episode_0451

As I move ahead, preparing to cut down, it tries to slam down its large front paw.

‘I’m faster than you. It has to be fast.’

What makes you special is your nose, not your slow feet, right?

As if playing a rhythm game where you had to guess the timing, the halberd struck the front paw with a difference of one piece of paper and cut off all of the fingers.

Oh my gosh───!

Maaeaeaeok───?!!

It screams in pain and goes crazy.

The guy reflexively swings his split nose like a whip!

Sigh!

To him it was just a struggle, but to me it wasn’t.

I was knocked down by the tremendous force.

“Ugh…!”

I couldn’t read it because it was an unconscious action!

Boom boom boom!!!

Even though he was limping, he ran towards me.

I threw down the halberd and started running.

‘Run!’

If your nose is cracked, you’ll die within 2 minutes!

I ran toward the forest with all my might.

A human would have caught up in a matter of seconds, but not me.

But the thumping sound gets closer.

I feel the will to attack!

We have to escape somehow! Somehow…!

Squeak!

Something touches my shoulder and passes by.

It had a nose like a poisonous snake.

‘I can’t use my strength because my nose is cracked.’

Plus, since I cut off his toes, it was clear that he was practically running on three legs.

You can go in!

Just hold on and you will win!

I jumped towards a place filled with trees.

Okay! Wow! Sigh!

It started clearing the forest, smashing all the trees it hit like a tank.

It’s like a bulldozer for forest clearing.

It was powerful enough to be scary, but the more you destroy the tree, the slower its speed becomes.

How long did he run like that?

Eventually, he stumbled, sat down on the rock, and stared at me.

The eyes are full of hostility.

“I’m going to cut off your little bastards’ noses, pickle them in salt, and eat them. Even your children’s children, everyone!”

I didn’t intend to do that.

However, I just wanted to fuck the guy who ruined my operation.

Isabel is dead.

There was no turning back anymore.

‘···I think it would be better to ask Edward.’

Ugh…!

After a helpless cry of warning, it eventually collapses, spilling blood.

thud!

Dying with eyes open, no emotions.

There is no need to approach for no reason.

I turned around, keeping my distance, and headed towards where Isabel was.

Anne was crying and holding Isabelle’s body.

······I never thought it would go away in vain like this.

“Lee! Please save Isabelle! Please!”

Isabelle was also dead with her eyes open, with a nosebleed and vomiting blood.

What should I do? How do I ask, how do I share the news? First, let’s hit the body. You have to fit the body…

“···Fuck.”

When I saw Anne’s crying face, I couldn’t breathe.

I took care of my burst intestines and waist, and I took care of my crushed arms and legs.

Ahhhh!

Meanwhile, the air was torn apart.

“Come to your senses.”

Seth, who appeared through the air, frowned and looked at Isabelle’s body.

I don’t know why Seth showed up, but it was the worst timing.

“What did you come for?”

“To save that woman.”

“···Yes?”

Seth, dressed in a white suit unlike usual, walks past me.

“···That’s a violation of the agreement.”

“That woman attempted suicide several times before she met you.”

Seth moved his fingers as if conducting.

As a result, the loose blood began to gather in the air and pool on Seth’s hand.

“Of course, I failed every time. Hu──”

Blood flows into Isabel’s upper body.

When Seth exhaled, something like cigarette smoke came out.

It floated through the air and flowed into Isabelle’s nostrils, like the living wind that Lexi had manipulated.

“Do you know why?”

I don’t understand the situation at all.

Why is Seth suddenly saying something like this?

Why did you appear here and why are you helping Isabel?

“···What are you talking about?”

“It’s because I’m destined to be used by servants like you.”

It was a voice that sounded sad.

Seth sits on a chair made of clay and looks down at Isabelle.

It’s not like he looks down on him with pity or has a sense of duty like a doctor. Seth is examining the inside of the body with the cold eyes of a technician.

“If you committed suicide or died, I would have been the one to save you.”

‘I see.’

Seth took over Edeline’s work.

Just like Edeline helped me knowingly or unknowingly.

“···What about the soul?”

“You don’t die and leave right away. He leaves completely after about 10 minutes. It’s only been 3 minutes since I stopped breathing. So you can save it.”

“Really?!”

“Kyaaa?!”

Seth screamed and fell out.

It was because Anne, who was covered in mud, was holding onto Seth’s feet.

“Can you save it?!”

Seth, who soon confirmed that Anne was harmless, let out a suffocating breath.

“···Who are you? How can you hide yourself from me?”

“Oh, I know.”

Seth looked at me as if asking me to explain, but there was nothing to explain.

