Chapter 17: Warmth and Hope

"Hmm!"

A painful expression gradually appeared on his face, and the man still did not stop casting the spell. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

A large amount of black was inhaled by him, and finally, Darkrai's body changed, and the original appearance of an elf turned into a petite gray girl.

At this time, the man seemed to have reached the limit and sat on the ground.

"Is this—you?" The girl looked back and saw a man sitting beside her weakly, with a surprised expression.

"Sure enough, as a descendant of the royal family of Cellius, even if you are entangled in filth, you can regain your sanity as long as you suck it off. After all, the ancestors of the royal family of Cellius inherited the bloodline of the pioneer who unified New Austria, right, Queen Elisa? ”

"You know me?" Alyssa looked a little surprised.

Then, suddenly, she hugged her head, and then, she suppressed her hands as if she was holding back something.

"Come to think of it, look at what stupid things you've done, why did you let me out?"

"Why?" The man smiled faintly. "It's just that I suddenly want to try it, after all, the castle needs to be cleaned once in a while."

"Are you fooling me? Knowing who I am and still opening the secret room, you can't say that you can purify my despair, that is the most desperate thing in the world, even now, even if you let me regain a little reason, I can only barely suppress not to kill you. ”

While scolding, Alyssa pressed her hand with a pained expression.

"But you also seem to be a magician with some talents, so while I can remain rational, quickly close the door and seal it with a spell!"

"No—"

"You guy!"

Annoyed, Alyssa unleashed black fluctuations without saying a word, and with the huge explosion, the man was unharmed, still sitting in place as before.

"You-"

"Let me introduce myself, I am Smith, probably your great-great-great-great-nephew, because I am also a royal family of Seyrus, and I also have magical powers, and I seem to have atavistic phenomena in me, similar to the magic of our common ancestor, the pioneer of the unification of New Austria."

"What do you mean?"

Hearing Alyssa's question, Smith patted the dust off his body and stood up.

"Even if you continue to condense the filthy magic because of despair, your magic power cannot be compared to that of your ancestors, and in front of me, who has the magic of your ancestors, your filth is like a rebellious child, it is not a big deal."

"Hmm! It's a shame that I'm so dampening the urge to kill you, you arrogant guy, let me die! ”

Then, Smith was greeted by a stormy attack by Alyssa.

A large amount of filthy magic poured out on Smith, and at the same time.

"I said the queen of 200 years ago, don't look at me like this, in fact, I am in my 50s, and I am said to be older than you, although I am your junior, but I should also be an elder to you. As an elder, I feel like I can teach you some life lessons – for example, that time can build up hatred and despair, but at the same time it can dissolve him. ”

"That catastrophe was truly terrible, and as the ruler of the time, you would be devastated and fall into the abyss."

"However, everything has an expiration date, anyway, 200 years have passed, and now everyone on the island is living well, even if there is no national separation, the world is still running well, it is time for you to abandon that outdated despair, ah, although you are an outdated person."

"What rude, what arrogant, you wait for me!"

The slightly mocking and somewhat mocking tone only aroused Alyssa's anger even more, and the rain of attacks was directed at Smith.

The stormy attack didn't come and go as fast as the rainstorm, the black magic tore almost everything it touched to shreds, and the attack lasted for two hours.

Alyssa was almost certain that under such an attack, the man would probably have turned to ashes, and he would not even see blood.

However, after she had finished her attack and sat down on the ground a little tired, the man stood in front of her unscathed.

"Y-why!?"

"So didn't you say that I'm stronger than you, and you can't beat me, just like a child can't hurt an adult no matter how mad he is."

"Who are you talking about, child?"

Condensed the black magic, Alyssa did not continue to attack, but fell backwards.

If you look closely, her magic is not exactly the jet-black of her previous despair, but also a little pale blue.

Although he is reckless, Alyssa has reached the limit, it seems that the man is not boasting in front of him, with Alyssa's current ability, he can't kill this mysterious uncle named Smith at all.

No, it's not mysterious, the other party has obviously introduced himself.

Seeing Alyssa fall to the ground, Smith walked over to her.

"The power of despair has been released, and it seems that you have calmed down a bit."

"I can't argue with that, but the power of despair has taken root in my body, it's become a part of me, and it's not so easy to get rid of. Once my strength is restored, I will definitely lose my reason and want to kill you, no, to destroy everything that is alive. ”

"You should be able to kill me, I thought that I would be dominated by despair when I died, but I didn't even die and became like this. Since you claim to be royal, how about you do your duty to kill me here? ”

"No, I don't have a penchant for a beautiful girl like you." Almost without thinking, Smith, a middle-aged man who was actually in his 50s, but showed a wicked smile of young people, said.

"Hey, I'm not joking with you!"

I wanted to reprimand this unobtrusive man, but Elisa, who was tired and only had the strength to lie on the ground, was deflated halfway through the shouting and couldn't stop wheezing.

"Ahaha, the weak and angry looks are very cute, it's really not presumptuous, I came here on purpose."

"Hmm!"

"Looking at such a cute beautiful girl, she can't move, not at this time, it's not as good as a beast."

The old naughty Smith showed a look of lust, and Alyssa, who had always looked unhappy, was also panicked at this time.

"Hey, you-what are you going to do, ah~!!"

……

"Yes, it's cute."

"Hmm! What a rude way to let me wear a maid's clothes! ”

Alyssa, who stood in front of Smith in a maid outfit, looked shy and angry, but seemed to know that resistance was useless, so she just put it on.

