The Magician’s Memorial - Chapter 95



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Episode 95

“I’m going to go now.”

Veiled adjusted his yoke and held his staff with one arm.

“Okay, take care. Try not to run into each other.”

“We’ll see each other again soon. Cheryl wants the quill.”

“If, if Cheryl accepts your heart on the condition that you bring me back… … .”

Veiled smiled brightly.

“Okay. I think I know even without hearing the answer.”

“Don’t worry too much. Cheryl is a person who feels better when she does things herself. She won’t ask anyone else to do things for her. She especially won’t ask me for anything.”

“Let’s say that’s true.”

It’s better to ignore what goblins say. If you blindly believe them and get stabbed in the back of the head, you won’t be able to come up with a solution.

The most ideal relationship with goblins was to use each other appropriately and kill each other when they saw an opening.

“But you know.”

Quilbian said as he watched his lover walking while holding hands.

“What if Cheryl doesn’t change? What if she never opens her heart to you?”

“Then we’ll have to use slightly more coercive means.”

“You’re going to tie it up and leave it next to you?”

“That’s all well and good, but there’s a more certain way.”

Veiled’s mouth opened wide.

“I completely eat up that child’s form and thoughts. I create a small room inside me and put that child there. So that we can always be together, always feel the same, and always be conscious of each other.”

“That’s a really good idea.”

It was a miraculous way of making one out of two. What beautiful mathematics.

“But I want to keep my brother by my side as much as possible. There is a lot of meaning in the body.”

Veild said, looking down at his own body.

“No matter what happens, I will actively help, so just trust me. We are soulmates now.”

He held out his hand for a handshake. A hand shot out from Veild’s fluttering sleeve.

“I like Quill because it’s easy to understand.”

“I like it when you’re dark-hearted too. No, maybe you’re colorful?”

“I’m saying this out of concern, but if you kill Cheryl, I’ll burn everything I own and curse Quill.”

“Can I kill him? Maybe in a gap, but in reality, it’s impossible.”

“Then shall we make a covenant?”

“Promises should not be overused.”

He let go of my hand with a smile.

“Yes. It’s okay for now.”

Veiled turned around. Quilbian called out to the handsome young man who was walking away.

“What are you going to do from now on?”

“I have to deliver mail. I don’t have any hands, so I mostly just run around with my feet. See you later, Quill! Take care!”

Veiled, who had been waving his stick high in the air with all his might, disappeared into the crowd.

“A guy who just needs to cut off his arm has come up with a really weird concept.”

Concept, concept. Ah, that’s a word I’ve used elsewhere.

Quillvian shrugged and turned away.

It’s time to move in search of fanatics and goblins disguised as saints.

*

Cheryl carefully lifted her left hand and touched the area near her crown. The bone was intact, without any dents. The moment when blood flowed out seemed like a dream.

“Where does it hurt?”

Roman, who was walking beside me, said, his eyes filled with worry.

I was about to say it was nothing, but then I changed my mind.

“Sir Roman. What if there is a monster inside me?”

“You call me a monster… … .”

Roman narrowed his eyes.

It was frustrating. If I told the truth, I would die by Sir Roman’s sword. But if I tried to hide it, I was worried about the monster that was sleeping inside me.

Quilbian said time would tell, but he had no idea how that would happen.

“I understand.”

“yes?”

“Your Majesty, you are concerned about the evil that people harbor.”

“Ah… … yes.”

“At this time of approaching disaster, our selfishness that prevents us from uniting is truly a monster. It is shameful.”

“No, Sir Roman is doing well.”

Cheryl looked back. She could see the walls surrounding the city.

If only I could run away like this and go back home.

“I guess you’re worried about people.”

“Yeah, whatever.”

“I know you are dissatisfied with the fact that the word of God is not widely spread. However, I think it is more important to control information and prevent confusion than to spread revelations at this time.”

“You are right.”

Cheryl smiled faintly.

Thinking back, I didn’t think I’d get stabbed by Roman even if I told him the truth. No matter what I said, he’d interpret it in a way that benefited the church. They were truly scary people.

Well, they were such dangerous people that they kidnapped Ammon and turned him into a saint.

wait for a sec.

Cheryl stroked her hair again.

Even though I was losing a lot of blood, my body was fine. I didn’t sweat a single drop even after running in place for over 20 minutes.

I looked around. There were only wagons lined up heading towards the city.

Yeah, this is outside the city.

Not a holy place watched over by hundreds of believers.

I’m starting to get excited.

What Quillvian said was true. Cheryl, you’re so stupid. You could run away now!

Disaster, monster, salvation, god.

It was time to throw everything away and seek freedom. Now, without the weird Quilbian, was the chance.

“Sir Roman.”

Cheryl’s expression hardened. Now was the time to tell the lie of her life.

As the serious atmosphere was created, Roman also seemed to become nervous.

“What’s going on?”

“I feel it.”

Cheryl pointed to a line of wagons about 300 meters away.

“Evil is brewing there.”

Roman’s eyes sharpened.

“evil.”

His hand was reaching for the sword.

