Chapter 736 – Differences

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“So… The reason I’m having this crazy dream is because of the chimera called the Demon Sword Bulgari?”

Cleon looks at Cain as if he is dumbfounded by the explanation he heard from the Rakshasa.

There is no way that Rakshasa knew of the existence of such a monster, so it must have been Cain himself who explained it to him.

In other words, Cain’s karma from his lifetime once again caused damage to Cleon, so Cleon could not help but feel unfair.

And seeing as he did not explain it himself and had Rakshasa explain it, it was conveyed how much he did not like Cleon, even though he did not say anything – no, rather, he did not say anything.

Of course, it was the same for Cleon, so it would have been difficult for him to feel favor with him.

In any case, Cleon, who realized that this was not reality thanks to the broken corpses of his colleagues around him, felt uncomfortable, but was also able to understand why his past lives could exist before his eyes.

That’s right, it’s not reality, it’s a dream. If it were a nightmare, it was quite possible for the dead to come back to life and talk in front of him.

“Now that I know it’s a dream, can I just wake up? So? How can I wake up?”

When Cleon talks while looking towards Cain, Cain speaks to Cleon with her arms crossed.

＂There has never been a knight of the Magic Sword Order who was eaten by a magic sword starfish and escaped on his own. Thanks to this, these guys were quite annoying. Everyone who saw it was killed, but there were still some left.”

＂…＂

When Cain speaks calmly, Cleon looks at him as if he is astonished, but Cain talks to Cleon with a wry smile.

“Why. Has it finally occurred to him that he might die? Well, it doesn’t matter to me. At the point when you destroyed the past life factor, you and I are no different from strangers.”

＂Oh my, why can’t you punish the child like that…＂

Nachal clicks her tongue when she sees Cain like that.

However, Cleon speaks with an uneasy expression even while looking at the Rakshasa.

“… What position are you in?”

“Uh? That’s right, I’m on your side. I’ve been watching you all along. What kind of situation are you facing right now, and how hard you work to save everyone?”

He spoke as if it were obvious and tapped his mask.

“To tell the truth, I also have the soul of a guy who can be called my better half and brother within me. Because we originally came from one being split into two. If you had a personality similar to that guy – Cain, I would have lost the initiative to that guy too.”

In fact, he said that right after Cleon put on the mask of a Rakshasa for the first time, the Rakshasa and his brother were in the midst of a battle for dominance, so the personality that briefly took over Cleon’s body was not the Rakshasa, but his brother.

In other words, it was not the Rakshasa that cut off Dharma’s arm at that time, but the personality of his twin brother.

“Well, I think there are many reasons why you don’t like that guy. At least I don’t have anything like that, so don’t worry.”

When Cleon feels burdened by the Rakshasa, who politely embraces him by the arm, Cain speaks.

“This guy has deviated from the original purpose for which we were created. Adam is not a being that can be defeated with such clumsy thinking. At least, if I were you, I would first overthrow the kingdom from within, starting with Elessia.”

At Cain’s words, Cleon takes off his Rakshasa shoulder strap, approaches Cain, and raises his voice.

“I am different from you. Elesia is another hometown for me, and a place where memories with my precious colleagues remain. “If you get unrelated people involved, how is that any different from Adam?”

“I give them freedom. At least, freedom until the world is repainted.”

When Cain and Cleon glared at each other, creating a fixed state of never backing down, Rakshasa once again came between the two.

“Now. Let’s stop arguing over a story that has already ended! Huh? “You know very well that we are already dead humans and that we have no choice but to leave it to Cleon after this, right?”

When Rakshasa says that to Cain, Cain then growls at Rakshasa.

“I think you guys are just as responsible, if not more, than this guy. Thanks to a strangely weak-hearted person like you getting in the way, a kindness that wasn’t needed was added to the character from my previous life. It’s your fault that a guy like Cleon was able to emerge.”

“… Isn’t that an honor? Doesn’t that mean that my struggle against fate wasn’t in vain?”

As if Cain’s tricks didn’t work for Rakshasa, she shrugged her shoulders at his words and turned her body to speak.

“Listen carefully. We are the dead. These are people who have already died and time has stopped. I am a ‘loser’ who failed repeatedly during my lifetime and eventually had that failure proven in my death. Because I went too far into my own destiny, and you went too far, you became an enemy of the world.”

Cain frowned at her words, but he seemed unable to refute her.

In fact, in the war of conquest he waged as the Demon Sword Emperor, he deliberately attacked a small village near the border where only civilians lived-

Considering that Lesia, who happened to live in that small village and had great potential as a warrior, began a journey to stop the emperor.

I couldn’t necessarily say it was wrong.

“You too, Cleon. Let us have the luxury of listening to the words of those of us who are already dead with one ear and letting them go with the other. Because you have already succeeded in escaping from the shackles of your previous life. A feat that even we couldn’t accomplish?”

＂…＂

And he spoke to Cleon as if he didn’t have to react to Cain’s provocations, and looked back at the two who had closed their mouths after hearing that.

“Good. Then shouldn’t we now talk about how to overcome this situation?”

“… But this guy just said he couldn’t get out without outside help.”

When Cleon points to Cain with her finger, Cain speaks with her sigh.

