Chapter 525 – 519 Hrasrind’s Mixture
Agitation and mental shock slowly appeared on the face of the Croal lord.
That she was left with her soul. There…… That she was mixed up? After staggering once, Yeongju rushed at Hwanin as if she was about to throw her body away.
= Ho… Mixed, do you mean she became mixed!?=
At that sudden action, Hwanin frowned and pushed his chest with a scale.
Revenge? Good night. Because the dead can’t even appeal resentment.
Revenge only breeds futility? If so, the target of that revenge is wrong.
And if he said that he would die after taking his revenge, that would be madness.
Yeongju was that madman. Who knows if he’ll suddenly go crazy and swing his claws at himself.
It is emotionally sympathetic for Lord Croal to retaliate and take revenge on those who killed his woman, but committing an act that is tantamount to suicide is not as understandable as a sparrow’s tears.
Of course, his feelings for him were also at their lowest, so a chilling voice flowed out of Hwanin’s mouth.
“What is this?”
=Answer, please answer! Are you saying that Senna is really mixed up!?=
Hwanin smiled softly at the sight of him rushing back, hoping for an answer, regardless of being pushed back. Then he aimed a lightning bolt at his chin.
Goof!!
= Off?! Ugh…….=
The lord, whose brain was greatly shaken by being hit right in the jaw, sat down and shook his head. He was concussed just enough to not pass out from a clean blow.
In an instant, all emotions disappear and Honjae clings to the side as if supporting him with a crying expression when he sees the lord crawling on the ground groaning like a zombie.
Then, he protested to Hwanin with tears and facial expressions, asking how he could do this.
“I am a soul mate. I can see you and I can hear you, so if you have something to say, say it.”
Honjae, who was surprised by the words, blinked his eyes and shouted in a half-crying voice.
“How can you hit someone like this?! You’re violent!”
“…….”
Isn’t it normal to ask the lord to forgive him for what he’s done in this case?
Hwanin, feeling a slight discomfort, opened her mouth to appease her, realizing that her mixed energy was growing stronger.
“You know very well how strong the men of the Lukrang tribe are. Earthlings like you and me would be killed in an instant if he made up his mind.”
“To…… ?」
“No one knows if the mad lord will suddenly change and attack. It is best to keep them away.”
“No, wait a minute. It’s true that Kuro is crazy…… Are you from Earth too? Where are you from?”
Rather than hitting the lord, Sena, who reacted to the fact that they were from the same district, opened her eyes wide and asked back. Her sense of incongruity intensifies a little.
“I am Korean. You are…… You are Japanese.”
“Right! Really…… There were other Earthlings besides me…….」
It is mysterious that they can communicate even if they speak different languages, perhaps because of the state of their souls, but Hwanin just dismissed it as if it was so.
Sena, who was looking at Hwanin with her sad face, eventually appealed with an expression that she was very angry and shouted that she shouldn’t hit people.
“If we talk, we can understand each other! Violence is bad, so don’t use it!”
“…….”
Feeling of discomfort again. Hwanin erased the expression from Sena’s face at the sense of incongruity felt by Sena as an abnormal person.
Since he himself is abnormal, he is a Hwanin who recognizes abnormality more easily than anyone else.
In the eyes of such a hwanin, Sena seemed to have an acquired emotion deficiency disorder.
If she was born with a congenital lack of emotion, this woman has been brainwashed by her environment that her violence is bad, and her personality has been warped as a result.
One of the most common characteristics of Japanese people is their consideration for others.
Of course, this is a story when packaged well, and in general, it is a habit of not invading others’ personal space, pretending to be considerate of others in order not to get tired.
The education of not being a nuisance to others is done from an early age, and because of that, it has created a biased view that Japanese people are polite and respectful of others.
Hwanin found out about this while going on business trips to Japan several times while working for the previous company.
And among them, I have seen some people whose personalities have been distorted due to excessive education, but the woman in front of me is a specimen itself that can be said to be the harmful effects of such education.
The proof of that is when I answered Hwanin’s story.
Even though he gets angry, he admits that it is true that Lord Croal is crazy about Hwanin’s answer. Then she pays attention to the fact that she is a fellow earthling, and then gets angry again and insists that violence is bad.
Emotions are inconsistent enough to feel incongruity in behavior. The action feels like watching a play.
After thinking for a while, Hwanin unleashed her soul-sensing ability and took a peek at her memories.
