episode_0091

“Please stop…”

Despite Ratri’s pleas, the black wind blew even stronger.

The next thing she saw was a snow-covered battlefield. She personally led an army to deal with the northern barbarians who were plundering and kidnapping, but soon became isolated.

It was partly due to the lack of military force by the military minister Heron Argos, partly due to the corruption of the people and partly due to the lack of proper supplies, and partly due to the strength of the king of the barbarian tribes who were on different tracks.

The king of the barbarians was a monster that even the Argive military commander found difficult, and he was the most powerful warrior who could use the vibrations of his hands to bounce off everything and destroy everything at the same time.

Nevertheless, Ratri had to go to the battlefield to stop them. The northern people who were exploited by them were also part of the empire, and there was also pressure from his family to achieve great things and take the position of military minister.

Because of all the disasters and reasons intertwined, she finally ended up facing defeat.

“… Everyone run away.”

That’s why she decided to stand at the very back and turn her back to her subordinates.

“Haona, Captain, if that happens, Captain…”

“I’ll die. But even if you guys are there, the result won’t be much different. Then this would be the most efficient.”

In her younger days, she was like Raoul. She treated life as a kind of means that could be used at any time, and her own life was no different. No, her life was nothing more than a cold means.

Since opinions in my mind are useless, I always judge everything by profit and loss. Then at least I won’t have any difficulties.

“It’s a waste of time like this.”

Ratri sighed as he watched the backs of his men moving away, then quietly waited for the enemies in the snowstorm.

And as time passed, she dyed the pure white snow red. She killed and killed the barbarian soldiers who chased her. She didn’t feel particularly guilty about killing them because they were the scum that was exploiting the empire.

They killed all the soldiers, including young soldiers who looked to be in their mid-teens, old soldiers who seemed to have grandchildren at home, and pregnant female soldiers who went to the battlefield. If they wanted to be treated as weaklings, they shouldn’t have held weapons.

Despite her feat of single-handedly killing 300 barbarians, her dance ended tragically.

Afterwards, the king of the barbarians appeared before her, soaked in blood.

“Wow. There are some elite guys among them.”

“I don’t care about the quality of animal meat.”

“How sharp. I salute your bold character.”

The barbarian king charged straight in, deflecting Ratri’s sword strike and shattering her armor with a simple long strike.

“But a tree that doesn’t know how to bend is easily broken. Isn’t that a pretty miserable situation, you big-headed woman?”

“It would be better than a reed that is easily uprooted.”

“That’s the correct answer. That’s why I’m interested.”

“Just kill me. I don’t care about your interests at all.”

“How could that be? A reed is worthless, but a tree that can withstand even a storm is different. A tree that is not a reed would be fit for a king.”

“What…?”

Latri suffered so much that she shed tears of blood. She was robbed of something she had never considered sacred, but had never taken lightly. The purity she had protected all her life was trampled upon.

When the pure white cloth turned red, she tried to take her life, but was prevented from doing so. Even now, she had to shed tears of blood and alcohol to recall the events of that time.

“It is yours alone. Only I can take it, only I can take it. I will break you. I will become a warrior who breaks even you who cannot be broken.”

The king laughed bitterly.

“So, struggle as much as you can and break beautifully. So that I can be satisfied. And make me dye my hair and love only me. I want to show the empire the sight of a strong female knight breaking and flirting with me.”

He was a very handsome man, unlike any barbarian. He had jet-black hair like Raoul, his eyes had a deep darkness like Raoul’s, and his voice was clear like Raoul’s.

“Disgusting human…”

“Yeah. Keep struggling even harder.”

It was tainted by whiteness, clouded, and filled with unwanted things.

I felt nauseous. It was the result of the unwanted influence, the disgust with reality, and the anger directed at myself. It was disgusting, disgusting. Everything was just disgusting.

