7. Jealousy is my strength (65)
‘Delphirem’.
The name had an unknown weight. Even I, who had never witnessed the real thing, started chattering indiscriminately as soon as I heard of his existence.
As if in some kind of panic.
“So, in the end, are you telling me to cooperate with Delphirem? Are you insane? And what the hell is Delphirem doing? Two of the Seven Sins are arguing with each other, even knowing that… … .”
“Shh, shh.”
The rain of words that poured down in an instant finally stopped after the girl restrained herself.
The girl who brought her index finger to her lips was smiling incomprehensibly. Like a conspiracy-colored fairy, the black saintess’ eyes curled slightly.
“It’s not a name to be called in vain, he… He is the mouthpiece of the forsaken, and he is soon to become the master of the whole world.”
“Do not be ridiculous.”
I said so while grinding my teeth.
There was a scene passing through my mind.
Guilford, the head of the orphanage, and the screaming children who turned into flesh seeds.
The faces of the experiment subjects who became Mitram’s puppet and had to kill precious people, and the faces of Ned, who lost his life while protecting his younger sister, came to mind one after another.
Leoric? Elf? Yuren and the orphans?
Of course, I remembered all of it. Whenever I thought of their bloodstains, I used to feel a sharp pain in my veins.
As if he had received an inappropriate blood transfusion.
That was the weight of my sins. And Delphirem, who turned them into monsters, would have been carrying a more terrible sin than this.
“Speak for those who have been abandoned by God? What you’re doing is just using them thoroughly and turning them into monsters. How can you say something so shameless when you destroy such a precious relationship and betray humanity?”
“It is the world that made us that way.”
“Don’t make excuses… … !”
“Everything is an excuse anyway. Changing the world in a fair way? Who sets the standard for justification? Let’s change the world by catering to those who are far too high? when? After we are all buried?”
The voice of the girl who continued to refute item by item was calm.
So it was more heterogeneous. It was the attitude of a fanatic who never questioned the fact.
“Everyone does. They tell us to sacrifice as if it were natural. Be patient, the world will change someday even if it’s not for you… Do you know what people who talk like that have in common? If you are patient and patient, your life is not in danger. But what about us? Do you know how many people on this continent would have to starve to death if they gave up even a little bit of their share?”
“So you want to undermine their dignity and treat them like tools? Because of that proud egotism that will change the world?!”
“Because no one will save us.”
I was so moved that I tried to raise my voice, but soon I had to meet the gaze of the girl who was staring at me silently.
My lineage that was never saved.
My heart skipped a beat and stopped.
“Because neither God, nor the world, nor my brother saved us… We have no choice but to save ourselves. Even if it is a cruel act that tramples on humanity.”
There were many things that could be said.
Even that is just an excuse after all. If I was just eating the flesh of another weakling to secure my own life, I could ask how that was different from the current world.
But I couldn’t bear to put that objection into my mouth.
The girl got up before she knew it and walked past me lightly. Curiously. I didn’t feel the slightest desire to criticize the lonely appearance.
The conversation is now over.
A clear voice resounded throughout the room as if announcing the end. It was a tone that sounded a bit melancholy.
“Don’t worry, I’ll tell you where Jealousy is. And again, be careful… It doesn’t matter what happens within the ‘boundary’. Something that even the caster cannot understand may happen.”
that’s the last one
As the girl began to take light steps, I squeezed out one last remaining question.
“What about Celine?”
Standing tall, the girl’s footsteps stopped.
He didn’t look back, so he didn’t have time to even look at his face. However, I only asked again in a more earnest tone.
“And where did Seria go? Any information you know… … !”
It was then.
Hook, the girl’s breath brushed past the tip of her nose. Truly in the blink of an eye.
Before I knew it, the girl was back to me. While examining my face as if licking it.
Before long, the gentle touch of a soft palm gently brushed my cheek.
“Do you care that much?”
“… … Of course.”
The girl smiled and smiled sadly.
“It would have been nice if you had saved me like that.”
It was a word that took my breath away every time I heard it.
Even so, the girl shrugged her shoulders and replied as if it was a joke.
“I don’t know the vampire’s lineage, but Celine is doing well, so don’t worry. When it’s all over, you’ll know where it went.”