It comes into her eyes from her most recent memories.
What she had experienced in Hraslind for 3 years, and what she had to do in the south, to the small village north of Aleughel Lake, and stay there before being visited by Floodle.
‘It’s not like the villainess is hiding her true nature.’
While talking into the air, as if his heart was a little twisted, he kept his mouth shut, and Hwan-yeon sat on his shoulder and asked.
「Hwanin. Hwanjae is a phantom, are you a human in this world?”
“… Okay.”
Croal lord slowly recovering from concussion, and Sena with an expression of ‘I don’t know why he uses violence’.
Hwanin thought for a moment whether it was because they met each other or if Lord Croal was gaslighted by Sena, but that was not the point.
What is certain is that this woman is reluctant.
‘The contract is abandoned.’
It was a conclusion made in the realm of emotions that could not be explained logically, but Hwanin decided to follow that conclusion.
I don’t know what will happen if I make a contract with such an abnormal woman and turn her into a soul prison.
The female spirits of the wild dog warriors follow Hwanin’s orders without hesitation. But what about that woman?
If you make it into a soul prison, will it follow your instructions like the wild dog warriors, or will it appear every time you try to use the soul prison and try to brainwash your own subjectivity that is not the same to you.
If it’s the latter, it’s not good. Since red jade and mixed materials are soul beads, even the party can be in danger if they do not follow the instructions and act wickedly.
If I gave orders by force, I might be able to control it, but I have no intention of taking that woman into a soul prison by enduring such fatigue.
“Kuro, are you okay? Calm down, Kuro…….」
Hwanin made a slightly uncomfortable expression toward Sena.
Kuro means black in Japanese, but why is Lord Croal, an albino tiger, called Kuro? If she were to sing, wouldn’t Shiro be more appropriate?
…… Could it be that her name is Croal, so she calls her Kuro?
“You’ve never seen a soul on Earth. Could Earthlings Be Souls? That’s interesting.”
“I wonder if it is due to regional or racial factors.”
Just then, Isilite came into the conservatory, dragging a knocked-out Garpate with her mess.
She is sitting on Hwanin’s shoulder, and Hwanyeon sees her and asks what she is doing as she flies up.
“Why are you bringing that? Just throw it outside.”
= I don’t think I can leave it outside…… But what happened? Why is the lord doing that?=
“I was beaten by Hwanin.”
At the story of hitting the lord, Isilite briefly showed her embarrassment, but she immediately thought, ‘I must have done something right’, and whispered next to Hwanin.
= Master. I can feel the presence of the priest knights nearby. It looks like it’s searching around, but it might come this way.=
“I will come soon. Their purpose seems to be a conversation with the lord.”
Hwanyeon is still standing still. If the people of the cult of land gods try to search this side in earnest, then they will let you know.
More than that, Hwanin looked at Garpate, who was stretched out with her groin exposed, and asked, with a severely battered face and a breast on one side, as if her clothes had been cut by a sword.
“Why did that woman do that?”
=I was told to wait, but he kept trying to go to butler Nigel and inform him, so he knocked me down.=
And did you drag it into the greenhouse garden undetected?
Considering that Garpate tried to prevent him from entering this place, it would normally be set as an off-limits area. No one else will come closer, so it seems like it will be a bit of a delay.
= Uh…… Because…….=
As if recovering from the concussion, the lord speaks weakly and slowly.
Hwanin looked at him for a while and then explained to him two reasons for the confusion.
One is a case of burning with extreme resentment and anger and burning everything around. The other is a case of being attached to a certain person for a long time and becoming mixed with that person’s corruption.
“Your woman is the latter.”
I gave up on turning Senna into a soul prison. But the other side didn’t give up.
A light orb to be left behind if Honjae successfully attains Buddhahood. What will happen if you absorb it?
Thinking of Abet’s case, Hwanin, who thought of attaining Buddhahood as smoothly as possible, first put his hand on Senna’s body to relieve her lingering lingering feelings in this world, giving her a little bit of energy and energy that lasted only about 10 minutes.
Only the red color of the soul is painted over with the color of life.
After a while, except for the fact that it was translucent and that a red haze was rising around her body, the surroundings became quiet as Senna looked no different from her life form.
=…….=
Seeing Senna suddenly appearing in front of her eyes, Lord Croal forgot that she had been hit by the ghost and stared blankly at her as if she was protecting herself.
