The Paladin Owns the Relic

171 – Forest Knight (1)

He moved his hand.

I heard the sound of chains.

In the gloomy darkness. I opened my eyes slowly.

My head hurt. The goal rang. I moved my hand, but it didn’t move.

The body was hanging. Unfamiliar feeling. I caught my breath.

It’s broken.

That’s also somewhere properly.

“……”

They looked at me and their eyes met. Body made of wood. A knight who resembles a monster in the forest.

Even though they were hanging, the height of their field of vision was the same. Even if you are big, you are too big.

It looks bigger than the last time I saw it…Why?

“…What are you looking at?”

“I’m looking at you.”

“I didn’t ask that.”

I spit out the blood in my mouth. Body was not normal.

I lost. To be honest, I didn’t think I could win. Even the opponents in front of them were tough, but even the other four were guys in their level 80s.

Four high-ranking spirits who serve the Queen of the Forest. Guardians were like that. Amar and Maya struggled…But they couldn’t win.

In the end, two of them were evacuated. I forcibly threw it out. And…

And that’s how I got caught. Maybe.

“…Can you please let me go?”

“Be thankful that your life is attached.”

Sure.

Why did you let him live in the first place?

“Why did you save him?”

“……”

The knight of the forest stepped aside. Inside the dark prison, someone slowly walked in.

The shadows are dark. Flowers bloomed in the walking area.

A fragrant smell. The smell of the pulp mixed with the sweetness tickled his broken nose.

Sacred. Purity.

A pure white feeling that might swallow even that stood in front of me.

It’s beautiful. But at the same time weird

Innocence is not necessarily going to the right place.

On the contrary, because it is pure, it can be distorted.

I felt disgust despite the cleanliness. The smell of a woman who puts her feelings first, leaving everything behind.

The woman in front of me looked up at me. I knew who it was without even asking.

“What is the Queen of the Forest?”

“…It’s strange.”

She expressed her doubts.

“Why do I feel close to you…nanny?”

“What?”

“Have you ever had a relationship with him?”

“Who is he?”

“You don’t know. I’m frustrated. When I look at you… A corner of my heart ache.”

The forest queen squinted her eyes.

“You are the enemy. The power cannot be ignored, and the disposition is also terrifying. We can’t be on one side. You must be the biggest obstacle to me.”

“What bullsh*t are you talking about?”

“But…But I don’t want to kill you anyway. Why? I don’t know why. Do you know?”

“What nonsense…”

“In the first place.”

The Queen raised her head.

“Why did you stay there?”

“……”

“You knew you were going to die, but you stayed. Because you didn’t know my feelings. Why did you commit your own death? To those two…was it worth it?”

“Because I thought you guys were so damn weak that I could wipe them all out.”

“Lies. You are a liar Weird. Are you hiding your true feelings? Maybe… Don’t you know what you want?”

“There is only one thing I want. It’s to cut your throat.”

“……”

The Queen of the Forest turned around. She gave me one last glance.

“…No matter how badly you curse and spit out vicious words…Strangely, I don’t hate you. Rather, it just makes me feel nostalgic.”

“What bullsh*t?”

“I… Want you… Maybe…”

The queen who had been spitting out in a daze disappeared. The knight of the forest, who had stepped aside, guarded the door again.

There was silence. I tried to break the chains. I raised my strength, but I couldn’t feel anything.

“It is useless.”

Muttered Duran, the knight of the forest.

“It doesn’t open on your own. Those who are bound cannot be untied. It has such a structure.”

“Will you pee and poop here?”

“…It is useless to try to exploit my tension with dirty words. Zahard.”

The knight of the forest closed his eyes while holding his sword.

“We wait here for another order.”

“Same room as the boyfriend. I want to decline.”

“……”

“You don’t even listen to jokes.”

“There is something I want to ask.”

“What is it?”

“You…”

Duran turned his head.

“No.”

This bastard?!

If you are a Korean, do you cut words you can’t stand?!

“You didn’t even say what you said?! Hey you bastard!”

“Stop using vulgar words.”

“Doesn’t it look bad!”

. . .

“Duran.”

The flower swayed in the wind. Duran raised his head.

The creature in front of me was the first creature I saw after being born.

But I could tell.

The woman in front of me must be the most beautiful woman in the world.

She laughed. She smiled so brightly that the corner of her mouth caught her ear. She whispered and she slowly called her own name.

“Duran… How do you feel?”

How do you feel?

