The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 501



502 – Side story – To you waiting at the ending (4)

As the Magic King warned, Labyrinthos was a dangerous place. As you walk along the compass, the wall suddenly opens and the monster you imagined under your bed as a child jumps out, the normal floor turns into a swamp, an unknown sound echoes from the ceiling, and your sense of direction and vision become strange.

“Okay, easy clear this time too.”

It seems that asking to be called the Magic King wasn’t a bluff. Every time he moved his wand, the monster would freeze and disappear, or our bodies would float in the sky, and our ears would become deaf and we could not hear any strange noises. Is your brother’s advice that you shouldn’t trust a man who talks a lot wrong?

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“Looking at the increasing number of strange phenomena, it looks like we’ve almost reached our destination?”

“Is that so?”

“Maybe we’ll meet suddenly. Because I don’t know what kind of place we’re arriving at either. Well, it’s 100% a design that reveals my eccentric personality by leaving something that doesn’t fit, like a throne.”

The Magic King turned his masked face towards me without any sense of distance and looked at the compass I placed on the palm of my hand. “As expected, it’s a malfunction in my eyes.” Judging by the muttering of the words, the compass, which seems to me to be pointing straight at the target, appears to be broken in the eyes of the Magic King.

We followed the compass again and after a while we discovered a strange creature that seemed to be a door.

“This is… ?”

When I turned my head and gave him a curious look, the Magic King observed the creature with a serious expression.

“A being that is alive but not alive… Is it a chaotic creature? “It looks like we’ve arrived.”

The Magic King said with a mischievous smile under his mask.

“We can make a road so we can pass for a while. But I don’t know what’s beyond that door. An illusion or a monster might be waiting for you. Or we may see a terrible change in the friend we were looking for. What do you think? Do you need to prepare your mind?”

“I’m already ready.”

I am the one who threw myself into the abyss of the canyon without hesitation. I think the time for being cowardly and stamping your feet has already passed.

“Okay, then… “Let’s open the gates of hell.”

Swish, swish.

You can hear the sound of a wand moving around. When I see this technique for the first time, I am amazed as to how it is possible. Unlike before, the Magic King, who had spent quite a long time perfecting his magic, aimed his wand at the door for the last time, and pure white light created a hole in the door. To explain it accurately, the door wriggled and created a hole to avoid the area hit by the light.

“let’s go!”

Hearing the Magic King’s shout, I went straight through the door. I felt dizzy for a moment. I feel like something has completely invaded my head. I feel like my eyes are getting dark… Oh, it’s not just a feeling, I think I really lost sight for a moment. What looked like the inside of a huge temple was slowly regaining light.

“As expected.”

As the Magic King expected, there was a throne there. Someone was sitting there. It was a being wearing continuously rippling black armor all over its body. I could sense that the Magic King next to me was on high alert, so I slowly approached the throne with caution.

“… ah.”

It wasn’t until I got closer to the throne that I could see something. This is a picture of a person with a terrible appearance. Can we call that a person? There is almost no skin left, and it barely forms a human shape. It has clearly been subjected to terrible torture. Only the occasional faint groan that came from what I presumed to be his lips was the only thing that let me know that he was still alive.

“Luna.”

I was able to come to my senses at the sound of the Magic King’s voice calling my name. While exploring Labyrinthos, I spent most of my time in awkward interviews, but I also received advice and warnings separately. Surprisingly, the Magic King seems to have a very considerate personality. It may just be me.

Anyway, remembering the previous warning, I checked the compass. Where the compass points… This is the direction of a person who is barely maintaining his human form. After checking the compass and seeing where my gaze was, the Magic King grunted and gritted his teeth. He was ready to swing his staff at the being sitting on the throne at any moment.

“… “Friends come first.”

Fortunately, the Magic King was a rational person. I nodded and headed to where the compass pointed to retrieve the precious thing I had been looking for while the Magic King protected me. As the distance got closer, I could feel my heart pounding spreading throughout my body.

