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I had a dream.
In my dream, I was sitting in a very cozy restaurant.
It was not a worldview of ＜After Retiring, a Princess from Another World>, it was a high-end restaurant that could be found in Korea.
I also wore a suit after a long time and wore the shoes my brother bought me.
Across the round table sat Kristel and Prince Sedric.
My friends also seemed to be in a good mood.
Stylish candlesticks lit their side faces, and beautiful classical music played from somewhere.
The two men and women were having a rather long and serious conversation.
I drenched my throat with a glass of water. I was convinced that it would be fine now.
So I decided.
let’s talk. let’s talk
‘·······This is in a novel.’
Then they both looked at me at the same time.
There was no expression on her face as white as paper. The moment was creepy.
I was embarrassed and kept talking back and forth.
‘This is fiction, and I am nestled in the body of the main character, Prince Jesse Penetian.’
‘yes?’
‘The title is… The title is ＜I retired and a princess from another world>. It’s my brother Eunseo’s favorite novel.’
The two of them had a face that was daunting enough to be creepy.
I couldn’t breathe well because of the fear that came over me.
I tried to make a good face somehow, but to no avail.
I was choking quietly and alone at the large table.
The waiter, who poured the wine into the glasses of his friends, left me alone and disappeared beyond the hall.
When I looked again, it was Benjamin.
‘Ham Ga-in is… You are the main character of this novel.’
bend, bend. Oxygen barely passed through the throat.
I started flapping like a beast caught in a net, holding my neck.
Gain frowned upon hearing my words.
The usual friendly gaze was gone, and I was focused only on the ice-cold surface of my eyes.
‘Sir. Did you really have to say that?’
‘Cuckoo, 🥺. Ugh…’
‘We had a good atmosphere.’
‘Wow! Coke, Coke! Cool!’
Kwadang! The table leg kicked in the shoe screamed.
His eyes became hazy and hazy, and the end of his consciousness slowly spread.
The Crown Prince, who opened his eyes from me, cut the meat indifferently.
Crimson blood was seeping from the plate.
Kristel pointed at me with the hand holding the knife. His voice, as cold as a knife, touched his skin.
‘You ruined the long-awaited date.’
‘Ahhh…’
‘I was happy when I didn’t know. I’ve lost all my appetite.’
‘I’ll get up first.’ profit. She wiped her lips with a napkin and left.
I couldn’t look back, I couldn’t hold onto it.
I twisted my body and looked intently at the rest.
But the man acted as if he had completely forgotten my existence.
All he could do was eat meat elegantly, chew vegetables, and look at government documents on the table before he knew it.
I was sad and scared and my teeth were sharply grinding. Finally, he squeezed the strength of his whole body and squeezed it.
Even one word or one syllable is fine, so I wanted to reach out to two people. please.
– Dumpling! Rumble!
‘Uk, the umbilical cord, the uncle…! Cuckoo!’
But nothing went the way I wanted it to.
The body that had been running wild on the chair crawled backwards.
In the moment of weightlessness, the spine of his back rumbled. Fine hairs stood on his damp cheeks.
It was only when the ceiling was hanging over the blurred vision, the prince looked at me.
Finally, it was his low-pitched voice that made the eardrums ring.
‘Have you been there yet?’
– Kwadangtang!
“Heh heh! Cool look! Whoops, whoops, whoops!”
I jumped up like a madman.
The cool morning air of autumn filled my lungs.
In my dream, even if it was a marathon, I was out of breath.
My body trembled as the cold sweat flew off my forehead.
The signs of the workers could be heard from afar, but the son-in-law was dark before the sun came up.
I had to take a moment to think about where this place was. So, I…
-Purreung
“ah!”
I shook my head in surprise.
Charlemagne, who was sitting on a pile of straw, was looking at me in the dark with stern eyes.
Then I remembered where I scrambled.
After getting lost and wandering for a while, it was cold, so I opened the door I could see first, and that was it.
Imperial Stable!
“Then this is your saliva.”
Somehow, his face was wet. I smiled and wiped my cheek with my sleeve.
The deep-seated voice was the worst. The black horse responded by waving its tail once.
Let’s see. My pajamas were probably folded over there before I went to sleep, and what I’m wearing now is…
“Hey, it’s an Audrey outfit. I have to give you a new pair of clothes.”
It was the work clothes of Audrey, the stable keeper, lying neatly on the other side.