It is heterogeneous, as if waking up from sleep at some point. But even so, it is not difficult to move the body.

Duran moved. Raising her arms, she slowly wrapped them around her.

She hugged her. Little warmth. Warmth.

Feels like a spring breeze.

I felt her close her eyes. The forest knight smiled lightly.

And she said it naturally.

“Good. My queen…”

Duran was startled and surprised at the disparate title even after he spat it out.

Why is it called that? Why was that the first name he spat out?

Duran noticed his own soul in his doubts. Although she was her branched root like hers, a part of her soul was bound to her.

A result of someone born by someone else’s hand, not a being born naturally.

“…Ah.”

The forest queen trembled in her arms. And she uttered words he would hate for the rest of his life.

“You are… You are not Duran…”

How harsh is a borrowed name.

As soon as he was born, Duran knew what it felt like to be unable to be the one he loved.

But even so, I couldn’t escape.

Beyond the bondage of the soul…

Because she loves her with all her heart.

. . .

“Hey. Foolish.”

Duran woke up. She got up

“What else? Paladin.”

“Give me rice.”

“Human internal organs are cumbersome.”

After eating the fruit, Zahard grumbled. The chains are still functioning, but have been loosened somewhat to allow for movement.

“Then how do you live on only drinking water? Is life fun?”

“You don’t know what it feels like to bask in the sun.”

“Can we photosynthesize too?”

“…Really?”

“No. Just basking in sunlight is called photosynthesis.”

Quick.

The knight of the forest sighed. I leaned my back against the door again.

“Hey, what a mess.”

Isn’t it boring?

“What else?”

“Where is the queen?”

“He is doing what he has to do.”

“What is that?”

“It’s something you don’t need to know.”

“It’s tricky.”

A light clicking sound. The forest knight liked silence.

If she closed her eyes quietly, she could recall the memories of her image.

The only hobby he has. However, the paladin in front of him prevented him from even doing that.

“You are here.”

The paladin asked after wiping the juice from his mouth.

“You saw me last time and said I looked like you. Do you remember?”

It’s annoying.

Suddenly angry Duran asked sharply.

“Why are you asking that?”

“Why do I resemble a fool like you? I’m far from a watchdog.”

“I am not a watchdog.”

“What’s the difference between what you’re doing and that? Seeing how he treated you in the first place, I don’t think he likes you that much.”

“…No.”

“Is it unrequited love?”

“You…”

Duran stood up.

“You know nothing.”

“No. I know everything. Duran. One of several names of the incarnation of the World Tree. But you are not the world tree. You just borrowed that name.”

“……”

“However, the appearance of the world tree seems to have been combed to closely resemble the incarnation of the World Tree… Did a person called the Queen make you? Just to use it as an attachment doll?”

“Close your mouth.”

“Hey. A self-proclaimed knight of the forest. If you want to shut my mouth, tell me why you and I are similar. I find that word extremely offensive.”

The paladin’s eyes shone sharply.

“I am a person who acts independently. Don’t listen to someone I think, I decide, I act. Unlike anyone else.”

“…Well. Aren’t you also moving by God’s will?”

“Following that is also my will.”

“If you put it that way, I am the same. It is my will to follow the Queen.”

“So?”

“So what does that mean?”

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“What do you gain by doing that? Money? Honor? Authority? Property?”

“What is that…”

“Tell me.”

The paladin whispered.

”Maybe…don’t you know if I can do that for you?”

Is that the purpose?

Duran looked at him. Even though he had lost his powers and was chained to the room, he continued to talk and wait for an opportunity.

A tenacious will. Cockroach-like tenacity. But Duran rather liked it.

A person who wanted to live like that, put other people’s lives first, not his own.

Duran was admitting it inwardly.

He is also a knight before being a messenger of God.

“You can’t give me what I want. Paladin.”

“Did you tell me your story? Let’s find a compromise with each other. Don’t you have anything to do anyway? Maybe not I wonder if I can really fill in what you lack.”

“…….”

Duran closed his eyes.

“Hey.”

“Don’t talk to me.”

“It’s fine even if it’s not a transaction, so tell me first. Let’s talk about something.”

“Noisy.”

“If you don’t like noise, say it? If I can’t find a compromise, I won’t talk anymore. How is it?”

“……”

It’s the first time I’ve spoken for so long, except for the forest queen.

Duran sighed. He opened his closed eyes again.

“…Promise me. Paladin.”

Duran whispered quietly.

“After hearing all of my story, I will shut that damn mouth for a while.”