Episode 24. The child abandoned by God
A small town on the southern tip.
A young knight came to the traveling circus troupe that was noisy until dawn.
“I don’t have a place to stay today, so could you let me stay for one night?”
Torn cloak and bloodstained armor.
A young knight who appears to have just fought a battle, as the fishy smell has not yet gone away.
If it was a place like an inn or bar that adventurers usually visit, they would never have accepted him.
If someone with that behavior comes late at night, there is a high probability that they are being chased.
But all the circus members welcomed him with hospitality.
“It’s a lousy tent, but if you want it.”
The leader smiled brightly and gestured into his tent.
He said he would be able to hear an interesting adventure story from the driver tonight.
Thanks to this, the knight had a noisy and exciting night that he had never experienced since he started his adventure.
The knight, exhausted from the series of battles, had fun for the first time in a long time. And he met an unexpected connection here.
‘… … beautiful.’
A woman with short blue hair and wearing tight-fitting clothes is relaxing by leaning on a wooden pole.
She, who has a beautiful curved body, took a quick look at the article and smiled.
To the woman, it was just a meaningless smile.
But in the knight’s eyes, he thought she was interested in him.
The knight couldn’t take his eyes off her. She was incomparably more beautiful than anyone I had ever met.
Lois approached her without realizing it.
“Hello, my name is Lois de Strange and it is an honor to meet you.”
He held out his hand in a polite manner like a nobleman.
The blue-haired woman made an absurd expression, but then lightly held the knight’s hand with a shy smile.
“It’s Flora.”
“Flora, your name is as beautiful as the smile on your face.”
“Smile?”
“Yes, this is the most beautiful smile I have ever seen since I was born. “The moment you smile is so ecstatic that it makes my heart flutter.”
“Is this a compliment?”
“sure. “If I could see that smile again, I would give it everything I have.”
“… … .”
Flora pulled the knight’s cheek with a playful expression, then opened her mouth wide and smiled and asked.
“Really?”
“I’m serious.”
The two exchanged glances.
Afterwards, we chatted and got to know each other. The conversation wasn’t long. That night, the two were together until the morning dew made the flowers bloom.
The next day, as the driver left the circus, he gave Flora a pendant with his picture on it.
“I will come back someday.”
“… I’ll wait.”
A year later, a baby’s cry echoed throughout the circus.
-Mites! Mite!
A child with blue hair and golden eyes was born.
Flora hugged the baby and smiled the happiest smile she could muster.
“Ebebebe! Hysteria, try smiling like your mom. “Your father will be home soon, so why are you crying like this?”
“Mite!”
Her fellow circus members took turns performing acrobatics to make fun of her hysteria.
But instead of laughing, the baby continued to cry.
Rather, the sharp, dissatisfied eyes only become darker.
One, two, three days like that. Even after three months, the baby stopped crying and did not smile.
But Flora looked at the baby with a loving expression every day and whispered.
“My baby, please smile for your mom someday. “With the most beautiful smile in the world that makes her heart flutter.”
“… mama!”
Even if not right now, Flora was happy to imagine that she would smile for herself someday.
And not long after, rumors spread that a child with golden eyes had been born in the southern circus.
After hearing this story, Lois was informed that the circus was coming to visit.
“Finally, Lois… .”
-Wow!
The sound of horses’ hooves was heard outside the tent. The ground shook as if at least a dozen or more animals were running.
Lois is back.
With that thought in mind, Flora ran out of the tent one step at a time. But her life did not go as she expected.
“Kill them all!”
Those who visited the circus were not knights.
A group of thieves dressed in black cloth from head to toe.
“Please save me!”
Screams were heard from all directions.
The circus tent caught fire, and the members fell one by one.
“Flora! “You should at least run away with the baby!”
The leader tried to send Flora and the baby away in a carriage.
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But the skilled thief did not miss them.
The person who appeared from the shadows instantly killed the leader and defeated Flora.
