Karin was searching through many books looking for this word.
‘Curse of the Precious Blood’.
It was the name of the curse that was blocking that door. However, the word was not found in the index of any forbidden book, and no matter how much he scoured any ancient book, it did not come up. Maybe it was a lie, I was desperate to think like that. But Karin shook her head and made up her mind.
‘Because he can’t lie.’
However, it was unreasonable to search for more data today. Due to the extreme fatigue, even the front of my eyes were blurry. Karin took off her research glasses and tilted her head for a moment while holding the bridge of her nose. It was because hot coffee was flowing out.
“Today, are you okay?”
For several days already, Karin was sleeping at her desk. As soon as I opened my eyes, I looked for the next material, and then fell asleep. Karin took out the music box from the desk drawer. It was a music box with songs recorded by magic. She suffered from chronic insomnia, and it was a must-have item for her to fall asleep.
As I turned the mainspring, the crystal ball’s merry-go-round began to move, and a song played. It was a popular song with a warm tone. As she stared blankly at the turn of the toy horse with her face buried in her arms, Karin began to think.
The day I first met him.
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Karin Lufraint.
The second daughter of the Duke of Lufrain, one of the most famous magicians in the Empire and in the whole of mankind.
However, her life was not so happy.
Because of her brother, Alfonzo Lufrain.
He was a genius. It was also a genius that will go down in history.
Even in the Lufraint family, which has produced many magical geniuses, he is a genius at a level that should be considered throughout history.
Overwhelmingly breaking almost all the youngest records, he skipped over and over again, graduating from the academy at the age of 13 and joining the Royal Capital’s Magic Corps.
Even there, he accumulated numerous achievements and was promoted at a rapid pace, and at the age of the contract, he had already risen to the ranks of the strongest in the empire, comparable to that of the patriotic guard.
A hero who can save mankind, who is in a state of candlelight in front of the wind, has appeared, and the people unitedly praised it.
And he betrayed.
Alfonzo Lufraint betrayed humans and became attached to the Demon Lord’s Army.
It was no ordinary betrayal either.
It was an unprecedented, grievous betrayal.
His betrayal took place in the subjugation battle of Baal, the successor of the 5th ranked demon king.
In the raining southern plains, at the cost of the lives of 20,000 armies, three knights, and three heroes, mankind barely managed to capture Baal.
It was Alfonzo who gave the final blow. Piercing through Baal’s heart with magic, Alfonzo looked up at the sky. Rain poured down like a hole in the sky covered with dark clouds and wet his dark hair.
On the hill I looked down on, bodies were piled up like a joke. Soaked in the pouring rain and gushing blood, he walked towards the remains of Baal. Then, the essence was extracted from the body and swallowed.
He ate the essence of Baal and became the heir to the Demon King.
To an ex-colleague who was stunned by the sudden betrayal, he said:
“It can’t be helped. I realized this battle. The difference in power between the human army and the demon king’s army is desperate.”
“You mean betrayal…?”
“If the odds were 10%, it wouldn’t have happened. But, it’s not even a penny. This is the only way.”
“Alfonzo! You filthy rat!”
Leaving behind the cries of his lover, Alfonzo joined the Demon Lord’s Army as it was, and received official recognition as a member of the 72 heirs.
The next head of the family did this, but the prestige of the Lufraint family could not be maintained. The fame of the Lufraint plummeted in an instant.
Alfonzo was the greatest genius of all time, and the next head of state. So, even in the Luupraint family, he generously spent money and fed him with all kinds of elixir and essence. If the money spent on Alfonzo had been used to train the magic corps, the three would have been generously made.
However, since the eldest son who made such an investment became a human traitor, the damage suffered by the Luupint family was indescribable.
And the aftermath was completely covered by his sister Karin. Carin was just 16 years old at the academy when Alfonzo committed that epic betrayal.
It was inevitable that all kinds of hatred and jealousy would be concentrated on Karin. Only to slay Baal, twenty thousand lives were shattered beneath the muddy waters of the southern plains. Those 20,000 lives were horribly abused. That hopeless resentment gathered around Karin like a curse, and weighed on her delicate shoulders.
After entering the academy, Karin suffered from severe bullying.
It was normal for me to fall asleep without saying a word all day long because I couldn’t talk to anyone. Someone broke all of her things, and drew a devil’s pattern on her place. There were letters saying that she was a slut who spreads her bottom to anyone, and there were times when she encouraged her to commit suicide. I saw a few people who suddenly raised their cheeks and cried out for an apology on behalf of their brother. Some professors even took part in the bullying. The survivors of those who died in the Baal subjugation battle were many and many.
Those who did not have a direct grudge also participated in the bullying. Because it’s fun to abuse someone with a moral advantage. It looked like a killer whale sinking into the depths of the abyss, bleeding. It was natural for sharks to flock to the smell of blood.
In fact, the fact that it ended like this without direct terrorism was due to the fact that the Lufraint family was a duke. In this world that has been at war with the Demon Realm for hundreds of years, the treatment of human traitors was worse than this.
At first, Karin was no different from any other girl, but as she went through school like this, she gradually began to change under the influence of evil.
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No matter how successful they were, they were always downplayed and ignored.
If only a small gap was revealed, someone immediately jumped out and grabbed the weakness and dug in.
School was hell for her. The only way to survive in this hell was to be number one.
It was because the achievement of being number one could not be disparaged by any words or anyone.
So, she was obsessed with grades and performance like a crazy person to get first place in every field.
But after winning first place, people borrowed other people’s names and started comparing them and demeaning them.
‘You’re a venomous b*tch like your brother.’