=…… Three, me?=
“Kuro? Can you see me?”
= I now…… Are you dreaming?=
Lord Croal put her hand on her cheek with her trembling hand, and Senna looked back at her lord who was touching her with her surprised eyes.
After a moment of accepting reality, the lord of Croal shed her tears and hugged Sena sobbing.
=Sena…… Senahehe, I’m sorry! I’m powerless, so you…… ! Uhhhhh…… !=
The resentment that has been built up so far, tears pour down like an iceberg melting and breaking.
Senna was a little taken aback, as if she hadn’t seen the lord, but she smiled kindly and hugged him, comforting him saying that it was okay.
“…….”
Hwanin crossed his arms and looked at him blankly.
Just a moment ago, she dragged everyone like a water ghost and behaved as if she would fall into hell, but as soon as she saw the soul of the woman she loved, she burst into tears as if she were about to collapse.
Revenge is emotionally understandable, but I don’t understand that look.
Even if you put yourself and her girlfriends in those two, you don’t think you’ll shed a tear.
When Hwanin was immersed in her thoughts, Isilite, who heard everything from Hwanin, furrowed her eyebrows at something strange.
= Over there…… Master. Isn’t that a bit strange?
“What is strange?”
=That man is the lord of Hraslind. But when he puts together everything he’s heard so far…… I feel like I have no power as a lord. Rather, I think the general butler has more power.=
When I told him what I felt from the explanation of Hwan-yeon’s personal opinion, Hwan-in nodded slightly.
The lord is the absolute power of the city. Why is a lord a lord? Isn’t it the lord because he controls everything in the city.
=It’s a little strange that the woman he loved so much couldn’t be saved, and that the lord asked for the help of the chief butler. It doesn’t seem like the chief butler has power beyond that of the lord, and it doesn’t seem like he’s coveting the lord’s position and trying to push the lord out…….=
“Chief Nigel is a typical member of Radsea’s powerful family. In addition, his disposition is a kingmaker, a person who feels more fulfilled in making someone a king than his own success and progress.”
Hwanin looked at the lord crying as he hugged Sena with his spirit vision and continued.
“If you look at this point alone, it’s an ideal relationship between a ruler and a god with no problems. A capable ruler, a servant who assists and serves such a ruler.”
But here a problem arises.
“Where do you think Lord Radsea’s power comes from?”
= Yes? Well…… Bloodline.=
“Money?”
Isilite and Hwanyeon look at each other and raise questions about the conflicting opinions.
= That’s strange too. If the power of the monarch comes from money, all the owners of the upper ranks become monarchs.=
“What are you talking about? Does your bloodline feed you or clothe you? People like that can’t live without money.”
= If you are of noble blood, people will gather and support you? There are also truthful…….=
“How many people are like that? Money is important to most. It’s all money to run the estate. Raise the knights, gather troops, city maintenance, internal affairs…… Without money, the city won’t run properly.”
=That’s…… Some people value honor more than money.
“A normal person, like you, is driven by money, or desire to be precise. Did you forget that most of the incidents that happened after I joined you had to do with money?」
=…….=
Hwanin intervened as the conversation between the two seemed to be slightly overheated.
“Both are correct. They seize power through lineage and secure military power through money to rule cities and people. In other words, the true power of a lord comes from a treasure trove passed down through blood. No…… In this case, it should be called the soul vault.”
“Soul Vault……. Oh, are you talking about that?」
=…… Do you know what a soul vault is?=
“I saw you in Pravu too. An old bird human putting his hand in the air and taking out the light spear of the Hwanin.”
=Ah.=
The soul vault, the exclusive property of the lords, who recognized the existence of Hwanin from the vicinity of Farhist and became convinced of its identity through the records of the Yeongdo Island.
In summary, it is a personal sub-space that belongs to the individual and can be transferred only once in a lifetime.
This private subspace, which can be created using a kind of special enchantment secret, with enormous cost and very rare materials, has no weight limit and its size varies greatly depending on the materials consumed during enchantment. Level.
You don’t have to carry it like a wallet or pocket, so you don’t have to worry about losing it, and you can put in and take out a large amount of things anytime, anywhere.
“The soul vault stores valuables or treasures and goods that cannot be literally converted into money. After this soul vault is full, I build a treasury to move things that are relatively less valuable or bulky. I can recognize the owner of this soul vault through English poetry…….”
