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Chapter 371
Swallow
In front of the Merchant Association Director's Office.
Jed knocked on the door.
"-Don't come in."
A vicious single sentence was heard from beyond the door.
It was unmistakably Garnet's voice.
Ẅе̄bn̆ о̂ ṽе l̄ E n uḿ ӑ
"-With what face do you brazenly come find me? Disappear right now."
Garnet said so.
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All sorts of emotions were contained in that voice.
Relief at the fact that she was still alive.
Following that was guilt over having betrayed her.
Unbecoming of a swallow who seduces women's hearts, he just stood there blankly.
Ĕñ ũ m_а̃
Then he opened his mouth.
"If that's what you want, this could be the last time."
He suppresses that guilt with brazenness.
"Should I really not go in?"
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No answer returned.
Jed quietly opened the door.
En ūm a
Inside the Merchant Association Director's Office, a chair was turned backwards so her face couldn't be seen.
Only her dark skin and ring visible on the armrest allowed him to barely recognize her.
"Close the door."
She said in a tone suppressing her emotions.
"I don't want the whole neighborhood gossiping about me being with you."
"Right."
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Jed closed the door and walked toward her.
When troubled, it's best to maintain an appropriate distance.
So he stood about 5 meters away and looked at her back.
"Why did you come? After committing such a terrible act, you have no shame?"
"Because I committed a terrible act. Not only did I betray you, I even tried to kill you."
"You brazen bastard....... So you thought if you begged pathetically I'd forgive you? Do you think I'm that easy a woman? Like other women?"
Ẁ êb̄n о́ v̈ el̄ Е́n ŭmа
"That's not it."
Jed answered in a calm voice.
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"Driving a dagger into your heart was a dangerous gamble. Honestly, I couldn't think of anything but that you were dead."
"......."
"So I thought if you were dead, sister or not, I'd have to follow you in death. Even thinking you were alive, I considered disappearing forever. That's why coming here was incredibly hard."
"......."
Еñ_û ṁ а
"I heard from Regent Ferda. That not only were you alive, but you even protected me. That's when I reached a conclusion."
"......."
"No matter what happens, I take responsibility for this woman."
He placed his hand on his own chest.
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"You gave me your heart, so now it's time I offer mine to you. So do whatever you want until your anger subsides. If you want, I'll even do to me exactly what you felt."
Only then did the chair turn.
Ѐ n um а́.і́ d
A woman with silver hair and dark skin.
What flowed in that woman's eyes were hot tears.
"You son of a bitch...... you damn son of a bitch who deserves divine punishment......."
Garnet couldn't forgive him no matter what.
Even after giving her such deep wounds, she couldn't forgive herself for still loving such a man.
"Come closer."
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Jed obediently walked over.
Garnet grabbed his face and examined it.
"Why does your face look like an ajeossi now? Even when you rolled around as a mercenary, you bastard had smooth skin."
"Guess I've aged too."
"Why does a guy who lives off his face not know how to be thick-skinned? Blinking an eye over one woman, does that make sense?"
"So I'm no good now?"
Web̄n о v̄е l_ .Еnuḿa
The hand holding his face trembled faintly.
"There'll be some use for it."
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Garnet said, letting go of his face.
"Manage yourself again. Your worth exists only when seducing women."
"Those words......."
"A proper secret agent should carry their weapon well."
Еn umа̄
"Is it okay if I go around doing that kind of thing again?"
Garnet bit her lip.
Her desire was screaming to monopolize Jed, and Jed heard it too.
"You're a knight here. So am I. It's just going back to square one."
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"Would be. I said something stupid."
"Instead, promise me just one thing."
Ẅ е́bn̆ о̊v́e.l E nǔ m̌а̊
"Tell me."
Garnet swallowed down what was rising in her throat and said.
"Whether it's for a mission or your whim, I don't care if you sleep with other women. But the first child must absolutely be mine. Got it?"
A hollow laugh burst from Jed.
"If you want, we can do it right now."
"I don't want to have my first child as an illegitimate child."
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"Want to get married right now?"
"No."
"Then shall we not sleep together?"
Garnet said with a fed-up expression.
"You beast-like bastard."
Her lips overlapped with Jed's.
W̆е b̊ ño̊v̈el̂ Ĕǹ u ṁ а
Sticky and sweet.
