gift of unknown existence

"You heard the healer, Mr. Link will be fine, let him rest."

In one of the rooms of the castle, Tessia held one of Har's arms and waved it with her little hands, her eyes a little bright as she had started whining as soon as she found out about this.

Fortunately, Arthur was with her and calmed her down, now they both came to see Har that he passed out on her a few hours ago.

He was very surprised when he heard this, he doesn't know what kind of abnormal situation must happen for this Link to faint, he doesn't know that Har killed a dozen people, Virion considered it unnecessary to talk about this with a couple of children .

"Oh, he's waking up!"

Arthur noticed that Har's eyes trembled, he couldn't help but cheer a little even though he knew that this Link was in perfect condition, even Tessia cheered and smiled.

'What has happened?'

Har raised his upper body and looked at the situation, on one side were Tessia and Arthur, on the other side was the helmet of the ancient armor on a nightstand, in addition, there were some health exams left by the healer.

He was still incredulous, everything that happened in the void was too mysterious, especially that great being...

"Mr. Link, are you alright?"

Seeing Har's stunned expression, Tessia hastened to ask in case something was wrong, but Har's eyes widened as he heard her.

'Did I..understand his words?'

She didn't have to read the dialogues over her head like before, but she could easily understand the words of this little girl.

"What did you say?" Har asked to see if the earlier thing was a hallucination.

"I asked if…" Midway through her words, Tessia stopped abruptly and looked at Har with wide eyes, even Arthur couldn't hide his surprise from her.

"Mr. Link, can you speak our language?!"

Tessia said excitedly, but this only confused Har even more, why could he understand the language of this world now? Even his words were automatically translated, what makes him different from before?

'Was that?'

Among all that he experienced within that darkness, Har attributed this situation to the shot he received from that great pupil.

Thinking of this, Har's eyes cleared as he remembered the warmth he felt in the gaze of that unknown being, even now he felt it was a pity that he couldn't stay to fully observe his appearance.

Regarding the look he received from that giant eye, Har has a vague feeling that this was due to his powerlessness from before, when he felt that life was meaningless, this being made an appearance and granted him the ability to speak in the universal language that the so-called gods gave to this world.

Maybe it was to increase his attachment to this world, or maybe it was for some ulterior motives, but that's impossible to know, although it was a very small thing and it really wasn't necessary, Har thought that now he could impersonate an Elenoir elf without issues.

It's a pity that he can't enjoy this adventure with his family, but they wouldn't be happy to see him lament their deaths all his life, so he's already decided, contrary to his pessimistic thoughts before, Har intends to live this wonderful life at the same time. maximum, and the gift given to him by that being in the dark will only help him achieve it.

'Like that guy said in the dark, it's time to be myself again.'

Hat clenched his fists, but he wasn't angry, instead, his lips curved into a smile.

"Mr. Link, why didn't he speak normally until now?"

Har was pulled from her thoughts by Tessia's words, he looked at her strangely for a second before smiling.

"Little crybaby, are you saying that my way of speaking is abnormal?"

Har ruffled Tessia's hair and she just looked at him pouting, she didn't resist even though she appeared to be angry.

'So this is Mr. Link's attitude..'

From the side, Arthur silently watched as he appraised that person who seemed so powerful to him, he had already thought about it before because of the attitude he showed during his trip, but he only clarified it upon hearing his words now, this Link sometimes acts as a child despite his strength.

It is the opposite of him, as someone who was a king in his previous life, Arthur maintains a mature attitude unbecoming of a child his age, this sometimes leads him to distance himself or not enjoy situations as much as he wants. really.

"Arthur, you little monster, do you also think I speak abnormally?"

Seeing how Arthur kept silent, Har opted to push him into the scene, having read the story, he knows that this boy still has a conflict due to his two lives, but the words of a certain dragon princess would be the ones to say. they will guide you to fit in as a resident of this world.

"I guess it's normal for us to see Mr. Link speaking a language we don't know as abnormal, when he heard him speak before, I guess it was no different from hearing the weird cries of an animal."

