I Transmigrated as my Bias's Messenger Bird - Chapter 57
Rai walked slowly towards the man and stood before him. As Rai raised his hand, chains made of light materialized in the air, ensnaring the man who let out a tortured scream.
“How did that rat from the underground prison manage to escape on its own?”Rai said mockingly.
Then the man groaned and said with a strange sneer, “…Your arrogance will devour you someday.”
Rai gave him a small nod, and said with a low voice, “Ah, I see.”
As Rai finished speaking, radiant spears descended along the chains binding the man. The man screamed, but managed to force a sinister smile.
“…Everything has already begun.”
“So it seems. I’ll take note.”
“As He wills it, it shall be done.”
“Is that so? How about telling me more about him?”
As Rai raised his hand, a swirling bead of light appeared and entered the man’s throat.
“Argh…! Useless…!”
“Is it? Even if you’re a low-level, you should know that a 7th-level confession spell ignores the will of the initiator, right?”
“…Ugh…”
“Who are you working for?”
“…Ugh…aaaaah…”
The man tried to clutch at his throat in an effort to resist Rai’s magic. Blood began to trickle down the corners of his mouth. He bit his tongue.
Then it happened. At that moment, a gust of wind blew from nowhere, causing the man to look up at the sky.
Kwaaaang—
A powerful thunderbolt struck down from the sky. It was a green lightning bolt, different from the one that struck the man in Judgment.
The man’s body, pierced by lightning, burned white. As his entire body started to disperse like scattered sand, the man began to laugh eerily.
“…My mission is complete.”
Escaping the influence of the 7th-level confession spell meant the man’s life had come to an end.
Rai, muttering a curse under his breath, tried to deploy a protective barrier to prevent the man from disappearing. But his body had already scattered like ashes.
The man’s mouth, barely a trace of a face, laughed—the sound resonating like a howl in the wind.
“All things are according to His will…”
***
It was a dream. A dream where I knew that I was in a dream. I found myself standing at the center of a vast hall. Alone in the dark and bathed in light, like an actor on a stage delivering a monologue.
As I surveyed my surroundings, the spotlight gradually grew bigger and spread throughout the room. Only then did I notice numerous doors along the edges of the hall. Soon, I realized that those doors resembled something I had seen somewhere before.
“That’s… ”
The structure looked like it was made of interwoven tree trunks. It was definitely something I’d seen in Regia.
Just then, I heard the sound of wings, and Coo flew down and landed in front of me. I stooped down, gingerly picking up Coo and stroking her head.
“You exceeded my expectations.”
Coo praised me with a very cute voice. What kind of dream was this? Was my subconscious… really this hungry for praise?
“What?”
I asked, feeling as if I’d been confronted with a hidden desire, and Coo spoke again.
“But it’s not enough.”
Huh? Coo, who are you to evaluate me?
“Let’s do this.”
Coo blinked and spoke, coming to a conclusion on her own. “From now on, I’ll give you subquests. If you do well, it will help you in your quest.”
Only now realizing the strangeness, I asked, “…You?”
Coo fluttered her wings cutely and replied, “Yes!”
“Why?”
But being the skeptical human that I was, I didn’t believe in favors with no strings attached, no matter how cute Coo was. Even if this scene was created by my dream.
“Because…”
Coo seemed lost in thought, hesitating at the end of its sentence before flapping her wings again and shouting, “Because I want you to succeed in your strategy!”
“…Why? Wait, is it really you, Coo?”
As I asked with a guarded expression, Coo blinked casually and said, “That’s not important. Because I want you to succeed in your strategy!”
It was a miraculous argument. I smiled and nodded, knowing in my gut that I couldn’t talk to this bird anymore.
“Yeah, got it. Well, what’s the point anyway? It’s just a dream.”
“I’ll keep rooting for you!”
“Sure, sure.”
“See you later!”
“Oh, okay. Goodbye.”
“No, I’m not the one leaving…”
It seemed like Coo’s words were fading, and suddenly, she took flight. Then, abruptly, she soared towards my face, screaming fiercely.
“You!”
.
.
.
“Ahh!!!”
“Keisha? Are you okay?!”
Waking up with a scream, I saw Reina, sitting across from me and looking at me with wide eyes.
