《A Terminally Ill Villainess Refuses To Be Adopted》 Chapter 1 Chapter 01 The first memory of my day was hunger. ¡°I have to eat¡­¡± As soon as I woke up, I grabbed my hungry stomach and got up. In fact, something strange was going on, from a while ago. ¡°¡­..A child?¡± My line of vision was very low. But before I could think of anything else, I was completely possessed by the honey-like smell that popped up in the air. ¡°Sera¡¯s Bakery.¡± Not far away, there was a store selling savory white bread. Inexpensive, soft, warm bread with the smell of cheap butter. ¡®I¡¯m going to eat that right now.¡¯ My mouth was watering. There was no room for delay. I ran at once and grabbed one on the spot. It wasn¡¯t until I ate it that I came to my senses. ¡°Ten, please.¡± After paying for the bread with my pocket money, was on my way back home. With the smell of fragrant bread, unfamiliar memories began to slowly surface to my mind. ¡°Evelyn.¡± Memories surged like zombies waking up after sleeping like corpses. ¡°I am twelve years old.¡± The lumps of memories that had been asleep moved around my head as if they were squirming. They were greedily noisy, and following the rule of cause and effect, one came as if pulled by another. This child was now an orphan since her grandmother passed away. Fortunately, I have a house and some money, and I live in a neighborhood with poor security, but I am living safely because of citizenship¡¯. To be exact, it was a tough situation. ¡°The money will run out soon¡­¡­.but there¡¯s still some good things.¡± Monetary knowledge, speech and writing. Such basic common sense remained regardless of memory Thanks to that, I was able to buy bread. However, the economic situation was not very good. ¡°I should eat the bread sparingly.¡± But, would such carefree worries continue from now on? Looking back, it is clear that I was in a state where my mind had not returned properly. If we look at the sequence of events that followed, that much can be noted. It happened on the way home, holding a piece of warm bread. I found a child squatting and leaning against the front door of Evelyn¡¯s house. ¡°Why is a little kid there?¡± ¡®If I had just passed by then, would something have changed? The child was very small, and he looked in worse shape than me. His cheeks, visible through his black hair, were pale, and tired, and everything else but his skin looked black because he hadn¡¯t washed in days. He looked very weak, so I quickly let go of my vigilance. Once I approached him, I called. ¡°Hey.¡± Seeing him flinching, fortunately, he didn¡¯t seem to have died. If so, is he a child without a home or guardian? ¡°How long has he been wandering around like that?¡¯ Feeling a little pitiful, I took a step closer and spoke. ¡°Why are you sleeping here? Open your eyes.¡± The closer I looked, the more dirt I could see, but the moment the child opened his eyes. ¡°Huh?¡± Surprisingly, none of his grubbiness came into sight ¡°¡­¡­Golden color?¡± His eyes were not yellow, but golden. Perhaps because he heard my surprised whisper, his golden eyes became cold at once. The kid with a gold, nugget for eyes started to stare at me. At that terrifying momentum, I lost my words. I looked at the child and spoke awkwardly. ¡°Hey, this is in front of my house.¡±p ¡°You said to come.¡± ¡­..Me? Just in case, I looked at the child without hastily asking back. Memories were coming back from a while ago, but it wasn¡¯t perfect. ¡®Is he acquainted with Evelyn?¡¯ As soon as I stared at him, he frowned. Maybe he was nervous. ¡°Yesterday dawn, in the back alley over there, you told me to come.¡± There was a dull alley where his small, skinny finger pointed. Beyond the corner it looked dark and cold, it didn¡¯t seem like a habitable space at all. I saw the child again. ¡°You said that to me. If you don¡¯t want to freeze to death, come find me.¡± A clear voice that rested a little continued to flow out There was a faint groan mixed between the cracked sentences. He frowned and when I opened my mouth to reply, he beat me to it. ¡°¡­if you¡¯re going to pretend you don¡¯t know.¡±, His eyes fired such a sharp gaze that it was hard to imagine it came from a child¡¯s eyes. He might be around 10-years-old. How in the world did you live, in such a short time, to have such eyes? I didn¡¯t know what to say. At that time, his frighteningly shining eyes touched the bag of bread I was holding for a moment and shook. He took his eyes off the bag right away, as if he didn¡¯t see it, but he was biting his lips¡­ ¡°You are hungry.¡¯ What do we do? I bit the inside of my lip hard. Then I glanced up at Evelyn¡¯s house. It was a house that was all crumbling down. On the way, I remembered that my financial situation was not good. At best, even if I save and spare everything! can, I can only live up to two months. ¡®But¡­¡­. Fortunately, for the child, I was full at the time, and I was naturally generous. Also, I wasn¡¯t heartless enough to drive out such a small child into the streets In the end, I smiled quietly and opened my mouth. ¡°Yes. That¡¯s right.¡± It may have been because the whole situation was still, like a dream. For me at least. ¡°I was a little out of myself and forgot about it.¡± I decided to bring the child inside. ¡°You forgot?¡± ¡°Yes. Sorry.¡± Well, I thought it would be nice to hear about Evelyn at the same time. My memories were so jumbled up that there were many empty parts in the details. ¡°I must keep my promises. Come on in.¡± The boy looked at me with a slightly bewildered look, and got up without hesitating even once Come to think of it, I didn¡¯t even lock the door because I went out like crazy earlier.¡¯ I glanced at the child. I didn¡¯t lock it, but seeing that he was waiting in front of the door, I don¡¯t think he was trying to steal anything. ¡®I haven¡¯t even closed all the doors.¡¯ With the door wide open, he slowly locked his feet on the ground and stood by the door, not going in any further. He had a very cautious look on his face. I felt sorry for his condition, but at the same time it was reassuring, At least he didn¡¯t seem like he lied to me. ¡®Let¡¯s feed him first.¡¯ Putting the bag of bread on the dented table, I spoke to the child. ¡°Hey, what should I call you?¡± As he looked through the house, the gaze toward me contained a faint question. ¡°Actually, I banged my head a little hard last night.¡± I picked up a few words to use as an excuse and smiled at the child. ¡°So my recent memory is a bit empty.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t remember?¡± ¡°Yes. It¡¯s ridiculous, right? At least I¡¯m lucky enough to have not forgotten my name.¡± I laughed like an immature child, and the boy stared at me with strange eyes. After a while, he opened his mouth. ¡°Raven.¡± ¡°What?¡± I paused. As soon as I heard the name, I felt strange. ¡°It¡¯s Raven. What about you?¡± ¡°¡­¡­Huh?¡± I had to ask him to sit down, but I felt like someone was shaking me by the collar, so I grabbed the table tightly without knowing about manners. The child approached me with a frown. The face seen from the front shone even in the midst of the dirt. His looks were so bright it seemed to emanate light, and the name of the person who looked just like that came to mind. And at that moment. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you?¡± ¡°Oh no, it¡¯s okay.¡± Like the memories earlier, I was mesmerized by the title of a novel that came to my mind. ¡®No way¡­¡­¡¯ The situation, the boy¡¯s appearance, his name. Everything was pointing to one thing. ¡°If it¡¯s okay, can you answer me? What¡¯s your name?¡± (Raven) ¡°Why do you want to know my name¡­?¡± The young villain tilted his head slightly, hiding his confusion when I asked him back. He shows a person can be cold and beautiful even though they still have baby fat left. Chapter 2 Chapter 02 ¡°To remember it, of course.¡± ¡°¡­Do you have to?¡± ¡°That¡¯s a strange thing to say.¡± In a tired and sharp voice, the child said. ¡°If I follow what you said to me, I¡¯ll be indebted to you for the time being, I have to know the name of the landlord.¡± The glaring eyes whispered that if you lie, you will die. Like the villain of a novel who remembers the name of a traitor and then chases them down to kill them. At that moment I realized Ah. It¡¯s already too late to not get entangled. Figures, I vomited my answer, trying not to stutter. ¡°¡­¡­Evelyn.¡± The name of the girl who sold the young villain into slavery. I watched the villain repeat my name several times, and I looked at the feet of the boy who was already inside the house. ¡°If I kick him out now, will he come back to kill me?¡± Should I not take him in? No. If you think about it, I¡¯d rather have him. ¡®If I tell him now to go back because I can¡¯t remember my promise, I would have died right there.¡¯ The Raven I knew was such a villain. Crazy to get revenge on everyone in the world. A villain who was cruel, heartless, and even more terrifyingly beautiful. ¡®No. Nothing is certain yet.¡¯ Being inside a book¡­such a thing could not have become my reality. shut my eyes tightly, opened my eyes, and said to the boy who, by chance, must have had the same name as the villain. ¡°Did you say Raven?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t you look around for a moment?¡± The boy nodded his head. Even in a scruffy state, his posture was straight and his movements were graceful. ¡°Let¡¯s close the door.¡± Contrary to nodding his head, the boy, who could hardly move in front of the door, flinched at my words. He looked at me and slowly began to pull his foot out of the doorway. It was a rather comical gesture, but I couldn¡¯t laugh. This is because the child¡¯s expression, which I could look at more closely, was so exhausted he was close to collapsing. ¡°¡­¡­Good. Thanks.¡± There was nothing to be grateful for, but he still thanked me. It was so pitiful that I wanted to calm him down. The child glanced at me and slightly frowned. ¡°Look around. Since there is everything that has to be seen. But if you need anything, just tell me.¡± ¡°There¡¯s a room over there, too. My room is¡­ Um¡­¡± Come on. Work memory. Oh, there. ¡°Over there. I only have one bed in the house. But I can share mine.¡± His golden eyes narrowed for a moment. Shaking for a bit. ¡°If you don¡¯t like it because the bed is cramped, you can change the room.¡± We have to share the bed when we go to sleep anyway. ¡­can I get a good night¡¯s sleep? ¡°I¡¯ll have the one with the bed.¡± Anyway, I smiled brightly at the answer that popped out. ¡°You finally opened your mouth.¡± Raven made a strange face. ¡°Don¡¯t be so nervous. It¡¯s not you who should be nervous now, but me. Being so vigilant makes me feel like I¡¯m doing something wrong.¡± ¡°¡­you.¡± ¡°Yes. Say it.¡± He was really that Raven. What does he want to say? The boy opened his mouth slowly. ¡°You¡¯re different from what I saw back then.¡± ¡°Ah.¡± If you are saying then, you mean when Evelyn asked you to come here, right? That¡¯s why you were so wary. I quickly convinced myself and breathed out a complicated sigh. ¡°Yeah, I became this Evelyn.¡¯ I¡¯m not sure if it¡¯s a book transmigration, but it seems to be a transmigration nonetheless. I had a headache. The same goes for the body pain that has been gradually increasing since earlier. To be honest, wanted to be alone, go somewhere, grab a pillow or anything else and bury myself on the bed. ¡®I want to find painkillers and eat them.¡¯ And, and¡­¡­ ¡®I want to check.¡¯ I wonder if my guess is right. There was something I wanted to ask the child, since the moment he told me his name. ¡°I told you. I lost my memory earlier.¡± But I couldn¡¯t put my impatience and anxiety in front of a child who was already scared, so I continued with a smile on my face. ¡°So I¡¯m a little uneasy right now, but I¡¯m pretending to be okay as much as I can.¡± ¡°¡­Why are you pretending?¡± ¡°Because you look more anxious than me.¡± When I answered with a shrug of my shoulders, the child blinked as if stunned. He opened his mouth to say something, but soon closed his lips. He just stared at me for a moment, as if observing me. Yes, observe to your heart¡¯s content, scrutinize everything and finally rest assured that I am no danger to you. ¡®And after that, please talk to me.¡¯ As I asked in my heart, I smiled as softly as possible. ¡°Didn¡¯t you say earlier that you would use the room with the bed? Then go and take a look. I¡¯m a bit confused, so I¡¯ll sit here.¡± ¡°¡­¡­Here?¡± ¡°Yes. Oh, I¡¯m not going anywhere. Don¡¯t worry and go look at it.¡± The boy, who had not lowered his vigilance, still headed into the room with a much more stable face than before. Watching him go, I slowly closed my eyes. And I remembered what I had been putting off since before. As soon as I saw Raven, the familiar title of the book came to my mind, like a lighting billboard. The warm bread was cooling down. It was, so-so novel my younger brother gave me. I heard that it was published somewhere. ¡°There is only one paper book in the world.¡± He said he had made one specially for his big sister, and handed it over with dry hands. He was a child who studied and even wrote romance novels that were not my taste. He said it was cumbersome to make a detailed setting and asked me, to make it, so I also helped with a half assed attitude.. But even though I was busy after I became an adult, read the novel until it was worn out. Each sentence was precious, as our precious youth and memories were carved in each setting. ¡­¡­I miss the old times.¡¯ The content itself was strictly following the clich¨¦s. The story of a fragile heroine, Luciel, who escapes from her cage, falls in love passionately, receives more love than she gives, and leads to a happy ending. Since she was a saint who was locked deep in the temple, I attached a background setting of [War) to get her out, and in order for the female lead to stand out in that war, I had put the (Holy Grail) at the center of the conflict. Thus, the perfect stage for the heroine was created by making the the true owner of the Holy Grail> ¡°Were there two, no, three leads who fell in love with the Saint who stood out because of that?¡¯ The main male lead was Crown Prince Adrian Bridium. The character, who was more passionate than anyone else in love, became the main male lead, exerting a strong influence on the saint who had become cold and passive due to her confined life. Of course, on the contrary, there were also the mournful Sub Leads. Xylocart. A man who smiled warmly just by looking at the saint. He was an insidious darkness to other people, but only to Saint Luciel, he was head over heels and had a face, as if he was going to die for her. ¡°It was even more sad that he couldn¡¯t confess until the end.¡¯ My brother used to say that Xylocart looked a lot like him. ¡®So he said he didn¡¯t like it.¡¯ What do you mean you don¡¯t like it? Judging from the painstakingly portrayed psychological narrative, it was clear that he liked the character. If the person my brother loved so much was Xylocart. The person I cherished the most was the villain, neither the female lead nor the male lead. So, I went into the room that the kid with the same name as the villain went into a while ago¡­ ¡®Raven North He was the villain. Chapter 3 ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ ?? Because he loved Lucy, he was also in the position of the sub male lead. (Note: In chapter 02, I translated the FL¡¯s name as Luciel, but it¡¯s too confusing because this novel already has Evelyn and Raven, so the FL¡¯s name is now Lucy because I keep messing up with New Daughter-In-Law =_=¡°) Because he was a villain, whenever he appears, there are scenes of obsession, kidnapping, and confinement. Even though he was such a wicked villain, what I liked most about him was his story. He had a pathetic and tragic life that strikes you dumb when you think about each happening of his background story. Of course, I didn¡¯t say that to my younger brother. ¡°I don¡¯t think this guy really has anything going on for him other than his face, Sister.¡± ¡°That face is important in itself.¡± ¡°¡­¡­Okay. Then I have to set the face as his only specialty.¡± I shouldn¡¯t have said that back then. I sighed as I remembered my brother¡¯s bruised face at the time. ¡°Other than his face, I made him into a lousy human being with nothing.¡± She took a deep breath, withdrawing her gaze toward the room Raven had entered. ¡®A monster who has no hesitation in killing people.¡¯ ¡®Especially if someone betrayed him, he would chase after them to the ends of the earth and slaughter them.¡¯ ¡®Don¡¯t give him his name. He is the one who remembers and pursues even the scent associated with a name.¡¯ ¡®The reason he covets the Holy Grail is to destroy the world by making an army of the monsters from the Shadow Forest.¡¯ Descriptions such as those¡­were often found in the work¡¯s narrative. These were all words directed to Raven. ¡°¡­¡­¡± I sighed heavily again. I¡¯m hoping this is not inside the novel, but the timing to brainwash myself that this is not, had long since gone away. And if, really if. If I was really into that novel. ¡®Evelyn.¡¯ Maybe I¡¯m already dead. ¡®The girl who tricked the villain into bringing him home when he was young, and then sold him to a slave trader.¡¯ Extra number¡­1. Because that was Evelyn. A girl who had a huge influence on the villain¡¯s entire life, but was nothing more than an extra who should be given a number to be remembered. ¡®Because she sold Raven, who could have safely returned home if he had been unharmed for two more months.¡¯ Raven was sold into slavery because of her and goes to the imperial palace, where the emperor, who is coveting the power of the North Family, steals his blood and rolls him around like a dog¡­¡­. ¡®He goes back after 10 years.¡¯ And during those 10 years, all the people in the family he loved died miserably. Even his father, who remained until the end and waited for him, ran out of control because of the Emperor and became a demon king, so Raven had to subdue his father himself. ¡°¡­..¡± Suddenly, I remembered what Raven had said earlier. ¡°You said that to me. If you don¡¯t want to freeze to death, come see me.¡± Coincidentally, it was the same line Evelyn said to Raven in the villain¡¯s background story. And the pain in my body that has been attacking me since before. ¡®It reminded me of the symptoms of the illness Evelyn was suffering from.¡¯ This is an incurable disease. ¡°Ah really¡­¡­.¡± I flopped on the table and wept. It felt like the more I thought about it, the more ominous the foreboding became, so I decided to move rather than think. Worst of all, even if I was the real Evelyn, it didn¡¯t mean I couldn¡¯t live. In the end, I don¡¯t have to sell Raven, and the incurable disease has a cure. It was all thanks to knowing the setting of this novel. Okay, first of all, Raven. Let¡¯s take good care of him and send him back nicely. ¡­.although it seems like he¡¯s already been deceived by a lie and came here. ¡®If this much, I can still fix it.¡¯ I got up from my seat and quickly crept away, because there was no sound in the room where Raven was. ¡®There¡¯s no way he¡¯s sleeping.¡¯ There was no way a child who had been so vigilant could sleep comfortably in a stranger¡¯s house. ¡®Then what are you doing?¡¯ When I peered through the door, Raven was sitting neatly on the bed and reading a book. Even though he looked in bad physical condition, there was no awkward part in his sitting form. As I quietly looked at such a child, I called out in a small voice in case he was surprised. ¡°¡­Raven?¡± There was no answer. I took a few steps inside and called again. ¡°Raven.¡± The child did not move even though I reached a position where I could see the title of the book he was reading. ¡®He¡¯s very focused.¡¯ The child¡¯s eyes were burning heavily. As I gazed curiously into his bright and clever young eyes, I turned to the book he was holding. ¡®Extreme Poisons and their Medicinal uses?¡¯ At that moment, I remembered the contents of the novel When Raven was deceived and sold by Evelyn, he was already poisoned. ¡®That¡­ the traitor poisoned him.¡¯ An incident in which a traitor in the family used a special poison on the lord and his son in turn, cleverly poisoned other people, and then ran away with the family¡¯s top-secret document. In the incident that marks the beginning of the story, Raven loses everything at the young age of twelve and is chased everywhere while he remains poisoned. There was a reason why he could not resist a powerless girl and was sold as a slave. ¡°¡­¡­¡± Oh please. I hope it¡¯s not the case. I sighed and went back to the living room. Then, silently, dragged a chair and entered the bedroom. I placed the chair at a distance that is not too burdensome opposite Raven, who was sitting on the bed. As I sat there, I watched the child¡¯s engrossed expression. ¡®After he¡¯s done reading, we should talk.¡¯ I was going to ask after h washing, feeding, and letting him sleep, but looking at him now, he seemed to be able to talk about it, so I thought it would be okay. If Raven said anything that was not at all different from what I remember. Then I will have to accept the reality. All of a sudden, even in a scruffy state, a very pretty face caught my eye. My younger brother said that he¡¯s got nothing going on for him besides that, so he poured a lot of buffs on is his face¡­ No, no. I¡¯m not sure of anything yet. ¡°¡­..¡± I turned in the direction of my thoughts. Come to think of it, he¡¯s still a child. He seems to be taller than Evelyn, perhaps because she grew up eating poorly, but at first glance, there were signs of a lot of suffering in his countenance. ¡®A child with nowhere to stay and nothing to eat in comfort.¡¯ It was kind of sad to see him concentrating on a book with eyes that seemed to be swallowing everything up. After watching the child like that for a while, I carefully took out a book, wondering if my gaze could be uncomfortable. ¡®A requiem for a dead princess?¡¯ I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s romance or not, but it was a strong title for a book from my grandmother¡¯s room. As I opened the cover, the story of a tyrant who lived long ago and the princess he loved unfolded before my eyes. ¡®A tyrant who went crazy after the princess died.¡¯ It¡¯s also related to the Holy Grail. It felt like I was looking at a setting I didn¡¯t make myself, so I was intrigued. I calmly plunged into the tragedy. How long has it been? A sound of surprise was heard in front. But I pretended not to know because I didn¡¯t want to show I noticed his surprise. Then I heard the sound of the book being closed. It sounded like he was calling me, so I naturally raised my head. ¡°Oh, did you finish reading?¡± Raven, who was looking at me with confused eyes, stopped. However, for a moment, his mouth softened with a hardened face. ¡°What are you doing?¡± I tilted my head at the tone of interrogation. ¡°What?¡± ¡°When, no, why are you here?¡± ¡°I came in a while ago. You were reading a book, so I read this while I was waiting.¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± Raven, who had been speechless for a moment, said, clearing his throat. ¡°Then why don¡¯t you¡­ do you have nothing to do?¡± Apparently, he was more surprised of me being near him than I thought. Well, his head must have a lot of thoughts right now. ¡°I was just trying to talk to you. But no matter how many times I called, you didn¡¯t hear me, I didn¡¯t want to disturb, so I waited.¡± Raven quickly blinked as I spoke in a soft tone as if to calm him down. His eyelids looked like they were ticklish. Chapter 4 ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ ?? His eyelashes are very long. Raven, who was staring at the book he was holding with an awkward expression, came down from the bed and stood in his place. And he said coldly. ¡°Go.¡± ¡°Huh? Do you want me to go out?¡± That¡¯s a bit. ¡°Let¡¯s go, let¡¯s talk.¡± ¡°Aha.¡± I covered the book with a light smile. I¡¯m going to mark where I stopped to read after. ¡°Okay, let¡¯s go.¡± After a while, we sat facing each other at the table on which we had put the bread in between. The boy was calmly staring at me with wary eyes. I waited for a while to see if he had something to say first, but I decided to speak, as he didn¡¯t want to open his mouth at all. ¡°Can I ask you something? As I said earlier, my memory is a bit empty.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± The way the child, who had not lost all his baby fat, spoke, was as hard as an adult. I wasn¡¯t really trying to use a 12-year-old tone, either. ¡°What exactly did I say to you the day before?¡± ¡°You said you would give me something to eat.¡± ¡°¡­.In addition?¡± If you think about the villain¡¯s side story in the original, that wouldn¡¯t have been the end of it. The still, sunken golden eyes calmly faced me. ¡°You said that you would give me a place to wash and rest and said that you were bored because your grandmother passed away a while ago.¡± ¡°Ah.¡± As expected, I didn¡¯t just say let¡¯s live together if you didn¡¯t want to die. Besides, it¡¯s not ¡®lonely¡¯, it¡¯s boring. It reminded me of the words of my brother, who said that he dared to choose such words for the image of a selfish, extra villain. I said, almost giving up on trying to think this is not the novel. ¡°¡­Okay, and then I gave you white bread and a thin blanket?¡± And I told him to not freeze to death last night and find me? ¡°¡­Yes. You told me not to freeze to death last night and come to me.¡± ¡°I see.¡± She even gave away precious bread and blankets. Yes, you¡¯ve done it that far, so you must have thought that the villain would come here. If she had said only that line of not freezing, it was doubtful he would trust and come here. And seeing that even the smallest details fit right into it, it seemed that there was no need to further doubt that I had entered the book. ¡®Let¡¯s accept it.¡¯ Okay, I¡¯m definitely in that novel. ¡°Well, I remember a little bit now.¡± When I answered with a smile, the cool light that had been in the boy¡¯s eyes since the first time we met suddenly faded. I realized something after seeing that. ¡®He wasn¡¯t angry, he was anxious.