Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 113
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Chapter 113
Perhaps because it was a reluctant answer, his face looked sullen. Seeing Jeon like that, I chuckled and turned my gaze to the stone coffin.
The coffin lid that had been stirring upward slowly slid backward. Stone dust fell with a rustle and dust rose up in accordance with that movement.
“Oh my.”
I heard Jeon’s sigh from beside me.
“I was naturally prepared since we opened the coffin lid, but I never thought I’d see something like this… Lady Anelli?”
When I approached closer to the open coffin, I could see more clearly. A corpse that had maintained its form despite having slept for an immeasurably long time.
Surprisingly, the corpse had no head.
“Lady Anelli, wouldn’t it be better if you stepped back a little since it’s dangerous?”
Despite Jeon’s recommendation, I instead moved closer to the coffin.
The corpse lay in a proper position with both arms neatly folded across its chest. Light was emanating from between the two hands gathered at its chest.
[Ah, so this is where you were.]
Minte in the form of a cat leaped up onto the coffin.
[Diearis, an unsaved soul.]
“…You know this person?”
A bitter emotion was reflected in Minte’s yellow eyes.
[The murdered second Knight of the Round Table.]
The first Emperor was a Knight of the Round Table? Even that betrayed knight?
[Due to his death, the Captain’s authority could not be completed, and everyone ended up sleeping in half-formed bodies. However, no matter whose situation you consider, it would be better than Diearis’s.]
Minte, who had been gazing bitterly at the corpse, came down below the coffin. Quietly watching the back of the black cat as it turned away dejectedly, I reached my hand toward the corpse’s chest.
“Lady Anelli, if you suddenly touch it, it’s dangerous…!”
Flash!
Faster than the startled Jeon could stop me, light burst out greatly and instantly enveloped my body.
Without time to respond, my vision turned white. It was a sudden reaction similar to what happened at the monastery.
However, for me who had roughly expected something to happen, it wasn’t very surprising. I, who had squeezed my eyes shut, slowly lifted my eyelids.
The surroundings that had been full of the cool stone walls of the underground crypt just moments ago had changed to green meadows and clear skies.
I could see white fluffy clouds sitting plentifully in the high sky. As I was staring at them blankly, I heard the sound of footsteps on grass from behind me.
When I turned around to look, there stood an old man with abundant white hair. He who stood stroking his long beard smiled showing deep wrinkles when our eyes met.
‘Who is this?’
[Greetings. I am Diearis, the last trace of an extinguished soul. I hope you are not displeased by my sudden invitation.]
‘I’m not displeased. But you… are you the first Emperor of the Empire?’
[Strictly speaking, yes. I was one who widely spread the Hand of Rest. For that purpose, I built the Black Tower and liberated countless toys of the gods. This place was the first liberated land.]
Not only the source of magic and divine power, but now I’ve learned about the origin of the Empire as well.
So strictly speaking, the Empire was created thanks to me. I wonder if I should request shares in the Empire or something.
‘I came looking for a key.’
[I have been waiting. I am glad to be able to fulfill my unfinished duty in this way.]
‘The other knights became Dura’han and are with me. You… cannot do the same, right?’
[I exist yet do not exist, remember yet cannot remember. The moment the Captain returns to reality, even the last trace dwelling in this body will scatter as dust.]
‘Then you were guarding the key?’
[I was guarding the scenery.]
‘Scenery?’
The moment I frowned at his incomprehensible answer, I heard a familiar voice from behind. When I reflexively turned around, I saw a man with black hair.
Though it wasn’t the attire I remembered, I could clearly recognize the face.
“Were you here?”
…Samuel?
I was about to ask how he was here, but my mouth spoke on its own.
“You seem to find me quite well. How did you know I was here?”
“Because you always spend time in this place after exercising your authority.”
He was Samuel, but not the Samuel I knew. He who had approached my side with large strides looked around the vast grassland spread out before us. I also turned my gaze to the surroundings.
None of it was my will. This was.
This wasn’t me, but the ‘Captain’ from the distant past.
“How did they look?”
“They looked at peace.”
At Samuel’s words, I lowered my head. I felt melancholy rising up. Perhaps noticing this, Samuel comforted me with a quiet voice.
“Toys are destined to be abandoned in the end. You give life to such things.”
“By gifting them death.”
