176 Episode 69: A Long Night Comes (6)
"Princess of the Kingdom of Cambus, is it"
"When I say princess, the king of the Cambus kingdom is not determined by blood. Who takes over the best, the power as a vampire? It is called the king who most inherited the power of his ancestors, who followed him from his ancestors. That kid... was a candidate for the next king. It was a chosen being over anyone else. That's why she was a princess."
Decide by ability, not blood muscle. There's just a few things I think about sorting that king. Anis was telling a similar story. But perhaps in a different way than that.
They, the vampires, lived just to fulfill the aspirations of their own species. That must have been the only value to them. With immortality, it was the ultimate thing to become a complete being in this world.
"The child created a lot of wisdom, a new frontier lightly. If I took in a new demon stone, I immediately turned that power into magic. Everyone praised her. Everyone loved her. That kid responded to that, too. He was stronger than anyone else, more proud than anyone else, with a tight chest. Everyone said that she was the hope we had!
"... but the Kingdom of Cambus was destroyed by that princess's hand, wasn't it?
"Yes! We should have known! What is the Eternity, the Completeness that is not lacking! How that kid perceived it!
Ruella is running her eyes blood and her pupils are about to open. My body trembles in fear, squatting with my head. I have my shoulders so Raini can support me, but that body tremor just gets stronger.
It was when I tried to hear more about it. A voice sounded like tearing the silence out of the night.
"Uphilia! Chimera is coming again! I'm sorry, but give me a hand!
"Al!"
That's what Al, who was on guard, said as he ran over to me. Is the chimera looming again......!
Then Ruella squeezed her throat as she felt something about Al's condition.
"No, no, no, no, no! That kid's coming! Please! Kill me! Me, too. No! No!"
"Mr. Ruella, calm down......!
"If I'm eaten by an array, I'll be an array too! That kid said I should be born again! But... but it's me!? It's really me!? Who says you can vouch for me!? My soul can be undone once it's mixed up with that kid!? I don't know!!"
Ruella went on to summon him like he had gone mad and thrust Raini. Acrylic circled behind me as it was about to burst, and I rolled out my knife with momentum that I might drop my neck.
Ruella, who received an acrylic knife, lost consciousness and fell on the spot. Acrylic stared abominably at it, zeroing his tongue.
"... just say something unsolicited. Even if you don't ask me, I'll definitely kill you later."
"... acrylic"
"Aren't you coming?... now it's time to kill you first"
That's what Acrylic says, and he tries to head toward the defensive line like he's lost interest in Ruella.
Al has also turned his gaze to me with a look like he chewed up a bitter bug. When I nod to respond to Al's gaze, Al follows the acrylic.
"Raini, Ruella, please. I'll keep this place alive."
"... Yes. Please be careful!
After Raini replied, it was time Raini ran over to Ruella's ass and I tried to run out to join the defense, too.
"- Oh, I finally found it. You were here, Ruella."
Trying to run out to that voice, I stopped and looked back towards my voice.
The voice came down from the sky. If you raised your gaze to be bounced, there was one girl floating there.
The colour of the girl floating in the sky like carrying the moon is white. Hair long enough to reach the thick crotch is brilliant to suck in the light of the moon, not to mention not knowing the dirt. The skin is also so white that I don't think it has ever hit the day, which is why the crimson of the eyes stands out.
The outfit is a pitch-black dress that is the opposite of the white of hair or skin. Even more heterogeneous is the spread of two to four wings on its back, like bats and birds. That's what I thought, even though she was alien, the girl was breathtaking and beautiful.
"Good evening, friend I don't know yet. Good mood."
The alien girl gave a profound grace with an innocent grin everywhere. It's going to be a crazy feeling of reality to lift the end of the dress and give it a lift as if there's a scaffold in the air.
"Stupid...... how did you slip through my enemies...!?"
He was staring at the alien girl as Al, who was stopping on her feet just like me, said she couldn't believe it. On those cheeks there was sweat telling, and it seemed to convey Al's stunning size.
Acrylic stares silently at the alien girl, but her hair stood upside down and intimidated her whole body. But I found that to be a vanity because the acrylic knee was laughing a little.
Yeah, it is. The girl just stands flat - she falls into the illusion that she sees something huge that doesn't match her appearance.
"You, my stranger, are very good at handling fog. But I'm good with mists, too, right? I covered my whole body in your mist. Can this tell you anything about me?
