Chapter 104 – Chapter 25. The Curse.
Ah.
The twin sisters, Rosalia and Lorelia, couldn’t keep their mouths shut when they saw the palatial mansion. Her sister couldn’t tell if it was a dream or real life.
They bathed clean, put on nice new clothes, and got a large room. For Rosalia, who always slept on a cold wooden floor covered in an old blanket with holes in it, this place was like heaven.
Only two sisters could use a room that could easily accommodate ten people!
All of this was too much for Rosalia, and her heart skipped a beat. She knew too well that she didn’t deserve anything like this.
“Sister, it’s so good, isn’t it?”
But her sister couldn’t help but look uneasy in front of her angelic brother. She smiled brightly and gently stroked her pretty sister’s hair.
“Yeah, that’s great. I’m so glad You have such good relatives.”
“Yeah! … So, can my sister not work anymore? Can she stay with me?”
“I still have to work. … You can’t just play around and earn money, can you? If people are not sick, they have to work.”
“… That’s right. Everything you said is right.”
My sister cried for a moment. But she held back tears. She couldn’t be unlucky on this fine day. Plus how she got pointed at as her cursed bitch. She didn’t know that if she cried, she would scold her for two years.
Rosalia laid her yawning Lorelia on her bed. Then, patting her on the chest, she put her sister to sleep and cautiously left her room. She was surprised to see the janitor waiting in front of her room and bowed down on her floor.
“Thank you thank you.”
“You don’t have to do this, lady. We are only employees. Grace is bestowed by His Excellency.”
“Ah… , Yes.”
She got up slowly, curled up as far as she could, and lowered her head. My body naturally became like that in front of people. It’s like a habit, and it’s ingrained in the body.
“Follow me, His Excellency is waiting for you.”
The caretaker took Rosalia to her office where her warriors were. My heart skipped a beat as she stood in front of her gilded door. Her limbs trembled and her mouth went dry.
Durka, the caretaker, politely knocked on the door.
“Your Excellency, I brought the young lady.”
– Come in.
Durka opened the door and motioned for Rosalia to come inside. She cautiously entered the room.
The door slammed behind him. She prostrated herself at the door and bowed to Master Hero.
“Rosalia, you don’t have to. Come here.”
She got up slowly and walked carefully, step by step as if she were treading on her thin ice, and approached her desk. From that gesture, Jihyeok could indirectly feel how hard life had been for her.
A skinny body that couldn’t eat, a messy hair cut randomly, an expression and eyes trembling with anxiety.
They were not covered even by good, clean clothes.
Jihyeok stood up, took Rosalia’s dry hand, and led her to an armchair. Then he sat down on it and sat down on the chair next to him.
“Wait comfortably. Are you okay. Hurry.”
After the hero urged her a few times, Rosalia slowly leaned her stiff back against the soft backrest. She had never sat in such a soft chair in her life. … It was absolutely stunning.
Ah.
“Shall we take some time to talk to each other?”
Rosalia rolled her large, timid-looking eyes and looked at the hero’s hand resting on her armrest. I thought it would be a great rudeness to dare to look at the face of a high-ranking person.
“I-I don’t have a lot to talk about… So, when I talk, I’m afraid that I’m committing a big disrespect…”
Having never had the experience of sharing her words with such a high person, she was afraid that in the conversation she might make a mistake. Jihyeok gently soothed her as she trembled with anxiety.
“Don’t worry, talk. Because it’s okay. You can do it normally just like my brother hmm?”
Rosalia groaned for a long time, shook her unlearned head, and managed to get her words out.
“I, but, why are you being so good to me… ?”
Her behavior was completely incomprehensible to her, to be honest. It was unheard of for her to treat herself this way to a messy, skinny self who, at best, knew how to sweep the floor or clean the latrine.
Jihyeok smiled and reached out to her and squeezed Rosalia’s small, rough hand. Oh. She panicked and didn’t know what to do.
“More, dirty hands…”
“No, not dirty at all. It looks so clean to my eyes.”
Ah. Rosalia’s face flushed. Jihyeok patted her on the back of her hand and told her.
“Don’t be honest. It is because I need you.”
“… Me?”
“Huh. … You will be doing something to save the world.”
She opened her eyes wide in surprise. She was too distant for a woman who could barely clean. It’s about saving the world. It was something I dared not imagine.
“I-I don’t know anything… I can’t do that, sir…”
The voice became more and more shrunken.
“No, I can. You have powers you don’t know about. … I know that.”
“… Yes?”
“Trust me. You have the power to save the world. Would I, a warrior, lie? Wouldn’t it be?”
“Yes…”
“Of course you won’t feel that now. But in the future, I will learn little by little.”
Rosalia said that she was a hero, and that the Lord said so, so she knew that and she had to believe. Of course, one question remained in her heart, but she couldn’t show it outwardly. Even thinking of my brother right now.
“It’s okay to rest for a few days. Eat well and recover your stamina.”
“Yes, thank you. I will definitely repay this favor.”
Jihyuk smiled slightly.
“I can cure your brother’s illness.”
ㅡㅡ!!
Rosalia was surprised and raised her head to see her hero. She hurried down to the floor and fell at his feet, bobbing her head.
“Please, please, heal my brother’s illness. Then I’ll do anything. I can do anything. If you jump in, I will jump in regardless of whether it’s water or fire. I will do whatever you ask. So, please, just let my sister get well.”
