Offer a Tribute and Become an Archmage - Chapter 143



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Episode 143.

“Are you trying to die?”

Ronobe was unusually angry.

It is not common to see Ronobe so seriously angry. Anna was that precious to him. Before she was a god, she was a teacher who taught Ronobe the joy of magic.

Without her teachings, Ronobe would have used magic only as a means, just as a tool to kill his enemies.

“Have I been doing something wrong? Did you feel threatened because there were only beasts around you? Then from now on, when you call, please only call Anna…”

Anna shook her head.

[Do you remember meeting me?]

“Yes? Yes! I remember. Of course I remember!”

The first wizard I ever saw. At the same time as the wizard’s death, she saw the birth of a god. As soon as she became a god, she asked Ronobe to save her disciple. If he would save Elicia and restore her family, she would give him everything she had.

Only now did Ronobe realize what it meant to give everything.

[It’s just that the time has come.]

“I won’t accept it. I don’t need it. If I accept it, Anna will disappear!”

Ronobe’s eyes were firm.

Only three years. The hazy eyes of the boy I saw three years ago had completely become those of a man.

[You’ve become an adult.]

Anna’s gaze as she looked down at him became much softer. The little child who had only thought about his own glory had grown up so big and become a great person.

A child grows up and becomes an adult.

So what do adults become when they grow up?

[I’m just a fool.]

The child walks looking forward.

But the adult stops and looks back.

“Master!”

[I have lived far beyond the time I could rely on your kindness. It is just time.]

Adults are full of foolishness everywhere. Foolishness only becomes a vine that entangles itself by spreading more foolishness.

There is no way to erase foolishness.

You can either ignore it and move forward, or just sit back and accept it.

Anna clearly chose the latter option.

“I saw the Master’s tree. It was definitely not a failure!”

Her Akan, as Ronobe felt, was by no means a failure. Ronobe had never seen a greater miracle. Perhaps her legacy will forever be engraved on this land with the two letters Anna.

“Even if it weren’t for me, Master could have existed as a god! So… don’t try to leave.”

Ronobe’s fist rolled.

In contrast to his unwavering gaze, his fists were shaking.

No one is familiar with death.

It was the same with Ronobedo.

Death, as always, comes suddenly. As always, Ronobe cannot choose to say goodbye to fate.

Anna wrapped her arms around the boy’s fist.

The boy was shaking.

[Ronobe. They say that if there is a meeting, there is also a parting.]

“Why? You don’t have to leave. Is it because of Count Enhyde? If that’s the case, I have a way!”

Anna shook her head.

They said it wasn’t because of the count.

[You saw my Arcan. That’s my one remaining regret.]

“But if I get rid of that…!!”

Anna disappears.

Anna knew that, and Ronobe knew that too.

Anna knelt down on one knee and met Ronnobe’s gaze.

[Ronobe. What do you think magic is?]

Magic. It’s a miracle.

It is a miracle that is bestowed upon people.

“It’s a miracle!”

[Yes, it is a miracle. But what is needed for a miracle to be a miracle?]

“Huh? That’s…”

Is a miracle meant to be a miracle? Isn’t a miracle just a miracle? I didn’t know that kind of thing. When Anna was speechless, she smiled and hugged Ronobe’s head tightly.

[For a miracle to be a miracle, it has to make him smile. It can’t make people die from the cold like I did.]

“…”

[They say miracles bring blessings.]

Ronobé, who was in Anna’s arms, bit his lower lip. He wanted to deny it, but he couldn’t. Anna was right.

Magic is a miracle.

Miracles are for people.

It is hope and happiness to some. It is not a miracle to make living things miserable.

that.

[It’s unfortunate.]

so.

[My Akan is a failure. Instead of making people happy, it’s making people tremble.]

If things continue like this, Anna will die.

‘I don’t like it.’

Someone else disappears again.

People always realize how precious someone is only after they’ve passed away. Ronobe was no different.

Because he was a very ordinary person.

Breakups are always sad.

sad.

Ronobe hated being sad.

“Then Anna will die!”

[Have you forgotten? I am already dead.]

All the strength left my body.

Anna’s mind was made up.

[Ronobe. Magic should be used for the sake of people. A wizard who forgets this fact can never be happy. I want to remain a wizard who spreads miracles, not a witch’s curse.]

Anna lifted the boy’s face. Tears were already flowing from the boy’s eyes.

[I’m sorry. I’ve been asking you for favors from beginning to end.]

“Isn’t there any other way?”

[Even if there is, I don’t want it. Because I have no more regrets. If there is one thing, it is that I regret not being able to see your Akan… But I don’t think you have to worry.]

Anna said that and turned into smoke.

‘Akan. Miracle. God.’

In the dispersing smoke, Ronobe tried to grab Anna’s hand, but couldn’t.

[Live happily. Now you are my Akan.]

Just before she disappeared.

Ronobe shouted.

“I have kept you from scattering and disappearing! So your end too! Not without my permission!”

[You’re acting like a child.]

Anna’s eyes were filled with pain as she looked at Ronobe.

“I don’t care. If it means I can stop someone precious from disappearing! I’ll be a foolish brat a hundred times over! Yonterion!!”

[Is the price enough? You idiot. Tsk tsk.]

As if he had been waiting, Yonterion appeared next to Ronobe.

Ronobe said, spreading his arms.

“As much as you want.”

[Ronobe!]

Even with Anna’s cries growing blurry, Ronobe’s will remained unchanged. He looked at Yonterion, but he had already seeped into Ronobe’s body.

[This time it’s going to hurt a lot.]

“It doesn’t matter. I’d rather be sick than lose someone!”

[I’ll praise you. You idiot.]

