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094 – Hyde enters the snake’s den! # 2

Atalanta had never been scolded by anyone in her life.

She is the beloved daughter of the merciful Pope Gregory.

Because everyone thought that way, no matter what I did, I wasn’t scolded.

I really wasn’t scolded no matter what I did.

I realized it when I was 13.

Atalanta kicked Pope Gregory’s beloved cat out of a window she had accidentally left open, and it was never found again.

Atalanta remembered Gregory’s fiery personality and thought she would be very scolded, but—.

Pope Gregory did not scold Atalanta.

At that time, I thought I was fortunate.

I’m just glad I was able to get through safely – that’s what I thought.

As such incidents increased one by one, Atalanta could not help but feel puzzled.

━Why doesn’t His Holiness Gregory scold me?

━Because His Holiness Gregory is such a generous person. Also, it is clear that you have a special fondness for Prince Atalanta. Maybe he will pass on the throne to you!

━Really? That must be the case!?

Atalanta thought so too at first.

However, as time passed, Atalanta was able to notice that Pope Gregory’s mercy was far from affection.

The Pope’s daughter.

Although she was a barbarian from a pagan background, Atalanta grew up to be a noble person and read a lot of the Bible and became familiar with certain passages.

“Never stop correcting children. “The child will not die if you beat him.”

“It is right to save that soul from hell, even if it means beating it.”

It was a story from the Proverbs written by wise King Solomon.

‘My father, Pope Gregory, often read Proverbs because he wanted to be a king like Solomon. He must have memorized the verses of chapter 23 and verse 24 in his head.’

He said that if you love your children, you should never stop disciplining them.

And Gregory never once attacked Atalanta.

I just gave a warning in front of everyone out of courtesy.

This story points to one thing.

‘His Holiness Pope Gregory does not love me.’

Conclusion made on your own.

But Atalanta could not trust her own judgment.

Atalanta wanted to get scolded by her father to prove that her conclusion was wrong.

Many reckless acts were committed, and the intensity became more and more severe, to the point where Atalanta herself no longer knew how much was true.

At that time, a strange priest appeared.

He brought unimaginable humiliation to Atalanta.

When I think about that time, it makes me feel like my hair will all stand on end.

‘But the body odor is really gone.’

It was just as Hyde said.

Have you really become a new person?

‘And this is the first time I’ve ever looked back on my life like this. ‘No one took my side.’

Palak-.

Atalanta, who did not want to meet anyone, slowly walked through the tent and spoke.

“Are you saying you used the whip to discipline me? Like you said, it seems like it’s really Rust’s curse or something. The body odor is gone.”

Sze-.

Priest Hyde seemed a little surprised by the sudden appearance of Atalanta.

It was as if he had seen a ghost.

“I heard that you are not meeting anyone. And it looks fresher than I thought. I heard you were hit with a bunch of stones.”

“I am a woman of the Domarian tribe! Do you think you can get hurt just by hitting a stone? Anyway, come in and talk! Have I really become a new person?”

“In fact, that is not the case. Becoming a new person in itself is a strange story. A sin cannot be forgiven just because people criticize it and throw some stones at it.”

“You bastard!!! Then why did I have to go on that ugly pilgrimage or something!!!”

Blunt-.

Atalanta was so angry that her blood boiled.

Should I kill this man by crushing him with my fingers right now?

‘Am I going to kill this incompetent foxtail guy? No, compared to the humiliation I suffered, it would be too merciful to crush this guy to death with your fingers!’

The power over life and death still belonged to Atalanta.

That fact actually made Atalanta calmer, and she felt like, let’s hear what this guy is going to say before he dies.

Soon Hyde spoke.

“Atalanta Ball. Actually, isn’t it nice to get attention? Didn’t you intentionally cause trouble and do something foolish because you wanted to get the attention of His Holiness Pope Gregory?

“What? What’s wrong? This guy─.”

People tend to panic when they are caught in an unexpected situation.

Atalanta felt something even sharper than when the person she thought had surrendered stabbed her from behind with a blade deep inside her heart.

So, when I was speechless, Hyde spoke.

“I grew up in a place where orphans gathered, and I have seen many people like you who caused trouble. Most of them ended very, very badly. If someone had truly scolded them, their lives would have been different.”

# # #

I was surprised.

This was because Atalanta’s condition was better than expected.

I heard you suffered an injury that will likely last 3 to 4 weeks?

However, perhaps because of this incident, I came to a great realization, but my energy was greatly suppressed and I felt intimidated.

If before it looked like a hungry cougar, now it looks like a big cat the size of a cougar.

Seeing that image reminded me of my brothers and sisters at my orphanage.

My wayward brothers.

They were always bombarded with stones of criticism and insults, but there was no one to hit them with a sincere cane.

Because they were orphans.

And although she was adopted by Pope Gregory, Atalanta was still an orphan.

Orphan.

A lonely high school.

Ai (兒).

Lonely child.

What a pathetic word this is!

I tell you what, the world was already hell for those lonely kids.

Of course, I grew up without knowing loneliness because I was always loved by everyone, but the world was cold to my brothers and sisters.

Atalanta looked just like my brothers and sisters.

