expression became hazy after tasting Baekcheol.

‘… Nothing much?’

From my perspective as someone who has licked iron, the taste of white iron is not much different from that of other iron.

‘I thought the taste of thousand-year-old iron would be different, but it seems that’s not the case.’

So it was a real shame.

‘There really isn’t anything special.’

If there was any difference, I would have dug into it from there.

There was nothing different about this, so there was nothing to study or do.

Ugh, ugh.

Yuri looked at Baekcheol with regret, repeatedly smacking her lips.

A lump of pure white iron, like snowballs.

He stared at it intently and recalled what Do-cheol had said.

[Regret, and…sorry.]

It is said that this white iron clearly contains such a heart.

‘Regret, sorry… Regret and sorry… … .’

As she repeated those words to herself, Yuri recalled the vision she had seen earlier.

The King of Giants and the King of Dwarves appeared behind the elf woman caressing the cheek of King Yihan of the Moon.

At that moment, the king of the giants clearly looked at Yihan with an angry gaze.

But the dwarf king was different.

[…one.]

A voice that was strangely trembling.

And the gaze was subtle and complex.

I didn’t know it at first, but after learning about the end of Visa and the Dwarf King, I began to read that gaze a little differently.

‘He was clearly confused.’

The pain hidden within the emotion called anger.

It was definitely a feeling of sadness and remorse.

‘Why?’

What on earth happened back then?

Did the Dwarf King have such feelings for the King of Moon?

[… There is also a story that he was betrayed before the fight with the Emperor.]

‘Maybe it was the Dwarf King who betrayed the King of the Moon, just as he said?’

Although that thought occurred to her, Yuri soon shook her head.

‘No, there’s no point in betraying me.’

Before the fight between the King of Sun and the King of Moon, the King of Dwarves and the King of Moon would have already been at odds.

Since they were hostile to each other, there was no reason for them to betray each other.

‘Then what? Why did the Dwarf King mourn the death of the Moon King?’

Why would I feel guilty about his death?

I couldn’t figure out the reason, so I asked Baekcheol.

‘You know the answer, don’t you? If you do, tell me.’

Yuri continued to ask Baekcheol such questions.

‘I told you not to keep mumbling and to say something.’

A question that is asked with a urgency, as if Baekcheol were a person.

But of course, there was no answer in return.

After trying for a long time, Yuri snickered inwardly.

‘What the hell is this?’

It seems like he was feeling very frustrated.

What are you doing?

At that moment, I was about to give up and put Baekcheol down, laughing inside.

[…all.]

A voice heard from somewhere.

‘Huh? What is it?’

Yuri’s ears twitched in surprise.

‘Is that Do-cheol?’

When he had that thought.

“If it were that easy, I would have given you the position of Meister right away.”

[…do.]

A faint voice mixed with Do-cheol’s clearly audible voice.

Yuri’s mind snapped as she realized that the two were clearly different.

‘This… really?’

Yuri realized that what she had said was effective.

So he started talking to Baekcheol again.

‘Is that what you just said? Try again. You were speaking so well earlier, so why are you suddenly keeping your mouth shut?’

His question was never answered again.

But Yuri didn’t give up and kept talking.

If it happened once, it will happen twice.

So I thought I’d call it over and over again until it worked.

The calls continue like this.

But when there was still no answer, Yuri’s irritation finally exploded.

‘You’re being ridiculous and reckless. You’re just a piece of metal, playing with people?!’

At first, Yuri was swearing at Baekcheol.

But the object of that insult changed in an instant.

‘Yep, you little dwarf shitbag!’

What the hell is that dwarf kid doing making all these weird things to piss people off?

The moment Yuri cursed, recalling the red-eyed dwarf with the bushy gray beard he had seen in the welcome.

[sorry.]

A voice that was clearer than before.

And it was a pretty familiar voice.

‘This is… the Dwarf King?’

It was clear.

The voice was the same as the rough, husky voice of the dwarf king I had heard in the vision.

The moment Yuri realized this.

Hwaaaa-!

Suddenly, a pure white light burst out from Baekcheol and moved along Yuri’s arm.

Sssssss-.

A glass body that emits pure white light as if experiencing Don-o.

Meanwhile, he was seeing a welcome surprise.

Land- land-!

Short arms and legs.

An old dwarf with a shabby white beard.

A strange look crossed Yuri’s face as she watched him swing the hammer with an indifferent expression.

‘That’s it!’

His beard was grayer and more wrinkled than the last vision he had seen, but it was definitely the dwarven king.

Land- land-!

With a blank face.

And with empty eyes.

In the welcome, he continued to pound the iron.

Land- land-!

It was clear that he wasn’t really pounding the iron.

Welcome… No, it was just a memory contained in the white iron, but for some reason, Yuri could vividly hear the heavy metal sound.

And that sound brought out a strange feeling in Yuri.

Land- land- land-!

It was just the sound of iron being struck, which was nothing more than an ordinary sound.

But for some reason, Yuri heard it as the sound of an instrument playing sadness.

Land- land- land-!

A feeling of sadness that becomes clearer and more intense as time passes and becomes embedded in the heart.

Yuri found herself in awe at the emotion filled with regret and sorrow.

‘Is that… what it means to put your heart into it?’

Every time the Dwarf King’s hammer struck down, the red-hot lump of iron poured out its sorrow.

It is a performance of sorrow that the Dwarf King plays through a lump of iron.

It was a cry of sorrow from the lump of iron on behalf of the dwarf king who could not mourn.

‘I think I understand a little bit.’

It means putting your heart into it.

I’m still not sure exactly what that means.

But as I watched the welcome of the Dwarf King, my heart and head started to tingle at the same time.

An inspiration came to me that I couldn’t quite put into words.

