episode_0063

My room, back from the study.

I was lying on the bed, humming a tune, looking at Marie, who was reading a book, with a dubious expression.

For some reason, I keep feeling uneasy.

‘Usually… dragons are interested in things like that…?’

Three books that Marie brought.

One book was a wholesome book about the love between parents and children.

The remaining two books were not at all about something that would interest a child like Marie.

I kept trying to convince Marie that it would be better for her to read other books, but her will was too strong.

I eventually gave in to her somewhat creepy will, and Marie spent her time engrossed in books from then on.

‘I…might be a gluttonous mother…’

How dare you let your daughter read books like that.

For some reason, I felt a sense of inferiority.

‘..Maybe it’s because it’s a dragon?’

A species that is different from ordinary life forms.

Maybe it wasn’t Marie that was weird, but the dragon race that was special.

Since they are different beings, their common sense will also be different.

This is probably an area that ordinary people like me cannot possibly understand.

Then maybe this situation isn’t so strange.

It’s not me, it’s Marie who is special because she’s a dragon.

Yeah, that’s right.

I’m definitely not a sloppy mom.

Even though I tried to claim a mental victory like that, my self-deprecation still remained. Now, I even felt a little self-loathing.

Still, I can now understand Marie’s unusual hobby to some extent.

“Mom.”

“Huh..?”

While I was reading a book, he must have had a question, so he ran to me and opened the page to the section I was reading.

“What is motherly love?”

I guess you were curious about the meaning of the word motherly love.

When I read the part that Marie showed me, it was about the love between a mother and her child.

“Motherly love, you know. It’s the love a mother has for her child.”

Marie opened her eyes wide and looked at me at my words.

“Then Mom too. Do you love Marie?”

I laughed and patted Marie’s head.

“Of course. My pretty daughter?”

When my positive answer came back, Marie’s face lit up with a happy smile.

“Hehe. I love you too, Mom!”

When I saw Marie’s lovely face, all my self-loathing and everything else just blew away and disappeared.

huh.

So what if I was a glutton?

Marie is so happy.

After satisfying her curiosity, Marie was once again absorbed in her book.

dripping-

There was a knock on the door.

‘Who is it…?’

Athena had clearly said she would return in the evening or at night, so it couldn’t have been her.

Then, could he be one of the servants of this mansion?

But I didn’t want to run into other people.

I didn’t want to make anyone wait at the door, so I opened the door and left Marie reading a book.

Then the person who became visible.

“Miss…”

Someone who was once very close to me.

A person who taught me many things and helped me.

It was Alina.

Alina looks at me with a sad expression.

– If possible, I think it would be more helpful to do nothing!

– Honestly… you’re not good at this kind of work, are you?

– If you weren’t someone Athena cherishes, I wouldn’t even pretend to know you!

Let’s meet her.

Suddenly my body started shaking.

My breathing began to get a little difficult, and my stomach started to churn violently.

“Ugh..”

“Miss..! Are you okay?”

As I covered my mouth and retched, Alina supported me with a worried expression.

But as soon as Alina’s hand touched my body, I pushed her away.

“Oh..don’t come..”

“Miss…..”

Her expression looked really worried about me, her complexion looked bad.

But I knew.

That’s a lie.

Inside, you’re looking at me with pity.

Someone like me…isn’t helping you out of necessity…

The words she already threw at me.

As much as I thought of her as a friend, it left a bigger scar on my heart.

“Please..just..leave me alone..”

As I looked at her earnestly with a trembling voice, her eyes began to shake violently.

Alina looked at me with an expression that looked like she was going to cry for a while.

He closed his eyes tightly as if he had made up his mind about something.

“I’m really sorry, miss…”

Then Alina turns around and walks away again.

I could only stare blankly at her like that.

“..Alina…”

I stood there quietly for a while, trying my best to suppress the tears that were about to spill out.

…if I weren’t such an incompetent person.

Couldn’t I have continued to laugh and spend time with you?

‘…..It’s already too late.’

I went back into the room, clearing my mind of the empty wind. There was Marie, looking at me with a worried expression.

“Mom. Are you crying..?”

Her expression was filled with anxiety, as if she could tell my complexion wasn’t good.

I quickly hugged Marie.

“No..it’s just that my eyes are burning from the sunlight.”

“…..”