That didn’t mean she missed home. Even if she went back, it was obvious how she would be treated. It was obvious how a knight carrying a barbarian’s child would be treated in that disgusting empire.

It was clear that the family would reject her.

There was nowhere to go, this disgusting reality, and there was nothing I could do.

“Fuck…”

She hated reality.

“If I just die like this…”

“Then I’ll be sad for the rest of my life, Youngae.”

“Huh…?”

Arthur Bergé appeared, waving his hand and smiling brightly as he burst through the barracks door.

“…… Sorry for being late. I was too late to call for reinforcements to help resolve this situation.”

“Oh, how come here?”

“Isn’t showing up to save the woman you love a basic part of a romance novel?”

Arthur Bergé took off the coat he was wearing and put it on Ratri.

Then he took her out and put her on a horse.

“Hold on tight. I’ll take you.”

“… Don’t you know how to speak?”

“To be honest, it was hard to bring it here.”

“…… I’ll take the reins.”

“The shape has slightly disappeared.”

As they were fleeing on horseback, they saw corpses strewn around them.

“Did you kill him?”

“I don’t kill directly. To be honest, I have a hard time even holding a dinner knife.”

“…..”

“But I am prepared to go to hell for the person I love. Although the power of others is my belief, a sword wielded by someone else’s hands is still a sword.”

“Why on earth are you doing this to me?”

“Didn’t I tell you? I love you.”

“Isn’t there a reason for that? I’m small, and I don’t have a good personality, and…”

Arthur Bergé loved Ratri.

But Ratri couldn’t understand love.

She had lived her entire life stained with hatred and loathing. She lived in the shadows, just like a blind person.

“I love everything about you.”

“Why on earth…?”

“Because love isn’t a matter of profit and loss, there’s no need to think about why. Well, to put it simply, it was love at first sight.”

But the colors of hatred and disgust were overshadowed by the red color of love. The shadows that had been cast over her life disappeared, and thanks to the warm eyes, she was able to open her eyes.

“But I am not pure… In that hell, I…”

“It’s you I love, not your purity.”

“And there’s an unwanted child in my stomach. This…”

“Even if you weren’t born as my child, if I raised you as my child, you would still be my child. A person’s worth doesn’t come from where they are from.”

Ratri couldn’t understand him.

“There must be a lot of rumors about me…? But how about you…”

“I took care of that. You were at my villa recovering from your injuries after destroying the barbarians. If anyone dares to tarnish your honor, I will eliminate them.”

“But…”

“There is no ‘but’ in love.”

Arthur Bergé hugged her tightly.

“Just ‘do it now’.”

Ratri looked at him like that and raised her head little by little.

I never learned it, but I instinctively wanted to kiss.

Because I couldn’t help but love the person who first reached out to me.

“Arthur Berger… I am a flawed human being. I am an idiot who knows nothing but swords. Is that okay?”

“I’m an idiot who doesn’t know how to use a sword, but if we join forces, we’ll be perfect.”

“… I wish you had just told me I wasn’t stupid.”

“But I can’t lie.”

“Didn’t you say there’s no but in love?”

So they smiled and kissed.

Ratri fell in love for the first time.

And at the same time, for the first time, I also felt resentment. I resented the child in my stomach. If only this child had not existed, everything would have been perfect.

If only there hadn’t been that cursed child in her stomach, everything would have ended as a happy love story.

Ratri wanted to look away from the sight. But no matter which direction he turned, the same scene repeated itself.

She said nothing. Only her bloodshot eyes spoke of the emotions she was experiencing.

And far away, the king of the barbarians was facing an inspector with a very tense expression on his face.

The opponent had not yet shown his true colors, but he was still threatening.

“You challenged me so vigorously, but you didn’t even attack properly. Are you trying to make fun of me? I feel disgusted.”

“… Sorry. I was a little surprised and ended up focusing on defense. ”

The man who blocked the attacks of the barbarian king by swinging his sword laughed bitterly.

