"You just have to drink this." With a stiff body, Eriu sat in front of Amiley, who was writing something in her book. It could be said that whenever Eriu came to her office room, Amiley always had that book in her hand.
Amiley pushed the glass filled with healing herbs in front of Eriu while looking at him. Eriu himself was hesitant, maybe because of the betrayal he felt, Eriu still couldn't convince himself to believe Amiley again. Perhaps the glass did not contain medicine, but something corrosive...
Feeling the look given to him, Eriu took the glass in front of him and drank. His thoughts and actions truly reflected his fickle self.
Sip.
After all, being stared at with such a threatening look could not help but make him nervous.
Amiley leaned back and said at the end of their session, "For the future, you don't need to take any more medicine, too much is bad for your body, and judging by your condition over the past two days, I think you've recovered."
"Today is over, you can go back to your room."
Eriu nodded, "Thank you." With a feeling of relief, he left the room. With slow steps, he made his way to the guest room. The reason was that he did not want to meet Noah.
He felt guilty about what had happened to her.
Back in his room, Eriu rushed to the bed and threw himself into the warm embrace of the mattress.
Eriu picked up the small book and read the message again. For the umpteenth time, he was awakened to the reality that some villages could have extraordinary similarities, for example, the village where he lived now, this village was filled with people who made accusations without proof, while in that village, people liked to steal what they called talismans. The scattered papers were taken by them and turned into talismans for them, and even the conversations between the two of them were spread. Amiley herself said that it was hard to collect them all because some of them had hidden them, so just finding half of them was a miracle.
Eriu had tried to tell Eros, hoping that the book was still working properly, but unfortunately, his hopes were dashed when he realized that Eros hadn't answered his messages.
The book must be damaged.
Oh, and as for the demon, he was sealed by Amiley immediately after his defeat, and as for Noah, her condition has improved and she regained consciousness yesterday.
It wasn't that he wanted to brag, but to him, the demon was indeed weak, he had won so quickly that even all his plans had succeeded. He felt very strange with the victory he got. Was it because he was now the main character?
Just for a moment, he felt that he could find a dragon and befriend a swordsman.
For a full 10 minutes, he stared at the ceiling with a blank mind, after which he suddenly felt dirty, so he decided to take a shower.
Getting up from the bed, Eriu went to the bathroom.
Eriu went straight to the bathtub, which was shaped like a stove, how to turn it on just like a real stove, turning to the right would make ordinary water hot, to the left will make hot water cold, and down will make hot water warm.
This was the most unique bathtub he had ever seen, there was nothing like it in his house.
Every time he entered the bathroom, the water would come out of the tub itself, and when he got out of the tub, the water would recede by itself.
Today, he wanted to take a hot bath, so he turned the knob on the stove, took the duck-shaped soap, and just took off his clothes.
Eriu immediately jumped into the tub.
The feeling of the evaporating heat made him feel sleepy, and he leaned back with his eyes closed.
Slowly, the sound of faint breathing could be heard from his mouth.
"Huft..."
Crakkk!
Someone threw a book into the fireplace of the hut, causing the fire to flare up again. The little boy leaned his arms against the fireplace, trying to warm his cold body. Hundreds of books surrounded the little boy in the darkened room.
All those hundreds of books had been read, but strangely, the child still couldn't sleep.
He didn't even realize that hundreds of days had passed in that dark room. With books to keep him company and thousands of frozen buns.
Those dark blue eyes looked lifeless even in the bright flames.
He didn't know what he wanted, but what the little boy did know was that he was bored.
Everything was so boring for him.
"So dingy..." The boy picked up another book and noticed that this one was very dusty, realizing that this was the last book he had not read, the boy slowly opened the first page. "First Note?" Seeing the title, the child was confused. Auntie said that all the books here were about politics, philosophy, kingdoms, kings, gods, and goddesses.
Maybe this book had been slipped in there.
Then the little boy began to open the next page.
This is just the first note of the life of a person, a slave who will carry the name of justice.
I will be a shield for all of them, so I will do anything for you, my loyal believers.
.
.
.
Four days passed in peace.
The sky was clear, the sun was shining, and the breeze was light.
Noah's condition improved from day to day, but because Amiley was still worried about Noah's mental state, Noah was forbidden to go out for a while. As for himself, he was better than before, and he had also stopped drinking potions.