I missed you every single day. It was even sadder because it was a longing for which I did not know the reason. But now you can remember everything again. With that in mind, I narrowed the distance even further, but at that moment, I had no choice but to stop as I felt goosebumps running down my spine.

“What, what’s wrong?”

“… .”

The Magic King tilted his head as he looked at me, but I couldn’t react and just looked at the human-shaped thing. I feel strange. I don’t want to deny that this is someone I love that I don’t remember simply because they have a terrible appearance. What I feel now is similar to what I felt when I met the man my parents introduced me to.

Somehow, I feel like this isn’t right.

I can’t explain it, but it makes me believe it even more. After hesitating for a moment, I turned my head towards the throne. The being sitting on the throne is doing nothing. Why stay still when the intruder is acting as he pleases? I turned and walked towards the throne.

“Uh, uh… ?”

When the direction of my steps suddenly changed, the Magic King who was following me to protect me started making a fuss and turned his head here and there to compare the throne and the human-shaped object.

“Is this right? “That’s not my friend?”

“… “I don’t know either.”

Just act as your instincts guide you. In fact, I didn’t feel any of the strong feelings or attraction that often comes from novels. I thought it was definitely the right time to appear. I was just curious about the being sitting on the throne right now.

“… .”

No, the timing was correct. Was it really a novel based on experience? As I got closer and closer to the throne, I felt a strange feeling. The joy of regaining what was lost. The feeling of realizing something precious… The thrilling feeling of intense happiness touching every nerve in my body made me walk even faster.

“… Lu, I… .”

I didn’t stop even when I heard a pitiful voice from behind that shook my heart. I approached the being sitting on the throne, held on to the helmet with both hands, and raised the corner of my mouth trembling as I spoke.

“I saw it, I missed it.”

Let’s take off the helmet… I see the face I wanted to see so much.

“Ross.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge explosion occurred behind him. The Magic King waved his staff to block the surprise attack and shouted in an angry voice.

“You sneaky b*stard! “Are you going to change it in the meantime?”

The violent sounds coming from behind no longer reached my ears. I slowly lowered my head, looking at the blue eyes that were unfocused even when my name was called. Their lips overlapped each other. My soft lips were pressed against his cold, rough, dry lips.

It was such a happy moment that I didn’t want to cry, but tears started to well up on my own. I feel a little sad. I was expecting you to hug me tightly like you always do and comfort me like a child when I was on the verge of crying.

“Ross didn’t want to see me?”

As I slightly puffed out my lips and complained, I saw Ross’ eyes shake. I slightly bent my knees to get to eye level and looked straight at Ross. Why did I forget? Now I can truly feel how precious what I lost was. During that time, it was as if I had no heart. I had forgotten that the heart could react so violently.

“I, I… “I’m sorry I remembered it so late.”

I apologized sincerely. I should have found it sooner. I should have remembered it sooner. For me, for everyone… I had to remember the fool who sacrificed himself. My vision became blurry out of regret, and I could barely stop the tears that were flowing down with my sleeve.

“Luna… .”

It was a very small voice, cracked and hard to understand because he hadn’t spoken for a long time, but it was clearly Ross’ voice calling me. I slowly lowered my sleeves and made eye contact with Ross, who was looking straight at me. Blue eyes looking straight at me.

I felt scared for a moment. I wonder if he will blame me for coming too late, or if he regrets his choice due to the endless pain… I had a lot of worries about whether they would be disappointed to see me like this.

But Ross,

The Ross I know is… That he is a very kind person.

And I had no doubt that he truly loved me.

Finally, Ross smiled really hard and said:

“… “Haven’t you become so pretty while we haven’t seen each other?”

Those words that were so Ross-like made me cry like a child and laugh happily… I couldn’t decide on so many answers, so I pondered like an idiot and eventually chose to lock lips with Ross.

Even though the fierce battle between the Sorceress and Nyarlathotep was going on right behind us, the two of us paid attention to nothing but our lips.

I’m sorry, but please understand, this is the moment I got my whole world back. Mr. Magic King.