Chapter 219 – Morbius (3)

The carriage is advancing towards Mobius’ Mage’s Tower, holding a carefree heart. I pushed a joke through the narrow gap for the taffy in the coffin, or sang a simple song to soothe boredom, while Milia hummed her hum and enjoyed the scenery outside. Petunia Titti sat in the corner of the carriage, her legs together, looking down at the floor.

I made sure that Taffy was fast asleep, and turned to approach Petunia. Petunia glanced at me, clutching her body, she said.

“What?”

The tone was blunt, but there was no hostility towards me. She seemed depressed because of other things. I asked her

“Why are you so depressed?”

“…I was thinking about Alexander’s death.”

Shortly after Petunia Titi came into our house, Alexander’s obituary went all over the place. Outside the mansion, there were people who danced or rejoiced that Alexander had died well, and the priests of the church, who took care of their petty greed, pretended to be freed from Alexander’s oppression while paying attention to the villagers.

How would it feel to see people rejoice after the death of a colleague who once defeated the demon king? I thought of people rejoicing that the evil devil was dead after I died.

“It won’t feel good.”

“Of course. It’s strange that, of course, he should have died. Still, he was my co-worker, and when he was with me, he wasn’t such a bad person, even if he said some weird stuff. But before I know it, people are saying Alexander deserves to die.”

I was silent. Quietly she decided to sit next to her and listen to her complaints. Petunia continued her speech, fiddling with her bow with her tear-stained face.

“I don’t know. On the one hand, I don’t think Alexander was bad enough to die, but on the other hand, the evil he did is flooding in. And, and I’m on my way to killing Morbius now. Why did this happen? I really liked it then.”

Tears streamed down Petunia’s face. In the rocking carriage, she held on tighter to her body. As if she’d be thrown off this wagon if she didn’t catch on like that. Like she’s afraid, not knowing where she’ll jump out.

“When I went to defeat the Demon King, they were really good friends. We, we really enjoyed it.”

But not now. Memories remained intact, but while Petunia Titi stopped, the former warriors were plummeting like crazy. They became evil themselves and committed evil deeds, waiting at the bottom for someone to stop them.

Petunia Titi was pouring out her tears as she vomited out her complicated feelings. I sat close to her and gently wrapped my arms around her shoulders. She gave me a look, her shoulders shaking, she said.

“Because you and you are also demons. Will you change in the end too? Are you going to fall to the bottom like them?”

“I don’t know.”

I couldn’t tell. I only thought of revenge, and thought that the end would be decorated with vague happiness, but now I couldn’t predict what kind of ending awaited me. The future, which I thought was planned in my own way, seemed to be dyed black again when I closed and opened my eyes.

I said that and rubbed his back, and Petunia Titti buried his face in his lap again and began to cry.

The wagon rolled like that.

We were on a journey to kill Morbius.

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The atmosphere in the capital became more and more violent day by day. However, there were areas that could not be touched by citizens seeking an opportunity to kill the nobles and nobles seeking the throne. There were only a few soldiers standing there, and prisoners were sweating carrying bricks.

The snow leopard, the leader of the prisoners, was not paying attention to the brutal struggle outside and was only focusing on the building. Both nobles and citizens acted as if this area did not exist. It was the same hero party, but Fabian’s evil deeds were not openly revealed, and his merits in becoming friends with demons in the north remained deep in people’s hearts.

Ironically, he who betrayed Wolf and ran away was the only one who was treated with the respect of a hero.

The nobles who had a grudge against Fabian were also unable to move recklessly. It was because the moment they touched the buildings and the beasts, it was clear that Hero Wolf’s wrath, which was heading towards Ithaca, would turn against him and he would not gain support from the citizens.

Apart from Wolf’s falling to the ground, the construction of Fabian’s tomb was progressing smoothly.

“Human. What will happen when we finish building this?”

When the snow leopard beast spoke to the caretaker, the armored soldier flinched and turned away. The officer who was filling out the paperwork in the rear put down his pen and walked towards the snow leopard.

A considerable amount of time had passed since the prisoners were carrying out the construction, and now the construction was reaching its end. The officer still couldn’t figure out the identity of this massive building. There wasn’t anything that symbolized Fabian, and it didn’t even exist for the warriors. The huge pedestal and the high stairs were also foreign appearances that did not match the landscape of this country.

