Bjorn Yandel the Barbarian

People of the upper class group all those living here as commoners, but there is a gap between the rich and the poor in Labigion.

Explorer A self-employed person who runs a prosperous business.

These people live in a house on the main street close to the plaza. Such a place is safe and the living environment is not too bad.

But…

‘He must have lived in a place like this when he was young.’

Things are different when you walk away from the boulevard and take a back alley into a huge block.

Poor public order, out of sight of the guards.

The building is old and worn out, and they divide it into dozens of rooms and get one room to live in.

The bathroom is shared and the kitchen is also shared.

Even the barbarian lodge, which cost 500 stones a night, was only on the outskirts, but it wasn’t in a place like this.

“…….”

Following Raven into the alley, the residents’ vigilant eyes poured out.

It is similar to the experience at Bpron.

Everyone was wary, but no one approached first and started a fight.

Rather, I put my eyes on it.

‘It’s the first time I’ve seen that barbarian.’

While feeling the strengths of being a barbarian, I realized how poor Raven was living.

Because this isn’t a busy boulevard.

Those people must have guessed that I was following Raven.

‘But there is no baby coming out……’

Yes, it’s not something you care about, right?

what happened I don’t intend to keep Raven here for long either.

profit. chin.

Raven, who was following me, entered a building and closed the door.

At first, I didn’t even know it was a house.

Because the door ended up hanging on the wall.

‘Then let’s wait a bit.’

After I got home, I leaned against the wall to pass the time.

It was about 20 minutes after Raven’s birth mother appeared after leaving work.

It wasn’t difficult to find out.

He was far from shiny blonde and much taller, but his face was exactly the same as Raven’s.

“Is that Arua Raven’s mother?”

“That’s right… Who is it…?”

To say that she must have been a beauty in the past, the age difference between me and me is not that great.

At most, around the late twenties?

So, did you have children in the beginning?

As I was staring at something strange, Raven’s mother asked me with an anxious expression.

“In case the child has an accident again…

”

“……yes.”

Once, I went out to the main street with my birth mother.

And I entered a tea shop that serves as a cafe in this era.

“Don’t worry. I’ll do the math.”

“Yes……”

I felt a great sense of incongruity while talking.

Her face is identical to Raven’s, but her way of speaking and things like that are completely different.

“If you want something to eat, order it.”

“…….”

“If not, I’ll take care of it.”

It was not difficult to order the menu without the help of a woman because there is a ‘friends meeting’ jjambab, and like a tea house, the order came out quickly.

Of course, neither I nor this woman spoke.

Huh, where should I start talking about this……

“First of all, let’s clear up the misunderstanding. I’m not here to argue because Raven caused an accident.”

“Yes? Then…….”

“I am friends with Raven.”

“A friend…?”

“Barbarians don’t care about age.”

“That’s right…”

The birth mother nodded her head at first, though she had a confused face.

I thought I knew roughly what kind of personality he was.

Just the opposite of Raven.

“I haven’t seen you in a long time today, but there’s a scar on your face.”

“Ah…”

Soon after, my mother’s face turned white as if she realized the reason for my visit.

Just thinking about it again, would it have been unfair?

“That… is none of your business.”

I was scared all the time so I couldn’t even speak, so I cut it off again and drew a line.

Certainly, it was such a fundamental statement.

A crazy world where if you can’t pay taxes, you’ll be sentenced to death.

It is not a problem that the parents threshed the disobedient child. No, it’s a world that looks more abnormal when you say something about it.

But…

“Involvement? Don’t say difficult words.”

I’m a proud member of the barbarians who don’t know that.

“If your friend is beaten, you will only take bloody revenge.”

When I said it calmly, without any emotion, the birth mother stiffened in shock. Well, it’s bloody revenge, so I guess there’s something to be said.

From what I’ve heard, it sounds like you’re just working in the kitchen.

“…So what do you want from me? Stop slapping your hands in the future? Is that okay?”

“No, let go.”

“What do you mean?”

“You know? Raven has the talent to be a great wizard.”

“…Because it’s that person’s bloodline.”

My mother said that and pressed her lips.

There was a bright light of hatred in the corners of his eyes.

It seems like she thinks of her husband who abandoned the family because of cheating…….

It’s not something I care about.

“Send Raven to the Mage Tower.”

