Academy’s Curse Champion 67

Chapter 67 – 65. Holy Sword

After Aris lost the sparring with the president.

I took a compulsory Mana Oath, and because of this, I became unable to escape from the academy.

At first, Aris couldn’t accept this, so she went on a rampage, but she had no choice but to comply with the president’s words that her period would be shortened if she didn’t cause a major accident.

Now, several months have passed,

She was going through a hell of a time, cursing herself because of the loss that Arthur had left.

“422. 423. 424…”

All that can be done is to replace revenge, which has now lost its meaning.

Although the actual recipient of her apology was gone, Aris later believed that Arthur would return and just did what needed to be done.

“I found it.”

Among the women who raped Arthur.

All the women who had her face on were arrested and thrown into prison.
There was nothing difficult because the video was submitted as evidence.

But there was one woman whose face I couldn’t see.
The only clue that could identify him was his voice.

Of course, if she had submitted the voices in the video as evidence to the Academy, she could have compared them one by one, but Aris did not do that.
The reason was simple.

Because she wanted to kill that woman with her own hands.

“Number 424. “3rd year student at the Department of Engineers, my name is Eora.”

“What. “Who is this crazy bitch?”

When Aris blocked her path, Eora pretended not to notice Aris and expressed her displeasure.
Considering that this was her first time meeting her, it wasn’t a normal response, but even excluding Eora’s violent nature, it was difficult for anyone to react favorably to Aris’ current appearance.

Gray hair that has become scattered.

Dark circles that go down to the bottom of the eyes.

Even the kinky outfit.

Aris’ condition, which no one could see was normal, made people frown at her.

“Why did you do that?”

A question flowed from the corner of my twisted mouth.

It was a word with various implications.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about?”

But Eora pretended not to know.
Since Lucia, the duke’s daughter, was in the back, she believed that Aris, who was a commoner, would not be able to do anything if she left.

“I see.”

Contrary to Eora’s expectations, who had thought about her fight, Aris seemed to have answered briefly and turned around, perhaps because the poor excuse was sufficient.
Eora sneered as she looked at Aris, who had completely disappeared from her sight.

“You idiot. Since you’re walking around like that, that guy runs away too. Kkkk.”

Because she never dreamed that that day would be the last day of her life when she would be alive and breathing.
If she had heard the rector say that he would bury at least one commoner, she would have gotten down on her knees and asked for forgiveness.

Although it would not have changed the fact that she would not be forgiven and would die slowly and painfully.

…

At the time when I found out Hilda’s secret. Arthur decided to go to the capital.

I packed all the gold coins in the house into my subspace pocket, started moving in the cold early morning to head to the capital without knowing Aris’ parents, Elin and Jade, and headed to the city in the village chief’s carriage, who was leaving for business.

After arriving in the city, everything went smoothly.

Since there was no shortage of money, arriving at the capital was quicker than expected, and as time passed, a huge church came into Arthur’s sight.

“Well, we’ve arrived.”

Fear and excitement. I stepped into the building, feeling two conflicting emotions.

I was struck by gorgeous works of art I had never seen before and architectural styles that gave me an idea of ​​the passage of time.

Arthur entered the center, grabbed a priest nearby and asked a question.

“I want to draw a holy sword… Where should I go?”

At the time Hilda received the information, the fact that the Holy Sword had been recovered was a top secret, but now that a lot of time had passed, the information was widely spread among the public.

This is because the Goddess Church directly announced that the Holy Sword had been recovered, and, as in the past, spread the word that they were looking for a new hero through a test called Holy Sword Drawing with the Holy Sword in a sealed state.

“Ah! It looks like you came to experience the Holy Sword. “I will guide you.”

Perhaps because of his thin build and male gender, the priest, who had no idea what Arthur was like, thought he was just a tourist who wanted to touch the holy sword and guided him around.

Arthur followed the priest deeper and deeper and was able to arrive inside a dome-shaped building with a hole in the ceiling that allowed sunlight and moonlight to enter.

“When your turn comes, just hold the handle with your hand and pull out the sword stuck in the rock.”

