Chapter 112 – 10. Express Train to Partenope (10-3, End)
Crisp, the world is twisted.
Elfriede, who had not noticed the change until then, was blown away. Leaving behind the corpse of her male prostitute, whom she had knocked down after a fierce battle that was rare for her, she closed her eyes with a smile as her sweaty clothes dried.
Damn, that was stupid.
It’s good to enjoy the victory. It’s unfortunate that they weren’t able to capture them alive, but there’s nothing wrong with that as long as they carry the body fragments with them. What matters to your Excellency is that my man is back, for whether he is alive or dead is irrelevant.
Pasasasak, wouldn’t it be enough to revive it anyway?
So the carelessness began. The only thing that dominated her mind right now was the thought of going back after finding Tereza. He hadn’t considered the possibility that the man, crushed to the point where he couldn’t tell whether it was a corpse or mash, would stand up.
Pod!
If it was natural, it was natural. That’s why the brilliance of the Iron Cross had no choice but to look back with a belated, stunned expression.
“…… What?”
It was because the male prostitute, who gained strength in the same way I did, was standing tall there.
“Seo Jeong-woo?”
Even the fibers were completely regenerated on the restored body. But for some reason, there was a hole in my chest stained red. And in the hands of the male prostitute in front of me, I heard a beating heart.
“How?”
Elfriede asked with a disbelieving face. It was definitely a barrier of brilliance just for me. If that was the case, the person who was dismissed as a male prostitute used the same magic as if he was stealing my nickname. So he pulled out seven stones from the air.
Bloodstone, but unlike himself, it was not hidden.
Those stones were the result of absorbing the magic of the outside world and condensing it into a single point. It was a new technology that combined magic with alchemy, and it was something beyond the forbidden base. It was a miracle that a genius who couldn’t explain such a state only with talent or application.
“Elfriede Eichmann.”
The man who woke up aloof made a low sentence.
“I will kill you.”
Dangerous. My body understood it before my head. Elfriede felt fear. And, in a fit of rage at the fact, he shouted.
“How dare you bear the cry of countless lives in that stone!”
Those who hold the bloodstone cannot escape from the curse of grievous grudge. The scream inside the stone and the terrible feeling must be completely controlled. That is the price of the Iron Cross’s Golden Tabernacle.
“I’m already handling it.”
However, as the saying goes, the resurrected man easily suppressed those grudges and screams.
“…… Seo Jeong-woo, male prostitute!”
As if he had become a different person, he handled the seven stones lightly.
“Are you not a man who does not trade lives?”
The barrier shone. He, who became one with the body of the car, heated up the 300 km/h train even hotter. As Elfriede had done before, he guided the 8-car giant transportation to the world of brilliance.
“That’s right, Elfriede.”
400 km/h, 500 km/h, 600 km/h, beyond the speed of minutes, seconds, and light.
“I was a man who did not trade life.”
Transcended the limits of physical laws.
“But here is a male prostitute.”
The crush caused by the acceleration of gravity hit the two on the battlefield.
“A mean male prostitute can fool himself.”
The blood in his whole body was concentrated in one direction, and his vision was blurry, so he went farther away.
“Even if you don’t trade lives, it’s too easy to fool yourself.”
Jungwoo clenched his fists with all his strength and shouted.
“So look! Look closely!”
The tough fight was moving towards the end.
“I will awaken the evil within me.”
If it’s different from before.
“Only by acknowledging this false virtue will I wake up!”
This time, it was just that my side was at an absolute disadvantage.
“For those who are trampled and frustrated!”
Elfriede resisted with all her might.
“For the lost and abandoned!”
What was the turning point?
* * *
Suddenly, the clash of the three transcendental beings with divinity stopped.
Two were pincers, and one seemed to have received it, but it was in the Middle Ages. Even that was not the strength of a united existence, so it was a majesty that all worlds should fear. The balance that seemed like a three-way battle was broken, suggesting that Beatrix Adler had finally approached the power of the Celestial God.
“This energy, no way…… !”
“Kalinin! Not Beatrix!”
But why? The Great Marshal of Steel, who had been roaring just a moment ago, stopped. Sensing something, the President of the United States shouted. Beatrix, who was repelling the two attacks, twitched her eyebrows.
“…… Foreign press!”
No matter who said it first, such a cry lingered. Kyiv twisted his expression. With the words that it couldn’t be passed so easily, without even casting any spells, he unleashed old-fashioned magic comparable to opening heaven and earth.
“Does not matter! Even if this twisted flow is the work of foreign media, that woman must be put to an end today!”
Time outside of time has moved. The space outside the space invaded. The dimension outside the dimension has fused.
“You foolish widow, are you trying to challenge me even though you have lost your cause?”
“It would have been better if I had been able to win four years alone. But this Kyiv Kalinin is not an idiot repeating the mistakes of the past. As of today, your existence will be extinguished, and everyone who has colluded with foreign gods will be driven out of this land…….”
