episode_0062

As I sat across from my mother, I was able to calm my tired mind and body while sipping warm tea with the scent of jasmine.

widely.!

“Or.. did you read the book called [Monster’s Book] that was inside the library..?”

My mother gently puts down the teacup, looks at me gently, and asks me a question.

‘ah..’

Because something pricked me inside, I automatically avoided that look in my mother’s eyes. I feel like a puppy who has touched something that shouldn’t have been touched and got caught.

“Yes, the truth..”

just as expected. My mother, who guessed my reaction to some extent, began to explain step by step the story behind the book.

＂That book..＂

“It belonged to a man named Nyxion, who was my old friend.”

When the name Nixion was mentioned, the mother’s expression darkened for a moment, and she explained quietly in a tone that seemed to be bothered by something.

According to my mother, the person who wrote [The Book of Monsters] was an old friend of my mother’s named Nyxion.

Nyxion had outstanding intelligence and had differentiated talents such as thinking or coming up with ideas in a special direction, but perhaps her morals could not keep up with her genius brain. In the end, she ended up committing a serious crime that she should not have committed. do.

It was none other than… the person who led the terrible experiment of implanting a monster’s magic stone into the body of a living human male. Of course, he was caught not long after, and his position as {Knights of the Kingdom}, the research materials he had accumulated, as well as his high status as an aristocrat were all confiscated and disposed of.

Fortunately, despite the misfortune, he was recognized for his research achievements and achievements, and was spared the highest punishment, execution.

It is said that the day before he was eventually expelled from the {Knights of the Kingdom}, Nixion handed over a book to his mother, a friend whom he trusted and strongly relied on, and then suddenly disappeared.

Naturally, the book was called [Book of Monsters], and not only did it contain information on all kinds of monsters, but it also detailed the uses and habits of the magic stones.

My mother took the book and was reading its contents.

After checking the contents of {Homunculus} written in the form of a diary, he immediately went looking for Nyxion, but was unable to find her in the end.

For about 20 years.

My mother, who remembered the experiment with {Homunculus} when she said that the monster’s magic stone was implanted in her body, asked to confirm, and as mentioned in the book, there was a risk that side effects could occur due to the monster’s magic stone implanted in the body, so she confirmed it. That’s what I was trying to do.

“Son, don’t blame yourself for your actions..”

“I feel fortunate that I survived like this.”

“However, if a magic stone was implanted into the left hand as a result of {Homunculus}’s experiment, something could definitely happen to the body.”

My mother’s voice speaking to me was so anxious and trembling…

‘mother..’

I quietly get up, go to my mother’s side, hug her warmly, and slowly open my mouth.

“If I hadn’t tried anything at that moment…”

“I wouldn’t have been able to be held in my mother’s arms like this.”

I am once again in my mother’s warm arms! hugged

“Nixion’s research… is like giving me an opportunity.”

In fact, without the [Monster’s Book], not only would I not have been able to make the {magic tool} [Portable Hand Warmer]…

He wouldn’t have been able to come up with the crazy method of implanting the [Slime] magic stone into the human body.

＂I am happy… and happy…＂

Mother’s cozy and warm scent feels cozy.

“I love you so much.”

The loneliness of being left alone.

The bitter cold chilled my bones.

Anxiety that one might be attacked by monsters and bitten to death at any moment.

“I missed you so, so much.”

I let go of the heavy burden that had been tormenting me so much, and I released it all to my mother through overflowing tears that made me feel thirsty.

Pat.. Pat..

I can clearly feel my mother’s hands on my back.

I could once again realize that this place was not a dream.

“So that something like this never happens again..”

“This mother will always protect you, son.”

Now that the agony of the past few months, which was full of regrets, has been resolved, Dincia, who realized the importance of each other at this moment, has regained the daily life she truly desired.

***

“Mother, I have a question.”

It was none other than a very primal question as to how I could have come here.

I definitely remember arriving at the floating island {Ryu Nest} and wandering around with Shumi’s help… but I couldn’t remember anything after that.

It’s as if part of my memory has been cut off.

Of course, I tried to retrieve the memories of that day, but as if something instinctive was rejecting them, goosebumps started to appear all over my body, and the pain in my right eye, which was fine, only intensified, and nothing came to mind.

＇That’s strange..＇

‘How come nothing comes to mind?’

