Chapter 282 – #63_Interlude(4)
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One.
A deep, dark space.
The endless darkness takes away even the sense of distance.
However, what Sharon felt was not the fear and fear of darkness.
Rather, it feels like returning to a familiar and cozy womb.
This is the world of the unconscious.
It is Ain, the space of ideas where all the magical assets that witches have accumulated over generations are piled up.
How much time has passed
What’s going on outside?
To Sharon now, those things were trivial.
In this profound space where no emotions were felt and even her personality seemed to be turned into fragments, she focused exclusively on her magic.
A giant cross-shaped structure that monopolized the center of Ain.
Encompassing the powers of the five elements, it is the Ark of the Elements.
Numerous elements of water, fire, earth, wind, and space float in the middle of the darkness like a fairy dance.
“Beautiful….”
Even in her unconscious state, Sharon was awed by it.
Each one contemplates the harmony that is cold, warm, solid, and full of vitality, encompassing all of those energies, and interprets and analyzes them endlessly.
There are not only structures inside Ain.
There are elements, and there is magical power.
It was not originally Sharon’s, but the magical power she had received so many times wrapped around the structure like a strong current.
-Koo-gu-gu-gu-gung!
And change began to happen.
The ark of the elements that began to resonate with the vibration that resonated with the heavens and the earth.
“Ah….”
Intellectual pleasure close to momentary ecstasy strikes Sharon’s whole body.
It’s enlightenment.
The surging waves of information and knowledge she felt when Sharon inherited her stigma for the first time.
It was the process of absorbing the knowledge Sharon should have completely inherited.
-Koo-gu-gu-gu-gung!
Every time a deafening roar resounded, magical energy stretched into the chest as if a necrotic nerve was being revived.
The parts of the stigma, which became incapacitated due to incomplete succession, are vividly revived.
The elements are excited as if they are happy at the birth of the Archwitch, who finally holds the right in her hands.
Each element that embraced Sharon wrapped around her body like a whirlwind.
She willingly gave herself over to the rapids.
An intense shock that breaks through the contradictions and devises that have never been understood.
With the light that shines so brightly that it hurts your eyes….
“Ah….”
Sharon’s eyes opened as she lay quietly on her bed.
When she came to her senses, it was a room with pleasant moonlight pouring down at an angle.
It is large enough to comfortably accommodate a family of four.
I haven’t used it for a long time, so I turn my eyes, which are overly sensitive to light, and look around every nook and cranny.
To narrow it down a bit, it’s on the bed.
The texture of the feather pillow felt on the back of the head is of the highest quality.
The feel of the futon that covers up to the chest is also of the highest quality.
It was immediately apparent that even the beautifully presented canopy was of the finest quality, hand-embroidered.
“… Ah… !”
Stagnant memories follow as consciousness returns.
The last thing etched into Sharon’s memory was the drowned witch who stuck a pike through her chest.
And Siu, who was left alone in front of the mighty homunculus.
“Siwoo!”
Even in an environment where it was obvious that there was no nearby, Sharon shouted urgently and looked around her.
Until we confirmed his safety, the fact that the complete succession he had hoped for had been completed was not important.
“Keugh! Whoops!”
I only stepped on the ground, but my self-defense works.
His limbs were stiff from lying down for too long.
How long has it been since then?
How was Siu?
Sharon, who was almost in a state of panic and panicked, stiffened.
It was because the scenery outside his window caught his eye at first glance.
“What… ?”
He thought he was wrong at first.
I’m guessing that someone saved Sharon.
It was not difficult to infer that they treated her and provided frugal nursing care.
However, the wide open garden outside the window and the scenery beyond the garden made me wonder what was going on, so my brain stopped for a while.
Yes.
This is Gehenna, not mortal life.
The clean air without even a hint of fine dust and the scenery in the room reminiscent of the Belle Epoque era prove it once again.
“I see… “
Sharon soon agreed.
“I am dead… “
He returned to Gehenna, where he had longed to come, and recovered all the stigma that Master had passed on to him.
There’s no way a witch with such an odd limb like hers could turn out so well.
This was an afterlife where all wishes were happily fulfilled.
Then, will Siwoo appear if he uses the Siwoo summoning technique?
No, since this is heaven, if you call Siwoo, it won’t mean that Siwoo will die in real life, right?
Sharon, who has somewhat outlandish ideas with her dazed head.
“Is that so? To me, it seems to be alive and well.”
“Hee!”
The sudden voice behind her made Sharon jump from her place.
She got caught
As soon as she realizes that, her delusion from a moment ago disappears in an instant, and within a second, she summons her witch suit and wand and aims Chuck at her back.
The witch looked at Sharon with a half-bewildered expression on her face, and it was a familiar face.
It’s been a while since we’ve met her in person, but not too long ago, she met a sister who looked just like her.
“Bae, Count… “
“Feel free to call me Albireo.”
Sharon’s face turned pale and she hastily hid the wand behind her back.
The debtor’s instinct is truly frightening.
It was because it rapidly cooled Sharon’s head, who had just woken up and couldn’t make sense of it.
“I think you’ll be curious, so I’ll tell you in advance. Siu-kun is safe. There was a commotion in Seoul, but word arrived that it was resolved well, and this is the mansion of the Countess of Jemonai, and Miss Evergreen has nothing wrong with her body.”
