The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

309 – Return

As I exited the passage, what I saw was countless amounts of blood. There were also several pieces of flesh scattered like fragments.

I took a quick look around. This is the place where the mad Jamie fought. Nothing had changed since the last time I remembered it.

The blood on the floor did not dry. It means that time here did not pass while I was traveling to other worlds. I was a little worried that it might have been a few months, but I was glad that Luna didn’t have to worry unnecessarily.

As I turned my head, the back of my neck felt tickled, so I unconsciously raised my hand and was surprised to see hair touching my fingertips. When I felt the back of her head, I noticed that her hair was long enough to go past her shoulders. The feeling of her scratching the back of her head was awkward.

It was clear that time had not passed in this world. Considering the muddy, blood-soaked floor you are stepping on and the smell of blood that assaults your nostrils, there is no room for doubt.

I didn’t know why my hair suddenly got longer. Still, if I had to guess, it would probably be due to the time I spent in another world.

While I was thinking that, green light suddenly erupted from my wrist. As I frowned and looked at my wrist, I could see the runes surrounding my wrist gradually disappearing.

As the green light faded and the runes on my wrist disappeared, a space warehouse opened in front of me. It’s a phenomenon that feels like déjà vu.

Sure enough, just like when it was trapped in a dimensional crack, Fatulga’s magic book flew out of the space warehouse.

Fatulga’s magic book flew in front of me and opened the back page to the newly added page on how to create a passage to another world.

As I looked at it, the letters on the page suddenly grew larger, as if ink was smearing, and eventually the entire page turned black, making it impossible to read.

Along with that, I could see that all the knowledge that had created a passage to another world had disappeared from my head. It felt as if he had fulfilled his role and disappeared.

After being dazed for a moment, I picked up Fatulga’s magic book that had fallen on the floor and looked at the blackened pages before finally coming to my senses. Just because time hasn’t passed, doesn’t mean you can waste it.

Let’s move quickly. That’s what I decided, but I don’t know where she is because Jamie changed her portal coordinates and kidnapped her to an unknown location.

With a sigh, I put the Fatulga’s magic book I was carrying into the storage room and changed into new clothes. And she tied her long hair together using leather strings that were stored in the storage room.

Preparation is complete. So now… All I could do was find a nearby village and walk aimlessly.

***

Fortunately, there was a village along the road. From there, you could take a carriage and travel to a nearby portal station.

The place where Jamie was kidnapped was not far from where they originally started, so they were able to return to the Perlkus family mansion before nightfall.

When I knocked on the door, the servant who came out to greet the guest looked a little embarrassed when he saw my face.

The moment I was about to open my mouth to explain the situation, a bustling noise arose from behind the servant.

“Ross… ?”

As the servant opened the door further, he made eye contact with Navier, who was sticking his head out from behind the servant. His eyes seemed bigger than usual, as if he was surprised that I had returned.

It’s a natural reaction. By my standards, it had been almost a month since we had met, but for Naver, I came back after only half a day. It must be embarrassing for someone who sent him off by giving him a gift.

“What did you leave behind… .”

Navier, who was smiling mischievously, looked at me and trailed off.

When I tilted my head at that strange reaction, Navier’s head tilted in the same direction as if following me.

“Well, it’s Ross… ?”

I slowly nodded to Navier’s cautious voice. When I returned after half a day, my appearance had completely changed, so it was a completely natural reaction.

It was even more natural if the hair was not short, but long enough to go past the shoulders. An observant Navier would naturally be concerned about my changes.

“Well, something changed in the atmosphere, so I asked just in case…” . “Why is your hair like that all of a sudden?”

“… “By any chance, are you thinking of keeping it parked outside?”

After changing the subject with a lame excuse, Navier nodded to the servant and opened the door. As she entered the mansion, Navier came to my side with a curious look on his face.

“Ross, why did you come back… ?

The reason I visited the Perlkus family mansion again was to keep another world’s promise to make Raelan my comrade.

But the big brown eyes looking at me were filled with anticipation. It seems like he is looking into himself for the reason why I came back to the mansion.

“I still have something to talk about with the matriarch. “We’ll talk later.”

Navier looked blatantly disappointed in my answer. Seeing her slightly pouting her lips and showing disappointment, I added a word.

