The Place Where He Was Reincarnated Was Hell - The 300-Year-Old Frontier Defense Line of the Margrave Family - Episode 33
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The light of the setting sun slowly filtered into the hospital room, where silence had returned. The colored light lit up the dusty air, casting a red tint on the faces of Darius, his father, and Raven, his brother, who stood beside his bed.
The knights that had been standing there bustlingly until a moment ago were gone, and the only ones left in the room were his father and brother, and Victor, who was lying in bed, with a heavy atmosphere around him.Bustling
“…Victor.”
Darius spoke slowly, as if choosing his words carefully.
His voice had lost all of the dignity of a Margrave and the strength of a veteran warrior, and now it was simply the sound of a father, suppressing his pain.
“Once again… I’m sorry. I couldn’t ask you to forgive my father for sending you, who had only just turned ten, to such a place of death…”
Darius’s face was one of deep regret and a sense of helplessness that he could not do anything about it.
He let his child die, and there was nothing he could do.Pool
This fact shattered Margrave Darius von Vanguard’s pride and deepened.Gouge
Victor narrowed his eyes just a little in response, his body hurting, but the pain felt insignificant next to his father’s suffering.Self
“…I understand, I think Father’s decision was correct. Sending his son to the battlefield first, as the lord of Vanguard, he needed to show everyone his resolve in this difficult situation.”
Yes, Victor naturally understood that. In the first place, his mental age was not ten years old, and he was not that different from Darius, so he thought it was a good decision.
However, Darius is unaware of this and feels hatred for the hellish reality that Victor, who shows “adult understanding,” is “not letting him remain a child.”
Darius closed his eyes tightly, facing the ceiling, and let out a single sigh.Up
In that short breath were contained unspeakable anguish and the complicated feelings of a father that were encapsulated in Victor’s passing.Satoshi
“…You’ve always been too intelligent. Whether that’s a good thing for you, or a bad thing… I don’t know anymore…”
Silence fell once again on the hospital room as the light of the setting sun shone on it. As if to cut through the atmosphere, Darius got to the point in his heavy, low voice.
“…But still, about that magic you used…”
Darius quietly searched for words.
It doesn’t sound like a question.
However, faced with an unknown phenomenon that he could not understand, his words were filled with a heartfelt desire as a father to know the truth.
“That lightning that split the sky and painted the night white… It didn’t just reach here on the Middle Line. It is said to have reached the royal capital. The white flash in the sky and the trembling roar – everyone is saying it was like ‘a hero from a myth’.”
Perhaps remembering the scene, Darius slowly turned his gaze to Victor, a deep sense of anxiety in his eyes.
“…Victor, that… is not a magic that should be handled by humans…
It’s too foreign and out of the ordinary for a human to unleash. What price would it take to make such a miracle possible?
No, even before you consider the price — your magical power is just abnormal. Please explain. What on earth is that?」
On the bed. Victor clasps his fingers together and drops a bit, ignoring the pain in his body.
— I guess I have to say this.
Victor thought. This power, this secret, was not something he could hide from his family.
I didn’t want to say it if possible.
“…Father, you told me two years ago. You told me to read the ‘Memoirs of the Former Margraves of Vangarde’.”
“Yes. Those are the foundations of our bloodline. Memories that connect our lives. Rather than reading them… it would be more accurate to say they are passed down.”
Victor nodded quietly at Darius’s words. Yes, “succeed.” That word most accurately described Victor’s experience.
“…I think so. At first, I thought it was just an ancient document. I started reading it out of a sense of duty. But as I continued reading, my feelings changed. Every time I turned a page, the letters the words flowed into my head as if they were alive. The sounds, the wind, the smell of bl00d. The hustle and bustle of the battlefield. …Before I knew it, it was as if I was on the battlefield.”
It’s the reliving of memories.
The memories of generations of battle are engraved in the bl00d of the Vanguard.
Darius nodded.
“Re-experiencing, you see. We have experienced it too. The replay of memories engraved in bl00d. I don’t quite understand how it works, but it is an inescapable fate that our clan has shouldered.”
