episode_0193

Tears of a saint.

Selene frowned at the monstrous thing she had not seen in a very long time.

“Why does dad have this?”

Her eyes flashed sharply.

When I see things like this, it reminds me of my mother when she was young.

Kairan, who was especially bad at lying in front of his wife, was the same in front of his daughter.

“Received”

“Receive? From whom?”

Kairan did not answer the next question.

Selene’s eyebrows shot up, and she jumped up, slamming the table.

“Even though Dad said that, Estia?!”

Kwajijik-!

The table that was struck shattered into pieces.

Hild, who was sitting right next to her, caught the saint’s tears falling in surprise.

“Hilde, give me that!”

“… Huh? Isn’t that something important?”

“It doesn’t matter! I’ll destroy it right now”

Selene reached out and tried to snatch the saint’s tears away.

However, Hild, who had been observing the situation, turned away and hid her tears in her arms.

Selene clung to Hilde’s actions like that.

“Give it here! Give it here!”

“No, I’ll listen to your story first”

“There’s no need to listen to the story”

“Still, I don’t think this is right. Let’s think about it calmly for a bit”

The argument continued like that for a while.

Eventually, Selene held off on shedding tears for a moment.

The woman and her husband faced each other across a broken table.

“Explain it properly”

“… Yeah”

Kairan sighed as if she was confused, then wiped her face with her palm.

Phew-

A long sigh escaped.

Hild saw her father from the original world overlap with Kairan’s appearance.

My father always had that look on his face when he sat on the stairs smoking a cigarette.

“If it makes me uncomfortable to listen, I’ll leave”

Hild asked politely.

Kairan studied him a little longer than Hild had said.

Up, down, on both sides. He slowly examined his face and soon gestured for me to sit down.

“No, it’s okay to listen”

“… Okay”

After receiving Kairan’s permission, Hild took a respectful stance.

Selene’s hand was placed on his hand.

Hild kept her eyes fixed on Kairan and held Selene’s hand tightly.

“Selene. You know your mother is sick, right?”

“… Of course”

The reason Selene started her adventure.

The reason I started dreaming of becoming a warrior.

It also means the romance and freedom of adventure,

On one hand, there was a grand goal of wandering the world and curing his mother’s illness.

As I travel the world, won’t I get to know the person who put a curse on my mother and also find a solution?

“Mom is sick. A little bit more”

Selene’s eyes widened and she turned to her mother.

Ceres, whose eyes met mine, looked down as if she felt sorry.

Only then did I see the wheelchair my mother was sitting in, and the black ankles that were slightly exposed underneath.

Selene flinched as if struck by lightning and ran over to lift Ceres’ blanket.

“… Oh, Mom”

The last thing Selene remembered was her mother, who wasn’t very healthy, but she wasn’t in imminent danger of death either.

Her curse was not completely cured, but she was able to suppress it as much as possible through prayers received from the Holy Land and blessings from various priests.

In particular, the divine power of Saint Olivier.

She was clearly an unlucky woman, but she was a monster who did the work of hundreds of priests alone.

It’s been a while since I’ve been to the Holy Land, but it’s still so strange that the curse has suddenly reappeared like this…

Ceres’ curse had spread through her calves and down to her knees in just a few days.

“Only three days have passed”

“… Four, three days?”

“Yeah”

At this rate, it probably won’t last more than two weeks.

Kairan couldn’t bring herself to finish her words.

“Honey, Selene. Don’t worry too much. I’m okay”

“What’s okay!”

Ceres speaks with determination.

Selene ran to her mother and hugged her, screaming.

She burst into tears in her mother’s arms.

The sight of her mother’s legs now withered away only added to the guilt and regret in Selene’s heart.

“I’m sorry, Mom… I’m sorry. I was out playing… So… ”

“Don’t say that, Selene. Your mother is glad that you have become such a great person. Did you hear that you became a warrior? It must be such a happy thing”

Ceres smiled brightly as she talked about when she first heard the news.