Beatrix frowned. It was because of the contradiction that such a transcendent existence was swayed by personal affections. What’s even more unfortunate is that even though the tight balance is about to break, the stubbornness that prioritizes revenge over one’s own self or the world’s safety really resembles them.
With the man he loved.
“Kalinin, stop! There is no time for this!”
Cried Bella. No matter how much they were, they could not interfere with the original world in this space-time that transcended matter. Even more so, now that the archenemy of ancient mythology has returned, the most important thing is to get out of this isolated dimension as soon as possible.
“If you get out of my way even now, I will show you mercy.”
Everyone was silent for a moment at the words of the queen, which was uttered in a low voice. Even Bella Baker, who had been urging her to get out of bed, feeling her foreign presence, narrowed her eyes and glared at her.
“It was a mistake, Beatrix Adler.”
It was a turn of events.
“You are the one who has eliminated those who can compete in heaven and left only those who can rule the world.”
The three beings who could pretend to be omniscient were able to communicate with infinity without words. Thus, Beatrix realized that the Great Marshal had provided a significant share of her man’s crisis, and the President of the United States also realized that this moment was an unprecedented opportunity.
“You seem to want to go quickly and rescue that male prostitute, don’t you?”
“…….”
“It really was. Well, it seemed so. I should have recognized the Great President from the time he was parrying our pincers.”
Kyiv giggled.
“Are you getting weaker?”
Meanwhile, Bella Baker opened a small passage leading outside her. After glancing at the six human beings who were fighting bloody battles in a space far away, I finished the calculations.
“The trigger is probably that body, right?”
Beatrix silently waited for the commander’s exclamation.
“Quuck-kuw, that’s amazing! Very amazing!”
“What is so surprising?”
Then, at an unexpected moment, he asked a question.
“The way you go that far because of your love for that male prostitute, your majesty that the gods outside fear and run away, and your divine power that overwhelms us even though you have already laid down your divine power for a long time!”
“It’s new.”
In addition, beyond the expression of widow, he called his true name, which was no different from his rebellion.
“Yulia Sergeyevna Pushkin.”
“Kyiv, this is Kalinin.”
The wrathful commander spat out. He shuddered at the abomination. He had no choice but to do so. Because the person responsible for taking my name was the queen right in front of me.
“Today is the end of falling for such provocations. Because you sent stars to the male prostitute you cared so much for.”
“Who did you send?”
“Try to guess.”
I didn’t have to answer, I didn’t have to listen.
“This is Zvezda. Is it Bukharin with that much confidence?”
Beatrix was uncommonly irritated.
“Yes, Beatrix. The time has come.”
Kyiv met Bella’s eyes.
“Blood for blood, and revenge with revenge.”
“Blindly, you are blind to the past, Kalinin.”
In that short bird, some kind of agreement was reached and the second game was prepared.
“But it is. I totally agree that it’s a great opportunity. If not now, when are you going to defeat that evil being?”
The two Transcendentalists exerted their power in their own way. Its power, so powerful that it shook the world outside the world, was truly out of the ordinary. It was magic, alchemy, and divine power that were hard to find even in the age of ancient mythology.
“You dare to block the way to protect my man?”
Beatrix let out a deep sigh. Soon he got into his stance. It is possible to show a troublesome appearance due to the situation reversed just before, but if this is also a fate to face, he briefly and calmly brainwashed it as if he would endure it.
“Then let’s face it.”
As the saying goes, actions speak louder than words.
“…… My wrath.”
So, it was blown away.
* * *
Kwajik, the seventh bloodstone is broken.
‘Why?’
The forbidden power, which had always been strong and full, was leaving my body in an instant.
‘Why!’
It was. Despair was such a feeling when I first saw it. I was used to it, so I hated this sensation enough to shudder even more. Wasn’t it because it was something I never wanted to experience again? Wasn’t it a promise that I would not cover any means and methods?
“It’s over, Elfriede.”
The fist of the man I looked down on for being a male prostitute finally penetrated my chest. Gwanghwi, who was armed with madness, eventually met his end with his weapon taken away. And time stopped for a moment from that, reflecting someone standing in front of me.
“Elfriede Eichmann?”
The owner of the blazing red hair was a woman. Even though she was naked and not wearing a single thread, she was a being that evoked piety and fear rather than lewdness.
‘Who is it?’
The woman who stepped out of her void stretched out her hand without hesitation.
“Your foreign press reports.”
In the stopped time, with only consciousness remaining, he began to absorb the sealed magic power of Elfriede.
‘What, what are you trying to do!’
Embarrassed, she shouted.
‘Stop! This is my strength!’
Even so, the woman did not stop and continued to reap the power that resided in the body of the light.
“I will reclaim the power I gave you.”
