My Desertion Would Be Faster Than Heros' Obsession-Chapter 50Vol 2.

It felt ironic that I was running straight into the mouth of the Ghost Groom, a place I had once tried so hard to avoid. Yet, I didn’t stop running.

In front of me, the large, pitch-black mouth of the Ghost Groom loomed, and in the moment I threw myself into it...

“Huff, huff... what is this?”

It was an unfamiliar ceiling.

...What’s this? Why is this an unfamiliar ceiling? Could it be that my calculations were off, and I died just now, only to reincarnate in another world?

“Sal, Sal... Salvia!”

But fortunately, my anxiety was quickly dispelled by Big Team's sobbing voice. I had collapsed, lying on the basement floor.

And beside me, I could see a broken mirror. Yeah, it was definitely shattered.

I pushed Big Team away with one hand, standing up abruptly. Then, I looked down at the broken mirror quietly.

“Salvia? Oh, now that I think about it, when Salvia opened her eyes, it shattered... Ah.”

Suddenly, as if feeling something, Big Team opened his mouth.

“Wow... magic power...”

I could hear Big Team’s voice in awe. He was probably feeling the flow of magic.

And I, too, felt the flow of magic. I rolled up my sleeves and stared at my wrist.

‘It hurts.’

The exact spot where the contract magic had once appeared was now tingling.

It felt strange, almost like both cold and hot at the same time.

I tried to forget the sensation by rubbing my wrist frantically, but soon, I witnessed an unbelievable sight.

“Ah...”

The faint remnants of the contract magic on my wrist began to glow brightly and then slowly started to vanish.

I felt the sensation of the golden chain that had entangled me—one that had bound me through the Border Defense Army even after my discharge—loosening. Something that had held me captive for so long was disappearing.

It felt as though not just my veins, but my very soul had been freed from its grip.

“Salvia?”

“Ah...”

Unconsciously, I wiped away a tear that had fallen. Yet, the tears did not stop and continued to flow.

Yes, I couldn't stop crying from the strange sensation. This was the first time I had felt such freedom since reincarnating into this world.

I looked down at my wrist. There were no marks left.

That could only mean one thing.

The complete destruction of the contract magic.

***

Clang! Clang!

Winter, who was dealing with the soldiers storming into the Emperor's office, looked down at his wrist, feeling an odd sensation.

The trace of the contract magic that had been on his wrist changed, darkened, and then disappeared.

It felt as though the blood was finally circulating through his wrist, which had felt as cold as if it had been frozen in ice. It felt like he was being reborn as a human once again.

He instinctively knew that Salvia had succeeded.

“Aquila.”

Winter called out quietly to Aquila, who was fighting the guards next to him. Aquila, drenched in sweat and swinging his sword, looked up.

“Salvia succeeded.”

“Salvia...?”

Aquila, who had also checked his wrist, gave a faint smile and nodded.

“My wrist used to feel hot all the time, but now it feels like the heat is gone... As expected, Salvia really has freed herself.”

Winter firmly believed that Salvia would succeed. Once Salvia set her mind to something, she always achieved it.

But Aquila seemed to believe in Salvia even more blindly than Winter did. Winter thought that Salvia, who had earned the trust of the usually difficult Aquila, was truly extraordinary.

After a brief reflection, Winter thought about the tasks he needed to accomplish next.

‘Now that Salvia succeeded, it’s my turn.’

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He believed that, with Aquila by his side, they could handle all the approaching guards. Then, they could move downstairs to support the others who were fighting.

After the Second Prince’s incident, Aquila and Winter now completely trusted each other.

Of course, they were still cautious when it came to Salvia, but they recognized each other's competence when it came to work.

“Then, Aquila, let’s deal with these first.”

“Got it, it’ll be done quickly.”

Perhaps due to the aftermath of the liberation from the contract magic, a new surge of strength seemed to rise within them. They now stared at the royal guards with fiercer eyes than before.

Boom!

The loud sound of battle echoed in the corridor as the fight resumed.

Of course, the victor of the battle was already decided.

***

“Huff, huff!”

Carrying the soldiers chasing after him, Karon suddenly felt an odd sensation and looked down at his wrist.

It felt as if the heavy stone that had been weighing down on his wrist had disappeared.

He quickly noticed that something was different about his wrist.

“Ishina-nim! The contract magic is acting up!”

“...It really is.”

Ishina, who had been distracting the guards beside Karon, calmly responded.

“The contract magic has been destroyed.”

“If the contract magic has been destroyed, what are we supposed to do now?”

