Chapter 82: Where You Are Is My Home
Some people say that winter is a cruel season because it mercilessly freezes everything and makes life completely extinct.
Some people say that spring is the season of tenderness because it awakens the lazy sun and allows hope to descend on the world.
But, is that really the case?
The melting snow, the muddy roads, the restless air, and the journey with a heavy baggage, the world has not changed at all.
Winter is over and spring is coming.
These are just the rules of nature, the trajectory of the world, and they are nothing to be sentimental about, nor should they be attached to them as cruel or tender.
It's not fair to them.
The knight tryouts are over.
What followed was boundless loss and emptiness.
Man is a creature that longs to be deceived, and they like to waste their lives on all kinds of meaningless deceptions, which are called ideals.
Running towards hope, they can get enough comfort and satisfaction to keep running.
However, when that hope was dashed, there was nothing left to sustain them alive.
Heroes, Heroes, Goddesses?
Time passes, winter goes to spring, and those vain people who try to be immortal are all swallowed up by history, and all that is left are ordinary people who are insensitive.
The farce that takes place in Central City, and the adventure that goes wrong around Emilia, are just a simple sentence for many people.
[Hogg Academy's Exorcism and Salvation Society won the championship of the Knight Tryout, among them, Amisa Xia, as the best member of the Exorcism and Salvation Society, was blessed by Pope Shera, and was selected as the new brave]
The notice posted on the side of the street reads like this.
What a poignant story, how bloody a legend, in the end, it can only be reduced to such an innocuous text.
Perhaps it was all God's will.
Seven years ago, Vilvette died on the night of the Red Rose, and the Hero was replaced by another mysterious hero, when Emily Sha Sha was still a child.
Now, seven years later, the former brave man died a glorious death and fell on the way home, and by this time, Emisha Xia has grown up and become a strong man who can take charge of herself, and she leads her team to break through the siege and win the knight tryout.
There is a definite number in the dark. She, Vilvette's own daughter, Emisa Sha, will take over the role of the former Brave and lead humanity to victory once again.
Just like her mother once did, to be brave, to be the pride of humanity.
Holding Edward's arm, Night whispered,
Edward stared at the sign, muttering to himself.
In the final match, the Gate of Original Sin avoided a head-on conflict in another way, and also gave Edward a warning to them.
[We don't want Emilia to die, we just want her to disappear, if you still don't listen to the advice, you won't have such luck next time]
Obvious facts. Actually, Edward should have noticed it a long time ago.
If the Gate of Original Sin really wanted to kill Amilia, it could do so as early as the actual tryouts began.
Emilia, who is weak and weak, can't even summon a sufficiently condensed holy sword, her strength can only bully and bully those children who haven't grown up, and she is still far from dealing with the real powerhouses of the mainland.
With black hair and red eyes, her unusual appearance is incompatible with other students, and she often shines in competitions, so it is difficult for the Gate of Original Sin not to notice her.
Send out killers to infiltrate Hogg House and wipe out Emilia - the most effective way for the Gate of Original Sin.
But they never did. Why?
The answer is obvious.
The target that the Gate of Original Sin wants to kill is not "Emilia" herself, but "the brave".
Perhaps they also realized that Emilia was no longer the war machine she used to be. She is now just a little woman, a woman who needs to be protected and longs to be happy, not a brave woman.
So, the Gate of Original Sin took another action that was more beneficial to them, a completely unexpected action for Arthas - feeding Emilia the Dream Grass to make her faint in the final.
Even if they do win the championship, Emilia will not be in the spotlight for her underperformance, and will be replaced by another magician who can turn the tide.
The new brave man, Vilvette's daughter - Emisa Xia.
Female stepmother's business, causal cycle.
This is probably the history that Sheila wrote for the gods.
"Master, what are you thinking?"
"Nothing, I just can't believe it. Is that really the end of it?" Edward smiled faintly, his eyes blank, not so much staring at the notice as stupid.
Since the Gate of Original Sin didn't want to kill Amilia, she wouldn't be in any danger anymore.
She is no longer a brave person, and from then on, she no longer has anything to do with the demons and the exorcist army.
As long as she stays incognito from now on, honestly becomes an ordinary person, gets married and has children, she can get a happiness that belongs to a woman.
The brave man died, but Emilia lived.
This was what the Gate of Original Sin wanted to see, and at the same time, it was the ending that Edward had always dreamed of. Coming into the world...... His mission is over.
Without a mission, he should have left.
"Master, will you go back with the night?"
"Where, where?"
"Back to the Demon King's Castle. Your adventure is over, and there's nothing left to miss here. ”
"No, I promised her......"
Edward remembered the promise he made with Emilia.
He's going to be Emilia's hope, so he can't go just yet.
"Lord Demon King, please wake up, is the brave really more important to you than the night?"
"I ......"
Hesitating, Edward couldn't say a word.
He was not a decisive person in the first place, and at this time, he couldn't give Ye a satisfactory answer at all.
Even if the answer is already clear to each other.
"Wait...... What is this?" Edward was stunned.
He was surprised to find that there was another notice posted on the wall next to him.
"Master, this is a conscription notice. Edward was not held accountable for changing the subject, and replied with a blank face.
"Conscription, is the Holy Empire going to war with any country, is it the Duchy of Valentia?"
"Master, please see clearly. This is not a conscription notice for the Holy Empire, but a conscription notice for the Exorcists. ”
"Huh?"
Edward froze, and carefully read the notice.
Among the clutter of text, only one sentence caught Edward's attention.
[The southern expedition is imminent, and the new brave Emisha Xia will lead mankind to a new era. She, along with her companions, will go down in history as a hero to humanity.]
"What does that mean?"
The significance of the Southern Expedition was clear to Edward. Now that Emissa has accepted Shela's blessing and has naturally become the new hero, this is an excellent time for humans to counterattack the demons, and it is imperative to gather the exorcist army to the south to defeat the demons.
However, Edward could not understand the last sentence.
"She, and her companions?"
After reading it several times, it dawned on Edward.
That is to say...... Not only is Emisa going to join the Crusade, but Arthas, George, Flando, and, as well as Emilia, they all have to follow Amilia?"
Looking at Night, Edward gets an equally confused look.
"Master, say whatever you want. ”
"Sorry, night, I—we can't go back. My adventure doesn't seem to end. ”
"Sorry again? Sorry, sorry, sorry...... Master, isn't your apology too cheap?
“......”
"Why don't you speak, even if you refute a few words, please don't let the night look at you!"
"I'm sorry ......"
"Okay, night understands......" Night shook his head, angrily shook off Edward's hand, and walked away alone, "I actually believe in such worthless apologies and promises, such a night, it's really stupider than the brave!"
"Eh, that is, you—you believe me?"
"I don't know at night. She walked forward without looking back, and the night no longer paid attention to the pervert who was following her.
"Night, where are you going?"
"Go home. ”
"Going home, where is your home?" asked Edward innocently.
"Where you are, it's the home of the night. ”
(Volume III, Winter Snow Revelation, end--(To be continued.) )