My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 320

320. The Remaining and the Departing (1)

Cyan hurriedly rose from his seat.

And rushed to where Leia and Kendrick had fallen.

A feeling of exhaustion swept over his entire body, but he endured it.

He forcibly willed his body, which kept threatening to collapse, to remain upright.

It was said that the overload and reaction that a being who went to the Boundary Space should receive would be removed.

He still didn’t know what that meant.

But thanks to that, Cyan was alive and could move his body, albeit with great effort.

That’s how he approached.

Cyan felt breathless.

Because the two people were limp.

He couldn’t feel anything from them.

He couldn’t feel the endless stream of thoughts from Leia.

He couldn’t see the flickering, burning light in Kendrick’s eyes.

And what this meant was one thing.

Death.

It was a phenomenon that signified the death of an existence.

“Wh, why…”

His breath caught in his throat, and his thoughts froze.

Could it be that these two also went to the Boundary Space?

Of course, Cyan knew very well that this was not the case.

He knew it was just wishful thinking.

And just then.

-Cyan…?

A faint voice came from Leia.

It was a sound smaller than a whisper.

But Leia’s words were not a voice but a transmission of will [telepathic communication].

Cyan could perceive Leia’s faint will.

“Leia! Are you conscious?”

Cyan hurriedly approached Leia.

Then Leia raised her very faint eyes.

In her raised eyes, unfocused, gray-white pupils were losing strength.

-What happened…

Leia couldn’t finish her sentence.

Perhaps she didn’t even have the strength to speak, as the sound he heard also faded.

“It’s all over. Kai has fallen, and the demon will no longer… be resurrected.”

-Thank… thank…

Leia smiled faintly at Cyan’s words.

Cyan could be sure of Leia’s condition.

“Leia…”

Leia is dying now.

Life was disappearing from Leia.

No, Leia didn’t have life in the first place.

That’s why Leia couldn’t receive buffs [temporary enhancements or beneficial effects].

built in Ruben.

[Construction Effect] – Patients in ‘treatment status’ within the territory will not die.

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The effect was to reject death.

Of course, there was a condition attached: ‘treatment status’.

However, another buff surrounding Ruben, the Blessing of the World Tree.

Thanks to the Blessing of the World Tree, Ruben was always in a state of treatment.

Therefore, death could not exist in Ruben.

As a result, Conrad and others were able to save their lives.

But these two were not.

Leia and Kendrick.

These two were beings from a thousand years ago and beings who had already faced death once.

To reject death, these two were beings of death.

The cause and effect of death was already engraved on these two.

In addition, Kai was an actual god.

Although Kai died and disappeared, his existence existed in this world.

And the cause that Cyan cut off.

What Cyan cut off was not the existence of the demon.

He had only erased the cause that the demon ‘parasitizes on the sins of existence’.

He had only prevented the result of resurrection.

The existence of the demon itself could not be denied.

And the record that demons existed on this continent could not be erased.

Therefore, the divine power performed on these two remained.

It was giving these two death until the very end.

-Kendrick… protected me at the end… Thanks to that, I’m still breathing, but Kendrick…

Kendrick’s appearance with his blue eyes extinguished.

Kendrick was no longer moving.

He didn’t even speak faintly like Leia.

He must have already met a complete death.

Cyan really didn’t know what to say.

What to say.

What expression to make.

Nothing, nothing came to mind.

Leia looked at Cyan and continued to speak softly.

-I knew… Actually, I knew from the first time I met you.

Leia slowly lowered her gaze.

It was difficult even to lift her gaze, so she just mumbled with difficulty.

-Cyan. You are… not Kyle.

Leia smiled faintly.

No matter how short the memories are, you can’t forget the warmth and scent of that moment.

The person is gradually forgotten in your head.

Sometimes the senses remain like memories and remain endlessly in your heart.

-Kyle was… not like you…

Cyan still couldn’t answer anything.

Leia also didn’t expect such an answer from Cyan.

-You… you told me last time… that Kyle didn’t abandon me… and leave… that he had no choice but to leave for me…

Leia’s eyes lifted weakly.

With difficulty, very difficulty, Leia looked at Cyan.

