episode_0553

We didn’t say a word the whole way home.

Because my heart was cold.

─My person died.

The stronghold shook.

If it hadn’t been ‘her’ who killed Dennis, I would never have tolerated it.

‘You said you killed me.’

Isabelle and Dennis lie on Dantalian’s hand.

Dennis must have risked his life to find me too.

Before I knew it, the butterfly had landed on the doorknob in front of a small house.

“What if I had been a little less selfish that day?”

Stella and Damian look at me.

“If only I had stayed a little late and had more leisure.”

Butterflies soar.

Because someone on the other side turned the doorknob.

Good profit…

How did you know?

With the sound of a hinge, my father appeared.

“···Do you have anything to do?”

Stella and Damian could not bear to speak.

Because my father didn’t recognize us.

─Who came?

My mother’s voice came from inside.

My father responded as if trying to dissuade me.

“No, it’s not a big deal.”

I was in the form of ‘Ryan’.

Thanks to that, my father doesn’t seem to know who I am.

“Is this the house of Sir Abel de Arthur, commander of the royal knights of Habstenburg?”

“No, only.”

I could feel Stella and Damian becoming discouraged by the denial.

But to me it just feels like entertainment.

“Oh, my… I’m sorry. Looks like I found you in the wrong place.”

I smiled and looked around as if I was embarrassed.

“I heard that he lives around here, do you know?”

“I don’t know. But what brought you here?”

“I came to say hello to the children of the person who became a knight, but if not, there is nothing I can do.”

“···Children?”

I turned my head and turned around.

Three embarrassed faces came into view.

“Wait.”

But my father’s voice catches my steps.

“···Dead?”

“Yes. Dead. He was poisoned and died without a chance to do anything.”

The corners of my father’s mouth tremble.

But even for a moment.

My younger brothers and Seth were cursing me with their expressions, asking what kind of bullshit I was talking about.

‘I’m my father’s son too?’

I just shrugged it off so my father wouldn’t see it.

“······Follow me.”

My father didn’t go home.

My father, who had led the way to the back yard of the house, turned around.

It was a place where mounted hunting crossbows and wooden swords were enshrined.

It was clear that Jean had been trained here.

“I am Abel de Arthur.”

Silence fell.

“First of all, I would like to express my regret.”

“What happened to my son?”

“Your son was a great person. When Princess Isabel was kidnapped, he infiltrated Yunaira alone and rescued her.”

“···So you’re dead?”

“No. Your son was chosen as the guardian knight of Princess Isabel, and single-handedly defeated the members of the Royal Knights who challenged him to a duel.”

“So he was poisoned… What?”

“My son died while competing with an assassin who was trying to assassinate Princess Isabelle.”

“Stop.”

My father held out his hand to me with his brow furrowed.

It’s telling me to shut up. So I closed it.

“What’s the name of that article?”

“This is Sir Dwin Lee.”

My father looked at me with relieved but angry eyes.

“You came to the wrong place. My son’s name is Jean de Arthur. No brothers.”

“No. Sir Jean de Arthur is the brother of Sir Dwin Lee.”

“It’s unfortunate for my son…”

My father stared at me as I watched the series of twists and turns.

“Sir Dwin Lee protected his younger brother, Sir Jean de Arthur.”

“Because he was his brother. ···I don’t know.”

Brothers protecting brothers.

That was natural for us.

“···Who are you?”

“Lord Lee’s name was taken from his predecessor.”

My luck ended with the sound of a window opening.

The person looking at us there was none other than our mother.

“Honey? Who are those people… Stella? Damian…?!”

Because of our father’s strangely strong genes, none of us resemble our mother.

Thanks to this, my father didn’t recognize us.

Surprisingly, people tend to be insensitive to their own appearance.

─But my mother was different.

My mother, who saw my father every day, immediately recognized Stella and Damian.

The two couldn’t say anything.

mother. Until Helia runs up and hugs them both.

“Uh, mom…”

“It’s been a while…!”

The three shed tears while hugging each other.

It was a beautiful sight. Very much. But my father just looked at me.

The intention was to reveal his identity.

But Dennis died.

‘She’ made a contract with Dantalian and wants to return me to her Eve.