¡¯ When you look at him like this, he¡¯s just a child. But even though he looks like that, he must have killed a few people before coming here. Even if he was poisoned, he was a twelve-year-old, capable of killing any ordinary person. I tried not to forget that fact and kindly spoke to him. ¡°Thank you for telling me. I was a little anxious because my memory was empty.¡± Now, instead of just a day or two, we were going to live together for a couple of months. ¡®You have to take good care of him and send him back nicely.¡¯ I was originally thinking about feeding him anyway. Then the young villain made a puzzled expression. I could see that there was one thing he wanted to talk about. ¡°Do you have anything you want to say?¡± When asked with a grin, he slowly shook his head. ¡°I can¡¯t remember right now.¡± ¡°I see. Tell me whatever comes to mind.¡± Feeling like I was gradually getting used to Raven¡¯s cold gaze, I tapped the table. Now it¡¯s time to eat something. ¡®The one loaf of bread Evelyn gave him the morning before would be all he ate.¡¯ He must have been mentally exhausted to have reached this point after escaping without a break. ¡®Isn¡¯t food with broth better?¡¯ But there is no rice here. That can¡¯t be done, then¡­ As I pondered, I took out the bread I bought earlier and placed it on the dented table. The boy¡¯s eyes naturally followed the bread. ¡°Oh, I¡¯m hungry after reading the book. Would you like to eat together?¡± ¡°If you want to do that.¡± The answer I got back was blunt, but it was kind of cute that it popped out so quickly. Although it was clear that he was still sharply vigilant about me. ¡®That¡¯s unavoidable now.¡¯ He has been through treason, so no matter how careful I am, it won¡¯t be enough. Time will fix it. ¡®Great. Let¡¯s wash, feed, and put him to sleep.¡¯ ¡­because I¡¯ve confirmed what I wanted to check the most. I smiled and opened my mouth. ¡°Then, before eating, go to the room you went to and wash up.¡± I described a very small space attached to my grandmother¡¯s room. ¡°There is some water that I left while washing yesterday, but if there is not enough water, I have to go out to the yard and collect more. Do you need help?¡± ¡°No.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Raven, who had been subtly giving strength to his forehead since the time he was told to wash, got up and headed for the bathroom. After that, I shouted from behind his head. ¡°Then I¡¯ll heat the bread while you wash!¡± ¡°¡­¡­.Yes.¡± Hearing my words, the boy turned his head slightly and nodded. There you go. He¡¯s well-mannered. When I smiled broadly with admiration, the boy slowly blinked. Then he murmured. ¡°Even though¡­¡­.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°¡­¡­no.¡± Shaking his head, the young villain headed to the bathroom. ¡°Oh!¡± I shouted loudly later. ¡°You can¡¯t just wash your hands and face just because you¡¯re hungry! You can use a lot of water, so you have to wash everything thoroughly!¡± There was the sound of a wooden barrel falling over. The little villain didn¡¯t answer. *** Evelyn¡¯s voice sounded louder than necessary, and at the sound, Raven dropped the wooden barrel in his hand. The paralysis of his body still hadn¡¯t healed, so he barely picked it up. He glanced behind him with cold eyes. ¡°¡­¡­¡± Raven, who stood like that for a moment, thought while picking up the dropped wooden barrel. As expected, it¡¯s weird. ¡®It¡¯s so different from what I knew.¡¯ His golden eyes narrowed. He knew about that girl who, despite being an orphan, lived a relatively stable life. It¡¯s been a week since he came to this town. A week was enough time to understand the surrounding situation. ¡°Mo-monster!¡± ¡°Speak.¡± He had skills that were unmatched by his age. No matter how poisoned he was, how much his body could not move well, and how he could not use the power of his family, he was still able to deal with the garbage in the back alleys. Therefore, the first thing I did as soon as I entered this village was to step on the approaching garbage. ¡°Tell me everything you know about this town.¡± Until I hear what I want. The village where Raven hid was one of several places called ¡´The End Village¡µ. The place where the northern territory meets the territory of the Empire. The villages built on the border were abandoned because of the lack of reach of the emperor. Because they are located at the edge of peace, villages here were called ¡°end villages.¡± Naturally, there was a lot of garbage in the back alley of The End Villages. Because there were quite a few people who hid away from the hands of the law. That was the reason why there are so few children in this seemingly ordinary town. Without the proper identification, there was no prey as good as a child. Yes, it was a back alley full of garbage with that mindset, so Raven could easily find prey. Because he hits first. ¡°The village chief¡¯s house, his weaknesses, and the house where people with citizenship live and their characteristics. As detailed as possible.¡± ¡°Ah, ah, y-y-yes!¡± Every piece of trash that came to him, threw up information and was buried in the ground. It was a place where all the outcasts of the Empire gather. However, even in such a village at the end of the day, there were very few people who had imperial citizenship or had easy money. Raven was going to get to know those people. ¡®Because I have to stay here for a couple of months until I can contact my family.¡¯ Garbage opened his mouth easily, so he was able to extract information about this town very effortlessly. Chapter 5 ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ ?? Only two people have citizenship. But many people had a leisurely life. ¡®Evelyn was one of the two who had citizenship.¡¯ Among the extracted information, there were also critical facts about Evelyn. ¡°T-that girl is of no use.¡± Among the trash, Evelyn was a child that should not be touched. She was an orphan who had nothing but citizenship, and she would soon be sold in lieu of debt to a slave trader who wanted her. Since the slave trader had an eye on the girl, these trash wouldn¡¯t be able to touch her. ¡°I see. Thank you.¡± ¡°Yes, yes. Ah, aghh!¡± Turning around after meticulously burying the corpse of the last piece of garbage, Raven was contemplating what he had found out. And at that time, he had to summarize the child named Evelyn in just one line. He shouldn¡¯t get close. The only thing worth using from her was citizenship, which was not transferable or extorted. Rather, there is a risk of being tracked by the Imperial Family, so she was worthless to Raven. On top of that, a slave trader was sneaking around the child. The only slave dealers around these parts are the Athos Guild who are aiming for Raven. It was Raven who was pursued by them until here. Evelyn was the last person he should ever be associated with. But now, contrary to what he had decided, the boy was reading a book and washing up at her house. And it looks like he¡¯ll be getting something to eat soon. ¡°¡­If it wasn¡¯t for this poison.¡± Raven squatted down, grinding his teeth. The hand gesture to measure the amount of water was dull. The poison used by the traitors was the problem. It was stronger and more tenacious than expected. It was definitely possible to suppress it, but¡­ The problem is that. Suppression was everything he could do. ¡®Still, in about two months, the poison will go away.¡¯ The North family¡¯s mana also has the power to repel toxicity. Yes, I won¡¯t die. ¡®If I don¡¯t get caught.¡¯ It was his father, not him, who inhaled the poison in a lethal dose in the first place. ¡­Is my father still alive? ¡°¡­¡­¡± When he reached a problem that he didn¡¯t want to think about, his hands that were clinging to the water slowed down. ¡®No. For now, I have to think only of surviving. Raven, who had brushed off his thoughts like that, nodded his head in earnest and muttered. ¡°There was no need for more water.¡± I don¡¯t think the water was poisoned. The problem is that he can¡¯t move quickly because of the poison in his body. And he is very tired because it hurts his head even if he exerts a little bit of power. No matter how much he suppressed the poison, it protested even more intensely as the days passed and ruined Raven¡¯s body. Even the good-looking Raven had his limits. In the end, he lost his strength, and even the garbage he treated insignificantly was beginning to be a threat, so he escaped and fled here. ¡®I didn¡¯t mean to get help.¡¯ The girl approached me first¡­ Raven glared at the water with a displeased expression, then pursed his lips a little and picked up the water bottle. Shaaa, the water was slow, but it was pouring wildly. The hardened expression on his face had no choice but to loosen a little. I don¡¯t want to admit it though. It was pathetically funny to see that his sharply forged tension was relieved even a little. Suddenly, I remembered the voice of a girl I had seen for the first time. ¡°Come to my house. Unless you want to freeze to death there.¡± A girl who seemed to have no more spare time than Raven, who was being chased. ¡®¡­At that time, I felt like she had a plan.¡¯ However, he did not have any more fortitude to reject the offer. He could no longer endure alone in this area where the daily temperature difference was so great. ¡°So I came here¡­ but¡­¡± The atmosphere is so different that you wonder if it¡¯s the same person. ¡®Everything was suspicious, so I thought I¡¯d just observe without opening my mouth for at least a month.¡¯ Maybe it was because she was so different, his plan didn¡¯t go well. Slowly, wiping away the dust, Raven murmured. As if warning himself. ¡°You can¡¯t believe in anyone.¡± I don¡¯t feel any special intentions right now. But people are beings who can dig into intimacy and stick knives in our backs as much as they want. As did the traitor whom he believed, and whom the people of his family trusted. The sound of the water rang coolly as if sweeping away all kinds of troubles. Raven started pouring water as if possessed. Contrary to what the girl said earlier, the water that Evelyn had separated yesterday was very abundant, so even if he used it like that, he couldn¡¯t see the bottom. Then I heard Evelyn¡¯s voice outside. ¡°I¡¯ve put my shirt and pants here, so wash-washy everything and put them on.¡± (Note: She uses a wash word mainly said to little children. Like she was the adult.) That voice and the way she talks. It¡¯s so soft that he keeps getting thrown out of his game, it was annoying. Pausing for a moment, Raven bit his lower lip and began to swear at her the best he could. ¡°You are the kid who doesn¡¯t even remember how much water you got yesterday.¡± What else do you mean wash-washy? A weird kid who uses weird words. Besides, she¡¯s not afraid of Raven¡¯s gaze, which often makes the vassals and even grown-up villains startled¡­¡­ ¡°¡­.¡± I don¡¯t know anything about her, so I couldn¡¯t swear well. Besides, perhaps because he was procrastinating too much, the scent of bread that had become thick all of a sudden tickled the tip of his nose. Raven grabbed his hungry stomach without realizing it. Then he stopped pouring water and sent a sharp look at the small space. It was a small space which is embarrassing to even call a bathroom, where only a small screen exists. Still, everything was there. It was small, but there was even soap, so you could say everything needed was there. He glanced at the soap. And he bit his mouth. ¡°¡­¡­.¡± Raven unconsciously rolled the word through his mouth a few times. It was really the first time I¡¯d ever heard such a word. But he seemed to know what she was trying to say, so he was a little embarrassed earlier¡­. Raven licked his lips involuntarily at the scent of bread that had thickened again. It was a savory smell. Raven flinched and said as if making excuses. ¡°¡­I can kill that kid at any time if she does any nonsense.¡± I am not in danger. So, for now, there will be no problem if I move as instructed. ¡°¡­¡­¡± Without hesitation, he picked up the small piece of soap, rubbed it against his body and his head until it foamed. So generously that it wears out and disappears. The owner insisted that I come out clean like that, so I can use it. * * * ¡°I¡¯ve put my shirt and pants here, so wash-washy everything and put them on.¡± There was no reply from behind the door in the washroom. So, I spoke softly from a distance that Raven couldn¡¯t see, and the sound of pouring water stopped. There was still no answer, but the tension was transmitted up to here. I tried not to make a sound, and even put an old towel on top of the clothes so he could dry himself. And I quickly headed to the kitchen. ¡°Come on then. Should I eat what I had or what I bought?¡± I found a few more dried-up bread in the storage. Hard bread that doesn¡¯t get moldy. ¡®It looks like I¡¯m going to have to eat this first.¡¯ However, the image of Raven, who was chasing for the new bread earlier, kept glimmering. ¡°¡­¡­Well, I¡¯m in a good mood.¡± it¡¯s the first day, we can eat hard bread tomorrow. I took a bowl close to the wooden board and wiped it clean with a cloth. A piece of freshly cooled bread was placed on top. Then I took out another piece of bread and began to boil it on a thin soup. ¡®I have to use the hollow bowl here.¡¯ Pour water into a single pot, add dry bread, a little salt, and cheap olive oil, and boil everything. Above the magic brazier, which seemed to be very old, there was a sizzling sound from the pot. Soon, the steam began to rise. ¡®I need to eat something other than bread because of my illness¡­¡¯ We need to stock up on some stamina, so we¡¯ll have bread soup together for the time being. Swallowing the saliva in my mouth, I smiled happily. ¡°It¡¯s perfectly done.¡± It was my first time doing it, and I was satisfied. While humming, I took out the remaining hollow bowl, took out my portion, and waited, and soon Raven came out. The gesture of plucking his head with the old towel was somewhat awkward. ¡°Did you finish washing up?¡± ¡°¡­Yes.¡± Raven nodded his head, unable to hide his tired expression. ¡°Then let¡¯s eat now.¡± He looked down at me, then he slowly approached the table and sat down. Chapter 6 ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ ?? ¡®Seeing as he keeps looking at me strangely. I guess I¡¯m very different from the original Evelyn.¡¯ Well, looking back at her memories, this Evelyn was a pretty dark kid. ¡®¡­It must have been because of the disease.¡¯ Glancing at Raven, I could see him agonizing between bread and soup. After a while, he ate a whole loaf of bread while I had a few drinks of soup. Not long after, he kept staring at the soup. ¡°Are you seeing bread soup for the first time?¡± Startled at my words, he shook his head once and picked up the spoon. And after a while. ¡°You¡¯re eating well.¡± I talked to the kid who was eagerly eating in front of me as if I were teasing him. Perhaps he noticed the playful tone and Raven¡¯s eyes became fierce again. Of course, it wasn¡¯t scary, but I smiled and said to the cute little villain. ¡°Don¡¯t eat in a hurry.¡± He¡¯s staring again. Ah. Are you suspicious of something in the water? Pretending not to know anything, I poured water and drank it. Raven intently looked at me and licked his lips for a while. Then, he asked in a hesitant tone. ¡°Why don¡¯t you eat?¡± ¡°Huh? I ate. Was it so delicious that you couldn¡¯t even see me eating?¡± ¡°¡­not that soup.¡± Raven shook his head, slashing my jokingly comment in half like a knife. Ah, bread. ¡°I don¡¯t need to eat bread.¡± ¡°¡­..¡± ¡°But why do you ask, ah!¡± I thought it was quite pitiful, so I took out another piece of bread. This¡­this was one meal¡¯s share. In fact, the hand that was giving it away was a little shaky, but I managed to secure my expression well. He has been starving for a few days. ¡°If you want more, just tell me. You can take it.¡± ¡°¡­¡­Huh?¡± He seemed a little perplexed. ¡°Take it. Only for today, it¡¯s okay.¡± Even though he didn¡¯t say no, Raven accepted the bread with an awkward gesture. Then he looked at the freshly pulled bread and me in succession. At this point, I was a little curious. ¡®He¡¯s staring at me again¡­ Is it because he¡¯s really wary of me, or is that the way he usually opens his eyes?¡¯ The latter seems quite probable. ¡°Stop frowning.¡± When I spoke in a light tone, Raven, who had already eaten half of the new bread, stopped. ¡°What?¡± ¡°Because you are very handsome. But if you keep frowning, your beauty will fade.¡± You¡­ you only have that face, my brother, the creator, said so. ¡°¡­Don¡¯t talk nonsense.¡± This is the truth. Is it because you¡¯re still young that you don¡¯t feel the need to take care of your looks? Feeling sorry, I didn¡¯t stop talking. ¡°Hey, I¡¯m serious. Why would I have asked you to live with me?¡± You have to keep talking to him so he can relax. If possible, it should be playful. Raven couldn¡¯t believe what I had said. He slowly blinked his eyes. ¡°¡­¡­you, so what you¡¯re saying is¡­¡± When I gave a smile that meant ¡®what you thought is right¡¯, Raven replied with a dumbfounded expression. ¡°The reason why you wanted to live together is that I¡¯m handsome?¡± ¡°Well, that¡¯s one of the reasons.¡± Evelyn. Look how the lies you told are being rectified. This was also to relieve Raven¡¯s tension, but it was also to put up a smokescreen little by little for fear that he might have doubts about the real reason why I asked to live together when I had no money. If it doesn¡¯t make sense looking at the material side, you can just stick with reasons that make sense emotionally. ¡®Do I say there was another reason I asked to live together?¡¯ No matter how I thought about it, the slave trader seemed a little dangerous. While my memories were coming back a little bit more I remembered something, it seemed like the slave trader in that memory was trying to make Evelyn into debt and make her a legitimate slave. ¡®It seems like she sold Raven instead of herself.¡¯ Anyway, he will come again anyway, but I don¡¯t think it¡¯s going to be at the level of knocking on my door every day. ¡®When that time comes, Raven has to listen to me well enough to hide.¡¯ We had to instill a certain level of trust, staying at a level of relieving the vigilance was not enough. Otherwise, he could kill me as soon as he sees the slave traders coming. ¡®I don¡¯t know when he¡¯ll be back, but he has been here last week, so it will take a week or so.¡¯ I put another spoonful of bread soup in my mouth and made eye contact with the young villain, who was chewing the bread with a somewhat disappointed expression on his face. And I said with a small smile as if embarrassed. ¡°Your eyes looked so pretty.¡± ¡°¡­..¡± ¡°I want to see them for a long time.¡± At that moment, the boy¡¯s face, who had only been pale, turned red with a poof. Then he turned his head to me and gave an angry face! I opened my eyes and looked back at him. ¡®What¡¯s the reason this time? ¡® No, why do you get angry when you get compliments? However, the more I say, the more mistakes I will make, so after that, I focused only on scraping away the bread soup. I was the one who cooked it, but it was definitely tasty. *** But that evening. ¡°Stupid, only for that reason.¡± In the evening, we ate dinner with the same bread soup, I was drinking tea made with warm brewed grass, which had an analgesic effect. And. ¡°No matter how stupid you are, there should be a limit.¡± On the other side, the young villain was talking to me again, after having his second bread. ¡°Hey, do you know how scary this world is?¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± I gazed out the window with sullen eyes. In a little less than half a day, the young villain was throwing away the image I had of him. ¡®Nagging¡­?¡¯ After lunch. Raven, who was hovering by my side as if watching over me without listening to my suggestions of going to sleep, really did not stop talking. My damn hasty words! ¡°Ha¡­¡± I understand what you mean, but I don¡¯t understand why it¡¯s such an upsetting thing for him. You don¡¯t even believe me!! ¡®No, what¡¯s the reason that beauty should go to a kind person?¡¯ It was because beautiful things benefit the world. That¡¯s why, if you like how the other person looks you want to see each other for a long time and you can ask to live together. ¡®It¡¯s natural to want to live with a good-looking person, right?¡¯ Yes, that¡¯s not wrong. Arguing nonsense logic in my brain, I finally glanced at him with a sullen expression. In fact, I¡¯ve already told him about this logic once, but the gaze of looking at someone who can only spout nonsense came back. The gaze was so stark that I didn¡¯t dare to say it twice. Raven ate all the bread and ate another bowl of soup, and said again. ¡°Do you think there will be people who will be sad if you get caught and die?¡± His unconscious noble dining etiquette was amazing, but I couldn¡¯t watch it for a long time. It was because when we made eye contact, he nagged with his eyes as well. ¡°Those who know how you died will laugh at you. Saying it¡¯s a stupid death.¡± Indeed, should I say those were villain-like staple words? Even though he was young, he was from a villainous family after all. ¡°Well, what can I do? Things like that happen, too.¡± When I finally answered sullenly, I waited for his reaction and he coldly replied. ¡°You have no wariness. Stupid.¡± It felt like I was salivating at the word ¡®stupid¡¯. ¡°This¡­¡­.¡± That¡¯s what you say to the person who fed you!? Nagging me all evening long because of one reason, that¡¯s too much! I, I am only guilty of trying to avoid your doubts! ¡°Then what should I do? I was just saying it as it is.¡± ¡­It is true that Evelyn brought Raven after seeing his appearance. Of course, this is to sell him at a higher price. ¡°It¡¯s true that I want to see you for a long time.¡± This is my sincerity. After I cut it off like that, I changed the topic with a heart of gold. ¡°More than that, Raven, you eat really well.¡± The petulant villain sprout flinched and closed its mouth. At last. Chapter 7 ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ ?? ¡°When was the last time you said the soup looked weird? And now it is the third bowl? Be honest. It¡¯s delicious, right?¡± So praise me, villain. Raven flinched when I said it jokingly. Then he slowly lowered his eyes, frowned, and nodded his head lightly. ¡°Haha.¡± Oh, the more I look at it, the cuter it gets. After laughing for a while, Raven¡¯s cold eyes barely stopped my giggling. Still, his face color had returned a little, probably because he had something to eat. After eating, we drank tea together at the end of the day and looked out the window. Raven didn¡¯t fall from me while monitoring, so he ended up sitting next to me. ¡°Is it worth living for?¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± At my question, Raven glanced at me and nodded slowly. In the early evening, Raven¡¯s eyes, full of sleepiness, were shining softly like stars. I knew that he had already been clenching his fists hard so as not to fall asleep. ¡®You hit the palm of your hand with the fingernails.¡¯ I know because I¡¯ve tried it, but it doesn¡¯t work that well. But it was also proof that this young villain was not losing his vigilance towards me. Although the atmosphere of the conversation was more relaxed than I expected. I smiled a little and concluded. ¡®I think it¡¯ll be fine for today.¡¯ Probably because he was different from the villain who lost everything and went crazy in the main story. After all, it¡¯s bound to be different from the incarnation of revenge, which kills everyone if they wrong him. ¡®Because he hasn¡¯t lost his father and vassals yet.¡¯ I¡¯ll send him away nicely after taking care of him and getting along well. ¡­.Now I had to say that we can¡¯t always eat as much as today. Yes, this was the right time. Time to answer the question of living together even though you don¡¯t have money. Naturally, let¡¯s start with another topic first. ¡°Well, Raven, starting tomorrow, we won¡¯t be able to eat as much as we did today. Are you okay?¡± ¡°Better than starving.¡± The answer made me cringe a little. So I kept my mouth shut for a while, then answered with strength. ¡°We will not starve at all. Promise.¡± Although Evelyn is a child who is ostracized in this neighborhood, still, there must be a way to get some money or bread. Anyway, let¡¯s take a look at the original settings. Of course, I didn¡¯t intend to starve, but I made a stronger commitment. At my resolute words, Raven blinked his eyes and looked at me. Looking at his unknown expression, I clapped my hands and asked. ¡°Okay, how old are you now? Do you know?¡± I asked because children on the street sometimes don¡¯t know their age. ¡°¡­¡­Twelve years old.¡± ¡°Um, what¡¯s your birthday? You know that too?¡± Raven wrinkled his eyes as if questioning why I was asking something like that. ¡°¡­¡­December 2nd.¡± Yet, he does give me all the answers. ¡°You were born in the middle of winter.¡± While nodding my head, I suddenly remembered Evelyn¡¯s birthday. ¡°I am on April 1st.¡± ¡°So what?¡± Raven, who sensed an abnormality, narrowed his eyes and asked back. Even with the cold eyes, I did not give in. ¡°I am the older one.¡± ¡°And?¡± A cold pressure started to come out of him, but I could not stop my mouth. ¡°Would you like to call me Sister?¡± ¡°No.¡± That reply was the most decisive comeback of the day. Sheesh. However, since the other opponent is that Raven, I gave up without asking twice. If you don¡¯t kill me, I¡¯ll be glad to be your friend instead of your sister. In fact, right now, I was constantly playing around as I was trying to lighten the mood. ¡°Well, okay. Then I¡¯ll call you Ray, so you call me Eve. What do you think?¡± I think it¡¯ll be easier to get close to each other when you get used to the nickname. I don¡¯t know anything else, but it¡¯s comfortable to decide the name early. ¡°Okay.¡± The boy nodded his head with a look that he was talking about something taken for granted. ¡®Why can I read his expression so well?¡¯ I smiled softly as I thought of such an absurd thought, and I calmly said to him, who was starting to feel sleepy. ¡°All right, Ray. Once you gain some weight, let¡¯s look for work. Maybe you can find a job in this town too.¡± ¡°¡­Get fat? And work?¡± ¡°Yo-You are too skinny.¡± When I answered by cleverly omitting some parts, a dumbfounded gaze glared at me openly. Are you in a position to talk about others? ¡°What, I can¡¯t help it.¡± ¡°You can¡¯t help it?