Chapter 248 – 248. Confused Mind (2)
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While Yushin was hospitalized,
Many people came to visit the hospital.
“Huh, huh! Whoaaaaa!!!”
A small, cute blonde high elf girl started to cry heavily, pouring out thick tears.
Holding onto Yushin with both hands,
She sobbed loudly and sobbed to the point that even her runny nose dripped.
The loss of her arm and the appearance of Yushin, who seemed to be in decline, pushed her with a wave of sadness. She was so sorry, so sad that she couldn’t control her emotions and let her cry out.
“It will grow back later.”
“… Queue!びぅ! I’m not stupid enough to believe Master’s words.”
As Alone, who poured out violent tears, began to hiccup, she answered Yushin.
She snorted as she glared at Yushin with her tear-filled eyes. Yushin’s behavior of answering with an excuse that doesn’t make sense like covering his eyes and saying “Aung” Was savage.
She seems to continue to treat herself as a child….
The only thing I don’t like is Yoo-shin’s behavior of pretending to be an adult after losing her arm while fighting a monster.
“Seeing!”
Yushin held out her handkerchief.
At that, Alone glared at Yushin with her ferocious eyes, but she eventually accepted her favor and blew her nose into her handkerchief.
Because her mucus was so thick,
A cobweb formed between her handkerchief and her nose.
“Ugh, more.”
“Just wipe it up quickly!”
At Alone’s request, Yushin folded her handkerchief once and wiped Alone’s nose with her clean side.
“Gilead, are you okay?”
Asked Wallace, who had visited the hospital with Alone.
The family head of the Valencia family, who visited the hospital room with his daughter, showed a cautious appearance to Yoo-shin, who had lost his left arm.
He lost his arm fighting for the elves.
He was seriously injured in the battle with the monster forces that raided the sanctuary where the world tree, Bria, was located. Moreover, it is said that the beast that cut Yushin’s arm was Vortigan, the last monarch of the Vulcan Kingdom, who enslaved all of his compatriots over 800 years ago.
‘Vortigan…. I never thought that the monster I heard about from my grandfather was under the Oath of Demons. I’ve heard that Vortigan met his end with the Sword Saint.’
Vortigan, the tyrant of the Vulcan Kingdom.
The appearance of the monster, which was thought to have disappeared into long history, shocked the Council of Yetzirah.
He is the enemy of all elves.
Aren’t all the elves who fled to the Liberia Peninsula from slavery in the kingdom of Vulcanus? The existence of the tyrant who reigned over them while enslaving countless compatriots was an enemy worse than the demon king Savnak to the elves.
“Vortigan is a monster with eight embers…. He was a guy who had reached the level of the 8th speculum. Besides, he even uses the bizarre power of absorbing all the vitality of living things.”
If Vortigan had not been killed in time, the sanctuary of the World Tree would have become a barren land of death, deprived of all life force.
Yushin frowned as he recalled Vortigan’s horrible appearance.
He’s someone I never want to see again.
Yushin had fought against many strong men, but he picked Vortigan as the worst among them.
“Eight swords?! Is that possible?”
Alone exclaimed in surprise.
Surprised by Yushin’s explanation of Vortigan’s strength, he asked back.
8 speculum.
It is a state that has completely transcended its limits.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that he had reached the level of a half-god.
Allone, as well as Wallace, were shocked by Yushin’s explanation. He tried to keep his appearance as solemn as possible, but he couldn’t help but be astonished at the fact that there was a monster that reached the 8th speculum.
“Eight swords! Is that true? No, I’m not suspecting you….”
If the monster with the 8 swords went rampage, not only the World Tree and the sanctuary, but also all the elves in the Liberia Peninsula might have been annihilated.
The opponent is an ancient specter with a terrible notoriety,
It is a monster that left ferocity at the same time when pledgers representing the race were fierce and active. If Reinhilder hadn’t existed, Vortigan could have become a man’s pledger.
“Yes, it is all true. But he died in the end. Since all of his body was torn apart, he would not even dream of a resurrection.”
“Whoa… !!”
At Yushin’s words, Wallace cleared his shocked heart and let out a sigh of relief.
The monster of the 8th sword is dead.
It is unknown how he was resurrected after being killed by Sword Saint Reinhilder, but he was relieved to hear that he had died again.
“It might come back to life. I thought you were dead, but you said you were resurrected?”
“That’s why I completely tore my body apart. I confirmed over and over again that my breath had stopped.”
Yushin replied to Alone’s words.
Seeing Alone make a face as if she were afraid that a monster would appear in her dreams tonight,
She tapped her pretty nose.
“Ugh! You treat me like a child again!”
“You are a child.”
“They’re only three years apart!”
Alone exclaimed as if her horns were growing at Yushin’s behavior, which continued to treat her as a child.
Yushin burst into laughter.
Allone’s face turned red.
Wallace made a complicated expression at the behavior of the two, who showed a sweet atmosphere. Yushin Gilead, who wanted to support the relationship but was uncomfortable on the other hand, was definitely a person who was not lacking as a son-in-law, but as if he was constantly putting the brakes on, an uncomfortable feeling surged from one side of his heart.
‘Ardena must be longing for Gilead, too. Even Alone….’
It is the nature of elven women to be attracted to strong men. It was only natural that her own two daughters were attracted to Yushin. Besides, haven’t we built up a lot of memories while living under one roof?
I understand the feelings of the two daughters.
But from the point of view of her father, who has daughters who wouldn’t hurt to put them in her eyes, it was uncomfortable, complex, and at the same time filled with resentment.
“… If you weren’t human, at least if you were an elf, you wouldn’t have to worry about this.”
Wallace let out a deep sigh filled with her complexities at the sight of her little daughter fawning while being embraced by Yushin like a cat.
