Hero’s Downfall Report

67 – Report on the Fall of Humility (Complete)

In the vacant lot next to the house, Lily was talking to someone. She was a man who sold carbonated water. Behind her man, about ten men and women stood with their arms folded. They are members of the White Blood Knights who were in charge of secret dispatch missions.

Her man seemed to be saying something in a strong tone, but Lily just kept shaking her head.

“Is the grindstone busy?”

“No!”

Lily came running to me happily. As soon as she arrived, she tried to support Cain, so Cain had to shake her hand several times.

Lily tried to carry Cain around whenever she had the chance. It was only after I repeated to her that ‘moving her on her own can help her recover faster’ that her enthusiasm lessened a bit, but she did say that occasionally I would hold her by the waist or try to pick her up. It was embarrassing.

The members of the White Blood Knights exchanged glances with each other. Soon, the sparkling water man approached, sighing deeply. She narrowed her eyes, perhaps because she and Cain were familiar with each other.

“I’ve been curious about this since I first saw it. “What is your relationship with our chief?”

Lily’s face turned bright red. Even the earlobes.

“… “Who on earth is the chieftain?”

“Chief Liliana Brünnhild.”

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“Ah. I’m the department head.”

“Please. Please don’t call me that. If you call me ‘Genealogist’ Hoover, you’ll be offended! And I’m not even a chieftain. My father didn’t approve of me. “You know!”

When Hoover heard the word ‘genealogist,’ he picked his ear with a thick finger.

As Cain knew, the White Blood Knights were a warlike group, so combat classes were given preferential treatment, but other classes were treated poorly or made fun of. It seemed to be true, seeing as her man, Hoover, reacted sensitively to the word ‘scholar’.

“Good. I am a warrior. This means that I am not yet an old man in the back room who memorizes his pedigree. I should have gotten more wrong when I took the memorization test. And secondly, Liliana Brünnhilden is the Chieftain. If you are not a chieftain, you must become a warchief.”

Even if we ignore the first words, the last words were a little strange.

“Our youngest child should become the warchief? “Why?”

“Hmm.” Hoover glanced at Cain with very displeased eyes, but then her face relaxed.

“There are many reasons. The warchief’s health is not very good. Because of my age… Well, it’s a sad thing, but we have to prepare. However, it is not good that the great chief’s health is deteriorating at the same time. Very. Very. “It’s a bad thing.”

After a moment of confusion, Cain realized that ‘Great Chieftain’ meant Lily’s father, and ‘Big Chieftain’ meant her older brother.

“But that’s what I heard.” Cain opened her mouth for Lily.

“I understand that our youngest child has no right to succession. Then wouldn’t it be meaningless to go? Why are you making it a fait accompli that I have to become the chieftain?”

“First, there is the right of succession. It’s not because of bloodline, but because it’s a position earned through skill and effort. The 12 greatest warriors. Men are given the title Berserkir, and women are given the title Valkyria. If the next warchief is not appointed and there is no one to succeed him. These 12 people will be granted the right to a tournament to select the next warchief, that is.”

So, what it meant was that you had to use your skills to subdue the remaining 11 people. Hoover seems to believe that Lily will ‘naturally’ defeat the others.

“Does being the first mean there is also a second?”

“The more I look at him, the more I like him. You know that? Just looking at his fighting skills, I couldn’t understand why he was our chief’s superior. But I like his courage, personality, and wit, so we talk about various things together.”

Hoover laughed and tapped Cain on the shoulder. It may have been a sign of her friendliness, but Cain felt like his shoulder was collapsing. Lily was scared and helped Cain.

“You fight really well! You’re just saying this because you don’t know anything!”

Lily took the lead in her defense, but Hoover shook her head.

“I didn’t say he couldn’t fight. But I’m saying it’s a mess in a good way. It’s flashy. It’s good at tricking the eye. It’s good at hiding its intentions and aiming for a single shot. But it relies too much on irregularities and trapping techniques.

That’s what happens when you’re not confident in the basics, or you’re scared that you’re lacking and try to improve in strange places. That. Be careful. “It works well for stupid people, but it doesn’t really work for people who fight properly.”

Suddenly Cain opened her eyes and looked at her hoover. The middle-aged warrior burst into laughter.

