ALL NOVEL Chapter 59
The Villainous Noble Who Kept Rewinding After Death: The Story Somehow Changed When I Committed Suicide
Chapter 59: Do As You Please
“Aishira! Please handle the enemies on the right front! Sara, buff everyone up! Ilia! Prepare to unleash magic at any moment! Sati, gather the enemies’ hate alongside me upfront!”
Following Viola’s commands, each member quickly took their roles and dealt with the marauding monsters.
Viola wielded a great sword, Aishira used a bow, Sara was an enhancer, Ilia played the magician, and finally, Sati wielded a large shield and mace—this was a truly balanced party.
“This is a really good party.”
With a single command from Viola, everyone maximized their roles, and if there was a mistake, someone else immediately covered it.
It was genuinely a well-coordinated party, making me nod in understanding of why the past version of her would feel happy when complimenting her companions.
“Fiera. We’ll handle the monsters behind us.”
“Got it.”
Leaving the enemies in front to Viola and the others, we faced the quickly approaching swarm of fish-like monsters with pointed mouths from behind.
These monsters were fast and small, making them excellent for surprise attacks, and if we got too focused on the enemies in front, there was a real risk of being stabbed from behind.
After about five minutes, we wrapped up the battle and cautiously advanced through the dungeon.
Then, after about three hours, a large door loomed before us, making us look up.
“Looks like we’ve arrived,” Viola said.
Just as she mentioned, we had finally reached the boss room, but it seemed that Viola’s party members, except for me and Fiera, looked utterly exhausted.
“Are we really going to challenge it today?”
Since I and Fiera had been the ones spotting traps to deal with, they probably still had a little mental leeway, but they couldn’t escape physical exhaustion.
“Yeah. We want to clear this dungeon quickly,” Viola replied.
“Why the rush?”
“Hehe. It’s not such a grand reason. I just want everyone to recognize us as a party.
Even though we’ve gained A rank, we’re still just a party of women. So, I want to show those who mock us that they’re wrong.
Moreover, if we shine, the other girls might feel motivated, too. We want to be their guiding light.”
Just hearing her talk, it sounded like a noble and wonderful idea. But was it really something worth risking their one and only life for?
(I can’t quite grasp that feeling…)
For me, even if I died, I’d have another life waiting, so I had no fear of death and could gamble my life without hesitation in dangerous situations.
But for them, each moment was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
That’s why I couldn’t understand the sense of going to such extremes for that one life.
“I see. Well, this is a parting gift from me. ‘High-Class Heal.’”
“Healing magic? Why for us?”
Viola looked surprised when I suddenly cast healing magic on them, inquiring with a bewildered expression.
“Well, I guess I was moved by your determination. I wanted you to do your best.”
“I see. Thank you. I’ll definitely show you that we can win. So don’t lose either.”
“Thanks.”
“Let’s meet again outside the dungeon.”
“…Yeah.”
After exchanging a final handshake, we released our hands, and Viola and the others touched the door to the boss room, entering the opened chamber.
In front of the now silent boss room, I continued to gaze at the door.
“El. What now?”
“What do you mean?”
“I think, if they go on like this…,”
From beyond the briefly opened door, I sensed a powerful aura from a monster. It wasn’t an ordinary monster’s presence, and Fiera must have anticipated the outcome from that feeling too.
“Probably. But we’ve just met, right? We don’t have any right to meddle with them further.”
Even if I knew about Viola, to her, we were strangers who just met today.
Even so, we shouldn’t interfere in their path toward their goal.
Everyone’s fate is decided individually. Just as I have a fate where I cannot die, so too is Viola’s fate no exception.
(So, perhaps enjoying life while following that predetermined fate is the way for everyone to be happy.)
One of the endings of their predetermined fate just happened to be today.
The days leading up to today must have been both tough and joyful for them, and surely fulfilling.
Viola, from the past, had said she had no regrets. So maybe it was better for me not to interfere with their fate but to accept the fate that has been set for them.
(Then, can I really say I’m living according to my predetermined fate by seeking eternal death? Or is the very feeling of wanting that…?)
As I began to lose my grasp on whether this longing for my own eternal death came from my predetermined fate or from my own desires, Fiera gently embraced me from the front.
“I don’t know what you’re thinking or what you desire, El. I don’t know all the experiences you’ve been through or how painful it has been for you.
But the El I know only does what he wants and avoids what he doesn’t want, a rather unbalanced person.
So, El, just continue to act according to your own feelings. Do what you want. I’ll follow you wherever. I’ll take care of the things you don’t want to do.
So… please don’t deny your own feelings and just do what you have to.”
“…Fiera.”
Her words helped me recall my own longing.
(That’s right. Ending this endless life is my wish. Whether this wish was given to me or something I desired, my aim remains unchanged.
Until I obtain a method to achieve that, I decided to live freely, doing only what I want.)
Besides, according to the goddess of fate, Oriens, it seems that the fate of this life has changed from before, so maybe there’s a different ending awaiting me.
Indeed, the Adonia territory, which was supposed to have suffered severe damages due to a monster rampage, had ended up almost unharmed.
(…Then, there’s only one thing I need to do now.)
“Thank you, Fiera. I will do things my way.”
“Yeah. That’s fine.”
“Alright. Let’s help Viola and the others first.”
“Understood.”
Having decided to interfere in the fate that was originally laid out for Viola and the others, we slowly approached the massive door and gently touched it.
The way to open the previously closed boss room door is either to defeat the boss, have the adventurers be wiped out, or to channel magic into the door again from the inside.
However, since the boss room, like a monster house, was a space created by the dungeon core’s magic, the same method could be employed to open it from the outside.
“Hah. I never thought I’d think of moving to change fate at this point. No, that’s not it…”
Having faced countless setbacks, I thought that the emotion of changing fate was long gone.
Yet, the moment I began to seek eternal death against the recurring fate of returning from death, I realized I had been trying to change fate all along.
“I’m not really interested in helping others, but Viola helped me a lot in my past life. I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to save her just this once.”
Resolving myself, I instantly matched my magic to the dungeon’s wavelength and opened the big door, entering inside.
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