Chapter 1096 – #261_His Return – DeepL
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Three days and four nights.
His love vacation with Dorothy was over.
“You~that was so hard…. My legs are still shaking.”
“…But it was good, wasn’t it?”
Dorothy’s face is glowing even though she’s been energized, and Xiu is shivering next to her, but she looks like she’s lost five kilos too.
The joy of reunion, scary!
After days of hanging out, playing, washing together, eating, and doing it all over again, there’s no way they’d have any stamina left.
“It was scorching hot.”
Rinne looked at the two of them with a strangely frustrated expression.
She thought it would be a day or two at most, but it was three days and four nights.
Wasn’t this unplanned?
Linnaeus hid his displeasure and tugged at Xiu’s collar.
It was Linnaeus’ way of saying, “Mr. Nang-kun, let me have a look.
“Nangong. I’ve packed everything.”
Linnaeus’ luggage was minimal.
Just one small suitcase.
As an extreme minimalist, Linnaeus didn’t have much more than his clothes and a few precious items.
“Oh, you’re so thrifty, good for you.”
Xiu pats Linnaeus on the head, satisfied.
“What about you, Dorothy?”
“I packed everything, too.”
Dorothy, on the other hand, I’d believe if I told you she’d shared her belongings in a suitcase.
One suitcase.
“Is this all your stuff, Dorothy?”
“Well, I bought a bunch of stuff, and it’s piled up like that. Will you give me a big room when I go to Gehenna?”
“Of course.”
With that, I was ready to go.
Back in Miri Witch Point, they went to see the head of the Sua branch and went through the formalities of transferring the two people who were still tied to the Seoul branch.
Both Linnaeus and Dorothy were ready to enter Gehenna.
“Well, shall we go?”
“Let’s go!”
As they approached the Han River with their citizenship cards in hand, their vision was reversed with a strange distortion characteristic of a ‘gate’.
“…….”
I feel sick to my stomach.
I feel a little more bloated than usual.
It’s time to face reality now that you’ve had your happily ever after.
Though you’ve kept it a secret from the two lovers, you realize that their arrival in Gehenna will not be smooth sailing.
It took a great deal of help to get Dorothy into Gehenna for a short time for treatment.
Master, your two mothers-in-law, and even Mistress Yesod have come forward to provide identification.
Even if Gehenna is currently in the midst of the Exile Liberation Envoy business.
Even if they both made revolutionary majors during the Flood.
And that you’ve stolen a lot of Hexenacht insider information and given it to Gehenna.
To barely be granted a temporary stay with the solidarity of two dukes and one baron.
Such is the weight of the original sin of being a ‘public figure’.
There has never been a case in Gehenna’s history where a public figure who was not an outcast was restored to citizenship.
The Gehenna way of doing things values tradition as much as the law values precedent.
So Xiu’s plan was half-baked.
He doesn’t want to put them in any more danger.
The scenery along the Han River dispersed and the VIP waiting room of the immigration office appeared.
The immigration officer, whose face I had seen a few times in the distance, approached.
He was coming.
“Could you please wait a moment?”
I checked my outfit one last time and walked briskly to the officer.
You simulate the conversation in your head.
Xiu: I’ll take my girlfriend inside.
Director: Ying? I haven’t received any such request.
Xiu: Now, look here. According to the Statutes of Gehenna, there is a special provision for nobles of the rank of Count or higher to bring the discussion of the Exile Lottery to the Council. I’ll have her stay at the Hessian Society while she’s being reviewed.
Director: No, that’s for the exiles, and the two behind you are public figures. You’ve just been disgraced by the raid on Border Town, and this is ridiculous.
Xiu: It’s me, Xin Xiu, who’s being considered for the next earldom because of my recovery of that vicious dagger. Look at these two, how nice and good they look. They’ve been branded as traitors by Hexenacht, and they’re going to be executed. There’s no way they’re going to make it out of Hexenacht, is there?
Director: Still, we can’t make exceptions to the rule.
Xiu: This is not a good thing to say…. Do you know who’s behind me? I’m the Duke of Tifferet, the man you admire, and we’ve trained together, we’ve dueled together, we’ve slept together, we’ve done everything together, and I’m Count Gehenna, and I know how to use the Moon, and you’re letting me cut you off? Call your teacher, call your mother-in-law, call Mamang the Yesod!
Director: Look at this guy, he’s trying to make a name for himself by bringing his girlfriend to Gehenna? Wait for him. You’re the only one who’s full? I’m full, asshole!
“…Hmm.”
Of course, I wouldn’t go to such lengths to fight, but Xiu is desperate.
If the two of them stay in this world, there’s no guarantee it won’t happen again.
And there’s no turning back.
In the midst of a fierce snowball fight, the charismatic Xin Xiu’s personality is brought out for the first time in a long time.
“Baron Xinxiu. It’s been a long time. You’re always an unusual companion.”
“Long time no see.”
Contrary to his expectations, the Director of the Administration had been bowing respectfully with a casual tone.