Even in the midst of a frenzy, he seemed to have the same thought that it would be cold if he lay here in his pajamas.
The inside was warmer than the outside, as it was the space where the prince’s horse stayed.
However, the temperature was never suitable for a person to fall asleep.
When I pulled my limbs out of the soft straw, my exposed wrists and ankles were creepy. He quickly hid himself in the straw again.
– crumble, crumble
“You were very surprised too. Sorry.”
When I apologized carefully, Charles lay his head on the ground without reacting.
It seemed to mean ok. Still, I was so moved by waking up that I gently wiped my back.
He didn’t have a favorite marbit or expensive vegetables, but today’s Charles was very generous.
It gave me warmth and didn’t wake people up and make a fuss.
Although he was blunt on the outside, he was a kind-hearted child.
“Thanks, I slept warmly. Thank you.”
-Pureung
“I feel very comfortable here.”
He laughed at his own words.
I thought it would have been better to have a funny nickname of ‘Heineken’.
I know it’s not true, but the tip of my nose is cold enough to remember that time.
The days of working in a stable and volunteering at an aid station seemed like a long time ago.
Summer, when no one knew me, and I was terrified by myself, but still growing hope inside.
“I wonder if we could have talked a little better in a better situation.”
A mournful whisper came out.
‘I was wrong!’
‘This is in a novel!’
It’s not like drinking. Was it best to spit it out like a mistake?
Was it really that hard to hold the right atmosphere and take out what was inside step by step?
Is there no context in someone’s feelings?
Is it something a 30-year-old would do to embarrass all his friends and run out without taking responsibility?
what’s so scary
“There was a cursor in the sky. The blinking thing is definitely here…”
‘Like beyond the liquid crystal.’ I murmured into the twilight. It was a very strange horror.
It felt like I had become a being made up of letters and spaces.
“I just can’t stand it any longer.”
I thought it was really good, and I was confident I could bear it more, but it wasn’t.
It turned out that if I added just one drop, my heart would overflow.
Like a glass full of water to the surface.
Like a light bulb whose filament has been cut short by meeting oxygen.
“It’s hard because I feel like I’m disappearing. I’m afraid that I don’t know what will happen to my family. But I don’t regret coming here again. Because I didn’t want my friends to disappear. It’s just full of greed…”
‘That’s why I’m being punished.’ I whispered I fell and my palms rubbed in the sand stinged.
Charles was now closing his eyes.
“It’s scary that the world depends on me, but Ga-in’s story…. To be honest, I was very shocked.”
‘So I was sure. Prince Jesse is the main character here.’
Suddenly, water-colored eyes appeared. A clear gaze that did not harbor even the slightest suspicion.
‘I fell into a world in which he is a hero and protagonist, and I borrowed this child’s body to live.’
The power of the voice ringing in my ears was lost. I curled up again and put my forehead on my knee.
I have to get up. I have to do something.
To end the war so your friends can be safe, to meet Prince Jesse and Shin-guk’s siblings, and to return home…
To do that, you have to work diligently with your body and head. I don’t have time to be like this.
“under······.”
But I was tired.
His swollen eyes were heavy, and his heart was heavy as if caught in a trap.
My head was empty, and I couldn’t even turn a small wheel.
Above all else, a blackout-like fear was engulfing me.
It was hard to even imagine what the reaction of my friends would be.
I’d rather be the one who thinks I’m crazy.
Now that their world’s most important secret was revealed, their thoughts would go on and on.
Then you will eventually realize that ‘Jesse Jeong’ has deceived everyone.
You might guess that they felt a sense of superiority while keeping their distance from them knowingly and unknowingly.
– Ahh
Is there any lie?
“Let’s wait for a moment. You have to give it time to tidy up. Don’t hide your cowardice.”
– Oh my
Whoa. I closed my eyes tightly and took a deep breath. From width to escape, everything was one-sided.
It was an act that lacked consideration or courtesy. I couldn’t even give a detailed explanation.
Even if not, it is an exhibition that does not let go of tension.
But now that they regretted it, they could not undo the past.
Booth let out a gasp at his own shortcomings.
“Gain-san got the wrong person this time, really.”
– Oh oh
“I’ll know for sure because it calms down a bit. Whoever put me here in the first place, I made a big mistake. I can’t handle this because I have a small bowl…”
-nah
······ok? Who is answering from before?
“A butterfly?”
