The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 419



420 – The best of the original evil

The storm I was worried about has arrived. Fortunately, thanks to growing the island before that, I was able to strengthen Ellie and her My Island home and escape. A few days later, we were able to harvest a coconut-like fruit from a huge tree in the center of the island, proof that the island was fully grown.

In the sky above the island, birds whose names I did not know were flying, and on the ground, insects were moving around among the plants that were growing hard. It has become an island where life can live.

When the obtained fruit was planted in a suitable ground, the moment it was completely covered with soil, a sprout grew and soon grew into the shape of a door. The fruit became the door to the fourth floor of the labyrinth. Before opening the door, I checked Ellie’s condition. From the day the storm arrived, Ellie had been lying down in a cold sweat.

I had no appetite and barely ate anything for several days. Fortunately, she was moving now, but I couldn’t erase the feeling of helplessness from her face. Seeing Ellie, who had always been bright and active, having a hard time naturally focused my attention on her.

“Ellie, are you ready to go?”

Ellie was kneeling in front of Estelle’s grave and praying for the last time before leaving the island. Ellie was silent for a moment, then she slowly opened her eyes and she looked up at me.

“This could be the last time I see Estelle.”

I’m not so dull that I don’t know what Ellie means.

“… know.”

“Then I have to say my final goodbye.”

“… .”

But what good is prayer? Estelle is dead. No matter how hard I pray, my voice cannot reach me. So I didn’t say anything to Luna, who was sleeping in the space warehouse. Because I know that everything is meaningless in the face of death.

Seeing Ellie looking at me intently, I turned towards Estelle’s grave with a sigh and dutifully closed my eyes and pretended to pray. It’s useless. No matter how much I pray, it doesn’t change the fact that I killed Estelle by mistake. You can’t be forgiven. I don’t even want to do that.

When I opened my eyes, Ellie stood up and brushed the dirt off her knees. Somehow, I feel like Ellie has grown a lot in just a few days. Should I say that the friend who was exchanging padding with each other suddenly felt like an adult on his own? It’s a little hard to get used to.

“… “Send me to my island.”

Hearing Ellie’s low voice, I skillfully used space magic to send Ellie to the door leading to the 4th floor. As I saw Ellie immediately open the door, I also held on to the door handle.

[Life comes to life on the island.]

[The island will remember you, its creator.]

[You have reached the 4th floor.]

[The blessing of the Labyrinth makes you permanently stronger.]

[It is a rest period. There is 72:00:00 left until re-entry into the labyrinth.]

***

Ellie left first, saying that he had somewhere to go and that he would go to Modest later. After leaving the imperial palace, I headed straight to Modest’s secret hideout. When we arrived, we found that Ellie and I were the first to reach the fourth floor. It seems that we grew our islands the fastest thanks to the nourishment of Cassis, which devoured several islands.

I immediately went to Amber. And Estelle’s death was explained. Amber didn’t believe it at first, and then he denied it for a while, saying it was ridiculous, and then he started crying. To her, Estelle was her guild leader and the successor to her clan… Like her younger sister Amy, she was just a child in need of care.

“Estelle left a will asking me to take care of her family. “I will try to keep that will.”

The word atonement is disgusting. Because there is no way for me to be forgiven now. Suddenly, I felt like I knew why Ellie, whom I had met in another world, was happy to meet me. Being able to be forgiven is nothing short of a miracle.

“… “Is Estelle really, really dead?”

When I suddenly heard a sound coming from behind, I turned around and made eye contact with Amy, who was holding onto the door handle and looking like she was about to cry. I slowly lowered my gaze and said.

“Yes, protecting me… “I died because of my mistake.”

That is the plain truth. Amy burst into tears and glared at me. It’s as if she doesn’t want to forget the culprit who killed her beloved older sister, who cared for her. That gaze didn’t leave my face until Amber took Amy into her other room.

I headed to the basement, feeling extremely empty. I had nowhere to go and no desire to do Lily’s work right away. He sat alone in the basement for hours, waiting for night to come. When darkness comes and the time of the lily comes, you will be able to forget about the terrible emptiness for a while.

But someone came to the basement. When I heard the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs, I thought it was a member of the rescue team, but it was an unexpected person who revealed his face.

“… “Kane?”

“Chief.”

Are you still calling me manager? I smiled bitterly and watched in silence as Kane sat down across from me. For some reason, Kane’s face wasn’t as good as before.

“… I’m sorry for suddenly coming to you like this without saying anything. “Still, I had to meet the manager.”

“What’s going on?”

As if he had been waiting for my question, Kane looked straight at me with a sullen face and spoke.

“… Aria’s parents are dead. And Aria… It got weird. At first, she thought her parents’ death had devastated her, so she tried to give it time… Now he doesn’t say anything or react. “It’s like a person turns into a doll.”

The wandering blade created by my sin returns like a boomerang and cuts out my heart. Ah, my mistakes are endless. I had a feeling that Aria would end up like this. Whatever happened to her, her parents were murdered. Luna, Nelson, Estelle… The next person I screwed up was Aria.

Kane, who was showing nervousness by tapping his fingernails, spoke quietly.

“Principal Conrad looked after Aria’s physical condition… She told me to tell you that she was out of tune. “This is the other side’s problem that she can’t solve on her own.”

Kane spoke to me with a look that seemed to convey his belief that I could solve the problem.

“… Help Aria wake up. If things continue like this… Arya will eventually dry out and die like a tree whose roots have rotted away. “I think the manager I know, Ross, would be able to save Aria like me.”

It’s a desperate face. Kane truly loves Aria. So she is asking the culprit who made Aria that way. So what I had to do was decided.

“… okay.”

***

Kane’s explanation was accurate. At first glance, Aria, who was sitting on the bed she had always occupied, looked like an emotionless doll. With Rakar and Kane watching me, I sat down on the bed across from me and made eye contact with Aria.

“Hello, Aria.”

“… .”

There was no answer from Aria. The eyes looking at me were not seeing anything. The expression ‘eyes of a dead fish’ is correct. The eyes are just open, unable to capture anything. Arya lost her sense of self. It was natural for her to lose her parents, whom she loved so much.

“I heard that my parents died. “I also know that people are talking among themselves, wondering why Lily killed her.”

I felt Aria’s fingers twitch slightly at the mention of parents. She hasn’t completely lost her sense of self. She lost the two people she loved, and the fire in her heart was dying out… She still had some money left over.

So what I have to do is make this fire burn brightly again. Aria needs motivation to live her life. Just like I got from Luna, she will be able to get the power from me that took away her parents from Arya.

“Everyone who died from Lily was a villain, so it’s natural for people to be suspicious of your parents.”

“… .”

Although I didn’t respond, I instinctively knew that Aria was focusing on my voice. So I spoke to Aria, strengthening her voice so that she would remember clearly.

“Your suspicions are correct, the reason why Lily killed your parents… .”

I look into Aria’s empty eyes. I end the sentence with a wry smile, hoping that the heat will return to those eyes.

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“Your parents are just extremely bad and selfish people. I had no choice but to die. “Because he is an evil person who should no longer exist in the world.”

Emotions fill the empty eyes. Knowing that it is heading towards me, I slowly take out the mask and lily from the space storage. Aria’s head, which had been motionless like a doll, turned toward my hand. I spoke quietly to her as her eyes widened.

“Even if it was my friend’s parents, I couldn’t forgive them.”

The sound of gasping, shocked Rakar and Kane looking at me in astonishment. I smiled brightly in a situation where the doll, fueled by revenge and anger, was glaring at me as if it were going to kill me.

That was the best I could do for Aria as a friend.