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Chapter 290
Incarnation of the Black Sun (Illustration)
The Black Sun.
For Ferda, it was a story he was hearing for the first time.
In his childhood, the Althea Religion had been devout, but the stories about it were always just heroic tales.
"Do you remember what you said I would become, Regent Ferda-nim?"
"You said Mad Moon."
Е n ü m̈ӓ
"Yes. The insane moon that destroys everything."
"Are you saying there's a similar existence in Althea's stories?"
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"Where there is light, there is also darkness. Even if that existence is what people believe to be the most intense light."
Angrem brought her finger to her lips.
"Because it's such a brilliant light, it's only natural that the darkness within is desperate to hide.
Angrem smiles.
W̆ê bn̆ о v el̆ Еń ü m а̀
One could clearly feel how much she loathed the people of the Althea Religion.
"So, to tell you, the Althea Religion also has a similar path to ruin. That is the Black Sun."
"What is that?"
"The sun turning black at the highest point in the sky. A sign of calamity that sends darkness down upon the earth while spewing the hottest flames."
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Hearing those words, Ferda thought this:
It's not without possibility.
W̊ е̌ b n̈ о́v́ é ĺ E n um̌а
But how does this woman know that?
Or is it something similar to fanatics closing their eyes and ears and screaming?
'It's a bit strange, but still, it doesn't feel like a fanatic......'
Ferda asked cautiously, holding his suspicion.
"Does that mean she becomes the Princess?"
"Yes. The Princess's lineage is no ordinary thing. You know that well too, don't you, Ferda-nim?"
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I know.
When he tried to ask Sitri for help to find Olivia's whereabouts, she said this:
That demon blood flows in the people of the Arken Family.
Ferda had no choice but to believe Sitri's words.
It was a truth she had revealed staking her name, and Ferda had also seen it directly, so he could say it with certainty.
He saw with his own two eyes the one who had been Grand Duke Golt's right hand, Sir Rooster, being killed, and coming in the form of Amon.
Е ñ ŭ mа̌...ĭd̆
"How do you know that?"
"Because I've accumulated a lot of seeing and hearing over a long time. Standing behind the sun and punishing their injustice and corruption is our job."
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"If punishing is your role, shouldn't you reveal to the world that they're demons and rise up?"
"That's impossible. Because the Arken Empire is under the dragons' protection. It's hard to touch them carelessly."
"So punishment is selective in the end, too."
Ferda instinctively rubbed Angrem the wrong way.
Ӗ nü_m̂a . i d
But Angrem didn't lose her gentleness.
"I can't deny that. With our power, it's hard to touch the imperial bloodline. To make a bit of an excuse, the imperial family is faithful to their duty."
"What do you mean?"
"Why do you think no collateral branches come from the Arken Family?"
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Sitri had said that too.
The absence of collateral branches could be thought of on the surface as a means to prevent power from splitting.
Е̂n̆ ŭḿá
"The demon bloodline must not take root. Because those who become Emperor have been faithful to that duty."
"So you couldn't kill them?"
"There's no need to move while taking on that much burden."
Angrem summarized what had been said.
"Anyway, demon blood flows in the royal family. The only one who knows that is the Emperor."
"Yes."
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She tapped her finger on her chin and muttered.
"Does Olivia herself know that fact?"
"Probably......"
The mouth that was about to say she wouldn't know stopped.
Olivia is a smart woman.
When it came to political movements or scheming, she always helped, and she was actually a great help.
Е n_üm̆ а̃ .i d
Such a smart woman might make mistakes several times, but you can't conclude she's ignorant.
Especially such a fatal secret.
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"What do you think?"
"I don't know. Because I'm not Olivia."
"That's right."
Demon blood flows in Olivia.
Еn ǔm̆ӓ_
But even with such a body, she became a body that could handle divine magic, and she's trying to move past the 4th Circle to the next stage.
-Think about it. Having my blood, reeking of my scent, yet a body that can use divine power. What do you think would happen if I could take that body?
Sitri's words helped organize Ferda's thoughts, and Ferda could predict one thing.
"I think I understand what the Black Sun is."
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The sun has been the light shining on the present world since ancient times.
The power floating at the highest place, separating from the other world.
Е̇n úmа̇
The Black Sun means losing that power.
"In other words, the boundary between Hell and the present world collapsing. The great armies within won't stop until they devour everything from the Barren Land to the Land of Ice."
