Chapter 65. There is one more (1)


    smell, sound and touch.


    Not a memory, but a sense of something experienced. This refers to the senses that y a role in helping us to bring out what we experienced at some point in the day.


    Although I am a human being who forgets most of the things I have experienced, I tend to remember things that are imbued with my senses for a longer period of time and more clearly. Lillie, who smelled the scent ofvender, was reminded of Dmirea’s embrace during a spring outing, Euryah, who heard the sound of rain, was reminded of Arsene grilling wild chicken on a remote road on a rainy day, and Hina, smoothing a soft cloth, was wearing Lucy’s ne. As if it makes me think of the day I first embroidered a long name.


    “Vice Commander, who is still the Crown Prince.”


    “why.”


    “I’m not good at drinking.”


    “know.”


    “But I like beer. I don’t like anything else, I just like beer.”


    “take no interest.”


    Arsene shook his head as the words continued coldly. It means that I don’t care whether you pay attention or not. I only started stammering due to the moderate amount of alcohol, so there was no way I was hungry for the other person’s attention.


    “When I drink beer, it reminds me of the day my teacher first gave me a drink, so I like it because the smell of beer makes me feel like my teacher is next to me.”


    ntz, who couldn’t keep quiet about such a story, just looked around. A view of the small room in the restaurant, designed to allow people to eat and drinkfortably without being noticed by others,es into view.


    Late evening on the day we met Sispanian and Serenti in Siegfried’s Land.


    Calian, who seemed to have forgotten that he had actually asked to buy meat, asked what kind of meat he wanted for dinner. I was thinking about it for a while when the blue-haired crazy wizard rmended the dinner menu that day, saying that if youe to Siegfried, you should eatmb.


    ntz did not answer. And Calian, who listened carefully to Arsene’s opinion, came to Siegfried’s knight Ronansite to ask about a very expensive restaurant that sold grilled cod. My opinion was that all I had to do was eat it, and it was a dinner menu I chose to express to nz, who apologized for remembering Bern, that it was okay now.


    “That’s why I like beer. The Crown Prince, Vice Commander, doesn’t have anything like that yet, so you might not know.”


    Well-grilled cod and shrimp on white bread generously stuffed with ck olives A dish of grilled vegetables and bacon topped with a refreshing and sweet lemon sauce. A high-quality beef steak with an extremely soft texture. Various vegetables and chicken on thinly grilled white bread. Uploaded dishes: Sd with abination of red fruits and vegetables.


    I may have ordered it with the intention of stealing from my brother’s coffers, but the food seemed better than the diet of most aristocratic families. ntz looked down at them and answered.


    “There wasn’t any.”


    “Yes. I think so.”


    Memory of the senses. A memory thates to mind.


    When I was told that there was no such thing, I said yes.


    Unlike other people who keep specific memories containing sensations for an unusually long time, ntz remembers countless events and the sensations associated with them without exception. So, even if I heard someone say, ‘When I smell this kind of leather, it reminds me of the day I saddled the horse I received as a gift as a child,’ it means that I couldn’t sympathize much. There was no way that one specific memory would stand out in my mind, recalling dozens or hundreds of objects with simr leather smells and the events rted to them all at once.


    When I smell Renieri’s scent, it’s as if countless memories, from things I saw and heard before I even learned the meaning of words to the dagger that was aimed at my heart on one of myst days, ate away at my mind at once.


    “I have it now. Me too.”


    Half drunk and half curious. Arsene, who was in a good mood after three beers, made an expression of surprise.


    ntz nced at the blue-haired crazy wizard’s face, who clearly wanted to tell him that there was no way he knew you were so sensitive, and opened his mouth.


    “The smell of Lucy’s soles.”


    “…How did you happen to be in charge of that?”


    “It just so happened.”


    The smell of Lucy’s soles that I smelled in the royal pce, which was filled with all kinds of scents, including Renier’s scent and rose scent. And the smell of Anne’s stomach. When you smell that pleasant smell that even nts can’t quite describe as a ‘scent’, doesn’t it bring back warm memories of the day you first met Lucy and Anne?


    “The sound of a conch shell.”


    ntz’s words were not over.


    Arsene chuckled as he remembered the sand-filled conch shell on the desk in the vicemander’s office. I thought that Needlen had done a great job in putting an unusual memory into the crown prince’s head.


    “Renicita’s fluffy feel. The smell of waves. The sound of a bonfire.”


    “There are so many of them.”


    “And… grilled cod.”


    Arsene put down thest sip of his third beer with a thud and looked at nz. Then he pointed to one of the tes in front of him.


