Chapter 120 : For Tayon (6)
After the Do swallowed Tayon, its crack was filled.
But the scar remained clear.
I staggered toward the Do.
On the way, my strength gave out and I couldn't help but collapse a few tis.
But I eventually got back up.
Even though I knew the situation had already unfolded, I couldn't stop walking.
After I barely made it to the Do, I squeezed my Dragon Heart, which was almost empty of Mana.
I gathered all the remaining Mana and clenched my fist.
Crack!
I threw my fist at the place where the remaining crack on the Do had healed.
But nothing happened.
Crack! Crack!
I didn't stop punching.
The Do still didn't change.
It was a crack that Zenburga had broken with his fists for over a week.
I knew it wouldn't break so easily from just a few of my punches.
But I couldn't stop punching.
I swung my fists, thinking that since the Do had cracked once, maybe I could break it again.
Even if the Do opened, could I save Tayon?
I erased that thought. I just had to do what I could. Just like I always had.
I repeatedly fall and get back up.
Everchen, Keldric and my other comrades and the Crows gathered around .
But they didn't stop .
They must have been sad too, but I couldn't read their reactions.
I was just pouring out what little strength I had left to break the Do that surrounded Myeolji right in front of my eyes.
When I finally collapsed, soone placed a hand on my shoulder.
“Get up, Polarin.”
It was Hike.
It was the first ti I'd seen her in a while, but the place and the situation were not good for a reunion.
Agamben, who had sent to Myeolji, was also by her side.
“What happened to Tayon is not your fault. You did everything you could.”
Hike said as she helped to my feet.
She was trying to console , but that wasn't what I really wanted to hear.
I wished Hike would quickly tear through the Do and save Tayon.
But instead of the words I wanted, she only offered an apology.
“I’m sorry I’m late.”
I felt blood dripping from my fists and looked at the Do.
Hike seed to understand what I wanted just by the way my gaze fell on the Do.
“It's already too late. The energy I feel from the Do is unyielding. I will, without fail, find out whether Tayon is alive or dead, no matter when.”
“When you say you'll find out if he's alive or dead…”
“Agamben thinks there’s a 30% chance Tayon is still alive.”
I looked at Agamben's face.
His expression was also stiff, but he nodded as if it were true.
Hike then looked not just at , but at everyone, and said.
“Everyone, I'm sorry. I was just in the High Dragon’s Nest, unaware of what was happening in the world.”
Hike consoled the Crows who had lost their commander in an instant and the reinforcents who had rushed to Myeolji despite their own circumstances.
While Hike apologized to the people, Agamben tended to the injured and expressed his gratitude to each and every one of them.
They were two people trying their best to nd the people's wounded bodies and hearts, but on their faces was a grief much greater than anyone else's.
I heard they also had a long history with Tayon.
Perhaps that's why Hike focused on consoling the people here rather than her own feelings.
“When that Do opens one day, I will be there. I will bring about the conclusion I failed to achieve when I went to Adjak and Myeolji before.”
Hike's voice wasn't very loud, but it reached the ears of everyone gathered in front of Myeolji with perfect clarity.
“However, when Myeolji opens again, the protagonists will not be , who is rely a ghost of the past, but all of you. Overco your sorrow for that day.”
Hike urged them one last ti.
“Swing your weapons while thinking of Tayon. Pray that Tayon can stay alive until that day. For Tayon, do everything you can.”
At Hike's words, the Crows adjusted their crow masks and raised their weapons.
The reinforcents and the party that ca with did the sa.
“For Tayon, prepare the world he will return to.”
Everyone who heard Hike's words shouted in a loud voice as if they had made a promise.
“For Tayon!”
Drip, drop, then one or two drops of rain began to fall in front of Myeolji.
The raindrops beaded on the raised weapons and fell off.
***
In front of Myeolji, the Crows' Field Command.
Agamben, Hike, and I were gathered together.
Naturally, the atmosphere was heavy.
This was because the inside of the command post was full of Tayon's traces.
I saw a list of the Crows and a list of the reinforcents, which he seed to have written himself.
There was also a handwritten note about what would happen if the Do opened and how to deal with it.
In front of the Crows, Tayon commanded with a firm deanor, but he was also human.
It seed that when he was alone, he had countless worries and was afraid of the situation that unfolded.
As everyone's gloom deepened, Agamben was the first to speak.
“I’m sorry, Polarin.”
“Huh?”
“Even though I knew there was a high chance you would die if you ca here, I hid that fact and asked you to co. I apologize for that.”
