SS #2 If
TL: Tsubak
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“A path I didn’t choose?”“Right, I path you didn’t choose. It’s a magical tool called ‘If’.”Freya smiled brightly and answered Tae Ho’s question. Her cheeks that were red because of the alcohol were really nice to see.
But that was one thing and this was another one. It was hard to understand what was the silver feather shaped magical tool that was in her hands.
“Uh…what is it specifically?”
Freya smiled wickedly at Tae Ho’s question and then spoke to everyone at her surrounding.
“It’s a magical tool that shows you the path you haven’t chosen. If you grab that and insert magic power into it, it shows you a world from when you made a different decision based by the memories of the people that inserted magical power. And of course, it’s precision increases the more people put magic power.”It meant that it was a kind of simulation machine.
“Oh.. that’s really amazing.”“Yes, this magical tool has various uses. Only…”“Only?”“It spends an excessive amount of magic power. In addition, we need the magical power of various people to increase its precision. That’s why I didn’t have many opportunities to use it.”If only one or two people inserted magic power, the precision rate lowered so the worth of the simulation also became lower. In addition trying it for fun was one thing but if you used it for military purposes you also needed the magic power of the enemy so it was hard to use it properly.
This tool seemed like it would have many uses but it actually had no use.
Freya smirked once again. She raised the silver feather high so that everyone related to Tae Ho were able to see it well and yelled.
“Let’s finally use it for real!”Because there were a lot of people related to the specified subject.
And it was at that moment. Tae Ho realized how the situation was flowing and then stepped back while clearing his throat.
“Wait, if it goes like this-”“Grab him!”Freya yelled and suddenly, two Valkyries appeared to grab Tae Ho’s arms and didn’t let him move an inch.
“Gandur? Reginleif?”“I’m curious.”“Let’s try it like a man!”Gandur spoke evilly like usual(?) and Reginleif yelled valiantly.
“I’m starting it now.”Freya placed the silver feather in Tae Ho’s forehead as if she was ignoring his opinion.
&“Oh, he really collapsed.”“Sh, watch well. It seems like the video is going to appear.”“Won’t it show something lewd?”“It has an automatic level regulator so you don’t have to worry.”They were Gandur, Reginleif, Cuchulainn and Freya respectively.
Tae Ho collapsed without being able to resist as soon as the silver feather touched his forehead and a cloud arose above his head.
A big curtain was made inside the cloud just like a television and the video started to play.
“Did the legion he entered change?”“Right, it seems like he entered my legion.|Freya answered Hildegarde’s question and looked at the video fixedly. They were sure that it was Freya’s legion as they could see Freya’s palace in the background.
Tae Ho was always stuck next to Hildegarde inside the film.
“Ohh, does he have that kind of relationship with Hildegarde?”Hildegarde blushed as Cuchulainn whistled.
Gandur pointed to a corner of the screen and yelled.
“Look over there, it’s Heda. She seems to be in a bad mood.”“Gandur, she also seems to be in a bad mood even now…”Ingrid spoke in a really low voice and checked Heda. She was glaring at the screen with sharp eyes and honestly speaking she was really scary.
Whatever happened outside the screen, the video continued to play.
“Hmph, he’s completely fallen for me. Everyone can see that right?”‘But I think that his love for his woman is still the same.’
Cuchulainn mumbled inwardly and looked at Tae Ho inside the screen. He did look to be close with Freya but he wasn’t head over heels for her like Freya had said. It seems like his love for Hildegarde was already solid.
But it was then. Schathach, that had been looking at the clip, said in a low voice.
“It seems like that is a bad ending route.”“Bad ending?”Nidhogg blinked and tilted her head and then turned to look at Adenmaha. Adenmaha stroke her head and answered.
“It’s a conclusion with bad results. There’s one in one of your story books, right Nidhogg?”“Uhh… i’m getting depressed just by thinking about it…”Nidhogg remembered the ending of the story book and put a teary face. Adenmaha embraced her like she couldn’t do anything about it and, Nidhogg that got better thanks to that looked at Scathach again.
“Scathach master, why is that a bad ending? Because Adenmaha is not in it?”Tae Ho from inside the screen wasn’t able to meet with Adenmaha, Heda, Idun and Siri. Scathach explained.
“It’s because he wasn’t able to obtained the piece of Gae Bolg. That’s why Adenmaha also didn’t appear. Well, it would still be a happy ending for Adenmaha’s waist.”“Hey, there’s a kid here.”“You should be the one to be more careful. Did you put a lock to your diary?”That advice came from a master of Scathach’s style technique. Adenmaha shut her mouth at those words and Scathach put on a smile of victory.
And after some time passed since the video started to play. Nidhogg screamed.
“Adenmaha died! Tae Ho master! You are bad!”The film was playing the battle with Tyrant Bress and Adenmaha was facing her death in a corner. It was the result of having fought at the side of Bress and not with Asgard.
“Well… I would still be a slave of Bress if I didn’t meet master…”Adenmaha put on a bitter smile. She was as composed as she could maybe because she had also been expecting that future to some extent.