“Atalanta. Live a good life from now on. Otherwise, someday people like me may appear and try to beat you with a cane.”

“… … !”

It was Atalanta, her hair standing on end.

It looks like my hoecholi was spicy.

I spoke sternly to Atalanta.

“It would be better not to listen to what Hyde, a mere human, says, but to listen to it as if it were the Lord. It is said that the Lord appears in the form of the most hateful and disliked human being and conveys His will.”

Sze-.

I said everything I wanted to say.

From the looks of it, Atalanta seemed to be living quietly without causing any trouble.

At least for the time being.

Since we are human beings born with a sinful nature, we are bound to cause problems and commit mistakes.

Children who remember the pain of someone hitting them with a cane will still try to find the right path.

Then Atalanta spoke.

“You were an orphan too, right? Are you doing such strange things recklessly because there is no one to beat you with the stick?”

Like Atalanta said, I was also an orphan.

If you think about it, we humans are all orphans who were kicked out of the Garden of Eden.

However, the fact that I was not whipped was different from Atalanta’s.

I didn’t do anything wrong in the first place.

I have been an honor student since a long time ago.

When thinking about that, Atalanta asked.

“Then, what should I do from now on?”

“If you read my book “Village of Back Alley Nymphs,” it explains everything about how to live in the future. A nymph left alone like an orphan in an unfamiliar world. Follow in his footsteps.”

Sze-.

I handed over the entire volume of “The Village of the Back Alley Nymphs” that I had prepared to Atalanta.

Atalanta looked like she couldn’t understand, but I didn’t have time anymore.

It was already approaching 2 o’clock.

I had better leave quickly because I didn’t know what kind of harm the priest like Little Inbae would do to me if I didn’t leave.

“You did well to put a stray lamb into the fence again today.”

“What happened to the fence?”

The voice I most wanted to hear came from behind me and I was truly disgusted.

“It’s Mom!”

When I turned my head in surprise, Milione was standing there, dressed in a light leather outfit like an adventurer.

“Hyde, you don’t have a mother. On the topic of orphans!”

This guy was more like a lion looking inside the fence than a sheep that escaped outside the fence.

I couldn’t believe I ended up running into this guy at a time when I was so sentimental.

I asked.

“Did you come out to see me off leaving the city?”

“No. I’m going to go with you too. Are you saying you’re leaving Barakhan? Great. Take me out!”

no!

My eyes were dizzy from the story I most wanted to hear!

I wanted to place Milione next to her older brother, Alter Archibald!

Milione frowned, unaware of my thoughts.

“This Barakhan is so fucking boring and boring that I feel like I’m going crazy. And I really wanted to see with my own eyes how you would die. Most likely, you will die within a month. I guarantee it.”

How dare you die, you crazy bitch!

She was such a vicious bitch that she cursed openly in front of people.

In fact, the evil women I have met, such as Atalanta and Anemone, were so good that they could be compared to angels compared to Milione and her main character, Las.

Having watched Lars from the side more than anyone else for the past five years, I knew that fact best.

It was Ras, not Atalanta, who should have made the real repentance pilgrimage!

Of course, if he had done something like that, Ras would have torn people to death and burned down the city.

The cane is applied only to those who need to be cured.

I pursed my lips to hide those thoughts.

“Milione. There will never be a day when your wish comes true. Those who are saved are promised eternal life. I will be immortal without dying.”

“Really?”

puck-.

Milione punched my side.

I was in so much pain that I couldn’t even speak.

“Evil!”

“What kind of immortality is this incompetent guy like this? You are a person who cannot survive even a week without the protection of Psyche who protects you. Do you know that the reason you’ve been able to flaunt your boastful words until now is because Psyche’s power is standing by your side?”

I know.

If it weren’t for Psyche, wouldn’t there have been one or two people who would use force to harm me?

But I don’t think I could survive even a day, let alone a week, if you were next to me!

Are you going to throw it away on the way?

Satisfied that it was a good idea, I set out.

Milione follows me.

The guy stood next to me and asked.

“Where are you going?”

I looked at the sky.

The autumn sky was blue and high.

“City of swindlers and vagabonds.”

The city where I first opened my eyes in this terrible world.

Sodomy.

Head there.

Because that’s where the Deadly Sins Conference is held.

By now, it would have become hell on earth, with all kinds of scammers running rampant.

Sodomy arrived quickly with that feeling.

The place I came back to—.

“Kkieeek-! Mr. Rust is the ultimate devil! From today, this sodomy will be ruled by our Blood Crusade! Convert or surrender! Otherwise, know that you will greet the blade of this first baptist, Galatea!”

“You, you bastard! Are you insulting the murderer from “Psychos” now? Blood Crusade bastards! You’ve been so picky these days, so let’s scold you! Kill them all! In the name of Murderer!”

I’m going around.

It’s worse than the sodomy I remember.

Has the religious order been kicked out of this sodomy-like city?

“Rather good. Healthy people don’t need doctors, and godly people don’t need priests and saviors! A pit like this is where a devout priest like me should be!”

My back itched at the thought of leading and converting people like I had led Atalanta to repentance and lead them to the right path.

I couldn’t stand it anymore and shouted.

“Unbelievers! Repent! Heaven is at hand!”