Chapter 300 – Extraversion 4. Marianne (10) – Ludvik’s Life Counseling
Chapter 300 Abduction 4. Marianne (10) – Ludvik’s Life Counseling
〈 This episode is from Marianne’s point of view.〉
“How are you here… !!”
“I saw you infiltrate from a distance.”
Took.
He hunches his back and falls off the wall.
Fuck!
Roaring!
I was startled, but it wasn’t an attack on me.
All the candles in the room started to burn.
“You seem very excited.
Shall we talk?”
“… I have nothing to say to a demon like you!!”
“I’m sorry about that.
Outside this door, Zach is controlling the surroundings.
If I lift a hand, I will bring the soldiers to arrest you.”
“Hey, where would you like to try it?”
“No way.
Is arresting an improbable word for you wearing Valkyrie armor?
I don’t know if I make it with a whole roast.”
His red eyes glow coldly.
Ludwig, the ‘Fire Snake’, a special judge of the Demon King’s Army who even stood against Sir Angela.
But it’s a small room.
And the opponent is myself.
His special move, ‘Phoenix Storm’, is a flame that burns from the source of life force.
In a one-on-one confrontation, especially for me, who specializes in defense, it is useless.
There is no life to burn separately, so it is a difficult environment to grow pitom.
Other explosive fire magic also has a high risk of harming the magician in a small room.
The conclusion is ‘bluff’.
“You are bluffing.”
“Try it.”
The corners of his mouth go up.
The moment you tense your legs.
“You die right away.”
Chilling foreboding.
… I feel bad.
Conflict.
Will Duke Dupre really circulate the demons that cheaply?
Is there anything I need to take care of?.
Ludvik’s direct combat power? How much?
By the time he joined Camus, he was about to be promoted to Chief Centurion, right?
He must have held the position of centurion for a long time because of his rare job as a special judge and his status as a commoner.
Camu, he also served as a centurion and battalion commander for a really long time.
Because he was a commoner.
So let’s calculate that Ludvik’s actual combat power is above his current rank.
Still, it’s worth trying.
It’s because the rear end is the problem.
That fleeting moment when you think about fighting.
“Open the drawer next to the bed.”
“What?”
“Open the drawer next to the bed.”
Ludwig puts his hands back in his pockets and leans against the wall.
What’s in the pocket
A one-time magic ball? Poison powder? Smoke shell?
Keeping an eye on him, I step aside and open the drawer.
“Be careful not to wrinkle.
Because it’s a painting that the captain cherishes dearly.”
Rustle.
A picture that was randomly picked up.
“!!”
It belonged to Rebekah.
Farak! Crush, rustle!!
Next chapter too. The next chapter. Then the next chapter.
Rebekah smiles brightly.
Rebekah smiled shyly.
Sleeping Rebekah.
Rebekah with her collarbone exposed.
This is an image of me sleeping naked on my side.
Even if only the collarbone is visible, it is painted to look glamorous.
Is this the image he felt?
Anyway.
It’s all Rebecca.
“It looks like you regret not being able to draw portraits.
At the freckles funeral, I couldn’t stand the thrush at Alberic’s nonsense.”
“Have you been patient?”
“I dried it.
It’s the timing when you shouldn’t be caught yet.”
“You’re shrewd.”
“I wish the captain did that too.
Even when I did the fake raid, and after that.
I told you to stay away
I feel like I’m falling too much.
The result, as you can see in your hand.”
“What was this like?”
“‘This’?
Did you just look at the picture and say ‘this’?”
“…”
“Proof that the captain truly loved freckles.
Just like I loved you.”
“Gibberish!”
“I really hope it was bullshit.
Then the odds of winning money on the bet increase.
When the captain kissed you abruptly and ran away before he left, I thought that there was a third candidate! I heard
You are the most powerful woman among the third candidates.”
“…”
“By the way, I told you not to draw a picture of you and the captain.
Yes, the painting I gave you as a present.”
“!!!”
I suddenly realized that I was still holding the picture in my arms.
The moment you try to tear it apart by pulling it out.
Jjik.
“!!!”
I involuntarily stopped my hand at the sound of the edge tearing a little.
Eventually, he crumpled the painting and threw it to the floor.
