182 Episode 75: Rainbow on the Ethereal Dome of Dawn (1) (2/2)

”... destroy the world, is that bad?!?”

Lilana yelled back in a sad voice at my surrender recommendation.

”You don't deny everything about me either. I guess that's because you admit it!? That's why you deliver the word to me!? You're telling me to give up because you can't deny it!? Because it just destroys the world today, just for that reason!

……

”Isn't the world sweet! Even spiritual contractors with immense power in their contractors, of the Spirit who pictures the world, can't save people! It's not universal! So if someone has to save the world, don't you think so?!? What are you saying is a sin in trying to go for it!?”

”It's a sin. It is a sin that can only be broken, no matter what the cause. And even if you can't change everything in the world, even if you can't save everything, the Spirit is the Spirit. The Contractor has saved many people. That's not a lie.”

”Can you say that even if you know that it was the ancestors of the Subhumans, of the Kingdom of Cambus, who were driven by the power of their Spirit!?”

Lilana spreads her arms and screams as she looks at me with tearful eyes.

”When the Kingdom of Palletia was founded, it was the ancestors of the present subpeoples who were driven to the other side of that mountain range! All they could do was sign with a great demon to live and incorporate that blood! They were closed because they had such a history!

”Heh, it's my first ear. I had such a history with the Subhumans.... so?

”... that's why...!

I tell Lilana, who loses her words like she's out of sentence, to teach her pale.

”The people I should protect are the people of the Kingdom of Palletia. Of the kingdom of Cambus, not descendants of the subpeoples. If those people say we hate them, we'll face it. If you want me to forgive you, let's have a dialogue. But if you leave it to resentment to say you want to destroy us, we resist, too. Because that's the role I have to play.”

”Is that what you say when you only save your country while you have enough power to save the world?!?”

”I'm not complacent that I can save the world, it's in my hands. All I can do is show tomorrow.”

”Tomorrow...?

”A mixed past may be able to hold hands together, even if it cannot be erased. Even if we can't figure it out right now, we might be able to create a future where we can walk together one day. I don't know anything. Tomorrow. That's why I can dream of happier days than yesterday and today. Believe in that possibility and sow hope for it.”

I, after I said that - reached out to Lilana.

Never within reach. Lilana exhaled her trembling breath as she stared blankly at my hand.

”Lylana. I will not deny your thoughts, wishes or prayers. What is painful is painful, I want there to be no more sorrow. That's the same for me. If it's a temporary dream, I can take your hand if I can swear it's for walking out tomorrow. - That's why I want you to change. Believe me, there's a better tomorrow, not beating down the reality that's in this world right now.”

Taking my word for it, Lilana... exhaled like she'd given up. And I slowly shook my head left and right.

”- Too bad. I wanted to know from the bottom of my heart.”

”... me too, too, I'm sorry”

With that word as a last resort, a chimera springs out of Lilana's back. Lilana falls backwards, trying to get confused by that gushing chimera.

”I will not give up! Until you destroy this unsaved world and fulfill your ideal home!

”Then I will crush that ideal (selfish) place here and now!

Swing through the celestial for the chimera coming towards me to stop my leg. The amputated chimera is finely chopped a thousand times, and it also tries to split and diffuse into fragmented individuals.

In the meantime, Lilana grows smaller and smaller farther away. That it's lizard tail slashing until bright!

”- Dear Anis! Leave this place to us. Ow!

”Gah!

Gakun leaped out of my back, blocking the wound with a bandage, seeping blood into that bandage. The flame momentum of Flamzele only increases, incinerating the split chimera as one and again as one.

”It would be a pain in the ass if they let him get away here and scattered the chimera!? Regrettably, I can't help him...! If you want to keep Anise's back, you can!

”Gah...”

”You're worried, can I leave the chimera here or not? That's not shallow either. We're injured, and it's an attack using demon stones that makes it effective, so maybe it's unfavourable to be unfavourable...!

”Still, we are nobles, knights and adventurers of this country!

It was Charne who shouted to take over Gakun's words. Though the power of the lightning arrows released from Keravnos is diminishing, Charne nevertheless keeps his bow healthy.

”It's not just about being protected by you. If you want to leave us here, give us a chance to honor you! Please protect our pride! Her Royal Highness King Anisphere!

”Navr......”

”Ladies and gentlemen, all you have to do is stop your legs until Gark is finished! Don't block Charne's rays! Whatever magic you can use, hold back, what you can't use, be your eyes, and get your position! Keep working closely together! The enemy has already taken care of it and begun to retreat! You just have to get through here! Until then, let him carry it!

Navre screams to inspire the knights and adventurers around him. A knight who can use magic turns to attack, and many knights and adventurers who cannot use magic become eyes and shields.

The only reason why we can work together that doesn't seem like a rally is because we're all up against one goal. It was a sight I couldn't help but think so.

”What are you doing”

”... al-kun”

And Al, with an elephant spear in his blood, lines up next to me. And stay put, step forward and turn your back.

”Is that how you're gonna come and help me? It's just a boulder. It would have been a good study if you hadn't approximated your favorites.”

……

”I thought you knew you had a hand you couldn't grab, you idiot with no ability to learn. Then just focus on what you can do with one of your idiots' memories. It's not for you to see things from a wider perspective. Just face forward and move in the direction you want.”

”Al, it's terrible...”

- You've always been more cruel for not relying on me.

Al-Kun got half-hearted and just turned to me in the face and squealed like that.

That word seeped my vision. Exhales like a cramped throat. I bite my lips off and swallow the words that almost came out aggressively.

”Sister, is there anything I can do?

... Don't cry. I'll cry later.

Exhale. If I can't tell you here, I can't name you sister with my chest up anymore.

”- Protect everyone. I'll stop her.”

”- Oh, come on. I'll take this place.”

I'm not allowed to be told so far to stop my leg.

Get out ahead of Al and go ahead. Heading down to Lilana.

Wings open from the back of Wang Tianyi. I still flew in the woods at night, drawing residual light.