¡± ¡°Um¡­ yes. I have a body type that doesn¡¯t get fat.¡± In fact, there is no time to gain weight because of the disease. Anyway, there would be no need to show weakness already to a child who could have killed me. ¡®I¡¯ll get caught because it¡¯s so obvious during treatment anyway.¡± Still, it¡¯s better to get closer before getting caught. In fact, I was sweating a little bit because of the pain. But at this level, it could be easily dismisse because the dinner soup was hot. ¡°¡­All right.¡± Raven who said so, suspiciously looked at me for a moment, and after staring at the sky for a while, he spoke slowly. ¡°Then I will exercise for a while.¡± ¡°Exercise?¡± ¡°I need it.¡± ¡°Ahh.¡± In other words, to eliminate the effects of poison, which has a paralyzing effect, the body must be warmed up. Knowing Raven¡¯s situation, I nodded without asking anything. ¡°You remember the backyard where I said you can get water, right? It¡¯s not inside the village, it¡¯s open toward the forest, so you can exercise without worrying about other people¡¯s eyes.¡± Then Raven, whose expression became sharp again, looked at me and said, ¡°I don¡¯t think I ever said I care about other people.¡± ¡°If you weren¡¯t paying attention to others, you wouldn¡¯t have to tell me that you wanted to exercise. You must have said it because you needed something. Is it not?¡± ¡°¡­¡­That¡¯s right.¡± Seeing that he was convinced, I naturally turned around. ¡°By the way, it¡¯s already dark.¡± Night comes early here. There are four seasons, but it was not spring, summer, autumn, and winter. It¡¯s just a cold spring or a less cold winter, and so on. Given that, the weather at night is always winter. ¡®The mysterious and dangerous northern land.¡¯ My brother said that it¡¯s a fitting place for a tragedy, but I can¡¯t quite agree. ¡®I¡¯m really looking forward to the flower snow that will fall in the cold spring and the warm snow that will accumulate in the less cold winter.¡¯ Look at that, it looks like a beautiful bonfire in the snow. But we are not that lucky. Staring out the window where the dusk was setting, I naturally told him. ¡°Go to bed first. I have something to do.¡± ¡°To do?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Now that the atmosphere is drowsy he¡¯s affected by sleepiness. This was my chance. I naturally spoke about the economic situation. ¡°Actually, it¡¯s about a month, no, about 15 days? I only have enough money to buy food for so long.¡± If I were alone, I would last a couple of months. ¡°Since the number of family members has increased, I need to figure out a plan to win money.¡± When I smiled brightly as if he had nothing to worry about, Raven raised a question as expected. ¡°¡­¡­When you said you wanted to live together, what were you thinking?¡± ¡°I told you. I like your eyes because they¡¯re pretty.¡± ¡°Stop talking nonsense.¡± At my reply, Raven looked at me with a cold, subdued expression at once. ¡°It can¡¯t be all that, you think I¡¯m a fool?¡± ¡°I was lonely.¡± With a gentle smile and an answer as if it was nothing much of a reason, Raven opened his eyes slightly wide. Would he have understood? Evelyn in my memory honestly felt that way. And right now, me too. Shaking away the thoughts that were about to continue, I spoke courageously. ¡°And money just needs to be earned!¡± His golden eyes fluttered slightly. After confirming this, I continued speaking with a bright smile as if to revitalize the atmosphere. ¡°Well, if nothing else, we will just live to the point where we don¡¯t starve, right? I think this much is okay. It¡¯s still not dying, right?¡± ¡°Sigh¡­¡­.¡± The doubts seemed to have been resolved, but instead, I felt as if he was taking me for a fool who had a flower garden for brains¡­ Maybe it¡¯s my imagination? ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ Chapter 8 ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ ?? ¡®Okay, this is enough for the first day.¡¯ More trust than this will be built by staying together. ¡°For now, rest today! You don¡¯t look good.¡± It was better for the troubled child to go to bed at a time when it was less cold. Raven, who looked paler after washing, looked really sick. He let out a small sigh and nodded his head without further skepticism. ¡°¡­¡­Okay.¡± ¡°Yes, good boy.¡± No, I praised him, but why? The young villain glanced at me with a slightly dissatisfied gaze, then swished into the room I was pointing to. He went to Grandma¡¯s room that had a bed, where he was reading the book earlier. ¡®He really should have slept.¡¯ Maybe he can¡¯t sleep because he¡¯s waiting for me to fall asleep. ¡­No, I really think that might be the case. It was like that before, too. I mean, after he was done eating lunch and was getting drowsy, he was trying not to close his eyes even if he died. ¡°Sigh, I¡¯ll just record the things I need to write down and go to sleep.¡± It was my alone time. I went to the dented desk in the living room and sat down. I took out a writing instrument of this world made by agglomerating the ashes of burning wood. Because I don¡¯t have a pen. ¡°Oh, I don¡¯t even have paper.¡± Before long, I began to write small letters on the paper bag that I had wrapped the bread in. It was a little awkward, but it was usable. ¡°What should I write first?¡± No matter how much I read the novel to wear the pages out, human memory is finite. ¡®I may not remember when I need it.¡¯ Therefore, it was necessary to leave something to know in some way. So, there are two things left to do now. The first is the memories of this body. This is because I have memories of a previous life. ¡®Although it¡¯s strangely blurry like an old memory.¡¯ Is it because of the shock of death? Come to think of it, how did I die? I don¡¯t know anything else, but I can¡¯t believe it¡¯s blurry. ¡®I¡¯m sure I would have died.¡¯ I¡¯m not sure how, but I think it was hot. The vague memories were dubious, but the important thing now was that they remained. Things like my family, parents, me and my brother. ¡°It was just perfectly fine to confuse with this body¡¯s memory.¡± Rather, it was blurry and they seemed to blend better. ¡®There are many situations where I will be in trouble once I make a slip of the tongue.¡¯ For example, if I¡¯m talking about my grandmother¡­ Let¡¯s fix it. In my previous life, I have very few memories of my grandmother, because she died early. But Evelyn was different. ¡®The person who raised me until the end was grandma.¡¯ But if I were to say this part differently? ¡®It could be suspicious in any way.¡¯ In some cases, a situation could arise that could not be overcome simply by giving an excuse of losing my memory. In the future, I have to live as a commoner, not a noble. As I do not have much strength to protect myself, I thought that I should be careful about even the smallest things in advance. And second. The second is, of course, the original information of the novel. ¡®If I make good use of the settings that are in the novel, I may be able to make money.¡¯ And there¡¯s my illness right now. But that¡¯s not all. was a war romance novel. ¡®I¡¯m regretting my choices again at times like this.¡¯ As I said before, war was a device to make the saint stand out. A great war in which two of the three powerhouses of the continent faced each other to claim the Holy Grail. In a few years, when the Holy Grail appears out of nowhere, the war is going to sweep over the world for 10 years! In order to keep me safe, I also needed to remember the flow of war. I have to avoid it properly. ¡®And first of all, the characters are the protagonists of the war, so we have to make sure we don¡¯t get entangled too deeply.¡¯ Of course, I plan to see them at least once. Survival comes first, but they are the main characters of the precious book that I read so many times to wear it out. I would like to see them if possible. Alright, let¡¯s wrap it up. Take good care of Raven and send him back. Heal the disease. Focus on safety while keeping a reasonable distance from the war heroes. ¡®Let¡¯s decide beforehand. When the war begins, should I go to the Kingdom of Elkasa or Aigar Kingdom.¡¯ Located at the northeastern end of the continent, the kingdom of Aigar and the city of flowers next to it, Elkasa. These two places were completely apart from the beaten path of the war. It was because the two were not interested in the Holy Grail, the cause of the war. In terms of setting, it was said that even other races who like to live in their own territories could sometimes be seen there, so it was even more interesting. ¡°Once you succeed in settling down there, I have to live doing what I want to do in earnest.¡± I think there must be some qualifications to settle there. Let¡¯s find out after the disease gets better. ¡®What else? Just in case, I should write down the flow of the war.¡¯ After organizing the things I would like to leave behind once in my head, I fixed my writing instruments. *** ¡°¡­¡­¡± Raven entered the only room in the house and closed the door. And as he listened to what was outside, he bit his lip with a confused look. ¡°Okay then I¡¯ll call you Ray, so you call me Eve. What do you think?¡± Strange. Is it because I¡¯m full? Every time he heard Evelyn talk, his fingertips kept tickling. His ears, too. No, it just felt as if his whole insides were tickling. ¡°¡­¡­.Eve.¡± He tried to call out the nickname he promised earlier, and immediately after, he grimaced in surprise and frowned. This can¡¯t be done. ¡°I feel weird.¡± He swore firmly that he would never call her by the nickname first. There won¡¯t be much to call, anyway. ¡®I¡¯m just going to have a minimal conversation. ¡® Today was the first day I had to get to know the other person. Starting tomorrow, even if we have a conversation, I will not loosen my vigilance. In fact, this was a very complacent idea, but Raven at that time could not know. Leaning toward the bed, Raven recalled Evelyn¡¯s image again. It was because without knowing it, he thought that the white and clean bed was similar to her atmosphere. ¡®A white kid.¡¯ His cheeks pressed on the hard cushion were squished along with his mumbling mouth. The girl had such a rare appearance that Raven was a little surprised. She had silver hair, which was said to be rarer than black hair in the Empire. ¡®That¡­ people probably wouldn¡¯t have left it alone.¡¯ The North is a family accustomed to being rejected by people who are not of mixed race. Therefore, Raven, the successor of that family, knew quite well the culture of the Empire¡¯s people, who blindly rejected people with different appearances. ¡®Even if she¡¯s not of mixed race, she has a flower garden for a head and sees the world in pink-colored glasses.¡¯ In addition, her skin, as white as snow, is transparent and pale enough to show blood vessels. The girl was like a sculpture made out of snow. Not the cold snow in the middle of winter, but she gave off a feeling she was made of snow flowers falling in the cold spring¡­. The features were clear but not flashy. ¡®Is it because the lip color was light?¡¯ The only clear color in her was her eyes. ¡°Purple¡­¡­.¡± No, was it pink? It was a color that was difficult to specify. While thinking blankly about her particularly clear eyes, Raven slightly frowned. ¡®¡­I don¡¯t care.¡¯ Those eyes harbored neither favor nor malice as she looked at Raven, so he kept trying to relax. Yes, to be honest, if he had to choose, it was clear to goodwill. ¡°¡­..¡± He decided not to believe that kind of gaze, so he decided to dismiss it as something he had never seen. But he couldn¡¯t stop it from constantly coming to mind. Perhaps because Raven has been so exhausted for the past few weeks. Chapter 9 ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ ?? ¡®And that¡¯s because she was suspicious.¡¯ It was suspicious. He¡¯s the one indebted to her, but, strangely, Evelyn is the one reading his countenance when it¡¯s not enough to call him arrogant. ¡®You say it¡¯s a favor, but you can¡¯t just trust it easily.¡¯ Still, unlike the first time I saw her, I didn¡¯t see any conspiracy from Evelyn, who said she had lost her memory. So, he even put the food in his mouth. As I was thinking about it, Evelyn¡¯s voice I heard earlier echoed in my ear. ¡°I was lonely.¡± There was only one word, but somehow he couldn¡¯t ask anything more or be inquisitive. I was annoyed, but as soon as I heard those words, something in my heart melted. What the hell is that? To give such a foolish, emotional, and meaningless reason¡­ I felt bad for some reason, so I jumped up and sat down, then fell to my side again. ¡°But¡­ I don¡¯t believe it.¡± While drowsy, I scolded my mind. ¡®Sleep, I should just lie down for a little bit and then get up.¡¯ The white kid won¡¯t get a good night¡¯s sleep before going to bed. But the heaviest thing in the world was his eyelids. Raven stopped thinking and closed his eyes without realizing it. It was not long before a little short breath leaked from his slightly open lips. * * * ¡°Gasp.¡± When Raven opened his eyes in surprise, it was already in the middle of the night. I slept only a short amount of time, but I was still a little tired. It¡¯s a fortunate thing, though. He never thought of going back to sleep. ¡°Farrell¡­¡­¡± He had a nightmare. A dream of the day when a man praised his talent as a child. It was a peaceful dream, but it turned into a nightmare. ¡®Traitor.¡¯ Because that person was a traitor. Farrell, the traitor who did not have enough from putting the Duke and his son in critical condition, even had to sell the information of the North family to the Imperial family. He had been dedicated to Raven as the state¡¯s primary physician from an early age. He was bound to be close to the young Raven. Sometimes he felt closer to Raven than his father, who was not friendly. Moreover, he was not just close to Raven. Years of being ostracized by everyone under the nickname of a villain due to the rejection and conspiracy of the Imperial Family. The people of the North family, who were united through those years, were not people who opened their hearts easily. Farrell was a close friend of all of them. Because of that, he was also able to succeed in mutiny. ¡°¡­.¡± Raven stared blankly at the ceiling, then slowly got up and sat down. ¡­¡­ Raven couldn¡¯t let go of any lingering feelings until the moment he was captured and sold to slavery. There must have been some misunderstanding, that¡¯s what he thought. Even though his temperament was cold and rogue, Raven was still a child. The betrayal of a loved one had no other results but to leave a deep scar on the child. He accepts it now, but only after being stamped with a slave tag by magic did Raven accept his betrayal. Only then was he able to escape. If he had waited for more, he would have been engraved with a real, indelible seal of slavery. ¡®I promised myself that I would not trust anyone anymore.¡¯ Can I trust a girl with who I only had a conversation for a day or so? Again, he was thinking about Evelyn. It¡¯s probably because I¡¯m not sure. ¡®¡­Did you really just call me in because you were lonely?¡¯ Can a person be so lax? Raven rested his chin between his arms, sighing through his sunken eyes. His resolution is shaking. In just one day. The boy closed his eyes and whispered softly. ¡°I don¡¯t trust anyone.¡± Especially if it¡¯s from the same < End village > as the person who killed his mother. ¡®¡­That¡¯s how you can survive.¡¯ He took a deep breath and rubbed his eyes with his hands. ¡®I feel tired.¡¯ Even a short sleep did not relieve the fatigue properly. In fact, his body had already reached its limits. The bleeding stopped, but the wound was still open, and the magic slave tag, stamped just before his escape, was sometimes suffocating. Even though the food went in and he warmed up a little, his stomach was not good. Above all else, his spirit desperately wanted a rest. ¡°Because that kid is weak¡­ I wonder if it¡¯s okay if I close my eyes.¡± Yes. Just going to bed and waking up very early to check the poor kid¡¯s behavior. Raven eventually buried his small body on the bed, with his eyes half-closed. This time, he secretly covered himself with the blanket. It was rough to the touch, but it was strangely warm. Because of the scent. The scent of grass from Evelyn also permeated the bed. Raven unconsciously rubbed his cheeks as soon as the frizzy duvet touched his cheeks. Before long, fatigue struck him like a tidal wave, so he quietly closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep. Raven opened his eyes wide to a fact that had suddenly come to mind. ¡°¡­¡­Uh, hold¡­on.¡± Blink. Blink blink. Shocked eyes stared at the bed. It was a single bed large enough for two skinny children to lie down on. ¡®Did she say that she would sleep separately?¡¯ I don¡¯t think she did. Raven muttered as if possessed without realizing it. ¡°No way¡­.you didn¡¯t mean to go and sleep with me, did you?¡± The nobles of this world do not even dream of sleeping with the opposite sex in their own rooms, even when they are eight years old. Even if he was from a villainous family, that part was no different. Raven was also a noble. But she¡¯s not one. Since she is a commoner, she may have just asked to sleep together without such consciousness. ¡°No. She¡¯s not even a newborn baby.¡± She couldn¡¯t have said she would sleep with me at an age of over 10. ¡°¡­.¡± However, at that moment, what suddenly came to mind was the figure of Evelyn, who acted quite freely toward him. She seemed to be reading the mood, but she also used a playful tone. ¡°You need to wash thoroughly!¡± ¡°Is it worth living?¡± Besides, those violet eyes filled with purple¡­ ¡°Yes, good boy.¡± There is also a sign that she seems to think something about him was cute. ¡°¡­.¡± The sleepiness in his golden eyes suddenly disappeared. * * * ¡°Um? Are you awake?¡± While trying to lift the pen to write, I glanced towards the room. This house had nothing related to soundproofing, so I could feel the small signs in every nook and cranny of the small house. ¡°I should hurry up and sleep.¡± I don¡¯t think I can sleep deeply. There was, however, something that had to be addressed before I just continued writing. I have to take out these records from time to time, but there is no place to hide them. ¡®I¡¯m poor, so there¡¯s nothing much.¡¯ So, after thinking about it, I came up with a trick. ¡°Oh, I am a genius.¡± With joy and sorrow, I first began to write down the memories of this body step by step with the words from this world. Because I bought ten loaves of bread, the bag was very large. It seemed that there would be space left even after all the memories of the body were all used up. ¡®Because I only need to write down what¡¯s important.¡¯ And the end came quickly. Next, on the backside¡­¡­. ¡®Let¡¯s make it look like grandma¡¯s face.¡¯ I drew my grandmother¡¯s face with a line. It was only the outlines. ¡°¡­..¡± After looking at the picture for a while, I started writing the original knowledge in the blank space of the picture in a very small Hangul-like coloring. Like filling in color. Chapter 10 ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ ?? ¡®It¡¯s called graffiti for a reason. If it¡¯s this, I won¡¯t be suspicious.¡¯ Since I wrote it in very small letters that only I could recognize, the letters that were filled in seemed like a kind of pattern. There¡¯s no need to hide it. It didn¡¯t take very long. It was partly because I chose and wrote down only the things I needed, and it was also because I was sleepy. I was going to sleep after hanging it on the wall. However, after filling out the shape of my grandmother and filling in the shape of my parents, which was not even in the memory of Evelyn, there was not enough space. ¡°Ham~.¡± I couldn¡¯t resist the rush of sleep and fell down on the table. Is it because I¡¯m young? It was more difficult to beat sleep. ¡®No. Too much has happened today.¡¯ The constant pain was also exhausting. I¡¯ll have to start thinking about a new pain reliever tomorrow. Medicine is medicine, but I should definitely get a new pain reliever. ¡°¡­¡­Oh, it hurts¡­¡­¡± I groaned and fell on the desk, and in the end, I just fell asleep. * * * Raven stood up and jumped out of bed. And after wandering for a while, he laid on the floor. Then, the wound on his back was bruised and he broke out in a cold sweat. Eventually, he sighed, jumped up, and sat down. How long has it been like that? The whole interior of the small room came into his cold, golden eyes due to his sharp nerves. All of a sudden, his eyes touched the books on medicinal herbs that were piled up on the bookshelves. Considering that it was a poor commoner¡¯s house, the book he saw earlier was quite professional and valuable. Because the herbs of the Shadow Forest were also well written. ¡®I don¡¯t think her grandmother¡¯s job was an herbalist.¡¯ It was said that they lived in this house thanks to her grandmother¡¯s sewing. So, are these books just for treating ailments at home? ¡®If not¡­.¡¯ All of a sudden, I remembered how the kid had been touching my nerves since before. ¡®I saw her in a cold sweat earlier.¡¯ A cold wind blew in the evenings in the northern area all year round, it was impossible to say that it was because she was hot. Then what is it? When I remembered that appearance, I also remembered the strange signs of that time. ¡®Is she sick somewhere?¡¯ Surely it could be because she looked weak, or it could be that she is physically weak. Raven looked at the bookshelf with distasteful eyes, then looked at the ceiling and took a deep breath. And finally. ¡°I¡¯ll have to tell her I¡¯m going to sleep outside the room.¡± He decided to speak to Evelyn. No matter how much the North family was called the den of villains, it was the basics to thoroughly educate the young successor before becoming an adult. Rather, since he was a successor, education was carried out earlier, in detail and strictly. As an educated heir, now Raven was serious. Even if he was a fugitive, that doesn¡¯t mean he¡¯s not an educated noble heir. He was about to open the door and go out to tell Evelyn of his decision as it was. But he stood still. ¡°¡­¡­¡± Evelyn was concentrating with a serious expression on her face. ¡®You acted like there was no problem before.¡¯ His firm hand became more cautious. He stopped opening the door, and Raven carefully looked at Evelyn through the crack he created. Her house was narrow. Therefore, he could see Evelyn sitting at the table and recording something at a glance even through the sloppy gap in his door. Raven watched silently and soon realized that Evelyn wasn¡¯t writing down numbers. When he realized that it wasn¡¯t an economic problem, Raven was relieved a little. But, then, what is she writing? Raven was nervous again. Whatever it was, he was in a position to be careful. ¡°¡­¡­¡± As he silently opened the door and took a step with a deadly, soundless presence, Evelyn¡¯s expression was barely visible. She still had a very serious expression on her face. ¡®Hey, you told me not to frown.¡¯ And yet, she¡¯s frowning like that. The thoughts he unknowingly had were a little too childish to even think he was the one who had them, so Raven shook his head slightly. ¡®Are her lips protruding a little?¡¯ Rather than being angry, Evelyn¡¯s expression showed that she was completely focused. Raven was speculative, and he mobilized less than a handful of mana to enhance his eyesight. ¡®She looks like a crucian carp¡­¡­?¡¯ However, he frowned slightly, imagining a fish with lips like the color of fine petals. It was a weird idea. ¡®Then duck.¡¯ He had forgotten the purpose of coming out and was serious about observing Evelyn¡¯s expression. ¡®By the way, what are you writing with such concentration?¡¯ Even small things were clearly visible, Raven naturally wondered what Evelyn was writing. Since she was not particularly hiding what she was writing down, he could see the records over her shoulder well enough. ¡®Ah. Are you trying to organize your memories?¡¯ It was something dull and his tension was relieved. If that was the case, I could understand how serious she was. Then he tilted his head. ¡®What are you doing now?¡¯ After writing down the few memories, Evelyn, who had a pouty mouth, started painting on the back page. She also drew only the outlines with lines and filled them with strange patterns. ¡®Is it to honor her dead family?¡¯ It would be nice to burn a fine cloth to commemorate it, as it¡¯s usually done in the North. ¡®No, she said she is poor.¡¯ It was clear that she was in a tight situation to even care to buy fine white cloth. ¡­So like that. Raven hardened on the spot and hesitantly watched over Evelyn squirming about over and over again while she put all her heart in the drawing. Her small hand silently filled the figure of an old lady with beautiful patterns. ¡®Is the face on the side her parents?¡¯ Evelyn¡¯s tribute did not stop at her grandmother. One female face and one male face. The pattern that follows the contours of the three faces is unusual but has a strange aesthetic. Raven thought the pattern was quite luxurious. And he repeated to himself numerous reasons, trying to ignore the strange weird feeling in his heart. I think she has a talent for painting¡­ ¡®The pictures I saw earlier were not bad for a 12-year-old.¡¯ That¡¯s why it was hard to take my eyes off. ¡®It might be a great talent.¡¯ Raven nodded his head, thinking that if Evelyn had heard this, she would have made a grotesque look. He then thought. ¡®¡­.You fool¡­¡¯ I don¡¯t understand. Why are you trying so hard to honor the dead? ¡®Sometimes it¡¯s better to forget.¡¯ Raven was a little surprised at the thought that passed without him knowing. So, he stared intently at the back of the head of Evelyn, the cause of this strange mood. He was unaware that his expression was quite loose. It showed how reassured he was that Evelyn wasn¡¯t doing anything suspicious. It just occurred to him when he saw Evelyn, yawning as she painted and soon closing her eyes and lying down. ¡®As long as the slave trader doesn¡¯t come.¡¯ If a slave trader from this area comes, he will be fatally wounded because of the traces of the curse that remains on him. Will Evelyn still want to live with him knowing that he was meant to be a slave? ¡®Because I¡¯d be better to be lonely than to be together with a slave.