Chapter 243 – Ep.17 – Confession
A clear sound spreads.
Instead of a cruel sound cutting into flesh, a bright yet elegant sound is condensed as it surrounds Delrin’s stomach.
Time between the two seems to pass slowly. They both turn their gaze down to look at the area where the sound is coming from, but soon a small, heavy wave begins to follow the sound.
A wave of blue, cold air. Energy that gathers the air together and explodes explosively.
One of the strange scales of Providence, which returns physical shock dozens of times, pours out an icy beam of light near Helen’s abdomen.
Paang-!
The entire area sparkled for a moment,
Following this, the entire mountain resounds with a thunder-like sound.
The shock was so deafening that Delrin was so shocked that she could barely blink her eyes.
There are already so many things floating in front of him that he feels empty.
Delrin hurries to feel around her stomach.
The small inner pocket on the front contains something convex.
A scale that vibrates and hums in blue color.
And, one small leaf that crumbled to a crisp.
Luck
Fortunately, the scales seem to have blocked the sword.
When I take both of them out and look at them, the scales soon break into two, unable to withstand their own strength. The two sacred objects, which have now lost their purpose, turn into dust and are blown away by the wind.
On their behalf, Delrin picks up the cross dagger lying on the ground and looks around.
Helen is nowhere to be seen. It seems she was pushed somewhere, having lost sight of this sacred dagger.
As if to support him, a groan is heard from far away. Delrin squinted his eyes and looked towards the place where the sound was coming from, but in that place covered in darkness, only the unpleasant smell of blood wafted through the darkness.
Delrin senses the end of the story. She overcame even the last obstacle that tried to stop him. Now no one can hold him back.
If you run like this and find God and make a wish, you can protect her family.
“…”
Nevertheless, the reason why Delrin was trembling while holding the cross dagger tightly with both hands,
The reason I keep wandering around is,
Maybe it’s because of that small moan that seems like it’s about to stop.
Delrin limps through the dust and darkness, her blood soaking.
No one can tell whether he is going to drive a final wedge or to provide salvation.
Like a dagger hanging on a cross, two thoughts are fiercely arguing in Delrin’s head, criticizing each other.
“Don’t come.”
What stands in the way of a man at a crossroads of choice is a single word from the woman who was trying to kill him just moments ago.
“I lost. Maybe even this was God’s will.”
As the dust gradually clears, Helen’s appearance begins to appear in Delrin’s eyes.
She is sitting with her back against the stump of a tree that is broken in half,
A part of the tree sticks out in front of the boat.
Her left arm had fallen off somewhere, so the area below her shoulder was already empty,
On her side, a piece of ice containing her blood blooms like a red flower.
“Things were resolved easily. Let’s go.”
With her free hand, Helen reached into her pocket and pulled out and opened one of her square containers. There is a lonely poem inside.
She pulled it out with great difficulty and put it in her mouth, trembling and cutting out the part of her to suck out the smoke,
She rummages through her pockets again, looking for a magic tool to light her fire.
But unfortunately, I can’t find her magical tools.
She must have been lost while flying.
“Oh my.”
Helen chuckles and closes her eyes. Today is a truly unlucky day.
“… Wait.”
Delrin, who was watching her, immediately looks around and scans her ground. On the other side of the cold, wet dirt, there is the magic tool that Helen always carried.
After finding it, Delrin walks closer to Helen and pushes it in front of her face.
Pong-
The magic tool opened with a clear sound,
It spits fire upwards in a circular motion.
“Put it on.”
“Be kind.”
Helen, puffing on her cigar and taking her magic tool, begins to carefully singe her front end. So that it burns evenly and at a constant speed and emits high-quality smoke.
“It’s so dark-“
Probably because there was a lot of blood in her throat, she was coughing continuously, and it was quite uncomfortable,
Helen finds a little comfort in the acrid smoke and her scent.
“You can just go straight. Turn to the right and walk straight ahead and a person will come to meet you.”
