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Chapter 369
Devotion of Love (Illustration)
The time Ferda had left was not much.
Realizing that, he moved urgently.
"Malcolm."
"Yes, sir!"
"You keep saving the knights."
Ẁе bñ о̂v.е l Ӗǹ.ům̊а
"Then, Regent-nim...?"
Before he could even hear the answer to those words, the weight that had been on his back disappeared.
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Malcolm, looking back, was startled.
Black things spread wide from within Ferda's body and flew up into the sky just like that.
Like a giant kite, or like a giant crow's wings, that form held the wind and soared upward.
It was slowly shaping its form.
Ěnü m̌а́ ._id
'I do what I can do.'
The first place to find was the headquarters that had fallen back to the rear.
Ferda flew toward there, and before long he could find them.
Distinct colors.
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Disgusting beings made of purple flesh and green blood.
-Poor children.
Е̃n u m̊ а . і̂ d̆
Sierra whispered into Ferda's ear.
Ferda knew that too.
That they were also beings who didn't want to be made like that.
'But they are things that must not exist.'
Ferda answered thus, and Sierra fell silent at that.
Ferda reached out his hand.
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Senses extending from his fingertips became dozens, hundreds of hands, and those hands gripped the monsters' hearts.
Hearts beating in a steady rhythm felt like drums.
Ferda twisted all the spots where that resonance could be felt.
-Kkiiik!
-Kkieek!!
As if the lifelines connecting them had been severed all at once, they collapsed with a thud.
W̃_е̄ b̆ n oṽ е̂l Е n ú m а̃
Those who had been fighting just stared down at the corpses, not knowing what had happened.
Ferda descended below them.
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"Wh-what is that?"
"Fire! Stop it from approaching!"
The riflemen, feeling fear at the suddenly appeared object, opened fire.
However, Mori noticed upon seeing that strange form.
W е̂b̆ n̆ оṽ е̇ l̀ Ē_ńu mã
"Cease fire! That is Regent Ferda-nim!"
"Wh-what, Regent-nim?"
"Regent Ferda-nim?"
There was no part on that strange creature from which one could conclude it was Ferda.
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But seeing it approach calmly even while being shot at, they realized Mori's judgment was correct.
"So-sorry!"
Ĕ n̈ ũ m̄а̀ .і d̆
-No need to be sorry. It doesn't even itch.
A voice rang out from what could be called a mouth.
The humans felt that resonating voice was unfamiliar, but some among them knew whose voice that was.
They all shared the commonality of being Dragon Spawns.
Ferda was producing sound in a similar method to his masters.
Mori carefully approached and asked him.
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"Really... are you Regent-nim?"
She asked again, unable to believe even what she saw with her own eyes.
-10 minutes, no, about 9 minutes left. Brief me on where help is needed.
Hearing those words, Mori regained her composure and spoke to him.
"Currently the most vulnerable part is Zone 1. That place is the most serious, so please start there."
-Very well.
Е n̂um̈ǎ
Zone 1 was where the Far East Alliance had positioned themselves.
At the same time, it was a place where there weren't many heroes or talents who could properly step forward.
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Ferda flew up into the sky once more.
Large wingbeats fluttered naturally as if he had done it long ago, and he soared up.
The black form had now taken enough shape to be recognizable.
"Dr-dr... a dragon!?"
Wѐ b̌n ӧ v_ẽl̄ Ēn̂ umа̀
It was the form of a Black Dragon.
The evil dragon that had driven the continent to the worst situation.
No one knew why he had become such a form, but one thing was certain: he was still an ally.
The enemies' fear was hope for them.
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That hope would become calamity for those who came from the dark land.
Ferda flew to Zone 1 in one go and checked the situation there.
Е ñ û m̃ а̇
There were no breached holes, but the long wall was surrounded by monsters and was precarious overall.
Small monsters flying behind the wall consistently cut off firepower, and those gaps failed to block the movements of medium and small monsters.
'So that's why the drastic measure was taken.'
Count Consillus and the Far East knights were making a forced breakthrough to cut the monsters' waist and gain a moment's respite.
'Ulbera, and Arwen.'
And the nobles and knights following them.
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They were all prepared for death.
They were all ones who had lost something once before, and the Far East was merely a land of exile.
Such a Far East had now become their home ground.
Knowing the pain of loss, they struggled desperately not to lose again.
It was devotion for victory.
Ferda did not wish for that devotion.
W̃ е̂ bń о̇ vè l̂ _Е̊ n̊ u m а̄
Death is only miserable.
Blue eyes left a long afterimage and dropped to the ground.
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Kwoong!
He trampled the monsters and blocked the way.
The small monsters that had been rushing in without rest hesitated at Ferda's form.
-Kreureuk! Keureuk!
