The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 259



260 – Another Trickster

Raelan explained in a lower voice than usual how he guessed that I knew information about the future.

“You reacted as if it was impossible for Roel to lose his arm. She also thought that if the Demon King died, the world would be saved. But when combined with the clue that you came from another world, a huge contradiction arises.”

“… contradiction?”

“He is one year younger than Roel, so he must have entered the academy at the age of 20. He said he was twenty years old, so it’s clear he’s a first-year student at Transcendence. And since he thinks it’s December, that means, contrary to the trend here, he didn’t die at the hands of Roel in July.”

Raelan raised an eyebrow. It seemed as if he was asking me if I understood up to this point, so I nodded slightly and continued explaining again in a low voice with a light sigh.

“That is the crucial contradiction. If you think about it from the perspective of a first-year student, these are things that cannot be explained. A few years later, when the eastern border collapsed and no one knew that the Demon King would descend on the continent, you thought that if you killed the Demon King, the world would be saved. I don’t think it’s possible for Roel to lose his arm in the fight with the Demon King. “You’ve never even met the devil.”

It was an inexcusable correct answer, but Raelan’s confident voice made me feel like I wanted to refute it.

“What if I answer that I was able to know because the flow of time was different from here?”

At my question, Raelan snorted loudly as if to tell me not to talk nonsense.

“Even if I think the flow of time is different and the Demon Lord descended sooner than expected in your world, I cannot explain your contradiction.”

“… “How can you be so sure?”

Raelan’s eyes lit up at my question. It looks like a poisonous snake with a delicious young mouse in front of it.

“If you add to all your contradictions the assumption that ‘you knew what would happen in the future,’ everything will be explained.”

Those words seemed to pierce my lungs. I felt afraid of Raelan finding out what kind of life I had lived through a thoughtless conversation. He had never been this nervous, not even when he was talking to Eunice, a fellow tactician, and it seemed like Raelan could manipulate me to do whatever he wanted without me noticing if he wanted to.

When I relaxed my stiff shoulders, probably quite nervous, Raelan, who was looking at me as if observing, twitched one corner of his mouth.

“The Demon King will descend on the continent, and Roel will ultimately win the fight against the Demon King… You already knew at that point. Because I knew what would happen in the future. That’s why I couldn’t help but be so embarrassed when I heard that Roel, who killed the Demon King, lost his arm and that the world would soon be destroyed.”

After finishing speaking, Raelan leaned his upper body and brought his face closer to me. She looks so confident that there is no doubt that her thoughts may be wrong.

People who blindly trust themselves are unable to respond to unexpected variables. The Raelan I knew was not the type of person to be so hastily confident. Raelan always kept his cool and maintained a poker face that made it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

The current Raelan is intentionally showing his emotions on his face so that I can see them. Raelan must have read my skeptical look, and smiled.

“If you think my reaction is strange, I guess we have some kind of relationship in your world. I’m afraid you foolishly misunderstood, but let me tell you, it was because of your answer to my question that I was able to become so confident. “Do you know what that is?”

At Raelan’s attitude, like a professor giving homework to a student, I silently recalled the conversation from a little while ago. And soon I realized. When I used the space warehouse, the question Raelan asked me was not a simple one. It was a trap set up to see if he knew future information.

It was December of the first year, and at that point, Fatulga’s magic book should have been forgotten by the world and in a cave. However, I did not miss the contradiction of having it myself.

Raelan, who pointed out the contradiction, told me that it was Rosaleen’s magic on purpose for using the space warehouse. As I did not react strangely and accepted it obediently, Raelan came to the conclusion that it was not just a coincidence that the wizard of Patulga fell into my hands, but that I knew in advance and preempted the magic that Rosalind would use in the future.

“The fact that you casually answered the question about obtaining Rosaline’s magic confirmed my confidence.”

Raelan looked genuinely relieved at my answer.

“Luckily I wasn’t a complete idiot. “The fact that you knew at that time that it was Rosaline’s magic was proof that you knew the future.”