Unlike the dying embers of life,
The cigar she smokes has a steady flame.
“May there be only peace on your way.”
After saying her last prayer, Helen closes her eyes.
Now I want to rest.
I’m exhausted.
When you finish burning the cigar, you will find quiet rest.
There are things in the world that don’t need to be said.
No, sometimes not talking is the best option for everyone.
Since it is a place where not everyone can be happy, someone has to carry the burden.
Now I am the only porter.
You will die soon anyway, so there is no need to feel unfair.
Helen repeats this as she looks at the boy in front of her.
The boy, who has now become quite dignified, is able to stand on his own two feet despite the fact that he is in a lot of pain and suffering.
Even the sight of him showing mercy until the end to someone who may have hurt him is so beautiful.
“Let me ask you one more question.”
However, I don’t like that stubborn attitude.
“Was it really all a lie?”
That foolish attitude of trying to trust others at all costs.
“…”
There is no need to answer. Just die like this.
There is no reason to remain attached to this painful world any longer.
Helen quietly breathes in her last breath of night air.
Trudging, trudge.
The sound of footsteps is getting farther away.
Now the end is really coming for her.
There is no one left around.
Since no one accepted it from the beginning, it may have been a natural ending.
Cause and effect retribution. Karma.
It is an end worthy of such words.
The deep-rooted anger and festering tragedy ends here.
No one needs to remember her.
It will soon be over.
Nevertheless, tears flow little by little,
Probably because I will never see Delrin again.
“Is it really okay if your wish isn’t granted?”
The voice of an unknown girl is heard in her ears. It is a pure and essential question. Helen is quietly enjoying her cigar, and she nods her head very slowly.
“You really love that kid.”
An unknown girl leans her head on her only shoulder.
I can feel the cozy warmth.
I don’t think it would be such a lonely death.
“But he’s coming here again.”
“…”
However, at this last moment,
The banal sound of footsteps is heard again, breaking the atmosphere.
The warmth that was leaning on her shoulder disappeared,
Delrin is seen again in front of the blood-filled field of vision.
Seeing that his face is filled with sympathy rather than anger, it seems that it will be difficult for him to quietly close his eyes like this.
“You were definitely sleeping under the goddess statue earlier.”
Delrin continues her words with difficulty, wheezing out her breath.
Seeing that he came back like this even though he must have been busy, it seems like he was really a fool.
“Are you having a nightmare?”
Now I wonder what the meaning of those questions is,
Delrin comes back right in front of Helen, kneels down and grabs her cheeks.
“Helen, you are just like me. I don’t know what it is, but you keep hesitating.”
Before he knew it, the warrior’s protection was once again on his wrist. Helen’s tattoos on her blown-off arms were probably erased.
“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but I know because I’ve had this tattoo removed before, right?”
Her crying voice touches my heart.
Helen quietly blinks her eyes, wishing that her pretty face would be filled with smiles instead of tears. She can smile because she defeated a villain like herself.
“It’s not like I can just rip it off. It’s really, really sad, but I love it so much that it feels like my insides are going to explode, because it doesn’t matter if I die or not… When everything is no longer needed, only then will what I want to come true.”
Maybe her head isn’t working properly.
She has lost so much blood that her head is pounding.
“Isn’t it always like that? Blue or red, sadness or love… Do you know what that means?”
Delrin places the glowing tattoo near Helen’s forehead.
Only then does Helen realize that Delrin is trying to peer into her own memories and future, but she no longer has the power to stop him.
“When we really love someone, we actually become sadder. My mother must be sad too. She was her only son, and she raised her, but he suddenly disappeared, and we don’t know if he is dead or alive…”
She raises her weak hand and tries to shake him off, but he doesn’t stop and touches her tattoo.
Just like I saw an eerie future with Helen a long time ago,
Delrin closes her eyes and brings out each other’s nightmares.
“Once we realize that liking someone is such a sad thing, we can do anything.”
The front becomes dark.
“Anything.”
