Chapter 339: The Emperor and Sophien. (1)
Note: This is MTL, and editied to make it a smoother read? Anyways this is a temporary fix until the official translations come out. Don"t expect anything. I will try to get the next 2 chapters out as fast as possible. Editing took longer than I thought it would. So maybe tomorrow after work I will continue.
339
The Emperor and Sophien. (1)
The time of floating island has hardened.
The tiny air currents of Mana, the particles of dust flowing in the air, and the expressions of the wizards" eyes, all lost time. The one "moment" stuck. Epherine made it that way.
“......”
Click, click.
She walks in the middle of it, grabbing with one hand any materials about Deculane and lighthouses which were being studied by wizards on the floating island.
".........but not far away."
While reading the contents, she murmured in a low voice, then burnt it.
"I don"t believe that"s the end."
The great cause the professor desired-- perhaps his death. The end of the villain who embraces everything and disappears.
But Epherine cannot accept that end.
She did not want to admit it.
"...it won"t end there."
Epherine remembers that day. The day her younger self and Deculane met with herself who was older than she was now.
Although the memory was dim and faint as if submerged in water, her sad face at that time still remains like an afterimage.
"because I"m not happy without you."
To be truly herself, she has to be honest with her desires.
So Epherine wants it.
Life with Deculein. To be precise, that "time"...
jig-jik- jig-jik- jig-jik-
A sheet of paper is printed out from a magic machine that looks like a fax machine.
Leah, who was sleeping on the couch in the office, was first in opening her eyes, followed by Ganesha yawning. Gawain picked up the telegram.
"Everyone, look here." His face stiffen as he became serious. "It"s urgent news."
"Urgent?"
Lia raised herself up. Gawain sighed as he looked at it.
"It"s news that the entire floating island has stopped."
"...the entire island?" Let me see."
Lia hurriedly looked at the urgent news.
[Sudden news. Suspension of Floating Island for an unidentified reason]
-Suspension of floating island operations. Both outside and inside are presumed to have been subjected to magical attacks. Loss of communication, no outside access.
(1st step)
"I think something happened on the floating Island, but is this also Deculane?""...well."
Lia fiddled with her chin and remained silent. This was an event that wasn"t in the quest line. It was a terribly big event.
If the party responsible for bringing the floating island to a standstill, that has never seized for hundreds of years, the power of a wizard will not be enough.
He"s a great wizard in his field, but he"s not enough.
"No"
Therefore, it is not Deculane.
He"s not that arch-wizard, so it’s not enough.
"Maybe it"s someone else.""
"Who else could...""
Ganesha flapped her pigtails at Gawain"s question.
"You mean Epherine?"
Knock knock
The sound of a sudden knock.
"Who…”
The door that opens before Lia even finishes asking who it is.
Two dressed in robes...
No, a wizard.
Lia"s eyes widened as soon as she saw their faces.
"...the head professor Louina, and Iheim”
What?
"Why don"t I get any honorifics?"
This Ihelm grumbled as he looked around the interior.
"Is this Masal? To kill Deculane."
He mumbled and laughed.
"It’s shabby. ah, all the clean b.a.s.t.a.r.ds want to stick to Deculane."
-"What happened?"
She ignored Ihelm and asked Louina. Louina gave a wry smile.
"We were close to dying. We were imprisoned in Deculane"s dungeon, and the Knight Delric saved us.
"Knight Delric?”
"Yes."
Louina shrugged her shoulders as she hung the robe on a hanger.
"It"s a long story. We were almost a magical nucleus for Deculane. Anyways, what"s that?"
"Oh, this is urgent news"
"Urgent news?"
"Yes."
Lia handed it to Louina.
"The floating island has stopped."
"...stopped? The Floating island?
"Yes."
Louina"s expression on reading the urgent news becomes serious.
jig-jik- jig-jik- jig-jik-
Meanwhile, there"s a magic machine that looks like a fax machine
Spat out the paper.
Lia approached without much thought and looked at it.
[ Temporary Storage Doc.u.ment ]
- In the event that the existing Deculane or Lighthouse doc.u.ments are lost on the floating island, a copy will be delivered to the department directly under Masal. Please continue your research.
"...What is this?"
Lia opened her eyes wide. Louina and IHelm looked back at her.
"Huh? What"s the matter?”
