episode_0325

‘If it were Eugene, he would have told me and left, but I ended up following him when I saw him leaving without a word…’

Grand Duchess Marianne carefully walking on the moonlit night road,

None other than she is following her beloved adopted son, Eugene Schneider.

Isn’t she, Grand Duchess Marianne, dedicating her passion and sincerity to the refugees?

Thus, this loving woman is taking care of the people and working every day in the office the Emperor made for her, reducing her sleeping time in the hope that she can be of any help to them.

Then, she saw her precious adopted son, Eugene Schneider, leaving outside with Victoria at night.

‘Of course, I thoroughly trust our Eugene, but it’s true that I’m anxious. Due to the Duke’s corruption, Eugene may have suffered quite a bit of psychological distress…’

Who is Eugene Schneider? He is a human who sincerely wants to be filial to his adoptive mother, Marianne.

Thus, now that they are together again after two and a half years, he shows a lifestyle pattern of always reporting to his adoptive mother as if he were reporting first, wherever he goes or whatever he does.

So, Eugene Schneider went out with Victoria past midnight without saying a word?

Since Antoine’s crazy behavior swept through, Marianne had no choice but to investigate her adopted son, setting aside her dignity as the Grand Duchess.

‘Hmm…yes, it seems like they went this way. That’s right. Those footprints are definitely those of the Commander of the Victoria Empire Knights!’

But there was a problem.

What is the problem? Grand Duchess Marianne, who has only lived a righteous life, is not used to following someone.

Of course, she should maintain a distance that seems like she’s about to get caught, but not enough to lose them, and follow them from behind,

However, the scaredy-cat Mom Marianne maintained an excessively safe distance, and lost Eugene and Victoria while she was distracted for a moment.

But that didn’t mean she could give up.

Because she is a Mom who loves her adopted son Eugene Schneider more than her own life.

Therefore, she exerted her poor tracking skills to 200 percent, and eventually discovered footprints presumed to be Victoria’s.

As she was about to continue the pursuit with such a happy heart,

“Aren’t you Grand Duchess Marianne! What brings you here at this hour?”

Someone spoke to Marianne in a very familiar manner.

“Vi, Vincent?”

The person was none other than Victoria’s left-hand man, Vincent.

Victoria’s side needed considerable security to investigate and meet Raonjena. Therefore, Farnese and Vincent were taking turns patrolling the surroundings to check the situation.

Marianne, who encountered such Vincent, became flustered with a rapidly embarrassed look.

“Hmm…the moonlight is so beautiful that I felt a strong desire to take a walk…So, I was leisurely strolling and ended up coming outside Helios Castle like this, Duke Vincent…”

She is Righteous Living Mom Marianne, who has hardly ever lied in her life.

But what else can she do, she has to lie.

Therefore, she rambled on to Vincent with a very poor tone and eyes.

“I fully understand, Grand Duchess. But it is too dangerous to take a walk alone at this dark time. Even though this area is protected by the Goddess’s Crystal.”

Vincent nodded slowly and agreed with Marianne’s words.

Vincent wouldn’t be cunning enough to read Marianne’s intentions.

Like Victoria’s subordinate, he is also a stubborn and quick-witted FM.

He was purely worried about the dangerous night outing of the high-ranking Grand Duchess.

“I will escort you.”

“Hmm…I’m okay…”

As a result, Marianne fell into trouble.

She has to investigate her beloved adopted son,

But it is common sense for a knight of a noble family to try to escort a high-ranking Grand Duchess.

Thus, Marianne encountered an obstacle called Vincent.

“You, Raonjena, sis? Are you really Raonjena, sis??”

Marianne’s precious adopted son, Eugene Schneider, was also greatly embarrassed.

A mysterious being suspected of being a demon,

But it wasn’t a demon. It was Raonjena, the older sister he knew, who had the most memories after his father, Ulysses Schneider, when he was young.

‘How can this be…! That Eugene Schneider has grown up like this! That child who looked so weak!’

Raonjena was also greatly embarrassed.

As Victoria intervened in the middle, Raonjena escaped from the confusion of mistaking Eugene Schneider for her teacher, Ulysses.

As a result, an even more unbelievable appearance unfolded with a different feeling.

This is because the image of young Eugene Schneider in her memory was infinitely far from Ulysses Schneider.

He was not only delicate and weak, to the point where it was doubtful whether this child was the son of the greatest Sword Master in history,

But the child had grown up so much that he made her mistake him for his teacher, Ulysses Schneider.

“Ulysses Schneider’s disciple Raonjena is correct, Great Swordsman Eugene. She will tell you herself, but she is in a state of being addicted to undue energy, so she has become like this now. Look at this sword, look at this sword.”

Swish…!!!

Victoria, who became a bridge between the two, confirmed Raonjena’s identity to Eugene. And it didn’t seem like it would end with just a verbal confirmation. She put her hand inside her cloak and took something out.

