256. Attic (5)
Orden could not tell Seongjin the details of the past. Not only did it happen a long time ago, but it was also a huge shame for the family.
It’s just that his grandmother, a former countess, did not like young Amelia. She said that she had been neglected by everyone at the count’s residence as her illegitimate child for many years. And he simply explained in detail that the Emperor came to the count’s residence and punished the servants.
However, Seongjin was able to infer many things on his own while listening to the short explanation.
A lump of straw was treasured as a doll, or a piece of trash was called a treasure chest.
Above all, Orden’s dark, sunken face explained many things. Because he is simply ignorant and has no talent for lying.
‘It’s not just neglect, there’s something more!’
But until then, Seongjin didn’t think it was that big of a deal.
My father came to pick me up, so I guess he didn’t take care of everything. Anyway, now Amelia is living happily in her imperial palace.
“So what happened to your grandmother?”
I was just curious about what kind of punishment Orden’s grandmother received. Because he remembered what the Countess had said on her first visit to Sigismund:
-This year, I was unable to attend the birthday party because my mother was sick.
Doesn’t that mean that the damn old woman is still being treated well at the count’s mansion?
Well, Sigismund was a very powerful nobleman, so even if he were his father, it would have been difficult for him to use his hands recklessly like other servants.
However, there is no way he would have held a formal trial and publicly revealed the fact that his sister was treated poorly, which in some ways could be a blemish on him as a member of the imperial family.
‘But there’s no way you didn’t do anything… … .’
And Orden’s answer to that was unexpected.
“…blessing?”
“Yes that’s right.”
ok?
Seongjin tilted his head curiously.
“why?”
Why would you do something like that to a person who wouldn’t mind being beaten to death right away?
“I’m also good at that….”
Well, I wasn’t asking the ignorant Orden guy expecting an answer. Seongjin looked down at the contents of the box with a shocked expression.
‘What does this mean to you anymore?’
Things like this. If he wanted to, Seongjin could give Amelia a room full of dolls or a beautiful set of expensive jewelry.
It’s just that my sister doesn’t seem to like it very much because she likes middle school students.
‘But if you even gave it a name, it must have been very precious to you at the time.’
I would like to take the opportunity to ask how someone else can customize and value one person’s memories.
After making that decision, Seongjin carefully packed the broken box into his arms.
“Anyway, I have to say thank you to you. You’ve taken good care of my sister’s things.”
Orden bowed his head bluntly. Seongjin did not miss the faint relief and regret that briefly passed over his face.
Okay, so you feel bad about sending these rags because they are your sister’s belongings?
Seongjin hardened his expression and spoke to Orden.
“I guess you won’t think nonsense. You may be simple, but you don’t know fractions, right?”
“yes?”
“You wouldn’t know, would you? You and Amelia are related by blood. You are cousins.”
“……!”
Orden, who had been frozen in a daze as if shocked, suddenly became startled and waved his hands.
“Oh, no! It’s not okay! I would never have such reckless thoughts…!”
“Hmm, really?”
Then what?
Seongjin nodded and left the attic. But isn’t Orden muttering softly behind him, as if telling me to listen?
“But strictly speaking, we are not complete cousins….”
What, man?
When Seongjin turned around and rolled his eyes, Orden quickly lowered his head.
“Of course, that doesn’t mean I have any other thoughts, sir!”
“Yes, of course I should.”
Otherwise, you won’t be able to go near the ecliptic from now on.
Seongjin snorts and heads towards the stairs –
“But the current King and Queen of Brittany are cousins…”
… This bastard is really going to die by my hands!
It was some time later that Seongjin left the attic to catch Orden and threaten him.
“no!”
“Sir, I just didn’t say anything…”
“Well, I don’t want dirt in my eyes!”
“…….”
On the way back to the room.
Orden’s face became noticeably depressed after being scolded without stopping his walking steps. Then she sighs and ends with these words!
“…But, sir. The most important thing is of course Princess Amelia’s thoughts….”
Whoops! You bastard! You die today and I die!
This was when Seongjin grabbed Orden by the collar and was shaking him back and forth.
“Orden!”
Suddenly, a solemn shout was heard from behind.
When they looked back in confusion, they saw an old woman standing with a cane, glaring at them with her stern eyes.
“…Grandma!”
Orden straightened his posture with a straight face. Seongjin also noticed her, so he let go of his collar and turned around.
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‘grandma?’
okay. Is that the former countess, Orden’s grandmother, who said she treated her sister poorly?
Seongjin looked the old lady up and down with disapproving eyes.
In contrast to her casual outfit of only a shawl over comfortable silk pajamas, the stiff old woman’s face looked stubborn and stubborn. His hair is matted, flowing loosely over his shoulders, and his straight back, leaning on his cane, is nothing short of elegant.
