Level 99 First Territorial Management by Adventurers

7. Face-to-face with the past (after)

"Arcia......"

"You've grown up"

Approximately Yut's confusion, the woman who called her daughter's name weeps, and the man narrows his eyes saying she is emotional.

The reaction alone made me realize that they were indeed Alcia's parents. Even so, they both died over 10 years ago. If it's just the exterior, you only look like a brother, not a parent or a child.

"We had to show you what it's been like."

"Though I was surprised by the waves..."

"You seem to be happy, more importantly."

Parents and children reunited for over a decade.

"Father...... Mother......"

I wasn't trying to see my parents lightly.

But I guess Arcia didn't think herself that her heart would be so shaken.

Dark brown eyes, dewy after removing her crimson eyelids, were shaking with emotion and confusion.

But that's just for a moment, too.

As they approached with a jumping momentum, the three, alike but not alike, became one and spilled a smile and tears.

Yut stares silently at the sight so as not to disturb him.

"You're now blind."

"Beautiful eyes."

"Yeah. Thanks to everyone."

I didn't accompany Valtrude or Jonah, and I was right. If Valtrude had been there, he would have cried more moved than the party. Jonah could have gotten into a circle full of parent and child water.

If I hadn't thought about not having such a benefit, Yut, too, would have made me cry. I was more than dead, but my parents and children were reunited - I was more emotional with Arcia, who seemed really happy.

How long would you have done that?

Alcia's father taps her daughter's back lightly and unhugs her parents and children.

And when I wiped the tears, I turned back to Yut.

"I, Keegan. This is my wife Olivia."

"Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you."

"I'm Yut Amaxa. Earlier, Alcia... became your spouse."

Alcia's father, who named him Keegan, was a middle meat middle-back and has no features to say this to his appearance. Strongly, to such an extent that your eyes are thin and you always seem to be laughing?

Her mother, Olivia, also looks like only a young wife like a few in the village, except for the fact that she doesn't even lose weight...... but is quite skinny.

In that sense, I might have called it a couple of similar things.

"Yeah. I know that because you showed me some memories of Alcia. Well, you wouldn't have been looking at the same thing."

"It's okay. I'm not angry because Arcia is the Second Lady."

"Mother!"

Alcia speaks out in protest to the inexorable Olivia.

Around here, he seemed like a child and parent of his age, and Yut stuck around and laughed too.

That's not why Keegan bowed his head, which became a complete surprise to Yut.

"I really can't thank you enough"

"Uh..."

"I'm talking about Murgush God. No way, I didn't imagine reincarnating God. Your actions saved us."

"It's not like you're thanking me."

That said, Yut asks Keegan to raise his head.

In fact, I meant it, not humble or anything.

"That's what we did for Mr. Arcia. You don't have to thank me for what's so obvious."

"I see. That makes sense."

I don't know if you convinced me, but for now, I guess I understood that it would be useless to say any more. Keegan raised his head and Yut and his eyes met.

It fits.

Yut calls out to the two of them to correct their dwellings.

"Mr. Keegan, Mr. Olivia -"

"Would you mind if I were your stepfather and stepmother?

"- Father-in-law, mother-in-law"

Yut retorted to discipline and stared straight at his new stepfather and stepmother.

I'm more nervous than confessing to Alcia herself.

Perhaps there is no such thing as the effect of changing something in the formal interactions that we are going to have. Whatever they say, I'm not leaving Alcia.

But as a separation, as a seriousness, as a gatekeeper.

At least Yut thinks it's important.

So I said in one breath, short but with all my heart.

"Your daughter, I will take care of Alcia for the rest of my life"

"Okay. I admit it."

You felt Yut's determination, Keegan admitted in two replies.

But there is no smile of blessing there, and there is a serious look through it.

"This kid is really our daughter. So thank you."

Is there a burden, it's time for the couple to bow their heads deeply.

"Of course it is. Whatever has happened and will happen in the past will remain the same."

"Thanks......"

Keegan, who answered with his head down, finally woke up after plenty of a minute or so. Late for that, Olivia also raised her head and now turns back to Alcia.

Olivia was the next one to cut the fire.

"Alcia, we didn't try to see each other because we don't like it. When we meet face to face, we have to tell the truth"

"That's right. We didn't make up our minds."

That means nothing more than that now that we've made up our minds.

Before that determination is dull, Keegan begins to confess.

"Alcia. You would have noticed lightly, but you are not our real child"

"Yep..."

I guess I was somehow guessing.

Arcia manages to respond, even as she bites her lower lip.