As on Earth, the excessive use of potions is strictly forbidden, especially for children. The reason for the ban is that it is feared that healing potions can cause a person to die. Therefore, they are advised not to consume or use potions for the next 6 years.
So if he was injured, he would have to be treated manually, even though it was said that healing potions could make the wound worse.
He got this information from Amiley.
As for healing, he also had to slowly let go of his old memories, so today he went outside with the demonized greatsword. It could be said that this was the third day that he carried the sword with him.
During his time with this demon, Eriu came to understand its nature.
He doesn't care about anything.
Like a person who doesn't care about anything, he didn't even care that he was a sword, he didn't care that he was a slave, he didn't care what happened, and it could be said that he was ignorant.
'...I think he'll be curious about 001.' The big sword leaning against the big tree opened its eyes.
For the first time in this world, he learned something new, that a sword could have eyes and a mouth...
It could even eat.
"Hey, hey, what's next? How's the doctor? Still alive?" The sword opened its eyes wide, but could not close its mouth.
The scene unfolded, he was sitting under the protection of the tree along with the huge sword leaning against the tree.
"How should I know, I'm already dead!" Eriu shouted with narrowed eyes while pointing at the sword, "If you ask about things related to my memories again, I will ask Auntie to seal you!" At first, he was fine, maybe it was because the demon was curious, but what about him who wasn't curious and was asked to remember again?
He had already answered everything, and it wasn't like this demon could see people's memories, so why would he ask when he had already seen it with his own eyes?
"Tch." The sword clicked its tongue. Hearing this clucking sound annoyed Eriu, and he pushed the big sword down with his small hand.
Bruk!
The little push was certainly painless, especially since the sword was an inanimate object, but not for the demon's pride.
"..." Eriu took his eyes off the sword and pretended not to notice. There was silence for a full 5 minutes, no one moved or spoke, only the wind laughed. "Sorry." Feeling guilty, Eriu looked back at the big sword, but before he could do anything, he was surprised by the tree that was suddenly surrounded by eyes.
"Woah!!!"
"How rude of you to do that!" His voice sounded terrible, but there was a hoarse voice behind the scream, "Even your mother would never do this to me!"
He immediately felt that things were bad now, there was no way the two of them would come back in this hostile state.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong." Eriu looked into those eyes. He knew he was being childish, he was wrong, but "You should apologize to me as well".
"It's all in my past, I've tried hard to forget it and those memories are traumatizing for me. I don't mind you asking me, but please ask me more fun things..."
The eyes blinked and said nothing.
The little boy just looked at him silently with a look that said he was not the only one to blame.
"..."
"You look like a hero in my town."
This sudden statement made Eriu confused, "?"
"I met her a long time ago, she was a woman with nothing, no power, and just a pitiful human."
"??"
"When I first met her, she immediately pushed me into a ravine."
"???"
Eriu's mouth fell open as he realized the intention of this sword. Because this sword was looking into his memories, he was deliberately telling the story of his past! Eriu chuckled, "So how is the hero?" His small hands immediately lifted the big sword and leaned it back against the tree.
The eyes surrounding the tree closed and disappeared instantly, "I don't know, she disappeared suddenly, but the villain was killed 200 years later."
Eriu realized that this demon could be sad as well. Its voice sounded very disappointed. Despite this demon's bad habits, such as laughing to mocking, this demon didn't say too much.
If this is like the world in cartoons or comics, this demon is probably the type that would leave the MC when he dies and not try to revive him. After all, their relationship is limited to the giver and the receiver.
It can be said that this demon will not be his enemy, he will just do what he wants and when he is done he will leave. It's possible that he finds Ariadne uninteresting and therefore accepts her 'interesting' child as his temporary master.
BANGGGG!!!
Before Eriu could ask further, the sound of an explosion was heard, and the giant bird flying above instantly fell into the lake, causing a tremendous water explosion!
The explosion seemed to shake the world, and Eriu, who had the soul of an adult, knew immediately what to do when he saw what was happening.
He crawled and looked down, where a battle was going on between a giant bird with a long worm coming out of its eyes.
"!"
Why was a divine servant here? The answer, of course, was that he was in the forest near Tora's village. The village was very close to Amiley's house, but the distance that made it so far away was this forest, the forest where the Divine Servant lived. Since the day of the 'Purification', they had become calm, and even the divine servants would not attack anyone if they saw someone with a negative aura like that demon.
