After tearing through the space, I arrived at the middle of the hallway between Dazar’s room and my room. As soon as Dazar and I landed in the hallway, we looked at each other and immediately started running.
The sound of the two of us running at full speed echoed through the walls. The air in the mansion was very calm.
So much so that Dazar could tell that something had happened to the barrier in the mansion without him having to say anything.
“Huh, huh, Axion is still here, right…?” … Right?”
Dazar’s face hardened at the question as he put a lot of force on his toes and kicked the ground.
At that sight, anxiety sprouted in my heart. Why are you making such a serious face?
“It was clearly located here a little while ago. But now… … .”
“What now?”
“Strange. “Unlike before, the location is too blurry.”
Dazar frowned deeply. Just as his face has turned grim, my expression is speechless as well.
“I have no choice but to go first.”
My heart was pounding with anxiety. Dazaar was also anxious, and I felt the hand he was holding gain strength. I held on to that hand as if it were a lifeline and kept running.
bang!
As soon as I saw the door in front of me, I immediately kicked it open. And at the situation in the room that was revealed, I shouted like a thunderbolt.
“knife-!!”
The knife was lying on the floor. I rushed to his side and checked his breathing with trembling hands.
Everything, I’m glad. It’s not dead.
There was a gash on his forehead, as if he had fallen to the floor and hit his head on the table. Other than that, there were no obvious injuries.
Seeing him brought some relief to my sinking heart, but it disappeared immediately.
“Axion… … ! What about Axion? “Where is Axion?”
I looked around.
The room was a mess, as if a storm had blown up and disappeared. The cradle where Axion always slept had fallen over and one corner was broken.
But no matter where I looked, Axion was nowhere to be seen. I quickly checked the small rooms in the room, but as expected, Axion was not there.
“Huh, oh oh… … .”
After entering the room, I didn’t run that long, but my breath quickly rose to the level of my chin.
As I took a deep breath, I gradually realized. It was too quiet here. So much so that you can’t even think of it as a place with children.
It seemed like I was the only one breathing.
I swallowed and stammered.
“Axion here… … “Is it true that there isn’t one?”
“… … .”
Dazar, who had let go of my hand right after I entered the room, deepened his eyes and nodded slowly.
“At least not within this mansion.”
oh my god.
When I realized that Axion was not here, all strength drained from my body. She barely managed to support herself by the wall and slid down to the floor.
My hands started shaking out of control. Goosebumps appeared all over her body and a chill came over her. I feel nauseous, as if I’m going to vomit at any moment.
Axion isn’t here.
Then where on earth are you?
Did Cedric really take Axion away?
“for a moment. calm down. “Celia.”
“I have to go find it right now.”
I shook off the hand that was wrapping around my shoulder and jumped up from my seat. But even that was only for a moment, and his strength was lost and his knees quickly buckled.
“Ugh… … !”
“this. Are you okay? damn. I think I should go find it right away, too. “I can’t do that now.”
“yes? What does that mean… … .”
He tried to speak calmly, but Dazar’s voice was trembling slightly. He is as shaken as I am.
He cursed softly and spoke like he was chewing.
“I can’t find the location. So now is not the time to be like this. “We have to find a way to find them.”
what?
I reached out my hand that was resting on the wall and grabbed his arm. The words that the location could not be found came as a great shock, but there were words that grabbed my mind even more than that.
“What did you just say? That guy… … field?”
“… … okay. “Those guys.”
Dazar closed his eyes deeply and opened them. It was only then that I realized that his golden eyes were trembling.
“The vanilla disappeared too.”
“… … !”
“Judging by the traces left in this room, it seems Vanilla was trying to stop Elston.”
That little kid… … .
“There remain traces of all of the power of the Siaster family, which normally prevents me from using it, being released. “Elston’s magic remains, although it is faint.”
That means,
“Perhaps he was planning to save Axion. Then it seems like she was dragged along.”
I raised both hands and grabbed his hand. I was deeply convinced that he was also experiencing the same sense of despair and fear that I was feeling right now.
Then a thought occurred to me that I shouldn’t be this weak.
Wake. You are a mother of one child.
You are the one who will save that child.
‘You shouldn’t be this stupid.’
I held Dazar’s hand tightly and spoke each syllable with emphasis.
“Then how can we find the children?”
Then Dazar moved his lips and then closed them, as if hesitating a little. what? What do you know? He clearly knew how to do it.
“What’s on your mind right now? “You can’t confide in me?”
“… … no. I should talk to you too. “In fact, the only person I can tell this to is you.”
Dazar sighed softly and muttered softly.
“… … Ruben.”
what? Ruben? What do you mean Ruben?
I opened my eyes and looked at Dazar, but he wasn’t looking at me. Food! I heard the sound of wings flapping and looked at the red bird that appeared in front of me.
‘That bird… … .’
It was a being that had ties to Dazar from the previous world, and was the bird that helped me when I was looking for ‘Ruben’s Tower.’ It was amazing that this was a bird that could talk.
But you just called that bird Ruben… … Is it?
“Hmm. “It’s a name I haven’t heard from you in a very long time.”
It was impossible to read any emotion from the red bird that said that and looked down at us from a high place with its eyes narrowed.
He picked the wing feathers with his beak and asked curiously.
“So, why did the Transcendent sing ‘Reuben’?”
“You know why.”
Dazar’s voice as he accepted it was cold. The golden eyes looking at the red bird were no longer trembling. He looked straight at the bird with a chill in his eyes.
“You know where that magic tower lord took the children, right?”
“Hmm… … .”
The red bird’s eyes rolled around, glanced at me, and then turned back to Dazar.
Then he grinned as if it was fun.
“That’s funny. You guys have no interest in the safety of this world. Why are you suddenly pretending to be just?”
“Justice… … ?”
Dazar did not even flinch at the red bird’s quarrel.
“For me, justice has long since disappeared. From the moment I signed a contract with you. What I’m looking for now is… … .”
“What are you looking for?”
“Because they are my family. “There is no other reason.”
family.
At Dazar’s words, the red bird started giggling and laughing as if it was funny. He was laughing so excitedly that his body rolled on the floor.
While he was busy laughing, I listened to their conversation and fully figured out the identity of the red bird.
‘ah. This bird made a contract with Dazar… … ‘You’re Ruben from the previous world.’
It must be a terrible and scary being who destroyed a world using the Transcendent. As soon as I found out it was Ruben, the thought that passed through my mind was this.
‘Like Axion, did this bird have a mother like me?’
Apparently Cedric called me ‘Ruben’s guide.’ If my guess is correct, in the world where Ruben exists, there will always be a ‘Reuben’s guide’ like me, that is, his mother. And the fact that he awakened into the true Ruben means that his mother left him in some way.
‘Like Axion… … Ruben.’
After thinking about it that way, the red bird didn’t feel scary. I don’t know if it was because I spent time climbing ‘Ruben’s Tower’ with him last time, but I felt quite familiar with him.
So I was able to suddenly approach the red bird that was chatting like this.
“Giggle. That’s funny. It’s funny. I can’t believe you’re talking about your family. Giggling. I was influenced by that woman… … Kek?!”
And it wasn’t particularly difficult to squeeze his neck with one hand.
Quite a sum!
As soon as he caught the fairly long neck in his hand, a sound like a pig being ripped off rang out from him.
“this… … What are you doing now… … “Kekkeek.”
“Do you know where Axion and Vanilla are?”
At those words, the red bird rolled its eyes and said, “Quite…” … .” made a sound
It was clear that he knew what Dazar said.
Then you can’t just sit still like this.