At this point, I have no choice but to admit it. Raelan is a type of opponent I have never met before. He is a tactician with a different perspective than Eunice, who reads the situation. It’s fucking creepy, but… If I could get them on my side, it could be of great help.

However, the reason I did not recruit Raelan as a colleague was because his madness was a double-edged sword. If Raelan betrays me, it will be so fatal that I will lose everything. So Eunice was recruited as an alternative.

However, it was also true that I became greedy when I saw Raelan proving his competence. Although it has gained resonance, it is human nature to want to gain communication as well.

“… “Why did you raise my guard with an explanation that didn’t need to be given?”

There was no way he didn’t know why he wanted to prove his usefulness to me, but I deliberately pretended not to know and asked in a guarded manner. Since I was the one who had what the other person wanted, I was the one who had the upper hand. Raelan, who was quick-witted like a ghost, must have read my intention and burst into laughter.

“Hehehe, you clever b*stard. “It’s interesting because it has a different taste from the kind master.”

Raelan smiled bitterly and returned his upper body that had been tilted towards me. Then he walked around the room and spoke.

“Because I realized that the moment to change my master had come.”

I narrowed my eyes at the sight of Raelan casually saying that he would betray Roel and join me.

“Are you saying you’re going to betray Roel now?”

In response to my question, Raelan stopped walking and shrugged his shoulders as if it was no big deal.

“The reason I served Roel as my lord was because I thought he was the strongest ally to save the world. But the world is about to be destroyed. It can never be stopped. “Because the board was broken so that no water could work anymore.”

Raelan asked, glaring at me with brown eyes sparkling with madness.

“If you lose with your strongest hand, isn’t it natural to choose the joker, which has a chance of turning things around?”

“… .”

“And rather than saying it’s a betrayal, it’s more accurate to say that you’re investing elsewhere. “Calling Roel my lord didn’t create any loyalty that wasn’t already there.”

I asked, dumbfounded, seeing Raelan laughing heartily while saying that.

“Even if you were on my side, how could I trust someone who betrayed me once?”

At my question, Raelan burst into laughter with an expression of bewilderment. When I looked at him with a serious expression, Raelan looked at me with an incomprehensible expression.

“The new lord is unpredictable. If he was simply unintelligent and stupid, it would have been possible to predict it. Hehehe.”

Raelan, who had been laughing for a while, came next to me, rubbing his cheekbones, and sat down on the edge of the bed.

“I gave it my all and tried to turn the situation around. All the survivors gathered together and worked together, but they could not prevent the planned destruction. In such a doomed situation, you are the only one who can turn the tables, but do you think I can choose betrayal? Even against you, who can read the future and go to another world… ?”

It certainly didn’t seem like Raelan, a tactician who acted based on rational judgment, would betray me. The only option he could choose was me, so he told me everything openly.

“Then what do you want from me?”

“It’s simple. When you go back, I want you to take me with you. “If that is not possible, it is a condition of recruiting me from your world.”

So then there will be two Raelans in my world…? ? You never know what will happen when the two meet. But if I refused this offer, it was obvious that Raelan would immediately lay his hands on me. I am not the type of person to miss my last chance disappearing before my eyes.

Since this has come to an end, why not just take Roel and the Coordinator along? Even though he has one arm, he is a future Roel who is strong enough to kill the Demon King. I’m sure we can easily defeat the denomination.

When I said that thought, Raelan shook his head with a serious expression. I, who thought he would naturally agree with my opinion, could not help but be taken aback.

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“A coordinator would definitely help increase power, but… “No Roel.”

Raelan is not stupid enough to reject Roel because of his betrayal. There is clearly another reason.

“… Having Roel would definitely be of great help. “What is the reason for your opposition?”

Raelan looked at me with a strange expression in response to my question. Raelan, who had his eyes fixed on me and was lost in thought for a moment, finally opened his mouth.

“Because, like you, Roel also has inexplicable contradictions.”