episode_0373

“Gong. What does it mean that Baek Seol received the servant’s blessing?”

Sterry looked quite embarrassed.

You may feel like everything you have learned is being denied.

“Aren’t they the ones who sparked the war in Pangea? ”

“This is just one of many reasons. It just triggered it.”

Just like an abandoned dog doesn’t know that it has been abandoned.

“Thank you.”

At that moment, Vinitra was heading to the commander after receiving a ration of chicken stew.

All people’s eyes were on Vinitra.

The warrior commander, who was loaded like a piece of luggage, talked for half a day and eventually closed his mouth.

Would that picky warrior commander actually indulge in foreign food?

“Commander, meal.”

Vinitra freed the warrior general’s restraints one by one.

When all the restraints were released like that.

Pop!

The warrior leader lashed out and poured out the stew.

“······.”

“Did you think I would eat foreign food like you?!”

Vinitra picked up the snow-covered chicken without saying a word.

Then he chews the chicken down to the bones.

Oh my! Ododog!

Everyone looked at the scene in silence.

Except for the warrior commander.

“You’re picking up fallen food! You’re done with being a beggar!”

“Such a bastard─” “Don’t step forward.”

Vinitra silently picked up all the spilled food.

“It’s delicious.”

“Ha! A guy who doesn’t even have the pride to bow down to a stranger!”

“Pride?”

“Yes! This thing is going to drop─” Wow!

Vinitra gave the warrior general a slap so strong that his hair broke.

“Is your pride more important than this meal?”

“What bullshit?!”

Pale blue-gray eyes without pigment look down at the warrior commander.

” Baek Seol ran out of food, so he chased his neighbors out to the snowy plains of death. ”

“Baksul’s colleagues, neighbors, and relatives who fought the holy war.”

“Do not treat a meal carelessly, which is more precious than the family you kicked out.”

“······.”

Then he offered the stew he was going to eat to Baek Seol.

“This is my request as your grandfather. Don’t leave a single piece behind.”

The warrior leader eventually began to break the dishes.

Soon, the hand moving the dishes began to get faster and faster.

‘Are you tired of the taste of foreign meat?’

Even if you hate the enemy country, you covet its goods.

Deer or reindeer meat has a very strong unique flavor.

To remove this scent, a large amount of spices and aging are required.

But how can spices be transported from the north?

‘It’s impossible.’

I burst out laughing at the sight of him becoming obedient under the pressure of the taste of violence.

“Ah~ I can’t stand chicken.”

The warrior leader who had finished emptying his bowl glared at me, but I pretended not to notice and avoided my gaze.

“···Gong seems to have a childlike side.”

In the past, this would have seemed like an insult.

But now it’s quite a welcome thing to say.

“The Centennial Knight told me.”

He sounded like an old man.

But it was a statement that pierced the world.

“The world is childish, so don’t take it seriously and become childish together. It means to be pampered by others.”

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen the ball being pampered.”

is it?

Even so, I thought he was being spoiled quite a bit.

“Even looking at it like this, he is still spoiled.”

“In what sense are you spoiled?”

“In many ways.”

I gently pulled out a strand of hair that was in Anne’s mouth as she was sleeping.

“Isn’t it okay to be serious only when you have to be serious?”

“People must be serious in everything.”

“Why do you think that should be the case?”

“Won’t you make mistakes if you don’t take it seriously?”

“Seriousness and depth of thought are two different things.”

I realized this by reading other people’s minds.

It’s sad to see people’s hearts being worn away as they live their lives seriously.

‘Koreans were especially like that.’

Most people force people to take their performance and attitude seriously.

In other words, it forces perfection.

But if you act seriously, will things that didn’t work out turn out well?

Seriousness that must be hidden wears out sensitivity and consumes dopamine, a limited resource.

In the end, there is no dopamine to use for those around you and for yourself, so you dry up.

So life becomes boring.

Human beings must not abandon the qi in their hearts.

Because stroke is like a lubricant that reduces sensitivity and emotions.

When I looked back at the conclusion I had come to, laughter burst out of nowhere.

“Hehe…”

It was like a defense mechanism and it made me feel pathetic.

“Why do you talk in a creepy way and then suddenly laugh to yourself?”

“It’s nothing.”

Isn’t it true that the representative of servants, a saint, and the savior of humanity who is revered by people who don’t even know his face is actually someone who builds a defense mechanism?

I leaned back on the chair and buried myself.

I just really liked how the warrior commander accepted his own imperfections.

That was it.

* * * * * *

“Arriving soon.”

The voice of Vinitra, who was ahead, was heard.

I need to get ready soon.

I laid Anne down and wrapped the string around her arm.

The round recurve bow was placed facing from the right shoulder to the left shoulder, as if it were an accessory.

A rope was wrapped around the arms and legs and a large, thick arrow was inserted.

“Phew···.”

“Baby, don’t be so nervous.”

“Okay. That’s how it should be…”

Jesse and Merson were very stiff and looked nervous.

I’m sorry that I used these people to answer my questions.

Even the southern Hosot calls Baek Seol a cannibal who eats people.

Baek Seol appears nearby.

The eyes looking this way from a distance are full of wariness, curiosity, and goodwill.

···.

It didn’t look like they were going to attack this side without even stepping forward.

why?

“It looks like they have no intention of attacking. Did you announce it in advance?”

“I’ve never done anything like that. Didn’t you see it too? It’s not like they listen to what they say.”

There was laughter on the farmland streets of Vunitra.

I don’t know what it is, but I’m glad that happened.