However, there was a forest that belonged to Amiley, and it was a safe place because the divine servants could not go through it. This made him realize how Amiley could bring the divine servant to her place.
A shortcut.
And also why he was here to avoid Noah, who always visited him and was afraid that something bad would happen again.
Bang!
A large rock appeared from below and shook the place where he was standing. In a panic, Eriu immediately retreated backward, and the place where he had been standing collapsed. His heart was beating like crazy when he saw this. Compared to fighting that demon, this was the most terrifying thing he had ever seen.
BANG!
A rock appeared in front of him with abnormal speed, and Eriu, who had extraordinary vision, immediately turned his body to the side.
"!!!" One moment of carelessness and his head would be in pieces!
Someone was after him!
Eriu crawled once more and tried to look down, no, at the edge of the forest.
Fox? Although his eyesight was sharp, he knew he couldn't magnify his vision to see the creature more clearly, but looking at its shape, he was sure it was a 'fox', a divine servant that had the shape of a fox.
They would use any opportunity to catch their prey.
Eriu immediately panicked, he hadn't noticed its presence at all, and there was no smell at all. But now he could smell a different scent, a scent like blood, but with the foul smell of a corpse.
The situation was serious now.
The 'fox' must have done something, now he could smell a lot of blood-curdling in the forest.
Damn...
Eriu immediately turned around to look for the big sword, it could be counted on now!
Immediately, he realized something as he wanted to look for the demon, he could see clearly behind him, even though he could see the monkey staring at him with a fierce look.
"Huh? Sword, sword, where are you?" Still, he couldn't find the big sword.
Don't tell me he went off on his own and left him here alone?
"Hey." The echoing voice was right next to him, now he could see himself.
It's like the angle of view was right on his left hand. Don't tell me that's the power of this demon. It felt like he had defeated the first boss and gained his power.
Maybe the MCs in the comics he read felt the same way.
That feeling of excitement and curiosity about what kind of power he had gotten. Even though he felt a little strange.
Slowly, he moved his head to look at his left hand, everything he thought was true, there were eyes in his palm and even his entire left hand turned black.
"Don't expect you to leave without me!" Although he did not feel that he was holding anything, the big sword was now in his hand.
It didn't even feel heavy.
For the first time, he was grateful that this sword was as afraid of being left alone as he was...
"...I have no intention of leaving you. Just look at me, a small boy with no long legs and no manna. With my condition like this, how can I go alone?" The great sword blinked, "Oh, I forgot." The sword replied in a flat tone and answered again, "You see, Aria can use magic.
Eriu now realized why in his previous life, when he was a child, his feelings had always taken control over him, because now he felt annoyance beyond his limits.
"I also just remembered that you don't have a brain, so you forgot that this child hasn't used magic since the Majapahit period!"
"Majapahit?" The sword asked as if it didn't care about the mocking sentence, "What is Majapahit?"
"Hey!"
Eriu silently ignored him. It was predictable that this sword would only look at his bad memories.
Grawwwwww!
The sound of the two divine servants fighting could still be heard, "Let's go before it gets worse." Eriu said.
Besides, the smell of the 'Fox' was getting closer, he was afraid that if he didn't leave there, he would be captured and used as food for the 'Fox' children.
"Ehh, you want to die faster?" replied the big sword, "The smell of your blood must be spreading, especially since two giant animals are fighting, which indicates that someone is hiding now. You can't even use magic, I'm sure they'll attack you as soon as you run into the forest."
The plan was to run through the forest and reach the barrier.
He and this demon were above the forest, that's why no one bothered him, but the way back was below. How could he get up here, the answer was because there were stone stairs. So the way to get home was to go down and pass by the other divine servants.
Plus the divine servants waiting for him, once he went down, he was dead, but if he stayed here, the 'Fox' would come, or else one of the winners of the battle would eat him as a cure!
"...Of course, I know that, but if we stay here, we'll die too!" The possibility of Amiley looking for him now was very small, because it was not yet dinner time, judging from the sky, it was probably still 4 p.m., and Amiley also realized that he was going there.
"But isn't there another way?" Slowly, the eyes in his palms curved.
"..." With a look of desperation, Eriu blew out his breath, there was another way besides running straight into the forest.
Cover himself with the blood of the victor.
Remember, listen and do.
If we fail, what should we do?
Of course, repeat and play from the beginning!