Chapter 157 – For a Precious Person
With a dull noise, Theorard took a step back. Theo Rad, who had let out a pained moan with his mouth slightly open, fell to his knees. A trickle of blood was pouring out of his lips.
Pain took over his body, but Theorard didn’t scream or struggle. He just looked down at him and accepted the fact that his arrow his had pierced his heart his.
‘God of light…….’
Blurred vision Blood and tears mixed in his bloodshot eyes. Theorard swallowed his cry as he placed his hand on my heart with his trembling hand.
‘As your faithful believer, I dare to ask. I will remain silent forever, but it is clear that those left behind after my death will refuse to remain silent about the man Theorad Deharm.’
Life goes out Theorard, instinctively feeling that death was imminent, slowly closed his eyes. Blood was mixed with his flowing tears.
‘So, please give grace to those who have to live with my sins. Leave sorrow only as sorrow, and guide them so that sorrow does not turn into frustration and despair…….’
Breathing stops intermittently. The flickering spirit awakens the kaleidoscope. The happy memories, sad memories, and thrilling memories of life made Theorard smile for the last time on his lips.
Theorard, like that, quietly fell asleep with his head bowed. Even his death his did not take away Theo Rad’s dignity his.
“…….”
After confirming Theorard’s death, Seamuth slowly lowered his crossbow. He was a symerd who had killed countless people, but he had never been in a worse mood than he was today.
A solemn atmosphere oppresses the empty space. Was killing Theorard really a good thing? Simud, questioning himself, shook his head to clear his thoughts.
He himself is nothing more than a tool of His Highness Prince Leonhard. It wasn’t until the tool doubted the owner’s thoughts that it was a turning point. It would have been okay to show respect for the dead.
Seamerd, who had cleared his mind, murmured softly to his subordinate his next to him.
“Retrieve the arrows and lay Viscount Theorard down.”
“Yes. Leader.”
The subordinate, bowing his head respectfully, rushes to Theorad and pulls out the arrow stuck in his heart. Then, with his head propped up, he laid him down in the middle of the clearing.
Seamerd, who had been watching the scene, abandoned his lingering feelings his and turned around. He moved his steps through the trees, shouting loudly for all to hear.
“Since the assassination was successful, everyone withdraw! Hurry up! By now, Princess Benelia must have noticed her and is searching for her!”
At the command that was clear at a glance, the shooters who took the crossbows followed Seamerd in unison.
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The elf ran and ran.
Jumping over the bushes and cutting off the branches blocking your way. Concentrating all his nerves and spreading mana everywhere, he tracked Theorad’s location.
Although the spleen stone made it difficult to search, it was not a big problem. It’s because the magic stone and the like couldn’t absorb all the huge mana the elves had.
The elf, who was advancing while paralyzing all the supporting magic stones in the area, found another vacant lot. The bloody smell wafting from the clearing amplifies the ominousness.
The elf, who had endured the negative thoughts, cautiously moved toward the clearing. The elf took a few steps forward, removing the branch, but stopped involuntarily.
“…….”
Theorad was collapsed in the middle of the clearing. With the starlight that was thickly cast in the night sky as a friend, I was lying in silence and serenity…….
Such a natural death caused cognitive dissonance in the elf. It made the illusion that Theorard might not be dead.
“Theorard?”
I called out Theorard’s name from a distance, but of course there was no answer. Only the wind chilled in the mountains blew through the branches.
“It’s not fun at all, Theorard…….”
If it was a bad prank, I wanted it to stop. I didn’t know if this was a joke, I might get really angry. So, so please…….
“Stop it…”
Still no answer. The elf, who had been standing still for a long time, moved his heavy foot towards Theorad.
There is no strength in the body. But I couldn’t stop. Like a person who needs to confirm an unwanted truth, the tenacious elf stopped in front of Theorad.
We see Theorard dead with blood on his chest. He said It didn’t feel alive in any way.
As if to prove his death, the moonlight that came down through the clouds clearly illuminated Theorad’s body his. Her body her, which did not even move, lay neatly like a doll.
The elf, who was looking down at Theorad, let out a watery voice.
“A cheeky toy…….”
It was absolutely disgusting that I, the owner of the toy, had left alone while I was still alive. Plus, I didn’t like it very much to see her dead with such a calm face.
It’s not too sad though. I was just angry. Theorard, who had died unwillingly, was truly pitiful and pitiful, so he was only pitying him.
“It’s just that the toy is broken…….”
So it was enough to leave it alone. As if nothing had happened in the past, I would just have to start a new tomorrow. Compared to the long years he had lived, the short time he had spent with Theorard was worth nothing.
