Chapter 196 – Rebirth
– September 25, year 3 of the Helian calendar.
The weather got worse.
Signs flew around, and the jujube tree in the yard was uprooted.
In the inclement weather, everyone behaved cautiously.
No matter how bad-tempered a sailor was, there was no way he would carelessly curse.
Angry to the tip of her head, she said that the goddess Kefia was listening — she muted her words, and took her gait cautiously.
The number of guests visiting the inn increased dramatically. Everyone was drinking and trying to forget their worries.
It was evening after I was frantically serving alcohol and wiping the table.
As soon as the child fell asleep, drowsiness came over him.
But the man came again and held out a silver coin.
When he refused, he held out two silver coins.
So accepted.
Despite being told not to ejaculate inside, the man inevitably squirted semen inside.
I was angry, but I didn’t even pretend to listen.
That night, the man proposed again.
Refused.
– September 26, year 3 of the Helian calendar.
The weather was the same.
The sun was not visible, so it was difficult to tell whether it was night or day.
I couldn’t hang the laundry, so every room vibrated with a musty smell.
There was an ugly atmosphere among the sailors.
These were people who earned their living every day.
I heard that some people sneaked out on a boat last night to make netting.
They never came back. The sailors said that he had earned the wrath of the goddess Kefia.
In the evening, the man came again.
The man held out two silver coins this time as well.
Mixed up
When I returned, the child was crying.
He apologized when asked where he had been.
– September 27, Year 3 of the Helian calendar.
One side of the roof collapsed in the rain.
He went to see the carpenter, but he said it would be best to leave it in the current weather.
He said that people would die trying to fix the roof.
But the man took off his top and was fixing the roof.
The man smiled and waved his hand.
Even in the inclement weather, the man’s smile seemed very bright.
In the evening, the man came and held out a silver coin.
The man persistently whispered love into my ear today.
– September 28, year 3 of the Helian calendar.
The bad weather seemed to calm down a little.
The sailors’ faces lit up with excitement.
He drank heavily again, saying that he would be able to board the boat tomorrow.
Then the sailors got into a fight.
The man was also caught up in the fight.
I heard it was because of me.
I was angry that a man was monopolizing me.
Asking me if I was going to start a new life with a man, one of the sailors spat out thick saliva.
He mixed up the swear words, saying that he was a dirty calvary.
The man punched his fist.
The boatman tumbled to the floor, and the commotion stopped.
In the evening, a man came.
After the love affair was over, the man proposed to me again.
This time he held out the ring.
It was a silver ring.
I also refused this time.
– September 29, Year 3 of the Helian calendar.
The child was eating sweets again.
The child saw the man and called him daddy.
Severely scolded
The child cried and was hugged by the man. Daddy daddy- the child cried while saying that.
I apologized for being flustered, but the man seemed to be in a good mood.
Night came, and the man came again.
This time, he handed out a silver coin.
But when he saw the silver coin, he felt bad for some reason.
I don’t know why.
The man whispered that he loved her without question.
After the love affair was over, the man proposed again.
I cried without even realizing it.
– September 30, Year 3 of the Helian calendar.
When morning came, I found an empty seat on the bed without knowing it.
I was about to wash my face and leave when someone knocked on the door.
A man came with a bouquet of flowers.
This time, he did not hand out a silver coin.
We kissed each other, and in the morning we lay in bed and shuffled.
All day.
Let the night come
Continue.
– October 1, Year 3 of the Helian calendar.
Husband is back.
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“How far did I say?”
“I kicked you stupid Luke in the ass.”
“Okay! That’s what Luke said when that bastard took his helm! I can get through this storm! Just trust me! So how did it go? Where the hell did the ship go!”
At her husband’s words, the sailors clapped and burst into laughter.
The husband turned to Dalson.
Dalson smiled awkwardly and kissed her lips.
While smiling well in front of her guests, for some reason the corners of her mouth did not rise the slightest bit.
My husband came back as a beggar.
Her clothes were worn out and one of her shoes was nowhere to be seen.
Her chest hair was thick, and her beard grew to the nape of her neck.
Her appearance, which had been sober, was stained blue and red in places, as if it had been eaten by a rat. The shins and insteps were covered with skin to the extent that the bones were exposed.
It was like a different person.
Had it not been for her voice, Dalson would not have recognized her.
My husband was revered like a hero among the sailors.
It was two years.
It would float to the sea for as much as two years and survive on the boat.
How many twists and turns there were before coming back-, my husband was talking nonstop.
Listening to her husband’s words – the sailors constantly added choo-imsae from the side.
My husband was even more excited.
They said the sea smelled like salt.
He said that if you drink the sea water you will die.
He said there are fish the size of a man in the sea.
He said that he could hear the night mana song from the sea.
He said that there were several people who jumped into the water, enchanted by the sound of the song, but did not come up. At that time, he said that he had to cover his ears tightly.
