Vol 21 Prologue (1/2)
Prologue
It had ended like that, but it wasn't something that he could decide on his own.
No, if he wanted to decide it himself, he could have. But, he feared that at that time, a doubt like 'is this really okay?' would have appeared.
If a state infinitely close to perfection wasn't expected, then it wasn't necessary for him to give one hundred percent of his strength, and moreover he wouldn't have to work completely till the end.
”......Hah.”
Raising his head to look at the building he had just come out of, Karian sighed and a bit of sound leaked out.
After saying farewell to Haia Laia, Karian's journey in order to convey the menace of the world hadn't ended.
In the midst of that journey, today he was in a brand new city.
He had stayed for five days, using various means to finally meet the head of the city, but the reaction from the other party didn't satisfy him.
”We've been treated like idiots!”
It wasn't a satisfactory outcome, and it seemed like he wasn't the only one who saw it this way. Karian could only show a wry smile.
Stania was by his side.
”They definitely didn't hear the meaning of our words at all, only thinking 'that's impossible' - They have no sense of crisis at all!”
”But I feel that their response to that kind of fairy tale counts as normal.”
”I understand that, it's indeed something that is difficult to make people understand.”
Every time he saw Stania who often was unable to hold her anger and exploded, Karian was able to become calm.
To him, just relying on the words 'We can't do anything about this' and changing his feelings was a difficult thing.
”Thank you, you unexpectedly got angry for my sake.”
Because she had gotten mad, Karian had been able to think things through calmly.
”T-that's not it, my job is only to a.s.sist Young Master in completing his mission, and guard you from the side.”
”Completing my mission...... huh.”
”Young Master......?”
”It's nothing, I was only thinking about what counts as my mission being complete.”
”What does that mean?'
”Of course, though my final target is true world peace, in the end what I want to do is limited. Simply put, if the end requires certain force to resolve a problem, I will be of no use at all.”
”I will not let Young Master fight.”
”Thank you.”
”......Young Master, are you thinking of fighting?”
”If I can.”
As he said this, Karian showed a wry smile.
”But truthfully, there is nothing I can do on a battlefield of true Military Artists.”
”That......”
”I'm not feeling inferior. Rather, other than this I am very clear on what I can do, and I am also very proud of myself regarding this.”
”Then......”
”But I think that the one who pulls down the curtain in the end will not be me.”
By telling one city after another of the crisis the world faced, even if it gave only a small sense of crisis to an undefended city, Karian's goal would have been achieved.
Afterwards, in order to face the crisis on the verge of arriving, if new power could be born...... Though this was the ideal situation, he feared that this was too wishful.
On his travels, he had always watched the exchanges between Haia and Stania, and even he already understood. Strong Military Artists existed, but their number was definitely not great.
If he spoke about the level of Heaven's Blade successors, then he feared that up to now he hadn't even met a single one.
Grendan had already spent immeasurable time to face the coming crisis, able to gather so many Military Artists, or perhaps able to become a hotbed of excellent Military Artists. Whenever he thought of this, Karian would feel that his target was far too distant.
But, to face the coming crisis, Karian had resolved not to only be a spectator.
After seeing with his own eyes the monster that had covered all of Grendan, Karian had felt this.
Only because of that, did he continue his journey.
”Well...... Young Master?”
”Nn? What is it?”
The scene from Grendan that day didn't stop appearing in Karian's mind, and Stania's voice pulled him back to reality.