89 88. Death.txt (2/2)

It's a dusty old book on magic.

It is said that in the long ago, many 'curse' magic was flourishing. However, it seems to be the kind of magic that fell into disuse after a person called Saint Tiara laid the foundation of magic.

Unlike Saint Tiara's magic, the 'curse' requires a lot of money. That's why it is written that the people naturally became exclusive of the ”curse”.

Even after reading a little further, you can understand how useless the 'curse' is.

First of all, it is not practical because it consumes not only MP but also HP. It is said that it can harm your health, reduce your life span, and even cause you to fall ill. If you fail, it's your personal destruction. And it basically says that if you curse someone, you have two holes, and the curse often comes back to you.

If this explanation is correct, then the magician in ”The Grim Reaper” is me, and the target is Rowen. In other words, the Grim Reaper is a curse that has the potential to kill not only Rowen, but me as well.

I turn the page, sighing that I've picked up a nasty one.

Then I find the word 'Grim Reaper' in the 'Curse' example section.

From what I see, there are only a few examples.

Some of them have fallen out of use in the past, but there is also the reason that it is designated as a forbidden art. However, fortunately, an explanation of the 'curse' of the 'Grim Reaper' was written in this book.

The ”curse” of the ”God of Death” was confirmed a thousand years ago. It is said that the first time the ”curse” of the ”grim reaper” was confirmed in a certain battlefield.

From the start, I thought it was unreliable. Because I don't think we can accurately tell what happened a thousand years ago on a cultural level in this world. But I figured it was better than not reading it, so I read on.

A thousand years ago, in the middle of a great war between man and monster, a curse is discovered. The curse appears suddenly at the center of the advancing knights and kills many of them. The curse does not die by stabbing the sword or piercing it with magic. Then, like a fog, it disappeared and appeared behind him, cutting off a number of heads. It could only be described as the 'Grim Reaper' indeed.

In the end, the story ended when an unnamed knight struck up a dialogue with the ”Grim Reaper”.

There is only one way to destroy the ”God of Death”. Swinging his sword in response to the attack from his blind spot.

In exchange for his own head, the unnamed knight cut off the head of the ”God of Death”.

After that, the ”curse” of the ”Grim Reaper” never appeared in this world again - it is written.

I'm not sure if the information in the book is sufficient.

To begin with, it is not credible when the story of ”The God of Death” is quoted in ”Local Myths”. There are a number of important questions missing, such as how this 'Grim Reaper' could be judged as a 'curse', why the 'Grim Reaper' only appeared once, and who the 'Grim Reaper''s magician was.

I realized that there was no point in investigating further and stood up.

I call the attendant, borrow a children's book under the name of ”Epic Seeker” and go outside.

From outside, I hear two young girls playing with each other.

There was a reaper playing with a strange girl.

He is entertaining the girls by creating and extinguishing a magical black mist.

'Wow. There's a lot of black haze. You really are a wizard, sister!

The girl's eyes sparkled as she followed the black fog.

But the Reaper realized I had appeared and made the fog disappear.

'- Oh, my brother is here. I'm sorry, I can't play anymore. ......

Yeah. Come on, sis, let's have some more fun.

The girl approaches the reaper with a disgruntled look on her face. Then she tries to hold his hand to stop him from leaving.

The Reaper freaks out and avoids it.

'Ho, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't. That's my rule. ...... It's late, you should go home.

...... Yeah, okay.

The girl gives up when she sees the reaper.

'See you later.'

Yes.

Then they waved to each other and said goodbye.

Making sure the girl was out of sight, I spoke to Reaper.

'You're just a normal girl without 'me, the surgeon' and 'Rowen, the subject', Reaper. Sorry, I guess I interrupted you.

No. No, it's not.

The Reaper shakes his head quietly.

I slowly say what I think.

'You can communicate with a kid that young without a problem. Surprising.

Komu ni kesho?

Yeah, it means we can play together.

'Do you want to play with me?　I'm playing with Rowen, too, okay?

No, that was different. It wasn't a game.

Isn't this a game?

'The Reapers may be fun, but Rowen isn't. Play is about fun for both sides.

Huh.

The Reaper listened to what I said and nodded repeatedly.

That was surprising to me. Maybe it was because of the way we met, I thought he was more insane and uncommunicative, but maybe I was wrong.

I'm sure you're more honest than I thought. You.

'I don't know why. My brother is so easy to understand. But then again, it doesn't make any sense to me what Rowen says.

'No, I think what Rowen is saying is normal too: ......

'What can I say, my brother's words seep into my body. I'm not sure if it's because I have the same magical power as her. It was a very emotional experience for me.

'Same magic ....... Well, ......, maybe it is.

Why my words are understandable and Rowen's words are not. Maybe it's because that's how the Reapers were created.

If it was created to listen to the surgeon and not to the target, then it makes sense. If it's attack magic with a will, it's no wonder that it's built in at least that much.

It was just very unpleasant.

Reapers are magic. It's not a person.

But I could scream out loud that it was an inhumane act.

I'm so angry that I'm surprised at myself, and before I know it, blood flows from my clenched fists.

'What's wrong, brother ......?'

No, it's nothing. ......

I turn my bleeding fists back and smile a fake smile.

I search my mind for a suitable topic to distract the Reaper.

'...... or rather, why do you call me ”big brother”?　You heard me introduce myself to you as well, didn't you?　My name is Aikawa Uzumi.

'Hmmm, why is that ....... I feel like my brother is my brother. Can't I just call him that?

No, it's fine. ......

There's no reason to say no.

Reaper is old enough to call me big brother and I'm old enough to call him big brother. There shouldn't be anything wrong with that.

There should be nothing wrong with that, but my chest tightened a little bit.

It hurt to be called ”big brother.

I shook my head and shook off the feeling.

'Let's go back then. I borrowed a picture book for you, you can have Rowen or someone else read it to you.

'A picture book!　That's a picture book!　Thanks!　Oh, but make sure you tell me about Tshokan. You can't fool me like this!

With the reaper's help, I go back to the 'Epic Seeker'.

'Yes, yes, I'll teach you a lesson along the way,'

Hmmm, this world is full of fun things. I'm having fun.

We walk down the dark street, chatting away.

From a distance, I wondered if we looked like brother and sister.

It was excruciatingly comfortable and excruciatingly uncomfortable at the same time.