My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending

A sky blue liquid splashing from a crushed container. It fell according to gravity and was ruthlessly sucked into Vincent’s mouth-it never happened.

“Gut …”

Vincent’s face is distorted in pain and moans small.

A slight vermilion mixed with the blue that danced in the air. It was released from Vincent’s right hand holding the container. Its true identity is fresh blood.

Harold’s eyes, which were extremely focused because he couldn’t act immediately, caught everything that happened. The moment when a single arrow flying from behind Harold wore Vincent’s right hand.

Close the distance before you think who.

One more blow. No matter how much Vincent ignores the damage and acts, there is a limit to the amount that can be tolerated. In fact, the damage has accumulated, and the astral potion should have been a way to ignore it further. Then Harold just squeezes his spare power and hits the fastest blow.

Vincent, who dropped the container, is ready to intercept Harold, but it’s too late. At an impossible timing, let alone the counter, defense and avoidance, he smashed the abdomen where the armor was exposed with the handle of a sword.

The handle bites into the tough Vincent’s body. There are fewer undamaged parts than the original.

Spits fresh blood from his mouth and slowly falls on his back. Harold looks down on Vincent without being alert.

But he doesn’t move. This time, I was really silent.

“Why don’t you stab the stop?”

Afterglow of victory … Such a voice came from behind Harold, who was stunned. The voice was, in a sense, as expected, but he was also a person who didn’t know why he was here given the original story.

“I don’t need it. Why are you here, Cody”

Cody Luzial. There was a man who was Vincent’s best friend and was supposed to kill him with his hand in the original story.

“The appearance of Soitsu hasn’t been strange recently. I was wearing it because I tried to go somewhere without permission.”

Harold is convinced that this is the case. Unlike the original, Cody still belongs to the Knights. Then you can see the state of Vincent up close.

Given the relationship of childhood friend, it is no wonder that you notice the change.

“In other words, I was peeping at you. It’s a hobby.” You can’t break into a battle where you’re stuck in your whole body instead of just one leg. “

I can’t grasp the true meaning of Cody’s laughing, saying that my life is regrettable. You probably don’t really want to let Vincent die.

Harold casts a healing spell on Vincent, wondering if he could put on a mess because he was helped as a result.

As is the case with the game settings, Harold’s healing magic has a tremendous effect. In numerical terms, HP recovers more than 2,000, so it’s literally a different digit compared to Erica, the recovery role for the protagonist party.

I couldn’t afford to recover while I was fighting with Vincent. In the game, once the magic is activated, it will be recovered in an instant, but in this strange and realistic world, it takes a considerable amount of time for the wound to heal.

It is only a suicide act to recover slowly in front of Vincent.

“Oh, can I help you? Maybe I’ll attack you again when I’m back?”

“No problem if you’re alive”

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Harold can recover his strength by drinking ether, and if he is restrained on it, it will not be so difficult to suppress it when he wakes up again. It’s been a lot less physical and energetic, but it doesn’t do much physical damage.

Well, I kept the weapon away just in case, and even if the wound heals when the recovery magic is applied, the consciousness does not return immediately. Above all, if left as it is, Vincent will definitely die. As expected, it’s awkward to wake up.

“Or do you want this guy to die?”

“… the way you hear it is not a bit cowardly “?”

“Don’t pinch your mouth”

“Yes, I understand”

It’s the first time Harold has left the Knights to have such a face-to-face conversation with Cody. There was a blank period of about five years in terms of time, but Cody’s light words and deeds remained the same.

Nostalgic for it, Harold finishes Vincent’s treatment. The big wound was closed and the blood stopped. Peel off the costume while you are being treated.

“What are you doing?”

“There is a probability of hiding the noisy things”

You don’t always have one astral potion. Harold decided that it would be better to have a physical examination as well.

Maybe Vincent has a treasure. Well, by the time I was waiting here, it seems that it was already in the hands of Justus …

“… nothing, isn’t it?”

After all, it was a miss. Hidden treasure hunting and battle with Vincent. The only harvest would have been to crush a dangerous hand piece called Brainwashing Vincent.

“By the way, Harold-kun. What are you going to do now?”

“… First, move to the town”

“What’s your foot?”

“Because there is a carriage waiting nearby. If you call it, it will come soon.”

“Furieri” was useful in such small details.

For the time being, see the injured Vincent to the doctor, and if there is no problem, take him back to Cody. Even if the brainwashing is not unraveled when he wakes up, Vincent without a restraint weapon will not lag behind even Cody.

“I’m going”

“Yes”

Say that and point to Vincent. Even though he took off his armor, he is tall and has a muscular physique, so he probably weighs more than 100 kg.

