Chapter 53 – 18. Jihye Jeon (1)
Academy’s central square, incense burner.
“It’s really… It’s a pity. Rest in peace for the deceased.”
With a sorrowful expression on my face, I put my hands together and bowed my head. Then Jamie’s father, Jonathan Cursreal, took my hand and opened his mouth.
“Thank you. For finding this place. And for praying for the rest of these children.”
I took a close look at his appearance. The dark circles around the eyes and the well-groomed face give the impression of being truly sad and thankful to me. His cracked voice evokes sympathy.
I don’t feel any anger or suspicion from him. Fortunately, they don’t seem to know that I’m the cause of the sudden death.
The wrinkles and age spots on Count Jonathan’s hands and face suggest his age. The glasses over his nose make him look like a typical scholar or administrator, and his thin limbs and diminutive shoulders tell us where Jamie’s ungainly physique comes from.
“Dude, what’s your relationship with your son…?”
“Ah, you had very little contact with me… But here, you were quite close to Wisdom.”
“I’m Jeon Ji-hye… I got to know Jamie sunbaenim at the sorcery club.”
“Oh, I see.”
He held the hand of wisdom as he did with me and thanked him. There is no significant change in expression or attitude.
“I’ve heard about you several times from my son. There’s a very good new member in the club.”
To me, this sounds completely different.
He’s a very good newcomer…
Didn’t I misunderstand the scapegoat of witchcraft?
“Anyway, thank you again for looking for both of us like this. Now, when the midterm exam is over, I think we’ll probably go on a trip to our territory with the academy club association… If you get a chance, come and visit us.”
“A club trip, are you talking about it?”
“Yes. My son said he was working on it as the head of the club. As he was working until right before his death yesterday, as a father, I plan to do everything I can to make his last business a success.”
“I see. If that happens, I will definitely visit you.”
“Draw it. Thank you.”
I was thinking about how to get revenge on him, but it turned out well. Although it is possible to defeat him here, the ecliptic has already raised its alert level due to the monster attack. There’s nothing good about showing your lower back.
A club trip to the Earldom of Cursreal.
Perhaps there must be a plot prepared to take away wisdom from me.
But this will be of no avail.
Jonathan Cursreal will get nothing from me or Wisdom,
That will be his last day.
“·······.”
I feel a soft gaze.
Jamie’s sister, Emily Cursreal.
She had been staring at me without a word for a while.
‘It’s pretty… How old are you?’
She has tidy hair and clean skin befitting the daughter of a countess. I’ve never seen her at the academy, and I doubt she’s older than me. So maybe she’s just a minor who hasn’t gotten her attributes yet?
She would look much prettier with a slight smile, but Emily’s face is terribly expressionless. She doesn’t show a single bit of emotion. Even in her eyes, there’s no sense of her life, it’s like looking at a pretty doll.
Could she have also joined her father’s and her brother’s conspiracy?
She wants to be friends with her, but today is not the day.
I left Count Jonathan and Emily behind me and went forward for a wreath and a moment of silence.
Just finish it and go to sleep. Tired.
* * *
Jonathan Cursreal glanced at two young men leaving the incense burner in the distance. Among them, he focused on a female student who often steals her eyes.
Hye Jeon. 20 years old. A summoner with the [Death] Attribute.
A woman who was her son’s target.
At the end of his research on resurrection magic to revive Sarah Cusreal, his wife who died unjustly in terrorism, he realized that he needed a sacrifice of the [Death] Attribute, which is an epic level.
‘It really, literally felt like the world was ending.’
It was the moment when years of blood and sweat became useless.
Since the ‘God of Death’ shaman, who roamed the world 300 years ago in the era of the great war, was the last [Death] Attribute known to the world, the aspirations of him and his son seemed to disappear forever out of reach.
Then, 22 summoners suddenly appeared, among them the [Death] Attribute appeared, and she joined her sorcery club. Reading the letter containing such content and his son’s joy, Jonathan felt his destiny.
‘Even the gods want Sarah’s resurrection.’
However, in order to achieve something, you have to overcome the hardships and adversity of fate. The more desperate and great the wish, the more difficult and painful the trial is.
Just a few hours ago, there was a sudden visit from Philip, Jamie’s vassal and messenger. Facing his hard expression, Jonathan felt doomed again.
The curse for sacrifice failed and the proud son lost his life.
Sick. It is her second loss after her wife. It feels like a huge nail has been driven into my heart. Indeed, the test prepared by the gods is painful enough to make you want to give up right away.
But you have to overcome it. Only when you endure the pain and overcome the test can you hold your wish in your hands. Jamie would surely like this too.
For this he will do anything.
Really, anything.
* * *
“Meet Count Jonathan Curreal, head of the Curreal family, and His Highness Soniel di Kairos, the brilliant star of the Empire.”
“·······.”
“Keep your head up.”
Soniel looked at his father and daughter, who knelt a few steps ahead.
Jonathan Curreal and Emily Curreal.
Jonathan is a well-known magician with the [Poison] Attribute.
The head of a venerable witchcraft family, he has managed the territory well without any major problems, and is a nobleman who maintains political neutrality by being loyal only to the emperor.
At the same time, he is famous in the world as a pathetic woman.
In his youth, in order to marry his beloved fiancée, he returned to the family after refusing the former disciple of the contemporary Ecstasy. His life of caring for his wife and family rather than fame or power touched the hearts of many people.
