confession (1)
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It took Leah quite a while to calm her startled emotions.
Even after Leia had calmed down to a certain extent, she leaned on Rey’s back and sighed.
Leah, who was still smirking, patted Rey on the back with her cute fist.
“I hate you, brother!”
“Oppa was wrong. I’m sorry. Get angry.”
Ray rarely admits to his fault.
After hearing Rey’s apology after a long time, Leia was startled and strangely unequaled.
Today is the day you can swarm!
Recognizing this intuitively, Leah shouted again.
“I hate you, brother!”
My anger will not be resolved easily, if you ask for my forgiveness, pay the price commensurately, otherwise I will tell my mother that my brother hit me!
Well, it was a call with that meaning.
Leah finished her shrewd calculations and continued to tap her on the back, and Rey picked her up and went outside.
Ray was walking around the street and bought Leah’s favorite food.
Leah, who received the meat skewer, smiled brightly and muttered the meat.
Leah, who quickly ate a skewer, started to smirk again when she made eye contact with Rey.
My anger is not resolved to this extent! was a protest.
Leah, who was still small in stature, had a good appetite.
Rey carried Leah back and forth, bought all the food Leah wanted and fed her.
“Buy that too!”
“OK.”
Rey did everything Leah asked for, and soon Leah’s camouflage reached its limit.
Leah, who sang as much as she was full, forgot that she was vomiting and laughed happily behind Rey’s back.
When I’m full, I naturally feel nauseous.
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Not long after, Leah started to fall asleep while drooling while being carried by Rey.Rey stopped in place as she felt her shoulders start to get wet.
The expression on her face that had been forcibly released while dealing with Leia became as cold as ice again.
“…”
Leah was still young.
He was not old enough to properly express the power based on hemolysis.
Moreover, even if it was a small fragment, the dragon heart implanted in Leia’s heart was trapping and suppressing some of the dragon blood.
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Nevertheless, Leia drew power from the dragon blood and spewed out flames.“…”
The concentration of hemolysis possessed by the imperial family varies greatly from individual to individual.
If the concentration of dragon blood is also a talent, Leia was born with great talent among the imperial family.
It was the exact opposite of Ray’s wish.
Rey didn’t want Leia to be gifted with good talent.
He was born with a talent of Beom-jae, or even less than that, and wanted to live an ordinary life and die an ordinary life.
If Leia had been gifted with insignificant talent, there would be no need for more Dragon Hearts.
However, Leia betrayed Rey’s expectations.
Leah’s talent took her options away.
Considering the concentration of dragon blood that Leia possessed, more pieces of Dragon Heart were absolutely necessary to survive after coming of age.
“…”
Rey stood still and breathed in, while Leia reached out her hand in her sleep.
Leia grabbed Rey’s cheek with her small hand and muttered, squeezing.
“You’re an idiot…”
Yeah, this is stupid… Rey repeated to himself.
It was a foolish decision to save Leah.
When Leah was first born, she should have killed Leah even by swapping the child.
Failing to do so was a stupid choice.
Most people would think so.
However, Ray had already made up her mind that she would not regret her choice long ago.
Because I couldn’t deceive Bella’s life, which had only been a deception, and make her live in a lie for the rest of her life.
Ray believed he had made the right choice.
Ray thought about it and started walking again.
Leah, clinging to Rey’s shaking shoulders, drooled with a comfortable face.
*
The pub was still noisy.
Everyone in the tavern, including Jimmy and Matthew, was waking up pouring drink over and over again.
Those who were completely sober and could not be revived were dragged out, and another person took their place and continued pouring, drink, drink.
At that time, Rey, who had brought Leah home, entered the tavern.
Rey, who sensed the thick smell of alcohol, frowned slightly and walked towards Jimmy, saying:
“I’ve got something to talk to Jimmy, everyone, stop drinking and move out.”
Since I had been drinking for almost a day, it was time to slowly dig up the place.
Rey beckoned and most of them stumbled and started packing.
However, one of the members of the Jimmy family, who drank too much and became half-impressed, raised his voice.
“Hey… hey, damn, what the f*ck is this bastard doing, don’t go out after seeing us!!!”
puck!
Someone slapped the back of the angry gang member and dragged him out.
If you ask me if I know what the Jimmy family’s power hierarchy is… it’s a fact that everyone now knows that Ray is in the first place.
Jimmy threw mana all over his body to break the drink as Ray dragged a chair in front of him and sat down.
Mana actually purifies impurities in the body, so it was very useful for breaking alcohol.
However, after pouring alcohol for about a day, my mind did not immediately clear up even if I returned my mana.
Jimmy felt a headache, tapped his forehead and poured a drink in front of Rey.
“Uh… Ray… So… What’s going on?”
“Jimmy, break up with your mother and prepare to find another woman.”
“Pooh…!”
Jimmy, who was about to take another drink, heard Sare and gasped.
“…go, why all of a sudden?”
