106 – My Wife is the Devil (13)
Looking back, it was always like that.
The human being I was was just a superficial human being.
The first guillotine of the Lord, or the great Inquisitor who will go down in history.
I am not a person who deserves to be called by such a false name.
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He was just a weak loser.
‘Julius…. He must survive. Because you are the chosen child. Because he is a child who receives the love of angels.’
You must never look back and only look forward. I’m making a pinky promise to my mom. Understand?
These are words spoken to me by a woman whose face and voice I can no longer remember.
The first memory of the life of a man named Julius Tapnel was his first ordeal. He came with the terrible scent of death emanating from the corpse.
A time of madness when the devil chewed on human flesh, lusted after the corpse, and thrust his spear and knife at his family.
In the midst of the Holy Demon War.
It was an extremely heartless place for a child to start his life.
‘…… ‘Uh, Mom.’
‘Run! Run, Julius! ‘You must never look back!’
-Gaaa!
‘Hurry and run!’
A woman’s hand pushing the back of a small child.
When I was around five years old, younger than Leila is now, I faithfully followed my mother’s words.
The black, squishy, unpleasant shadow opened its mouth wide, and I turned my back on the devil and just desperately ran.
– Quad Deuk!
Ignoring the sound of something being crushed coming from behind me.
I just ran and ran.
Tadadadadak──
The cheap cloth shoes were torn, and a strong cold wind blew into my small face. The surrounding scenery quickly disappeared beyond my vision without even being noticed.
If I think about it now that I’m older, I might have had my eyes closed back then.
‘Wow. Omg. ‘Huh.’
I was afraid of dying and kept running.
I was out of breath, and my nostrils were filled with an acrid smell.
My feet had already swollen a long time ago, and my small legs were only forced to move by the unbearable fear.
It must have been pure luck that I didn’t fall along the way.
I was running away from the death that was approaching every moment.
Finally, I met.
It made me who I am today. A benefactor who saved the life of a weak child who had no strength.
‘Hurry and take my hand.’
It’s okay, baby. You are safe now.
I met Saint Erman Lionelta.
I was able to successfully survive in that hellish place.
‘… ….’
… It would have been nice if Mom had come with us too.
Of course, I didn’t feel any feelings of relief, joy, or accomplishment at having survived.
No, I couldn’t.
The emotions that filled the small heart of a young child named Julius were not such positive things.
‘I lost.’
I ended up losing.
The helplessness and frustration I felt back then are still evident today.
In my first trial of life, I was defeated spectacularly.
The memory of running around like a defeated son of a b*tch is stuck in the back of my head and is a constant compulsion to this day.
Looking back, I think it was from that time that I became obsessed with winning.
Losing means that something precious is crushed.
Quad Deuk.
Quad Deuk.
That’s why I resolved to never lose again.
I promised myself that I would not let anyone take away my precious things.
Of course, there was no way that a fool’s promise would be kept so easily.
*
After a very humiliating childhood.
I sometimes had the illusion that I was a strong person.
‘Julius. ‘You are the pride of our Telmere Church.’
The senior priests of the church praised my power.
‘That guy would have grown up even if he had become a knight. Even now, there is no knight who can beat him with swordsmanship.’
My classmates who completed the training center with me clapped their hands while looking at my swordsmanship and martial arts skills.
‘If he commits treason, how long do you think it will take until Darkana falls? Perhaps by the time he eats breakfast and smells the coffee, the owner of the Spiral Palace will have changed. Maybe the maids in the palace are anxiously hoping for something like that to happen.’
The royal family in the palace and the ministers of all sizes trembled with fear day and night, remembering me.
‘I’m so glad he’s not interested in swallows. If he puts his mind to it, is there a woman he can’t fall for? If the woman in my house heard that irritating voice, she would be willing to lift her skirt and dance.’
People on the street felt envious of my charm.
‘Jealousy is an emotion that only occurs when people are the same. By Julius, it’s already like a natural disaster. Humans do not feel jealous of approaching tsunamis. He just feels scared.’
When it came to men who had feelings for my woman, Cecil, they didn’t even care.
They didn’t even dare to think of coveting what was mine. They naturally realized how miserable and meaningless it was to compare themselves to me.
‘Julius Tapnel is a bastard among bastards.’
Like this, people in the world saw me and called me a bastard.
I did not feel jealousy or envy, but an infinite sense of awe and extreme fear.
‘…… ‘I’d like to go flower viewing with Cecil today.’
Well, whatever it was, my head was just full of Cecil.
Unlike when I was young, I am now strong enough. Because I am strong enough. I thought I could make something precious.
I thought he was a man who could keep my woman in order.
.
.
.
‘Julius Tapnel from today. ‘I appoint you as the special heresy interrogator of our Telmere Church.’
‘Don’t let anyone disgrace the Lord’s name. I will do my best.’
I became the representative of Taphnel, the angel of faith, and gained a mighty force that no devil could match. I rose to a position that no one could reach before.
The low-level devil who chewed up and swallowed her biological mother, whose face she couldn’t even remember, was burned to the ground with just a glance.
So much so that the devil who slaughtered thousands of armies cringed when he heard my name.
When it comes to top heresy interrogators, the first thing people think of is ‘Julius Tapnel’.
‘Julius, Julius has appeared! ‘Executioner Julius has appeared!’
Hurry and hide before you get your head pulled out alive!
The little child who ran away in fear of the devil as a child is now called the executioner by the devils.
‘Hurry and hide yourself in the shadows. At sunset, a crazy interrogator will appear looking for prey.’
‘Oh~ Julius. Even the fiercest devils become gentle girls in front of him.’
The low-level demons, who were not even worthy of being abandoned, did not even dare to think of competing with me, and were busy hiding their dark bodies in the shadows. The bards continued to sing of my bravery and faithfulness.