Eventually, even the last remaining consciousness began to blur. Also, I had to witness the tattoo on my forearm, which should have disappeared with my body, turning into powder and fluttering now that I was mortally wounded with the loss of the bloodstone. I had to see him return to the woman who looked like his owner but could clearly recognize that he was a different being.
‘You said you gave it to me?’
The words succession and restoration came to mind in Elfriede’s mind.
‘You are not His Excellency! This is His Excellency’s power given to me!’
Ironically, the person who spread the fear of annihilation felt fear in front of the moment of annihilation.
‘Even if I don’t know anything else, I will never hand over this power! As long as I have this, His Excellency will surely bring me back to life!’
Death can be overcome. But the extinction of existence was not like that.
‘No no…… !’
Elfriede, instinctively realizing this fact, cried out in her hazy mind in dizziness. She struggled on the border between existence and non-existence, anxiously calling her master’s name.
‘Your Excellency Son! Sir Adler!’
It was pitiful to see her screaming in silence. She was a past she did not want to recall, and when she returned as an innocent girl like in those days, her tears broke down.
‘Save me! Sir Adler!’
A reality like this can’t exist.
‘I’m scared! Ugh, I don’t want to die!’
Sobbing, he cried out to his master.
‘I don’t want to disappear!’
Her consciousness, miserably lost, closed her eyes tightly. She was so frustrated and mad at her longing that she did not know how to return despite the earnest call.
“You said that, Gwanghwi.”
And then it was. Around that time, from beyond the time and space that started to return again, the superior who trusted next to the president who had bowed appeared and opened his mouth.
‘Leader?’
Heinrich Heinrich, the Führer’s henchman and Bernhard’s de facto second-in-command.
“He’s the man Your Excellency handpicked.”
The director-general lightly lifted his monocle with the tip of his thin finger, and the inside of the 400 seated behind him flashed. The appearance of treating people under me with honorifics was spat out as a cool-headed superior.
“You said you weren’t vigilant, so this is the result?”
Elfriede opened her mouth. However, her body, already on the verge of extinction, did not respond to any command. Also, despite this, Heinrich fully understood what his subordinate wanted to say, and even so, he informed without mercy.
“Maybe the name Gwanghwi was too heavy for you.”
The target of Bernhardt’s special summons, the Iron Cross, the apostle of Beatrix Adler.
‘What are you talking about, Captain!’
It is a group that was established only after the government was established. What else could be the secret to establishing an organization with no tradition as the country’s most powerful core force?
“Failure is acceptable, but arrogance is not.”
Those who show ugliness not worthy of their name must pay the price. Freedom guaranteed under loose discipline exists not to encourage self-indulgence, but to grant discretion. Members who did not even meet those conditions had no reason to be treated any more.
“A mace to the immoral…….”
Heinrich, who had appeared through the flashlight, gestured lightly. He determined the treatment with a motion that could not have been more static than that. Leaving the desperate Elfride behind, she disappeared without a trace like a mirage.
‘Leader! Wait a minute, captain!’
Left behind, she could only scream.
‘No! Don’t abandon me! I was wrong! Please don’t leave me!’
No matter how hard he tried to vomit his voice, he held on to his neck, which could not be scratched, and struggled. Until the moment when her body, which had lost control and disintegrated like dust, left her consciousness and disappeared, she could not give up her attachment to life and screamed and struggled.
‘Teresa…… !’
Just like that, the girl who once held onto the light disappeared into a place deeper than the darkness.
* * *
At dawn.
The battle is over. The blinding barrier was quickly lifted like a cloud carried by the wind. As the sun, which dyed the east red, gradually rose, the runaway train continued without thinking of stopping.
“Did you win…….”
When I woke up, I was already alone. Elfriede, who had been driven through her heart to the point where she couldn’t regenerate, seemed to have fallen under the rails, so there was no trace of it.
Wheein.
A strong wind like a storm hits the whole body. The aftermath of the withdrawal was still lingering throughout this body. Had she been a normal human being, the pain was too much for her to bear. But should it be called a previous life, or should it be called a resurrection?
In any case, my body, newly born as a vampire, stood tall in line with my resistance to pain.
Of course, that didn’t necessarily mean it was smooth. The fight in the barrier of distorted space-time had a destination in front of it that could have been reached in a few more days. Even more so, because the speed was raised to the point of violating the laws of physics, the train was running at high speed even while the mana stone of the carriage had fallen.
“Partenope…….”
The city where I spent the happiest time of my life unfolded before my eyes. Even though I was just entering the outskirts of the city, I could clearly see the monument in the memorial park that I could see with the naked eye, and the movement of citizens who devoted themselves to rebuilding for tomorrow even though it was in ruins.
– We live here from now on.
I was overcome with hunger. It was because of his wife’s voice from the past. On the one hand, there was also the awareness that the train had to be stopped, but all that was left in the whole body was less than a handful of mana. In addition, it was impossible for a body that was all over the body to stand in the wind like this.
