Episode 908
Tooung!
Raon’s lips trembled as he looked at the black heart pulsating at Lencia’s waist.
‘What is that… .’
The black heart was alive, breathing, and glowing with faint anger.
Just looking at it made me feel like my heart was being squeezed.
“iced coffee… .”
Dorian seemed so embarrassed that he dropped the bag he was holding and knelt down.
“Lencia you… .”
Crane was also so surprised that he couldn’t speak and just muttered Lencia’s name.
“Did you see it?”
Lencia lowered her top to cover the black heart protruding from her waist.
Judging from the fact that his cheeks were red, it seemed like he was embarrassed, despite his confident tone.
“As Kayden said, there is no such thing as a happy life all the time. Montyro is also full of laughter and happiness on the outside, but inside he is filled with a pitch-black shadow. “It is a very large shadow that cannot be erased by money or power.”
She shook her head, saying that it was something that no one, including herself, could solve.
“… “Can you tell me what that is?”
Raon pointed to the black heart that still remained on Lencia’s waist.
“Do you know what an oyster is?”
“okay. “I bought it when I went to your house.”
Lencia didn’t really want to buy it, but she thought one of her younger siblings might like it, so she took it herself.
“Oysters have the ability to purify water, so they are called the cleaners of the sea. “It looks like a dirty tank, but if you put it in, the water becomes clear in a day.”
She suddenly brought up the story of oysters and smiled a dull smile.
“It’s like that.”
“what… ?”
Raon couldn’t accept Lencia’s words and asked back. He actually thought he knew what he meant, but he didn’t want to think about it.
“They say that our black heart absorbs the bad energy flowing from this land and sends it to another place. Hi Kayden. “We are not people.”
Lencia grabbed the black heart protruding from her waist with trembling hands.
“This Montiro is a huge water tank. We are just the oysters that purify the tank. “You can only survive here by eating dirty energy.”
She pressed her lips together with a single tear hanging at the corner of her eye.
“If it were us… .”
“that’s right. As Kayden has seen, all residents of Montiro, except for those in positions of power, have this same heart as mine. Even my younger siblings.”
Lencia bowed her head, saying that her youngest child, who had just turned six, also received this heart transplant.
“That’s why I made you clothes. To prevent your skin from getting itchy… .”
She let out a weak laugh, saying that was why she knitted clothes.
“You bastards!”
Crane couldn’t bear it anymore and clenched his fists until his hands bled.
“How can humans… .”
Dorian trembled with disbelief in his eyes.
-Have the main king descend immediately.
Lars frowned and hit his shoulder.
-I’ll tear apart all the bastards who use magic like that.
He must have been extremely angry, as a powerful energy wave was emanating from his blue eyes.
“… .”
Raon looked at Lencia and took a deep breath. I wanted to be as angry as everyone else, but now was the time to get as much information as possible.
“If it’s people with status, are they the hotel manager or those so-called heroes?”
“that’s right.”
Lencia nodded, saying that those people were the monitors.
“Everyone else has a black heart… .”
Raon narrowed his eyes, remembering the residents of Montiro he had met so far.
‘Now all my questions are answered.’
Because the Black Tower used the residents of this place to set up a barrier to hide demonic energy, not even the slightest magical energy or fraud was felt.
-okay. With such a large number of humans sacrificed, demonic energy and fraud did not exist even to the slightest speck.
Lars laughed as if it was absurd.
– Those guys who are doing the Black Tower or something don’t deserve to be alive.
The guy seemed to want to attack the Black Tower right away, so he created a silver frost that bloomed with deadly force.
“But the residents don’t have that kind of heart?”
Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at the part of Lencia’s waist that was still sticking out.
Since it’s a beach, there are a lot of men taking their tops off, but I’ve never seen such heart.
“Most of them are next to the actual heart. “But I’ve had surgery twice, so when I’m angry, my heart jumps out to my waist like this.”