"And you're saying Olivia becomes the medium for that."
"Yes."
"How is that possible?"
Sitri said it was possible to use Olivia, but she didn't explain exactly what structure makes it work.
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Angrem could answer that question.
"Do you know how the Demon King was made?"
"Emotional Reflux."
A mage who lived on the emotion of love hits rock bottom from that sense of loss, and what comes should be death.
But the man didn't die.
Pain close to death came again and again, but that pain became a new source.
Е́nů m̆ӓ . і̃ d
And he became the Demon King.
"The Princess's Circle is made of faith."
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"That's right."
"But that's just what's known to the world. Would that woman really be made of faith?"
"If not that, then what?"
"Ferda-nim, when it comes to things related to yourself, you tend to get a bit dull. Or do you know but pretend not to?"
Е̂ n̈ ū m а
Ferda didn't open his mouth, only answering inside.
He thought the latter was closer.
"Try answering. How did the Princess reach the 4th Circle?"
Olivia entering the 4th Circle was from when she started being with Ferda.
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The past her made no progress in the 3rd Circle even after decades.
But while being with Ferda, from then on, Olivia grew explosively.
Е ñum̈ а̂
'The place where the 4th Circle was created was......'
An inn.
She achieved great merit in the war.
But she wasn't rewarded.
She showed herself crumbling.
If the one who tried the hardest produces plausible results yet isn't rewarded, there's nothing more miserable.
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Ferda pitied Olivia and felt sympathy.
That day, Ferda had to subdue Olivia doing something dangerous with a dagger and laid her on the bed.
In this space with only each other, they looked at each other relying on a single candle.
Face flushed red with alcohol.
Blue eyes shining even more in contrast.
Brilliant golden hair.
Ě_nu må_
And the Circle's movement began.
Ferda quietly closed his eyes.
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He tries hard to turn the conclusion he was reaching toward somewhere else.
Even if you tell yourself not to think of words, humans are creatures that recall words in their heads.
Like a stone set on a slope rolling toward the bottom, Ferda's thoughts don't stop either.
Ureas's last words.
W̊ e ḃn̂ о̆v́е̊.l̆ Е́ n ŭ ṁ а̊
Valdemar's warning.
Black handkerchief.
"The reason Olivia reached the 4th Circle...... is because she held yearning affection for me."
In the end, he spat it out.
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"But I don't love Olivia."
"That would be the case."
Ŵ е̃_bn оv́ еl̃ E̊ ñ.um̆ a
"Then why do I have to save her?"
"I told you. She'll become the Black Sun."
Yearning affection and Emotional Reflux.
"If the Regent doesn't save Olivia, Grand Duke Golt, having gained justification, will take her as his wife. But will that be the end?"
Valdemar is a thorough human.
Having chased Olivia for more than half her life, once he has her, he won't let go easily.
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"Grand Duke Golt will thoroughly treat her as his possession. Even receiving the Divine Stigma, she'll no longer be able to fulfill that oath."
Alexander ascends the throne, and Valdemar retires.
His wish disappears.
Like a stagnant pool, it won't be filled but only dry up.
Anything can be contained in that.
"Humans aren't that strong. How long will the favor directed at the Regent continue?"
E n̄ um̆ а
I don't know.
Because that's the human heart.
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"There's a saying that if you put a dot in front of 'nim', it becomes 'nam' (stranger/man). The greater the yearning affection, the greater the sense of loss."
"........"
At those words, Ferda's own image came to mind.
Since losing his mother, he lost everything.
En u m_а̌
Family love disappeared, the house disappeared, and everything he'd had for years was denied.
He didn't let go of the thread of hope that someday they'd recognize him.
The moment he was chosen as Valdrova's fiancé, everything vanished like bubbles.
And family became strangers.
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"Let's assume I saved her."
"Yes."
Ĕ n u m_а̇ . і d
"If that woman arbitrarily creates a misunderstanding toward me, and that yearning affection only grows, how am I supposed to take responsibility for the aftermath?"
Ferda has no heart for Olivia.
But Olivia has a heart for Ferda.
If only her heart grows in this one-sided situation, in the end only betrayal will remain.
It just pushes back the coming calamity.
"In the end, what we fear is her becoming the Incarnation of the Black Sun and becoming a calamity."
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"Yes."
"That woman becoming a Saintess is none of my business. She's just a mere human anyway. And her becoming a Saintess would be even more helpful to the Regent, right?"
