Chapter 482

Luna responded to my call, but it felt more like a provocation. The wild wind that was blowing calmed down when she appeared. Luna Artorius looked at me with the same calm expression as before. It was a full moon night. I finally found her, or rather, she found me. "Why are you wandering around at this time and place?" Luna asked, brushing her long black hair. "I want to find my mother." Luna sighed at my words. "Why should I have to listen to that? Fine, let's say I do. So, why did you come to me?" "I want to become stronger." Luna stared at me silently with a bold and shameless demand. "You don't know what the Ilwoldang is. But if you're not a fool, you'll know that the Ilwoldang is a group that doesn't interfere in worldly affairs, including me. Didn't you hear me clearly?" "Yes, I did." "So, you know I have no reason to help you." "Then why did you come? Just ignore me." Luna looked at me silently. Oh, she's just like Ellen. She took a step forward. Wait, did she just use some kind of weird space movement? Is she really going? "Wait! Wait! I was wrong!" Luna suddenly stopped trying to disappear into space at my protest. "I'll just ignore you like you said. You said it yourself." "As you know, I have a bit of a habit of speaking out of turn." "Yeah, I can see that. It's a shame that your home education didn't teach you to be polite." "Because I was raised by parents who were not good at home education when I was young..." Oh. Come to think of it, isn't this something we shouldn't say to each other? Luna looked at me silently when I stopped talking. Even if she stumbled over her words about home education, she was the first to do so. "Hmm... I'm sorry. Excuse me." She coughed and muttered quietly, covering her mouth. "Anyway, I came here to let you know that there's nothing you can get from wandering around here. Stop wasting your time." Luna stared at me under the moonlight. "Reinhardt, don't try to save what can't be saved. This is all I can tell you." She can't help me. "So is that the only thing Luna can say, to do something valuable elsewhere at this time? Really, is that all? 'The Gate incident is almost over.' '....' 'But, a monster that no one can face will come out in the last Gate.' 'Is that so? If you know strange things, then it must be true.' 'Do you know what happens if your mother draws out the true power of Alsvindinger?...' She looked at me silently. That silence was the answer. 'You know.' 'Yes, you can project the power of the gods onto the body of the owner.' Luna knew the true power of Alsvindinger. 'But you lose your life by calling the power of the gods to your body. Because the present existence cannot bear such power.' Luna looked at me quietly. 'You know that too.' 'If so, I have to use Alsvindinger when I break the last Warp Gate.' 'What appears in the end?' 'Dragon.' '....' An existence that does not exist in the present world. The dragon of the other world was the final boss that appeared in the original that I had to face. 'If you don't use Alsvindinger, you won't be able to face that monster.' Luna listened to my words calmly and tilted her head. 'But even if you become a Master Class here, the chance of facing the last monster is slim.' 'That's right.' I don't know if I can face the last monster just because I became a Master Class. Honestly, it would be difficult for such a thing to happen unless I become strong enough to summon the war god Alsvindinger to my body. 'But, you can't just wait for a future that can only be achieved by death.' 'If you have to, you must do it.' '....' 'Why do you have to sacrifice yourself so much to save the world?' 'The world's affairs are the world's affairs.' 'The world's affairs are everyone's affairs.' 'Because it is everyone's affair, it is not anyone's affair.' 'But why do you live as if the world's affairs are your own affairs?' 'If I don't save the world, why do I live as if everything is going to end?' 'If you ignore it, is it your fault?' 'Why do you live in the obsession that you have to bear all the responsibility?' 'The dragon of the other world, I don't know what it is, but it cannot destroy the whole world as long as it is a life and a monster. Therefore, there must be a safe world for that monster.' 'The world is wide.' 'So avoiding the monster and living your own life is also a way, isn't it?' 'Why.' 'Do you take it for granted that you have to die for the world?' 'Why.' 'Is it because you have to live as if it is natural to live by saying that you have to die for something?' 'Why.' 'My son and the son of the Demon King who died with me...you.' 'At that time...with the same eyes as my son at that time.' 'Saying something like having to die for something similar to that time.' 'Is that why you came to me like this?' " "I saw a tear fall from her eyes.

* * *

It was a rainy day.

Eren had made a bad joke to her brother and got slapped by her father.

That was the last time Eren saw her brother.

So Eren told me that she hates rainy days.

That day would have been a different memory for Eren's parents.

It would have been the day they heard their son's determination to kill the demon king for the sake of humanity.

Lagan Arthurius left.

Lagan Arthurius believed that killing the demon king was the right thing to do.

In fact, the ancient demon king Bali, whom I know, aimed to create this world through Akasha and go to a world without humans.