“… Hey big breasts.
Is hypnosis important?”
“I beg your pardon?
What tricks are you doing now?!
What drugs are you trying to sell to me who has been deprived of physical freedom and sexual self-determination?”
“What, are you talking about the basic rights of a person?
We are at war now.
Do you know what all the legionnaires in the Demon King’s Army were thinking when they went to raid you?
I tried to skin you alive and make a mannequin to dress you in.
Why did you do that?
The humans made the Demon King’s prisoners the same and displayed them in front of the village.”
“Good for you.
It’s okay if we hate each other!!”
“I’m saying that because it doesn’t work.
… It’s a pity the freckles died.
We didn’t even want to
It’s a pity that you hypnotized me.
But the reason I was able to steal you out of the 3 Corps without any problems was because the captain requested it.”
“Ah, since you gave me the grace of saving someone who was about to die cruelly, put up with that tidbit, is this okay?”
“Would you like me to tell you if there is a more gentle way to treat a demon slayer and family enemy?
Even if you cleanly cut off your head and send it off, it would have been a matter of course for our captain to return as a corps commander.”
“We got it wrong from the first button.
As long as we met as enemies who kill each other, the die has already been cast!”
“Then unbutton and tie again.
I hate to argue with both sides, but both sides have faults.”
“Wounds heal, but scars remain.”
“I’m glad you’re better.
Cover up your scars and live.
Are there only one or two people living with scars in this difficult world?”
“There can be no recovery in a relationship that has been forged in lies.”
“Hey, big breasts.
If it wasn’t for hypnosis, would you and the captain have bonded?”
“That’s something you don’t know.
And if a relationship can only be built by cheating, it shouldn’t have been built in the first place.”
“In life, the family law only has one verse.
If it was like this, if it was like that!
Once you start doing that, there is no limit.
As long as you reflect, you should end it there.”
“I think reflection is something that you should do?”
“So?
Didn’t the captain do it?
I wasn’t there, but I’m sure.
The captain will bet 1 talent of gold for crawling in front of you while wringing tears from his nose.
“You don’t have that much gold.”
“If you win the bet, it will happen!
Anyway.
Until last year, I couldn’t have imagined that the cool-headed ‘Iron Mask’ corps commander would do that.”
“… I know that Mr. Kamu was sincere.”
“Whoa, but?
What’s the problem?”
“I think I may have lied to myself.
I think I might have mistaken momentary lust for love.
… I guess I did too.”
“Then ask the people around you.”
“?”
“Ask for consistency.
Have you been to ‘Silcan Valley Amusement Park’?”
“I’ve only heard of it.”
“I had an unhappy childhood.
I can see why you are overly straight and upright.
Wasn’t there anyone around you who accepted your complaints?
I’ve only been there once, but it’s amazing!
I’m sure you haven’t seen anything like ‘Jungle Exploration with Beast People’, ‘Giant Shoulder Riding Experience Field’, or ‘Magic Experience Class to Learn from Demons’?
Oh, how about the local specialty, “Fireworks Festival”?
Have you heard about it?”
“I heard it.
It’s because I remember from my childhood that I was always envious of the pride of the kids who lived next door.”
“Okay.
If the amusement park hadn’t been closed because of the war, I would have been in charge of fireworks there after I retired.
Do you know who made that amusement park?”
“… Iron mask.”
“Okay.
Our captain, it’s very rare.
Do you know that
‘There are neither very competent officers nor very incompetent officers in the Demon King’s army.'”
“It is famous.
There are no very competent officers because they are purged, and there are no very incompetent officers because they are stabbed in the back.”
“Okay.
What an idiot does as an officer is a crime to kill for soldiers.
If you say you’re good, the right thing to do is to go to the army.
But our captain, it’s very strange.
I’m an ace to the point where I wonder if I’m living for my pride, but I survived well.
The art of living is also the art of living, but it was probably because Nene-sama looked after her.
But such a nobleman is good~~ He said he would get along well with this human, from the peace agreement to the opening of the amusement park.
Aren’t you being sincere?”
“They must have been soft demons in the first place.”
“Ten thousand words.
Is it because the nobleman was influenced by Mr. Ran?
