episode_0113

‘She had that?’

That which fell from Vivian’s sleeve,

It seemed to be something that Eugene Schneider knew well too.

“You dropped this handkerchief! I will pick it up for you, Director Vivian.”

“No, Mr. Antonio, I, I will pick it up.”

Fumble, fumble, fumble,

It was a handkerchief.

So Antonio, who was on the side where the handkerchief fell, tried to pick it up instead, but

Vivian strongly refused and picked it up herself.

‘Ah…so that’s why she was able to recover her mentality so quickly?’

Smirk…!

Watching the situation, Eugene fully understood Vivian’s mental recovery speed, which even surprised him.

Also, as the content was quite interesting, he raised the corners of his lips with a strange feeling.

‘My old handkerchief wiping her face must have really stuck in her heart.’

The handkerchief Vivian dropped was the one Eugene used to wipe Vivian’s face, which was covered in his semen.

“Haaah… Hng… Hngh…”

Trickle…! Trickle…!

Vivian cried so sorrowfully last night.

She squeezed out all her tears and snot and cried her eyes out.

Squeeze…!

In her hand, she tightly held Eugene’s old handkerchief.

‘I’m so happy…I’m so, so happy…Heuuuh…’

In other words, Vivian’s tears were not actually tears of sadness, not tears of true sorrow.

Rather, they were closer to tears of joy.

‘Eugene wiped my face with this warm handkerchief…He could have just left, but he wiped it…Haaah…’

Squeeeeze…!

Vivian hugged Eugene’s handkerchief deeply and dearly to her chest.

Vivian wanted to take away Eugene Schneider, who was so kind to Jeanne.

Her eyes were turned by her private desire, and despite holding the position of the head of the merchant guild in charge of an important quest, she went after Eugene.

The result was, of course, being dumped like trash.

Not only that, but she was stripped naked and subjected to all sorts of humiliation, and after experiencing oppressive Amaraçao, she even had to endure a gangbang that only prostitutes experience.

However, all of those things were forgotten by Eugene’s single act of wiping her semen-covered face.

‘I clearly troubled Eugene…so I deserve to be treated like that, but it feels like I was cheaply forgiven and received even greater consideration…’

I stand corrected. It wasn’t just forgotten.

It was an impact that had been glorified.

Vivian felt a pang of conscience as she went after Eugene.

Regardless of any trouble with Jeanne, going after a man who already has someone doesn’t sit well with Vivian’s own morals, as Jeanne understood.

She had that pang of conscience, but she pushed forward because of her maddening possessiveness towards Eugene.

However, her heart kept being pricked, and it could be said that she especially acted submissively in front of Eugene because of that pricking.

Therefore, Vivian felt ashamed while experiencing Eugene’s abuse and pressure, but at the same time, she thought she was being punished.

Of course, Eugene did it with the thought of delivering justice, but he had no intention of alleviating Vivian’s mental burden at all.

However, as Vivian experienced his act of wiping her face at the end, she accepted it as if Eugene had intentionally judged her and then offered a healing hand.

It couldn’t be denied that it was a very self-centered and self-righteous interpretation.

‘It’s different from then…I clearly lost my way and collapsed back then too, but it’s definitely different…’

However, Vivian’s mental state is not something that can be interpreted at the level of common sense in the general area.

The fear and mental breakdown that Eugene’s cold and overbearing attitude threw at Vivian was truly great.

To the point of becoming a fool, having lost her identity as the head of a large merchant guild.

But it is clear that that hellish feeling was not Vivian’s first.

She had experienced those feelings very intensely 12 years ago when she sent her father Alexis away.

Because there is that clear comparison group, it can be said that Vivian is in such an abnormal mental state now.

‘He took my hand…Eugene reached out his hand to me…Back then, no one reached out their hand to me…Heeeuh…’

Vivian, who had fallen into the abyss 12 years ago,

However, what made her despair even more in that abyss was the fact that no one reached out a helping hand.

All those marriage proposals disappeared.

Even the retainers who seemed like they would give their lives for Alexis and the Saint-Pierre family all ran away.

Even the people who treated her like their own mother at social gatherings rapidly distanced themselves and only showed a manual-like appearance.

Even Antonio, whom she had known for a really long time and was almost like a brother to her father, couldn’t visit because he was tied up for political reasons.

‘So I struggled to become stronger…but clearly the hatred and pain remaining inside me is…Heuuuh…’

It was such a desperate abandonment that it felt like a knife was plunged into her.

An abandonment where no one stood by the side of the young Vivian,

Vivian, who had spent several years as a recluse because of that, stood up with her own strength.

But on the outside, she seemed confident and like she was charging forward, but Vivian’s insides were rotting away.

This was because her obsession with her father and her desire for revenge against the people who turned their backs on her and the Pierre family were the driving forces.

‘He took my hand…Eugene reached out his hand to me…Back then, no one reached out their hand to me…Heeeuh…’

But,

Eugene reached out his hand and wiped Vivian’s face at that moment 12 years ago, unlike those people when Vivian’s heart was collapsing and she couldn’t see ahead.