“How can I trust you?”
“You can’t trust us.”
Then, as if it was the last time, the girl stabbed me in the chest and took a step back.
“Trust Celine unnie, sometime.”
if you can
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Just like when the girl appeared, she disappeared like the wind. I stared at the empty seat for a long time without even leaving a trace, then walked silently and opened the cupboard door.
pig iron.
It was a night where I wanted to drink bad quality solo wine.
**
The die is cast.
‘Greed’ promised me cooperation. Although he showed signs of quitting on the line that indicates the location of ‘jealousy’, what if the decisive moment approaches?
The relationship between the two was already irreversibly damaged. ‘Greed’ even revealed the fact that this confrontation was taking place with Delphirem’s connivance.
It wasn’t that she couldn’t cross the line. If there is a will, it will always play an active role as a useful long term horse.
The decisive battle was to come in the near future.
However, it has been said that good news always accompanies bad news.
It was around that time that the bad news arrived with good news.
One piece of good news.
The princess finally opened her eyes. In fact, since she passed out due to a large amount of blood loss, there was no reason why she couldn’t come to her senses if only the blood returned.
However, I had to face the heavy silence when I visited the temple with a good heart.
The Emperor, the Swordsman, and the Archwitch all remained silent. Shien on the bed was watching the adults as if he had become a criminal.
What happened.
The inside story was soon revealed by Shien’s statement.
Seria sucked Shien’s blood. Like a ‘vampire’, until fainting.
As soon as I heard that, I immediately raised my voice.
“No, why the hell?!”
The reason was obvious.
Seria inherits vampire blood. So it wasn’t strange even if the monster’s true nature was hidden.
The only question is, why is it now?
why the hell
It was Seria who had been calm until now. Even when he met a blood relative of a vampire, he showed no signs of running out of control.
So many different objections swirled in my head.
“I’m sorry. Sir Ian…”
Seeing the princess crying and lowering her head, I came to my senses.
Yes, the princess was the victim.
In terms of the seriousness of my sins, my responsibility had to be the heaviest.
I hid the origin of Seria. Not only the party, but even Seria herself.
It was a foolish decision.
To be honest, I was afraid that Seria would get hurt, and because of that, I was afraid that a look of suspicion would spread among the party.
Except for Celine, Delphine was the only colleague who sincerely believed in and cared for Seria.
The result was like this.
Maybe he didn’t have the will. Maybe there was an expectation that something would work out in my heart.
A jerk.
But regret, no matter how fast, was always too late.
I had no choice but to recite the words of apology.
“No, Your Highness. It’s my fault. Actually, this situation was predictable…”
“Oh no!”
However, the princess’ reaction far exceeded my expectations.
Shien put on an embarrassed expression and started to panic. If you leave it like this, even your head will be knocked down.
“Um, what are you saying… I was wrong, Sir Ian. Please don’t say things like that. Please don’t throw it away. I-I was wrong… … .”
The appearance of the girl trembling and reciting to herself was not normal for anyone to see.
Even more so if the witnesses were his father and great-grandfather.
“Shall we talk for a minute?”
That’s how I was able to come back only after I had a sincere conversation with the swordsman.
It wasn’t a bad feeling.
Rather, it was thanks to the opportunity to cool down. Although I couldn’t come up with a way to overcome this situation.
Seria has become a new variable. In the yard where I didn’t know where I left right away, I wanted to save Seria like a chimney.
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Just then, there was a person who came.
Siene Alpenhauser, one of Alpenhauser’s prestigious twins, the woman called Alpenhauser’s sun.
“It’s been a while, Sir Hatchet Fool. Today, especially to forgive the rudeness last time, and to have a more meaningful conversation… Kkeek.”
And I’m sorry.
Another man who coolly hit her on the back of the head and knocked her out.
He was a handsome man like a sculpture. Her waving hair was like a stream of water that Mother Nature painstakingly polished, and her blue eyes sparkling with passion were like jewels.
And unlike her delicate face, she has a well-trained muscular body.
At first glance, the man, who is not normal, said with a smile.
“Sir Lee An, would you like to talk to me?”
The first prince of the empire, Vilteon.
He was the man who would be the last piece before the final battle with the vampire.