Can’t help it
Well, to some extent, it was expected. A bird that fights the storm must pay the price of a fall. Along with a laugh that erupted involuntarily, I raised my fist high and shot out a dazzling light with magical power. Soon, based on him, he developed communication magic that could not be used before.
“Yulich, are you there?”
On the outskirts of the city, from far away high-rise buildings, voices were heard along with sparkling signals.
“Leader! Are you okay?”
I heard the voice of a nice guy. I said with a hard nod that they would be watching.
“Yes, the time has come.”
The original plan was to snip the train right before it reached its destination. It was because the violinists who were magic gunners in the past would have been able to break six bloodstones at the same time. Even if it was in Elfriede Eichmann’s body.
However, the light did not go smoothly.
Every day she slaughtered the crew and tried to lure me out. Even then, when I didn’t show up, I even started my own reasoning. Fortunately, with the presence of Helmut Grass, I was able to induce a happy misjudgment, but it did not change that it was something wrong with the plan as a result.
“The Schnellfart’s bullet train is right behind the engine room, the lead vehicle. The magic stones contained in the train are quite large, so even a light explosive bullet will double the effect. When I signal, everyone shoots.”
Now, this express train to Partenope has become, in effect, a moving time bomb.
“But, but then what about the captain!”
The land once trampled by me cannot be made that way again.
“Come on, shoot. If we delay here any longer, the train will enter the city. In that case, no matter what we do, we cannot guarantee the safety of the people of the city.”
Julich shouted as if he couldn’t stand it.
“Even so, we are already defeated soldiers! The pain of losing something precious is enough! Following your beliefs, you can’t be lost either!”
「Yulich! Jungwoo is right, if you stay longer there will be no turning back!」
“That’s right, Commander! Come on, prepare to fire!」
“Do not be ridiculous! Then, what will become of all the memories you shared with me!”
Taste was bitter. What he said was 100% right. I haven’t been able to achieve anything this time either. What was the point of defeating the brilliance of the Iron Cross? My position in regression is easy. However, the feelings of those who will be left behind in this world cannot be put into words.
“Sorry.”
Julich’s vocal voice, which had been chattering through the communication magic, abruptly cut off. Then, after a while, he opened his mouth in a funny voice and spat out.
“…… In the next life, sure, Captain.”
I smiled faintly at the sight of the city right in front of me.
“Ah, yes.”
The dawn shines. Sunrise was soon. The body naturally warms up. The skin boils little by little.
“Archers!”
「Check the target at the first point, 130 degrees.」
“Second point, the wind is west-northwest, and the maximum range is approaching in 5 seconds.”
“Site 3, explosive rounds loaded.”
“All members are ready.”
Right after that, I signaled by dropping my raised hand. I believed that I would hit a distance that was well over a few kilometers without even a single doubt.
“See you in the afterlife.”
It was an ultra-long-range shot that would take several seconds for the bullet to hit.
“…… Percussion!”
Tata Tata Tang! The windows of buildings erected all over the city shone in unison. He opened his eyes wide to meet his end with dignity while chewing on the memories of his deceased wife and her daughter.
“It can’t be!”
And that was the moment. Suddenly, an oni fell from the sky and landed with a sword. At a speed that would be more appropriately described as propulsion rather than fall, the shooters’ sniper bullets were lightly cut in just a few seconds.
Chae Chae Chae!
Oni’s true identity was a stranger. As you can tell just by looking at his racial characteristics, he was an envoy said to have come from the eastern kingdom of Yamato.
“Yonezawa Hasato?”
Thud! Wearing a suit, he landed in front of me with a large sword hanging down.
“No, wait…….”
“Whoa.”
“That sword! No way?”
Her skin was reddish like that of a certain demon. The horns were carved and sharp like those of a goat. The ears were pointy like those of an elf, and the fangs extended to the bottom of the chin, reminiscent of orcs and trolls.
But that sword in my hand!
As far as I know, there is only one ignorant strong enough to wield a two-handed sword called Zweihender in Bernhard. Furthermore, even with that massive sword, there is only one person who can use graceful swordsmanship enough to knock out bullets that are as fast as lightning.
― If that’s the case, that’s fine. See you there, where you swore for the first time. Let’s send someone who’s willing to meet us.
Belatedly, I remembered what the shadow wife had said.
“That’s right, you were the pick-up man!”
Crucially, that wolf pattern engraved on Zweihender’s blade caught my eye.
“…… Carl Wolf!”
“This is the second time, Seo Jeong-woo.”
The Oni of the Eastern Kingdom were fake from the start. After all, what is the reason for a high official from a distant continent to stop by Campania? I should have been more suspicious. I was so focused on Elfriede’s pursuit and murder that I missed the real thing I had to be wary of.
“Now I can take off my cumbersome disguise.”
He brought his sword to his forehead and soon regained his familiar appearance. He turned his back to the increasingly intense sunlight, pointed the tip of his sword at me, and spat out.
“Your wife is waiting for you.”