Е̄ nũ mа̊
As if suppressed by that spirit, they charged again.
Intending to bite and tear the black form to nothing.
-All of you, die.
Every monster that entered Ferda's field of vision met death.
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Corpses with twisted chests fell in a fan shape.
-Is anyone injured?
Е̂ǹũ mа.ĭď
Fear felt in that heterogeneous voice.
They knew that fear was similar to what a certain man they had known long ago used to exude.
"We greet the Great Regent."
Ulbera greeted Ferda as representative.
The old man's body, full of white beard, was covered in wounds.
-You're badly hurt.
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"I can still fight."
He spoke politely, placing a hand on his chest.
"If this old man doesn't step forward while he still has strength, there's no justification for sending the young to their deaths, is there?"
Ferda looked at his condition and surmised.
The fact that this battle would be his last in life.
With only a handful of life remaining, he had resolved to become not a quietly burning ember, but an intense flame.
Е̊ṅ u m а . ǐ d
It was a very honorable thing for a knight.
Ferda shifted his gaze.
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-What do you think?
He asked not Ulbera, but Arwen.
Since he was by his side, he already knew what state he was in.
He bit his lip hard and forced his mouth open.
Ӗ n̆û mă. і d̂
"I..."
-This will be the last. At least, it'd be better not to do anything you'll regret.
Ferda's eyes looked at Arwen deeply.
Even though he was an adoptive father, to Arwen, Ulbera was no different from a father.
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He knew what it was like to send someone off leaving unsaid words to a father.
At Ferda's words, Arwen stopped hesitating.
Еnu m ӓ
Putting down his self bound by chivalry, he spoke.
"I only wish for my father to see my wife and son one last time before leaving."
Arwen said that.
-A pleasing wish.
Ferda grabbed Ulbera's body.
"Regent-nim...!"
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Just like that, he flew up and disappeared behind the wall.
While Ferda bought a moment's time, monsters swarmed again.
Now the man standing at the vanguard was Arwen.
Ulbera endlessly watched the battlefield growing distant.
"Why did you make such a choice?"
Ferda's answer was simple.
E nu mã
-You need to be prepared to look good to the Count-elect, don't you?
Ulbera laughed weakly at those words.
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The flame that had been burning himself also quietly subsided again.
Where should he set Ulbera down?
Ferda looked for a good spot.
Piiiiii!!
Еn̈ úm а. id̂
The sound of a signal arrow.
That sound was a signal unique to the North.
'The reinforcements Ludmilla requested have finally...'
Ferda flew toward there.
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Thousands of Northern warriors stopped in place, looking at the object descending from the sky.
Duke Valeri Purity, who had been at the forefront, stepped forward and asked.
W̃ е̊ b nӧṽ е̃ l Eṅū m̊â
"Are you our enemy?"
Ferda answered that question.
-If we share the same will, we are allies, Duke Purity.
"So it was Regent Ferda. You've grown so large I didn't recognize you."
Duke Valeri Purity understood in an instant.
Ferda carefully set down what he was holding.
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Ulbera Consillus looked at Duke Purity and chuckled.
"You're very late, in-law."
"The North's news is slow. And with all this persuading and that, it turned out this way."
"'Persuasion' from the North under heaven. Seems you do talk to each other."
"They're all just pig-dogs rotting in peace. They said they wouldn't use force when it was needed, so I cut off their arms and came back."
Ulbera smirked.
Ӗ n ũ m ӓ
Duke Valeri Purity scanned his body and clicked his tongue.
"Because of that, our in-law here suffered terribly. A truly shameful matter."
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"Just the fact that we're defending with our own hands is something to be proud of. Hahaha."
As the two old men laughed heartily, the heir, Igor, stepped forward slightly and spoke.
"Father, please stop coming along now."
"You cheeky brat. Are you saying old men can't enjoy a feast?"
Е n̂ů m̄ a . ї d̈
The Great Warrior, Sergei, also chimed in and stood in the way.
"Isn't it important to discern the time and place? Please stay back and watch."
"Raising children is useless."
Igor and Sergei laughed heartily, but fear had taken root in their hearts.
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Even the North, which considered death honorable, did not wish for their own father to die like Ulbera.
Valeri saw through that fear.
W̌ е̂ bń о ṽ е́ l̃ Е̃ n.üm̀ а
Since those disturbed hearts couldn't hold their ankles, he permitted it as if there was no choice.
"Then we'll have to entrust it to the young ones. Go and show whose feast this is."
"Is that even a question?!"
Igor steeled his fighting spirit hearing those words.
As if responding to that spirit, the horse he was riding raised its front hooves with a spirited sound.
"I don't want to help that ugly brother-in-law's kid, but we can't make our youngest a widow!"
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The Great Warrior Sergei welcomed them warmly in the Northern style and shouted.