To get out of the cave, you have to carry such Vincent and walk on the uphill road with poor footing. And Harold is exhausted shortly after the battle. It was self-evident who would carry it.

“Ha ha ha, joke”

“… Huh!”

“Goho !?”

Cody’s anguish voice echoes in the cave.

Harold’s left fist was sunk into the body.

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While carrying Vincent with his hands restrained behind his neck, touch the abdomen where his fist was struck earlier. Cody smiles bitterly. He was taller than I remember, and he was as tall as I was. Furthermore, although he was a big man, his personality hasn’t changed at all, and he even feels that his arrogant attitude has come to the board as he grows up.

Harold went deep into the cave when he left Vincent to Cody. Everything is hopeless, but there seems to be something to look for in the back.

I have no idea what’s sleeping in the depths of a cave in such a remote place, but is it something to do with Vincent’s madness? I often think about Harold-related things, and I can’t help but sigh.

The current concern was clearly out of the ordinary Best friend 《 Vincent I wonder if >> will regain my sanity.

What the hell is going on? Going out of the cave with such a question.

When I entered here, it was a little before sunset, but it has been several hours since then. By the time Cody discovered Vincent, he was already in a fierce battle with Harold, but how many hours did they have with their swords?

Harold, who went to the deepest part of the cave immediately after the settlement while killing each other at that level for a long time, is still strange. Even if you recover your physical strength with ether, you cannot get rid of mental fatigue, so if you are a normal person, you should not be able to move for a while.

“Well, I’m not sure about Harold”

It’s been a long time since I met that I couldn’t measure with ordinary or common sense.

For the time being, take out the light passed to Harold and turn it on and off repeatedly at intervals in the direction taught. Then several men appeared from the back of the trees.

One of them called out to Cody.

“Are you a friend of your husband?”

“If your husband is Harold, that’s right. I’m told to take it to my hospital. “

” Then Cant 《 Fucho >> Don’t say “

” “ Ozora 《 Misora >> The brave heart that gathers in the jewels “, isn’t it?”

With that said, Cody shows them the silver key he received from Harold.

It seems to be proof that the ant and this key are really Harold’s ally. I think it’s something elaborate.

“… this is it”

After clearing the inspection, there was a small carriage ahead of Cody’s guide.

“I’ll put you and the guy on this. It’s not very fast, but by dawn you’ll reach the nearest town.”

“What about Harold?”

“Don’t worry. That person can do anything”

That’s a good answer, but it’s a reliable answer.

In retrospect, Harold was moving at a speed that was one step behind the horse when heading to the Bertis Forest. It was at the age of thirteen, so it’s probably even faster now.

In fact, it was difficult to see the speed shown during the battle in the cave, even from a position where you can see the whole. It is a guarantee that you will lose sight of it if you face it.

So I was convinced that it was a real man, so Cody got into the carriage and consulted a doctor in the town who arrived for several hours to see Vincent.

The procedure was over, and when I was told that I would wake up soon if I was at rest, the sun had already risen high. And after a while, Harold joins.

When I asked him how he got here because of his interest, he heard the place where Cody and his friends were heading to the human who was waiting outside the cave, and the carriage came back. He said he ran and chased without waiting for.

Immediately after a long battle, you will traverse the cave, and if you immediately turn your heels back and leave the cave, you will run a few tens of kilometers with your feet. It’s just an action I did. It’s strange to try to do it, and even more strange to be able to do it.

“Harold is not a human being”

“Do you want to be beaten again?”

“You are a human being, yeah”

Cody who returned with a smile did not fly his fist, instead. The calf is kicked and crouches.

I mourned without saying that it was unreasonable.

“Don’t increase the number of injured people in the hospital …”

“What’s happening to Vincent than that?”

Harold asked, looking down at Vincent lying in bed.

“Oh, I’m going to talk normally …? If it’s a doctor’s story, there’s nothing wrong with my life, and I’ll wake up.”

Originally I was injured even if I was dead, but thanks to Harold himself for healing it. I was at a loss as to whether to complain or thank me.

Harold responds as usual with “Yes”. I don’t think he’s not worried about Vincent, as he immediately casts healing magic and cares about his condition.

“So Harold knows why Vincent became ah?”

“Maybe Justus was brainwashed. “That’s right.”

“Justus … Freund Academician? Brainwashing isn’t calm again …”

“What?

“No …”

I was surprised to see the name of the rare genius Academician who is famous in the kingdom. However, the reason Cody got stuck in words was that the word “brainwashing” grabbed his head. This connects Vincent’s anomalous state with some memory of the past.

