I Think I'll Hide My True Ability to the Last Moment

Episode 55

"Looks like you've been welcomed.Still, the fact that you've arrived at this place will be more than a demonstration of your strength. "

That's how you laugh, senpai Lloyd.

I respond to it with a bitter smile for now. [M]

"A number of questions are coming to your mind, Yuno.But there's only one thing before that. "

That's what Senpai Lloyd said with a dark smile, staring straight into my eyes and a pleasant voice.

"Congratulations on winning. Did you make your wish come true?

It was tight.

Probably not a mistake.

How far does this man surprise me? [M]

Senpai Lloyd's "wish" is not about winning the tournament, but a deeper part of me.

In other words, it's about the goddess Athena.

"Yes, for now."

Yes, answer with a smile, and now I'll ask.

"Why this city?

Let's start with a light question.

The answer came back quickly.

"This city is darkness itself....."

……………………

Long silence.

I spent a lot of time before I realized that was the answer.

I don't know.

When you have such feelings, Lloyd keeps saying as a supplement.

"We are darkness, darkness of kingdom.It's also worth the darkness to hide it. "

... I finally managed to understand.

But if you think about it, there will be few people who like to step into the land, and how can you hide their secrets?

"I see...."

Senior Lloyd's face flashed with joy when I murmured. [M]

Now, let's get down to business.

That's when I opened my mouth. [M]

"The promised earth... it's no wonder you don't understand.But yes, Yuno.This is destiny's boxyard, which is inevitable to you.That's what I use it for. "

When I tried to understand the meaning of the word, Senpai Lloyd stood up and looked from me towards the bookshelf on the right.

Follow me.

Say that, Lloyd, stop in front of the bookshelf.

……

I couldn't quite understand the meaning of the word. [M]

After all, there is a shelf full of books in front of Senpai Lloyd.

Um...

It was the moment I opened my mouth.

Senpai Lloyd pushes his palm forward and holds a strong magic power in him.

"The darkness sinks forever..."

"─!?

Magic chanting - The moment it starts, a gust of wind blows through the room.

"Glowing heaven and earth. Respond to my ancient (old) contract and open the door."

Senpai Lloyd's black hair is very disturbing.

In a storm that finally opened its eyes, Lloyd's palm was placed on the floor.

― ― Resolve!

Such a loud voice.

Moments - The magic amount of Lloyd's explosive amplification.It filled the entire room.

As the wind slowly calms down, the amount of magic overflowing from Senpai Lloyd's body decreases, and eventually nothing is felt.

…………

There is no change indoors.

Yes, when I thought about it, Lloyd, who took his hand off the floor, pulled out the red book that was stuck in the bookshelf in front of him.

Moments.

Together with the sound of gutter gutter, two bookshelves that were adjacent to each other came forward, gradually splitting left and right.

When the noise and the movement of the bookshelf subsided, two doors appeared at the place where the bookshelf originally existed.

……

Senpai Lloyd's eyes looked at me, asking me to lose my words to too many events.

"Choose."

"... eh?

"One of the two doors is your destiny."

Senpai Lloyd leaves the door and leans back.

For the time being, I follow the instructions and grab the door knob to open the left and right doors. [M]

"--The recommendation is the left door."

That senpai Lloyd's voice.

……

I got a little lost and left the door on my right. [M]

Step forward and look to the left.

……

Then there was another door...

I slowly gaze at Senpai Lloyd behind my back.

"Um, senpai Lloyd.Could it have been the same either way?

"... Kuku"

My question was put into such a laugh. [M]

"This way."

That's how Lloyd walks past me and down the inorganic staircase at the door. [M]

I followed his back for a while. [M]

◆

Slip down the stiff stairs.

There was no sound except for the sound of the footsteps, and neither I nor Senpai Lloyd spoke.

It's interesting, and every time you go along, the candles that are stuck to the wall light up a flame.

I went down with a little pleasure.

Last step. It's dark ahead.

It was as short as it was long.With that feeling in my chest, I took the step. [M]

At that moment, a ray of light shined from the ceiling to illuminate the space.

in an inorganic, slightly tethered room surrounded by light-reflecting walls

The shape was a strangely constructed space close to a hexagon.

And...

……

I noticed it.

A pillar of light from the ceiling illuminated an inorganic stand slightly above the waist height.

On top of it was a thick black book.

I wonder what that is.

Senpai Lloyd walks toward the exhibition deck with a firm footsteps called katsukatsu.

And then he took the book and offered it to me.

"... what's that?

... why?My feet have slowed down.

That's the kind of question that popped out of my mouth instead.

You may have been enchanted by the fantastic atmosphere this space creates.

