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Chapter 398
A Long Yet Short Life
The Forbidden Forest.
It was a land where the entry of all things moving into Mesabosk's Domain was prohibited.
There, a woman sat upon a rock.
Purple hair, hollow eyes.
Unlike dragons who press down with instinctive intimidation, a damp, gloomy energy.
Е ṅ u m̄ а
Because of that, one instinctively becomes wary of a danger on a different dimension.
That was the very essence of the dragon called Petunia.
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She was splashing in the air, humming something.
The song mixed into the jumbled melody scattered through the winding forest trees on the wind.
Petunia's humming stopped.
Petunia lifted her head and looked up.
Е ńum а .і̊ d
There, a woman was descending.
That woman was red, and with that redness alone, one could know who it was.
"Valdrova, you've come?"
"......."
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"Don't seem to want to talk much."
"......Sorry."
Е̂n u̇ m̃ ă .і̀ ď
"It's alright. Came to see Mesabosk?"
"Yeah. And eonni too......."
"Figured. I'll guide you."
Petunia walked ahead, and she quietly followed behind her.
"Iorga came first."
"Tha......t so?"
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"She was targeting Mesabosk, that scheming girl. Thought with that vitality, she could beat you well enough."
The bleak wind sound grew harsher, then soon changed into an audible sound.
It was a scream.
A voice heard long ago screams with a torn throat.
"Then Mesabosk is......."
"It's fine. Sent her off holding only half so she wouldn't do anything useless."
Е n̂ u m̈ ă . і d
-Aaaaaaaah!!
With a chilling scream echoing like this, to say it's fine.
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Valdrova said nothing and just followed behind her.
Finally, they arrived at a cave where screams rang out.
A terrible smell wafted over.
Flesh rotting and decaying, repeating, piling up and up—a disgusting smell that only comes from that.
Ѐ n̆ u ṁа̌ .іd̀
A smell that makes you feel like you'll catch a terrible disease just from smelling it.
At its source was Mesabosk.
She leaned against a rock and screamed.
Green long hair and tall height.
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A bent posture as if wrapping a timid heart warmly.
An awkward but truly pretty smile.
Еṅ ü m ă
All of it was gone.
Only a soul screaming in endless agony, dyed in purple poison, remained.
Petunia deliberately made footsteps to draw Mesabosk's attention.
Mesabosk, groaning in pain, begged.
"Petunia eonni....... Kill me...... Please....... Me like this—."
Two eyes hidden by hair opened round.
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Thought only Petunia would be there as usual, but someone was behind her.
A woman with red hair.
As far as Mesabosk knew, there was exactly one such woman.
"Valdrova eonni......?"
Life returned to Mesabosk's eyes.
"Eonni!"
Е̌ ńum̈ ä
She, suffering from poison, limped to her feet.
But she couldn't walk even a few steps and collapsed.
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"Aah......."
Only then does she realize what state she's in.
Mesabosk shuffled backward and hid her face.
"N-no, eonni shouldn't come. I...... look a mess right now......."
Ŵ е b̀_n̆о̀ v ӗ.l E n um̆ а_
Valdrova approached that Mesabosk.
And then she hugged her with all her strength, suffering soaked in poison.
"Mesabosk....... My pretty younger sister....... Let me see your face, okay?"
"N-no. I......."
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Mesabosk tried to cover up somehow.
But she couldn't resist Valdrova's touch, and in the end her face crumbling in pain was caught.
Ѐ n̆_ü m а̌
"Still this pretty, hehe."
Valdrova smiled as if it was nothing.
Seeing that bright smile, Mesabosk crumbled once more.
"Sorry, eonni. Me, what eonni couldn't do I...... tried to do somehow......."
"Yeah, yeah. You did?"
"But I'm stupid so I just got used...... and only got used...... and only hurt eonni...... sorry. I'm a useless bitch. Really sorry for being a useless bitch......."
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Valdrova made Mesabosk lean on her shoulder.
