Chapter 137: Marie, an ever-so-normal Countryside Girl (3)
1v3HErKorin Lork, 18 years old.Tbf
7uS9XeMore than 20 years on Earth,89f
bzeevOAnd 4 years here.0nE
cR0TsAdding that to the memories of my life as Korin Lork, it was possible to say that I was more than 40 years old.55I
i1SaqHowever, it seemed that the mental age still couldn’t help but be affected by the physical age – I was still a teenager in the middle of puberty.QWMscF
ZiYssAnd the life I had been leading was one void of relationships with girls.pd7hb
YKpAGoing through boys’ middle school, boys’ high school, physical education college, and the military, I had a lot of male friends but didn’t have much chance to make female friends. I had a few during primary school, but that was the same for everyone, right?wwCPv
h05And yet in front of me was Marie, whose eyes were rotating in circles while her cheeks were flushed red all the way up to her ears. Silently, she was giving me permission. Opening up the hems of her robe revealed an overwhelmingly voluptuous… thing that seemingly had the power to suck in everything like the center of the universe.YrqGb
ZtBdFrankly speaking, there was no way that guys wouldn’t be stimulated by that sight, unless they were the biggest eunuchs of the century.9a0eD
ujzFwRw“Thanks.”HOEuV
F0f“Unn?”5dI3YI4
MC5ECtc“You’re doing this to cheer me up, right? Hah… I guess I’ve been feeling too down these days.”GJ57
b9Dp43“Y, yeah…”LsP
2aE0It wasn’t an overstatement to say that it required a superhuman level of patience and resilience. Honestly, I wanted to jump in and take a long break.lLllYfj
8rxxj1‘That won’t be a manly thing to do though.’37CTv
4WFdoIt was all about manliness for men. Resting on the breasts of a comrade just because you were tired wasn’t something men should be doing.xm9nG1d
stYFLd7‘Huu… It’s a shame, but…’PXxwB1c
hNS9YjWForcing myself to turn down the kind offer of the considerate potato girl, I was about to turn around from that temptation but…vougKC8
M89“E, eitt…!”GZPYLP4
uUXzSuddenly, Marie pulled me by the arm as the two of us landed on top of the bed. During that process, I…GdxFX3V
h4xbg“Uhp?!”I8H
cCyFtyIt was truly a shameful thing to say, but my head ended up being buried in the crevice between her breasts.lD1EDKK
4IjGN“S, Senior?!”4tEEE7j
nhCmVE“Stay there. Stay still.”O7mw
wpNfMShe wasn’t being forceful by relying on her strength, but her warm hug and the deep canyon pulled me in like a quagmire.cyDS
8OM“Uahh…”8jWZCm
6OSJiSlowly… I felt more and more lethargic. As if I was being sucked into a black hole, there was an irresistible suction force pulling me in.Scd1oL3
2x2pBig.aKxw
mf37I thought I knew it already… but they were big.SleB3
j26rThey were soft like the sea of clouds above, and their fluffiness enveloped me from all sides.PERYH
urjyIt was impossible to resist!CwzL
yzmd5sXMy head… was starting to turn blank.bJ8Tzer
6Uj“Korin… You need a break.”O6U8xS
QKxePJMy face was burning hot, so how embarrassing would it be for Marie? However, I could feel the concern from her hands that were pressing down on the back of my neck, and that made it difficult for me to say no.XO8b
Ce5H4I6Despite shyly wriggling her body, Marie was still giving me a warm hug for my sake.yLGut
DuwFm9“Uuhh…”fxObp4
byXNO8Unable to lift my face that sunk deeper and deeper in, I felt my consciousness fading away.wGa
cqVvo…It seemed that I had indeed been exhausted, but that wasn’t strange considering how I hadn’t taken any days off recently.k2NqcHu
oDO“Umm… Korin? Are you sleeping? Huh? Wait, are you sleeping? Actually?”I7bT3Qp
gO7Her pleasant voice tickled my ears like a lullaby as my consciousness started to fade.fvBo
QeS2mUp………F7EOZg
ZAF……e76Lt0
DtuG…PWeb
Ay3“Korin. Korriiiinnn~. Wake up.”zDQHD90
yTP3P2pHearing a voice, I slowly opened my heavy eyelids to wake myself up.gz46B
t2fcOoD“Hmm…”uUUp
VCziOpening my eyes, I found Marie shaking me back and forth, with her long hair fluttering near my face.j3xby
iSmDO1“Uhh, did I fall asleep…?”CvV