Arthur was surprised to be thrown into this all of a sudden, but was able to maintain his usual calm and respond in a respectful and coherent manner right away, which caused Tessia and even Har to look at him with blank eyes, this is definitely not the way Arthur was. What would a boy his age answer?

"Are you saying that I am an animal?"

Har said pretending to be angry.

"Eh, no, no, I think I explained my example wrong."-Arthur hastened to say, this Link seemed to have taken his words too seriously.

"Hahahahaha, don't worry kid, I was just kidding."

Har took the helmet, which had been taken from him without his consent, and put it back into his inventory, then stood up abandoning all his previous joy.

"Where is that old man Virion?"

Har asked these two with an idea in mind, even though that spirit in the dark, which is suspected to be the personification of his former self, led him to have a clearer idea now that he returned from that place, he thinks that he still has to take responsibility for his actions.

Seeing Tessia before he thought of something, this world is mysterious and there are a lot of people with immeasurable power, the dragons, whose lineage is called Asura or something like that, have the strength to change the world with just the collateral damage of their fights.

He must become strong enough not to have to bow his head to anyone, only in this way he can do what he wants no matter where he goes, also to protect the people he does not want to see die.

At least in this world, later there will be a war where people will die like insects, he doesn't plan to be left out at that time.

For now he just wants to return to the game world, he can still upgrade the powers that he can use with the will of champions, that way the cooldown time will be reduced, although he must sacrifice the divine annihilator for that, he thinks it's better the versatility of these powers for the moment than having an object with which even an ant can kill you with one blow.

Although it can be considered a great loss, he still has the idea that the world will reset once more like before, then he can seize the divine annihilator by escaping with it to another world.

While thinking about this, Har was led by Tessia outside the castle, from her words on the way, it seems that he was unconscious for only two hours, this surprised him, it seems that his senses failed him thinking that he was in that dark world for several hours. days, but thinking of this unknown being, Har attributed the difference in the flow of time to its power.

"Have you woken up yet?"

Leaving the castle after the greeting of many servants, Har could see Virion carefully observing a beautiful fountain, that old man noticed him and greeted him immediately.

All the people here had already withdrawn, not a trace of the cries of those families had remained, everything had returned to normal with Elenoir's own attractive nature.

"Grandpa, Mr. Link can already speak normal-!, ahem, he is already able to communicate in our language.."

Tessia had started her words with a smile, but she remembered the previous situation and abruptly changed her words, even adopting the language Arthur used and imitating her posture.

"..."- Arthur aside said nothing and just looked at her with blank eyes, he followed them here because Tessia was forcing him to do it, he just wanted to go back to his room to concentrate on his mana core, for some reason. Reason has been experiencing constant bouts of severe pain coming from his core, so he wanted to look into it further, but could only sigh and put it off for later.

"That's right?"

Virion paid no attention to his granddaughter's improper language, but was a bit surprised that this Link can communicate in his language, if that's the case, why didn't he do it before? As if to answer his question, Har said a few words that made Virion's expression a little sad.

"Elder, where are the bodies of those people?"

Har said indirectly answering Virion's question, who felt guilty thinking about the people who died due to his idea, regarding whether this Link killed them voluntarily, that idea was discarded due to his attitude when he found out about this. .

"..."

Virion remained silent for a second, he didn't know what Link really wanted to do, but he assumed that he wanted to personally apologize to the families of the deceased, he must feel like a monster killing so many innocent people and he wants to take responsibility for his actions, or so he thought.

Then he looked at Tessia, who seemed confused since she didn't find out about the tragedy of a few hours ago, it's not good for this girl to accompany them to that place.

With a movement of her hand, a servant quickly came out to wait for her orders, she told her to take Tessia to her room, this under the excuse that she has been on a dangerous journey and that she should rest, although her granddaughter refused and wanted to Following them, Virion did not care about his stubborn granddaughter's opinion and was sent to sleep in the end.

