The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 380



381 – Holy Grail

The day the gigantic world tree took root in Ludwig, the city of pleasure.

Morning has come to El Dorado, which is considered the largest and most beautiful of the western cities on the continent.

Compared to the capital city, the parks and portal stations were well-maintained, and there were clean roads, a magic tower so beautiful that tourists flocked to it, Elasium Academy, and many other buildings with historical value.

The city’s ruler, the Golden King, collected only a small amount of taxes from citizens while investing his vast wealth in the city, making El Dorado considered the best city on the continent.

Naturally, the citizens preferred the Golden King to the imperial emperor. The Golden King never came forward, and he never forced or demanded anything. Just as there is a saying that the golden age is the era when people do not know who the emperor is, the citizens do not know the face of the golden king, but they believe in him.

That was the reason why the residents living nearby saw black smoke rising from the old mansion where the Golden King lived, as if it were on fire, and without even batting an eye, rushed to the mansion early in the morning, filling buckets full of water as if it were their job.

But they could not approach the mansion. Suddenly, huge plants grew out of nowhere and completely surrounded the mansion. Since the plant was not large enough to make a road with an ax, the residents had no choice but to pray that nothing bad would happen.

Roel, who was looking down at the scene through the window of the mansion, turned around. The Golden King’s subjects appeared in the hallway to stop the intruder again. Roel unconsciously placed the holy sword on his left forearm. It was an old habit that I couldn’t even remember when it started. However, it was a meaningless action as his entire body was already full of blood and he could not wipe the blood off the holy sword.

Knights and wizards rushed to stop Roel. The sword was swung and magic was fired. And Roel moved. Roel, who defeated eight people in just three steps, passed through the hallway and reached the huge door.

When Roel opened the door and entered, several people who were hiding came out and surprised Roel, but were quickly overpowered and fell to the floor. And finally, after passing them, Roel was able to meet the owner of this mansion and the ruler of the city.

The place where Roel met the Golden King was in a beautiful room. Although it is full of old relics and decorations, it does not feel old at all because it has been well maintained. Rather, it had an old-fashioned feel that could only be maintained over time.

Beneath the vertically stretched window, under a soft-looking sofa, the owner of the room was reading a book, leaning on the sofa in a languid posture that would make him fall asleep when he closed his eyes. The Golden King gave off an air as if he didn’t care at all what happened to his mansion or whether the world was destroyed.

In fact, he didn’t seem to care at all that an intruder in his mansion had entered his room without permission. No, it was correct to say I wasn’t interested.

“Golden King, I have come.”

The Golden King, who had been fixating his eyes on the book, slowly turned his head when he heard Roel’s voice. Our gazes were tangled in the air. The Golden King’s eyes were the same golden eyes as Bella’s beautiful, brightly shining golden eyes, but his eyes were a little darker and more cloudy.

The Golden King, who was slowly observing his opponent, looked at Roel’s face and slightly tilted his head. Because of this, his long, unkempt hair fell down his shoulders.

“Do you know me?”

Roel smiled at that question. Because she doesn’t know how much she looked forward to being reunited with her golden king. Roel did not dare to mention that she had visited El Dorado tens of thousands of times, only to be disappointed and turn away.

Roel slowly approached her. Although a stranger dressed in blood was approaching with a great sword, the Golden King did not show any caution, like an herbivore. Roel, who was sitting on the sofa, looked straight at the Golden King and said.

“I know. “Because I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”

Roel paused for a moment. And when he was finally able to call, he said the name.

“Lumiel.”

Lumiel’s eyes, which were full of laziness, widened slightly. muttered Lumiel, blinking her eyes blankly, as if she were someone who had just awakened from an old sleep.

“… “He thought he would never hear that name again.”

Roel smiled slightly as Lumiel looked at him asking for an explanation. Roel placed his holy sword on the sofa and crossed his legs in a comfortable position, clasping his hands on his knees. And he started talking as if he was talking to himself.

“In most of the worlds I knew, you were not the Golden King. “He was a man with the ambition to become a new emperor by taking advantage of the chaos on the continent.”

Lumiel pulled his legs out of the sofa in front of his chest and leaned his face on his knees, looking at Roel with slightly curious eyes.

