R4STWH - Chapter 119

Chapter 119

'He’s a really scary person…….'

Heerin suddenly recalled her meeting with Ermitar earlier today.

"That guy must have made a contract with the Gluttonous Monarch. Because it’s impossible for a human to have that level of strength and lifespan without it." "I’m still curious what his purpose was. Did that guy know that I would turn back the time of our world?"

Right after talking with Ermitar, the quest that had been troubling Heerin for a long time was cleared and a new trait was unlocked.

Its name was 'The Eye That Sees Through Essence'.

In fact, it was an ability that Heerin possessed in the past when she could freely communicate with the god.

It was when she had finally regained the senses she had when she had looked at the world with an omnipotent gaze.

Heerin, look at that. Even though it looks like a paltry ladle, it’s actually a sacred object. If you use that to distribute the stew, you can feel full even with a small amount.

In the past, she had been able to see only what her god had permitted her to see, but it wasn't like that now.

If she wanted to, she could read all the information of everything, even the dragon in front of her and each and every object.

In the process, Heerin also learned that this world had been restarted countless times.

The dragon who was talking non-stop to her didn't seem to be aware of it at all, though.

'Then the 'fragments of the world' that I read in my past life must also be one of those.'

When she realized that fact, a translucent window appeared again, and Heerin's quest was updated.

Journey For a New Beginning (2)

A second arrangement for you who are walking the path of penance while longing to reunite with the god you serve! Seek out the being who has closed the doors of the world and follow the traces left by the god.

Meeting with the Executor (0/1)

Acquire the First Fragment (0/1)

Success Reward: Acquire a new trait

Failure Penalty: SS-rank monsters appear over the Amern Temple

Will you accept the quest? YES / NO

The first person that Heerin thought of after reading the text of the quest was, of course, Elias.

According to Ermitar, when this world was destroyed, only he and Elias were left behind.

If that was the case, there was a high possibility that the last person that had remained after the dragon had left for Ilesha’s world, was Elias.

Heerin’s guess wasn’t wrong.

The ‘Meeting with the Executor’ condition had been cleared at the moment that she had burst into the guest room and met Elias.

However, everything else was very different from what she had expected.

'……How can he be so unperturbed?'

How many people would be able to remain calm after realizing that this was not their first life?

Especially when it was right after they had realized that they were the main character in destroying the world.

Elias, instead of being in chaos and floundering about, was acting cute with that big body of his, just to get a kiss from Ilesha.

While she was looking at him in bewilderment, Heerin started to look back on whether she might be having too biased of a perspective.

'It’s just Ermitar’s conjecture, nothing is certain.'

Traces of divine power could be felt from Elias, who had obtained the title of 'Executor'.

If Elias was really on the side of the Gluttonous Monarch, she wondered if her god would have gone out of his way to leave his will to him.

'Of course, he was a villain in the ‘fragments of the world’ that I read too though…….'

In the novel that Heerin had read in her previous life, Elias was a man who had murdered his own flesh and blood in order to obtain Tenaclad, and betrayed the male lead Leonard, putting him in a difficult situation.

Even putting aside the fact that the male lead might not have been the real male lead, he was someone who was far removed from things like ‘justice’ or ‘world peace’.

Heerin decided to withhold her judgment for now.

She didn’t know what the first fragment meant, but as long as there was something to be gained, it was inadvisable to become enemies with Elias.

She would observe him more carefully and see which side he was actually on,

“Aaaaaaagaaaaaaaaack!”

But then…….

She ended up just screaming all the way here.

While walking around the city walls diligently with Crow, treating the injured, Heerin observed Elias.

'When did he get so strong?'

She had already known that Ilesha was an unbelievably powerful person after confirming it with the eye of her god at their first meeting in the past.

However, she hadn't thought that Elias would already be at that level.

The Holy Knights of the Amern Order, including Crow, and the knights of Tenaclad and Lakdel had also achieved remarkable growth after constantly working hard since awakening.

But the martial prowess that Elias was showing now far surpassed even that level.

'If he were to make a contract with the Gluttonous Monarch at this rate…….'

Just the thought of it sent chills down her spine.

'No. He’s even married to Lady Ilesha, there’s no way, that can’t be possible.'

When Ilesha had first said that Elias was her Pair, she had thought that it was over.

It was because Heerin knew how that man had treated the 2nd Imperial Princess, who had become his wife, in the novel that she had read.

Even when she saw them getting along relatively well, she didn’t believe it.

She thought that he was only being kind to Ilesha and keeping her by his side because she was of use to him.

However, all of that was Heerin’s misconception.

The first time that she noticed it was on the day that the first dungeon was created.

When it had been revealed that Ilesha, who had gone with Herodia, had been kidnapped by the 1st Imperial Princess Selena, the man, who had always been so calm, had lost his composure and had frantically entered the dungeon alone, without thinking.

Looking at his figure, where he didn’t care at all about his own safety, Heerin, who had never been in a relationship before, could dimly feel it.

That being blinded by love must be like that.

Heerin watched the two people’s wedding, which had been held so suddenly, from the closest distance, and was able to confirm just how far a man named Elias could change in front of the woman he had fallen in love with.

There was no way he would go against Ilesha’s will and lead the destruction of this world, when he loves her so much and cherishes her more than his own life.

Even if he had perhaps done it a few times in the past, he would at least make a different choice this time.

'That's right, right……?'

Heerin shook her head, looking blankly at Elias, who had jumped down from the city walls without any hesitation after having driven away all the monsters.

Even if it wasn’t so, he had to be like that. This time, it had to be absolutely, definitely different.

Because the word ‘destroyed world’ included Heerin’s death as well.

'I don’t want to die!'

How could I end in vain when I was working so hard to live each day?

Heerin wanted to live happily without any worries in a world that she could very clearly define as a happy ending.

Together with her god who would come back again after the disaster was over.

To do that, Elias had to stand on the side of protecting this world and work together with Ilesha to chase away the ‘plunderers’ and clear the ‘qualification verification’ quest.

'Let’s keep a close watch.'

And if he seemed like he was doing something fishy, she would run to Ilesha immediately. Saying, ‘Lady Ilesha, look at that guy!’

Elias, who had gone down below the city walls, cut off the breath of the monsters that were still twitching even after falling, one by one.

After he had roughly finished cleaning up, he was staring blankly at somewhere far away before suddenly turning to look this way.

“Hic……!”

Heerin, who had started to hiccup out of surprise, thinking that she had gotten caught while spying, soon realized that Elias’s gaze was not directed at her.

'He wasn’t looking at me, was he?'

Then what was he looking at?

The saintess, who had unknowingly turned back, ended up sitting down in shock, almost fainting.

'What is that……!'

In the sky above Tenaclad, a black mass with hundreds of tentacles, which looked like the sky had been cut open by a knife, was slowly revealing its appearance.

-Wooooooo!

A chilling sound, like a wail, reverberated.

There was only one thing Heerin could do while being frozen with terror.

Gluttonous Monarch (SS)

Through her trait, the Eye That Sees Through Essence, Heerin confirmed its identity.

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