episode_0090

“It looks like that scene is coming up now.”

“The words your stepmother said to you when she was drunk?”

“Yes. I don’t want to see that.”

“Me neither.”

The screen continued to change.

As time passed, the two of them soared to fame as hunters.

Both Sineide and Bridgeta had become accustomed to operating on the top floor, as they bravely faced off against dragons.

“Zita! Now’s the time!”

“Got it! Activating [What will you do if your mother comes looking for you]!”

As the stepmother reached out her hand, bone fragments from nearby trash or low-level monsters gathered together.

Then, reaching out her right hand, she shouted again.

“[Iron Transformation], activate!”

Following the command, parts of the trash and corpses were transformed into iron.

The gathered components came together to form weapons.

Clang!

Grotesquely twisted iron golems rushed forward with a roar, as Bridgeta’s stepmother boarded the iron robot and joined the battle.

Whether gathering materials with the first skill and creating with the second, the effects were surprisingly powerful, as the dragon’s body was torn apart like butter by the iron robot’s punch.

“Hah! One down! Well done, my little sister!”

“No, it’s thanks to you that gathering materials was easy.”

“Still, it’s your skill that caught it! Look at how Mother Dragon goes down in one hit!”

“Sister, this floor is clear now. Let’s go back and join the guild leader-”

Their hell began at that moment.

As seen in the flashback, the Ginger Sisters were at the height of their fame.

Both beautiful and well-known, they were bound to attract attention.

“Who are you guys?”

“?”

Suddenly, numerous men appeared.

Their equipment varied, and they clearly didn’t seem to be of high quality.

“What are you doing here all of a sudden?”

“What do you mean, the famous mechanic sisters are here. Why are you stealing here?”

“Stealing?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about… we were just fighting after making sure there was no one around…”

“Don’t lie. We just defeated Mother Dragon. Why would you suddenly interfere and try to steal from us?”

“What?”

An argument ensued.

It was obvious they were trying to pick a fight.

“Have you experienced something like this, sir?”

“Once or twice a long time ago.”

It was common for lower-ranked hunters to pick fights with the guild name they believed in.

If you didn’t handle such common occurrences well, it could lead to fights where people ended up killing each other.

That’s why the professional Sineide stepped in.

“Ignore them. These guys are famous around here.”

“Oh~ We’re famous? How so?”

“They go around picking fights with low-ranking hunters like scavenging hyenas. Apart from that, they can’t do anything else.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“Our guild is well-known. Why, want to have a go?”

“Tsk.”

Sineide stepped back.

Bridgeta’s eyes widened at the sight.

“Sister?”

“Let’s retreat. If those guilds get involved, it won’t end easily.”

That day, Bridgeta’s stepmother saw her sister retreat for the first time.

She didn’t like it, even as she left, she looked back.

She didn’t like handing over the dragon they had hunted to the likes of hyenas.

“Why run away? What are they to us? If we take down my sister and me, it’ll be over.”

“Unni, I want to do that too. But realistically, it’s difficult to think about. Even though those trashy people look like that, they’re one of the top elites in the UK, so the power struggle they’re involved in is no joke.”

“So, do we have to step back because of this unfair situation? Even though we’ve been wronged!?”

“It’s not a story that can be resolved by killing one or two people. There are guild members behind us, and you know what will happen if a fight breaks out.”

“I know that… Unni, aren’t they targeting us? It seems like they’re going to pick a fight no matter what.”

“I think they might be, and that’s the problem. Ugh, it’s so annoying. Why do those kids act all high and mighty while we have to keep quiet?”

She grumbled in frustration, scratching her head.

As the screen changed, she suggested moving the tower as soon as they returned, and the man who was the guild leader at the time approved it.

There were also various objections within the guild, and one of them, Nunim, muttered like this.

“It’s not our fault… but because of those bastards…”

“If only it wasn’t for those bastards.”

“If only those bastards weren’t-”

It was as if they were drunk with power.

Realizing that her skills were very strong and that she was shedding her timid self, she was full of vigor.

With these ingredients coming together, the incident unfolded.

“Hey, those guys are encroaching on our hunting grounds again.”

“Look at these Red-Haired Bimbos! How many times do we have to tell them this is our Red Zone hunting ground~!”

“Those punks are at it again…”

“Unni, let’s just take them out-”

“No. Don’t do that. Don’t get involved, let’s just leave.”