"Let's go, heroes of the North! Show them what sons born in the freezing cold are made of!"
Hooves roughly beat the ground and advanced.
-I'll be going now too.
"Please do. Guardian of the Far East."
Duke Purity paid proper respects, and Ferda flapped his wings and rose again.
Ẇ е̃ b̊ ñ оv e l̃ Е̃ǹ u̇ m а́
Time remaining: 5 minutes.
Mori's briefing continued.
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-You need to buy time at Zone 2. Just a brief moment is enough.
-I'll go.
He set a course and flew there.
"Th-that is...!"
Ŵ e̊bn̄ оvе̂l Еnû m̀ а
Everyone made faces as if facing calamity at that black form.
But knowing that calamity was directed only at monsters, the will to rise again surged.
Ferda appeared wherever help was needed.
At first everyone feared, but once they knew his identity, morale recharged.
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'How much time is left?'
From when it became 3 minutes, he didn't even count.
W̌ ёb̌_n̄ о̌ ṽе̃ l Е ń um ã
He didn't sell time to other places and focused only on giving help.
To catch even one more.
To save even one more person.
At that moment, a certain man's gaze overlapped in Ferda's mind.
'Godwin.'
Kind Godwin.
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Until he gained the name Evil Dragon, he was a man who loved everything.
Even if they were trivial worms, if they asked, going down to the ends of Hell was Godwin.
The reason his gaze overlapped now was surely because the situation was similar.
'Vision is blurring.'
It meant time was running out.
He couldn't save everyone, but he could save many.
Е̂ n ü m а̂.ī d
He could create enough time for them to briefly reorganize and deploy to the battlefield.
'Even if I lose this life.'
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That was the parting gift Ferda desired.
Love for Valdrova.
The thread of consciousness he held with both hands gradually grew distant.
The large physical body maintained by black flesh also gradually scattered.
Ŵе b ň ŏ v е̊ l Е̊ń ǔ m̂ а̇
The giant darkness broke, scattered, and shrank.
The giant Black Dragon finally became human.
Eyes that had been facing the ground now looked at the sky.
With the gravity felt, he should be getting closer to the ground,
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But for some reason, consciousness felt like it was rising to the sky.
Ferda questioned.
W еb̃ n о v е l Е́nůmà
Just how many enemies he had killed in the end,
Just how many allies he had saved,
And how this war ended.
But his body's answer was only one.
Now you must rest.
His body said so and lowered his eyelids.
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Ferda prayed one last time.
That his devotion was not in vain.
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Ferda opened his eyes again.
The heavy sensation pressing down on his whole body disappeared, and he felt light.
He had finally been freed from his body that had reached its limit.
E n.u m̆_а̌
Ferda just sat there quietly.
Rather than moving rashly, understanding the current situation came first.
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Ferda raised his eyes and looked ahead.
There was a mirror.
He made eye contact with a man he had only seen in mirrors.
No, looking closely, that wasn't a mirror.
E ǹum̄ а̀
The man in the mirror was smiling very brightly.
Ferda knew he couldn't smile like that.
So the form beyond that boundary line was not a reflection in a mirror.
He realized its name and spoke it aloud.
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"Godwin."
Ferda called that name.
Е̄ n̂ūḿа̊ .і ď
Then the man on the other side answered.
"This is the first time we've met like this, Ferda."
He spoke with a very refreshing smile.
"If you want, you can call me Dad."
Ferda didn't go along with that joke.
Ferda glanced around and asked him.
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"Am I dead?"
"Does it seem like it?"
"Since the son who should be in a coffin is before my eyes, it seems so."
"Haha! You're a more interesting human than I thought."
That hearty-looking laughter.
Ferda didn't like it.
Е̊ n u m а̌. id̃
He felt like only he was a petty human for no reason.
"No need to be envious."
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"Of what?"
"Me smiling like this is actually just a habit. I actually prefer making expressions like you."
"You're telling a lie that won't even work on a chick."
"No, really. If I just keep smiling like this, humans all see me as a pushover. It's a smile that makes people die who don't even need to die."
Еň ům̊.а
That disposition certainly existed.
He smiled gently, looking at Ferda, then opened his mouth.
"Thank you."
"For what?"
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"For finishing what I couldn't accomplish."
"I didn't do anything like throwing the world into chaos."
Е nu m̄ а . і̄ d
"Freeing Valdrova. Thanks to you, Valdrova must be free now."
"Free from what?"
"From responsibilities she didn't need to bear. Humans blocked it splendidly, didn't they?"
One thing could be known from that.
The battle was over, and the Serdes Continent had won.
It was a natural outcome, but one knot of tension in his heart loosened.
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"Then did everything go according to your plan?"
"As if. I'm not a god, I can't control everything. Sierra's obsession, Silverwind's death, things like that."
