Sleepyhead Sees You From 100 Days Ago 205

Chapter 205 – Chapter 5: Skeleton Knight – 3

“It’s no use… “I know.”

Marie said.

It seemed like something was stuck in the guy’s throat. Although he is holding on to something he cannot express, he speaks clearly and with strength.

“… Still, I want to say it.”

“You can tell me. Marie.”

“Let’s go back together…”

The grip that grabbed my sleeve was strong.

It made me wonder how such power could come from such a small body. The force is strong enough that it wouldn’t be surprising if the clothes were torn like this.

Who has ever seen it?

I swear, even Ruev won’t know.

Marie’s earnestness is so strong.

“Let’s go back together. Go to Brisden… With my brother, with Ritz’s brother. All together… “I live.”

I placed my hand on the little finger.

The guy’s trembling fingers were like a castle made of sand.

It looks solid at first glance, but it’s so fragile that it feels like it will fall apart if you touch it.

Marie suppressed her sobbing. Her fluttering breasts were not lies.

“Please…”

I know that this request is not meant lightly.

Marie chose to be with me to help me, not to hold me back.

To follow my will to defeat Posao and retrieve Tia.

Until here. Even to this day.

He has silently been by my side.

But things are clearly different now than when we first left Brisden.

Tia became queen.

This was something Marie and I had never expected. At the same time, all the plans I had vaguely made went awry.

Everything has changed.

Reality too. Even the situation. Thoughts too. The future too.

Uncle Joseph too. Marie too.

As I embarked on this long journey, everything I knew was different from ‘back then’.

It is an undeniable truth.

The only thing that hasn’t changed.

Only my decision.

Even if there is nothing but death at the end of this road.

This will that the world will never make me bend my back.

“I’m sorry, Marie.”

I gently stroked his soft blonde hair.

Marie, who was burying her face, finally burst into tears in my arms.

“Huh-huh…”

“I have already walked too far to go back.”

If only I had been thinking of another future like Marie. I wouldn’t have chosen this path in the first place.

He would quietly go back to Brisden, forget about Tia, and continue to live as her chieftain.

But I… I couldn’t give up.

Memories with Tia. And love.

Denying her, everything from her childhood, everything to her,

Because it means the same thing as erasing my own existence.

“Thank you for joining us. “Thanks to you, I was able to come this far.”

Her heart feels hot.
Marie’s sharp inhalation and exhalation mixed together to make a strange sound.

“Don’t go…” Please…”

I thought that if Marie had known that the end of this journey would be my death, she might have tried desperately to stop it like her uncle Joseph.
But he had a vague sense of that and ended up helping me until the end.

Chin.

Giving a little of her strength, she grabbed Marie’s arm. And I removed it from my body as politely as possible.

Our tangled bodies were unraveled so lightly that it felt futile.

I suddenly wondered what I should say, but soon came to the conclusion that it wasn’t necessary.

All I always wanted to say was ‘thank you’ to Marie.

I just left a message saying thank you.

Our farewell ends here.

Marie looked up at me with tears on her face. The blue eyes were red and bloodshot.

I wiped away the tear stains by wiping my cheeks and stood up.

“Goodbye then.”

I turned around and walked down the street.

Marie’s voice was not heard.

I was thankful for even that.

Thanks to that, I was able to walk down the street with unwavering steps.

* * *

Feeling dazed, she walked along the road, and before she knew it, she had arrived at the inn.

A door that is always tightly closed. And a guard sitting in front and guarding.

The reason I came back here was to keep the promise I made to the royal doctor.

I walked straight towards there.

The soldier, who was sitting indifferently as always, glanced at me, then quickly lost interest.

However, when I realized that it was coming straight toward the inn without stopping, I looked again carefully this time.

The soldier’s doubtful eyebrows furrowed with confidence. He slowly moved his right hand over his scabbard draped around his waist.

Jerk. Jeopuk.

It’s a good time. There are no carriages or people passing by.

The hem of my robe swayed lightly as the wind swept across the dry dirt floor.

Jeopuk.

I stopped walking after seven steps.

“…”

Only then did the other person stand up and take the stance of pulling out his sword.

“What is it?”

Sereung-!

Without saying a word, I pulled out the rose saber from my waist.

“… !”

Just as the opponent was about to draw his sword.

My body, which had already jumped with all its might, was right in front of his nose.

Sigh!

The sharp tip of the rose saber plunged into the soldier’s shoulder.

He placed his weight with all his might, sinking his blade into the weak spot not covered by his armor.

“Keuuk!”

The soldier who was taking a step back falls to the floor.

As soon as I sat down on him, I pulled out the rose saber that was stuck on his shoulder. Hot, bright red blood sprays out.

He turned over the knife he was holding and hit him hard on the head with the hilt.

Puck!

The soldier’s head turned, and he fainted.

“Whoa…”

He grabbed the fallen soldier by both shoulders and dragged him up the stairs with all his might. I found the key in my clothes pocket, opened the door to the inn on the second floor, and pushed it inside.