¡¯ So she might sell him to a slave trader, just to avoid getting entangled. ¡®The world is like that.¡¯ Then he will probably be recaptured by the slave guild he had desperately fled from. But, unless such an unfortunate event occurs. ¡®Then it wouldn¡¯t hurt to stay here for a while.¡± I don¡¯t believe in Evelyn, nor does he particularly like her. ¡°¡­Evelyn.¡± Therefore. Raven approached for a moment and looked at Evelyn¡¯s sleeping face, then quietly closed the door and fell asleep on the bed. Alone, as he so much wished. And when morning came. ¡°Ha-am¡­ Huh?¡± Evelyn, who had just woken up, could find the blanket covering her shoulders. ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ ?? Chapter 11 ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ ?? The next morning. After eating a much thinner bread soup than yesterday, I asked. ¡°Ray, did you not sleep last night?¡± ¡°I slept well.¡± I tilted my head. Is it just me? I think his voice has softened a bit. ¡®No, don¡¯t let your guard down.¡¯ Nothing could have changed in one day. Even if he¡¯s a cute kid, don¡¯t forget that Raven is a kid who can break your neck right now. ¡®Did he feel a little better after getting some sleep?¡¯ But there was something I wanted to poke, so I asked as if passing. ¡°Just in case. Last night¡­¡­¡± ¡°I slept very deeply.¡± Hmmm? Even before I finished speaking, I turned my head and stared at the little villain. And asked with a nonchalant expression. ¡°Are you the one who covered me with the blanket?¡± ¡°¡­..¡± ¡°You didn¡¯t do anything wrong, why are you hiding it?¡± Oh, this will become a habit. Being comfortable with Raven like he was a friend. ¡®He¡¯s so stiff, he doesn¡¯t even know himself.¡¯ As I pretended to be talking to myself, Raven¡¯s face showed embarrassment. But for a while, the boy began to pretend he didn¡¯t hear me with a sullen look on his face. I had to try to hold back my laughter. He pretended to be vigilant, but his eyes were already filled with a little bit of resentment over my prank. On the other hand, it was also reassuring. Actually, I thought about it for a while when I was writing my memories last night. ¡®Maybe, it might be more advantageous for my survival to just make up my mind and drive Raven out.¡¯ I don¡¯t think we need to live together. ¡®I can just give him some money and bread that can go all the way to the North family.¡± But I quit because I thought it would make things more complicated. I have no money to give and all I have is imperial citizenship, but how can I just throw out the scarred Raven like that? ¡®If I hadn¡¯t brought him home, it was another story.¡¯ So, my final conclusion was that it would be the fastest and most peaceful way to just take care of him for a month or two and then send him back. It¡¯s not okay if the kid goes wrong, and now that I look at it again, it seems that I made a good decision to do so. I can¡¯t believe he lost so much of his vigilance against me in one night? Isn¡¯t that quite a hopeful sign? ¡®But I guess this just goes to show how difficult he¡¯s lived until now.¡¯ ¡­I¡¯m glad it¡¯s not the real Evelyn who¡¯s by your side right now. I looked down at the young villain who did not look at me while eating silently, then kindly said. ¡°Ray. Thanks. Thanks to you, it wasn¡¯t cold. Actually, I was just bringing this up to say thank you.¡± After Raven pressed his lips and his forehead scrunched up, he gave a small reply only when it was time for me to drink tea. ¡°It didn¡¯t mean much.¡± ¡°Yes, I know. Still.¡± Anyway. It seems that this young villain is not used to expressing honest emotions. ¡®All right. If it¡¯s like this, I can live with Raven without a problem.¡¯ Now, it was my turn to do work related to the treatment of my illness. ¡®I don¡¯t know about anything else, but I can only buy medicinal herbs when a slave trader comes, so I need a replacement.¡¯ It would be nice if I could get a potion to heal Raven¡¯s wounds as well. With that thought, I peacefully took a sip of tea. So, today¡¯s goal is a low-level potion maker¡¯s house. And, ¡®I wish I could get the [Bard] grass there instead of the slave trader.¡¯ It was the first step to cure my disease. *** As soon as I finished eating, I told Raven I was going out. ¡°I¡¯ll be back, so if someone knocks on the door, never open it and pretend there¡¯s no one here. Understand?¡± I was afraid that the slave trader would come early due to a whim. However, Raven frowned, having understood this as a potential threat. ¡°Why do I have to do that?¡± ¡°¡­You said I wasn¡¯t that vigilant last time, what are you saying now?¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± Raven averted his eyes as if he had nothing to say back. ¡°Anyway, never, never open it. It¡¯s a promise!¡± ¡°¡­¡­It¡¯s suspicious.¡± Oh, I emphasized it too much. I stuttered and stopped talking, and with a sigh, I told him the half-truth. ¡°Ray, do you know the Athos Merchant Guild?¡± Raven¡¯s golden eyes turned towards me with an unknown light. ¡°I know. Why there?¡± ¡°In conclusion, one of the merchants there comes here from time to time, and he¡­¡± There is no branch from Athos in this small . Instead, a merchant would come out from the nearby branch of a large and go from house to house selling things. I was going to say for him to not come any more this time, but I usually buy things that are not in this town from the merchant. ¡°He¡¯s aiming for me.¡± Raven made a strange expression for a moment. He seemed bewildered and even uncomfortable. ¡®Cof, yes¡­ I see¡¯ I watched him muttering quietly, then I concluded lightly. ¡°Because I have citizenship, he can¡¯t even kidnap me recklessly, and it seems like he¡¯s trying to make me owe a lot of debt, umm. I don¡¯t know what other bad thoughts he¡¯ll have when he sees you¡­¡± ¡°¡­Okay.¡± ¡°Nice. Good boy.¡± Reassured, I was about to brush his hair once, but Raven, who hated it, swept his head away. His gaze continued to be felt behind my back as I went outside. I¡¯m a little worried, but what can I do? I have to go out for a bit today. That¡¯s because we can¡¯t go out together. I walked as fast as I could from the house located on the outskirts of the village to the center of the village. *** There were two main settings I worked on in The first is about the [Eight Treasures.] And the second one was related to my illness. Of course, I wasn¡¯t professional enough to create a whole world. But still. ¡®I put as much effort as possible into things related to the main characters.¡¯ That¡¯s why I remember the name of Evelyn¡¯s disease, which appeared in the side story that revolves around the generation of the children of the Main Characters. ¡°Krad.¡± I was already starting to run out of breath. Although the disease had not yet fully developed, the suffering it caused was considerable. Not only pain but also the general body functions gradually decline¡­ When the body starts to extensively break down, people will die in the shape of a skeleton. ¡®It wasn¡¯t Evelyn who suffered from this disease in the side story.¡¯ The Male Lead of the side story was afflicted with this disease, and what he found while he was treating himself was the records of Evelyn. It was very fortunate that the scribe who recorded everything in the North family even wrote about Evelyn who had already died. In other words, referring to the life of Evelyn, he got a hint on how to cure his illness. And that. ¡®It means that my disease and the disease of the Side Story¡¯s Male Lead are the same.¡¯ The disease called ¡®Krad¡¯ was a disease that only mixed races could get. To talk about this disease, we have to talk about the overall situation of the continent. But most important of all, this is a setting where people of different races live in hiding. Naturally, the number of mixed-race people was decreasing, and the distinct mixed-race people gradually faded from generation to generation. That is the current situation. ¡®Although there are places where their blood is thick and still has strong power, like the North family or the Aigar royal family.¡¯ Usually, the human energy was bound to grow bigger and bigger. However, in the meantime, some children were born with strong and complex energy akin to a mutation. Among such children, the Krad is the disease that blight the children whose body is out of balance because the energy of the exotic race is too strong. ¡®It¡¯s a time when people don¡¯t even know that the children they bore were of mixed race.¡¯ The Bridium Empire and the Kingdom of Roman. These two countries, which were the powerhouses of the continent, rejected mixed races. Because of this, the mixed races either drifted into the Aigar Kingdom or the Flower City of Elkasa, or had no choice but to hide their identity. As a result, the discovery of the disease was slow. ¡®It was a rare disease in the first place.¡¯ The existence of this disease that blights mixed races and the treatment procedures to heal it would only be known to the next generation. ¡®The cause of the disease and the cure are all discovered by Shan and Liliana.¡¯ (Note: The Leads of the Side Story) And the side stories revealed that Evelyn was a half-elf. Chapter 12 ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ ?? Of course, I remembered the way Shan was treated. So, I will treat myself the same way. The problem is that the method is quite cumbersome. ¡®The basic principle is to let the energy of the exotic race eat up the energy of the human race.¡¯ And that was the hard part. It was difficult to mix the energy of different races with human energy. The disease called Krad is not really a disease. It can be regarded as simply living if the human energy is strong and death if the energy of an exotic race was the strong one. ¡®My exotic energy is too strong and I¡¯m scheduled to die early, so for me, it¡¯s Krad.¡¯ However, if the ¡®energy of chaos¡¯, which existed before the world was created, was added to my body, the two could exist in harmony. And now, there was only one place in the world that had the energy of chaos. ¡°Forest of Shadows¡­¡­¡± I stopped and took a breath, and while taking a deep breath, I cast my gaze away towards the forest of shadows. The place where Raven¡¯s family, the North family, a half-blooded Duchy, connecting the human empire and the shelters of different races, rules. Forest of shadows. The energy of chaos still remained there, and all the grass that grew there also harbored that energy. However, there is only one grass that is not poisonous to humans¡­ That¡¯s ¡®Bard¡¯. It was the grass that I took with me for tea at home. ¡°Sigh. That¡¯s still quite a common grass in this town, but I can¡¯t even afford it.¡± I do have money to buy it, but I don¡¯t have money to live on after that. ¡®At least this is the least of the worst situation because I have to cut ties with the slave trader anyway.¡¯ So, what I thought of was to become a helper for a low-level potion maker. If I were to help him and get part of my salary in the usual grass, wouldn¡¯t it be acceptable? ¡®Otherwise, I have no choice but to go into the forest myself.¡¯ That¡¯s another good way too. After all, I had to go there at least once to get one of the eight treasures. That¡¯s all¡­these were the things that had to be done to cure this one disease. ¡®Because love requires adversity, I set this complicated way in the original work.¡¯ This is the natural consequence of my choices back on the other world. Karma is hitting back. Shaking my head, I started walking again. Evelyn was rejected by the village because of her rare appearance, I could see people grimacing at me everywhere, but I didn¡¯t care. ¡®Let¡¯s see, the treatment process is like that.¡¯ The first step in the disease treatment is to consume [Bard], a weed that grows on the outskirts of the forest in a warm season. If you do not eat anything else and eat this as a staple food, you will start to vomit dead blood at some point. As time passes like that, I get to the point where I vomited so much blood that the voice doesn¡¯t come out¡­¡­ ¡®From then on, you can stop taking [Bard] and drink the highest quality holy water every day.¡¯ Until the voice comes back. Up to this point, the disease has been cured. And once you get better, the cured person becomes a pure-blooded exotic race, and their lifespan would increase and they would become stronger. That¡¯s good, but the length of treatment varies from person to person. ¡®You never know in advance when you will start vomiting blood or when your voice will stop coming out.¡¯ Besides, it¡¯s a shame that the process is throwing blood. ¡®¡­I don¡¯t think I¡¯m going to die because I lack blood, but still, it¡¯s quite uncomfortable.¡¯ Although Shan said that he felt that his body was getting better. I¡¯m worried, but what can I do? Treatment should be done. Seriously, I should¡¯ve set it up in an easy way. Somehow, now I understand why my brother looked at me and said that I was a pervert, and he was quite right. ¡®By the way, Elf.¡¯ Evelyn was said to be of mixed elf blood. That¡¯s why she is this pretty? Although she stands out, ¡®After healing, will I run faster like an elf?¡¯ That¡¯s kind of expected. After practicing a bright child¡¯s smile a few times, I knocked on the door of the potion maker house. ¡°Anyone there!¡± * * * At the northern border of the Bridium Empire, a low-level potion maker called ¡®Jade¡¯, who lived in a small , was a hidden power in the village. Although he claims to be an outsider because he dislikes socializing with people, there are many cases in which people need a lower level potion in their daily life. Furthermore, he was the only producer. Because of this, people seldom touched his calm and happy morning. 11 am. It is usually during the time when everyone gets up to work, but this potion maker gets angry when people go there at such a time. Thanks to such an atmosphere, the potion maker house was always quiet at 11 am. ¡°Anyone there!¡± But what is that sound? Jade rubbed his bulging eyes and yawned. Who is it? The damn person who dared disturb my sleep. He coldly shouted. ¡°If you are human, shut up, if you are of mixed race, die.¡± ¡°Uh. What if I don¡¯t know?¡± ¡°¡­.¡± Jade, who had never heard such a reply before, was a little perplexed in his sleepy mood. After a brief silence, he got up from his bed and took a deep breath. And after a while, the door opened. *** I fell in love with the door that opened faster than I expected. Behind the slightly opened door stood a slender, middle-aged man. ¡°Hello.¡± He looked down at me and coldly said. ¡°What.¡± While pouring out a gaze that said he was lazy and I was annoying. He seemed to want me to shut up and turn back without him having to speak a word. ¡°Teacher.¡± I called him as politely as I could. He frowned at my call as if seeing something very strange. ¡°Teacher?¡± ¡°Yes, Teacher. Good morning.¡± ¡°You didn¡¯t come here to say hello, did you? You are not trying to joke around with me, are you? Or do you want to die?¡± Oh my gosh. Even our young villain, who was cornered, didn¡¯t talk like that the first time we met. I was relieved to recall that Raven said he would kill me if I pretended not to know. I continued with a face that didn¡¯t care at all. ¡°I have something I want to ask you, so I came to you without any excuses. I am very sorry that I came to visit you while you were sleeping.¡± Bowls. As I straightened my back that had been bent at a 90-degree angle, the man behind the door blinked. ¡°¡­¡­What?¡± ¡°Are you sure you don¡¯t need an assistant? Sir.¡± ¡°This crazy town. Even the little ones are freaking me out.¡± Hehe. When I pretended not to hear and bashfully laughed, he said, startled. ¡°Don¡¯t laugh! It feels creepy.¡± Well, if that¡¯s the case. Immediately removing the smile, I took a step forward, looking at his wit. ¡°Teacher . . . is not just a normal assistant. The hourly wage is just this much.¡± As I spread out my three fingers and he exclaimed in an absurd voice. ¡°Now this little kid is trying to even pluck my bones!¡± ¡°Well, sir. It¡¯s not much.¡± It¡¯s only 3 talles. (Note: I¡¯m not sure about the currency name, for now, I will use talles.) No matter how small a child was, it was almost free for a daily wage. People would say it¡¯s better to beg than to work. ¡®But I am being ostracized, and Raven has to hide his face as much as possible.¡¯ Begging is a no. Well, we don¡¯t have to do it if we can¡¯t. ¡®In our circumstances, there¡¯s still enough money to eat bread every day.¡¯ Unless Sera, who sells white bread, raises the price. But as a bonus, I get help related to my illness. In fact, if that¡¯s all, two talles would be sufficient, but three were sung with negotiations in mind. ¡®But, what now, he¡¯s saying that I¡¯m ripping him off?¡¯ I forcibly pulled the tip of my lips to make a smiling expression. Then, as if giving a presentation, I stood up straight and whispered so that only he could hear. ¡°Teacher, I¡¯m a very useful assistant even though I¡¯m like this. You really won¡¯t be wasting any of this.¡± The man opened his mouth slightly. Still, it didn¡¯t close. I thought this was the time, so I whispered softly to him as if telling a secret story. ¡°I know of an unknown potion recipe.¡± Chapter 13 ?? ©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤©¤ ?? There are three main ways to heal people in this world. The first is divine power. The second is a doctor who heals people with abundant mana and magical knowledge. These are from the Wizard¡¯s Tower. And the third was a potion. ¡®Everything in this world needs mana to reveal its true power, and because of that there are limits to using pure medicine for treatment.¡¯ The same goes for dealing with herbs. People without money gathered herbs and used them to imitate the combinations of potions on their own, but for the herbs to have real magical-like effects, mana was essential. In particular, to become a potion maker, you need the magic of the earth attribute. ¡®This wizard¡¯s earth attribute magic was weak.¡¯ Still, potions were properly made only by their hands, so if they had that attribute they did not have to worry about making a living no matter how weak it was. I¡¯m jealous. ¡°¡­¡± The man now had a sleepy face. He was not an intermediate, but a low-level potion maker. Lesser potions were more popular, but they had little effect to be called a real potion. So, if you are an intermediate-level maker, you will be treated well wherever you go, but a low-level maker is¡­¡­ ¡°Aren¡¯t you¡­ playing strange pranks?¡± He looked down at me with a vicious expression that couldn¡¯t be compared to before. The foot that came half a step out of the door gave me an idea of ??how he felt. ¡®He must be desperate.¡¯ Recipes for potions was nothing special, but it was kept secret nonetheless. Well, if you develop a special recipe or something alike, you will be recognized as an intermediate level at once. Therefore, my words are tempting to that low-ranking maker. ¡°Of course, teacher. Why would I play such a prank?¡± I silently looked up at him and said without being afraid at all. When I beckoned, he came out one more step and squatted down. ¡°What¡¯s the recipe? No, how did you find out in the first place?¡± ¡°Oh, my. Teacher. You have to listen to my request first.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll decide after hearing the effects of your recipe.¡± The face with no signs of sleepiness was a remnant of a sharp handsome young man that seemed to have been blown away by age, now he¡¯s a man with deep dark circles. ¡°You know that my grandmother was very interested in herbal medicine, right?¡± He nodded. He did something else with a hand gesture, but it seemed to be soundproof magic. ¡°There was one very strange friend of grandma¡¯s who lived away from people.¡± ¡°Living in seclusion? Ohh.¡± ¡°He told me that he would provide me with something to make a living on.¡± In terms of setting, high-quality potions were also common staple goods in ancient times. ¡®Now, if it¡¯s a high-end potion, it was a major rare item, and if it is good quality, it was difficult to see.¡¯ Since it¡¯s me, I can easily get that high-quality potion to cure my illness. Anyway, I have to solve the [Bard] grass problem first, before getting the potion. So I gladly decided to reveal the most useless potion I know of, but that I thought would be groundbreaking in here. After taking enough time, I whispered to him who was at the same eye level. ¡°It¡¯s¡­.¡± Gulp. ¡°It is a potion that dyes hair in rainbow colors.¡± ¡°¡­..¡± The light went out from his eyes as he quietly listened. Why he¡¯s not happy? ¡°You are such a mean girl. Why are you fooling me like this? Sigh.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°If you weren¡¯t joking, you were tricked by some old man.¡± He looked at me and clicked his tongue, and started going inside, saying I was just wasting his time. ¡°Why, what? No way. This is not a trick!¡± There¡¯s no doubt about this. Even though the ingredients are a little rare in this world, I definitely wrote that potion on the setting! As we entered, the maker answered. ¡°There are only two ways in this world to have a color other than your own color on your eyes or hair, the Paul Limov magic and the high-end dying potion that existed in ancient times. Even a three-year-old child knows that!¡± ¡°¡­Huh?¡± Did I set it up like that? ¡°What is ¡®huh¡¯? Now that I see it, you weren¡¯t mean, you were stupid. There is nothing more to do. Go away.¡± I had no choice but to turn back with a feeling of shame and despair. But I can¡¯t just go back like this, because I wasn¡¯t here just for [Bard] in the first place. ¡°Let¡¯s see, let¡¯s see.¡± (Evelyn) The Maker must have gone back to sleep, so I had to do whatever I can in the meantime. I sneaked into the back of the maker¡¯s house and found a collection of things he had failed in research and that he threw away. ¡°Found it.¡± These are failures that have been collected separately because they should not be thrown away recklessly. These are the drugs that will cure our Ray. Even if it¡¯s not as much as a potion, if I follow the recipe to combine the ingredients, even a normal person can see some of the medicinal properties in the results, so I had to take it. I carefully searched and retrieved medicines for trauma, medicines for internal injury, and ingredients to combine with nutritional supplements. That man is quite rich in this town. Perhaps that¡¯s why, even though they were still very useful, things that were thrown away were noticeable. ¡°Thank you. Mister Night Owl. I will use it often in the future.¡± After humming and carefully packing the things I preciously picked out, I took them in my arms and sneaked back towards my house. I was so excited that I didn¡¯t even notice at the time. The fact that the Maker was watching me with a surprised expression as I was digging through the trash with shining eyes. Fortunately, the Maker¡¯s personality wasn¡¯t that shabby, so I was able to find useful medicine materials after that. It wasn¡¯t long before that when I started working as an errand runner rather than his assistant. *** On the way home with herbs in my arms. I leisurely walked while contemplating how to examine Raven¡¯s wounds. To make things worse, I was hungry because I ran earlier. ¡°I need to save bread, I can¡¯t eat it like this.¡± Yes, let¡¯s be strong. The herbs in my arms were ordinary grasses such as Engil, Rutia, and Gegena. These are grasses that are commonly found in other places, unlike the [Bard] I have to eat. The manufacturer did not discard any of them raw. ¡°Is he more talented than what I thought?¡± I could tell even if I didn¡¯t have the memory of my grandmother who explained the herbs little by little. All were in clean condition, and they were in a state that could be ground and used immediately! ¡°He¡¯s someone who doesn¡¯t know what ¡®waste of money¡¯ means.¡± ¡°Hey.¡± It was then. ¡°Why are you talking to yourself on the street?¡± ¡°Huh?¡± I stopped walking at the sound of someone calling and turned around. Unfamiliar faces came into my eyes as if I was familiar with them. ¡°Who.¡± ¡°Who? Ha!¡± One was a girl the age of Evelyn with brown hair and brown eyes. She was a child who appeared to be like pepper. Her freckles were lovely, and her expression was pouty. And next to her. ¡°Tsk. She must be out of her mind? Why are you asking who we are?¡± (Girl) ¡°Well, from the beginning¡­ you were stupid.¡± (Boy) The child who slowly spoke next to Sarah was a large boy. The boy had a very haughty face, so I thought he was an old man at first, but when I saw Sarah¡¯s attitude, I didn¡¯t think so anymore. ¡®I made a mistake.¡¯ I was obsessed with the medicinal herbs and asked who they were. These are the kids I know because of Evelyn. As soon as I asked who she was a moment ago, a memory of Evelyn came to mind. Sarah and Jack. These children were nothing short of a symbol that everyone in this town ostracized Evelyn. The majority of this village often treated this all-white little girl as a disease, a monster, or an invisible person. ¡®Or straight out bullied her.¡¯ When grandmother was with her, there was no more bullying from the adults, and even after that, she avoided going out very often. But even Evelyn couldn¡¯t avoid these two. ¡°Sarah. Jack.¡± ¡°Hum, did you remember? Really incredible¡­. Are you deliberately pretending not to know? Beggar wimp.¡± Sarah talked as if chewing on each word. Jack silently stood next to Sarah and stared at me as he always did in my memory. ¡°I mean. Are you really even talking to a ghost now?¡± Sarah said with a disgusted expression. I blinked and replied, sneaking the herbs deep into my arms. ¡°What if I¡¯m really talking with one?¡± ¡°¡­¡­.What?¡± Chapter 14 Sarah was startled. Jack was even more surprised than her. I laughed and said. ¡°I¡¯m a little confused whether the person behind you is a ghost or a living person. Can you check it for me?¡± ¡°Wh-why, all are you doing it all of sudden? You are lying!¡± She certainly looked frightened as she glanced around while shouting. I skillfully glanced into the air, and then took a deep breath. ¡°¡­Why are you doing this?¡± Jack, who had been silent, asked slowly. Apparently, the boy was afraid of ghosts. According to my setup, in this world, ghosts can only be seen, felt, and communicate with people with magical powers. ¡®Dream big.¡¯ I didn¡¯t want to go easy on the children who bullied Evelyn. ¡®Besides, the bullying of these two was really tenacious.