Chapter 32
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nIt’s not possible. The Madam is the one who must die today.
nThat’s the law.
nWhat she wanted to do is break the laws of the world.
n‘You can say that….’
nIt’s hard for Carlin to say no as firmly as last time.
nHe couldn’t even run away.
nJust like back then, when he reluctantly suggested that she prove her abilities, the current Aria had such a power that he couldn’t resist somehow.
n‘Those damn eyes.’
nWith a soft color like petals.
nStrangely, there was a strong power that made people believe and move.
n“I’m crazy. I must be crazy.”
nCarlin grumbled constantly.
nIt was because he readily accepted a ten-year-old’s childish request.
nSomehow, from the first time she broke the door, he had a bad feeling.
n“No matter how talented the young miss is, if you forcibly pierces your core, you will die.”
n“Hmm.”
n“So, I’ll temporarily activate it. In simple terms, I’m going to use my magic to open up a fake path.”
n‘I thought you were going to say no again.’
nAria widened her eyes as if in surprise, and then nodded her head.
nShe didn’t care what it was, as long as she could use her powers right now.
n“However, if you take in an energy that is different from your natural energy, the side effects are huge. It will all going to burden your body…”
nCarlin sighed deeply while speaking.
nAria was now drenched in the rain.
nBut, whether water drips from her body or not, she doesn’t even think about drying it.
nShe didn’t seem to care about the condition of her own body.
nHe couldn’t help but sigh.
n“Please come back alive, or I will be killed by my employer.”
n“Yes, I will.”
n“You’re very good at answering.”
nCarlin grumbled to the end.
nThen after biting his finger, he shed blood and engraved the text on Aria’s forehead.
nThe text engraved in blood instantly turned golden, and permeated without a trace on her forehead.
n“This is all I can do.”
nCarlin said so and moved Aria to the Grand Duchess’s room in an instant.
n‘If you move me right away… !’
nPeople find out!
nAria looked frightened and looked around the unfamiliar surroundings.
nBut strangely, she didn’t see anyone.
nShe of course thought there would be Valentine’s blood relatives to keep her on her deathbed.
n‘No Tristan, no Lloyd, no Vincent….’
nAria panicked and she froze there for a moment.
nFrom the sound outside the room, it seems to not be surrounded by guards.
n‘There is no one guarding the room.
nShe found it strange that Sabina didn’t even have someone to nurse for her.
n‘I’m sure today is the last day.’
nThe interior of the room was so small and simple that it was hard to believe that it was a room used by the mistress of the Grand Duchy.
nPerhaps it is a structure that considers the movement of patients with difficult mobility.
nAria scanned the monotonous wallpaper and simple design of furniture, and found a white curtain spread over the bed, and she turned her direction towards it.
n‘Sabina.’
nBeyond the veil was the shadow of death that could not be hidden.
nShort breathing and light moans.
nAria was worried about Sabina’s condition, so she took a step forward.
nAt the same time, a cold voice like frost fell.
n“Obviously I told no one to come in.”
nAria was surprised.
nIt was a rough, cracked, thin breath that seemed to break at any moment.
nBut Aria felt a bold spirit that couldn’t be hidden in the voice.
n‘Like a knight, no, like a commander… .’
nAria opened her eyes and stopped her steps.
nThe Grand Duchess coughed and coughed, and then spoke to her.
n“Go away.”
n“…..”
nShe was only now aware of the situation.
nAll the people who were guarding the Grand Duchess were kicked out, so they couldn’t be by her deathbed.
n‘Come to think of it, I’ve heard of it.’
nWhenever Sabina’s illness becomes critical, she wants to be alone, and she kicks everyone out.
nSo, her husband and son, who were unable to be by her side, were killing people.
n‘Why are you rejecting everyone?’
nMaybe it’s because she thinks that the disease can’t get better no matter what she does.
n‘Or maybe it’s because she doesn’t want to show anyone her weakness.’
nAria found the look of Sabina’s son, Lloyd, from her current look for some reason.
nShe thought, somehow, that Sabina was being harsher on purpose.
n“Didn’t I tell you to go?”
nAria stepped forward and stood in front of the veil.
nSabina, who turned her head in annoyance, but laboriously, made a voice slightly startled by the shadow smaller than she had expected.
nShe muttered in a slightly bewildered voice.
n“No one can come in here…”
nThrough the cracks in the scattered veil, Sabina’s figure caught a glimpse.
nThe pitifully skinny fingers reminded her of a relic she had seen before.
nAria suddenly wondered.
n‘What was the Grand Duchess like before she got sick?’
nShe thought that it would be quite different from how she is lying helplessly like she is now.