The priest who briefly taught Arthur how to draw the holy sword bowed his head and disappeared.

“Is that a holy sword.?”

Forgetting to thank the priest who guided him, Arthur, who had been blinded by the holy sword, quickly stood in line waiting for his turn.

“Please, please.”

“I have to become a warrior.!”

“I am the master of the sword!”

The more people who dream of turning their lives around by pulling out the holy sword try and fail, the closer the distance between Arthur and the holy sword becomes.

When there were only ten steps left, he could feel the holy sword chirping and trying to resonate with him.

“Well, the sword just moved slightly.”

Unfortunately, the person in front of Arthur made a fuss about himself as a hero, but of course the holy sword was not drawn, so now Arthur has a chance to touch the holy sword.

Handle made of platinum. And the religious symbols engraved on it.

Looking at the white blade illuminating his face, with his heart pounding like crazy, Arthur stretched out his hand toward the handle.

Tub.

The moment when Arthur fully grasps the handle of the holy sword.

A powerful light emanated from the holy sword, and at the same time, Arthur’s mind was sucked somewhere.

…

“It was a happy time.”

With the voice of an unfamiliar man, Arthur opened her eyes inside a building she had never seen before.
She was seen inside a hospital room, and there were men and women she had never seen before.

“Who, who.?”

“Shh. It would be quicker to see it in person than to talk about it now.”

From the voice inside his head, Arthur could tell that his voice was not being heard by the people in front of him.

When I lowered my head, I saw a blurry body that seemed to be a ghost. I reached out my hand to grab an object nearby to check, but all I could see was a hand passing through.

“The current scene is just a scene from the past, so I can’t interfere with it.”

Arthur’s eyes were busy observing his surroundings as the voice added confidence to his guess.

The first thing I saw was the face of a man and woman I had never seen before.

In particular, the man was a handsome man with black hair and dark eyes, and since it was Arthur’s first time seeing someone with black hair and eyes like hers, she couldn’t help but be surprised.

“… “

She felt strangely missing, so she went closer and listened to the conversation between the man and the woman, but she could only see her mouth open and couldn’t hear any sound.
The only thing she could tell was that the atmosphere was going well from the woman’s face smiling happily at the man’s words.
As the two continued to talk for a while, the man approached the woman, and the woman handed him something she was holding in her arms.

“Baby?”

It was a baby.

When I was in the woman’s arms, I was wrapped in something like a soft blanket, so I didn’t know what it was because I couldn’t see it clearly.

I could see it clearly now.

The face of a baby with black hair and black eyes like hers.

“Dad. Mom…?”

Only then did Arthur realize.

The past she is looking at now is from the day she was born.

“Is it because the whole journey has ended, and my senses have become dull?”

Unknown words were heard in her head, and the door to the hospital room was seen opening.

“A box decorated with gorgeous jewels. A gift said to have been sent by the emperor.”

Outside the door stood a woman who appeared to be a noblewoman dressed in fancy clothing.

Man. No, the father motioned for the woman to come in, and the woman quickly entered the hospital room.

After talking with the woman for a while, the father looked at the box the woman was holding. In other words, the moment when the emperor approached to check what the gift was and the woman was about to open the box to confirm the contents.

Good luck-

The father, with a viciously distorted face, was swinging his sword and cutting off the woman’s wrist, preventing her from opening the box.

In an instant, the woman was seen screaming as both her hands disappeared, and the unlocked box fell to the ground and rolled across her floor.
The tragedy happened so quickly that her mother covered her mouth, and the father was seen handing the baby back to her mother and putting a protective shield on her.
The commotion was so loud that many people gathered in the hospital room, and familiar faces began to appear in Arthur’s eyes.

“Hilda.”

Hilda looked much younger than she had known.

Hilda went straight to her mother and checked on her baby’s condition. Fortunately, she seemed relieved that there were no major problems.

On the contrary, my father’s face was still stiff.

A tense situation.

When the father saw his mother and Hilda, he made a gesture telling them to quickly escape, but the imperial symbol engraved on the black box began to shine and the box, which no one had touched, suddenly split open.

