conversation.
conversation.
‘killing.’
My mother sat on top of my legs and glared at Dakia with her legs crossed, probably offended by the interruption of her time alone with me.
‘Kill and kill.’
When he has a problem, he thinks hard on himself and comes up with an answer. I pressed and massaged her grumbling mother’s head. My mother closed her eyes and focused on massaging my scalp.
‘ㅅ…a…r…’
I asked Dakia, taking advantage of my mother’s laugh.
“If you’re worried, what are you talking about?”
To be honest, I didn’t have to see what Dakia was worried about, but it was obvious. It must be a family-related problem.
“ha.”
Dakia gave a deep sigh and glanced into my eyes before coming over and sitting next to me on the bed. Rather than face to face with me, she seemed to have decided to monologue at the wall.
I pressed my mother’s scalp against me and looked at Dakia’s profile.
A sharp nose and beautiful golden eyes. Her silver hair, which had just been washed, was still a bit dry and soaked in moisture. She patted her flushed cheek with warm water and opened her mouth slowly.
“Me…”
“Yes.”
Dakia looked at the wall and continued talking softly.
“I always wanted to give the viewers a proper shot while avoiding calling me a ‘wizard’.”
It’s a little stabbing. When I first saw her, I distanced myself from Dakia because she was a wizard.
“So I always worked hard. I studied and studied again while suppressing my desire to use magic. As Priest Nak also heard by rumor, my father, Princess Miss, was not very kind to his children. He treated his children just as he treated his subjects.”
Dakia’s smile leaked out of her mouth as she recalled the past.
“I struggled to be recognized by me, my brother, and my father. Even though we struggled together, my brother always hated me very much.”
“Why?”
She smiled bitterly and told me.
“My mother passed away while giving birth to me. My mother had a chance to live, but she chose me between me and yours and passed away. Thanks to that, my brother always looked at me and called me a monster born after eating my mother. If you look at it, it wasn’t entirely wrong.”
A princess who was born as a wizard after eating her mother. It was a story that from the moment he was born, he had a lot of conditions that made it difficult to be loved by aristocratic families.
I said looking at her.
“It’s not the princess’s fault. No one was born on their own. It’s not something the princess can decide.”
Dacia narrowed her eyes for a moment and smiled.
“I thought Priest Marnac would have said that. Anyway, I was hated by my older brother and grew up with my father’s indifference. The family servants shunned me knowingly or unknowingly. Back then, I wanted to take over the Irmel family, because I wanted to become the wisest head of the family and prove that all the people who looked at me were wrong.”
She twitched her toes and continued.
“But when my father became senile and Lord Martin took power, my brother began to act more enthusiastically than ever. My brother is very close to being able rather than incompetent. I solidified my own foundation while keeping myself from building any foundation.”
Dacia paused for a moment and pursed her lips.
“To be honest, there is probably nothing I can do about it even if I return to the Irmel family right away. My engagement was made possible thanks to the consent of most of the Irmel family’s vassals. So, I went into hiding for a while until the marriage was annulled. I made up my mind to do it.”
The story started to go on and on. Is that why Dakia ran away from her family to the capital when she couldn’t refuse the engagement? And Dacia was kidnapped while running away from home.
I had a question.
When she rescued her from being kidnapped, she was obviously riding in Irmelga’s carriage.
“The carriage I saw at that time must not have been the one Princess Dacia rode.”
Dacia shook her head.
“No. It’s true that I drove the wagon. However, the wheels broke shortly after leaving the family, so I threw it away because I didn’t know how to fix it. How did you really find it that I left on the side of the road? They put me on it and kidnapped me.” I never dreamed of doing it.”
We have yet to uncover the client who orchestrated Dacia’s kidnapping. After leaving the capital, the assassins’ raids suddenly stopped.
“Does the princess think that her brother instigated the kidnapping?”
Dacia shrugged and replied.
“Whether it was my brother or his vassal, someone must have hoped that I would marry the prince of the dragon kingdom quietly. It was with the feeling of clearing up the unnecessary turmoil. You have no intention of getting married, do you?”
I have a question.
“You said earlier that you wouldn’t be able to take any action if you went back anyway, so why did you ask us to escort you to Beatus?”
The golden eyes that had been looking at the wall slowly moved towards me.
“Although I can’t do anything big, my kidnapping is another story. To dare to kidnap the daughter of a minor worker here in the Northern Kingdom, the ringleader is a serious crime that could destroy three generations. I tried to shake the foundation of the world. As a bonus, I nullified my engagement with the Dragon Kingdom.”
She smiled and told me.
“Actually, shaking my brother’s foundation was impossible on my own, so the main purpose was to nullify the engagement.”
‘killing!’
I had stopped massaging my scalp without realizing it because I was focusing on Dakia’s story. At the request of my mother, who waved her arms around and protested that her hands had stopped, I gently pressed her scalp again.
