Episode 102. Father, my father.
“Wow!”
When Verdandi saw his room, he ran around screaming at his father.
“cool! Chairs, desks, beds, paintings, mirrors! and… . Yeah, what is that again? what? Dressing table? “I don’t know, I don’t need that!”
Her young father smiled happily at her.
“If you need anything else, please let me know.”
“huh! But am I the only one using this big room?”
“Yes, just as Verdandi said, we enrolled all slaves into the Knight Academy.”
“Oooh, good, good. Reliable driver, great job Lois! Do you like it. “I like everything from start to finish!”
“Is that so?”
Verdandi hugged my father and kissed his cheek. I held both of his hands and walked as if dancing.
“But there’s nothing I can do for you?”
“For me, just being able to see Verdandi’s smile is enough.”
“Hey yoyo you liar!”
“Haha, by the way, is there anything else you need?”
“It’s necessary… .”
Verdandi rested his chin and thought for a while, then looked out the window and nodded sharply.
“flower.”
“flower?”
“Yeah, why isn’t there a garden in this castle? “It’s desolate, with only a knife stuck in the ground.”
“It’s a flower… . “What kind of flowers do you like?”
“anything. “When I look out the window, I just wish it was full.”
“Anything… .”
“no! “Forget-me-not, let’s plant forget-me-not.”
“Forget-me-not?”
“Yes, I really like forget-me-nots!”
The corner of my father’s mouth twitched.
“Then let’s make a forget-me-not garden.”
“Did I perhaps ask for an unreasonable request?”
“no. “It’s nothing like that.”
When he waved his index finger in the air, Diberi ran up and lowered his head.
“Let Strange bloom. “So you can see it from anywhere outside the window.”
“Yes, matriarch.”
Verdandi imitated his father and waved his index finger in the air.
“It’s full of forget-me-nots! “If you look down from my room, it will fill your eyes!”
“Yes, ma’am.”
He looked really happy.
Well, Strange Castle is a place where you can enjoy a civilization and a high-class noble life that cannot be compared to places like Alfheim. How great would it be?
[I didn’t know. What was Verdandi going through at Strange Castle while I was away?]
My father’s quiet voice pierced my ears.
Ssaaaa-
Suddenly, the fog spread before my eyes, and then the center opened up again, revealing a new scene.
Flutter, flutter.
Duke Catherine fanned her face with a haughty expression.
“Berdandi, I don’t know how you were allowed to stay in this castle. Even if he gave you permission, I would not receive you.”
Verdandi, who was kneeling in front of her, bowed his head and answered.
“Yes, Duke Catherine.”
“If you leave this castle right now. “I’ll give you as much money as your bitch needs.”
“No, I don’t need money.”
“Then why do you want to become an elf and a noble?”
“Not even that. I just… . “I came all the way here for Lois-”
Sigh!
Katarina sprinkled black tea from her cup onto Verdandi’s face.
“I don’t want to see you, so get out now! “From now on, you will just have to stay out of my sight.”
“… “I will.”
“under! Seriously, Lois, why on earth did you give that bitch her last name…? . “If you want to play with it, finish it outside.”
The conversation between the two was not long.
Suddenly, as if time had changed quickly, the surroundings changed, showing the passage of time.
From that day on, Verdandi was confined to the top floor of the prison-like castle, and Duke Katharina let her out only on days when Lois came to visit the castle.
It was a hellish life for Verdandi, who lived freely in the elf village.
The room is only about 5 pyeong in size, and you can only see outside through the window.
Besides, the only people I talked to were the birds and bugs that occasionally came through the window.
“I wish I could fly like you.”
Verdandi stroked the bird’s head with eyes as quiet as a lake.
“Then we can walk through that flower garden that Lois made.”
She had become so thin over the past few years that only the bones in her wrists were visible. Moreover, her eyes seemed to have lost focus, indicating that she had a mental problem.
“Meet the matriarch!”