– Nyaa
With a familiar cry, a small divine water appeared in the familiar darkness.
The eyes that embraced the golden green jade twinkled.
The guy used to climb Charles’ neck (you get kicked in the back foot!) and slid over towards me.
My mouth was wide open at the shock of a different grain.
It’s surprising that the picky Charles sleeps without paying attention, and it’s strange that this guy seems to be friendly with a black horse—
“you.”
– Mia
I really didn’t know that the little boy would cry for food from dawn!
“······ha ha ha.”
It was ridiculous and I laughed. The nose, which had been blocked the whole time, seemed to have been opened.
Like a drunken man, I leaned over and began to laugh.
The kitten stood on its back to see if I was weird, and, knowing that there was no problem, baked whole grain bread on a bale of straw.
Even the vaguely distant 90cm distance was lovely and shameless.
Thanks to you, I forgot all my worries for a while and lay down.
*
the dawn of dawn. Penetian New Kingdom military base.
“master.”
At the gentle call, Wilhelmina Sneijder on the bed opened her eyes.
She wasn’t the type to sleep deeply.
He had an excessively bright sleep, and he was also very sensitive to the presence of those around him.
‘Tsar.’ Soon the curtain was lifted, and the knight who looked after her appeared.
The woman was not surprised at all, even though the owner was scattering eye rays in the dawn spider.
It was simply a respectful bow of his head to say hello.
“master. Outside, the fourth apostle is looking for the master.”
“What is going on at this hour?”
“I haven’t heard of the details, but they say it’s an emergency from the north. His expression was not good. What should I do?”
“Let me in right away.”
‘Yes.’ The knight responded politely and walked away.
Wilhelmina put on a robe lying by the bedside, and simply trimmed her flowing hair.
No light was lit except for a small lamp.
There was nothing good about seeing the apostles coming and going in every direction.
She was careful in everything she said and did, and she was a great person who hid anything she could keep secret.
In my head, dozens of scripts were already forming the framework. What is it?
– Cheokkeng, Cheokkeng, Cheokkeng, Cheokkeng
Soon an old man walked in the tent and came in. ‘Welcome,’ whispered Wilhelmina.
The beard of the polite old man was trembling.
The armor smelled faint of blood and smoke.
“······The peacock, the treasure of the North.”
“Is it about the Crown Princess?”
She was mentally prepared.
Elissa Penetian was a royal descendant who had been raised by her younger brother for thirty years.
As an eldest child, he grew up quickly and was good at learning. The balls I’ve put in and out so far have been substantial.
Thoroughly disciplined them so that they would not disobey the royal family and their duties under any circumstances, and they prevented all dangerous species from approaching.
Losing it in this war must have been a huge loss.
But if it had already happened, it couldn’t be helped.
We had to come up with a plan to use this as an opportunity.
Preparations to teach the Second Princess had to begin immediately as well.
“No, fortunately, it is not his news. May the Lord bless you.”
But the old man hurriedly shook his head.
Wilhelmina sighed and waited for the next words.
His eyes were trembling as if they were about to break.
“The secret room of Statia has been invaded.”
The peacock’s face was clear and hard.
“What do you mean by that?”
“As I said, Duke.”
The old man covered his mouth with his hand and moaned.
The woman felt a sense similar to ‘a sense of crisis’ after a long time.
“I have no way of knowing how the large joint reached there, but… It seems that the Lister Empire army has attacked the secret room. It seems that the servants have awakened the sleeping golem and waged a decisive battle.”
It was a nonsensical story.
Statia’s closet was hidden deep beyond the halibut, and even the fact that the castle was hiding there.
It was a place built for Chipger by an excellent wizarding family.
It was the ultimate hiding place not recorded on old old maps.
But Wilhelmina did not show her embarrassment. she asked calmly.
“Are there any survivors?”
“It is said that some fled and became prisoners of the Imperial Army. But, as you know…”
“Yes. Don’t worry about that part. What I am asking is the subject side.”
“He said no. It is said that the entire castle collapsed and the traces of the secret room were not visible with the naked eye.”
“······Fortunately, the.”
The Duke who answered that way fell into thought. It was a pity to lose Statia.
It wasn’t the only closed room, but it was a sore finger because the location was so good.
Her eyes gradually darkened.
Lister was a savage country with no understanding of Sunflower and Haloweed, but it was difficult to be vigilant.
It looked like I needed to look away.