Unfocused gray-white eyes.

Eyes that didn’t feel any vitality.

-Really… was that really the case? Did Kyle… do that for me…?

Leia’s eyes contained an unknown emotion.

“I… I don’t know well.”

So Cyan couldn’t nod.

He could have nodded even if it was a lie, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

Because it didn’t seem right to do so.

Because he shouldn’t tell a lie.

And Cyan didn’t know.

What Kyle was thinking at the time.

He didn’t know what kind of heart he had.

“As I said, I’m not Kyle.”

Cyan was not Kyle.

-Yes… that’s right… Cyan… you are not Kyle…

Leia’s eyes dropped down.

The eyes that had been lifted with difficulty no longer looked up.

Cyan slowly opened his mouth.

“I can only tell you that he had to leave for the person he loved…”

It was a trivial excuse.

It was no different from a terrible word to those left behind.

It was no different from another torture to those who had experienced the pain of waiting.

It was not something that could be said to someone who had carried a wait longer than life.

So now, Cyan was not wise.

And Kyle a thousand years ago was foolish.

Kyle should not have left Leia.

If he truly loved Leia, he should not have left so suddenly.

He should have stayed by Leia’s side and protected her.

At least he should have told her the reason before leaving.

But Kyle bore all of that alone.

He was worried that if Leia knew that he was being consumed by the demon.

So he left silently.

And he tried to endure everything alone.

Because if he didn’t, he couldn’t save Leia and many other people.

Kyle had to leave Leia.

Heroes and villains.

It was said that heroes let go of their loved ones to save the world.

And villains let go of the world to save their loved ones.

Kyle, as a hero, not a villain.

“Kyle… truly loved Leia. He loved you.”

Kyle truly loved Leia.

He still didn’t know what Kyle’s true feelings were.

Cyan was not Kyle after all.

But Kyle, whom Cyan saw, truly loved Leia.

Kyle could have originally gone to the continent.

He could have ended his life as the leader of the Demonic Cult.

But Kyle did not leave.

He remained on this continent and eventually ended his life as Arnaise.

At first… I thought it was for the people.

I thought Kyle sacrificed himself to save the people of the continent.

But now, standing at the end of everything.

“Kyle dedicated everything to Leia, for you.”

Maybe it was because of Leia.

That thought suddenly came to mind.

To protect Leia from the demon.

To protect this continent, the foundation of Leia’s life.

To protect this world where Leia’s precious people live.

Kyle burned everything as Arnaise.

As a hero, not a villain.

He had to leave Leia for Leia’s sake.

-…

Leia said nothing.

Whether she had nothing to say.

Or whether she couldn’t speak even if she wanted to.

Cyan couldn’t know.

All Cyan could do was wait quietly for Leia.

How much time had passed?

-I’m glad that Kyle’s successor… is Cyan…

Leia’s faint voice was heard.

Along with that, she slowly raised her head.

She raised her head, squeezing out all her strength.

And she turned her gaze beyond Cyan.

-Aria… you bitch. Can you hear… me?

Aria was staring at this side with a blank gaze.

-Even if you can’t hear me… say you can. Because I have something to say for the last time…

It was Leia’s voice, so faint that it was dying.

But Leia’s voice was not a sound but a will.

Aria would be able to hear it enough.

-You… you asked me last time… at the end of all this… it seems like Cyan is going to leave… like Kyle… it seems like Cyan is going to leave too…

Leia’s gaze, which had been directed at Aria, turned to Cyan.

-But… look.

And she continued in a faint voice.

-Cyan… didn’t leave… he didn’t leave like Kyle… and stayed by our side… he walked a different path from Kyle…

Then Leia’s gaze once again passed Cyan and headed to Aria.

-So you too…

And softly.

-You too, walk a different path from Muriel…

Leia spat out not a voice but a will.

At the same time, Leia smiled.

It was a very pure smile like a shy girl.

Is it a smile made looking at someone?

What kind of expression is she showing while looking at something?

Cyan wanted to ask Leia.

But Cyan couldn’t ask in the end.

Sar륵 [sound of something breaking or crumbling].

Leia’s figure, breaking into sand grains and disappearing.

Leia met a complete death like that.