episode_0537

I didn’t like being a child, but it wasn’t all that bad.

For example, I was able to fall asleep in Jules’ arms again.

‘This is what it felt like.’

I was holding Jules like a pet dog and using my hand as a stove.

A bonfire burns at dawn on a snowy night.

The snowy night is bright even on days when the old moon rises.

But now it’s early morning.

Thanks to this, even though it is early morning, the surroundings are clearly visible.

widely!

Young children have sensitive senses.

Their reflexes are particularly sensitive and they can detect even small movements.

So, it was not strange to see Baekseol sticking his head out from the ridge in the snowy field, looking at us.

“Baek Seol found us.”

“I know.”

Juul sacrificed his life for Baek Seol.

But he failed, and in return, his neighbors and relatives attacked the cradle.

People do not live for distant future generations.

In that respect, to Juul, ‘Snow White’ was no different from being dead.

I got up leisurely and shook Anne awake.

“Anne. Please stand up now.”

“Yes? E?”

Shir also seems to have woken up to the popularity.

As the two white wolves stood up, the other person also stood up and appeared.

“Who is it? Where did they kidnap a human child?”

He looked quite angry.

Clothing is no longer made of leather, but fabric, and so are the belongings.

They are no longer ‘snowy barbarians’.

Jules looked at them blankly.

“I brought you here to eat you?”

And the voice of Shir striking the candle.

Anger appeared on Baekseol’s face.

“Crazy bitches…! It’s because of people like you that conflict never ends!”

“If you are a member living in the land of your ancestors, be aware!”

Anne, who was watching, put her hand on me.

“Because of bitches like you, we…! Ah?”

“···What is it? I had something to say?”

Baekseol glared at the two without even knowing why they were angry.

Then, Snow White glances at the bonfire.

He walked past us and kicked away the snow to put out the light.

And then he looks up at us.

“Why did you light a fire needlessly?”

“I smoked it because it was cold.”

“Did you eat all the snowweed?”

My heart is beating wildly.

But Shir glanced at me and shook his head.

“No. I want to melt the snow and drink water.”

‘Damn it!’

Snow White looked at Shir with narrowed eyes.

Thanks to this, Jules’ glare also turned towards them.

“···Is that really the reason you started the fire?”

“Is there any problem?”

“Yes! Do you want your ancestral home to be attacked by the empire?!”

“No. I was planning to just drink water and take care of the rest.”

Young Baek Seol, who was listening from the side, widened his eyes and stepped in front of Jule.

But Baek Seol is short. On the other hand, Jules and Shir are tall.

Even more so, those who were rulers.

“Stop talking bullshit! Smoke, light, and smell! All of this leaves a mark! It is impossible to remove traces…”

Thanks to this, young Baek Seol started speaking but ended up getting tired of his own words and closing his mouth.

“I’m sorry. I will never do this again.”

Jules hid some burning firewood in the snow.

Only then did Shirdo help Jool.

Baekseol whispers to each other and helps clean up after himself.

Just for a moment.

“···That’s strange. If you’re big, shouldn’t you belong to a warrior corps? Then there’s no way I wouldn’t know.”

“Of course. Because this is my first time coming here.”

“···What?”

“We are white wolves.”

It was something that not everyone understood.

Jules doesn’t seem to particularly want to understand.

Baekseol also seemed to regard it as a kind of impersonation out of respect.

“You sound like a white wolf.”

Thanks to that, I accepted it with ridicule.

“You idiots. Those people are in the southern part of the continent.”

While laughing like that, Snow White looked at the two hosots who looked similar to themselves but were different.

I flared my nostrils, smelled my body, and opened my belongings.

“Have you been to Lomaria?”

“It’s a white wolf.”

Jules responds as if he is annoyed.

However, middle-aged Baek Seol looked at Jool as if he felt pathetic.

“I can’t help but be curious about Romaria, but what would you do if there was even Rectalian feather oil on those clothes?”

“It’s okay. Because these are originally my clothes.”

“It’s the clothes worn by Romania’s nobles.”

Middle-aged Baek Seol seems to be very annoyed by Juul.

On the other hand, Shir was standing by.

It’s a joke in the South that they eat people, but it doesn’t work here.

“What are you going to do if there is Rectalian feather oil on those clothes?”

Jules’ expression became perplexed.

“What? Rectalian?”

