Chapter 447 – Infinity, Labyrinth
Late at night.
Almost, close to dawn.
I took a quick shower from head to toe to avoid any other odors, washed and dried my body using cleaning magic, and opened the door to a quiet room and entered, wearing only the lightest clothes possible, in my natural state.
Saegeun, Saegeun.
A child sleeping deeply.
I thought it was a joke to say that it wouldn’t hurt if you put it in your eye, but this was the first child who made me realize that it wasn’t a joke at all.
There have been many women in my life who have passed by, but this child has given me a new life and life.
“Wow…”
“Shh-it.”
Did he wake up on my doorstep?
Or maybe he was slowly trying to wake up and woke up when he noticed my presence.
“Abba, mama…?”
“Yes, it’s Abama.”
My daughter, who looks just like Laura, but has a brown aura in her eyes.
“Miru, did you wake up because of me?”
“Yeah… No, Haam.”
Her daughter stretched, rubbing her sleepy eyes.
The child who grew up with the most love in the imperial palace, just about 5 years old.
“What’s going on?”
She is also Laura and I’s child, and thanks to the education of the other empresses, she is a child who not only has innate intelligence but also develops quite quickly.
“It felt like you were spending time with your mom and mom.”
“Hmm. I’m on my way after putting my mothers to bed.”
“I see. Well, every time Abamama comes to me like that, she always washes herself.”
“…”
I know that I shouldn’t do anything rashly in front of her children.
However, it is not easy to do so in a place called Fermaten.
“Miru. Do you want to look outside?”
“…”
This is a space without any windows.
There are many things to know about the world, such as books, but there is no environment where my child can look outside with his own eyes.
Even the sounds outside.
It would be possible to learn magic and send out a familiar to look outside, but that is difficult right now.
Sex education must be applied according to the child’s development and age, and the reality is that until then, the child must grow up quietly without any contact from anyone, befitting the name of a princess.
Because of Fermaten’s environment.
Because of the existence of the infinite labyrinth.
“Miru. Do you want to see the outside world before you become an adult?”
“I want to see you, but I know Abama won’t want that, so I’ll hold back.”
My daughter answered with a clear voice.
“Both Abama and Mama, I know very well that you are keeping me safe from something.”
“…”
Considering the fact that her daughter was in a poor educational environment as a Permaton, the restrictions that prevented her daughter from freely looking at the world even though she had the status of the only princess in this country were a curse itself. You can do it.
“I read the family records. Even Abamama was like this when she was young.”
“…Okay.”
Rouge Permaten.
Before I possessed her, before she became an adult, she lived like a prisoner in the family’s dungeon.
It is said that she was not even allowed to see sunlight and had to stay in an underground facility like a monk.
I don’t have that memory, but I know for sure from several records that Rouge Permaten had a rather unfortunate past.
That record has now been passed on to my daughter, and she has come to think that ‘freedom comes after you become an adult’ –
“Today, one day. I think this early morning will be okay. How would you like to look outside?”
“…Oh, no.”
At my suggestion her daughter shook her head vigorously.
“Once you see it, you’ll want to see it again and again. You’ll even get angry. Mama said you can’t do that.”
“It’s okay. That was until yesterday, and it will change from today.”
“Kyaaa?!”
I immediately lifted my daughter and put her on the horse.
“We have conquered the Infinite Labyrinth, the nemesis of our blood and family.”
“Really? Then the curse is…”
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t break the curse.”
I couldn’t see her daughter’s expression of her, but I could sense a slight tremor in her hands as she held my head like a seat belt.
“But rest assured, we will find a way someday, and we will allow you to freely look outside this castle before you become an adult.”
“That’s a promise. What the emperor said…”
“Before I become an emperor, I make a promise as a father.”
Jeopuk, Jeopuk.
Go up the stairs and arrive at the end.
“Look. This is Permaten. Unlike other times, today…It’s quiet and desolate.”
“Wow…!”
The view of Fermaten from the top floor of the imperial palace was quite beautiful.
It is fortunate that many of the island’s facilities are located almost perpendicular to the imperial palace where we are standing, so they are barely visible.
“For some reason, I think this is the first time I haven’t heard people complaining.”
“Well, I see.”
“I don’t think anyone is struggling, no one is suffering, no one is screaming. Really, it’s quiet right now.”
“Everyone enjoyed the festival, and the streets were cleaned with magic. All the people who were normally noisy disappeared.”
“Yes. Really…It’s nice that it’s quiet.”
I like the feeling of procrastination.
He is intelligent and has good senses, so he has a considerable ability to recognize things around him.
“Oh my mom is coming.”
“Your Majesty.”
The door opened, and Laura, who had changed into a nightdress, came inside.
“Miru. Please come down. Your Majesty, please come down too. My neck is tight.”
Unlike when she was in front of me, Laura treated her Miru with the kind, yet firm, motherly attitude she had.
“I’m sorry, Abama.”