“The title and territories bestowed upon Jimmy by His Majesty the Emperor… I like it a bit more than I initially expected.”
The territory that was bestowed on Jimmy this time was originally an area close to the direct control of the imperial family.
Although the land mass was small, it was located near the ecliptic, so the tax revenue collected from the small land was not far from that of the Count of Phillips.
It was at a level that Jimmy could not do if he wanted to act as a central aristocrat right away.
“If you dare to give up such an area, it seems that the purpose is to easily control my entourage… Of course, it’s not a bad thing from Jimmy’s point of view.”
It was easy to be deceived or blown away even if I gave Jimmy, who was working as a mercenary, a modest estate.
Of course, Jimmy was by no means a good person, but because he was born, there were many elements of anxiety.
However, if he grants a region that was under the direct control of the imperial family, he could lessen his worries.
“Jimmy’s estate has been managed for a long time by the magistrates dispatched from the imperial family and will be managed in the future… You can learn something and take it slowly.
“No… what does that have to do with this?”
“Jimmy, in the first place, after receiving the title and becoming a nobleman, Jimmy got a new status. The marriage he had before that didn’t work.”
For this reason, it was common for commoners to be expelled from their former spouses when they achieved a rise in status.
A person with a very benevolent heart would give his spouse a lot of money and parted ways, but this was a rare case.
Reido Jimmy gave Bella a bunch of money and was begging her to break up.
But Jimmy didn’t quite understand.
“Suddenly… Why are you talking like that?”
“I originally thought so.”
If Rey had planned to reunite Jimmy and Bella, who became nobles, he wouldn’t even have thought of playing with the castle.
If you reunite after giving Jimmy the pong pong surname, Leia and Ray pong pong will become Leah pong pong.
Ray swung his drink and continued.
“It’s because of Leah. Leah shouldn’t be seen by other people. It’s safe to live quietly as a commoner in the outskirts, not as a child of a new aristocrat who gets attention from others.”
“…”
Jimmy pondered for a moment and then asked.
“Isn’t that suspicious? Bella… The person who raised you. How much you care for Bella… Now that you have investigated the high-ranking people, you now know.”
“Yeah, that part bothers me too, but you have to play with your mouth.”
There are people who reject the glory of wealth and fame and cling to their roots.
There were certainly those who felt greater happiness on the soil of their hometown, rather than on a golden chair.
“My mother has to be that person. I want to make it look like that. Jimmy suggested that she marry again, but she turned it down. Because she wants to live in her homeland.”
“No, that…”
Jimmy wanted to protest something, but he muttered as his head was not spinning due to the remaining drunkenness.
Ray tasted Jimmy’s drink and smiled bitterly.
“Please stay by my mother’s side for another three years or so. Until then, I’ll try to find the Dragon Heart fragments.”
After that.
Bella will continue her life with Leah in her hometown on the outskirts.
Count Phillips will protect Bella, and Luna will take care of her as well.
In 10 or 20 years, the other children will be able to support Earl Phillips and Bella.
Even after Jimmy and Matthews have earned the title and set up a new family, they will occasionally be called into the Countess to show their sense of responsibility.
The only thing that bothered Rey was the Rubyha Kingdom.
In fact, there is no way to provoke the Empire first unless the Rubyha Kingdom goes crazy, and the Count of Phillips will also become stronger as time goes by.
Recently, the Rubyha Kingdom was politically chaotic, and there was even a demon cult within it, so it was necessary to be on the lookout.
‘The Empire is also collecting information, but before leaving the Count of Phillips, let’s make contact with the Rangers of the Signy Mountains…’
Rey was thinking about it, and Jimmy waved his hand.
“Wait, wait…”
Jimmy finally realized the sense of incongruity he felt throughout the conversation with Ray and asked.
“Rei, you too… no… you didn’t receive the title and territory from His Majesty the Emperor…? Just… Gather your people in the territory you’ve been granted… Oh, of course, you’re a bit sensible. But… or just marrying Alessia-sama and staying here…”
Jimmy’s head got more complicated.
Clearly, Leah’s existence made my head hurt a lot.
Even thinking about Jimmy’s ignorant knowledge, Leah was holding Rey’s ankle strongly and making it impossible to do this or that.
But aside from that, Ray didn’t say anything about what role he might play in the future.
“Three years later… By then, you’ll be getting engaged too, what are you going to do? Tell me. You need to know that… I’ll help you.”
Ray thought for a moment.
There was still work to be done about Titty, and even to claim the Dragon Heart, he had to participate in the battle several more times and achieve achievements.
Considering that…
“…”
Before Ray opened his mouth, he confirmed Luna’s location with the contract engraved on the circle.
Luna had left for Dinar, hoping to find some tools.
Rey, who confirmed that he and Luna were quite far apart, answered with a complicated voice.
“In three years or so, my life will be over. I will die, maybe.”
Jimmy’s remaining drunken spirit was abruptly broken .