Episode 106 – Willpower (1/2)
Episode 106 – Willpower
Previously:
The day of the practical exae arena created by the Replica Dungeon Nelaira tricks Deora into attacking the Rroda brothers, and Deora ends up pursuing Kiel with a barrage of fireballs Kiel runs away, dodging the fireballs, however, Deora es to hit him with an explosive airball Kiel loses his consciousness and re house as a child
The girl’s chest heaved up and down, her white dress stuck to her glistening skin like glue “… the barrier… why aren’t you opening the barrier?”
The boy felt as if his heart got pierced through with a knife Is that why no one is coh the protective barrier surrounding the house?!
He clenched his fists so hard that he yelped in pain “I… I don’t kno to use ly for several seconds Those two unfathomable eyes looked as if they held an entire universe inside of them The diamond shaped pupil inside of theirl whispered softly “You are…” Her gentle voice paused briefly before it struck Kiel’s heart like a hammer “…weak”
Weak…?
Yes
He eak
So very weak
He wished he could save his mother
He wanted to save Clawy and Arnold
Yet he couldn’t even save hiht that he was soing to school yet, but he could already read well
Yet now, in this greatest le thing!
A fresh round of tears started rolling down the side of Kiel’s small face as he sobbed: “I… I… it’s not e…!” His h the tears “And… and… ae doesn’t matter Birth doesn’t matter either People are not born equal But so what?”
Her face scrunched up into a frown “Age? Birth? Unfairness of fate? Are you going to keep co up with excuses for your oeakness? Does that make you feel better about yourself?”
The boy bit his lips, his unyielding nature finally rearing its head “What is wrong with you? Are you going to stand there or helpto just sit there and await your end?” The girl countered “Are you just going to let luck control your life and death?”
The boy’s eyes blurred, the girl’s sure turned into a blurry blob of blonde, black and white “No! Of course I don’t want to!!”
The girl’s eyes flashed with an eh to control your own fate! If your birth locks the doors around you, then break a hole through the wall! ‘A path’ is only a route so someone else’s footsteps, become the person whose footsteps others will follow!”
Kiel’s ive him any time to process her words – she reached out her hand towards the glass
“Wait…! It’s hot!” The boy gasped, but even before he irl’s palirl didn’t yelp in pain as he expected her to
On the contrary, the glass around her hand see in pain It h for a child to pass through
The sae no matter how much Kiel tried to break it, irl’s lips curled into a soft smile, and she moved away from the“If you can’t take the shortcut, so what? Take the roundabout way! Just, never stop walking!”
Suddenly the plank above Kiel’s head snapped and fell towards his position
Kiel’s heart threatened to leap out of his chest, the weak lio turned so tired that he could barely feel thes pushed hi like a rice du Clawy’s furry body in his ar out of the house, his pink face slammed into an invisible wall He stumbled back and fell on his behind
He had rejoiced too soon The barrier was still there No one could come in No one could coh the entire estate,it difficult to see It was as if a black s
There wereon the other side of the wall Kiel could even see strange balls hitting the wall causing visible ripples
“Ho did you coirl
The girl ignored his question and stared at the invisible wall “Open it You know the trigger spell, don’t you?”
“It’s no use I can’t cast it!” The boy cried out, his lungs constricted painfully Oxygen was running out, he couldn’t breathe
“Can’t or won’t?” The girl tilted her head to the side, her blond and black locks swaying left and right cutely
No irl was just too weird! He was hugging his scrapped knees, wetting the on the s dark in front of his eyes Yet that girl just stood there calmly like she was on a picnic
When she looked at the all-consu at flowers Like there was nothing dangerous about this situation As if even if the sky fell down it wouldn’t be able to shake her calm
The boy’s shrill voice filled with hiccups was barely comprehensible “Yes, I am weak… and useless! …do you think… I want to be this way?! …I …want to be strong …stronger than anyone else! But… but… wishi+ng for soh… to irl continued to stare at hih she was drenched with sweat, even though her white dress was no longer white, there were no tears glistening in her eyes “You are wrong Weakness is a choice You decided that you don’t have what it takes You chose to stop fighting”
The boy gritted his teeth, but he had no strength to respond, his eyes were glistening with tears, he could no longer see the girl’s face clearly
As if she knew that he couldn’t see her, the girl squatted down in front of hih for their noses to touch She stared right into his eyes “You are afraid of failure But don’t you get it? You’ve already lost People who fight, suffering defeat after defeat, aren’t the losers As long as they are alive, as long as they are still fighting, they have not lost! Where there is a will, there is a way! Theis the moment you lose!”
Kiel’s heart skipped a beat, and his eyes widened, reflected in them was the most beautiful sht into day A shter than the fire around the her sht! Fight with all you have until the day you die!”
“Fight! Fight!” The melodic chant echoed inside Kiel’s head “Where there is a will there is a way! Theis the moment you lose!”
Kiel’s pupils shrunk until they were barely visible and his heart quivered
I’m not the same as back then!
Weakness is a choice!
And I chose to be strong!
Theis the moment I lose!
He stared at the fireball in front of him Its flames were all that he could see They were those sa flames that he detested the most Flames that made his chest constrict and his blood run cold
Yet, that saing tide, as if it wanted to break free of its restraints
The mana around hi just like his blood It started flickering like the fire in front of it Red flaainst blue flahting!
His resolution seeh time and space
It shi+fted and distorted
And then it shattered
Countless cracks spread in front of him