The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 408
409 – Aili
I crossed the closet with Ellie in my arms. It was a club room that had not changed from what I remembered. However, instead of being a member who was supposed to be in the club room, another person was sitting on the sofa and looking at me. A strange person exists in this club room.
It was a saint.
“how… “Here.”
As if she had no intention of answering my question, the saint came closer and extended her hand to Ellie in her arms. As I looked at her divine power emanating from her hands, I could see her Ellie’s wounds healing in an instant. It is not a cure, but a level close to regeneration.
Realizing that Ellie was breathing comfortably and that there was no need to go to the ward anymore, I laid her down near the bed near the fireplace. Only after I had thrown the blanket over her shoulders and put the lily mask into the space storage room was I able to talk to her saint.
“… “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that there was a saint waiting on the other side of the closet.”
A raccoon suddenly appeared and informed me of Ellie’s danger. Just like in the novel, Ellie fell into the cult’s trap and her life was in danger. And even Principal Nelson who showed up to save us… .
When I thought about it carefully, there were a few strange things. The biggest discomfort was that there was a saint at Transcendence Academy who avoided Roel and did not come near the capital.
“It’s not a coincidence.”
The saint shrugged her shoulders and gave a short reply.
“Nelson explained everything to me.”
“explanation… ?”
“Nelson has known for a long time how he will die.”
“… “What is that?”
I did not understand what the saint said. No, I understood the words themselves. But knowing her own death, she did not understand Nelson for acting like that. Nelson could survive if he avoided the cult’s trap.
No, maybe I was thinking too negatively. If, as the saint said, he had known for a long time, Nelson could have prepared for his own death a long time ago, just as I escaped death by finding and destroying the denied artifact in advance.
Unlike the novel, Roel was not there. There may have been enough variables to prevent Nelson from dying.
However, the saintess spoke in a calm voice, as if she had expected such thoughts.
“Nelson is still alive, but death is inevitable. No, he will not escape death.”
“… why?”
Don’t avoid death. For some reason, those words sounded very ominous to me. Those were words that would remain in my mind for a long time.
“Because that is Nelson’s role in the novel.”
“… what?”
After a moment of silence, the saint opened her mouth with a faint smile.
“Nelson’s exit from the novel was meant to serve as an awakening for the protagonist. Roel realizes his helplessness against the church and undergoes a mental awakening.”
“But Roel wasn’t there.”
“You were there instead.”
The short answer left me speechless. What does that mean? So does this mean that Nelson chose death to awaken me?
“I am… .”
“You, like Roel in the novel, did nothing against Confsion.”
I stared blankly at the saintess, who spoke in a stern and cold voice as if she was making an evaluation.
“Because I am weak… “You mean Nelson chose death?”
“Not all of the reasons, but some of them are correct.”
I glared at the saint. When I told her to explain so that she could understand, the saintess glanced at me and spoke in a strong tone.
“Nelson’s departure is absolutely necessary for us. It’s a fixed event that always happens in other worlds as well. Even apart from the reason for the protagonist’s awakening, it is an important scene that announces the first appearance of the cult leader, and it is a triggering event that prevents the cult leader from moving immediately because of Nelson, the archmage who risked his life while fighting for his life.”
I realized that the saint’s explanation matched what I had thought when I was a writer. The departure of the most trustworthy person in the world gives the main character a chance to awaken, and in order to show the readers how powerful Nelson is, the setting of the temporary departure of the cult leader and Confsion for recovery was even included.
It was intended to tell the story of Roel’s awakening and growth, but now that the Church has become the final enemy, it has become necessary, as the saint said. If Nelson avoids the cult’s trap in order to avoid death, it gives the cult leader who has gained causality the possibility of acting freely.
Knowing this, Nelson did not avoid death himself. For everyone’s sake and for the flow of the story, Nelson did his part. He knows he has to accept it that way. But, but… Nelson was the first person in the world I felt I could trust.
She was the only person who supported and believed in me before I met Luna. Even though I knew how Nelson would be sent off, I didn’t care because I thought it was something that wouldn’t happen anytime soon. But that wasn’t far off.
Even though I knew that my father was in danger, I thought that parting was a long way off. And I regretted it until I died. I desperately promised myself that I would never regret something like this again. And yet again, I neglected Nelson’s death.
If I, the writer, had come forward, wouldn’t Nelson’s story have been different? Such arrogant thoughts pierced the valve of my heart painfully.
“Nelson knew everything from the beginning. The fact that you were possessed, and the fact that this world is a world in a novel… “Even as a saint, I didn’t even realize it.”
I knew from the beginning that I wasn’t Ross… ? But Nelson always gave me a lot. He gave me the opportunity to make precious friends, and he gave me the opportunity to be with Luna, who became my everything. Was that all Nelson’s plan?
“Nelson received memories from someone from another world, found my Akashic Records, and read them. that… It was a variable that no one expected. “Nelson hid that fact from me until the very end and secretly moved for his own plan.”
“… “What plan?”
“You will be able to realize that on your own.”
The saint slightly lowered her head and looked into my eyes. Somehow she could feel the comfort in those eyes.
“Maybe you can’t forgive Nelson at that moment.”
I burst out laughing at the bitterness in his voice. Even if it was all planned, I never blame Nelson. In the end, it was all thanks to Nelson that I was able to endure until now.
“I have nothing to forgive. “Because Nelson was the best for me.”
The saintess smiled bitterly at my words. After being silent for a moment, the saint straightened her back and spoke.
“Nelson expects you to do your ‘role.’”
“… role?”
“We each have our own roles.”
At that moment, I felt an unpleasant ominousness in the saint’s voice. But her saintly hand was already on my head. I tried to say something to the sadness in the saintess’s eyes as she looked at me. But my voice just lingers in my throat.
“I said last time was the last time, but I never thought we would meet again like this. Still, I thought she left in pretty good shape… “I guess I had some regrets left.”
I felt my body leaning to one side. I slowly laid my limp body down on the sofa, as if handling a precious object.
“I guess the last thing you said made me that happy. Anytime, any world… “Because you were always like that to me.”
There was kindness in the hand that straightened my messy hair. My eyelids are heavy. I couldn’t do anything except wait for my whole body to go limp and fall into a deep sleep.
“I’m the one who made your life hell, but you always try to save me for other reasons. By chance, while walking down the street, because I needed my strength, because I just had some free time… “The reasons were so varied that I always looked forward to the first time I met you.”
Although it was dark inside my heavily closed eyelids, I could see something else. The countless times I met a saint and made promises I couldn’t keep.
“… Jin Xian is such a foolish person. “This is the conclusion I reached after making several mistakes.”
I finally found out. I wonder why the saint looked at me like that when we first met her, and left with a smile that I will never forget… This is how the story of Jin Xian and Aili ended one-sidedly.
“Now I’m going to do my part. I was persuaded by Nelson’s plan. So this is not your fault or mistake. “This is my choice.”
I barely lifted my heavy eyelids as the gentle hand moved away. I couldn’t do anything as I looked at the tears in Aili’s eyes looking down at me. Even though I know what it means to fulfill my role as a saint.
“You’ve already saved me several times.”
Aili had a bright smile that I will never forget.
“So, it’s okay.”
As my consciousness drifted away, I could hear my name calling me.
“… “Good night, Sian.”