Chapter 68 – 068. Encounter With the Devil (4)
“Is it okay for the princess to be alone like this?”
“Anyway, only the pattern without support base or power is the royal family. Didn’t you hear what the Guards Commander was saying to me on the way out? You said you would honestly tell the queen everything.”
“That and the princess being here alone with me is not the reason.”
“As long as I am in this palace, no one cares about where I am or what I do. Even in the palace, it seems that only me and my mother know about you. Who cares what’s going on with an insignificant-looking prisoner inside the prison?”
Even the people of this kingdom do not know about the existence of Eun-hyeon.
His information known to the outside world is that he is only a subordinate of Illyana, the Black Witch, and he is not the type to fully expose his abilities.
Perhaps even if the fact that Eun-hyeon is the witch’s lover is revealed, the kingdom will not treat Eun-hyeon in this way.
As a result, only Helena Hubei and her daughter, Princess Yuria, know about Eun-hyeon among the people in the royal family.
“Now, tell me. Why the hell did you do that?”
After confirming again that no one was around her, Yuria couldn’t hide her frustrated expression and asked her Eunhyeon.
“If you don’t explain what I did, I won’t be able to answer anything.”
“Are you thinking of pretending? I mean that kid. Why the hell are you covering it up?”
Eunhyeon immediately realized who Yuria was talking about.
It was the expression that Yuria didn’t like that her Eunhyeon had put forward as a condition for her to stand up for her Erin and release her.
“You know about Erin.”
“The child is dangerous.”
“Why is it dangerous?”
“She said the child…”
For a moment, Yuria hesitated as she wondered if it would be right to reveal the information she knew, but she soon made up her mind and opened her mouth.
“That child is a child who has inherited the power of a divine beast named Gumiho. As he later awakens, he intends to turn the whole of Pernin into a sea of fire!”
“…”
‘This again… No way?’
Eunhyun glanced at her goddess, Belldandy, floating above her own head.
[The child seems to be right.]
“Does that mean that the story of Erinn will also appear in the story in ‘Marchen of Destiny’ that the princess read, ‘Future Poetry’?”
“… That’s right.”
Yuria nodded her head at Eunhyun’s question with a serious face.
Short for ‘Merchen of Destiny’ or ‘Merchen of Pioneering Destiny’, it is a novel that Yuria read on Earth in her previous life.
Eun-hyeon was tired of mentioning the names of each of the novels she had read in her memories of Yuria’s previous life, so she just openly used the expression “Future poetry.”
Oddly enough, the current Yuria had the absurd illusion that this place was a world in a novel due to God’s trick that awakened her memories of her past life.
But the reality is completely different from what she knows.
Because this was a world where a new civilization, restored by the gods after the destruction of the earth, had settled.
The knowledge that Yuria possessed in the novel called ‘Merchen of Destiny’ is nothing more than a book made up of a part of the future flow of this world and sent to the past.
In other words, the novel she read was also playing the role of a kind of ‘prophecy’ in the current situation.
According to her, Erin’s fate was already decided from the beginning.
That too, as an outrageous villain.
“Under…”
It is unbelievable that the weak girl who did not know how to fight let alone magic grows into a villain who tries to turn the entire capital into a sea of fire.
When Eunhyeon laughed, Yuria, not knowing why, frowned at her.
“Are you laughing now? Although you agreed to release the child for now, since you’ve got something on your mind. That child.”
With a frustrated expression on her face, Yuria explained to Eunhyeon what she knew about her original novel.
Coincidentally, this is also the time when Erin appears and awakens the power of divine beasts in the “Marchen of Destiny.”
Erin, who was known to be missing in Aither, suddenly appeared and caused a stir in her school.
His father was executed for embezzlement after being caught stealing the kingdom’s budget.
An older brother who is known to have fled with the gold coins his father hid.
Later, when Elvin was revealed to have been a warlock during the escape process and heard the news that he was killed by Artia’s leader, she was extremely angry at the fact that her brother, the only being she could trust and rely on, died. Feeling this, Erin awakens with the power of the divine beast that was dormant in her body.
