Academy’s Weapon Replicator

Chapter 26 Sacred Grove (6)

A misty wind blew in the place where Frontier had left.

Merlin was standing with his back to Nimue.

Merlin’s expression was not visible in Nemu. It was unbearable and unbearable.

[…] … Merlin.]

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Nimue called, but Merlin did not answer.

I just tilted my head a little. Merlin’s profile was revealed to Nimue.

However, his face was shaded by hair, and he still couldn’t see his expression.

[Nimue. Why did you deceive me?]

Merlin’s voice had no highs or lows. He didn’t even know if he was angry or disappointed.

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Nimue was about to say no without realizing it, but kept her mouth shut. Now Merlin knows it all. All you can do is be honest.

[…] … Everything, you.]

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Nimue’s sincere voice trembled rather anxiously.

[I was afraid of disappearing.]

[…] … .]

Then Merlin saw Nemue.

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Nimue said earnestly.

[If you find out that King Arthur isn’t there, you’ll lose your purpose and leave… … .]

Merlin, who exists here, is merely a guide to guide King Arthur.

Without King Arthur, his existence would be meaningless.

Merlin’s wrinkled eyes sank even deeper. Nimue swallowed his saliva. I had no idea what Merlin was going to say.

[is it.]

Merlin just finished with that one word.

I walked with my back to Nimue again.

Slowly, step by step.

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Nimue stared blankly at the sight.

The distance from Merlin gradually grew further. He had no intention of stopping.

[…] … Mmm, Merlin!]

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Nimue only knew what Merlin meant and cried out urgently. Her lips trembled.

But Merlin didn’t stop. As if Nimue’s voice had not been heard, his steps remained unchanged.

[I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Don’t go, don’t go, Merlin!]

In spite of Nimue’s earnest cry,

Merlin walked with the same stride until it completely disappeared.

* * *

I ran through the woods. Selena looked back from time to time.

“Do you care? Those two?”

“… … You’re not going to die, Nimue, are you? To Mr. Merlin?”

haha.

I laughed inwardly.

Merlin cannot kill Nemue. No, I could kill you, but I wouldn’t do that.

pass-

Then I heard the rustling of trees.

Someone appeared in front of me. It was Merlin.

He walked slowly behind the tree, just like when we first met.

‘Hmm.’

Merlin had no intention of attacking me.

I stopped Cassian and came down.

Slowly approaching Merlin, he said.

[Frondier, can I ask you one last thing?]

“What?”

I somehow expected Merlin’s question. As expected, he asked.

[Why didn’t King Arthur receive the second sword? Why didn’t you come to the lake?]

Merlin is still here, and Nimue has Excalibur.

That means that King Arthur did not receive the second sword.

This is the part where the King Arthur legend here is most different from reality.

“I don’t know that either.”

Unfortunately, however, this area remains uncharted territory even for gamers.

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No matter how much you look around the game, the legend of King Arthur is the realm of ‘history’. Because gamers couldn’t go back to the past.

[okay.]

Merlin nodded. He didn’t even seem disappointed. It doesn’t make sense for me, living in this era, to know such a thing. In fact, it would be surprising to Merlin to know this much.

[What should I do?]

This time it was something, a rather difficult question. The tone that somehow blended like a sigh was the most emotional of Merlin’s voice I had ever heard.

I asked.

“You mean about Nimue?”

[That’s right.]

“Are you resentful of her?”

Merlin heard my question and then raised her head as if to confirm my heart.

[Even I don’t know. Is it right for me to resent her?]

I do not know.

Merlin said he didn’t know, but somehow I thought the answer was that of the sage Merlin.

“All I can say is,”

So, I gave them some words that might be of some help.

They both know it anyway, but Merlin needs to be convinced.

“If it weren’t for Nimue, you would have died long ago.”

“… … ?”

Selena tilted her head next to her. He looked like he didn’t know what he was talking about.

“You said it yourself. How can a ‘human’ maintain an imaginary world for so long?”

“Oh, then that’s it.”

Yes.

Although it was Merlin who installed the dream in the first place.

It was the power of the fairy Nimue that maintained it to this day.

[Yes.]

Merlin knew. Nimue devoted all of her magical powers to keep Merlin’s dream alive.

to be with him. Even if it is an ‘illusion’.

“Mr. Nimue could get rid of you at any time. Or maybe he could use it to intimidate you. But looking at you, it doesn’t seem like that’s the case.”

As a result, I was put in a position to defend Nimue. It was unavoidable. I also hope that Merlin doesn’t disappear yet.

“And personally, I hope Mr. Merlin is still here.”

[Why? Your business must be over.]

I can now clone Excalibur. It can be said that this alone has achieved the purpose of coming here.

So, I’m not talking about my business.

“Someday someone will come here.”

I told Merlin the story of ‘Aster Evans’.

“He’s a much better fit for Excalibur than I am. He’s worthy of that level.”

[Are you telling me to give the man the sword?]