-Mites!
The baby cried loudly.
Flora took a step back, holding the baby with a frightened expression.
“Ooh, don’t cry. Hysteria. Soon your father… “He will come.”
The thief sneered at her.
“Stupid bitch.”
Flutter!
The thief plunged a dagger into Flora’s abdomen. I moaned from the unbearable pain.
“Huh!”
Flora’s distorted expression only lasted for a moment. She forced a smile onto her face and showed it to the baby, then spoke to her rogue with all her remaining strength.
“Ah, Agaman… . Please save Baby… .”
The thief pulled out the sword stuck in Flora’s abdomen.
Pak.
“Ugh!”
He then raised the handle above his head to stab her again.
“Nope?”
It’s the end, Flora thought, and this is the end of her life.
With that in mind, I prayed to God.
‘God, please bless us.’
Did her prayers work? The moment the thief swung his dagger to kill Flora, a knight appeared from nowhere and defeated the thief with a single sword.
Flutter.
The knight jumped off his horse and hugged Flora.
“Pfft, Flora. “I’m sorry, I’m too late.”
A familiar voice that I had longed to meet.
She looked at the knight’s face through blurred vision.
It wasn’t clear, but I could recognize who he was.
“Flora! Flora!! “Open your eyes!”
“… “Lois.”
Flora looked back and forth between the baby and Lois.
She smiled with the last of her strength, wondering what was so good about being on the verge of death.
“The baby’s name is Hysteria… . please.”
With these words, Flora’s weakened head turned towards the ground.
Lois shouted, hugging her upper body tightly.
“Flora!!!”
Lois’ angry roar spread so loudly that it seemed to reach the sky.
The frightened thieves tried to run away, but Strange’s knights caught them all and decapitated them.
“… “Hysteria.”
After wrapping up the case, Lois immediately brought Hysteria to her castle.
He loved the baby so much that he did not let anyone except himself and one nanny into the room until he woke up.
The baby did not smile until he reached the age of five.
Until he meets Bae Hu-ryeong, who can change his fate.
Clown Bae Hu-ryeong is performing acrobatics on a jar in an attempt to attract children’s attention.
“Can you make me laugh?”
He tilted his head as he looked at Hysteria, and answered, giggling as if he found her question funny.
“Of course, if you want.”
* * *
“If you wanted to live, you shouldn’t have given Strange’s name to someone of low blood.”
The moment Gunther turned his back to leave the dungeon.
Flutter!
“… … !”
Hysteria, who was dead, came back to life and stabbed Gunther’s back with her sword.
“… … okay? “I think it’s your fault.”
“Ugh!”
Hysteria, who had successfully attacked, was not smiling.
Rather, he is just glaring at Gunther with a cold expression he has never seen before.
“Boo, I confirmed that he was definitely dead.”
“Yes, I am dead. But… “My Bae Hu-ryeong has a special skill that can be activated even after death?”
Clown Bae Hu-ryeong danced with a maniacal expression and held up the thread woven in his hand.
“Could it be that you used yourself as a puppet?”
“oh? “You’re smarter than I thought.”
“But the technology… “Wasn’t it only castable on the dead?”
“Yes, that’s why he died. “For this moment.”
“what?”
“They said he was already dead. “On my own.”
“… “Did you want to kill me that much?”
“Of course, not even a single moment from the day I came to this castle until now. “I was just waiting for this day.”
Gunther sighed.
under!
“When did he die? Obviously until a few days ago… … .”
“He committed suicide before coming here. “If I activate my afterlife ability during the fight, you might notice.”
Hysteria stretched wide and walked in front of Gunther with a confident expression.
Turf, plod, trudge.
“Did I tell you? “You will lose this fight.”
“… Damn it.”
Gunther stretched out both hands and pulled out Hysteria’s sword from his body.
Flutter!
As soon as the blade was pulled out, blood spurted out. Gunther picked up his sword with a distorted expression and let out a long breath.