Unbeknownst to me, a snort burst out. Even though the time to melt into the sunlight was not far away, it was like that. This was the case even though the train had already passed the outskirts and was heading towards the city center because it had missed the time earlier.
“Yeah, it’s the other way around this time.”
Carol asked again, tilting her head.
“What do you mean?”
What else would it be I twisted my expression with the rage that I remembered, and I snarled in a bitter voice as if I was about to attack at any moment.
“It’s like a previous life.”
The place was different, but the situation was similar then. While engaging in a sniper battle with Jullich, I was finally able to overcome them and reach the place where Elisabeth was. However, it had no choice but to meet the end by the wolf that appeared here after easily neutralizing Elfriede.
“It was a draw then.”
“Her?”
“Just like you did in my previous life, I was about to defeat Elfriede.”
“Kuh-kuh-kuh, when I said something…….”
Carol covered her mouth with the back of her hand, probably unable to hold back her laughter.
“Even if I can’t do it, I have to play 3rd edition, right?”
Haha!”
Then, in the end, it was awesome.
“Yes, Seo Jeong-woo! If it’s such a challenge, I’d gladly accept it! Surely it was a draw! I, too, only had half-success thanks to you!”
“Good thing. If that’s the case, that means you haven’t killed Elizabeth since then.”
“I didn’t want to draw attention to the point of slaughtering a herd of dogs in an extinct country for such a trivial request. After all, I’m part of the United States now. The more attention you get, the more trouble your wife gets.”
Still, the sacrifice was worth it. It feels like my soul is comforted enough just to know that fact. But that doesn’t mean the anger towards the wolves here is gone.
“If I win, you are below me.”
“Cancer, but shouldn’t the game be fair?”
Carol swung her sword in the air and drew her magic circle with it. Unlike Erich, who was a pure swordsman, he was proficient in magic as well, not discriminating among apostles. He was a different person who reached the level of being a strong man by establishing his own method that was different from the general magic system.
Booooong!
A metal train weighing hundreds of tons came to mind. I left the track and headed towards the memorial park in the heart of Partenope. He didn’t use bloodstone like Elfriede did, so it was truly surprising.
“All the guys who have been to the other side of the portal say that! In your hometown, unlike ours, you play with making the virtual world realistic with something similar to magical power! Is there a different fun than just a board game? Indeed, that is how I feel right now!”
Carol put the huge Zweihender in the middle of the train.
“In short, Elfriede Eichmann was a fake boss!”
Then, he drew a circle with both arms and shouted loudly.
“Now, the true final boss!”
After casting alchemy following the magic, he changed the metal material in the ceiling and pulled out two long swords. I threw one of the swords, equally sharp and sharp, lightly at me.
“If I had to put it that way, it would be a hidden boss…… !”
As the guy said, the game should be fair. And with my physical condition right now, it couldn’t be a fair match no matter what restrictions I put on. It was because Carl Wolf was clearly superior to Elfriede Eichmann.
The younger brother of the lofty wolf Erich Wolf.
“Are you ready!”
A traitor to the kingdom, the one who helped his brother die and contributed to its downfall.
“Of course!”
And my forgotten ally
“Then where should we play!”
I swear, it won’t go as smoothly as last time.
* * *
Campania, Partenope.
The sun was rising on March 22, 1942.
The cycle of catastrophes in the city, which flourished this year, returned without fail. Thanks to not letting go of the string of hope for the past few years, the pain was healed and a much improved appearance was restored.
“Alma, I’m coming.”
Leona, who was fiddling with her prosthetic arm made of steel, felt her presence and looked up at the sky. In the sky of the memorial park, which is also famous for the burial of the princess of a fallen country and her daughter, a large train was crashing headlong to the ground. Carrying two people who continued the battle, competing with each other with dozens, hundreds, and thousands of sword strikes.
“Should I shoot it down?”
“No.”
The Shadow Lady shook her head. It wasn’t a nod in the sense that he wouldn’t be able to do it. For the former Chief of the Iron Cross, stopping just one train was not difficult. She just decided that it was necessary to be wary of the beings schemingly lurking high in the sky.
“Carnelian!”
The telekinetic person Carnelian, said to be one of the ores of the United States, stepped forward. Covering my appearance with a thick coat seemed like a very shy personality. On the other hand, it was also known that it was a tremendous skill to turn the track of a train that was about to hit a tombstone with a single gesture.
Kwak Kwa Kwa Kwak!
The train, crushed like a can, gradually converged to one place. It was compressed and crumpled until the limits of the laws of physics allowed. And at the same time, the two people who had collided violently on top of it fell to the floor. The wreckage of the remaining train was lightly landed on top of the deserted wreckage.
Seo Jung-woo and Carl Wolf.
The two men looked around with puzzled faces. It was because it was a fierce battle that did not even have time to look around. Of course, while the wolf had no scars, Seo Jeong-woo’s face was so messed up that it was distorted.