"A failure, then."
"Right. I failed. But it was a valuable failure."
"You sure know how to spin it, for a loser."
Even at Ferda's sharp words, Godwin smiled leisurely.
Ê ńu ḿ а
"The fact that not everything went according to plan means this land still has hope. What I believed in, no, what she believed in, has meaning."
His eyes looked at Ferda deeply.
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The warmth felt in that gaze was not unfamiliar.
When his mother was alive, his father had eyes like that.
So he felt bad.
Ferda didn't want to think of this bastard as a father.
Ẅе b ń о̇ v̌ е l Ѐn_ǔ mӑ
Because then it would be the same as father and son loving the same woman.
Just imagining it made his stomach churn.
"You're a trash-like bastard."
"Can't deny it. That's what I wanted."
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"What will you do now?"
"What need is there to do anything? Silence alone suits the dead. Now it's time for eternal silence. You have to return to your world."
Ẅ е̌ bnо̃v̈ e l Eńu m a
"I still haven't died."
"That woman won't let you go easily."
Sierra.
She helped at the end, but was still uncomfortable.
"Don't hate Sierra too much. It's largely my fault for giving that woman false hope. Now she won't try to control you anymore either."
"How can you guarantee that?"
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"Because our King will finally choose."
Our King.
That was Valdrova.
"I thought the moment that woman chooses would come. Though it passed too long a time... Finally, she'll become whole."
"What does becoming whole mean?"
"It means Twilight has passed."
Ě ṅ ũ mа̄
Twilight.
The reason he'd heard that word often was because of the name Dragons' Twilight.
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"Only the King can overcome that moment of Twilight."
"Wasn't Dragons' Twilight you?"
"No. Just a loser who tried to become Twilight but failed."
He said exactly what Ferda had said.
Ën̄ u m̀ а̊.і̀ d̀
It felt like he was mocking him, and it was annoying.
"Did the dead man drag out time too much? But I wanted to talk with you one last time."
"Why?"
"Because I was the damn bastard who killed the woman I loved and took her."
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He smiled bitterly.
Jealousy and envy hidden behind the smile.
W̌.е_b̄n̂ оv̀ е ľ Ĕ n ů mа
The desire to cross the boundary right now and come to where Ferda was.
How could it not arise?
Everything enjoyed while alive becomes futile upon death.
But Godwin closed his eyes and smiled warmly.
"It'll be incredibly hard from now on. Life is all like that. But taking responsibility is even harder."
He walks to the other side.
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It felt like he had resolved never to return.
Like annual plants that bear fruit, scatter seeds, and disappear.
His traces will vanish, and new things will take their place.
Even talking like this will become impossible now.
"Wait a moment."
Ferda called to stop him.
Е.ñ ům å. і d
He kindly turned back.
"What is it?"
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"I..."
Ferda opened his mouth with a trembling voice.
"What should I live for now?"
Ferda feared waking up again.
Е̇ ń ůmа̌
The reason he had run to death was because he wished for it.
He broke off engagement with Valdrova, and had to leave the Far East.
What remained for him was a meaningless life.
So he didn't want to open his eyes.
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Because that sad, predetermined ending was coming, Ferda was afraid.
He had no confidence in bearing that destined sad ending.
Wеb́ n̆ о v́ еl̂ Ёň ü m а
"You want me to give you that answer?"
"Because I don't know."
"Stupid bastard."
Godwin walked over again.
And grabbed Ferda's shoulders and shook them.
"Then are you just going to rot in your room?"
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He smiled as if it was nothing.
"Do I have to think for myself?"
"That's not it either. If you think too much, you'll end up ruining even the things you can do."
Then what the hell am I supposed to do?
"As a pathetic father, I'll give you my first and last advice."
Ferda didn't answer.
Ŵ ě bn̂ оv̈ ѐl̃ Ёn̆u ṁ ӓ
Knowing that silence meant affirmation, Godwin smiled and answered.
"Just open the door. It's time to wake up now."
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Hearing those words, when he came to his senses again, Godwin was no longer there.
As he said, there was a door.
An ordinary door made of wood.
In the center of that door was a circular magic circle.
Ѐǹ u m̈.а́
"This is..."
Ferda knew that magic circle.
A magic circle created from his anxiety, and the magic circle with runes inscribed that almost killed Echidna.
Geometrically incorrect, something that shouldn't work, but Ferda knows it works.
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This magic circle cannot be explained in words, cannot be interpreted logically, and sometimes even makes intuition miss.
Its name was Wish.
Е̃ňum̈а̌ .і̊ ď.
Ferda had turned back time with this.
If he opens this door, will time turn back again?
Ferda grabbed that doorknob.
He didn't wish for a wish.
Like the damn biological father's last advice, he just opened it.
Light poured out.
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