¡¯ I will never use violence, but I will need to intimidate them. ¡°Actually¡­ Behind you, he¡¯s been holding a knife and smiling for some time now.¡± ¡°Ahh! %^#&#$!¡± ¡°¡­!¡± I said more before they noticed the strangeness in my act. ¡°No, Jack. I was talking about the one behind Sarah, not behind you. Oh, is it whispering something now?¡± Sarah slapped her own ear as if it were an enemy. ¡°Kyaa! Hey! What is this, why are you lying!¡± ¡°Believe it or not, that¡¯s up to you.¡± I glanced significantly at Jack for the last time. The boy was so blue and frozen that I didn¡¯t even know if he was breathing. This should be enough. ¡®Is it because they¡¯re kids from a fantasy world? Even though they have a dirty temper, they are quite naive.¡¯ If it were my younger brother, he wouldn¡¯t have fallen for something like this even if he was five years old. Leaving behind the innocent children who were trembling with fear, I hummed along my way back, and when I got close to the house, I looked towards the forest for a moment to catch my breath. ¡®There¡­ In there exits grass and the highest quality holy water to cure my disease. And also the North Clan to where Raven can safely return to.¡¯ While I was drawing my dreams and hopes to be there, it was a forest that others would not approach as much as possible, saying it was unlucky, but to me, it seemed like a paradise. * * * ¡°Not good, I¡¯m not healing.¡± Raven muttered blankly as he looked at the wounds on his body. He was more amazed than sick. ¡°It hurts.¡± Because there has never been a wound that has taken so long to heal. People born with mana were basically good at self-healing. Among them, the North family had one of the most special kinds of mana. Raven was a direct descendant of that family. No matter how badly injured during training, the wound did not last more than a day. Because of this, he was also able to endure any pain for a while. It¡¯s a pain that will disappear in just one day. But. ¡°It hurts more because I move.¡± With curious eyes, Raven tilted his head. ¡°Is it because the mana is sealed?¡± Suddenly, I thought about my father again. ¡°¡­¡­¡± No. That person will be fine. ¡­He might lie down for a little while though. Raven put on his jacket, which he had taken off in the absence of this Evelyn, very carefully not to touch the wounds. Aside from the rest of his body, the wound on his back were particularly serious. Because when he was caught by the slave traders and a madman even whipped him. Raven, whose eyes trembled at the hot pain that came up from the cloth brushing his open wounds, sighed. He looked out the window, and it seemed that time had passed. ¡°Where the hell did you go¡­.ha?¡± Raven let out a shocking sound at the question that came up unintentionally. He was curious about where Evelyn had gone, not only that, but he didn¡¯t even ask where she was going in the first place. The whole thing came as a shock. Why am I so loose? ¡®When she left, I should have followed her to find it out.¡¯ Where the heck did he lose his brains to just send her away? Raven bit his lip and twitched twice before picking up a suitable piece of cloth. It is possible to move undetected, but his face should be covered just in case. And after wrapping it around, he went out of the house with only his chin exposed. Come and read on our website wuxia worldsite. Thanks ¡°Ugh.¡± The sun was hot. It¡¯s only been two days since he¡¯s been to Evelyn¡¯s house, but it feels like it¡¯s been a long time since he went outside. Anyway, all he had to do now was find out where Evelyn was, so Raven stopped under the shadow of a house. He quietly closed his eyes and looks for her presence. The sound of an all-white child¡¯s footsteps. Eventually, Raven¡¯s eyes opened. ¡°Found it.¡± With that sound, Raven disappeared from the spot. Raven, who quickly headed in that direction, landed on the floor with a little thud, and gently scanned the surroundings. ¡®She¡¯s far from the center of the village.¡¯ Yes, it¡¯s closer to the Forest of Shadows than to the center. When I thought of that, it made me frown. ¡®Why?¡¯ It was then that he found Evelyn standing in a place with a distant view of the forest. She looked at the forest without hesitation, with a faint and joyful look on her face. Raven felt his heart throb. ¡°¡­¡­¡± ¡°¡­..¡± Standing a few steps away, the two children stood looking at different things for a while. Although Evelyn was planning to dig the ¡®bard¡¯ grass in the forest, Raven couldn¡¯t understand Evelyn as she looked at the forest with a worried expression on her face for so long. The Forest of Shadows was a place where herbalists who dealt with mana often came and went. This is because ordinary people do not last long because they are overwhelmed by the energy of chaos throughout the forest. There was no reason for a child like Evelyn to look at the forest like that simply because she wanted to go. It was neither fear nor wonder, but with eyes that looked for something¡­ Also, in a way that looks happy. ¡®What do you know?¡¯ If not, what do you want to do? Raven¡¯s face darkened. ¡®¡­it was good to follow her.¡¯ With that in mind, Raven slowly turned around, but somehow, he felt bitter when doing so. ¡°Were you okay alone?¡± And when Evelyn arrived home. ¡°¡­¡­,,¡± Raven didn¡¯t know what to say. *** What¡¯s the matter with our little villain? As we ate early dinner together, I rolled my brains as I watched Raven say nothing. ¡®I wasn¡¯t at home, so I don¡¯t think I was the one who made him feel down.¡¯ Somehow he seemed sullen, maybe something very disturbing had happened. ¡®On the way back, I had to give up looking for a job because people were ignoring me as always.¡¯ And even the person I live with is like this, shouldn¡¯t be me to become depressed? What¡¯s the reason? Hopefully, he didn¡¯t come out. ¡°Ah.¡± And then I realized ¡°Ray.¡± ¡°¡­..¡± I bit my lip at the child who glanced at me without answering. Then I stood up, cleared away the finished soup bowl, and said. ¡°Well, I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°¡­¡­.What?¡± The voice that finally came out was a little cracked. ¡°I was insensitive. Uhn.¡± I took the things that I brought earlier with a sobbing face and laid them out. ¡°¡­¡­?¡± Read latest Chapters at Wuxia World . Site Only After putting the bowl he had finished eating away, Raven tilted his head when he looked back. ¡°What¡¯s that?¡± ¡°Medicinal herbs.¡± ¡°¡­¡­.Medicinal herbs?¡± ¡°To heal you.¡± Chapter 15 ¡°What?¡± A bewildered voice was heard. ¡°You want to ask me how I know that you have a wound, right?¡± I took the initiative before the wary little villain could say anything else and I continued to sort the herbs while talking. ¡°You know, I noticed from the first time I saw you. You groaned every time you spoke.¡± ¡°¡­..¡± ¡°But you didn¡¯t even smell like blood, so I thought it was a stomach ache, but when I saw you eating, it didn¡¯t seem like that, so I thought it was an external injury and it might be a wound that had been around for a while.¡± It took some time to change the herbs I had taken out into a somewhat usable medicine. ¡®It¡¯s just a matter of grinding and mixing.¡¯ But the proportions are important. Fortunately, perhaps because of the influence of her Grandmother, who was very interested in medicinal herbs, some of Evelyn¡¯s memories were of dealing with medicinal herbs. It¡¯s almost like making an ointment for simple wounds so it was a piece of cake! Even though I picked it up from the trash, the quality is better than I expected. ¡°Now, what are you doing? Come quickly.¡± ¡°You¡­.¡± Raven opened his mouth to say something, then frowned and closed his mouth. Then he looked at me and slowly approached. Maybe he¡¯s feeling a little relieved? I¡¯ll be glad if that¡¯s the case. With a smile, I said. ¡°Come on, take off your coat for a moment.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Show me your back. You don¡¯t lean on your back when you¡¯re sitting on a chair. You¡¯re hurt, right?¡± Raven looked at me in amazement. ¡°¡­.You have good observation skills.¡± ¡°Hehe, a little bit.¡± When I made a proud face to relieve the awkward atmosphere, Raven spat out a breath hard to distinguish between a laugh or a sigh. Then he came over and sat down in front of me. ¡°Hurry up.¡± ¡°¡­¡­I can¡¯t if you don¡¯t take it off.¡± ¡°Okay, okay.¡± I get it, twelve isn¡¯t an age to get naked just everywhere. But I still persuaded and urged him. In a fairly slow movement, Raven carefully raised his clothes so that only his back was exposed. While he held the raised clothes from the front I took a look at his back. Raven¡¯s back was miserable. I couldn¡¯t find anything else to say, so I began to mix the medicine without saying much. First of all, I used the scraped potion materials to identify the poisonous grass from the bundles I organized. Memories of my grandmother had something like that. I remembered it because I wanted to. ¡®These are convenient memories.¡¯ After achieving such minimum safety, only the clean parts of the materials that were already somewhat crushed were combined well. The proportion was one to one. ¡®How great it would be if I could use mana.¡¯ It was also regrettable that mana was unfamiliar to me, because that¡¯s how much the wounds were terrible. Before long, there was enough medicine to heal Raven¡¯s wounds. He had a complicated face while leaving his body to someone else but still said nothing. The moment I was silently going to carefully apply the herbal juice to his wounds. Crash! The window was broken. ¡°Huh,¡± I took a deep breath, and something black covered my face. ¡°Wh-what?¡± (Eve) It was Raven. Hugging me, he asked. ¡°Are you hurt?¡± ¡°¡­¡­Ah.¡± I was stunned for a moment by the quick movement and the situation where I was in his arms. Then Raven frowned and shouted. ¡°Can¡¯t you hear me? Are you hurt?¡± ¡°Oh no!¡± He ground his teeth and looked out the window. In an instant, a piece of Evelyn¡¯s memory came to mind. ¡°Ah. Wait a minute.¡± I stopped Raven from running outside and said, ¡°I will deal with it. I think I know who it is.¡± ¡°What?¡± Come and read on our website wuxia worldsite. Thanks Raven, who had been raising his vigilance to the fullest, had a contorted pale face. But only for a while. ¡°They¡­ are kids.¡± He looked puzzled at my words. ¡°Hey! Monster! Are you sleeping?¡± ¡°You must have made fun of us earlier! Then you lock yourself in the house to do gods now what! Cursed wench!¡± ¡°Hm.¡± I laughed awkwardly at the voices that were more vicious than before. ¡°What is that?¡± ¡°They don¡¯t get along well with me, sometimes they come here and do that.¡± Looking at my memories, it didn¡¯t seem like it was the first time they¡¯d done something like that. Oh my god. Did you even do this? ¡®I can see why Evelyn always left the window open.¡¯ How much does that window glass cost?! I¡¯m also quite strange myself, it was funny to worry about making a living in a situation where I was almost stoned. After sighing, I stroked the slightly hardened Raven¡¯s head. ¡°I¡¯m more worried about you.¡± The golden eyes that looked at me in surprise were trembling slightly. Oh, after all, you were surprised too. ¡°Thank you for protecting me. Are you hurt?¡± ¡°¡­.No.¡± ¡°Hmm, I don¡¯t believe what you¡¯re saying, let¡¯s take a look.¡± ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± I quietly looked at him, something seemed complicated in his eyes, so I just nodded. He was always like that anyway. ¡°Then I will go out. I have to send them back.¡± Raven nodded with a face that wanted to ask something, but I went out to face Sarah and Jack. ¡°You¡¯re finally here, monster!¡± Sarah stood in a strange pose and cried out to me. ¡°Jack, you throw one at her, too!¡± ¡°Yes¡­¡­!¡± A very tiny stone flew in. Jack faltered, but closed his eyes tightly and sprinkled some dirt on me. Actually, up to this point, I haven¡¯t been that angry. I just thought, ¡®I¡¯ll have to say it in a harsh way, better to go out loud.¡¯ However, ¡°You¡¯ve come all the way here but you guys haven¡¯t approached me yet, have you?¡± I was angry the moment I realized it. ¡°Wh-What about it!¡± ¡°So I¡¯m supposed to approach you? No, they said I¡¯d be cursed.¡± The children roared and spit out venom, but did not come closer than a certain distance, and I knew that feeling of distance could hurt more than a stone. ¡®Evelyn has always suffered such rejection.¡¯ My memory of them has definitely returned since we met earlier. Those kids, Sarah and Jack, were rare childhood friends in this neighborhood with few children. ¡®And they were the representatives who hated and bullied Evelyn.¡± In fact, Evelyn had never been defeated by those kids, she would rather run toward them. Considering that they were talking like that, they approached me whenever they had time to pick a fight. ¡®Today, they¡¯re probably saying something like that, hoping that I¡¯ll get angry.¡¯ What should I do? As soon as I stood still and watched them without moving, they seemed frightened. They get scared very easily. I narrowed my eyes, then picked up some of the stones they had thrown at my house. Then, as I glared at them and giggled, the two suddenly began to scream. ¡°Aww! What are you looking at!¡± ¡°Ghost! She must be seeing ghosts, Sarah!¡± And, ¡°¡­¡­¡± Seeing the two of them running away in confusion, I laid down the stone in a vain mood. Suddenly, I felt a gaze. Read latest Chapters at Wuxia World . Site Only When I turned around, Raven was looking at me through the broken window and after a moment of silence, I said with a bashful smile. ¡°They¡¯re gone!¡± It had the same meaning as ¡®I did well, right?¡¯ Raven looked at me as if he was looking at a strangely pathetic person, then shook his head and disappeared inside. Phew. Chapter 16 Raven was looking at the scene from the window, and then, Evelyn who turned around met his eyes. ¡°They¡¯re gone!¡± She looked at him and smiled brightly and cheerfully, so much so that it was a little ridiculous. He was curious. ¡°Why don¡¯t you kill them?¡± Evelyn didn¡¯t seem to hear it, but the question that unconsciously flowed out could not be spit out twice, and it sank deep into his heart. Maybe it¡¯s because he already knows the answer. ¡®To send back the person who hurt you with their limbs intact.¡¯ It¡¯s like Evelyn. That was funny. Even thinking that way made him laugh. ¡®I¡¯m still doubting her even now, but to think like that.¡¯ Evelyn responded to Sarah and Jack with patience. Looking at the children named Sarah and Jack, it seemed that they, too, were holding back, as if they felt Evelyn was different than before. Raven knew both of them. Bakery and Florist. He tilted his head, rolling the words of peace out of his mouth. ¡°The relationship with them has changed.¡± It means that she is not different only in front of Raven. At least that was reassuring. But. Raven thought silently as Sarah and Jack threw the remaining stones and ran away. ¡®They had jealousy in their eyes.¡¯ Was there anything to envy about Evelyn? In terms of circumstances, those two would be much better off than her. Evelyn didn¡¯t seem to understand those two eyes. ¡°Ray!¡± His thoughts were interrupted by Evelyn who came inside. Raven¡¯s cold face was not yet smoothed, but Evelyn smiled brightly, thinking that his face was like that because of the mean things the kids shouted, but she just said it was nothing. ¡°They are boring kids.¡± The smile that returned to her face as if nothing had happened somehow bothered him, so Raven wrinkled his face even more. *** After returning home, I approached Raven, who was staring at me. ¡°Come on, you need to treat yourself.¡± Raven kept his mouth shut, with a frown on his face. ¡°I¡¯ll do my front.¡± ¡°Yes, if you want.¡± I nodded my head and healed the wounds on his back. It was just herbal juice, so I had to reapply it when it dries and repeat the process until everything is fully absorbed. ¡°All right, it¡¯s done. I¡¯ll do it for you tomorrow, too. All right?¡± ¡°¡­Yes.¡± Raven nodded his head with an almost gloomy look on his face. I was a little bothered by it, but I couldn¡¯t be harsh to ask, so I kept an aloof attitude. At the end of an hour of strange silence, I said to Raven who had finished treating his arm. ¡°You know, Ray, from now on I¡¯m going to boil soup with grass, but you can still eat bread.¡± Now it seemed like it would be okay to stop stamina recovery by eating bread. After running today, my stamina seems to have returned to some extent. I think it was about time to slowly get used to ¡´Bard¡µ as my staple food. I don¡¯t even know when I¡¯m going to vomit blood. ¡°Why?¡± Raven, who had his eyes down with a dark complexion, asked. I replied with a light smile. ¡°Because the cold spring is coming.¡± The weather in this northern region was unusual. This was an area where four seasons were repeated: warm spring, cold spring, warm winter, and cold winter. And now the warm spring is gone. The cold season is coming in full swing starting with the cold spring. ¡°Sometimes I catch a cold. I have a weak body so I eat it as prevention.¡± Did I tell him that? The herb called {Bard} is not usually used as a pain reliever. Its grass mainly used as cold medicine because the analgesic effect is minimal. Still, young Evelyn was taking it as an analgesic. Come and read on our website wuxia worldsite. Thanks ¡°But does it make sense that you don¡¯t eat bread?¡± ¡°Why not? That¡¯s how I used to eat before?¡± ¡°What?¡± Raven opened his eyes wide in embarrassment. ¡°It¡¯s true.¡± Even when Evelyn¡¯s grandmother was alive, she ate soup with grass often on days without bread. ¡®After Grandma died, I ate it more often.¡¯ All over Raven¡¯s face was written that he thought it was nonsense to do. But he didn¡¯t ask anymore, and kept his mouth shut. And for a while, he grumbled about what he didn¡¯t like¡­ The next day, when Sarah and Jack came again, he chased them away with a single line. ¡°Get lost.¡± ¡°¡­..¡± ¡°¡­..¡± Gulp. The sound of someone swallowing was heard. Befitting of children of an {End Village}, the two recognized the murdering aura that Raven exuded at once. Raven lowered his eyes to the frozen children and spoke coldly. ¡°Don¡¯t be noisy.¡± It was clear that the words, ¡°If you make a noise, I¡¯ll kill you,¡± were omitted. While I, too, was frozen and unable to speak, Sarah and Jack turned around without making a sound. And left a shout, ¡°We¡¯ll see!¡± and ran away quickly. Their back figure reminded me of the villain duos often seen in children¡¯s animations, so I relaxed a bit and then laughed. ¡°Ray.¡± Oh, thinking about it now, he¡¯s hiding his identity because he¡¯s being chased, isn¡¯t doing this the same as telling the neighborhood that he¡¯s a suspicious kid? I turned around when I called him and he told me. ¡°I think it would be better to kill them.¡± ¡­Oh My God. I panicked and tried to stop him. ¡°No! Never! Why did you come out here?¡± Trying to distract Raven from chasing the kids, I kept asking ¡°You may be the target, too.¡± You don¡¯t know how tough they are! It¡¯s normal to think that if you don¡¯t know that Raven is already very strong for a child. ¡®Hold your breath so that you don¡¯t get caught.¡¯ I can¡¯t say that, so I choose other words. If we become a target, we are at a disadvantage because we are in a position where we cannot fight back and forth. At my words, Raven replied with a puzzled face. ¡°Why not? Then the legs.¡± ¡°You can¡¯t break it. I¡¯m saying it beforehand, but it can¡¯t be done.¡± I continued with an awkward voice. ¡°The white bread we eat is from the bakery owned by Shara¡¯s family. What if they say they are not going to sell to us anymore?¡± After all, they are one of the few adults who treat me fairly! Raven shut up as if he had read my troubled tone and he began to seriously think about another way. ¡°Can¡¯t you get the bread¡­ anywhere else?¡± ¡°That¡¯s the cheapest place. White bread is the cheapest scrap bread there, and it is more expensive elsewhere.¡± (Eve) ¡°And no stealing.¡± (Eve) I mean, I wasn¡¯t the only one being patient with those two kids for nothing. ¡°¡­I didn¡¯t say stealing.¡± ¡°It was written on your face.¡± Seeing him casually rubbing his cheeks, I held back my laughter. But I¡¯m glad that his gloomy mood seemed to be a little relieved. Read latest Chapters at Wuxia World . Site Only ¡°By the way, why did you do that? You didn¡¯t say anything last time.¡± When I asked in a thoughtful tone, Raven averted his eyes. Somehow, it felt like he wanted to help me, so I burst into laughter. He didn¡¯t say anything for a while, and when it was time to eat dinner, he answered. ¡°¡­Just because it was noisy.¡± With a slightly bitter expression. Chapter 17 Silver, white, and purple. Those colors made up Evelyn. It was hard to find any of them in this kind of town. ¡°It must be a monster.¡±¡°You will be cursed if you get too close.¡± Sera and Jack often heard what the adults said. They said it was the first time they had seen a human with silver hair, not gray. (Note: Changing Sarah to Sera, because the name of the Bakery is Sera¡¯s Bakery.) It was never meant to be a positive thing. Even in a {End Village}, where all kinds of people were gathered, Evelyn was a child who stood out without doing anything. That too was the bad meaning of standing out. ¡°It may be a mixed-race. His Majesty the Emperor has commanded to exterminate those ominous beings. Did she come all the way here to avoid dying?¡±¡°She may be the devil¡¯s child.¡±¡°No matter how you look at it, it¡¯s clear that the girl ate the old lady. No one here is really sure if she was her real granddaughter, right?¡± Although it was rare for people to come forward and speak directly, children, like adults, also rejected Evelyn in such cruel ways. Today was also just one of those days. Just slightly different. ¡°You have to aim for a time when that dark boy isn¡¯t there.¡± When Sera spoke, Jack nodded a couple of times and asked back. ¡°How do we lure her away? What if the boy comes too?¡± ¡°No problem. I¡¯ve been watching them for days.¡± One thing that was different from before is that Evelyn now had a boy called Ray by her side. But Sarah was more concerned about other things rather than the new kid in town. First of all the boy didn¡¯t seem to be as close to Evelyn as Sarah thought. But, something in Evelyn herself had changed. ¡°You know my mom is a baker, but when she was young, she was a shrewd thief. I have been using what I learned from her¡­¡± I observed them. To plan on how to mess with her. ¡°Oh. Sera is amazing.¡± ¡°Right?¡± Sera, who proudly scratched her nose with her thumb, said to Jack. ¡°So what I¡¯m saying is that if we don¡¯t make noise near him and don¡¯t touch him, that monstrous boy is going to stand still, all right?¡± Contrary to his rugged appearance, Jack was on the gentle side as the youngest son of a florist who deals with poison weeds. Although he is often misunderstood because of his rugged appearance, if only Sera who always stay by his side doesn¡¯t go away, he didn¡¯t care much for others. As wonderful Sera was getting ready to scold the weird girl, Jack looked at her with innocent eyes mismatched with his grumpy face. Soon after, Sera, having finished her plan, stood up while clenching her fists. Jack stood up as well. ¡°Good. Let¡¯s go.¡± First of all, we try simple things. Dragging Evelyn to a place where Raven was not present and fighting back and forth. Starting with that, it was the beginning of the plan to find out why Evelyn changed. *** Meanwhile, Evelyn was going crazy because the grass soup she ate for the past week had no taste. ¡°I wasn¡¯t expecting much, but it¡¯s too bland.¡± I was on my way back from spying on the potion manufacturer¡¯s house once again. In the midst of agonizing, I¡¯d like to ask Jade a question, but he wasn¡¯t even listening to my proposal. ¡®He did let me in today, though.¡¯ I remembered the conversation that was more like a part-time job interview we had. ¡°You don¡¯t even know the shape of the grass.¡±¡°I know!¡±¡°Really? Then tell them apart.¡± So I did it. The original Evelyn was very interested in herbs, but I also put a lot of effort into setting up herbs as the creator¡­ well, I was not the author, but I did make almost all of the setting by myself. It was also interesting Anyway, I did it and I heard something that I really did not expect. ¡°¡­How merciful I am to have given you a chance to try. I checked it, so it¡¯s done. Now get lost.¡± Haha. Bad guy. ¡®Still, I did run errands outside the window today.¡¯ As expected, I should give up looking for a job in this town. I was on my way to the potion maker¡¯s house because I thought I would be helpful, but it doesn¡¯t seem like he¡¯ll accept me no matter how much I try. ¡®But, to find another job¡­¡­.¡¯ I¡¯m so ostracized by the people around here. After sighing, I finally made up my mind. ¡°Recipe.¡± Now there was really no answer but recipes. ¡®I have to think of other recipes and organize them.¡¯ Come to think of it, even if it wasn¡¯t a potion there were many things I could squeeze out. For example, edible flowers. For now, let¡¯s keep working like this. ¡®Before that, how should I solve the problem with {Bard}?¡¯ {Bard} had a slightly grassy taste, and nothing else. When I had it as a drink, it was just like herbal tea, but when I tried to boil it and eat it as a meal replacement, it was not easy. Come and read on our website wuxia worldsite. Thanks ¡®Because I have to boil it all the way until the light green juice runs out and I have to drink it all.¡¯ That would make it very, very thick, but it was still inside of the boundaries of liquid food. I can¡¯t believe I have to make it my staple food. Gosh, nothing is easy. ¡®I want to add salt, but I don¡¯t know if I can.¡¯ I was contemplating how to cook it because all I had to do was eat it hot, but I was poor and had no ingredients. No, in the first place. ¡°The quantity of grass itself is slowly disappearing.¡± This also meant that the time for the slave traders to come was approaching. What to do. It was when I was looking at the forest of shadows again while thinking about this and that. ¡°Hey!¡± ¡°Hey¡­!¡± It was Sera and Jack. As I was contemplating whether to go there alone, the two approached me and started running at once. My hair was caught and when I checked it was Sera! ¡°Wha-what, argh!