Chapter 79 – 079. The Reversed Relationship (1)
Despite the many twists and turns, the trial ended with a satisfactory result, rather than Eun-hyeon being executed.
The first is that the title of Hersha, Erin’s family, has been returned.
This symbolized Erin’s first step toward resting his soul and clearing her of the stigma that had been placed on him.
The second is an extension of the first, and Erinn’s improved position in the Kingdom of Pernias.
Although there was help from Illyana and Alex, the feat of defeating the demons that attacked the nobles of the kingdom was at least a majesty that was unmatched by the students of Aether, so Erinn’s position in Aether as well as in the kingdom is further improved.
“So… ? What else did you come to?”
Oliver Baotman, the school principal of Aether, asks Eun-hyeon, who visits his school principal’s office with a shy face.
Eunhyun smiled and opened her mouth to his question.
“I guess you don’t like my face so much.”
“It’s not just one or two things you’ve done. To be honest, it’s very uncomfortable to have a private meeting like this with the person who was at the center of the uproar in the courtroom. Aren’t all the business you visit me normal?”
Oliver, who did not know what kind of unreasonable demands Eun-hyeon would make when Eun-hyeon came to visit after the incident where there was a big upheaval, seems to be very wary of Eun-hyeon.
The same goes for Oliver, who watched the trial of Eun-hyeon’s execution in the courtroom.
Despite the fact that he was in danger of being executed soon, it was not enough to verbally mock Count Orba, who was the host of the public trial, without being shaken at all. I couldn’t imagine being a young man.
Not long after the trial of such a man, he dared to come to him like this.
How could he not be vigilant?
“The reason I met the principal today is because of Erin.”
“To that child again… Something’s wrong… ?”
Could it be that her students have appeared again, harassing her like she did before?
If such students really appeared, then Eun-hyeon, who came to see her like this, might have come to threaten herself again after she had already completed some preparations.
Oliver broke out in a cold sweat.
“A part of the divine beast’s power that was buried under the divine tree of Pernias dwelled in Erinn’s body.”
“What… La?”
He didn’t understand what he meant for a moment, but soon he jumped up from the sofa and asked Eunhyeon.
“What do you mean!”
“Literally, it means that the power of the divine beast, the nine-tailed fox, resides within Erin’s body.”
“What the hell… Could it be… No.”
Oliver took a deep breath and tried to control his agitated emotions as best he could.
Oliver, who had seen, heard, and experienced all the phenomena that Eun-hyeon considered impossible actually happened, no longer doubted Eun-hyeon’s words.
Through Eun-hyeon, he learned that there is nothing in this world that cannot happen.
I realized that everything was a wrong way of thinking stemming from my lack of knowledge and my vanity-filled arrogance that I had been trying to deny.
That’s why Oliver didn’t deny Eunhyeon’s words anymore.
I can’t deny it.
“Please explain in detail what happened.”
Eunhyeon nodded and explained in detail to Oliver how part of the divine beast’s power was embedded in Erinn’s body.
Every time Eunhyeon spoke, Oliver listened attentively, nodding his head and adding a few interesting or admiring remarks.
“Right… At the time of the disappearance incident, when he was confined within the barrier for several days, then the power of the divine beast entered the student’s body through the divine tree…”
It was too detailed to be a ridiculous fact, and it was full of credibility because it was a fact told by a person named Eunhyeon.
In the first place, it goes without saying that in the short period of nearly three months, Erin is producing excellent grades along with her amazing growth in Aether, and she even made a feat of catching the demon that attacked the nobles of Pernin.
The absurd growth rate and the feat that is unbelievable for a young girl.
If her growth and the source of her powers were part of the powers inherited from Shinsoo, she would be convinced.
“But… That’s why it’s troublesome.”
Since she was Erin and no one else, this is an unthinkable problem.
Because she already had a number of her students who were beginning to look at her with her petulant gaze.
According to Cecilia, her professor, who is in charge of the class, Cecilia’s current class, which Erin belongs to, seems okay on the outside, but she knows that the atmosphere inside her is no different from the worst.
With her overgrowth and her success in hunting down demons, her fame began to spread throughout her school, which was not a good thing for the children of the aristocratic family who usually harassed and ridiculed her.
“Why do you have to go to that student again…”
“The reason I am telling the principal of this story is because of what will happen in the future.”
“What’s next?”
“In the future, Erin will probably have a tough road to walk while receiving the jealousy and envy of many students. Just like the path that her older brother, Erwin, walked.”
The process of raising her status as a commoner at the appearance of a supernova superior to her, making up rumors that don’t exist, and suppressing them in fear of losing her place.
“Right now Erin is very similar to Elvin. She’s not similar, she’s probably worse than Elvin. She won’t do any less. She’s well away from graduation, as her exploits and reputation for demon hunting have already begun to gather a lot of attention. Whether she likes it or not, a lot of people are going to take notice of her Erin, and she has to get through it all.”
“… What do you want from me?”
“If you do something wrong, you should be punished. However, if she does not do anything wrong and she is put in an unfair situation and is treated unreasonably by her, then I hope that she will make her judgment about the child as fair as possible.”
“What if she doesn’t accept your request?”
“At that time, there was nothing I could do. If, by chance, it is known that the true identity of the power that resides in Erinn’s body is the power inherited from the sacred trees and divine beasts, which are the source of this school… Wouldn’t that be good for the principal too?”
Oliver, who hated Eunhyeon’s grinning face so much, didn’t answer Eunhyeon’s question with an expression as if he had bitten a bug.
Currently, the only people who know about Erin’s physical condition are the man named Eun-hyeon in front of her, herself, the black witch, and perhaps the Duke of Armitas and the Marquis of Olivion.
