Chapter 1140 – #271_Vendetta
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One.
Go back in time to the point when Lydia’s death was certain.
In other words, it was right before Lydia’s funeral.
“Get ready.”
Lydia’s secretary, dressed in black mourning clothes, bluntly gave orders to the children.
The children, who had unpacked their belongings from their double dorm rooms, are gathered in the garden of Angel’s House with puzzled expressions on their faces.
The children lined up in a messy line, feeling slightly afraid of the always blunt director.
One of them approaches the secretary cautiously, as if approaching a tiger.
“Director.”
The secretary knows the child’s name.
Patricia.
She was particularly shy, and as she was the most outgoing child among her peers, she was especially afraid of the secretary, the director of this orphanage.
“… Where is Lydia?”
“…”
Patricia asked her secretary, suppressing the urge to run away immediately.
As Patricia gathered her courage, the other children also asked questions.
“That’s right. She said, “Where’s mommy?”
“I miss Lydia…”
The children are too scared of the director to ask questions openly, but they ask questions using a child’s unique way of talking to themselves.
The reason they were gathered together like this was to follow Lydia’s secret will.
Her will, which naturally filled in the gaps after Shin Si-woo killed her.
This is the first item mentioned in the will.
[As soon as Lydia Magnus’ death is confirmed, all children at Angel’s House will be returned to their biological mothers.]
Lydia’s death was certain.
Because she was found on the beach, with her limbs cut off and her brand empty and completely spiritually destroyed.
The godmother of Ras Werpanas is truly dead.
“You will return to your biological mother.”
When the secretary opened her mouth, the children blinked as if she was startled.
However, before they could fully understand the secretary’s words, several witches walked through the front door of Angel’s House.
They were all in fear, and were doing their best to hide it.
“Please come to the front in the order your name is called. Isabella, Charlotte, Patricia…”
They are the real mothers of the ‘angels’ that Lydia made from her meat sacks and threw in her closet.
So, it means that he is the teacher who actually handed down the bowl.
“Welcome… I really missed you…”
“Really, my… “Are you my mom?”
“Shallot… ! “I am your teacher!”
“My… Master… ?”
The children, who were confused, ran towards their biological mother in the order in which their names were called.
Although everyone may have felt a sense of shock, at least from the outside, it was a dramatic reunion of separated families.
Young children may be thrilled that ‘their own mother’ has appeared, but as their biological mother, they are probably not at all.
Because they were forced to receive a prophecy and put down a bowl, there would be no face-to-face meeting.
Isn’t it the witch’s fault that there was no blood connection in the first place?
However, at the secretary’s coercive request, they, acting as biological mothers, shed tears as they hugged their student for the first time as if they were their daughters.
There will be a feeling of relief that you survived, so all the tears won’t be entirely false.
However, not all children were accepted into their arms obediently.
“My mother is Lydia! “I don’t know a woman like this!”
“Director! I want to stay here! Please call Lydia! Sister Lydia!!!”
The purpose of the Angel House itself is blind faith in Lydia.
The older the child was, the more often she cried out for her ‘real mother’, Lydia.
“I can’t do that. “The angel’s house will now disappear.”
“Yes? Why! “I want to stay here!”
“No no! “I miss you, Lydia!”
The secretary left the angel’s house, shaking off the crying children and leaving the rest to the new employee.
She also caught a glimpse of her own mother, who seemed to be struggling and trying to console the children who were crying loudly.
“…”
In fact, the secretary who had been by Lydia’s side for the longest time was also knowledgeable about her know-how in operating Angel House.
If she wanted to, she could hijack Lydia’s position and monopolize her children’s faith.
In a public society where no one can be easily trusted, we are well aware of the great value of an absolute faith that is stronger than blood ties.
She is the Witch of the Gold Coin and knows that she needs at least one more power to top Solidus, which is about to lose its central point and collapse.
Nevertheless, the secretary followed Lydia’s will.
Testament.
Words left behind by those who have left for those who remain.
Its effectiveness is proportional to the affection and respect for the deceased.
“Mother…”
Only when no one was watching did the secretary sit down in her place, crouching down and shaking her shoulders for a while.
2.
“… Umm…”
Nairi opened her eyes in the silence.
“Uh…”
As soon as his light-colored eyes spotted Siwoo, he jumped up from the bed.
As she tried to raise her body, which was unable to move as intended, she must have felt a stabbing pain, and her complexion turned white.
“Are you okay. Lie down and rest.”
“That can’t be possible…” . How dare I…”
“I said it’s okay.”
When I pressed my forehead and spoke, Iri relaxed her body and opened her eyes wide as if she had noticed something.
Because she remembered the firm grip she held on her own hand when she woke up.
“I’m sorry, godfather… Did you really stay by my side all night?”
She was so sad that I just held her hand and held it tightly.
There is no need to deny it.
“What… “It’s difficult.”
“Ah…”
Iri touched her hand and her body trembled, like a devout believer who had met the Pope and been blessed.
Her tears also flow freely.
The way she looked when she was older was different from any type of relationship she had ever experienced.
She literally sends her faith with such earnestness and complete trust and respect that it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is foolish.
Even if Siwoo tries to kill Nairi on her whim, he will show the back of her neck without resistance.
She feels a sense of disconnect because she knows that the reason for this is simply because Si-woo was named as godfather in the ‘will’ written by Lydia.
All Siu did was kill her godmother Lydia, whom she loved so much.
The legacy Lydia left behind was very heavy.
Her purpose must not be lost.
The reason Si-woo heals Nairi, who suddenly broke in, and watches her all night is to ask her everything as soon as she wakes up.
