episode_0514

“So, the people who want war now mean that most of them were commanders even during the war?”

“Of course.”

However, we cannot blindly recognize it as such.

Fear causes great stress.

Stress ultimately encourages wrong choices or violent acts.

Even amidst the endless bondage, Juul hoped that Yunaira would adapt and develop in the South.

Ultimately, that was the wish of those who left their relatives in Juul’s care.

“So, how are you going to rule the wildlings?”

“The starting point was Habstenburg’s provocation against South Korea, which deployed troops forward on the border. The pretext was to reinforce troops to guard against provocations by Yunaira Ain.”

Savages periodically invaded Habstenburg and enslaved humans.

So, starting from the Rhine River, Jules and I committed suicide by killing people regardless of whether we were friends or not.

Despite his efforts, Harold provoked Yunaira to gain support from allies.

“Both the barbarians and Habstenburg are taking a step back.”

“Next time?”

“I will proceed with the peace agreement accompanied by Shir, the Yain leader, the commander of the three gates of the Great Wall, and the commander-in-chief.”

“The wild people will be dumbfounded by your words. But what about the colon wall?”

“I will step forward.”

Everyone’s attention was focused on Lexi.

“The commander and commander-in-chief of the Three Gates of the Great Wall were all my students.”

Come to think of it, there may be people among the commanders and commander-in-chiefs who have been brainwashed.

‘It’s almost certain.’

“You can’t meet right now.”

“Why not?”

“There is a high possibility that the commander or commander-in-chief was brainwashed by a hallucination.”

His eyes narrowed.

“···What?”

“Otherwise, there is no way bombs would be distributed within the military, right?”

The hallucinations will brainwash them and freeze the strength of their colon walls.

They also will not be able to wash away the guilt of participating in the rebellion.

“And now the hallucination is trying to stage a coup by brainwashing the nobles of Habstenburg.”

‘It must be very comfortable and fun to control people from behind the scenes.’

They are no different from the ‘commanders’ that Jules mentioned.

If we hadn’t known the servant’s power, we would have been defeated without even knowing what was happening.

─They never forgive.

I looked at Lexi.

“I plan to kill off the nobles this time. Is there anyone Lexi knows or needs to be saved?”

“You can’t do that.”

But Lexi just shook her head.

“Look at us. Ain never forgets his family’s enemies.”

“Anyway, they were innocent people who sucked the blood of the common people.”

While traveling through Pangea, I heard about the true state of Habstenburg from many people.

In any case, they must be punished.

“If we succeed, the people left behind will eventually accept it as well. That they were wrong.”

“Even if you know it’s wrong, you won’t be forgiven. I’ll be waiting for a chance to get revenge my whole life.”

That is, this.

If you’re going to kill them, just destroy their clan.

That means don’t do it.

‘Am I wrong?’

I am fed up with the Yunaira style of punishing one punishment for another.

However, it shouldn’t be like this.

Anything that fails to keep up with the changes of the times will eventually fail.

“···I don’t want to do that, do I?”

I lowered my tail.

“Then don’t kill him at all.”

“Someone will inevitably die in the process of suppressing a rebellion.”

“I’ll go.”

It was Shir who was silent.

“What are you going to do when you go?”

Shir pulled out the blood sword.

“If you heal while cutting with this, you won’t die.”

“······.”

“You just cut them all into pieces, subdue them, and then stick them together, right?”

It was the craziest thing I’ve ever heard in my life.

Thanks to this, I burst out laughing.

“Shir… Say that─” “Try it.”

Jules is glaring at me.

This person doesn’t know what Shir’s blood sword is.

“Sihyeon, don’t be crazy. Other people are different from us. If you get stabbed you will die?”

“Hehehehehe!”

I approached Shir and held out my arm.

“I think you have to see Juul to understand? Show me once.”

“Look.”

Shir lightly cuts my arm with his blood sword.

Squeak! ···tuk

“······Huh?”

My arm fell off.

‘Why is this cut?’

“Phew!”

When Shir saw my face, he burst out laughing and lifted his arm.

“Look. Not a single drop of blood flows, right?”

Not only was there no bleeding, but all of the cuts had healed.

Thanks to this, the severed arm seems like a separate living entity.

“Why cut off other people’s arms?”

“What do you think? There’s no bleeding.”

─Mom?! Dad’s arm fell off!!!

ah.

─That too is magic. It looks like it fell.

─Magic? ···Is magic like that possible?