“Do you know how happy I was when you became a warrior? That blunt father bragged about it to the whole neighborhood”

“…Yeah… ”

“You said you spent two days just opening the presents your dad gave you because your friends were so jealous?”

“… Yeah”

“So Selene? Don’t make that face. Mom… is okay”

Selene made no answer.

Ceres just gently stroked her daughter’s head.

“The second prince came to me. He gave me the tears of this saint”

“… Prince Hagen?”

“Yes, and he gave me a choice. To protect Ceres or to lose it”

Kairan’s gaze turned to the tears of the saintess in Hild’s arms.

Feeling those gazes, Hild carefully put the bottle down.

Unlike before, Selene didn’t make a fuss about breaking the bottle.

“So, what did you say?”

“… He said he couldn’t answer ”

“… Idiot”

The father said nothing despite his daughter’s reproachful words.

As she said, she was a fool.

As evidence, isn’t there still nothing that has been properly protected?

The nickname of Guardian of the East, which I used to be so proud of, now seemed very distant.

“To be honest, I think I should just accept it”

“…!! No, honey!”

It was Ceres, not Selene, who responded to Kairan’s words.

Kairan looked as if he was about to cry at any moment as he looked at his wife who was speaking firmly.

“You are the guardian of the East and the pillar of Estia. So many people trust and rely on you, so how can you bow your head to a king who is nothing but a sham?”

“Madam I… ”

“The Kairan I know isn’t that kind of man”

“… I’m sorry. I’m not as great a man as you think I am”

“… Are you really going to accept him as your king? Hagen is not prepared at all. Is that all? That suspicious woman who was with him. You said that Kairan felt her strange power too”

Hagen has Louise by his side.

Kairan, who encountered her once, experienced her strange power.

For a moment, I felt dazed and like I had become her puppet.

It was a disgusting, unpleasant feeling, like someone was grabbing my brain with their hands and shaking it.

Even the evil Hagen’s personality changed suddenly depending on her words.

There was no doubt that she was behind Hagen.

“Kaira, you have to be strong at times like this. If you fall, who will we rely on?”

Ceres continued to comfort Kairan without thinking about her own safety.

Kairan was dizzy and torn between two paths.

“What should I do, Madam? I have no power”

“Why are you so weak? You are that Estia. There are hundreds, thousands of warriors who will raise their swords and fight at your word. Please don’t forget what you have to do”

Ceres caressed Kairan’s cheek.

Kairan was reflected in her moist eyes.

The owner of the East looks like a puppy that got drenched in rain.

Ceres felt a deep maternal pity for the pitiful sight.

And on the other hand, I was deeply hurt by his love that weighed only himself and a country.

“I am so proud of you. And please continue to be a proud husband and father. Please”

“… Ceres… ”

Kairan pulled Ceres into her arms.

She, who had stood back to back with him on the battlefield, was now so thin that she could fit into his chest.

‘What should I do…?’

The scale kept tipping and returning.

What is the right choice?

I wonder if there is a right choice.

For now, I wanted to take off my title as a nobleman and as a guardian of the East and become an ordinary farmer.

Well then, there must be someone to blame.

Now there was no one to blame.

Selene also quietly wiped away tears between her mother and father.

…

Hild’s eyes sparkled in a completely different way in the solemn atmosphere.

His eyes were fixed on Ceres’s ankles, which were dyed pitch black.

Looking at that thing called a curse gave me a strange sense of foreboding and a familiar feeling of discomfort.

I’m thinking hard about what that is

It occurred to me that it was very similar to when I first saw Lily.

In that moment, I came to my senses as if I had been doused with cold water.

“Excuse me for a moment”

Hild moved before Kairan could give permission.

The Kairan couple looked at Hild, who suddenly left the place, with a puzzled look.

“Hild?”

Selene’s eyes, which were shedding tears, followed him as he hurriedly walked away.

Hild stopped right in front of a room.

Bam-

A door opened without even knocking.

In the room, a handsome young man was sleeping and snoring.