Lencia shook her head, saying that she was the only one with a black heart.
“Then when I met Felix… .”
The reason why her anger flowed out when she encountered Felix, the leader of the Hochangdae, seemed to be because her heart jumped out like that.
“that’s right. That person… .”
Lencia nodded, holding her trembling wrist.
“For putting this heart into me and my younger siblings… .”
She lowered her eyes and said that Felix was the one transplanting the black heart.
“So that’s why you carried that backpack. “To hide the black heart that might pop out.”
“yes… .”
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Lencia nodded, saying that was correct.
“That bastard! I didn’t like the way I looked down… .”
Crane chewed his molars towards Felix with murderous intent.
“I’m also more angry than scared this time.”
Dorian said he had the same thought and clenched his fist tightly.
“Doesn’t it hurt?”
Raon looked at Lencia, suppressing the urge to run out and cut down the heroes or something.
“There are times when it really hurts about once a month, and unless the heart is protruding like this, it doesn’t really hurt.”
Lencia nodded as if it was okay. That means she was in a lot of pain right now, but she had something to do for the future.
“I’m so sorry, but can I touch that heart?”
“yes?”
Lencia widened her eyes as if wondering what that meant.
“I’ll ask you one last favor.”
Raon bowed his head, saying it was something that had to be done.
“… Then I will also place a condition. “I’ll let you touch me, so please leave here right away.”
Lencia said that was the condition and lifted her top again. The child closed her eyes tightly in shame and pain.
‘I can’t help it.’
You have to look at that black heart directly to find out where the black tower is and how to remove it.
It was essential because even if you didn’t know it, you could tell it to the Chamber.
“sorry.”
Raon stretched out his unwavering hand and grabbed the black heart protruding from Lencia’s waist.
“Ugh… .”
Lencia bit her lip as if in pain, but did not say anything.
‘It’s Magi and Sagi.’
-okay. I can finally feel the magic energy. However, it is moving from this child’s body to another place.
‘Is the direction downward?’
-The below is correct, but this is not a physical thing. I guess I can see it as a different dimension.
Lars shook his head, saying that he wouldn’t come out if he dug the ground.
‘In the end, it’s up to Chamber.’
This wasn’t something he could solve on his own. It seemed to him that he would have to return to headquarters and consult with the Chamber.
‘Then what I have to do is…’ .’
By using the top edge and the ring of fire as polarity, the movement of the black heart and the flow of mana were perfectly memorized.
“thank you.”
Raon patted Lencia’s head and then took a step back.
“yes… .”
Lencia let out a long, tired breath and lowered her top. She must have been very tired and sweat was rolling down her forehead.
“are you okay?”
Dorian took out a handkerchief and wiped Lencia’s forehead.
“Will you leave now?”
Lencia raised her trembling hand, asking to keep her promise.
“Why do you keep asking me to leave?”
Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Lencia’s green eyes.
“There was someone like Kayden before. While trying to save the older sister who raised me, she and her family were erased from the world. And her sister… .”
Lencia covered her eyes and forehead with her hands as if remembering something from the past.
“You can’t believe that’s why children… .”
“that’s right. Just like my sister helped me, I also take care of my children. So please leave us alone.”
Lencia bowed her head and asked. Her emerald eyes were shaking with various emotions and worries.
“Off!”
“Lencia… .”
Crane twisted the handle of his great sword as if he was having a hard time holding back his anger, and Dorian eventually dropped the tears that had formed at the corners of his eyes.
“Not only us, but Kayden and the company could disappear as well. “No matter how much money you have, you can’t beat the people who control Montiro.”
Lencia bowed and asked him to please go now.
“Right.”
Raon lifted his chin and stood up.
“I made a promise, so I have to keep it. “As soon as tomorrow morning, leave here.”
“yes? jeon. “No, Lord of the Chamber of Commerce!”
Crane’s lips trembled as if he didn’t know that Raon would ask him to leave.