“Ugh….”

It was when Sinade tried to calm down Bridgetta Nunim and leave.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

“Well, we finally met, so I thought we should get along. My heart hurts every time you run away whenever we see each other.”

The thug reached out his hand.

Bridgetta reached out and touched the proud Unni’s buttocks.

“This woman’s body is really something. Even the little sister is half and half, but this one was born just to be a slut, right?”

“I’ve been thinking since last time. Why don’t you two just defect to our side? I’ll treat you well, really.”

“Your skills are good too.”

“Having sisters with good bodies and good skills. If we line you two up side by side, it’ll be perfect, right?”

“Right? Line up the sisters and go at it from behind~!”

“I especially like the younger sister.”

“Anyway, if you want to operate in the UK, you have to get our permission. Let’s be friends now. How about it?”

“We’re not stealing your money, we just want to have some fun for a while. You wouldn’t say no, would you?”

Their touch was vulgar and lewd, as if they were projecting the harassment of nymphs onto me.

Despite Sinade’s repeated warnings, when the harassment continued, her patience reached its limit and she was about to explode.

From what I saw, someone was going to die like this.

In the lawless zone of the tower, if things had escalated to this point, bloodshed was inevitable unless one side backed down.

“[Adaptive Iron].”

“Aaahhh!!!”

But the problem was that Bridgetta Nunim was the one who moved first.

Blood and flesh, once part of the hand, scattered.

The body of the mob she had just grabbed turned into iron and flew, slicing off the wrist of the hunter who was harassing her.

“Unni, I’m sorry! I couldn’t stand it!”

“No, you did well. I was about to lose my temper too! Since I was planning to go all out anyway, you gave me a good start!”

“Argh! Have these guys gone crazy!?”

“Do you know what happens when you mess with us!?”

“You crazy bastards are going to fight among guilds!!!”

“Alright, you know it well, you bastards. How dare you lay a hand on my sister? You want to die, don’t you!”

“Where do these ugly bastards get off looking down on my sister! Want to die!?”

“You crazy bitches! We treat you well, and you dare to rise against us?”

“Oh, really. Let’s see how your two-faced facade crumbles once and for all!”

This incident sparked the bloody battle between 【Mechanics】 and 【Red Zone】.

A large-scale war that shakes the entirety of England’s Tower, killing and being killed.

Initially, the tide turned as the Hunters, who had been repulsed by the Mechanics, joined in large numbers after being disgusted by the Red Zone’s atrocities.

“Uncle….”

“Come here.”

Despite such a cool story, Lea did not lean on me.

The child could not hide her anxiety, and I furrowed my brow at the next scene.

For some reason, the scene of Bridgette being captured by the nun replayed.

“Ha, that bitch. Finally caught her.”

“We were lucky. If this bitch hadn’t come forward, we wouldn’t have caught her.”

“We didn’t even torment her that much, and things escalated like this. How are we going to handle this?”

The nun bled while chained.

Although her clothes were not torn, it didn’t seem like it would take long.

“What now? It’s good that we caught the sister, but capturing her won’t resolve the situation.”

“Are we supposed to just back off? We need to make some sense! How can we surrender when things have come to this outside!?”

“We’ve been exposed for crushing the weak guild~!”

“It’s not going to end just like this. If we catch her, are we going to be ‘Marie Antoinette’d?”

“I don’t know. Anyway, won’t each of you have a hole to crawl into? After the job is done, everyone can run away. Let’s enjoy it for now, you bastards.”

They took out pills.

The purple substance inside ominously glowed, clearly abnormal to anyone.

“What… is that…?”

“It’s medicine. It’ll kill you.”

“Nonsense… just give up quietly… Beg for mercy since you lost…!”

“If we were that kind of people, we wouldn’t have done it from the beginning.”

“Shall we enjoy ourselves? Huh?”

“What the heck!?”

A needle was thrust into the neck.

With a strong premonition that life was ending, the nun’s eyes welled up with tears.

Of course, life did not end, and at the right moment, the door of this secret base broke down, and a red-haired woman burst in.

“Sister…!”

“Zita! Thank goodness, you’re here after all!”

“Oh my. Big sister is here?”

“I was wondering when you’d come.”

“You guys! Don’t lay a hand on my sister!”

“What will you do if we don’t?”

“What will you do? Haven’t you seen what happened to your comrades? Do you want to be killed too?”

