The Blind Saint Who Can See - Chapter 43
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#43. The Magician (1)
A tall building that seems to pierce the sky.
A train running on room-temperature superconductors.
A concrete wall surrounding the distant beyond.
It was a perfect city of the future to anyone who saw it. It was a sight that I thought would take a century or two to see, even in the 21st century where I lived.
‘Hey, what is this?’
Honestly, I was in complete panic.
My plan was to rescue Liliana, who was wandering in the subconscious, and somehow repair the broken circuit using the backlash of my power and magical power. After all, healing the magical circuit is largely related to the mind.
So what I’m saying is that this situation was completely unexpected of mine.
‘There’s a SF city in the unconscious…?’
If it had been Izumi, I could understand it. Since such futuristic cities are commonly seen in mass media, it is possible for SF enthusiasts to ‘imagine’ such cities and implement them in their own imaginary world.
But Liliana was a medieval fantasy heroine. It is impossible to imagine such a highly developed civilization in an uncivilized era without even a single smartphone.
… I’m sure that’s true.
‘What is it, really?’
While I was standing there blankly, a short man, about 130cm tall, passed by in front of me. He was cleaning the street with a blank expression on his face.
and-
“Excuse me, if you’re not going to ride, could you please step aside? I have to go to work.”
I jumped reflexively at the sound of a loud voice coming from behind me.
“uh?”
Only then did I see her properly.
A beauty with pale white skin, neatly styled short black hair, and cat-like eyes.
And… … she resembles me, ‘Lee Yuna’, so much that it’s scary. To the point where you could even say we’re twins.
“wow.”
I wasn’t the only one who was impressed by the other person’s appearance. She was also very surprised to see me looking like her-
“Do you like Resondert by any chance? Cross lens cosplay?”
“yes?”
-You weren’t looking?
I looked down at my body in confusion. The costume was definitely futuristic, but my hair was still white.
When I touched my eyes in embarrassment, she continued talking with a more excited expression.
“Actually, I also like the neon setting, so I always keep it on. I succeeded in collecting the 56th ending this time, but next time I’ll do the mute route… … .”
“yes?”
“yes?”
The face of the woman who had been making otaku-like remarks suddenly turned bright red.
She immediately shook her eyes as if an earthquake had occurred, then said, “I’m sorry!” and quickly got into a taxi and disappeared.
What the heck? What just happened?
“… … .”
After that, the city exploration continued.
It seems like I need to find Liliana here and induce her death, just like I did with Cedric and Izumi, but it’s so wide that I can’t find her at all.
‘Should I go out first?’
While I was thinking seriously about it.
“Saint!”
“Liliana!”
I woke up from my dream while still in place. The dizzyingly loud call of my name made me realize that Liliana was awake too.
“Here… … .”
“Lil, are you awake?”
“okay.”
When she answered in a bewildered manner, Diold, who had checked the condition, shouted with a deeply moved face.
“Thank you, Saint! You fixed the reel!”
Oh, I didn’t do anything.
“It’s something that should be done.”
But I did receive a thank you note.
Next, it was time to look at the awakened Liliana again. I knelt down in front of her, holding her bewildered hand.
“Saint?”
“wait a minute.”
He scanned her entire body with his power.
The result was as expected. I woke up, but the broken circuits were still leaking magic power.
You look really sick.
“Ugh… … .”
As expected, cold sweat flowed down Liliana’s forehead, as if she was enduring the pain. After finishing the stimulation, I spoke to the people who were guarding the place.
“Could you please leave me alone for a moment? I need to look into it some more.”
***
The royal couple also put everything aside and rushed to the door upon hearing the news of Liliana’s awakening, but Justinas refused to open the tightly closed door.
Meanwhile, Liliana was too busy taking care of others. She was suffering from severe neuralgia as all her magical powers were drained from her body.
“Are you in a lot of pain?”
“I can… bear with it.”
“I don’t think so.”
He tried to be stubborn, but she was not the type of person to get through. Justinas took her hand with a faint smile.
Then, surprisingly, the pain disappeared in an instant. Liliana’s red eyes widened.