“young master!”
Dorian also widened his eyes as he was called by his old name.
“shut up.”
Raon ignored Crane and Dorian’s protests and took out a gold coin from his jacket pocket.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
I nodded slightly and flipped the gold coin to Lencia.
“… .”
Lencia put the gold coin she received from Raon into her pocket and lowered her head.
“thank you. “Be sure to leave tomorrow.”
She left Raon’s room with those words.
“Whoa… .”
Lencia leaned her back against the wall and took out the gold coin she had received from Raon.
She looked at the gold coins carefully, put them in her inner pocket, and then put down the backpack and draped it over her shoulder.
‘Is this right.’
This is the way to save everyone.
Lencia smiled as if she had never been sad, hummed a song, and walked down a hallway sparkling with colorful lights.
* * *
After Raon left Montiro as promised to Lencia, he took a detour and returned to the headquarters set up by Chamber.
The prosecutors who had infiltrated Montiro around the same time as him had all returned and were taking a break.
“You’re here.”
Chamber smiled bitterly and summoned a chair for himself to sit on.
“… Good job.”
Karun also nodded slowly, saying that it was a lot of work.
“You both saw it, right?”
Raon clenched his fist, pointing to the necklace Chamber had made for him.
“okay. “Thanks to you, I learned everything.”
A cold wave of energy bloomed over Karun’s red eyes.
“The demons of the Black Tower once again realized that not a single one of them was worth saving.”
He wiggled his long fingers as if he wanted to go out and destroy the Black Tower right now.
“I know that demons are dirty bastards, but I didn’t know they would exceed even my expectations.”
Chamber bit the lollipop he was holding in his mouth and crushed it.
“f*ck! “I want to go out and kill them all right now!”
Martha messed up her hair and stamped her feet.
“We need to freeze it and prevent it from coming out for the rest of its life…” .”
Runan also lowered his eyebrows as he said something harsh that he wouldn’t normally say.
-I agree! What does our ice cream girl know!
Lars raised his hand saying that the ice cream girl was the best.
“I’m in charge of stopping you, but I don’t want to do that this time.”
Even Buren couldn’t hold back his emotions and sneered.
“Raon. “Did you check the movement of that black heart?”
“yes. It’s difficult to explain in words, so I’ll use the auror to tell you.”
Raon held Chamber’s hand, touched his black heart, and told him everything he felt.
“As expected.”
Chamber nodded, taking out a candy bar.
“The black heart is a very small portal that absorbs negative energy, such as magic and fraud, and sends it to the Black Tower.”
She smiled brightly as she looked at Raon.
“Then can you open that dimension?”
“Originally, it would be impossible, but thanks to you telling us about the movement and flow of the Black Heart, we will be able to trace it back and reach the Black Tower.”
Chamber said he thought it would be possible for now and drew a large circle with his finger.
Wow!
As she clapped her hands, the magicians of Valcar, including Jaina, gathered together with wise eyes shining.
“Are you ready?”
Chamber looked back at the wizards and smiled darkly.
“Now it’s our turn to move.”
* * *
Good!
Lencia put her blue backpack on her back and carefully opened the door.
I didn’t apply any force, but the house was so old that I couldn’t avoid making noise.
“sister?”
“Are you leaving already?”
The younger siblings woke up, rubbing their eyes, as if they had been awakened by the sound of the door opening.
“huh. I have to work. “I have prepared a meal for you, so eat slowly.”
Lencia waved lightly to her younger siblings and left the house.
As I was leaving the shanty town and heading towards the entrance of Montiro, a red spear popped out in front of me.
“ah… .”
Lencia’s lips quivered as she looked at the window blocking the path. She felt the black heart protruding from her waist, pushing against the straps of her backpack.
“Thank goodness I don’t think so.”
Felix, the leader of the Hochangdae and the dark doctor who transplants black hearts to residents, slowly shook his head.