“Yes… ?”
“All is well, so don’t worry.”
Sharon stood blankly for a while as if frozen.
Tears flowed from her wide-open eyes.
The strength in her legs gave way and she sat down as it was.
Seeu is safe.
That was enough.
“What a relief… Thank god… Thank god….”
Albireo looked at him with mixed eyes and handed him a handkerchief.
“Sniff… Thank you… But, I’m really glad… “
“Shall we talk?”
2.
“That… Can I share something?”
If a fairy elf in the forest really existed, she would have looked like this, with a lovely appearance, large breasts that could not be hidden even under a loose dress for patients, and a wide pelvis for easy delivery.
Looking at her beautiful figure, Sharon’s mint-colored eyes glare at her while Albireo is lost in thought.
One way or another, Earl Gemanai is a creditor, and Sharon is a bad debtor who has not been able to pay her money properly for a long time.
If debts are added under the pretext of nursing care expenses, Sharon has no choice but to pay them.
“Whoa, I thought you might want to know what roughly happened.”
“What is it?”
“Recently, something related to Siwoo. Strangely, he only gets caught up in big events.”
To the bewildered Sharon, Albireo slowly explained what had happened recently.
Even in her present life, it was not strange that she, who had various contacts and sources of information, knew her inside and out.
A series of incidents in Seoul were the plans of the cowardly witch.
Siu, who cooperated with Duke Tiphareth, subdued the Red Knight and the Cowardly Witch.
That she was going to finish her cleaning up without much trouble and come to Gehenna to see her twins and Sharon.
Sharon, who made an expression as if the sky was about to collapse just hearing that Siwoo was in danger, breathed a breath that had stopped only when she heard that the incident had been completed without much going wrong.
“Miss Sharon was in a coma. With Siwoo-kun’s consideration, we, Count Jemonai, were helping him recover.”
“Thank you. No matter how many times I thank you, it’s not enough… “
Albireo’s complex gaze intertwined over the top of Sharon’s head as she nodded politely.
Albireo, who heard about Shiu’s current situation from Deneb, couldn’t help but admit his mistake.
It is not difficult to guess the level of a relationship between a man and a woman by inferring clues around them while having a conversation.
Minor things like mutual feelings and emotions.
Especially in the case of Sharon, it was like shedding clues openly.
Considering her markedly different quality of magical power, it is clear that she overcame her imperfect succession while she was down.
Perhaps being able to get closer to the world of the unconscious was the trigger.
Besides, she almost died right away and came back to life.
The first person that comes to mind at such a moment is Shiu…
Albireo’s diagnosis was that Sharon’s favor towards Siwoo was close to blind love.
Considering that Siwoo also prioritized Sharon’s evacuation while remaining in Seoul,
Furthermore, considering that the place where the two were killed was a hotel, it is obvious how far the relationship between the two has progressed.
It seems like they are even living together, so it must be a passionate relationship literally like fire.
Of course, it was Albireo’s own choice that kicked Siu out of Gehenna.
Albireo, noticing that the relationship between the twins and Siu was dangerously strained, made the decision that the three should be separated at least until the succession of the hierarchy ended.
Even if you only enjoy relationships behind the scenes, isn’t it possible that one day you’ll make a mistake out of nowhere?
What he had said at the time was for the twins was now a regrettable decision.
In the end, the man who had a lot of twins was stolen by a cruel witch named Sharon Evergreen…
It is true that he promised to wait for 5 years, but the person who kicked Si-woo out even though he knew that life in this world would be difficult cannot be accused of having an affair over her twins.
However, it is second-rate to meekly back down for giving her notice.
Albireo had his own thoughts.
He releases the reason why he originally asked Sharon to meet her alone.
“Miss Evergreen.”
“Yes.”
“Would you like to stay at our mansion and be the twins’ tutor?”
“Yes… ?”
“Just as Baron Marigold vacated her position, the elemental teacher position was vacant. The Evergreen School is the closest to the most orthodox of existing elemental magic, so it did well. I have written the contract, please read it.”
For the sake of the twins, it would be better to sneak in, even if it was a dishonorable means.
I feel sorry for Sharon, even though she knows that people can’t do what they want.
For the happiness of the daughters she loves, she can’t let go of her hand without doing anything.
“Uh?!?!”
Sharon, who was looking through the contract at her sudden offer, was taken aback.
Because it was such a good condition.
The twins will definitely inherit the stigma within 5 years.
That is, the maximum contract period is 5 years.
Within that, all remaining debts that the twins inherited the stigma and could not inherit due to lack of achievement were treated as extinguished.
We plan to return all the research materials that were held as collateral during the loan, and support substantial amounts of research expenses, food expenses, housing and workshop, and maintenance of dignity within the contract period.
Lastly, at the end of the contract period, a letter of recommendation from the Jinmyung Academy or a letter of introduction from Trinity Academy.
Debt, as well as support for solid design of the present life and future, was promised.
“Like! I’ll do my best!”
Sharon was overjoyed.
If this is the case, she will no longer have to rely on Siwoo.
She can do her part and be with him.
It can free her from her problems that have plagued her for decades.
It was a sweet contract that Sharon had no reason to refuse.
“There are only conditions.”
Albireo tried to ignore Sharon and opened her mouth.
“Could you keep your distance from Siwoo-kun?”