“What a truly amazing skill. This is why my disciple is annoying and giving me trouble.”

“What…?”

“You don’t have to worry about it. It’s just a soliloquy. I’m going to attack now.”

He blocked the barbarian king’s long blow with the back of his sword, then raised his scabbard and struck him in the jaw.

It was a blow that could have turned a rock to dust, but his jaw was intact.

“Are you trying to joke with me…?”

“Daboojigun, you’re amazing. Yes. From now on, I will recognize you as a true warrior.”

The king of the barbarians frowned slightly, but his opponent maintained a gentle smile.

“I am Beled. I am just a vagabond, a lowly inspector. I also hold the position of Demon King.”

“Devil King…?”

“Yeah. I don’t like it though, because it’s just a useless nickname.”

“Don’t make me laugh. A small and pitiful man like you wouldn’t do that. And the Demon King wouldn’t help humans without a reason.”

“Just as you commit evil deeds based on greed, I also do good deeds based on the desire to do good. Just because you are the Demon King doesn’t mean you have to be evil.”

The Demon King at that time was extremely pure and kind.

“I couldn’t ignore it again. The threats of a man who came to me for love and got on his knees.”

He raised the corners of his mouth a little higher as he thought of Arthur Bergé, who had come to him and knelt down.

“It’s already a pitiful request to save the woman I love. If I don’t do it, he’ll release a plague in the north and kill all the barbarians. That’s why I have no choice but to step forward.”

Arthur Bergé threatened to release a plague into the waterways of the North and destroy all the barbarians if the Dark Lord did not help. He was a man who could actually do that.

After hearing that story, the Demon King had no choice but to take up his sword in order to make as few sacrifices as possible.

There was also the option of cutting down Arthur Bergé, but I couldn’t cut down a man who was on his knees for love.

Even if it wasn’t a threat, I genuinely wanted to help him.

“That’s why I came to cut you down. You also did evil, so there will be no injustice in cutting you down.”

The king of the barbarians, enraged by the tone of voice that sounded like scolding a child, swung his sword, and blood gushed from the chest of the demon king whose sword he touched.

“Don’t make me laugh. It’s the natural order of the world that the strong have everything.”

“Yes, that would be correct too, so I won’t deny it.”

“If you want to deny me, try to cut me with that sword. It would be impossible for a coward like you who is afraid and swings his sword.”

The king of the barbarians had perfect offensive and defensive abilities by vibration.

The power of vibration was so great that it could repel everything, including lightning and fire.

And the Demon King also knew very well that he could not be defeated by normal attacks.

“Okay. Then I will also pay my respects to you and treat you with sincerity.”

As he said this, the Demon King returned his beloved sword to its scabbard.

“Are you crazy? How dare a swordsman give up his weapon in front of me…!”

“I will cut you down.”

“What?”

“I made up my mind to do so.”

At that moment, the king’s hands, which had been deflecting all attacks, were cut off.

“This is…”

“My mind is providence. Providence is the world. In other words, if you interfere with providence through your mind, you can cut down everything in the world.”

“What nonsense…”

“I’m not holding a sword right now.”

The Demon King took a stance without holding his sword.

But in his hand he was holding something glowing red.

It looked like a longsword, a sword, or a dagger.

One thing they have in common is that they look like swords.

“Just by making up my mind to cut you down.”

And by that red ripple, the king of the barbarians was beheaded.

“You can do this.”

The Demon King, who had sorted out the situation on his own, wished happiness to the man and woman riding away on horseback.

“May your lives be filled with only love.”

And the Demon King could also hear Raoul’s heartbeat inside Ratri’s stomach.

The Demon King felt sorry for Raoul, who had not yet been born. He could roughly guess how the child, who was no more than a stain, would grow up.

That’s why he also prayed for Raul’s future.

“I hope that you will have the fate of a series of successes in your life. And I sincerely pray that such coincidences will repeat themselves.”