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The next day, Jed was summoned by Ferda and returned to the castle.
"You're a bit late."
"Had a hard time peeling off what was stuck to me."
Ferda frowned.
Ẁе́ bn̄o vе̄ l̃ Ӗn̄ů.m̃ а
Jed reflected on his own words and explained.
"That's not it. She just threw a fit crying 'can't I not go?' so I just hugged her a bit."
"Hugged, huh."
"I said a hug. A hug. Do you hug the Regent too?"
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"Don't say such things even as a joke."
Ferda recoiled in disgust and stepped back, and Jed chuckled.
Еn̊u m̂ã ..і́d̆
Thus the two headed to the underground prison.
Ferda had prepared things for his promise with Jed.
"It's the Haiju Magic Circle. Things prepared to free the body bound by the Saintess's duty."
He had transcribed and verified all the letters inscribed in the gems Angrem left behind.
What was created that way was the Haiju Magic Circle.
Jed listened to that story half-heartedly.
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His nerves were already focused in one place.
The woman lying on top of the magic circle.
The woman there was the one Swallow had spent his entire life chasing.
"I heard about it, but this woman really was my sister."
Jed quietly examined the face of the woman sleeping as if dead.
Seeing only her black hair, I thought her origins were different, but examining her face closely changed my mind.
Ẃе b́ n̆ о̇ v̀е̃l̀ Еn̂ ů m а̇
"Looking now, she resembles Mother a bit. To only notice this now."
"Your mother must have been a beauty."
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"She wasn't that much of a beauty. Mother had a unique eye shape, and she only resembles that. Since she always smiled in front of us, it wasn't easy to know her other faces."
Watching him immersed in sentiment, Ferda continued explaining.
"The assassin called Sierra's Wolf accumulates generations and stacks those memories. She forges those memories into the form of a sword and puts it inside the Saintess's body. That means the souls of all previous assassins dwell inside her body."
"How many are attached to this small body?"
Е n ŭ mа̃
"666."
"So I have to fight against 666 swords in total."
Jed smiled bitterly.
"Performing the Haiju is entirely up to you."
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"Yes, I know."
I didn't want to think it would go wrong.
Ẁ е b n̂o.v̆е l Ē ń u m̃а̇
But there was one thing caught in Jed's heart.
"If I fail, my sister—."
"I'll protect her from Penelope."
Jed's eyes went round.
"......Damn, you're like a master. I guess you'll protect her well from that crazy bitch?"
"Don't worry. If worst comes to worst, I'll just kill her."
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Jed burst out laughing.
Having received that promise, nothing held his heart back anymore.
Jed entered the circle and tore the scroll Ferda handed him.
The formulas dwelling inside manifested, and the magic circle manifested in blue.
It was quite different from the brightness of an ordinary magic circle.
It settled into a faint light, and at that moment the dim space completely transformed.
Е̇ň ŭm̃ ă
An infinite space where one couldn't tell where the beginning or end was.
This was the prison where those bound by the name Yubel existed.
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The moon was visible first.
No, was that really the moon?
Looking at the moon like a giant pupil, it felt like the moon was looking at him too.
Shortly after, the floor rippled like a calm lake and something rose from below.
Е̂ nū m̈ а.іd̆
It was a sword.
At first there was only the sword.
From the hilt of the sword floating in midair, a hand grew, then gradually took shape and became numerous human forms.
What was before his eyes were 666 spirits.
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Across generations, the Saintesses of the Waning Moon who had worked as assassins stood before Jed to avoid losing their host.
"-Give up."
E n̈ ũm ӓ .ĭ d̀
"-This child is ours."
"-She will serve Lady Sierra, and in the end become a host who becomes one with us."
They warned in low voices.
Jed laughed.
He drew his dagger.
"We won't understand each other anyway, so let's not drag this out too long."
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It rotated sharply in his palm.
"Give me back my sister, you old hags."
Jed leaped toward the evil spirits.
Countless swords aimed their blades to kill Jed.
A sharpness he had never once shown Ferda.
The skill Garnet had only vaguely perceived.
Е n̊ um а . id
Jed revealed himself fully.
"-You're strong."
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"-If only you weren't a man, a soul worth coveting."
"Haha, sorry but this body already has an owner!"
Skill brilliant enough to be praised by the assassin spirits.
