Episode 317 Splash
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Sandra sat in the bathtub again and spoke to Shin Yoo-seong in a voice too calm to talk about her painful past.
“I was born in a country called Seiden. Our family had power comparable to royalty.”
Thanks to this, Sandra has observed the attributes of power since childhood. Even the famously stiff-necked people in Seiden bowed their heads in front of Sandra’s father, the head of the household.
It wasn’t because the family head thought it was right unconditionally or because he sincerely followed it.
“Thanks to that, I have enjoyed that wealth ever since I was born. What was given to me was always the most precious thing, and everything I did was followed by people’s attention and blessings.”
[Are you dealing with mana already!? Sandra~ You’re amazing!]
[Sandra! If you have time, please come to our party!]
[Sandra is the greatest genius I’ve discovered since becoming a teacher.]
Sandra believed that all of their compliments and favors were directed towards her.
“okay. I felt as if the world was spinning for me.”
But that’s it.
“It is a foolish idea.”
It’s just Sandra’s illusion.
The place they were looking at was not a person. What they are flattering about is the power and background of Sandra’s family.
“On the 7th year since I was born. My father was betrayed by the one he trusted the most.”
Power is a limited resource.
Where there is a strong, there will be a weak, and in order to take more power, you had to take away the opponent’s share.
“My family members were put to death in front of my eyes for treason.”
Was it the last conscience?
Or was it mercy to alleviate his guilt?
“I was the only one who survived in my family.”
Sandra survived.
But can I really say I lived this?
In an instant, he was kicked out of the mansion that was his home, never to see his family again, and his servants scattered.
“I lost everything. It’s a very natural thing.”
All that was left for Sandra was the dress she had received as a gift from her father on her birthday and a space in a dungeon that was about 1 pyeong in size.
“You know? The winner gets everything and the loser loses everything. That this is a truth that applies not only to the wild, but also to humans.”
Aaah-
As the blue moonlight poured down and the cold wind brushed her body, young Sandra lay in the dungeon and thought.
Why did they give them favors and blessings, and why did they take everything from them and give them a cold dungeon?
The worry didn’t last long.
The answer is now very clear.
“My shallow trust in others made my father weak and annihilated my family.”
One of Sandra’s eyes was a quiet, cold rage. Sandra wasn’t looking at Shin Yoosung right now. She was looking at the past now.
cold dungeon.
Garbage I ate to live.
The eyes of the executioner who looked down at him with insensitive eyes.
“All you need to survive in this world is strength.”
Chow ah-
[Stick the traitor Sandra Sendrival with the brand of sin!]
Chi-ji-!
Sandra didn’t even scream when the hot metal burned her skin. In order to become a strong person, he closed his mouth tightly and just blinked his eyes.
“I just realized the truth early on.”
Because of going against the strong man’s planting.
[Those eyes… I can’t even see any sign of remorse… Hey, go ahead and pluck out that sinner’s eye.] I’ve
been through such terrible things.
Sandra did not break her will.
“Thanks to that, even if one eye was gouged out and a stigma was engraved on my body, I was not frustrated.”
Swoop-
Sandra asked Shin Yoo-seong, taking off her blindfold.
“…That’s how I got this power.”
What was hidden behind the eyepatch were very alluring red eyes. It was as if just looking at Sandra sucked her in.
‘Then, Sandra’s power… came from her newly acquired eyes?’
Shin Yoo-seong was overwhelmed by the momentum of Sandra, who was just talking. I couldn’t even imagine what the goal of a person who had suffered such a terrible thing would be.
“I was able to throw everything because I lost everything.”
A dark dungeon.
Sandra, a fallen aristocrat and branded a sinner, started her legend from such a low place.
“My beginning was a mercenary group in the outskirts. It was a place where orphans were gathered and sent to war.”
Sandra cut her hair short with a dagger they gave her and became a child soldier. In return, he received a few loaves of bread and a penny for his life.
However, with each victory, Sandra’s affiliation changed and her value increased each time.
“Fortunately, my life is tough. I won all the wars and at the age of 17 I was already a centurion with 100 men under my command.”
Now, for the war, Sandra did not receive a penny or a few loaves of bread, but a nugget of gold.
Of course she wasn’t satisfied.
100 subordinates became 1000 and he built his own castle with the wealth he had accumulated, but Sandra was not satisfied.
“I can’t even remember how many victories I’ve won and how many lives I’ve taken with my own hands. It just keeps repeating itself.”
“Then your goal is…”
In Yooseong Shin’s eyes, Sandra seemed obsessed with winning itself. In fact, wouldn’t this woman have no goals?
“Is it endless?”
Sandra rested her chin on the question as if agreeing and pondered for a while.
“Well, I see… I honestly never thought about it. I don’t even know when my end will be. but.”
Blink-
Sandra gently brushed Shin Yoo-seong’s shoulder with one hand and her red eyes sparkled.
“My next target is Seiden.”
Seiden is the most powerful kingdom after the Empire and the place where Sandra started.
“If I win, I will of course be Seiden’s royalty and nobles. Anyone who has the power to rebel will be executed.”
Yooseong Shin frowned, as if he couldn’t accept what Sandra had just said.
“Is it your plan to avenge everyone, even the innocent?”