Compared to her husband, she looks much older. In reality, they probably aren’t a couple with a big age difference. Old man Vincent is a Dekaron Knight who slows down aging.
‘You said it hurts somewhere, but on the outside you look pretty fine?’
Seongjin, who did not feel any need to be polite first, stared at her, and the old lady scolded Seongjin with a solemn expression.
So, it was towards Seongjin, not Orden.
“Orden! How on earth is this unreasonable to persecute a knight of the family in such a public place? Do you even have any awareness as Sigismund’s eldest son?”
“…….”
“How long are you going to act like a child? Your younger brother Emmett is probably twice as mature as you!”
Seongjin looked back at Orden blankly.
‘You said you’re not feeling well, but do you have a headache?’
‘I’m sorry. Recently, my grandmother has been showing signs of mild dementia. Normally, the users were always hanging around, but it looks like he sneaked out on his own during nap time.’
After responding like that, Orden approached the old woman and gently comforted her by wrapping her arms around her shoulders.
“Grandma, why are you out alone again? Let’s go back to your room. I will take care of you.”
“No, no! I, Countess Sigismund, am teaching my grandson, so why is the family knight interfering with me? Can’t you just back down?”
The old woman glared at Orden and waved her staff. It was quite a harsh hand.
Wow!
Orden, who had been hit on the arm, quickly grabbed his staff. Since he was an Auror user, it probably didn’t hurt that much, but there was still a look of disappointment on his face that couldn’t be hidden for a moment.
“Grandma, please fix it.”
“Ruthless! How dare a common knight stand in the way of a nobleman now!”
As she was unable to remove the cane, the old woman clenched her fists and began to mercilessly hit Orden’s back and head.
Knock knock knock!
“Let go! Let go, you bastard!”
“Grandma! It’s me. It’s Orden!”
“You dirty bastard, still!”
Wow, the old man is really grumpy.
No matter how much he doesn’t recognize his grandson’s face, he recklessly commits violence against anyone.
“Tsk tsk.”
Seongjin clicked his tongue slightly, and the old lady, who didn’t know how to hear it, turned her head and looked at Seongjin intently.
The old woman’s once noble dignity was gone, and her bald hair and severely distorted face made her look like a demon with its head pulled out of a cave of hell.
“…those eyes!”
While he was frowning at the strange atmosphere, the old lady tilted her head to one side and put her face right in front of Seongjin’s nose.
Her wide, unfocused eyes show a kind of madness that goes beyond anger.
The old lady, who was making eye contact with Seongjin, eventually chewed her lip and spoke.
“Yes, I know eyes like these. These are the eyes of that vulgar witch!”
… what?
Seongjin stared at the old lady, feeling an eerie premonition.
“Grandma! You can’t do this. This person is the prince of the Holy Empire!”
Embarrassed, Orden grabbed her shoulder and pulled her backwards, but once the old woman started to have a fit, her madness was so strong that no one else could match her.
“Aaaa! Let go! There she is! That dirty thing that twisted Vincent out is over there!”
“Grandma! Hello! Is there anyone here!? Hurry and get Grandma!”
“Do you think I will just leave it like that? I will kill it! I will torment it again and again until it withers and dies!”
Wow!
Seongjin stood there quietly glaring at the crazy old man, spitting and barking like a dog.
‘Yeah, I should have realized that a long time ago.’
Regret, self-destruction, and a wild anger that goes far beyond that engulf my entire body.
Isn’t it said that a person with that kind of temperament treated Amelia poorly? What the hell was she like, she should have questioned from the beginning.
And Seongjin knew the answer right away. The old woman, who had been caught not only by Orden but also by her maids who had rushed to her, snapped her neck and started gnawing at her while glaring at her face.
“You lowly bastard! Why don’t you die no matter how many times I hit you?”
“…….”
“Why do you not die even when you starve? Why do you not die even when your limbs are broken? Why do you come back to life so suddenly? Are you truly the seed of the devil!”
It must have been something like that.
You glared at my sister, who was a small child, with those eyes, cursed me like that, and hit me like that!
“haha.”
Seongjin didn’t know, but unconsciously his mouth was making a small sound of laughter.
Startle. Orden suddenly feels an eerie energy and looks at Seongjin in surprise.
However, Seongjin was no longer aware of the surrounding situation. All she could do was hold back the powerful emotions and focus all her attention on the monster in human disguise before her.
The extreme anger that knows no end may, in a way, be bordered on joy. My hands are shaking with excitement, and the corners of my mouth are tearing apart.
“Tell me.”
A faint silver glow began to flicker in Seongjin’s eyes.
“Tell me everything, every word, about what you did to your sister.”
