136 – Subjugation of the Vengeful Kraken (6)
Royalty must always be excellent,
You must always work hard for him.
This is something I’ve always heard since I was young.
I have never forgotten those words even once.
That’s right.
Because those words are my curse and the words that became the driving force of my life.
Mermaids are born with naturally high magical power.
Even among the mermaid tribe, it is common for the royal family to possess magical powers that can change the outcome.
No, it was normal.
“I don’t know if I can say this, but Princess Rosemary’s magical power is quite low.”
There are always exceptions in the world,
I never imagined that I would be the exception.
It broke the precedent that royals were born with high magical powers.
I denied it at first.
I am royalty.
The last inspection was definitely wrong.
However, the results did not change even after the second test.
With clear evidence that can no longer be denied,
In the end, my mind broke down and I couldn’t even leave my room for a while.
Did my father understand me like that, or did he give up on his ugly daughter?
Leaving me alone, locked in my room and not coming out,
He did not show his face even once.
How long has it been since then?
As I spent each day feeling helpless, my father’s words came to mind as if they had come from an oracle.
A royal must always be excellent, and he must always strive for it….
When those words came to mind, I felt energized like a lie.
Yes, is magical power at birth really that important?
Anyone can increase their mana if they work hard.
That is a rule that also applies to myself.
“I am Rosemary Rune Atlantis, a woman who will live up to her royal status!”
After that day, I threw away my lethargic daily life,
I tried anything that was good for mana.
When I ate the heart of a demonic beast because it was said to be good for magic, the foul smell made me nauseous.
There was a time when I almost suffocated while burning a strange incense that was said to increase my magical power.
However, no matter what I did, my magical power did not increase,
I kept walking in place while still holding my ankle.
Could this be a curse?
Did I do something wrong to have to go through this?
I hated the world and blamed God for giving me this misfortune.
Nevertheless, I did not give up.
Rather, he showed a behavior bordering on obsession due to evil.
“Princess, there is an elixir that is said to be good for magical power….”
“A massage that increases magical power!”
“If you believe in religion, your magical power increases….”
“Princess….”
“Magic power… !”
I really tried.
I tried to sell my soul to the devil.
However, no matter how much effort was made, the results were always disastrous.
Why?
I definitely tried, but what on earth was lacking?
I invested five years with the sole intention of increasing my mana.
No, it would be more appropriate to say that it was wasted.
Because there was no income, but the word investment is grandiose.
As time passed, I began to feel skeptical about my own efforts.
What did I work so hard for?
I wonder if a different future would have come if I had started doing something different.
In the end, I couldn’t bear it anymore, so I canceled all my plans and walked around the castle.
It is clearly the place where he was born and lived,
There were far more places I had not been to than places I had been.
Then, by chance, we arrived at a place where soldiers were training.
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I heard it there.
The ugly truth about those who helped him and thought he was kind.
“Ah, now that I think about it, that junk princess suddenly disappeared.”
“It’s time to get sick of it. A game of increasing mana.”
“It would have been okay if I had a nice face.”
“Even if you give me a b*tch like that, I won’t take it. Ha ha ha.”
‘Junk Princess… , play….’
I felt like everything I had was denied.
Your efforts were just a game in the eyes of others,
I was called a junk princess in places I didn’t know and was insulted numerous times.
Once I found out the truth, I couldn’t trust anyone.
The maid who always smiled and told me everything would be fine,
The soldier who guarded my room and cheered me on.
Everyone must have been ignoring and laughing at themselves.
After first hearing the news that my magic power was low, I locked myself in my room again and lived like a corpse.
Meanwhile,
Another doubt rose within me.
‘Maybe my father and mother were just like them.’
That’s why you haven’t shown your face to me even once.
Because it would be better to throw away junk like me and create new children.
Would I rather die?
Wouldn’t that be a happier thing for everyone?
I finally decided to die due to the swirling dark emotions.
However, because he did not have the courage to hang himself with a rope and die, he went on a fast.
How long will I die if I wait like this?
I hope he dies as painlessly as possible.
Thinking like that, I went for several days without drinking a sip of water.
I was happy that I could finally die as my consciousness was slowly fading away.
But unfortunately, I did not die.
When I came to my senses, I was surrounded by many people.
Reunited with her parents after several years.
“Rosé, have you come to your senses?”
“Rosé….”
Rosé, how long has it been since I heard this nickname?
