episode_0447

The village people were staring intently at me from afar as I crossed the skybridge.

“What about Yuzu and Mira?”

“I’m watching the kids.”

“Really? How old are the kids?”

“Fourteen and twelve years old. There are four people.”

“It was around the time I first met you.”

“···So how old are you?”

“Seventeen.”

Ujit burst out laughing.

“···This is crazy.”

Before long, even Yuso burst into laughter.

“How on earth do you live in a place like this?”

“What does it mean?”

“On the way from Ymir’s grave to here, we caught over a hundred sea creatures. It was like seeing the black forest before it was purified by the ancient dragon?”

Isabelle is just standing awkwardly behind me.

Strangely enough, I feel left out.

“Who is over there? Is she your wife?”

“No.”

“Then who is it?”

hmm···.

“I’m dating someone. We’re still just getting to know each other.”

“Well thought out. If I had gotten married, I would have been eaten alive by Shir and the Hundred Year Knight.”

Isabel wrinkles her eyebrows.

On the contrary, the water drops and cool breeze from the waterfall were extremely refreshing.

“It would be better to wash off the blood first.”

“Where?”

“Wash in any river.”

“Yes?!” “What are you saying to a lady?!”

Not only Isabel, but even Anne came out in shock.

‘Were you really expecting something like a shower room?’

Unfortunately, this is the home of Ogre, where matriarchy is the mainstream.

“Why did you suddenly come here without any news?”

“Because there are people I miss and there are people I need to apologize to. Is it okay if I wash up?”

“Um… Shall I bring you some of the clothes you used to wear when you were young?”

“Then thank you.”

“Okay. Yuso, I’ll go first.”

Ujit crosses the skybridge with a crossbow on his shoulder and a low wag of his tail.

“Would you like to wash?”

Isabelle still looks shocked.

“Uh, how do you wash in front of everyone?!”

“Didn’t you do it at the training center?”

“This is not a training camp!”

“Don’t you know that Hosot is a matriarchal system? There are very few people who take care of women here. If you can’t stand it, wash at night or in a deserted place near the upstream.”

I absolutely can’t stand this stickiness.

When he takes off his clothes, Isabel is shocked and covers her face.

“Upstream, the current is strong and there is a lot of moss. Watch your step.”

“Lee! Lee, please help me!”

“I am also a guest.”

In the meantime, I slightly spread my fingers and came across a green eye looking at me.

“──────?!”

And then he gets scared and narrows his fingers.

“So cute.”

“Who, who───!”

Plop!

The sound of water and waterfalls stole Isabelle’s excuses.

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“Wear it.”

“···What is this?”

“It’s clothes.”

Isabel was tall, but not as tall as Hosott.

Thanks to him, I lent him the clothes the kids were wearing.

I hung my clothes on the old clothesline in front of Jules’ house and changed into clothes that were well-ventilated.

Several people and children stared at me, but no one seemed that hostile, perhaps because Amy lived here.

Some people recognized me.

But no words of gratitude come.

‘······Let’s just do our business and leave.’

Too much time has passed to expect something like that.

“Thank you for the clothes.”

“It’s no big deal. What are you going to do now?”

“I have to see Heilang first, then look at Heinrich, Yuzu, and Mira’s faces…”

“Weren’t you trying to settle down?”

“There’s still work left to do.”

“···Really?”

“Yes.”

Yuso didn’t ask any further questions.

However, the eyes looking at me were full of sadness.

“Wait here.”

Yuso heads to the highest house and knocks on the door.

At the sound of a voice, Yuso, who had opened the door halfway and was talking to someone, motions to me.

A longing voice came from inside.

“···I just thought you were dead.”

A pregnant Heilang was sitting on a large sofa.

“Long time no see.”

Heukrang was not alone.

A person who appears to be her husband and a child are playing at her husband’s feet.

“Hello.”

“···Human?”

“Yes. We are human.”

“Anguira, that person is our son-in-law.”

The person called Angwira glanced at Heilang, then turned his head towards me.

The eyes are extremely round.

“···Are you a saint?”

“Yes.”

Angwira’s face soon frowned.

“What on earth did you have the shame to show up here?! Helping the enemy country───!”

“If you don’t know anything, keep your mouth shut.”

It was a natural thing to say, and it was a strategy based on the knowledge that this would be received.

“The child looks like Shir.”

He looks only about thirteen years old.

Pale yellow eyes and black hair. Those pure eyes. Everything was nostalgic.

“···Sorry.”

“What?”

“In trying to save Shir, I caused Jule to die.”

“It’s not your fault.”

“But he died because of me.”

“Instead, you saved Jur, me, and my sister’s hope. Twice.”