“Be careful, Carol.”
Karl Wolf woke up, smelling the dust, and clicked his tongue. He regretted it over and over again as he realized that it was time to end the fun fight he hadn’t even noticed.
“Leona…… ?”
With cuts here and there, and the skin melting under the sunrise, the vampire recognized the old relationship. Furthermore, when he saw the face of the shadow wife who was calmly looking down next to Leona Schultz, her body trembled.
“…… Victoria?”
“It’s been a while, Jungwoo.”
It was the wife I killed with my own hands. She was sitting in front of me as she was the real power of the United States today.
Victoria Bernhard.
It wasn’t just the shadow wife. It was only then that Jung-woo finally put the people around him into his field of vision one by one. Standing with their backs to the sun under the monument of prophecy erected by an alchemist called Dawn, they were a society.
“The red union…….”
“Heaven is wide, so I hope that everyone will obtain equal freedom there.”
The very slogan that the first member of the society, aka the Scourge bird, made.
“Shall we introduce it while the words are out?”
The current scowling bird is himself. The shadow wife, who implicitly hinted at the fact, opened her mouth by pointing at the people lined up behind her.
“Former Chief of the Iron Cross, now Lapis Lazuli.”
Il-inji or all-in-one, who was called the Kwon-gak-ja.
“Leona Schultz.”
The woman from the old kingdom who guarded Victoria bowed silently.
“Former millennium wolf knights vice-captain, current Obsidian.”
A wolf that had been hit fiercely until just a moment ago.
“Carl Wolf.”
That wasn’t all. From Maximilian Hesse, who was called Moonstone, there was also a telekinetic man named Carnelian. Also, there were a few more Minerals with their faces wrapped tightly as if it wasn’t time to reveal their identities.
“Former member of the Millennium Wolf Knights, bodyguard directly under President Bernhardt.”
And to the last one.
“The current Alexandrite, Elisabeth Mittemeyer.”
The shadowy lady with Victoria’s face turned her gaze. It was as if he wanted to ask Seo Jeong-woo, a vampire who was dying from the rising sun, about his feelings of revenge after a long preparation.
“How is it?”
“Victoria, Cecilia…….”
“The princess of the ruined country you knew is no longer there. What you have here is just a shadow woman who has forgotten her past.”
After returning from her death, her wife became an avenger at the center of power. Her husband, who survived miserably by herself, crawled to the floor as a vile male prostitute. He shed thick tears and howled like a beast. She couldn’t protect her, and she wept as she thought of her wife and her daughter, whom she couldn’t protect.
“It’s no use crying like that now.”
Shadow’s wife contorted her expression and shook her brain.
“You should get what you deserve for this.”
It was a pitiful sight. So, Karl Wolf and a few Minerals turned their heads with a bitter look on their faces. Maximilian Hesse clicked her tongue and muttered to her to pay karma, and Leona Schultz just watched the situation in silence.
― This time, I will approach you.
But Alexandrite.
― Even in this world, I will be your lover.
Only Elisabeth Mittemeyer was different.
“Ughh, uhhhhh!”
She saw a child in that man howling like a beast. The boy, suppressed unknowingly from within, was bruised and injured here and there. It was a severe injury that would have been too harsh for such a small child.
Still, there was no one to take care of her, which made her very anxious.
‘It hurts, I’m scared…’ … !’
The child was crying
‘I don’t like it anymore…… !’
She was constantly begging herself to let go.
‘I just wanted to be happy! Was that an unreasonable wish?’
I wanted to get closer to one month right away. I wanted to hug her, comfort her, and heal her wounds. But Elizabeth couldn’t do that. Because that was the price of being the Alexandrite of the United States, and it was the promise she made with her shadow wife.
‘Shut up your mouth!’
The child in the image was being abused.
‘You weak bastard, how long are you going to keep on crying like that?’
The subject was another self.
‘Are you in pain? Are you afraid and at a loss?’
It was too harsh.
‘No one will help you! If you want to protect it, you have to stand up and overcome yourself!’
Elizabeth shed a single tear. When she saw the image of her man, whom everyone pointed at as a male prostitute, she couldn’t contain her grief.
How painful was it
How hard was it
The man who constantly whipped himself did not know the pain. He was already in the waves of fate that no individual could handle. Even then, he blamed everything on himself and was self-tortured.
―I will follow you, Mrs. Shadow.
– It’s good that you talk quickly.
―There is only one condition.
―If it is a request to save that man…….
– Please.
Perhaps it would have been better to live with the Führer’s favor. It might have been happy to give in to power like the vast majority of people and be grateful for what was given.
But he didn’t.
Seo Jeong-woo was like that. He was truly a noble man. He was all the more so because he did not mind getting dirty. He was an overcomer whose spirit cannot be evaluated with any words, and that is why he was my unrequited love that I had no choice but to fall for.
“All along, I was afraid…….”
