◈ 044. [Side Story] Evangeline Cross (2)
Tring! Tring! Tring!
The lucky strike’s judgment slot rotated furiously, and the completed number was 777.
Triple seven.
The maximum damage of this entertainment weapon has floated.
“Why are you crazy here?!”
I, who had attacked, screamed in fright. No no! No 777!
It has the power to kill even a few bosses. If a person gets hit, he really dies!
“Evangeline! Avoid immediately… … .”
Of course that is impossible.
This damage slot was activated the moment my fist touched Evangeline’s shield.
7 7 7!
[Congratulations!]
[☆★☆JACKPOT!★☆★]
Firecrackers celebrating the jackpot splendidly exploded around the system interface.
Immediately after, the system window disappeared and at the same time.
Flash-!
A laser shot from the tip of my fist.
“… .”
No, not a joke or exaggeration.
A real iridescent laser was fired. crazy.
Kwagwagwagwang!
Beams of light shot brilliantly, tearing through the air around the area.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
And Evangeline, swept away by the laser, flew far away… … .
***
Hui Ying-
After the dust cloud has settled.
The entrance to the mansion’s stone wall, blown clean by my fist (the laser from it).
“… .”
“… .”
Lucas, standing bewildered on the charred ground, looked at me and broke into a cold sweat.
“Your Highness. It was a very good fight. How did you… … No, this is not the problem.”
“… .”
“No matter how much you attack first, what kind of cruelty is this to a child… .”
“No no! I didn’t mean to do this!”
It was just a flirtation to get attention.
It was just good, good intentions to stop the fight! Could I have known that there would be a jackpot there?
Evangeline flew far away, knocked down one side of the mansion’s stone wall, and was buried in the wreckage.
Toduk toduk… … .
It is very unsettling to see them not moving even when stone dust falls on their heads.
“Are you dead? Are you dead?”
I trembled with guilt for unintentionally causing both father and daughter to die here.
Slot god! Why the hell is 777 popping up here, crazy!
Lucas hurriedly ran to Evangeline’s side and smiled at me.
“no. Fortunately, breathing is fine.”
“really?!”
Lucky Strike 777 Surviving after being hit by MacDam is, after all, an SSR-class tanker. I’m glad you’re strong
“There are minor bruises, but they don’t seem to have any problems with life. but… .”
Lucas, speechless, looked to the side. I saw that too.
I saw a shattered eagle shield and a saber spear broken in half. All of them are Evangeline’s armaments.
Instead of being hit by my lucky punch and protecting the owner, the equipment was destroyed to the point of scrapping.
“That looked expensive… .”
“It was… .”
Just looking at it, it’s a weapon that’s at least SR grade or higher. No, it was a weapon.
Picking up the broken eagle’s wing, I groaned. What can I do? can this be repaired?
Lucas carefully lifted Evangeline, who had passed out and limp, out of the rubble of the stone wall and helped her up.
“Anyway, you’re amazing, Your Highness. The opponent I struggled with in one shot like this.”
“It wasn’t me, it was the god of dice playing the prank… .”
“yes?”
“Even if you don’t know, it’s like a lucky game.”
At that time, people seemed to have heard the commotion near the front gate, and people rushed out of the mansion.
I shouted at Ader, who ran out in front of them.
“Ader! Quickly contact the temple and bring a healer! I’m preparing a room for him to sleep in!”
I glanced at Evangeline, who had lost consciousness and slumped, and let out a long sigh. uhhhh
For now, let’s be thankful that no one died and the situation was settled… … .
***
Evangeline was dreaming.
It’s a childhood dream.
A corner of a spacious old mansion. In the room that Evangeline has been using since she was born.
Mother would occasionally visit out of nowhere and give Evangeline a hug.
It wasn’t long before Evangeline noticed when her mother came to give her a hug.
It was when my father competed.
Every time monsters invaded the city and father went to the front to fight them, mother saw him off and came to Evangeline’s room.
And he hugged Evangeline for a long time.
‘My mother came to soothe my daughter in case she is afraid of monsters.’
My mother laughed and said so. In fact, Evangeline knew.
It was her mother who was afraid of monsters, not herself.
The mother trembled in the arms that embraced her daughter, frightened.
Evangeline would pat her mother on the back and laugh.
‘Mom too. Dad will defeat all the monsters, so what are you afraid of?’
When Evangeline said that, her mother gave a somewhat sad smile.
Evangeline only found out later.
It wasn’t the monsters that my mother feared.
My mother feared losing my father.
And it was her daughter’s destiny to fight on that vicious battlefield someday.
***
“… Whoops.”
In the pouring morning sunlight, Evangeline slowly opened her eyes.
In the distance, I heard chirping and the chirping of an unknown bird.
“… what.”
Familiar room structure.
The smell of freshly laundered duvets.
The pattern on the ceiling imprinted in my memory.
Evangeline, who looked around blankly, noticed that this was her room in her hometown mansion.
“ah… .”
Yes, he has returned to his hometown.
3 years ago. After my mother died, I left this place as if I was running away from home, and went to Seoul.
Entered the imperial academy in the imperial capital.
After 3 years, I completed all the classes of the driver’s class. After honorably graduating top of the class.
And- where should I go?
After accepting the diploma, I thought about it in a daze, then returned to my hometown as if possessed.
It wasn’t for any particular purpose.
It was simply because it was the last chance to stop by his hometown before being officially commissioned as a knight on another front.
