The Great Sword is not the Main Body!-Chapter 75: Rest (4)

As soon as the word ‘challenger’ left Sirin's lips, Charlotte and Yuria's expressions hardened.

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They were already stiff, but now... It could be called a stiffness tinged with shock.

“How... How could you say that name...”

“Life is something only the gods can govern. The Elixir is also a divine item. Yet, for a mortal to reach out to such things is an audacious challenge, indeed.”

A serene smile appeared on Sirin’s deeply sunk face.

“However, I find it a beautiful challenge. It’s something only a mortal, something only a human, could dare to attempt.”

Her eyes curved delicately.

“I respect that. Those of you who seek to break the shell and move into a new world... You shine. But be careful. The apostles of the gods will not let such light be left alone.”

And, once again, her face returned to its original expression.

“Ahem, and as for that Noah... I’m not sure when he will wake, but do deliver this one thing for me.”

Sirin’s gaze swept over us.

Charlotte, her mouth agape, didn’t answer.

Yuria was dripping with sweat... and similarly, didn’t speak.

I, too, was just like them.

Eventually, Sirin, awkwardly standing there, cleared her throat and continued.

“Kalt is someone I couldn’t capture either... So, you can be even prouder for killing him. Well... saying that won’t get much of a response, but... heh heh heh! Now, I must be off!”

With that, she flung the door open wide and disappeared beyond it.

It wasn’t just that she left. She truly, literally, vanished.

Charlotte and Yuria quickly got up from their seats and chased after Sirin, but they couldn’t catch up.

As a result, the inside of Charlotte’s office... was swept into a profound silence, as if a storm had passed.

On the other hand, my mind was in turmoil.

My head felt like it was going to explode. It was complicated.

Sirin’s words didn’t seem to connect, and they drifted, stirring up a storm in my head.

From her appearance, which was similar to Noah’s, to the miraculous magic, her tone and actions as though she knew everything about us, and her prophetic-like statements.

And then... the challenger.

I slowly turned my gaze, looking at Yuria, who had mentioned the challenger.

She was still staring blankly at the spot where Sirin had left, her eyes trembling.

Then, out of the blue.

“Hey, guys. There’s this novel I’ve been reading lately...”

“Suddenly... what-”

“Well, um... I think that little kid might be a reincarnator, coming from the future to the present. What do you think?”

Charlotte’s unexpected comment snapped me out of my daze.

“I’m already so confused, can you please just shut up?”

“Ah... right... right...”

Charlotte, receiving Yuria’s murderous glare, awkwardly scratched her head and plopped back down in her seat.

Then she quietly took out a magic cigarette, lit it, and looked at me.

“I know you’re curious about something...”

“Then please answer. What does Sirin mean by ‘challenger’?”

“Ugh, that damn little brat... Why did she blurt that out...”

Charlotte irritably ruffled her hair, inhaled deeply from her magic cigarette, and sighed.

No.

If I’m going to ask someone, it’s better to ask the person involved.

I turned my head to look at Yuria.

She was already looking at me, as if she had anticipated it.

“First... may I sit down?”

“Well, of course...”

“Thank you.”

Yuria, walking over weakly, sat down on the sofa, then slowly gathered her thoughts before speaking.

“Rubia, no... Priestess, what do you think of Erden?”

The look in Yuria’s eyes as she gazed at me was filled with an unknown hostility. Not only hostility, but there was also a gaze that seemed to ask, "What do you know?"

“I know this is quite an impolite question. I know it’s a presumptuous action. I’m prepared to endure your anger. So... I humbly ask for your honest opinion.”

Yuria bowed her head, then slowly lifted it again.

Her eyes were now filled with even deeper hostility.

I don’t know if that hostility is aimed at me.

Or if it’s aimed at Erden.

I don’t know.

But...

It’s annoying.

It makes me mad, and it brings out my frustration.

The stress I’ve been slowly accumulating starts to affect me, starting at the top of my head.

The seething anger within me spreads to my fingertips.

It makes my facial muscles tingle.

I’m not a saint.

I don’t have a broad heart.

I’m narrow-minded, envious, and my personality is dark.

What I want, I must have.

I’m a petty human who hates it when others gaze at what’s mine.

And right now...

This situation.

This situation where everything seems to be happening without me.

That look, as if they’re ignoring me.

It makes me furious.

“Haha...”

I’ve been holding back so far.

I’ve been suppressing it deep down.

But now, it’s about to explode.

I shouldn’t be letting it out right now.

Why can’t I control it?

No. It’s not that I can’t.

I just don’t want to.

Maybe it’s because unbelievable things are piling up at once.

Or maybe it’s because I thought I {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} knew something about this world, but now I realize I don’t?

“About Erden...”

Maybe it’s because I sensed a faint divine power from Kalt’s lost sword.

Maybe it’s because the big battle we just fought hasn’t allowed me to calm down.

“Me... I...”

Or maybe it’s because, for the first time, I felt like I could die.

That I could die after being torn apart by Kalt while I was lying on the ground, wriggling like a worm?

