Chapter 839 – Day 97 – Something the Princess Can Never Understand
“I’m already looking forward to seeing what they’ll say.”
Eve Terra snorted and gracefully waved her arms made of metal without a drop of her blood.
The princess looked relaxed in a situation where it would not be surprising if her life could be ended with just one wave of her hand.
‘Still, I’m really glad that we can talk face to face like this.’
In the worst case, she had to kill all the demons guarding the White Palace in order to meet Eve Terra, so the princess was satisfied with this situation.
“Why don’t we play elegant songs and talk like we used to?”
Eve Terra does not answer. She let out a small snort and lifted her right hand, lightly bumping her thumb and index finger.
─ ♬
A very old, beautiful melody unknown to today’s demons or even Ceres slowly filled the room.
The princess nods her head to the singing sound created by the piano and elegant string instruments that create her beautiful rhyme.
“You seem to be called everyone’s mother here, but I know your name well.”
“I guess I heard about it from my hateful daughter.”
“What if you had known before hearing it from Ceres?”
Eve Terra smiled without a moment’s hesitation. She waved her left hand lightly as if holding her bell.
In the hands of the woman who appeared as she opened the closed door, there was a tray with two glasses filled with red liquor. Eve Terra grabbed it and put it in her hand, and to her surprise, she also gave one to the princess.
“It’s your favorite drink.”
Eve Terra did not reply.
“You liked wine made in Burgundy, a long time ago, a place I don’t even know where.”
“…”
“You always said that expensive things are the best. You said that everything in the world you live in has a high price for a reason, and that this wine you like is also like that.”
The princess spoke in a calm voice and quietly tipped her glass.
“Doden Le Roi Chambertin Grand Cru… Am I remembering correctly? The name of the drink is the same as I remembered, but unfortunately, the taste of this drink seems to have changed quite a bit.”
“Because it’s just a result of being steeped in nostalgia.”
“But that doesn’t change the fact that it still tastes good.”
The princess drank the prepared wine neatly and put down the glass.
Eve Terra’s expression did not change.
“It seems like I’ve heard a lot from my hateful daughter.”
“I know you well.”
“What about me, the polluted, disgusting failure that crawled up from the surface?”
After her snort, Eve Terra glanced at the princess as if she were very disgusted.
“You are a failure.”
Evethera, lightly tilting the cup she held in her hand, threw it on the floor and broke it.
“It’s just like this disgusting wine that is a ridiculous imitation of a 100-point liquor. You failed. It’s just the most failed thing I’ve ever created.”
“Eve Terra.”
“Funny! You are trash. You were never meant to be born. Furthermore, you are nothing more than a crude result discovered by a scientist walking out of a laboratory and eating bread without washing his hands.”
Evethera, who spat out her words, laughed mischievously, took the new glass handed to her by the woman next to her, and shook it.
“Oh, I’m sorry. The civilization on the surface was so primitive that there was no concept of ‘science’ yet, right? What did I just say to a primitive person who was so intoxicated by magic and alchemy that he couldn’t even understand it properly?”
“Isn’t that how sucralose was discovered? He misread the instructions to test a sample that he intended to put in pesticides and discovered it by tasting it, you said, giggling.”
“What…?”
Ceres, called Eve Thera, frowns and looks on in surprise.
“That’s not it…”
The princess knows a story that she never even told Ceres. She was so shocked that her emotions fluctuated, but her expression quickly returned to its original state.
“Eve Terra. Please speak with me.”
“If you call my name one more time…”
“Are you planning on continuing to act foolishly?”
The princess shouts, holds Ceres’ hand, and walks in front of her.
“Stop!”
Helson hurriedly pointed the gun in her hand and shouted at her, but the princess’s bold actions did not stop.
“Look! You are good at science and even good at using magic, don’t you know? Can you feel the curse you engraved on Ceres?”
“… How.”
“You don’t know! I can tell from the way you say you hate the daughter you should love! You don’t even know that she was almost killed by Jupiter Holympia, right?”
Eve Terra pauses for a moment and frowns.
“That stupid piece of trash wouldn’t have the insight to see through this child’s transformation.”
“Ceres took a risk to save me. And! She was almost killed horribly by Abama!”
The princess shouted and walked one step further, holding Ceres’ hands tightly.