Jed was a descendant of the Red-Eyed Tribe.
Е n um̂ а̇ . і̃ d́
The Red-Eyed Tribe were a clan who created circus troupes generation after generation and wandered the continent.
But even that was just a cover; they were an assassin group called Mage Slayers who killed high mages who could disturb the continent's order.
Jed had a father who was the leader of the assassin group.
As a first-class assassin and a natural circus troupe leader, he was highly expected.
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Having inherited the troupe leader's blood, the power in his eyes was powerful, and building a body worthy of that strong power was essential.
That's why Jed received harsh training from a young age.
Ẁѐ.b n̈о̀ ṽ ė.l̆ Е̄n ů m̃ а
Throwing techniques, assassination methods, detoxification, and survival skills.
He endured through precarious training that other children his age could never withstand.
At first he thought that was natural.
He thought to endure the discomfort because it was the mission of those inheriting the troupe leader's blood.
However, those thoughts were denied when his sister, Emilia, was born.
Unlike him who trained moving while starving for four days, she always ate good food and wore good clothes.
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From that day, Jed hated his sister.
While jealousy toward a sibling is normal psychology, Jed was different from other siblings.
He hated that child who enjoyed everything he couldn't.
"-Your sister will become a princess. Until you become an adult, protecting the princess is your duty."
The princess's duty was only to dance.
That dance was simple too.
W̆è b̈ nо̊v е l Е nûm̃ā
Three steps walking
Two claps
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One half-bow
Just repeating those extremely simple movements.
The fact that he was the troupe leader's son was hateful,
The fact that he was a man was hateful,
E n̄ ū m̆а .і d
He hated Emilia who possessed everything he couldn't have.
"-Oppa, Emmi brought this. Let's eat together."
Even her bringing snacks secretly with a good-natured smile was hateful.
One day, finding it too hard to endure, he confessed his feelings to his father.
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He nodded as if understanding and said this.
"-Someday you'll understand your sister's value."
Е n̄u m̌ӓ
His strict father said so.
His young heart couldn't understand that.
It was like that until the Coming-of-Age Ceremony began.
Since the Red-Eyed Tribe had special power, to fully inherit that power they had to go through a ceremony prepared for death.
The reason they underwent harsh training as assassins was also for that.
If he had given leeway due to clumsy paternal affection, he would never have endured the rushing pains.
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A full three days.
Without painkillers or sedatives, he had to endure only with mental strength.
If 21 hours a day were constant pain, the remaining 3 hours were severe agony.
Then he cursed everything.
He cursed the world, cursed his parents, cursed his sister.
Those curses became driving force, and the terribly long Coming-of-Age Ceremony finally ended.
W е b̂ n̄оv́ѐ l̈ Е nu m̌ а̌
Jed finally became an adult.
Like a doll with broken emotions, he felt nothing.
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"-Shouldn't you go see your sister?"
He didn't answer.
Only the thought that the princess had fulfilled her duty and would now become a stranger.
"-I'll show you the pain your sister went through."
Ẁ e b̂ ñоv̊ ӗ l̇ Е ñ u ḿ а̄
The place his father took him was the training ground.
There, fine white sand was laid, and whenever sweat and blood stained it, it was always washed clean.
Knowing such a sight, Jed was shocked.
This was the first time seeing such a red floor.
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At first he thought it was red sand, but it couldn't be circular like this.
Above all, nothing gives off such an unpleasant fishy smell but blood.
Ê n̈ u m̊ а̊
"-These are the pains your sister suffered for you. Do you remember when you felt severe pain during the three days?"
He remembers clearly.
It was so painful he counted directly.
3 hours out of 24 hours a day.
"-Other than that, your sister took all the pain."
Other than that, all were pains the princess had to bear.
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Taking three steps, clapping twice - a terribly simple task.
But she repeated that action without rest for three days.
While swallowing the pain her brother would feel.
No matter how much Jed thought about it, he couldn't believe it.
He even threw in an escapist inference wondering if the father's rhetoric that captivated hundreds of thousands was directed at him too.
The fact that so much blood poured from a mere 8-year-old brat's body.
Ẁ é b̀ n ov̂ e̊l Е́ n um̆а
Above all, the fact that she didn't stop dancing even knowing she was receiving pain that wasn't hers.
It made the hatred toward his sister that he'd built up for so long meaningless.
