The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 261



262 – Denial of the world

Realizing my fatal mistake, I pressed my eyes together with both hands. My head was pounding and the back of my neck was stiff.

“Fuck, you stupid b*stard… .”

I had no idea that such a setting error existed in the novel. If the denomination’s god actually existed, all plans up to now would have to be revised. The final enemy will not be the Demon King, but the god of a cult whose existence is unknown.

“Looking at your reaction, it looks like you figured something out.”

I sighed at the sight of Raelan looking at me with eyes asking me to tell him what he found out, and the moment I was about to tell him why the God of Chaos had descended, someone knocked on the door of the room.

“Ross, dinner is ready.”

The voice heard from behind the door was Roel’s. Raelan put her finger to her lips as if to hide that she was here. I nodded and answered in a calm voice so that Roel outside the door could hear.

“Yes, I’ll go right away. “Go first.”

“okay.”

The sound of footsteps moving down the stairs became distant. As I got up from the bed, Raelan grabbed me by her shoulders. When I turned my head to look at her in confusion, Raelan asked with a very serious expression.

“Do you know the biggest reason why I took Roel as my lord?”

I tilted my head and answered the question without context.

“… “Because he’s a hero who will save the world?”

Raelan raised the corners of his mouth as if he was amused by my answer.

“Well, it’s a similar reason.”

After answering that, Raelan added, his eyes sparkling with madness.

“This is because the warrior Roel has perfectly defined justice.”

Somehow, Raelan’s words gave me an ominous feeling. I don’t know why, but I felt like an instinctive feeling was creeping up in my heart. Memories appeared in my mind without my will.

A memory of watching an unknown child submerged in a pool of blood after being pierced by Roel’s great sword. By her own definition, it was an insignificant life that Roel sacrificed to save tens of thousands of others in the future. If I were in the child’s place in the same situation, would Roel have hesitated to swing her sword?

As my expression became serious, Raelan lowered his hand from my shoulder with a sigh.

“I meant to tell you not to lose your guard against Roel. There’s no need to get too serious. Go down first, I’ll take my time and go down too. ”

At Raelan’s warning, I wiped my face and got out of bed.

*

As I went down the stairs, I saw a large table with delicious-smelling food on it. There were only three people I knew sitting there. Roel, Ilya, and Konrad. Seeing as there were only 5 chairs, it seemed like no one else would come. Or maybe the only people left alive in this world are the people here.

With that in mind, I sat down on the chair next to Roel’s gesture, and Ilya, who was sitting across from me, looked intently at my face. The gaze was closer to curiosity than caution, and it seemed like the misunderstanding that I was the devil had been resolved.

Roel, who poured wine into my empty wine glass, turned his head and asked Conrad.

“Raelan wasn’t in the room?”

“He must have gone to the bathroom at least.”

As if he had been waiting for those words, Raelan glided forward without making a sound.

“I’m sorry for keeping you waiting.”

When Raelan bowed and apologized to Roel in a polite manner, Roel turned his head to me with a smile saying it was okay.

“I didn’t prepare much, but… bon appetit.”

After hearing Roel’s words, everyone started eating. My head was full of thoughts, so I repeated the act of simply pushing the food into my mouth rather than tasting it and eating it. Maybe that’s why, even though I ate less than usual, the heaviness around my solar plexus felt unpleasant.

When I put down the fork, Roel, who was skillfully cutting the steak with his only remaining arm, asked with a puzzled look on his face.

“Have you already eaten everything? “I’ve cut some more here. Why don’t you just eat this?”

While saying that, I raised my hand to stop Roel from pushing the plate containing the steak towards me.

“It’s because I feel like I’ll get sick if I eat more.”

“Ah, then there’s nothing I can do.”

Roel brought the bowl he had been pushing towards me back in front of him and brought a piece of steak to his mouth. I sighed at Roel’s stern face, feeling that he was trying to be as careful as possible in case I felt uncomfortable, and looked down at the runes wrapped around my wrist.

It feels like the red color has faded a little. When it becomes completely green, you will be able to open a passage to return to the original world. But if I disappear without explanation along with Raelan and Konrad… I couldn’t help but feel a pang in my heart as I imagined how Roel would feel after being left behind with Ilia.

I know that there is an inexplicable contradiction in Roel. However, I have a gut feeling that if I do nothing, Roel’s contradiction will never be resolved. If I honestly confess to Roel that I came from another world, I will definitely be able to explain the contradiction. If the results are good, Roel and Ilia may also be able to return to the world I came from.

