109. Gwangae
“Vacation is over.”
“But did you finish your assignment?”
When you turn your head,
A meadow full of grass comes into view.
If you look at the front,
Every now and then, there is a tree at the corner of the street with branches extending in all directions.
The conversation between two male students walking on a quiet country road was a leisurely topic.
“I stayed up all night and barely finished it. What about you?”
“…I’m going to stay up all night today.”
For those who don’t know,
It may seem like they are just a group of people cooling off their youth in a corner of the empire.
The school uniform they are wearing is,
It was a symbol of the empire’s highest elite.
“This is my first time coming out here.”
“Shall we go back soon?”
A training institution responsible for the future of the empire.
Even if you say you are a member of Russell,
Sometimes, get away from the stuffy and complicated center,
You want to enjoy a walk like this.
However, if you just empty your head and leave your body to your own pace.
It was obvious that we would have a hard time returning to the center of Russell where the dormitory was located.
What they vaguely caught in their eyes as they turned to leave.
“Oh, it’s a carriage.”
The path that students have walked leisurely so far.
It was a carriage following that path.
It wasn’t a particularly strange sight.
The northern outskirts of Russell where they were heading.
If you follow this road straight, you will reach the grounds of the mansion.
There, there is lodging provided for the directors who worked in the center of the academy… That is, ‘high-ranking people’.
It’s a place to live, but no matter how you look at it, it’s more appropriate to say it’s a private residence.
So, they were just students who tried to pass by.
“…Oh.”
When they got close enough to see the coachman’s face, their expressions became full of playfulness.
They are not delinquent students who pick a fight with the coachman, but
Because he was a person who ‘could do that’.
I stopped in front of him who was leisurely riding a horse.
Chuck-
The horse suddenly blocked his path and stopped, hissing as if it was annoyed.
The carriage shakes slightly due to this,
The coachman finally checks on the students below.
“Oh my gosh, who is this?”
No, Russell’s chairman.
For some reason, Russell was the best driver, pulling the wagon himself without a driver.
The students said:
“It’s a robbery.”
“I guess I got this wrong.”
A Dane who clucks and uses his chin.
He became like a ray of spring rain during Russell’s boring vacation.
This time too,
He stopped on his way and dealt with the students.
“No, brother. “Where on earth do you sell the coachman and pull the carriage yourself?”
“I heard you lost all your money last time. Are you really missing a few pennies?”
“No, no. Robbers. Anyway, I’m Russell’s chairman. “I wonder if I don’t have money to ride a carriage.”
“Then why really…”
He stroked his chin a few times,
He said with a playful smile.
“Have you never thought about that?”
“Yes? “What are you thinking?”
“Imagine that you are suddenly left alone in the world. You are just left alone, without anyone to help you. “What are you going to do?”
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The two male students looked at each other’s faces.
The expressions on their faces made me wonder if what I just heard was true.
Anyway,
I can’t believe he was a person with such childish and vain thoughts.
It was something they had thought about at least once in their lives, but
It wasn’t something that should have happened.
Because I never seriously thought about it,
He shook his head and said.
“I’m not sure.”
“I am a person who thinks about such things quite seriously. In preparation for that, I will practice driving a horse and pull a carriage myself.”
“Wow… you’re amazing, brother.”
It was a compliment with a slightly sarcastic tone, but
I wasn’t the type of person to catch that.
So, their eyes turned backwards.
A wagon covered with cloth so that the inside cannot be seen.
Whatever is in it,
Wouldn’t it be possible to get at least one piece of Congo?
“Brother, I have a question for you.”
“What?”
“My brother’s beliefs are nothing short of noble, but in fact, I think it might be a smokescreen to hide the items in the wagon… I think it is blasphemous.”
“Huh. “You’re a sharp friend.”
“If you pretend, won’t you be pretending?”
The excited student, relying on Dane’s kindness, tried to lift the cloth of the cart.
“Wait.”
The moment I heard those words,
For some reason, my body reacted first.
Not only did it stop tall,
I felt a chill that I don’t know why.
However, it was unlucky.
Dain was not angry,
He meant that he would take it out himself.
In his voice as he entered the wagon,
There was still a sense of playfulness.
“Ruschel is a bit… A tight place. “It’s the same physically, but there are a lot of strange rules.”
“Yeah, right?”
“I can tolerate everything else, but I cannot tolerate limiting the alcohol content.”
It was only then that the students realized.
The reason why Dane pulls the carriage himself.
The thing contained behind there.
“So, to those of you who are sincere in your profession as a robber. “I would like to give you a piece of advice that ties in with my beliefs from earlier.”
Students don’t really like writers named Isa.
The accidental encounter and exchange of words was nothing more than an ‘unfortunate accident.’
It was because they only said cliché and correct things.
Dedicated to the empire,
Leading the future,
Always work hard, etc.
But, the chairman in front of me.
Because he is a human being who always goes beyond imagination.
“Enjoy today, young people.”
Strong liquor taken from a cart.
He readily handed it over to the students.
“Even if he is a god in the sky, he does not guarantee the existence of tomorrow.”
Tomorrow may not come,
The adage is to make the most of today.
It wasn’t very correct,
It wasn’t something a gentleman called the chairman would say.
So the students accepted the drink.
“As expected, you are my brother.”
“I’ll drink it well!”
“Yes, yes. Ah, if I happen to get caught by that instructor with big ears and long tail-“
“Even if my mouth is torn, it won’t blow!”
“They are thieves with great loyalty.”
The chairman chuckled and rode away again.
The students looked at us with eyes of gratitude and respect.
