The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

63 – Someone’s Life

As Lawton and Rael’s figures faded, other things began to become clearer.

In the well-decorated room, as if it were a drawing room for an aristocrat, a huge painting boasted a sense of intimidation.

It was a picture of a warrior wearing armor with white wings slaughtering people with wings with a sword.

Behind Lawton, who was observing the painting, someone opened the door and entered the room.

“It’s a painting called ‘Evil for Good’. It is also my favorite painting.”

At the sound of the voice, Lawton turned around and lowered his head.

“I received a call saying you are looking for it. Sir Orwell Magic Tower Lord.”

Cyr Orwell in a green robe tapped him on the shoulder.

“I wanted to meet you, the genius of our Mage Tower. I haven’t had time for a personal interview because I’ve been busy.”

Sir Orwell sat down, and Lawton took the empty seat across from him.

“You’re researching a theory to amplify the growth of vines with magic, right?”

“Yes, I thought that by using magic amplification, not only vines, but also herbs and other plants could grow quickly.”

I felt very unfamiliar with Lawton’s slightly nervous appearance.

“After graduating from the academy and coming to the Mage Tower, are you 24 years old?”

“Yes. I am 24 years old.”

“Even when I was your age, just learning the magic in the Mage Tower was exhausting…. I am ashamed to have been called a genius once.”

“No. The senior mages paved the way, so I just walked comfortably.”

Perhaps he liked what Lawton said, Sir Orwell smiled with satisfaction.

“I have very high expectations of you. I thought it was important to help you become the best of our mage tower as a green mage lord and as a senior.”

At Sir Orwell’s words, Lawton couldn’t hide his delighted expression.

“Thank you. Master of the Magic Tower.”

“I will fully support you so that you can focus only on magic.”

After Sir Orwell’s words, the surroundings became blurred again, and the background changed to the place he had first seen.

“It is very difficult to meet friends.”

Tarantra sat down on the bed with a sad expression on her face.

“Sorry, Master keeps pressuring me that the end of this study is in sight…. I can’t make time either.”

“I know, so I think it’s great. A direct disciple of the owner of the Magic Tower at the age of 28.”

At Tarantra’s words, I realized that it had been four years since I met Sir Orwell.

“You haven’t even met Rael because you’re busy these days, right? You seemed worried.”

At Tarantra’s words, Lawton turned her head in surprise.

“Have you met Rael?”

“Yes, I was worried about you, so I told you not to worry.”

“Thank you. After this study, you will have time.”

Tarantra’s expression hardened as he watched Lawton write something on paper again.

“What are you thankful for among friends?”

The surroundings began to shudder along with the mocking voice of Tarantra.

Like a kaleidoscope, what had happened to Lawton passed before his eyes.

Like Sir Orwell said of fully supporting him, the Green Mage Tower spared no support for Lawton. To that extent, Lawton had a genius talent that yielded results the more he invested.

A young age of 28 was enough time to reach the rank of archmage. That’s why Sir Orwell limited what hinders Lawton’s growth.

One of them was meeting Rael.

Once a week against vigorous Lawton opposition.

We finally reached an agreement by meeting for a short time of 1 hour.

Although Lawton felt sorry for Rael, he worked even harder thinking that if she became the master of the mage tower, she would be able to make Rael happy for the rest of her life.

Rael also knew Lawton’s sincerity, and she rather thought of her with her happy face, and she cheered Lawton.

Rael’s support for him, not his resentment, reduced his sleep and devoted himself to further research. At the age of 29, Lawton completed his own magic theory.

Because of Sir Orwell’s sweet offer to release the restrictions once the magic theory is completed, it was the result of investing all of his time in research except for the time he met Rael.

However, Lawton’s [Growth through Magical Amplification] Shocked the Magic Association, and the imperial family showed interest in the green magic tower. Sir Orwell pressured me to proceed with the next research, as if I had never promised such a thing.

Lawton thought he couldn’t keep Rael waiting any longer, so he had a fierce argument with Sir Orwell, the Master of the Magic Tower.

However, no matter how genius he was, it was impossible for the mage belonging to the mage tower to defeat the mage master, and in the end, Lawton was confined to a room in the same way as confinement and forced to conduct research.

The background changes, and Tarantra is lying on the bed.

“There are more men approaching Rael these days. She’s alone in that look, so will men let her go?”

“f*ck…. I would never have thought that a person called a master would cheat on a disciple.”

Lawton swore, sweeping his face roughly.

“Honestly, as a relative, I feel sorry for Rael. Rael is waiting for you alone.”

“Sorry, you know it’s unavoidable.”

Tarantra smiled at Lawton, who was apologetic.

“At times like this, do you know what makes a woman happy? It is a gift of flowers.”