In other words, Eugene’s actions were bound to be compared so clearly with that time 12 years ago.

That’s why Vivian looked up at Eugene at that time as if she was out of her mind.

It was as if she had met a saint bestowing blessings.

So Vivian was giving meaning to Eugene’s actions, glorifying them to the point of being almost mentally ill.

‘If I hold this handkerchief, I can feel that feeling from back then…The feeling of him wiping my face…It’s like I can hear Eugene’s voice right next to me…Haaheueuh…’

Squeeeeze…!

Vivian was happy as she desperately clutched Eugene’s old handkerchief.

It was a happiness close to relief.

The only medium that could free her from the fear of loneliness that was deeply rooted in her heart,

It can’t be denied that it’s a truly terrifying taming.

Clearly, Eugene treated Vivian carelessly.

He treated her with such coldness that even the word carelessly feels inadequate.

Nevertheless, with the last act of consideration that Eugene showed, all those actions became rational actions within an absurd justification.

In that way, the exhausted female Vivian became madly devoted to the bad boy Eugene.

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“Really? So the situation is that I only need to worry about Vivian’s security?”

After the quest representative meeting ended that night,

Eugene was leaning against a large tree at a corner near the accommodation where he was staying, with his arms crossed.

As he did so, he reacted as if confirming someone’s words.

“You can interpret it as giving you that much power. Director Antonio trusts you too, and Advisor Ivan really shook things up regarding the goblin extermination quest last time.”

The person on the other end was Jeanne, the leader of the Red Fox Mercenary Corps, and the woman he had opened up.

After Vivian set the major schedule, a second meeting was held between the Iron Cross Knights and the Red Fox Mercenary Corps after she left.

It was a meeting to determine the method of escorting the merchant group passing through the Alphonso Count’s territory with a large amount of logistics, and the overall system.

“If several people are attached to Vivian, there is a high possibility that Tyrannos will use more vicious methods to take Vivian’s life or inflict fatal injuries. Rather, by attaching only one person, they are trying to prevent that.”

The way to escort the merchant group leader Vivian that was decided was for Eugene alone to be in charge of her.

It is a kind of empty fortress strategy.

Based on what the Iron Cross Knights have experienced so far, if Tyrannos cannot stop the merchant group from advancing, they will try to give scratches to establish their status no matter what.

That’s how they will save face.

The target to aim for in that plan is Vivian, the merchant group with logistics and the merchant group leader.

However, the Iron Cross Knights and the Red Fox Mercenary Corps cannot realistically have enough protection troops on both sides.

Therefore, the Iron Cross Knights and the Red Fox Mercenary Corps eventually came to the conclusion that it was a reasonable method to efficiently mark Vivian’s side.

They made a plan to maximize that efficiency by inducing the opponent to simplify the method of attacking.

“It has considerable risk. If it succeeds, it will be very dynamic, though.”

“Director Antonio was confident that Tyrannos will try to attack both sides, and if Vivian’s side only blocks you, he said that the attack on that side is likely to be simplified.”

The risk is great.

And the reason why they chose such a risky method is because they also want to protect both sides without any damage.

“Did Vivian accept?”

“Vivian guided it even more. It seems that she wants the merchant group’s goods to be protected at all costs, even if it means taking risks.”

The fact that such an operational aspect was passed was greatly reflected by the will of the merchant group leader Vivian.

In fact, Antonio wanted to put Vivian’s safety as the top priority.

However, for Vivian, who believes that the merchant group’s achievements are closely related to her father Alexis’s dream,

she has to make the secret trade results a great success.

This means that more dramatic results are needed, so

Vivian put herself out as a kind of bait.

‘Kuh…instead of cutting me off, they’re sending me even greater trust? That handkerchief must have really touched her deeply.’

However, there is a factor that others besides Eugene do not know that greatly influenced her decision.

Vivian’s abnormal trust in Eugene actually accounted for more than 50 percent of this decision.

“Then I’ll go back now. The area that our mercenary group has to cover is not easy either, so my schedule is tight from tomorrow morning, so I think I should go to bed early.”

Swish…!

After telling Eugene the final plan in detail, Jeanne slightly turned her body to return to her accommodation.

‘Huh?’

Eugene Schneider, who was speechless at Vivian’s absolute trust, looked at Jeanne’s appearance and was dumbfounded.

Then

Grab!♥

He grabbed Jeanne’s ass, which had been swaying seductively as she turned around.

“Heey, Hii!”

Swish!

As a result, Jeanne stopped in her tracks and slightly turned her head to look at Eugene with wide eyes, expressing her embarrassment.

“What? Are you just going? Aren’t we going to have sex?”

That’s right, the unfaithful male, Eugene Schneider, who has just started to go out, cannot forgive Jeanne for just going back.

He was literally now openly asking to have sex with her, Eugene Schneider.