Chapter 195 – Ep.13 – The Path the Warriors Walked
Princess, oh princess.
Your blessed authority revives all of Albator, and with your talents blessed by the gods, you are truly an idol of all.
All descendants will sing the song of the princess to honor the achievement. You were born with everything, and don’t you shine so beautifully.
Let me tell you an old story to such a princess. It’s my favorite story. Her Majesty the Queen liked this story very much, so I’m sure the Princess will like it too.
I don’t know how far back the story goes. I heard it from my mother, and my mother said she heard it from her grandmother, and he said it from her mother.
There is only one thing I can say precisely.
A long time ago, in those days,
It means that our proud kingdom of Albator was still standing tall.
Once upon a time, there was a girl who looked just like a princess. It is said that she shone bright enough for everyone to look up to, not to mention being intelligent like a full moon. Oh, of course it’s nothing compared to the princess.
She said that the girl was also a princess of a certain country, just like the princess now. She is the princess of an ancient kingdom that is now forgotten…
All the people loved the princess, and the princess loved all the people.
Wouldn’t that be a happy kingdom like Albator?
But the world doesn’t care
One day, the princess of a foreign land who opened her eyes saw demons covering the sky in pitch black.
The demons came across the demon continent.
At that time, it is said that there were frequent invasions by demons.
This tragedy didn’t only happen in the princess’s kingdom. Those monsters that crossed over from the Demon Continent trampled on this mother earth and brutally tortured our ancestors…
The princess made up her mind that day.
Let’s defeat the monsters beyond the Demon Continent and restore everyone’s peace.
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I feel a strange sensation. All the blood is rushing to one side of the heart, and the feeling of squeezing the chest to explode.
And I also feel the emotions swirling through all that red bloodstream. The heartbeat becomes unrecognizable, faster, more intense, and unstable.
Strangely though
At some point, when she suddenly comes to her senses, her head and heart are infinitely still.
It seems that everything that contracts into a single point has subsided into coarse grains. We already know the name of the grain. We call it love
Today, a love that could not bloom has sunk powerlessly beneath the surface.
The small wishes that lie on the bottom of my heart are stacked on top of each other and weighing on each other.
In the depths of the sea where even the sounds of sediment and death cannot emerge, only a broken heart is full.
Every time I look into it, something is going down.
It sinks only infinitely lower.
However, this silent fall does not last forever. At some point, all falling stops and a small light flickers.
If you step on everything that has been unbearably piled up and stick your head out toward the light, you will not be able to hold back your laughter and sneak a peek at it.
“Ah.”
A short smile lingers for a long time. How soon did happiness come?
Today, the mind that thinks of him is clearer. The Queen draws the boy’s figure with her eyes gently closed.
Even if you try to hold back, the face that has already bloomed brightly reveals your emotions. Thanks to her small pleasures, the Queen is encouraged to endure it all.
“Haaa… “
The smell of Delrin’s flesh seems to waft all the way here. His warmth, his small movements, his always busy black eyes, and even his soft lips.
You can take it all back.
“… “
When the momentary delusion is over, the faint smile fades little by little. The face, which had been full of vitality, was once again tinged with a cold, insipid dryness.
Her turquoise eyes, sharper than before, don’t even feel any vitality.
The vitality of the woman who was shyly babbling just a moment ago melts away,
Now, it repeats only the mechanical motion of staring at the objects in front of her one by one.
“Please come out quickly. Not useless stupid things, useful things that can be used properly… “
Somewhere broken, self-talk roams the inside of the large space. It jumps over all kinds of books and objects embroidered everywhere, and runs away quickly through the cracks.
The same time repeating according to Delrin’s ability drives the queen crazy, but rather the queen saw a possibility from there.
Right time.
Time that remains without end.
That is her weapon given to her queen, and the curse of her god that gnaws at her.
Just as Delrin and her ladies cross each other countless times, the Queen frantically seeks a way to get her Delrin back. She embraces Delrin only in her imagination, and she rummages through her storage room, ready to sleep for the day she actually hugs him.
A majestic warehouse with the seal of the royal family. A secret space that few people even know about.
There, the queen looks at everything herself and gathers information about her ‘hero’.
Her own safety doesn’t matter. After all, if Delrin turns her time back, she will come back to life.
So, during the time I open my eyes, I rummage through the warehouse.
All kinds of documents left by the old queens, ancient records and materials that have been passed down from generation to generation, and even well-preserved historical objects.
In order to find practical clues that might be helpful in recovering Delrin, rather than the fragmentary information that I had roughly stored in my head…
… So what is a warrior after all?
They are the chosen ones of the gods,
A tattoo symbolizing that choice is engraved on their bodies.
If you are chosen by the God of War, you will be tattooed with a sharp spear and a sword, and you will gain the physical and mental strength that suits you.
That is the privilege and right of a warrior. Protection they receive.
“There is only one hero in each era… Sometimes a man becomes a warrior… “
Sometimes he wielded a chosen weapon called a holy sword, and sometimes he wore shining armor.
Some split the ground with only shouts, while others were as swift as the wind.
“… Not like this.”
The queen is searching for answers in ancient equipment and records containing various stories.
Even in this peaceful time when stories of warriors are already dismissed as myths or legends,
Traces of the warriors remained intact in the warehouse where the treasures of the royal family and ancient fixtures were collected.
It was a warehouse that had never been opened for hundreds of years of peace. However, in order to return Delrin, who possesses the warrior’s blessing, the spirits of the ancestors had to be awakened.
It is a haven for warriors who have saved the world many times from the hands of demons that threaten everyone.
A quiet space where the path they walked is intact. A place that has been sealed and slumbered for centuries.
There, the queen encounters special ways to aid her warriors. Strengthen them, give them a break, or help them practice…
Of course, other royals would have used it purely for the purpose of helping the warriors, but the Queen’s sentiments were different from those of her ancestors.
She just
The secret of the kingdom where all know-how is integrated,
I see it as a good way to get the man back.
“… “
Her hand, mangled from testing the equipment herself, paused in front of something of hers. Two rings that look like little bracelets…
The Queen, who gently lifted it up and brought it before her eyes, observed it with her gaze longer than her other equipment.
Is it an instinctive feeling? The queen felt a strange aura from her bracelet.
Its usage was extremely simple.
A human who inherited royal blood and a human who was chosen as a hero,
If you go through a ‘short agreement’, you will be sent to the ‘training center’.
No one can disturb
Time passes very slowly,
A sub-space for the two of you where you can devote yourself to training to your heart’s content…
“… Found.”
Having finally found something to her liking, the Queen no longer roamed the royal storerooms.
She was just moving on to the next step.
She adopted a crazy method of warping all the knights and moved the military to the vicinity of Mudriel,
She built up her position and proceeded with her plan calmly.
Even if she brought her soldiers with her, if Delrin noticed her presence, she would use her powers right away.
She had to approach him as quietly as possible. Without anyone noticing, very quietly…
Somewhere in the desert
Inside the hidden barracks where you can face Mudriel.
The black table prepared for the queen was full of small models modeled after the surrounding terrain, and all sorts of materials the queen had brought were piled up.
It’s like… It was like a big chessboard.
The queen touched each of the little horses mounted on it, then she grabbed a small piece of wood that symbolized Mudriel’s ‘sinners’.
Delrin.
Whispering his name softly, the queen thought about her for a moment. Looking at the topographical map of Mudriel at the end of the canyon, she slowly pictured the upcoming reunion in her head.
She dreamed of an ecstatic time in which her heart, which she had been patient with, would be rewarded. Like a girl in love, she always remembers her partner and blushes…