Suddenly, a guardian knight’s cry was heard outside the castle gate.
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“huh?”
The startled bird flew away.
Verdandi strained his eyes and looked into the distance outside the castle gate.
He always took her out of here when Lois came home. How can it be that Duke Catherine has no message today? So, has the person called the matriarch changed?
No, that can’t be happening, so what’s going on?
Her doubts were soon answered.
bang!
Not long after hearing the knights’ cries, Lois arrived in a room on the top floor of the castle.
“… “How are you here?”
When he saw Verdandi’s bony arms and legs, which he had not noticed when covered with a dress, he could not hold back his anger and cut off the head of the knight guarding the door.
Kwasik!
“Berdandi, I will ask you again. “Who did this to you?”
“Lois! W-what are you doing? “He is not guilty of anything!”
“Berdandi, I will ask you again. “Who on earth imprisoned you here?”
“If you say so. If I tell you who I am. “Aren’t you going to kill me like that knight over there right now?”
Lois didn’t answer.
Verdandi stared blankly into his eyes for a moment, then forced a smile and lightly stroked his cheek.
“You too… .”
With these words, Verdandi lost consciousness and fell down.
Perhaps it was because he had no appetite and had not eaten for several days.
“I’ll take you there!”
Guardian Knight Commander Bess rushed over and tried to carry Verdandi.
But Lois pushed him away and hugged Verdandi tightly, picking her up and tying her like a child and saying to Beth:
“Bring everyone involved in this. “I will never forgive you.”
[I tried to kill all the people who did such evil things to Verdandi.]
[If she hadn’t stopped him, his anger would have boiled over to the point where he would have torn it into pieces and fed it to animals.]
[If I could go back to this time, I would never forgive.]
I quietly listened to my father’s monologue.
“Ka, ka, Duke Katarina gave instructions.”
“I heard that a dirty elf came to stay in this castle… .”
The two knights captured by Beth spoke restlessly.
Lois listened to the whole truth about the incident and waved her hand in the air, ordering them to leave the room.
“… “I guess I was short-thinking.”
Duke Catherine is not an ordinary person.
He must have done this to protect his position. Although he was convinced, he could not decide on this right away.
There is only one reason.
Because Duke Katarina was a bridge connecting Strange and the imperial family.
Knock knock.
Someone knocked on Lois’ door.
“It’s Verdandi.”
Lois got up from her seat and opened the door herself to greet her.
“What about your body?”
“are you okay. No, it’s okay. I felt like I had a lot of stomachache these days, so I cut back on my food… .”
Beth slowly walked backwards and out of the room.
Not only that, but even the guards in front of the door were withdrawn.
Verdandi walked with difficulty and sat down on the sofa.
Lois put a pillow on her back as if she felt sorry for her and asked in a soft tone.
“Why did you hold back?”
She tried to avoid eye contact and said something else.
“I heard the war will end in a little while?”
“Berdandi.”
“Then your conquest of the continent will be over soon, right?”
“Berdandi.”
“and… . “I hope that day comes quickly-”
Pak.
Lois hugged Verdandi.
“Please answer me. You are a strong person. Why did she put up with it even after being treated like that by Katarina? Why on earth?!”
“… That’s how it should be. “So you can smile.”
“Well, what is that?”
“I heard everything from the drivers here. “Duke Catherine is a member of her imperial family, and you need her to conquer the continent.”
“… … .”
“They say he is so high that he cannot even look at a lowly person like me… . And then, so… . “If I don’t listen to Duke Catherine’s orders, you won’t be able to achieve your dream.”
Her subsequent answer broke Lois’s heart.
“If I hold back, many people can become happy, right?”
“… … .”
“What I swore to God and wished for on the day I came to this castle… . It was just your warm smile. And I am grateful that I can see you again today.”
[On this day, I shed tears for the first time in my life.]
[And swore to heaven.]
[If there really is a person called God.]
[If all of this is an ordeal for me.]
