Chapter 660 Chapter
167. Temar’s Fifth Tomb (4)
Fuuk-!
Black blood tinged with chaos splattered on their faces.
Runtia, who had been swinging her sword non-stop even as her body was being shattered, finally stopped moving.
[Big…]
At first glance, I could see the disconnected connections like threads behind Runtia.
The connection points tried to converge on Runtia again, but it seemed to be blocked by the thunder scar left by the king’s sword.
Particles of chaos were falling like black rain between the cracks in subspace.
He stabbed his brother, whom he felt a sense of kinship with.
It was said that the situation had no choice but to do so, but it felt like something had broken in my heart.
[I… lost.]
A rustling sound came from Runtia’s hoarse throat.
Jin didn’t twist the sword that stabbed her in the chest.
If possible, I wanted to talk to my sister one last time.
If Runtia, facing death, could shake off her madness even a little.
“Sister Runtia.”
[Whoa.]
“Are you awake?”
[Maknae…]
Jin’s pupils widened.
Runtia’s reason was returning.
Runtia slowly grabbed Bradamante’s blade.
Runtia’s eyes, which alternately stared at the blade and Jin, were not black colored by chaos.
Runtia tightly closed her eyes at the sudden rush of shocking emotions.
[I must have done something too harsh to you…]
She began to push the blade away from me with what little strength she had left.
It was not an act of counterattack.
Jin carefully helped her remove the sword from her body.
Every time she moved or exerted strength, the stone-hard, calluses of flesh fell off.
As soon as the sword was drawn, Runtia took a slow breath.
Jin couldn’t decide what to say to her.
[You stabbed me was a choice I couldn’t help.]
Jin had only seen a human who was completely engulfed in chaos find reason.
It was when Lon Highlan entered the castle, but it seemed that Runtia regained her sanity for a different reason from him.
She wasn’t as creative as Ron.
[It couldn’t have been better. If it wasn’t for you, I would have had to endure meaningless years dominated by this dark space and chaos.]
“How did it… how did this happen?”
At those words, Runtia responded with a bitter smile.
[Because of my family.]
Family.
The family she was talking about was probably not Rosa or her other siblings.
When Runkandel uses the word family, as it refers to something very precious, it usually means other people, not blood relatives.
A nanny who acts like a real parent more than a parent, a colleague formed in the process of growing up, a person who gave her heart, or a sibling who became close in a very special case.
So Jin could immediately think of one person’s name.
“…Nanny Risham. Did Rosa and the Prophet hold Risham hostage?”
Lisham She is Runtia Runkandel’s nanny.
Before starting the battle, Jin asked if Runtia had a weakness because he had Lisham in mind from the beginning.
Runtia nodded.
[The nanny asked me.]
“Nanny Risham asked you to accept chaos…?”
The nannies in Runcandel that Jin had seen so far were devoted to the point of being harsh.
Individual lives do not exist for nannies.
They exist only for the sake of their children and did not do anything that would harm them under any circumstances.
Tymune Marius, who had deceived Luna, eventually became Joshua’s dog, but the essence of it was a twisted love for Luna.
Not even Gilly, nor even Tymune would have asked his child to accept chaos.
As far as Jin knew, Risham was such a person.
For the sake of Runtia, he was willing to risk death or even a more severe price.
“Hasn’t Nanny Risham already been brainwashed?”
[No, the nanny was fine. It’s just…]
Runtia’s eyes turned red.
[They said they had a daughter.]
“Nanny Risham has a daughter.”
Runkandel’s nanny can’t have children.
Even the adopted children raised by Tymeune in the orphanage were just weapons to be used and discarded at any time.
If they were Tymune’s biological children, Runkandel would not have chosen Tymune as their nanny.
However, Risham has a biological son.
Even without listening, Jin seemed to know the unpleasant circumstances that would follow.
[When I was in Storm Castle, the nanny was away for about a year. She said she gave birth to a daughter then…]
Lisham was in danger of paying a cruel price for violating the law as a nanny.
The family members of the three tribes, including the biological son who had just been born, were almost killed.
But Risham paid nothing.
[At that time, my father covered the matter himself.]
