49. Guardian Knight
49. Guardian Knight
Irina Blood, convulsing her body, awakens her from her slumber. Cold sweat ran down her face, and from her hyperventilation, she clutched her chest in pain.
“Heo Eok, Heo Eok… “
Irina stood up and looked around her. When she realizes that she is in her room, she lies down in her bed, relieved.
“Again… that dream.”
Irina covers her eyes with the back of her hand. Then she bites her own lips. Her blood dripped from her dry lips, but Irina didn’t care. Her heart ached so much more than her physical pain.
She didn’t even deserve to be heartbroken. Because of me. My most precious person The person who cared for me the most. Because she must be suffering many times more pain than me. If you think about it, it was an unbelievable idiot.
Older brother has his older brother’s life, and I have my own life. Even though my brother promised to save me, he had no obligation to save me by abandoning himself.
It was selfish.
It was natural. It’s obvious, but I didn’t even realize such an obvious thing. To Irina. I received another important thing from my older brother who valued me more than anything else. She was given the treasure of enlightenment.
I will never forget the look on his face when he stabbed his older brother. When my brother was stabbed by me… No, when they were tied to me and hung in a well. What the hell were you thinking?
I came to know by looking at the diary. On that day, brother. The day I was tied to the well, I was expecting a lot to meet me. I, who met with such high expectations, tried to kill my older brother. How disappointed my older brother must have been when he found out what I was thinking.
How painful it must have been. The pain I feel now is nothing compared to the heartache my older brother must have felt. Come to think of it, it was strange from the beginning. I was going to kill my brother I hung him in a well with the intention of killing him, but he escaped from the well himself and showed no sign of it.
Is that all? Even though my brother had the skills to fight me, he prioritized using potions to stop me rather than hurt me directly.
I should have noticed. From the beginning, my older brother had no intention of hurting me. My older brother avoided me so that I, who would one day find out the whole truth, would not get hurt.
Because if I killed my brother and knew his true feelings, I would have collapsed. My older brother must have noticed that part and widened the distance.
Even though he could have died. To not physically or mentally traumatize me. My brother tried to stop me in a peaceful way. I stabbed such a brother, a brother who sacrificed a lot for me, with my hand.
The texture is still vivid in my hand. Committed a sin From the moment he found out about his brother’s true intentions, he suffered from a high fever. Then, when I fall asleep, I dream of the painful time when I was undergoing hell training in my family. Will be punished
I am being punished.
“Haa… under… “
My heart hurts. My brother will hate me now. Will oppose me That’s natural. There was no way she would stop hating her sister who had hurt her so much. Still, I have to be sweet.
Isn’t that my karma? Wasn’t it the mistake of a psychopath who misunderstood that I was the only one who was victimized by family pressure? Come to think of it, if my older brother received more family pressure than I did, he would have received more, but not less.
According to family tradition, he stabbed his older brother whom he respected the most in the world. And the same hell training I received. No, it would have been worse. And, according to tradition, she knew that her sister would come to kill her. At least I didn’t receive a death threat, but my brother was in a situation where he was even psychologically pressured. It was like I was yelling at my older brother why he didn’t save me.
Even if my heart was broken, even if I wanted to die, my brother would have endured while looking at me. Reminds me of my happy childhood, just like me. He must have endured it, remembering the time when he roamed the swamps laughing before the family pressure began.
I know very well. The most precious person The pain when the mental support turned into the person he hated the most. Perhaps the pain that my older brother gave me from my family. Discrimination at the academy. Even the feeling of being betrayed by me. Negative emotions are woven together, and the state of mind will not make sense.
It would be natural for such a person to hate me. Of course. It’s natural, so I’m going to take it sweetly. Because it’s fine if you’re hostile to me ‘Cause it’s okay if you hate me It’s okay if you hit me with your older brother’s hand and stab me.
I hope you give me one last chance to apologize.
I don’t want anything more than that.
*
In Nisia’s workshop, while making potions, Nisia returned from the lecture. As soon as she sees me, she runs up and grabs my hand.
“Stop, senior! Is it okay to come out like this? What about the body?”
“Sorry for making you worry. Body is fine now Also, Eldenia-sama gave me a bodyguard, so I can work with peace of mind.”
“Hello. Nishia von Orisha. This is Sotia Sonia, a Melgard 1st year student.”
“Nishia von Orisha. Shaiza 1st year. I heard from the saintess… It is. Thank you so much for stepping up to protect my senior.”
As for Nishia’s personality, she deserved to speak unreservedly to a person of the same age, but maybe it was because Sotia spoke her honorifics. Or was she polite because she was my bodyguard? Nishia made an inappropriate compliment. Seeing her like that, Sotia opened her mouth.
“It doesn’t matter if you feel comfortable talking to me. Hey, this is comfortable, but you don’t have to respect Miss Nishia just because I’m like this.”
“Okay… Yes I will.”
“Don’t worry about me and go to work.”
Sotia said that and went to sit in her corner. Just by looking at her appearance, she is a slender female student, and she uses such a well-organized tone. She also has something strangely fresh. With that thought in mind, she walked over to the table and pulled out her chair.
“Nishia, let’s sit down because we have something to tell you”
“Yes, because I also had something to tell you.”
Nishia sits on the chair I gave her. There are no chairs left for her, and as she tries to sit down at her table, Sotia gets up from her seat, and she tries to yield her own chair. I stopped her and sat down at her table.
She said, “She is none other than Nishia, she said she wanted to go to the election for student president, she heard.”
“Right. We can’t just watch Princess Lelisha become the student council president.”
