Chapter 197: Chapter 197

TL: Zimmings

[Lady? What’s the matter?]

“A red moon has risen…”

It might be the moon prophesied to bring Mina.

I bit my lip and looked up at the sky.

How did it happen?

The red moon will rise after 8 years.

‘I remember it clearly. I’m sure I saw it in my first life!’

My head became even more dizzy.

Things went out of place. Why is everything so rushed?

‘Is this also a trick by God Neliard?’

***

I sent Taylor to the mansion first, then hurried to the office at the hope mercenary guild.

The chairman, Seria, and Trigon, who I had previously called in the office, were waiting for me.

“Lady.”

Seria approached with a stiff face. After I saw their expression, I exchanged glances with the chairman and Trigon.

The chairman opened his mouth as he led me to sit on the sofa.

“I already heard the story. The child of the God Neliard comes with the red moon?”

I told Seria the story of the red moon through our call from the Imperial Palace.

Their expressions also become grim.

Trigon frowned.

“What kind of mess is this? If the real thing appears, the lady’s position…”

The reason why the temple and Marche have not done any harm to me is because I may be the child of fate sent by God Neliard.

The temple thought I might be a fake, but they couldn’t act recklessly.

‘So they won’t attack me.’

I clenched my skirt tightly.

“We were in a very good position. Since I’m at Dubblede, they can’t attack us. But if Mina appears, this relationship will be completely destroyed.”

“…….”

“The temple will attack Dubblede as much as it wants, and we won’t have time to prepare for a counterattack.”

The chairman looked at me with grim eyes.

“The biggest problem isn’t that. If it turns out that the young lady is the child of the evil God, her life cannot be guaranteed.”

“……Yes.”

“Everyone in the world wants her to die. On the other hand, the true child of God, who defeats evil spirits and brings peace to the world, will be protected by everyone in this world and thrive…”

“…….”

“Lady and Mina also can’t start a fight. The fight between the two will be your ultimate defeat.”

The chairman is right.

I am the child everyone in the world wished to die.

Meanwhile, Mina is loved by everyone around the world.

I clasped my head with both hands.

‘Why did the evil God choose me?!’

If they hadn’t chosen me, at least people around the world wouldn’t want me to disappear.

Since the evil God will bring the end to us all. To the people, they would rather kill me first before that happened.

Trigon asked, narrowing his brow.

“But the young lady has reduced the influence of the temple, and has even been given the honorable status. Before you were powerless right? That’s why you lose the fight. It’s different now.”

“The influence of the temple will be restored when Mina comes! Besides, the temple is also collecting the devil’s passage like me. They knew before me that the Nogak which summoned Glasalabolas was a passage of the devil, and they also had the passage of the devil that sent Adrian and me into the past. Don’t you know what this means?”

“So they know about the devil passage?”

“Yes. As proof of that, they secured all the passages in your mother’s Etwal first, right? So, when Mina, who can use Etwal, comes along, they’ll offer all kinds of rare devils! Mina will use her powers, and the devotees will flock to the temple. Commoners and nobles alike!”

I gritted my teeth and said.

“So I should have finished preparing for Dubblede’s independence before Mina came…”

I want to establish a country that is out of reach of the temple, so that we can live quietly and happily.

I shrugged my shoulders with a tired face.

“Should me and my family move to somewhere far away? No, then my family will have to live a hard life… If we disappear, the people in the mansion will be persecuted… I’m crazy to even think about it!”

Trigon and the chairman let out a sigh as I screamed.

At that moment, Seria quietly raised her hand.

“Lady… Are you sure that the red moon brings the child of the God Neliard?”

“According to the information my dad stole from the temple, yes. It is highly probable that Mina is coming, since the words red, moon, and advent were included in the prophecy.”

“But according to the information I found…”

Seria laid down the documents she had found in Valluas’s secret library on the table.

“The red moon is said to be when every realm is aligned.”

“Aligned… devil realm, divine realm, celestial realm, or something like that?”

“I think it’s something like that. It happened once before too.”

“Something like that happened before?”

When I tilted my head, Seria nodded.

“Recently, there have been reports of two red moons rising from the observatory.”

Then Trigon, who was rubbing his chin, said, “Ah!”

“That’s right. I also got a call. It was a month ago.”

“A month ago…”

Seria heard my murmur and took the paper.

“It’s the day you went to the past.”

“……the day when the power of the devil was so powerful.”

“Yes, I think two red moons rose when it sent her to the past and back to the present.”

“That’s…”

I blankly looked down at the papers and turned my gaze to Seria.