“Threatening, huh?”

“Try moving from there. Your sister will be gone in a flash.”

“U-uh, sister!”

“Bridgette!!”

The struggle continued.

They stubbornly confronted Sinéad, even in defeat.

And using her sister as an excuse, they tried to do as they pleased with her body.

[Caution]

[There are scenes not suitable for minors]

[Skip?]

[YES] [NO]

Immediately, the world stopped.

Suddenly, with a system window appearing, the world temporarily darkened.

“Do you know what happens in the next scene here?”

Nod.

“Bridgette is safely sent off, and only your mother is affected.”

“That’s right….”

It’s an unpleasant story to hear.

And it’s not something that should come out of Lea’s mouth.

Because.

“She said she got pregnant with me back then.”

Such a story from a child’s mouth.

“I was an unwanted child from the beginning.”

I didn’t even want to hear such a ridiculous story.

*

Even for Lea’s sake, I skipped such scenes.

It wasn’t a scene I wanted to see, nor did I want to show it.

Time passed quickly, and the hospital room greeted us.

“Sister.”

“I’m fine.”

“No, you’re not. It’s not okay. It can’t be…!”

“I said I’m fine.”

“I was wrong! It’s all my fault! If I hadn’t gotten carried away, this wouldn’t have happened! I, I did something stupid…!”

“It’s not your fault. We agreed to take them on together. You saw how tough your sister was in college.”

“That’s not the issue! I ruined everything by interfering in a fight we were winning! I got caught and made your sister go through such a terrible thing…!”

“If your little sister had been caught, where would your calm sister be? I told you I could handle it.”

“Sister…”

“You’re not the only one at fault. We both agreed to take them on, as the guild leader and vice-leader, so stop whining.”

As time passed, Sinade held the child with a pale body in her arms.

She realized she was in Korea by the familiar layout of the hospital.

The child in her arms quietly fell asleep, holding a bottle dropped from the Tower of Love.

“To be honest, I thought they were ridiculous, like you. I thought the situation was urgent when you were in trouble, and I didn’t think I had time to help. Even when our colleagues were in trouble outside, you still managed to… Men’s desires are really scary.”

“Don’t worry. I killed them all. Those bastards who touched my sister! I ground them all up in a shredder!”

“I heard. How many times do I have to tell you?”

The nun choked up, and Sinade gently brushed her head with thin hands.

This kind of hospital visit was a familiar attitude, not just once or twice.

“I’m stronger now. I trained from the beginning again. I tried not to make the same mistake twice!”

“I know. That’s why I trust you. I think I can trust you with the guild now.”

“What are you talking about? We just set foot on new land. We’ll crush them all! Raise our ranks, make a name for ourselves, everyone’s going crazy to join our guild! It’s just the beginning!”

“Taking medicine and causing trouble around me like this, even raising a child in this state… I don’t know what I’m doing.”

“Sister, you did well. You didn’t cause any trouble. So please don’t say that. I’m begging you.”

“I want to, but I don’t think I can anymore. They haven’t neutralized the medicine they used. I’ve been working hard for years, but nothing’s working now. It’s too hard.”

“Please…”

The nun pleaded pitifully, but Sinade remained indifferent.

She absentmindedly murmured as she passed over young Lea.

“I really didn’t want to have a child… but I’ve decided to change my mind…”

“W-what are you talking about?”

“I’m talking about Lea. Even though she was born under those circumstances, it’s not her fault. So I’m trying to think positively.”

“Sister…?”

“The traces of the person who used to be your sister. I’m trying to leave evidence that I was here.”

“Sister, please…”

“You can’t do anything without me. I had hoped you would become independent and grow up while I was still here.”

“Please…”

“Take care of her as if she were me.”

“Don’t talk nonsense… Even if it’s your request, I can’t possibly look at that child kindly…!”

“Come on. She’s a girl, and she looks just like me. I’m sure my DNA pushed out all traces of that trash, right?”

“Sister!”

“No. Take her.”

Lea was handed over almost forcibly.

Not her own daughter, not even something her sister wanted to give birth to, almost like a curse.

“Sister, please, sister…!”

“Sister… Sisterrrr…!!”

“Aaahhh!!!”

And Synade was unable to move.

In the hospital room, Bridgetta cried all day.

And Leah, who was watching this, also stayed still in my arms.