His gaze turned to the crying lord, and he was dumbfounded when he realized the meaning of his gaze.
“What. You’re the lord, but you don’t have a soul vault?」
“The lord couldn’t take over the soul vault due to some kind of incident. Looking at the situation, there is a 100% chance that Nigel, the general butler, is managing it with his subjects.”
Hwanin reflected a little on himself, wet with inertia.
Until now, only important or high-status figures, such as the spiritual leaders of Yeongdo or the royal prince of the capital, Ho Cheonmyeong, had been identified. I did, but I didn’t expect this to happen.
It’s a mistake that’s not particularly problematic, but in other situations, you don’t know what kind of butterfly effect it will cause.
In the case of a complex plan, he is a Hwanin who reflects on it as much as the plan can go awry due to trivial reasons.
Isilite asked with a small sigh.
=The power that should be concentrated on the lord has been dispersed. How did it happen?=
“There are two possibilities. Butler Nigel is refusing to take over, asking the lord to show the appearance of a king. Or restricting the transfer of the soul vault to the current lord at the direction of the previous lord.”
If the owner of the soul vault dies without being able to transfer, the treasure in the sub-space is swallowed up in the sub-space and scattered in a random place after a certain amount of time.
No one knows where and when. For this reason, in preparation for an unfortunate event, ultra-long-range location-tracking magic tools are mixed in the soul vault, but the ratio of land and sea in this world is also 3:7, just like the Earth (data were left in the archives).
If treasure falls into the sea of Nionebreth, teeming with monsters, monsters, monsters, spiritual beasts, holy water, divine water, and essence, it is impossible to retrieve it.
Considering these characteristics, since the death of the previous lord happened unexpectedly and there was no next lord at the place, it can be seen that Nigel the butler or a person equivalent to him took over the soul vault.
=Your guess is correct…….=
When her phantom reasoning was over, her concussion symptoms also disappeared and her beloved woman, though in a spirit state, she cried in his arms, Lord Croal, raised her body and nodded her head with her red eyes. .
=While he was leaving the city to tour nearby villages for the next lord’s business, his father fell ill with a sudden illness, and he hurriedly returned home, but by the time he arrived in the city, he had already passed away.=
“What. Didn’t you have any mother or siblings?”
At the absurd question of her fantasy, Lord Croal nodded her head with her face revealing her heartache.
=There were two mothers and six younger siblings under me, but the younger sisters all left home before my father passed away, and the younger brothers and mother passed away one after another due to illness and accidents. I am the only male in my current family.=
“…….”
= Mr. Seongje. I have a favor.=
“…….”
When Hwanin remains silent, Croal smiles painfully and continues her words.
= It’s only natural that you don’t trust me. If my plan goes by, dozens of people’s heads will be cut, hundreds will be taken away, and tens of thousands will groan in pain.=
“I don’t think it’s wrong to avenge the death of the woman you love. The only request you’re making in the present situation is that I’m afraid that it might be difficult for me to accept.”
=If you listen and say you can’t, I won’t ask you twice.=
“Then let’s listen first.”
When Hwanin untied his arms, the lord of Croal held Senna’s hand tightly and spoke.
=The reason why the holy priest came to see me is to make Senna a Buddha. Please delay that attainment for just a few days.=
“…… Have you heard the story of the village of Bijalux in the far south of Farkhist?”
=Around last year, I heard that a mixed disaster occurred. They said the damage was minimal because Seongjenim was there.=
“My intervention has shaken her unstable yet stable state. You never know when a catastrophe will happen.”
If a catastrophe occurs, at least the lord’s castle will be devastated, and if the catastrophe cannot be prevented here, it will go down to the city and the city will be devastated.
At this answer, Croal’s reddened eyes exploded with blue madness.
=I want to help her catastrophize and completely wipe out the city. ……… But that would be a nuisance to the Holy Emperor.=
Croal lord who catches his breath as if he controls his heart. Senna held the lord’s hand and looked at her with a sad face.
=If it wasn’t for Seongjenim, I would have spent time full of regrets until the moment I died, and my life would have ended. He’s trying to cause tens of thousands of people to suffer, but he knows grace. I can’t cause such trouble to Sena and the person who made it possible for her to spend her last days. =
Then, putting his hand in her arms, Lord Croal took out a pouch in the form of a luxurious card wallet, winked at Isilite and handed it to her phantom.