The officer brushed his chin and said, forgetting to answer Suin’s question.

“Really… Is this a memorial?”

Said the soldier behind him.

“They say the statue is on top, but the warrior still hasn’t ordered the statue. In fact, even if it’s a statue that will go on top of it, considering its size, I have doubts about whether I can build it with the current finances…”

You can make it Because the warrior will do that. The officer thought that if the hero had pushed forward aggressively, he would have robbed the entire royal storeroom.

The officer swallowed the words that had risen to his throat and nodded and smiled. He didn’t do anything good by talking about it. In fact, the officer did not even know what the purpose of the warrior was for making this altar. It was because the hero was repeating more and more abnormal behavior right after he slaughtered people in the square.

There were rumors that the warrior could be heard muttering in his room all day, or that he had seen him screaming and crying in the prayer room inside the palace.

The officer thought that the hero might die before the altar was completed.

“Maybe he was so busy with work that he forgot. Aren’t there a lot of incidents lately? Personally, I think it would be more appropriate to commemorate him with a small tombstone.”

“I don’t mean to disparage Fabian-sama, but I wonder if the huge statue is too much. Who will drag the statue to such a high place, and how will the statue be moved up here?”

Saying so, the soldier looked at the complicated streets and buildings of different heights. When the snow leopard beastman said he was moving a huge statue, he looked at the beastmen and then looked at the soldiers again.

“That, that, is impossible no matter how strong we are. That statue the size of an altar cannot be moved even if we work together.”

“There will be no reason for you to move the statue. Your job is to build this altar. A statue might really be made.”

The officer looked at the prisoners as he said that. These prisoners never had to see the statue finished. In addition to the completion of the statue, he could never see the scenery outside the capital again. After the altar was built, these prisoners climbed the altar without knowing anything, and they were all going to die in a pit of fire.

Appease Fabian’s spirit with the souls of the prisoners who killed Fabian. It was a bizarre and ingenious idea. It was also a story that became a little uncomfortable for the officer who faced the human appearance while bumping into the prisoners.

The officer said to the snow leopard man. He was the answer to the question posed by the snow leopard beastman.

“Snow leopard beast. When this altar is finished, you will go up on the altar and perform a ritual to greet Fabian. And then everything is over.”

“I get it.”

The snow leopard beastman nodded his head calmly and got back to work. As he was about to pick up another brick, the officer noticed a small mark on the snow leopard’s ankle. The scars carved on the young slaves remained intact even when they were grown up. Said the officer.

“You were a slave? You must have had a lot of grudge against humans.”

The snow leopard man put down the brick and looked at the officer. Unlike before, he straightened his back and looked down at the officer. The officer, realizing again that he was larger than a human, tensed his body for a moment.

“Just say what you want to say. Human.”

“Was joining the devil in the snowfield a revenge against humans? This is not sarcastic. Just, just a personal curiosity. If you don’t listen now, I don’t think you’ll have a chance to ask later.”

“Plural?”

The snow leopard beastman looked up at the sky. The city walls and altars obscured the horizon. The gigantic altar looked as if it had been prepared to serve a god, and the horns on both sides gave it an evil look.

Said the snow leopard beastman.

“I was born into slavery and never been called by my first name. We luckily escaped and lived in the North, living peacefully until Baara became our captain. Barara said. If you don’t want to attack humans, die here. Now that you have come out alive, the devil said. Join us or die.”

“Are you saying you couldn’t help it?”

The snow leopard beastman shook his head.

“Human. To obsess over the word revenge, my life is complicated. Now it has become a life where you do not know who should take revenge on whom. Is this your revenge? Or is it just the natural right of the victor and a memorial for the dead? Do you want to think of me as a revenge demon?”

“…I just wanted to know the reason for the betrayal. For a long time, beastmen and humans have been in a face-to-face relationship.”

The officer said that and averted his eyes. The snow leopard beastman was not offended by his comments. Suin looked at the palace and said.

“The warrior said to learn pride. But I’m here for my pride. I do not want to learn your pride.”

The officer laughed involuntarily when he heard the word pride. It was very funny that this snow leopard had anything to be proud of.

“What is your pride?”

The snow leopard beastman picked up the stone again.

“You don’t understand. Because they didn’t live the same life as me.”