I mean, you said you deactivated yourself by covering yourself with a homogeneous fog with Al? When the girl continued her words with an innocent laugh, I found that the illusion I had felt from earlier was not an illusion, but rather a thin feeling because of the deception I had been making.
uncomfortable and fearful as fear boils from the whole body of Zorr. Something in me is screaming and telling you it's dangerous. Oh, this girl...
"... Chimera... so...!?"
Yes, she was haunting the same signs as Chimera. No, not exactly the same technically. Rather, she feels that she has concentrated the same signs as Chimera.
It's not as giant as a chimera, nor is there a distorted area. Yet - my whole body is complaining that something terrible is there.
"Oh, are you more familiar with these words? Again, nice to meet you, new friends of the Kingdom of Palettia"
Fluently switching to the words of the Kingdom of Palletia to greet her, she would be a pleasant princess herself if she decided not to see that alien part. But still, the sense of repentance that your whole body complains about doesn't go away.
"... are you the princess of the Kingdom of Cambus?
"Did Ruella tell you that? Yeah, that's right. But don't you have to call me a princess anymore? My name is Lilana. It's just Lilana, my friend."
"... is that because you destroyed the Kingdom of Cambus?
The girl who named Lilana for my inquiry tilted her neck wonderfully. I don't know, I'm putting my finger on my chin like I said.
"Ruella, you're still mistaken"
"... a mistake?
"We no longer need the form of a canvas kingdom, my friend. I finally found it, how to get it forever! So you're just putting that into practice?
Lilana said with a full grin as she boasted of the treasure. I threw in more inquiries as I swallowed my spit.
"How can it last forever?
In my inquiry, Lilana grinned as if she were a Mother of Mercy and put her hand on her chest, telling her that she was just a little embarrassed and still with absolute confidence.
"- That I, taking in all beings, will make everyone one. And I will reborn you all as eternal beings."
-... the words, they didn't come out.
Make it all one? After becoming an eternal being, I "rebirth" …?
I don't understand one thing about what she's saying. She's just trying to see it as the truth and put it into practice.
I don't understand one thing: action, sincerity, thought. Oh, I see. If mutual understanding is impossible, she is indisputably a monster.
"People are vulnerable. I get old, faded, sick, anxious for a limited amount of time, consuming my life like a burning fire. Yeah, that's the guy. But that's why people can move towards great goals. Find value in your life and move on to the future. People are so wonderful! So I love people, too. That's why I want to be eternal and deliver eternity to everyone."
"Deliver eternity, what do you do...?
"? I wouldn't lose anything anymore if I were forever. Then people would be much happier, wouldn't they? We have always inherited wishes that do not come true. But no one ever gave up. Unravel the truth of magic, be eternal beings, and we all honor each other! It would be a wonderful world! We've been praying for people's futures ever since we were founded! I'll inherit it! And embody it! People say they can be happier!
I didn't know the exact words that describe this feeling. It's a cliché, but I just thought she was crazy.
Maybe I'm not wrong. But I can't swallow it because I just think of it as a product of madness.
But I'm also going to be confused about whether it's wrong not to take it or whether what Lylana is saying is actually right.
I guess that's all because Lilana puts her chest up and believes that it leads to people's happiness. I don't know why I can believe it, so it just seems crazy to me......
"- Don't play witch mountain!
It was acrylic that screamed to repaint the air. She was staring at Lilana with anger, not fear of her body.
"Happy if forever? I'm not gonna let you forget what you did to make me happy! You've been grabbing people, letting them kill them and using them for good! There's no way you can believe what they call happiness from the bottom of your belly!
"Oh... how could there be a Licant in the Kingdom of Palletia? Could it be one of those kids who escaped?
It was Lilana tilting her neck strangely, but she met her hands in front of her chest with a full smile to see if she had gotten to the point of something.
"That would have been tough, wouldn't it? I didn't think I was gonna get away with it, and it made me feel hard. And it's a misunderstanding, right?
"Misunderstood!? What's the misunderstanding?!"
- Because you didn't kill anything.
... Why is every word of her bad for the heart? The cold runs through my body like my heart has been grabbed.
Lilana tells her innocently to laugh as the boulder acrylic is also distracted.
"My children, whom you call monsters, and those whom you kill, are all things that I gave birth to you. So, nothing's dead? Because I'm good at playing vampires, right? That's why killing him will get you back on track! So don't worry!