¡± ¡°Hahaha! You monster wench! Serves you right! Kyaa!¡± ¡°Can¡¯t. You. Let. Go?!¡± Puck, puck! Woodang-tang-tang! Wow. Really, these kids! As Sera was openly wrestling with me, I was startled and grabbed her head. Just like Evelyn, I will be one insistent villain. ¡°Hey! let it go! You, Evelyn was right!¡± What? I paused because I heard something that I couldn¡¯t ignore, and Sera didn¡¯t miss the gap and kicked my waist with her foot. ¡°No wonder. You were pretending to be a cool person until now, right? Damn wench, did you think I wouldn¡¯t know! I won¡¯t let you off the hook this time. I¡¯ll show once and for all!¡± She was a diligent child not only in her hands and feet but also in her mouth. I glanced at Jack as I confronted Sera. It looks like he won¡¯t get in the way of our fight. What¡¯s wrong with him? Is he on the lookout? ¡®Is he covering his ears¡­?¡¯ It¡¯s like he doesn¡¯t like to hear fights. ¡°Argh!¡± However, Sera¡¯s grip on my ear was too strong to connect my thoughts further. ¡°Ouch!¡± After I barely escaped, I rushed in and bit Sera¡¯s squishy ears. ¡°Aww!¡± I caught a glimpse of Jack¡¯s confusion. After a while, I spat it out and followed Evelyn¡¯s technique to beat Sera up. * * * Evelyn, who was a little friendly and unfamiliar since some time ago, seemed helpless at the beginning but she quickly counterattacked. And after everything was over. ¡°¡­¡­¡± Evelyn was sternly staring at Sera. Sera thought she was just going to be angry, but she just stared at her without saying a word, so Sera began to fidget. ¡°Wh-why? What?¡± ¡°¡­..¡± Sera tried not to make it obvious, but her emotions were as clear as day. At that moment, Evelyn, who was glaring at Sera, opened her mouth. ¡°Sera, are you biting your nails?¡± ¡°Huh¡­¡­.?¡± Sera looked at Evelyn in bewilderment. Read latest Chapters at Wuxia World . Site Only ¡°W-What about it?¡± ¡°Hmm. Do you know that if you keep doing that, you will die?¡± ¡°What?¡± Sera forgot she was on her knees, jumped up, and shouted. ¡°What are you talking about!¡± Chapter 18 ¡°Calm down, you are blowing a fuse all over again.¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± Sera gave an anxious look as she sat down again. She had a habit of biting her nails when she felt anxious. Her mother even got mad and told her not to do that. Even so, that, was that something bad to do, like, leading to death? However, Evelyn whose atmosphere has changed was somehow convincing. Jack, who was kneeling with her, had a blue face when he heard about death. He grabbed Sera¡¯s hand and anxiously looked up at Evelyn. Evelyn, who suppressed laughter while watching them, grimly said. ¡°Scratching a person with your fingernail leaves a scar. It¡¯s weak, but it¡¯s because the nails are poisonous. This is one of the defense mechanisms that humans, who were born without weapons in the wild long ago, developed to protect themselves.¡± Even at first glance, it sounded plausible. Even if they didn¡¯t understand about half of what she meant. Sera¡¯s eyes began to tremble. ¡°But if you are constantly eating it, tsk. Sera, soon you¡¯ll probably¡­¡­¡± Jack¡¯s pupil, who liked his childhood friend, also shook wildly along with Sera¡¯s. ¡°Huh, ah¡­¡­.¡± Sera panicked for a moment and rubbed her face in horror. She eventually knelt down on her knees and started to shed tears. While watching her sob, sniff , and roughly rub her eyes, Evelyn gave a loud sigh as if to make them listen. ¡°Sigh.¡± Then, while glancing at the two, she approached them and wiped away their tears. ¡°Hush! What are you crying about?¡± Sera was hesitant, but her eyes were bewildered. It was because Evelyn¡¯s blunt but warm touch was unfamiliar. ¡®Why can I see my mom in Evelyn?¡¯ It was an upsetting and embarrassing moment. When Evelyn was dealing with them, it felt like she was dealing with real kids, but she was being mischievous as if she was a naughty kid herself. The two blinked again because it was unfamiliar to them, and they looked at Evelyn with a faint hatred in their eyes while thinking. ¡®I must be crazy.¡¯ ¡®I must have eaten something wrong.¡¯ They thought that Evelyn was pretty since the beginning, but today she¡¯s a little¡­.like a lady. Yes, a lady. Unlike Sera, an elegant, gentle, and cherished girl who lives in a very high place. As soon as that thought reached her, Sera¡¯s face was slightly distorted. Dark emotions that she couldn¡¯t erase engulfed her mind. It was a feeling of inferiority. ¡°Done! You¡¯re so mean to joke about that! Get away!¡± Sera threw Evelyn¡¯s hand away and once again had a spiteful face. Then she dragged Jack away and disappeared. ¡°No, it¡¯s not me who is mean, it¡¯s you.¡± Evelyn, who clicked her tongue, left her wounds as is and returned to her house. And when she went inside, faced with Raven¡¯s glaring eyes, she flinched. ¡°Oh, haha.¡± ¡°You¡­¡­.¡± Once again, she came back to find Raven at home. * * * Raven stared at the wounds from being beaten, with the same ferocity in his eyes as Sera and Jack had at the time. I swallowed my saliva and laughed awkwardly. ¡°¡­Where have you been?¡± (Raven) ¡°Walk?¡± ¡°Say something that makes sense.¡± If you know why ask. Raven, who has given me a sidelong glare, let out a sigh and bit his lip. ¡°Was her name Sera? Next to her was Jack.¡± ¡°Oh, do you remember their names?¡± ¡­¡­you should¡¯ve forgotten. I swallowed saliva as I remembered the boy who insistently asked my name on the first day. ¡®Next time they meet, I¡¯ll have to somehow make them get away with it.¡¯ I¡¯m sure he wouldn¡¯t kill the kids just because I got hit, but it felt strangely ominous. Fortunately, Raven, who had been staring at me for a while, immediately turned his head and said: ¡°Well, it¡¯s none of my business.¡± ¡°Ha ha, yes.¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± ¡°No, I just repeated what you said, so why are you staring at me?¡± As I mumbled a little pale, he sighed again. ¡°Stop sighing. Good luck will fly away.¡± Then he turned his head and went to the backyard. He¡¯s too much. It had been two weeks since I met Raven. * * * It was a little over a week after the rebellion of the rebels. Come and read on our website wuxia worldsite. Thanks ¡°Did you find him?¡± ¡°No.¡± The Knight Commander had the brightest face in recent days after the bitter act of betraying that happened. This is because he was convinced that at least the Little Lord was not taken to the Imperial Palace. The two vassals of the North family who were in the most perfect condition and comfortable enough to move were doing all the work. After the rebellion, the wounds of the North family were very deep and were still being ripped apart. However, there was a limit to what can be done with the power of two vassals alone. ¡°The Imperial Family will also be eagerly looking for him.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. So.¡± Knight Commander Luke¡¯s eyes, lit up with a determined glare. ¡°We¡¯ll find him first.¡± ¡°There are spies in the family, so we can¡¯t bring back the Little Duke right away, but we need to know his location.¡± Luke nodded. In just one week, the Imperial Family thoroughly grasped the dynamics of what happened and was also checking the {End Villages} around the forest of shadows. Raven¡¯s tracks were completely cut off. ¡°Only in this forest, isn¡¯t the North family more advantageous than the Imperial family? Please, let¡¯s work a little harder.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not hard work. I¡¯m no better than a sinner. I¡¯m just trying to do what I have to do.¡± Old doctor Shawn made a bitter face at Luke¡¯s words covered in a hard tone. Perhaps the Little Lord sealed his magical powers. It was a relief if it was so. No, on the contrary, seeing that such a perfect disguise was prepared, it was clear that he was excellent at manipulating magic to the point of making anyone proud. ¡®There is no way that he died in vain.¡¯ That¡¯s the way it should be. The two believed in the survival of their Little Lord. Yes, they were still in the process of sorting out the remaining spies of the family. At times like this, it might be better not to have the Little Lord in a dangerous place. The real question was, what state is he in now? Still, as long as he¡¯s alive. The two vassals could not show their tiredness. ¡°I hope the Lord will wake up soon.¡± ¡°¡­is there no improvement?¡± Shawn shook his head. ¡°I can¡¯t figure out what kind of poison it is. But.¡± ¡°What is it?¡± Luke asked with a distorted face. ¡°It¡¯s like a poison that appeared once.¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± ¡°A long time ago, the head of the family who went to a banquet in the imperial family became a Demon King.¡± The doctor at the time was only left with suspicion in his heart, as nothing was proved. ¡°It¡¯s very similar to its symptoms.¡± ¡°That means¡­¡± Shawn nodded his head. His gentle-looking face was filled with cold energy. ¡°Even the poison that was used could have been touched by the dirty hands of the Imperial Family. It¡¯s more vicious and meticulous than expected.¡± Luke looked down the somber hallway. Just a week ago, servants were cleaning the window frames from spider nests, and maids blushing from giggles were peacefully walking down this path. But all of them. Everyone was now in critical condition. Facing the greatest crisis of the North family, Luke opened his mouth. ¡°The Lord will overcome it.¡± Because it¡¯s him. ¡°¡­¡­.Right.¡± However, the mood between the two of them did not lighten, because what they were most worried about was their Little Lord. A poison that drove the North family, who had inherited their special abilities from generation to generation, into crisis. The poison is so strong that it makes the Lord go through life and death¡­. ¡®The Little Lord was also afflicted to the poison.¡¯ ¡°I¡¯ll hurry. I¡¯ll find him as soon as possible.¡± ¡°If there is anything I can help you with, tell me.¡± ¡°I will.¡± After exchanging glances for a moment, Shawn left first. Read latest Chapters at Wuxia World . Site Only He cut off one of his fingers the moment he realized he was poisoned. Because of that, he was the healthiest person in the current situation. Fingers were also an important part for doctors. Luke watched the old doctor walk away and turned around. He was very sorry, but now he have to endure. To protect the family. Chapter 19 At the same time. The head of the Imperial Family, who has been involved in all the misfortunes of the North family from generation to generation, listened to the report from his subordinates with a bored face. ¡°Therefore. You mean you couldn¡¯t find one single child?¡± ¡°¡­¡­I¡¯m sorry.¡± A low-pitched voice with a profound charm rang out. It was very attractive, but no one in the room could feel the attraction. ¡°Useless.¡± The man¡¯s once beautiful face was slightly distorted. With eyes filled with unending questions directed at someone, the Emperor of Bridium gave an order. ¡°Take care of it.¡± He had to wait a week for this meager news, and he wasn¡¯t merciful enough to let it slide any further. One Count, who had come to report to him, was cut down. Thus, the connections to the Guild of Athos were reduced by one. ¡°Are the spies alive and well?¡± Those spies have worked hard for a long time to infiltrate the North family. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this rebellion was successful because of them. ¡°There are still some left, your majesty.¡± ¡°Tsk.¡± It was hard to believe that their numbers dwindled in a week. ¡°But their credit is huge.¡± ¡°Yes, Your Majesty.¡± ¡°Is there anyone who wants to come back?¡± ¡°Yes, everyone wants to come back now.¡± ¡°They are loyalists. They are also those who have made great achievements, so we should treat them with respect.¡± The Emperor twisted his lips and smiled. ¡°Let them go without pain.¡± ¡°As you command.¡± The Emperor¡¯s dog disappeared in an instant. As soon as the dog arrives at their location, the spies will die alongside him. The Emperor could care less if that was what they wanted, but it must have been an honor nevertheless. ¡°Huh¡­¡­.¡± The Emperor smiled softly. He has caused such damage to a family that has cursed him his whole life, he was sure that even the future generations would appreciate what he had done. ¡°If only the young one is safely found, everything will be perfect.¡± If I find him, I will draw out all the blood of the young beast. ¡°A lifetime of enmity resides in that blood. Don¡¯t you think so? Prime Minister.¡± ¨C You are right. A crackling sound echoed through the air. The Emperor smiled and waved his hand. ¡°Wait a little longer while taking other measures. It¡¯s not an area that we can touch without preparations.¡± ¨C Yes. Even if the House of North finds him first, we are willing to intercept it. ¡°Not bad.¡± The Emperor laughed lowly. ¡°Really, not bad.¡± The faces of those who have lost their Little Lord in front of their eyes will be worth seeing. ¡°If you do that, make sure to get a video clip.¡± The sound of laughter echoing through the air grew harsh. With a grin, the Emperor raised his knife. Suddenly, blood gushed out from the steak that was being cut. Red flesh was crushed between the teeth seen on the moving mouth. ¡°It tastes better today.¡± The meal time of Argos Bridium, called the gentle tyrant, passed like that. Peacefully, as if nothing had happened. * * * I was surprised that time has already passed like this. ¡®Two weeks.¡¯ Come to think of it, it¡¯s time for the North Family to change the direction of the search. It was the same in the original. ¡®When the vassals found out that Raven was not in the imperial palace, they left the forest and searched in the {End Villages}.¡¯ In the original story, Raven had not yet arrived at the Imperial Palace, so he was not in the palace, but¡­ ¡®At that time, he was being smuggled by the slave traders, but now that he¡¯s with me, there won¡¯t be any conflicts.¡¯ If they are currently searching the {End Villages}, the speed of the original remains the same. ¡®After about two weeks, they will start to get on their real game.¡¯ Come and read on our website wuxia worldsite. Thanks This is also possible because the North Family has a space movement portal. The only people who could teleport in this world were the direct descendants of the North family, and the only place where a portal of space movement exists is inside the North Family mansion. ¡®That¡¯s why they build a mansion in the deep forest to live comfortably.¡¯ In the original work, despite having such abilities, it took a month before they could confirm Raven¡¯s whereabouts in the Imperial Family due to a conflict in the middle. It was because they realized a step later the series of events that had led Raven back into slavery. When Raven was re-sold, the Guild of Athos twisted the route around with the North family¡¯s pursuit in mind. And only after a month, Rastavan, who had barely come to his senses, was able to protest against the Imperial Palace. The Emperor himself said that he only bought one black-haired slave, but it was said that there was no evidence that the child was Raven North, who he had never seen before. The North House couldn¡¯t use their hands because the Emperor¡¯s words implied that the child was being held hostage. Rastavan had to pay a high price for the sacrifice attempt to rescue Raven. His magical power was in an unbalanced state making him run wild and become the Demon King. Just like all other endings met by the successive heads of the North family. After Raven escaped, he was forced to lead a broken family and subdue Rastavan by the Emperor¡¯s orders. It was the North family¡¯s duty to subdue the person who became the Demon King, even if it wasn¡¯t the Emperor¡¯s command, because they had a covenant with the Imperial Family. However, just before they set out to subjugate Rastavan, a red-gold bracelet flew in. To be precise, a black eagle dropped it and went away. It was Rastavan¡¯s. A memento that means that his magic was no longer felt and that he was dead. Raven took it, went into his office, and stayed silent for ten days. And he went crazy. But all those unfortunate events were things that would not happen anymore. There will be no need for him to be brought to the Imperial Palace again this time. Perhaps if the vassals find Raven in this village, won¡¯t they take him away? ¡®No, it¡¯s more likely to get caught by spies, so it might take longer to go back.¡¯ Another incident shook the North family while they were searching for Raven. The spies were trying to run away and the Emperor¡¯s dog was ordered to kill them. They exploded at the same time. At that time, many people in the mansion were in critical condition, and many died as a result. It was a decisive blow to the collapse of the North family. The Emperor even said ¡®It was a glorious death.¡¯. He was a very cruel man. I quietly counted the time. ¡®So, roughly, it will happen in the next month or so.¡¯ Even if the vassals find Raven, I don¡¯t know if they¡¯ll take him right away. It will also take a little longer to find, as Raven has cleaned up his traces too much. ¡®It¡¯s going to take more time if they are doing both things at once: to search for Raven and to evade the Emperor¡¯s dogs who spy on the family knights.¡¯ I looked towards the forest of the shadow where the North family would reside. Quickly. Come on, take your precious child safely. If possible, it would be nice to be able to prevent that unfortunate incident, but I don¡¯t have the strength to do that, so I hope they can safely take Raven after that. Because I don¡¯t want him to die. ¡®But is there really no way to avoid that explosion?¡¯ I wanted to prevent people from dying even if I didn¡¯t know them. Besides, ¡®I¡¯m a little nervous.¡¯ Our villain, instead of going to the Imperial Family, maybe he will be blown away together with the mansion. Either way, thoughts began to flow in a terrible direction making me ponder quite seriously. So I didn¡¯t know. That Raven was looking at me with cold eyes as I was looking at the forest side with a worried face. * * * (Raven POV) April 4th. It was only when I looked at the calendar that I knew what day it was today. Raven paused after checking the date. It¡¯s the anniversary of my mother¡¯s death. When he was in the family he wouldn¡¯t bother to take care of it, but he never forgot it. Read latest Chapters at Wuxia World . Site Only ¡°¡­..¡± Raven quietly looked at the calendar and moved on. Even if it¡¯s mother¡¯s death anniversary, you can¡¯t neglect to warm up. My body is heavier than usual, probably because of my mood. So, another day began. Daily life continued as usual. Chapter 20 Despite her plight of poverty, Evelyn still takes care of three full meals, she gives Raven bread soup and eats grass soup herself. A green liquid that doesn¡¯t even look like soup ¡°It doesn¡¯t taste good, but I feel comfortable eating this!¡± So, Raven was a little resentful of Evelyn, who smiled while urging him to eat bread soup comfortably. He wanted to make some money, but he couldn¡¯t. While lost in that frustrating situation, he can¡¯t stop the growing suspicions he had towards her. ¡°¡­¡­¡± To be honest, he was almost at his limit. Raven saw Evelyn leaning against the door of the house and staring blankly towards the forest. And on that same very day. ¡°Evelyn.¡± He couldn¡¯t keep the words from popping out of his mouth. *** ¡°Yes?¡± Turning around, Raven was standing behind me. Today, I was looking at the forest and thinking about this and that. In fact, there wasn¡¯t much to do in this world, so the time spent losing myself in thoughts increased. To think I would someday miss school homework. ¡­I had to keep thinking about something so I could forget hunger while lost in my thoughts. It¡¯s only a little. Very little. As I continued my thoughts in a daze, Raven called me. Good timing. He seemed quite dark today, so I thought I¡¯d give him a little advice for the near future. As I happily glanced back at him so he could continue, Raven said. ¡°Why do you keep looking at the forest?¡± Only then did Raven¡¯s icy-like expression catch my eye. As soon as I heard it, I could guess what he was thinking. The act of me looking at the forest was caught. He would be curious about what would I have been thinking or feeling anxious about. But I was a little embarrassed. Because none of the thoughts I was thinking were things I could honestly say to others. As I was choosing words, Raven seemed to have finished his judgment. A hasty judgment. It was proof that the child was anxious. ¡°As expected, you should not believe in people that come from an {End Village}.¡± ¡°¡­¡­.What?¡± However, I was a little saddened by Raven¡¯s cold words. ¡°Ray, are you talking about me?¡± I asked as gently as possible, and Raven looked directly at me. Moreover, somehow, he had slightly twitchy lips. ¡®He asked me what I was thinking about, right?¡¯ He did so because he suspects me. I carefully dragged Raven into the house. Then I sat him down on the table chair, facing each other, and calmly asked. ¡°What did I do wrong?¡± Then Raven, who was not looking in my direction, looked back at me. ¡°Nothing.¡± ¡°Then why are you saying that? Not to believe at villagers of an {End Village}.¡± ¡°¡­it didn¡¯t mean much.¡± Before I knew it, his apprehension was fading away, but he still had a sore face somewhere. I got a little sad. ¡°But it meant something.¡± (Eve) After a small reply, there was silence for a moment. Ray turned his head away from me saying this was meaningless. I fixed my gaze on the original work information sheets in the form of a drawn picture of my grandmother hanging on the wall. Raven closed and opened his eyes slowly without saying a word. ¡°You.¡± And suddenly, he started talking about irrelevant things. ¡°Do you know that missing someone like that is useless?¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°That picture. It¡¯s a tribute.¡± That? Are you talking about writing down memories in a picture? ¡®I didn¡¯t expect you to see things like that.¡¯ However, Raven seemed to be trying to tell a personal story, so I kept quiet. ¡°It¡¯s annoying because it¡¯s useless.¡± ¡°Oh. Is it annoying? Shall I clean it up?¡± ¡°¡­That¡¯s not it.¡± Come and read on our website wuxia worldsite. Thanks Raven looked back at me, raising his voice a little as if he was frustrated. You¡¯re finally seeing me. I tilted my head and smiled softly as he bit his lip with trembling eyes. And he cried out. ¡°You, tell me the truth. Are you sure you don¡¯t have any other intentions? Tell me. Why are you looking at that forest?¡± Questions pouring in like a ruptured dam. In fact, as we talked, I kept thinking about what to say, but I couldn¡¯t really figure out where to start and how to convince him. ¡®It¡¯s a little embarrassing that he was looking at me so carefully.¡¯ In a way, it was something natural to do. ¡®Wow. I overlooked it because I was hungry and it¡¯s something so obvious. Oh, my God.¡¯ It seemed to be useless to say anything to Raven now. So, I decided to start by clarifying that I have nothing to do with the factors that makes him anxious. ¡°Why, do you think I¡¯ll leave you in the woods and come back alone?¡± As if I knew nothing, in a gentle tone. Lightly. ¡°Isn¡¯t there anything you can¡¯t do?¡± ¡°What?¡± I was a little angry at this remark. But before I could say anything, Raven said. ¡°It wouldn¡¯t surprise me if you threw me away. Even if you leave me, it¡¯s not like I was abandoned.¡± What? ¡°¡­Do you know what you¡¯re talking about now?¡± Even if I tell you to go, it sounds like you won¡¯t go. Why are you suddenly saying lines like an obsessed Male Lead? Raven continued to speak as if pouring his feelings out. ¡°I will use you. Whatever your intentions, I¡¯ll be happy to use you, I won¡¯t get hit on the back of the head twice. I am different from my mother¡­!¡± There was something strange mixed with the words that were pouring out without a hitch. ¡°What are you talking about?¡± What do you mean, mother? I was sobering up. It felt like I¡¯ve come across something that I must know. But Raven bit his lip as if he had made a mistake and said nothing more about his mother. ¡°¡­I survived.¡± He only said that, as he couldn¡¯t stop looking at me with fiery eyes. That¡¯s weird. Those were clearly words that showed he was angry with me, but nowhere in those beautiful golden eyes could I find anger towards me. My heart fluttered at the unexpected glance he shot at me. Raven, this little boy, was lost. What was it that drove him this far? But I couldn¡¯t look any further, because Raven left the seat with a tearful expression. I wanted to follow him right away, but he was not going out of the house so I held it in. It looked like he needed time to be alone. Somehow I shed tears. It was because Raven¡¯s expression hurt more the more I thought about it. ¡®I knew for sure that Raven was still a young boy.¡¯ In the end, maybe I didn¡¯t know. Maybe it really didn¡¯t get through to me that he was a kid. In fact, I am scared of many things, so I might have rejected that little boy as I labeled him as a villain. ¡®But¡­.I wasn¡¯t quite like that either.¡¯ I tried hard. It hurt my feelings, and my heart ached. The thing that hit home the most, was the fact that Raven was mentally cornered. ¡®I said I¡¯d take care of him.¡¯ Taking care of a child is not just taking care of their body. Even if I¡¯m taking care of him just so I could live. I was disqualified. What do we do? Contrary to the original image, Raven, who turned around earlier, looks so young, inexperienced, and hurting, more than he actually was. I was stunned by the sight. Raven, who was a little friendly at given times, came to mind. And at some point, I realized. Read latest Chapters at Wuxia World . Site Only I¡¯m afraid Raven will go away. I said I would take care of him, but deep down in my heart, I was the one who relied on him a lot in this unfamiliar place. If I hadn¡¯t had someone by my side, I probably would have had a really hard time. ¡°Because I¡¯m lonely.¡± That day, the words I answered to Raven were truly sincere. Chapter 21 ¡°What.¡± (Potion maker) ¡°¡­What?¡± (Eve) ¡°Why is your face as messy as a monster carcass?¡± ¡°Can¡¯t you change the way you express yourself, Master?