The Villain Carries the Holy Sword – Chapter 63.1

Chapter 63.1: Seasons Die Like That (4)

「”Edmund, how did you……get here?”

Far away, at the end of the hill.

The northernmost part of Airian, where white glaciers surged like waves.

In a place unreachable by anyone, blocked by the Elven Forest, there was a woman. A woman with blonde hair that had faded to almost white and weary purple eyes.

Chloe Ethelred.

She sat in an ancient white temple.

“To see you.”

A man appeared through the open door.

His entire body was covered in small wounds, and the blood of elves had congealed in his uncut long hair.

“……Is Cain well?”

“If you’re worried about that child, you shouldn’t be hiding like this. It’s hard to get him.”

Edmund smiled brightly and extended his hand.

Chloe also cautiously reached out to take his hand, then pulled her hand back with the other and shook her head.

“No. I have to be here to save our child.”

Edmund looked around.

It was strange that the only building beyond the Elven Forest was a temple. It was also difficult to understand why his wife was there ahead of him.

But Edmund knew something.

“Cain needs his mother more than anything else. And I need you, my wife.”

Chloe interrupted him.

“Edmund, do you know where this is?”

He shook his head.

Then Chloe raised both arms.

Poof.

The torches hanging from each of the temple pillars lit up, dispelling the darkness. And Chloe, sitting in the highest seat of the brightly lit temple, smiled as if she were about to break.

“This is ‘Where Spring Falls Asleep.’

What came to Edmund’s mind was naturally the 〈Sacred Treasures of the Four Seasons〉, which were considered the ultimate treasures of the world.

“Spring? Don’t tell me that’s ‘Spring’?”

All four of the sacred treasures had caused a stir in the world. Even just ‘Summer,’ one of them, was a holy sword. And ‘Autumn’ was the Holy Crown that proved the existence of God.

It was not for nothing that the Holy See had come to possess such great power as it did now, because it possessed two of the 〈Sacred Treasures of the Four Seasons〉.

Of course, that was just Edmund’s idea, since they were strong enough to have two in their possession.

“Yes. The last cradle built by the Witch of Tears and the legendary Warrior King.”

“Don’t tell me…”

At that moment, Chloe’s purple eyes sparkled. It was not the light reflected from the torch, but her eyes that were really shining.

Edmund stared at her without turning his head.

Chloe began to speak in a low voice. As she spoke, the torches in the temple flickered, and it seemed as if many voices were mingling.

“When the master of ‘Summer’ appears, the Demon King will appear’, and ‘when the king of ‘Autumn’ appears, it will be time to face winter’.”

“That’s a story you used to tell Cain……”

“And ‘Winter’ must break this era for ‘Spring’ to come. Do you remember?”

“Of course. If it’s your words, I remember everything.”

Chloe bit her lower lip until it bled at Edmund’s desperate sincerity. And she declared.

“I can’t watch my son die.”

“Chloe……”

“I’m sorry, Edmund. This must be done by me alone, to awaken the eyes of ‘Spring.’ Because I have to spend eternity to get the end.”」

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Be strong.

How much time had passed, he didn’t know, but for now, everything was dazzlingly bright.

The light from Ballam’s lava, which threatened to melt him at any moment, was so bright that it might melt his eyes.

‘A dream?’

Because it was so bright, Cain frowned. He wouldn’t have woken up if he hadn’t heard someone’s faint whisper.

What had just passed by in a dream was vivid in his mind.

‘Is there really such a place at the northernmost point of the Northern Elf Forest?’

He knew his mother Chloe was a witch, but he had no idea she was the one to awaken the ‘Spring’ he had.

Eternity and the End.

Cain had a rough idea from the stories he had been hearing lately.

Perhaps Eternity was on the witches’ side.

And the End was on the side of those who, like him, possessed the 〈Sacred Treasures of the Four Seasons〉.

‘Then, if it was said that the devil was Eternity’s servant, it would be on the same side as the witches, and the Commons… I don’t know.’

They were a strange bunch, but he didn’t know enough to judge whether they were on the side of Eternity or the End.

Cain pulled himself together and carefully reached out his hand.

Sizzle━.

In the airless lava, he was able to endure thanks to the thin white membrane that had spread out.

If he had gone even a little beyond that, his fingers would have melted.

《A matter of time.》

And then, the lava opposite him bubbled and formed facial features. Ballam, his face only visible, pronounced Cain’s death sentence.

《That power of the End will soon disappear. The young End, who has not seen the end, will die with me.》

What was protecting Cain now was the power of the cloak that appeared when he cast ‘Winter of Night’.

Just by looking at how it was protecting Cain in this extreme environment, where a human with a physical body wouldn’t be able to last even a minute, one could tell that it was tremendous.

“Yes, it’s a matter of time.”

But his strength was rapidly waning.

At most, he had ten minutes left.

‘If I use up all my remaining future, will I be able to survive?’

Before he was overwhelmed by despair, Cain calmly looked back on his current situation.

Shine brightly.

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