Even though Iri tried to persuade me to just lie down, I got down on his knees and started talking.
“So what happened?”
3.
Lydia Magnus’ funeral was small.
The location is ‘Almak Club’, a building that represents the top of Solidus and where Magnus’ workshop was located.
Since it was held in a format that allowed entry only to invited guests, the total number of mourners did not exceed 30.
The Solidus Merchant Marine had many exploits and outcasts under its command, but with its leader dead, it ended up being treated like a kite with no strings attached.
Nairi, who wanted to commemorate her godmother’s last days, also attended her funeral, where she was offered a dinner by Lydia Magnus’ secretary.
Nairi felt it the moment she received the offer.
This means that she prepared a separate space for the ‘capos’ of Ras Werpanas.
The true value of Las Werpanas lies in the fact that it is a completely secret organization.
It had to be because it had been Lydia’s most secret trick since her birth.
Even the members do not know each other, and under the ‘Capo’, who is an executive, a member of the House of Angels, whose face they know from the beginning, is assigned as a subordinate.
However, an exception applies in the unprecedented case of the death of the godmother without formal succession.
The fact that only 7 out of 13 capos responded to the round table conference originally used to call the daughters proves that the method used so far is bound to be creaky.
The ‘secretary’ who has been assisting Lydia for the longest time has been the director of the House of Angels for a very long time, and she must have known all the members of Werphanas, so she must have gathered her sisters together to discuss the future.
25 daughters gathered in the secret lounge of the Almak Club.
They were quite embarrassed as they faced each other without masks or camouflage magic to cover their faces.
Although I didn’t say it directly, I thought, ‘Huh? ‘You too?’ ‘Huh? It wasn’t difficult to predict that he would be feeling the same way.
Because I met a witch whom Nairi had quite a conflict with, and felt embarrassed.
When everyone was wearing black mourning clothes and veils and expressing their condolences in unison.
“Thank you for accepting the invitation. “People who came a long way also suffered.”
A secretary appeared.
This witch, whom everyone knows only as ‘Secretary’, has neither her witch name nor her name.
From what she heard, she said she would give everything to Lydia, but she abandoned her herself.
I don’t know who started it, but everyone just called him ‘Fin’.
Secretary, so Finn’s hierarchy is level 19.
It is not even close to the average Werpana combatant, who was used as a dupe and assassination agent.
Nevertheless, everyone bows their heads to her to show her respect.
As she was the eldest daughter who had been assisting Lydia since ancient times, she was a witch who was worthy of respect.
Although she did not know her identity at the time, she was also everyone’s ‘Director.’
When everyone gathered in their seats, Finn spoke.
“I will proceed with the story, believing that everyone has confirmed the will. Lydia Magnus, the Witch of Gold, was the mother of us all. “You left your last words, suggesting the path forward for our Werpana.”
All the Werpana gathered here recited the contents of the will.
“As soon as the death of Lydia Magnus is confirmed, all children at the Angel House will be returned to their biological mothers.”
“Following the death of Lydia Magnus, Xin Xiu will inherit all rights and duties as the Godmother of Las Werpanas and will have full access to all funds of the organization.”
“All Werpana swear absolute loyalty to Shin Si-woo and absolutely follow his instructions.”
“If Shin Si-woo’s orders are not respected like Lydia’s orders, the member of the organization will be immediately excommunicated.”
“Shin Si-woo’s succession to governance is confirmed through the artifact ‘Round Table Conference.'”
As if reading a passage from the Bible, the contents of the will flowed out of the mouths of 25 people without a single discrepancy.
Even though many of the contents included clauses that said people should follow the person who killed their mother, whom they respected and loved the most, no one seemed to be swayed.
“Mother’s words are absolute, and we must follow them. “Even if it’s a will I don’t understand, it’s my godson’s duty to obey it if it’s something you have instructed me to do.”
Nairi felt an instinctive sense of discomfort.
Suddenly, an invisible line appeared between the Werpnas that were naturally mixed together.
A blank space was created between the two groups of witches, those who gathered around Finn and those who did not.
“But. A mother’s legacy is not in this piece of paper. “It’s absolutely bullshit to say that Shin Si-woo, who killed his mother, will be given that legacy.”
Finn’s eyes glow slowly.
At the same time, the witches lined up as if guarding Finn begin to raise their magic power one by one.
“What are you doing!”
“Are you out of your mind? “You’re doing something like this!”
The goddaughters stood on the other side of Finn’s group as the battle suddenly unfolded.
So, the witches, including Nairi, who would have probably responded to the ‘Godfather’s Round Table’, were confused.
“Then where is your mother’s support?”
Finn placed his hand on his chest and continued his words calmly.
“It is in the heart of our Werpana.”
Lydia used her daughters instrumentally.
From the very beginning, it was a planned and twisted relationship.
They were promised absolute loyalty, and even after Lydia’s death, they were designed to operate within the absolute rules laid out by Lydia.
All Werpana swear absolute loyalty to Shin Si-woo and absolutely follow his instructions.
If Shin Si-woo’s orders are not respected like Lydia’s orders, the member of the organization concerned will be immediately excommunicated.
He believed that if he inserted the same clause into his will, everything from then on would proceed as he wished.
“He is not our godfather.”
But there was something even the great Lydia didn’t expect.
“Kill Shin Si-woo. “That is what the sisters in solidarity with me mean.”
The irrationality brought about by the emotion called love.
It was the daughter’s desire to avenge her mother even if it meant depriving her of her daughter’s qualifications.