─Well then! Now, like this.

Edeline appeased Rohan by performing a cutting magic on the spot.

But his eyes were secretly looking at us.

[···What on earth are you doing in front of the child?]

“···I’m sorry.”

He smiled shyly at Edeline and bowed.

At the same time, he quickly caught the fallen arm and brought it to the affected area.

“Hey! Edeline is angry! Please attach it quickly!”

“If you bring it to me, it will stick on its own.”

It was just as Shir said.

Because the arms were already coming together neatly.

My senses also came back cleanly.

“···I tried it, but what if I really cut it?”

“Anyway, if you do this, you can subdue him without shedding a single drop of blood.”

“···Ha.”

Jules let out a bewildered laugh and looked at my arm.

“There is no such strange power.”

“Do you know how bizarre your aunt is? Looks like someone with a double personality.”

“It’s noisy. ···How about Shisha? Did you have a child?”

“I gave birth. Although I never went because I didn’t want to see my stepdad.”

It appears that he is referring to Heukrang’s new husband, Angwira.

He was an outsider, not someone who lived in the ogre’s nest.

‘It was an arranged marriage.’

Shir looked up at Jules with narrowed eyes.

Just for a moment.

“···They say my dad is in my aunt’s body.”

“Yes.”

“You don’t have anything to say to me?”

“He said he was sorry. I left you first and left.”

You also talked to Jur.

“I asked you to tell me I love you.”

“···Really?”

There was an awkward silence.

Soon, Shir withdrew his gaze from Jules, as if to break the silence.

“The meeting is tomorrow at noon. In the meantime, come see your mom at least. I’m sure grandpa would like to see it too, right?”

“···Of course.”

“Please tell me how I am too. The Dvergs who worked at Ogre’s Nest have returned, and it looks like they’ve been having a hard time these days.”

Shir handed Juul ten gold coins.

“Use this to buy mom a lot of things she likes.”

“Your mom’s favorite thing is probably you.”

“Everyone is scared. ···There is a strange sense of distance.”

“···Yes. I’ll be back.”

Juul heads out of the underground lake.

Anne looked at Jules and me in confusion, but eventually stayed by my side.

Soon, Shir’s golden eyes looked at me.

“You come back from playing with Rohan.”

“Yes. I should do that.”

I took the badge Shir gave me and put it on.

Just as I was about to pass by.

“Play with Rohan until he is too tired to wake up, and come to our bedroom at night.”

“···Yes?”

“Bring Anne and Edeline too.”

Both Anne and Edeline’s eyes turn to Lexi.

His eyes were narrowed and tilted like a crescent moon, looking at me.

“At this point, it wouldn’t be a bad idea for the wives to become closer friends.”

“······.”

I don’t know what it is, but a suspicious air current is flowing.

I got goosebumps.

─Fucked.

I don’t know what they’re planning, but it’s fucked up.

Consciously I don’t know what’s going on, but my subconscious notices.

‘what? ‘What’s going on?’

What did I do wrong? Where? how?

“Shii, Edeline is an ordinary person, right? It’s different from us.”

“If she were an ordinary woman, she wouldn’t have polygamy.”

While there is no way to understand the situation.

Julia was secretly glaring at me.

As if criticizing.

“What kind of life has the owner been living?”

“···I lived a life that wouldn’t be strange even if I died a hundred times.”

In fact, he died twice, and without the Precious Blood, he would have died a hundred times.

Julias wrinkled his eyebrows and snorted as if in disgust.

“Okay. When I think about it that way, it makes sense.”

I turned around, not noticing the leering glances.

Even in this situation, I am so glad to have Anne on my side.

“Anne, let’s go.”

I grabbed Anne’s hand and left the scene as if running away.

* * * * * *

Although the South and Habstenburg are close, they are still the most distant countries.

Therefore, Rohan was happy just to see this unfamiliar country.

After Rohan was exhausted from playing, we fed him something that would relieve his hunger.

And finally, take a bath in warm water.

Rohan’s eyes were closed as if they had been glued together.

Even though I was looking at that, I didn’t feel at peace.

‘I just don’t know.’

What did I do wrong?

How many steps did he walk while thinking for so long?

We arrived at Shir’s bedroom before we knew it.

Just as I was about to knock.

─Come in.

My hand suddenly stiffens at Shir’s soft urging.

‘Let’s calm down.’

All you have to do is listen to what’s going on, ask questions, and then fix it.

I leisurely turned the doorknob and opened the door.