"Huhu, my castle is not something that ordinary maids can take care of, feel honored!"

"Having said that, this castle should have been mine at first, although it should have been passed on to others after I died, but since I didn't die, it should still be mine legally."

"That makes sense!" Smith lowered his head as if he had been struck. "But it doesn't matter, Alyssa, you just have to experience life here as a maid."

"Didn't you hear me when I said that the despair in me hadn't gone away?"

"I hear you."

"Then you are mentally ill, as long as my strength is restored, whether it is you or other visitors, you will fight without saying anything."

"Then you can hit me as much as you want, and I will stop you from hurting others."

"Huh?"

"As long as you vent your magic power, you'll regain your composure, so please vent to me."

……

"I've been living with my lord ever since. After 200 years of sleeping underground, I finally saw the world again. Moving forward in the chamber, Alyssa kept talking.

"In the beginning, I could only get along with the master, and when I was controlled by despair, I would attack the master, but of course he never took my attack seriously."

"After living with him for a while, I began to watch the lord receive guests from a distance, then to receive guests myself as a maid, and then I followed him into the streets."

"Although I am an old naughty child-like character, but with the master, my frozen heart will gradually melt, and the urge to attack others will be gradually restrained, and the body that was originally dyed gray by despair will become what it is now when I am happy."

"My lord showed me a warm island, the only isolated island left after the fall of Serlius, and everyone still lived happily. It is said that in this world, a coalition government composed of various continents appeared, and trainers were free to travel around the world, even if there was no country, and humans no longer had to worry about their own lives. ”

"I don't know when I started, but I got used to living with my lord and traveling together. As an existence similar to the owner of the island, I often travel with my lord and meet all kinds of people. ”

"It was a fulfilling time, even more fulfilling than it was 200 years ago. In this way, a year passed quickly, and I received very bad news that the old man had fallen ill. ”

"At first, I was very sad, thinking that the old man was trying to save me, and he absorbed too much magic with negative emotions before he fell ill, and I was not stable enough to fall into despair again and ran into the mountain."

"However, at this time, the master found me, and he was the only one who came to me with a cane, even though he was so sick."

……

"Come out, Alyssa."

“！！”

"It's useless to hide, I'm stronger than you, you should know this fact best."

At Smith's unmistakable voice, a Darkrai emerged from the shadows and gradually transformed into Alyssa.

"Old man......"

At this time, Alyssa's body once again accumulated a lot of desperate magic, but she did not attack Smith like before, because he knew that Smith, who looked like a 30-year-old guy more than a year ago, was already as weak as a 70-year-old man at this time.

"You seem to know about my condition, but if you fall into despair because of this, you really haven't been able to come out of the shadows of 200 years."

Smith sat under the old yellow tree, and Alyssa walked over to Smith and bowed her head deeply.

"I'm sorry, it's all because of me."

"No, even if I hadn't seen you, I'd have fallen ill."

"But—"

"This is not a lie, maybe it seems to you that I am sick because I found you, but in fact it is the opposite."

"On the contrary?"

Looking at the sky, the old man smiled faintly.

"Before I found you, I knew I had a terminal illness. As a genius, it's nothing to die young, to put it that way, I'm 55 years old, so it's not an untimely death. ”

"I'm a genius, and although I have no heirs and am the last descendant of the royal family, I'm probably the strongest besides the pioneers. All my life, I've been a trainer, I've been a sailor, I've been an archaeologist, I've been an elven expert, and I've been famous, after all, I'm a genius. ”

However, after pursuing fame and fortune for most of my life, I suddenly learned that I had a terminal illness, and I realized that I had not used my talents in the direction that could really save me. It was then that I remembered your diary that I had read when I was younger. ”

"I want to save you, I know that I can only spend this time on you without regrets. I was strong, and I believed that I could do everything, including saving you. ”

"But it doesn't seem like I was able to do it," Smith looked up weakly, looking at Alyssa, who was crying beside him. "Seeing my death will fall into despair, which means that you have not really overcome that past, but just suppressed that despair because you lived by my side."

"Isn't that okay, now I just need to be with the master, it's okay!"

"It wouldn't matter if I were immortal too, but even I can't do it by a coincidence like you who can be elven before death."

Smith sighed quietly.

"Alyssa, as a dying person, I can only bring you the warmth of life, but I can't tell you the true hope, which is why I can't completely save you. I'm afraid that after my death, you will fall into despair again and attack humanity. ”

"I don't want to do this, although I may not be able to restrain myself then, but now I don't want to hurt everyone."

"It seems that the time you and I have lived in is not useless, at least you know how to cherish the warmth of the present." Smith smiled reassuringly. "In that case, how about using dreams?"

"Dreams?"

"You are both a human and an elf named Darkrai, and it is okay for an elf who controls nightmares to use nightmares to make people despair, and use dreams to create despair, so that you can satisfy your impulses without harming others."

"But that's just not hurting people in reality!" Alyssa retorted. "In the end, will my presence still bring despair to others?"

"It may be that way for the time being, but it's not permanent." The old man said in a calm tone. "I remember you asked me before, what is hope? I know I can't help this, and I don't have time to teach you. But there's one thing I can tell you—"

"Hope must be something that can overcome despair."

"Use nightmares to attract and convey despair, and more people will definitely notice here, humans are the kind of creatures that will be killed by curiosity, and more and more people will definitely want to see your true face."

"Although you will continue to hurt them, there will eventually be someone who can overcome your despair."

"And that person must be the one who can really save you."

…… (To be continued.) )