36 – Triang Village (7)
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After arriving in Triang Village, things were literally a breeze.
As soon as we arrived in the village, we pushed the academy’s request receipt.
Soon after, everyone in the village lined up and made them come to the village chief’s house, which we are using as an interrogation room.
It was also helpful that they were willing to accept it because they were villagers who continued to suffer from the problem of paganism.
In that situation, voicing opposition is like admitting that you are a heretic, so no one could have stepped up.
“Grace.”
The first person to be interrogated was Jess, a 68-year-old man.
There was another reason why I decided to interrogate this old man before anyone else.
“It is true.”
is this old man?
When I glanced at Grace with such a question, Grace avoided my gaze with her mouth firmly shut.
“I ask you again. Because of your choice, you could make all the sinners who shouldn’t die die. If I use an arbitrary remedy.”
“…false, is.”
Then it is.
It was fortunate that in the original work, Grace chose the pagan old woman as the first hitter, the only one whose appearance was described among those who hid her identity.
Grace, like the original, tried to hide their sins, but
I see the sword.
‘If later I find out that this man is a heretic, I will kill him instead of imprisoning him.’ When he threatened with sincerity, he began to speak only the truth.
It was a threat made because it was such a waste of time to spend with cultists like Lily alone.
“Mr. Grace?”
It was Anna’s voice.
Known to always speak only the truth to her sincerity, she was quite surprised that the lies she spewed were intended to hide the pagans.
“…”
I didn’t say anything, but Lily did too.
As if the lies spewed by someone I never imagined were bothering me, the eyes of Grace came into my field of vision again and again.
Soon after, Lily’s gaze passed me, and we felt our eyes cross each other, but there was no reaction.
Because I’m thinking about how to treat Lily.
And Lily… Maybe it wasn’t to keep a distance from me.
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poke poke.
I sighed at the sound of the crickets as I looked at the starlight embroidered in the night sky, which was so quiet.
“ha….”
It was because I didn’t know what to do next.
Because she was the meaning and reason for my life in this world.
If I have to give up the reason for such a life unintentionally, then what should I pursue and live in this world?
No, can I give up on her in the first place?
It was very clear that the country would not be able to do that. For that reason, the love I experienced for the first time in my life was too intense and stimulating for me.
I am aware that my behavior is like an idiot, and it is an act that explodes inside me. It’s not that I don’t know.
Even in this country, I have seen and read numerous balam characters in Romance.
My current actions… In a way, I’m thinking that maybe I’m not that different from them, but those thoughts are just thoughts. I couldn’t go any further than that.
But I was ignorant because I hadn’t learned, and everything was new because I hadn’t experienced it.
At least, the main characters in the romance novel knew their identities, and they fought over the heroine with visible rivals, but I don’t even know the identity of my rival.
Even so, I couldn’t waste my time looking for a guy who left his seat and didn’t have any hints in the original work.
You never know when Lily will be in danger.
She is now out of the original trajectory given to her. Nevertheless, the characters in the original work are still connected.
That being said, it is not clear whether or not the writer can intervene in her.
If there is an intervention, how much intervention is possible, or if I, the only foreign substance, cuts off the relationship with her, will she return to the original track?
None of that was certain.
Because anything made sense.
As soon as I distanced myself from her and disappeared, she headed for the academy as in the original story.
Even though I have a fiancé who cherishes me like that.
Was it really necessary? The only thing I could think of was the reason I couldn’t think of.
From the moment I distanced myself from her, she follows the flow of the original again. was
The reason the artist couldn’t intervene in her while I was away is probably because I, a foreign substance, had a great influence on her.
And the less my influence is, the less the writer will be able to intervene in various ways, just like in the case of lycanthropy.
maybe.
I say this for only one reason. There is only one existence that defies all my expectations and reasoning.
Because of the guy who is said to be Lily’s fiancé.
Because of him, no hypotheses, no logic, no inferences and predictions.
With one exception, that bastard, everything is ruined.
Rather, it made sense that the writer could intervene at will since she had become an existence outside the orbit of the original work.
Unlike the eastern mountains of the Empire, where she could even cause a sudden landslide because she became such but was never depicted,
Since she was the heroine in the work, it also made sense that she got off the route of impoverishment the moment she deviated from the trajectory of the original work.
A situation where you can’t really say that it’s wrong no matter what reason or logic you attach.
That’s why my worries continued to grow, and the sound of sighs overflowed with bitterness without knowing the end.
“ha….”
“Is it because of Her Highness?”
Hearing the sudden voice, he turned his head and looked at the owner of the voice.
I could tell who it was just by hearing her voice, but it was because I was so deeply troubled that I didn’t notice her approaching me.
Grace met my gaze. And then take a step towards me.
“Can I sit next to you for a moment?”
“…If you keep some distance, it’s fine.”
I was the one who misunderstood because I was close to Grace last night, so I nodded towards a place a little away from me to her so as not to repeat the same mistake.