“It’s a shame to talk briefly.”

It was an attempt to soothe his disappointment, but Navier nodded vigorously, as if he was satisfied with that.

After making an appointment to talk with Navier, I followed the servant to the office of the Perlekus family head.

Raelan, who was drinking coffee and reading a book, saw me entering the office and said with a smile and a teasing voice.

“Has it been less than a day since you came back because you missed Navier?”

He joked as if he was trying to gauge the reaction, so I sat down on the chair across from him without saying a word.

“No, I’m here to keep my promise to you.”

“My promise… ? “Except for Navier, have we made any promises?”

Raelan’s eyes asked me to explain what he meant, so I looked straight ahead and opened my mouth with a relaxed smile.

“Of course you don’t know. “It’s a promise I made to Raelan from another world who promised loyalty to me.”

At those words, Raelan looked at me with interest and put his mouth to the coffee cup.

“What is that promise?”

“It was a promise to recruit myself from this world as a colleague as well. “Because I need a counselor.”

The corners of Raelan’s mouth stretched into a snake-like smile and he spoke in a low voice.

“If the lord’s qualifications are insufficient, he will be eaten by a schemer. “It’s especially dangerous if you have a skilled tactician like me by your side.”

I responded in a firm, low voice to the eyes that seemed to be measuring me.

“Only I would be qualified to have you as my advisor.”

Each other’s gaze was tangled in the air. Without avoiding eye contact, I glared at Raelan with her sharp eyes as if we were having a snowball fight.

“You’ve changed. “In just half a day.”

Raelan, with a smile resembling a snake as he said that, tilted his upper body toward the desk and said.

“Yes, seeing as you confidently say such absurd things as promising me from another world… “It must mean that you have the confidence to persuade that much.”

Raelan added with a murderous smile, deliberately showing his presence to put pressure on me.

“Let’s see where you can hear it.”

What to say has already been decided. This was advice Raelan from another world gave me.

“You from another world said so. It wasn’t poison that killed my father… it was a letter.”

The corner of Raelan’s mouth rose slightly. It seemed that way to me.

“If I hadn’t said the words ‘different world’ first, I would have lost my life the moment I said those words.”

As if these weren’t empty words, Raelan put the staff he was holding in his hand back into his bosom.

For some reason, Raelan from another world gave advice and smiled ominously, telling Raelan here to hear the reason directly… He probably expected that he would react this way and deliberately didn’t tell me the reason to annoy me.

“I know a secret that only I knew… “I don’t think I have the right to be called master.”

I wasn’t embarrassed by Raelan’s words. Now I have a reliable method of persuasion. I grinned and smiled.

“So, I have something to show you.”

I decided to use this opportunity to use the Memorize magic that I learned as a last gift from Ross of Longing.

I stretched out my hand on the desk and concentrated my magic into my palm. After creating a snow globe with nothing inside on the palm of one’s hand, multiple images were created using lines and surfaces.

Putting all memories into a snow globe was inefficient. Only the important parts conveyed were briefly visualized.

The fact that I was possessed and everything I have done so far. And all the clues and things I experienced while traveling through the multiverse were put into a snow globe.

Raelan, who was watching the snow globe being made with interest, asked me a question as soon as the magic was completed.

“It’s similar to Nelson’s magic. Navier says you are Nelson’s favorite… “Are you a hidden disciple or something?”

I shook my head. I didn’t want Nelson’s genuine goodwill to be misunderstood.

“no. “This is a magic that I, from another world, independently upgraded Principal Nelson’s magic from the world of imagery.”

“Hoo, are you saying you met yourself in another world?”

I nodded and glanced at the snow globe resting on my palm.

“Here is why you have no choice but to become my advisor.”

“You, who turned into a different person in just half a day, wouldn’t do something pointless. “Where should I trust it?”

Raelan smiled and placed his hand on the snow globe. Then the snow globe radiated light and Raelan’s fingertip entered the inside of the snow globe.

Raelan put his hand into the snow globe and closed his eyes, then opened them a moment later. Raelan, who had been silent for a while as if organizing his thoughts, finally opened his mouth.

“… As expected, the correct answer was to believe in the master’s stupidity. “I never thought I would really keep my promise.”

Raelan’s smile made me realize that the madman had become a friend.