War broke out because they did not understand each other's circumstances.

The Great Demon War was a war that happened because they feared each other and had no intention of understanding each other.

Regardless of who attacked first, it is a fact that Lagan Arthurius died in the fight against the demon king.

Therefore, regardless of right or wrong, I will be the son of Luna's enemy.

Luna looks at me quietly on the day I say exactly the same thing as her son who said he would die in the past.

She shed a tear, but did not show any more tears.

Without even thinking about wiping away the tears that fell, she just looked at me quietly.

Her son died.

However, the demon king's son comes and says the same thing.

But it means something different from back then.

Why do I have to die for the world?

Sense of responsibility?

Sense of duty?

I don't know anymore.

"To be honest, I don't know anymore. I don't know why I have to do this. I don't know."

"Well, then...."

"There must be someone who can turn away. Surely."

I cut her off in the middle of her sentence.

"I just can't do that. That's all I think."

I have a responsibility.

I have a sense of duty.

But when asked why I really have to do this, there is only one thing I can say.

I can't turn away from the world, a world that has been ruined.

I could turn away, but I can't.

So, at the point where salvation that must be completed by being pushed and pushed finally comes to death.

I came here to find another possibility, because I don't want to die.

Lagan Arthurius would have said he would die for humanity.

But if I stay like this, I have to die for humanity and the world, so I said I want to find another possibility.

Luna looks at me quietly.

"I don't know what the dragon of this world is, but even if you get stronger here, it will be difficult to face it."

"That's right."

"Yet you crossed mountains for days to find even a small possibility."

"Yes."

"...."

Although I don't know exactly what kind of existence she is, Luna was sure that she had no involvement in this situation.

Can she help me?

If she decides to help, what kind of help can I get?

"I don't know if I can really do this."

However, she didn't seem to have any negative feelings about me being the demon king's son.

"But you won't be prohibited from stepping into Lizei." "She stares at me quietly. 'Rhinehardt.' '...Yes.' 'Close your eyes.' Following her words, I closed my eyes. I felt her cold hand lightly rest on my shoulder. 'Okay, now open your eyes.' I had only closed and opened my eyes for a moment. '...?' I could see a small village spread out under the Sanhuri Mountains. * * * What is the source of Luna's power? It doesn't seem like magic, psychic ability, or divine power. It's more like a mysterious power that surpasses physical ability, classified as a Master Class. In a small basin somewhere in the rugged Sren Mountains, there was a very small village with only about fifty houses made of wood. The wooden houses weren't that old, but they weren't incredibly fancy either. It was a typical rural village scene that could be found anywhere. Perhaps because it was night, there was no one walking around. Is this Lizei? 'How is this place safe...?' 'It's too complicated to explain, and even if you understand, it won't mean anything to you. However, now people can't find Lizei.' In the past, anyone could have found Lizei. But now, unless the villagers bring people here themselves, no one can find Lizei. She looks up at the moonlit sky in silence. She cautiously waves her hand towards the sky, as if manipulating something. I was silently watching her slow but graceful movements. 'What are you doing?' She slightly raised her head at my question. 'You'll find out later.' She seemed like a person who didn't say more than necessary. 'Follow me, you need to rest a bit.' She quietly walked ahead. Now I could see her clothes. She was wearing a dress that rural women would wear anywhere. It seemed to be her everyday clothes. She said she was the leader of Lizei. But she didn't seem much different from an ordinary villager. She took me to a two-story wooden house. Come to think of it, it was the house where Eren had lived all her life. She was born and spent her childhood here. That thought gave me a strange feeling. But now, Eren and I were no longer friends, and I was coming to her house without any friends. 'Hey, what are you doing? Come in.' 'Oh, yes.' At Luna's urging to open the door and come in, I felt chills all over my body. What's this? Suddenly, a completely different gentle tone. What's going on? As if asking where the cold and indifferent tone went, I felt a sense of dissonance in the affectionate voice. Then a man appeared." "...So you are Rhinehardt."

It was as if he knew that I would end up in Lizei.

He looks similar to Eren, but to be precise, he is a handsome man with a slightly softer and more cheerful impression.

I remember seeing a portrait of Lagan Arthurius once.

Naturally, he was a man with a very similar impression.

He approached me slowly, and Luna stepped one step away from me.

Luna didn't seem to feel any hatred towards me, the son of the Demon King.

But Ellen's father might think differently.

However, he smiled faintly and reached out his hand to me.

"I am Ronan Arthurius."

Unlike Ellen's mother, he had a big and sturdy grip. He smirked at me.