“Is it cured?”
“No. I just moved the pain away for a while.”
“… … I see.”
Liliana lowered her head.
“What happened?”
“I used magic… in the hopes of saving Diold. I think the circuits were all damaged as a result.”
“You used magic?”
The saintess had a strangely dumbfounded expression. Seeing her face, which said that she had never expected this to happen, Liliana felt strange.
“You also think I’m some useless dullard, don’t you?”
“Not at all.”
Surprisingly, the answer comes back right away.
It was too firm to be considered comforting words. Liliana looked at the blind saint with suspicious eyes.
“…I don’t understand English.”
“Your Highness, you certainly have talent. You just need to take special measures to make you different from others. However… … .”
At the end of the slurred speech, Liliana urged him earnestly.
“but?”
“The problem is that the magic circuit is broken. If it wasn’t broken, I could have made it so that I could use magic without any restrictions. If it continues like this, it will hurt a lot every time I use magic.”
It was a shocking statement. Liliana asked with wide eyes.
“You’re making it so I can use magic? Me?”
“You can use it, but I personally don’t recommend it anymore.”
“Why?”
At her quick question, Justinas looked at her with a strange expression.
“As I said earlier, if your magic circuit is broken, you will experience extreme pain if you come into contact with magic. Using magic in this state is something only a sane person would do.”
“doesn’t care.”
Liliana jerked upright. Her tone was desperate.
“If only I could use magic. If only I could control magic freely without dying, and without ending in one blow like last time… … .”
She bit her lip.
“I will do anything.”
It was an inferiority complex that I had carried with me my entire life.
A princess who is a member of the royal family blessed by the land, but has not succeeded in even a single spell.
Not even dull, but untalented.
A person who does not fit into his position.
A despair that can never be overcome, no matter how much one consoles oneself by saying that one is not the successor who will inherit the country, or how much one gains knowledge and culture in other areas.
I would give anything to just escape that frustration.
Justinas, who heard her decision, still looked troubled. But the silence did not last long.
“… I understand. However, the life the princess will live from now on will be completely different from before the magic circuit was broken.”
“… … How much is it?”
However, she was a little scared because she was so scared. Considering the saint’s usual words and actions, she couldn’t have made up stories.
“Then, just a moment.”
And when the saint released her hand, Liliana stumbled again with great shock. A cold sweat broke out as the pain squeezed her entire body.
The pain subsided soon after, despite the brief shock. However, Liliana was half-collapsed and breathing heavily.
“It might be worse than this. Do you still want to use magic?”
“……okay.”
A faint smile appeared on the saint’s lips at that answer. Looking at the saint’s face, Liliana suddenly realized that her hands were shaking.
Looking at it that way, the saintess’s condition was different than usual. Her cheeks were flushed red and a small amount of cold sweat was running down her forehead. If you don’t look closely, you won’t notice it, but her hands and feet are also shaking a little.
… … Then, a lightning-like realization came to her. Liliana opened her mouth, thinking, “No way.”
“I’m asking just in case.”
“yes.”
“Isn’t the saint’s ‘healing’ perhaps an act of transferring someone else’s pain onto you?”
The voice was already trembling.
That’s understandable, it’s ridiculous.
The saint performs miracles of healing every day, even on a national scale. Among them, there are countless patients who are in extreme pain.
But it’s ridiculous for one individual to have to bear all that pain.
Is that a reasonable assumption?
Besides, for some reason I didn’t feel the same excruciating pain as before.
Even though the magic circuit is clearly still broken.
What this means is that Justinas is taking away the pain that was supposed to be hers.
Passing on the pain to others for one’s own comfort.
As a royal with high pride, this is something Liliana would never want to do.
But at the same time, the fear of having to feel the same pain as before until I die was slowly rising from the depths of my heart.
So Liliana hoped.
Please, let me hear from the saint’s mouth that it is not like that.
but…….
“Miracles always happen at the expense of someone else’s sacrifice. I just decided to make it my own.”
The saint was so calm,
“If you can sacrifice one person to achieve a cause, what could be a cheaper deal?”
He made an absurd claim.