The mercenaries were nervously fiddling with their heavy crossbows in the luggage compartment where the barrier had been erected.

“Jesse, Merson.”

“Yes?”

Merson looked at me in surprise, and Jesse just turned his head and looked at me.

“Please stay inside.”

I have never driven a carriage, but I know how to lead a horse.

Merson and Jessie probably thought my words would cause a lot of trouble, but they looked at me with stern faces and walked over to the luggage compartment.

Today is the last day of this carriage trip.

‘Let’s leave Anne here.’

You can tell Jemmy Drucker.

I’m sure you’ll be able to adapt well.

As the carriage progressed, more snow became visible around.

How far did it go that way?

There were traces of someone scraping away the snow.

White moss-like things were blooming on the exposed floor.

In the snowy fields, colorful plants with autumn leaves grew, and flowers bloomed and fluttered in the sky.

Young Snow White rides a female reindeer as if she were riding a horse, plays with her horns, and looks in this direction at the loud sound of the carriage rolling.

“Hello?”

“Hello?”

The female reindeer was staring at me at the appearance of a stranger, but Snow White, who seemed to be the parent, quickly retreated with the child and the reindeer.

Merson and Jesse opened the leather window buttons of the carriage and glanced outside, rolling their eyes.

“How can plants grow in this place where freezing to death is not enough…?”

“This is all snow.”

“There are so many.”

Snow White’s nest was beautiful.

The colorful maple leaves and flower petals, the fruit of plants, had their natural light deep. It’s like seeing crafts decorated in a snowy field.

What about these tall trees?

I felt like I was walking through a birch forest with autumn leaves.

But when it falls, it seems to change color.

Some snowballs were picking up the autumn leaves that had turned white from underneath them and putting them in their baskets.

The tree that caught the most attention was a large tree with an incongruous green color.

The tree, with branches extending in all directions, grew tall as if unaffected by gravity, waving its green leaves like laurel trees.

That must be the totem.

Buuung!

Just by listening, you can hear uncomfortable sounds coming from around you.

From bees, butterflies, flying insects to birds…

It was full of impossible creatures.

The scent of luminous flowers attracts insects, and butterflies and bees fly to me.

“Wow…”

Anne forgot the cold and burst out in exclamation as if she were mesmerized.

How can there be flying insects in the north where temperatures are close to -50 degrees Celsius?

Maybe I’m looking at something wrong?

I thought about it without thinking, but the biting cold was definitely real.

“Woman, what the hell is this place…”

···This is the price they received for plunging Pangea into war.

Their own paradise living in the north.

The site of our ancestors.

A sanctuary created in exchange for tens of millions… hundreds of millions of lives.

“It was peaceful here. While several generations were replaced, there were no foreign enemies and there was no shortage of food. But recently the number has increased too much.”

He glanced at the warrior commander where Vinitra was tied up, and then he looked at me.

“Do you know which animal is the only one that does not run away when it sees a human and has slow feet?”

“It must be Ain.”

“That’s right. So, there are still ghosts who are cannibalistic.”

Well, that’s right.

Human flesh is often found in pots on the battlefield.

It was no different from Earth.

I pulled the reins and made the horse stop.

The horse, which was spitting out white steam in the bitter cold, looked around and started eating snow grass on its own.

“If you go outside the snowy field, you will be killed, and there is nothing to eat inside the snowy field. We are stranded in this snowy field.”

The carriage that was following stopped, the sound of the wheels turning disappeared, and with that alone, the forest became quiet.

” Baek Seol’s own cannibalism has largely disappeared. However…”

“Are you saying you are wary of foreigners?”

“That’s right. So, I hope you refrain from making sudden actions.”

That’s about it.

As I got off the carriage, the door of the center carriage opened and I saw Jemmy Drucker stepping onto his ancestral home.

He also looked around in amazement at this amazing scenery, and then he and Haengsu began to approach this direction with light steps.

“It’s a beautiful place.”

“Yes. It’s a really beautiful place.”

“I will accompany you.”

Sterry walked out of the carriage with a heavy crossbow on his back.

“Me too!”

Anne suddenly looked up from the carriage and jumped out of it in a hurry.

···It would be better to talk as we go.

“Sure.”

Anne is clinging to me as always.

Just like a puppy.

“Anne.”

“Yes.”

“I will leave the top as soon as today’s negotiations are over.”

“···Yes?”

Its red eyes widen and look at me intently.

“You stay on top of this.”

“I hate it!”

“If not, head to the temple.”

“I am Lee…!”

“What do you plan to do by following me? I have a lover whom I truly love.”

Anne must have been speechless, so even when she opened her mouth, she couldn’t say anything.

I definitely gave Anne time to think.

Surely this too will be an experience.

“Now that I have access to the world, can I be satisfied with just me?”

“Before…”

“Learn about the world. Expand your horizons and meet many people.”

A stupid person.

Please pray for this foolish person to have issues that he doesn’t even have.

“Can I ask for Anne?”

Jemmy Drucker nods.

“Yes. Of course. Evan, your new secretary.”

“Okay.”

Haengsu comes out and sweeps Anne aside.

Soon, Anne opened her eyes and started glaring at me.

“Don’t make your own decisions without me even telling you!”

“I just arranged it. If you don’t like it, just find something else to do.”

Tears well up in my eyes.

Those pleading eyes that I had seen once before.

You shouldn’t face it.

“Anne, you must be the main character of your life.”

Eventually, I avoided Anne’s gaze as she began to shed tears silently.