It seed Agamben thought I didn't know that fact.
But I had already heard it from Tayon.
I reacted calmly.
“No, Tayon told about it.”
“Tayon told you? Then why are you here…”
“Tayon also told to leave, but I chose to stay. So you don’t have to feel sorry, Agamben.”
“…”
Agamben lowered his head.
Even after hearing say it was okay, the guilt still seed to remain.
“I also heard that you considered Tayon very important. So I hope you don't feel guilty anymore. Now, what we do next will be even more important.”
“Thank you for saying that. By any chance, did Tayon leave any other ssages…”
“I heard that you valued Tayon very highly.”
“…That's right.”
“And Tayon said to tell you to value just as much as you valued him.”
Agamben's eyes widened.
Then he nodded as if he understood.
“What is the probability that I can help stop the world's destruction?”
Agamben let out a grunt and dropped his gaze from .
“I don't intend to calculate such important futures anymore. All I can see is just probabilities. I wasn't able to see the future, yet I was too overconfident in myself.”
Deep regret was in Agamben's words.
But I wasn't asking for his regrets.
“Didn't you survive and return, even though the probability of you surviving in Myeolji was extrely low? I realized once again that how people act within those probabilities is far more important than the probabilities I can calculate.”
“No, you must calculate even more fiercely from now on, Agamben. Don't just calculate things you can control; open up all possibilities and sohow find the probabilities with the highest success rate.”
“…Understood.”
“If it's difficult to persuade soone when you need to, please tell anyti. Even if my strength is small, I will always add to it.”
Agamben nodded more vigorously than before and he looked straight in the eye and said.
“Just as Tayon said, I will assist you from now on.”
“I look forward to it.”
At that mont, Hike, who had been quietly listening to the conversation between Agamben and , also spoke.
“Baden has returned after finishing his mourning for the Forr Lord. Prepare to receive your second Engraving.”
So I'm finally getting my second Heart Engraving.
I knew well that my life was saved from Zenburga’s attack because the Forr Dragon Lord's heart had acted as a border and a shield.
So it was a very happy piece of news, but there was sothing I had to do first.
“Before I receive the second stage of the Engraving, would it be okay if I did one thing first?”
“Is there sothing you want to do?”
“I need to give a speech.”
Hike reacted with a look of surprise at my words.
But for , it was sothing absolutely necessary.
“I must, without fail, overturn Myeolji and those Demons. I must tell the Empire that this is not the ti to prepare for war. If we don't join forces…”
I gritted my teeth.
As I spoke, my anger slowly surged.
The reason Tayon received little help while he was single-handedly blocking the 4th-ranked of the New Demon Army was due to the movents of the Empire.
The Empire's supplies and troops were moving in preparation for war, and other forces couldn't move because they were keeping them in check.
That’s why Tayon ended up fulfilling his duty as a Crow with little support and was dragged into Myeolji.
“Even if the Empire insists on going to war in the end, I will stop their ambition.”
Agamben and Hike must have felt my anger in its entirety.
But they didn't scold , calling my words childish.
“Marquis Rodos La Roche is opposed to the war and said he would sponsor so that I can give an anti-war speech.”
I looked at Agamben and continued speaking.
“Agamben, it seems you also know many people here and there. Could you give so help?”
“I will. I will mobilize everyone who has a connection with . No, I will sohow persuade even those who have no connection to to help give your speech weight.”
After agreeing, Rodos imdiately activated his [Abacus of Fate].
An abacus that only he could see seed to appear, as he was waving his hand in the air.
As I requested earlier, Rodos would calculate even more fiercely for than before.
Hike, who had stayed in the High Dragon’s Nest for a long ti, asked about the current situation on the continent.
It was a fact I learned for the first ti, but it seed there was a rule among the Dragon race that at least one dragon had to guard the High Dragon’s Nest.
But currently, the only dragons left on the continent were just Baden and Hike.
After Baden went into mourning, Hike, who was alone guarding the High Dragon's Nest, was completely unaware of the continent's situation.
Apparently, Hike had called Baden back to protect Tayon and .
“So that's what happened.”
Hike also learned of the Empire’s ambitions.
I could hardly read her expression.
After Tayon was dragged into Myeolji, Hike's inability to hide her sadness was actually the exception.
The dragon, who had lived for a long ti, asked .
“Will the speech take place in the Empire’s capital?”
“Yes, it will.”
“I will go with you to that place. Let’s see what the Empire does.”
Hike’s pupils sharpened.
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