chapter 29
29. The Cold Burning North (3)
29. Cold Burning North (3)
A town away from the cold of the North.
Lenesty.
A normal house located there.
A middle-aged man handed a warm cup of tea to Yuri, who had blood on his face.
“Have some warm tea here. You will feel better.”
Yuri walked down the street with Demian on her back.
They were fortunately saved by a middle-aged merchant who was passing by there in a carriage.
He seemed to have pity for the two children, so he put Damian and Yuri in a carriage and sent them to the clinic so that Damian could be treated.
According to the doctor’s words, Damian bled a lot, but fortunately the wound was not critical.
Yuri shook his head at the middle-aged man’s kind smile.
“I’m fine… Tea is fine… Damien’s condition is worse than mine… “
“Is it okay to bleed that much?”
“… “
This is not my blood.
Yuri kept her mouth shut at the man’s words.
Because the blood that was all over her body was not hers.
Yuri looked down at her own bloody hands.
‘I’ll take my older brother and the knights…’ how did you do it… ?’
Since Damian was cut by her brother’s sword, I don’t remember a thing.
I don’t know what I did.
When she came to her senses, she found a kitchen knife covered in blood in her hand.
The white snow is stained with blood, and her brother and knight are on the ground.
“Ha, I don’t know a thing, Damian… “
Yuri asked, staring at Damian lying on her bed.
“Did I kill my brother and all the knights…? ? With my hands… ?”
“… Yes? What did you just-“
“Ah, I’m not saying anything… I’m just talking to myself… “
“… Then, I’ll leave the tea here, so if you feel tired, drink it.”
The man hurriedly left the place, probably feeling strange after seeing Yuri.
Leave barley tea in an elegant cup.
However, Yuri couldn’t drink the tea from the cup.
“Damian became like this because I was weak… How could someone like me drink tea… I’m sorry, Damian… “
It’s all my fault.
Yuri looked at Damian with her eyes closed, and she shed tears of regret.
Damian, who has a huge wound on her chest and a slow heartbeat like a dead person.
Yuri quietly watched Damian.
“Mi, I’m sorry… I’m sorry Damian… “
She cried and blamed herself.
She said it was because she was weak, that everything happened because of her.
Yuri whispered in Damian’s ear as he lay on the bed.
“Mo, everything… It’s my fault… “
A deep sense of guilt welled up in Yuri’s heart.
***
The feeling of falling into a deep, dark swamp.
I’m trying to get out of it, but my feet get stuck in a swamp and I can’t climb up.
This is probably what I expected.
“Is it the afterlife? She turned her body to avoid the vitals. It looks bad.”
Sorry.
I didn’t want to die, and I wanted to heal all the bad girls.
I walked forward to get out of the swamp.
An endless darkness stretched ahead.
“If you die, you come to a place like this. Seeing how dark it is, it looks like hell.”
Have I done anything to deserve hell?
No, rather, I did something useful to the world, not something that would send me to hell.
At least running away from Nadia and her engagement?
Still, it was for the sake of peace.
“I didn’t do anything wrong.”
As she went through such self-justification and walked through the swamp, she saw a small light in front of her eyes.
“There is something in front of me… “
Shall we go for a walk?
After passing through the dark swamp, an ordinary one-room spread out before your eyes.
I know where this place is.
“Is this a kaleidoscope? Long time no see, my room.”
This is the room I lived in before entering the novel.
There, I was lying on the bed and looking at my phone.
Since I can’t seem to see it, I step over to my side to see what I’m looking at.
“A fiancé who punishes wicked women. You are reading that last novel.”
It is a romance fantasy novel, but Hara Hara is a novel in which people die without dating.
In the past, I enjoyed reading novels while concentrating on the screen of my cell phone.
He even turned on a fan and looked very comfortable.
In the meantime, I suddenly shed tears after reading a novel.
I knew what those tears meant.
“Tears shed by the bad girls… “
And a little sense of identity.
I sympathized with the villain, and I also sympathized with her.
A time when I fell into self-pity.
I looked back because I didn’t want to see him anymore.
“… The swamp is gone.”
Then, the dark swamp disappeared and a white floor was spread out.
I took a slow step toward it.
That moment.
‘Glass… ?’
With the sensation of opening my eyes, I saw the black back of Yuri’s head.
She could smell the fishy smell of blood from her nose.
Late at night, Yuri carried me on his back and muttered as he staggered down the street.
“Damian, let’s run away… Sah, I didn’t trust people… We look like nobles, so we’re going to sell it somehow… Should have killed… ?”
“… “
“Yeah, as expected, people can’t be kind to me… I almost put Damian in danger again… “
“… “
“Only Damien… The favor has no purpose… Because we are friends… There is no one else in the world to trust other than Damian… No one is here… “
What happened?
Yuri was trembling in her voice, pouring out hatred.
‘I can’t do this… ‘
I want to open my mouth and say no.
There are too many people to trust in the world.
That’s a bad idea.
However, it feels like my mouth is not opening and my consciousness is sinking.
Even though Yuri was carrying her, her body was too heavy.
I was barely conscious, but I couldn’t say anything.
“Damian, I must… I will definitely take you to my family… Because we are friends… Because you saved me… Because I have to apologize… “
“… “
“So, until we arrive… have to stay alive… ? Must have… ?”
“… “
Yuri spat out words that were as slimy as the mud that clung to my legs.
I wanted to answer, ‘I don’t have to do that because we’re friends.’
However, my mouth was heavy and I couldn’t say anything.
It was like falling into a deep, dark swamp.
***
Verdium Nadia.
Currently, her mind is in a half-collapsed state.
Nadia was staring at her portrait, clutching at her heart.
That’s 20 hours without a single break.