At that time, Shiron covered up Lisham’s sins with a single word and saved her biological family and three generations.
It was the first time in Shiron’s era that a nanny broke the family law and covered it up.
Instead, after giving birth, Risham could not see her daughter and three legs again, and they were all expelled from Hufester and moved to a small town in the Magical Federation of Lutero.
-…The reason the family head forgave me at the time was probably because of the young lady.
-Is it because of me?
– The young lady cared for me very much when I was young. Of course it still is.
-My father would have thought that I was lacking in determination and fighting spirit. That’s why I couldn’t have saved the nanny and her lineage.
– But I’m alive like this, lady. And I’m old now, and I don’t have much time left to live… but after that day, I heard that my daughter, whom I have never seen before, is living a normal life with a family. A normal and happy life.
-Ha…
-Sir Rosa said she would kill them all now. Originally, even Sir Rosa didn’t know where the children were living because the head of the household was indifferent… Lady Illina said she found them.
– What’s up with that. nurse. Come on.
– I have dedicated my whole life to you. I gave my youth and all my life. So just once… just once, can’t you have mercy on this poor man?
-I’ll try to dry my mother. Wake up and don’t do this!
-With that alone, my daughter and grandchildren can’t live…
The condition Rosa offered was for Runtia to ‘replace’ the owner of this subspace.
On behalf of the original owner of this sub-space.
Runtia accepted the condition.
While Runtia was explaining these things, Jin’s head was shaking as he tried to control the hatred for Rosa that was welling up in his heart.
[They said it was a year. It was said that it was enough to replace the being who was originally the owner of this subspace for just one year. The old teenage knight Fadler Runcandel was originally the owner of this place.] It
was expected that the Prophet would bring Fadler out of the tomb, but I never thought that Runtia would replace her.
I didn’t even know that such a thing was possible in the first place.
“Damn it…”
[But as soon as I took the place of Lord Fadler through Illina’s ability, I realized that was a lie. I couldn’t get out of this place even after 100 years, not just one year. The Prophet might have another method I didn’t know about, but I was sure. I became completely one with subspace.]
That was the reason Runtia was able to regain her sanity even after being engulfed in chaos.
She was no longer the human Runtia Runkandel, but the subspace itself.
Therefore, the chaos that engulfed her also faded as much as the marriage energy of the subspace was consumed.
That also meant that Runtia would die the moment subspace collapsed.
Even now, the subspace was breaking in real time. Dropping the black rain of chaos.
Jin’s gaze reached the connection point.
“If I connect them back to you, will I be able to live?”
[I’m sure it’s because the entire subspace hasn’t been completely destroyed yet. But I don’t really want that, youngest. I think it would be better if it ended like this. At least when reason came back and I could die with myself.]
“How did you get here, sister? I think the Prophet could make you a replacement for Lord Padler, but I don’t know how to get back in here.”
[It could be. But does it matter? The purpose would have been to use Lord Fadler here as power anyway.]
“I know one sure way to get in here. As long as my sister is alive, I will be able to come back someday when I can save her. It’s not yet possible to cure cases like total encroachment or sister, but there are ways to purify the chaos.”
[When I reconnect to that, I will go crazy again.]
“I don’t want to lose my sister like this. If you persevere, I will make sure that purification is possible. If my sister disappears like this, I can’t take revenge on them, sister. There is no guarantee that they would have saved Nanny Risham’s daughter now.”
[Yes, there is no such guarantee. It was only my mother’s promise. If my nanny had told me before the family was taken hostage, I might have found another way. I couldn’t do otherwise at that time. I couldn’t turn away from the nanny.]
“Even if it were me, I wouldn’t have turned away from Gilly. I will check on and protect Nanny Risham’s family, so please wait.”
Runtia pondered for a moment, then nodded.
[i get it. I’m falling into a trap anyway… But why are you doing this to me? Even if you just kill me here, it won’t be too bad for you.]
“Then, wouldn’t my sister and I be a better family?”
Jin grabbed the connecting points.
[Jin] Now, if I get the power of subspace again.]
“I’ll find Heister and connect him. If you have the energy to move, please help. You said Hester is hiding somewhere in this subspace.”
[Don’t do that.]