From the corner of my eye, I glanced at the face of Raelan, who was sitting across from me. Raelan was wary of Roel’s contradictions and told him not to reveal the existence of another world, but she thought that my choice to tell the truth might be the reason Roel returned.

No, it is a plausible excuse after all. To be honest, I just want to believe in Roel, the protagonist created by my wishes. There are inexplicable contradictions, and even if this world’s Ross is killed… It’s tempting to think that Roel, a hero for all, must have something going on.

From noble mtl dot com

I don’t know what the outcome of this choice will be, but I now know that the half-heartedness of doing nothing will not accomplish anything.

Before the perceptive Raelan could stop me, I turned my head to Roel. When Roel, who was drinking wine, looked at me, he looked happy.

Looking straight at Roel, I began with these words.

“I want to be as honest as possible with my brother.”

Somehow, my sincere voice felt unfamiliar. I could feel Raelan glaring at me, but I kept my eyes on Roel.

Roel put down the wine glass he was holding and scratched his cheek with a slightly confused expression.

“Thank you for saying that… “I also want to treat you sincerely, my younger brother.”

I leaned back in my chair and said to Roel, who was scratching his head in embarrassment.

“I come from a different world than here.”

The noise disappeared for a moment, and silence fell on the table. I guess I said it too bluntly. I felt the eyes of everyone at the table focused on my face. Roel, who was looking at me blankly, made a cheerful expression.

“You mean you came back to the afterlife? “Is there really a heaven that the church talks about?”

“No, I mean I came from a world five years ago where the flow was different from here.”

Roel looked like he didn’t understand what I was saying. As I was about to explain further, Conrad intervened.

“You are talking crazy. Does being hit on the head cause delusions?”

“… It’s true. “I come from another world.”

Conrad’s face contorted as if it were absurd at my answer.

“Have you forgotten who I am? He is the orchestrator of the world. There’s no way I couldn’t sense a being from another world. “But I don’t feel anything from you.”

“It seems like you already knew about the existence of other worlds.”

The person who responded to Conrad’s words was Raelan, who kept an expressionless expression. As the others also looked at Conrad with curious eyes, Conrad sighed and scratched his forehead and said,

“Yes, I knew.”

“Why did you hide it?”

Conrad snorted at Raelan’s question.

“Hide it? “Hmph, I just didn’t need to say anything useless.”

“Why? “We might be able to escape destruction and go to another world.”

“… .”

Conrad’s face frowned at Raelan’s question. Roel, who had been quietly observing the situation, opened his mouth when he saw Conrad crossing his arms with a stern expression as if he would not answer any more questions.

“Coordinator, please. Please explain.”

As if he couldn’t refuse Roel’s request, Konrad finally opened his mouth.

“A long time ago, I accidentally learned of the existence of another world. I experimented with the wise man Nelson to see if it was possible to go to another world, and learned of the great danger. That means the world denies existence from another world.”

“I deny it… ?”

Konrad nodded and explained in response to Roel’s muttering.

“Nelson and I managed to bring a leaf from another world here with our magic. For a moment, I was happy that the experiment was successful, but I could feel the balance of the world being greatly disturbed by just a single leaf. “The mere existence of a leaf that should not exist in this world affected the causality.”

Ilya, who had been silent for the first time, intervened.

“One leaf… ?”

“Yes, just one leaf affected causality. So Nelson picked up the leaf to send it back to the original world, but suddenly the leaf turned to ash and scattered. “All that was left in his hands was ashes.”

I rubbed my chin and fell into deep thought. Conrad and Nelson’s experiments must have occurred in the past and did not appear in the novel. It would certainly have created a plausible story.

Why did the leaf that touched Nelson’s hand turn to ashes… Perhaps it was recognized because the world denied the existence of leaves.

As I was organizing my thoughts, Raelan spoke as if summarizing the conversation.

“It means that if we go to another world, that world will deny our existence and turn to ashes.”

“Yes, the existence of other worlds affects causality, so the world denies their existence to protect itself. Afterwards, we confirmed this through several experiments with Nelson. Whether it’s a leaf or a living creature… The world denies the existence of other worlds. Nelson and I realized the danger of destroying the world and hid the existence of the experiment. And I became a coordinator to maintain balance in the world so that no one would experiment like us.”

There was nothing to establish about the Adjuster’s past. So it seemed as if probability had come into play at will and created a plausible story about the birth of the Adjuster.

Suddenly, Raelan burst into laughter and turned his gaze towards me. Somehow I felt ominous and had the urge to cover Raelan’s mouth.

“Then how is he going to explain it?”

At Raelan’s question, everyone’s eyes focused on my face.