“Toys…….”
But for some reason, my feet don’t come off. The watery eyesight her continued to blur, and the emotions that had been trapped in her heart her continued to flow out.
Unknowingly, tears flowed down my cheeks. I wiped my eyes with the back of my hand, but the tears just couldn’t stop.
Sobbing like an idiot, the elf eventually fell to his knees. The blood pooled on his floor his soaked the hem of his skirt his, but the elf didn’t care. The elf, who had been crying all winter, touched Theorad’s hand.
The cold hand that I can’t feel the body temperature approaches me terrifyingly. It was because the fact that Theorard was dead felt right through his skin.
“…….”
The elf clenched his teeth and held Theorad’s hand tightly without saying a word. Then he recalled the memories he had spent with Theo Rad one by one.
The time I spent with Theo Rad unfolds like a panorama in my head. I have vivid memories of Theorard, who was faithful to his role, scorning and pushing himself away.
However, there was always concern and compassion at the end. He was concerned about the health of the target who was persistently harassing him, and secretly cared for the elf to be sad.
Looking back, the elf realized that it was a happy and pleasant memory.
I could throw away the long years of betrayal at any time. But all the memories spent with Theorard were precious to the elf. It was a memory that I couldn’t let go.
“Sorry….”
Theorard always gave to himself. He complied with his unreasonable offer his, even straining his own feelings his.
He was consumed with sexual desire, and he never persecuted others with his power. He was always good and he was a man who knew how to sacrifice himself for others.
So he kept his promise. It was clear that he had successfully overcome his childhood bet that he would not fall no matter what.
“Nevertheless, I…….”
With the excuse of having to keep an eye on the progress, he continued to drive Theorad into a corner. Even though he knows he lost the bet, he has been bullying Theo Rad.
It didn’t matter if the Theorard he had met in the past was evil or not. The important thing was that Theorad in front of him had fulfilled his promise, and that all the fault was himself, not Theorad.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry Theorard…….”
If he had acknowledged Theorard’s goodness earlier, if he hadn’t perfected the artificial rain magic, Theorad wouldn’t have come to the Mage’s Tower.
It was clear that he would not have been killed by being attacked by the killers, and that Theorard would have dreamed of a happy future while talking with Esily as usual.
“I, I ruined everything…….”
A terrible feeling of guilt sawped into the elf’s bedrock. The elf, who thought that he had faced an irreversible catastrophe, lifted Theorad’s upper body and hugged him. A drop of tear fell on Theorard’s face as he leaned over the elf’s skirt.
There is Theorard in front of me, and I can hold you this close……. Theorard had become a cold corpse and did not even move.
“Theorard…….”
The cry I had barely endured flowed out again. Not being able to protect Theo Rad, he was so pitiful and disgusted with himself that he couldn’t stop crying.
Only now, when she was honest with her feelings, did the elf realize how many mistakes she had made. He chokes on so many sins that he cannot bear to enumerate.
“Ugh, ugh…….”
Theorard was no cheeky toy. Theorard was more precious than anyone else.
He was by no means a wicked person who had made a mistake to the point of dying in vain in a place like this. He must somehow keep Theo Rad alive. He couldn’t be left to die.
After thinking, the elf began to memorize the incantation with difficulty. He decided to use a revival magic that he had completed before, but which he had never used before.
Ugh-
Mana rises from the elf’s body, and the wind begins to blow. The surrounding trees were shaking violently, and the full moon was being swallowed up in the shadows.
The elf instinctively sensed that the magic was working successfully. It was because he felt that his own body was gradually failing.
Resurrection magic, which brings the dead back to life, is a direct violation of the laws of nature. Naturally, it inflicts severe damage to the caster’s mana as well as the mind and body.
So, even though it was a magic that was completed a long time ago, it had never been used before. Because it is a magic that has never been announced to the world, no one knows how the side effects will occur.
‘Perhaps…….’
In exchange for sparing Theo Rad, he could have died himself. Although it was such a dangerous magic, the elf did not stop his chanting.
It was because he was afraid of living alone in a world where Theorard died. He had the guilt he had with Theo Rad, because he couldn’t have the confidence to live longer than he had.
So, even at the cost of his own life, he wanted to save Theo Rad. He said that if Theorard could live happily in a world without him, he could be content with that.
“Sorry. I’m really sorry for meeting me…….”
The elf who confessed the original sin hugged Theorad as hard as he could. Loving the man he might never see again, the only man who took his body and mind his.
He doesn’t want to cry, but tears keep flowing. The elf slowly closed his eyes and licked his pitiful lips with his last wish in his life.