Phew-
“The fight is not over yet.”
“No, it’s over. You can’t beat me with that body right now. If I just stay still, I’ll bleed to death? Well, my life will end soon, too.”
“… “Crazy guy.”
“Tsk, tsk tsk…” “Is it normal for you to kill a circus troupe when you weren’t even ten years old?”
“Shut up!”
Boom-!
Gunther swung his two-handed sword sharply.
Hysteria quickly picked up the sword that fell on the ground and blocked it.
Kang!
“Tsk, tsk tsk. “Is Knight Nauri’s sword too light?”
“Even if I die, I’ll let you go first.”
Hysteria took a quick look at the pendant hanging around her neck and then smiled.
‘Mama, it will be over soon.’
Kang! Cancan! Ka-ang!
The bloody battle between the two before death was beautiful.
The wind of the sword blade cutting through the air sounded like it was singing, and the blood that burst out every time they cut each other was scattered on the aura like falling flower petals.
Dozens, hundreds, thousands of sword strikes came and went. And as time passed, the moment came to end the game.
Flutter!
Gunther’s final blow struck Hysteria’s right arm.
“oh! “It’s pretty good.”
“I’ll rip you to shreds and kill you, Hysteria… !”
Hysteria smiled and glanced at her severed right arm.
“What are you saying? “I’m already dead, so you can’t kill me, hehe!”
Ssssssssssssssssssssssss-!
Hysteria’s severed right arm floated in the air behind Gunther’s back, and Bae Hu-ryeong, the clown, moved his finger and stabbed Gunther’s heart at the same time.
Kwasik!
“Keuuk!”
Gunther collapsed, coughing up blood. He was so mortally wounded that he could not get up.
“Oh my god… … .”
“god? you? “God?”
Hysteria grabbed Gunther’s neck with his remaining left arm and suffocated him.
Pak.
“Ugh!”
“That’s fun, Gunther. “You’re looking for God in the end!”
“Ugh… … .”
“But there is no God! “I know because I’ve been looking for it too!”
dump.
Gunther trembled for a moment, then suddenly collapsed and announced his death.
‘… It’s over.’
Hysteria flopped down as she looked at Gunther’s corpse.
Clown Bae Hu-ryeong worked hard to move the thread, but Hysteria’s body did not move.
The restrictions on one’s abilities after death are over, and the time has come to enter the door of death.
‘thank god.’
I achieved my goal within the time limit.
I don’t care if I die now.
With that thought, Hysteria mustered the last of her strength and pulled out the pendant hanging around her neck.
“… mama.”
Hysteria had a smile on her face.
‘I know how to laugh now.’
I slowly closed my eyes.
‘I’ll be right where you are. To show you the most beautiful smile in the world.’
* * *
Again, again, again, again.
I stopped in the deepest part of Castle Strange’s dungeon.
‘It’s over.’
I checked whether Gunther and Hysteria were alive or dead.
Both of them have already died a long time ago. Judging by the fact that his blood had begun to harden, it seemed that he had died long before I arrived.
Phew-
Siegfried made a bitter expression.
“Verdin, everything really happened just as you said.”
If the two face off head-on, there will be no winner or loser, and both will eventually die.
I didn’t have any doubts about this result.
Because they were fully aware of what abilities Bae Hu-ryeong had and what the difference in skill was.
Gunther and Hysteria.
They both worked within my plan from start to finish. It’s like showing a scripted play on stage.
“Yes, Master.”
The end of this play was a comedy for me and a tragedy for them both.
I don’t know what it would look like to anyone other than the three of us, but one thing is clear.
‘The times will run away.’
A storm that no one can stop covers the continent, and it is my turn to show the world who I am at the center of it.
“Rocks.”
“say.”
“Start. “Before the others come.”
Rox glanced at me and nodded.
Pot!
I jumped towards Hysteria’s Bae Hu-ryeong, who remained in the dungeon.
fantasy,