“That happened to me, too. But… unlike Vee, I only ‘sensed’ it. The situation, the atmosphere on the battlefield. A strong will, a little fear… it was all a blur.”
Raven nodded. His experience was the same as the “Re-experiencing” Victor spoke of, but the sensation was different. What he realized here seems to be that even Re-experiencing has different depths.
Victor took a short breath and spoke quietly. This was the truth about him, and no one else.
“…But when I entered the pages of Stark von Vanguard’s journal, everything changed.”
The eyes of my father and brother sharpened. Stark von Vanguard.
Among all the Margraves of Vanguard, this was the only one who had seen the thoughts of the god Erysius and a glimpse into his past.abyss
–and
The only person involved with the sacred object, “Divine Eye .”Jewel
That existence is special even to the Vanguard clan.
“It was completely different from what I had experienced before. It wasn’t a re-experience.
The letters, the words, flowed directly into me. It was… “I” fought, “I” screamed, “I” saw something in the end. … Perhaps my consciousness, emotions, thoughts, everything was Stark.”
As Raven was at a loss for words, Darius spoke in a heavy voice, his voice exuding deep shock at the unbelievable truth he was faced with.
“No, wait… that item was finally recorded through the “Divine Tool”.
“What Stark saw with. It should have contained records of past events and God’s very thoughts, things that humans could never know…”Jewel
“…It’s something special. You can’t relive it by reading the journal. Stark also briefly saw the past and God’s thoughts, left them in his journal, and died immediately after. ‘Seeing past events and then knowing God’s thoughts’ is not something a mere human should do. That’s not reliving it, it’s assimilation——
Seriously… Victor, you!!!”
Darius stopped speaking. Victor quietly continued.
“…I saw ‘that’. What Stark saw with the sacred object. What was at the end of the journal? …I was merging with Stark and looking at it.”abyss
Darius and Raven’s expressions changed. This was an entity that would destroy this Vanguard, and indeed the world, but no one other than Stark had ever seen anything like it until now.abyssThreat
“……teeth……?”
A confused voice came from Raven, and Darius could be heard to gasp as well.
“It was a pitch black space. There was no light or sound. There were countless voices and shadows. And in the center of it all, I was there. There was no shape, color, or smell. Something indescribable was just there.Wriggle
and–“
Victor muttered, as if to confirm the sensation he had felt back then. A tense atmosphere filled the hospital room, as if the abyss had appeared once again.
“-Our eyes met.”
There was a silence. The silence was oppressive, in the face of fear, shock, and an unbelievable truth. Darius gasped slightly, and Raven started to stand up.
“We made eye contact…? With Abyss?!?!?
No, wait!! What I saw using the sacred object must have been a confirmed being from the past!! There’s no way I could have made eye contact with it!!」
Raven’s voice was trembling.
Yes, as Raven said, even if you see the existence of the past,
Our eyes can’t meet.
“No, I saw it.
And… she wasn’t looking at Stark, she was looking at me, who was supposed to have assimilated with her. Looking into the past, into the abyss. It was a strange sensation, like someone was looking back at me from the depths of the abyss. It was like someone was judging me, judging my value… it was disgusting–“
Victor’s matter-of-fact tone made the strangeness of the experience stand out even more. Raven shook his head, his face pale.
“Wait…wait a second, that’s…
If that’s true… then Vie has indirectly used that sacred object!!”
Darius looked straight at Victor without saying a word, as a father and as a margrave, trying to discern the source of this strange situation.
“…You have resonated with Stark’s bl00d and soul to a level far beyond ours. And so, you have inherited the ‘point of view’ that you captured using the Divine Eye.Jewel
You have come into contact with the very perspective of the Abyss that Stark saw through the sacred object.”
The perspective of God. The weight of those words made the air even more tense. It was a territory that people should not touch lightly.
Victor touched it.
Victor nodded slightly. His father’s words echoed the way Victor himself felt.
“…I think it was from that moment on. The magical power inside me…started to change. Both the quality and the quantity. It was as if I had been ‘recognized’ by something, and it just kept increasing.”
It was some kind of transformation caused by coming into direct contact with an entity known as the Abyss.
An influx of a different kind of power, different from a blessing.