Also, her husband said he hadn’t eaten anything on the boat.
I was thirsty, so I drank urine and even boiled and ate tough rope. I couldn’t understand how to explain the taste of rope.
He said that on rainy days, he would open his mouth wide and drink water until his stomach came out thick.
She said she giggled and laughed with her friend bastard because only clear water came out while she was pooping.
Then what day
I woke up and the smell was terrible.
He said it was the smell of a friend.
He kicked his ass hard and cursed at me to wash up.
That’s why he told me that you weren’t married yet.
If I just said that, my friend would burst out with anger.
But my friend didn’t wake up.
He said that even when he was beaten and shaken, he hardened like a stone and did not move.
My husband said he had never cried so much in his life.
He said that he grabbed his friend by the collar and shook it, crying so hard that his throat was hoarse and his lips were swollen.
And after a few more days, he said that maggots started crawling in his friend’s eye sockets.
So I ate the maggots.
He said he was so hungry that he even roasted and ate the corpse of his dead friend.
I had no choice but to live.
My husband wept.
He said while crying.
That bastard said it tasted good.
My husband got drunk and made a lot of noise, then drank again and talked again.
Then he stumbled and fell to the floor with a thump.
Surprised, Dalson hurriedly helped her husband to his feet.
Her husband shouted, tapping Dalson’s butt with her red face and pressing her lips to her cheek.
“It’s my wife! You are the most lovely wife in the world! You bastards-!”
I felt like my nose was going to run out of the stench. I laughed hard though.
Ki-Ik-
Suddenly, at this moment, the man opened the door and came in.
He was holding the child, James, on his chest.
The sailors who had been laughing and chatting until just now shut their mouths.
The atmosphere has calmed down.
Dalson’s face darkened too.
The child looked around and said.
“Dad, what are these people doing?”
“I know···.”
Her husband, who was squeezing her butt as he sniffed her flesh in Dalson’s arms, glanced at her reddened head.
Her husband’s red eyes spotted her child.
She went out on a boat when she was 2 years old, and she is a 4-year-old child-.
But it was definitely my son.
My son doesn’t hurt even if I put it in his eyes.
Even though she had grown up in two years, there was no way she could forget the child’s face that looked just like her.
Night after night, every time I close my eyes, it must have come up in my memory.
Heo heo heo-
Her husband, who was breathing heavily, struggled to free herself from Dalson’s arms.
Dalson felt that for some reason she couldn’t let go of her husband, so he held onto her as hard as he could, but her husband slipped away from her.
Then, as if crawling on the floor, she approached her child.
The sound of gasping for breath was mixed with the sound of metal. It wouldn’t be strange if he collapsed holding onto his chest right away.
“James. James···. James Ughhhhh…!”
Tears flowed from her husband’s eyes like a stream. Her snot dripped and dripped down to her saliva.
She squeezed the hem of the man’s trousers and barely got up, smelling alcohol to James, the child in the man’s arms, kissing the child’s cheek and whispering love.
Haha-! James…! It’s Dad! It’s Dad!”
It was noisy with the sound of her husband’s sloppy laughter.
But the child burst into tears.
James couldn’t remember his father’s face.
“Daddy ah…! Aaaaa!
James buried his face in the man’s chest and cried.
The man pushed the clinging husband away and gently patted the child on the back.
Dalson quickly caught him as he stumbled and was about to fall backwards.
The husband shouted, struggling in Dalson’s arms, with a face that didn’t understand.
“James····? James-! Grow! Abby! Your baby! James! I am your father!”
James shook his head.
It’s not dad- I cried and shouted at the top of my voice.
Hey hey- hey hey-
The man comforted the back of the crying child in his arms.
“…Dalson?”
Only then did the husband turn to Dalson.
What kind of situation is this Why can’t my son recognize me? Why do you call other men daddy? It was a face I couldn’t understand.
Dalson shut his mouth in a fright, like a thief caught trying to steal something.
It was because he had nothing to say even if he had ten or a hundred mouths.
Only then did her husband’s eyes turn to Dalson’s fingers.
Instead of a gold ring, there was a silver ring.
“Dalson…?”
The husband’s eyes return to Dalson’s face.
Tears welled up in Dalson’s eyes.
“Me too, I had a hard time too!”
Wah- he screamed.
“I said it was hard too- me too oh oh oh oh!”
My husband rolled over his eyes and collapsed on the spot.
Silence-.
In the ghastly silence, only the cry of a child could be heard.
Beep-
I heard tinnitus in my ears.
Shit- the taste of alcohol is bad-.
The sailors got up from their seats swearing.
Hey hey-!
He even spat goo on the floor as he passed Dalson.
Dalson had no answer.
He just tugged at his hair – and shed tears – just repeating the same words.
I was having a hard time too.
I was having a hard time too.
Me too…
