episode_0448

In the south, the sea is boiling.

I thought there would be a shortage of food since the hunting festival couldn’t be held properly, but I was completely wrong.

“Wow…”

“You can eat it, right?!”

A very sumptuous feast was spread out.

Isabel’s eyes were wide, and Anne was rubbing her hands together like a fly.

“Where did all this meat come from?”

“After the sea water increased, support came from Yunaira. Because our village has the best blacksmith and sanson who made heavy crossbows.”

“Don’t eat it all, just give it all away.”

“That’s right.”

Yuso smiles and leisurely eats the meat with his daughter.

I’m curious.

All parents value their children, but in what way are they precious?

“So, how did you feel after having a child?”

“At first, I thought it was my child. Honestly, it was disgusting.”

“Ugh!”

Yuso’s daughter glares at Yuso as if she’s about to get angry.

“There is nothing I cannot say in front of my daughter. Reaching Mira?”

“Listen until the end. I had a hard time taking care of the baby for a few days. Other people say their children are cute, but I don’t think my baby is that cute.”

There didn’t seem to be any need to say it, even as a joke.

Because Yuso’s eyes were filled with love as he looked at his daughter.

“I asked and they all said the same thing. Babies aren’t cute from the beginning.”

“I’m dripping with happiness now.”

“Yes. I don’t remember exactly, but he smiled and waved at me. Abuaaabuah… like this. I felt it then.”

A calm smile came out of Yuso’s mouth.

“I could die for him.”

If Uso’s last words weren’t right, he would have been stabbed in the back by Mira.

Fortunately, Mira withdrew her fist. It seemed like there was some sympathy.

“Huh? Are you here?”

‘A child born with a stomachache is not cute from the beginning.’

This was the first thing I learned.

“This village, as always, has a lot of rotten meat.”

“Unaira also gives some preferential treatment to our village.”

Amy approaches, looking straight at me.

The eyes are full of joy, surprise, and relief.

“It’s been a while.”

“···It’s true. It was said that death is not the end.”

There was no longer any fear in Amy’s eyes when she looked at me.

Wasn’t he someone who was always afraid of me and found it difficult?

“I thought Amy would have followed Shir like crazy.”

“You said that to me. Death is not the end.”

Death and success are separate things.

“Just for that reason?”

He asked in a humorous way.

Amy smiled and pulled a chair and sat down at the table.

“···Shir doesn’t need me anymore. Because there is someone better than me by my side.”

The faint jealousy in his eyes soon disappeared.

“The reason you entrusted me with it in the first place was to do it for the sake of this village, not to follow Shir, right?”

It’s true.

I have become a person who can calmly accept death in a different way.

Having died, I am still afraid of death.

Anne and Isabelle were looking at me like a child asking for permission.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Just eat as full as usual and sleep.”

“You can eat this!”

Yuso’s daughter seemed to like Isabel.

He recommended various delicious foods, and Anne used her power to steal expensive meat.

“Give me a bowl! I’ll give it to you!”

When Isabelle secretly holds out a bowl, Anne coolly cuts up the stolen meat.

“···I was asked to follow Shir. I refused. It may sound strange to say this, but in the grand scheme of things, revenge has no meaning, right?”

“Yes. I think I understand.”

“So, Shir left alone with the Hundred Year Knight. Seeing as they have become leaders of Yunaira, I feel fortunate that I did not follow them.”

Tang───!!!

At the strange sound, all the hosots’ eyes turn to the workshop.

Cold sweat broke out on my face.

‘It’s the sound of an air gun!’

It’s the workshop side!

“Oh, don’t be too surprised. Because I usually do that.”

“This is a slightly different case!”

While explaining about firearms, I was at ease, thinking that as an engineer, I would understand the internal structure.

The workshop door was barricaded.

bang!

Heinrich──

“Hahaha!!! Is this really a thing?!”

Heinrich was laughing in the workshop without any injuries.

‘I thought my heart was dropping…!’

“···It’s a dangerous item.”

Heinrich smiles brightly and nods.

“I know too. I don’t know who made it, but it makes me want to become an apprentice and learn a bit. The person who can make something like this is the one who will become the king of Doomheim.”

Heinrich looks at me subtly.

“Can you tell me who is buried in Choya who made this item?”

“I was the one who designed it and Mabap made the parts. Since detailed processing was impossible, it was made by disguising it as a part for a watch and distributing requests to dozens of people.”

Heinrich looks inwardly regretful.

