5. Bread and Dagger (2)

To. Dear, to my Ian Percus

The moon is bright today

Do you know the owner? The cool night air gives you a wonderful taste when drinking, and on days when the moonlight is beautiful, you inadvertently think of wine.

Yes, and you too.

My love that shines brighter than the moon, how can I forget you.

Even the sweet drunkenness of America cannot drive you out of my heart.

Looking back, it was a very interesting relationship.

Even after I became the head of the family, my life hasn’t changed much. In fact, even before my father passed away, I held the real power, so nothing could have changed.

My life has always been like that.

From the time I was born, the path I was going to walk was decided.

Perhaps it was a future dotted with victories and glory. Because the leader of the north must not be defeated by anyone, it was a word I heard sorely from childhood.

If there is a day that breaks, it should have been the last day of my life.

But is it funny?

I’m still alive, and I’m fawning over you, calling you ‘Master’. In addition, I became a woman who is blind to love and is still chasing after you.

If you had told me a few years ago, I would have laughed and blacked out.

No, I am the same until you came to our territory that day.

It was a battle that changed a lot.

The fate of countless people would have been different that day. Of course, my fate is included among them.

A poor girl who is united by obsession and stubbornness towards victory.

It was a life where neither love nor despair could be done at will. Then, for the first time in my life, an ordeal came upon me. At least it was an event that wasn’t included in the ‘schedule’ of my life.

Maybe that’s why I realized my shortcomings even more.

The world I knew was so much a lie.

It must be because I didn’t try to cross the bars of my family on my own, so even if all sorts of misunderstandings and errors bite my brain like a beast.

Also about elves.

Also about my sister.

Also about my father.

Furthermore, I didn’t know anything about the family and the empire.

I lived with you

I also had to give up and sacrifice a lot, but thank you for staying by my side. A few years ago, would you have called me a ‘stupid bitch lost in love’?

It doesn’t matter though.

Because now I know that there is a happy life even if you are stupid.

I’m so happy to have you by my side who never gives up.

So, in the future, if those women are bothering you, they will come to you and give you their arms anytime.

My body and mind are already yours, right?

You can do whatever you want. I already belong to you, so there is no right to veto.

My beauty praised as the northern sun, my breasts that make many men drool, and my hips that hide a secret valley.

It is prepared only for you.

Are you looking at the same moon as me?

If so, I want you to think of me.

The moonlight resembles my color, and our first night also took place on a moonlit night.

You mixed your tongue with wine, maybe?

I remember that it tasted like the sweetest drink I’ve ever tasted.

Today I am waiting only for you

So come visit me anytime, and I’ll keep it a special secret from those girls.

All right, master?

Your female is desperately seeking punishment in the north.

P.S. 1: I recently heard that my sister has been assigned to Arankot. No matter how unassuming he is, isn’t he sent too far? Of course, it’s me.

P.S. 2: That ferocious puppy wants to have children these days? Looking forward to it, just as I was in need of an heir. I wondered whose ship would be loaded first.

P.S. 3: Say hello to Her Highness, the princess, and tell her that there’s no need to keep her in check. You have me, don’t I have you? I can’t stop you, so stick with me instead. before being robbed.

From. From your possessions and slaves and secret lovers.

On the second day of the sickle month in the year 571 of the Imperial calendar.

—-

After reading the letter, I let out a light moan.

There was too little information.

In the second half, only the unfamiliar contents were listed.

I checked the back of the letter just in case.

Originally, there should have been some rough scribbled words, but there was only a pure white blank.

The man’s voice I had heard in my dream was played in my brain.

‘I can’t help you for a while.’

It seemed that the result of the previous battle was somewhat unreasonable. Even before that, the future personality was forcibly brought in, so there was nothing I could do about it even if the aftermath came.

I just have to endure it.

Even so, if there was one unfair part, it was why I had to give up his assistance at this point.

Among all the letters I’ve received, it was one of the most enigmatic letters.

Why did two letters arrive, and what the heck are those countless ‘secrets’?

More than anything, the words of the future self were the most heartbreaking.

‘Never confront recklessly.’

It was advice similar to the last time.

No, rather, it was a more intense warning than before. Because it contained the expression ‘absolutely’.