“It’s Anne.”

Exciting!

I can hear the sound of my heart beating.

Isabelle, who was left with only her upper body, clearly began to breathe.

The flesh that has been bitten and torn into rags begins to return to its original shape little by little.

“If you were going to come, you should have come a little sooner.”

I lightly criticized him with sincerity, with a hint of charm.

If you were watching, you could have helped before the incident happened.

“Don’t blame me. I came from a meeting with the school heads just a minute ago.”

Seth looks at me sullenly.

The tension disappeared due to his bluntness.

“And I’m hungry.”

“Yes?”

“Are you going to roast Groots’ nose?”

Seth quietly glanced at me.

I laughed out loud.

Because it was too trivial a request to make while reviving a dead person.

“Yes. I’ll grill you until your belly explodes.”

* * * * * *

Isabel’s mangled body had already been restored.

Trauma may occur.

So that they could laugh it off, they cut off Gurtzrang’s nose and roasted it on a clean stone plate.

Next to it, the tail meat of a mantis was being grilled as well.

“Do it while eating.”

Reviving the dead was a time-consuming task.

I cut off the nose and put it in Seth’s mouth with the chopsticks I always have on hand, and he took the piece and chewed it up.

Anne also swallows her food.

“It’s okay to eat.”

Anne had already regained her stability and was staying by Isabelle’s side.

The treatment was almost complete.

“Are you planning on putting a train in the south?”

It seems that Seth had overheard the story and had some expectations.

“Yes.”

“The situation is a situation, so I can help. However, you have to convince Edeline for this.”

“What is the situation?”

“Horus is a neutral country. Simply locating a train route in another country means failing to maintain neutrality.”

As Seth said, train lines are laid out gradually, and cannot be installed all at once.

Moreover, merchants like Golden Road will also be on the streets.

So this means that it must not be an invention of the Magic Tower.

“To avoid that, this train industry must be considered by someone from the outside, not someone from the Tower.”

“I’ll tell you that. Thank you for your help.”

“That’s it. He’ll wake up soon, so watch closely.”

Seth shrugged and waved his hands.

Isabelle seemed peaceful on the outside. However, there were very few cases like the human genus.

Even if it goes into your mouth and gets chewed, it comes out in half?

“···Will there be trauma?”

“It depends on how you deal with it. I have to go now.”

“Are you going there? Already?”

“You know. I’m a busy person.”

yes.

If I think about it, when I called Seth, Seth was always doing something.

The meat was cut into large pieces.

“Ah.”

Seth opens his mouth like a baby bird.

I cut a large piece of meat and shoved it into Seth’s mouth again.

* * * * * *

Anne took care of Isabelle with utmost care.

Their relationship is as devastating as mine.

Thanks to this, it was easy for us to become precious to each other.

Even if you take a day off, it won’t be a big problem in terms of time.

‘How did Jules kill that monster with just one punch?’

Cheap!!!

“···It kills the smell.”

“Don’t bake everything. Isabelle should try that too.”

“I know.”

The meat of Seth’s Groots has aged to a level that is perfect for eating.

I also received pepper and salt…

“Aaaaagh───?!!!” “Aaaagh───?!!!”

I scream in surprise at the person who wakes up screaming.

The person screaming was startled by the person screaming.

The irony of that was quite funny.

‘You finally woke up.’

It’s been 6 hours since he died.

“Isabel────!”

Anne hugged Isabelle and began to cry.

“Aaaanne?!”

Isabel opens her eyes and fumbles with herself.

And yet, while he was in a hurry to comfort Anne, he looked at me.

I’m getting angry for no reason.

“I slept too long.”

“···Yes? Ah… Ah?”

“I thought he was dead because he didn’t wake up even when I woke him up.”

Saying stupid things is pretty cute.

“Well, I had a really scary dream… But why am I naked?”

“That’s not a dream.”

As soon as she saw Groots’ nose, Isabel froze like a stone.

I gave Isabel a smile and lifted the ivory.

“He died in my hands. I also cut ivory like this as a trophy.”

“Well, I’m definitely dead…?”

A suspicious look is directed at me.

“I called Dragonia. I asked you to save me.”

“···Yes?”

“You must keep this a secret.”

When Groots’ nose is placed on the previously cleaned stone plate, Isabel’s eyes turn to the burned nose.

“This is the guy who tried to eat you. Now it’s working in reverse, but───”

“I’m sorry.”

Isabelle secretly looked at me.

It was just a joke because I didn’t want people to see me like this.

“I never thought Hae-soo would be this scary. I was confident. We caught over a hundred fish. But when I face the real thing, I can’t do anything…”

It was me who had to apologize.