FaQ“Un. You were in a deep sleep. See, you must have been tired.”YW0x2P
JlyCUYQ“What… time is it right now?”idwnL
oICEIxX“It’s nighttime. I made some food. Let’s have dinner first.”N4U45
07phQkSaying that, Marie led me to a portable table that was set up inside the fancy room. On it were several dishes that seemed to have been made just recently.hFej
ZrCyff“Tada~! Bacon-rolled potatoes, and a stew!”qlLB
QxaS2The dishes were still steaming hot. It seemed that Marie had made them herself. Even though she was ridiculously rich, she was somehow still very good at cooking, and I was always on the receiving end.6PKY
8xpI must be very lucky… that I can sleep in such a fancy room and wake up to have the food personally made by the young lady of a rich family.XV2LWOF
JRCIR46“How do you feel now?”bkB
cp6“Much better than before.”63Hmtk
f4Eba74“That’s good!”QPM0Ba9
n41qHer food was delicious. They tasted great, but that wasn’t the end – I could feel the hard work she had put into making them, and that added to the warmth of the dish. Each and every bite was so warm and soothing that it put my heart at rest.0fs4
R8wB“I’m full now.”BCTAL
U7rDPdw“Are you? Then what do you want to do now?”93kC3p
cY2BqI“Hmm… Should we just lie down?”BaAp
6BBNFo“Sounds good!”Q6loI4f
te4JWhen I laid myself down on the bed that was way too big for just myself, Marie followed suit and laid down next to me.xf0J
LDt0Leg“Hehe…”aWbX9
afKI couldn’t tell why she was so happy, but she constantly giggled while playing with my face.vUS
jAD“This feels… nice.”Jf8gQB
SAsyXsoMarie… was one of those people that put you in a good mood just by looking at them. She had given me so much help time after time.SWHqGj
33hR8vV“Senior.”kLE6sb2
EYyz“Uun?”3EXPDi
4YpBJAn amazing person.OHK7ION
sjp3C8Kind, beautiful, capable and generous. I wanted someone like her to have a happy ending. We can’t have someone like that being unhappy, and that thought was one of the elements pushing me forward.apjYCp
QjW3“Seriously, you’re the reason I live, Senior.”TFs
FDJdZaq“Haht…!”ZitG
F7GlZzRMarie, was the outcome of my decision – the evidence that I was going the right path. Having someone so adorable supporting me from the side was very reassuring.hEKO
GBM“Korin.”7xJ0hu
yViB3o9Caressing my face, she let out a wide smile. We were very close, but we had become used to such proximity by the time I realized it.LTLc
rwv“What happened a few days ago surprised you a lot, right?”2slo
j8u26wA“A lot, yeah.”OM5dAo
avR“Even though you turned it down… I want you to rethink that.”hfXkpn
nPMEOO“But Seni…”nTDO
do8bgejPlacing her finger on my lips, Marie quietly made me stop.DtnP9
THze5Ou“You promised me, didn’t you? That you would do whatever I ask you once everything is over.”MadhX
HdF8riwI did remember making that promise. There was a time when Marie had asked me for a way to motivate herself or something like that.reYU
MbC“Korin, I want you to… accept what I give you and not feel pressured by it.”vnYwNLp
C8uB42Her request… was for me and not for her.TSdB
VLV“Every time, you help people and just end it there, saying ‘What’s good is good’. But I think it’s okay for you to be more greedy… that’s why I like you even more, but still.”wA1T
v7D4“Senior.”4XNE
M2TAfter slowly taking in a deep breath, Marie gazed at me with a pitying look on her face and continued talking by herself.GlGRza
yYzD8mV“You have so many things on your shoulders. Saving me… might not have been something special for you.yrm8fJ
aIPYOG“But you see, Korin. That one help that you gave me… is very special and means a lot to me.WFoMCj
Jhd“I can do anything for you, and I want to, as long as it can reduce the burden on your shoulders by even a little. Peerage? Land? Hresvelgr? None of them are that important.gbmf3
wlBQ4“I want to give you e~verything I have, and do whatever I can for you. Because you’re so, so precious… And if you want to walk the hard and dangerous path… I want to polish that road even a little.”ucB