‘What could it be?’

Yuri thought and thought.

How on earth can one express the appearance of the Dwarf King?

What should I call that?

I kept thinking about those words.

Land- land- land-.

After listening to the sound of the dwarf king striking iron for a long time,

‘ah…….’

Yuri was finally able to come up with words that were somewhat fitting, even if they weren’t perfect.

‘Putting your heart into it. Maybe that’s… … .’

Yuri looked at the dwarf king, who seemed to be pouring his soul into a lump of iron.

‘… Isn’t it something that contains me?’

Containing the whole me.

With a small thought that perhaps that was what it meant to be filled with emotion, Yuri felt a refreshing sense of elation in her head.

‘iced coffee…….’

It’s been a long time.

The realization came.

‘I feel good.’

Although it wasn’t a feeling of elation bordering on ecstasy.

Just a small clue, more like an epiphany, on the way to a complete answer.

But since it was the answer she had found on her own after much thought, Yuri was simply happy and joyful.

As the elation of enlightenment slowly subsided.

Land- taang- taaaaang-!

The hammering gets stronger and stronger.

Then finally.

Taaaa …

The dwarf king’s hammering stopped with a loud noise.

[… … .]

The dwarf king stood frozen, as if he had turned into a stone statue.

Then, at one moment, the hammer was dropped with a thud.

At the same time, a soft voice came out of his mouth.

[…sorry.]

That was the exact voice Yuri had heard.

As the dwarf king spoke those words softly, large tears flowed from his empty eyes.

The tears of regret he shed fell onto the red-hot iron.

Chewy!

It boiled over the hot lump of iron and disappeared into thin air.

And that was it.

Sssssss-.

Like tears that had boiled away and disappeared, the illusion before my eyes also dispersed in an instant.

That time was only about a second.

Thanks to that, Yuri was able to quickly escape from the welcome and quietly enjoyed the afterglow while looking at Baekcheol.

A small realization gained through the memories that Baekcheol showed me.

Yuri smiled slightly as she brushed her teeth.

‘Not bad.’

May’s methods didn’t quite suit him.

but.

‘I said that if you accumulate enlightenment, it will one day become the stairs that will take you up there.’

After experiencing it today, I realized that her teachings were not wrong.

‘It’ll just have to be like this from now on…’

John’s advice to think carefully if you want to obtain the divine sword.

May’s advice to build stairs by accumulating enlightenment was also completely correct.

All of these were ways to train the mind.

‘The realization I gained after much thought and consideration… will be the stairs that will take me up to the top.’

It was while Yuri was organizing her thoughts like that.

“What, what happened?”

Yuri smiled as she handed Baekcheol over to Docheol, who came up to her in surprise.

“I saw it, I heard it, I felt it.”

“Wh, what?!”

Do-cheol’s eyes are wide open.

Yuri’s smile deepened as she read the meaning of ‘No way?!’ there.

“memory.”

“memory?”

“I could see, hear, and feel the memory of the Dwarf King striking this iron.”

“… … ?!”

Do-cheol’s eyes have now gone beyond being round and are now bulging out.

He shouted with great excitement.

“Really?! Is this true?! You saw that?!”

“of course.”

“Oh, what happened? He, he used a hammer!”

“It was like an instrument.”

“… … !”

“He played the metal endlessly, as if he was playing sorrow, filled with regret and sorrow.”

“… … !”

Do-cheol’s shoulders, which had been extremely excited by Yu-ri’s answer, slumped for a moment.

He looked up at the glass with surprised eyes.

“Really… I really saw it.”

Yuri’s answer could have just been a made-up lie, but Do-cheol knew it was true.

The ceaseless hammering of sorrow.

‘That’s correct.’

In fact, the feelings that Do-cheol felt for Baek-cheol were no different from what Yu-ri expressed.

Even the craftsmen of other Gols could not speak like Yuri.

No, I couldn’t even feel Baekcheol’s heart properly in the first place.

Only a few of the older members of the Gols, who were considered candidates for Meister, felt something vague.

No one has ever expressed it so precisely as Yuri.

That’s why it was so surprising.

‘A young human child, so young and innocent, has achieved what even the artisans of the Gols could not.’

The moment Do-cheol looked up at Yu-ri with eyes filled with admiration at that fact.

Shhh-.

The corners of Yuri’s mouth twisted greatly as she met Do-cheol’s eyes.

At this, Do-cheol felt strong anxiety.

An ominous feeling that something has gone wrong.

And that felt very accurate.

“Wasn’t that obvious?”

“What… are you talking about?”

“If it were that easy, I would have given you the position of Meister right away…?”

Do-cheol faces Yu-ri, who repeats every word he says without a single mistake.

‘Hehehe, this… … .’

Cold sweat ran down his back.

‘… I got it.’

* * *

Hehehe- Hehehe!

An emergency response meeting was held behind Yuri’s back as she prepared a meal while humming a tune.

“… Isn’t it strange?”

“Oh, this is totally weird.”

“It’s strange.”

“It’s strange.”

“hungry.”

Starting with Theresia, Julia, Gunther, Arin, and Poppy glanced at Yuri and quickly gathered their heads together.

“who is this?”

“I, I’m not!”

“hungry!”

Arin and Poppy waved their hands at Teresia’s question.

At this, Theresia’s gaze naturally turned to Gunther and Julia.

“Me neither?”

“Me neither!”

The other two also strongly denied it, so confusion filled the expressions of the five people who returned to the starting point of the discussion.

“Then… who is it?”

They knew.

The humming sound of Yuri, who seems to be in an unusually happy mood.

That is none other than… … .

“…Who the hell caught the fool?”

I’m talking about the shout of joy that comes when you catch a good catch.