‘Because the bloodline is good without being useless. It would be perfect if you use it as a seed pod.’
‘Well, no matter how successful you are, if your life is in danger in the end, you’ll crawl to the Demon King and spread your crotch.’
‘Because I’m not as good as G. Brother, if I betray, I’ll do Chun-hee.’
Comparing him to his older brother who took the top spot more overwhelmingly than Karin, he was stabbing his wounds. Whenever such a gossip heard the words, Karin locked herself in the bathroom and bit her nails and vowed.
“You, I will kill you. Surely, surely…!”
He becomes a wizard and kills Alfonzo with this hand. With that one thought, Karin survived school life.
There was a time when Karin like that was the first to make friends.
It was because he made an outstanding performance saving the lives of party members in the dungeon subjugation, which was the final exam.
“I, Lufrain Youngae, this is a fruit sent from my hometown, would you like to eat it with me?”
At that time, at the dungeon subjugation party together, the daughter of a poor-eyed local baron spoke to me.
“Huh? Is this me in this season?”
“Blessed is that there is a famous orchard with seasonal fruits in our estate. My mother and child love too much, so at this time of the year, fruits are sent to the extent that it is difficult to process them. So, I hope you can help me with the processing.”
“Well, well, if that’s the case, I’m sorry to throw it away. I’ll be grateful.”
At that time, the peach that I took a bite was so sweet that it brought tears to my eyes. For the next few days, the young baron and Karin went together. We ate together, chatted together, and studied together.
“I can’t believe the rumors as well. He wasn’t a bad person at all. He was just, pure and honest.”
he said this A little, but happy. But that little happiness didn’t last for a few days. It was because the bullying that followed Karin began to befall her as well. All sorts of obscene rumors circulated about a local villager trying to get a line with a dying peasant family, or prostitution at her orders. The number of people arguing for nothing has increased. She pretended to be okay, but Karin was quick-witted. So I made a decision.
“Because we hang out together, do you know that I’m on the same level as you?”
“Ah, no, Young-ae, something like that…”
“Now, don’t bring any trash like this. I threatened to play with you for a few days, but it’s no fun. Now I’m tired of playing with a bastard like you.”
He deliberately put his cheeks up in front of people and trampled on the boiled fruit that he handed him. Several people rushed to the baron Young-ae, who knelt and cried. It was to comfort him. With that, the bullying was over. And the friendship between the two ended.
After work, Karin went into the bathroom and locked the door. was terribly lonely. While I was sitting blankly looking at the mirror attached to the white door, I realized grievously. For the rest of my life, there will be no one on my side. When you become close with someone, that person will also get hurt.
From the 3rd year onwards, the end of this hellish academy life began to appear.
It was because the retired great sage came to the academy as a professor. But from the very first class, the words were speculative.
“Actually, I have no intention of becoming a professor! I just don’t want to work, but I have to earn money, so I’m here to collect my pension!”
The Great Sage, Luina Alund. The small sized woman who doubted whether she was really an adult said while sitting on the podium and yawning.
“So, I’m going to take a direct disciple and lock him in my room under the pretext of raising an heir, is there anyone who wants to be my disciple?”
Then he lay flat on his back. The successor of the great sage. Many people’s eyes lit up at those words. It was so tempting. Many people raised their hands, but Ruina, who was scanning the classroom with wide open eyes, chose Karin instead of them.
“You! You have the highest amount of mana here! Be my successor!”
“Ha, but sage-sama, that b*tch is the brother of a human traitor! If you bring a b*tch like that into the workshop, the name of the great sage will be ruined…”
“Huh? He didn’t do it, so what does it matter?”
Louisa smiled and replied like that. It was the first time Karin had ever heard of it. At first, Karin was going to refuse, but at those words, tears broke out and she gave up.
From then on, Karin went to Ruina’s lab instead of school. In the first class, the words of the great wise man were not empty words. She really never touched Karin. However, there was no difficulty in protecting the senior year as much as Karin, who had done almost everything on her own.
In the end, it was about time to graduate from the academy as a senior and to stand on the podium in the midst of everyone’s boos and receive a diploma.
“A hero’s party?”
“Yeah, the holy sword Gramhild, who I thought had turned into a stone, suddenly chose a hero. He said he was having a hard time because there were no party supporters. He asked me to recommend someone too, so you said first? Do you want to?”
Louisa yawned and said so.
“By the way, why do you come to me with such an offer?”
“The guy who picked that Gramhild is a little… No, I don’t think he’s very good. That’s why the policy was decided to reject them all and just trust in growth and send out prospects.”
The legend of the holy sword Gramhild.
A legend that when mankind is in crisis, the one chosen by this sword overcomes all trials and crises with the power of love.
But the legend was just a legend. Even legends greater than the legend of Gramhilt lost their light and disappeared under the power of the Demon King. The Empire only considered the party of heroes as one of many means, but it was not a country stupid enough to mobilize all its power on a single legend.
That’s why the turn came back to Karin. Karin felt that this opportunity could not be missed.
“If you don’t like it, you can also hit the rejection. It’s just a recommendation.”
“I’ll do it!”
I wanted to do anything to get rid of this damn human traitor charge. If you join the hero party and catch the demon king, if you cut off at least one of the heirs’ heads, it seems that he will no longer insult the family and himself as a human traitor.
Karin packed her bags with high expectations, and joined the hero’s party that day.
And, from the day after joining the party, I immediately regretted it.
“You bastard, why aren’t you working and just playing around?”
It was because the hero who was chosen by that Gramhild was so exhausted that it caused neuralgia.