"The doc.u.ment came from the floating island. They say it"s a temporary storage doc.u.ment. I think the floating island was prepared for this kind of thing."
".····Temporary storage doc.u.ments? Can I see it too?”
Louina asked cautiously. Lia answered quickly.
Even if you glance at it, you can see it’s the complete doc.u.ment, yet I don"t even know how to read it.
"Of course. Aren"t you going to join our team?"
Our team, Masal.
The department directly under the emperor that was created to kill Deculane.
"...Yes."
Louina nodded with a rather sour face. Then Lia smiled and handed over the doc.u.ment, and at that moment, Louina"s expression changed seriously as if she had begun to interpret it. Ihelm came next to her and peeked over my shoulder as well.
So, how long has it been?
"… It’s only half of it. I won’t know anything at this rate. There is no interpretation, no a.n.a.lysis.."
Louina muttered dismally.
"And..."
"We can"t help it. We should continue the research
huh, isn’t that right Ihelm?"
This Helm clicked his tongue. Louina looked back at Lia with a small smile.
"But we don"t have enough time and manpower to do this alone. Are we the only two wizards on this team?”
"Yes. So far."
"Then, can I write a letter?"
"A letter?"
At Lia"s question, Louina looked very proud.
"Yes, I have quite a few students who follow me.They"ll help us with this research."
.....and the very day
Louisa called her disciples together, as she had said. While Ihelm"s gathered the most reliable royal wizards
Even the demon blood that are theoretically exceptional
Supported some ash wizards.
The total number of people is 200.
The cramped Masal residence was quickly filled with wizards, and a barrier was enacted to cover up this fact.
"It"s amazing."
Lia muttered at the sight.
So many wizards attached themselves to a.n.a.lyze the art invented by just Deculane.
-I can feel the wall.
-I"m sorry, professor. I don"t even know.
-Is this really the magic we know?
Yet, they have not found a clue. No, they haven"t even properly started.
From a very small part of Deculane"s theory, most wizards begin to realize the gap, sighing deeply they become frustrated.
-Meow.
Meanwhile, the cat on Lia’s shoulder dropped down and sat.
Emperor Sophien.
-Lia.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
-I will shut down the palace.
".·····? What, do you mean closure?"
-Because I need time to think.
"But..."
Closure of the Imperial Palace Lia thought of the quest line, but there was no such event.It was probably the Emperor"s whim.
-It won"t take more than 10 days.
However, her next words were sad.
-Get ready.
Sophien spoke in a low voice.
-To kill my first love, and the last one I’ll ever love…
A tone that faded for a moment, one that seemed to be wet with water, represented the emotion she was feeling.
-The most obvious reason to kill him...
***
The Islands, the Yukline mansion.
I"m looking up at the night sky today.
Suddenly, a roar resounds. The stems of the power of magic are engraved in the dark sky. Light is born, the light that is born spreads, and the light that spreads dies.
Fleeting death
Thunder and lightning
A shower of rain combs across the street, soaking them within the darkness.
"I don"t think I"ll last a month."
Julie said.
She was talking about her body, but I put my hand on my heart.
"I’m the same."
I unknowingly smiled.
He looked back at Julie with that face.
Yuli"s fingertips had already turned blue, but nevertheless, a smile was on her face.
It was full
Like mines
I called Julie.
"Julie."
Julie replied.
"Yes."
I said.
"I couldn"t save you."
Julie replied.
"Don"t worry about it. I will protect the professor
I have decided."
"Is that so?"
I reached out to her. Julie reached for me too.
It was cold.
The chill from my fingers touched her heart.
A doll on the verge of breaking.
No, it"s already a broken doll.
However, Julie is just enduring by freezing her body with her own cold, over and over again.
"I’m sad."
I said so and took her in my arms."Yes, so am I."
Julie put her hand on my back. She caressed his arms and shared her chill.
Tooduk, tooduk, tooduk, tooduk, tooduk, tooduk.
The sound of rain permeated the world.
"It"s not even the rainy season, but it’s raining a lot."
Julie in my arms said. I let go of my hug with a faint smile. I looked out the window at the rain again.
"It means G.o.d is coming."
"...G.o.d."
Julie retorted, looking at me, she pouted.
"The G.o.d who made you suffer so much."
"...yes."