Erinn is the power of a divine beast and uses one of their own unique abilities called ‘Energy Drain’ to attack the nobles, recover their strength little by little by absorbing a vast amount of magical energy from them, and then become the capital of the kingdom. An attempt was made to burn down the entire Infernine, but her revenge was thwarted when Alex and the protagonist’s party killed Erin.
With that, the revenge play of a girl who drove her entire family to death comes to an end without being accomplished.
“Isn’t it ridiculous? She was executed because neither her father nor her brother were warlocks who committed crimes and threatened the country. With it, she is vengeful against the country and is going to burn innocent people to death.”
“… Was that novel popular?”
“Yes. Quite a lot, right? There were a lot of advertisements, and it was often talked about on the Internet. Maybe the writer made a lot of money.”
“…”
“Why, why?”
When Eunhyeon narrowed her eyes and made an expression that she didn’t like something, Yuria asked in embarrassment.
“Where on earth did you sell probabilities…”
In this story, why is the story of Erin’s older brother, Erwin’s point of view missing?
Naturally, many stories were missing, such as the story of Ashton, who led Renion Hersha’s corruption through arbitrary actions, and how some of the divine beast’s power flowed into Erinn’s body.
These are the stories recorded from the point of view of those who thoroughly become the ‘protagonists’ or ‘winners’ in the story.
From Yuria’s point of view, who still thinks that this world is a world in a novel, Erin, who tried to turn the kingdom’s capital into a sea of fire for ‘unreasonable reasons’, was a villain.
‘This is why the goddess intertwined her Erin’s fate with mine.’
[I knew. But she couldn’t interfere, so she wove the threads of her destiny to involve her child. In the end, so that her child can save him.]
Lest a poor girl with a torn heart not ruin herself and set the kingdom on fire in her despair.
It was Eun-hyeon who had already experienced some of the power of the divine beast, the nine-tailed fox, who came out after encroaching on Erin’s body.
‘Perhaps it was the devil who encouraged Erin in the middle of the novel.’
Perhaps the demon had a plan to lay the blame for her series of raids on her Erin, and then raid more people to extort her magical powers.
However, contrary to the devil’s expectations, the power of the divine beast in Erin’s body, whose mentality was pulverized by the devil’s instigation, awakened, and as a result, the nine-tailed fox, who had a deep hatred for the first king of Pernias, turned the kingdom into a sea of fire. .
Since the nine-tailed fox had planned to annihilate all of this country’s royal family from the beginning, if Erin had really vowed to avenge her, she might have surrendered her body to the nine-tailed fox without hesitation.
The story in the novel probably went through this process, Eun-hyeon thought.
A girl’s fate was pioneered after meeting Eun-hyeon, and she began to walk a different path from the future flow of novels or prophecies, but I realized again that the great flow of fate does not change.
“Princess.”
“Yes?”
“As I said beforehand, this world is not the world in the novel the princess read.”
“What is that…”
Right before Erin and YuRia met properly, Eunhyeon thought it was a relief that she heard this story.
First of all, she needed to tear down and fix her perception.
“The princess should know. ‘A Wizard’s Tale’ as long as she did not hesitate to give up even her own future for the sake of her own sister.”
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“Really… ?”
Erin couldn’t hide her nervousness and showed her anxious face.
“Have you not heard anything from him?”
Erin and Alex, who came out of prison, were just walking around the capital without a destination.
“Yes… It’s just that I’ve got people ready to help me… Did you?”
Eun-hyeon explained that she was only one of Erin’s countermeasures against demons, but she didn’t even give advice, let alone specifically tell her what to do or where to go.
“… For now, let me apologize to you first.”
“Yes?”
“I heard everything my half-brother did to you. Not once, not twice, really disrespectful.”
“Ah…”
When she suddenly bowed her head and offered her a polite apology, Erin was embarrassed but nodded her head, rejecting Alex’s apology.
“This is not an apology I should have received from Alex. It’s an apology you should receive from that man. And I know that this has nothing to do with the Duke.”