Bright sunlight illuminated the Partenope. Jung-woo, barely breathing under the shadow of the tombstone, raised his head while drinking the dust.
“I’m sorry, I was wrong…….”
He hit the floor with his fist, his hand bones exposed.
“It’s okay not to forgive…….”
Inertia using recoil raised the upper body.
“Thank you so much for being alive, I wanted to say that…….”
One by one, the thick strands of hair began to fall out. His scalp melted away and his face covered in blisters, giving him a hideous monstrous appearance. It even disgusted me with the flow of blood that flowed down what was supposed to be a cheek.
“However…….”
Then, with one knee in front of him, he raised his whole body.
“But I mean…….”
Soon, he made the audience shake up by saying the fact that he would rule Gyeongcheon.
“You are not Victoria…….”
Of course, Mrs. Shadow was not Victoria Bernhard. It was under the tombstone in this memorial park that the fallen princess was buried. However, only the members of the association knew about it. There was absolutely no grounds for a male prostitute cut off from the world to make such a conclusion.
“In fact, a little…….”
Even so, as if Jeong-woo recognized his wife, she asserted in an attitude that could not be more resolute than that.
“I kind of think so…….”
After that, he stood up tall in a position to meet the enemy.
“I’m glad…….”
Effusion.
“It was so scary.”
Open your mouth and confess your fears.
“I was too weak.”
Looking back at myself who was lacking again.
“How can you be certain that I am not your wife?”
The shadow lady asked. With her quivering lips and twitching eyebrows, she was in a very uncomfortable state. Because the fruit of revenge, which should have been sweet and ecstatic, was being ruined by that person.
“I can feel it.”
“…… !”
She should have kept it, had it been so intense love. I mean my wife and her daughter. But he couldn’t. It was very distasteful to confront me so confidently on such a subject.
“Then who am I?”
The man who once could have been the kingdom’s secretary opened his mouth.
“Shadow Madame.”
It wasn’t a sloppy pun. It was an answer that penetrated the essence of who the woman standing in front of me with the same face as Victoria was.
“The shadow that does not reveal itself.”
It was correct.
– Don’t run away.
Three pawns.
– Fight back.
Guardians of the Old Kingdom.
—Here, as a man with the legitimate right to succeed to the throne of Bernhard.
A thousand-year-old wolf, a dragon that roams the sky, and a shadow that does not reveal itself!
“…… Okay.”
The shadow wife, who finally revealed her identity, introduced herself in a completely different voice.
“My name is Alma, Alma Schultz.”
Schultz, one of thirteen families following the royal family.
“The older sister of Leona Schultz, whose limbs were cut off because of you, the double for Her Highness Victoria Bernhard, and the godmother of Cecilia Bernhard, a shadow that won’t be revealed soon.”
There was no need to hide it any longer. There was no need to delay.
“Disqualified male prostitute, as the shadow of the royal family, I am standing here to reap the blessings imprinted in your spirit.”
The power of regression is not just a privilege. It is the gift and promise of that heavenly god who watched over the world until the end. Therefore, while waiting for the divinity to return someday, the successor must fulfill the duty of guardianship.
“Surrender meekly. If you do, only your pitiful life will be spared.”
“…… Well.”
However, in Campania Partenope, hope blooms even in the ruins of the ruins.
“Honestly, I was exhausted.”
Isn’t it such a beautiful day?
“So I was wondering if it was like you said.”
Birds are chirping. Flowers are in full bloom
“But, I guess it wasn’t very meaningless.”
Seo Jeong-woo was definitely like that.
“Your friend the wolf said that.”
They were guilty of not protecting Victoria Bernhard and Cecilia Bernhard.
“In my previous life, you couldn’t kill Elizabeth because of me.”
But at least he didn’t turn a blind eye to his guilt.
“How happy and meaningful is this?”
Alma made a grimace on her face. Coincidentally, it was because I remembered the prophecy in the tombstone decorating this place.
―The flowers of war will bloom.
―Those who failed to become saviors will wake up as corrupters who can destroy the world.
―Breaking down the boundaries buried in all things.
―One existence will ascend to the ascension by overcoming all the hardships and trials.
Elke Schacht, the Alchemist of Dawn!
“You will regret it.”
Perhaps the oracle of the Celestial God might have looked into this moment, I thought. Oddly enough, the rising sun was a sunrise that contained the dawn like that name, and the man standing in front of the tombstone containing the prophecy was awakening without even realizing it himself.
“I have no regrets.”
Holding the sword, he shouted again and again.
“If only I could protect the people I love.”
What was here was no longer a filthy male prostitute. He was a warrior who wanted to struggle with life.
“So it’s fine if this is the end of my life.”
“How dare you refuse this revenge?”
I didn’t have to answer. It was just enough to raise the sword and face it.
“Obsidian!”
Enraged, Alma called the wolf that was following her. It meant to reap the beauty of the end as a swordsman like a swordsman. It was a very daunting opponent against a vampire who was dying under the bright sun.