‘ㅅ…a…r…’
After confirming that my mother had left her hair in my hands again, I asked Dakia.
“Then what is the princess thinking about?”
Dacia looked me in the eye and said clearly.
“I’m worried about only one thing. Is my dream of becoming the head of the household and being recognized by everyone really what I really want? The position of head of the Irmel family is the position of the only four great lords in the Northern Kingdom, and at the same time It’s a place that leads a lot of people.”
Her gaze turned to her toes. Dacia sat on the bed and stomped her legs.
“Honestly, these are my thoughts while traveling with priest Marnak and others. I think I am still very inadequate to lead someone. I was struggling like an immature child, saying I wanted to sit in the seat of the head of the household, saying that I would push him. I also think that the life of wandering here and there with Priest Marnak, like now, isn’t bad.”
The staggered feet stopped. Dakia looked at me again and asked seriously.
“Priest Marnak.”
“yes.”
“What should I do? Whether it be porridge or rice, should I go back to Beatus and fight with my brother? Or should I just take care of my property in Beatus and follow Priest Marnak?”
one word.
Her words were full of meaning that if I said just one word, she would always give up everything as an aristocrat and stay by my side. My mother was preoccupied with my massage and didn’t seem to notice yet.
I smiled and answered Dakia.
“No one is born to lead others. So, it is completely wrong for the princess to think that she is not suitable for the position of the head of the family. .”
Dacia pursed her lips.
“Priest Marnak also saw me that way.”
I laughed at that cute complaint.
“You have to listen to what people say to the end. Princess. As there is an old saying that a seat makes a person, you may be a bit lost at first, but if you constantly strive to become the right person for your position, then you will definitely be Irmel. You will be able to become a great family head that all of the vassals look up to.”
I took one of my hands away from pressing my mother’s scalp and poked my breast with my thumb.
“Because the Princess of Dakia I’ve seen was someone who always struggles to achieve something rather than helplessly accept a given situation.”
Even after she was kidnapped, after being saved, during the journey, and while helping me. Regardless of whether it was his own work or not, he always did his best.
If she is like that, she will be able to shine more than anyone else no matter what position she takes on.
Dacia was silent for a moment. After a while, she cautiously opened her mouth. The voice trembled slightly.
“You, your evaluation is so generous. I’m not that outstanding…” ”
The princess I saw is like that. And there’s something I want to say to the princess.”
“yes.”
She gulped down her saliva and looked at me with extremely serious eyes.
“I have no intention of presenting an answer to the princess’s worries. I believe that you have to answer your own concerns. That way, even if you regret your choice later on, you will feel much more regretful than if you made a choice based on someone else’s recommendation. because it is small.”
I said with a soft smile.
“By the way, I don’t even think I’m smart enough to dare to give answers to others. It’s best to just share a little bit of my thoughts with someone who is struggling.”
Dacia looked me in the eye and smiled.
“So, what Priest Marnak said is, in the end, I have to decide on my own.”
“As expected, the princess is very clever, as I saw.”
Two golden eyes filled me.
“Now that I see it, Priest Marnak has a bit of a sleazy side.”
I looked at her and smiled.
“It’s the same with Princess.”
“Then let’s pretend this time was Master’s.”
Dacia greeted me as she got up from my bed.
“Sleep well, both of you. Then I’ll go to sleep.”
“Good night.”
With a thump, my door closed. But not long after, the door opened slightly with a squeaking sound. Dakia stuck her head out, looked at me, and quickly spat out words.
“If you ever need me too much, please let me know. Then, I will actively review the opinions of Priest Marnak!”
Dacia slammed the door shut and disappeared, her ears red. The sound of rapid footsteps came from beyond the door.
My mother still enjoyed massaging my scalp.
‘ㅅ…A…L…H…ㅐ…’
***
When we came down to the first floor to leave the village the next day, the two priests of the Sacred Slaughter Corps left the village earlier than we did.
I asked Jamel, who kept looking at me with a burden.
“What’s wrong? Did you put anything on my face?”
Jamel shook his head with sparkling eyes and said.
“No! Nothing!”
What do I need to worry about? It’s a thousand times better to stare with twinkling eyes than to stare with hate.
I tried to ignore her burdened eyes and said.
“Then we will leave. We have a long way to go to Beatus.”
***
While walking smoothly for about 10 days to Beatus, we entered a village we hadn’t seen in a while to stay.
‘killing…?!’
My mother let out a puzzled voice all the way through town in search of the inn.
‘killing!’
A cry that none of the villagers passing by can read the number of fingers.
There’s no way that all the villagers are demons, and as a result of a cursory investigation, they have nothing to do with the Extermination Squadron.
There was only one thing that could be guessed as the cause of this phenomenon.
Worshipers of evil spirits and libertio.
I looked at the group and said quietly.
“I think you should be a little nervous. This is not an ordinary town.”
