Chapter 1141 – #271_Vendetta(2)
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Finn, the eldest daughter, defied Lydia’s will and vowed revenge with the other goddaughters.
In truth, anyone could have predicted this.
Shin Si-woo, who killed the godmother, cannot become the godfather.
Because Las Werfanas’ loyalty is to Lydia Magnus.
Isn’t that a very simple and common proposition?
However, considering Las Werfanas’ loyalty to Lydia, this situation is not typical.
The goddaughters’ loyalty to Lydia is akin to faith.
Even the obvious fact that ‘a witch exists for magic’ does not apply to the Werfanas.
To them, Lydia’s will is like a doctrine.
Every word she spoke is a reason for living, and an inviolable value that must be upheld even if it means sacrificing their lives.
Therefore, Finn’s vow of revenge, even at the cost of abandoning her ‘goddaughter’ status, and the mindset of the other sisters who followed her, were by no means trivial.
The total number of Werfanas is 46.
At the time, 25 were gathered at the Almak Club, and all 13 Capos attended the banquet.
Six Capos and their subordinates sided with Finn’s revenge, attacking Nairy and the sisters who tried to follow Lydia’s will.
Las Vengadoras, a private organization formed around Finn after abandoning the name of Werfana, means the avengers.
At the banquet, a total of 15 Werfanas, including Nairy, opposed the Vengadoras, but the strength between the two different groups of sisters varied.
The majority of Las Vengadoras were the working-level personnel who had been in charge of ‘assassination,’ ‘sabotage,’ and ‘dirty work.’
On the other hand, the Werfanas who tried to follow Lydia’s will were mostly from the management side.
“Why on earth are you doing this…?”
“I’ve already secured cooperation from the sisters scattered throughout the world. There’s nothing more meaningless than fighting among ourselves. Think for yourself what’s right.”
If they had met as enemies, they would have killed each other to eliminate future threats, but they are sisters.
Finn, who succeeded in suppressing them without a single casualty, continued her calm and persistent persuasion.
In the process, seven people joined the Vengadoras, and only a few, including Nairy, resisted persuasion until the end.
“Many sisters followed Finn’s will. I am truly, truly sorry.”
The main reason was that Si-woo lacked proper legitimacy, Nairy said, as if even mentioning it was impious and apologetic.
He is not a meritorious person, and even a Count of Gehenna, and the one who killed Lydia, is he really the successor?
The doubt that he might have usurped the title of godfather through unfair means fueled their cooperation.
Finn, who had tried to win them over with the utmost tolerance and patience, was ruthless to the sisters who did not yield until the end.
The moment they sided with Si-woo, a lot of information would be leaked in reverse.
Therefore, she boldly drew the sword of purge.
Just like when she made ‘meat sacks’ in the House of Angels, she took away their consciousness and threw them into the underground prison forever.
“I saw an opportunity and escaped. But I was immediately tracked.”
Nairy, who had dramatically escaped by using her experience in the counterintelligence agency within Solidus, heard that Si-woo was traveling around location points all over the world and moved to meet him.
She came into the guest room covered in blood because she had been attacked by the Vengadoras who were in the current world.
Listening to Nairy’s words, Si-woo already felt several discomforts.
To be precise, there were numerous suspicious circumstances.
“Nairy.”
“The twenty-sixth daughter listens to your words.”
When he stopped the explanation and asked, Nairy immediately lowered her body and answered in a soft voice.
“Then you were inside Hexennacht until recently? But I sealed the ‘door.’ How did you get out?”
Let’s say it’s possible that a bloodied Nairy squeezed into the hotel room.
He had personally experienced impossible probabilities while tracking down Sister Periwinkle.
“The late godmother had already secured a ‘kernel.’ The Solidus Trading Company was secretly monopolizing it.”
The ‘door’ of Hexennacht was made by imitating the ‘door’ of Gehenna.
The ‘door’ that had many troubles before the repair of Si-woo’s superior.
Now, the door of Gehenna has completely overcome the kernel, cracks, and temporary malfunctions, but Hexennacht has not.
There was a backdoor left over from the past that used homunculi.
Then it makes sense that Nairy was able to get out.
“This is a headache.”
So how should he deal with this situation?
Should he stop tracking Sister Periwinkle in the current world for now?
From the beginning, he didn’t think he could swallow such a large group without any problems.
An ordinary witch cannot catch Si-woo, but the combat personnel of Las Werfanas, carefully selected by Lydia, are a sufficient risk factor.
He might be able to handle one or two, but he couldn’t say for sure if he could handle several at the same time.