Sandra did not get angry at Shin Yoo-seong’s attitude. Rather, Shin Yoo-seong, who maintains an upright attitude even to himself, seemed interesting.
“…You are definitely different. You are the first person on this island who has bared his teeth to me.”
Nevertheless, when Shin Yoo-seong did not let go of his expression, Sandra avoided his gaze and laughed.
“Just… to think I’m driven by vengeance. It’s such a childish idea.”
The reason Sandra has been able to win so far is because of her efficient judgment, excluding emotions.
“I made that choice because it makes the most sense. There’s nothing better to manage than to break your sword and instill fear so that you can’t rebel.”
Staining the entire kingdom of Seiden with blood is just an extension of that.
“If you lose, you will lose everything.”
Of course, even after hearing such an explanation, Shin Yoo-seong could hardly agree with Sandra’s goal of leading everyone to ruin, whether victorious or defeated.
“I don’t fight a losing war. Everything is ready. Because I have these eyes…”
Shin Yoo-seong had a strange suspicion at Sandra’s confidence that was so strong.
‘…Isn’t it simply an advantage against women?’
The Isle of Women was a special case, but most of the knights and soldiers participating in the war were men. In the case of a wizard who relied on mana rather than the body, the story was different, but the sex ratio was absolute in war.
The fact that Sandra is so confident of victory in the war means that she has another power hidden from her eyes.
“What power do you have in those eyes?”
Yoosung Shin asked Sandra rather directly. Now, when the topic of eyes came up naturally, it was rather an opportunity.
‘If other abilities are hidden, I have to find out somehow.’
If you didn’t know Sandra’s ability properly, there was a worry that you would be defeated even if you lifted the curse and returned to the male body. So Shin Yoo-seong threw the number of wins.
“Hmm….”
Sandra glanced at Shin Yoo-seong again, wondering what she was thinking.
“You really have a lot of questions. There’s nothing strange about being a spy sent from Seiden.”
Was it because I was too greedy?
Shin Yooseong’s body stiffened with tension. In the worst case scenario, Sandra was still soaking in the bath, even though she was going to fight right away.
“It doesn’t matter.”
On the contrary, Sandra believed in Shin Yoo-seong and passed it on meekly, as if she had a countermeasure.
“People call me the Empress of Enchantment and speculate on my abilities. That’s only half reasoning.”
Yoosung Shin was rather suspicious of Sandra’s attitude. What does Sandra believe in herself and trust so much?
‘If you don’t trust it…’
Sandra made a strange expression as if she had read the other person’s thoughts, and then confessed about her own abilities.
“The real name of my ability is not Enchanting Eye. Eyes of Constraints. Fascination is just one of the abilities that fall under that restriction…”
The first thing Sandra started drawing was. It was from the moment I got my eyes in the cold dungeon.
“It was for the biggest war to take place in Seiden that I formed my surroundings with reliable women and set the limit of ‘charming women.’”
It took 20 years to prepare all of them.
“…My eyes can renew their oath after 20 years of setting limits.”
It took 20 years to decide on a new oath.
“I will make a new oath with the ability of the eye from Seiden’s war to ‘charm men.’”
What position will Sandra stand when all these wars are over and victory is won?
As soon as the war ends, rumors of Sandra’s abilities will spread to neighboring countries.
Sandra’s ability can charm both men and women.
She alone can turn the tide of war.
No one wins against Sandra.
“Of course, if that happens, the power to charm women will disappear. Who would dare to rebel against me when the war is over?”
There is no one.
If you don’t listen to Sandra and know the truth, you wouldn’t dare to rebel. Then, indeed, she could take entire neighboring countries and one day swallow the empire.
“then. That you told me the truth…”
Sandra was never one to say things like that outright.
“It’s kind of a whim. I wanted to reveal all these plans someday.”
The reason she confided in me was because she believed in her own abilities.
“Because by the time you leave this place, you will lose all your memories.”
As the black shadows from his red eyes hit him, Shin Yoo-seong bit his teeth
.
‘Never forget this fact!’
If you return to the body of a man, you will be defeated. If I lost this memory, I couldn’t even think of winning against Sandra.
‘I have to protect the memory at all costs!’
This is a great opportunity.
last chance.
Chow-!
Looking at the black shadows rushing like waves to erase his memory, Shin Yoo-seong finished his judgment in an instant.
‘The moment to use the blessing is now.’
[Blessing: Rules of Toy World!]
[Effect: The moment the contestant wants. You can ignore tower rules, including penalties, once.]
Tring-!
As
soon as the blessing was exercised, numerous toys from Toy World, from teddy bears to dinosaur model toy soldiers, appeared and blocked the black shadow.
‘It’s the power to block even the rules and penalties of the tower! No matter how great Sandra’s ability is, I can definitely stop it!’
It was thanks to Shin Yoo-seong’s firm belief in the tower’s blessing that he made such a bold decision.
pop-!
Was that choice successful?
Shin Yooseong woke up from the hallucination.
The shadow that hit her disappeared completely, and the place where she opened her eyes was the same as before in the bath.
“…I’m sorry. Don’t be sad. You’d better forget all about this dangerous truth.”
And then, Sandra laughs leisurely while looking at herself.
‘Sorry, it’s on my side.’
Shin Yoosung laughed together.
‘I remember them all.’