[I will not avoid it but accept it.]
From this day on, Royce stopped the war against Rothschild for the unification of the continent, and devoted a year worth of money to him to be by Verdandi’s recovery.
And that day came.
“Mites!”
A baby was born between the two.
The name is ‘Verdin de Strange.’
Verwa means ‘light’ in the elven language, and Din means ‘valley’ in the human language.
The Valley of Light was the name referring to Alfheim, where Verdandi was born.
‘Then Verdandi is my mother… .’
[I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you in advance.]
I was silent.
No, I couldn’t say anything.
So many emotions were swirling in my head.
“Valentine, please take care of Verdin.”
The girl with the hoodie on her shoulder answered.
“yes. mother! “I will take good care of this dumpling-looking guy.”
“Dumplings, it sounds like you’re going to eat them.”
“what… . If you’re hungry, you might do that, right? Ha ha ha ha ha!”
“Valentine, by the way, you are my mother. “It fills her heart with joy when you call her that.”
“Berdandi is now my mother! “Mother, mother, my mother!”
Verdandi, who had been smiling, suddenly looked down at her with sad eyes.
“… “Valentine.”
“yes!”
“When your father comes, be sure to tell him this.”
“What do you mean?”
“I, Verdandi, really loved Lois.”
“huh? “Suddenly?”
“Okay, can you do it?”
“That’s it, whatever!”
With these words, the world suddenly collapsed and darkness came.
‘What is this?’
[Verdin, this is the end of the memories I can show you right now.]
‘why.’
[When the time comes, I will find you again.]
‘What time is it?’
[You are me, and I am you. Those who continue Strange’s will will have the same beginning as the beginning… .]
After saying these words, a light flashed before my eyes.
* * *
When I opened my eyes, many people were looking at Verdin.
How long had he been down? Apparently, as soon as he received the book from Katarina, his mind began to fade, and from then on, he was able to see memories of his father’s past.
“Katarina.”
Verdin looked at her face, her makeup smudged by tears.
“Yes? Verdin. Did you see everything? This book can only be read by those who have received the family’s guardian spirit-”
“Why did you do that?”
“… what? “If you suddenly ask me that-”
“To my mother who came to visit this castle. “Why did she do that?”
She lowered her head with an embarrassed expression, then answered with a frightened look on her face, teeth chattering.
“Did you hear? Or did you see it?”
“Just answer what is asked. She is asking what did your mother do so wrong to you to cause you to experience such shame and humiliation.”
“Be, Verdin. I think you have a misunderstanding. “It’s not because I hate Verdandi, I just want to teach you the laws of this castle and how the nobles live-”
Verdin snatched the sword of judgment that Valentine was holding.
Flutter!
It was driven into Duke Catherine’s side.
“Ooooooooo!”
She let out a shallow moan and fell to the side.
dump.
The anger that had built up to the top of my head exploded like a volcano.
No one in the room could stop Verdin’s rampage.
I can only hope that his uncontrollable emotions will stop on their own.
Flutter! Flutter! Flutter!
The sword of judgment held by Verdin stabbed Katarina several times.
As so much blood soaked the ground that she couldn’t even let out a moan, Verdin spoke to Katarina’s body with bloodshot eyes and heavy breathing.
“If it weren’t for you.”
There was silence in the room.
Verdin seemed to have lost all strength in his hands and dropped the sword on the ground.
Rattling.
He spoke to Valentine as he unbuttoned his blood-soaked shirt one by one.
“I’m sorry, sister.”
Valentine shook his head at him.
“Have you seen your mother?”
“yes.”
“How far have you been looking?”
“Until the day I was born.”
After that, there was no conversation between those in the room.
Valentine collects the dead Duke Catherine. Verdin ordered Guardian Knight Commander Beth to summon an elite unit.
“As of now, we will begin the search for rebels within Strange. “Make sure to catch everyone who is even remotely related to Duke Katarina.”
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