“So, let me tell you the second reason. As you know. Our Lady Liliana is from the Brünnhilde family. It means that the blood of a great warrior flows. One of the famous houses blessed by white blood. “Do you know what that means?”

“I don’t know.”

“Berserkir and Valkyria, both from the Brünnhilde family, walked the same path. If they step outside of the Templar territory, a big uproar is sure to occur. It’s not strange for the white blood family to take the lead in the calling of the empire and the world. But even though nothing much is going on, such warriors are wandering around outside the capital city of Valhalla? That’s not possible. “It’s the same as saying you’re going to bring disaster to the world.”

“Why can’t it happen?”

“Berserkir and Valkyria prove their worth on the battlefield. “It is our destiny, and no one can change it.” Hoover said emphatically. Contrary to his own explanation, he was a man with considerable knowledge about the lore of the White Blood clan.

“In other words, wherever they go becomes the battlefield itself. It means that the battlefield is looking for them. “The capital city of Valhalla is not a problem as it is the land of warriors, but outside of it…”

“No. “I don’t believe in such lore,” Lily interjected, unable to hold back any longer. She bowed her head in apology to Cain, but her attitude seemed to be that there was nothing she could do about it.

“That’s just an old story.”

“You know why the Warchief is angry. Please come back. This is not the place for you to be. Peace in the world… “

“No.” Lily was adamant.

“My father said that I was a child who should never have been born. He always did that. He also said that he was an unwanted child. You probably know how I was raised in the Order. “I don’t want to be in a home where I won’t be loved.”

Lily’s fingertips brushed Cain’s hand.

“I will decide where I stay. I will also decide where I will be happy. I don’t believe in such fate.”

“Destiny is not something you choose. It’s coming. Look at Emmaus right now.”

Lily seemed a little excited. Cain smiled as gently as he could.

“I think saying something like this is a bit off-topic from an outsider’s perspective, but since I’m our maknae’s boss, do you mind if I tell you something?”

“… “Go ahead.”

“First of all. The fate of Valkyria… I don’t know much about the same thing. I guess it’s because I’m a foreigner. However, we are Secret Service agents. And the Security Bureau always goes out to dangerous sites. I’m not a member of the White Blood Knights nor a family blessed with white blood, but I always go to dangerous places, right?

The same goes for our youngest. So, it seems a bit incongruous to say that our youngest child came to Emmaus and caused such a commotion. “Even if I wasn’t the youngest, the events of Emmaus would have happened.”

It was already a widely spread story among the White Blood Knights that Lily belonged to the Security Bureau, so it was a secret and there was nothing to say about it. That’s what Lily’s father got angry about and started yelling.

“And the battlefield follows you around. Doesn’t it mean that you are literally the best warrior if you are among the top 12 among the White Blood Knights? If so, this would mean that they are fighting proudly in places where most people would have run away.

If you run away because you are at a disadvantage in the fight, war will not occur. When we confront each other, a fight breaks out. I think that statement is more like a natural logic rather than a prediction of fate. Just as you sleep when you’re sleepy and eat when you’re hungry, a good warrior will be able to fight in more battlefields. That’s a warrior.

So, I think it is far from any fate or destiny.”

Lily quietly hid behind Cain. Of course, she can’t be covered up like that. It was a manifestation of her desire to be protected by someone who took her side. Hoover was no longer stubborn.

“If a normal person had said that, he would have been angry. He is our chieftain’s superior, and he is a courageous man, so I won’t say much. But, Valkyrea, I have no need to worry about the health of the warchief and the great chieftain. “You have to think clearly about this.”

“You’re treating my brother as if he’s already dead.”

Lily seemed a little angry. Hoover shook her head.

“No, I’m saying this because I’m worried about the knights. Come back to Valkyria. Hold a tournament and take the position of leader. It’s not good for the chieftain to be lying in a sick bed. How can a sick rabbit lead a pack of wolves? ? If things continue like this, there will definitely be a big uproar.”

“I want to decide that.” Lily did not give in. Cain thought it wouldn’t make much sense for her to say more.

“Let’s go.”

Hoover was no more stubborn. He instead looked to Cain and prophesied.

