Chapter 57 – 5. Tamed Beasts Do Not Bite Masters (7)
The security of the police in the country where the SS is eliminated is strict but lax. It means that it is strict in neutralizing an assassination attempt by the enemy, but lax in monitoring me, who has been put on probation in a villa.
“I wish I had a gun.”
After getting ready to go out with a knee-length coat, a bowler hat, and a cane with a hidden knife in it, I glanced at Adele. With only her apron removed in her neat maid outfit, she was on standby in a plain but elegant dress.
“For self-defense, that knife will suffice.”
Adele put on the cardigan that was draped in her hand. She did it to hide the leather belt around her waist that was pulled tight like a corset. To put it more accurately, it would have to be said to cover the flasks hanging from the belt.
“There is nothing more foolish than to go into battle yourself when there are so many extermination officers standing guard. Rest assured, in case of emergency, we will draw their attention and make them come.”
“It’s trustworthy.”
The number of police officers guarding the villa is about 50. This is almost a company unit considering the status of being treated as a small elite with the smallest number of members in the SS. As Adele said, it would be foolish not to use such a number of people.
“Let’s go.”
I said, wearing black matte shoes with a shoehorn. Adele shook her head silently and put on her shoes. We soon opened the front door and went outside, and as we headed down the mountain slope, we encountered two annihilation cops guarding the entrance.
The rank is middle, and the age is around the middle age. Like a goblin whose specialty is killing people, both of them had flesh in their eyes. I held out my hand resolutely and spoke arrogantly to the demons blocking the passage. I was brainwashed as if I was dealing with someone below me.
“Something?”
“Where are you going?”
“I’m thinking of taking a walk around the area.”
“When are you planning to return?”
“I don’t know. I’ll be back before sunset at the latest. I’ll come back even before that if I feel like it. Rather, am I in a position to report every move, even to bodyguards like you?”
One of the extermination cops smirked and shook his head. It was a terrifyingly unpleasant smile, but in the end it gave way. Deep down, you may think that the president is a prostitute, but my relationship with them was vertical anyway.
“If you don’t come back by sunset, I’ll assume there’s something wrong with you and go find it.”
“I take care of my body, so don’t worry about it.”
“The director requested it. We ask for your cooperation.”
Jackanapes. The front yard of Luneburg is saying with great difficulty that they do not think of running away because their men are all over the place. I smiled at both of them and walked down the street with Adele.
“You bastards of the SS, I thought they tasted like food from before, but they’re really unlucky.”
“The Exterminated Nation is a beast that listens only to His Excellency Adler and Director Eichmann. Don’t pay too much attention to the howls of untamed beasts. Even if you fight against them now, they will be the first ones to wag their tails on the day the master gains hegemony.”
“You are right. But that doesn’t make this shitty feeling go away.”
In an empty lot a little far from the entrance, several official cars from Brulin’s official residence, motorrads and sidecars used by the extermination police were lined up. Among them, Adele found a car for the Führer with a Golden Eagle license plate and got into the driver’s seat, and I opened the back seat door and entered.
“Let’s go.”
The place that appears in the picture is somewhere in the coniferous forest located halfway up the mountain. It was impossible to descend the mountain barefoot from 2,000 meters above sea level, so we had to drive slowly down the dirt road in a stylish public car.
“The car seems to shake a lot. This road is rougher than I thought.”
The hillside, with its many boulders, continued to eat away at the service life of the car. Despite Adele’s excellent driving skills, which we had encountered on our first return, we had to constantly suffer from shaking cars. That’s because it was a rough and steep road.
“Please fasten your seat belt in case of emergency.”
I pulled the belt from the back seat and secured it to the seat. Meanwhile, the car vibrated and moved on again. Normally, I would have died from motion sickness, but I didn’t feel nauseated because of the situation.
“Oh, the weather is fine.”
The coniferous forest in the photo is foggy and foggy, but the real-time view to the naked eye was clear. It was to the extent that wild drakes, which were rare in Brullin, were flying in groups in that vast sky.
