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65. Destiny (1)

A brief break while walking, I washed my hands and face by the creek and looked at the creek reflected like a mirror.

But for some reason, the reason why I can’t see his face at all.

It just looked black, as if there was a hole in the air.

Obviously, when I touch it with my hands, I see an invisible face, even though the eyes, nose and mouth are all present. Looking at other people’s reactions, it was clear that this was only for me.

“Maybe it has something to do with the dead…”

If it wasn’t for that, I couldn’t think of anything else like a penalty for returning to the past.

A brave man without a face, his physique was completely different from before.

I felt a really strong adult man, thick forearms and tight muscles that could be felt inside the armor, and a different energy than the previous Einheri.

I grabbed the holy sword that rattled around my waist.

Suck.

[The conditions for equipping the holy sword have been met]

The holy sword that came out as easily as a lie, the immaculate white sword body was reflected in the stream water, creating an illusion as if two suns were floating.

A truly ideal body that satisfies the limiting conditions for using a holy sword, with a combined status of 300 or more, with simple light armor without any abilities.

He definitely deserved to be called a hero.

If you get the help of other artifacts and wear proper enchantment equipment, wouldn’t it be possible to break through the labyrinth soloing?

“Come to think of it… at this time, it’s still before that damned regressor steals the Philosopher’s Stone…?”

It was questionable whether the Labyrinth City was running properly because it was too early in the time period, but it was definitely worth thinking about.

The Philosopher’s Stone, a clearing condition for Labyrinth Maze 1.

Considering the writings of Nagisingungkoto, a former returnee, left on the monument in the center of the Labyrinth City, the Philosopher’s Stone might be the key to returning to Earth.

A proof of clearing the labyrinth.

Moreover, there is a high possibility that all hidden pieces and various consumables have not been used yet.

“Oh.”

…Isn’t this a really good opportunity?

I don’t know why I came back to this past, but I must definitely skip the things I want to skip.

Or, even now, secretly sneaking out of the party……

“Where are you, warrior~ Warrior~”

“Yes? Yes!”

I heard the sound of Isabelle searching from far away due to bad timing.

f*ck…!

You can’t even run away like this!

“Yes, I am going. Song.”

I sighed and walked towards where I heard Isabel’s voice.

And when I returned there, Yan was glaring at me as if he was dissatisfied.

“Hero, I have a feeling you had some impure thoughts…”

The preliminary witch’s intuition was unexpectedly excellent.

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It took less than an hour to reach Lerne Village.

It was the same in the village of Hanford, Richland 154 years later, but it was a rural village itself that had not been greatly developed.

“First of all, an inn… Can’t we get an inn first? I think I’m going to die of shame because I couldn’t wash properly a few days ago…!”

“Eh, wizard~ There’s no way there can be an inn in a place like this~ This is a mountain village among the mountains where tourists don’t come often~”

Yan shuddered at her and looked around her, trying to find an inn, but only farmhouses.

“Then you’re saying I’m homeless today…?”

“Um~ But I heard that there is an abandoned temple site nearby, but if it doesn’t work out, shouldn’t we sleep there?”

“Kyaaah! Motel…! Find an inn!”

“It would be fortunate if you didn’t get kicked out, let alone the inn~ Take a look around, wizard~”

Moreover, perhaps it was because four outsiders had entered the village, but the villagers’ eyes weren’t particularly good.

“Hey…”

Boom!

“Maybe…”

“No work.”

Residents leaving for different reasons, this was definitely wrong.

“Jan, isn’t it enough to shower once a week?”

“No, it’s like the elves! It’s a lie that elves are said to be clean in the world.

“We are the legitimate successors of the World Tree…”

Yan and Floren, who sparked an argument over an unexpected shower, were talking like that in the middle of the village, so all the remaining villagers were running away.

“Abandoned temple site… Where is Isabel?”

Well, I should go first and preoccupy a good place to lie down.

“If you follow the lakeside over there, there will be a temple that was previously submerged in floodwaters. Warrior.”

“Isabel is talking like she’s been there before.”

“As a humble servant of the Goddess, this is common sense, hehehe. I think everyone should go first.”

Yan and Floren seem unwilling to move because they are talking…

“What about Isabel?”

“I will look around the village a bit more to see if there is anything that can be of help. Even after seeing this, I think the faithful priest who serves the Goddess, and the villagers, even outsiders, will be less wary of me~”

Isabel raised her hand to the side of her chest, holding her pod in her hand, and nodded her head as if she couldn’t hurt a single mosquito.

It’ll be fine.