“···Is that so? You’d better be careful. That thing is so perfect. If you disassemble it and make a mold, you can make as many weapons as you want.”

‘Can we mass produce air guns?’

A thought flashes through my mind.

─What if this weapon could eliminate the southern seawater?

The heavy crossbow is a weapon with a limited range and is as strong as the rifle I used in the military.

An air gun like this can’t pierce Seawater’s skin.

‘If the manufacturing method is made known, it will eventually be used as a weapon to kill people.’

“I’ll be careful.”

The meat was wrapped in meat and grilled, and I took a big bite of the thick piece, almost like meat from a cartoon.

“Uncle.”

···mister?

Inkigayo stole my attention.

“Why are you doing this?”

It was Heilang’s child who called me uncle.

I told you to rest.

···Even the appearance reflected in the moonlight is the same as Shir when I was young.

‘Are my father’s genes buried in the river bottom?’

Shira hesitantly approaches me.

Maybe it’s because they can’t go out and play because of the sea water, but boredom and curiosity are rampant.

“···Dad told me not to get close to you.”

“But why did you come?”

“I’m curious. Is he a bad person?”

“You are a bad child because you did not listen to your father.”

“No. I’m not a bad person, right?”

“Then you are not a bad person either.”

“Why?”

“Because I’m not a bad person.”

Shira wrinkles her brow.

“It’s not fun.”

Shira turns her back to me and walks out to where there are other kids her age.

The sight of his familiar back made me miss Shir so much that my heart ached. Those days back then. Shirga smiled brightly as always without knowing anything. Julie, who guided me.

“Rest.”

Shira shakes her ears and turns to look at me.

“Why?”

“Would it be okay if I hug you just once?”

“Yes?”

“Uncle just once…”

“Hee profit…?!”

Shira’s emotions run wild to a degree that is difficult to understand.

Soon all those emotions began to be replaced by fear.

‘why···?’

“Oh momaaa───?!!”

Shira was disgusted and ran away at lightning speed towards the highest house.

* * * * * *

Angwira came rushing in and got angry because he was trying to do something strange to his child.

If Heilang hadn’t shouted from the highest house that he wouldn’t leave her alone if he didn’t come back right away, he might have even made a fist.

“What on earth are you doing to this kid?! Not a pedophile…!”

After tearing off the anguira and drying it, Mira catches her breath and glares at me.

“I thought of Shir.”

“What?”

“For me, I broke up with you three years ago.”

“······.”

“That’s why I miss those days so much. Sorry.”

I avoided it with a big smile.

The four didn’t say anything anymore.

The words that were said in a pure sense turned me into a pure pervert.

Maybe I was a pervert. Thanks to this, the eyes of the village people were not so kind when they looked at me.

“We’ll go in first.”

“Yes. Go in carefully.”

I gathered my things, put them on my back, and entered the familiar shoulder of the road.

Isabel and Anne, who had enjoyed a hearty meal until they were full, were dozing off with their heads resting on the shoulder of the road.

“Isabel, Anne.”

“Ah… Yes.”

“Let’s go in and eat.”

Isabel rubs her eyes and slowly gets up from her seat.

Why are you so beautiful even without makeup?

He took the sleeping Anne in his arms and walked ahead.

Isabel follows behind me leisurely.

“I never imagined that Deberg would be in a place like this. Are those people slaves?”

“Heinrich Schweinsteiger and their apprentices.”

“Yes? ···Yes───?!!”

Isabelle looked tired.

Wide-open eyes glanced at the workshop.

“If you have an eye for situations and people, you will know that Heinrich was purely a victim.”

Isabelle’s eyes narrow.

“At lunch, we talked about the king and other strange things!”

“Humans are animals that struggle when someone restrains them.”

Who did the cleaning?

The house where Jules and I stayed was as clean and tidy as before.

Sur’s frame and Jules’ frame were hung together, and the box with the broken latch was full of my diary and writings written in Korean.

“This is a white wolf. Is that the chief next to you?”

“The black side is Shir.”

“Yes?”

“Those are drawings I drew 23 and 18 years ago.”

I roughly took off my clothes and laid down on the hard yet comfortable bed.

Isabelle looked at me like a duck egg from the Nakdong River.

“···Where do I grow up?”

“Wouldn’t it be okay to sleep here?”

As she patted the bed while holding Anne, Isabelle’s eyebrows became faintly wrinkled.