    “Are you talking about Daegu today?”


    “Not that. Something else.”


    The voice that continued in front of the white waves that soaked the amazingly soft fluffy soles of Renishita, whom everyone was reluctant to ce because they were ced in the square, and soon reached the tops of her feet and ankles, and the fishy smell of the bonfire that wasing from her younger brother’s hands. And baked cod.


    ntz, who was dealing with the crazy blue-haired wizard on behalf of Calian, who had gone out for a moment after receiving a call from Chase, frowned as he remembered the grilled cod from that day. When I think about it, I wonder since when did I answer that guy so obediently?


    – Grumble.


    So nz came out to take his brother’s share, but since the person to drink it was away, he pushed the beer ss, which was slowly subsiding foam, in front of Arsene.


    “I’ve already had three drinks.”


    “It’s not.”


    The employee who brought new beer kept leaving empty sses, so Arsene tilted his head when he saw thest empty ss of beer he drank. He wonders if he drank one more beer or two more beers before that. And then, the person who couldn’t be confused about that fact and wouldn’t be happy about getting drunk looked at him with a stern expression and said, ‘You haven’t had three drinks yet,’ and nodded.


    “Okay then, I’ll drink more.”


    How about two cups, what about three cups? The crown prince will take care of the rest, and today is a good day as Ipleted the collection. You should drink it.


    Arsene, who had made a decision, ced his hand on the beer mug that had been Calian’s but was now his.


    ntz has never seen anyone dare to inject in front of him. He only saw Arsene being drunk and being carried by Kyrie. So ntz said that Arsene would sleep quietly like Calian when he was drunk. That’s why he handed Arsene his fourth drink to quiet him down, who had be noisy. Pretending not to know all those misunderstandings and misjudgments.


    * * *


    Baked cod.


    For nz, grilled cod was a particrly unique food. It was unique not because it was seafood that was rarely touched, but because of the unfamiliar sensations that I clearly remembered. It was different from meat that smells like meat or fruit that tastes like fruit. It was a dish that reminded me of the smell of hops, the sound of violins, and wooden tes.


    “older brother.”


    The store we visited along with Kalian. When I think of that ce, I think of the deep sea blue smell of salt, the smell of old wooding from the table and walls, and the unique, sour smell that was said to be due to hops.


    The sound of the store owner’s careless footsteps, the conversation of people gathered inside the store, the sound of coins in a hat held out by a child who came in with a violin and finished ying it awkwardly.


    The soft feeling of a wooden te, the rough feeling of scratches on the table, the cold feeling of a metal fork and knife.


    For nz, grilled cod was like that.


    The smell of hops, wooden dishes, and the sound of a clumsy violin became a memory that could linger in my mind.


    “What are you thinking like that?”


    The person who thawed therge frozen shrimp and ced it in front of the crazy blue-haired wizard asked.


    Should I be considerate of that?


    Should I say that wasted magic power is a waste?


    This is already the sixth time that my friend was so drunk that he asked me to freeze some shrimp, so kindly he thawed the frozen shrimp and ced them in front of me. The blue-haired crazy wizard grinned at therge shrimp that had be today’s victim. ntz, who turned his head with a face he didn’t want to stare at for a long time, answered.


    “It’s different. From the first time.”


    “Are you talking about Daegu?”


    “okay.”


    “Oh, if you’re saying it’s different from before and doesn’t suit your taste, try a different food…” “


    No.”


    “Then what’s so different?”


    “The smell, the sound, the feeling. Those things are different.”


    “May I ask how it is different?”


    “Everything. There is no sea, no smell of salt. Everything is different.”


    The restaurant we are currently in was like that. They sold the same grilled cod, but the smell, sound, and feel were all different.


    A ce where the endless sea does not spread out outside the window.


    A ce where you can see the lights of Duke Siegfried’s residence in the distance. A ce where instead of the smell of old wood, there is the savory smell of potatoes and pumpkin roasted with cod, and instead of a child’s clumsy violin, the deep sound of a cello made by the fingertips of a musician can be heard beyond the wall. A ce where you can feel the smooth feel of table ss with borate carvings instead of the rough scratches of a wooden table.


    “Do you find it strange that they are so different?”


    “little.”


    “Because not all restaurants that sell simr dishes are the same. Whether it’s an expensive and good ce, a moderately expensive and delicious ce, or another ce.”


    “Isn’t the royal pce always the same?”


    “Doesn’t everything in the royal pce receive the same education? So I don’t think it can bepared to a ce like this. This is a ce where people live.”


    ntz chuckled.