After taking office as commander of the corps, there were many sayings that you are more used to corpses of military law violators than to dry laundry.
The military discipline was tightly managed.
I would have bought a lot.
But I haven’t been stabbed in the back yet.
Aren’t you curious?
Our captain is such a nobleman.
He’s a good commander.
Enough that Zach and I voluntarily stayed behind for the captain during the infiltration operation.
And to the extent that I jumped into the cathedral to save you.”
“For Pervert, who likes to make dolls, the modifier ‘good’ is a luxury.
If you’re not going to say dog-like things like ‘if you’re happy, isn’t it pure love?’
It’s called “Destroying self-esteem.”
I loved without an ego.”
“Then start again from now on.
Ask the other person and everyone around you, observe, meet, and judge.
Don’t make up your mind and run away.
Because I’ve never seen a pure-hearted faction like our captain.”
“… I want to go out.”
“Okay, bye.”
Click, squeak.
“Oh.
Take this.”
What he presented was a crumpled picture.
Me, Kamyu, and the picture he drew.
“I know that?
The only thing the captain draws is the dead.
You were the first to draw a living person.”
“… “
“You said that paintings are always for remembrance of the dead.
A pendant worn around the captain’s neck.
Family photos in it.
You and Freckles changed that nobleman’s values a lot?”
“…”
Pak!
When the picture is taken away, I throw a word behind my back.
“Tell me if you are confused.
I will listen.”
Quaang!
Close the door and exit.
* * *
The battle that followed.
Fight. Meal. Sleep. Meeting.
Repetition of it.
Then, by chance, I overheard the conversation between Sir Angela and Mr. Jacques.
“Adjutant, you said you were married, right?”
“Yes. It is.”
“Please give me life counseling, Adjutant.”
“Tell me, vice-captain.”
Exaggerated action.
Jack-like speech.
“If you talk about it elsewhere, I will kill you.”
“Then I won’t listen.”
“They’re talking about my friend, not me.
Cheating thumb… No, what should I do if I fall into a fraudulent relationship?”
“?!
The answer is what a dog.
Is this a ‘young kkondae’?!
Anyway.
How can you put the word ‘fraud’ in front of the word ‘love’ instead of marriage?
What did you cheat on?
Appearance? Property? Key? Job? Tribe? Droughty?
“Um…
Not all, so… Mind? Ho, crush?”
“What are you talking about, really?”
Grumpy Zach.
The two of them seem to have become very close while working together.
“Vice-captain, if it’s awkward, just don’t meet.”
“What if you have to face each other inevitably?
Even if you have to collaborate?
I’m talking about my friend, like having the same job or unexpectedly having a baby.”
“… I won’t tell you where to go
Oh, of course it’s for the vice-captain’s friend.
Hmm… I don’t think there was anything clearly fraudulent.
Isn’t it just a situation where the fantasy is broken after being possessed?
Aren’t you disappointed that the bean pods came off?
Then watch carefully.
Charm, authenticity.
With these two things, we can meet again.
Or maybe it’s not really a scam.”
“I’ve already been deceived, how do I meet you?”
“I heard you lied about your crush?
You must have said that you were deceived because you cheated on something to make you feel good, right?
I can’t meet you without that.
How did you like it?”
“That… That is… Choi, hypnosis?”
“Ah… Big!
How are you now?
Is he good to his friend?
“Be good to me. Very.
But my friend says it’s uncomfortable.”
“It can be.
Then, does that person love the vice-captain’s friend?”
“… Yes. Heavily.”
“How do you know?”
“Yes? Yea of course… You know when you see it.”
“Didn’t you just say you were tricked?
If trust is broken, it’s natural that you can’t believe it no matter what you do, but how do you believe the most important part right away?
That he loves the vice-captain’s friend, that’s the most important thing.
How did you believe that?”
“That…”
“Then he hypnotized the vice-captain’s friend to seduce him?”
… Dory dory.
“?
But why are you dating?”
“That is… It’s complicated to say, but bo, I hypnotized you to get revenge…”
“Then it’s fine if you get revenge, how did you end up dating?”
“That guy likes my friend, so stop…”
“What the.
It’s an easy problem.
Please tell that friend.”