“I can’t afford that.”

“I will pay all the necessary expenses.”

“……Why do you do that?”

“I just felt like doing it.”

In response to my answer, my birth mother was silent for a long time.

And muttered strange words.

“The child will abandon me.”

huh?

“Someday he’ll become a proud person and look down on me. Then he’ll eventually leave for his own world. Just like he did that day, he’s his blood…” Ah… “Something isn’t

wrong

. ?Why is life so easy for that child? He’s definitely the child I gave birth to, but I’ve never met anyone who helped me for that reason in my entire life. But… But why does that child… ”

Even after that, all sorts of emotions of sorrow poured out of her mother’s mouth in the form of unorganized words.

“Come to think of it, I didn’t have any talent. I was slow to learn to read. But he learned to use magic at that age.”

husband and daughter. Most of the subjects were those two, but in the end, it was regret and dissatisfaction with the life they had lived.

I quietly listened to her.

Trauma caused by husband’s affair.

Her hatred was so complicated and festering that it couldn’t be concluded with such short words.

how long has it been like that

“Are you done?”

I asked and she answered.

“Okay. I’ll send you to the Mage Tower. After all, I’m a kid who has nothing to do with me except for my face. If you disappear completely from my eyes, I’ll feel a little more at ease. Yes, I too… I want to become more comfortable.”

“That’s all right.”

As soon as the story was over, I got up from my seat and paid the bill. Then I came out of the store and tried to give money, but my birth mother refused.

“I don’t need it. Still, the Mage Tower sent someone a few days ago. I’ll apply for everyone, so send them to the Mage Tower to take a test. You must have caught my eye because you were just walking around using magic at a young age.”

“……Right.”

“Isn’t it strange? All my life I’ve worked on is one room in this gutter.”

Afterwards, my birth mother staggered towards the house in the back alley, like a person with no energy, and I watched her back.

It wasn’t that sympathy blossomed.

but nonetheless.

“What was my life like?”

The woman’s last words kept echoing in my head.

***

Time passed quickly after that.

As promised, her mother took Raven to the Mage Tower, and Raven was recognized for her qualities by the Mage Tower over several days.

By the way, I was able to hear the process in detail through Raven, who comes to the library once every two days

…

“Yes, I like your grandfather. He doesn’t look down on you as a child.”

In the end, Auril Gavis, is that what the old man said?

I thought the future would change a bit if I sent him to the Mage Tower from such a young age.

‘Come to think of it, I don’t know when he entered the Mage Tower…’

Of course, I thought he must have been over ten years old.

Wasn’t it Raven who said he would become an administrative wizard when we first met? It was believed that some event would occur later and that there would be a change of heart.

“But what’s wrong with your expression?”

“It’s nothing. Anyway, it’s good that you entered the Mage Tower.”

“…I’m a little worried. Will I be able to do well?”

“You’ll make a great wizard. I guarantee it.”

“Hee hee?”

Anyway, the conversation with Raven was not limited to the Mage Tower, but also talked about the family.

Did your mom suddenly become nice?

Apparently, my real mother didn’t tell Raven what had happened with me.

After chatting for a long time, it was time for Raven to go home.

“Then I’ll go. Oh, and I can’t come here from now on. I have to live in the Mage Tower from tomorrow.”

“I probably won’t be able to come tomorrow either.”

“why?”

“I have a schedule.”

Tomorrow I have to go down to Noark with Amelia. Probably won’t come up here again until I fulfill my purpose.

“……I see.”

Before we parted ways one last time, I gave Raven one piece of advice.

“When you go to the Magic Tower, be careful and don’t squeak dirty words like you do now.”

“huh?”

“No, it’s the same for other people. There’s no need to make enemies for nothing.”

“…I’m not afraid of any of that.”

“You don’t have to be afraid, do it. Not only do you make enemies, but even the people who try to be your friends will run away if you do that. With that attitude, you will be alone.”

“Are you… are you in a bad mood because of me?”

Raven carefully asked one thing, and after thinking about it for a while, I answered that it was a little.

Did you feel anything then?

“Okay. I won’t do it again.”

“Won’t you?”

“……yo. this.”

Yeah, I’m a bit of a kid now.

“But shouldn’t we go soon?”

“Yeah…….”

We finished our last conversation and left the library.