As such, he is widely known as an unhappy nobleman.
His daughter has been weak since she was born, so she doesn’t often go outdoors. So she was 20 years old this year, despite her awakening, she couldn’t enter the academy because of her health.
Also, his wife died a few years ago in the ‘Blue Bird’ terror attack.
And today, his son also lost his life.
“As the representative of the Imperial Family, I offer my sincere condolences to the unfair death of your eldest son, who was more loyal to the Empire than anyone else. The Imperial Palace will never stop investigating until the black magician, the culprit of the terror, pays the price.”
“The castle is ruined.”
“Also, as the director of the academy, I apologize for not being able to protect the life of a precious student.”
“······Don’t worry too much. It’s not the academy’s fault. It’s the son’s choice to live on a remote hill, so I’m just following the order of heaven and fate.”
Sonny El looked down at the old man who lowered his head.
‘It’s a shame…’
After hearing all the circumstances from Mr. Seo, she doesn’t like his nonchalant attitude.
She dared to harm the West.
Jamie and Sophie paid a fair price.
Rather, their sins are not known to the world, and only the punishment they received is wrapped in an unfair death.
‘It was dangerous…’
If things had gone wrong and Jeon Ji-hye had lost her life, the future for the empire would have been even more bleak.
Her efforts to do her best for a happy ending almost went to waste.
I’m glad it ended amicably.
Then, Soniel’s eyes met Emily’s.
Emily quietly looked up at Soniel from Jonathan’s back, never opening her mouth since entering her throne room.
Her slightly reddish eyes and Soniel’s golden eyes looked into each other.
. . . I can’t feel anything to the point of feeling a little creepy,
Empty, empty eyes.
Sonny Elle’s vision goes beyond her insensitive pupils, and she reaches beyond that.
Authority [Future Vision].
The greatest authority of the [Star cluster] Attribute reads the heavenly law and predicts the not-too-distant future.
Numerous fleeting sights briefly appear in her field of vision and then quickly disappear.
Soniel’s brilliant mind managed to remember most of them.
A man and a woman dancing together in a calm banquet hall.
Jung Ji-hoo stood at the edge of the shadow of the tall spire.
People who have seizures bleeding from their eyes, nose and mouth.
A falling shooting star.
A garden engulfed in a huge fire.
And······.
Dripping semen from the pussy,
Ravaged and abandoned in the deep forest,
Jennifer D. Kairos.
‘·······!!!’
Soniel realized. After her academy midterm exams are over, she learns what happens on the club union trip. What the hell is going on in the Cursreal estate?
At the same time, she realized. One of the most powerful routes among the various routes to make her male-hating older sister into the woman of the West. Its starting point.
Also, she knows what to do with herself from now on.
‘·······.’
Following her sister, who believes that Seo Bang-nim’s semen is medicine and eats it, and even her older sister.
Sonny Elle just always does her best for her family and empire.
I have no doubt that this road leads to the best future.
* * *
Wisdom showed tears at the incense burner. She didn’t cry out loud, but her eyes were slightly moist.
This is, of course, due to Sophie’s death, not Jamie’s.
According to Wisdom’s Daily Report, Sophie is the friend she spends the most time with, after her me and Anna. Although it was a short time, they studied together in a club and built their own friendship.
However, this relationship was in vain.
First of all, Sophie cooperated with Jamie even though she knew Ji-hye’s bleak future.
Then what about wisdom? Will Ji-hye value Sophie?
In high school, Jihye did not show affection to others. Her face was always smiling, but her heart was always cold to everyone except me.
I trained her like that.
In her second year of middle school, she isolated her wisdom from everyone. Her best friend betrayed her. She made me stay by her side.
And after the unplanned shock and secret murder,
In the third year of middle school, she was brainwashed into wisdom. I designed her life so that she only sees me all day. She repeatedly instilled that I am the only one on earth who loves, cares for, and cares for her.
In high school, I played with wisdom. I nurtured her, satisfied with her first work.
And on the eve of the college entrance exam, the world suddenly changed.
In a rapidly changing situation, it became impossible for me to completely control her life, and Wisdom was exposed defenselessly to unknown aliens, not to the people of Earth who believed to be enemies.
On top of that, the potency of gaslighting was also gradually declining.
“Jihye, are you very sad?”
“······It’s a little like that.”
Wisdom is certainly not insensitive to Sophie’s death.
Therefore, I need to tighten her spirits again.
We need to let her know that this world is no different from Earth.
So I made up my mind.
“······Really?”
“Yes.”
“Really?! Really? Really really, really!!”
“That’s right.”
“Wow! I’m living with Jihoo!!”
During the week off from the academy, I decided to stay in her room.
They will wake up, eat together, study or play together, and fall asleep in the same space.
Life as a married couple.
From the point of view of wisdom, it will be like a dream.
She doesn’t ask me why. Not only does this have its merits, it’s because I’ve been taught not to question my decisions.
Cohabitation is purely for me.
To fill Sophie’s void in her heart with me, not Anna.
And finally, to reap the fruits of the wisdom of the past few years.
“I’ll just pack a little and go.”
“Huh! No, I’ll help too!”
“Oh, thank you.”
Now only the final test remains.
Within the next week, Jeon Ji-hye will become my woman completely.
Whether she likes it or not.