    Isn’t that a very thorny thing to say from a guy who said that he would just live in the pce for the rest of his life on behalf of nts, who had no interest in the throne, and Randel, who had no interest in Kairis?


    I don’t know what good can be said about the royal pce, which allowed those young children to grow up like this without being able to provide them with even a single memorable experience.


    “Even if it’s the same world, things happen differently depending on who lives as who. Every ce people live is bound to be different.”


    But Kalyan said this. ntz nced at his younger brother and picked up the wine ss in front of him. And he answered while taking a bottle of Siegfried’s famous wine, Sijlinu, to his mouth.


    “It’s a world created by a god who doesn’t know that people live in it. That’s strange.”


    Kalian’s hand, which was about to cut a piece of freshly grilled cod and put it into his mouth, stopped for a moment. Then, as if he had never done that before, he ate the whole mouthful and gave his answer.


    “That’s right. A god who doesn’t know that he lives created something. He lives in it. It’s interesting.”


    “So. When are you going to tell me?”


    “Are you talking about the conversation you had with Brother Chase or Serenti?”


    “both.”


    Calian, who had stopped looking for privacy in front of the peas, chuckled. And then he obediently opened his mouth.


    “It looks like Arianne will really being to Your Highness’s birthday festival. They say she’s leaving tomorrow, but it seems Brother Chase is very worried. It’s natural that he can’t open the magic circle for Arianne, but he’s refusing everything Master can do to help him. “He insisted on following the rules while looking around thend of Kairis. So I heard him say something about the escort that was following him.”


    “what.”


    “Yellow robin, no. They say that a knight named Surveyin Chamberman ising as an escort. But Arianne’s name has be so famous now. I guess Brother Chase couldn’t rx.”


    nz’s eyes turned to the corner of the table, which he was trying to pretend not to see. This is where the blue-haired crazy wizard looks away from the frozen shrimp and reaches for the grilled cod in front of Calian.


    “If the escort is not good enough, I could tell your majesty and send Balkan.”


    “Ah. What Brother Chase asked for was not an escort, but just to close your eyes.”


    After seeing Calian’s pretty smile, Arsene, despite being so drunk, let go and quietly leaned against the wall and closed his eyes. Calian nodded as if he was satisfied with the situation and continued speaking.


    “Please don’t be surprised if someonees who looks different on the inside than on the outside.”


    “… Are you sure you’re going to send that article?”


    “Yes, Tan Kathrin. My old master says he wille here disguised as Lord Chamberman. In the pce, Lord Chamberman takes on the appearance of Ten. There is nothing special to notice there, but there is no one here who will recognize Lord Kathrin. “Isn’t there a lot? That’s why you told us in advance.”


    It is difficult to guarantee that the fiancée of the king who has just ascended to the throne will not encounter strange problems on her way out of the kingdom. Because of this, Chase was nning to send Ten. Using the magic disguise tool used by Hina who went to Secretia, Ten’s appearance was changed to Servain.


    “Is your older brother’s insides dark? Is your older brother’s fiancé like that? It’s impossible to know.”


    Calian grinned and responded to this evaluation, which came out as he put down his ss of Sizlinu.


    “Have you already figured out why Arianne ising?”


    “Doesn’t this mean that you will somehow bring that Sword Master into thisnd?”


    “Yes. No matter what happens, I’m not the only one who needs to be stronger than before. But if Lord Castrines here, wouldn’t all the living Sword Masters on the continent be able to gather in one ce? If that happens, then all the sword masters alive on the continent can gather together. “Good things will happen for both of us.”


    To allow Ten to meet other Sword Masters.


    When I first brought Tan here, he didn’t know the details of the ‘past’, but that’s not the case now. Therefore, the idea is to have Ten meet with yman, Kalian, and Siona to create opportunities for each other to develop further.


    However, after sending Tan away, problems arise with Chase’s safety. So, they came up with a n to exchange the appearances of Ten and Servain using a magic disguise tool. If it’s Surveyin, you can trust it and entrust it to you.


    However, there was no one important enough that Serbane, the knightmander of the King’s Guard protecting Chase, had to follow him in person. Therefore, Arianne came as the representative of the congrattory delegation. Even if Tain, disguised as Surveyin, is given a reason toe here and it is discovered that ‘Survain’ was actually Tain, there is someone who can be a reason to convince Lemain as to why Chase would have nned such a thing. It was just Arianne. It is said that the young king, who was blinded by concerns about his betrothed, secretly assigned a sword master as a bodyguard, so there is no other way to ept this.


    “That’s why you decided toe even though you knew it would be dangerous.”