No.

I’m just...

Noah, who’s by my side.

The person I love, suffering.

And yet, I can’t do anything for her.

It’s really...

“Fucking ridiculous.”

It’s fucking ridiculous.

I’m pissed.

I’m frustrated.

And I have to bottle it all inside.

And this pathetic situation that’s making me go back like this.

The world.

Erden.

The sun.

Lilith.

Me, using that power.

“It’s disgusting, and I hate it. I want to gather those who think they’ve dipped their toes in and kill them.”

“W-what?”

“R... Rubia?”

Two pairs of eyes, filled with shock, turn toward me.

I checked if Noah was still asleep.

I examined her closely, checking her breath.

I spoke again.

“There may be innocent people, and you might think that. But no, I still want to kill them all. Whether it’s the end of the world or whatever, I just want to find those bastards and kill them.”

The image of humans intoxicated by pleasure fills my mind.

Whether men or women, humans expressing their lust and acting on it.

The sight of believers taking suspicious drugs, claiming it’s a blessing from the goddess.

The people who said they wanted to sacrifice their own children.

The sticky gazes that looked at me.

The ones who were adamant about leaving a seed for the priestess.

The cult leaders.

The followers.

The humans.

All of them.

I want to kill them all.

“Charlotte, Yuria. I don’t know how you feel about Erden. You may like it or hate it. It could be a test for me. I don’t think you’re apostles from Erden, but I still have worries. But I’ll be honest.”

Charlotte’s magic cigarette falls with a soft thud.

Yuria’s mouth drops open.

Carefully, I reached out to Noah’s body.

She’s still sleeping.

I spoke.

“Fucking ridiculous, fucking dogs. They’re fucking idiots. Yeah, when I first came out of Erden, I was soft. I couldn’t even kill the knights chasing me. I thought they were all innocent. I thought they were just following orders. But...”

The knights that came to the ruins.

They sent countless pursuers after me.

“They were all the same. Their conversations were vulgar. They didn’t see me as a priestess. They called me a bitch from Erden. Sometimes, they even tried to peek into our room from the opposite building. So...”

Every time that happened...

“I would put Noah to sleep, go out myself, and crush their heads. They’d lower their weapons when I approached them with a sweet smile. It was very easy. And yet, I always left one alive. I sent them back to Erden. Cut off their fingers, pulled out their teeth, healed them completely, and sent them back. I did it several times.”

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I killed them. All of them.

“So, they stopped sending anyone after me. Heh heh... I don’t know if they think I’m crazy now or what. Maybe this is the way they wanted me to go. But, well, what can I do? I’m already like this.”

“Wow, no... Rubia...”

“Is that okay? Yuria, I don’t know if that hostility was aimed at me or Erden. But one thing you should know for sure.”

I gripped Noah’s hand.

“Priestess, I think Erden...”

I steadied my trembling breath.

“Lilith, the goddess.”

I said it slowly, biting each word.

“She’s fucking disgusting.”

And I smiled.

I took a sip of coffee.

It was bitter and lukewarm, but refreshing.

It felt good.

The divine power flowing through me also seemed to be stirred by my emotions, rising in a pleasant way.

My mood was rising along with it.

A deep smile spread across my face.

“Are you satisfied?”

I drank the coffee again.

It was sweet.

Clap clap clap-

A timid applause came from my left.

Charlotte was clapping, admiring me.

“Fucking... fucking awesome.”

“What?”

“Damn... Yeah, this is it... This is the Rubia I know... This is why I fell for her. Look at her. Wow... her aura is insane.”

I turned to where Charlotte pointed.

As she said, the divine power emanating from my back lit up the room.

“What... What’s happening...”

I quickly tried to control it, to disperse it.

But it teasingly swirled and didn’t disperse, instead growing even brighter.

“Well, um... Yeah. I’m... sorry, Priestess.”

Eventually, even Yuria, in awe, bowed her head.

“I... I didn’t realize you’d hate it this much...”

The hostility was gone.

The disregard had also disappeared.

But my divine power didn’t vanish.

“Yes, so please answer. What exactly does ‘challenger’ mean?”

I gave up and expanded my divine power further.

I surrounded the entire building and completed the soundproofing.

Only then did the divine power disperse and return to my body.

“...Alright... The soundproofing is done. Please, tell me.”

“Right... With this level of hatred, I can tell you without problem... Heh...”

Yuria swallowed nervously and began to speak slowly.

“A ‘challenger’... refers to those who challenge the sun.”

“The sun...”

Lilith.

“Those who challenge it, aiming to ultimately destroy it. Such people...”

Yuria tilted the teacup to her lips and continued speaking.

“So, the goddess Lilith refers to those who can twist the very foundation of the world as challengers.”

“The foundation of the world...”

I hear the sound of a procession of carriages outside the window.

The noisy voices of merchants.

The peaceful hum of the city.

“The world we live in...”

The next words from Yuria were:

“■is ind■ividuals who■ hide their■ re■al nam■es...”

It didn’t come through in my mind.