“… What do you say?”
“Pretend to be fooled, give me one more chance.”
“?!”
“No, when you meet a man and a woman, where is there one or two things you feel like you’ve been tricked into?
Values, image, appearance, wealth, academic background, height…
The image before dating is the image you want.
When we meet, it materializes and is revealed.
At least to the extent that he knows he still loves his friend, he’s very consistent with himself.
Let’s meet and meet if you’re attractive.
At least it seems sincere.”
“…”
“Let’s meet again, and if you don’t like it, let’s go.
Meet me if you like.
Then it will work.”
“…”
“Seeing that you know that I love you, don’t you still have feelings for your friend?”
What is that.
It can’t be.
No way…
Okay, let’s see.
Watch it
Let’s meet others.
“Majesty.
Camu’s marriage with him is dangerous.
Please reconsider.”
Stella Queen.
“I know your heart, Miss Marianne.
But I’ll try walking him.
He is the most responsible man.
I don’t break my promise.
So you’re getting engaged.
With his mouth, he will swear he will love me.”
Confidence not befitting a small body.
Confidence shining in the eyes.
“He keeps his promise.
If you choose to love me, you will love me.”
… Okay.
He really keeps his promises.
Admit it.
To bewitch a queen you haven’t seen in a few days.
What a great guy
And the day of escape from the palace.
I saw
“Eva, I’ll be in the third, so come out!
Jenny, bring Eva out!”
“Yes yes?
How do demons know us… !
Who, who…”
“Jenny, Eva!
Look at me
It comes in three!”
“Lord, master… !”
“President… ?!”
“One, two, three!”
The image of him rescuing people in battle.
“For you to do such a meaningless thing.”
“That guy was like that the other day.
Did you get heroic disease?
No, no, no, no!
Looks like a warrior
On the subject of demons.”
“Shut up.”
“How many people have you killed while serving as a corps commander, are you pretending to be nice now?
Are you even a warrior?”
“Agari… Shut up!”
Alberic and Lieutenant General Dismas blow up allies and civilians for the sake of their exploits.
A demonic hypnotist who saves humans during battle.
“Master, adult…”
“…”
“Even if you are a demon, you are still an adult to me.”
“… Go quickly!”
Eva, an old maid who calls him ‘master’ even after realizing that he is a demon.
“What are the demons trying to do by protecting humans?
Are things a little better?”
“The warrior… Aren’t you ashamed of being called the Templars?”
A demonic general who recklessly takes time to evacuate the good people.
“What is that guy?”
“I don’t know.
You’re playing an outdated warrior.”
“It’s the first time I’ve seen people who live and live on the same side, killing civilians needlessly.
It’s not like they’re plundering because supplies are running out.
What are you guys thinking?”
“Thought to kill you.
Plasma…”
What the hell is that guy doing over there?
“Slash!”
Coo coo coo… !!
“The protection of the sun.”
Kwaaaaang!!!!
Jump in and protect him.
“This is a funny situation.
A hero who slaughter humans and a demon who protects people?”
“Number of animals… !!”
Me wearing Valkyrie armor.
“Is it hypocrisy or hypocrisy?”
“… Psychological Debt Repayment.”
“This is amazing.”
I deliberately only look forward.
If I look at him, I fear that my heart will weaken.
I feel like I’m going to cry when I see him struggling under the dust.
“I just loved my neighbor as myself.”
Slap!
“Don’t speak in doctrines you already know.”
Fight again in the end
This isn’t it.
I just wanted to talk.
I keep getting angry without even realizing it.
In the distance, the green dragon Alocasia flaps its wings.
It’s about to fly again
Koo Woo-wook.
Hug him tight and prepare to fly.
“… You backed away too.
How can you think of loving a woman who killed your parents and siblings, and a human woman at that?”
Complaint.
“I know.”
“Why don’t you ask me?
Just say it plainly.
It’s like ‘I did it because I had to do it’, ‘It was revenge. Say, ‘This isn’t enough’, ‘If it were you, wouldn’t you want to do that?'”
Grumbling.
“No.”
“Tell me.”
Torment.
“I don’t like it.”
“Why?”
Stupid.
“Because I don’t think so.
