The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 497

Chapter 497

There was a time when even the gods had no names. Each of those who only knew that some kind of power existed in the world believed in something.

Among them, those who worship the moon prayed for a long time with the wish of immortality.

So, although they bless under the moonlight, they became beings who could not live in the sun.

The gods lend their strength to what they believe in.

If you believe that it is a demon god, it seems to lend you unholy power.

Since they believed in God hoping for immortality, it must have meant that immortality was granted.

It’s just that I was cursed by the sun that I didn’t expect.

“There must have been people who were willing to do such an immortality, and there must have been people who weren’t.”

“There must have been some who struggled in despair because they would never be able to walk under the sun again, and there must have been people who lived gratefully for being able to live forever, even under the moonlight.”

“Monday and all vampires starting with Monday were beasts of the night.”

“As time passed and they got sick of the fire, some of Mondays must have thought that way.”

“I want to walk in the sunlight once again.”

“I want to see the world once again in the bright sunlight.”

“Isn’t it natural that beings who live only in the dark get tired of the dark?”

“They said they tried to overcome the sun.”

“Monday clans tried to overcome the sun by force by receiving stronger powers.”

“Some people had other ideas.”

“There were those who wanted to stand in the light of the sun once again by asking forgiveness from the sun.”

“Vampires who worship the sun have become Sundays.”

“Those who have been forgiven by the sun.”

“Those who want to stand under the sun’s light by becoming stronger than asking for the sun’s forgiveness.”

“After a very long time, both clans were able to face the sun, albeit in pain.”

“That’s the vampire who overcame the sun.”

“It was a road vampire.”

Luna sees me.

All have overcome the sun, but in different ways.

Vampires were, in a way, sacred beings that originated from ancient beliefs.

It’s just a strange existence that has been blessed by some gods and cursed by others.

“But, in the end, this is also half the same, isn’t it?”

They can face the sunlight, but as I’ve seen, most Lord Vampires can walk in the sunlight, but feel great pain.

just not complaining.

“Time passed and passed, and as time passed by, and the origins of true vampires were forgotten, another lineage of Lord Vampires was created.”

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday.

Eventually, starting from Monday, it differentiated into Sunday, and through another eruption, Lord Vampire families arose.

I didn’t know how long Luna was talking about, but I could tell that it was talking about a very long time.

“Monday and Sunday, the oldest of the Lord Vampires, had no choice but to have an affair.”

“Inevitable… … . Wind?”

“okay.”

Luna sees me.

“I enjoyed everything as an immortal, but the lack that came about because of that. I wanted to solve it.”

“Pain in the Sunlight.”

“And the longing for life.”

“They wanted to become human again.”

“Stand under the sun.”

“To conceive a new life.”

“They wanted to take back what they had already abandoned.”

“You said you would devote all your remaining life to serving the moon and sun.”

“Promising to the gods that if they would only get their lives back as living beings, they would devote all their remaining lives to the worship of the gods.”

“They wished to return to being human.”

Immortal life is bound to arouse a longing for the things that immortality has taken away. She puts one hand on each of the sculptures of the moon and sun in front of her eyes.

“Monday and Sunday’s vampires prayed a long time to become human again.”

“They prayed together.”

“I prayed to the moon and the sun at the same time.”

“Mercy to the sun, forgiveness to the moon.”

“I prayed for an immeasurably long time.”

“I prayed for so long that even the gods couldn’t turn away.”

“The miserable group of people who gave it down because they wished for immortality, but ended up crying out for it to be taken back like a grumbling child.”

“I wanted to turn away, but I couldn’t.”

Luna looks at me.

“I forgave them.”

The words seemed to freeze my head.

It was a word that overturned all the assumptions I had made from Luna’s words I had heard so far.

not forgiven

did you forgive

“what… … . what now… … . sound… … ?”

Luna looks at me quietly.

“Ilwoldang are the descendants of Monday and Sunday, the vampires who returned to human form. I am the manager of the Sun Moon Dang Lord (日月當主).”

The owner of Ilwoldang.

Not one of them, but the one who leads them.

Luna Artorius.

She looks at me and puts one hand on the moon and one on the sun.

“The will of the gods and their messenger sent down to the world by the gods of the moon and sun.”

not forgiven

was the one who forgave

“I am the embodiment of the moon and sun.”

She was more transcendent than I thought.

* * *

The incarnation of the gods.

That meant that she was God herself, and that she wasn’t.

“Ilwoldang is the oldest religious group in the world. They are a group that is not allowed to do anything but worship the moon and the sun, and I have lived for many years as their protector and watcher.”

Was that the reason why Luna had no choice but to be special even within Ilwoldang?

It would be unfathomable how long Luna had existed.

Ilwoldang is a religious group.

Sunday and Monday made a vow to serve God for the rest of their lives in exchange for returning to being human.