“Flowers… ?”

At Lawton’s question, Tarantra shrugged her shoulders.

“You never bought one for Rael, did you?”

“Yeah…. Yes, it is.”

“I’m sure you will like it. Give me a gift.”

At Tarantra’s advice, Lawton nodded her head in gratitude.

The surroundings distorted, and I saw Lawton walking down the dark night road with an unknown wizard on either side.

“Do I need to be monitored even when I go to see my girlfriend?”

“For Lawton’s safety, I’m following you.”

The wizard answered in a hard voice and followed Lawton without a word.

I tried to buy flowers as advised by Tarantra, but since I left the Mage’s Tower after taking care of my work by tomorrow, time passed and the flower shop was closed.

As Lawton walked towards Rael’s house empty-handed, he heard a child’s cry in his ears.

“Buy flowers! There are so many pretty flowers!”

It seemed that the flower seller in the village was shouting hard to sell the remaining flowers.

Lawton turned and approached her child.

“Can I see the flowers?”

At Lawton’s words, the child smiled happily and held out pretty flowers wrapped in paper.

“It’s the last one, so I’ll give it to you cheaply!”

“Yes, it is very pretty.”

Seeing Lawton receiving the flowers and paying the bill, I forgot that this was an illusion and tried to strike Lawton’s hand holding the flower, but my hand only waved in the air.

Unlike me, who is in a hurry, Lawton just smelled the scent of the flowers, hoping that Rael would be happy to receive the gift.

I had no choice but to wipe my face when I saw that.

Among the beautiful flowers in Lawton’s hand… There was a platinum flower that emits blue light in the moonlight.

The surrounding environment changes, and Lawton arrives in front of Rael’s house, which he once saw.

Ignoring the wizards who followed and watched him even then, Lawton knocked on the door.

“Rael, it’s Lawton.”

When the door opened, there was Rael with warm brown eyes and a beautiful smile as always.

“Come on, Lawton.”

Maybe I was happy to meet Rael after a long time, but I could no longer look at Lawton’s bright smile.

The figure of a lover whispering love was very beautiful and sincere. So, the sadness that the bouquet in Lawton’s hand would bring was so unexpected….

The surroundings changed, and in what appeared to be a hospital ward, I saw Lawton holding onto Rael’s stone-turned hand, exhaling hot breath and shivering.

“Rael….”

Rael’s right hand was petrified and turned to stone.

How painful it must have been to have to watch the woman you love turn to stone. Looking down at Rael with mixed emotions, I felt a heavy pressure as if a large rock was pressing down on my chest as I watched Lawton shed tears.

“I’m sorry…. I’m really sorry Rael….”

With a voice full of shame, I repeated the word sorry for a long time, and the surroundings began to rotate rapidly.

Perhaps as time passed, Lawton’s appearance next to Rael, whose entire right arm had turned to stone, had thick dark circles and messy hair, like someone who had stayed up all night for several days.

Tarantra, who was standing next to Lawton in a neat outfit, put on an apologetic expression.

“Rawton… sorry. If only I hadn’t told you to give me flowers….”

“No… Who would have known…. It was the first time I thought there was a stone thorn disease….”

Lawton gently stroked Rael’s confused face.

“I will help you somehow, Rael. Promise. I will definitely save you.”

As if I had promised myself, the sight of Lawton whispering in Rael’s ear made my vision blurry and I had no choice but to turn my head.

The surroundings were distorted, and I could see the drawing room I had seen before.

“Lorton, unfortunately, there is no cure for stone thorn disease.”

Sir Orwell shook his head as if to give up, and Lawton screamed in a fit.

“There must be some way! Do I have to stand still and watch her die!”

“Sometimes things just can’t be helped.”

At Sir Orwell’s cold words, Lawton kicked off his chair and ran out.

The surroundings changed, and I saw Rael, who had turned most of his body to stone.

For some time, Lawton, who had piled up books on stone thorn disease and similar symptoms around Rael and desperately tried to save Rael by any means, could be seen.

Sunlight and moonlight passed through the window again and again in quick succession, but Lawton did not sleep, looking through his book.

“To… Ton….”

If it had not been for Rael’s sudden voice, Lawton would have read the book until he passed out.

“Rael? Rael, come to your senses… ?”

Lawton, who was reading a book, hurriedly approached Rael. Rael’s voice was so low that he had to be close to his ear to hear it.

“Meeting you… I could have lived with Rael…. I really, really love you Lawton… So forget me.”

“No, Rael please. Do not say that. I told you, my everything is you.”

Lawton’s tears soaked Rael’s cheeks, which turned to stone.

Looking at Lawton with brown eyes that had lost their warmth, Rael struggled with a thin smile for the last time.

