The Great Sword is not the Main Body!-Chapter 101: Carthia (7)
A mountain of corpses covering the rough wilderness.
A sea of blood flowing down the hill.
Illuminating the terrible bloody sea.
The black sun gradually turning black.
Leaving that abnormal scenery behind, her gently curved blue eyes looked at me.
“Now there’s only one left, Noah.”
“...Yeah.”
I lowered my head and closed my eyes.
“First of all, I’ve done everything I can. What about Noah?”
“I’ve also... finished everything I can.”
“I wonder what I’ve done... I won’t tell you, so don’t tell me either, Noah.”
“...What’s that?”
“Wouldn’t that be more fun for both of us? Next time, next time... we meet, we can talk about that topic to our heart’s content.”
“Even without that, we can... talk about it all day. What...”
A faintly trembling hand scanned my eyes.
“Why are you crying so much? You’re ruining your cute face.”
Then he smiled slightly and swept the greatsword that was lying on the floor.
“If you hold Kartia’s greatsword, the emotions of this moment will be conveyed. So we have to have a happy time, right... for sure.”
“Really... this is cruel. I don’t know if I can catch him or not.”
“Hehehe... I can’t help it. I have to feel my emotions right now, because it will help me a little during the ordeal. And... if it’s Noah who met me early, I will be able to catch him without the ordeal. I’m sure.”
In the brief silence, I thought about the arrangement I had prepared.
The events that would be the biggest turning points.
Among them, the ordeal I would receive at the Temple of Memory would be the most... important.
“I have to believe that. This sword... is the most important key.”
I opened my closed eyes.
I killed him with my own hands.
I killed him, tore his chest open, and took out his heart.
Familiar faces came into view.
“I finally got to see the future, but it’s disappointing.”
Her always warm hand cupped my chin.
“I wish Noah only saw good things. Well, I guess the best thing to see right now is my face. Now, look as much as you want. I’ll make any expression you want.”
Rubia’s always warm smile cracked.
“It’s the last time. Look at me as much as you want. Ah... But I think I’ll get a little angry if I get tired of it, so don’t get tired of it. Hehe...”
Tears formed in her eyes that were once gently curved.
“How are they? I haven’t washed in a while... Am I still pretty?”
“Yeah... I’ve become more decadent.”
“Ahaha, that’s fortunate. Then, in Noah’s world... um, a game? Did you say a game? The me you see there or the me you see in real life... Who is prettier?”
“Both... Rubia is pretty.”
“Wow, you finally... say the right answer. You’ve improved a lot...”
“It’s the result of being brainwashed all this time. Pfft...”
The cracked smile breaks.
The water droplets in my eyes flow down.
At the same time, Rubia’s two arms hug me.
The blood-soaked clothes, body, and hair soak Rubia.
“Now I don’t stutter, my voice is getting louder... I can see ahead. There’s really... really only things left to be happy about.”
“You only talk to Rubia.”
“You don’t have to talk to anyone else. Don’t mix it up. Just talk to me.”
“What, do you want me to live as an outcast?”
“I’ve been living so well up until now? Why are you saying that again?”
“That’s true... Pfft-”
“Oh my? When you laugh after crying, hair grows on your butt.”
The sound of Rubia giggling is transmitted intact.
“Huh, do you believe such a rumor?”
“What? Noah said it first. It’s ridiculous.”
“That’s just... just a rumor. Um... but you know.”
“Huh?”
He asked in a serious voice, gently dropping Rubia.
“Would you hate me if I had hair on my butt?”
“Puhhhahahaha! What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“No, that’s right. I thought it would be a little unsightly.”
“Not at all? Then, would Noah hate me if I had hair on my butt?”
Rubia, who had been laughing with her shoulders shrugged, suddenly became serious and covered my face.
“I don’t hate it. Um... but if that happens, I’ll have to put hair growth serum on my butt too.”
“Huh?! Why would you do such a horrible thing?!”
“Rubia, it would be embarrassing if you had hair on your butt alone. If I were to be embarrassed too, it would be cut in half.”
“That... that is... absurd, sound... sound... really, driving me crazy.”
The voice that was breaking off was dripping with moisture.
“That’s so, so Noah-like... answer... really sloppy...”
“...They say if you laugh and cry, you’ll get horns.”
“That’s... difficult... really... difficult... horns, you can’t even shave them off... hehe...”
Rubia laughed as if it was ridiculous and hugged me again.
At the same time, a shadow began to fall over the wilderness.
“Huh... Noah..”
“...Yeah.”
“I don’t want to hate Noah.”
“...No.”
“I don’t want to forget you for the rest of my life.”
“You have to forget.”
Rubia’s trembling, her heartbeat, her emotions.
I could feel them all.
“Noah... if you could go back to the past... would you?”
“Yeah. I’ll go.”
“Even if I have to throw away all the time we spent together?”
“...Yeah.”
“Even if we can’t meet each other... and don’t remember this time?”
“Yeah. If I can save you, then I will.”
Rubia slowly pushed me away.
“Then... do you regret making this choice?”
“...Yeah. I regret it. If you hadn’t met me, Rubia, you would have been happy.”