Don’t force it.”
“Why don’t you think so?”
Sorry.
I wanted to ask.
I was just shy and shot it.
Still, I want to ask you again.
“… The fact that the special envoy to assassinate the demon king was organized and the war broke out.
Because you haven’t decided on any of them.”
“I voluntarily entered the special rental unit.
Because of that humble thought of wanting to be special.
I myself… I did too.
I don’t deny it either.
Hate it all you want
I will hate you too.”
No.
It is a lie.
It’s a sound that doesn’t even come to mind.
The day I wanted to kill you, I thought this.
If we hate each other, it will end neatly.
But all the pleasant memories of my life are memories with you, so I can’t cut them off.
I’m just saying I’m looking forward to it.
“That’s right.
So I hated it
I hated him so much I wanted to kill him.
Panic of hatred after returning from bidding for a supplier of restorative herbs.
But I mean… Every time I see Eva, I have many thoughts.
Every time I talk to Rebekah, my head gets complicated.
… Damn, those bastards are going to fly to the palace!
Let’s follow!”
Flutter, flutter.
No.
Don’t finish talking like this
I’m actually kind of scared.
“It was when I first met Angela.
He said, ‘I don’t resent, and I don’t receive resentment’.
But did he apologize later?
That everyone has someone in their heart that loves each other.
So he told me that he finally found out and that he regretted saying that.
And he apologized
… I got it then
The fact that when I received an apology from you in the past, I was actually thinking, ‘It will be hard to hate you anymore’.”
“…”
Flutter, flutter.
I see
You don’t hate me anymore
It wasn’t that he hugged me enough to hug me, and he didn’t pass by because he was affectionate.
He was a generous demon enough to accept a sincere apology.
… I guess it was me who was narrow-minded.
I’m a bit cowardly.
So I’ll complain more.
If we had met normally and beautifully from the beginning, there wouldn’t have been a conflict like this.
I want to argue with the world that couldn’t do that, but there is no reality, so I’ll complain to you who hypnotized me instead.
“… I haven’t forgiven you.
Like Sir Angela, I have a promise.
So that’s just what I was protecting.
To protect people.”
“…”
“I’ll speed it up.”
Flutter, flutter—billion!!
Whoa! Paaang!!
Vigorous flight.
Arms are tight.
I hugged him from behind and hugged him a little tighter.
… Because I think it could stick a little bit more.
And after a while
I went to see Mr. Ludwig.
“Are you here?”
“…”
“Hey, big breasts.
Are you still mad at the captain?”
“Yes.”
“Isn’t it regretful or regretful?”
“It would have been nice if we hadn’t met through hypnosis.”
“It worked out because we met through hypnosis.”
“… What are you talking about?”
He says, rummaging through the drawers.
You seem to be looking for something.
“I think it turned out better because we met through hypnosis.
Didn’t you see the captain’s heart thanks to him?
Hypnosis is not necessary to deceive the other person.”
“Why is that good?”
“There is no longer any doubt.
It’s all on your mind now.
Here it is.
Ssssscha, hook hook! Come on, take it.”
He roughly shakes off the dust and hands me something.
“This…”
It is a picture frame.
“Don’t you have the picture you crumpled the other day?
Don’t keep it like that
Unfold it and put it in.”
A picture drawn by Mr. Kamu and I.
The picture Mr. Kamu gave me.
“Are you crumpled up already?”
“It’s like between you and the captain.
Just as a beautiful painting remains wrinkled no matter how much it is stretched, flaws appear when trust is broken.
But you can flatten it out and keep it, or you can tear it up or burn it.
What do you want to do?”
“I don’t know…”
“Then draw a new one.”
“?”
“Don’t end with one picture.
Just like painting a new picture, build relationships again.”
New… To start?
“You didn’t tear the picture after all.
Aren’t you sorry too?
Didn’t you want to draw better?
Then draw a new one.”
What the.
It’s easy to say…
A crookedly crumpled picture.
It’s a very pretty picture, but the paper is crumpled a lot.
“… “
Iknow, right.
It’s not that I was angry because I didn’t like the drawing, but I think I was angry because I could have drawn better, but it was a pity.
I came back and framed the crumpled picture.
