The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 499
500 – Side Story – To you who are waiting at the ending (2)
The place where I followed Eunice to meet the warrior was a truly unexpected place. Transcendence Academy rebuilt the collapsed building even better. The meeting place was the room of the Messiah Club, which I had not visited again since I graduated there.
It is a very precious place to me and a place that I deliberately avoided visiting because it made me feel happy. I felt like the absence of my precious friends was too big.
So I couldn’t follow Eunice and hesitated outside the door, twiddling my fingers. Eunice sensed my feelings and held out her hand without saying a word. He was only able to cross the door after holding on to that hand.
Nothing seems to have changed since my last memory. I heard that it completely collapsed in a fight with the cult leader. The person who solved that question was none other than the warrior.
“I returned it to its original appearance as much as possible. “Because it was the favorite place of heroes who sacrificed themselves generously to save the world.”
The warrior slowly appeared from inside the club room, sat down on the chair where club members often sat, and looked straight at me. The warrior, whose eyes looked like a kind adult praising a child, looked somewhat tired. Did I stay up all night?
“I really wanted to meet you. “Luna.”
The warrior casually said something that was somewhat difficult to react to and smiled softly. I was trying to escape the awkwardness as much as possible by rolling my eyes here and there, but I tilted my head when he heard what he said next.
“Now I can finally understand my younger brother.”
Little brother… ?
“As far as I know, the warrior is an only child?”
As I said that, I looked at Eunice next to me to see if my memory was wrong, but she just shrugged her shoulders and made a strange expression as if she was hearing this for the first time in her life.
“Could it be a half-brother?”
“… .”
Startled by Eunice’s whisper, I pursed my lips as I saw the hero’s eyes staring straight at me, shrugged my shoulders exaggeratedly, and pretended like nothing had happened.
The warrior, who was quietly looking at me, pointed to the chair across from me as if telling me to sit comfortably, scratched his forehead for a while as if he was thinking, and then said.
“Don’t you feel something strange in your daily life? It feels like I lost something precious. But no matter how much I think about it, I haven’t lost anything that precious… “That strange, unidentifiable feeling of loss.”
For a moment, I felt my eyes widen. Because those words seemed to see right through me. Yes. When I walk down the street, I often put my left hand out to the side, which is uncomfortable, or use a knife and fork at the same time. When food is served, I often stay still as if waiting for someone to do it.
And then, when I see the emptiness in my left hand and the intact steak on the plate, I feel a strange sense of loss. If I don’t strain my eyes, I feel like tears will come out.
“How did you… ?”
“Because I had the same experience. While I was eliminating chaos with the Demon King in the Demon World, I was also trying to find out why I felt that way. And I found the answer.”
The warrior looked at me swallowing his saliva and soothed his mouth.
“■■.”
“… ?”
The warrior’s voice definitely reached my ears. But I had no idea whether it was a word, a song, or a sound. It felt as if someone had immediately erased the thoughts that came into my head. The warrior looked at me as if observing and smiled faintly.
“That guy worried about you until the end. He did everything he could to make you happy, so you wouldn’t feel the same sadness as him. “He knows what he has lost, and yet he is willing to choose worse than hell for you.”
“… .”
“You won’t be able to recall that name right now. but… “I’m sure you’ll remember.”
There were a lot of things I wanted to ask about words that I didn’t understand the context of, but what came out of my mouth was actually quite absurd.
“… “How can you be sure of that?”
“Because God always has a plan.”
As he said that, the warrior pointed to my left hand with his finger. I lowered my gaze to my left hand, which was uncomfortable, following the tips of the warrior’s fingers, then looked up and saw that the finger was pointing straight at my eye.
“You have already paid the price.”
Are you saying that it was God’s plan for me to have an accident as a child and become disabled? I wanted to ask, but… For some reason, my mouth didn’t drop. It is not a common-sense reason that I cannot dare to speak carelessly in front of a great warrior.
just,
Because I had a vague feeling that arguing with the warrior would be of no use.
because… .
The warrior looked like he was so tired that he wanted to rest now. He looked tired, as if he would close his eyes as soon as he laid his head somewhere. I couldn’t make it any harder for the warrior who worked hard for everyone. No matter how unfair he is. Because the hero wasn’t even a god. He wasn’t even an opponent you could argue with.
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“… acorn.”
I stood up after looking at Eunice and tilted my head at the words that came out of the warrior’s mouth.