That’s why I thought of myself as a strong person.
I boasted that there would no longer be any trials that could block my path.
Of course, that was just a child’s conceit, and it didn’t take long for me to realize that.
*
‘You know, Julius. Julius won’t cheat, right?’
‘Cecil, why are you doing this again? ‘Has something happened that you don’t like?’
‘Uh, yes. No. Nothing. ‘It’s just because I can’t believe that Julius has become my husband.’
‘Why would there be any reason to blow something like wind? ‘Is there a woman prettier than my wife?’
‘Yeah… But unlike before, I look ugly now…’
‘What’s so ugly about being pregnant? It just looks good. ‘Such words are not good for prenatal education.’
‘I want to have at least 10 children. By then, she will have become an ajumma.’
‘I probably would have become a mummy by then.’
‘Unlike Julius, he will age quickly.’
‘If I become her grandmother, I will carry her on my back.’
‘And… And again.’
…I will die before Julius.
‘… ….’
I see. Cecil will die before me.
But, well, there is enough time to fill the future.
Until the end comes. Because I will love you with all my might.
So, don’t worry too much. Cecil.
‘…… Yea, I got it.’
I love you. Julius.
‘I love you too.’
… ….
The one and only woman I wouldn’t mind giving my all to.
My newlywed life with Cecil was not an entirely happy time.
To be precise, ‘I’ was just happy.
Worry and anxiety about the future ended long ago. Intoxicated by the immense power in my heart and the praise of people, I acted as if I were some kind of almighty god.
The word arrogance was probably a word prepared for me at that time.
However, it was not Cecil.
She was a woman who was far from arrogance.
She spent her newlywed life whispering love in my ear, but living with deep anxiety in a corner of her heart.
Even though she had achieved the love she so desperately wanted, she was weighed down by the fear of not knowing when it would be taken away from her.
‘… ….’
I just watched Cecil like that.
I thought time would solve everything.
Because we have the power of angels, even if we cannot grow old together.
Walking by your side as you slowly grow older, shouting out your unchanging love.
One day, decades later.
If I close my eyes with you taking your last breath.
You were happy.
I thought I could prove that your love was not wrong.
‘You, Julius. ‘Me, me.’
I don’t want to die.
I couldn’t give even a little happiness, let alone proof.
The last appearance of Cecil reflected in my eyes, the last face.
It was a face filled with tears and filled with fear.
‘… ….’
Only then did I realize.
I was not a strong person.
I am a human being who cannot overcome trials.
No matter how powerful Ilshin becomes, Become stronger. I will become stronger again.
The fact that I am just a loser who can’t even protect my woman.
I realized.
‘It was just an unfortunate accident. Julius, don’t blame yourself too much.’
The fact that Cecil’s death was an unfortunate accident was the only excuse I had for not ending my life.
Now even that excuse has disappeared.
***
– Quad Deuk!
A small stone hit by a shoe is crushed.
An extremely unpleasant sound echoed throughout the throne room, bringing Julius to an end from his fleeting thoughts. He shook off the feeling of helplessness that had soaked his entire body.
“… ….”
The gaze that had been looking at his feet was slowly pulled upward.
“Julius. Just calm down first. Huh? Huh?”
The girl with white hair is shaking her head here and there and keeps saying something. There was fear and nervousness on his face, as if he had seen something scary.
Because it was a situation where one should not move hastily, they were concerned that Julius might commit an impulsive action.
No matter what, in the end, it seems that the Holy Sword was the only one who used the most rational thinking in this place.
“… ….”
“Julius. Please calm down. “Killing that woman now would not be a very good choice.”
“… ….”
“Julius! “Come to your senses!”
However, the voice of the holy sword did not reach Julius. It just passes by like a wave or a cold wind blowing from somewhere.
Her mind had already been filled with anger for a long time, and her eyes and ears could only capture the image and voice of the woman holding the scepter and taunting her.
“…Cecil was murdered.”
Cracked. Chewing his lower lip, Julius opened his mouth towards Arnhil.
These were the first words out of his mouth after a moment of silence.
“Yes. That’s right. I killed it. How did you feel about it? Right?”
Looking at Julius, whose whole body was shaking so much that the anger slowly boiling over was visible in her eyes, Arnhill nodded her head willingly.
Then, with a sparkle in her eyes, she proudly began to boast that she had killed Cecil.
It’s as if he’s asking for a compliment.
“I am a horse. He seems to have a talent for deceiving people. “It’s only natural since he’s a devil.”
“…… Cecil’s death was an unfortunate accident. “It was just a coincidence-“
“Ah. Julius, Julius, Julius.”
In order to somehow regain his sense of reason, Julius tried to deny the fact that Cecil had been murdered.
However, Arnhil did not allow Julius’ denial. I sighed at his foolish efforts to suppress his anger at all costs.
“Do you really think such a coincidence would happen? “Is it really a coincidence that such a terrible thing, like the power of an angel inhabiting a fetus, happened to your wife?”
No, no.
There is no such thing as a coincidence.
Arnhil spoke as he struck the floor with the scepter in his hand. Proclaiming that there is no such tragic coincidence in the world.
“I did it all, Julius. From your meeting with Cecil to the death of that poor girl. “All of that is the result of my hands.”
He has acquired an unbelievable force that cannot be killed.
It was a plan to kill you.
The woman named Cecil Lionelta was nothing more than a tool to kill Julius.
She said so.
Quad Deuk.
“…… “
Ah, I can’t take it anymore.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of something breaking echoed in Julius’ head.
A small sound that no one except him could hear.
I will kill you.
The last thread of reason that was holding on to his steps…
… It was torn to pieces.
Quaaa!
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