Stand tall.
Then the old woman who was convulsing stopped moving and stiffened, looking at Seongjin.
No sound came out of the frozen mouth anymore, but Seongjin could fully hear what the old woman’s soul was saying through her eyes.
The woman who kicks the little girl with a pointy shoe, the woman who repeatedly slaps the little girl’s cheek, the woman who grabs the little girl’s hair and screams at her like crazy… … .
Countless scenes quickly pass before your eyes.
Heightened emotions that seem as if they will burst out at any moment are accompanied by a rapid expansion of consciousness.
Surrounding sounds fade away and your field of vision begins to expand uncontrollably in all directions.
“…Lowering?”
As a strange light flashed in Seongjin’s eyes, Orden, feeling an ominous energy, let go of Jomo and approached him.
“Why are you doing this, sir?”
Seongjin thought idly as he listened to Orden’s voice, which seemed to come from far away.
‘Yes, Orden. What did your father say when he saw that senile thing before?’
Orden had never said such a thing to Seongjin, but somehow Seongjin knew that fact. No, I thought maybe he had known for a long time.
-You will be remembered as the happiest person in front of Amelia. Don’t let my children feel any guilt because of what happens to you in the future.
Yes, I understand what my father means. Seongjin was able to realize everything clearly at that moment.
The amount of punishment that one person’s soul can fully endure. The cause and effect that was not enough to inflict the worst punishment was narrowly balanced by someone’s blessing at that time.
‘This is an opportunity given to me!’
A chance to get the worst revenge that only I can. My father, who knew that I wouldn’t tolerate it, was willing to leave me my share.
How can you not be happy!
omg.
Orden, feeling fear for an unknown reason, retreated without realizing it.
Is it because of my mood? The current appearance of the prince resembled the appearance of the Holy Emperor holding little Amel a long time ago. Aren’t those strangely glowing eyes just as scary as those of the former Emperor?
At that time, Seongjin, who was relieved, freely poured out the anger in his heart towards the old lady.
[You will never be forgiven for your sins. You won’t be able to sleep peacefully until you die. Even after death, your soul will never rest.]
Huh.
The old woman lets out a breathless moan as the shock hits her soul. But this was just the beginning.
[No one knows about your death. No one will remember you when you die. Even after death, your soul will split into a thousand or ten thousand branches and you will suffer a thousand or ten times as much as other souls. That time never ends.]
Turn it off.
As the old woman foams at the mouth and closes her eyes, the frightened maids make a fuss, laying the old woman down in the hallway.
lady! Come to your senses, madam!
haha. Seongjin, who was somehow in a cheerful mood, cursed one last time.
[You will long for extinction and pray again and again, but even so, you will not have the luxury of disappearing forever. Your soul will come back to life intact and you will repeat the pain again.]
Because there will be no such thing as [Rest] allowed for you.
“Lowering…….”
A curse poured out not with a voice but with thoughts. A curse deeply engraved in a person’s soul.
No one could hear it, but only Orden, who was right next to Seongjin, could feel it. The prince had just done something terrible.
“What on earth did you just do…?”
Hearing Orden’s trembling voice, Seongjin turned to the side and smiled cheerfully. She still had an eerie silver-grey sparkle in her eyes.
good. I can wait as long as it takes until it dies. If it’s for the best and perfect revenge. If only to repay my sister for the pain she suffered a hundred or a thousand times.
‘It’s dangerous if we don’t go back soon.’
A feeling of endless exaltation and a consciousness that extends far and wide.
It was a wonderful feeling, but Seongjin thought he had to stop now. He didn’t know how, but he had to find a way.
Nevertheless, Seongjin did not forget until the end and completed the last drop of causality that was narrowly lacking.
“So, grandma. I too will gladly bless you. Please stay healthy until the end of your life, which is not long.”
Sweet.
I felt like I could hear the perfectly coordinated sound of cause and effect coming together in my head. The shackles of the poor soul that will be trapped in the cycle of eternal pain are complete.
“ha ha ha.”
“Lowering.”
“Haha, why are you looking at me like that, Orden? I also blessed your grandmother. Just like my father did.”
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Although Seongjin was smiling, inside he was starting to get worried.
‘There was a big problem. This won’t stop. How will things work now?’
No, is there really a need to go back?
Because I… … .
Tuk!
At that time, someone gently grabbed Seongjin’s shoulder. Before Seongjin could even sense his presence, someone quickly came to his side.
Seongjin looked back.
“Lord Sharon?”
And soon he meets the exorcist’s brightly shining silver-gray eyes. The corners of his mouth, which had been pulled up as much as possible, lowered, and his vision slowly began to return.
The excitement calms down and the mind calmly returns to its original state.
“…father.”
fantasy,