—
“He’s Russell’s chairman. “It’s a very convenient position.”
“……”
“I can pull a wagon by myself without being inspected, and I can even use a mansion like this by myself.”
“……”
The destination the carriage reached.
The place where the horse’s hoof stopped was a mansion on the outskirts.
And, considering the true personality of the Dane who pulled the carriage.
The voice that seems to be scattered in the air is also,
You will know that you are not talking to yourself.
In front of a quiet mansion with no one around.
He stopped the carriage in front of the gentle blue lake that was responsible for the scenery in front of him.
I entered the luggage compartment.
The students we encountered on the way were:
You would have thought that what was in here was contraband.
Of course, there are also contraband items.
It’s just a smokescreen for times like this.
“…! ……!”
The real thing he moved was,
It was a woman tied with rope.
There was no gag in my mouth,
I couldn’t speak.
In her desperately clenched hand,
There was only one note.
Holding her like that,
A Dane put down in front of a lake.
And then, he gave a cool command.
“You may speak now, Sister.”
At the same time as he commanded,
The nun’s mouth, which had been tightly shut, opened.
With heavy breathing,
It hung on Dane’s trouser leg.
“As you commanded. I wrote a false report by hand. So, please…”
“Oh, yes. A report to be sent to the religious leader. “I’ll read it for a moment.”
The note I snatched from her hand and read.
The contents were just as Dane had ordered.
The mission failed,
The statement that he will commit suicide for the sake of the religious denomination.
Making a false report to the religious leader means,
It was something a nun possessed by that power could never do.
What is now in front of the nun is,
Because she was a master with a stigma of his own rank.
The fear that seems to tear apart my soul,
In the end, she was a nun who gave in.
“Please, please, please. “You can gouge out your eyes, you can cut out your tongue, but at least you can save your life.”
“That’s good. “Hold it out.”
At the same time as he commanded,
The nun’s body inevitably reacts.
A nun calmly sticking out her tongue.
After he held it with her thumb and her forefinger.
Ordered.
“Close.”
Kwasik!
Responding to his will,
Down the nun’s chin, closing her mouth with all her might.
“…!”
Red blood flowed.
The expression on the nun’s face as she covers her mouth with both hands reflects her pain and fear.
And then lift the nun up.
Splash!
With her tongue,
A Dane thrown into a lake.
To erase one person from within Russell,
It may not be a very neat method.
He was thorough,
Because the lake also belonged to him.
Kwasik! Crack!
My eyes roll over from the blood constantly flowing out,
Leaving behind the happy screams of fish eating the bones of food thrown into the lake.
As if nothing had happened,
It was a Dane who entered the mansion carrying only a bottle of alcohol.
“I guess I’ll have to hear the plan soon.”
His younger brother, who handled the first crisis brilliantly.
With the thought of having a seat again with Ivan Kherson.
—
When I came to my senses,
It was that hospital room again.
“…Ugh.”
This feeling that arose after fainting, as if the film had cut off, was difficult to get used to.
Anyway, I raised my upper body.
And, I could tell.
This is a hospital on the outskirts of Russell, but
The place where I woke up was not an ordinary hospital room.
It is wide. It’s so wide.
The size of the room gives the impression that half of the floor has been converted into a single room.
It made me realize how expensive I was sleeping in an expensive room.
And, another thing I learned.
In this bed, which is too precious for just one person to lie down, there is actually one more person lying there.
“…….”
To be precise,
Something presumed to be a person was lying next to me, sharing my blanket.
Because the entire body was covered with a blanket,
I couldn’t confirm my identity.
I thought I knew why,
So I took a deep breath.
“Seup.”
After preparing my mind,
I lifted the blanket over there.
Woe!
That silver hair that was endlessly shiny,
I don’t know how many times I’ve been tossing and turning, but it’s getting messy.
With relaxed eyes, my heart stopped pounding,
She slowly opens her eyes.
With the same sorrowful eyes,
He looked up at me.
“…Are you awake?”
Woe!
Covered again.
And then I washed my face dry.
No way, no way.
No matter what, that’s probably not the case.
“Adela. “You must answer honestly.”
I held onto my mind that was shaking like crazy,
She asked her a question.
“Are you taking care of me?”
“Ugh, that’s right.”
“That’s it, right?”
She realized the true meaning of her question,
I smiled and covered myself with the blanket again.
Her sharp expression,
She looked full of playfulness and affection.
“…Well.”
“I’m not kidding.”
“This time it’s your turn. “Try to relax a little.”
She giggled and snuggled into the blanket like a cat, but she soon told her truth.
“I didn’t do anything. Anyway, how can you do something like that to a patient?”
“Are you sure?”
I sighed.
And, I was able to understand again.
Adela’s narrative. The owner of those memories.
The ‘brother’ she had been looking for all her life was none other than Ivan.
And then, the reaction.
The moment I became confident in her, my liking skyrocketed to the point where there was probably no other way.
Gwangae.
“I really didn’t do anything.”
“…I see.”
“Not yet.”
How to deal with it and resolve it.
It was time to think.
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It looks like Adela came in together after reserving the most expensive single room.
Then, no one will come in.
“Oppa, do you want to sleep more?”
“No.”
In order to hear the situation clearly,
Now would be a perfect time.
“Since we’ve already been caught, let’s talk about old times.”
“…Heh.”
She seemed happy,
He came into my arms under the blanket.
I swallowed my saliva.
Because, from now on, the memories we will share with each other are.
This is a story I don’t know,
Because I shouldn’t let that happen.
“Would you like to sit down and have some tea first?”
“I don’t like it. “I want to be held…”
I don’t think it will be easy.