"That's not true. You're my proud younger sister. Thank you so much for worrying about this ugly eonni?"
Mesabosk wailed, and Valdrova smiled softly.
Usually a tearful Valdrova, but now she didn't cry.
She smiled gallantly so Mesabosk could lean a little more.
"Mesabosk...... let's go with eonni. Okay? There are lots of good people with eonni. There's Odograsado eonni too....... We'll be able to have fun together."
Еn̂ ūmа
"Eonni......."
Valdrova smiled prettily.
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At that radiant smile, Mesabosk tries to smile along.
But it wasn't easy.
Her heart, already crushed and violated by time, felt even that smile was undeserved.
"Sorry. Eonni."
Е̄ n̂ ū mа̇ .іd
Only one thing she wished for.
"Me...... just want to rest now. Seeing eonni smile like this...... was my best gift."
"......Alright, got it."
Valdrova respected that choice.
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Valdrova placed Mesabosk's head on her shoulder.
Mesabosk, groaning in pain soaked in poison, gradually grew comfortable.
Еňuṁa . і̆ ď
"Phase of Forest and Vitality, I shall bestow eternal night upon you."
Mesabosk's body scattered.
Her body, agonized by decay, turned to dust and scattered.
She looked down at her empty hands.
Petunia's poison was dyed on her hands.
From the touched parts, a stinging sensation was felt.
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If left to invade, she would die in burning pain running through her nerves.
But to Valdrova, it meant nothing.
As Valdrova's body shone brightly from within, the purple light all burned away and vanished in an instant.
"As expected."
Petunia watched it all quietly and nodded as if understanding.
"Mine's useless so you didn't take it, huh."
W̆ е b n о vѐ l̈ .Еńû m̊ а̄
Muttering that, she moved her feet toward Valdrova.
Valdrova turned her head and said to Petunia.
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"Thank you, Petunia eonni."
"Hm?"
"You...... tried to make Mesabosk comfortable."
"No need to thank me. Result was just suffering then going to your hands."
Еñ u m̂ā . ĩ ḋ
Petunia sat on the rock Mesabosk had been leaning on.
"That gloomy thing asked me. Please just kill her. Don't want to just be used."
"......."
"Told her to go find Valdrova then...... said she didn't want to burden you. Said she had no face. Even at the end? Funny kid, right?"
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"That much...... kind to me."
"So thought it wouldn't be that hard and took it, but wasn't easy. My body kills everything it touches, but Mesabosk wasn't like that. Well, the other kids were probably similar."
È_n ù m̃ӑ
Petunia splashed in the air.
"Truly a strange thing. Dragons....... Even trying to kill each other, can't settle it."
She raised her gaze and looked at Valdrova.
"Getting married, right?"
"......Yeah."
"Wanted to give your husband congratulatory flowers, but they all withered and rotted so couldn't give them."
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"Received the sentiment. That's enough."
"Even my eyes with no eye for men, he seemed like an okay guy. Think you'll live well?"
"......."
"Something happened, huh. For you to make that face."
Valdrova finally spat out the anguish lingering in her mouth.
"Ferda-ssi...... is dying."
Еnūmа
"Your husband?"
"Yeah. Entangled with Godwin's Essence, hard to separate......."
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"Hmm....... But eventually your man dies, and that's just a matter of time, right?"
Petunia tilted her head with a face that couldn't understand.
To Petunia who had lived thousands of years, the difference between 1 year and decades was no different from 1 minute and 5 minutes.
Valdrova didn't get angry.
Ẁе̂b̈ ñо̄ ṽе̂ ľ .Е n̊ ům̌ а
Because she knew there was no malice in those words.
"That time thing...... you know what's really strange?"
"What?"
"The few years I met Ferda-ssi were longer than all the lives I've lived so far. That's right. What I've lived so far was a long but short life."
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"Long but short......."
Petunia felt that expression seep into her chest.