Her once brilliant silver-white hair had now turned black.
“I, don’t regret it.”
“...Rubia.”
“I, was really happy. The year we spent together... was the most precious days of my life. From the beginning, to now... I’m still happy.”
Rubia’s hand wrapped around mine.
“Noah.”
Her clear blue eyes gradually became cloudy and began to turn crimson.
“I, you.”
The warm hand that always stroked my head.
The trustworthy hand that held my hand and guided me.
The hand that became my eyes.
The hand of the person I loved.
“I love you.”
I stabbed my hand into my heart.
“Peace, life.”
Splendid divine power bursts out.
Crimson divine power bursts out.
Lilith’s scream is heard.
The despair of all the people I killed.
The results of the hypocrisy I committed.
Became a ghost.
It opened the sky.
The discipline that enforces order.
The law that suppresses balance.
The concept of repeating reincarnation.
The foundation that maintains the world.
“Me too.”
The feeling of Rubia’s heart being crushed.
The deep emotions that burst out at that.
“I love you, Rubia.”
It seeped deeply into the great sword.
[What the hell.]
As usual, in the pitch-black darkness, Rubia's figure is drawn.
Her right hand is holding Kartia's greatsword.
Her left hand is holding my greatsword.
Not hot and squishy.
Cold and hard.
A familiar sensation.
[No, shit... what is that?]
I feel water droplets running down my cheek.
I take my hand off Kartia's greatsword and wipe it away.
Tears.
No, is it blood?
Why is there blood...?
[Hey... Priestess. Why is she crying all of a sudden? Huh? I'm the one who wants to cry right now?]
I can't breathe.
Indescribable emotions.
Incomprehensible things.
They keep pounding and rising in my chest.
Crack- crack-
“Noah.”
A warm feeling wrapped around my back.
“Lu, Via...”
[What the... Is it broken because I haven’t used it for a long time.]
Bang- Bang- Bang-
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[Ssup... No. It’s fine.]
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“Are you {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} okay?”
[Ah, yeah. The black one seems okay-]
“Kartia, please be quiet.”
[...Okay.]
“Noah, are you okay?”
“...Yes.”
“Then turn around and hug me too.”
The arms that were holding me tightly slowly released.
“Hurry.”
Slowly, I turned my body towards Luvia.
“Why are you crying like that? You’re ruining your cute face.”
A warm hand swept over my eyes.
And then he hugged me tightly again. I responded, burying my face in Rubia’s arms.
I slowly took a deep breath, feeling Rubia’s warm hands caressing me.
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[Still, for now... There’s an adult right next to me. Isn’t that a bit too much, you guys? Even if I can’t do it, I’m at least 1,000 years older than you.]
“Phehe- Hehehe... Ha, Grandma...”
“Oh my? Didn’t they say that if you laugh after crying, hair will grow on your butt?”
“...Oh, no. I... I didn’t grow hair last time I saw you.”
[Oh my.]
Thanks to Kartia chattering loudly next to me, the emotions that had been building up quickly subsided.
What on earth was it...
As soon as I held the sword, I felt like I was dreaming something.
I don’t know.
The more I thought about it, the more I remembered that horrible feeling...
I want to stop thinking about it.
After my hiccuping body completely calmed down, I slowly pulled away from Rubia.
“Are you okay now?”
“...Yes.”
[Really? Then try holding it again. I think it broke just now.]
“S-No.”
[...Why?]
Cartia, who was walking hard while holding her sword, made a bewildered expression.
Why...?
Hmm... I don’t know.
I just, I just don’t want to hold it...
Hmm... But.
But thanks to Cartia, I calmed down quickly...
“No... Ha, I’ll hold it just once.”
“Are you okay, Noah? Something... isn’t right?”
“Ugh... It’s okay.”
[Good idea. I fixed it for sure. You won’t be able to hold it anymore.]
Rubia snickered as she watched Cartia, who was sulking.
“Rather than fixing it... you just pounded it with your fist.”
[Uh. In my time, everyone did this.]
As if it was natural, Kartia banged his greatsword, and once again stuck the sword into the ground.
[Okay, try it.]
He nodded and walked towards the sword.
[..Even I'm nervous.]
Kartia put her hand on his flat chest and let out a deep breath.
"Ka, Kartia, why are you nervous...?"
[There is something like that, kid. Now, do it.]
"...Yes, Grandma."
[Ha, Grandma?! I'm only 35! This damn brat!]
"Hehe..."
For some reason, I don't know, but Kartia, who had become easy to talk to, smiled mischievously and reached out to the handle of the greatsword.
Just before reaching the handle.
Suddenly... an unexpected question came to mind.
"Um... Rubia."
"Yes, Noah."
"You know... you wouldn't mind if I had hair on my butt?"
"... Yes? What the... no, um... if I had to answer."
A bright smile. A dazzlingly brilliant and painful emotion.
Heard it from me.
“Not at all. Then, Noah, wouldn’t you hate it if I had hair on my butt?”
“Aha... No. If... If that happens.”
With a lightened step.
With a clearer feeling.
Cartia’s greatsword.
“I’m going to put hair growth cream on my butt too.”
He pulled it out.