“Darmian… “
Kwaak-
Nadia couldn’t do anything because her heart hurt.
Continued from yesterday.
It’s because the ‘proof of oath’ he made with Damian shone.
Not knowing what the situation was, Nadia called the priest of Zephyrus and asked him a question.
‘Why is the token of the oath shining?’
‘If the oath is in danger of losing its life, it will light up to warn you.’
Kung-
The feeling of my heart sinking and my flowing blood freezing cold.
Nadia exclaimed quickly.
‘… Summon the knights immediately. Search the entire empire and find Darmian.’
However.
No news came from the dispatched knights.
There have been no sightings of the brown-haired, blue-eyed boy.
‘Why? You can’t find Darmian.’
Nadia was waiting for news from the knights at the mansion.
Unlike usual, she lost her composure and had to relax as much as possible while looking at Damian’s portrait.
Because if I didn’t, I would really go crazy.
“If I don’t look at your portrait, I’m going to collapse, Darmian. You won’t die leaving me, Darmian?’
I feel anxious, irritable, and my hands shake.
The thought of Darmian dying makes me want to die too.
Because there is no reason to live without Darmian.
Nadia clutched at her heart and struggled with the constant uneasy thought.
“Everything is frustrating. I think I’m going to die. Darmian, where are you… “
I want you, my servant, like this.
Where are you, out of reach of my eyes?
I want to get what I want.
I feel thirsty because I can’t get it, and I feel stuffy like I’m going to die.
And, do you think that precious things will disappear in the hands of others?
Nadia felt stuffy and broke into a cold sweat all over her body.
“Darmian is my servant. Will be my family Even if you kill me, I have to kill you. You won’t die at the hands of someone else, Darmian… ?”
So, please don’t shine again with the token of oath.
“It’s still too far for me to set my eyes on the entire empire to find you.”
Don’t leave.
Don’t leave me behind.
Page-
Nadia kissed Damian in her portrait.
“I want to have you soon, Darmian.”
Although she was forcibly prevented from becoming a villainess by the oath.
If you forcibly block it, there will be a hole somewhere and it will flow out.
In Nadia’s heart that flowed out, the feeling of obsession gradually pooled in her bottom.
***
From winter to summer.
The time it took for me to return to my family.
I was almost sold to a slave trader, and there were hard times.
With the help of families close to the Sinclair family, Yuri and I could not be said to be safe, but we were able to return home in good shape.
It took much longer than expected.
“The trees of the mansion are turning brown.”
“I see… Ehehehe… “
Yuri stuck right next to me and smiled awkwardly.
She thinks that if she hadn’t been there, I would have been a slave by now.
‘I would say that, but the looks are a bit too… ‘
Perhaps he became a slave to an aristocrat who revealed his sodomy.
It’s horrifying to even imagine, so I decided to erase it from my memory.
Because a person can erase from his head the memories he can’t handle.
Like Yuri smiling next to me.
“Glass.”
“Eh, why Damian?”
“What happened then. You really don’t remember?”
“Yeah, I don’t remember… Sorry… Because I can’t help… “
Yuri apologized with a gloomy expression as if she was truly sorry.
It was like he couldn’t remember.
‘Did I just ask… ‘
I am the one who saved my life because of her help.
I was the one to apologize.
“… No, I’m sorry for asking something pointless.”
“Oh no… ! I’m sorry… ! Damian has nothing to apologize for… !”
“No, am I sorry?”
“Ah, even if it’s not… ! I’m sorry… ! Damian, don’t apologize to me… !”
“… Okay.”
As expected, he is stubborn.
As if she would never accept my apology, Yuri eagerly turned her head left and right.
I tried to break Yuri’s stubbornness somehow during the time it took to reach the mansion.
Her will was unstoppable no matter what.
“Do as you like, Yuri.”
“Ehehehe… “
Funny.
After I laughed at Yuri’s laughter.
I headed towards the entrance of the mansion.
There stood a guard with a familiar face.
I went up to him and said.
“Guard.”
The guard saw me and exclaimed in amazement.
“C, Master Damian… !!? Hey, what about the trip- uh, more than that, what about those wounds and bandages-“
“Stop making a fuss and let people know.”
The eldest son of the Sinclair family has returned.
I said to Yuri as I entered the mansion.
“Glass.”
“Ugh… ?”
“Is it good to leave the North?”
“… Good. But, there is one thing I learned.”
“What is it?”
“I guess I don’t really like snow… “
What does that mean?
Yuri responded with a smile at my expression.
“Ehehehe… It must have been important who you looked at with. Come to think of it, the snow seems to have helped us. I still hate the mansion though… “
Thank you.
Yuri took my hand and said seriously.
“Thank you for getting me out of the mansion… “
“Thank you. If a friend-“
“It’s a natural thing to do… ? Still, thank you… “
Are you even predicting my answer now?
After being together for a long time, Yuri has reached the level of predicting my answer.
‘But now that I’m out of the mansion, I won’t become a villain like I saw in the novel.’
It looks like Isen and the knights were killed.
Still, it’s a relief that she didn’t become a villainess.
‘No… ‘
To be honest.
I don’t think it’s fortunate.
She didn’t become a villainess, but Yuri’s condition is not so good.
Mentally.
The result of watching Yuri while coming to the family.
Now she is too…
“Thanks for being my friend, Damian… Let’s continue to be best friends… ?”
Kwaak-
He relied too much on me.
Although we are friends.
“Best friends always trust each other… right… ?”
No matter how you look at it, they had crossed the line of being friends.
If this is the case, wouldn’t life be difficult even after entering the academy?
Let’s look at the red eyes of glass that are as sticky as swamps.
I had a premonition close to that kind of intuition.