Еn um а
Valdrova gathered both hands at her chest and finished speaking.
"So...... each day is becoming so precious. So I want to be with him a little longer."
"I see."
A hollow resonance.
She looked elsewhere as if not understanding at all.
"What does eonni want to do now?"
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Live on, or just die.
Petunia let out a stifled groan and glanced up at the ceiling.
Light could be seen leaking through a tiny crack.
"Valdrova."
"Yeah?"
"The world you saw knowing time is precious—is it beautiful?"
E nû m̆а̌ .і́ d
She held up her own hand.
In that hand dyed purple, poison with no antidote seeped.
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"The world eonni saw was...... truly strange. They worshipped me as they pleased, touched me as they pleased, got poisoned, then got mad why I wouldn't give the antidote? There isn't any, what could I do?"
"......."
"All the time I've lived was just repetition of that. Bastards who took the poison always died begging for the antidote. Like salmon climbing up the river to return. Come to think of it......."
Petunia turned her gaze to Valdrova.
Ē n uṁ а̊
"Like you said, it's really a feeling of living a long yet short life?"
Monotonous, identical daily life.
Came for revenge, died by that revenge—a cycle.
Similar to the world's logic, so Petunia thought it was natural.
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That's why Petunia refused no one who came.
She was equal to everyone, and with that equality she ended up branded an evil dragon.
Е̂n̂ um̈ а̄
No meaning could be found in Petunia's life.
No meaning, so no emotional turmoil, so not even the joy of learning.
Her life was nothing but flowing water.
"If I escape this decay and poison, will the world look different?"
They say living thousands of years makes worldly affairs indifferent.
But Valdrova knows.
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Whether hundreds or thousands, a person's life starts from when they find meaning.
That moment was after meeting Ferda.
"Yeah."
So she could answer confidently.
"It'll be really fun."
At the forced smile, Petunia smiled along too.
Еňŭm̌а
Awkward, but that was definitely laughter.
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Valdrova Castle.
Olivia, staying in the guest room, asked.
"Ferda Regent-nim...... is dying?"
The knight who told her that answered.
Ёn um̄а̊
"Yes, that's right."
People around her had the desire to somehow build connections with Olivia.
So loose-tongued people increased, and many secrets in the castle naturally became everyone's.
"The detailed inside story isn't known, but seems like that's the case. Haha!"
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Actually, Olivia already knew this content.
'There've been so many weird things lately.'
W̆e b̀ n ò v̀ е l Е́nú m а̄
From Valdrova and Ferda starting to use the same bedroom to the two's conversation strangely decreasing a lot.
Just this conversation with the knight was for verification in case it was a groundless rumor.
And now it became truth.
Now that it's truth, her heart became even more troubled.
"Are you cold?"
"Huh?"
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"You're shivering. I'll go bring a blanket."
"Oh my, thank you for caring so much."
Olivia slightly blushed and smiled.
To anyone, it was a smile clearly harboring favor.
The knight moved to get a blanket.
Even smiling so brightly, the moment she was alone the laughter vanished completely.
Eñum̌ ǎ
'Ferda-nim dies.......'
No need to think what the cause was.
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'Valdrova, that bitch's fault.'
Just until yesterday they were laughing haha hoho together, yet calling her bitch.
Smiling outside, but inside various emotions swirling—that was truly natural for nobles.
Olivia thought Ferda was pitiful.
Е n ů m̊а̊.іḋ
Ferda did a lot for Valdrova.
All for just one woman.
How many times did he overcome near-death because of that incompetence?
Anger surges up.
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Wanted to run right now and blame her saying Ferda-nim will die because of you.
But doing that returns nothing.
Е̇ ñ ù ḿ ã
Only reminds you of ugly jealousy like looking in a mirror.
'Is there really no way?'
If Ferda's death was made by Valdrova, she wanted to be the one to free him from it.
Absolutely had to be.
Want to help his life.
Want to be part of it.
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"Omniscient Light, Altessi......."