The box, which was split in half, contained a black bead that gave off an ominous aura even at first glance.

Perhaps triggered by the contact with the outside air, it broke in an instant, and the ominous energy that had been condensed inside came out and began to devour everything around it.

“There were 666 curses that couldn’t be ignored, even just one, and I had to make one choice.”

Arthur, who was now an observer, noticed that his field of vision had become the same as his father’s.

“I was able to make most of the curses fall on me, the warrior, by using the curse’s characteristic of hating all living things, but a few curses that I didn’t pay attention to avoided me.”

Arthur’s head naturally turned backwards, and he saw his mother and Hilda accepting the curse on his behalf that he had been unable to prevent.

“A curse so severe that even Elin, who was a saint, rotted away. After receiving hundreds of such curses, the best she could do was barely hold on to her sanity, and fortunately, luck was on her side and Hilda and her only hope were able to escape.”

The scene quickly changed to show the back of Hilda, who single-handedly fended off the knights who came under the orders of the emperor and escaped with her baby thanks to her father’s sacrifice.

“This is the end of my life, but I have no regrets. Even if I could go back in time, I would have made the same choice.”

Her mother continues to put her heels on her father even though her own hands and feet are rotting.
Even though her eyes were already blinded, and her entire body was cut off by the knights’ swords, her father swung his sword to the end to protect her mother.

Like the stories of heroes for children, it would have been nice if a miracle had happened.

Seokgeuk-

Tuk-

A man’s head is cut off by a knight’s sword.

The mother, seeing this, resists with tears in her eyes.

Seokgeuk-

Tuk-

Their journey ended here.

It’s hard to believe that this is a story about heroes who saved the world.

A very sad ending.

The end of heroes that the world does not know.

Mate!

At the sound of applause coming from behind, the field of view shifted to a white space.

The gaze naturally turned towards the cluster of lights in the center.

“I’m sorry.”

Why are you saying you’re sorry?

Tears falling again.

Arthur stood still and cried endlessly.

Even though the approaching rays silently shared the warmth.

“I wanted to be together longer, but I don’t have time anymore.”

Is it already time to break up?

I expected it to some extent. It would have been almost impossible to leave such thoughts in an urgent situation.

Of course, contrary to his rational thoughts, the words “Please don’t leave me behind” Rose up in his throat, but because he saw his father’s death, he couldn’t say anything.

“I’m sorry I don’t have much to give you.”

“Are you okay. If you just stay like this…”

“It’s a terrible gift, but I hope it helps in some small way.”

“… “

“And if you really need help urgently, find someone named Mu-yeon somewhere in the snowy mountains to the north.”

He was a strong father.

Because he didn’t show any sign of weakness until the moment of death.

It was still the same now. There must have been a lot you wanted to say, but you were only saying it to help me.

It must have been difficult.

It must have been sad and painful.

Maybe I killed my parents.

If I hadn’t been born, my parents would have fallen into that trap-

“I have never regretted for a moment that you were born. Rather, it was a blessing.”

At my father’s words, I raised my head and looked at the halo of light.

Although it was just a shapeless light, I felt like I could see my father’s face.

Kugu Palace-

The space began to collapse quickly.

I can’t see my father anymore.

So what should I say?

All kinds of words came to mind, but I couldn’t open my mouth.

Because there were so many things I wanted to ask.

Please stay by my side a little longer.

I don’t want to be alone anymore.

Was your father happy?

What kind of person was your mother?

Do you still love me?

Have you really never had any regrets?

I, I… My father…

“Love. Son.”

A warm voice penetrated Arthur’s complicated thoughts, and he realized what he wanted to say.

Yes, this is what family is like.

It’s okay to be honest about my feelings.

Because that’s family.

“I love you too. Dad.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the approaching light flowed into his body.

Looking at the collapsing background in the space left alone, Arthur recalled the situation just now.

When I said I loved you, I felt like my father smiled.

It’s definitely not an illusion.

The warmth that still remains in my heart is proof of that.