“Do not take the prophecy lightly! Valkyria cannot turn her back on the battlefield. Because the battlefield comes to Valkyria on its own. The fate of the Brünnfeld family was always the same. Please come back. Otherwise, bloodshed will spread across the world! “The place you should be is Valhalla!”

The members of the White Blood Knights left. Cain and Lily stood by the pillars of the mansion. The once clear spring water has now become a foul-smelling spring with gurgling water.

“… Thank you “For taking my side.”

Lily looked around to see if anyone was around, then leaned slightly towards Cain. Of course, so much so that the injured Cain didn’t feel any pain. Cain massaged her waist with his hands.

“It’s a story about reason and common sense. By giving it a strange meaning, it’s like a prophecy or something….”

“When I first saw you. “Do you remember?”

Lily smiled softly. Cain thought the place was bad. So, it wasn’t a conversation that could have been had in a place with a collapsing city in the background and rotting water flowing. It might be a bad joke between criminals.

“… “I remember you said you needed someone good at using a knife.”

“That wasn’t all. When nominating a new agent, no one… They didn’t single me out. This was because he was taller than others, so it was difficult to disguise him, and he had a distinct scar on his back, making it easy to identify him.

If you are a security agent, you want someone who is good in many ways rather than someone who is excellent in one field. Honestly, I was scared. ‘Where should I go?’ You just came in at that time. “He was sweating profusely.”

I don’t think I will remember it or not. I was late because something urgent came up and I was wandering around. Did they catch a thief or attack a black market?

“Did I do that?”

“Yes. He said to me, ‘So you’re Lily? As soon as I saw your history, I decided to take you with me. So you have to go with me no matter what.’ At that time, he said, ‘I’m tall… And it’s difficult to disguise myself because of my various features. Do you mind?’ I asked.

Then he said this. ‘Who cares? I need someone who is good at using a knife. I will wear the hair, and Bohm and Bom will do the disguise. You only use a knife.'”

Cain chuckled at the slightly odd description of vocal cords and burst into laughter. She still couldn’t remember well. She was talking about it a little over half a year ago, but it feels like a thing of the distant past.

“I should praise my old self. “Thanks to you, you saved my life many times.”

However, it is certain that the choice at that time was not wrong. Lily hugged Cain tightly. A startled Cain flinched away from her, but Lily said she didn’t care who saw or not.

“So I decided not to believe in fate or anything like that. Depending on who you meet, your fate can change. It could get better. Although it could be worse.

I changed that day. I like it now. So, I try not to make any conclusions about the future. Because you never know what might happen. But, I hope you are happy.”

It’s happiness. Cain looked up at the distant sky. Everyone I’ve ever met wanted to have happiness in their hands.

The size of happiness was all different. Some people wanted something as normal as other people’s lives. Some people may be happier than anyone else in the world. Some… I just hope you are less unhappy than yesterday.

Everyone wants to live happily. The world seemed to only get worse. Cain thought she was really strange.

Cain recalled the knight in her scabbard. He didn’t seem to want happiness. All he wanted was hatred. Shahzah al-Dur also desired only hatred and revenge.

If you love someone. Every aspect of that person comes into view. A minor habit. Things I didn’t even know existed.

But when you hate someone, only one part of that person’s many facets comes into view. Other things are not visible.

The Knight of the Sheath did not care at all what kind of life Arianne had been leading. She only remembered her one evil deed. Shah Zah al-Dur was so driven by revenge that he saw her daughter as nothing more than a vendetta.

Arianne was just a woman who wanted only happiness, ordinary happiness, and stood out a little more than others. I wanted her to be happy too. But her choice led her to greater misfortune.

Black Knight. The thing inside was clearly human. Cain was sure. Helmet and Shadow.

Cain wanted to look into the human being inside that hideous thing. She needed to know. She had to see.

Why? Are you doing this? Who did what to him? Are all aspects of Cain what he has seen? What other aspects of him is he hiding?

– The light… Remember, it makes the ugliness stand out even more.

But if it was true, it was something that had to be endured. Even if it was an ugliness that could not be broken, it had to be accepted.

Only then can we move forward. If it doesn’t work out, all we have to do is collapse together. All you have to do is build strong again and stand up again.

Even so. I’m sure things will get better. Cain repeated it two or three times.

She does not necessarily humble herself. Standing up while holding on to the solid truth is humility.