Darius was at a loss for words, and Raven could only stand there.
“It is……”
Victor speaks quietly but clearly, his words shocking his father and brother.
“Maybe it’s the Abyss’s ‘favourite’… I think.”
Victor said that quietly, with a look of detachment on his face.
“…I haven’t just been blessed. I’ve been ‘chosen’ by the Abyss… by that abyss.”
Darius and Raven stood there, not knowing what to make of this, or how to respond to it, as father, margrave, and brother.
They say that their child has been favored by the evil god and “chosen.”
There was a moment of silence, followed by the sound of chairs creaking. Just as Darius and Raven tried to get up from their seats, as if to escape from this overwhelming truth, Victor quietly called out to them.
“…Father, Brother, wait.”
As his father turns to look at him, Victor begins to speak calmly, as if his body were in pain.Scolding
This was yet another cruel truth brought about by his power.
“…The magic I used back then…I want to explain what that was.”
“…I believe the reason for his ‘great magical power’ is because he has been favored by the Abyss. However…the principles of magic itself are ‘different’ from that.”
“…As Father says, there is a ‘price’ for that… There is no way that a mere human can unleash magic on that scale…”
Victor began to speak, laughing a little.
“…That was my—
It’s a magic that burns the “soul.”
A thunderclap struck Darius and Raven in the hearts of both of them. Could such hideous magic that could burn “souls” really exist in this world?
“…What are you…talking about?”
Darius let out a voice that sounded like he couldn’t understand what was being said. Raven was at a loss for words.
“To me, magical power is the fuel that grants the ‘wish’ of the caster. So magic is the ‘shape’ of that wish… So I wished for the ‘annihilation of all Eclipses.'”
The scene from hell comes back to Victor’s eyes. Waves of despair surge over him.
To allow everyone to escape, for Vanguard to survive, and… his only wish is to vent his anger.
「But even though the opponent was “Fallen”, the power came from God’s authority. To annihilate such a being and his authority… naturally, mere magical power wasn’t enough.monster
What I needed was myself.
It was about giving my soul.”
“…That’s a lie…”
Raven’s voice was hoarse.
“Magic is an ‘image’. The wish of the caster and the ‘shape’ to make that wish come true. At that time, I unconsciously imagined burning my own ‘soul’. I imagined burning my soul to make my wish come true… and well… I was able to do it.”
Victor’s calm confession was cruel. He had unconsciously accepted an unwanted price.
“I guess since then… every time I use that magic… something inside me that will never come back drips away…
It’s not magic or physical strength. It can’t be cured by healing magic or by any amount of rest. It must be because it’s the “soul”–“
Victor’s words, heavy and deep, cut deep into the hearts of his father and brother. The fact that their son was fighting while wearing down his soul. And the irreparable loss.
“So… I’m sorry.
Probably won’t live long…
I’ll probably have no choice but to use this magic from now on–
Probably… I don’t think it will last another 10 years.”
–In an instant, the air stopped.
The silence that had filled the hospital room was shattered without a beat, and what came instead was the sound of something breaking.
“…………………teeth?”
“What did you just say…?”
The color drained from Darius’ face, and he looked slowly at Victor, as if his soul had been reaped.
“Vee…”
Raven’s voice was trembling.
Trembling, trembling, he still opened his mouth to deny the meaning of his brother’s words.
“…That’s a joke, right…? Huh? What? What… a joke?
Stop it…!!”
Victor shook his head silently.
That movement alone was enough to send Raven’s knees buckling.
“…You’ve got to be kidding me… That’s a lie… No… No way.
No no no nooooooooo!!!”
Suddenly, a scream erupted.
Raven clutches his head and crawls on the floor, breaking down in tears.
“Why?! Why did it have to be Vee?! You were the one who worked harder than anyone else!!
Alone… in that hell…!!
What is this?! Why always?! My precious things are always in front of me! ———Ahhhhhh!!!”
Her face, crumpled with tears, turns towards Victor as if clinging to him.
“What do you mean ‘ten more years’…?! Don’t mess with me…! I don’t want that kind of future…. Such a future…! Why…. Why!!!!!!!”