It was going to be one last stop in this damned corner town and never to return.
So I returned to Crossroads late at night… … .
‘After that… … I don’t remember.’
I remember entering the city, but I don’t remember at all how it went from entering my room to lying down.
‘Have you had any alcohol?’
I’m still underage, so I didn’t even drink alcohol on graduation day. Did you have a drink because you felt relieved after coming back to your hometown?
Evangeline, who was brushing her forehead, where a vague dull pain remained, suddenly noticed someone. Someone was sitting by the bed.
“… mom?”
I muttered involuntarily, but immediately realized it.
mother passed away That day three years ago. Frustratingly.
My eyes got hot. Evangeline’s voice quickly covered her eyes with the back of her hand.
“No, that’s Dad.”
“… .”
“See you in three years. How have you been?”
“… .”
“It’s obvious that you don’t even have to ask. Did you have fun hunting that favorite monster every day?”
iced coffee.
I don’t mean to say this.
Evangeline bit her lip at the vicious words that sprang out of her mouth.
Protruding fangs dug into his lips.
Not this story, but more.
more… properly… … .
“I’m sorry, Evangeline.”
Then a strange voice flew in from the side.
“I am neither your mother nor your father.”
“?!”
Startled, Evangeline hurriedly got up and put her upper body on the back of the bed.
As he had been trained, he grabbed his weapon, which he had always carried, and tried to hold it forward, but his bandaged hand grabbed the empty air.
‘bandage? Am I injured?’
The image of a man sitting in a chair next to the bed came into Evangeline’s eyes, who were confused because she couldn’t understand the current situation.
It was a dark-haired young man.
While handling the papers in his hand in a casual suit, he glanced at Evangeline and frowned.
“Write. Haven’t you come to your senses yet? Did you hit me too hard yesterday? … .”
“ah.”
then I remembered yesterday’s thing.
Like a waterfall, memories of the previous night ran through my mind. Evangeline shouted, pointing her finger at the man.
“That uncle from yesterday!”
The man’s expression instantly faded.
“No, because he is not.”
“That guy who was weak and threw crazy punches, right?”
“I didn’t look weak… Oh no, uncle!”
“They even made fun of me for being so short! It’s like a damn tall leg! I wish I was taller!”
“No, that’s right… sorry about that… … not uncle… … .”
The chattering man tossed the file aside and put his hand on his chest.
“I will not introduce myself again, Ms. Evangeline Cross. I am Ash ‘Bonehater’ Everblack. He is the 3rd prince of the empire and is currently the lord of Crossroads.”
Evangeline widened her pointy green eyes.
“damn. Stop groaning. If you are the prince, will I be the queen of the duchy?”
“Hey, did this meal just live by being deceived? Is the prince right? Can you show me the imperial family coat of arms?”
“yes! show me! right now!”
Evangeline nodded eagerly.
The man reluctantly took out a black jade hoodie from his bosom and handed it to him.
Evangeline’s eyes widened as she accepted it.
“It’s real.”
“Because it’s real!”
“Why is this really… ?”
Evangeline looked at the man- Ash’s face once, then looked at the nameplate in her hand, looked at her face, then looked at the nameplate, and repeated it over and over again.
“really? Uncle? Are you the famous 3rd Prince Ash?”
“I am famous… ?”
“Surely famous! You are the only prince in the royal family!”
Although Evangeline had only lived within the Imperial Academy for the past three years.
Rumors about imperial princes came in very often. It was because it was the best gossip in the capital.
A cold and cynical soldier and knight 1st prince.
A benevolent and gentle politician and wizard 2nd prince.
And a nerd bullshit gangster. 3 prince.
Although all three princes were the center of the topic. Among them, the story of the third prince was really heard every day.
It’s because they smoked all sorts of messes in the capital.
Once something happened in the imperial family, 90% of it was Ash’s fault.
“I haven’t heard the latest news because I’ve been so busy preparing for early graduation. I could never have thought that the prince would come down to such a remote rural area.”
Evangeline, who returned the nameplate, opened her bag next to the bed, took out a pen and paper, and held it out.
“Please sign.”
“Uh yeah… ?”
“I want you to sign me! Doesn’t the prince even have an autograph?”
“No, no. there is.”
Ash signed the paper with an awkward motion.
Somehow, it was not a continental common language, but a strange alien letter-like sign, but Evangeline took the paper and folded it carefully and put it deep in her bag.
Then, he stretched out his right hand to Ash.
“Please give me a handshake.”
“Uh huh? huh?”
Ash, who couldn’t help but bewildered, reached out his hand and shook Evangeline’s hand.
Evangeline smiled with a flushed face and vigorously waved her hand up and down.
“I’m a fan!”
“uh?”
“I’m a fan of the prince.”
“Uh fan? So, I am a fan of that meaning?”
“yes! Among the members of the royal family, I admired the 3rd prince the most! Even in the weekly magazine published every week in the capital, only news about the prince was scrapped!”
Evangeline took a scrapbook out of her bag and opened it.
Ash accepted it and confirmed that it was true.
The splendid incidents that Ash committed every week were recorded there one after another… … .
“That’s right. Thank you so much for being my fan.”
Ash asked, unable to erase his confused expression.
“But why? Why did you become my fan?”
“Of course there is only one reason!”
Evangeline smiled brightly.
It was an innocent, but somehow vicious, teenage girl’s smile.
“Because the prince is the number one fool in the empire!”