It’s natural for anyone to be scared if you give them a sword and ask them to fight a bear the size of an elephant.

“I never even imagined that he would use a tool. I thought I could handle it on my own, but I couldn’t. It’s my fault for underestimating the sea water.”

I sliced the meat with a claw dagger and pierced it.

Isabel took the dagger and began to eat the meat little by little.

Isabelle’s eyes gradually grow larger as she chews the meat.

“I assure you, there is no meat more delicious than the nose of Groots.”

I cut another piece of koko the size of my thigh and put it on the grill.

Suddenly, the honey verbin at the inn comes to mind. I smiled and looked at Isabelle. Although it looks fine on the outside, there may still be mental stress.

“How do you feel when you die?”

“···I’m a little scared.”

“Don’t be scared.”

“···Well, he didn’t die right away. I chewed as much of the Precious Blood as I could… and while I was dying, I saw a vision.”

Isabelle looks up at me.

“How can you stand proudly in front of such a monster? ···Are you not scared?”

I was speechless at the embarrassing question that seemed to be a compliment.

However, when I realized that the question was not to that effect, I became quite calm. Depending on how I respond, it could become a trauma.

“I almost died, tried to die, and killed dozens of times. I understand death better than anyone else.”

When the slightly trembling green eyes meet me, they soon avoid my gaze.

“Fear, fear, excitement… I understand many things. Once the animal begins to understand that, it will be able to move without being restricted by it.”

“Something like fear can’t go away.”

“It never goes away. It’s just that you can move without any restrictions.”

“···In the end, vision is also scary.”

“Yes. I am also afraid of death. But one day, if something scarier than death happens to you, you will realize that death is not, in fact, such an absolute thing.”

I remember Amor’s words.

“The former representative of Venus, who was over 500 years old, told me as he was dying. People should be able to use even death.”

“···Really?”

It wasn’t a difficult statement, but it didn’t seem to make sense to Isabel.

I can’t read their facial expressions, so I can’t tell what they’re thinking.

Was what I said appropriate?

“Yes.”

Isabel and Anne’s meal continued.

Thanks to Seth, there was no way that Groots’ nose would rot because of the preservation spell.

“Let’s take this and eat it.”

“···Are you going to feed it to the soldiers again?”

“We will distribute it to our classmates who shared the Precious Blood. Everyone gave me their blood to save you.”

Isabelle’s eyes widened.

“···Really?”

“You’re a princess, right? If you go, repay the favor.”

see.

The rest of Groots’ ivory…

“It would be better for you and Jean to have one ivory each.”

Isabel jumped up from her seat.

“Yes?! Why is this…!”

“One is a gift for your younger brother, and the other is for you as a souvenir of your death.”

Those words could be rude to someone who died and came back to life, but I don’t think Isabel would say that.

This person is different from ordinary people.

Unlike your words or usual behavior, do you have no hesitation in your actions?

The outside and the inside are different, and I don’t know why they are so different.

Even for my first kill or hunt, I didn’t feel buck fever or feel guilty.

Like a person with thorough mental management.

‘Jean said Isabelle was a liar.’

You’re being condescending towards me.

What is this person’s true self?

“Groots ivory only grows on males. Carrying the ivory of a male Grootsrang is a symbol of power and strength for Southerners.”

It has many uses.

You can make a sword sheath, a seal… anything.

Groots’ ivory was a luxury item fit only for a king.

“Edward might covet the ivory of the most fearsome sea creature.”

“···Does Sihyeon know Edward well?”

Green eyes glance at me.

Judging by the way he spoke, it seems that dealing with Edward was quite difficult.

Then you have to cut it down.

“I don’t know what it is like now, but when I was a saint in the past, I had bad legs and was a drug addict.”

“Yes?!”

“He was a child who could not respect others and fell into strange bravado. You don’t know how much I wanted to hit the back of my head every time he said something.”

“Haha…!”

Isabel laughs.

okay. I like people who smile.

After laughing for a while, Isabel lies down on the leaf bed and looks at me.

“···Would you like to sleep together?”

“Yes. Let’s do that.”

‘It looks like you’ve been traumatized.’

The voice was trembling, clearly showing fear.

“Isabel, are you okay?”

“Yes. Are you okay?”

“It’s okay because I can’t see or touch anything except you and Lee.”

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

Anne hesitated, then hugged Isabelle and patted her.

‘Can I intervene there?’

I don’t know.

Because you gave permission.

I hugged Isabelle’s back and pushed her into my arms with Anne.

As long as the power is activated, you can stand guard even while lying down.

“Sleep well.”