Became the Escort Knight of the Villain in the Romance Novel

87 – Crescendo (2)

When I opened my eyes, what I saw was a dark space.

How is it that I can’t see anything properly, but I get a completely different feeling from the darkness emitted by the black magician?

It was so dark that I couldn’t even tell if my eyes were open or closed.

I’m sure it stabbed me in the heart…But I couldn’t figure out why I was here.

Evan started walking slowly in front of him.

He thought he was probably dead. So, is what you are seeing now an illusion?

Perhaps he had this vision just before his heart stopped.

Evan quietly walked forward. Silence, stillness, stillness. The first thing he met in a space where he couldn’t even hear his own breathing.

Ugh-

It was a very dim light. The light that wanders alone in the darkness like a firefly,

Evan stretched out his hand towards the light as if possessed. It was a warm and nostalgic feeling.

Evan smiled quietly as he felt as if a memory he had forgotten for a while, sleeping in a corner of his heart, came to mind.

You must have reached your limit and your body was quite tired,

When I touched this light, all of that fatigue seemed to disappear.

“…This.”

I want to touch the light for a while,

Before long, the light escaped from Evan’s hands and began to shake his body around as if to follow him.

Evan didn’t worry. I just followed the light and continued walking down the winding road.

Every time the light passed, the area around the dark road became brighter.

The green grass is covered, and colorful flowers are blooming. A warm wind also blew over the landscape that was slowly being colored with greenery.

Butterflies flew and birds roamed the sky.

A small hill, but still an empty sky with nothing to see.

At some point, Evan began to see green hills in front of his eyes.

…It was a familiar place.

Not where I was with Irene, but before I became Evan Fried.

Isn’t that where he came from when he was still a pianist?

Evan closed his eyes at the sudden nostalgia.

She used to come here sometimes, when she was cooling her head. It was her favorite place, and that’s why she came with her brother.

“Still…Remains.”

I knew this place wasn’t real, but

Evan smiled lightly at the tree still standing in the middle of the hill.

The wind blew through Evan’s hair. Green leaves blend in the wind,

As the leaves brushed her eyes, Evan closed her eyes again.

Because of the sting, tears leaked out slightly, and by the time I was about to wipe it off.

Little by little, I felt that the environment around me was changing.

When I opened my eyes, what I saw was black darkness again.

However, if there was a difference, it was that I could see a familiar landscape in the dark.

In a dark room, in a space with no light bulbs, a person was sitting crouched down.

It’s been a long time since blood splashed on the broken wine bottle and the white walls turned into brown stains,

The man just raised his trembling hand and slowly brushed it across his face.

Evan laughed bitterly. The crouched man was himself.

The past where he lost his younger brother and helped himself alone. The past where he cursed himself by locking himself in the room because he did not want to see the light.

Can you point out the difference between then and now? I felt kind of miserable.

Anything…Isn’t there a change?

I couldn’t even confirm if Irene was alive.

She promised to be by my side. She hadn’t been able to keep that promise, after all.

I promised to make it differently this time. However, it was only a promise.

I tried to hold the sword, but in the end I missed it, and I tried to protect it, but in the end I couldn’t.

Because that’s the reality. Evan looked away trying to ignore the past in front of her.

And then, I saw a new scenery.

Beep-

Evan burst into laughter at the beep he didn’t want to hear.

A familiar sound, green lines were waving in the black screen, drawing jagged lines.

Seeing the machine displaying vital signs and a girl lying on the bed next to it, Evan bit his lip.

It was a memory I had never seen before. No, this was an illusion. She

Because she herself did not see the last of her sister.

The scenery I’m seeing right now…Was just an illusion.

But why?

Evan smiled sadly when he saw the jet-black eyes looking at her.

Why do our eyes meet? Like a person watching himself,

Her brother struggled to raise her head and smiled at her.

She’d rather be resentful. She asked why she wasn’t with him.

She wanted her to cry out why she didn’t care about herself.

Then, should I feel relieved? No, it couldn’t be.

It was meaningless self-help. A bright smile that did not contain even the slightest resentment was directed at him.

“…Brother.”

The voice was a little softer than the one that remained in her memory.

Seemingly exhausted, her little brother, gasping for air, slowly pursed her lips.

No moisture was visible on her parched lips. Unable to see it, Evan lowered her head.

