episode_0482

I looked around the slums of Gestier, looking for the height of the walls and anything that could be used as stepping stones.

I soon found a place where there was a large rock to climb.

I watched the soldiers on the wall from afar until they changed shifts, checking the shift times.

When night fell like that.

When it was time for my shift, I hid behind a rock just in time.

He exhaled slowly, using the dirt as a mask to keep the smell from his breath from reaching the demi-humans on the wall, and when the sun set, he swept up the dried dirt on the surface and smeared it with his hands.

‘This will be enough.’

After waiting for the desired time, I quickly climbed up the castle wall with cloud steps.

“Huh? Didn’t you hear something?”

“Ha, the problem is that you guys have great ears. You’re good at listening to nonsense, right?”

Thanks for denying it.

As I climbed up the castle wall, the eyes of the two soldiers turned to me.

“The problem is that your hearing is so bad.”

“What, what…!”

Sigh! Bah!!

He was so startled that he threw his fists into the jaws of the two soldiers who missed the crossbow.

It was as if a terup and a human had lined up in one punch, and he fainted cleanly and fell out.

‘···The shift staff will arrive in an hour.’

If you run at full speed from now on, you can reach the inner wall in 5 minutes.

I jumped off the wall and climbed as high as I could on the house.

Gestier is a place similar to Korea.

It is said that all landless nobles and merchants wanted to settle in Gestier, the new capital, and all kinds of wealthy people were soon setting foot in Gestier.

Thanks to this, buildings are getting taller due to a lack of land, and land is expensive, so land is used as efficiently as possible.

Thanks to you… I have a lot to tread on like this!

Sigh!

The roof tiles, unable to withstand my load, shattered.

On the ground, soldiers and knights with lamps on their waists were searching the streets in groups of three, and a few archers could also be seen on top of buildings.

There are so many people that it reminds me of the White House, which was warned of a terrorist attack.

‘This is strange.’

Has there ever been any accident?

Using the power of Venus, I ran towards the castle, reducing my weight as much as possible.

Shake!

The roof tiles have fallen!

The landlord needs to properly repair the ceiling!

“Who is there?!”

I quickly hid in a blind spot.

Several soldiers, including archers, began to approach here.

“What did you hear?”

“Yes. I heard people.”

“If you heard it, go up and check it out.”

“Yes.”

Soon, the soldier begins to lightly burn the building.

The moment he took his stance and rushed in to subdue the soldier.

I withdrew my hand just before that.

Thanks to my habit of using Dantalian’s power, I stare into my opponent’s eyes during combat.

However, this soldier shows no dilation or constriction of the pupil.

In other words, it didn’t find me.

why?

“Because I made it invisible.”

Isabel suddenly appeared like a ghost, sitting against an old wooden board and looking at me.

The sudden meeting made me feel awkward and left me speechless.

‘···What should I say?’

“···How have you been?”

“Why did you come?”

It was as if he was dissatisfied with me.

“I heard that you regained your memory.”

“I found it.”

Isabel’s strange laughter makes my heart tremble.

···Something is strange.

I don’t know Jules who smiles like that.

“People say you are crazy, but what on earth happened during the three months I was gone?”

“···It’s a very long story.”

Isabel taps my side.

Just like Jules used to call me when I was little.

······When I sat down next to him, Isabel burst out laughing as if it was funny.

The unfocused gaze turned outside the walls of Gestier.

“I have experienced death twice.”

“···Yes?”

“Juyul, Jushuria, Juan, Jushua, Juyeon… You don’t know what I’m talking about, right?”

Familiar and unfamiliar names are heard at the same time.

“I don’t know except for one person.”

“······I don’t know about Sihyeon, but all those people were me.”

Was it a shock that I didn’t know?

Isabel took a deep breath and lowered her gaze.

“In front of your corpse, my hair turned white after hearing your last words.”

“It was really sad to hear that they could do it without me.”