“Yes. I’m here.”

He greeted me in a soft voice and entered the bedroom.

Afterwards, Anne and Edeline enter the bedroom.

Shir was lying comfortably in a chair, and Lexi was sitting at the table reading the appeal.

“How about Rohan?”

“I’m sleeping well.”

Lexi, who has put away the petition, looks at us.

“Please come in and sit down instead of standing.”

“Yes, yes.”

I feel dizzy.

I felt like I was suffocating from the pressure.

We each sat leisurely at the empty seats at the table.

“···They say that in the ‘cradle’, many children grow up together.”

‘cradle?’

A cradle is a childcare center where young Rectalians live together.

Why do you suddenly bring up the cradle story?

“Yes?”

“It’s awkward at first, but little by little we start to get used to each other.”

“So?”

“We experience a lot of conflict there. Do you know what the first one is?”

My eyes turn to me.

“Jealousy.”

“······.”

“We come to regard the nanny as our parent, but the nanny cannot only look after us. So, we end up longing for our nanny’s love.”

‘Was I showing favoritism?’

I don’t know. Where did you show favoritism?

Or did I focus on Rohan too much?

Lexi continues.

“Pretend to be sick. Pretending to be good at your job. Treating them kindly or even pretending to commit suicide.”

“The nanny watches over the babysitter so sensitively that the babysitter sometimes gets ostracized from the group because of a word she said out of concern.”

Lexi glanced at Edeline and Anne.

“I heard from Shir that Juyul is used to this, but we are not. This is something that everyone has experienced for the first time in their lives.”

“I was thinking that too. Still, I will try my best.”

“You must not be mistaken. You didn’t choose us, we chose you.”

The situation became increasingly incomprehensible.

“So I asked the young and old hosots. He said something interesting to me.”

“·····What do you say?”

“That jealousy is the fun part.”

‘Jealousy is the best part?’

It was difficult to understand.

I know how terrible and scary a woman’s jealousy and resentment can be.

“They are saying that they are also jealous on the inside for the rest of their lives. A woman who cannot share a husband due to her natural temperament will eventually break up, and it is right to break up before both parties get hurt.”

“···Why are you suddenly saying that?”

“Sihyeon, you may love all of us, but not us.”

Before I knew it, Shir was also looking this way.

Edeline’s wall eyes, slightly raised, glared at Ja’s eyes.

“If Edeline says she can’t hold on, will you give up on us all?”

“······.”

···Can’t give up.

This is the first time there has been a coming out or discussion in this way.

No one has ever experienced this.

I didn’t know how to react.

“Why did you call me?”

“Don’t be mistaken. Ri Si-hyeon was ours.”

Lexi also looked at Edeline with unwavering eyes.

“···The reason why I called you is because your jealousy and greed are the strongest among us.”

“I can control myself.”

Lexi snorted.

“As soon as you regained your emotions, you disobeyed the servant’s orders. I had a child without consulting, and thanks to that, the child is growing up in this time of upheaval.”

“Do you know? Ri Si-hyeon is worried about that, so she doesn’t have children with us.”

The expression disappeared from Edeline’s face.

“Speak only to the point.”

“Make us jealous.”

Lexi pointed at the bars that imprisoned me.

“Go inside there and be with Sihyeon Lee.”

A silence as sharp as a knife came over me.

Edeline, who broke the silence with a movement, stood up quietly.

“I have no intention of doing such a low-level thing.”

“We did it hundreds of times in there. Four of us.”

Anne trembled and looked at Lexi and Shir alternately.

But I can’t argue with that.

‘How did know?’

Did you tell this to me when you were being assaulted by me in the carriage?

Shirman looked at Lexi with a look of incomprehension.

“When you get married, you will end up seeing the same thing as today every day.”

“Sex life is private.”

“There is no privacy between the couple. That’s someone else. It means you can’t share Sihyeon Lee with us.”

Lexi smiled.

“If you treat us like strangers, you will be endlessly jealous and eventually fall out… In that case, why don’t you find another man right now?”

“Shii, you talk too much─”

“Do not provoke with light words. It’s not that there is no solution.”

“In all my life, I have never seen anyone who tried to understand jealousy through reason.”

Soon Edeline’s eyes turned to me.

“If you insist that much, I can follow suit. If Sihyeon agrees to that lowly act, I will follow.”

With a look in his eyes as if he would naturally support his opinion.

···It was a night when I wanted to see Jules.