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His heart was empty to the point of hollowness.
He didn't know how to define this emotion.
Jed agonized deeply, then rose from his seat and went to his sister's room.
She lay in a miserable state, as much as the blood she'd shed.
Е n umа̊
She was wrapped in bandages all over her body, even her face covered so he couldn't recognize her.
At first he thought she was dead.
Only seeing her small chest rise and fall did he let go of his sinking heart.
Jed quietly sat before her.
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"-Oppa?"
Two syllables exhaled with faint breathing.
É ňum а
Jed couldn't answer.
"-Is your body...... okay?"
That frustration tightened his chest even more.
"-Emmi tried really hard. If I do this, Oppa will hurt less. Hehehe......"
Laughter flowed from trembling lips.
The frustration kept growing, and he still didn't know what to say.
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Deceiving others was daily life at the circus, but before Emilia he couldn't even produce that smile.
Jed placed his hand on Emilia's hand.
He carefully overlapped it on the back of her hand.
She smiles broadly as if something's good.
"-Since Emmi did a good job, can I ask Oppa for one favor?"
He told her to speak.
Е́ n.u mа́ .ï d.
"-When you get up again, play with Emmi. I want to play with Oppa."
He thought it was fortunate that child couldn't open her eyes.
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Even holding his breath and hiding his heart, he wouldn't see the tears dropping one by one.
That day, Jed vowed in his heart.
That he would protect the princess no matter what.
'But I failed to protect her.'
Ě ń ŭ m̈а
When everyone died and he alone survived, he tried to take his own life.
But learning Emilia was alive, Jed tracked her.
Becoming a knight of the Grand Duchy, he vowed.
When he met his sister again, he'd become a knight she could boast of like in a fairy tale.
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'Truly cowardly and shameful acts, but.......'
Still, he wants to talk.
Е̃ ń u m̈ а
Even if he can't be a proud brother, he just wanted to talk.
That's why Jed advanced, tearing through the spirits with his dagger.
535 remaining.
It was strange.
The more he counted the numbers, the more they decreased, but they only seemed to grow.
Doubt grows in Jed's heart.
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Can this go on forever?
My stamina is finite, and facing them will consume it all.
The moment I'm wounded, they'll pour a concentrated attack and kill me in one blow.
Then my failure is only natural, isn't it?
His will begins to break.
The thought of wanting to see his sister becomes increasingly scattered.
Ёn ū m̊ а.i̇ d
Failure becomes a foregone conclusion.
Clap clap!
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Two claps.
At first he thought he misheard.
Clap clap!
But it's heard again.
È nùmа̌
That sound coming with a steady rhythm was clearly visible beyond the spirits' shoulders.
His childhood sister stood there.
She was dancing.
Three steps walking
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Two claps
One half-bow
Ӗ ñu.m̃ а . ї ď
She draws a circle leaving red footprints.
'She's dancing for me again.'
Emilia.
What resolve had that young girl made when she was designated as princess?
No, she wouldn't have made any resolve.
How long she'd have to dance,
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How painful it would be - she didn't worry about such things.
She just wished for her brother to get better.
That single-minded thought dyed the white sand bright red in a circle,
And she just kept dancing without stopping.
'Sister.'
Now I dance for you.
Е̇ n̂ u m̀ а. іd́
I must survive in this terribly tangled dance to free you.
But I'm not as strong as you.
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So dance for me.
So I can endure this moment even a little.
So I can get you back.
Just a little.
Еn ûm̃ȧ.iḋ
Just a tiny bit more.......
Until this number reaches 0.
"Ah......ppa?"
A voice suddenly heard while dancing in a trance.
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Jed opens his eyes to reality.
The girl who had been lying down looks at Jed and asks that.
Ŵ eb̄ň о̇v́ е́ l Ĕn ūm̈ а́
Black hair.
But red eyes that no one can imitate.
"Dad......dy?"
Hearing those words, Jed chuckled.
"Do I look like your dad, you wench?"
"Uh......."
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She stares blankly then smiles brightly.
"It's Oppa."
Even after being apart for so long, that smile still retained the appearance of that girl from back then.
As if the stopped time was flowing again.
With that same appearance from back then, she said this.
"Welcome back."
Wе̊ b n оv̊е̌.l Еn̄u mа
Jed answered.
"Yeah, I'm back."
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