Chapter 47 Part 3 – A memory from the previous「108 times」. Beyond sorrowful. The men risk their lives to challenge the monster called Alisa, who is playing with fate.

「Come after me, Arnold. Think about me all the time and have your heart burn with dreams of the day you will kill me. Until the day you kill me, your heart will be my prisoner. Love and hate are two sides of the same coin. Even if you are released from the iron chains, you will not be able to escape from me and the nightmares.」

The queen gently stood up, took a few steps, and extended her hand as if inviting him to dance. Her beautiful gestures fit together like a painting. But the scene behind her was, by contrast, extremely appalling.

This time, his father was tied to the place where his mother and younger brother had been burned to death earlier.
His father’s heart must have been broken, because he stopped resisting and hung his head limply.
Arnold’s heart almost burst when he realized that the small murmur his father had uttered as he shed tears was an apology to his mother and brother.
His father took the blame in order to protect his family, but the people he wanted to protect had died in order to save him.
When he thought of this, he could not stop crying.

Ruthlessly, a bunch of firewood and dried branches were efficiently piled up around his father’s feet. It was lit on fire.

But the wind was too strong, and the fire was quickly drowned out.
The executioners were impatient, but there was nothing they could do.
The wind gusts knocked the firewood away, and the executioners were knocked off their feet and toppled over.
Rain began to fall, drenching the place of execution.
It was as if the souls of Arnold’s mother and brother were trying to protect his father.

Mother ……!! Cedric ……!!

Calling their names, Arnold sobbed.
The queen looked up at the rainy sky and frowned unpleasantly as if she saw someone in her way.

「…… Your turn is over. Don’t be stubborn and hold on to it, get out of the way. Even if you don’t want to leave, I will have you removed. This stage is still not over yet.」

The queen received from the executioner a stick with a spark burning at the tip, and with the gait of a great actress who overwhelms a large audience, she advanced to the center of the execution site. Her hair fluttered pleasantly in the gusts of wind, and without hesitation, she strode forward, stepping over Arnold’s mother and brother, who had been reduced to ashes. Sparks from the fire scattered under her feet as if they were screaming. The wind and rain rushed against the queen as if to resist.

「Ahahaha, it’s merely the leftover embers of their soul. It can’t even be a substitute for a candle. …… What is it? Did you think that the two of you could compete when you’re dead against someone you couldn’t even touch when you were alive? If the dead could defeat the living, this world would be full of the dead by now …… Get out of my way, you lowly departed spirits, and don’t block my path.」

The queen’s eyes glared ruthlessly at the path ahead.
Her mouth warped and she licked her tongue slightly.
The dreadful spirit of an absolute predator swirled.
The rain and wind intensified for a moment as if in a mournful cry, then it trembled and dispersed.

「…… Hah, such foolishness.」

The queen sniffed.
Arnold’s father’s head hung down as he screamed at the cruel sight, as if his family had been killed twice.
His eyes had become hollow.
His mumbled words no longer made sense. His heart had been completely shattered.

「…… Your heart must be so tormented that you would rather die. I shall give you the mercy of burning you at the stake.」

Looking up at Arnold’s father, the queen offered him a horrifying word of comfort.
His father had lost the energy to respond to it. The light in his eyes was that of a dead person.

It was the first time Arnold had seen his father, whom he respected, crushed in defeat.
It would be such a hopeless ending to their family love.

Father!! No!! Don’t give up!! Raise your head!!

Arnold’s desperate cries no longer reached him

「…… I see …… you’ve given up already. Too bad. Well then, go and get yourself turned into ashes and mingle with your beloved family. Here is my farewell gift for you. Take it.」

A thin piece of lit firewood was tossed softly like a bouquet of flowers and fell at the feet of Arnold’s father, leaving behind a glowing trail of orange flames.
The queen spun around and turned away.
She didn’t even check if the rest of the firewood had caught the fire.
And yet, the firewood and the dried branches, which had been so reluctant to burn, burst into flames with such suddenness that it seemed to have ignited on its own.
It was crazy and unnatural, as if a demon of fire had kissed it.
In a blink of an eye, his father’s figure was engulfed by the flames and vanished.
The queen’s crazy, high-pitched laugh echoed through the air.

「Ahahaha!! Thank you for your hard work in this unrewarding life until the end!! Get along with your family in the afterlife.」

Arnold writhed in gut-wrenching resentment.

I will never forgive this woman.
I will definitely take revenge on her ……!!

The queen slightly raised Arnold’s chin as he glared at her.

「…… Remember this, Arnold. The god of fate is ruthless and capricious. They pretend not to know how many times we make heartfelt appeals to them. Who knows when they will smile on us? But you know, only the god of death smiles happily upon those who have given up on life. Don’t give up. Only persistence can bring about a slight glimmer of hope in the future. …… Now, how will you live?」

The queen asks as she slowly approached Arnold, narrowing her eyes at the murderous intent that is surging through the air.
His eyes were giving off a frightening glare.

「Will you continue to live like a domesticated mouse in a safe corner of a cage, turning away from the outside world? Or will you fly with the wings of a baby bird into the wide open sky full of dangers? …… If you don’t go after me, I won’t touch you anymore. …… I see …… It seems that you have already resolved to become a demon …… I’m looking forward to it. Come and kill me with splendid claws and beak. …… I’ll look forward to …… seeing you again.」

The queen laughed bewitchingly and walked away.
The smile she gave as they passed each other was so wicked that even Arnold, who had sworn a vow of revenge, froze for a moment.

「The smell of your father’s flesh being burned is just like your mother and younger brother’s smell. Do families smell alike because they eat the same food and live under the same roof? Or maybe it’s the mutual caring and family ties that make it so alike. …… Arnold, you will now live on all by yourself with a goal of revenge alone with a vengeance, just like a baby bird who has left the nest, you will now grow up feeding on your hatred for me, not on the love of your family. It will be very interesting to see how far you will turn into a monster and have your smell become different from your gentle family ……」

The queen left the execution site with her red hair fluttering, her horrifying words clinging to the back of Arnold’s ears.

……………………………………………………………

How could that horrifying queen’s smile overlap with the foolish but kind-hearted Alisa?
If he thinks about it calmly, they have nothing in common.
There was a possibility that crossed Arnold’s mind like a revelation, but that seemed impossible. If there were ten people, then all ten people would deny that possibility.
But something in the back of Arnold’s mind was warning him not to let go of that spark of insight.

The solemn sound of a wind instrument resounded.
Arnold had been in agony with sweat on his forehead as his intuition as a warrior and his feelings for Alisa fought with each other, looked up in surprise. It was not a wind instrument, but the sound of a majestic pipe organ. The unmanned, burning castle was filled with the sound of a funeral march.

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