“I heard that you could meet wild dragons here in the past. That’s why the villa at the top of the mountain in Luneburg was called Draken House.”
“It was like that in the days of the kingdom. Even in the early days of His Excellency Adler’s reign, I remember hearing about one or two sightings.”
“I heard they talk and transform into humans? Beatrix rode a pile of skulls as a dragon, so I couldn’t understand her whole physiology. But it’s not like I’m acquainted with another courageous beast.”
In fact, this kind of conversation was not suitable for sharing while heading to a place that might be a trap. It was really of no use. But I was exhausted. It was painful to have to keep recalling those painful memories at a time when I was frustrated at the loss of my beloved wife and daughter.
“It is a very strange world. Unlike where I lived, there is magic and alchemy. There are even creatures I haven’t seen before. Whether it’s a dragon or a wyvern, it’s full of things I really want to see.”
“Are there no dragons in your hometown?”
“Let alone dragons, even humans are one race. To put it bluntly, they were distinguished from each other only by their skin color and facial features. We called it race.”
There seems to be an unavoidable self-destructive instinct hidden in the human intelligence. I continued talking, fixing my eyes on the group of flying dragons clacking in the sky.
“Compared to your world, I think it’s a really small difference. But even with that small difference, we managed to kill each other. So, I once had such an absurd dream. I promise to bring peace to the world with just my piano playing.”
Adele’s vehicle reached the entrance of the forest halfway up the mountain. I opened her mouth, unable to get out even after she finished her parking.
“It would have been nice to have an adventure.”
I have never experienced the days when Bernhard was a kingdom. But even so, sometimes I wondered what it would be like if this country had maintained its monarchy. Of course, they all said that my father-in-law, Alexander, was not a very outstanding monarch.
Still, it’s worth dreaming about once in a while. If I hadn’t met Beatrix. Or if she wasn’t a warmongering dictator. At least if she didn’t commit a massacre. Maybe I didn’t have to go this far.
“Partenope was a beautiful city. I thought of spending happy days there. One day, when Cecchilie grows up, wouldn’t it be nice to tour the world together as the three of us?”
“…….”
“Victoria heard me say that and then she came and gave her a slap on the back. She’s so hot with her hands. I asked the reason even though I couldn’t come to my senses with a tingling feeling. But the answer was a masterpiece.”
“Whatever you say.”
“I have to have more than one child, so at least five. Even if Amman perishes, since he is a member of the royal family, he will have to see many descendants.”
Victoria at that time was showing her attitude, whether joking or serious. One thing was certain, though: either way, she dreamed of a happy future with me.
“My life has been tangled like a ball of thread. At first, it seemed like a very minor twist that could be solved at any time, but now that I look back, it doesn’t seem like it.”
“Master.”
“Know. Even if I complained like this, it wouldn’t help at all.”
But people get tired sometimes. Male prostitutes of the Führer are weak, and even men who come back to life after death are not invincible. I repeated dying and coming back to life in less than a month. Sometimes they were beehived with bullets, sometimes they administered lethal doses of drugs, and sometimes they had to watch someone dear to them die.
“Victoria, like you, has black hair and milky white eyes. Maybe that’s why I think of her every time I see you. That’s why I threw that out at you when I returned to March 13, 1942.”
“Is that so.”
“If it was really her who sent her letter, what should I do?”
Afraid. My body is trembling. It is painful to face my mistakes. What else could be more painful than that remorse for a person with a conscience? I stabbed her beloved wife to death. Even so, I’ve been distorting my memories as I please.
“I don’t know if these words can help. But let me tell you, I’m not worried about that future.”
“Why?”
“Because it will come anyway.”
That’s right. I got a realization and nodded silently. Then, after meeting Adele’s eyes, he got out of the car. I detached the staff in my hand and drew the sword. After checking that the blade was standing well, I soldered again.
“Are you sure this is the place in the picture?”
“Identification is difficult due to the fog, but it is likely. There is no other place on this mountain where you can see the road behind the trees. More than anything, I can hear a subtle noise from inside.”