“Can you guarantee? We can’t smell it, but Rectalian men are amazing at finding the scent of a woman’s feather oil.”

“Stop it. Who says you don’t know what Rectalian is like?”

“Then what is the human smell that comes from your body?”

“······.”

Of course, there is no way I can answer that.

The middle-aged woman looks at Jules with sad eyes, wondering if she was mistaken.

“You might like humans. But be careful. You know how vicious the empires are, right?”

She handed Juul and Shir a piece of snowweed each and turned around.

The two look at me blankly, holding snowflakes in their hands.

‘eat.’

At the sight of my mouth, the two of them shoved snowweed into their mouths.

It was a middle-aged woman who looked at the two suspiciously.

“Don’t do anything strange. If that were the case, I would report to the warrior commander, not the priest.”

In the end, he turned around and walked ahead.

* * * * * *

If the ground is frozen, the shovel won’t go in.

You can barely dig it out with a pickaxe.

This is because the ground itself freezes along with the moisture.

Most people would think that plants cannot grow in frozen ground.

“This is the site of our ancestors, right?”

“···That’s right.”

I did that too, but I was wrong.

If plants can take root, let alone ice, they can even cut through rocks.

However, such examples were usually weeds.

These crops and trees could not split rocks.

‘How do you work the fields?’

just as expected?

puck! puck!

Snowballs were chopping down the frozen snow with a pickaxe.

If I had to describe my ancestors’ place in one line, it was a ‘snowy jungle.’

Of course, it was I who told Jemmy Drucker to grow southern crops and spices and sell them to Romaria to make a huge profit.

‘I never would have thought it was done so perfectly.’

“Aunt. This is pepper, right?”

“···This is a mushroom. That’s a white creeper flower.”

Jules and Shir also seem to be stunned by the sight of the familiar plant.

‘It’s a good thing you decided to defend Baek Seol.’

─Farmer.

Although they give the impression of being diligent, simple, and benevolent, the reality of farmers is different.

They go out to the fields every day and wage an endless war with nature.

A farmer is a worker, a soldier, and a commander.

It is crazy to expect recognition or kindness on the battlefield.

‘What if Golden Road moves its branch and disappears from Romaria?’

From then on, Baekseol, not Goldenrod, will trade goods directly.

After that, spying inevitably follows.

In the end, the secret about the ancestors’ site will inevitably be revealed.

In the end, there was only invasion.

‘It seems like he is somehow aware of the danger.’

Merchants are the ones who are smart in this regard.

It’s as if Jemmy Drucker had given them a hint.

“Wow…who are those big sisters?”

“···I don’t know. But it’s very pretty.”

The hosots who were feeding the livestock looked at Juul and Shir.

Her eyes were dreamy, as if it was love at first sight.

The reindeer were eating grain, not moss.

Although grains are good to feed, they are not cost-effective.

In other words, it meant that they had established a certain level of foundation.

“Don’t you think we live better than most Habstenburg cities?”

“Daebang said that. I will do my best as Lee tells me.”

I can’t believe I told someone like that that I was your father.

Jules…a woman I didn’t know was smiling quietly, but I couldn’t help but look sad.

“···Are you okay?”

“It’s okay.”

There are people who died to cultivate this land.

Because I failed.

Now the only one who remembers them is themselves.

I was filled with fear at that sight.

‘Will that day come for me too?’

How far has it progressed like that?

We arrived near Baekseol’s communication center and headed towards the large priest’s house.

Houses made of snow have not changed from past to present.

There were also people nearby practicing heavy crossbow shooting.

‘Where did you get the weapon?’

The shape and pattern of hand burns.

It appears to be Primal’s weapon.

“Priest. After receiving the report, we searched and found children who had been to Lomaria without permission.”

Jules and Shir make funny faces when they hear the word “children.”

─Let them in.

“Yes.”

The middle-aged woman who brought us gestured.

I followed Jules and Sur into the snow house with Anne.

“Ha…!”

A trembling exclamation was heard.

It was Jules’ voice.

I naturally followed her gaze.

What the blue eyes were looking at was not a person.

A symbol of Maal, half-submerged in a frozen snow house that repeatedly freezes and thaws.

It was a crudely tied cross that had been cut.

The priest’s eyes, taken aback by Juul and Shir, who are meeting him for the first time, naturally follow Juul’s gaze.

Just for a moment.