But Jungwoo didn’t care.
“Everyone come, except Elizabeth.”
Rather, he smiled and said something more, as if he was soft on Alma’s measures.
“…… What?”
Alma looked at him as if he was bewildered. The wolf was also dubious as to whether I hadn’t heard it wrong. The reaction of other minerals was not very different. Even Elisabeth, who was pointed out at last, turned a worried look.
“You mean you’re going to defeat me single-handedly, even with that body?”
The impatient wolf questioned and answered alone.
“So crazy…….”
He clicked his tongue and pointed the tip of his sword forward. Too much confidence will only make a person look miserable. Moreover, the newly born vampire seemed to have gone completely insane, perhaps because of the great shock he received.
It wasn’t.
Ayeek! From somewhere, along with a loud shout, the cry of a herd of dragons was heard. Those who had been watching the situation from above the high sky came down. The knights who protected the kingdom in the past were the specters of Partenope.
Unlike disintegrated wolves and degenerated shadows, they respect the will of their master.
“Theobald Michaelis?”
Alma looked up at the sky and shuddered at the greetings she saw.
“Jakov Eisler!”
All former and current knight commanders gathered in one place. Among them, the swordsman knight whom he met in Luneburg was also following as the vice-captain.
“Alma Schultz, the flying dragons inform all your shadows.”
“Helmut Grass…… !”
“We sternly warn you against exceeding your authority in accordance with Victoria’s will.”
“Like dirty males! A knight who couldn’t even protect him, dare to mention that name? The author has no taste for you guys! You’re still going to ruin this divine vengeance and disturb my temple!”
The situation has changed drastically. Helmut Grass, who had descended from the sky, sneered and replied.
“Yes. We are.”
The guardians of the old kingdom have no masters. All they serve is the legitimate heir with the royal family’s sacred objects. And although Seo Jeong-woo was unofficially married to Victoria Bernhard, he had qualifications, but he had no right to command any flying dragons because he had no proof of being divine.
“But they talk differently.”
However, it is a different story for those who are not related to the royal family.
“Shadow Madame?”
In the swarm of flying dragons, figures like Giraseong landed one by one.
“I am Henrietta de la Roche-Jacqueline, leader of the Pledge of Liberty.”
“Bastien Richarda.”
“Etienne Duris.”
“This is Ines Dupin.”
Members of the Gallic Resistance.
“Minerals, I’ve heard of the reputation outside the welfare family.”
“Everyone, stop where you are.”
Yegor Mikhailovich Bukharin, Oksana Alexandrovna Kirilova.
“As of now, our Zvezda will take Seo Jung-woo according to the will of Grand Marshal Kalinin.”
The Federation’s most powerful stars.
“I am Gennady Yagoda, the representative of the Blue Society. Unfortunately, I cannot accept that offer.”
Finally, even the representatives of the pan-national anti-government forces that were said to have united around academia.
“Whose is this?”
Alma asked behind the scenes. Yegor and Oksana’s existence was expected to some degree. Due to the nature of the three-way war, which is divided into the Iron Cross, Zvezda, and Minerals, it was assumed that if this amount of people were moved, the Commonwealth and Bernhard would also notice.
But the Vow of Freedom is different. The blue ones are different.
Those groups comparable to the Red Society and the Black Orchestra were greetings that even he, who bore the name of the Scourge Bird, could not hastily call out.
“I asked who did it!”
There was a person who controlled everything behind the scenes. Alma questioned it.
“I am the eagle owl of the black orchestra.”
And Henrietta de la Roche-Jacqueline answered. As soon as she opened her mouth to stupidly ask if she had been fooled by a fake, she was told that she was not Seo Jeong-woo with Gennadiya Goda.
“I am not talking about him.”
“The first eagle owl?”
The first Great Horned Owl is dead. Otherwise, there was no reason to see the tyranny of royalists in the orchestra. Nevertheless, the reality unfolding before her eyes refuted such common sense and confused Alma.
“They’re talking about Adele.”
And Seo Jung-woo replied.
“…… Adele Schneider was an eagle owl?”
Recalling the farewell of the day we left with the scent of hyacinth, recalling the note from the woman who endured her stigma and being framed, and the joy of not having to regret the choice she made to believe in the end.
―Master, I am the Eagle Owl of the Black Orchestra.
― Exactly the bird of prey you were looking for.
―I was the one who informed the shadow wife of the location of the safe house.
– I won’t say much.
―Fight against me in the afterlife and seize the orchestra.
He roared with a storm and shouted.
“Do you understand, Mrs. Shadow?”
It’s not over.
“From now on, I will bump into you with all of me.”
It’s just the beginning.
“Like that express train to Partenope that changed my life!”
In the midst of the confusion, I felt alive in exchange for approaching death.
“Yes, I will run without stopping for a moment!”
Clearly.
Kill the queen
Part 1 〈 Complete 〉