“Raonjena said that if you see this sword, Great Swordsman Eugene, you will believe it is her.”

It was none other than a dagger with a cute appearance.

“Ah!!”

When he saw the dagger, Eugene Schneider had a look as if his memory had returned.

“It’s a dagger that my father gave to Raonjena, sis, as a gift when she became a Sword Master!”

That’s right. It was a dagger that Ulysses Schneider bestowed on his beloved disciple, Raonjena.

Ulysses not only showed Eugene the dagger while preparing it, but also told him affectionate stories about Raonjena, and Eugene watched Ulysses bestow the sword on Raonjena himself.

Whoosh…!

Eugene Schneider, who couldn’t hide his surprise at seeing Raonjena’s dagger, turned his head back towards Raonjena with a dazed look and open mouth.

‘Really, it was Raonjena, sis!’

Eugene Schneider knows it well.

How much Ulysses cherished his disciple Raonjena, and how faithfully Raonjena followed her teacher.

Raonjena’s expression when receiving the dagger from Ulysses seemed to little Eugene Schneider to be filled with happiness as if she had the whole world.

After that, every time he saw Raonjena, she cherished and was proud of the gift her teacher gave her.

If it was Raonjena, she would never have lost her teacher’s last gift.

In other words, as Victoria said, the identity of the woman who has become like a demon in front of her is Eugene’s sister, Raonjena, with whom he was close when he was young.

“Si, Sis! Nice to see you…I heard my father sent you on a long business trip. And then, after more than 10 years, we met again like this.”

Step, step, step,

As the situation was understood, Eugene Schneider dismissed the attitude that had been stained with vigilance against the mysterious being until just before, and walked a few more steps forward to greet Raonjena with a reunion greeting.

Raonjena frequented Ulysses and Eugene’s house.

This was because she, who was practically in charge of Sophist management, had to report to her teacher regarding it.

So, naturally, Eugene could also have frequent encounters with her.

But from a certain day onwards, Eugene couldn’t see Raonjena.

Eugene was curious about the reason and asked his father Ulysses, and Ulysses’s answer was that Raonjena had to be sent on a long trip because she had something to do that would take a long time.

Not long after that conversation took place between father and son, Ulysses became a Sword Demon, and after that, 10 years passed.

[Th, that’s right Eugene…I mistook you because you grew up looking too much like Teacher. It’s nice to see you. You’ve grown up so healthy in the past 10 years…]

Stagger, stagger, stagger,

Raonjena answered Eugene’s kind greeting in a weak voice.

Then she falters,

As the person who caused his father’s death, and as a being who has become so ugly, she is overcome with shame due to a sense of inferiority.

“Ah, that could be true. It’s true that I’ve changed too much since then.”

Stop!

Eugene, who was approaching Raonjena, stopped.

This is because he judged that Raonjena was feeling burdened by her appearance, which had become ugly.

‘It’s shocking. Victoria said she would introduce me to someone, but I really couldn’t guess who it was, but it was Raonjena, sis. How did the two of them meet? And how did Victoria find out about Raonjena? Why has she become like that?’

After exchanging a few conversations with Raonjena, various questions began to arise in Eugene’s mind.

Wouldn’t it be natural? What connection do Victoria and Raonjena have?

“But sis, this may be a rude question, but why has your current appearance become like that? Can you tell me?”

Eugene didn’t hesitate.

When inferring the purpose for which Victoria brought him here, it didn’t seem like it was for the purpose of a soft and friendly promotion.

And Raonjena’s severely altered appearance was also clearly a key keyword in today’s meeting.

Therefore, he asked a direct question while being polite.

[Ah…]

That question left Raonjena speechless.

‘How can I tell him this…That I was blinded by inferiority to Eugene and fell for Antoine’s scheme and caused Teacher to die…And that even I was addicted to the fact that I caused Teacher to die, and I ended up becoming this hideous…’

In front of Eugene Schneider, who had grown into an adult who looked exactly like Teacher, she couldn’t bring herself to say those words she had organized in her head, even though she had prepared for about half a month.

Glance…!

Raonjena is anxiously looking at Victoria’s eyes, writhing in anxiety,

“…..”

Victoria watched Raonjena with a calm expression, without intervening this time.

It can be seen as a message to settle the matter herself, just as the reason she didn’t kill Raonjena.

[Sophist…I became like this because I was addicted to Sophist’s elixir…]

Raonjena finally opened her mouth,

“Did the Sophists take revenge on Sis, who is my father’s disciple?”

Eugene interpreted her words based on the past information he knew.

[No, as a result, I made myself like this…I was the leader of the fallen Sophists…]

Then, Raonjena confessed to Eugene in a sad voice that came from deep within her abyss that she was the leader of the fallen Sophists.