I hoped this fantasy would soon go away. I’m afraid that if time passes like this, it will really collapse.

I’m afraid that this feeling that is about to explode at any moment will eventually spill out.

As she swallowed her breath, the voice came to her ears again.

“It is not an illusion.”

Looking up, her brother was smiling at her.

A face that hasn’t changed at all. When a girl with pale skin smiled brightly, unbecomingly,

Only then did Evan make eye contact with her girl.

Her own brother, who couldn’t stand by her side. Precious. Looking at the person I thought I would never see again.

Evan smiled awkwardly.

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“What have you been up to?”

It’s been a long time since I’ve said hello.

Sometimes, when returning from a long overseas tour, the younger brother I saw at her house would ask me this.

But she felt a little awkward hearing such a thing, so Evan cautiously opened his mouth while scratching his cheek.

“You wouldn’t believe me even if I told you.”

Her dark hair stuck to her cheek. She’s probably her own hair.

I wondered how her sister recognized her.

Apparently, she seemed to have a different appearance than Evan Fried herself.

Before being possessed, she lived as a pianist.

As she brushed her hair and emptied her palms, her younger brother, who was looking at her with a disgruntled look, opened her mouth.

“Still, I’m curious. She wouldn’t have gone through anything normal.”

“…You talk like you know everything.”

“I don’t know anything. It’s already been 5 years since I haven’t seen you.”

5 Years. Evan thought that a lot of time had passed.

It hasn’t changed at all during that time… What you’re going through right now isn’t normal, so maybe it’s natural.

Looking into the eyes of her brother who asked as if he knew everything about her, Evan burst into laughter.

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How long have you been talking like this? Like when I stroked Lopena’s cheek,

Evan, who gently brushed her brother’s cheek, opened her mouth.

“I’m just serving one person.”

“Are you like a bodyguard? Do you know?”

“It’s similar. It’s because you’re protecting that person by being by his side.”

“Um, what kind of person are you? The person that my brother serves.”

When asked what kind of person he was, Evan gave a slight smile.

What kind of person should I say Irene is? When I first met her, I just thought she was a bit out of character.

She knows her past and sympathizes with her, but isn’t it right that she behaves coldly towards me?

Evan frowned at her slightly and opened her mouth playfully.

“I don’t think her personality is that good.”

“Eh, that must have been difficult.”

“It’s a joke. If she wasn’t the right person for me, she would have quit.”

Evan, who paused her words for a moment, realized that subtle emotions welled up in her at the image of Irene in her mind.

What is she doing now? Did she come out well with the mana she gave her?

She met Lord Theorard, and she went back to Juris. On the one hand, she reminded me of Sir Chris and Pena.

The fact that Irene is there doesn’t mean that the two of them have a problem too.

But even though she wanted to go back… She couldn’t go back anymore.

With that thought in mind, Evan quietly stared at her into the void.

Even though her brother was by her side, Irene’s face kept flickering in front of her eyes.

I shouldn’t be like this. I had a lot to talk about with her brother. She didn’t speak at all, so

When she saw her brother staring at her like that, she smiled nonchalantly.

“Sorry, I was thinking about something else for a while.”

“So, besides having a bad personality, do you have any other characteristics?”

“Well…It’s just that sometimes you’re stupid. She looks absolutely perfect from the outside. When she gets a little closer, she gets flustered right away.”

Irene was showing the insensitive expression she usually makes.

Then she says that when he approaches, she sometimes smiles at her, when he holds her hand, she blushes, when her lips meet.

She used to smile as happy as ever.

The cold person she first saw disappeared, and she was shy while holding her in my arms.

“… On the one hand, she is the one who struggles more than anyone else. She is someone you want to be around.”

Evan laughed quietly. She can’t be around anymore.

Why does that fact make her heart feel empty?

She thought she had finished it with a sense of relief.

Evan, suppressing her feeble remorse, looked at her brother again.

“Is he a woman?”

She flinched at the slightly chilled look in her eyes, and then her brother giggled and burst into laughter.

She said she knew that, and Evan just stared blankly at his younger brother, who patted me on the shoulder and laughed for a long time.

“I thought oppa liked men. You always played the piano, ignoring the woman’s confession.”

“It can’t be.”

“Anyway, it’s good. There are people who like you. I thought she would be alone all her life.”