After finishing work up to this point. I headed to the room where the royal doctor was locked up.

“Doctor.”

The woman in her captivity came running in surprise.

“Ritz?”

“Yes. The time has come. “Now is the time to leave.”

“Ritz…”

The doctor took a short breath when he saw the soldier lying next to me.

“That person… “Did you knock it down?”

“Yes.”

“Have you met the rebels?”

“I met him, but it didn’t help much.”

She answered her question briefly and took off the soldier’s armor.
It wasn’t difficult because it was mostly light armor made of leather.

“So what do you plan to do now?”

“I found a boat to Taildon. “Doctor, please ride it and get out of Deseo.”

“And you?”

“I-.”

The straps attached to the gaiters were tightly fastened to the legs.

“I have to go do my job.”

The doctor didn’t ask what ‘work’ I was talking about. She probably already knew everything.
Tia, who has become queen, defeats the soldier of the Piolo family, and when I see myself changing into that soldier’s armor.

In the end, it will be easy to figure out what to do.

When I passed the leather strap over my shoulder to put on the armor, the clothes swept up and my stomach was exposed.

The royal doctor spoke quietly as he looked at the scar torn by the bear’s claws.

“That wound…”

“Yes. “The doctor sewed me up.”

She looked at her wounds with gloomy eyes.

“Ritz… “Maybe you’ve been hurt more than this.”

The scar was covered with armor and the shoulder straps were tied tightly.

Finally, with the clunky helmet on my head, I suddenly became a private soldier for the Piolo family.

“Let’s go now.”

I came down from the inn with the royal doctor. There were carriages stopping and resting on the side of the road.

First, I called the nearest carriage and stopped it. He gave the driver a large pile of gold coins and told him that the destination was the port.

Lastly, the royal doctor was placed on the carriage.

“Marie will be waiting for you when you arrive at the port. Did you look through the window at that time? That kid.”

“… Huh. Know. Thank you, Ritz.”

“You are the savior of my life, and this is what I am thankful for.”

“‘Lifesaver’?”

The doctor’s voice was quiet.

“I am not very happy to hear that you are my benefactor as I send you off to die.”

“Is that so?”

“I have no right to say anything about your choice. But I didn’t save you to see you like this.”

“…”

“Ritz. Really… “Is it inevitable that this will be the case?”

Listening to the royal doctor’s words, a paradox that had been lingering in my mind for a long time came back to life.

What if the doctor hadn’t used ‘Enbus’ to save me?

So what if Tia hadn’t started the journey to Deseo to save Dienbus?

So, is this world that I live in inevitably destined to end like this?

Except for this ending, was there really no other answer for me but to die?

If that is indeed the right fate. What difference does it make if I walk into the palace now, kill Posao, and die as a traitor myself?

I thought in silence all this time -.

The answer to that question has already been given.

I placed my hand on my heart and bowed my head.

And she answered politely with respect for the benefactor who revived me.

“Yes.”

Clutter.

He closed the carriage door.

Nodding to the driver sitting in front, he shook the reins and moved the carriage forward.

Her empty eyes passed by.

But soon, just like when Marie was sent, she was never seen again.

I said my final goodbye to the carriage leaving for the sea.

“Thank you. “Doctor.”

* * *

I walked.

It felt like emptiness was oozing out of every step.

Marie, who was always by my side, was not there. It wasn’t until I saw my unsteady steps that I realized how much comfort that tiny being had been to me.

Anxiety slowly overtook me, but I couldn’t stop walking.

Before I knew it, the shadow of Deseo Castle had gotten so close that I could barely see it.

At the same time, the surroundings also began to become cluttered.

The shouts of soldiers rang out here and there, and the sound of horses’ hooves could be heard rushing through the streets.

“Has it begun?”

As I told her, Marie reported the ‘location of the rebel hideout’ to the royal palace.

With Joseph, the queen’s closest aide, suddenly disappearing, Tia, who was anxiously searching for his uncle’s whereabouts, would have issued a royal order to send soldiers immediately upon receiving the report.

Uncle Joseph is one of the few people Tia can rely on. It must have been difficult for her to keep her cool.

In response to the king’s sudden order, the nobles sent troops one by one, and the entire castle was filled with armed soldiers.

Moreover, most of them had already been sent to the rebels’ hideout, so their guard was much more relaxed than usual.

This was exactly what I wanted.

“…”

He puts his left hand on his helmet and walks proudly towards the main gate of the palace.

There were about six guards guarding the entrance, but there were so many soldiers coming and going that they didn’t even think about arresting me.

Moreover, when he saw the Piolo family emblem engraved on my armor, he let me pass without a word.

When we reached the garden where irises were in full bloom.

I took off my helmet and slowly raised my head.

There is a tall tower right in front.

The top had a red glow in the light of the setting sun.

‘Red Castle’.

They say it is made of ruby, which symbolizes the royal family, and glows red.

I felt like I had heard that story somewhere.

I don’t know if it’s authentic or not.

Anyway, you can check it with your own eyes.

Is it ruby ​​colored or blood colored?