It's better to tell him now, since this will be one of the few times when it's appropriate to have a conversation since he's barely managed to shake off people around him. The guardian spirit lowered his eyes.
[I am....]
Guardian spirits hate Death.
It was like that before, it is like that now, and it will always be like that in the future. It wasn't simply because he was trying to get his identity revealed.
[He was a hero without honor.]
Death was the entity that took away everything from the guardian spirit.
...Yeah, everything. Thanks to this, all he could do was sit helplessly and watch.
[This was true even though the 'hero candidates' who were 'unrecognized heroes' sat in the coveted seats.]
A reputation built through sin is also a reputation, and a reputation built through dishonesty is also fame. Karma and achievements should use the same karma. The guardian spirit that had been deprived of it was nothing more than a helper.
Moreover, the medium for that work was none other than the child he cherished the most.
It's a story from the past that ends with his precious child dying and making he who he is now, and there's nothing good about it to know, so what's the benefit of telling it like this?
'What are you planning, Death?'
The Guardian Spirit's expression became dry.
It was only for a moment that he pondered the past. He cleared the bitter inside of his mouth with a low click of his tongue and focused his thoughts on the present again, putting aside the non-urgent intention of death and pondering the clues given.
'There will be information obtained through the conversation so far, so this will be enough to put it together.'
A hero without honor from a mythical era where heroes and demon kings were known to have existed.
This is all the information that can be given. If we combine the existing information we have accumulated over a long period of time together, it will not be that difficult to find out.
Raven seemed to sense this too and opened his eyes wide.
"Are you saying it more clearly than I thought?"
[......It has to be that way.]
The price of losing a bet with death is to determine the end of the days of living, and that end is not rest but eternal pain. Also, as long as the child hopes to win the bet with death, the guardian spirit has no choice but to help the child.
[Because I am your guardian spirit.]
"..."
So why? Why is it 'my' guardian spirit? Raven frowned at the incomprehensible answer.
"...In order to gain my trust, it would have been better to tell the other side."
[...]
"I understand for now. Thank you."
It's very important and necessary information, so he listens to it in silence, but actually, rather than that, he wants him to tell why he is so devoted to him.
...But if he asks any more questions here, he won't get an answer. It's a familiar situation.
Moreover, the core of this conversation was related to the 'name of the guardian spirit' from the beginning. Raven put aside the unanswerable questions and turned to the familiar direction of his thoughts.
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The Immortal Has a Guardian Spirit - Denpi
FantasyThe immortal sinner who lived for over a hundred years was fundamentally weak-hearted. Therefore, when he found out that his student, whom he regarded as his own child, had deceived him, he felt more sadness than anger and chose to go into hiding in...