* * *
The hospital room where Yushin was hospitalized was one of the hottest places in the hospital.
It was also very popular among doctors.
This was because it was the hospital room where the demon king slayer who had defeated two demon kings in a row was staying, and it was the hospital room where the best people from Liberia’s elves came to visit every day.
Doctors and nurses made a bet on who would come today, showing excitement.
Hehe….”
The moment you enter the room,
There was a high elf woman who came out of the door with a shriek of fright.
She closed her mouth with both hands.
She then started to let out her cries as she sat down on the floor.
“Ugh, black….”
The sound of sobbing is blocked by both hands and can only be heard as a small sound.
However, as if there was no way to stop the tears dripping from her eyes, they flowed down to the floor riding her hands that covered her mouth.
‘Who is that wife?’
‘You’re the daughter of the Santander family! The high elf conglomerate family that dominates numerous industries, including the political world!’
‘There are rumors that the same high elf families also have tremendous wealth. It is said that it is enough to take a bath with more platinum coins than a mountain.’
Red hair bright like a burning flame and blue eyes shining like lapis lazuli,
It was Leticia Santander.
The only daughter of the Santander family.
Her future heiress, who will inherit the Santander family from her father, with an estimated total assets of 20 trillion Aether.
She is a gifted child who has never missed the top spot at Bria Academy, which is famous for being the most prestigious academy where only children of high elves can enter.
The daughter of the Santander family, who held many positions, was sitting in the hallway outside her hospital room, crying.
‘Uh, what should I do? Do I need to soothe… ?’
‘If you don’t want to be stamped on by the Santander family and ruin your life, wouldn’t it be better to keep quiet?’
When the doctors and nurses who quietly watched the situation were agonizing,
The young lady of the Santander family, who was sobbing while sitting down, wiped away her tears with the sleeve of her dress, and as if she had made up her mind about something, she opened the door to the hospital room she had closed and entered.
“Leticia.”
Vilen, who came to visit her in the hospital, and Yushin, who was talking about her, greeted Leticia with a bright smile.
Seeing that, I burst into tears again.
However, as a daughter of the Santander family, she held back the sobbing with her high self-esteem that she could never show disrespect in front of her teacher.
“… Is your body okay… ?”
Like I’m about to cry,
In a voice that sounded like her nose was choked, she asked Yoo-shin how she was doing.
Yushin replied to that.
“I’m okay. There’s nothing wrong with it. I can leave the hospital right now.”
Said, shrugging her shoulders.
But that only sounded like a credible lie because of her limp left arm sleeve.
How can I be okay
She lost one arm. It was a very serious result that the demon slayer of the Holy Empire, one of the leading heroes, became a one-armed person.
Even if a prosthetic hand made by a master craftsman was installed, it would not be able to replace the original arm. A prosthetic arm is just a tool that replaces the role of an arm, and it was impossible to completely replace a real arm. Knowing that, Leticia felt very sorry for her one-armed Yushin.
“I promise in the name of the Santander family! I will definitely support you with the best prosthetic arms!”
“Sir El Cid was supposed to arrange it.”
“Oh, the more the better! Other prosthetic arms might be better to use…. Even if it means scouring all over the continent, I, my dear disciple, will prepare the most suitable prosthetic arm for you!”
Sorrow grew into ferocious desire.
Showing her strong will, she vowed that she would provide a suitable prosthetic arm for Yushin.
She was what she was. It could be said that she is like the daughter of the Santander family, who is always steadfast in dealing with problems.
If Alone shed her tears as she shared her grief, Leticia focused on fixing the problem so Yushin could rise above his injuries.
“My daughter is very motivated.”
Vilen said with a bitter smile.
While trying to suppress her sadness, she seemed to feel sorry for her daughter, who was full of enthusiasm, but she was proud of her.
She said, “I used to break out in her cries, pouring out her tears profusely, even until she came. It’s the first time she’s seen a ghost at night since when she cried as a child.”
“Father!”
Leticia let out a pointed cry as her face blushed in embarrassment at Vilen’s act of divulging her secrets she wanted to hide.
I’m still doing the unsettling thing….
Besides, such an embarrassing story in front of her esteemed teacher!
Leticia, having uncovered one of her embarrassing parts, made her pout as she puffed out her cheeks. Leticia, who looked like an adult until just now, showed a childlike side.
“If my daughter wants it, she won’t object.”
Vilen brought out her sudden remark.
In response, Leticia’s voice, her face flushed red like her hair, echoed across her hospital room and into her hallway.
* * *
After that day,
Leticia, accompanied by a large number of people, came to the hospital room again with her confident steps.
“How about this? It’s a prosthetic hand made by a craftsman who was urgently wanted by the United Kingdom of Albion! It is said that hot, high-heat ray magic fires from her palm!”
She said in a voice filled with anticipation as she flashed between her hands the prosthetic arm, the palm of which glowed red.
“Then what about this! A golden prosthetic hand crafted for the royalty of the Holy Empire! If you wear this golden prosthetic arm to the ball, you will be a celebrity in no time!”
He took out a prosthetic hand that looked like it was carved out of a whole lump of gold.
“Do not be surprised! This prosthetic arm is a magic tool that can use as many as 10 magics without chanting!”
Relatively large for other prostheses,
Leticia explained as she gruntly lifted up a prosthetic hand that could have been handled by a giant with a huge body.
‘The word smart fool is appropriate.’
I remembered how Alone once evaluated Leticia as a ‘smart fool’.
Smart stupid.
It was a word suitable for Leticia now.
Yushin felt the burden deep in her heart as Leticia explained her dozens of prosthetic arms one by one while showing her enthusiasm.