Si-woo still needs rest.
“Godfather, the sisters are just confused.”
As the silence grew longer, Nairy spoke in a pitiful voice, like a puppy about to be abandoned.
On the contrary, he wanted to ask.
“What about you?”
“…I was also confused. But I will follow the godfather.”
“Because that’s Lydia’s will?”
“Yes.”
“Any other reason besides that?”
“That’s… that’s…”
Nairy couldn’t answer right away.
This relationship is still abnormal.
Due to the lack of evidence, he could not trust Nairy with peace of mind.
From the beginning, there was no guarantee that this situation itself was not a trap.
Perhaps sensing the color of distrust spreading like paint, Nairy’s expression darkened.
And then, as if determined, she grabbed Si-woo’s hand and made him grab her slender neck.
“Since my mother entrusted the reason for my life to you. The life and death of this lowly body is entirely up to the godfather’s will. If I can prove my loyalty by sacrificing my life, I will gladly do so.”
“……”
“If not, please order me to do anything. I will follow the godfather’s orders right away.”
“……”
He doesn’t really want to, but just passing it over is a problem.
Si-woo ordered in the coldest tone possible.
“Commit suicide here.”
“Yes, as the godfather commands.”
In an instant, the little magic power left in Nairy’s body surged, and it flared up as if to burn her magic circuit in an instant.
A witch’s suicide method that deliberately induces a magic power runaway and burns the brain and brand at the same time with the heat.
As a member of Werfana, whose life depends on secrecy, Nairy’s suicide method was frighteningly efficient and certain.
“You crazy!”
Si-woo, who thought she would hesitate for about a second, was horrified and suppressed her, forcibly stuffing magic power into her body.
He uses his magic eye, which can read the flow of magic power, to the fullest to stop Nairy’s magic power, which is trying to continue self-destruction like dominoes.
Nairy, who was embraced by Si-woo, widened her eyes and was shocked by the feeling that a huge giant was enveloping her body.
Moving the magic power inside another witch’s body requires a huge gap.
But Si-woo was doing it so easily.
He personally pushed magic power into Nairy’s body and used it to completely take away control.
“Ah, the godfather’s magic power is inside my body… so full…”
Nairy trembled, immersed in emotion as if receiving heavenly grace.
“Haa…”
Si-woo, who had stopped her suicide, sighed, sweating profusely.
Of course, it was a test.
He ordered her to commit suicide because he was confident that he could stop her to some extent.
But Nairy chose suicide without any countermeasures, as soon as she received Si-woo’s order.
She didn’t even consider whether he would actually stop her or if he had the ability to do so.
There are 46 such goddaughters.
Once again, he is convinced that if he had fought Lydia, who was a little more prepared, he could never have guaranteed victory.
“Can you trust me now?”
“…I lost.”
Nairy smiled faintly for the first time since meeting Si-woo.
Just when it seemed like a heartwarming scene was about to unfold.
-Thump
A dull tremor of magic power and a unique wave of the otherworld barrier covered Si-woo and Nairy.
Here’s a thrifty tip for living in the current world.
A suddenly unfolded otherworld barrier = an attack.
“What is this…?”
“Looks like Las Vengadoras or whatever they’re called came.”
“I’m sure I shook them off…”
Unlike Nairy, who was quite embarrassed, Si-woo had a sense of what was going on.
Isn’t this too easy of a problem?
Nairy, the only one who had contact with Si-woo as a ‘guide’, escaped from Hexennacht so easily?
Even if she was attacked afterwards, didn’t things go too smoothly?
The series of situations is artificial.
It might have worked on the old Shin Si-woo, but from the perspective of someone who has gained experience in many ways, it is obvious.
“They deliberately let you go. To find me.”
From the beginning, the reason he tested Nairy was to confirm that she was a ‘voluntary bait.’
In many ways, it doesn’t seem like that, so Nairy is probably an ‘unaware bait.’
Si-woo immediately went to the window and expanded his senses.
The number of pursuers caught by the magic power’s touch was one great witch and about eight others.
It’s not a difficult force to escape from if he only thinks about running away.
“You don’t have to feel sorry. We couldn’t keep running away forever.”
He comforts Nairy, who seems about to cry from shock, and quickly continues.
“You said there are several Werfanas who doubt my legitimacy?”
He has no intention of running away aimlessly.
First, he has to face them.
“Yes, yes…”
“Then we’ll just have to show them.”
Si-woo took out the ‘Mistilteinn,’ the magic item of the golden coin witch that he had prepared to give to Periwinkle, and headed to the battlefield without hesitation.