Then it was right to see that the enemy I had to face was also more than that.

The evil god’s family, the ‘corpse giant’.

How many lines of fire had to be crossed to defeat that mythical monster.

It wasn’t just me. It was only after pouring all the power gathered in the territory at the time that I was able to manage to defeat it.

Even so, if the swordsman hadn’t arrived just in time, I would have been dead.

But the enemy could be stronger than that.

“… … I will die.”

With a dejected smile on my face, I had no choice but to lament.

In other words, you must be prepared to die.

Frustrated, I lifted the canteen and gulped down the water.

As the cold water soaked his esophagus, he felt that his turbid mind had finally returned.

I made up my mind then.

Yeah, I had no choice but to do what I always do.

First and foremost was the collection of information.

The content of the letter was explicitly pointing to the North. In the first place, it was certain that the elves’ residence was only the coniferous forests of the north.

This meant that I had to leave the academy soon.

It hasn’t been a few days since I arrived, but I have to leave the academy again.

I felt bitter, but there was no time to grumble.

Glancing at the calendar, several days had already passed.

For several days, it was evidence that the future personality was active.

Then, what I was going to do was decided.

I had to figure out what I had done from the future.

If you traced his movements for those few days, he would be able to get a rough idea.

‘Cause it’s always been like that

Having decided on a destination, I quickly prepared to leave. Then, forcibly whipping his tired body, he began to walk.

It was still dawn.

Even so, the dormitory was already crowded with people. The vacation is over, and the beginning of the semester has come, so the daily life of the academy has returned.

What reassured me first was the fact that none of them were arguing or whispering about me.

It meant that I didn’t do anything out of the ordinary in public.

It was fortunate.

I didn’t have the perception that it would get worse anyway, but I didn’t want to be criticized for something I didn’t do.

If it’s notoriety, it’s already piled up to overflowing.

I didn’t want to reign as an object of fear any longer.

Of course, I couldn’t let go of the tension until then.

It was because ‘I’ who came from the future always committed crazy things one by one.

It was a formula without a single exception.

It wasn’t just that he did it in public, but it was clear that he had done something. Otherwise, there was no need to delay for several days.

Eventually, I skipped breakfast and left the dormitory.

My heart was in a hurry, so I didn’t have an appetite. Rather, I was more curious about what I, who had come from the future, had been doing.

Surprisingly, the answer was not far off.

After leaving the dormitory, as my steps reached Jungang-daero, I saw a familiar figure from behind.

It was a girl with black hair neatly tidied back.

It was a somewhat lethargic gait, but I could tell because I had seen him for years. The fact that the woman walking in front of me is my childhood friend.

It was a rope that I met in a car that was at a loss.

I raised my voice in delight.

“… … Celine!”

But Celine’s reaction was the exact opposite of what I expected.

Celine, who was startled and shuddered, cautiously looked back.

And when our eyes met, his complexion turned blue.

It was very rare for Celine, who had a bold and outgoing personality, to fear so much.

If I saw the emperor of the empire, would I be so downhearted?

Celine stared at me with trembling pupils for a while. And after a while, my childhood friend seemed to notice something was wrong.

She hesitated and asked a question.

“I-Ian brother… … ?”

“Yes, it is me. Ian Percus.”

So I had no choice but to answer with a bewildered feeling.

I couldn’t think of any reason for Celine to tremble when she saw me.

If so, the cause must have been ‘me’ from the future.

As if to prove that speculation to be true, Celine burst into my arms crying.

“D-You’re finally back! Whoa… Hey, brother Ian. I was so tired… … .”

As Celine’s cries continued, my doubts grew deeper and deeper.

In the end, he couldn’t stand it and was about to ask Celine a question.

Celine, who had been weeping for a few minutes and collected herself, spoke to me while wiping my eyes with her sleeve.

“No, no… I don’t have time for this, brother. Let’s go to Seria.”

“… … Ceria? why?”

Despite my stupid question, Celine didn’t give me an answer.

He only threw out one word with a gloomy complexion.

“Seria, you are in the intensive care unit right now… … .”

As soon as I heard that, I let out a sigh.

what the hell happened

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