Manga Born to Be King

　　The pain and loss of an irreplaceable companion will never heal.Even if the wound is blocked, it will suddenly hurt and bring loneliness.And the fault that won't go away keeps scolding her for choosing to survive.

　　It has always been so.Passing through the forest of memories, Lyu stood still in the darkness.A blinding light suddenly lit up, and she turned her face to the direction of the light.

　　There is the same view there.

　　At the end of the white light is the back of the companions standing there, and the back of the red-haired girl.This was the other side of the light that Lyu wanted to chase after them.Even if she shouted dry, even if she was very anxious, they would never look back.

　　As if to say that this is your sin.When I reach them and are greeted by them, I can begin to be forgiven.

　　Ryubian, who believed so, was saddened by not being able to reach this time, and was surrounded by white light covering everything.

　　Consciousness wakes up.However, Ryukyu couldn't tell if this was reality or still a dream.All I could feel was the quagmire darkness.The five senses are not functioning properly.The remnants of the past robbed her of normal judgment, and she twitched her eyelids.

　　The person in front of him exerted an indescribable strength to carry Lyu's body on his slender back.

　　"Mr. Nangong?"

　　"Yes."

　　Suddenly remembering what happened, Lyu widened her eyes and peeked around.Here is a straight road where a lot of soil and sand has turned into a hill.The back is completely buried, and there is only the road leading to the front.Looking up, the rock pan that is being repaired is about to be completely blocked.

　　(Crossed, the floor of the arena...with him, fell?)

　　As if confirming Lyu's speculation, the monsters' breathless gestures could be seen in the mountains of earth and sand.Lizardmen crushed by rocks, cunning wolves with broken necks, bone warriors with bodies scattered everywhere.It was probably swept in by the collapse of the ground.There are corpses exposed everywhere. .

Chapter 385

　　Nangong Xiao carried Liu on his back and walked towards the route recorded on the map.

　　(Although it is not very strong, but it feels very safe......)

　　Nangong Xiao was not very strong compared to muscular and tall adventurers like orcs or big men, but Lyu, who was clinging to his back, felt reassured.

　　(I didn't expect that there is such a road under the arena... No, don't worry about this kind of thing for now...)

　　"Why did you save me!? Why didn't you abandon me!"

　　Mention his return to the arena and condemn him.

　　"answer me!"

　　"Lyu, no."

　　Nangong Xiao answered towards Lyu, who closed his eyes and yelled angrily.

　　This answer made Lyu speechless.He was sure that the other way around, she would risk doing the same, and the sound made her lips tremble.

　　"No. Saving you or something... I won't!"

　　"It's a lie."

　　She knew that Nangong Xiao's lips were slightly bent into the shape of a smile.

　　Lyu hates lies, and Lyu is a fairy who doesn't allow lies.Because such a self lied for him, his lips turned into the shape of joy.

　　"Enough! Put me down now!"

　　"No."

　　Lyu wanted to escape from her back, she wanted to break free.She tried to break free, but couldn't.Why do you want to save yourself like Alize and the others?Obviously he has no such value.A person like himself that no one can save.

　　Lyu lost the strength to shout, buried her face in Nangong Xiao's shoulder, and leaned against him.Maybe it's like a corpse that has lost hope and everything else.

　　"I once told my friends... the companions of my family, I would die... just as the male animal trainer (Jira) said... In order to save his life, I would put my confidant (Alize)... with this hand. Killed…”…”

　　As if whispering in his ear, he confessed his sins.

　　I'm not what you think, the clean goblin... but the filthier, sinner..."

　　The dregs that settle in the deepest part of the heart.Negative brand engraved on the body.

　　"The fairy you want to save...isn't there, it's worth saving..."

　　This was Lyu's unrepentant sincerity.

　　As long as you close your eyes, you will recall the ending of your comrade, the back of Alize who was killed with this hand in a miserable way.The sadness and despair she saw in her dream ate away at Lyu's body.

　　"I have, I have no qualifications to talk about 'justice'... I have lost 'justice'..."

　　Lyu murmured as if she was dreaming when she had a fever.

　　The commandments of the family that used to be shelter.A bond with the irreplaceable Alize and the others.Since that day five years ago, Lyu's body has been empty.

　　No matter how many times she is healed by the girl (Xiele), even if she is so tolerated by a plentiful tavern, it will never fill the final void.Lyu has been hiding the deepest loss.

　　The bounty of justice still engraved on his back was aching like a curse.Lyu's face lost expression.On the other hand, tears flowed silently from the frozen heart.

　　She lowered her eyes and declared: "There is no 'justice' on me anymore."

　　Depressed whispers sounded in the dark.

　　"I don't know what justice is."

　　As if to prove Lyu's existence, he said to her, "Justice, there is."

　　Lyu's pupils opened wide.

　　"No...No! I made a mistake! I no longer have 'justice' if I made a mistake!"

