episode_0374

Their houses were made of snow.

When I saw the igloo in real life, I couldn’t understand why I was so happy about it.

In the frigid North Sea, there were several fairly large ships floating in the cold North Sea.

Vinitra released the warrior commander’s restraints without saying a word, and the warrior commander was no longer as cruel as before.

“It hurts so bad.”

Perhaps it was a common tradition of the Hosott tribe to build the leader’s building at the highest point, but the place the warrior leader was heading was an igloo reminiscent of a lighthouse.

Although it is a frozen sea, there is a strong fishy smell carried by the wind.

You can see iron mining in the mountains.

Food, iron ore, timber, coast.

They truly had everything they needed to become self-reliant.

“How can there be a city that has received such natural resources…”

Even Jemmy Drucker burst out laughing at the city’s perfection.

The fish they caught was frozen and frozen, and so was their reindeer meat.

How far did you walk inside while exploring the village?

Something familiar came into view that caught my attention.

Beige robe.

“···Dragonia?”

Absurd words came out of Haengsu’s mouth.

Their efforts to widely benefit Ajin were also spread here.

The male human who was teaching young Snow White to read bowed to me and then extended his hand toward the lighthouse.

“Inside, the priest and chief are waiting for the distinguished guests.”

···Why did Dragonia tell me that?

“Yes.”

I greeted lightly, passed the warrior commander who was dumbfounded by the Dragonia’s attitude as if it were a sphere, and walked towards the lighthouse.

* * * * * *

The old priest who met me gave me a warm greeting.

“Come. We have been waiting for you.”

Called.

My head felt cold.

─Wow.

These were the words of the priest who knew my identity from the beginning.

In that case, there is no need to introduce myself.

” I know that he killed the children of Frezaville to gain sanctuary.”

“Yes. This is an inexcusable denial.”

I had no right to criticize them.

I also killed a thousand people for what I wanted.

“Can you explain why?”

“First of all, do you know why the Union Alliance was created?”

“No.”

“After the Laobian Empire burned down, the refugees gathered together and established the Romaria Empire. They exterminated the indigenous people who reached out to them.”

“No! That’s not true.”

He held out his hand to stop Steri, who was about to get excited.

“Sterri, please do not intervene.”

The priest was telling the truth.

Also I know. History is written by the winners.

Throughout human history, a victorious country has never apologized to a defeated country.

Even if an apology was made, the apology and compensation were never properly delivered.

At least that’s what I know.

The priest, who was observing the group’s thoughts, continued speaking.

“Under the Drekkar Union, each sub-race created a nation, but other sub-races were extinct, persecuted, or destroyed. The same was true for our Baekseol.”

“Our Baekseol started wandering the snowy plains to avoid humans. Fortunately, no one coveted this snowy field. In the meantime, the owner of the land was forgotten, and many demi-humans became extinct. Our power also gradually weakened.”

The priest’s eyes turned to the totem outside the window.

“We had no choice but to pray to the servant. It’s been 200 years since I prayed like that. In the end, our prayers were answered, and my great-great-grandmother, who was a priest at the time, received an oracle from a servant.”

“The servant told my great-great-grandmother to unite the neglected demi-humans and lead them against Drekkar. She is the first white wolf.”

So what?

The priest smiled bitterly at the look in my eyes.

“The servant said that in order to unite the alienated Ajin people, a great fire must be created.”

“Is that torch burning the cradle?”

I didn’t want to imagine or understand it.

Why on earth would killing children unite the demi-humans?

“That’s right. But the White Wolf could not accept the fact that children had to be slaughtered. So you failed.”

“White Wolf died along with his great-great-uncle, Eve. I was betrayed. The other subhumans were accepting the gradual euthanasia rather than the pain that was right before their eyes.”

Is there a forgotten first white wolf?

It occurred to me that maybe she was the prototype of the white wolf.

“The servant said to Baekseol, “He will reap the children himself, so the oracle gave him to accomplish the task that the white wolf could not.”

“Many of my ancestors, including my great-grandfathers and great-great-grandfathers, eventually set off on a journey to burn themselves and kill their own grandchildren and children, leaving their children behind in the snowy fields.”

I was furious.

In the end, it was the servant who gave birth to this hatred.

“So, one month later. As the snow blossoms, we can truly settle down in this sanctuary.”

Thus, a great war broke out, and the demi-humans, desperate for help, created the Yunaira Alliance. Before slaughter, not euthanasia.

I looked through Sterry and Jemmy Drucker.

“All those words are true.”

“Why did the servant…!”

“Not a servant for ‘Drekar’. I am a servant for Ain.”

The group was silent at my answer.

In other words, the servant chose to cut out the cow and save the family.

“···It’s like heavenly punishment.”

“─There is nothing like that in the world.”

Jemmy Drucker lowered his eyes.

“···In addition to borders, conflict with enemies and cannibalism are prohibited. Negotiate and trade with the Golden Lord what they want, including snow grass and iron ore.”

The priest looks at me with a puzzled expression.

“···Are you saying we should trade iron ore?”

But even for a moment.

The way he erased even the smallest of doubts with an expression of leaving everything to me was not something I could easily accept.

—They knew that I would come here.

At least the priests.

“The northern part of the country is rich in iron ore. If you just burn it with wood in the first place, it is obvious that you will only get cast iron, not steel, and you will have to cut down more than one tree.”

To begin with, iron has poor cold resistance, so cast iron breaks easily in cold regions.

In that case, it is better to buy and use steel.

“Even if you sell a little cheaper than other countries, give them money and conduct fair trade. We need to be able to quickly accept culture and culture. It would be better to bring in livestock such as chickens rather than reindeer, which eat a lot.”

