The Blind Saint Who Can See - Chapter 100
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#100. Death
Immediately after Izumi’s meteor shower, I relaxed my body along with the falling water’s head.
The view slowly falls.
Consciousness becomes clouded.
“Youth!”
Instead of finishing the slingshot, Cedric ran straight to me. He supported me as I lay in the pool of blood.
“Youth, ah-”
“Three, Drick.”
I opened my eyes with difficulty… … and closed them.
Come to think of it, there was no reason to raise my heavy eyelids.
I looked at him with my eyes closed and my vision was blurry.
‘The brown pigment in my hair has all fallen out.’
Is it because of the dampness, or because I have been wounded and healed countless times, or because I am awakening as a demon?
I hope it’s not the last one.
It hurts my heart so much. That’s it.
“I have a favor to ask….”
“Don’t talk, Youth. If you talk, you’ll bleed.”
“Even if I die, Kolok.”
“I won’t listen!”
He shouted. Big tears fell drop by drop from his fierce eyes.
“Why did you die? I can’t let that happen. I’ll do whatever it takes…!”
It was a chilling declaration.
Don’t I already know that there are no limits to Cedric’s ‘do whatever it takes’?
‘…Should I postpone death?’
It seems possible to some extent.
Even though he will be disabled in his limbs, if he absorbs all of Izumi’s divine power, he will be able to receive emergency treatment.
This is… …yeah.
I decided.
I extended one arm to Cedric, who was bending over and holding my body.
His cheeks are stained with blood.
“… … Cedric.”
“-Stop talking. Every time I talk, I bleed, ah. ah. No matter what you say, I’ll save you somehow-”
“Do you hate me?”
Cedric opened his eyes. I tried my best to smile.
“Because I’ve been using your mind all along… … .”
“-youth.”
“Yeah. Sorry. I knew.”
A dry cough came out.
Each time, small pieces of intestines and bright red blood flowed out. I turned my head slightly and spat out the part of myself that was in my mouth.
“Youth! That, how, must I cure it quickly…!”
“…don’t go.”
I grabbed Cedric who was trying to move. I saw my colleagues running towards me, but for now, I wanted to focus on Cedric.
“It’s so cold… …Can you hug me?”
Cedric paused at the first tantrum. He was still fidgeting, tears streaming down his face, but he slowly approached her as she reached out her hand again to urge him on.
The hands that were holding me were trembling wildly. However, Cedric barely managed to hug me while exhaling deeply, and wrapped my body warmly as the blood drained away and it was cooling down.
Thump, thump.
I hear a pleasant throbbing sound.
Proof that Cedric is still human.
“Do you remember what I said before?”
“……what?”
“I want to save the world.”
Cedric bit his lip. His eyes showed resentment at having to say something like that in this situation.
But here’s the important thing.
“So, Cedric. You have to support me. Even if I… … .”
“You won’t die!”
“… … Yeah. That’s right. He’s not dead.”
That he would be resurrected as soon as he died.
Since my colleagues will soon find out that I have an extra life anyway, this is the only time the ‘dying words’ element will work.
I just plan to make the most of this opportunity.
“Yes. No matter what situation I’m in, please… … complete my mission… instead… … . Can I ask you to do so?”
“why.”
Cedric sobbed.
“Why do you do that?”
Why? That’s right.
“That’s… … the right thing to do, isn’t it?”
I have to go home.
For the families left behind.
Therefore, this is my mission.
Cedric still looked like he couldn’t understand. I raised my right thumb and slowly swept his eyes.
Cedric’s tears cleanse my blood-filled fingers. He takes my hand on his cheek.
Well then, I guess I should start talking now.
“And Cedric. I,”
Actually, he’s not dead.
I will die and come back clean.
Just then, as I was choosing my words, wondering what to say.
“…!”
Something grabbed my heart.
Pain. Pain again.
I curled up in Cedric’s arms, sweating profusely as I felt pain I had never felt since purchasing the pain-free skill. Pieces of flesh that shouldn’t have come out of my mouth were falling out.
“Ugh, ugh.”
“You, Youth? Why?”
what?
why?
suddenly?
The hand holding Cedric gradually gained strength. My head felt dizzy and my heart felt like it was burning.
In the spinning world, a whisper was heard in the blinking consciousness.
“Shouldn’t we take a companion with us? You damn human brat.”
Raven?
‘…no way?’
The labyrinth of the Kharif Mountains.
A crack in the lake that resembles him.
“I’m sorry, Kolok. I’m sorry for causing you such trouble… … .”
It’s been a long time since I’ve had body aches.
no…….
A ‘cold’ that I thought was just a cold.
I’m sure I’m immune to infectious diseases.
A strong body that doesn’t even catch the Black Death, but just catches a cold?
A hypothesis flashed through my mind. My stiff head turned to face Izumi.
Looking into those green eyes,
“Iz-”
Before even saying anything.
“… You, s?”
Justinas was completely dead.
***
Bam.
Suddenly, the grip that had been holding him lost its strength. It had originally been a weak grip that seemed like it would collapse at any moment, but even that disappeared, and the fingers looked eerily weak.
“… You, s?”
No way. No way. That can’t be happening.
Cedric called out to Justinas with a hoarse voice. He shook the body he was holding impatiently.
If he has fainted, we must wake him up immediately. It is dangerous to lose consciousness when he has lost this much blood. He pleaded.
“Youth, open your eyes.”
“… … .”
“… … Youth?”
“Cedric, just a moment. Let me check the status-”
Izumi, who couldn’t stand it any longer, tried to intervene. However, Cedric slapped his hand away with a sharp attitude and then bowed down.
He put his finger to Justin’s nose. There was no airflow.
No. No. No.
Cedric put his ear to Justinas’ chest, which he would normally not dare touch. He was so desperate that his whole body trembled.
but.
but-
“Youth! No…!”
Cedric shouted as he got up. His tone was so mournful that everyone around him involuntarily flinched.
“Youth!”
He called her again.
There was no movement at all.
His hands and feet were shaking. His body was fine thanks to Justinas’ miracle, but he was suffocating from the pain of his intestines being torn apart. Cedric gasped and spat out thoughts that could not be formed into sentences.
“No, Youth. No, right? You’re lying. No. Oh, please. Youth. Open your eyes. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.”
Keep going. Keep going.
Even if you shake and wake me up.
Even if you call desperately.
Even if you beg me meanly.
“Open your eyes, Justinas!”
Justinas remained the same.
“Youth-”
“stop!”
Liliana screamed.
“How long are you going to hold on to her? She’s starting to scatter because you’re shaking her!”
“then!”
Cedric glared.
“Then, should I just give up?”
“I’m not saying give up-”
“… … Okay. Everyone, shut up.”
Liliana, who was about to refute something, held her breath as the magic began to swirl around Cedric. Izumi, who realized it too late, did the same.
Two black wings spread out from Cedric’s back as he hugged Justinas. The black wings made of magical power gradually expanded their ominous power.
“Demon…!”
The city that had been watching belatedly used its power. A blue current was directed at Cedric.
however.
Profit.
The current that touched the two wings dissipated without any strength. Cedric was still holding Justinas in his arms.
He gradually turned darker.
Even the remaining brown pigment on his hair was erased, and his beige shirt, soaked in magic, turned black. His skin, which was once so pale it was almost white, turned a dark gray.
At this moment, Cedric as a human died. He was broken down into particles, and he threw off his flesh and blood body and awakened as a true demon.
Cedric raised his head.
Like a wolf embracing its dead mate, he howled quietly within the black wings that surrounded the two of them.
While shedding tears of blood.