I?

“I ruined it.”

“That’s it. ···Who is the woman behind you?”

“This is the person I am dating.”

Heilang glanced at Isabelle and snorted.

“Quuk! If Shir and your ex-wife find out, they won’t leave you alone.”

Heilang suppressed the sudden burst of laughter and suppressed it.

I can’t stop laughing as I imagine what will happen to me. I’ve been through this many times already.

“But what happened to Shir? Like───”

“I look like my sister.”

“···Yes.”

“After Shir returned riding the dragon, the memories returned about a month later.”

This would roughly be when I ‘petitioned’ Venus.

“Shir turned white one day. There is no reason to be beautiful anymore.”

Heilang’s eyes were full of nostalgia and longing.

Sur would not have been able to stop by here.

If that happens, people who are dissatisfied with Shir may attack the ogre’s nest.

“The Shira you knew has really changed a lot… but I hope you won’t be disappointed in that child.”

“Not disappointed at all.”

“···Thank you.”

“What is the child’s name?”

“Rest.”

Shira, who looked exactly like Shira, nodded to Heilang with her round face without missing breast fat.

“I will take care of you only until my clothes dry and then I will leave.”

“Stay for a day.”

“Is that okay?”

“What can’t be done?”

“······Thank you.”

okay.

Let’s stay for just one day.

Yuzu and Mira were teaching their four daughters how to use a crossbow.

“Didn’t I tell you not to miss on purpose?”

“Really! You said you shot it straight?!”

“But how does the target come out like this?!”

Mira was looking at the target paper handed out by her sulky student as if dissatisfied.

Tanchakgun is straight.

“It’s because the scale doesn’t fit my face.”

All six faces turn towards me.

“What you see changes slightly depending on the tilt of the crossbow, your posture, and the refraction of your eyeballs. You don’t have to worry about that with a bow, though.”

Mira and Yuzu’s eyes widen.

“Ri Si-hyeon…?!” “Uh, how…!”

Especially Yuzu.

I don’t know how annoying that bitch must be to see her in such shock.

“···It’s very awkward to see you become your child’s mother.”

“You… you crazy bastard!!!”

Yuzu’s fist immediately flew towards my face.

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“It hurts.”

“I said I was sorry.”

“It hurts.”

“I’m sorry!”

Strangely enough, Yuzu, who was the most tickling to me, was the one who didn’t forget me the most.

The pure relief and joy that came to me, and ironically, the relief that I had finally finally come home, melted my frozen heart.

“But you deserved it! If you were alive, shouldn’t you show your face?!!”

“I’m dead.”

“Then what is that thing in front of me?!”

“The servant brought me back to life.”

“What? Are you saying that you went to heaven and saw Maal?!”

“All I saw was Dantalian.”

Let there be silence for a moment.

Yuzu treats me like she used to.

“Oh my! You are a great person. So, are you finally back?”

“I’m not done with my revenge yet, so I’m leaving tomorrow.”

“···Then what did you come for?”

“That was the last time I stopped by. Because I miss you guys.”

Yuzu and Mira’s faces harden.

The illusion has been shattered. Because we can never go back to those happy days.

“What about Amy?”

“Teach children to read instead of the priest. He replaces the priest’s work to some extent, and his skills are quite good.”

“Really?”

“Yes. I’m teaching kids now. Who is the woman behind?”

“The person I am dating.”

“Oh my. Are you saying that you are the person who will take care of Ri Si-hyeon’s baby?”

Yuzu grinned and looked at Isabelle.

Also, I can’t control my old habits and start to give up.

Isabelle looked quite embarrassed, and Anne pointed a finger at her.

“Wow, this is extremely rude?! Right?!”

When someone gets angry on your behalf, your anger goes away.

Thanks to this, Isabelle just smiled.

“So, is your baby awake well?”

“Okay then! Good luck!”

Yuzu looks at her child.

The children seemed frightened by the smell of blood on my body.

“···Do you know what Shir is doing?”

“Preparation for war.”

“Have you met?”

“I just watched from afar.”

“···Yes.”

“Amy will come down to town in an hour or two. I don’t want to be disturbed when I’m teaching my kids, so don’t go there for no reason.”

“I have to come and see Heinrich.”

I got up from my seat and immediately walked towards the workshop in the village square.

Even after 16 years, Heinrich, who was still correct, took the chair where Felix was sitting and was enjoying a light nap.

The same goes for his apprentices.

“···Heinrich?”

“Umm…who is sleeping…”

“It’s me. Sihyeon Lee.”

“What…? Who are you…?”

“This is Sihyeon Lee.”

Heinrich looks at me with narrowed eyes and wrinkled brows.