As for Arthur, Virion has yet to test him to prevent another tragedy from occurring, he was invited to accompany them by Link, although Arthur wanted to return to his room and focus on his core, he had a feeling that this mysterious elf would show him something very interesting, so he did not refuse.

Virion did not see a problem in this, even though this is a child, he claims to have killed some traffickers with his bare hands, so he does not think that seeing some corpses could affect him, in case he lied, then it is possible that he will be traumatized for because of this.

The three were taken by carriage to some place, on the way, Virion took the opportunity to ask Link about his doubts.

"You were lying about not being able to speak our language before?"

Virion asked after taking a puff on his pipe, Arthur sitting next to Link also looked at him waiting for his answer.

"I never said I couldn't, you guys just interpreted it that way."

Har replied without intending to give any important information, he would not say that before he spoke a language from another world and that was changed by an unknown being whose pupil is equivalent to a universe.

Also, he was thinking some things during the trip, he doesn't visit those who died from his attack to apologize, or at least that's not his initial idea, he just wants to try something with their corpses.

"..."

Hearing his answer, Virion and Arthur looked at him with blank eyes, although his words were right, they always felt that there was something more and that this Link refused to say it, but they wouldn't force him to talk about it either, there are more important things. than something like language.

"By the way, what kind of spells are those you use? I swear I've never seen anything so extravagant in my entire life."-Virion said giving Har a questioning look, since Link isn't wearing the helmet, he has the confidence to be able to see through his expression to determine if he is telling the truth in his next reply.

"What do you mean?"-Har didn't care about Virion's clear gaze, he just acted as if he didn't know about the spells Virion was talking about.

Realizing that this Link was planning to deny him, Virion just sighed and continued trying to get some information.

"That defensive spell, the stun spell you cast on the guard, the thunder spell you use to keep the enemy away, plus…"

Virion blew a puff of smoke out the window, narrowed his eyes at Har, and continued:

"That last thunder spell you cast."

'What is Elder Virion referring to?'

Off to the side, Arthur noticed that Virion became very serious when talking about what he called 'last spell', but he only thought about it for a second before looking at Har in surprise and doubt.

'What caused all those noises, was it a spell from Mr. Link?'

Arthur thought that there were enemies bombarding the castle at that moment, the idea that Link was casting such powerful spells on the castle did not cross his mind.

"They're just simple attacks, don't think too much about them."

In the face of Virion and Arthur's expectations, Har only continued to refuse to offer any important information.

'Just a simple attack?, hah.'

Virion taunted in his mind, if something like that last spell is simple, what kind of catastrophe does it take for a powerful attack?

"Not to mention other spells you showed or some you may be hiding, there is something in common between them that really caught my attention..."

Virion tapped the bottom of his pipe with a finger, his body relaxed on the comfortable seat of the carriage, he no longer expected this insidious Link to truthfully answer his questions, although he doesn't seem to be lying, he is being so vague in his answers that It's the same if you don't talk.

"...I'm surprised by the fact that I can't feel the mana, both in your body and in your spells, do you use any technique or artifact to hide it?"

Virion asked what both he and the other wizards wanted to know, even Arthur had many doubts about this, however, they did not expect to see a stunned expression on Link.

'Is there something wrong with this old man's perception?'

Har could only think this instantly, it's okay that he doesn't feel the mana coming from him, the points in his Mp attribute are null, he doesn't have such a thing as a mana core or anything like that, but his attacks should be different, No?

On second thought though, maybe the mana from champions' attacks resides in his spirit, and it would still be weird.

'I didn't know?'

Virion was also a little confused noticing Har's expression, though it might be a deliberate act to make him think that he doesn't know, but if that's the case, this Link is even more resourceful than he thought.

"I guess the old man Virion is not as capable as he seems" -Har said shrugging with a mocking smile, then he continued- "But you can be sure of one thing old man, I don't use any method to hide my mana."

'That's right?'