“Don’t worry. Hosott has good ears and nose, so he never engages in sexual or sexual activity within the village.”

“Hmph! So I guess you slept with the white wolf?!”

“Yes. We have been together ever since our self was established.”

I want to hug anyone and sleep with them.

There was no blanket, so it was cold in the morning.

“If you don’t like it, don’t do it.”

Anne blinked and motioned to Isabelle.

“It’s okay. You can sleep here.”

“But…!”

“You’re not sleeping with Lee, you’re sleeping with me.”

Anne reaches out to Isabelle as if asking for a hug.

Isabelle reluctantly approached Anne and glanced at me.

“···That’s because you can’t sleep on the floor.”

I say there is nothing I can do and sit down on the hard wooden bed and put my legs in one by one.

Soon the two hug each other.

I hugged Anne from behind as if stealing her.

Jules was a tall man.

It was a bed that someone like that could sleep on, so it was large enough.

As I lay in bed and opened the window, the broken moonlight from the large hole in the ceiling poured into the house through the window.

My body overlaps with Isabelle, who unconsciously twists her body to look out the window.

Even in that unconscious action, I feel nostalgic.

‘······Was Juul like this too?’

I wasn’t particularly attracted to Isabelle.

I happened to teach these two.

And I was just following in Jules’ footsteps, just as a child follows in his or her parents’ footsteps.

“Actually, I still don’t know.”

“What?”

“Are you on my side or not.”

“Do you want to receive a confirmation?”

“If possible… Yes. I would like to receive it.”

“How?” “How will you give it to me?”

It seems I wasn’t the only one who was frustrated.

That comes as comfort. In the end, a light snort escaped.

“···Let’s get some sleep.”

I’m dead, but the world goes on.

My friends, my close people, and their descendants live.

If war had broken out, their peaceful daily life would have been shattered.

“I’m so glad I met you.”

“···Yes?”

Without saying anything, I hugged Anne and closed my eyes.

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Anne was burying her face in my chest and blowing her tickling breath into my chest.

Isabel is holding Anne from behind and raising her legs.

I slightly released Anne’s hands and put on my dry clothes.

After putting Isabelle’s clothes on the table, I headed straight to the workshop.

Sigh───

“···What is there to do in the bright blue dawn?”

“You need a cloth to use as a sanitary pad.”

“Ah! I’ll give it to you right away.”

Heinrich jumps up from his chair.

It looks like it was inspired by my air rifle or something from the blueprint.

Just as I was about to glance past it.

A strange shape caught my eye.

“···What is this?”

“When I saw your weapon, various thoughts came to mind, so I started making a drawing.”

It was an air gun with an air tank that looked like a fuel tank carried by a flamethrower shooter, and a long barrel.

Heinrich may have made it without thinking, but it seemed to have something to say to me.

‘This is a sniper rifle.’

I started to get greedy.

Seeing as I’m drawn to big weapons, I guess I’m still a lover.

“Can you give this to me?”

Heinrich looks at me with a shocked expression.

“···Well, you can just draw it again. Anyway, it’s not like I can make it even if I scribble it down.”

“I will write well. Thank you so much.”

Heinrich handed me several pieces of cotton cloth.

“One day, I will gain craftsmanship that surpasses magic, so please post it. I’ll make a much better weapon then.”

“Thank you.”

“···So, are you going now?”

“Yes.”

“At dawn? Other people will feel very sorry.”

“I can’t help it.”

I nodded goodbye to Heinrich and headed home.

Isabelle was already up, fully dressed, and oiling her sword.

“I cleaned all the windows. ······Eh?”

When I handed Isabelle the cotton cloth, she let out a groan.

Soon Isabel’s face turned bright red.

“What is that?!”

“Sanitary napkin.”

“Li─?!!! Why can’t you be so delicate?!!”

Even Anne screams.

Why are you freaking out?

“The place you will cross is a military base. If you smell blood, you’ll be in a lot of trouble.”

The smell of menstrual blood is not a pleasant smell.

The smell of blood, which is particularly poisonous and slightly bitter, attracts scavengers.

“Why on earth are you doing this…!”

“Didn’t you try to stop it by hiding it around the waterfall so that it wouldn’t be seen? It probably isn’t dry yet, and if you wear something that isn’t dry enough, you could get a sexually transmitted disease. Please come out when you are ready.”

It seemed like I had no intention of receiving it, so I put down the cotton cloth on the table, grabbed my weapons and equipment, and went out of the house.

“I’ll wait outside.”