“Are you two… white wolves?”

He speaks very carefully and pays attention to what is being said.

He saw through both of them at once.

“That’s right. It is the white wolf of the Yunaira alliance.”

“Then, one of you must be a saint. ···I heard that the other person passed away.”

“He died, but the servant gave him new life.”

The priest looked surprised, but seemed to soon understand.

Or maybe I just didn’t want to show Jules and Shir that I was embarrassed.

Soon the priest smiles brightly.

“Thank you for coming to this remote place. Why did the White Wolf come to this far away place?”

─It is a mask.

But Jules’ eyes were still hanging on the cross.

“To finish the unfinished business.”

“He said it was too much work to be done…”

“Protecting Baekseol’s safety and future.”

It wasn’t Jules who said that.

That’s why she looked dumbfounded by the words that followed.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. We are already safe.”

Because the priest rejected her.

He continued speaking while looking at Shir and Jules.

“We are grateful that the White Wolf came all the way to visit us, but we do not need your help.”

“It didn’t seem like that.”

Shir gestured toward the vigilante practicing crossbow shooting outside the snow hut.

The strings of the crossbow are made of different materials depending on the climate of the region in which they are used.

Just as rubber easily breaks in the cold, strings also break easily.

In other words, it means that they directly searched for a prefecture that could be used in the north.

“It’s safe, so why use such a weapon?”

“If you do not prepare for war on a regular basis, you are bound to suffer great disaster.”

Soon there was silence inside the snow house.

I don’t understand.

‘Why do they reject us?’

They revered the white wolf and so did the priests.

By tasting the money and the offerings? Because your relationship with Romaria has improved?

“I have no intention of dragging Baek Seol into my war.”

Jules spoke in a gloomy voice and stood against the wall of the snow house.

The peculiar guilt felt by Dantalian’s representative is evident.

Inevitably- Suddenly─

Jules gently scraped the snow wall and removed the bony cross.

And he looked at me sadly, holding me as if I was very precious.

I realized that dizzying sight.

Jules and I had a child in the past that I don’t know about.

I denied that past, and those children remain only in Jules’ heart.

“Golden Road decided to move its headquarters from Romaria to Horus.”

“···Yes?”

-And I witnessed the descendants of those children.

“This is an issue that could reduce the influence of the Golden Road within Rome or lead to its withdrawal.”

The priest looked at the two with a pale face.

They realized that Juul and Shir had not come to join them in the war.

“What do you mean by that?”

“Now Baekseol must stand alone as a city-state.”

“···How can we do that?!”

“We came here to help with that.”

The priest looked at Jules with eyes that he could not understand.

“Why are you trying to help us?”

“Do I need a reason to help my hometown and my people?”

“Yes. Required.”

I met a distant descendant.

But like that cross buried in the snow, descendants do not remember their ancestors.

“It is true that our ancestors had ties, but that is not a reason for them to readily help us.”

This is because to them, Jules is just a distant relative.

‘Shall I come forward?’

I can’t breathe when I think of Jules’ heart being torn apart.

They may not know what Jules says, but they will listen to what I say.

However, Juul did not care about such negative reactions.

“Do you know why this cross is so ugly?”

“···No.”

“What is the meaning of this white string?”

“I don’t know.”

“There is a reason for everything in the world. But you never know. Even if you hear the reason, you won’t understand.”

“I will listen and judge.”

At the priest’s answer, silence came to the house.

Jules raises his head and breaks the silence.

She looked at the priest and smiled slightly.

“Because this is the cross my child made.”

“···Yes?”

The priest understood Jule’s words, but it seemed like they didn’t make sense.

It seems like he thinks he is insulting his ancestors.

Even then, when I see Jules eyes, I close my mouth.

“For you who my children loved.”

“For my relatives who went to the cradle after my failure.”

“For the well-being sent to you by my husband and slave.”

Jules puts the cross down on the table.

The priest glanced at the cross.

A cross made of reindeer bones.

It was so sloppy that it had no trace of value, culture, or art.

“···I don’t understand what you’re saying.”

“You may not understand, but it’s reason enough for me.”

It didn’t seem to make sense to the priest.

But Juul also did not respect the priest’s opinion.

It’s as if they take their good deeds for granted, like some kind of natural phenomenon.

she sentenced.

“So please be gentle and accept help. Otherwise, I will force you to help.”