─It is not safe.

Soon my mother’s eyes turned to me.

But it seems like you didn’t get the idea that I was ‘Rian.’

“···Who are you?”

I was speechless.

‘She’ is my enemy.

Whether Maal’s agent can stop time or create new life.

To put it bluntly, I am no match for her. Power does not belong to those who have it.

─It belongs to whoever wants it.

Maal’s representative is omnipotent.

However, he has probably never used his almighty power to harm others.

‘She is Pangea’s worst monster.’

In the meantime, you shouldn’t create the possibility that your parents will become hostages.

Absolutely not─ “It’s Ryan.”

“······.”

It felt like my breathing had stopped.

My mind turns white.

My mother didn’t seem to expect it either.

“···What do you mean?”

As I asked my father back, his green eyes calmly examined my face.

Then, eventually, my eyes become red.

You realized that I was Ryan.

I couldn’t resist my mother’s gaze and eventually smiled.

“It’s been too long since I came back.”

‘Is this okay?’

I felt like a warning light went on in my head.

I know. The warning light that comes on in this case is really dangerous.

“······Rian?”

“Yes. Mother.”

But, for now, I wanted to laugh.

* * * * * *

“Is Jean doing well?”

“Yes. I’m doing very well.”

A mother was comforting a crying child.

This is because guests came to a house that would normally be quiet and made noise.

“How have you been?”

“You know.”

“···That’s right.”

“I’ve had quite a few questions so far.”

I glanced at my mother and asked quietly.

“···How did you know it was me?”

“When I stabbed the saint, he said that. ‘father. sorry.’ Say.”

Stella and Damien were helping their mother cook a meal.

Now it was just the two of us.

“Oh, I was out of my mind at that time. Because he was about to be eaten by Venus’ curse.”

“I had doubts at the time, but after reading that book, I was convinced.”

I looked up and looked at my bow displayed on the stove.

Even though it was over 20 years old, my bow looked like new.

My father looks at me with deep eyes.

“···Your journey is not over yet, right?”

“Yes. But it will end soon.”

There was silence.

There was still an unresolved problem in my father’s eyes.

“···Are you sure it’s Rian?”

‘How should I respond?’

I am Jeon Si-hyeon and Rian.

Now, neither of them can be denied.

But I couldn’t accept that fact, so I ran away from them.

But it doesn’t matter what the truth is.

“I was also confused. I’m Rihanna, and another memory popped into my head.”

“So I ran away. I feel guilty for stealing a child’s body.”

“But it wasn’t. If I wasn’t ‘Rian’, I wouldn’t have come here like this.”

He calmly told only the truth.

I felt like I was standing on a death row.

“So, it’s up to your father to decide.”

In a way, it was natural.

I have accepted that I am Ryan, but I am not my father.

“Am I really my father’s child?”

I handed over the decision and kept my mouth shut.

My father was silent. Just for a moment.

“We knew from the beginning that you were not ordinary.”

“You spoke from your parents’ womb.”

Know.

‘Oger’s’ parents could not bear that fact and committed suicide in order to miscarry ‘Oger’.

My family was torn apart, and I grew up as an illegitimate child.

“There was never a day when you were not my child.”

“······.”

“I was stupid. We accepted it, but we didn’t think other people would accept it.”

My lips were trembling.

My vision became blurred.

“But you… have proven yourself that you can assimilate with other people.”

“···Sorry.”

“It’s nothing to be sorry about. My choice was wrong.”

When I was born, my father and mother were under 20.

No matter how great it is or how prestigious it is, it is the same.

I had to enjoy life and learn.

“Born as the son of two people…! I’m sorry for ruining your lives…!”

“I have never regretted having you for a single day.”

Why don’t you regret it? Why do you accept me?

It wasn’t reasonable. This was close to crazy.

That’s why tears flowed endlessly.

Because I felt the type of love I had longed for so much my whole life.

Only then did I know the identity of these tears.

It was just as Heilang and Herman said.

25 years after coming to this world, I was letting go of the past in tears.

“Rian.”

“Yes…!”

“I am proud of you. All of the things you have accomplished so far.”

I didn’t do anything.

There was no grand will or cause.