And a few minutes once again.
The video that passed quickly became slow and then a face of everyone they knew got a close up.
“Wow, it’s Nidhogg!”“So meeting Nidhogg is a must.”The video played for a bit more while Cuchulainn mumbled alone but a bad ending came out in the end just like Scathach expected. Tae Ho had managed to return to Asgard with Nidhogg but he had no means to defeat the Magician King as he didn’t have Gae Bolg or Excalibur.
“Well, so this is how it flows. Let’s pass to the next one then.”Because this was merely the start.
Freya rolled her finger and the video returned to the beginning.
&“Where is this?”“It seems like it’s Ullr’s legion.”“Oh, so he falls in love with me?”Gandur smirked as if she was looking forward to it. But compared to her expectations there was another woman showing in the screen.
“It’s Siri.”“So it’s Siri.”“What, so what about me?”“It seems like he fell completely for her.”Gandur did appear in the video but her role wasn’t that different from now. Tae Ho was always next to Siri and at some point the two of them started to have a relationship beyond that of comrades.
“Hoo, that’s nice.”Gandur grinned and turned to look at Siri and Siri just made a small smile as if it was fun.
“Adenmaha appeared this time!”Because Tae Ho’s actions at the early stages matched with Ullr’s legion. He could safely find the piece of Gae Bolg and put his hands on the Piece of the Broken Sword.
But there were different parts with reality.
“Tae Ho master is being cold to Adenmaha…”That was the case. The relationship between Tae Ho and Adenmaha didn’t progress that much. It only gave the feeling that they were just close.
“Well, he would always be next to Siri in that route.”Adenmaha pouted her lips when Cuchulainn said that while shrugging his shoulders but she couldn’t deny that.
It was because the same result would have been made if Heda was always next to Tae Ho in reality.
“That’s the case, so that is the case.”Bracky spoke in a low voice under the scene that Tae Ho and Siri exchanged a kiss under the moonlight. Siri flinched and said in a low voice.
“That’s all a simulation. A simulation.”“Well, you are always next to me in reality.”Bracky grinned and embraced Siri’s waist with his big hands and Siri, that should have scolded him simply let herself get embraced by Bracky.
And at that moment Gandur giggled and pointed at the screen.
“Heda is frowning again!”“She is doing so actually… Gandur…”Ingrid spoke in a low voice while checking on Heda but Gandur was busy laughing.
Cuchulainn touched his chin and said.
“We can see a limit in Tae Ho’s growth because Ragnar didn’t appear. So the time to awaken me gets late.”Because there was no one at Ullr’s legion to introduce Ragnar to Tae Ho. The situation was different with Freya’s legion or Idun’s legion.
“Well, this one also ends in a bad ending.”Tae Ho didn’t have Idun’s blessing so his health got greatly weakened and wasn’t able to endure the battle with the Magician King.
Freya rewinded the video to the beginning once again.
&“Is it Odin’s legion? That’s Rasgrid.”“So it’s Rasgrid this time? He likes all the Valkyries.”
Tae Ho also became someone close for Rasgrid. And his eyes looking at Rasgrid belonged to a man fallen in love.
“So that is the case, that was the case.”The temperature in Heda’s eyes reached the absolute zero. Gandur flickered and looked at Rasgrid.
“Rasgrid’s reaction isn’t bad either. What happened?”“That’s just one of countless possibilities.”“So you are saying that it has a possibility?”Gandur smirked and Rasgrid frowned. Ingrid also spoke in a low voice.
“Gandur… Even Rasgrid started to frown…”Heda was already frowning from long ago.
The video started to fast forward. Nidhogg, that was watching the video while curling like when she did a frontal roll, dropped her shoulders.
“Adenmaha doesn’t appear again.”The probabilities to obtain Gae Bolg was 50% if he went the route of Odin’s legion but he wasn’t able to obtain it in the video.
He also wasn’t able to obtain the Piece of the Broken Sword as he had no connections with Siri or anyone else from Ullr’s legion.
But that wasn’t the only problem.
“Nidhogg seems lonely.”Rasgrid wasn’t able to replace Adenmaha. She was a really considerate person but she couldn’t take care of Nidhogg like Adenmaha did.
Nidhogg stood up abruptly and hugged Adenmaha.
“Nidhogg needs Adenmaha. You can’t go anywhere Adenmaha. Yes?”“I’m not going anywhere leaving you behind my child.”“Hehehe. I really like Adenmaha.”Nidhogg buried her face in Adenmaha’s chest and Adenmaha touched her hair and cheeks while smiling brightly.
“How warm.”Because another place was warm thanks to Heda.
“Ugh, that is also a bad ending.”“Because he wasn’t able to obtain the piece of Gae Bolg or the Piece of the Broken Sword.”He wasn’t able to defeat the Magician King this time too.
“The role of this body of mine is certainly important.”
Cuchulainn looked at his surroundings waiting for someone to agree but no one answered him. Freya smiled brightly and said.
“This peace is the result of the repetitive miracles Tae Ho made. It shouldn’t be easy to reach it.”It wasn’t only Gae Bolg or the Piece of the Broken Sword. The present was made when countless fates collide.