As a stout man with a sword draped over his waist walked across the village, everyone went inside the house, only to stare with their eyes out the window.

“Mom, that brother…”

“Shh, come in!”

I know why, but this feels hurt…

After walking for a while along the shore of the lake outside of town, I knew where Isabelle was talking.

The pillars with the foundation stone collapsed, the walls collapsed, and the wings of the goddess statue in the middle were broken and only half remained.

But when she went inside, she looked different from the outside.

She said it was an abandoned temple, so I thought of a place similar to a haunted house, but it was neater than I thought.

It’s collapsed. It can’t be helped, but there were traces of weeds being removed and fragments of the collapsed part neatly put to one side to see if someone was constantly maintaining it.

Furthermore, a withered bouquet of flowers in the middle of the temple.

“Is there anyone in the village who manages it?”

As I sat down on a well-polished crumbled cornerstone a little away from the entrance, the sunlight streamed in through the open roof and tickled my eyes.

When I close my eyes, I can hear the sound of leaves being swept away by the wind, the sound of water on the lakeside, the silence of only chirping birds and small grass insects, and-

Basrak.

The sound of stepping on leaves came from outside the temple site.

Looking back to see if Yan and Floren came.

“Ah…! My best position was robbed by an unknown brother!”

A little boy with wide golden eyes was looking at me with a surprised expression.

He even came closer and tapped my knee-

“There, my seat.”

He was a very bold guy.

“This is the best place to sit because the sunlight is the best here.”

The rare girl with white hair and shining golden eyes jumped up and sat down just as I was about to get up.

A long white skirt flutters and falls.

When I saw the child’s face, I felt a sense of incongruity.

I’ve seen the face somewhere… I’m sure I’ve seen it somewhere…

“Whooping”

An expression full of confidence and satisfaction, the sun was shining down on the girl’s head.

“By the way, where did you come from? This is a place where even the villagers don’t come, right?”

Even though she was sitting on top, she looked up at the form, her shining eyes, and stop-I almost stroked her child’s head without realizing it.

“I was looking for a place to stay for a while and found this was the only place.”

“Hmm… homeless?”

“…No.”

“Her mother told her to beware of anyone who wanders without her home, she is homeless.”

“But why are you so carefree?”

“You just said you weren’t homeless?”

A child nodding his head as if for granted. Is it naive or clever?

“It’s good to stay for a while, but don’t mess too much! It’s hard to clean up!”

“Did you manage this place?”

“Yes! That’s my routine!”

It was too large to be cleared with a child’s body, and it was not a space that could be built overnight.

Wouldn’t she have worked hard for several months?

“And today is flower giving day! She was originally going to sit a little longer, but it feels good! Let her brother sit here!”

“Flower Day?”

“Yes!”

The flower in her child’s hand caught her eye.

As I was staring at the blue and yellow flower stamens, an information window called Forget-me-not came to mind.

“That flower…”

The same kind of things that are placed in the middle of the temple, the child who jumped down cleaned up the withered things and put down the newly brought bouquet.

She then puts her hands together and raises her prayers.

“Uhhhhh”

She frowned and grinned, wondering what the hell she was thinking and praying for, but she couldn’t quite get her way.

Looking at the back of the child raising her prayers, I had no choice but to swallow her saliva.

The wind blew into her temple and her child’s hair fluttered.

And her hidden side is revealed.

The two black horns on its hidden forehead, though still immature, show off its presence.

My whole body stiffens at the momentary memories of the past.

Yongin.

At the same time, another rustling sound came from outside.

The sound of one footstep, it wasn’t Yan and Floren.

“Irene? Are you here?”

“Eck! It’s mom..! Actually, I shouldn’t be here today! I came because it was the day I put it in…!”

The little girl who was praying quickly ran outside and tried, but she couldn’t escape because she had only one entrance.

“Here again. Oops, I said I wouldn’t go today! Isn’t it the day you go to get your medicine? What’s so good about this…”

With chestnuts stuck in her head, her little boy, no, Irene, rushes in.

And behind him, a man with a very familiar face followed.

“Ah! Mom! I was going to stop by and leave right away, but there was a guest who came here today…!”

“Huh…? Was there anyone else?”

The worst always comes from unexpected circumstances.

A face you will never forget, even if your outfit changes to that of a woman in the countryside.

The dragon who had killed me dozens of times was slowly walking in.

Then they looked at each other and hardened.

“Maria Salomea?”

“Seo, paladin?!”

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Irren was standing between them, staring blankly up at them with golden eyes.