“thank you.”
Saying that, Grace sat down on the grass.
She immediately repeated the question she had just asked me.
“Are you worried that your relationship with Her Highness is not going well?”
It was a very blatant fastball, but it was truly like her. It must be because she can’t find a reason to talk back to her who can tell lies.
Turning things around is a behavior that comes from trying to find out the other person’s true intentions or to hide one’s own true intentions.
“Yes, what kind of person could have monopolized the love of Her Highness the Princess… It’s amazing.”
That’s why I only put my true feelings in my mouth without embellishment. Since I knew who she was, I had no reason to lie to her.
My melancholy eyes turned to Grace, and I also expressed regret and regret.
Unlike my ignorant choice, it was because I couldn’t erase the feeling that there might have been a better choice.
But since I didn’t know him, I looked at this wide-eyed girl who would later be called a saint.
I felt that if she could always divide life into truth and lies, she would be able to reach the essence of my worries.
And my hopes and worries came to an end in an unexpected form.
It was because Grace, who had been looking at me with pitiful eyes, opened and closed her mouth a few times before saying this to me.
“Her Highness is in a situation where she is waiting for Jeong In-bun, who has already left Her Highness.”
“……What?”
As my quivering pupils turned to her, she nodded and spoke to me again.
“It is the result of reasoning based on what Her Highness said last night and what I saw.”
A hint as to why Lily was so sensitive to me.
A hint that tells why Lily came to the academy despite loving her fiancé so much.
A means by which I can judge the course of action I should take toward Lily in the future.
“Are you serious?”
It wasn’t that I doubted Grace.
Considering her ability, her words must be the truth, given that she said ‘I saw it with my own eyes’.
However, this issue was so sensitive that it was necessary to double-check.
Then Grace nodded at my question.
“To tell all the details, Her Highness’s private parts also exist… I will only tell you the conclusion. As far as I can figure out, this is the only possibility.”
He said that the only possibility is the one who can tell whether the subject’s words are true or false.
It was as if I could hear the sound of the various means devised in my meager brain being thrown into the trash one after another.
and only then
I realized why Grace had been looking at me with pity this morning.
Wasn’t it because I felt sorry for my life of being rejected by a woman who had already been dumped?
If it was that Grace, there were plenty of possibilities.
Normally, I would have said something, but I didn’t intend to do that now. Rather, he was so proud that he chose to bring Grace to the party.
Even if she trolls once in the future, he was confident that he would turn a blind eye to it.
It was because the premise of everything changed 180 degrees just by knowing that Lily had been abandoned by her fiancé.
It was because even though she had regained her physical health, I could see why she was still mentally drained for some reason.
She is.
Lily has yet to get out of the exhaustion route. No, rather, now is the beginning of the impoverished route.
Even if she chooses another man instead of Ian, she faces the same ending as when she chose Ian.
The role of being abandoned equally and dying while devoted with the same passion and soul.
It came to the conclusion that if the writer Nom connects with a character that can intervene, there will be only one ending and fate for Lily.
I let out a short sigh of relief.
“under.”
Now, it doesn’t matter what kind of guy he is.
The biggest obstacle to putting my thoughts into action was that my love for her might poison her.
However, Grace’s remarks made it possible to know that Lily is currently in a state of exhaustion.
I also knew that my actions so far were not wrong.
Then there was only one action I had to take for this next episode.
Ask Lily for help.
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As soon as the day dawned, the boy’s party moved back to the academy.
Unlike the original work, the reason was that it did not take a full day to hunt down all the heretics.
Also, on the way back, he did not forget to return by collecting the thief boss who had hung the talisman of animal protection in advance.
It was the minimum safety device that the boy had requested from Anna Freesia.
The boy’s steps leaving the village were very light, unlike when he entered.
The signs of the situation that would soon befall the boy were not so good.
Because the boy hunted down all the heretics.
The reason was that it did not take long for the boy’s party to hunt down so many heretics, and in the process, those who rebelled were punished for not answering questions.
As a result, the demons found out that their plans were seriously twisted.
Because of that, the story flowed at a different speed than the original story the boy knew.
“What did you say?”
Mine, sitting in an antique chair, looked down and asked.
Another Mine knelt down and relayed what he had heard.
“They say you can target a commoner swordsman named Berry and an imperial princess named Lilysiana.”
“When and where?”
Tsk.
When a higher rank devil clicked his tongue and asked, the lower rank devil realized his mistake and regretted it.
“Su, since they are seniors, they will participate in the tournament, and in the process, they said that their strength will be considerably exhausted! Also, since they cannot use their own weapons, the tournament will be a bit easier…”
“Was the Academy Tournament like that?”
“The academy’s tournament was supposed to be like that!”
The high-ranking Mine began to touch his chin.
In a way, it was because of the thought that the human beings were closer to the devil than they were.
“Get ready, this time I’ll go too.”
A high-ranking Mine stood up from her chair and said so. In order to reach a more certain conclusion.