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159 – Hyde, erect! # One

“Hyde─!!!!!!”

I woke up with a terrible nightmare.

My forehead was full of cold sweat and my heart was pounding as if it would explode.

The man instinctively grabbed the knife that had been left by the bed.

“Ha, haaa… . ha… .”

Crash-.

Only the feel of the cold metal sheath calmed the man’s heart.

Rustling.

A woman stood up, perhaps having woken up to the man’s noise.

“Alter. what’s the matter. Did you have another nightmare? It looks especially bad today.”

“Ah. Hecate. sorry. You woke up because of me. Phew… .”

Since one day, Alter has been having nightmares.

The content of the nightmares varied, but they always ended with the same ending.

It was a dream in which Alter felt helpless, unable to protect a woman.

“Alter. I had that dream again. I am here.”

Sze-.

Her lover Hecate hugged Alter’s body.

Alter felt a little better from the warmth.

But I still felt uneasy.

It was an empty anxiety that could not be filled with anything.

Kuuk-.

Alter hugged Hecate tightly to forget his anxiety.

Of course, Hecate frowned slightly.

“Alter. If you hug me that hard, it hurts me. My body. Don’t you know that I’m delicate and fragile, unlike you, a man?”

“Sorry─.”

“But that’s why I like it. I feel like a lot of things are coming to mind. I thought you and I were hurting each other like this. Alter over there. What kind of person was I? The me you remember.”

Hecate asked.

Alter was lost in thought for a moment.

And as always, he expressed his petty complaints.

“I was a person who liked to sleep in late. Meals were also irregular. On top of that, I like drinking, and once I got drunk, I made people very annoying. I also had bad sleeping habits. I grinded my teeth and snored.”

“… Chi.”

“But I liked it.”

“That’s right? That’s right! Hehe!”

Hecate smiled as if she had regained her confidence.

“As expected, I was a very attractive woman!”

She thought about herself from long ago.

Still nothing came to mind.

I couldn’t remember anything, as if I had become a new person.

“I like you too, Alter. But why was I so greedy? I’m a happy person just by having you next to me. It must have been like that back then.”

Hecate was told by Alter that she had a wish to become a new person and start over.

The current Hecate could not understand the past Hecate.

Why was he not satisfied with just being with Alter and became ‘greedy’?

‘That’s why I was punished. Because greed is a sin… .’

And I felt a little sorry for Alter.

“I’m sorry, Alter. Because I don’t remember anything.”

“It’s not for you to apologize. Because all the bad things are him.”

Henry Jekyll.

no.

Hyde.

Alter did not forget everything about the man, even though the world was in upheaval and everyone forgot him.

Rather, it became clearer as time passed.

“Although I am currently living under the name Henry Jekyll. His specialty is lying, deceiving people, twisting trust, insulting and ridiculing people. There’s a chance it’s all just an act.”

“Really? But really, I could have forgotten everything like Hecate. Then, can’t you just forget about that guy and stop living a normal life?”

Ssuk seu-.

Hecate stroked the man’s body.

Last 2 years.

As a result of long-term experiments and their side effects, Alter’s body reached the “strongest” level, but on the other hand, it was wounded and falling apart.

Hecate was afraid.

If things continued like this, it seemed like this sweet and sincere man, Alter, would be swept away by a huge flame named ‘Hyde’.

“Alter. I just like having you next to me. you… .”

“Me too. Hecate, I don’t need anything else as long as you’re by my side.”

Alter grinned.

Hecate was heartbroken.

Because the man was lying.

This man was a person who was bad at lying.

But Hecate did not show it.

He said happily as always.

“Yes! That’s right! Alter. Then give me a hug! So much so that I forgot who I was again. No, I will attack you first. like this-. Because I’m a scary witch—!”

Passyuk-.

Hecate folded her body over Alter’s body.

The two thought that they were committing a “taboo” that should not be done.

“Alter. It seems like we are trying to do something really bad.”

“In reality, it is like that.”

It was right then.

smart-.

Someone knocked on the door.

━Lord Alter. Your letter has arrived. This is a letter from Balhajak, the Bronze Knight of Agarpe Village. Can I leave it in front?

“No. I will receive it myself.”

Sze-.

Alter immediately got dressed.

Looking at that, Hecate frowned and pulled the blanket over herself.

“value… .”

Sze-.

Alter received the letter and opened it.

There, the fact that “Henry” was heading to the Palcea region and the reasons for it were written in reasonable detail.

It was very understandable and reasonable, but…

Alter was also not trusted.

“Of course I have to go. Henry. If he does something suspicious and tries to trample on the peace we have barely achieved, I have to stop him. I have to stop it.”

Kuuuk-.

Alter held a letter and wore a sword at his waist.

Hecate said while looking at that.

“Alter─.” Can we stay together just for today?

but-.

The last word did not come out of my mouth.