“yes?”
“When you lose your way… “Follow the acorns.”
After saying those words, the warrior slowly closed his eyes as if he had no intention of talking further. acorn. After repeating that advice several times so as not to forget it, I quietly left the club room with Eunice.
***
With the sound of the door closing, I slowly opened my closed eyes. Leaning back fully in her chair, she lifted her head and looked up at her ceiling. It is a ceiling where pink clouds slowly flow. Surprisingly, this is Bella’s favorite style. She said she liked the soft and comfortable feeling that she didn’t have.
“… “Bella.”
It’s been a while since I said that name out loud. It feels like my lips are twisted for no reason. Unable to endure long-term fatigue, I did not resist the slowly closing eyelids, and continued to bring out the precious name that had been engraved deep in my heart.
“Ilya.”
“Flavia.”
“Rosalyn.”
“Ellie.”
There is no answer, but I feel guilty and happy. And in the end, I muttered quietly, feeling relieved that I had kept my promise.
“… “I worked really hard.”
I’ve done the last thing I had to do, so I’ll be okay now.
“So, I’m going to rest for a bit now.”
Because I no longer have to chase my dreams.
***
The warrior Roel returned to God’s embrace and was finally able to end his long dream in peace.
***
After returning home from my meeting with Eunice, I read Navier’s letter, wrote a satisfactory response, and then went to bed. For some reason, I couldn’t sleep like this. After meeting the hero, the curiosity to find out the cause of the loss I feel has been growing in my mind.
What does the acorn the warrior spoke of mean? A tree on which acorns grow? Or it could simply be referring to acorns. Hmm, I heard that in the South there is a food called ‘Muk’ made from acorns, so it might have something to do with it.
There are no trees where acorns grow near my house, so I haven’t seen any acorns recently.
“… !”
I remembered something I had foolishly forgotten. Acorns have always been with me, so why didn’t he think of them right away? I looked at the old compass with an acorn engraved on the bottom that was sitting on the nightstand next to my bed.
As expected, I am moving around by myself without any direction. I have tried to fix the compass, but I gave up a long time ago because I was told that it was an impossible repair structure.
It was a broken compass, but it was something I valued and always carried with me as a habit. It’s not practical at all. However, the compass is the only item related to the acorns that the warrior mentioned. Because we don’t have furniture made from acorns or acorn-shaped jewelry.
“… “uuum.”
As I was fiddling with the compass and thinking hard, my attention was caught by the large full moon visible through the window. And suddenly I muttered to myself:
“… “All seasons end, forever, even if no one remembers.”
I think I said that to someone. Otherwise, there would be no reason to shed tears while looking at the full moon.
“I want to remember.”
Just as I read romance novels as a child and made a wish to the moon to help me meet the man I would love for the rest of my life, I earnestly asked the moon.
But no change occurred. I didn’t feel anything magical, magical phenomena, or mystical sensations. However, the broken compass was pointing straight at the full moon.
Follow the acorns!
After remembering the warrior’s advice, I climbed out the window and out of the mansion without my family knowing. I rode a horse and blindly followed the direction pointed by the compass, eventually arriving at Death Canyon, a long way from the city where I lived. The horse was frightened by the eerie energy and did not want to go any further, so I had no choice but to get off the horse and walk on my own.
The compass moved around and guided me as I moved. After walking for a while, I finally arrived at the place where the compass was spinning. Is this the destination guided by the compass?
“… “Where?”
Only then did I look around, not using the compass, and realize that I was on top of a cliff in a canyon. When I slowly put my head out and looked at the canyon, all I could see was an abyss-like darkness as the moonlight did not reach.
I felt a sudden sense of fear. I turned around and tried to come down from the cliff, but the place the compass was pointing caught my eye. The compass is telling me to jump off the cliff.
“… “Are you out of your mind?”
Thinking that there must be a problem with the compass, I shook the compass vigorously and moved to the side, but the direction the compass pointed did not change.
“… .”
I looked where the compass pointed. It’s also scary. Still, I couldn’t turn and run away. I really wanted to know. What was so precious that I lost?
Instead of holding the compass, I put my left hand out to the side, wanting someone to hold it. It’s a natural behavior, but I don’t know why. But now you know why.
Crash—!
Once I made up my mind, surprisingly, I had no hesitation in running towards the edge of the cliff. The wind passed by and I fell endlessly down the canyon.
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