Isabel’s green eyes then turned to me.

“I couldn’t understand why a great person like you protected me even to the point of death.”

“I asked Dantalian if I wanted to know the past, and 200 years of memories poured in like a flood.”

200 years?

What are you talking about? The white wolf has lived for 174 years.

“You know what? I was also Dantalian’s agent.”

“···Yes?!”

Isabelle looked at me with a disdainful smile.

“Dantalian does not associate with people who do not know anything. Like a vision, blessings and trials are given only to those who can endure it or those involved. I···.”

Peridot-like green eyes look at my face without any emotion.

A fake smile where the face is smiling but the eyebrows are not moving properly.

It’s beautiful, but it’s like looking at a still painting.

“I was Baek Seol. We wanted to unite Baek Seol and Neutral Ain for their future. I prayed to the servant. Then one day, the servant gave me a prophecy.”

“······.”

“If you want my wish to come true, ask me to light the torch. At the daycare center where the children live.”

There was a flash of something that came to mind.

Among the truths I heard when I arrived at Snow White’s village, it was about the white wolf that was killed by a dog.

“I couldn’t accept that sound. Then Dantalian came.”

“He told me to do whatever I want. So I decided to take the initiative myself.”

“I couldn’t have done it alone.”

“But there was a man for whom I could take out my heart and sacrifice it to him.”

Isabelle reached out to me and stroked my cheek.

I know that look. She loved me without me knowing.

That was very unpleasant.

“Is that how the United States was founded?”

“···No. That wish is in the process of coming true.”

The hand is taken away from me.

“I heard that time and the world will separate us. I had a soul wedding with my husband. As companions, we accept each other as Ewa… Let’s always be together.”

I know what Isabel means.

She wasn’t lying.

“And, we died a few years later. We were hit by the spear of Veritauros, a pig that had animosity towards us. I also died soon. Holding your corpse stabbed by a spear.”

Isabelle laughed and let out a trembling sigh.

Green eyes sink to the floor.

“From then on, it will be easier to understand if you call it ‘Jur’, made with your soul.”

“I was with Zur for 174 years.”

“We loved each other like our first loves, and I had no doubt that my destined partner would be Jur.”

“My memory was forgotten, but my soul remembered you.”

Isabelle laughed bitterly.

“I felt a sense of déjà vu from the first time I saw you.”

“How lovely you are… actually. I was planning to kidnap her from the beginning.”

“You said they were looking after you to raise them and eat them?”

···Jules did that to me sometimes.

I feel like I’ve experienced all of this before.

Even if we live together for 30 years, we see everything there is to see.

Even more so, 174 years.

If you remember all of that, you can’t help but feel a sense of déjà vu and nostalgia in every action.

Besides, that person has never died.

This is because the way of thinking and conditioned reflexes engraved in that person’s brain have been passed down through rebirth.

“What is a soul wedding?”

Soul wedding.

What is it that causes people to suffer so terribly?

“I was destined to become a white wolf.”

“I heard about the uniqueness of the white wolf from Dantalian in advance.”

“But when everything was over, we didn’t want to be without each other by our side.”

“So I asked you to join me, and you agreed.”

“Soul wedding… we just created it ourselves.”

“Let’s do this together in the next life too.”

Isabelle laughs.

“It was a clumsy promise.”

“Of course, you ignored my attraction and became distant from me.”

“But the servants prepared a doll made of your soul.”

“I thought that doll was my destiny and loved it for 174 years…”

Isabel was clearly smiling, but at the same time she was glaring at me fiercely.

“Now the real thing has come and taken over the doll I have loved for 174 years. That’s how the 200-year relationship that I had dreamed of so much continued.”

I don’t know this, and I have nothing to know.

Isabel, reading my thoughts, nods and smiles as if she understands.

“Reck Carter, do you know how many times that bug killed you?”

“It’s only three times, but if you count the fact that I watched you die, it’s five times.”