Hecate was a woman who was good at lying.

“Alter, please take care of yourself. I heard there is a scary monster in the Palcea region? Was it Roland…? .”

“Yes. I’ll be careful.”

Sze-.

Alter kissed Hecate on the forehead and immediately went off to battle.

Hecate, who was watching that scene, felt a little lonely, but—.

I thought there was nothing I could do.

‘Just as the person he loved no longer exists anywhere-. The person I loved no longer exists in this world. Still good. If only I could be by your side-.’

It was time to think about that.

Alter is back again.

“Hecate. if. If it is true that Henry is really living as Henry during this expedition. Then I’ll forget everything. And I, too, will try to live a normal life.”

“Ugh, ugh!”

Hecate was happy.

Hecate waved her hand as she watched Alter disappear into the distance outside the window.

“Alter-. Goodbye-.”

Ugh-.

At that time, I felt disgusted for no reason.

I felt eerie and empty.

Sze-.

Hecate felt her lower abdomen.

“No way… .”

# # #

“Henry! this guy! Drive your carriage carefully! It is loaded with precious and precious treasures that must be delivered to my cousin Elijah who lives in Palcea! These are very precious treasures!”

“Sin, sorry, old man.”

I drove the carriage and looked around.

The Palcea region, a city with a wonderful port, was chaos itself.

It was a battlefield where the Blood Crusade, the Knights Templar, the Kingdom Army, and the Black Knights, who had become a band of thieves, clashed with each other.

Even now, they are waging local wars, taking castles and castles from each other.

So-.

I saw a lot of things like this as I walked down the street.

“Look here! These guys are renegades who collaborated with the Blood Crusade! How about stoning this wicked bitch according to the old law?”

Villages and walls occupying and being occupied by each other.

Residents were often punished simply for cooperating with the occupiers at the time.

The same thing happened to that woman who was tied to a tree like an animal.

I asked.

“A knight of the Knights Templar. What crime did that woman commit?”

“Huh? Some kind of country shepherd is asking me all kinds of questions. do you have no eyes? Look at this loaded ship. This woman was corrupted by the Blood Crusade and committed a sin. I ended up eating the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”

It was like that.

The woman’s stomach was quite full.

It’s been about 6 months now.

I was able to distinguish between them because I had studied hard about female pregnancy and midwifery while dreaming of missionary work in remote areas overseas.

“I just wanted to have a second child with my husband. Is it a sin to have a second child with my husband? Everyone is crazy. This is not normal! Everyone, come to your senses!”

the woman shouted.

But people shouted, “Woman whispers witchcraft!”, and booed.

The woman did not give up and continued speaking.

“Everyone went crazy from the moment a strange light appeared in the sky! How can having sex with your husband be a sin that will get you stoned! Release this! Has everyone forgotten about sex? That’s it!”

The woman’s words were quite penetrating to the point, and were like reading sutras with cow ears.

Rather, people were shocked.

“I can’t believe you say such ugly things so casually.”

“The Blood Crusade is definitely scary─.”

If things continue like this, the woman will be stoned to the ground.

I spoke small but clearly to the knights of the Knights Templar.

“Only he who is without sin among you should throw a stone at a woman. I think the Lord said: So, how about releasing it? It would be a big deal if a woman were to be stoned to death. Murder is also a big sin. If the unborn child also dies, the crime of murder would be doubled.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

The knights looked at each other’s faces.

And then “ah. That’s right. I think it’s ” or “. I affirmed, ”.

They released the pregnant woman.

When I saw the woman running away and running away, I returned to the carriage.

Chief Big Johnson asked from inside the carriage.

“Hyde. My master. There may be surveillance. Are you okay with that? If you wanted to save the woman, you wouldn’t have used your own power. Just me and Balhazak would have been enough.”

“… … .”

I closed my mouth.

Because Vic Johnson’s story was valid.

It was too reasonable.

“Humans are alive. That in itself is a pain. Birth is only the beginning of eternal suffering. So, can it be said that countless lives were saved just by preventing the child from being born?”

Life had become ugly and distorted.

I knew better.

Have I just saved a child’s life?

Or have we ended up giving a child a painful life that will last until the moment of death?

“Hey Mr. Hyde.”

At that time, Balhajak spoke to me.

The man who was escorting the carriage on horseback looked around and said.

“Almighty Mr. Hyde may have already noticed, but the chase followed. This is the Dark Knights side. It looks like they are targeting the treasure and food we loaded on the wagon.”

is it.

It was clearly advertised that they were carrying precious cargo, but if the thieves didn’t follow, it wouldn’t be a chaotic Palcea region.

That was on purpose.

I looked at the valley in front of me.

It seemed like a very good place for bandits to attack us.

ruler-.

Come on and attack us!

And guide me to Roland, the leader of the bandits.

Then, I will bind Roland with my power and make him a slave.

It was a perfect plan.