Virion didn't care about those mocking words, both he and Arthur fixed their eyes on Link, although Arthur's perception was still very low, he could still perceive the mana without problems, but it is impossible for him to see any trace of it.

Even Virion couldn't help but squint, he couldn't see the slightest trace of mana in Link, as if his core didn't exist at all, but that should be impossible, only when you wake up can you use the mana in your core to cast spells ,someone without a core is just an ordinary person who will never be able to use magic in his life.

Dwarves, elves, humans and beasts, regardless of race or lineage, they are all chained to the same rule, only someone who awakens their core can break the limits of the common and become a magician, it is not possible to interfere in the world to creating spells without mana is not something any race can do.

'...!'

When he thought about this, Virion's mind flashed through the memory of when he cut Link's body, although he could feel how the body resisted against his claws, which obviously indicates that he has a physical body, he could not see tissue or blood on it. The cut was like cutting a ghost.

'I can't feel the mana from him because… he's dead?'

Immediately Virion shook his head at him, it's impossible for a dead man to go around casting spells and saving children, even though he forgot this conjecture, he still had some doubts.

"What about those spirits I saw appearing behind you? Will you say you don't know either?"

Virion went on to the main course, this was undoubtedly the craziest thing Link had shown so far, he has seen many people die throughout his life, many more than anyone could imagine, some more important than others to him, but he can assure that he never saw their spirits.

Despite the fact that wizards' senses far exceed those of ordinary people, there is no indication that anyone was able to see another person's soul leave their body.

So what the hell is up with this Link, he didn't expect it, but he seemed surprised by his question.

'Are magicians able to see spirits?'

Har had not thought of this before, at least in Hyrule, it is said that only the chosen ones can interact with the spirits, although it is somewhat strange that mages can see this, it can only tell that they are the chosen ones of this world, or such Maybe it's because champions are just images created by a Virtual world and aren't considered spirits at all, whatever they are, he doesn't plan to admit that these were people.

"They are the epitome of my attacks, I'll just say that."

"..."

Virion and Arthur looked at him with blank eyes, obviously they didn't believe him at all, but they weren't going to continue with this anymore, it seemed to have turned into an interrogation.

"Excuse me, Mr. Link..."-Arthur spoke to him after a few seconds, but Har interrupted him.

"You can call me Link, you too old man."-Har said matter-of-factly, this made Virion act dismissive.

"Who gave you the right to call me old?"-Virion said pretending to be an arrogant nobleman.

"Maybe your age?, or well, I guess I should ask for a title of recognition like the princess's savior, Tessia Eralith, and rub it in your face."-Facing Virion's arrogant performance, Har counters with a heavy blow reality, Virion immediately felt these words like a stab and remained silent.

His expression was similar to that of a child who runs out of arguments in a fight of insults, seeing this situation, Arthur looked at them with blank eyes, this is the previous king of Elenoir and the other a powerful magician, why did he behave like children?

"Hmmm, ummm."-Arthur cleared his throat drawing the attention of these two scoundrels.

"What did you want to ask?" Har leaned back in his seat again and asked the boy next to him.

"First, I'm someone who likes to respect formalities…"

Arthur said this acting firm and graceful, like a son of a noble family, but Link's frowned look made him stop, he didn't seem to agree to this deal.

'haah…'

Arthur sighed inwardly, his pose became calmer, and his language was more careless.

"You invited me to accompany you for some reason, but where exactly are we going? What do you plan to show me?"

Hearing this, Virion looked at Har and didn't know if he would answer him truthfully, leaving this topic to him and continuing to blow smoke out the window.

"I want to try something with the bodies of the deceased."

"...?!!!"

As soon as they heard it, Arthur and Virion's heads snapped in their direction, is this Link 'that' kind of person?

Although Arthur doesn't know which deceased he's referring to, you don't need to know the exact bodies for what they have in mind.

'What the hell did this pair of lunatics play?'

Noticing the strange looks he was getting from these two, Har could sense that they were completely misinterpreting what he said.

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