“It may not be Mina who came here.”

‘Adrian.’

This red moon might be a signal from that kid.

I hurriedly looked through Seria’s documents. Meanwhile, Seria briefly explained what she found out.

“I don’t know if it’s Mina or Adrian, but when we summon a being who does not belong to this time, we must open the door.”

“Door?”

“Yes. We have to open the door so that we can enter this world from there. Did you ever bring in beings that do not belong to this world?”

“Devils… But without a passage… no way.”

“That’s right. There’s a way to summon devils without a passage.”

Advent ceremony.

Just as the Duke of Vallua summoned Glasalabolas, even the unchosen ones can summon devils.

“But we need an offering.”

I looked at my etwal.

“Maybe that’s why Pur wanted my heart. To bring in things that do not belong to this world without a passage.”

Seria nodded her head.

“A very special soul is sometimes used as a sacrifice. But there are other ways, like what the Duke of Vallua did. He made human sacrifices with 50 lives.”

“That…”

“Lady, we cannot delay. Tonight, if the red moon disappears, you may not be able to bring the prince back forever.”

The chairman added.

“There are death row inmates in the Dubblede Territory. Those who are connected with your ancestors. The number of those people is fifty.”

“…….”

“There is no time. If they hadn’t colluded with their ancestors to harm the young lady and the duchess in the first place, you wouldn’t have gone through the pain, lost your family, or visited the past.”

I felt conflicted.

When the red moon goes down, the chance never comes again. According to the chairman, if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t have suffered.

‘This is revenge.’

I, no, we have suffered. It’s the lives of those who have made us suffer. Isn’t that something I can use?

Some people’s faces flashed through my mind.

My mother, who hid me behind her back and confronted Benedict with a pale face.

On the day it was revealed that Mireille was not the real child, Lea cried secretly.

Dad was looking at my mother’s picture alone in a dark room

And my brothers who grew up in loneliness.

“Leblaine.”

Adrian.

Recalling that boy’s voice, I smiled bitterly and looked around Seria, Chairman, and Trigon.

“I can’t do that.”

“Lady!”

“I can’t.”

“Why can’t you do that?! Did you care about the justice and morality of it? Who cares about that! You have suffered because of them!”

“Who cares about justice and morality?”

I pouted my lips as Trigon narrowed his brow.

“Then?”

“I don’t have that. What do you expect? In my first life, where I was so into that, I died as a sacrifice. I’m a clever kid who only cares about money now!”

“That’s right!”

“Because I’m a clever child, I don’t want to do such stupid things!”

“……huh?”

I clicked my tongue and folded my arms.

“The death row inmates should suffer more. They should suffer everyday. 10 years of pain? They should suffer even more living.”

“…….”

Trigon looked at me with a puzzled expression, and I laughed.

“Special soul. I have it too.”

“……No way.”

I took out the etwal.

“A very special soul.”

I shouted, “Come on, Pur!”

The etwal flashed, and Pur appeared.

“This mean kid. You’re going to use me as a devil’s sacrifice?! To be such a subordinate like Boone? I can’t, I can’t!”

It seems that Boone also became a subordinate through such a way.

‘Boone…’

Pur started to cry as I patted its shoulder with a kind expression.

“You won’t be a subordinate.”

“…What are you talking about?”

“I’ll hold onto you for the rest of my life. You are my slave unless I release you from Etwal.”

“…….”

“Wait, huh? You just need to go up to the altar for a little while with a fraudulent contract. That kind of thing, you know.”

I laughed as Pur’s expression distorted little by little.

“Huwaa!!! Huwaaa-!!”

He sat down on the floor and started punching the ground.

“Oh my, oh my! What sin did I commit to have such an owner? Gosh-!”

Seria was stunned seeing Pur.

“Hurry up to prepare for the advent ceremony.”

“Yes? Ah, yes!”

Seria hastily started preparing for the ceremony. Shortly thereafter, an altar was set up in the basement of the office.

I made a barrier and put Pur at the center of the altar.

‘Adrian.’

A fire was created around the summoning circle. Fire permeated the Pur in an instant.

Then, a door appeared and opened.

‘Is it Mina or Adrian?’

I bit my lip and looked at the door.

“Sa-save me. What a crazy bastard…! I only posted a few malicious comments, but what the hell!”

It was neither Mina nor Adrian who came out of the door, but a man with strange clothing.

“Wow, I lived. Where is it? Seoul?”

“……?”

“Wow, what a bomb filming location! Awesome! But who are you?”

No, who are you…