Marie looked at me with an expression that seemed to displease me.

“Another lie..”

He muttered something so quietly that I couldn’t hear him, then quickly smiled, grabbed my hand, and dragged me into the room.

“Mom. I want to eat something.”

Her expression seemed to be hoping for something.

“Huh?.. What is that..?”

Marie, who answered my question and ran to Ododo to get the book she was reading.

She pointed to a page in the book and spoke to me.

“Give me this!”

“Hmm..Where should I look..”

In the part that Marie pointed to, there was a picture of a mother holding a baby.

but.

“Hiyayak?!!”

When I saw the picture, I was so shocked that I screamed and took a step back.

Then Marie looked at me with a puzzled expression.

“Mom?”

After calming my startled heart as much as possible, I spoke to Marie in a trembling voice.

“Ma..Mari..? Th..That’s..”

Marie didn’t seem to like the fact that I was moving away from her, so she ran over and clung to me.

“A deal that a mother gives to her child!”

Marie looks up at me with an expectant expression.

I couldn’t help but avoid her burdensome gaze.

No, that’s not wrong.

Still, this…

‘I…I’m not coming out…’

The picture Marie showed me.

It was a very natural and pure picture of a mother-child relationship.

For some reason, it doesn’t feel that way right now.

It was a picture of a baby drinking breast milk from its mother’s nipple.

* * *

This place is in the mountains.

“Hmm..As expected of the Demon King..”

Black Saint Carlos stroked his beard with a troubled expression.

“Yeah. That kid wants war again.”

After taking a sip of the glass in front of me, I put it down on the table.

Then, Geomseong immediately fills the bottle with alcohol.

It’s been a few hours since I left the mansion.

He was currently sitting in the cabin, sharing a glass of wine with Geumseong.

“How did we come to this era of peace?”

“The demons enjoy killing. I guess those were the good old days.”

A time of great war when all races fought.

It is said that during that time, there was not a single day when the smile disappeared from the Demon’s face.

“I guess we need a solution.”

“First, let’s stop the Demon King’s plans one by one.”

“Do you have any good ideas?”

“First of all..-”

I started telling him the plan I had in my head.

We talked about the Black Sword and the Demon Clan for a long time.

Quite a bit of time has passed.

Before I knew it, the sun was slowly sinking toward the ground.

“Okay. Let’s do that.”

Geomseong speaks while emptying his glass.

He followed the sword and emptied his glass, stood up, shook his clothes a few times, and looked around.

“By the way, didn’t you say you were raising disciples? There’s no one there?”

Geumseong laughed at his own words and answered.

“I heard today is your sister’s birthday. You said you’d like to spend time with her.”

“Huh.. Really?”

“That’s too bad. I really wanted to show it to you.”

When you say sister, a woman comes to mind.

I felt uncomfortable every time I saw it.

A woman Hera greatly relied on.

He must be a very insignificant, worthless person.

For some reason, whenever I saw her, I felt like something was missing.

‘…It doesn’t matter anyway, Hera is mine now.’

Hera, who had already opened her heart to him.

I planned to train her body a little bit every night.

I’ve already conquered her mind, so now it’s time to touch her body.

He intended to make them run towards him, panting with excitement, if he was in front of them.

As he recalled Hera licking his feet obediently beneath him the night before, several dangerous thoughts began to form in his head.

‘I’ll try it later… when Hera’s body gets used to it…’

With such a happy fantasy, I was about to return to the mansion where she was.

“By the way, how are you doing these days?”

A sword that stops one’s own steps.

“How are you?”

“I’m talking to that kid.”

His words made me feel calm for a moment.

Because what he said last time still lingered in my mind.

“..Don’t you think that’s useless meddling?”

Geomseong has a complicated expression on his face at my words.

“I’m saying this all for your benefit.”

I quickly walked over to Geomseong, looked straight at him, and spoke.

“Listen carefully, Carlos.”

“…..”

“Did you say you can see the ways of the world to some extent?”

His infinitely calm eyes looked down at her.

“The path I take is the right path and the right reason.”

That’s how I’ve lived so far.

A life where I achieve whatever I want and somehow get what I want.

“Sin? Karma? Tell me as much as you want about that.”

Nothing can make her bend her knees, not even if it is the goddess who is so beautiful.

“Because I don’t care at all.”