"Your real parents sold me off with a few gold coins that were at the mercy of the Murgoosh Church"

"Yes... you are"

It's a hard confession.

Hopefully, I didn't want to hear it.

At the same time, no one could blame me. Slavery is not allowed on the front porch, but trafficking in human beings, especially in rural areas, is not a rare story.

In the first place, raising blind children in this Brewers is also an unscrupulous demand. Instead, I just appreciate you raising me until they bought me off.

"At the time, both I and Olivia were loyal servants of Murgush God"

"Yes, I believed in the teachings of bringing peace to the world."

Keegan and Olivia were in charge of collecting and caring for blind boys and girls dedicated to the Murgush God.

For the sake of doctrine, I had no doubt whatsoever about the act in order to seek a world free of strife.

"Now that I think about it, I wonder how stupid it was"

The sacrificial children are not immediately offered to the Murgush God. It is nurtured to some age so that it can endure until the end of the ritual.

If both body and mind had submitted to the “emptiness”, they would have had no doubt whatsoever about the act. Rather, delightful. I should have taken that sacrifice for granted that we should be proud if the Murgush God were to feed on the resurrection.

But Keegan and Olivia, they weren't.

Every time I send one out, little by little, little by little.

As the starch accumulates, I become remembered for pity and guilt......

Finally, the limit has been reached.

"When it was Alcia's turn, we could not offer"

"Against the God I believed in, but..."

Other children fled the book temple of the Murgush God with them, but most of them were recaptured. Alcia alone was helped by the product of luck, coincidence and miracles.

"Perhaps there was the intervention of the Truss Sink God who learned of the fate of Alcia"

"But I have no regrets."

"Exactly. It may have been a family thing, but the days I spent with you are our treasure."

Years of continuing to flee the chase from the Murgusz Church.

Finally, we got to the village of Ozlick and we got the peace we once had...

In the end, I found it.

He could not even involve the village, pretending to have a conflict of opinion with Keegan and Olivia, and eliminated the chaser until he hit one play.

"Well, we had the best discussion. It's embarrassing."

"So you don't have to thank us."

"That's not true!

Unexpectedly, he was screaming.

To the loudness of that voice, Arcia herself, looks surprised by herself.

Still, I spinned the word.

"That's not true."

Two people, Keegan and Olivia, could not have saved everything. Instead, only Alcia could save it. That's too small a feat compared to the magnitude of the crimes they committed.

"It made me happy, it made me walk the best way. Even now, when I was absolutely happy, it made me determined"

But at least Alcia was saved.

Neither Alcia, nor Yut, even if they are thankful for it, can they denounce it.

It can't be good, for example, if it's unacceptable to revamp.

"Thanks"

Arcia didn't say she was sorry.

To protect myself, I didn't say I was sorry I let you lose your life.

Because that would only hurt my parents' feelings.

"I'm still happy enough. I don't resent anyone. But I'm going to be happier."

More than anyone has ever seen, he messed up his face and Arcia said.

"Because Yut will"

"Of course."

Yut answers instantly and holds her to her chest like that.

You can't let go, and I don't want to let go. From the bottom of my heart, I thought so.

"Yeah. It's safe now"

"Right. There's nothing to remember."

Keegan and Olivia. Alcia's parents smile.

But the warmth isn't the only thing there is a clear atmosphere.

Close to enlightenment, a face that says I'm satisfied with everything.

"We were protecting our souls by the Truss-Sink God after we died."

"Not only with us, but also with the souls of the sacrificed children."

"But it's time to move on to the next level."

In the Brewers, the reality of the soul is a natural fact.

In his lifetime, those who performed excellently may be awarded the honor of serving the gods directly, but many were believed to be sent souls to the circle of circles to fulfill their reincarnation after being given rest in the realm of God they believe in or somewhere in heaven.

The duration of the rest is varied, as is the place of reincarnation. Unless even a miracle happens, I never hold my pre-reincarnation memories.

By interpretation, it meant that the existence of Keegan and Olivia would disappear.

"Father, Mother..."

"Alcia...... You still call me that."

"I don't know what else to call it."

Tears accumulate in Alcia's eyes and her voice becomes obscure.

But no one defames it as disguised, etc. If I had been there, Yut would have done everything in his power to eliminate it.

"Me and my loved ones, to my father and mother. And I would be proud of it if it had reassured the souls of many."

Alcia is a follower of the Goddess of Death and Magic.

Therefore, I know that death is not the end.

The memory of Father and Mother was deeply engraved, even if it would be an eternal parting to be sent to a circle of circles.

My own determination was also communicated.