“I traveled through time to save Ceres. And I saw you there.”
“Time… Travel?”
Eve Terra, arching her eyebrows, finally got an answer.
Haha.”
“Do you understand? I became acquainted with you in the distant past. That’s right! Even if you travel through time, you can’t change the present! But! I know you!”
The princess spoke with all her might.
“I am the only one in this world! I am the one who knows the world you are immersed in your memories. Furthermore, I am the one who knows the night scene full of lights that stimulate the desire you love.”
“So that’s how it happened…”
“So! Talk to me. Stop the great purification project you are preparing right now!”
Eve Terra nodded her head very slowly. Then she took two steps back and touched her face with an arm that was stronger than anything in the world.
“Ahh… Ah…”
She let out a deep laugh and pushed her bangs behind her.
“It seems pitiful and foolish. How dare you think that I am the same just because I did time travel.”
“Eve!”
“It’s stupid. I don’t know when you saw me, but you don’t know me.”
Eve Terra shrugs her shoulders and sits down on the prepared chair, crossing her legs.
“You can’t know me. You can never know me. You can’t know what hell I’ve been through and what emotions I’ve lived through to this moment.”
“So, let’s talk properly…”
“No! You can’t understand me! A failure like you! I shouldn’t have created something like you!”
Bang with your left hand! Eve Terra, who hit the desk, raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.
“Friday.”
『Yes, mother.』
“Play.”
─Click
The moment Eve Terra finished speaking, her room suddenly became dark.
“Ugh?!”
The princess instinctively pulled Ceres’ body to protect it, but the bloody smell did not occur to her.
─Woong, rumble, rumble
Suddenly, with the sound of something spinning, something began to appear in a corner of the wall.
“Numbers…?”
Suddenly, the numbers starting from 5 started decreasing towards 1.
The princess, who had no idea what this was, suddenly became dazed by the exciting sound of her singing.
“Ego! Shall we learn about our great mother today?』
Only after hearing her lively voice did the princess realize that a video of a cute mascot dancing wildly was playing before her eyes.
“What kind of crazy is this…”
『Our great mother was the most outstanding person in the old world!』
The mascot, who was dancing wildly, showed several pictures of ‘Eve Terra’ wearing a scientist’s gown.
『But~! The Great Mother was not just a smart person! She was the richest person in the old world…!』
This time, the princess appeared wearing a familiar black suit.
『She was a person who cared more about the old world than anyone else and developed it into something beautiful and great!』
─♬
『In the end, the Great Mother was chosen by countless people and was able to rise to a position where she could rule over countless people!』
It wasn’t until she saw Eve Terra talking with the White House in the background that the princess realized.
“But! The world cannot always be clear! The foolish humans of the old world made an irreparable mistake!』
Looking at the pictures of huge buildings collapsing and beautiful cities burning, the princess hugged Ceres tightly for no reason.
『Even in the midst of her mistakes, it is our Great Mother who has manifested herself for humanity!』
“Long live the Great Mother! Long live the Great Mother!”
“Long live the Great Mother! Long live the Great Mother!”
“Long live the Great Mother! Long live the Great Mother!”
The demons holding guns, including Helson, raised their hands up and suddenly shouted.
『Thanks to the blood and sweat of the Great Mother, we humans were not destroyed and were able to preserve the spark of civilization in this underground Pandemonium!』
“Long live the Great Mother! Long live the Great Mother!”
“Long live the Great Mother! Long live the Great Mother!”
“Long live the Great Mother! Long live the Great Mother!”
The princess bit her lip tightly as her voice filled the room.
『Come on, friends! The great mother’s story doesn’t end here! Mother is planning to return to the earth where our brilliant and beautiful old world remains!』
『So, today too, please be a good child who listens to your great mother!』
─♬
As the gorgeous song ends, light returns to the dark room.
The princess made eye contact again with Eve Terra, who was laughing as if it was laughable, and had no choice but to clench her molars.
‘Isn’t it so different from what I know?’
Evethera was a more dangerous woman than the princess knew.
“I wonder what kind of sensational story this failure that crawled from our surface will persuade me with now. Now tell me? Come on! This is entertainment for the first time in thousands of years, so I won’t kill you right away.”