“You can see for yourself and judge for yourself.”

[You mean to know who you are and judge?]

I laughed.

[You will find out when you see it for yourself.]

What I have is King Arthur’s first sword. The second sword Nimue has now.

I wanted to know how the two swords differ from each other, but even if not now, the day will come when Aster and the sword will face each other.

[…] … You might know.]

“You know?”

Merlin said suddenly. From here on, it was completely unexpected.

[King Arthur once gave me this sentence.]

He waved his hand once, and a sentence was engraved on the floor between Merlin and me.

[I couldn’t understand it by looking at it, so I just kept it in my head as an image.]

A single line of slowly engraved sentences. When the shape was complete, I opened my eyes wide.

[Can you read?]

“… … .”

I opened my eyes and looked at the sentence. I couldn’t afford to control my expression.

The sentence was written in ‘ancient language’. I don’t know how King Arthur knew this sentence and gave it to Merlin, but it was definitely an ancient language.

That fact alone is surprising, but it was the content that made my heart pound.

The sentence Merlin gave was just one line.

—For the giant who will overthrow the gods.

… … so it was written

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Nimuer stood the whole time looking in the direction Merlin had left.

It seemed as if Merlin would never come if he looked away.

I don’t know if Merlin will come even if I do this, but still.

Merlin waits for King Arthur at the lake. She, too, is waiting for Merlin in this lake.

[…] … ah.]

And from afar, Merlin was walking slowly.

[Mmm, Merlin.]

[Nimue.]

Merlin looked directly at Nemue.

It was difficult for Nimue to meet those straight eyes, but somehow they made eye contact.

[I’m sorry. I deceived you,]

[Nimue. I have a question for you. Can you honestly answer me?]

Merlin asked. Nimue nodded deeply.

[I see. Now I will never deceive you.]

[Yes, then.]

Merlin paused for a moment and looked into Nimue’s eyes. It was like looking into Nimue’s eyes and digging into them.

[Can you kill me anytime?]

Merlin asked. Nemue opened her mouth for a moment in surprise, then bit her lip.

[What does that mean? So, I’m not going to lie, but anyway.]

[He said that it is thanks to you that I have survived until now. Then the moment I cut off the magic, I will disappear. Isn’t that right?]

Merlin still couldn’t figure it out. Nimue clenched his fists and trembled. I was very resentful of myself for not telling lies.

[…] … Right.]

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Nimue kept his promise.

[The original Merlin’s magical power, who designed the dream, ran out a long time ago. It’s my magic that keeps this forest and you together right now. I am a fairy, and this lake alone can supply magic power.]

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Nimue hated saying such things.

Threats as if he was holding the right to escape Merlin’s life or death. This threat doesn’t work for Merlin in the first place, and Nimue doesn’t want it either.

That’s why I hid it, but now it’s in vain.

[Then I have a request.]

[…] … something.]

[Because I felt my own ignorance and mistake by this incident.]

Merlin smiled. The wrinkled eyes slowly subsided.

[When I make the wrong choice, when I walk the wrong path.]

It was like a smile of self-help, and it was also a smile of relief.

[Will you kill me?]

[…] … .]

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Nimue blinked blankly at those words.

Merlin asks him to kill him. It didn’t come to my ears. Because she couldn’t make that choice.

So, however, one clear fact touched Nimue’s heart.

[…] … beside.]

[Well?]

[Will you be by my side?]

[…] … .]

[Aren’t you going to leave?]

Because Merlin didn’t say that.

Only that fact lingered in Nimue.

Merlin said.

[You have to watch me make mistakes.]

He nodded.

[right.]

Hear that clear confirmation.

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Nimue hesitated, then nodded.

[──I got it. I’ll do that. When you’re wrong, when you make a mistake. i have you… … .]

I didn’t say it all though.

For Nimue, the answer was no longer a lie, and a lie he would protect until the very end.

* * *

“──Selena.”

Frontier called out to Selena in a cold tone.

“What is this doing?”

A sharp needle was at the tip of his neck.

Selena glared at Frontier as if she had changed. The needle in his hand trembled.

“Just, what was it?”

“What do you mean?”

“It was just that sentence, ‘ancient language’.”

Selena looked.

In the sentence that Merlin showed, Frondier’s face was unusual.

Still, Frontier said, ‘I don’t know’.

After breaking up with Merlin, Frontier remained silent while riding the Cassian again.

‘Certainly.’

Selena thought.

I don’t know how to interpret ancient languages, but I know what it looks like.

And the sentence that Merlin showed me a while ago was very similar to the shape of an ancient language.

“What was written there?”

“I couldn’t interpret it.”

“lie.”

The needle penetrated Frontier’s neck. Blood soaked in and ran down Frontier’s neck.

Frontier’s eyes grew cold.

“… … Selena.”

“I was sent from Mangot because of your interpretive ability.”

Selena clenched her teeth and shot Frontier with her eyes.

“Don’t get yourself into thinking that you’re important.”