*

Swish.

When Ronobe opened his eyes again, there was a sharp sword hanging around his neck in front of him.

“What did you do?”

The count’s question was still asked without any ups and downs. However, Ronobe looked down at her with uninterested eyes and then looked up at the large tree beside him.

“The answer is always right there. You risk your life over something that isn’t difficult. You’re so foolish, you stupid blockhead.”

The Count’s army was narrowed down.

“Who are you?”

“You don’t know anything. You are a human who is neither alive nor dead, eaten by Tula.”

That was when.

The Count swung his sword. There was no flashy technique. He swung his sword. That was all. But the speed was so fast that it was hard to see.

“!!”

However, the Count’s sword failed to cut him. Before it could even reach him, half of it disappeared. He just looked at the sword that had disappeared as if it had been eaten by something and stepped back.

“Don’t even think about striking me because the sword is gone. Even if you’re not dead, if your existence disappears, it’s the same as being dead.”

The count’s expressionless face finally became distorted.

“Who are you?”

“He who bows his head gives wisdom.”

The one who gave wisdom to those who were poor.

Yonterion chuckled as he recalled a long time ago, an event that was now a distant memory.

“But you don’t seem to care.”

“…”

“If there’s one thing that doesn’t bother me, this one is enough.”

Bam. Boom-!

With a snap of his fingers, the count’s body sank to the floor as if crushed by a boulder. No one other than the king of the kingdom could have made her, who was no different from the king of the North, kneel so easily. A faint emotion settled on her face.

“!!”

“Just stay that way. You aren’t important right now.”

Ronobe.

No, Yonterion was amazed.

“When will this stone head break its own stone? How long will you rely on me for such a simple matter?”

The Count who threatens her life. Her duty and the Akan that Anna created. A god. And a strong spirit created by the heart of a young boy who does not want to part with such a god.

Yonterion was a real idiot.

“After all, isn’t it just about people living? Why can’t we think of something this simple?”

Jonterion placed his hand on Anna’s Arcan.

“Manchun.”

A totem of spring that restores the body.

It seeped into Anna’s maple leaves. To make a totem, a soul is needed. The soul offering of a half-wizard would be more than enough.

“If they are blowing out cold and causing damage to this land, why don’t we just offset them?”

The green light of the blue ice tree spreads out across the area. The biting cold has disappeared. The cold wave that was radiating from the blood-drinking maple has disappeared, and instead, something beneficial to the body has spread. Cold is not originally beneficial to living things, but if it becomes beneficial, it will no longer be a problem.

This was Yontarian’s simple answer.

“The Arkhan of the Gods will not have to disappear, and will instead have more influence. The land that has been transformed will not have to perform the duties of a noble, and then the stoneheads will have no reason to die.”

Yonterion sighed.

“It’s something so simple. You idiot. You need to realize what you have once again.”

Tsk tsk Yonterion clicked his tongue and tapped his head with Ronobe’s finger.

“Still… I don’t hate stupid and affectionate guys. Don’t die. Ronobe.”

Phew! Ronobe, who had vomited blood from his nose and mouth, sat down, satisfied with the firm autumn leaves and the warm air.

My head is spinning.

A feeling of all the internal organs of my body being twisted.

But strangely, my head feels refreshed.

“Anna. This isn’t a failure, is it?”

Anna’s Akan, which she called a failure.

With the power of Ronobe in her, she finally became the Akan she had hoped for. The faint Anna reflected in Ronobe’s eyes was smiling as if she couldn’t stop herself. After seeing that clear smile, he closed his eyes in relief.

*

I had a dream.

People bowing their heads in front of him. And the memories of hanging himself from a tree in the middle of winter were mixed together and he saw it as a dream.

After saying a few words to the humans who were bowing their heads, they made fire with their hands. Those who had fire in their hands became even more greedy for wisdom and eventually revealed a greedy greed.

‘This is Yonterion.’

This is clearly Yonterion’s past.

Like a distant memory that had become blurry, what Ronobe saw in his dream was also blurry and he could not see anything clearly.

Repeated war and war.

Jontherion watched their wars until the fire-handlers were no more. He did not impart any wisdom to them until the last human died.

The country that rose by his hand fell by his hand. Since then, fire has rarely been created by human hands.

‘The one who hung himself…’

It’s Anna’s dream.

Anna was a colder child than she is now. As a child, Anna slaughtered knights and soldiers who attacked her, and showed her anger without hesitation by freezing a castle in her childhood.

The reason was that her family was hurt. Her younger brother was hurt, her father died, and her mother was seriously hurt. Anna could not help but be angry, and her indignation was natural. However, Anna’s mother was deeply disappointed in her for having committed so many murders, and in despair, she hung herself. Her younger brother, who was not cared for by her mother, starved to death.

‘ah…’

From that day on, Anna’s life was a curse.

Anna was speechless until the witch of Aolos took her in.

“So that’s why you were trying to erase the maple leaves.”

Ronobe opened his eyes, picked up the towel that was on his forehead, put it back, and sighed deeply. Tears were streaming down his eyes. Ronobe wiped them away, and muttered as he looked around the unfamiliar room and bed.

“Anna.”

Anna appeared at Ronobe’s call.

Anna, whom I saw again, was beautiful. Her blurry form had become clear and distinct, just like when she was alive.

[Ugly guy.]

Anna pinched Ronnobe’s cheek.

But that was only for a moment. I hugged Ronobe and held her warmly. I could feel it even without saying anything.

Language is not just about speaking.

Sometimes there is language expressed through actions.

The language that Anna’s body spoke was one of utmost gratitude towards Ronnobe.

Ronobe and Anna hugged each other tightly for a while without saying a word.

End