“How did you know? I like him….”

It must have been that obvious, but as she scratched her cheek in embarrassment, her younger brother smiled and continued her words.

Evan burst into laughter as she imitated her brother’s expression, tugging at the corner of her mouth.

“Every time I talk about him, the corners of my mouth get so wide, I don’t know how. Am I stupid?”

“…Did I?”

“He just smiles, and it’s the first time I’ve seen him make a face like that.”

Maybe. Loving someone was the first feeling I had after meeting Irene.

She said she laughed herself so much anyway. Evan, who had been holding the corner of her mouth, slowly began to open her mouth.

“It’s true that I like it.”

Whenever I saw her, I felt my heart pounding and my chest tickling.

I was afraid that I would hear this sound because my heart was racing for no reason, and when her eyes met, I hurriedly avoided it.

Didn’t she hurt her feelings? Paying attention to every little action

When a special day came, she took out her savings and rushed to buy a present.

She doesn’t express herself often, but she felt happy just by looking into each other’s eyes.

I liked the warmth of her hands touching each other, and when it rained, I liked watching the rain pour through her window.

As if getting wet from her crotch, she didn’t know when she started liking Irene.

She just got her eyes on her from any moment. Because she couldn’t ignore the feelings that bloomed in her heart.

She was just aware that she liked it that much.

“…Exactly, I liked it.”

Evan laughed bitterly again. She will never see her again.

I don’t know when this fantasy I’m seeing will end. If even this fantasy ends, what remains for me is eternal darkness.

Does not penetrate even a single point of light. Just like the realm Duke Roman showed me.

Took.

The reason my thoughts were scattered was because of my younger brother’s hands holding my cheeks with both hands.

Like a person who is angry about something, his younger brother, who had a face he had never seen before, was staring at him.

The younger brother, who had been staring at her for a while while holding her cheek tightly, opened his mouth slowly.

“Again, make that face.”

“…What expression.”

“You made that face when I died. I told you not to blame yourself like that, but she didn’t listen to her mother?”

“……”

“Ugh, really. Like an idiot, he must have fallen into his own world and did strange things. This is why I didn’t want to leave my brother behind.”

Ugh, she let out a deep sigh and her brother stared at Evan.

You can’t see all of her thoughts on her face. It was all his fault, and it was obvious that he would regret it.

I didn’t like that. Didn’t like it. She fell ill and died herself,

I was the one who didn’t tell you. Why should my brother be sad?

In a snap, the hand holding the cheek fell helplessly. Facing the older brother who was staring blankly at him, the younger brother slowly opened his mouth.

“Brother, were you happy? Was he happy being with him?”

At that question, Evan quietly shut his mouth.

If you ask if he was happy, what should he answer? Trouble continued.

Her tail bit her tail, and in the ensuing thoughts, Evan was finally able to realize his feelings.

Apparently … She was regretting it. She could have been with Irene a little longer,

If only she had been a little stronger herself. After she saved Irene, she had a lot to say.

She finally realized that she couldn’t tell, couldn’t tell the story she had in her heart.

And by regretting it, she meant that she was happy living as Evan Fried.

Evan was able to realize it without difficulty. When I woke up in the morning, there was Lopena slipping and falling by myself in the hallway.

There was Sir Chris, who always had a big smile and sometimes yelled at me, and there was Irene…

Evan carefully wiped the tears from his cheeks.

Then he smiled with a slightly relieved expression and opened his mouth slowly while looking at his younger brother.

“…I must have been happy.”

Obviously, I was happy. That we can do it together.

I hope this time lasts a little longer.

While fighting Duke Roman, he was clearly envisioning the future. And I vaguely realize

Beep-

That the sound of his vital signs ringing in his ears was not actually his brother’s.

The scenery around me was slowly changing. Not the white marble of the hospital, but the green field I had never seen before.

I saw a tree rising in the middle. My younger brother, who was sitting on the bench below him, waved his legs,

He was raising his finger towards the sky.

I thought it had been a long time since I had a wide smile.

The younger brother, who smiled broadly like that, slowly moved his lips towards himself.

“You can stop regretting things now.”

He smiled lightly. There was no need for her brother to regret it.

When I was talking about him earlier, didn’t his older brother smile more happily than anyone else?

Then his expression darkened, but it was clearly happiness that could be read in his dark eyes.