My parents, who were reunited after a long time, hugged me with tears in their eyes.
In times like this, I would usually say I’m sorry or thank you for saving me, but
What came out of my mouth was nothing but a voice of resentment.
“Why did you save me!”
“Rosé… , what is that….”
“Please kill me instead! I don’t want to live anymore! Please, anyone, please kill me….”
In the words of a child who is only about 10 years old,
Everyone there could not say anything.
***
“I found out later that it wasn’t true, but in fact, my parents were working hard for my young self by imposing martial law. “Then he came in a hurry when he heard that I had collapsed.”
“……….”
“After hearing the news late, I opened my heart little by little, but the feelings of that day still remain.”
The wounds of that day remain in a corner of my heart.
But as a royal, I couldn’t just leave it as a wound.
“So I made a promise. “I will change, I will change so that I will no longer be called a junk princess.”
“……….”
“Actually, trying to defeat the Kraken was part of that effort. “It’s a big problem for the country, so if we solve it, everyone will look at it differently.”
But what good is that?
I witnessed the end of a soldier who called herself the junk princess.
I didn’t want to hear an apology like that, but
In the end, he couldn’t reject his apology.
Even if you say no in the first place, he won’t be able to hear it.
Let’s end this long story,
I felt relieved but also sorry.
At this point, it’s like using him as an emotional trash can.
A story I swallowed inside because I couldn’t tell anyone.
What I couldn’t even tell his family, I ended up confiding in someone I had just met.
While he was hurriedly thinking about how to apologize, something suddenly hovered over his head.
“Uh….”
“You worked hard. “It’s been a hard time, right?”
He slowly stroked his head and showed a caring face that he had never shown before.
“It doesn’t matter whether your efforts were rewarded or not. “You worked harder than anyone else and lived hard.”
“But it ended up like this.”
In the end, I couldn’t even protect the mermaid’s jewel,
A situation where you are trapped by a Kraken and cannot move.
No matter what I hear in such a situation, I am not happy.
But he shook his head and said, “Let’s live.”
“You never gave up until the end.”
As he said that, he skillfully hung the rope with the mermaid’s jewels tied to it with just one hand.
“As a result, you met me and allowed me to come like this.”
“But we already got eaten…” .”
“That doesn’t mean it’s over.”
He who ties the rope holds the sword with one hand,
He smiled confidently.
“Do you know why I didn’t escape from here? “It’s because here I can focus on my recovery safely.”
At the same time, magic power spread out from his body like an explosion.
That magical power is like what I wanted so much,
It was like a sight I had only dreamed of.
“I will prove it. “I will prove your efforts.”
“Effort, proof?”
I couldn’t understand what he said at all.
But I knew one thing.
He can make my dream come true.
***
“Is this the end?”
King of Atlantis,
Poseidon lifted his head with difficulty and looked at the Kraken.
Someone tried to run away with the mermaid’s jewel,
It ultimately failed and was eaten by the Kraken along with the jewel.
What a cruel ending.
Many men stepped forward to protect the country,
Even his own daughter risked her life and went into battle.
But the young people who courageously stepped forward are dying,
A situation where you don’t even know if your daughter is alive or dead.
Can this really be said to be a choice for the country?
I guess fighting the Kraken was a mistake.
Poseidon clenched his fists so hard that his hands bled,
Soon his strength gave out and he fell down again.
What will be the fate of the mermaid tribe in the future?
Thinking of those who died because of their own choices,
The moment I shed tears, something strange happened.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh
Greee!!!!!
Following the sound of metal, the Kraken screamed.
Soon, a large hole appeared in the Kraken’s head once again.
Something came out of the hole at high speed.
“That light!”
Clear and clear blue color.
Definitely. That’s the mermaid’s jewel.
The joy of recovering the mermaid’s jewel was short-lived.
As soon as he saw who had recovered the jewel, Poseidon’s eyes opened wide.
“Rosé! And that guy too….”
The reason I came out of the Kraken with my daughter was,
It was a black man who came down from the ground.
Rose Marie clung to his waist and waved his fin as if to assist him.
But what captured his attention was his daughter’s face.
‘You’ve grown. Rosé….’
A lovely daughter who had a difficult life during her childhood due to her own mistakes.
She thought she could no longer see her happy face,
Now her face is brighter and more confident than ever.
“Rosemari, I’m looking at you well.”
“Yes!”
“Because today is the day when your efforts bear fruit!”