That was a few years ago when Harold was about to be sentenced to death in an incident in the Bertis Forest.

In order to find out the truth of the mysterious decision, I had my colleague Finnegan, who was involved in the deliberation, take a confession drug. At that time he became confused and began to bang his head on the pillars of the store.

I managed to stop it with two men, but the strange appearance at that time is still strongly engraved in Cody’s mind.

It’s like …

“I felt like I was possessed by the devil”, or … “

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A word that leaked out of my mouth when I witnessed an abnormality in Finnegan at that time. I also remember feeling creepy while saying it myself.

Since then, Finnegan has been repeating his remarks, and now he has quit the Knights and is in home recuperation. I heard that I couldn’t communicate anymore and was bedridden.

I wonder if Vincent will be the same. With that alone, indescribable sadness and anger spring up from within my chest.

“What’s the story?”

“Ah …”

Stagnate. I don’t know if it really has anything to do with Justus, and Harold now belongs to Justus’s lab. I was wondering if I should talk to Harold, whose position is unknown.

…… But that’s just a moment.

I haven’t spent much time with a man named Harold, but Cody still has some idea of his essence.

He fought for his life in the Forest of Bertis. Without Harold, the human casualties of the Knights and the Stars would have more than doubled.

There was an opinion inside the Knights that the damage could have been suppressed if it was known in advance, but Harold, who was a good place for newcomers at that time, convinced only with words. It is a serious question if I tried to take some measures.

Harold probably fought without relying on the Knights because he understood it.

And this time it saved Vincent’s life even though it was possible to kill him. I believe they are not human beings who take their lives or dignity, even if they have some purpose.

“… Actually, there was a man who was in a state of confusion like Vincent a few years ago.”

Harold Vincent van Gogh was participating in a deliberation sentenced to death. Tell him what happened when you asked him what the deliberation was like.

Harold, who heard the story, was silent as to whether he was thinking about something.

“Today the truth was in the dark, but I wondered if the Freund Academician was involved in this.”

“… I can’t say for sure, but its probability is high. He has the technology to contain the human ego and make a compliant doll.”

” It’s also scary. Isn’t the Academician really a ridiculous person? “

” At least one mastermind in the Bertis Forest is that guy. By the way, I’m sentenced to death. It became, and it was withdrawn. “

” No matter how much a researcher has such authority? “

Harold pulls the sword out of the sheath.

“This guy is a sword created by Justus. It absorbs the magical power of the user and dramatically increases the fighting ability. The price is the life expectancy of the user.”

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Cody loses his word in the explanation.

Because Harold was actually using the sword. I don’t know how much, but it’s true that Harold’s lifespan is lost.

“If research progresses, the disadvantage of cutting life span can be improved. However, it requires a use experiment, which is difficult from a humane point of view. If so, it will die. Let humans use it. “

Just plainly, Harold said, just like any other person.

It’s easy to rebuke what a stupid thing. But if he didn’t take the sword, Harold would have been killed as it was. It was Justus who created it, and he also created the demonic sword.

From the beginning, Harold had no choice.

“Once completed, the strongest army will be completed. How much hesitation does the upper level of the country hesitate to overturn the sentence of one convict on death row?”

“… I don’t do it. Oh, I don’t do it.” It is made up of. The dark part of the country is probably the best. Cody understands that degree.

However, there is no way I can be convinced. Harold is the man who saved many human lives, even if he was a real convict on death row who committed a heinous crime. Such a man is trapped and is tossed about his life as a villain. I can’t forgive such unreasonableness.

Unprecedented anger fills Cody’s heart, including Vincent, Finnegan, and the Bertis Forest.

But I calm down that I shouldn’t leave my body to that anger. What you have to do now is not to get angry, but to understand the situation and think about future measures.

“But with you as a hand piece, why are you going to kill each other with Vincent? Both are on the Academician side, for the time being”

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“He’s working for a certain purpose. He’s seemingly cooperated with it, but as soon as he betrayed, he came to kill him without hesitation. That’s it.”

“That’s easy to understand”

It seems to be Harold, including the fact that he was betrayed from the beginning when he said it on the surface.

My strength that will not fade even if I have a life. It wouldn’t be possible to submit him without brainwashing.

Thinking about that, I laugh unintentionally at the “likeness”.

“So what is the purpose of the annoying Academician?”

Why are you doing this? Ask the main subject of the matter.

“That’s–”

“Wait … please tell me that story …”

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However, when Harold tried to answer, such a voice came in.

It was very weak, but it belonged to a man familiar to Cody.