“You can be a little bit happy now. Brother.”

It’s good to be for others, but I wanted you to be a little happier.

I hoped that instead of blaming myself and regretting it, I would pursue the happiness I had now.

Because laughing suited me much better than crying.

Now…Not much time left.

Feeling that his body was disappearing, he quietly moved his lips again.

Isn’t the color slowly returning to the pale face?

Looking at that face, he smiled for a moment, then turned his head toward the sky again.

The stars were twinkling in the sky. The sky filled with darkness disappears,

A curtain dyed only with brilliant starlight covered the surroundings.

Everyone is covered by each other’s light, and each other is covered by each other’s light.

The fields look pure white in the starlight that is so bright that it blinds my eyes. Evan quietly looked at his brother.

Through-

Her sister’s fingers were slowly disappearing. No, the body was scattered and was buried in the starlight at some point.

Even so. Evan didn’t hold on to his brother like that.

It seemed that his younger brother, smiling broadly at himself, was saying that. I don’t have to hold on anymore.

“Does the star still look lonely?”

“……”

A single flowing tear touched the star and shattered along with the light.

I wanted to say more, but my throat kept choking and I couldn’t speak.

I thought the star was…Lonely. After her brother died, when she locked herself in her room and looked up at the sky.

I thought that a star floating alone in the dark sky would be lonely. So I hated the stars.

Irene said she liked the star. Even her sister, she was fond of stars.

Didn’t she say that when she sees the sky full of stars, she wants to be that star?

The traces of her brother who had disappeared from her bench were heading towards the sky.

It became a star and was twinkling with the stars in the sky. Evan stared blankly at it.

In the stars that filled the sky, pitch-black darkness was no longer visible.

Even if a star disappears, isn’t it just disappearing from people’s eyes in the end?

It was supposed to be floating somewhere in the sky. Share the light with other stars,

When the night comes again, it will shine brightly.

Time passed. Gazing at the stars flowing down,

After staring at the sky for a long time, Evan slowly felt his voice return.

“…I am happy. Sujin.”

I don’t think the stars are lonely anymore. Evan murmured quietly.

The beep that had been ringing in my ears had disappeared, and I could hear the beating of my heart again.

It didn’t break. My body, which I thought had cooled down, was slowly regaining its temperature.

Soojin, it occurred to me that it had been a long time since I called out my sister’s name.

This could have been the last time… But maybe we can meet again someday.

However, the most important thing right now was Irene.

The sky started to break little by little.

Oddly enough, I didn’t feel any regret. Even though Sujin permeated the sky,

The emotion I felt right now was just worry about whether Irene would be safe.

Her black hair dyed gold again,

The black eyes that looked up at the sky also turned dark green.

End.

There was no such thing anywhere. Even in the darkest of nights, dawn has finally arrived.

Covered by neon signs, not a single starlight can be seen,

Even on that dark last day, when not even the moon could be seen, the light only permeated in the end.

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Ugh-

The torn heart beats, and the light seeps into it again.

I feel alive with the sound of pounding and beating. I thought of the relationships that I would meet again, now that I would not miss again.

Regret, I wasn’t going to do it anymore. Because it made me tired. And because her brother didn’t want that.

Evan, who easily recalled that this place was her own image, quietly raised mana.

Mana was the will of the world. She is a means to achieve her will.

All human beings are born with mana. What he wants to do right now.

Evan smiled quietly. It was simple. She just wanted to protect what she held dear.

No one gets hurt, no one gets sad.

To not lose any more.

Clear the darkness again. The sky, which had been bright with stars, gradually began to brighten.

The darkness gradually turned white, and before long a pure white glow shone from the far end.

Dawn, dawn is coming. A star with more intense light than any other star was pushing away the darkness of the turbid sky.

Evan quietly grabbed his sword at the brilliant light that took away the light of the rest of the stars.

The mana that wrapped around the heart created a perfect ring. The space around him was gradually collapsing.

A space filled with pure white light, a realm without a single shadow, filled with only brilliant flames.

Users feel mana. Expert was able to handle mana and wield it like her limbs.

And the master.

Because you can dye the world with your own color.

Flame, sparks flared up again. The awakened light spirit hovered around Evan, creating a white flash.

A collapsing image, in a world where not even a fragment remains.

Once again, the golden eyes shimmered with the light.