“Be sure to be happy… I’ll believe it….”

“Rael I…. Rael, Rael! No no-!!!”

Lawton howled like a madman at the sight of Rael completely transformed into a statue in an instant. The sadness that Lawton felt was so great that the tears and scream-like moaning were deeply tainted with sadness, and it flowed down as tears to me as well.

“Ahhhhh…… !!! Queuuu!”

His fingernails were broken and bleeding from scratching the ward’s marble floor, but Lawton couldn’t contain his grief and howled like a beast.

At Lawton’s almost screaming cry, I sat down against the wall of the hospital ward and wiped away my tears.

“Like you to me. I have a lover like Luna.”

I finally understood Lawton’s words, who smiled wryly as he said that.

Lorton, who had been crying for a while, got up from the floor. After roughly wiping his face covered in tears, saliva, and mucus with his hands, Lawton approached Rael, who had become a statue.

“No matter how many years it takes. I will definitely find a way I love you Rael.”

As the world began to spin rapidly behind Lawton’s lips to Rael, voices were heard.

“Wake up Lawton! Rael is already dead! How much time do you have to waste to come to your senses? You are a genius who will become the owner of the mage tower! Stop giving up!”

At Tarantra’s voice, I heard Lawton’s voice.

“My everything was Rael! I will definitely keep my promise.”

The fighting voices disappeared, and Sir Orwell and Lawton, who looked very old as if time had passed, came into view.

Lawton’s dark hair turned gray, and his handsome face looked several years older than his years, weighed down by weariness and gloom.

“I will leave the Green Mage Tower and become a sorcerer.”

“… Is there any way to stop you?”

At Sid Orwell’s words, Lawton shook his head slowly.

As the surrounding background changed, I saw Lawton carrying Rael’s statue on the wagon and heading somewhere.

“Rael, this time we are going to a place called Turning Village. Platinum flowers grow on the surrounding mountains.”

Vision blurs, voices begin to emerge.

“Rael, do you like where you moved? Wait a little longer, I will definitely find a cure.”

After Lawton’s words, someone’s mocking voices were heard.

“You look like a madman, so what is that?”

“Anyone can be a scholar.”

“You called me a genius, but you collapse like that.”

It was the voice of those who were jealous of Lawton’s talent. The downfall of a genius has always been a good chew among pompoms….

My vision changed and I saw Lawton, who looked very old, drunkenly hugging the statue of Rael.

“Rael, I really miss you today. I want to feel your breath, your warm body temperature….”

The sunlight and moonlight outside the window crossed quickly, and Tarantra handed Lawton something.

“It’s a pocket watch I made at the request of Vice Principal Nelson. With this, you will be able to see Rael in your memory.”

“Thank you, thank you very much Tarantra….”

Lawton sheds a tear, let’s take it. Tarantra raised one corner of her mouth for an instant, then she quickly managed her expression.

“What are you thankful for among friends?”

After Tarantra’s words, time passed very quickly. The house gradually fell into disrepair, and Lawton grew older.

“Rael, that guy is here. The one I was talking about the other day to be the disciple.”

At the sudden voice, I looked at the old, sad-eyed Lawton I now knew.

“That guy. No, Ross said he was researching stone thorn disease for someone he liked.”

“That’s why I want to make more disciples. Is this what you call kinship?”

I bit my lip at the sight of Lawton smiling as he looked at Rael.

As the surrounding environment changed, Lawton’s voice began to echo.

“Rael, I love you always.”

“Rael, I think I can finally keep my promise.”

“I found it, Rael! I found a cure… !!!”

“Finally… I’ve kept my promise, Rael….”

With that voice, Lawton’s figure began to appear.

Her good-looking appearance faded, and her sweet voice that whispered love to her lover turned into a voice full of phlegm, but her sincerity toward Rael remained the same over time.

After wiping away the tears, Lawton walked around the room nervously when he heard a knock.

Lawton opened the door, and Tarantra entered the house.

After some time passed, while Lawton, who had left the car, was away for a while. At Lawton’s glass, Tarantra’s wand emitted a green light.

After a while, Lawton passes out coughing up blood. Tarantra pulled her wand from Lawton’s bosom and lifted it and broke it.

After that, Tarantra, who was looking around her house, found the box I found and even used her magic to open it, but she failed.

Tarantra sighed, looked at Lawton with cold eyes, then swung her wand and set the house on fire.

The flames grew larger, and a white space appeared with bright light.

When you look puzzled at the appearance of a blank white space.

A voice came from behind.

“Ross.”

At that voice, I couldn’t stand the rising emotion and turned my body back with difficulty with a hazy gaze.

I struggled to answer, wiping the tears running down my cheeks.

“Do… father.”

There was Lawton looking at me with warm eyes.