And we parted with words without promise.

“Then see you later!”

Words of promise in which nothing is fixed during the place and time.

Did you buy and sell that respectful word again?

I answered with a smile.

“Okay, see you later.”

You won’t even remember me back then.

***

After leaving Raven, I moved to a place without hesitation.

Well, I kind of acknowledged it now.

‘Yes, Dwalkie… It can’t be saved.’

A nursery school affiliated with the Church of Leatlas.

Arriving in front of it, I couldn’t open the door for a while and stood still.

It was for a simple reason.

Though the desire to go in and have a last talk with Dwalki arose, I wondered what the meaning of this would be.

how long has it been like that

“Miss Enche…?”

Someone next to me called me.

“Emirn?”

It was a woman with whom he had a relationship when serving in the past.

At the last dinner, we had a strange conversation hoping for courage.

“What are you doing here?”

“That’s actually… my son is here.”

……what?

“Fortunately, things went well and I was able to bring him in. Thank you so much. If it wasn’t for Mr. Enze, I would have hesitated forever.”

My body stiffened at the truth I had instinctively felt.

But I had to check.

“Perhaps… is your son’s name Liol?”

Liall ‘Warb’ Dwalkie.

And ‘Warb’ Emirn.

“Oh right.”

Soon, Emirn was surprised and spat out words of affirmation.

Yes, Dwalkie’s middle name is named after her mother.

“Hey, but how did you know?”

“It’s just… I think I look a little like that kid.”

“Whoa, is that so? Well, Mr. Enche talked often with that kid.”

Emirn smiled happily at my words.

But did he want to go pick up Dwalkie rather than talk to me?

“Then I’ll be on my way.”

“Ah, yes…”

Emirn hurriedly greeted me and entered the nursery. But I couldn’t leave in front of it and was hardened like a mangbuseok.

All sorts of thoughts ran through my head.

It was when that time lasted for a few minutes.

Tadat.

I climbed over the nursery fence and went inside.

The spot where he always sat and read, Dwalki was still there today.

“Uh! Hello.”

Dwalkie looked at me and said hello.

“Yes…… long time no see.”

“What are you doing here?”

“I just… came and saw it.”

“……?”

Dwalki looked at me and tilted his head as if it was strange, but he wasn’t wary, perhaps because he had spent so much time.

Swoop.

I turned my head and looked inside the window of the building.

I saw Emirn handing a bunch of documents to the clerk at the desk.

Only then did it come true.

Dwalki will now stay with his biological mother.

Then you will hear the story of the sea.

Even after becoming an administrative wizard, she will not let go of that dream and will enter the labyrinth.

And…

[Thank you for being my teammates.]

I’m going to die.

‘Is that… is it all because of me?’

I felt a deep sense of responsibility.

At the same time, I felt like I was a speck of dust in the universe.

A feeling of helplessness running through the body.

As if resisting this, such a desire also bloomed.

Maybe it’s not too late

If we do something now, we might be able to prevent that future. Yes, if I kidnap him right now, everything will change.

‘Shit.’

Even as I thought about it, my body didn’t move.

The scene played over and over again in my head.

The face of Emirn who came to me asking for courage.

The voice of Dwalki as he recalled his mother during his time as Team Banpun and pondered over the memories.

I kept seeing and hearing it.

‘I…’

What should I do?

Is it true that the future will change just like that?

If my actions don’t affect the outcome, wouldn’t it just reduce the happy time with my mother?

Kwak.

Unknowingly, strength entered my hand, and my small hand was folded into a tightly clenched fist.

It was Dwalkie’s.

“It’s big…… Oh, I’m sorry. I touched it suddenly.”

“……You don’t have to be sorry.”

“Can I grow that big someday? Will I be able to protect someone important to me later?”

In response to that question, I spit out words as if holding back.

“Don’t worry too much.”

Even if the body is skinny and short.

“You’re going to be a big man.”

Than like me.

No more than any of these I’ve seen.

***

As if running away, he climbed over the nursery school fence again.

Then, hiding in an alleyway, I saw a nursery school.

profit.

After some time, the door to the orphanage opened and I saw Dwalki and Emirn coming out.

“Why are you my mother?” “

That

……there are many stories

. holding her hand and leaving.

And…

“Goodbye, Dwalkie.”

I just watched the back view.