Chapter 62 – While I Was Away (4)

“Nonsense… ! When I found it like that, it was definitely…”
“Look at that. “I said I’d show up soon.”

A huge structure that rises alone in the empty desert like a mirage.
If I had to compare its shape, it was closer to a bizarre shape where even the last two wings of the Nike statue of Simothrace were broken rather than the Cheomseongdae seen in past races.
As the distance gradually narrowed, I realized that its size was no joke. Now I had to climb the strangely shaped rocks that were tens of meters long.

“Chairman.”

I tapped Lehel. Last time, I had to climb the cliff because I didn’t have a wizard, but here’s a great shuttle that can also use floating magic.
However, despite my call, Lehel just took off her goggles and looked up at the Sandalphonia Observatory in a daze. She was so mesmerized.

“Hey.”
“Yes, yes hehe!?”
“Let’s go up. “Let’s cast some magic.”
“Oh, I see! Wait a minute. Leave your luggage here…”
“That’s it. Take everything up with you. “I have no use for it anyway.”

I unlocked 〈The End of Magic〉. Soon, her and my body floated by the 〈floating〉 cast by Lehel.
Like the beginning of a slowly rising roller coaster, the top of the observatory got closer and closer.

Gulp.

Lehel swallowed her saliva and kept glancing in this direction. It seemed like there were definitely a lot of things he wanted to ask.
And after a while——

Dump! With that sound, we once again felt the love of gravity at the top of the observatory. On top of a huge stone pillar that is uneven but almost flat overall.
On the other side, a huge door blocked the entrance to the cave leading to the cavity.

“Let’s go in. “Follow me.”

I walked forward and pushed open the rusty iron door with both hands. OK–

“You have arrived, a stranger from outside the world.”
“Have you come, mortal swallowed by the fateful cloud?”
— Come, boy, who did not forget his oath.

What was inside was a large table made of round stone. Three women with their hands and feet tied in chains were sitting around a stone engraved with Fraum Mobile’s celestial diagram, one of the three original manuscripts.

Same facial features, but slightly different appearance.
One has his eyes covered, another has his ears cut off, and the third has his mouth open.

The three Moirai sisters.
Astrologers and prophets who have predicted fate and future since ancient times.

To be honest, I really hate things like predicting the future, which are not helpful at all. Because it feels like my hands and feet are being played according to someone’s intentions.
Not only was I dragged into this world at will, but I also had to fight against the devil, so I couldn’t be happy about it being God’s will and fate.

“How have you been doing? I brought you a gift here. Chairman. “Take out everything in that backpack.”
“Yes? “All of this?”
“It’s not like you can go back and get a refund, right? Now, take them one by one. This is beef jerky, and that is ice cream. “It melted a little.”

However, these guys were a bit different from the quacks or pseudo-pseudo-actors who acted as prophets. Rather than spewing out prophecies from time to time, I only answer thorough questions.
It was a very wise move because if I had decided to break it in the first place, the trivial prophecy would not have come true.

“It’s delicious, stranger…” …”
“Sweet, mortal…” …”
— Thank you, boy…

Lehel asked me with a puzzled expression when she saw the three sisters sitting in groups of twos and threes eating snacks at a very sacred-looking stone table.

“Is that really a prophet?”
“Yes.”
“Huh, really… “No, then what on earth do you eat here?”
“Maybe they aren’t the ones who need food? “It looks like there is a magical seal on it.”

Neither I nor Hubblet, who told me about this place, knew exactly what they were. It almost looks like something from the undead family… This is a world where dragons exist, so I just thought it would be like that.

Crash, clap. Crash, clap.

As we waited for the girls to finish their meal, a few moments later, the three sisters, who had roughly sifted through the cookie crumbs and trash left on the stone plate, turned to look at us.

“What brings you here, stranger?”
“What brings you here, mortal…?” …”
— Why did you come again, boy…
“If you guys are going to say the same thing, can’t you just say it once? “I’m crazy.”
“Egg.”
“Okay.”
– All?

Tsk. I clicked her tongue and showed them the paper I had taken from Mareil. A bizarre demon statue and a note left by Cheolgyeon.

“Recite everything about this without exception.”

They looked around at the paper in the light coming down from the ceiling and hummed. He moaned. And immediately, he started spitting out information about the demon statue.

“A sculpture imitating the image of God is a sign.”
“Signs have a purpose.”
— A sign specifies time and space.

“Certain conditions lead to disaster.”
“All disasters were destroyed by mortals.”
— But still, cracks in the world exist.

“The Grand Duke’s karma is deep.”
“The Archduke’s sins are deep.”
— The Archduke’s resentment is deep.

What. It’s a bit difficult to understand, but one thing is certain.

“The bastards who made this should all be punished, right?”
“Yes.”
“Where are those bastards now?”

Chuck!

Three women pointed to a certain place in Fraum Mobile on the stone slab with eerily identical movements.
Seven celestial bodies that never move on the celestial sphere. Dube, Merak, Pekda, Megrez, Alios, Mizar, and Alkaid.
The third star shines the faintest among them.

“””Follow Baldur’s nightmare.”””

It was Pecda.

***

“Thank you. “I’ll come again next time~.”

When Lewis waved his hand, the three Moirai sisters also followed suit.
Before leaving, the women each pointed at Louise and said something, perhaps to give them a good word.

“Stranger.”
“Mortal.”
— Boy.
“Huh?”

Lewis responded to their words with his usual playful and friendly demeanor.

“You will take up the sword again.”
“I’m glad. “I’m looking for something suitable these days.”
“You will be given a chance to rest.”
“Still, I’m doing well these days thanks to you guys asking me to come to Parencia. It ends like this… “It’s not bad to eat and live in moderation.”