Darius was also overwhelmed by the situation.
“…… I am……”
An inaudible groan escapes from the back of my throat. My fists are clenched tightly, and I continue to tremble in place.
“I’m… your father…! What have I been living for…? What have I been protecting you for…?!”
The sobs burst out.
“Ten years left…?! You’ve only just turned ten—that’s all I have… for you…!”
Fists slammed onto the floor.
“Aa …
A scream that sounded as if my heart was being ripped out echoed through the hospital room.
He had shed all of his pride as a father and his dignity as a knight.
It was the voice of despair from a single “father.”
Their son was fighting for them, sacrificing the most precious thing he had – his soul.
This fact weighed heavily on Darius’s chest like lead.
Following Raven’s lead, Darius also collapsed to the ground.Kneel
Kneeling on the floor, Victor quietly gazed upon his father and brother, trembling in despair, his eyes filled with an endless, endless sadness.
He couldn’t cry.
It was as if the option to cry had never been an option for me from the very beginning.
Those who accept their fate
A tragic “determination”
It was so painful—
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His son, who just turned ten, tells him he doesn’t have another ten years to live.
Those words shattered the hearts of Margrave Darius and his successor, Raven, the two pillars of Vanguard. Tears flowed endlessly from their eyes. Their cries were too pitiful to be called manly and sounded like a child’s cry echoed through the silent hospital room. The father covered his face with his hands and sobbed, while the older brother called out his younger brother’s name and let out a cry.throatSobbing
In front of his tearful father and brother, Victor was about to tell the truth that he had to tell until the very end: the secret of his soul, which holds the principles of the outside world.
——Yes, about your past life.
“There’s one more thing I need to tell you.”
Victor carefully chose his words, trying to get to the heart of the matter.
“…I don’t have a huu …
——That was the moment.
A sharp pain runs through my brain, as if something hot is being pressed against the inside of my head. iron
It felt as if my mouth and throat were physically closing up, refusing to let me speak. It was as if my whole body was screaming. Magic Circuit
A clear “no” rang in my head.
It was not Victor’s voice. An absolute “No.”
–Don’t talk about that.
“……”
My shoulders were shaking violently, my breath was short, and the words were like they were stuck in my throat.Reflux
Raven lets out a shriek and runs over to the bed.
“What’s wrong?! Does it hurt anywhere?!”
Darius immediately noticed something was wrong and frowned.
“…I’ve talked too much. I’ve pushed you too hard…Your body is probably not fully recovered yet. I’ll go get Elias.”
Darius’ voice no longer had any strength in it, and no longer carried the dignity of a Margrave. Only the deep regret of a father was exuded in it.
“…I’m sorry, it won’t do any good for me to cry as your older brother… When you’ve calmed down, please tell me your story…”
With that, Raven left the hospital room with Darius, but Raven seemed reluctant to leave, and followed his father out of the room with trembling steps.
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The door closes.
Silence returns to the hospital room. However, it is not the calm silence it once was. The strange incident that has happened to Victor has filled the air with an uneasy feeling.
Staring at the ceiling, Victor felt the pain in his body subside and muttered to himself. Even though he didn’t say it out loud, his words resonated deeply in his own heart.
“…What was that voice?”
I was about to say.
I was going to say that.
Your soul is “from a previous life.”
But for some reason, I couldn’t say it.
Something—
An invisible force sealed his mouth.
…It wasn’t as bad as this, but it had happened a few times before.
I can’t say what I want to say.
Especially when I was about to complain in front of other people, I couldn’t say it anymore–
After reading the journal, I had interpreted that strange feeling as a kind of mind control caused by the “blessing” of the god Erysium. But it was different from that—
“Clearly” rejected by something
Something from the outside was forcing me to stop speaking.
What on earth is this…?
This was not due to his will, but due to something else deeply rooted within him.Self
Was it something that should not be spoken of to the world? Or
———Is there “someone” inside me?
With no answer to that question, I closed my eyes in fatigue and let it sink deep into my heart.
–At that time
Suddenly, I felt like I saw something.
It was as if he could see the thousands of threads of fate that were twisting around Victor…
Such a penetrating gaze–
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