= A family treasure given to the next lord, an infinite wallet. It contains all the wealth of the family’s third-class treasure house. It contains only jewels, gold coins, and phase stones, which will be approximately 4,000 gold coins.=
At the words 4,000 gold coins, Isilite’s eyes widened and Hwanin stopped looking at her purse.
= Since the third-class treasure house is used for the lord’s personal expenses, the arrow of criticism will not return to the Holy Emperor. =
When Hwanin’s gaze turned to Lord Croal, the Lord calmly asked for a favor.
=Three days. It will take three days. Then, everything I intended will come to an end, so then she and I…… Please make it come true. I’ll give you the wallet and all the contents for the request.=
The lord, who brought up a story suggesting his own death, declared the transfer of ownership of Aspend = in the name of Kroal Domd Hraslind. = Memorized the word.
At that moment, an opaque blue color flowed out of the blue-tinged leather wallet and tried to ride on Hwanin’s arm, but then disappeared after bouncing a spark.
= What? Cow, this is the first time that the transfer of ownership has failed.=
Hwanin, guessing the reason, said to try again after moving all the phase currents to the other arm.
Just as he said, the lord recited the promised word again, and Hwanin felt the blue aura flowing from the wallet run over his body once again as if confirming the new owner and return to the wallet.
At the same time, the contents of the wallet and the function of the wallet were automatically injected into my head.
Enough gold coins to fill two small chests, hundreds of jewels, and about a hundred 2nd to 5th grade phase stones separately in a sack.
The weight reduction is 99.9%, the size is about the size of a fairly large cart, and time is frozen, so anything stored inside will never weather or rot.
There is no size limit for storage and withdrawal, and if you put your hand on the wallet and think, storage and withdrawal are automatically done.
‘It’s a relic.’
Realizing that this wallet is more expensive than the wealth inside, Hwanin closes his eyes for a moment…… He put his wallet into his bosom and nodded.
“However, the condition is that you and Miss Sena never be apart from me. Also, if Sena-yang is about to become a disaster within three days, you must agree to forcibly attain Buddhahood.”
=…….=
Lord Kroal smiled at her scarred smile, held Senna’s hand tightly and nodded her head.
=Seo, Seongjenim? I’m sorry, but can you say it again—.=
= Archbishop Arienne. The attitude of doubting the words of Emperor Seongje is not good.=
= Oh! Sin, sorry. Archbishop Daenerio. Hwanin Sung Jenny— Yeha.=
“No. It is unavoidable even if you think so because you are watching with confusion. However, I will be by your side for those three days, and if a problem arises, I will immediately proceed with the Ascension of the Buddha. So even if you are anxious, I would appreciate it if you would watch over me.”
When he said that he had to watch for circumstances, Archbishop Daenerio softened his stubborn expression and smiled.
= Regarding the purification of mixed substances, I am not worried because His Majesty the Holy Emperor has assured me that someone who knows better than anyone else here. However, as most of Hraslind’s upper classes are involved in important issues that can cause trafficking crimes among their citizens and even disputes between countries, I’m just worried that there will be a rebound for His Majesty the Holy Emperor.=
“Archbishop Daenerio’s concerns are valid. However, I also witnessed the darkness accumulated in Hraslind while fulfilling the city’s misfortune. Besides, I am also a Dimensional Wanderer.”
When he said that he had the right to watch by his side, saying that he was the one who stole the ledger of the back alley gang and submitted it to the new director of Arienne, Daenerys thought for a moment and silently nodded his head.
= Let go! How dare you do something to Hrasrind’s third-class baron and the lord’s closest left-hand man…… !=
When I turned my gaze to the old castle that could be heard from the castle entrance, I saw Nigel, who was beating so fast, being dragged by two priest knights by the arms.
Not only that, but most of the butlers, as well as many women dressed as maids, are being taken away, and women wearing dresses like ladies are being transported with drawn faces.
= Archbishop. The body search has been completed with the cooperation of Lord Hraslind.=
At the report of the heretic who tightly covered his head with a feathered brass-colored armet, Daenerio opened his mouth as he looked at Hwanin and Croal standing next to him.
=Then, Lord, please forgive me for confining myself to the bedroom until the results come out. Even if it’s frustrating, please bear with it.=
=This is what I was determined to do, so I hope the archbishop will do what he has to do.=
=…… Yes.=