nAria took a small breath.
nThen, with the veil in between, a sound filled with magical power flowed in.
n“Do you know the land where the lemon trees grow.”
nSlowly, quietly, she continued her singing.
nSo as to not strain herself
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nThe end of life was less painful than she thought.
nSabina couldn’t feel anything anymore.
nHer body, which only felt heavy weight, became lighter and lighter. Lighter than feathers roaming the air.
nShe was finally freed from the bondage of her sick body.
nHer eyes gradually became blurry, and it went dark in an instant.
n‘Oh, I’m going to die soon.’
nNow it’s really over.
nShe thought so.
n“Do you know the land where the lemon trees grow.”
nBut Sabina heard the sound of life breathing into her senses that were gradually disappearing.
nIt was all over the place.
nLike a mother’s lullaby, the song, which bloomed in the sky, quietly permeated her ear like a drizzle.
n“in darkened leaves the gold-oranges glow,
na soft wind blows from the pure blue sky,”
nThe pungent smell of grass brushed the tip of her nose.
nThe fresh green of summer gently tapped her heart.
nAs if to announce her noon, the green color fluttered with comfort like water drops falling on the surface of the water.
n“the myrtle stands mute, and the bay-tree high?”
nSabina took no care, and she roamed among the overgrown grasses.
n”Do you know it well?
nIt’s there I’d be gone,
nto be there with you, O, my beloved one!”
nThe gentle melody seemed to be cut off and went to one place one step at a time.
nLike a gentle breeze, turning behind her then disappeared and when she looked forward, it pushed her back.
n“Do you know the clouded mountain mass?
nThe mule picks its way through the misted pass,
nand dragons in caves raise their ancient brood,
nand the cliffs are polished smooth by the flood;”
nThe river, which was flowing gently, met the sea and shook like a huge wave.
nThe weight of life began to weigh on her again.
n”Do you know it well?
nIt’s there I’d be gone,
nto be there with you, O, my beloved one!”
nShe wondered if she would wake up from the pain, and her breath, which had been stopped, burst out with a cough.
nHer chest ached like it was crushed as she took a deep breath.
nLife and pain go hand in hand.
nHer vision that had flickered in black flashed, and soon she met the emerald-colored world.
n”Do you know it well?
nIt’s there I’d be gone,
nto be there with you, O, my beloved one!”
nThen her pain was gone, and a gentle breeze wrapped around her flesh.
nAs the sound of the singing disappeared, the feeling that had been lost came back.
nHer world, which she thought had collapsed and disappeared, began to bloom again.
nThis time, it wasn’t a hallucination, it was reality.
nSabina slowly lifted her closed eyelids.
nIt was raining hard
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nDrops of water on the window sill.
nWater drops flowing through the leaves. The land is wet and breathing. And.……. A singing voice.
n‘I’m…..alive.’
nShe checked the imprint of the little person beyond the veil.
n“…the fairy of spring.”
nSabina muttered with confidence.
nThen she saw a really small figure, like a fairy, startled.
nBut she couldn’t continue talking.
nBecause Suma came rushing in uncontrollably.
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n“Cough! Cough!”
nAria vomited blood as soon as Sabina fell asleep.
nThis seems to be what Carlin referred to as ‘the side effect of taking in an energy different from her natural energy’.
nShe felt like she was going to throw up her insides because her stomach won’t turn anymore.
nAria was paying the price for lightly passing the shaman’s warning.
n“Cou, gh….”
nHe suggested a safer alternative than piercing the core.
nEven this is so far.
nHad he pierced the core as she had asked the shaman in the first place, she would have been really dead.
n‘Still, I was able to sing a song of healing, even temporarily, so it was cheap at this price.’
nShe saved Sabina, finally.
nShe had fulfilled her first wish properly.
nShe leaned against the wall for a moment in shock as if she was being ripped to pieces, holding her breath, and finally regained her mind.
nThen she took out her handkerchief and wiped her lips and her hands roughly, then dug through her arms again.
nShe had originally planned to deal with the guards out of the room by singing the song of oblivion, but she couldn’t.
n‘There was a reason the shaman provided a separate movement scroll.’
nAria grabbed the enchanted movement scroll and tore it to pieces with a blunt blade.
nAt the same time, her body immediately moved out of the main palace.
n‘Phew.’
nShe roughly wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth in the rain, preparing to whistle to call Silver.
n“It’s raining again.”
nThat was then.
nSuddenly another voice interrupted and broke the silence.
nAria raised her head in surprise.
nOn the second-floor terrace, a dark-haired boy was staring intensely at her.
nLyrics quote: Goethe’s novel, Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship, ‘Mignon’.
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