¡± ¡°If you don¡¯t like it, don¡¯t come. Even if I do not send for errands, I eat well and live well. But that¡¯s not the case for you.¡± ¡°That¡¯s a wise thing to say, Master.¡± ¡°¡­You keep adding Master, are you being sarcastic with me?¡± ¡°No way.¡± After the messy morning, I came again to observe a low-level potion maker in the neighborhood. And after finishing some of his errands, I trudged home. ¡®How do you I look at Raven¡¯s face?¡¯ No, what should I say? In fact, I had organized my answers, but I didn¡¯t know how to express my apologies. ¡®Maybe even after I apologized, he will ask me what I¡¯m up to.¡¯ After much deliberation, I chose to get a gift for Raven. I can¡¯t do anything other than this because we are not in a good situation. With the thought of being rejected in mind, my mood went down. When I went inside the house, sullen Raven, who was a little dirtier and had slightly messy clothes compared to when I went to the potion maker, was waiting for me. I was startled by the sight and froze. Has he been outside? A kid who would be ruined if caught? ¡°Evelyn.¡± And why is he holding something in his fist and sticking it out? ¡°What¡¯s this?¡± Wondering what it was, I received it, but before I could even confirm what it was, Raven apologized in a subdued voice. ¡°I¡¯m sorry. And.¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± ¡°I¡¯m leaving now.¡± Notifying me about his departure. * * * For a moment, I was confused as to what I was hearing, but Raven spoke again. ¡°You better not speak anywhere or tell anyone that you saw me.¡± It sounds like a threat, but at the same time, it wasn¡¯t one. I knew his personality, he didn¡¯t even want to kill me, he was just talking calmly. ¡®Raven.¡¯ He opened up his heart before I knew it, and built an even bigger wall before I could do anything about it. I stared at his cold face and asked. ¡°How are you going to live alone? Your body isn¡¯t healthy yet.¡± ¡°I¡¯m much better now, so it¡¯s fine.¡± What do you mean by fine? I knew better than anyone else what his wounds were like. ¡°But is that all you want to say?¡± (Raven) ¡°Then what should I say?¡± (Eve) When I asked in a daze, Raven kicked his tongue. ¡°Anyway, you are¡­¡± It seemed like he was looking at me while thinking I was a little pitiful. It¡¯s true that I¡¯m pitiful, but I think he¡¯s heading in the wrong direction right now? ¡°I¡¯m not a pushover¡­¡± (Eve) ¡°What?¡± (Raven) ¡°No, just.¡± Anyway, isn¡¯t this an opportunity? My chance of survival. Looking at the child now, it seemed unlikely that he would try to kill me in the future even if he went away like this. ¡®But.¡¯ This is given me a headache. I silently looked at him and said as I pleased. ¡°You know, I don¡¯t know why you care about me looking at the forest, but the reason I do that is that there are herbs called {Bard} all over the place.¡± Raven, who was about to turn around to get some clothes, stopped. Then he turned back and said with a slightly loosened face. ¡°Bard?¡± ¡°Yes. The grass I eat at dinner. I was thinking about whether to buy it or not. I told you last time. I don¡¯t have any money and I don¡¯t think I can get a job in this town.¡± Raven blinked, he seemed a little embarrassed. ¡°That¡¯s why you were looking over there with such a serious face?¡± ¡°It¡¯s a very serious problem for me, if I don¡¯t eat Bard¡­!¡± Oops. If I say I will die without {Bard}, the explanation becomes complicated again!! I awkwardly changed my words. ¡°Anyway.¡± Come and read on our website wuxia worldsite. Thanks ¡°What do you mean by anyway?¡± ¡°I mean to say It¡¯s important to me. That¡¯s what you need to know, right? Oh, are you trying to know something else? You don¡¯t even tell me everything either.¡± After checking his relaxed mood and playfully talking as usual, Raven laughed in low spirits. After smiling at him like that, I slowly approached and gently grabbed Raven¡¯s hand. ¡°And the reason I want to live with you is that I¡¯m lonely.¡± He flinched as soon as my hand touched his, but Raven didn¡¯t let go or pushed me back. ¡°I told you before, didn¡¯t I? So you can¡¯t go.¡± If I say this much, I don¡¯t think he will go away because he was a proud kid. So, kid, stay here until is safe, then you can go on your path. I will also see you as who you are. I smiled harmlessly, expressing apologies that I couldn¡¯t deliver because I didn¡¯t have grounds to explain why I was feeling sorry. In the end, I could only think that the presence of Raven, who was smiling, was very pretty. * * * Raven stared at Evelyn, who gave a shy smile. Looking at that face, he realized. That he could no longer doubt this kid. However, once the excitement had cooled, embarrassment came upon. Eventually, they awkwardly let go of each other¡¯s hands. ¡°No, well.¡± With a slightly blushed face, Evelyn said something he didn¡¯t ask. ¡°I¡¯m not bored because of Sera and Jack, but they don¡¯t work for my loneliness. Well, that¡¯s what I mean.¡± After staring at it, Raven asked back in a serious tone. ¡°¡­Would you like me to kill them?¡± ¡°No, stop trying to kill them.¡± Raven seemed strangely dissatisfied, but Evelyn repeatedly asked him not to kill them. * * * What should I do when I¡¯m embarrassed because what I did is so corny. Why are you holding his hand? Why! Still, seeing Raven¡¯s expressionless face made it bearable. After such a wave of embarrassment passed, I regained my composure and opened up what I was holding. Raven gave it to me a little ago when he said he was leaving. ¡°¡­A silver coin?¡± As I spoke blankly, Raven blinked as he slipped the tip of his chin forward. It was an expression of asking what the problem was. ¡­I think he moved first before I could ask anything because his tail was about to be stomped. Looking at him with my squinted eyes, Raven said something I didn¡¯t ask. ¡°I picked it up.¡± Raising his eyebrows, he spoke again. ¡°I didn¡¯t steal this one.¡± ¡°If ¡®this¡¯ one was not stolen, how did you get it?¡± ¡°It asked for it.¡± (Note: the word was implying he ¡®begged¡¯ on the street. But you know what Raven¡¯s ¡®begged¡¯ means right. Lol) Oh, my God. What is the best way to properly guide someone¡¯s character? No. Let¡¯s just give up. ¡°I see.¡± Of course, I¡¯m going to point it out, but there was something more important than that. It was my apology gift. Thinking about it, the corners of my lips twitched. I felt like I was seeing a little brother who grew up after not meeting for weeks. ¡°Don¡¯t do that.¡± (Raven) ¡°Huh? Do what?¡± (Eve) ¡°Looking at me like I¡¯m a baby.¡± Like I¡¯m a baby. He didn¡¯t seem to know how cute that line sounded. I laughed out loud and roughly passed my answer, then showed Raven, who looked at me with displeasure, what I had brought. ¡°Ta-da.¡± ¡°What¡¯s this?¡± That¡¯s right, sugar and baking soda. Bread is available in this town, so I was able to get baking soda. ¡°I begged the aunty that works in Sera¡¯s bakery to give me some.¡± Fortunately, she was one of the few people who spoke with me, so when I offered money, she pretended not to win. I was very anxious! Like Raven earlier, I put out the tip of my chin forward by a little and made a look. Raven alternated between the sugar, the baking soda, and then me. And he looked at me with eyes that he felt sorry for me like never before. Read latest Chapters at Wuxia World . Site Only ¡°What are you going to do with this?¡± ¡°I¡¯m going to make cookies.¡± ¡°I gave you a silver coin. Let¡¯s just buy and eat.¡± This silly kid. Raven, who didn¡¯t care about accepting my heart, had a genuinely innocent expression on his face. Chapter 22 I straightened my wrinkled face and said to my obnoxious friend. ¡°You don¡¯t know what a Dalgona Cookie is, do you?¡± ¡°¡­you expression is offensive.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t know.¡± Let¡¯s change the subject. Looking at him with warm eyes, Raven threw back dissatisfied eyes. It was like a baby tiger. ¡®Only the eyes thought.¡¯ I mean, it wasn¡¯t scary at all. I snorted and took out a small iron tool like a ladle I had borrowed. ¡°Look carefully.¡± I put about three tablespoons of sugar in the ladle part of the iron tool. I¡¯ve done it before, so it¡¯ll probably work. ¡®It¡¯s a pity that there is no shaped frame.¡¯ The pot was lowered to the top of the magic furnace, and the fire was turned on the weakest. The fact that it does not cost money for a brazier even in a cold region was outstanding welfare¡­ While I was thinking about it, the sugar in the head of the ladle melted. I immediately added baking soda and stirred again. The scent of dalgona was already coming out. As the inside of the ladle began to take on a light brown color, Raven gradually got more curious. With serious and focused eyes, Raven asked. ¡°What is this?¡± ¡°Dalgona.¡± ¡°Why that name?¡± ¡°Are you a question robot?¡± ¡°What is that?¡± ¡°Nothing, forget it. Dalgona means sweet.¡± ¡°Hmm.¡± Stir without fire, then bring it back to the fire and stir again. ¡°Now put the pan on the stove.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Give me some oil.¡± Unfortunately, I had to make it with olive oil. And after a while, the swollen liquid in the ladle was poured under the oiled pan. ¡°What are you doing now?¡± I burst out laughing. ¡°Um, 10 seconds? No, just wait for 20 seconds.¡± ¡°And?¡± ¡°I will squeeze it.¡± ¡°And?¡± ¡°I will feed you.¡± As I spoke with a mischievously evil look, Raven looked at me with cold eyes. I fixed my expression and stared at the dalgona because I felt a little guilty, and there was a sound of laughter next to me. When I looked back, Raven was looking at the dalgona with a serious face as if he did nothing. ¡°That¡¯s cheap.¡± This time, he laughed while I was looking at him. The corners of the mouth that beautifully curled up and the golden eyes that naturally bend. There was only one laugh, but the smile lasted a long time. I laughed along, then seriously raised the ladle. And then, I pressed the dalgona. ¡°The end!¡± Thus, the hotcake-shaped dalgona cookie was completed. Raven looked at it with curious eyes and asked. ¡°Can you really eat this?¡± ¡°I can eat it all by myself.¡± ¡°¡­¡­Sorry.¡± Is he faster to apologize now? I smiled as if it was okay and broke the dalgona cookie, which had just cooled, in half. ¡°¡­¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± I definitely cut it in half, but one side seemed to be about a quarter. Since this was a gift of apology, I gave the three-quarters-sized piece with a sullen face. Raven made a smiling face and looked at it, then looked at my expression and laughed again, but contrary to the mood, he quickly whisked away the big piece without a second thought. ¡®Somehow it¡¯s a little of a bummer.¡¯ Didn¡¯t he feel a little deceitful just now? Before Raven puts his piece in his mouth, I ate mine first. I was unknowingly happy with the soft breaking sugar snack. As I closed my eyes and made an ecstatic expression, Raven blinked and put it in his mouth. Come and read on our website wuxia worldsite. Thanks And. I swear it was the first time I¡¯d seen Raven with such an expression. ¡°Wow.¡± His eyes were wide open and twinkling. Surprise, joy, and appreciation of something ¡®delicious!¡¯ seemed to pour out. I was proud to see him staring at the dalgona cookie with sparkling eyes without even smiling. ¡°As expected, sweets make people happy.¡± ¡°Evelyn.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Let¡¯s eat more.¡± ¡°Good!¡± I brought enough to make 10 dalgona cookies! We did so and ten sweet cookies were made without failure. The backing soda was a little lacking at the end, but even the slightly blackened cookie had Raven in wonder. I giggled at that, then when I received Raven¡¯s angry gaze, I feigned innocence and picked up all the dalgona I had made. ¡°Let¡¯s go eat outside.¡± I feel in a good mood. This was not all I had prepared for my apology. ¡®Because a star-filled night was the best way to set the mood without spending money.¡¯ There was a rock in front of us. Raven naturally raised the corners of his lips as he followed me. *** On the other hand, there was a person who noticed the unusual atmosphere between the two of them. It was Sera. ¡°There¡¯s something there.¡± After splendidly losing to Evelyn the last time, Sera was sure of one thing. Evelyn was still nasty, still pretty, a little less angry, and instead became a little scarier in return. She also thought that the black-haired boy was the reason for that subtle change. But. ¡°No. It¡¯s not possible with that wench¡¯s personality.¡± Rather, it could be said that something changed after her grandmother passed away. Not long ago, it was both her grandmother¡¯s death and Evelyn¡¯s birthday. ¡®Maybe she thought, let¡¯s live a good life or something like that.¡¯ But that won¡¯t go well. Because she was born as a bad girl! After Sera had come to such a random conclusion, she began to look for an opportunity to properly get revenge. And that¡¯s how she came all the way here. There seemed to be a rift in the relationship between the boy named Ray and Evelyn. Somehow, Sera saw it as an opportunity. So, after thinking about it, she went near the house to spy on their situation a little better, and there¡­ She found two people on a rock. The rock, where they were sitting side by side, was located close to the forest. Nearby, there was a good place for Sera to hide and peek into what they were doing. Sera cautiously hid there with the gait she had learned from her mother. The two sat halfway apart, looking at the stars in the sky. Thinking that no one was around Evelyn spoke in a loud voice and Sera could listen to it. ¡°Those two¡­?¡± (Sera) That was when she was heard. Ray bluntly replied to Evelyn and threw a terrifying glare at Sera and at that moment, he threw a stone in a flash. ¡°Ouch!¡± Sera, who let out a breathless scream, stared at the stone that hit her with maddened eyes, but there was nothing she could do right now. Still, with determination Sera held her seat firmly. In the meantime, she was trying to hear anything she could catch. Then Evelyn spoke for a long time. ¡°So, don¡¯t do anything dangerous. If you are going to do it, please tell me in advance. How closed-minded are the villagers at an End Village, there are so many dangerous people why are you walking around like that?¡± ¡°To whom you should tell that. It¡¯s you who keeps going to the center of town, that would be more dangerous. No matter how much I am staying put inside, I know everything.¡± Are they talking about the villagers ignoring Evelyn? Sera rested her cheeks on her hand. ¡®Those two seem to get along better than I thought, right?¡¯ No. It sure looked like a fight before. ¡°That¡¯s right¡­but It¡¯s a different story with me.¡± ¡°It¡¯s no different.¡± ¡°I have to make money.¡± ¡°I gave you money.¡± ¡°Ah! I don¡¯t know. Let¡¯s eat dalgona.¡± Read latest Chapters at Wuxia World . Site Only Dalgona¡­? ¡®What is that?¡¯ Sera pricked her ears, trying to hear what she couldn¡¯t catch. ¡°So, when you sleep. Why aren¡¯t you sleeping in bed with me?¡± ¡­¡­What? Chapter 23 ¡°The look on your face. What¡¯s wrong with it? It¡¯s going to be the cold spring soon. We don¡¯t even have any medicine to use if you catch a cold. No, there is, but that is my food¡­¡± Why is cold medicine food? Sera¡¯s expression grew worse and worse. ¡°You¡¯re not feeling well either, you have to sleep well.¡± (Eve) ¡°Sigh.¡± (Raven) Then, a child named Ray, who had been silent, answered. ¡°Look who¡¯s talking.¡± (Raven) ¡°I can¡¯t yield this. Sleep in bed.¡± (Eve) ¡°I also can¡¯t give in. I¡¯ll sleep on the floor.¡± This, what¡­. Sera quietly got up from her seat. ¡°Huh? Se-Sera?¡± And when she found Evelyn, surprised and looking her way, Sera headed home, grumbling with a sour look on her face. ¡®What the¡­newlyweds?¡¯ I¡¯m annoyed. This is the only result she got after spying on them while starving. All she got was a bump that swelled after being hit by a stone. All of a sudden, Sera felt it was all in vain. It was a futile waste of time and she had no luck. Unlucky couple. After Sera went away while muttering like that, Evelyn, who was looking at her with dumbfounded eyes, chewed one of the crispy dalgona cookies. And told Raven, who stole money. ¡°Oh, right. Remember that house.¡± The place from where Raven brought the silver coin to apologize to her. I didn¡¯t ask him to return it because it was dangerous, but I told him to remember the house well. I¡¯ve already nailed it twice. ¡°I have to pay them back later.¡± (Eve) Raven, who was gently nodding his head with a strange face at her request, said. ¡°But the owner is dead.¡± ¡°What? Did you kill them?¡± Raven smiled as I raised my eyebrows up. ¡°No. He got caught in a robbery and died, and I brought the money he had left in the sole of his shoes.¡± ¡°¡­two silver coins?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°On the soles of his shoes?¡± ¡°I told you so.¡± ¡°Oh my god. How could that happen?¡± If so. Raven gave a calm, slightly evil smile. ¡®Well, he¡¯s really not dead, but I won¡¯t give it back because I stole it from the thief¡¯s house.¡¯ While thinking so. * * * Unlike the last time, the Emperor looked impatient. His face, which had lost even the gentle smile he habitually made, was very cold. ¡°Tell me again.¡± Hearing what was rarely said, the servant, who was lying down in front of him, trembled. ¡°There are no traces.¡± ¡°Does it make sense to say that there is not even a trace of a ripped patch of clothing?¡± ¡°It is thought that the little head of the North family is able to move through space.¡± ¡°You¡¯re talking nonsense.¡± The Emperor prided himself on knowing the power of the North family better than anyone else in the world. So he knew very well how absurd that statement was. ¡®No matter how much of a genius he is.¡¯ The boy was gifted enough to make the Emperor covet that blood. As such, the Young Head of this generation has been showing incredible talent from an early age. A boy who fits very well with the word genius. Yes, to be honest, half the purpose of this job was the child. The Emperor couldn¡¯t leave the boy alone. Perhaps the answer he wants lies in the blood of that young thing. If that were really the case, he would have inherited most of the characteristics of a demon compared to all of the descents. The ability to become greater and more powerful, even if they are of mixed races¡­ ¡°It seems you don¡¯t know, so I¡¯ll tell you again.¡± The truth. ¡°The power that comes down to the direct line of the North family, that is, space movement, is only manifested in those who have reached adulthood.¡± A long-standing nonaggression pact existed between the North Family and the Imperial Family. Come and read on our website wuxia worldsite. Thanks That is why the Emperor moved without using his own hands. A treaty was also conditioned to share some of each other¡¯s secrets. So this is the truth. ¡°How old is the child?¡± ¡°T-Twelve.¡± ¡°Then shall I judge you to be mad?¡± ¡°My liege, pl-please punish me, Your Majesty! However-!¡± The Emperor took a deep breath, and then let it out. With a dark and violent killing aura that was engulfed in that action, the servant kept his mouth shut. ¡°That¡¯s a little better.¡± I want to kill him, but he¡¯s still usable. Because he was from the Guild Athos. ¡°Surely, he must be hiding somewhere, even if you have to dig the ground you will find him, if you can¡¯t detect magical power, try to find blood.¡± At the command to do everything in his power, the Head of Guild Athos lowered his head deeply. After he left, the Emperor muttered as he looked at the round footprints that had been impolite left on the floor. ¡°No matter what.¡± * * * The stones that quickly embroidered in the air were strange. ¡°Ho-how are you doing that?¡± (Eve) As for the stones, what was on this side was instantly moved to the other side. ¡°It¡¯s more magical than the stars.¡± (Eve) ¡°That expression is quite true.¡± (Raven) ¡°How are you doing it?¡± Raven sarcastically said, as if it was nothing special. ¡°¡­¡­Like breathing?¡± ¡°Are you kidding me?¡± ¡°I just did it since I was born.¡± Now the stones were even dancing. I looked up in a daze and asked. ¡°Are you using magic? Do you have mana?¡± Of course there is, but the inner meaning of that question was because I knew that mana was sealed. How can he do that? ¡°This is not done by magic.¡± Raven, who had been silent for a while, replied quietly with a secret tone. ¡°Then what it is?¡± ¡°¡­Hmm. Just know it¡¯s a monster¡¯s ability.¡± ¡°Monster?¡± I frowned for a moment, then I said. ¡°But if you wear a wig and go to a circus, you can make a lot of money.¡± ¡°What money are you going to spend on buying wigs?¡± And I became sullen. Now that we had two silver coins, we will be able to relax for a while, but I still had to worry about money. Then Raven suddenly asked me. ¡°But can you survive just by eating that grass?¡± ¡°Yes. why?¡± ¡°Now, let¡¯s eat bread together.¡± With a face that seems to know everything. What is that all-knowing face? What do you know? I smiled and shook my head. ¡°It has become a habit.¡± In fact, I was curious about his mother, but that was going too far, so I decided not to ask. Peaceful times were just as good as they were. * * * ¡®Even though we have money, she doesn¡¯t eat bread, only that grass.¡¯ Thinking like that, Raven frowned. ¡®There¡¯s something.¡¯ He was still suspicious as before, but not with the meaning of vigilance, but in the meaning of worry. He knew that the herb also had a weak analgesic effect. Read latest Chapters at Wuxia World . Site Only The North family sometimes made juice out of it and sprayed it over the wound as a temporary measure. He also knew that it was a little more effective to eat. Even throw she convinced him that she doesn¡¯t need it for painkillers. ¡°¡­¡­¡± He decided to watch more. Chapter 24 Potion maker Jade has become a little kinder these days. It¡¯s because he¡¯s letting me help with real work! ¡°I am happy to be off the errand duty, Master.¡± ¡°You are not off.¡± ¡°Unfortunately¡­¡­¡± Jade snorted with a grumpy face. ¡°You don¡¯t cut well.¡± I¡¯m doing free labor. ¡®If you¡¯re going to nag, pay me, Master.¡¯ Two weeks had already passed. Thinking of Raven, I was working hard to trim a long piece of grass. ¡®Obviously, it felt like I got a little closer to Raven that day.¡¯ Watching how he adamantly defended sleeping on the floor, I was a little disappointed. ¡°You¡¯re thinking of something else.¡± ¡°No.¡± Would that be my only worry? Raven, who declared that he would eat grass soup together in the future, is getting in the way of my entire goal. ¡®What¡¯s the point of having money?¡¯ Now the need to buy bread is gone because of him. ¡®I need to take care of your nutrition, you idiot!¡¯ ¡°Ouch!¡± ¡°I knew you were going to be like that from the moment you stopped talking back to this ¡®Master¡¯.¡± I looked at Jade with a startled face. He threw a thin disposable cloth for persimmon on the injured area and said bitterly. ¡°Hurry up. It should be done in two hours.¡± ¡°Yes¡­..¡± I wrapped the injured area with it and started cutting again. Raven wasn¡¯t my only concern. Whatever will happen to his family was also on my mind, In the meantime, there were Sera and Jack with whom I kept fighting and who seemed to be changing in a bad way with their poisonous eyes. ¡®Still, those kids are the only people that talk to me as I pass by.¡¯ Come to think of it, it¡¯s also odd that these kids aren¡¯t really scared of me and Ray. A few other kids think I¡¯m ominous and treat me like no real human being. Anyway, after finishing today¡¯s work, I returned home with green onion kimchi. And while I came out to the center of town with Raven after a long time, I was being rejected again on my quest to sleep together ¡°You want to buy a used bed?¡± (Eve) I replied I don¡¯t need one, and Raven said. ¡°I need it.¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°If you don¡¯t like it, why don¡¯t you just stay the way we are now.¡± It wasn¡¯t that I didn¡¯t like it, it was that I couldn¡¯t. We have to pay the living expenses with those silver coins, so we can¡¯t buy a used bed. ¡°You know everything!¡± (Eve) Raven smiled coldly and in the end, I gave up sleeping together. ¡°All right.¡± (Eve) ¡°¡­ Are you letting it go?¡± (Raven) ¡°Yes. Let¡¯s sleep separately, who wants to sleep with you? It was better to sleep alone in bed.¡± (Eve) Even though his will was accepted, Raven had a sullen face. What a mean friend. ¡°And to say that I am sicker than you is nonsense. I¡¯m fit as a fiddle.¡± (Eve) Although I was easily exhausted mentally and physically, at least, the disease was still only causing pain, and it was something that I got used to. But he didn¡¯t lose the last word. ¡°You don¡¯t seem to know what ¡®fit as a fiddle¡¯ means.¡± (Raven) However, Raven said it without any hesitation, and even Sera and Jack, who came to pick a fight but were going back their way after seeing Ray, were nodding their heads at those words. I couldn¡¯t help but just stare at them. But no one sympathized with me, stricken at their absurdity. ¡®What¡¯s wrong with you?¡¯ I haven¡¯t even vomited blood yet. It was a peaceful and dissatisfying day. * * * This man, Jade, is a complete child exploiter in the eyes of Evelyn. Jade that had his dark-gray hair tightly tied up, was writing in his journal. [On a certain day of a certain month. 3 o¡¯clock. I made the kid handle the grass leaves of Garcia, the pollen of Undea, and the fruit of Forbe. All perfect. clean. She certainly looks dexterous.] Come and read on our website wuxia worldsite. Thanks [On a certain day of a certain month. 9 o¡¯clock. The cheeky child did everything she was asked to do while grumbling all the way to the end. Today, like every day, she headed to the place where she collected leftover materials. I never told her from my mouth that it was a dumpster, but she still seems to believe with an iron will that it was a dumpster. What a silly little brat. The kid threw the juice of today¡¯s chopped peppers into a container that looked as old as it could be. As expected, the kid who recognized something precious picked it up. She was very excited and went back with a joy-filled gait for a little thieving cat. She seems to have a cold, so I¡¯ll leave the juice of the Gomorrah fruit for tomorrow¡¯s job.] [On a certain day of a certain month. 