I sip jasmine tea and look at my mother.

widely!

just as expected. My mother seemed to have been waiting for my question and told me to move somewhere for a while, and soon we arrived at a hidden place on the side of the infirmary.

Sigh..

＂Shu, Shumi.!??＂

When I opened the door and entered, I saw Shumi lying unconscious from serious injuries.

Her entire body was surrounded by orange “luminous” magical energy that appeared to be her mother’s magical energy, and she was concentrating on recovery.

＂It looks like we all knew each other..＂

“They say this girl was able to come here by hiring an adventurer.”

I couldn’t help but be embarrassed.

It was completely unclear why Shumi was able to come here in such an injured state.

＇Obviously, he went to the {association} with me..’

‘And it’s delicious..’

Throbbing.. Throbbing..

As I tried to think more, my right eye started throbbing like crazy again, interfering with my thoughts.

‘I feel like my eyes are going to fall out..’

I didn’t want my mother to notice these painful symptoms, so I just stared at Shumi as if nothing had happened.

＂{Sentry} was able to find it in the duchy.＂

According to what my mother said, the duke of the {Sentry} family was treating and protecting me after I fell. But for me, no such memory existed.

It’s just… I felt nauseous at every moment, as if I had experienced something extremely unpleasant.

Having been able to hear all the facts like that, I no longer tried to force back memories that had not come to mind, but I said I would come see Duke Sentry to thank him for protecting me after I fell…

For a brief moment, my mother’s expression seemed to harden, but she patted my head and explained that there was no need to do so since she had already sent a letter of thanks and sincerity.

＇{Sentry} is a peacock…＇

I had a reasonable suspicion that the reason why Shumi ended up like this might be the work of Sentry, who is said to have protected me, but I decided to postpone such a hasty judgment for now.

Anyway, I returned to my family, and Shumi said that she could lead a normal life if she received treatment.

That’s right… everything is going well.

however..

But what is this unknown sense of discomfort?

The more I looked at the chain-shaped scar on Shumi’s fallen ankle, the more I thought something foreign would come to mind, but the memory seemed lost in the blur.

I get lost in thought for a moment, fiddling with both my wrists.

Ssss..

If there’s one thing that’s certain.

The question was, who on earth is this targetless feeling of anger directed at?

‘What is this disgusting feeling..?’

This disgusting feeling that I didn’t even know was directed at someone and the intense anger that was surging up was the only thing that was lodged deep in my mind and was evoking it.

This feeling, in turn, made me reveal my blind purpose of wanting to become strong so that no one could treat me carelessly.

Becoming even stronger…

So that I can protect myself so as not to be looked down on.

“Mother.. I have something to ask you.”

Breaking the desolate silence, I look at my mother.

“I no longer want to remain as a weak person. mother..”

Dincia, who was watching Dahyun like that from the side, couldn’t help but be surprised once again.

This unknown life seen in Dahyun’s eyes…

It was an expression that could never be seen by a 14-year-old boy in this world, and it was because the rising emotion of “anger” was deeply buried within it.

“I want to become stronger. mother..”

{Diriol Forest}, a cold forest with only pure white snow.

Dincia began to recall the image of Dahuin, who had to endure and overcome everything alone, due to the cold wave that fell without missing a day and the threat of the [Tululpo] group that even {Knights of Service} avoided.

How intense, scary and lonely it must have been…

Dincia could not refuse those eyes filled with firm conviction.

Even though he knew that this choice would not allow him to raise his son, Da-hein, into an ordinary man.

This was the moment when Dincia, as a mother, pledged to live a life of faith and support in the direction Dahyun wanted to go.

“Come to the training ground in an hour..”

“I need to check for myself whether that monster’s magic power is safe.”

Dincia wanted.

Maybe this was his true intention.

My son’s future will always be peaceful and waking up with warm sunlight.

However, Dincia saw her son with a murderous look in his eyes, possessed by some unknown anger…

Dahuin’s request and aspirations were taken seriously without thinking about them in vain.

“Get ready and come, son.”

Turf.. plod.. plod..

And Dincia thought.

There is no way that a kidnapping like this one won’t happen again in the future.

Dincia, who accepted Dahyin’s request to become stronger at the very least, and had planned to train herself to be strong enough to protect herself, makes a firm determination once again.

Even if this path is not the right path, he has a firm determination that he will do anything if he can protect Da-Hin.