Not getting involved in worldly affairs was a promise Ilwoldang made to the gods.

It was the truth of Ilwoldang that it had been passed down from generation to generation for an immeasurably long time.

And Luna was not a member of the Ilwoldang, but existed as their protector and watcher.

“for a moment… … . Then father… … .”

“Ronan is human.”

At this point, I don’t know if Luna is great or if Ronan, who married the incarnation of the gods, is great.

“Not only Ilwoldang, but also I am bound by the roles given by the gods. Do you know why I can’t meddle in the affairs of the world?”

Is it okay for Luna’s children to go out into the world, but Luna herself shouldn’t?

Luna herself, as well as the descendants of Sunday and Monday, were no different from those who were paying the price of returning to humans.

“that… … . It’s hard to say this, but my mother tried to kill me.”

“If I had succeeded in that, I would have perished. You would have to pay the price for doing something you weren’t allowed to do.”

Did you risk not only my life, but your own extinction as well?

In a situation where she lost her son and now has to lose her daughter as well, Luna risked her existence to kill me.

Because she gave up on that, Luna must still be able to exist.

“It’s just a story. Someone who’s been watching humans for so long is curious about what human life really is. In the end, I became a human because I wanted to live it… … . that… … . It’s nothing special.”

He watched humans for so long that he finally became a human.

It seemed that she was surprised by my remark that she and Ellen resembled each other not only in appearance but also in personality, but somehow I remembered Luna who was delighted with her overjoyed expression.

Luna is a god, but a strange being who is not a god.

“It is over. There is nothing more to explain and nothing more you need to know.”

“How did you meet your father?”

“… … .”

At my words, Luna looked at me with her eyebrows narrowed.

“There is no reason to explain that to you.”

As if to stop scolding her, Luna pulled it off.

It’s time to go back.

I have to go back to what I have to face.

what was it like outside?

Maybe something irreversible has happened.

Luna quietly approaches me.

now to get me back.

“Lagann was outgoing and Ellen was calm, but both were obedient children.”

She stands in front of me and talks about her children.

“How fortunate it was that I wasn’t like you, a cheeky, arrogant, squeamish child. I often thought of you when I saw you.”

“I think I heard you well.”

“Yeah, how fortunate it was that they weren’t the ones saying things that shouldn’t have been said… … .”

Luna smiled and put her hand on my shoulder.

“still… … . In the end, I thought that it wouldn’t have been bad if I had a son like you.”

“You still corrected it, but give birth to another one.”

“a little!”

-Fuck!

“Yuk!”

In the end, I had no choice but to stick to one.

How many times have you been hit by Hwashin so far, and how many more times have you been hit in the back?

There can be no other existence other than me who has the same experience as me.

At Lizaira, I went after only having a rare experience.

It was the first time I had ever lived in such a naturalistic environment, not because this was a town controlled by the incarnations of the gods.

Luna sighed deeply as she watched me earn a hawk by saying one more word until the end.

“Close your eyes.”

Is it really time to go now?

He told me to close my eyes for a moment, so I closed them and I was able to reach Lizaira.

Now that I’m told to close my eyes, I should be able to leave Lizaira when I open them again.

“mother.”

“why.”

“Thank you.”

“… … .”

that was my sincerity

Now I know she hasn’t taught me anything.

If I immerse myself in Ilwoldang, I will be bound by the rules of Ilwoldang.

If I had learned the vision of Ilwoldang, it would have been a terrible disaster for me.

Now I know that the reason I didn’t teach anything was because it was for me.

At my greeting, Luna is silent for a long time.

and.

“Reinhardt.”

“yes.”

she says goodbye

“to you.”

she quietly whispers

“There will be protection from the sun and moon.”

Something similar to what Arta said to me.

but a little different.

She didn’t say anything to open her eyes.

The weight of the hand that had rested on my shoulder until now disappeared and the air changed.

– Whii-yi-yi!

“Here… … .”

Fierce winds blowing through the mountains.

I was back at the top of a certain mountain long ago where I met Luna.

time is night.

“… … what?”

I felt a strange strange feeling.

The season is winter.

So in a windy place like this, you must feel the fierce cold that will tear your skin.

However, although the wind was fierce, I did not feel the brutal cold.

Also, no matter where I looked, there was no snow piled up white.

and decisively.

“what… … ?”

The corpses of dead monsters were strewn about nearby.

It’s a memory from a long time ago, but I certainly haven’t forgotten it.

Crossing the Thren Mountains and searching for Lizaira, I had to fight many monsters.

One day, I got tired of fighting monsters in this place and called Luna.

And as if responding to the call, Luna came to visit me and I was able to enter Lizaira.

But the scenery is exactly the same as the moment I went to Lizaira.

The corpses of bloody monsters.

There is only one thing that can be inferred from it.

This time.

It barely flowed.

‘Trust me.’

What that really meant, I now know.