Episode 575
It was when I was having fun beating up Mt. Jeokgae.
Instinct sends a warning.
How should I explain it?
Should I just say that I felt it?
But even so, the hand movements that were striking the enemy mountain did not stop.
It kept on going.
People around him collapse from the ‘pressure’.
Ignored and threw it away.
Before long, the enemy mountain I was fighting against also fainted.
He let go of the collar he was holding and slowly turned his head.
Black hair that reaches down to her waist.
And, this was a bit surprising, ‘she’ was wearing a dress.
Why did you wear a dress that you only wear on important occasions?
If I remember correctly, today wasn’t any special day or anything.
“It seems like you’ve been having a lot of accidents.”
He scratched his chin.
As with everyone, being a parent is always difficult, no matter how old you are.
Especially for me, my mother was more difficult than my father.
Just like now.
As I was quietly standing there, my mother came to me and stroked my cheek.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, mother. Are you planning on not saying anything?”
After taking a short deep breath, he opened his mouth.
“It’s been a long time, Mother. I hope you’ve been well.”
“Greetings… … It feels really good to hear from you after almost two years.”
First of all, I haven’t been to Cheon Gong Seong to see my parents recently.
The only thing that was there was exactly two years ago, just as my mother said.
Two years ago, I went to Cheon Gong Seong once to see my parents, and since then, I’ve only been at the academy.
Although I received the award in person at the graduation ceremony, it was difficult to say that we had met. At that time, I was ‘Melon’, not ‘Daniel Milos’.
“What about your father? Did he come with you?”
Mother shook her head.
“Are you here because you’re worried about me?”
“I can’t help but be worried. The news I hear is so ordinary.”
After saying that, my mother gestured for a moment. That meant that we should move, and I followed her.
It wasn’t a long journey.
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About 100 meters away from the tavern where I had just been, there was a fairly large tree, and I came towards it.
My mother was leaning against a tree, and I was standing in front of her in a respectful posture.
Out of the blue, my mother said:
“I believe in you.”
“……mother?”
“Not only I, but Jack also believes in you. Are you ready?”
I quickly figured out what he was trying to say.
“… … Yes. I’m prepared. However.”
“but?”
“I’m a little worried that my decision will put pressure on my mother and father.”
A faint smile appears on the corner of mother’s mouth.
“You intend to go all the way, right? Are you sure about that?”
“yes.”
“The one who goes all the way is the one who worries… … . It’s funny. Even more, those worries aren’t about yourself, but about ‘others.’”
He shook his head.
“That seems wrong.”
“Wrong? What is wrong?”
“How can father and mother be strangers?”
At those words, my mother smiled strangely.
And then he said this.
“It’s someone else.”
“… … .”
“Even if we’re family, even if we’re related by blood, we’re still strangers. I have my own life, Jack has his own life, and you have your own life.”
The mother paused for a moment, then continued, the smile wiping from her lips.
“The king’s attitude should not be the same as that of the common people.”
“… … .”
“The path you must walk is the path of the king. It is good to understand the hearts of the people. It is also good to walk along the path the people want to walk. However, you should not take their determination and their mindset as they are.”
My mother’s voice was firm. It was the same as the voice of my mother that I had always seen in the sky.
“You must choose what they cannot choose. You must do what they find difficult to do. Daniel.”
“Yes, Mother.”
“You need to clearly distinguish whether your worries are caused by a concern about whether you will be a burden to your parents or by a lack of confidence in the path you will walk on your own.”
In a way, it was an obvious statement.
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“To put it bluntly, I can understand whatever you do. Because I’ve done worse than you.”
I know what my mother and father did in the past.
The Empire of Milos was not built on peace.
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It is a nation built on land stained with blood.
And my mother saw right through my thoughts.
I am also a human being. Every human being has worries. My only worry was that my actions would bring shame to my father and mother.
“Who would believe and follow someone who does not believe in himself?”
This was the deciding blow.
Should I say it’s been a long time? My heart aches.
I’ve heard and been taught similar stories at the academy, but none of them have touched my heart this much.
But when I hear it from my mother, it’s different.
“If you believe in yourself, don’t hesitate. You need to have that level of determination to be able to walk ‘that path’ you are walking.”
My mother lifts her hand and swipes my cheek.
“You have already decided how you will live your life. I will just watch over you as a mother. I trust you and know that the path you are taking is not wrong. However.”
However, the following was important.
“I don’t know what Jack thinks, but I think the rich will figure it out among themselves.”
In the end, I burst out laughing.
“I can’t tell my father ‘yet’.”
“Probably never. Because you were my man before you were my father.”