It was enough to make Xiu shrug, who was about to bark and bark and bark at all of his power connections.
“This is an unusual situation, which is why I have to speak to you in person.”
“Yes, that’s exactly what I wanted to talk to you about….”
“Baron Xin Xiu and his two companions, duly authorized for entry by the Director of Administration.”
“What does that mean ……?”
“I’ve also issued you a temporary residence permit, so you shouldn’t have any problems staying for a while.”
“…Are you sure that’s it?”
“Of course.”
Something about this is sobering.
Ominously so.
Is this some kind of political trap?
The conversation with Count Cagliostro went well enough, so all that’s left is to talk to Duke Erelim of the Truthfulness Society.
They’ve always had a soft spot for Xiu, so it’s possible they’ve set up a nasty trap.
At Xiu’s bewilderment, the director flashed a coy smile.
“As a citizen of Gehenna, I salute you. I hear you’re a disciple of Lord Tiferet for a reason. Until next time….”
Before a nervous-looking Xiu, the Commissioner turned away quietly, his smile still intact.
“Nangun, are we in trouble?”
“Hmph~ Don’t worry about us too much. I know it’s not easy, and I’m impressed that you’re doing this for us.”
Apparently, the two had realized that Xiu was pushing himself a little too hard.
“They want us to just come in.”
“What? You’re not going back to the dungeon where you were locked up before?”
“Yeah, they’re officially authorized.”
“…….”
The three of them walked out into Border Town, shaking their heads in unison.
The place had been raided the other day, and it seemed to have been neatly repaired with magical power.
Today was no different, with the docks humming and the drizzle soaking their tracking collars.
But the moment Xiu’s group is caught in the witches’ perception, there is an explosion of words.
“Huh? Is that…? It’s the Sword Witch….”
“Eh? The Sword Witch? Why is she here?”
“Are you that slow on the uptake? She joined the Witchpoint Penal Colony a while ago, and we just got attacked.”
Rinne is always wary.
The only reason she didn’t dismiss it as a raid was because she walked out of the immigration office unharmed, and Xiu was next to her.
“So, you’re the witch of the composition? You have big boobs. Aren’t they heavy?”
“Wow… So Baron Xin Xiu wants to get revenge on her….”
“Not just revenge, but resurrection like that….”
I keep hearing the sound of a huffing and puffing.
Gehenna’s aunts and uncles.
When I approached them, thinking they might say something I didn’t want to hear, they clamped their mouths shut as if they had done it before.
And then, when they were within striking distance of each other for a simple conversation.
Xiu couldn’t help but doubt his eyesight.
The witch who had been drinking on the inn’s terrace, the witch who hadn’t seemed all that interested in Xiu’s group, the witch who had been making a big deal about it.
She placed her right hand gently on her chest and bowed her head lightly, saying nothing.
“…….”
Xiu knows what that gesture means.
It’s a rare gesture of sincere respect from a witch who is proud, arrogant, and drunk on her own privileged sense of being special.
It was not uncommon for a witch to bow in this manner when traveling with her master.
And this one was directed at none other than Xiu.
“Hmph.”
Xiu, who had planned to politely protest that he would be left behind if he continued to argue, had no choice but to turn around and continue on his way.
“Oooh, Darling, you’re capable, and those self-conscious sandbags are saying yes?”
Dorothy, who was more excited than Xiu, poked him with her elbow and giggled.
“Count Gehenna is so great?”
Linnaeus looks a little surprised, too.
“He’s great, sure, but that’s a little… what is it? Did we eat something wrong as a group?”
I don’t understand.
I would have understood if I’d gotten that reaction when I walked into Gehenna.
But I’d been in Gehenna long enough to revive Dorothy, and I’d never been treated that way.
It’s a little embarrassing to come home after a few days of hard sex and be greeted like that.
“Are you trying to get a head start on your ascension to count?”
“I don’t think so. If I was going to be treated differently simply because of my title, I would have been treated differently when I was made a baronet and started the Hessian Society.”
I walked around a bit to see how far the anomaly would go, but there were no exceptions.
When I spot Xiu, I bow my head.
“I’ll have to go back and ask him.”
Master Tifferet happens to be at the manor.
Dorothy and Linnaeus stop by to say hello.
“Duke, it’s been a while, and you look so cute today.”
“Dorothy, I’m glad to see you looking well.”
“Of course I am. I spent all day yesterday playing with Xiu.”
Xiu returns from picking lotus flowers.
In front of Xiu, who was at a loss for words, the teacher gave up the lotus for Dorothy without a moment’s hesitation.
He looked at her with a calm gaze and cheered her on.
For this is the right path set forth by Eloah Tiferet.
After their embrace, Eloa turned to face her former rival, Linnaeus.
“You’re welcome, too.”
“…….”
Linnaeus looked away, unable to meet her eyes.
The last time she’d tried to learn sake in vain, she’d ended up with an ugly black history.
“Master.”
“What is it?”
“What the hell happened to Gehenna?”
I asked after our brief reunion.