It seemed like we were halfway through, so it was time to put a period.

“God said, ‘Face the truth about evil.’”

“Ah, God has given me a sacred duty.”

Cheryl immediately fell to her knees.

“Go, Sir Roman. Go and punish Nephim severely.”

“All right.”

“I will pray that no evil will spread from here. Sir Roman, please be careful.”

“I will not fall while God is watching over me.”

Roman ran out. Silver divine powers seemed to be infusing into his body.

The moment Cheryl saw Roman moving away, she quickly stood up and flew towards the forest.

I ran and ran again.

We headed towards a remote place, untouched by human hands.

I will run far, far away, as far as I can, and then I will go back to my hometown.

No.

When you return home, the cult guys will come rushing in.

It was time to run while organizing my thoughts.

Cheryl realized that her body was faster and stronger than she thought.

The branches that flew into my face were crisp and crackling. I should have been bruised, but my skin was fine.

That’s not all. I was running around like crazy and tripped on a rock, but instead of falling, I ended up breaking the rock.

It was not a normal situation.

Clearly, something was wrong with this body.

“Haa, haa, haa.”

It was after the full moon rose that my lungs started sending me signals that they were tired.

How many hours have you been running?

Cheryl wiped her forehead with the back of her hand. It was only slightly damp. Even that dried up with a gust of wind.

My heavy breathing also subsided.

If I ran again, I felt like I could run until sunrise, no, until night fell again.

“Ha, haha. I guess I really am a monster.”

A self-deprecating laugh came out.

It’s unfair.

I was captured by some lunatics and forced to do the job of a saint that I didn’t want to do, but I barely escaped, and now I’m not a human, I’m a monster?

“Can you hear me?”

Cheryl said, placing her hand on her chest.

“If you can hear me, tell me. Are you living inside me? What happens to me now? Are you going to kill me? Are you going to eat me after you kill me? Tell me!”

A sweet voice that made me laugh just by hearing it. But it was the voice of a monster.

“……mom.”

I sat down on the floor and sobbed.

Why did it turn out like this?

I’ve never done anything bad.

Maybe it was because I cried, but my heart, which had been agitated, calmed down a little.

A place where not even a shadow of the city can be seen.

Even Roman wouldn’t be able to catch up to here.

The moment I realized that I was completely alone, I felt a little relieved and hungry.

Cheryl looked around.

There’s nothing but trees. Is there a village nearby? I wish there was.

I looked at the moon floating in the sky without a single worry and then started walking.

It was after walking for about an hour.

My stomach was growling loudly. I was so hungry I couldn’t stand it.

It was strange. My mouth was short and my stomach was small, so I rarely ate food. I didn’t even know the joy of eating.

But now, even rotten meat seemed delicious.

Drool dripped from her slightly parted lips. Cheryl shook her head sharply and slapped her cheek.

“What’s wrong with you? Come to your senses.”

Cheryl, who had been comforting herself, opened her eyes wide. A small light appeared on the other side.

The lights came on in pairs, increasing in number one by one.

It was a wolf.

The wolf standing in front lowered his posture and made a threatening sound.

It was a normal situation to be afraid. I was alone on a mountain path, facing a pack of wolves.

But why is that?

The corners of his mouth twitched. The strange thought that he could solve his hunger filled his head.

Cheryl thought she should run away, but her body moved forward contrary to her thoughts.

The wolf opened its mouth wide and charged. Cheryl held out her right hand.

The wolf’s thick, sharp teeth sunk into his right arm.

It was when pain enveloped my head.

It’s okay. I heard a sweet sound.

Cheryl swung her left hand. The wolf’s head that had been biting her arm separated from its body.

It was a wolf that fell sideways, pouring out hot blood.

Come on! Come on!

I looked at the other wolves, but they whined like a dog whose stomach had been kicked and started to run away.

Cheryl licked her lips and looked at the wolf’s head still biting her arm.

My mouth was watering. I opened my mouth wide and ate the wolf’s nose first.

There was no other delicacy. He bit into the wolf’s flesh without thinking. He even chewed and swallowed its fur and skin.

He ate the wolf’s body without thinking.

“ah.”

Cheryl took a step back, hesitantly, looking at the skeletal wolf.

There was something slippery all over the corner of my mouth. I tried to wipe it off with my hand, but my hand was a mess.

“I need to wash.”

I caught the sound of water trickling from afar. I walked trudgingly. I thought as I walked.

What did I eat?

I soaked my body in the stream and washed all the blood away.

I lay on the ground, soaking wet.

I stared blankly at the sky. The moon set and the sun rose.

Cheryl stood up, brushing the dirt off her body, and smoothed her hair. She let the cloth covering her face fall into the stream.

A human voice was heard.

If you run for about 30 minutes, you’ll be able to meet him.

“hello.”

Cheryl smiled and approached the three men, all of whom were armed.

Are you a mercenary?

I saw three men exchanging glances. Their eyes were boiling with lust.

“I’m pretty, right?”

Cheryl stood between the three men, smiling.

Hunger was awakening again.

(Continued in next episode)