“Ah. I said it clearly. The members of the Magic Sword Knights have never escaped the Magic Sword Starfish with their own power.”

At Cain’s affirmation, Cleon looks back at the Rakshasa, but the Rakshasa sighs and continues.

＂Ugh. Why are you talking so crookedly? Listen carefully, Cleon, what he said was the ‘Demon Sword Knights’, but he didn’t say ‘Demon Swordsman’, right? That means…”

“… Among the magic swordsmen who are not members of the Magic Sword Knights, there is one who escaped from the starfish!”

Cleon seemed to have finally realized the hidden meaning of Cain’s words, and he looked back at Cain with a look of astonishment as if telling the truth was so difficult, and he thought he wanted to beat him up as well.

“… The Nightmare of the Demon Sword Starfish can be weakened by destroying its core. If that happens, you will be able to completely regain your connection with the demon sword, suppress the starfish from the inside, and escape the nightmare.”

Cain said that as if she couldn’t help it, and then she looked at Cleon and spoke.

“Wherever the power of your magic sword lies, the core of that nightmare will be protecting it. Still, do you think it is possible? Without the power of the magic sword.”

“I don’t know how strong the nightmare core is, but seeing as I know it so well, I guess the story about escaping the nightmare with your own strength is your story?”

When Cleon said that, Cain made no reply.

That can be said to be positive.

“What you succeeded in doesn’t seem impossible to me.”

Therefore, Cleon leaves Cain behind, turns his gaze towards the direction where Galatea’s magic is felt, and begins to walk away.

＂Oh?＂

As Nachal looked at Cleon, she started to move her steps, and Cain looked at Cleon’s back, and she slowly followed him, as if she had no choice but to leave.

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How long did it take to walk like that?

In this place where the sense of time was ambiguous, Cleon and the two thought forms continued to walk in one direction without exchanging a word.

What caught Cleon’s attention along the way was the desperate possibility of the countless people he had met so far.

Layla was thrown to death by the academy, and Beatrix had no choice but to kill her with her own hands.

Luty, with her wings and horn broken and falling to the ground, bleeding, surrounded by adventurers from Elessia.

The returnees’ plan went smoothly, and Eustace died and became a runaway holy sword zombie.

Rubera, unable to awaken her magic sword, is captured and dies while trying to take revenge on Baron Hughes.

Sasha was taken back to the village, and Kuon was killed by a monster while trying to stop Albain’s group.

Amelia sitting on a burning pile of sitch in the royal capital, her perfection consumed by her demonic power, becoming one with her.

All of them were a series of scenes that seemed to stimulate Cleon’s anxiety and destroy his brain, but Cleon walked away without paying any attention to them.

Looking at that, Cain mutters as if she doesn’t understand.

“Because you can’t cut off relationships that could be your weaknesses, you suffer from so many nightmares.”

The voice was so small that Cleon couldn’t hear it, but it was loud enough for the Rakshasa walking right in front of him to hear it.

“They are definitely amazing, and they are all beautiful women.”

＂…＂

When Cain looks at Rakshasa as if he is annoyed by Rakshasa’s reaction, Rakshasa speaks to him with a grin.

“How many of you showed up?”

＂…＂

Cain continues her steps without answering his question.

＂Certainly, it may be easier in many ways to cut off human relationships that are a weakness. But, look at that guy. Even through these painful nightmares, you’re walking without even looking away, right?”

“So? He’s just trying not to see.”

Cain says that she is just protecting her own spirit.

The statement itself was correct. Cleon didn’t even have time to feel the despair that the nightmare showed, because he wanted to return to his group as quickly as possible, rather than the mental damage he would receive if he looked deeply into such a nightmare for no reason. .

But one more thing.

The difference was that he had thoughts that did not exist in Cain.

That’s right-

‘I just have to stop this future from reaching reality.’

─ Was a very simple yet clear answer.

Will Cain be able to understand the intentions of Cleon, who swears that he will become stronger and protect anyone from despair?

No, for him who could not tolerate walking with anyone, the nightmare that the starfish saw was only one type – the image of himself defeated.

He wouldn’t be able to understand that he had to walk through so much despair, and that he despaired at seeing people other than himself suffer.

─Perhaps it was him before he fell into the swamp of power-

When he lived with orphans who were like his brothers and sisters, studied letters under his teacher, played in the forest, and dug with Abel-

If only I had grown up with that feeling intact.

But – now that assumption is meaningless.

Because he was the one who threw away all the opportunities he had.

He may have been influenced by Rakshasa and Cleon, to have such weak thoughts.

As Cain thought about it like that, she shook her head and saw Cleon who had stopped in front of them, and she stopped as well.

Cain predicts that now is the time to meet the core of nightmares that are guarding Cleon’s magic sword.

And – I can even predict to some extent what kind of nightmare the core of that nightmare is waiting for.

Yes, the one who appeared in front of the three – Galatea, asleep while floating in the air, desperately waiting for her master’s hand to touch her again –

The girl standing there blocking Galatea was holding a brilliant golden holy sword divided into seven prongs in her hand, and was about to jump into battle again with only part of the armor that made it easy to move.

The nightmare of the empire, the golden comet, and a girl called a warrior-

The figure of the warrior Lesia was standing there.