Senpai Lloyd opened his mouth with a dark voice when he lifted up the book he had given me. [M]

"There are only a limited number of people who can enter this place.In fact, of the hundred people in the [Shadow Moon], the only ones who know about it are the Numbers.The purpose is not to let anyone touch this book.But that's all I have to do. "

I just listened silently to Senpai Lloyd speaking so quietly.

"And those who know the contents of this book are even more limited.All I know at the moment is me and my brother.Even the Numbers don't know what's in this book. "

……

"That's all you have to do."

"... why me?

Senpai Lloyd smiles at my question. [M]

"I told you.I only know the singularities.The answers you want to know are written here. "

That being said, Senpai Lloyd offers me the book again.

I move forward to accept it. [M]

Tips and resounding footsteps.

The sound of swallowing my spit made me feel like a tree spirit in the back of my ear.

Answer. Answer. I have an answer.

I took the book. [M]

"This book is called The True Apocalypse.It's a good substitute for the original Apocalypse I have.Everything the Merz family has been collecting and managing for generations is written here. "

I stare at senpai Lloyd's eyes.

The neck is shaken vertically.

I opened the book with trembling hands. [M]

- Huh?

Turn the page.

I can't stop my arm turning over the page.

Over and over, over and over again.

I finally shook my voice.

"... is that it...?"

…………

Senpai Lloyd doesn't answer anything.

"... senpai?

I directed a true (...) white (...) page at Lloyd as I presented it.

Nothing was written.

None of the letters were written there.

Deceived? For what?

I was confused.I couldn't swallow the situation.

Senpai Lloyd whispers as he looks cold at me. [M]

"What are you talking about?It's well written. "

That's how I drop my gaze on my book, senpai Lloyd.

The moment the cold struck my body.

What is this guy... saying...?

Or is it something, a blank space that lasts forever, that even carelessly says letters?

Turn the page. Flip, flip.

Sweat erupted from the inside of my body.

If anything happens, I can't stop. [M]

Turn it over, turn it over, move your hand so that it will last forever.

I finally stopped turning the page.

With too much shock, the book slips out of my hand.

I saw it.I saw it.

I knelt on the spot again to make sure, and I took the book again. [M]

Open the book.

Nothing has changed. The blank space is too obvious.

But yes.

The sentence was indeed written there in such a way that it was going to disappear.

Zeus

"...... ah......"

... that's the answer.Yes, there was an answer.

But why?

My skin feels faint. It feels like you've learned something you shouldn't know.

I looked up at Senpai Lloyd in a faint sight.

"... what is this?

My voice trembled. But I don't think I can contain it.

Why am I so upset in the first place?

"... before I do, let me tell you what I know."

That's how you push past me, senpai Lloyd.

Except for the footsteps, Lloyd Merz spinned his words with a low voice tone in the place where he could hear nothing.

"Let's be straightforward.The apocalypse is a lie. "

"... eh?

"For generations, the Merz family was the main source of information in this country.Among other things, he was asked by the state to record the gods' movements.It's called fake. That was the job of the Merz family in the dark. "

Hard footsteps with cuts.The sound you've heard over and over again overlaps with the sound of your heart.

"But as you can see, it doesn't say anything.Ten (...) two (...) years ago (...), and records before that are missing.It can be said that it has been tampered with.Something that was supposed to happen was done that wasn't there.In fact, the newest page should contain a solid account of the gods' movements. "

As I turned the page as I was told, there was indeed a small mention of the gods.

■ [Astarot] [Fenryl] [Blue meteor (name/Noah)] moving ants in the forest of god beasts.

In other words, this kind of description was actually scratched.

Older information has disappeared since twelve years ago.

... that's the blank answer?

I desperately organize information in my head. [M]

The True Apocalypse, filled with blank pages.

Senpai Lloyd said that the white page was born as a result of the omission of everything that should have been written about the gods' movements.

No, I want you to stay.

"Why can Senpai Lloyd say that the apocalypse has been tampered with?

Originally, nothing was written.You should be able to think that way.

"Sure. If you don't know anything, that makes sense."

Senpai Lloyd looks at me with a faint smile over his back.

"I know.Give me the meaning of the book.Blank or not. "

Unexpectedly, I swallow my spit at that voice that I was sure of. [M]

Senpai Lloyd walks toward me with a gentle step.

The stride stops sharply when you come to me as if you were crossing. [M]

And whispered a little.

"I was watching.During that moment... "

"............ eh"

"About me and the gods you question.Secrets of the world. There was only one person who knew that, as far as I knew. "

"... then, if you ask that person..."

"- It won't work."

That's how Senpai Lloyd turned his body towards me and covered his right eye with his palm.

"The man who should have known everything is gone.He's dead. We're here now, in this place. "

"......!"

I've been worried about you forever.Every time something happens, the word "twelve years ago" catches my chest.

No, first of all, now...

"The man's name is Olga Merz.He's my father, the leader of the Merz family. "

"... your father...?In this place....?