Erin had never seen Abros before, but at least she knew that he cared about her in many ways and felt sorry for her.
That made it all the more difficult for her to understand the arbitrary behavior of Ashton, a member of her family.
“Eleanor also apologized to you like this, but she said she was rejected. It was true.”
Alex smiled bitterly and straightened his lower back.
“I know. If it were me, I would never have forgiven you.”
“… !”
“Who are you!”
Her unexpectedly enchanting voice startled Erin and gave her goosebumps, and Alex immediately activated her magic to strengthen her body and draw her sword.
Alex, who looked around and was wary, but couldn’t see anyone, looked into the air with a feeling of unbelief.
It is as bad as not wearing clothes that reveal all of the flesh of a voluptuous body, attractive appearance, and white skin that any man would be fascinated by at least once.
A pair of bat wings that resemble the devil’s symbol and appearances made solely for the purpose of seducing men.
Alex glared at the succubus, staring at him from the air, spitting on his lips and licking his lips.
“Oh? He’s the first person to show hostility as soon as he sees me.”
“Shut up.”
“You’re a very interesting man, but this time it’s because he’s that kid, not you.”
“What?”
Alex, who looked at the succubus laughing as if he was having fun and responded coldly, finally understood why Eun-hyeon hadn’t given any instructions to Erin.
It was because Eunhyeon knew that the devil would come looking for Erin.
So, she didn’t have to rush to find the demon.
But how to fight against it?
Unlike Eun-hyeon, his father, or Riod, Alex had never fought a demon.
It’s the same with Erin. Eun-hyeon saw what potential she had in Erin and entrusted her with the important task of hunting down demons.
“To me?”
“Yep. Hey, won’t you take revenge with me?”
“What… Called… ?”
“Let’s work together and burn this country down!”
“Uh, what is that…”
“Stop!”
Sensing her hints, Alex swung her sword and tried to stop the succubus, but she acted faster.
The demon, the succubus, grinned and raised her index finger to touch Erin’s forehead.
[Hi? Shall we study together?]
“Ah…”
A memory begins to play in Erin’s head.
It was to show the memories he had through the ability to manipulate the dreams of a succubus.
Many memories of a girl and a boy having a good time together.
The boy was a man he knew very well.
I dodged Alex’s sword with quick movements and kept talking to Erin from a distance.
“My name is Lira Baranov. She’s a friend who spent a lot of time with Elvin in Aether.”
“My brother and…”
Erin was mesmerized as she thought of the many smiling faces of Elvin playing in her head.
“This…”
‘It’s not good,’ thought Alex, unable to shake off her anxious thoughts, and looked at Erin, who stood still with her dazed expression on her face.
“Come with me. It is to get revenge on this country that made Alvin like that.”
“Not… Okay…”
Saying that it can’t be like that, Erin desperately starts to resist, but the brainwashing in Erin’s head is gradually trying to control her mind.
“Follow me. I will show you the way.”
“Road?”
“Okay. Road. You just have to trust me and follow me.”
“No. I can’t.”
“Huh… ?”
Her brainwashing that had been eating away at Erin’s head was broken.
The succubus’ eyebrows twitched at the unexpected event.
“Oh my… You don’t have a li?”
“You are not the one to show me the way.”
[Joy.]
The sound of a woman’s snoring in my head.
And her rising broke her brainwashing into her head that her heart was about a man she could trust and depend on.
Pulling her rapier from her own waist, Erin recalled her silver-given mission with a determined expression on her face as she aimed her weapon at the demon confronting her.
“There is only one person who can show me the way.”
“…”
The succubus’ face was distorted.
Is it anger that a mere human being broke his brainwashing, which he thought would never be broken, or is it irritation that things did not go as planned?
I couldn’t tell which one or both, but it was clear that the succubus didn’t like the situation very much.
“I was just worried.”
Alex, whose expression of relief soon turned into a smirk, also aimed his sword at the succubus beside Erin.
[Still, it’s wonderful. Don’t let the prize go down.]
“Uh, uh… ?”
Against her own will, blue mana gushed from within her Erin’s body, enveloping her.