“yes? What is that… .”
“As soon as Kayden, who was your guide a month ago, returned to the business, he started partying and enjoying a debauched life. “I was worried he might have said something unnecessary, but I’m glad he did.”
The corners of Felix’s eyes narrowed.
“Well, since I saw my sister dying, I wouldn’t have done anything stupid.”
He lowered the spear as if it were natural.
“Please continue to work hard for us. “Don’t you have a lot to protect?”
Felix left a message to live hard and disappeared towards the hill.
“yes… .”
Lencia could not move from that spot for a long time even after Felix left.
In order to get to work, I forced myself to smile like a doll and came down from the shantytown.
“Haaa… .”
However, it was difficult to suppress my emotions today. When I raised my trembling hand and touched Kayden’s gold coin in my inner pocket, I felt a little relieved.
‘are you okay. ‘Now is the best time.’
It’s already been a month since Kayden left Montiro.
At first I was worried he might suddenly push in, but fortunately that didn’t happen.
‘Relief… is it.’
To be honest, I also hoped that Kayden would come back.
I wanted to see her again because she reminded me of my older sister who raised me by seeming indifferent but showing a kind side when it mattered.
That’s why I had a greater hope that he wouldn’t come. Because the darkness that engulfed Montiro was so great that no one could erase it.
‘Nothing has changed. Let’s protect the children instead of our sister.’
Lencia wiped away the moisture from her eyes and ran to Montiro’s front door.
There were too many things to protect to just think about sadness.
I approached tourists coming through the main gate of Montiro and bowed my head, asking them to use my guide.
However, perhaps because they were frequent visitors to Montiro, they did not try to use a guide, and most of them hired children who were younger than themselves.
“welcome!”
Despite her heart becoming heavy, Lencia kept a smiling face as she approached the people who appeared to be tourists.
“Is this your first time at Montiro? “I’m a native here, so I can guide you to all the good places!”
Just like when he met Kayden, he greeted him brightly and asked him to hire him.
“You can guide me anywhere?”
The blond-haired man who seemed to be the center of the group tilted his chin.
“yes! “There is no place in Montiro that I don’t know!”
Lencia pounded her chest with anticipation.
“good. “I decided to hire him.”
The blonde man nodded and threw a silver coin.
“thank you!”
When I saw him flipping the coin and handing it to me, my heart sank because it reminded me of Kayden, but I kept my smile on my face and lowered my head.
“Take this first.”
Lencia laughed after handing out the flower necklaces she made herself to all six people.
“Where do you want to go first?”
“I want to see the sea first.”
“yes! “I will guide you!”
Since the first place most tourists go to is the sea, I nodded and guided them to a nearby beach.
“This is the emerald sea that Montiro is proud of! “You can see clearly inside!”
Lencia opened his arms and said that swimming, surfing, and fishing were all possible.
“Nothing in particular has changed.”
The blonde man muttered that it wasn’t fun and clicked his tongue.
“Will anything change in the meantime?”
The slightly overweight man let out a laugh.
“uh? Have you been here before?”
“okay. “I came here a month ago.”
The blonde male raised his gaze, saying he had been here a month.
His blue eyes resembled an emerald sea, but strangely enough, he reminded me of someone I saw a month ago.
“no way… .”
“long time no see.”
Kayden. The man who had tried to save him by revealing his secrets had returned to Montiro.
“why… .”
Lencia was embarrassed and dropped the gold coin she was holding in her pocket onto the sand.
“Why did you come! “I promised I would go!”
She burst out laughing like a doll, shouting, “Why on earth did you come?”
“I promised I would leave. “You didn’t promise not to come back, right?”
The man whose name I no longer knew laughed softly.
“Are you stupid? It’s dangerous here. That’s what I said… .”
“I am strong. No, we are strong.”
A golden flame rose within his blue eyes.
“We’ll destroy this Montiro tank.”