“It’s better than being bound to the threads of fate and having to walk a predetermined path forever. Look at the Twelve Knights of the Round Table who were nothing but abandoned toys. They were saved through the Captain and finally realized the true meaning of life.”
When I thought of the knights, a smile appeared on my lips. The knights were the first twelve lives I had saved.
The first twelve beings to escape the future determined by the gods and live thinking for themselves.
Though I had saved countless lives from the gods’ grasp, none could be as special as the first twelve knights. Thinking of them, my unstably wavering heart quickly calmed.
I, who had been moving my lips, muttered quietly.
“Someday when all duties are finished… I want to travel this world. Ordinarily, without worrying about anything.”
“I will accompany you.”
When I raised my head, I saw gray eyes looking down at me intently. My heart naturally warmed at the gaze that looked at me straightforwardly.
Even though I knew it was an impossible wish, it was enough to be momentarily tempted.
I naturally thought that this person would never betray me. I smiled brightly.
“Thank you, my first knight.”
My first saved knight. The moment he was about to say something to me, he suddenly disappeared like smoke.
The scenery suddenly changed. Flames rose from all directions, and dark clouds filled the sky. Through the black rising smoke, I could see Diearis staggering.
“What is the meaning of this! Why are you!”
“Diearis, do not forgive me.”
The one pointing a sword at Diearis was Samuel in pure white armor. Diearis, who was panting, spoke in a devastated tone.
“You’re committing a sin against that person. How much effort did that person make to complete the final authority…”
At those words, Samuel’s brow twitched and narrowed.
“Do you know how that final authority manifests?”
The quiet voice was cold and hard.
“The final authority is realized using that person’s soul as sacrifice.”
Diearis’s eyes widened in surprise. Samuel let out a hollow laugh as if he had expected this and continued speaking.
“Death is merciful to all but infinitely cruel to one person.”
“You…”
“I’m sorry, Diearis. I cannot lose that person.”
Samuel’s sword swept horizontally. Blood splattered, and amid the raging flames, Samuel’s armor became stained red and black.
“To make that person into a human soul, this is the only way.”
Samuel’s expression as he looked down at Diearis collapsed on the ground was bitter, but there was no mercy in his hands.
As I stood speechless watching that scene, Diearis who had appeared beside me smiled bitterly and stood next to me.
[The God of Morning noticed his anguish and whispered in his ear. If he ruined the final authority, the god would weave the threads of fate to let him be eternally happy with his beloved.]
‘But it wasn’t achieved in the end.’
[Yes, because the Captain fell into deep despair.]
The flames and black smoke disappeared instantly. The surrounding scenery had changed back to the same sparkling grassland as the beginning.
[Death gave the betrayer a chance. And like this, the Captain received his guidance.]
Diearis smiled kindly and extended his hand. In his hand was a green gem that hadn’t been there before.
After hesitating for a moment, I carefully extended my hand. The moment the gem touched my palm, it was absorbed as if melting.
[Go to exercise the unfinished final authority. The time of Beladia, which has been sealed for a long time to avoid Birth’s eyes, will flow according to the Captain’s authority.]
I, who had been staring down at the palm where the gem was absorbed, suddenly parted my lips.
‘I have something I’m curious about.’
[Please speak.]
‘You said everyone gains rest when the final authority is exercised.’
[Yes, that’s correct.]
‘Does that mean everyone dies?’
[That varies for each individual. Those who wandered without destination will each gain the rest they desire, and for someone that might be death.]
So then it’s possible that not everyone will die? Even if I complete this thing called authority and give the Dura’han rest. If the Dura’han don’t wish for it, they won’t die.
Without realizing it, I was feeling relieved when Diearis called out to me quietly.
[Captain.]
After calling me that, he gazed at me for a long while before calmly opening his mouth to speak.
[The same applies to you, Captain. If you regard death as rest, you will achieve it at the end of this journey.]
I felt bewildered by this unexpected information.
I might die?
[Ah, it seems the time given to me ends here.]
Diearis’s gaze turned somewhere. Sparks were flying in the empty void where nothing existed.
At first it was so faint I couldn’t even notice it, but it gradually became more intense until the flashing light became clearly visible to the eye.
And finally, that light tore through the void.
The peaceful scenery shattered into pieces. Within the crumbling landscape, Diearis too began to fade away translucently.
Just before white light filled my vision, Diearis’s voice lingered in my ears.
[May you find the rest you desire.]
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