If the existence of divine beasts spreads throughout the world, including the royal family, through the source of power for Erinn, it will not only be Erin that will be in trouble, but also Oliver, who is in charge of this school.
Like it or not, a symbiotic relationship has been formed between Erin and herself, in which they have to keep secrets and help each other.
In the end, a situation came where she had no choice but to forcibly accept Eun-hyeon’s request by weaving herself like the threads of her spider’s web.
“Okay…”
Oliver nodded weakly and accepted Eunhyun’s words.
“Thank you. I want to set up a place where I can treat you to a meal someday.”
“I absolutely do not want to be involved with you any more.”
“Then there is nothing you can do about it.”
Eunhyun smiled and bowed her head, greeted her, and left the school room.
“It’s time to finish soon.”
Eunhyun immediately left the building and spent the time leaning against the front door of the school, waiting for Erin to come out.
“Hey.”
“Hmm?”
Eun-hyeon wondered if she was the voice calling her, so she turned her head in the direction she heard the voice.
Seeing a female student staring at her, she immediately recognized that the owner of the voice calling her was the female student in front of her.
And the face of the girl who called her was also a person in Eun-hyeon’s memory.
“I don’t think we’re in a relationship where we’re looking at each other and laughing haha.”
“…”
The female student’s name is Marva Berman, she was the female student who acted as the head of the three female students who previously bullied Erin, and she was the female student who even received death threats from Eun-hyeon.
Looking at Eunhyun’s face still reminds me of her back then, Marva was trembling little by little as she wrapped her arms around her own.
“Please look at my father.”
“Viscount Berman?”
“I heard that you told the doctor how to treat the nobles who were victims of the aristocrat raid in Pernin.”
“Ah, then.”
When Eun-hyeon met the fourth victim with Rio de, she remembered her doctor who had changed with great enthusiasm, as if a extinguished ember started to flare up after listening to Eun-hyeon’s advice.
At the same time, Viscount Berman was also a victim of the aristocrat raid.
Viscount Berman had a history of stealing gold coins together while turning a blind eye to Renion Hersha’s embezzlement of breach of trust. There was a bar intentionally attacking Viscount Berman in order to cover it up.
“Please… Please see my father just once.”
Marva’s current appearance had disappeared from the previous bullying Erin, and if necessary, she was very desperate, ready to grab even the crotch of Eunhyun’s pants.
“Now that the system has been set up to some extent, the doctors will pay attention and manage it. Do you have any reason to come to me?”
“The raid caused me to lose a lot of energy, and other complications arose.”
“Moreover, it is not a problem that can be solved by me getting involved.”
“Please! The doctor who treated my father said that maybe you could!”
“No.”
Eunhyeon resolutely refused Marva’s request.
He didn’t mean to think of the victims of the attack in a disgraceful way, but he didn’t feel sorry for them and didn’t want to treat them either.
Rather, she even thought that according to her karma she sowed, she herself would return all of that karma.
‘It’s funny that I’m thinking like this.’
On the outside, he didn’t show it, but on the inside, he smiled at his dejection and laughed a lot.
Wasn’t it none other than himself who had made the choice to sacrifice a small number of colleagues and people in order to save more people?
‘Someday, the moment will come for me to return all of my karma.’
At that time, Eun-hyeon was convinced that a future in which she could die comfortably would never be drawn.
[Hey. Just don’t think too sad.]
‘Goddess.’
Eunhyeon closed her eyes at the sight of Belldandy gently stroking her hair.
After a short thought, Eun-hyeon opened her mouth as she looked at her Marva with a determined face.
“Great. Let’s put conditions on it.”
“Article… Case?”
“If Erin agrees to examine your father. I will also examine your father.”
“…”
Marva’s face, which had little anticipation, crumpled at once.
She, too, knew very well what choices Erin would make.
“He… There was no way he would make that choice for me.”
Marva was the student who bullied Erin in front of her, who had been demoted to the status of a commoner after her title was forfeited, and her mother, father, and older brother were all dead.
Marva also knew this, so she couldn’t bear to talk to Erin now with the purpose of introducing her Eunhyun.
The reason why Marva, who knew about the relationship between Eun-hyeon and Erin, came to Eun-hyeon directly and asked for this request, not through her Erin, was also that she was reluctant to ask Erin to meet her Eun-hyeon. Because it was the cause.
“Then it can’t be helped.”
Eunhyun slowly turned her head and stared at the Aether building.
Already, some students were coming out of the building to go home after class, and of course, Erin was among them.
Erin also saw Eun-hyeon waiting for her at her front door, and her complexion visibly brightened, and she often jumped towards her Eun-hyeon.
“Hyunah! Uh… ?”
Erin, who belatedly found Marva Berman standing next to her Eunhyun, widened her eyes and put on a puzzled expression.
When she sent her questioning gaze to Eun-hyeon asking why the two of them were together, Eun-hyeon immediately opened her mouth.
“There is something this student wants to ask me.”
“I want to ask… Day?”
“I’m going to leave the decision-making power to you.”
“Huh… ?”
At Eunhyeon’s words, Erin looked at Marva with a puzzled expression.
Erin’s gaze was awkward, but Marva’s figure, which was holding her own one arm tightly, turned her head and tried not to meet her gaze with her Erin, was her usual nobility. It was a completely different, weaker look than the one who emphasized knowledge, asserted his status, and persecuted himself.
“How will we do it?”
“What is that…”
“Will you listen to this guy? Shall we not?”
“…”
“What do you want to do?”
As Eunhyeon urged Erin to give her answer, silence began to linger between the three of them.