He simply did not let go of his precious things and did not tolerate evildoers.

“You saved this world. Again and again. And even now.”

“What would you do if you saved the world…?! I couldn’t even save my own person…”

Everyone lives to be happy.

People in this world will definitely be happy because of me.

But people around me were always unhappy.

It’s been a long time since I’ve felt deep happiness.

Someone held my hand.

It was Seth. The tears in her green eyes seemed ready to overflow at any moment.

‘What kind of strategy is this?’

I couldn’t shed any more tears at that sight.

I calmed down my overflowing heart. Still, my heart trembles.

“I… I have one last thing left to do.”

“Yes.”

“Once that is done, you are free. Now… I can be happy too.”

I wiped away my tears and regained my composure.

“I’ll see you again then. As a child of my father and mother, I will never fail.”

Now I understand why Dantalian called me a stupid devil.

I could be happy at any time.

Nevertheless, I have always stayed away from happiness.

An old parable from my good and generous father.

Weighed down by courtesy, duty, and patience.

This was something that should have been resolved 25 years ago.

What a foolish devil he is, to throw away happiness in pursuit of ideals.

Before I knew it, there was no sound coming from the kitchen.

Everyone was listening to me.

“I plan to get married when I return. I am an old man over 40 years old…”

I smiled and asked my father.

“Won’t you come to this ugly son’s wedding?”

My father smiled happily and nodded.

“Of course.”

* * * * * *

On the way back from the sea.

After sending Stella and Damien home, silence came.

The loneliness that came after happy times gave me agony.

It was very natural.

After sadness comes joy, and after joy comes sadness.

Gojingamrae. Heungjin Birae.

In the end, it was just as Dantalian had told me.

I still had a hard time accepting the fact that Dantalian had betrayed me.

‘Then why?’

Why do you want to be hated by me?

The emptiness of silence that comes after joy is telling.

If I hate Dantalian, Dantalian’s joy will come afterwards.

That wasn’t the only problem.

It can’t be helped that you get hurt.

Even if I stay away from it and try not to notice it, the wound does not heal.

In the end, I had no choice but to shed tears.

I’m like that too, so what can I do about ‘her’?

The butterfly that was sitting on my head took off.

Damn it!

The space is torn apart and humid, warm air rushes in.

In front of the portal, a very familiar and pretty woman was smiling.

“Did you have a good time?”

That’s why I couldn’t help but ask the ‘woman’ who came to meet me nervously.

“What is your name?”

“···Yes?”

“Please tell us your name”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden? It’s Isabel, right?”

Isabelle smiled excitedly, but she wasn’t that happy.

Dennis died to reveal that truth.

─In ‘her’ hands.

Seth was looking at me with incomprehensible eyes.

“You and I have lived similar lives.”

I looked straight at ‘her’.

“I was afraid of being discovered, I ran away, the person I loved died, and I lost my memory after being excluded.”

“Still, I accepted it. But there is only one difference.”

I am saved.

But ‘she’ was not saved.

I haven’t changed since then.

To me, this woman is someone who deserves unconditional love.

“I ignored you.”

But what if ‘her’ intentions are different from mine?

She is just someone who killed my person.

Then she is my enemy.

“Now I realize that I shouldn’t have done that.”

“······.”

” So, even now, I would like to look back on the past. ”

So that you can lean on me, not on the devil or anything like that.

“What is your name?”

Isabel hesitated for a moment.

‘Her’ lips opened.

“···Ella.”

Ella smiled through her tears.

“My name is Ella.”

‘Should I scold you?’

Dennis is dead.

He was my teacher and the person who risked his life for me.

However, for Ella, he was an enemy who killed the person she loved.

So, let’s just go over it one more time.

“Ha, following double personality, is it triple personality?”

Seth laughed in bewilderment.

“I was really thankful today. If Seth hadn’t helped me, it would have been really difficult.”

“I understand.”

I looked at Ella, laughing in response to Seth’s mockery.

“I still don’t know anything about Ella.”

But it’s different than before.

I don’t deny her anymore.

“But I have a lot of time.”

I don’t know who is Isabel, Jules, and Ela.

But you will find out soon.

“So why not build it up again slowly?”

Ella nodded without hesitation.