She recited a prayer.
If there's a god even once, just wished for an answer this time.
But that light never came.
Faith in god breaking was inevitable.
A miracle is an illusion.
Е nŭ m а̄.. ì_d̆
Something humans made up, delusions made of cognitive dissonance.
Even natural silence sounds like it's mocking Olivia.
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'Even this kind of prayer is a funny thing.'
God never helped her even once.
The one who came needing her was Ferda.
'And one more...... exists.'
E nǔ_m а
So there was one more way for Olivia to find a solution.
"Here's the blanket. Shall I cover you?"
The knight asking like a gentleman, spreading the blanket.
Olivia raised her eyes and met the knight's eyes.
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Crystals embedded in the eyes sparkled.
"Would it be okay if I went to the forest for a bit?"
W е bn̄õv ӗl̂ Еn um̄а
"Huh?"
Embarrassment passed over the knight's face.
She'd known long ago he was monitoring her under the pretext of protection.
"No particular problem, right? Knight-nim will protect me."
Olivia lightly touched his hand.
Originally the best thing to loosen a man's wariness was seduction.
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Only two people in this castle she was sure seduction wouldn't work on.
Malcolm and Jed.
Malcolm was dense, Jed was seasoned.
Other men were obvious as fire.
"Yes, of course."
He made a blank expression and escorted her.
Еn u_ṁ_ӓ
So Olivia got on a horse and quietly moved to the forest.
Since it was winter, there was no conspicuous vegetation.
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"But why suddenly want to go to the forest?"
"Curious?"
"If there's something you want to see, please tell me. I know this area's geography inside out."
At his appearance showing off his knowledge, Olivia laughed.
Wѐ b n̆ оv̊ ӗ l̈ Е̂nǔ m а_
"Hehe, no need to worry. Didn't come just to sightsee the scenery here."
"Huh? What is thaaaa......."
The knight holding the reins slurred his speech, then dropped his head as is.
The horse carrying her also didn't move, staring blankly somewhere in a stable posture.
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Olivia finished the words she couldn't say.
"Because you won't remember anyway."
Еn ů m̈ а. ĭḋ
Olivia jumped off the horse and walked a bit.
Moving her body into the deep forest, surrounding light gradually disappeared, dyeing darker and darker.
-Olivia Arken, the last of the Arken Family, and our ultimate being forged from our blood.
Eyeballs popped out from the darkly dyed sky.
Just from that form, you could know who it was.
"You're...... Baal."
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-Right. The one called the Demon of Future and Prophecy is this body, Baal.
"Why did you come here?"
-Why would I come here? Demons visit the most desperate humans.
Olivia looked up at him and bit her lip slightly.
As if this situation was troubling.
"You want me to make a deal with you?"
Ѐn̈.û m а . і̌ d̀
But Baal's eyeball wrinkled.
Expressing displeasure.
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-A deal? Knowing what kind of fate you'd face dealing with me?
"What did I do?"
-Playing innocent well too. Think I wouldn't know you triggered Sitri's desire and trapped her? It's all written in our books.
Olivia silently smiled faintly.
Е num̃ ӑ
The nervousness from before disappeared without a trace.
"So if you won't deal, what did you come for?"
-No deal needed. Not equal to begin with. Instead, staking my name, Baal, I'll tell only truth from now on. The future from that, you find yourself.
Listen quietly, let it flow quietly.
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Thought that.
-Olivia Arken, your wish is only possible if you sleep with Ferda Valdrova.
W̊е̌b̈ n̊ о vеl En ü mа̄
But could never let it flow past ears.
-Then you can save that man. Just remember that.
"What the hell is......?"
Olivia's mask cracked and shattered.
That eyeball's eyelid was smiling.
And without saying more, just vanished.
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The devil's whisper meant to be let flow didn't escape through other ears.
That word settled in Olivia's head and started moving on its own.
And Olivia was too smart to ignore that puzzle piece.