10 o¡¯clock. Damn little thing. It came again in the morning. The little kid who interrupted my sweet sleep said. ¡°Master, look at this. Mixing the juices of the Yeastra fruit and the Gomorrah fruit showed the same effects as the Tuna fruit!¡± The tuna fruit is a hemostatic agent. The little brat didn¡¯t even care to tell where she got hurt. Damn little thing. Frustrating thing. I¡­¡±] ¡°¡­¡­¡± He blinked his eyes instead of writing in his journal. And only then did the experiment with the combination of berries that the child was talking about came inside his brain. He was astonished. ¡°It is known that mixing fruit juice is not good in theory, so I kept wondering what kind of nonsense she was talking about.¡± Is that kid a genius? Or maybe it was simply crazy lucky? But she really did it. ¡®No, I think it¡¯s even better than some.¡¯ I cut my arm with a knife and sprayed it on. It seemed to work better than a low-grade hemostatic agent made from Tuna fruit. To my surprise, it was a low-grade product with no mana added, mixed with only herbal juices! She ran around screaming strange things on the spot, calling it the discovery of the century, but realizing the reality only now, Jade was limp. ¡°Why is the genius of the century in such a hopeless village?¡± He was also from an {End Village}, and when the earth attribute magic manifested, he went to the Wizard¡¯s Tower and studied there. Although he was expelled for being too crazy about poison, he was not incompetent enough to be stuck in a place like this. And even though it was because of poison that he became a low-level potion maker, not because of his skills, he was good enough. Still, the only reason he was stuck here was that he knew that he could no longer make a career in the Empire. ¡°No one can cross that wall.¡± No matter how good or talented someone was, the Emperor would treat anyone from a {End Village} as a slave. No, not just the Emperor. Most of the imperial citizens did so. Not only the locals but also even people of other countries were also prejudiced if someone came from a {End Village}. I¡¯d rather be glad to be treated as someone who came from an underdeveloped place. But Jade was treated as if he could transmit infectious disease, or like he had blood from some kind of low-life class. In the end, he had no choice but to return. There was no hope in a life of being treated as a freak every day. That¡¯s what happened. ¡°She definitely has talent.¡± A child named Evelyn. A little girl with grit that somehow had a snuggly corner that made his heart warm. A kid who has a face that looks like she knows everything but naturally smiles like a child her age¡­ To him, who had no fun in life, that child was establishing itself as a very meaningful existence. I hope she doesn¡¯t rot here. Is there a way? ¡°Hold on. Did she say she had citizenship?¡± While bitterly looking through the journals and pondering something, he immediately took out a book as if he got an idea. ¡°If she had citizenship, she could hide that she was from an End village If you do not have a record of trading with a merchant, it is possible! And Evelyn was a very poor child. ¡°If you are from an End village, transaction history with Athos is proof of origin. But without that, when she becomes an adult, she wouldn¡¯t have any problems just using citizenship.¡± No, even if there is proof, it will naturally disappear from now on. Read latest Chapters at Wuxia World . Site Only Among the transaction details in Athos Guild, details related to any {End Village} will be discarded after five years. This is because it is a place where many people die. If there were no records for five years, Evelyn¡¯s life could possibly be headed on a much better path. ¡°It¡¯s a little risky, but I¡¯ll have to experiment.¡± He made a satisfied face. Chapter 25 ¡°Buy a book and whatever else you want with the rest of the money. However, all purchases must be made in my name.¡± If you are asked if you¡¯re on an errand, you can answer, but don¡¯t say that you came on an errand first. Along with unnecessary requests, the potion maker sent me on an errand. ¡°I will go, Master.¡± So, I was on my way back home after buying a book. ¡®I bought a few more to give to Raven.¡¯ Recalling Ray who was re-reading the same old books at home several times, I had a happy smile. The power of silver coins was truly amazing. Although I did not spend my own silver coins today, for the first time since becoming Evelyn, I got some change back. ¡°Since I¡¯m here, shall I buy some salt as well?¡± But it was then. ¡°You know, that albino.¡± (stranger) A skinny goat-bearded man was coming from across the other side. He was a memorable slave trader in my memory. I went into the bookshop again and hid, but I didn¡¯t know if it was effective. It¡¯s because Evelyn¡¯s appearance was too flashy. The bookseller didn¡¯t reject my silver coin, but I stood at the center of his gaze while at the bookstore. ¡®I have to go back quickly.¡¯ But as they passed by, I heard what the slave trader and his companions were saying. ¡°That albino kid. It must be about time to die of hunger¡­¡± Albino? Somehow, I thought that the eerie name was referring to Evelyn. They passed by me while I was hiding and said a few short words. ¡°I¡¯m willing to go to great lengths to go see the albino who must have been starving, you know? It¡¯s all about the effort to get rare items.¡± ¡°Yeah. I should run around like you. So when are you bringing the albino?¡± ¡°I¡¯m definitely going to nail it this time. The money must have run out. I¡¯m planning to go there next week, or so.¡± Ah. The original Evelyn did not go to crowded places, because everyone rejected her. Knowing that the slave trader could comfortably say such a thing on the street. He knew that I would never be able to come to this big shopping center in the {End Village}. But, even more so, it was impossible to prevent that trader to go to Evelyn¡¯s house. ¡®Because I¡¯ve always been like that.¡¯ What should I do? It was a little worrying, but I was happy to know when he would come in detail. ¡°The master saved my life.¡± The slave merchant who would take me for granted drifted away. After looking at his back, I went home right away without buying salt. ¡®Next week. Next week.¡¯ My head was so full of it, that I didn¡¯t realize that Sera and Jack, who were approaching to talk as usual, had coldly hardened their faces when they saw me holding a book. At the moment our faces were about to meet, they were so surprised they pretended not to see me. Oh, other than that, I took a handful of roadside dandelions I found on the way home. ¡°Thank you, Master, Ray will be delighted. Here¡¯s your change.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t need it, take it. By the way, when I asked you to buy what you needed, did you only buy books?¡± ¡°No, I picked up dandelions too. This is a present for Master.¡± When I showed a flower that I had roughly brushed off the dirt with a bashful smile, Jade sighed and coughed a few times. It seemed to me that he was in a good mood. Instead of being minced as a medicinal herb, the dandelions were placed in a small vase of unknown origin. * * * Sera and Jack have been at peace these days. The reason was because of the quiet Evelyn. It was also because Sera had calmed down for a while because of the last thing she overheard on her undercover mission. Jack wondered if Sera had given up her hatred for Evelyn. But it seemed to be the calm before the storm. Sera had reached the peak of her anger, and it was the same with Jack himself. The two always felt unexplained anger when they saw Evelyn. It was not the anger towards Evelyn herself, but the anger towards being from an {End Village}. However, at the same time, it was also a fit of specific anger that was released only when dumped on Evelyn. ¡°It¡¯s a book.¡± ¡°I know.¡± That was enough. No more words were needed. That was the really simple and stupid reason why they both hated Evelyn. No, not exactly hate. ¡°Book. I hate her so much.¡± It was envy. They wanted to bring Evelyn down because she was someone who seemed to be living in a world different from theirs. ¡°I know, Sera.¡± He was also envious. Jack nodded sullenly. ¡­Sera and Jack would not be able to leave this place for the rest of their lives. Even if they go out, they will suffer from the label of ¡®From an End Village¡¯ and be rejected for the rest of their life. They also can¡¯t learn to write because they don¡¯t have citizenship. ¡®There should be no such thing as dreams.¡¯ Contrary to the expectations of others, Jade, who prefers calm activities, also wanted to read. He wanted to read and expand his world. But he couldn¡¯t. Because the Empire did not allow non-citizens the opportunity to learn or write. So he hated Evelyn, who was proud of her citizenship. Ray, who looked unusual, just repulsed them, but Evelyn¡­ Because she was like them, yet different. They couldn¡¯t bring themselves to express such feelings to their parents. Therefore, they choose to fight Evelyn every day. Then, feeling like Evelyn was on the same level as them, they started to like her a little bit. By the way. ¡°Why is she staying in this town?¡± Sera grumbled with a sunken face. No money? ¡°You can borrow it. If it were me that had that citizenship, I would have borrowed it and flew to another place already.¡± If you have citizenship, you can borrow money well. But I guess Evelyn didn¡¯t know that seeing as she didn¡¯t borrow money. Even that was a disappointing thing about her. ¡°Ugly.¡± Sera bluntly said when she saw her face reflected in a window as she passed by. It must have reflected the sense of defeat that had been ingrained in her from birth, so Jack grabbed Sera¡¯s hand tightly. ¡°You are pretty.¡± ¡°Idiot.¡± After talking like that, she looked at Evelyn, who was moving away from them. Last time we had a fight and I was feeling quite refreshed, but this time, I must not let it pass. Actually, wouldn¡¯t I be able to get her as angry as before? Sera had her heart set to do it. So, according to Sera¡¯s plan, the two approached Evelyn. * * * I don¡¯t think it¡¯s possible to get {Bard} from a pharmacist. I constantly need a lot of it, and I also have to go to the forest to find the purest holy water anyway. ¡®I need to get used to the forest air.¡¯ The more she thought about it, the better it was to go directly to the forest and collect it. With this thought in mind, Evelyn turned toward the forest with a determined face. ¡°Where are you going?¡± Sera, who appeared from somewhere, asked bluntly. Evelyn responded by blinking her eyes. ¡°In the forest.¡± ¡°¡­You go just because you want to? Are you crazy?¡± Sera, who was about to say something, paused and asked. ¡°I just want to come in and have a look. Other than the bad air, I know there are some safe areas, right?¡± ¡°The air IS the main problem. What¡¯s the difference between going there and drinking poison?¡± ¡°Well. I¡¯ll figure something out, but I guess that¡¯s not what you meant to say, right?¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± Sera, who looked at Evelyn with suspicious eyes for a moment, flinched at her question. And she said with a determined face. ¡°Well, fine.¡± It¡¯s none of my business. Sera pondered, and with a face brightened, as if she had a good idea, said to Evelyn who was staring at her. ¡°If that¡¯s the case, go over there. Herbalists set up many signposts.¡± Chapter 26 ¡°What¡¯s going on with you?¡± ¡°Just because I don¡¯t want to see someone¡¯s dead body.¡± Shrugging her shoulders, Sera went away, while Jack changed the positions of the two signposts at Sera¡¯s plan. [Warning! Occasionally a sleeping fog appears ¨C Bard, Rekias, Koppelim, etc.] [A clean area without monsters ¨C Bard, Lupellin, Graham, etc.] About an hour later, if they let the potion maker or the adults know that a friend had entered the sleeping area, they will take her out. That¡¯s enough time to get a good taste of the poison air and learn her lesson. This time, I¡¯ll have to see that face turn into tears. Sera smiled triumphantly, but she did feel a bit restless. ¡®She doesn¡¯t usually go to the outskirts.¡¯ Does she plan to go without equipment or any preparations? ¡°Stupid wench.¡± Jack was confused about whether Sera was worried or angry, so he asked openly. ¡°Are you worried?¡± ¡°Sigh, Jack.¡± And he got an answer that showed how confused she was, as to whether she was aware of it or not. Then, on their way back, the two met Raven, who was standing in the shade and staring straight at them. ¡°So, what did you do this time?¡± He released a killing intent that was incomparable to the last time. ¡°Say it.¡± Raven, who always uses stones as a weapon to beat the two of them, stared at and pressured them. The frightened Jack was the first to speak. ¡°We taught her the wrong way to go grass digging towards the place where there is a fog that puts people to sleep.¡± Raven didn¡¯t even listen to Jack¡¯s gibberish to the end. ¡°Stop talking nonsense and wait here. If you move, when I¡¯m finished, I will kill you.¡± He meant every word. Leaving behind two stunned kids, Raven ran as it was. ¡®Evelyn, you fool!¡¯ No. Evelyn was not stupid. ¡®I¡¯m going to have to kill those two bastards.¡¯ It was urgent right now, so he had to go to Evelyn first. What the two knew only as a sleeping fog was actually a monster. A sleeping monster . It was not very well known that it was a carnivorous plant. Usually, people would only go over the forest during the day and were rescued from the fog that put them to sleep. But what if you went at night? ¡®There is no news because they were eaten.¡¯ In those cases, when people went to the forest at night others only assumed that they were just missing. This Vottis was very good at laying a low profile. They don¡¯t touch crowds and only target those who come alone. They also played cruelly with their sleeping prey for a long time. It was a monster with a temperament resembling a snake. ¡®Even the North family doesn¡¯t like to deal with it.¡¯ Evelyn is a worthy target for Vottis to delight in. A weak little girl that was alone. Isn¡¯t that Vottis¡¯s favorite game? Raven who was from the North family and lived for generations in the Shadow Forest knew. After the target falls asleep, when dusk comes, it will run towards its prey. He wants to cast spatial magic, but it was just not possible for him to do it right now because the magical seal was not broken. He measured the time by running with a look of dismay. ¡®How long has it been since she went in?¡¯ It was already early evening. Damn it. It was clear that Evelyn went into the early evening to stay out of people¡¯s eyes, avoiding the active hours. As long as the monsters don¡¯t come out, there¡¯s no problem. But. ¡°Damn!¡± Spitting out abusive language that was uncharacteristic of him, Raven roughly cut the palm of his hand, making drops of blood splatter. * * * Meanwhile, Evelyn was digging grass. In the meantime, by spying on the maker¡¯s house, helping him with work, and comparing it with her grandmother¡¯s memories, she was now able to pinpoint a few of the grasses by herself and she was greatly benefiting from it. Since she was a mixed race, which is rare in the Empire, she can last longer than normal humans. As she gradually began to harmonize with , it will last longer. ¡®That¡¯s how I¡¯ll find the map.¡¯ As she was doing her chores, something started creeping behind her. Evelyn, who was pulling the grass, rubbed her strangely stiff eyes without noticing it yet, and suddenly felt numb. ¡°But something is strange.¡± Earlier, the sign said that this is a safe zone and that you can gather Bards, Lupellins, and Grahams. ¡°Isn¡¯t this Rekias?¡± A medicinal herb that is toxic but is effective in soothing blisters. ¡°¡­..¡± Evelyn remembered the sign pointing the other way. [Warning! Occasionally a sleeping fog appears ¨C Bard, Rekias, Koppelim, etc.] Is the signpost wrong? That can¡¯t be. But before she could think any further, the sleepiness began to wash over her like a wave. ¡°I should go back. I was just going to check it out a little bit today.¡± The fog blurred her vision. Why is it foggy all of a sudden? Evelyn stumbled as she got up and at that moment. ¡°Bell!¡± Someone called for her. It was Raven, who came running with clenched teeth. * * * The magic is sealed and he can¡¯t release it right away, but the thought of saving Evelyn compelled Raven. So he used his blood. ¡®It¡¯s a method that shouldn¡¯t be used.¡¯ This was because of the history of the North family. Magic using blood is powerful, but it¡¯s temporary and only shortens the lifespan. ¡°Raven, you must never use that magic.¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°You may feel strong, but it is a shortcut to weakness.¡± ¡°Why do you get weak?¡± When the three-year-old Raven succeeded in the magic of blood that was never taught to him, his father had said. ¡°Remember our ancestors.¡± Our ancestors. A demon king who was characterized by dark hair, black eyes, and bright ivory skin. ¡°He wasn¡¯t the Demon King from the beginning.¡± It was then that Raven first heard the story about his ancestors. It was a story that was not recorded in any book. ¡°His name was Sado Jin-Hyeon.¡± ¡°Jin-hyeon?¡± ¡°They say that in this world, he was called Jenian.¡± It was a rare day, where he talked for a long time with a father who couldn¡¯t communicate well. ¡°He came from another world, he was a man who used a technique called dark arts. And.¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± ¡°That dark arts is what you are learning now.¡± There was a trap in that technique, and the head of the North family has a miserable end from generation to generation. ¡°Humans from another world become a different race when they came here.¡± But at the same time, he was a human being, so he could leave a legacy more easily than other races. Raven¡¯s father was also able to have a successor without problems, but even such a cruel fate was also easily handed down. ¡°It is said that those who master the family¡¯s dark arts will always be eaten by it at the end.¡± ¡°Dark arts?¡± ¡°¡­it means a fighting style that uses the dark parts of the heart as power.¡± ¡°Hm.¡± ¡°The stronger you get, the more you get eaten by those dark parts.¡± ¡°Then why do we have to learn it?¡± I remember my father¡¯s bitter smiling face. To Raven, it looked like he was about to cry. (Note: Here comes Wuxia again, ??(ħ¹¦), I a type of martial arts that infuses dangerous magic or energy to training the body. The difference in here, is that to obtain this type of technique, you have to train dangerously, that could potentially kill you along the way or has bad consequences on the user, you call it, pact with demons, continuous blood shed to hone skills, demon rituals, black magic. It¡¯s usually called dark arts as a category on the occident. Wuxia readers, correct me if I am wrong.) Chapter 27 ¡°If we don¡¯t learn it, we will immediately become monsters because we are heirs of the demon king¡¯s blood. If you use blood magic, the demon king¡¯s blood becomes more intense. There has never been a householder who could manage it¡­.besides, you already learned the dark arts even though you didn¡¯t want to learn it, right?¡± ¡°I never did.¡± ¡°Using it comes as natural as breathing. Anyway, be careful. No matter how strong you are, the only result left after using blood magic is to advance the future of becoming a Demon King.¡± ¡°But my stomach hurts.¡± ¡°If you use blood magic, that¡¯s the way it is. It¡¯s because you are young, so bear with it.¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± But, nevertheless, there was no hesitation. ¡®Better than using magic.¡¯ At the same time as he thought so, Raven used the blood dripping down the palm of his hand without leaving a single drop behind. One, two. He drew a couple of magic circles in the air and fixed them with a drop of blood. Find Evelyn. Although the gathering ground was wide, it was still the Shadow Forest. For Raven, it was a playground he had been playing in since birth. Finding her was quick. ¡°Evelyn.¡± But even before his words could reach her, the presence of a monster was felt. ¡°Bell!¡± Evelyn¡¯s white face was full of drowsiness as she turned to the sound of his shout. Stumble. The child could not control her body and was about to fall. In an instant, magic circles bled out with a resounding noise. An ominous ringing echoed in the vicinity, which gave chills to those even farther away, but before anyone else could come here, it would be all over. The moment the blood magic circle turned golden, it was complete. Raven saw a leaf-shaped hand of a monster extending towards Evelyn. Taah! Breaking the mist, Raven smashed the ground. With a red magic circle shining in golden on each hand. * * * When rain falls it¡¯s cold, but the water on my cheeks was a little warm. I felt a flash of consciousness. ¡®Did I fall asleep?¡¯ Things were hazy and I was dazed, but I clearly remembered that something dangerous had struck me. The fluttering leaves were different from the plants and trees I had always seen. It felt so eerie, that for a moment I thought I was going to die. Countless thoughts flashed through my mind in that brief moment. The first thing that came to mind was my brother. I may have been able to live with sincerity here because this was a world that child made. But I couldn¡¯t quite remember my brother¡¯s face. Dry hands, bloodless cheeks, and eyes that seemed to warn people he would leave at any moment because they were always looking far away. ¡°You know, sister.¡± Even the things that child said were a little odd. ¡°Writing is a glimpse into the world. I¡¯m obviously looking there, but I can¡¯t see everything. So I write only what I see.¡± A smile that was faint but firm. ¡°I really believe that the place of which I write of really exists.¡± ¡°I see.¡± ¡°There must be a lot of things I don¡¯t know. What even my sister doesn¡¯t know. It would be really interesting to see it in person, but I¡¯m afraid it will be difficult for me.¡± I remember, but somehow I couldn¡¯t think of it vividly, and as I tried to trace the memory, I thought of him. ¡®Raven.¡¯ The first person I met when I came into this world. A person who, after fighting a few times, I had built up several layers of shallow affection. But before I knew it, I really wanted the boy to be happy. He was obviously a child, but strangely like a friend, being together was very comforting. The memories with him were vivid. To the extent that I don¡¯t want to miss out. ¡®I didn¡¯t know my ending would be so sad.¡¯ Am I dead? If not. ¡®How long has it been?¡¯ I let out my breath and blinked my eyes. The trees that almost obscured the sky were included in the view that gradually became brighter and clearer. It was raining, heralding the winter to come. It¡¯s said that the northern sky is always dreaming, so when it sheds tears, the scent of flowers permeates the air. The rain that falls in the cold spring is as cold as ice, but it retains the fragrance of flowers, so it¡¯s often called the perfume of the sky. ¡°Can I collect it?¡± (Bell) But if I gather it, it¡¯s not rain anymore, just water. ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± (Ray) Suddenly, I knew who was talking. A foreign thing was sandwiched between the landscapes that caught my eye. White and pale cheeks. A nose that draws a tall and beautiful line and straight lips that look stubborn. Bright eyes, shining like the moon. Right. Even if they were golden, it resembles the moon more than the sun. ¡°I guess you¡¯re quite comfortable.¡± Even though he had such a dirty temper, the boy used to laugh a little on rare occasions. It was close to an unintentional laugh. ¡°Let¡¯s wait until you come back to your senses. Bell.¡± ¡°Are you calling me?¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°You called me Bell.¡± I raised my hand to sweep through his dark hair. ¡°¡­¡­..Do you like it?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± I smiled softly as I answered, but I started to fall asleep again. ¡°Sleep a little more. When you wake up, it will all be over.¡± Weird. Why is he so sweet? I think I fell asleep thinking about that. How long has it been? For a moment, I felt my mind come back. When I blankly turned my eyes, a magic circle shining in a bright golden light melted away three monsters. Black ashes were flying everywhere. A pale, tired Raven was sweating in a cold sweat as gold and black ashes rose like a haze. I realized I was lying on the floor and leaning on Ray¡¯s lap. ¡®Oh my God.¡¯ As I opened my eyes wide I heard a small voice. ¡°Are you awake?¡± Raven was wiping the sweat from his forehead. ¡°Ray?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± It seemed like he was roughly wiping his sweat, but he had a trembling hand. As I blinked and looked up at him, I felt strange. I was looking around because I sniffed a strange burning smell, but Ray¡¯s hand firmly supported my face and prevented me from turning my head. ¡°Why?¡± ¡°If you¡¯re up, let¡¯s go.¡± ¡°¡­¡­Yes.¡± It wasn¡¯t until I got up that I realized that Raven was in such bad shape that he couldn¡¯t even get up. ¡°Ray! You¡­why are you like this! Huh?¡± ¡°Ha-ha.¡± While being slapped with his refusing to say the bare minimum, Ray, who strangely smiled stood up with my help and I involuntarily looked up at the sky at the same time. I hardened immediately. A golden magic circle was becoming ashes in the air. It was just like the tales of heroes from ages forgotten. The serene and majestic scene that would come out of a fantasy movie froze me still. ¡°It¡¯s not bad that it happened like this.¡± Then Raven said so. I questioned his sudden remark, but he quietly raised the corners of his mouth not answering me. He just said one thing right after we left the forest. ¡°I have no regrets.¡± I didn¡¯t ask anything, but I felt like I heard an answer. I have a feeling that something was wrong, but at the same time, nothing went wrong, and things started to flow somewhere¡­ I was caught up in an unknown feeling. ¡°Bell.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± He said to me, who was still a little hazy. ¡°Come on. Sera and Jack are waiting.¡± It was an uncharacteristically gentle tone of voice. But why does it feels even colder than normal? I got goosebumps because of his calm tone. Only then did I grasp the overall situation and nodded with a frown.