Nishia says something that will cause trouble if others hear it, but she doesn’t care. That too in front of Sotia’s eyes. But Sotia wouldn’t tell her what she heard here even if her throat ran away, so she didn’t bother stopping Nishia.
“Nishia, calm down first and listen to me.”
“Yes.”
“If you really want to run for student council president, I won’t stop you. Rather, she would have supported you. But be honest. Aren’t you running for yourself?”
“That… Although. But!”
“You don’t have to give up on yourself.”
I stood up and put her hand on her or Sia’s shoulder.
“Nishia, you don’t have to care about how I was last year. First of all, I don’t care.”
“But, the wrongs must be corrected—”
“It will be corrected. Nishia, listen to my plan.”
Nishia, pouting, pursed her lips and nodded her head. I looked at her like that and smiled at her once and then said her words.
“Nishia, I don’t think I’ve ever told you my final plans.”
“Yes. It was.”
“I am. I intend to surpass Shaiza.”
Nishia tilts her head at my words.
“This may sound like a nonsense. I know that there are many outstanding researchers who aim for Shaiza like me. It may be funny that a failure student like me, who is not such an outstanding person, talks about Shaiza.”
“I don’t think so.”
“Yes. But other people will be different. Starting with Sotia, who is sitting behind me right now, you must be thinking that this is nonsense.”
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After saying that, I looked over at Sotia. She hears me and bows her head.
“If others hear it, they will laugh at it, and if it gets worse, they will throw stones at it. So what? Should I give up my dream just because others are laughing at me?”
“No. You don’t have to.”
“If I did it, what would be the attitude of those who mocked me and threw stones at me? Don’t you think that would be fun again?”
“…… “
I patted Nishia on the shoulder, sat down at her table again, and continued her words.
“The case is a little different from last year’s work, but the goal to reach is the same, so I guess that’s why. Anyway, I will be a big person in the future. It is a story that I will pay for the disadvantages I suffered, and there is no need to waste time. At least I think so.”
“…… ”
“If you become a big person, you don’t have to spend your precious time to get revenge, but those who will bow their heads will do it on their own. That’s what influence is.”
At my words, Nishia raised her head to look at me, then opened her mouth and made a surprised expression.
“I decided to make an elixir as my first big goal. If someone hears it, they’ll laugh at it, but I don’t care. I’ll do it, so I don’t have to worry about laughing or not. If I had been a small person who cared about each and every thing I suffered last year, I would not have been able to say this now.”
“Influence… Elixir… That’s right. You are right. You will grow into a person with great influence. Because I know the talent of seniors. Yes. Now is not the time to waste your precious time.”
I’m glad that Nishia understands.
“Yes, so I want you to take care of your personal studies and store business. That way would be even better for the future development of both of us. If you still want to go out, I will help and support you.”
“Okay. I will not run for student president. Actually, if you think about it, it is. I am a scientist. I’m not the kind of person to do student council work.”
“Well thought out. I’ll give you this You will probably like it.”
I took a piece of paper from her chest and handed it to Nishia. She receives my paper, puts on a puzzled expression, and gets up soon after.
“Seo, senior, this… “
“This is the recipe for the mutant potion I mentioned earlier. I want to entrust it to you from start to finish.”
“This, in such detail… Can I really try?”
“Yes.”
The recipe I gave to Nishia is Shaiza’s knowledge that has not been revealed to the world. I understand that recipe, but it must be uncharted territory for Nishia.
There is a reason I am handing the recipe containing Shaiza’s knowledge to Nishia at this timing. I’m thinking of raising Nishia. Starting with things that were so light, I would entrust the production of increasingly difficult items to Nishia.
I intend to pass on the knowledge of Shaiza I am studying to Nishia bit by bit in this way. Rather than letting me tell you everything, I’d give her recipes or assignments for her to experiment with, so she could learn by bumping into them.
Even if it’s a task, it will be an experiment using Shaiza’s knowledge, so Nishia herself will love it.
And, after I reveal the existence of her greenhouse to Nishia, I will use the name Shaiza and recruit Nishia as my assistant.
That recipe will be the first chapter of that task.
“Ingredients marked with an asterisk are a little special. Since I have a lot, I will give you some.”
“Oh, really? Can I do this?”
“Yes.”
Nishia holds the recipe I gave her to her chest, as if it were a treasure. An incompetent alchemist or an ordinary person would not feel anything after looking at that recipe, but a scientist as competent as Nishia would understand the value of that recipe.
That’s why I like it that way.
“Nishia, let’s start by setting up a workbench in the shop.”
“Yes! I’d definitely prefer that! Shall we move what is here?”
“You rented this?”
“… Even so.”
Nishia shrugs her shoulders down as if she’s dead, then laughs again as she looks at the recipe she was holding.
“In front of our store, there was an empty store that was falling apart. It would be better to take over and use it as a workshop.”
“Agree! I agree.”
“Then, let’s go and do business quickly. I took a few days off to promote it, but it probably didn’t work. I will have to do it all over again.”
Nishia grabs my collar at my words.
“Then let’s go to the store quickly. What? Come to think of it, all the potions I’ve accumulated in the workshop are gone?”
“I moved it to the store with Sotia. You can just go and sell it.”
“I see! For the time being, I will spend all my incoming income on investments!”
“Take care of your living expenses.”
Nishia nods her head. She seemed really happy to see her smiling. I want to make a potion according to that recipe as soon as possible, so it must be a bit painful.
But there is an order to everything. The first button will start with setting up a workbench in the shop. In the first place, you can’t make that with the equipment you have right now, so investing in a workbench is the first step.