Having just learned that information, I felt a heavy atmosphere spreading into the space I'm in.

But now I know, I can't go back.

But I don't know anything yet.How does it relate to the word "Zeus" in the "True Apocalypse"?

But the answer came suddenly.

"Do you know the magic of the tenth floor?

"... eh?

There was an unexpected loss of voice.

The answer to the question is yes.

Nothing, it's not a difficult question or anything.

Magic Difficulty - Rank is ten.It's harder to find someone who doesn't know it.

Of course I'll nod back. [M]

"So, what is the magic of the tenth floor?

"... Lloyd, senpai?

I was unable to gauge the intent of the question.

Basically, the tenth floor magic is a magical rank like the concept of "there".

The magic, which has not yet been revealed, has appeared many times in fairy tales and has been passed down to future generations.

As for me, when I was in a joint class with Felix, what the teacher was talking about in the moon group was new to my memory.

Tenth floor magic - the ultimate form of "magic", even a miracle embodiment.

It is said to be magic equal to a miracle that allows impossibility.

But it's also famous for its disadvantages.

The price for expression is enormous magic and...

"... no... chi"

My whole body trembled.

The puzzle pieces slip into your head.

"Did you notice? Approximately as you expected.What I remember was my father throwing up blood and being wrapped in golden light.I was desperately shaped to do something with this book. "

"... that was the 10th floor magic...?

"That's what I'm staring at.My brother, who also witnessed the incident, shares the same opinion.And I made a hypothesis. "

That said, Senpai Lloyd took the black book in my hand and started talking before saying, "Here comes my speculation."

"Tenth floor magic is said to be a miracle embodiment.So I used fairy tales as a reference.In one story, a powerful dragon was slaughtered and an adventurer used tenth-floor magic to summon the Holy Sword and slay it brilliantly.In other stories, there is a legend that a boy used magic to distribute overflowing food to save his family from the worst hunger. "

... I've heard that story before.

At the same time, a speculation ran over my head.

― Magic to make a wish come true

Overlapping words.

Senpai Lloyd's face smiles clearly.

"Exactly. But what matters is not the fact.The question is, what did Olga Merz want... that's the answer.And here's what I expect.My father would have wished, "I will keep the truth."

"... truth"

"My father noticed something.I must have noticed it because I'm the only one in the world, the Merz family.And make up your mind. We have to protect it.If you don't let me change the truth that I left behind, I will express the magic of the tenth floor.And he died a while ago.I was able to hypothesize that because I knew my father, who had pride in his work and his duties. "

Words don't stop raining.

I just keep listening in silence. [M]

"But unfortunately, Olga Merz's wish never came true.As you can see. All that remains is a blank page and a sentence that doesn't make sense of 'Zeus'.Yuno Astario. What do you think this means?

That's the letter of Zeus to me.

Look at that, I...

…………

I closed my mouth.

I can tell you, there's no reason.No, no, I couldn't say.

The cold gaze from Senpai Lloyd distracted me. [M]

"Oh, I hope you're not mistaken, but I'm not trying to avenge my parents.Rather, I hated it.Training close to torture and literally vomiting blood in childhood.Too young for me to taste the days of hell.Rather, I could say that I resented my father, Olga Merz.But as I grew older, a certain curiosity arose."I want to know the truth." Such a tiny exploratory mind.

That's how Lloyd laughed at himself.

But that face soon became serious.

"I want to know.Something my father tried to protect with his life.And the only key to solving that answer is the word "Zeus", which my father defended.In the meantime, you showed up.Like me, you question the world.Therefore, "singularity".And those who bear the burden of knowing the truth.Strangely speaking of this, I was troubled by all the laughers and deceivers.But, Yuno. You're not. "

That said, Senpai Lloyd smiles again.

"The conspiracy wiped out the truth from this world.So I'll get it back with you.Isn't that interesting?At the same time, I think the devil Noah is my only hope. "

When I saw Senpai Lloyd laughing innocently as he spoke, I couldn't give an answer.

Senpai Lloyd's voice and the scenery that spreads in front of him fall out of your head.

Twelve years ago, Zeus, the god, appeared before my eyes at the moment of my birth.

The True Apocalypse, where the old truth disappeared 12 years ago.

Olga Merz, the father of Lloyd's predecessor, who died twelve years ago when he discovered the magic of the tenth floor.And all I could protect was a letter from "Zeus."

... coincidence?

"... fufu, haha"

Such a laugh stuck in my mouth.

What a surprise.

Coincidence? That's... stupid of me.That can't be it...!

Each person's life is definitely gone.

My arms hurt when I gripped them.

My feet are fluffy and drowsy.

I'm sure it makes sense.

It's not a coincidence. It's all connected.

That's not what I expected. I'm sure.

At the same time, I must be at the center of it myself.