“On rare occasions, there was a world where the Golden King was a woman. I called that world a special world. It was a world that was similar to most worlds, but had many differences from what we had known so far. For example, a world where the Golden King is not an ambitious transcendent named Lujan, but Lumiel, who misses his long-ago lover.”

Lumiel did not show his emotions through facial expressions. But she was listening intently to Roel for the first time in hundreds of years.

“In that special world, Lumiel, you were my companion only once. And I heard you talk about the Holy Grail. “The Holy Grail is said to make any wish come true if you fill the cup with its contents.”

Lumiel leaned forward and looked at Roel.

“Holy Grail… “Do you want that?”

“huh. “I really need it right now.”

When Roel responded with a smile, Lumiel responded with an expressionless face.

“Sorry, I can’t give you the Holy Grail.”

“… I thought so. “Because you told me that before.”

Roel, who was rubbing his eyebrows with regret, leaned back on the sofa.

“I thought as I continued to dream endlessly. “There is cause and effect in everything.”

Saying so, Roel held up the holy sword for Lumiel to see.

“Do you know what this is?”

Lumiel slowly opened his mouth to answer Roel’s question.

“… A holy sword used by warriors.”

“That’s right, but the Holy Sword always stays in the same place no matter what world it is. “In Midas’ dungeon hidden underground in Phrygia, one of the cities ruled by the Golden King.”

There was no answer. Lumiel just stared at Roel with curious eyes.

“Why is the Holy Sword there, why does it have to be there…? “I thought about it.”

Roel, who was looking at the holy sword, turned his head and made eye contact with Lumiel.

“The reason why the holy sword used by the hero is in a hidden dungeon in the city you rule… Because your lover was a former warrior. “Just before he died, he hid the holy sword he used in the dungeon.”

“… .”

Lumiel did not show any emotion. All he could do was twitch his fingers and wait for what Roel would say next.

“The last person to be called a hero has been told about the story like a legend for hundreds of years and has not been forgotten in people’s memories. Because he was a warrior who sacrificed himself to save the continent. The story of that hero was also published in a book. “When I was young, I read that book and dreamed of becoming a warrior.”

Lumiel smiled slightly. He seemed surprised that something he didn’t even know about was intertwined like this.

“The name of the book is Edio and the Golden Dragon. And the name Edio is the name of a former warrior officially recognized by the church. Most books end with Eddie, who was cursed by a witch, dying while promising to return to the golden dragon who became his lover. Sometimes there are books with happy endings… “This is what was written at the end of the oldest book I found in the Academy Library.”

Roel paused for a moment. Then she turned her head towards the window between Lumiel and herself and said,

“The Golden Dragon believed that promise. We remember our beloved lover in the city where he grew up, and we are still waiting for him. “It was a time when humans would forget their emotions and memories, but she was a dragon.”

Lumiel, who became Roel’s companion, did not reveal who his lover was or what his identity was. He only said that he was waiting for his lover to return.

Roel gathered the scattered clues. And he followed cause and effect to uncover the truth of the story related to Lumiel.

“You were waiting, right? I hope he returns from here.”

Lumiel obediently acknowledged Roel’s question.

“that’s right. “Because this city is a gift for him when he returns.”

“Even though hundreds of years have passed… “Do you think you’ll come back?”

“huh. Because I promised. “He always kept his promises.”

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Hearing Lumiel’s voice full of trust, Roel stretched out his hand to the window. said Roel, touching the window with his fingertips.

“So this is a deal.”

“… transaction?”

Lumiel looked at Roel in confusion. Roel, who was looking down at the city, slowly turned her head and looked straight at Lumiel.

“I have hidden the church’s saint somewhere in this city. Inside her body is something called a chaos bug. Chaotic bugs live as parasites, and when the host dies, they immediately devour the host’s body and grow to a gigantic size. “The monster that swallows up a city is the bug of chaos.”

Roel’s sincerity was clearly conveyed to Lumiel. So Lumiel could feel that what she was saying was not a lie.

“And I poisoned her before I came here.”

Roel spoke quietly with an emotionless face.

“If you do not hand over the Holy Grail to me, this city will disappear without a trace.”