Karon asked, though sadly, he had already forgotten the plan Salvia had shared with him. Ishina stopped moving and turned to face the guards.

“First, we need to defeat all of them.”

“That’s something I’m confident about.”

Karon flashed a confident smile and drew his sword, pointing the tip at the guards.

Ishina, too, grabbed his sword, standing beside Karon.

Though it had been a long time since he had started using firearms as his primary weapon under Salvia’s influence, Ishina still hadn’t forgotten the feeling of holding a sword.

Ishina and Karon charged into the midst of the guards. Then, calmly, Ishina shouted.

“And second! What we need to do is...”

Boom!

As Karon sent one of the guards flying with a powerful strike, Ishina’s voice rang out.

“Open the gates of the Imperial Palace! So the Border Defense Army can advance!”

***

A few days before the incident.

“What on earth is going on?”

Ever since the Border Defense Army arrived in the Fleure-Rosen region, Jason had been feeling increasingly confused.

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He had expected to fight with his life on the line here, but there was not a single soldier from the Kingdom of Butein.

While the soldiers were left bewildered, the Battalion Commander’s face remained oddly calm, as if he already knew the reason behind this strange situation.

‘Ugh! Why did Dalin have to be in the brig right now?’

Jason muttered in frustration as he thought of his former subordinate, now the current company commander, who was likely in detention. If she were here, maybe she would have been able to guess what was happening among the higher-ups.

Just then, the Battalion Commander stepped forward and said:

“Alright, our Snowy Mountain Battalion, we’re moving to the Imperial Palace now.”

“Eh?”

Jason couldn’t help but make a strange sound in surprise, quickly covering his mouth.

But no one paid attention to him, because just like him, everyone else was shocked and murmuring.

‘The Imperial Palace? Why are we going there all of a sudden?’

Jason was tilting his head in confusion when the Battalion Commander’s face became serious, and he spoke again.

“Everyone, how much have you suffered since being dragged here?”

A silence fell over the soldiers. No one had expected the Battalion Commander to suddenly say something like that.

“C-Commander! What do you mean by that?”

A sergeant, a native of the Empire, asked, bewildered.

Jason, observing the officers’ reactions, suddenly realized something.

‘Only the officers from the hetero sapiens race are calm.’

They definitely knew something.

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“All this time, we’ve been forced to undertake dangerous missions, having our comrades die one by one. But no one from this Empire has treated our lives with the respect they deserve. When we were sent out to support civilians, weren’t we subjected to discrimination from the Empire’s citizens and officials? How long will you tolerate this unfairness?”

“That’s right, that’s right.”

Voices of agreement came from somewhere.

The Battalion Commander then delivered the shocking news.

“There will be a revolution in the Imperial Palace.”

“What...!”

“The hetero sapiens who have already been discharged have decided to infiltrate the Imperial Palace to break our contract magic. This war was a deception from the start. Even now, they are working hard to free their race.”

“Those who have already been discharged...!?”

“Then, we too must add our strength. Now, we move towards the Imperial Palace to completely overturn this corrupt Empire. Who will follow me?”

The soldiers were stunned by the Battalion Commander’s sudden declaration, mouths agape. But soon, they wiped away tears as emotions of inspiration swept over them.

“They’ve already been discharged and still... for us...”

The Snowy Mountain Battalion had endured the deaths of comrades more than any other unit in the Border Defense Army. They were the most deeply enraged by the country’s unfair fate.

Born from the experience of loss, their strong camaraderie made them deeply moved by the news of a revolution led by the discharged hetero sapiens.

As soon as the declaration of revolution was made, voices of support began to rise from all directions.

“I’ll follow too!”

“I’ll go too!”

“I want to join too!”

Now, the soldiers’ eyes burned with a desire for vengeance against the Imperial family and passion for the revolution.

Meanwhile, Jason was more hesitant than the others. Taking a step back, his habit of thinking rationally while looking after Patty and Matty took over.

‘...Even so, isn’t joining a rebellion too dangerous?’

But just then, Patty and Matty shouted from both sides of him.

“Yes! I’ll go too!”

“I’ll go too!”

Upon hearing those words, Jason reflexively shouted along with them.

“I’ll go too!”

Jason felt a momentary emptiness as he sighed deeply. He was once again heading down a difficult path. But he couldn’t send Patty and Matty without protection...

‘Who the hell started this crazy revolution...!’

Though he didn’t know who the instigator was, he thought they were absolutely insane as he set out for the Imperial Palace.