Jihyeok looked down at her. She didn’t ask me to stand up this time.
“Have you heard of an elixir?”
“… Yes, I know it is a legendary elixir.”
“Otherwise, your brother’s illness will not be cured. It is one year at most. … If you take good care of it, it will live another two years.”
… Ah…
Rosalia was devastated. Her sister’s heart, who had watched her dying brother for a long time, was already torn into a thousand pieces. Still, there seems to be a corner to tear more.
“To make it, you have to overcome hard adversity and hardships. … Are you prepared for that?”
Her sister gritted her teeth. And she started banging her forehead on the floor. She eventually stopped acting only after seeing her blood.
She was an infinitely tender maiden, but in matters related to her brother, she became a strong and strong older sister.
“… I’ll even go to hell If only my younger brother can get better, I will be my servant for the rest of my life. I will do anything.”
“Wake up.”
Rosalia got up from her seat. Blood dripped from his torn forehead and dripped onto the floor.
“There is no guarantee of success. But I will try my best. … Is this answer sufficient?”
“Yes, that is enough.”
“You don’t have to be a servant. I don’t want a relationship like that. You are my precious subordinate. And taking care of my colleague’s sick younger brother is my duty as well.”
“Thank you, Nari. Thank you thank you.”
She bowed her back until her nose touched the floor.
Jihyeok took a handkerchief from his bosom and wiped the blood from Rosalia’s forehead. And he held it out to her and told her to cherish it.
“When your mind wanders, look at this and catch it.”
She took the handkerchief he held out and held it tightly in her arms.
“Thank you thank you.”
“The manager—!”
Jihyeok called the manager, Durka, loudly. He carefully opened the door and bowed lightly.
“Take him to Grace. Because your forehead is hurt.”
“I understand, Your Excellency.”
Rosalia left her office after bowing her head in gratitude a few more times. Jihyeok called an errand boy waiting outside.
“Yes, Your Excellency.”
“Call Ludbine from the magic academy.”
“I understand.”
Jihyeok went out to the terrace for a while and felt the cool breeze on his body.
The devil’s crow army, the cursed human Rosalia, and the elixir.
I wonder if that has anything to do with it, but there was that invisible link that only Jihyeok knew about.
After enjoying the air for a while, I came back to work, and after a while, Ludwig’s arrived at the office. Her bushy red hair and cheerful expression were the same.
“I’m the captain—!”
“Ah, Ludwig. You are here.”
As soon as Jihyeok saw Ludbine, he prepared to leave. A? This red-headed freckles blinked its big eyes several times, not knowing what it was.
“Where are you going?”
“Yes, I have somewhere to go with you.”
Ludwigne liked the word together, and her body twisted. There was coquetry in his voice.
“… Where are you?”
“Let’s go see your mother.”
The rosy smile disappeared and his eyes widened.
“My mother?”
“I need some advice. I hear your mother is knowledgeable about alchemy.”
“Ah yes.”
Of course it has to be. My name is mahyeon.
“Is there a problem?”
“… No, that… , You know…”
“Are you okay. What’s the matter? Being the precious mother of her subordinates. Right?”
A shy smile bloomed again on Ludbine’s lips.
… How can you say a word so beautifully?
“All right. I’ll guide you!”
She has her heart lifted. Because she thinks she can introduce such a cool and wonderful hero to her mother.
The two immediately left the mansion and got into the carriage. She told the driver the street name and number. The wagon, which rattled and shook once, ran with all its might down the main street.
Arriving near her house, Ludbene felt the eyes of her neighbors around her. Right at her, her snot stood up and her shoulders shrugged. A look of envy was evident on everyone’s face.
“Mother!”
Loud Binet called out to her mother loudly as she pushed on the wooden door about her waist. She ran to the front door, slammed it open, and stepped inside. Jihyeok walked slowly home, looking at the well-kept yard with his hands behind his back.
Soon a red-haired girl came out the front door with someone. Beauty and Ji-hyeok, who looked like Ludbine’s older sisters, met each other’s eyes.
“Mother, be Mr. Hero.”
Her daughter put her palms together and politely pointed at her Jihyeok and said that.
The red-haired witch, like her daughter, blinked her eyes a few times and smiled broadly.
“Nice to meet you, sir. Ludbine’s mother, Jeanne.”
Despite being the mother of a grown-up virgin daughter, she looked very young. To such an extent that she would not suspect at all that she was not Ludbine’s mother, but her real sister. … Jihyeok also thought that a witch is a witch.
“I am Kang Ji-hyeok.”
“Keep your voice down. It’s embarrassing to hear.”
“Okay.”
“Come in here, Your Excellency.”
Jeanne led the warrior into the house. Then, after taking a quick glance at the neighbors peering over the fence, he closed the front door. She hurried to the kitchen, prepared tea, and came out into the living room.
“I didn’t know that His Excellency was coming, so I didn’t prepare anything, so the hospitality was insufficient…”
“No, it’s fine.”
The witch smiled brightly. That expression and every single movement of hers were unmatched.
“By the way, what did you come here for?”
Jihyeok took a sip of the tea and set it down on the table. Ludwigne was curious about that too.
He stared at the witch’s pretty, curved eyes and then threw out a word.
“Elixir…”
With that one word, the witch’s smile gradually disappeared.
“Can you make it?”
