IBRV (Novel) Chapter 172


C 172


"But it's not your fault. It was her choice."

"I understand."

I furrowed my brow at her words. I know. The fact that I couldn't do anything about it anymore, and that I just wanted to know the truth.

"I don't know how to tell my dad."

In the end, I killed her, didn't I?

"That person might have given up on you, but he didn't."

"He probably thought he couldn't kill a child. He probably didn't know I was a dragon."

He probably thought that simply having a child would solve the problem. However, the results would have been different than expected.

"Isn't the past you wanted to know less surprising than you thought? I don't understand why you wanted to know this."

She said as she chewed on a green and white radish.

It was truly an act that showed no sincerity at all.

"But if I hadn't known, I would have thought that my life would have some meaning."

When my mother died, I constantly wondered why I had to go with that bastard and go through that sad moment.

"I have no excuses."

I can't prevent my dad from hating me for this.

"You just have to try again."

Purple shrugged after hearing what I said.

"It's amazing. You were on the brink of death when I first saved you."

Purple narrowed her eyes and looked at me.

"Stop bothering the child."

The snow leopard approached behind me, put his arm around my shoulder, and spoke fiercely.

"Oh, when did you decide to raise a cat?"

"It's better than an old lizard."

"Do you have any conscience?"

Magical energy flew between the two like sparks. Normally, I would have stopped them, but right now, I don't feel that way at all.

"I'll go in now. Thanks for letting me know."

I don't know why people get upset about something so simple.

"Looking at the past is quite exhausting. I didn't want to bother you in any particular way. Well, I coveted you."

She added as if she was reading my mind. I nodded and smiled faintly.

"Hey."

I was about to turn around and leave when the snow leopard called me.

"It's not your fault, so don't dig a tunnel for no reason."

"I know."

"... What do you know?"

I really knew.

It's not my fault. I just wanted to live, and my mother was the one who conceived me.

I decided not to think more than being born was a sin.

"I'll just talk to my dad. In any case, it would have been the truth about death that I've wanted to know for a long time."

---

"I can't believe it's a really young lizard."

"I told you not to call me a lizard."

"Well, then... How long do you plan to hide? I mean, being a noble."

The snow leopard shook his head and looked up. Then, a dazzling white light suddenly appeared in the sky, and Arma jumped.

"Wow, I never thought I would witness God again in my life. What's happening?"

"Well, I came because I had something to look for. That."

Arma raised her index finger, floating in the air with a noble face that didn't seem playful.

"Give it to me."

"This?"

The snow leopard grabbed the black cat hanging from his shoulder by the neck and shook it.

"Yes, that's what I've been looking for."

"As expected, I caught it because it seemed to have quite a bit of malice, but it crossed a line that shouldn't be crossed."

"I didn't give permission."

Nyaaaaaang!

The black cat cried loudly, swinging its front paws with its claws raised.

"It took me a lot of effort to find it, Guardian of the Stars."

Said Arma, holding the black cat by the neck with her small hand. The cat kept screaming.

Something black flowed slowly around it.

"Ugh, it's dirty."

The snow leopard shook his hand slightly and took a step back.

"Someone like a guardian of the stars dares to invade my world without permission."

"Nyaang!"

"Don't even try to take human form now. You should have given up."

Arma grabbed the black cat by the neck and shook it slightly.

"I want them to be happy enough in my world. And there will be no place for you to intervene in that gap."

"Don't make me laugh! That's mine! I raised it, purified it, created the perfect...! Aaargh!"

What looked like a human face protruded from the cat's body and screamed, but as soon as Arma squeezed the cat's neck tightly, it turned back into a cat and screamed.

"At last, I can show my face in front of my children."

Arma murmured coldly. While Arma exerted as much force as she could, the cat's body began to turn from side to side.

"You're wrong. There was nothing you could take from the beginning."

As soon as Arma finished speaking, the cat turned into black dust and disappeared.

"Well, that's scary."

The snow leopard shrugged and mumbled.

"If it weren't for that, you wouldn't have been born, so isn't that heartless?"

"I've been entrusted with a mission too. It's about protecting those girls. And that mission has just been fulfilled."

Arma smiled innocently.

Now that the mission has been fulfilled, it's only left for that girl to live on her own, and for the child's soul in her hands to be born healthy and safe.

"I guess I should give this good news to Bonito."

Arma looked at the two people and then disappeared.

---

"Dad, are you busy?"

"No, I'm almost done with everything."

"Yes, I'll do better from now on. I don't have to go anywhere."

Dad seemed to have sensed the hidden meaning of my words, but after a moment of silence, he put down his pen.

"Did you find out everything you wanted to know?"

"Yes."

"But why does your expression not look good? Who intimidated you?"

"I think it's true that I made my dad sad."

"Why? Because your mother died while pregnant with you?"

My body suddenly stiffened at my father's words.

I was hesitating because I didn't know how to speak, but my father casually brought up the point of my hesitation.

"... Yes."

Dad narrowed his eyes.

"You're mistaken about something, Eirin."

"Yes?"

"We both knew that her body was weakening. She and I."

Dad said, getting up and sitting on the couch. I hesitated and sat down carefully in front of my father.

"She chose to have you, and I chose to respect her choice to have you. I think we talked about this."

Dad said grumpily, leaning his chin on his hand. As if he was talking about something that really doesn't matter.

"What I wanted to know was why you had to go with that damn bastard instead of me, and how you, who weren't born, were born in the grave... That's what I was curious about."

Dad said.

He let out a short sigh, reached out, and lightly stroked my hair, then chuckled softly.

"Actually..."

I carefully told my father what had happened.

And everything, including the story I had just heard from Purple.

After hearing the whole story, my father didn't say anything for a moment, then looked at me uncomprehendingly, got up from his seat, and came over to me.

"You've worked hard."

Dad hugged me tightly.

"Yes, that's what happened. You must have suffered a lot."

My eyes widened at my father's words, but then I bit my lip and shook my head from side to side.

"Be happy now."

My father whispered softly while holding me in his arms.

"Be happy, that's all you have to do."

"It's warm..."

It felt good to bury my face in his kind arms. I smiled awkwardly and nodded, and my dad chuckled.

"It's okay, now that you've decided to stop running, you should properly take care of the work."

"... Yes."

"And let's spend a lot of time together."

At my father's words, I raised my head with wide-open eyes.

"Because..."

Dad placed his forehead against mine and lightly rubbed it.

"I won't be able to be with you forever."

"... Dad."

"Of course, you know this is a story from a very distant future. However, it's a story that will definitely come someday."

When I suddenly raised my eyes, feeling my heart sink, my father chuckled softly.

"Now that I think about it, I heard that your brothers will soon graduate and return. Are you going to continue with the projects you mentioned?"

"Yes."

When I nodded vigorously, my dad smiled faintly.

I was letting go of a frustrating story, but somehow my heart felt lighter.

"Is it the end...?"

I let out a short sigh.

There is still work to be done, like catching the guardian of the stars, but he said it won't be a problem as long as you're happy, so everything will be fine.

"I think that's it."

I held my father's hand tightly.

Then my father took my hand with the same force.

It seemed that the end would come soon.

It seemed that the end of this terrible but tenacious and long relationship was approaching.

The wind blew through the open window. It was a pleasant breeze.

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