    “Yes. In the end, the most important thing in everything is a cause.”


    ntzughed when he realized the truth behind Arianne’s uncharacteristically stubborn and risk-taking n toe to Kairis.


    After that, ntz watched Kalian for a moment, who had only just started eating because he had left again after receiving a call from Chase right aftering to the restaurant. Even though I had more questions, I thought I should fill my brother’s stomach first.


    So, we both put off saying that we were curious for a while and sat quietly and listened to the sound of the cello. After some time had passed, Kalian, who had finished eating without making a sound, opened his mouth.


    “I didn’t hear anything. From Serenti.”


    ntz’s eyes turned to Calian.


    Calian nodded as if he had said nothing wrong and said.


    “I asked a lot of questions and Serenti answered them, but I didn’t hear them.”


    “That’s strange.”


    “It’s a strange thing.”


    “Are you saying that it may not have been Serenti who covered her mouth and erased her memories?”


    “I don’t know if it’s Serenti who’s been acting like that all this time, but I don’t think Serenti would have stopped her from saying she would answer on her own. Unless she’s a crazy person.”


    “word.”


    “…Unless you’re crazy.”


    “not.”


    “Unless you’re crazy.”


    It’s okay to swear at Serenti, but I can’t get over speaking informally to myself. Only then did ntz nod. Calian, who burst intoughter while watching this, spoke again.


    “Anyway, isn’t it strange? Serenti being speechless.”


    “……There is one more person.”


    “Yes. That means there is one more person. Another person who can shut Serenti’s mouth.”


    okay. There is one more person.


    “I think I know who it is. How are you?”


    “There’s no way you don’t know. There’s no way you don’t know.”


    A being that even Serenti did not know of its birth, and that Serenti could not stop it herself, so she had to borrow the power of Sispanians and heroes. Even after doing that, he couldn’t win in the end, so he chose to sleep with him.


    “The guy who started the game by grabbing the white piece without Serenti’s knowledge. I think he may have caught the white piece in my past as well. That’s what I thought. If he were the guy, he would have erased his normal memories, covered his mouth, and done the same thing Serenti did. “I thought maybe I could copy it.”


    “So that means I yed hero to stop the evil spirit that appeared again when Serenti woke up. Then I failed and turned back time.”


    “Yes. That’s what I think.”


    Knock knock knock.


    ntz, who was tapping the ss of Sizzlinu he had picked up again, opened his mouth.


    “When that sea dragon yed a prank on my brother, I wandered around alone. And if the axis of time turns again, I will be left behind. I’ve been thinking about it.”


    “…… yes.”


    And after a while, he tried to say something but closed his mouth again.


    When the sea dragon left its ce and the time of the world began to pass. That time when time stopped and started flowing again. Is it really the sea dragon’s will that you were able to move and think? Is it true that the sea dragon has the ability topletely use the axis of time to the point where it stops everyone and takes only you out to talk to each other? Could it be that the sea dragon simply stopped time and talked to you, who escaped from the frozen time?


    When I was worried that this incident would go wrong and I would be left behind, did I really ever think of that?


    A past that no one remembers. Time went back.


    Have you ever wondered how you know that? Why don’t you wonder why you were forgotten? Have you ever wondered why it hurts so much?


    Why were you forgotten in this life?


    I tried to ask that question, but my voice didn’te out. No words came out so I closed my mouth. So Calian’s rolling eyes looked down at the wine for a while and then said something else.


    “That’s fun.”


    Calianughed.


    It was ntz who said it was funny, but Kalianughed.


    “Do you think so too, brother?”


    I asked as if I had heard everything I couldn’t say. And added:


    “Yes. I think there was at least one more.”


    I think this is the second time.


    It seems that the first Bern turned the axis of time. I guess I forgot all about it. In the time that went back like that, ntz turned the axis a second time and time went back. It seems that Bern, who had already turned the axis, was left alone.


    “… I guess so.”


    It seems that Bern, who was left behind, came looking for Calian’s body.


    “Calian.”


    “After experiencing it, living like this again is not a very good experience.”


    Calian looked at nz, who was holding a ss of bitter wine in his hand.


    A quiet voice continued.


    “That’s why I won’t teach you this. No matter who I catch and kill. No matter what I destroy. Even if I die, I won’t teach you this. I won’t let you learn it. Never.”


    All we have to do is find and kill whoever or whatever caused this to happen. I will do that. Calian said, vaguely realizing that he was walking through a life that could either be hisst chance or another nightmare.


    “So don’t worry.”


    “I will not.”


    ntz answered.


    “He will take care of it and save my life. My younger brother.”


    In a calm voice without the slightest worry.