I ended up blinking.
The smile on my lips won’t go away. Now that I think about it, I really wanted to say this.
“I did learn about my mother at the academy.”
“okay?”
“Yes. But I feel like there’s a huge gap between the image of my mother that I learned from textbooks and the image of my mother that I’ve seen in real life.”
My mother didn’t say much. She just smiled quietly.
“The Jack you know will be different from the one in the textbook. Do you know why?”
“Why?”
“Because the one you love is by your side.”
I kept my mouth shut for a moment.
“Strive for it.”
I could only nod my head to my mother who said that.
There was a lot implied in those words, “conquer.”
That’s clear.
Mother turned around.
“I guess I should go now.”
Mother’s body began to be enveloped in light.
Teleportation is clear. Before disappearing completely, Mother said with a smile.
“The qualifications of a king are proven by looking forward, not backward.”
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“… … Thank you always for teaching me.”
“If you appreciate it, come by my house sometime soon.”
And so, the mother’s figure disappeared.
Left alone for a moment, I quietly looked up at the sky.
It’s blue.
It was so, so beautiful.
* * *
After reuniting with his son, Valentine looked at the full-length mirror in front of him.
Although others would say that the image of myself reflected there was very beautiful, I felt a little dissatisfied with it.
His eyes were clear, his nose was high, and his chin had a pleasant curve.
Her lips were small, her hair was long and black, and her skin was very soft.
As I said before, anyone who sees it would say it is beautiful.
Should we say that this is the image of a typical beauty?
At least in the entire Western and Eastern Continents, there are more than enough women who can be compared to Valentine in terms of looks, that’s for sure.
but.
‘Do you have wrinkles?’
It doesn’t seem like it, but that’s how it felt.
‘I think I’ve gained weight.’
She is a woman, but she carries weight in front of her son.
Valentine has already put everything down.
It doesn’t matter if you helped found the Teslan Empire or were the founding king’s comrade.
He created the Teslan Academy, the predecessor of the Milos Academy, and oversaw everything at the current Milos Academy, and was a great help in the establishment of the Milos Empire, but that was it.
Valentine has already put everything down.
Status, fame, those things don’t mean anything.
I met a man who only looked at me and loved me. I decided to live with him until he died.
I have no regrets. I have never had a single moment of regret since I met that man.
So, I want to always remain a beautiful person to that man.
This is the Duchy of Valanti.
Valentine opened the door and stepped out.
I walked and walked down the wide hallway.
The man said that when he was young, he always walked down this hallway alone. He said that even when he walked alone to the restaurant, there was no one there.
Occasionally, his older sister Elizabeth would welcome him, but since Elizabeth’s situation at the time was not so good, they did not have many meals together.
Valentine always thinks as he walks down this hallway.
How would the boy have felt walking down this hallway as a child?
What kind of expression did that boy have as he silently walked toward that place where no one welcomed him?
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Valentine walked, sweeping the wall with his hand.
I went down the stairs and headed towards the restaurant.
There, the man was.
That guy was always like that.
He smiled softly.
Even when eating, sleeping in bed together, and waking up in the morning together, that man smiled like that at every moment.
“You’re here? Sit down quickly. The food is getting cold.”
It was clear that he had been waiting without even lifting a spoon until he arrived. Valentine sat down next to him.
The man, Jack Milos, kissed Valentine’s cheek without smiling.
Only then did Valentine smile brighter than anyone else.
* * *
Namjeon slowly opened his eyes.
This is the first thought that crosses my mind.
How much time has passed?
I definitely fainted. I stood up from my seat. I looked up at the sky. It was still clear.
It doesn’t seem like a long time has passed.
As I looked around, I saw people standing up from their seats just like Namjeon. I was taken aback.
So everyone faints at the same time?
There was a slight time difference, but Namjeon was the same as them. They just knew that the person who appeared was a ‘woman’, and maybe not only Namjeon, but everyone else knew that much. That was it.
There was nothing else.
I turned my head.
I see a melon.
Melon was looking up at the sky in front of a nearby tree. Was there something to think about?
Soon Melon turns around.
Melon, who was walking slowly with an expression that seemed determined about something, stared blankly at Jeokgaesan, who was slowly coming to his senses.
“Would you like to go to the Western Continent now?”
“… … Go eat some shit.”
Melon responded to the words of the enemy-filled enemy mountain with action.
And everyone who was watching the action was very surprised.
Kwajik!
An eerie sound rang out.
It’s the sound of a melon bursting the head of a mountain ash.
Namjeon found himself muttering without realizing it.
“… … This crazy guy… … .”