“Uhm, no. Is it because I want to do this to you?”
I comforted Miru, who was depressed.
“Actually, it’s because I really want to receive this.”
“Your Majesty.”
“I will take Miru to her her room her her her, and on the way back, I will also give you a ride on the wooden horse.”
I signaled to Laura by squinting her eyes.
Laura wants her horse to sit in the opposite direction, but at least we can’t say that out loud in front of our daughter.
-Dad, how are babies born?
-Sex.
This is just a joke that someone made up, but what kind of parent would really talk directly about sex to their child?
If there were such parents, even the ruler of Permaten, a country of rape dictatorship, would assert that they do not provide such education.
“Your Majesty, but…” ” “
“It’s okay if it’s a quiet day like today.”
“…”
“You can’t censor in a free world, so you come and enjoy the time when you are most deeply asleep.”
“I like just looking at this.”
“…Really, who do you resemble to have such a kind heart? Huh?”
I held Miru in my arms.
“Promise. I hope that one day, the curse of the infinite labyrinth will be lifted and our whole family will travel to the entire continent-“
Moment.
Flashing.
Beyond the horizon, I felt like a red light was rising.
“What… ?”
“Your Majesty.”
“Your Majesty—!”
The door burst open, and Amy, dressed in a modest maid uniform, entered the room.
“I will report to you urgently-“
“I’m watching.”
Beyond the horizon, I can see the events that happened just a day ago taking place in the capital of Fermaten.
“In the past, when a new Infinite Labyrinth appeared, it was said that the sky turned red and a red pillar appeared.”
That red pillar.
“To commemorate clearing the 100th floor, it looks like the DLC is being distributed all over the world. Haha.”
Not one or two.
* * *
Southern continent.
“This is…”
“…”
A place where the white-skinned Rose Knights and the bronze-skinned Janissaries mingle together and show off each other’s skin.
“Captain, this is…”
“Shh.”
Lambert, a knight from a harem decorated like an imperial palace, gulped at the huge stake-like wedge that had fallen behind the garden.
“According to tradition, that could not be…”
Fuuuuuk.
The huge wedge quickly dug into the garden below.
It hit the ground so quickly that they had no time to react.
And.
Flashing.
An unknown building began to rise from the garden, and soon the stairs leading down to the basement began to cast an insidious light at the entrance of the building.
“What, the infinite labyrinth?! Why is something that should be in the Permaton Islands here… ?!”
“It seems that His Majesty succeeded in conquering the Infinite Labyrinth in the Islands.”
Lambert his swept bangs back from his forehead with one hand and smiled mischievously.
“What kind of males are there in the newly appeared infinite labyrinth?”
“Su, Sultan…!”
“Assemble the knights. And tell them to the Permaten Castle. The labyrinth that has appeared in the desert here…”
Grandpa.
“Knight, Lambert is going to take out even the anus.”
* * *
“…Infinite Labyrinth all over the world. Um, wait?”
If this happens.
“Laura! Follow me right now!!”
I held Miru and ran straight from the rooftop down the stairs.
“Ah, Your Majesty, this time you have a child…?”
“Huh, daughter?! You’re the princess!!”
Those who came out in a hurry at dawn saw the princess and quickly hid themselves, or adjusted her clothes and bowed her head.
“Abama…?”
“Ha, ha, ha, ha.”
Even with the help of the Shinhwa Stone, my breathing was getting a little rough, but I carefully approached the front of my destination.
The walls of Fermaten Castle.
A curse caused by Fermaten’s blood, a barrier that could never be crossed.
“…Laura. Hold off for a moment.”
“Yes.”
Laura just received a request from me.
“With this one step, please be free.”
Jeopuk, Jeopuk.
To others, it’s just a matter of taking one or two steps forward.
“Ah…!”
Me, finally.
“Runaway isn’t happening…?!”
Even though I escaped the limit of the Infinite Labyrinth, there was no sign of runaway occurring in the Infinite Labyrinth.
“Ah, is that so?”
The infinite labyrinth definitely exists in Permaten.
However, if the demon god spread the infinite labyrinth throughout the world and across all continents, then the curse would also spread throughout the world.
“…Has it become a disaster for all mankind?”
Maybe it’s a balance patch.
The treasure trove of infinite resources that only the Fermaten Empire possesses has now been spread around the world at random, which means that there may come an opportunity for the Fermaten to one day grow its strength based on the resources in the labyrinth and face a strong challenger.
However.
“Laura. Would you like to come here… With Miru?”
“…”
Like this, if my daughter, who has inherited the blood of Fermaten, can come out of the castle walls together with Laura.
“…Okay, okay.”
I will gladly accept the challenge.
“Daughter.”
“Yes…?”
“To commemorate gaining freedom, shall we go on a trip with my father and mother?”
I pointed far away, beyond the horizon where the sun was starting to rise.
“To conquer the labyrinth.”
The grinding never ends.
