Chapter 264 – Side Story 7: With Ex-Wife Ashley at the Disaster Site (14)
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An hour before Naru met the two Ashleys.
The Queen’s barracks were quickly erected at the disaster site.
Queen Isabella sitting at a wooden table.
Ashley sat on the other side.
There was a heavy silence between the two people.
“You were here too.”
The queen’s voice was cold.
“We called all the nobles because of the disaster, so is it natural for them to be here?”
“Well, I hung on. “The Archduke never looked for me first.”
“Done. What is the point of talking about that? “That person is going back and forth between life and death.”
The Queen looked at Ashley for a moment and then continued.
“Did he treat you well?”
“Yes… “
“I got divorced?”
“But you did a good job.”
Ashley nodded her head slowly.
Then she muttered in a low voice.
“He told me that he cared for me and loved me.”
At that moment, a wrinkle appeared between the queen’s eyebrows.
The queen strangely felt jealous of Ashley.
Ashley was Naru’s first woman, and she was the only woman to experience life as a real wife.
She felt that he might threaten her position as his wife, so she naturally became wary.
“That’s something you say to any woman.”
“It didn’t feel like that. Because they think of me as special.”
Ashley didn’t try to hide it.
In order to be reunited, her queen’s presence was a mountain that had to be overcome.
“Even though we got divorced, he still likes me. It’s not wrong to fall in love again with people you once loved. Can you suppress those feelings? We lived together for several years. Just the two of us in one room. Even though we broke up because of my fault, I still love him. And he forgave me. Me… “
“They said they would accept you again?”
“Yes… We promised to get married again. The queen loves him too, right? I won’t bother her. I will hold my wedding quietly and live my life as if I were dead. Furthermore, I will live as if I am not his wife, so please forgive us… “
The queen’s eyes gradually became sharper.
She looked like a lioness wanting to eat the bold deer in front of her.
But she is older.
If she had been younger, she would have hit Ashley’s head with all her blood, but now that she is in her mid-40s, she has the generosity to think twice.
Moreover, it was a sin for me to have a younger husband, even though we were 20 years older than him.
The groom’s cock was so vigorous that, as an older wife, I had to close my eyes to ensure a smooth married life in order to handle him.
Because I don’t want to be separated from him.
As someone who loved him, it was something I had to endure even though I was disappointed.
The queen drew her sigh from deep within her chest and let out a loud sigh.
“Whoa.”
That’s how I let go of my anger.
“I understand your position well. Now let’s work together and think of a way to save Naru.”
“Are you accepting me?”
Queen Isabella smiled evilly.
“If you come back alive.”
The queen planned to send Ashley to Naru’s dream.
If Ashley failed in the process, she would lose her life like Naru.
***
“The Archduke’s body was eaten up to his buttocks!”
“I’m in big trouble. If it’s any later, it seems like everything will be eaten!”
A pit containing Naru and the ancient monster Muzu.
People were looking down.
Until yesterday, Naru’s body, bitten by a monster, could be seen up to her waist, but today she was in a huge mouth up to her buttocks.
It was being sucked into the mouth little by little.
“You’re here. Have you decided to enter the world of dreams?”
Queen Isabella and Ashley appeared at the scene where Electra finished preparing for the ceremony.
Ashley’s eyes looked like someone prepared for her own death.
“I will go.”
“All right. Let’s get started right away.”
The queen held Ashley’s hand.
“If you find Naru and bring him back, I will reward you.”
“Which… A prize?”
“Look forward to it.”
She just said that and stood aside.
Electra quickly began her ritual.
“On the way to Grand Duke Naaru’s dream, all kinds of evil spirits will disturb you. They can’t hurt you. Don’t be afraid and keep moving forward.”
Soon, blue mana spurted out from Electra’s body as she chanted an unknown spell.
The mana enveloped Ashley’s body, and soon blue butterflies suddenly appeared and fluttered around her.
“Inhale the smoke.”
Electra held out a lit candlestick.
The moment Ashley inadvertently inhales her smoke,
“Ah… “
The queen quickly helped her as she lost her senses and fell down.
“Now it’s up to her.”
Queen Electra and Isabella looked side by side toward the pit.
“… If you save Naru. “I will let you into the royal family.”
***
Ashley was already walking alone in the dark.
There was a bright light at the end.
‘Is there a long entrance into her husband’s dream?’
I walked while looking at the only light.
-Why did you come here?
I hear someone’s voice.
It was very sinister and dark.
-Are you really here to save Kang Na-ru?
Ashley nodded quickly with a scared expression on her face and continued walking.
-He is a playboy. I don’t spare you. What are you looking for?
She didn’t answer.