“What noise is it?”
“It is a sound that can never be heard in nature. At first glance, it looks like a walkie-talkie, but it’s too far to be precise.”
“Enough, let’s go inside.”
That’s how we went into the tiger’s jaws. Even in such sunny weather, the coniferous forest here has a lot of shade, so I felt mysterious. And at the same time, I felt eerie. Still, Adele and I moved on without hesitation.
“…….”
Could it have been 10 minutes? Just when I thought it would be nice to have something to use as a guide, I saw In-young in front of me. I didn’t let my guard down and went closer to check it out, but it wasn’t a person, it was a model of a man erected like a mannequin.
“What are you doing in this forest?”
“Something is stuck.”
The model stood with its back to the direction we came from. Adele stopped me and went ahead. She went and looked at something stuck to the part of her face and she hardened her expression slightly.
“Master? You better come and see for yourself.”
I did as I said. And I couldn’t contain my anger. The picture attached to the model’s face was none other than mine. I didn’t even know when the picture was taken, but I was insulting me with the words below.
A male prostitute, a servile scum, a galbo who is crazy about chewing…….
That wasn’t all. The model had an old, rusty knife stuck through its heart. The stomach was cut open, and inside, which should have been empty, was filled with innards that no one knew belonged to. It was hot and not a single bug had been introduced, so it was a new item.
“…… Let’s go.”
I removed the photo and went forward. At first, I walked on my own, but in the end I ran as hard as I could. It was because there were many people gathered in the space in front of me.
“Be careful. It might be a trap.”
“No.”
Inyoung was the same as before. They were all models, not people. It is also a model with various genders and body types. Even though it was badly damaged, it got better when only one was placed, but it was very disgusting to put it all together like a colony.
“This was installed to resent me.”
Adele belatedly followed through the models. Without asking who came first, we read the pictures on each face and the text on each body.
“Otto Moritz, executed together with his wife for believing in Seo Jung-woo at a gathering in March 1942.”
“Frida Moritz, Executed with Her Husband for Her Guilt by Guild at a Meeting, March 1942.”
The gray-white model of an orc had a noose around its neck. Next to it was a model of a half-elf with horizontally raised ears, also with a noose around its neck.
“Anton Feininger, bombed for following Jeong-woo Seo at a gathering in March 1942.”
“Hartmut Heinz, shot to death for not interfering with his superior’s choice at a meeting in March 1942.”
“Franz Rosenkrantz, executed by firing squad for not interfering with his superior’s choice at a meeting in March 1942.”
In turn, they were models of orcs, humans, and elves. There was a hole in the middle of the forehead where a bullet passed through. I moved on, chewing my lips until they were bleeding.
“Adele Schneider, to be sold to Giselle, Saxony’s great boss Moil, March 1942.”
“Elisabeth Mittemeyer died as a hostage at Moyle Brullin Hospital, March 1942.”
A model mimicking the elf Adele with a black wig covered, and a model mimicking Elisabeth with a uniquely outstanding height. The model imitating Adele had a dog collar on it. Her face was hollowed out in the effigy of her Elizabeth.
Lines such as ‘I didn’t believe him!’ Were written in Bernhard’s script on both of them. But the pain in my heart didn’t end there. Adele moved over to the little girl model and took the picture away, and I moved over to the mature elf female model and reached out.
“Victoria Bernhard will not forgive you…….”
“Cecchilie Bernhard will resent you in hell…….”
I almost stumbled over. I sat on the floor and almost vomited up what I ate for breakfast. But Adele told me. Her words gave me some insight.
Don’t get stuck in the past. I can’t give you more than a lesson.
Don’t worry about the future. It’s fate that’s coming soon anyway.
“Master, are you okay?”
“The eyes of the model are all looking at one place.”
“…… It is the sky.”
Live only the given present.
“Yeah, they’ve been watching us all this time.”
Among the flying dragons flying in the sky, the biggest one falls.
“As if it were a god who punished…….”
Strictly.