“How sad I was when I saw you killed by Reck Carter… How can you start a family with a bitch who isn’t as good as a bug?”

“You don’t know anything about the world, do you?”

In the first place, it wasn’t me that Lexi killed, it was Jur.

···Isabelle was still trying to get Jur and me involved.

‘It’s been that way from the beginning.’

Ever since it attacked me for some strange reason.

He must have guessed that I was the same person as Jur, just by matching my words.

‘In a way, Jules was right.’

At least from Jules’ perspective, it was right.

“And you had a child with the woman who trapped you and led you to your death.”

“And I am going to marry your daughter to the man who killed and raped you, Reck Carter.”

Isabel lightly grabs my collar and pulls me in.

It’s impossible to read what those strange eyes are thinking.

“······Do you like that kind of thing?”

“No.”

“Would you look at me if I kidnapped you, put you in solitary confinement, tamed you, tortured and raped you?”

“I don’t think so.”

“That’s right. Probably not.”

The hand came loose easily.

Isabelle looked at me with a bitter smile.

“You know. The despair felt by someone who lost everything and gave up everything for something precious.”

No one knows that better than me.

Isabel’s eyes are filled with sadness.

“The only thing left for me is your soul sleeping in my heart… that I can no longer face.”

“······I can’t stand it anymore. I feel like I’m going crazy.”

As my eyes closed, the rainwater that had built up flowed down silently.

“I love you, and I love your soul.”

“Please… Please accept Zur again…!”

“Allow me to love you completely even though I am divided in two…!”

I thought this person loved Zurmann.

But in the end, it means that Jur was also ‘me’.

Only then did I understand why Jur was jealous of me.

“And love me again.”

But it wasn’t my business.

“Zur is by your side of his own will.”

“I know. but···! I’m sorry… I’m really sorry…! I… I can never give up.”

The fear on Isabelle’s face as she looked at me was so great that even though she was Dantalian’s agent, she could not hide it.

Is this person Jules? Or maybe Isabel?

If not, is it someone I don’t know?

How should I treat this person?

That didn’t matter.

Because what I was looking for was decided from the beginning.

“I don’t know you. All I know is Seollang Juyul and a woman named Isabel.”

Isabel’s hands are shaking.

“Who are you?”

“···White Wolf Isabella di Habstenburg.”

“What am I to you?”

“······Wow.”

“I don’t know what Eve is, and I don’t know if you are a white wolf.”

A sigh flowed from her lips as she looked into my eyes.

“I know the woman named Isabel, but I don’t know the white wolf Isabella di Habstenburg.”

“······.”

“It’s late, but I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Sihyeon Lee.”

I avoided Isabel’s gaze and looked up at the star shining brightly in the darkness.

The stars hidden by the bright moon often shine brilliantly on nights like tonight.

“You said you were a white wolf. Would you please listen to my story?”

I followed the constellations she told me in my dream and drew a picture of the stars.

Because it was clear that if I looked into her eyes, I wouldn’t be able to speak.

“I am traveling in search of a certain white wolf.”

“But I don’t know what she looks like, her gender, or her age. ”

“She left me a will, and if you are the white wolf I am looking for, you will know what it is.”

“Do you know what the white wolf left me?”

Only then did I look at her.

Jewel-like peridot-colored eyes were overflowing with wisdom.

she said with a smile.

“In this life too… come visit me…!”

“Yes. that’s right. You are the white wolf I am looking for! It looks right…!”

Tears flowed unsightly.

It was difficult to continue speaking.

I hugged the girl of my dreams. She hugged me too.

“I’m sorry…! By making him die…! And died before my eyes…”

“No…! I’m sorry···! I’m sorry for leaving such a selfish will…! Sihyeon…!”

“I’m sorry for making you live a difficult life…! I’m sorry for coming so late…!”

Too much time has passed since we broke up.

It’s been like 17 years.

But it didn’t matter.

Because this is how I met her again.