“What…who is…?”

“Don’t you think so? You gave me arrows and made me the heavy crossbow I designed.”

“···What? ···Ah?!”

The dull eyes suddenly become brighter.

Soon, Heinrich, with his eyes wide open, looked at me almost glaring, not knowing what to do.

“···Aren’t you dead?!!”

“I died and came back to life.”

When I sat down next to Heinrich, Heinrich got up again.

“Now, did your wife send it?”

“Yes?”

“Oh, isn’t it…?”

“Do you know Sii?”

Why is Heinrich so friendly with Lexi?

“···Have we never met?”

“We had to meet. But I’ve never heard of Heinrich.”

“Ah, I see.”

“What happened that makes you so sad?”

“Your wife said that to me. ···He will make me the king of Doomheim.”

ah.

Come to think of it, Heinrich, who looks like a local guy, is the rightful heir to the royal family of Doomheim.

The younger Heinrich seemed to be full of vitality and his body was perfect.

‘They were planning to devour Doomheim.’

“···But what is that thing strapped to your back?”

It seems that the engineer’s insight is not going anywhere.

I immediately realized that the air rifle was a unique item.

“It is a weapon that assassinates the opponent with air.”

“Air? By air─?!”

“Yes. It wasn’t made by magic. As long as you don’t break it, you can take a look.”

“Of course!”

I took out two air guns, bullets, and a pump.

Heinrich began to carefully examine the air gun with a passion for exploration so pure that he seemed like a child at first glance.

How can someone over 50 have that kind of passion? Isn’t that the quality of a genius?

“If Dennis had seen you, he would have been really happy.”

“···Did you say anything about where you were going?”

“I don’t know. He said he wanted to put down his burden and look around the world.”

“I’m going to see Tinchi and the priest for a moment.”

“Of course.”

‘It would be nice if we could meet someday.’

I walked towards the mountain where Tinci and the priest were buried.

The entire mountain was studded with fences and totems.

And inside the fence, oxygen is roaming freely and grazing.

Even wild animals like buffaloes have grown accustomed to being handled by humans for over 17 years and don’t even pay attention.

“Are you raising cows…?”

“Yes. In the South, there is a shortage of high-calorie grains for horses to eat, so cattle are raised for transportation and food.”

This is Isabel, who has been eating beef jerky for several days.

It was a pity that he was starving for food to the point where his mouth was full while looking at a live cow.

“Didn’t you see sea water on the road today? Food here is common yet rare.”

“···I guess so, right?”

It seems like his strength has been drained because his hopes were carelessly trampled upon.

How far has it gone?

I stood in front of the memorial stone created due to an incident 17 years ago.

Looking at the flowers and ceremonial tools placed in front of the memorial stone, it seemed that the village people had not forgotten that day.

‘···Priest. ‘It’s been a long time since I last saw you.’

He took out his sacred flag and sprinkled water on the graveyard behind the cenotaph.

Even the servants enjoy the taste of water. It’s not alcohol, but it probably doesn’t taste bad.

‘In the end, everything the priest said was right.’

‘The servant was on my head.’

‘In the end, I killed Jules.’

‘I know I can’t be forgiven, but I still want to apologize.’

After saying a quick greeting in the Korean way, I turned around.

“Were you a close person?”

“Yes. He was my master’s adoptive father, my teacher, and the person who taught me how to read. More than anything, you helped me blend into this village.”

And he was killed by Immortal.

As I stood in front of this memorial, the tragedy and anger of that day came back clearly to my mind.

“I will kill the king.”

“···Yes.”

“I cannot forgive the person who killed these people because they were blinded by eternal life.”

“Let’s do that.”

“They are trying to kill your father. Is that okay?”

There was still no emotion visible in Isabel’s eyes.

Even in facial expressions and eyes.

“Father also knows that I have received the blessings of Venus.”

Shoot ──

The gaze is directed down the mountain to the cool breeze.

The wind soon began to sweep down the river.

“The priest said that those blessed by Venus can change their skin color, eye color, and hair color.”

“But, even after listening to that advice, my father got too drunk and beat my mother to death. He said he had an affair.”

“I grew up experiencing all kinds of insults and humiliation. They said your mother was a prostitute, and that you are also a prostitute.”

“There was no way other people would respect a child who was not respected by his parents.”

Isabel’s eyes turn to me.

There is no emotion visible in the eyes. It was like an abyss.

“The reason I couldn’t kill my father is because you made him immortal.”

─Truth.

I couldn’t read his emotions, but I was certain that those words were sincere.

“I understand that you gave permission.”

It felt like Isabel’s onion-like feelings had finally been peeled away.