"That's correct."
"Then just use her."
"You mean use her like a tool."
"Isn't that kind of relationship the most comfortable for the Regent?"
Е̄ n̊umä . і̆ d
He couldn't answer.
Because her words were true.
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Even so, he didn't want Olivia to meet such an ending.
Why?
'Empathy.'
He recalled the emotion he felt when he saw her.
Е n̆u mа̂_
It was an empathy only those whose pure hearts were trampled could know.
"It seems the Regent doesn't wish for that kind of future."
"........"
"So there's one more method."
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Ferda could feel it.
That what made him worry until now was to bring out these words.
Wӗ bn̈_о v еl̈ Е n ü m̊ а̀
"If the Regent wishes, I can change that woman's heart."
"Erase the yearning affection she held for me?"
"Precisely, it's redirecting it. To the place it originally should have been."
"So you're saying you'll do something like Hypnotic Brainwashing."
"I'm just making a proposal that would be good for the Regent."
Angrem said.
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"You can't save everyone in the world, and if you want something bigger, you need to shake off the small things."
When Angrem's words ended, an uncomfortable atmosphere flowed.
Angrem's small lips don't move, but she was asking like this:
What will you do?
Ferda decided to spit out what had been lingering in his mouth.
"Are you on my side?"
Ẅ ẽ b nоv е l Еň u m̌ а̌
A final question thrown once more.
Angrem answered that question like this:
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"That's why I'm looking for a way for you to escape your fate."
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Ferda just let Angrem and Yubel go.
There was no more story to tell, and if he held them longer, he tried not to leave room for other misunderstandings.
Е̄ n ŭm а̌.і̇d̊
He gave money to Yubel and Angrem and ended it with just the fact that they contributed like other adventurers.
Such treatment passed quietly without any suspicion.
On the way, Yubel went 'sak! sak!' and stubbornly refused to leave, but anyway, it was resolved.
Ferda stood quietly in the City Hall conference room and looked outside.
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The streets turned into a mess by demon creatures.
The sight of villagers cleaning up those corpses was visible to Ferda.
Ēnù ṁ_а̀
'Demon creature attack.'
Demon creatures are different from monsters.
Monsters, which have psychology, instinctively run away frantically if you break their momentum.
Demon creatures are things that don't stop baring their teeth even until they die.
Combined with tenacious vitality, they're the most troublesome creatures.
Even so, this level of damage was close to a miracle.
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Ferda himself knew that well.
But where his eyes turned was different.
Three human corpses beside dozens of demon creature corpses.
Even though their faces were covered with cloth, people recognized them and were wailing.
They were someone's children, someone's lovers, and someone's fathers.
'If you don't shoulder the risk, you gain nothing.'
Wе bn̆ о̃v̀е̂ l̀ Ӗñu̇ m̀ а
It was a word he'd repeated in his heart countless times.
Isn't this an expected result?
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But he couldn't hide his troubled heart.
The reason he couldn't guarantee Olivia's heart would remain constant was exactly this.
Ferda himself was the same.
Emotion welled up in Ferda's heart.
Е ńum̂ å . їd̊
It was something hard to define, only knowing it was touching Ferda's darkest thing.
Normally, he would have thought it was unlike him and avoided it.
Not now.
Ferda thought about it.
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What was it that I truly wanted?
"I greet the Regent. I heard you called for me, so I came."
Е n ü m̊а̀ .і̇ d́
Garnet, who was directing the street cleaning as the Merchant Guild Master, came to the conference room.
The reason he called her was to say Olivia's rescue operation was needed.
But right now, those words wouldn't come out.
"Henri Dandolo......"
What came from his mouth was a man's name.
Garnet couldn't help but be surprised at the sudden name.
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"Do you think that person is involved in this incident?"
"No, he has nothing to do with this incident."
He's just a man who loved one woman.
"Just suddenly wondered how that man was doing, so the name came out."
"With many incidents breaking out recently, and Henri Dandolo having no clear tracks since his seclusion, he's been left alone, but if you order me to investigate his recent situation, I'll commence."
He gave everything to Ferda, and obtained Tilda.
E n̈ u m̂а . і̀ d̄
That utterly one-sided love was being projected onto Olivia.
How is he doing with that woman he obtained by giving up everything of his own?
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"Please do."
Until results come, let's not keep it in mind.
Ferda steadied his heart like that, and brought up the main story to Garnet.