“The ancestral home is geographically surrounded by the Drekkar Confederacy. Build more ships so you can abandon them at any time if problems arise.”

“I think this is a place where you can grow all plants and raise livestock regardless of the climate.”

“Huhhh…!”

Jemmy Drucker let out a small groan.

okay.

You know how blessed this place is.

“Dobang, considering our geographical advantage, please bring the seeds of the most expensive plants. From now on, Dobang will grow this village.”

“···Just leave it to me!”

“Keep what you say here a secret. I believe in you.”

Jemmy Drucker caught my gaze and nodded.

It seemed like the rest had also sworn to keep quiet.

Below the north is the Romanian Empire, the richest at the moment.

Jemi Drikker will trade the shortest distance between the central and northern regions, bringing here iron ore and luxuries that can only be obtained in the South or Deep South, as well as food and daily necessities.

“It may be a difficult request, but to avoid getting caught, please send Weapon Janggi, Hwajeong, and ‘trustworthy’ technicians in each field here. I hope you can give them advice on how to recharge Hwajeong.”

“Yes. Let’s try.”

good.

Considering that there is a hot spring in the center of the snow field, the trade distance between Romaria and Niflheim will also be shortened, assuming that you bring plenty of fire tablets.

It’s a good thing not only for Jemmy Drucker, but for Golden Road as a whole.

I glared straight at the priest.

“And gather together your families whom you have abandoned. Not even an animal would abandon its family.”

“···Yes. Okay.”

I heard what I wanted to know, and I have no questions left.

I walked down the lighthouse, passing the chieftain and warrior chief.

“Are you leaving?”

“Yes.”

There is no time anymore.

If you run day and night, you will be able to stop at Sky Lake and then traverse the Hibi Desert.

Afterwards, we meet Lexi.

Anne looks at me intently.

“I will see you off.” “I will take you to see me.”

Anne and Steri spoke at the same time, then looked at each other and then at me.

Soon, the two approached me at a fast pace and started walking next to me.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going home.”

“···Really?”

“Yes.”

It was very quiet for a final farewell.

It was almost the end.

“······Thank you. Really, really. Thank you so much…!”

Anne’s trembling voice was heard.

After crying earlier, she is about to cry again.

“I thought the ball was kind to everyone.”

Steri says something difficult to understand.

Am I kind to everyone?

“I am not kind to everyone.”

I am···.

I just don’t want to disappoint Jules, whom I will meet again someday.

How should I explain this?

Specifically···.

“I am only kind to pretty children under the age of fourteen.”

“···Yes?”

ah.

“Wait a minute, I made a mistake. Well, my acquaintance is not yet fourteen…”

“Just go alone.”

Steri was disgusted and turned around.

I didn’t draw this!

“The servant’s representative is a crazy pedophile with schizophrenia…”

no. I just… Jules is younger than me… Damn it!

“···Do you like younger people so they can’t keep up with me? Do you hate me because I’m old…?”

Why are you seriously asking that?!

“No!”

“······Hehe!”

Anne, who started crying and laughing, stops.

Even though she had a lot of eyes on me, she didn’t ask any more questions.

I passed the drying rack where fish were made to look like frozen fish, and headed south. Baek Seol’s curious eyes come from all directions.

“It’s cold. Now go up.”

“I will.”

The sound of small footsteps always walking next to me becomes distant.

The little bird that had been next to me for several months was staring intently at the back of my head as if it were watching its mother leave.

I felt those gazes on me, but I couldn’t look back.

─Because this is my last education.

The world is too big to live in one thing.

The world is so cold that you could get burned.

I wanted you to learn that from me.

I headed straight to the carriage.

Mercy and Jason, who were hugging each other, looked like they knew each other.

“Are you going?”

“Yes. I’m sorry for getting you caught up in such a difficult situation.”

“No. It was fun so far.”

Jesse shakes his head.

Nope. It seems like just yesterday that I was whining about being cold every day.

“I have been indebted to you all this time.”

I bowed to them both.

“Please take a look.”

“Wait a minute, take this.”

Merson leaned back, rummaged through the wagon compartment, pulled out a bundle of fragrant beef jerky, and held it out to me.

“Thank you. I will eat what you gave me on my way back.”

I took the beef jerky and shoved it into my bag.

Merson and Jesse bow to me.

“I hope you have a comfortable and safe journey home.”

“I hope you have a comfortable and safe journey home.”

I also bowed to them.

“I hope you have a comfortable and safe upward journey.”

Eventually, I turned away from the two and started walking blindly south.

The yellow and red maple leaves that fell sparsely on the pure white snowy field showed off their intense primary color beauty.

‘It’s such a dreamy and beautiful place.’

In a birch forest with beautiful autumn leaves, a handful of Jules’ ashes were scattered.

This place was too beautiful to just pass by.

“Sister.”

I guess I must be crazy.

I have less human relationships left than my fingers, and I kicked them away.

I’m talking about someone who chases after me because he likes me.

“There is really only one person left.”

Sorry. I wanted to find my sister, but I didn’t know how to find her.

“Other people’s emotions can be smelled, but why can’t I find my sister’s scent?”

I’m so tired and anxious.

I was wondering if I couldn’t find my sister and Lexi.

“How great would it be if you could find even traces of your sister?”

If you remember your sister’s smell, you will be able to recognize her as your sister when you meet her again.

How much comfort would it be if you found a trace?

It’s only been a year, but I give up very easily.

‘I will definitely find it.’

I’m really sorry.

When we meet again, I will make you happy for the rest of your life.

May gravity guide us.

Let’s meet again.”