However.

— A saint will come to you.
“What?”

The moment he heard the last word, his expression suddenly hardened. And finally, from the mouth that opened, a short answer came out that was quite frightening even for Lehel to hear.

“That’s scary.”

Lewis turned around and went out of the cave.

“…”

Lehel, who was left alone, also got up and followed Lewis.
Sandalphonia Observatory, one of the four secret scenic spots, and the three Moirai sisters who control fate. It was clearly not an entity that could be easily met.
Any wizard would want to dig into those unknown things, but Lehel was not interested at all.
She has lived for hundreds of years, and she has already become numb to the mystery enough to realize that there is knowledge in the world that she does not know.

“Oh right.”

However, a memory from her childhood came back to her for a moment and she stopped in her tracks.
An insignificant memory? Or it was hard work. In the past, Lehel, like other wizards, wandered around the continent countless times to acquire her own unique magic.
She tried rare elixirs, met famous scholars and asked for their teachings, and even visited the hellish world of demons.
The reason she didn’t want to follow Lewis was, of course, because she had been looking for them in the Sandalphonia Gorge as well.

Extreme heat and dried up canteens. Lehel cried out constantly in extreme pain, as if she would die if she took one more step.
Please tell me, trapped in this endless darkness, the path of magic.

And the legacy of the empire, which is so easily accessible now, did not appear until the end at the time. The reason she opened her mouth was because of a small sense of resistance.

“That’s amazing. “If they were going to show up so soon, why did they keep people so precious until now?”

This was the case not only for Lehel but also for others. White Knight Wivlett wandered through the middle of the desert for forty-seven days.

The Great War was reaching its worst point, the Ravier defense line had been breached and the royal capital was burning.
What kind of remorse did he have to endure those days, filled with bloody tears as hundreds of people died every day?
The fragile human palm that stretched out to grab a faint thread of fate was torn so cruelly.

“Do you regret it? “What about not being able to come here in the past?”
“Ha, regret? I don’t do anything like that. “I’m just curious.”

In the end, Lehel realized his unique magic even without their help. And, the feeling of regret was already so sweet that it remained in her heart.

The three Moirai sisters, who were looking at Lehel who shot back in her acidic tone, pointed with her finger in the direction where Louise had gone.

“””He already has all the qualifications to receive the help of fate.”””

Confidently, without the slightest hesitation.

“The unfortunate stranger had the entire world he was supposed to belong to stolen.”

The reason why Lewis was able to come here without any hindrance.

“The unholy mortal has lost the right to stop his heart through eternity of suffering.”

His karma, the things he wanted to achieve by carrying it.

— The poor boy gave his whole life to keep his oath.

Because it couldn’t even be compared to your wishes.

***

Contrary to his expectations, not many customers came to the canteen without Lewis.

No, to be exact, the majority of people came and then turned away.

People can naturally sense that no one else is living there by reacting to the cold felt in a dark forest or an old building. This is often expressed as not feeling popular.

Students who were snooping near the lighted cafeteria felt chills on their skin and looked at the deathly quiet interior of the cafeteria from afar. They decided that there was no one inside and went back.
At first glance, I thought that the owner, who was careless, was doing business sloppily today.

“…”
“…”

However, there were two employees sitting side by side inside the cafeteria.
The two remained silent for five hours without saying a word.

Cr… Lung.

The ferocious iron dogs that hunt mid-level demon beasts in the Ravier Mountains by tearing them to pieces with their sharp teeth were unable to even ask for food even though they had run out of food.

Eventually, as the sun went down and it was time to leave work, Liv asked Adela, who had not asked her any questions about work all day, in a cold tone.

“Aren’t you working?”

It was referring to the cleaning and inventory management work of the cafe that Lewis left behind.
Adela, who was embarrassed when he was in the cafeteria and said she didn’t know anything, answered calmly as she got up from her seat.

“Are you done?”

A sharp tone of voice asking why you are meddling. Adela’s indifferent eyes were focused on Liv’s stomach.

“Do you like it when you seduce me like that?”
“What?”
“You pretended to be polite, but you didn’t pervert, did you?”

A twinkle in Liv’s eyes lit up. At the same time, small vibrations began to occur in the cafeteria. There was already a magic sword in her hand. The sound of glass bottles crashing filled her surroundings.

“I guess you are the one who is truly vulgar.”
“Yes?”
“His physical appearance and attitude are so poor that it’s hard to believe he’s a noble. “Can’t you even stand properly without the boss by your side?”

A contemptuous smile appeared on Liv’s lips. Just like the 12th League, when her father Paris risked his life fighting, not only the soldiers of House Rochear, but not even the Ice and Snowmaker showed up.

“Well, since all the famous families in the North Sea were like you, the Ravier Mountains must have been breached twice.”
“What… ?”

Extremely insulting remarks that disparage the entire family. Although she may not like her older sister, it was a remark that Adela could not ignore, as all she could give to Louise now was the position of Daril’s son-in-law of Lagon Rochear.

Snapping. Frost is starting to form. At the same time, her heart grew cold, and an enormous amount of pure white mana flowed through Adela’s blue hair.

She has a unique magic power that she has not been able to awaken no matter what method she used until now.
The small ice crystals that began to form on Adella’s hands, which had no magic skills, soon took on a long, pointed shape.

〈Adela Sylvester de Rocheire Original Madou: Little Ice Snow Orchid 〉

“Roshiar… “Is it funny?”

〈Ice Pick ⌜Mermaid Killer⌟〉