“Shall we see one more for the last time?”Freya flicked her finger.
&
“It’s the sea.”“Is it Njord’s legion?”“That’s Ingrid.”“Oh, that’s nice to see.”“So he just likes all Valkyries. So that was the case.”They were Nidhogg, Rasgrid, Reginleif, Gandur and Heda respectively.
Heda’s voice was also cold this time.
Tae Ho was looking at Ingrid with deep eyes in the video and it seemed like Ingrid didn’t dislike that.
“So that is a man that falls in love really quickly.”Because he fell for all the women he met for the first time.
Cuchulainn clicked his tongue as if he was pathetic and Adenmaha pouted her lips.
“Master is a fool.”Adenmaha also didn’t appear this time. But that wasn’t the only problem.
“The difficulty is at the highest this time. He doesn’t have Gae Bolg or the Piece of the Broken Sword and Ragnar also isn’t present.”He had no weapon and master so there was no way to avoid a bad ending.
But this moment the conclusion wasn’t the important thing. Gandur yelled and clapped her hands.
“Look at them, look at them. They are kissing. A kiss.””“That’s, that’s merely a blessing.”Ingrid made an excuse with a red face so Gandur laughed more evilly. She poked Ingrid’s side and laughed.
“Ey, that’s only a fake so why are you getting that embarrassed for? Huh?”Ingrid couldn’t even answer this time and lowered her head. Heda didn’t turn to look at that Ingrid but her eyes looking at the screen were scary.
“Adenmaha. Heda’s expression is scary.”“Sh.”Adenmaha covered Nidhogg’s mouth in a hurry and checked on Heda. Fortunately, she hadn’t turn to look at them.
A few minutes later.
“Nidhogg appeared again!”“Ingrid treats her well.”“Well, she has that character.”It was like Gandur and Reginleif said. Ingrid took care of Nidhogg as well as Adenmaha did.
“Nidhogg also follows her as well as Adenmaha.”Cuchulainn touched his chin as if it was fun. Nidhogg looked at the screen as if that was amazing and then walked towards Ingrid.
“Hey Ingrid, can Nidhogg hug you?”Because the two of them didn’t have any interaction until now.
When Nidhogg asked with a scared face Ingrid smiled warmly. She spread her arms and expressed agreement.
Nidhogg didn’t hesitate and got embraced by Ingrid. She rubbed her cheeks in Ingrid’s chest and then mumbled while closing her eyes.
“Ingrid is also warm. It’s nice.”And she said that she needed Adenmaha.
The expression of Nidhogg inside the video and the expression of the real Nidhogg indicated that only having Ingrid was enough to make her happy.
“They said that raising children was meaningless…”“I never said such things.”Cuchulainn imitated Adenmaha and then laughed and changed the subject.
“No matter how things flow, there are things that remain the same.”Everyone that was looking at the video turned to look at Cuchulainn. Cuchulainn explained while raising one finger.
“First, Tae Ho always falls for the first Valkyrie or female warrior he meets.”“He doesn’t even have preferences.”“So she just has to be pretty.”“He passed for Gandur.”“Gandur is frowning. That’s a good thing.”Laughters were heard at some places. Cuchulainn raised his second finger.
“Second, if Tae Ho remains alive until Nidhogg appears, then Nidhogg will appear for certain.”“Hehehe, I always meet Tae Ho master. But I am really depressed as there were many times that I couldn’t meet Adenmaha. I also want to meet Adenmaha.”She also liked Ingrid but Adenmaha was certainly the best.
When Nidhogg returned to Adenmaha, Adenmaha hugged her as she couldn’t do anything about it and said.
“So we met like this in reality.”“Yes! We did!”“How warm.”Every looked at Nidhogg as if they felt the same way as Cuchulainn. Excluding one person.
“Freya unnie, you recorded all that, right?”It was Heda. She asked Freya with cold eyes and Freya, that flinched unconsciously, checked on Heda.
“Huh? Yes… I did but…”She tried to say something else but it was impossible. Freya gave up in the end and when she saw the eyes of the two people, Idun and Heda, she could only hand over the copy.
“For Asgard and the nine realms. You have to go easy on him okay? He’s still our master.”“I will see how he fares.”Just what was she going to make him do?“Heda is scary…”“For the peace of the residence.”Adenmaha embraced Nidhogg and looked away. This was a time to step back.
&The night deepened.
When everyone fell in a deep sleep excluding Idun’s legion.
Ingrid, that was in her bed, covered her head with her bedclothe. She then inserted magic power to the small metal feather.
It was the video she recorded carefully without anyone knowing-no, actually she felt like Gandur did notice.
The small recording that appeared under her sheet was showing her sharing the best blessing with Tae Ho. Ingrid saw that for a moment and then embraced the metal feather in her chest. She said with a really low voice.
“If.”A story that was like a dream.
Ingrid watched the video again and then put the metal feather under her pillow. She closed her eyes hoping to dream of something nice.
< SS #2 If > End