　　Lyu desperately denied herself, who couldn't be sure of Alize and the others.

　　"Although I don't know about Lyu before...but—"

　　Nangongxiao took out a hand and held Lyu's hand.

　　"For those who were rescued by Ryu, Ryu is probably a heroic existence."

　　Liu already understood.The elf himself did not wave it away, but the three people held hands.These people are the "right people" that she has no rejection in her heart and is worthy of respect.

　　Alize guided her.

　　Seele healed her.

　　Then he-

　　Tears dripped from Lyu's eyes.Lyu had gone astray.There is no doubt about this.The flames of revenge burned, and the body and mind were dyed dark and burned.However, among the "Swords and Wings" that had been burnt out, there was still that one.

　　Ashes of justice.Unable to abandon many people and save them, her origin.

　　——But if it was Leon, he would definitely choose the right thing all the time.

　　The words of confidant awakened in my mind.If you look back and think about it, you should understand.There were many smiles on the road that Lyu walked.

　　That was Lyu's work.Is turned to ashes but still exists in the right form, the fruit of justice.The ashes piled up at the bottom of my heart fluttered, filling Lyu's void.At this moment, the goblin's once empty heart was filled.Tears welled up in the pupils, which swayed like the surface of water.

　　"...I...I..."

　　There was no way to deny it, even without wiping away the tears (Wang Dehao) shed, Lyu didn't know what to say several times.Lyu didn't know what the thought that was overflowing from her chest was.

　　"My current thinking is to go back with you."

　　There is no good or evil in a dungeon.Only the strong eat the weak, and some are just life and death.

　　So, if there is justice there, it is to survive.Coming back alive from this infinite labyrinth is the king's way of adventurers, and it is also justice.

　　"So, I will never let go."

　　Like dew dripping from rain-beaten leaves, liquid dripped into Ryuna's withered heart.Ryuu's heart continued to ripple.

　　Even if it's a little bit, even if it's just a moment——I want to live.I want to live with him and return to Xier and the others. .

Chapter 386

　　They made their way in a dim straight road.

　　(No monster smell? Nothing around?)

　　A large amount of rubble and monster corpses rolled down the dimly lit road, but there was no peeping line of sight, hostility and killing intent.Could it be that they were lucky and that there were no monsters born around here, Lyu thought with a mind occupied by fatigue.

　　At this time, he stopped for a while.In the dark depths ahead, the passage that had always been straight turned a corner.A little blue light leaked out ahead of the corner.In the dungeon, the scene changes enough to be alarming.

　　But even so, there is no option to go back the same way.The road behind was blocked by caving.He remained tense as he came to the end of the winding road.

　　Lyu took a deep breath when he saw the scene that rushed into his field of vision.In the middle of the straight, the width of which was the same as before, there was a flow of water.

　　river?

　　Just in front of them stretched out a clear blue stream.Water poured out of the rock pile that was raised like a pedestal, and continued to the depths of the field of vision in front of a straight road.

　　"In the 37th floor, is there a water source?"

　　Lyu had never heard of such a thing.

　　Food and water are hard to come by in the White Palace, built of turbid-colored rock.So Lyu will also flee to the lower level as a goal above all.Even Lyu, who had been to the 41st floor with her Astoria family members, didn't know that such a zone existed.

　　"I didn't expect that there would be such a place under the arena. No, it's because of the arena that no one will approach, that no one has ever discovered it?"

　　Lyu's thoughts turned into a murmur and leaked out.Either way, it's the coveted moisture.

　　"Wow."

　　(This is really unexpected....)

　　Not because of monsters or traps, just slippery feet.To describe it is "I was an adventurer until I was shot in the knee".

　　Cupid, the god of love, I tm ah ah ah! !

　　His legs that had lost their strength unnaturally broke his posture, and he and Lyu plunged into the clear stream together.The impact of the fall caused Lyu's long green cloak to fall off and danced in the air.

　　The quiet water chirped.

　　The only source of water on the 37th floor played a gurgling sound that had no connection with the battlefield.There is no phosphorescence in the surrounding area, neither the walls nor the ceiling.Only the clear stream flowing in the middle of the road glowed, replacing the light source.

　　The passage is illuminated by a mysterious pale color.The left and right banks sandwiching the clear stream are each four meters wide, and the surface is different from the rough rock pile, as smooth as an ice sheet.

　　Liu and Nangong Xiao, who were sitting on the side of the bank, leaned their backs against the wall.It's been about an hour since we got here.Instead of fighting monsters, they were able to rest their bodies well.

　　Nangong Xiao and Liu Du were silent.To be precise, whatever you say doesn't last long, just keeps opening and closing your mouth.He didn't look at each other, just stared at the river crossing the front.

　　Simply put, both took off their clothes.Soggy gear and clothing can ruthlessly take away body heat, so it's a natural progression to take this approach.However, while the mind expresses understanding, emotions are another issue.