"I want to kill that G.o.d.”
I smiled at the cute complaint.
"It"s impossible. I think G.o.d knows my end."
Deculane’s End.
G.o.d may have made me Deculane, for that end.
This encounter, this pain, this sadness, this breakup, this happiness.
I may have been a "preparation" ordained for only that moment.
"But don"t worry."
I put my hand on Julie’s cheek. I caressed the chill gently.
"I will not lose against G.o.d."
"...Yes, I know."
"But to do that, I need your help.”
"I know that, too."
Julie smiled and buried her face in my heart.
Like this, even her tiny gestures come as an infinite joy to me. It gives you an irresistible tremor.
Deculane"s final bliss.
A woman who is like a gift on the path of this life.
"...yes, they"re needlessly smart, and they’ll soon notice.”
Even now, Louina and Ihelm are a.n.a.lyzing my lighthouse.
Before “that day” comes, they’ll see my intention.
So they will try to stop me.
"You will stop those guys when they come to stop me.“
"Yes, of course."
Julie nodded resolutely."I"ll protect you."
-This is breaking news.
bzzzz- the buzzing of the radio.Julie and I looked at it.
-This morning, Sophien locked all the doors of the Imperial Palace.
It was an unexpected surprise.
Sophien closed the gates of the Imperial Palace, alone, she needed time to think.
"...It hurts."
Lying in the empty Imperial Palace bed, she simply laughs and mutters in vain to her weak and pathetic state. All this time she thought she was an iron man.Having already suffered so much pain, she thought she could not suffer any more.
"...it really hurts”
But it wasn"t.
That Deculane seems to think very easy.
That"s why she"s more angry, it’s abominable.
It"s just too painful to think about the not-too-distant future, and imagine inserting a sword into his heart.
She couldn"t be any more sad.
She couldn’t breathe, she couldn"t breathe.
Her body wouldn’t move.
Even the emperor who carries everything, there are things that are so unbearable.There are certain things you don"t even want to endure.
"Your Majesty..."
Sophien, lying on the bed, raises her eyes and looks out the window.
It"s raining.
Rain is falling in all the gardens of the palace, in the gardens of winter, in the gardens of spring, in the gardens of autumn, in the gardens of summer.
It’s never done that before.
I don"t know if the tears in my heart are falling here.
"He seems to think easily."
Sophien said.
"He seems to think it"s easy to kill him."
I wiped her eyes with her hands.
"It"s not."
Tears were smeared. Sophien"s heart ached more.
"It’s not true."
Her voice shook, and a weeping breath flowed.
"He"s the one I love."
Love.
This feeling I had for the first time in my life is so painful.
It hurt so much, but I didn"t want to give up.
Because it was as good that it hurt.
Even the pain was like a growing pain that proved to be alive.
"How can I kill him?"
That"s Sophien"s anguish.
Whether she can truly kill Deculane.
Can I handle a life without him?
"If I kill him, I won"t be able to live like a human
."
Sophien shook her head in a daze.
I can"t do that.
A feeling I already knew once, Deculane that I love.
It"s hard to let go of it.No, I can never let it go.
"I"d rather I die for him.”
“Your Majesty."
Ahan interrupted the emperor. Sophien lowered her gaze at an angle and looked at her.
Ahan is pressing the crystal ball around her ear as if she were being briefed.
"...What"s going on?"
Sophien asked. Ahan looks troubled
She answered.
"Deculane is here."
"...send him back. I"m not really going to deal with him this time."
The one who expects me to kill him in Annihilation.
The one who forces his death on someone who loves him. A villian in this world
"Yes, but..."
Ahan shook his head for a moment, as if doubtful of what she about was being say, but she quickly continued.
"...··He"s at the front door. He won"t go back until your majesty gives him the order..."
When Sophien frowned, Ahan projected the crystal ball connected to the main gate.
Inside the orb, Deculane is in the main entrance
It was in front of me.
Without any magical help, already covered in rain, wind and mud, to distract her as if he knew Sophien"s troubles now.
"Oh..."
Sophien looked at him and bit her lips.The red blood from the burst flesh seeped into the white teeth.
“He’s an unprecedented guy, that guy.”
While muttering like that, Sophien was disgusted with herself.
Just looking at Deculane made my heart pound with resentment.
"Oh."
There was only laughter.