As Hild threw off the blanket, the sleeping young man curled up, feeling his empty stomach.

“Graham wake up”

“… This, this is going to be difficult… Estia Youngae… Youngae is… Hyung’s… Hmm… ”

What does a crazy person dream about?

But there is no time for jokes.

Hild grabbed Graham’s rug and lifted it up.

Kudangtang-

As the rug was lifted, Graham fell limply to the floor.

“…!! Hey, an intruder?!”

Graham, his eyes half-asleep, staggered to his feet and groped at the head of the bed.

It looks like he’s looking for a sword, but unfortunately there’s no sword, only a vase.

“I don’t accept confessions from men, sorry”

“… Brother?”

Graham carefully lifted the vase.

Hild quietly put down the vase and took Graham’s arm.

“Tongue, where are you going, brother? Even if you are my brother, I can’t stand this kind of rudeness”

“Shut up and follow me. You have strong support ”

“Reinforcements… ?”

Graham woke up from his sleep and followed his brother, staggering from side to side.

And before that.

Hild stopped by my room, took something out of my bag, and carefully put it in my bosom.

“What is that?”

“Coma”

“… Soul? Number”

Hild, who had returned with Graham, straightened her clothes in front of the room.

Then knock carefully.

Knock- knock-

“… Brother, you didn’t knock when you came into my room, did you?”

“Don’t worry about the little things, little brother”

“I’ve said it over and over again, but I’m a prince… ”

“Come in”

I heard someone telling me to come in.

Graham hadn’t finished speaking yet, but Hild quickly led him in.

Graham sighed and swallowed his sorrow.

I’m still talking!

“Kairan, Ceres. I brought you someone you absolutely must meet”

“… Who should we meet?”

“Yes”

Hild gently grabbed his hand and pulled it.

Graham, who was behind him, poked his head out.

… !!!

And the gazes of the two people who met eyes widened simultaneously.

Kairan suddenly got up, made a face of disbelief, and then knelt down in a reserved posture.

Ceres also bowed politely while sitting in her wheelchair.

““Meet the great Prince Graham””

“Oh my god! It’s not Sir Estia! I can’t believe I’m seeing Sir Estia here!

Graham smiled broadly and hugged Kairan, as if he had never expected that.

“Is the prince alive?!”

“There was a bit of a crisis, but I’m still alive”

“Oh my goodness… I’m so glad. The newspaper said the prince died in a demon attack… … ”

“Hmm! The attack by the demons is true, but there is a hidden story. I will tell you that later”

“I’m sorry, Prince. We, who are supposed to serve and protect the King, are acting so foolishly. Please punish me severely”

Kairan, kneeling, pulled out the entire sword from his waist and handed it to Graham.

Hmm! This is it! This is what it means to be treated like a prince!

Graham smiled happily at the warm hospitality he had received for the first time in a long while.

“No! It is because of your loyalty that I am alive and well! I am truly strong because of you”

Graham laughs heartily and cracks jokes.

Kairan, who never thought Graham would be alive, let out a long sigh of relief.

As the excitement subsided over time, my brain started working again.

…what the hell is this kid?

Kairan looked at Hild with a soulless face.

“Your Majesty, I know it may be presumptuous of you, but what is your relationship with this guy?”

Graham pointed to Hild and said, “Oh, this guy?”

And what he said next was enough to send a pang to Kairan’s heart.

“He’s my brother!”

“… Yes?”

How can I believe it?

A country boy who was brought home by his daughter is being called “big brother” by the prince of a country.

But before her pounding heart could even calm down, Hild prepared a series of bombs.

He carefully took a bottle out of his bosom.

Inside the bottle was a beautiful potion that glowed in five colors.

“… Uh… Uh… ”

Kairan stuttered like a mute.

“Kairan. This is an elixir”

Elixir!

A potion that is said to be a blessing from God that turns the tears of a saint into a divine essence, incomparable to the tears of a saint.

“… Son-in-law, shall we sit down and talk?”