-Do you want to get divorced again?
The guy only said hurtful things to Ashley, but Ashley didn’t respond until the end and passed by safely.
Then again, an unknown evil spirit flew closer.
-Evil bitch! You hurt Naru! That was a very bad bitch! What kind of guts did you have to come here! The person who should save Naru is not you, but another woman! Ask that woman to come see you! If you ask for it, it’s unfair!
Evil spirits flocked in one after another.
-On the topic of the girl who abandoned Naru!
-Do you want to marry again and then abandon him again when he breaks down?
-You bitch like a parasite! It’s hard to make a living, so look at them trying to borrow money again!
Every single word was pierced into her heart.
Ashley soon began to shed tears.
As she cried, she continued walking toward the light.
Her demons even changed her voice to appease her.
-Is it possible to save the hero?
-You will die too. Run away now.
-Maybe only you die and only Kang Na-ru lives. Aren’t you afraid?
The light seemed close, but not at all.
Ashley had already been walking for 24 hours.
Beside her, the demons kept alternating between carrots and sticks, muttering terrible words.
-You want to give up. Hurry up and give up. It’s going to be thrown away anyway, so you should throw it away first.
-There are dozens of women in Naru Kang alone. You are just one of those women. It’s easy to get thrown away.
-It may be okay now, but as you get older, you will be pushed aside by younger people. Are you confident? Why does a warrior look for you with wrinkles?
And so time passes.
Two days, three days, four days.
I continued walking.
Now even my steps are unsteady.
I couldn’t even stand properly.
The blisters on her feet burst, the flesh tore, and blood flowed.
“Ah… Ah… “
Ashley eventually crawled across her floor and made her way to the light.
Seeing her persistent will and vitality, her demons clicked their tongues.
-I wasn’t that kind of bitch before, but I’ve changed!
-I was a year full of vanity!
The evil spirits swore and disappeared.
And Ashley finally crawled to the light and passed through it.
“Uh… ?”
The place we soon arrived at was a disaster site lined with barracks.
She was just like the world she was in.
In addition, her exhausted stamina quickly recovered, and she was able to stand up again.
“We have to find her husband!”
Recovering her strength in an instant, she hurriedly ran towards Naru’s barracks.
***
“Honey, I’m real!”
“That woman is fake! I’m real! “Listen to me!”
“W-what the hell…” “
Naru looked left and right at her with a blank expression.
There were two Ashleys.
There was nothing different about her from her face to her toes.
Even the clothes were the same.
“Who is real… ?”
“Because it’s me!”
“It’s me!”
“This is a dream! You are now fighting an ancient monster called Muzu! That bitch must be Muzu!”
“… Muz?”
Ah.
Something… Something, something.
I want to remember it.
“That woman is Muzu! Queen Isabella and people are waiting outside the dream! They sent me here! “Bring you to your senses!”
“Do not lie! I’m the one they sent! You must be Muz! “You cunning devil!”
“You are the devil! You naughty bitch! “Stop pretending to be me!”
“Honey! I’m going to beat this bitch! “If I get hit, I’ll run away!”
“You know how to pull out all your hair!”
When the two were trying to stick their fingernails together, Naru intervened and hastily stopped them.
“Wait! Everyone calm down!”
Naru had the ‘Seven Senses’, a warrior’s skill.
Ability to transcend the five senses.
However, the seven senses were not activated, perhaps because this was a dream world.
Because of that, it was difficult to tell which one was the real Ashley.
“Come here you bitch! “I told you to pull out all the hair!”
“Naughty bitch! Don’t cheat on my husband! I will kill you!”
“Both of you be quiet!”
When Naru shouted, they both shut their mouths at the same time.
I was glad to hear one thing well.
“So, right now, this is a dream, and I’m fighting an ancient monster called Muzu in the real world?”
“I’m about to get eaten by Moose. “The two of them are fighting for power.”
“He has lost his mind and is stubbornly holding on! “You have to escape from here with me quickly!”
“Why don’t I have any memories of Muzu…?” ?”
“I guess that guy erased his memory!”
“I guess they did it to trap me in a dream for the rest of my life!”
“But are you two Ashley? “Aren’t they both fake?”
“I’m real!”
“Honey, it’s Ashley!”
They insist that each other is real.
Naru’s head hurt.
‘Given the information you gave me, one of the two may actually be true. It’s only a dream that Queen Isabella is here and people are watching… Did you send Ashley to save me? Hmm… ‘
Finally, after finishing her thoughts, Naru spoke to them.
“From now on, we’re going to take a test to find out who is the real Ashley. “If you refuse to do what I ask or do something else that I didn’t ask you to do, I will definitely think you are a fake.”