B9XjUfWrapping her arms around my neck, she slowly buried my head in her chest. Cherishingly, she slowly patted my head while giving me a warm hug.M9ZR7He
C0Ui8“I am just… returning the favor.”SywE7
y2NlXIntoxicated by that warmth and comfort of her embrace… I couldn’t turn anything down.7Fr
UeprHowever, her love, and her sincere and passionate emotions… were all things that I could not reply to as of yet. Right now was not the time to progress any relationship, and that was why I had been trying to reject those overly expensive gifts.TetWgop
U001M9“Use everything about me, Korin. I can give you everything I have. I lov…”qwEKtRj
B6HI could not hear the rest of her words. She cut her words off short, and instead of saying anything else, she simply gave me an even tighter hug.TUNgzfS
qyyU5rp****ZLV
owgRnIc“Huhakk…!”Dxs
6VzS1BThe pride of the Tower of Mages, the leader of the Red Cult who was one step away from being a great mage, Elder Admelech woke up in the middle of a sunny afternoon.kG6e
QjtZS“Oh, are you awake, master?”IhQC
Ew7A man called him while walking up to him. His face, which was starting to show the wrinkles of an old man, was a very familiar one for Elder Admelech.rMRU
ddBT“Z, Zollin? Where is this place!?”jU6
7nETsBUIt was none other than his head disciple, Zollin, who was going to succeed his position as the future elder of the Red Cult.BUR08G
zej63S“Hmm… How should I explain this?”qm2
g2uLooking around, Admelech realized that he was next to an ocean – a vast sea was laid out in front of his eyes… That was what he thought initially, but upon closer inspection, he noticed that it was a shallow reservoir that was storing sea water.pdtq
3JF40Zw“W, where are we? What in the…!”GTCdxv
UdfANYT“Oi~. Old Man Zol! What are you doing, slacking off like that?!”sQVEr
8J5That was when a man who looked like a poor villager walked up to Zollin in large strides. Seeing him approach with a wooden club in his hands, Zollin took a few steps back in fright.65oS0Y
gGTfmd“O, Officer… This is not how it seems!”3j0SFe
LZRYSR“Not how it seems my ass! We’re super busy, and here you are trying to slack off!”aZk
jf3thAdmelech could not believe what he saw next. The villager lifted the club and smacked Zollin down on his shoulder.MGP1
IorRXe“Ahk! Ahk! It hurts! It hurts sir!”iMrB
dpBsoT“Lazy bums need to get scolded!”w0WG
EnrTm5Zollin was an elite mage of the 7th floor, sitting at the pinnacle of the Red Cult. He was a professor of the Tower of Mages, who was like the personification of wisdom and knowledge.LXop8
Ss6psHow could a random villager dare strike him with a club?ZIQk
qavKL“T, this crazy peasant. You must have lost your mind!”kQVu
JKbCAdmelech tried to activate his mana heart and use up a ball of ether to create flames. It was humiliating that he had to use magic against a random villager, but he couldn’t handle letting go a peasant that dared to lay his hands on someone walking down the grand path of magic.115pJb
pWAkqi“What?”nBBD8fF
6qkAHowever, his fury was unable to swallow up the villager. Despite his perfect preparation, he could not use the spell. In fact, he couldn’t even gather mana inside his body.GTR0q
1Ox“W, what is going on?”OPSdv
EZTThat was when Admelech realized something.5Dd
FByl8There was… no mana in his heart.xWa
CbRfxX“What? This senile old man. Were you trying to use magic just then?”3U2yK
CVFnjb1“N, no… Wait.”cq1gAf
EcU6“O, ohh, Officer! It’s all because my master doesn’t know what is going on yet! Please forgive him!”mTWZrV
XQaNz“This darn little bastard. Shut your trap before I break that mouth of yours!!”liSbgC8
6RhbJBXSlam! The club landed on Zollin’s head. His head turned as he powerlessly fell to the side.QzVE
dZ0“These fuckers. How dare you try to attack Lady Marie? You will be in service for the rest of your lives, you bastards.”eOwW
qH7Not knowing what was going on, Admelech was mumbling like a goldfish but the so-called ‘Officer’ lifted his club without caring about his feelings.TkV8XO0
T8B16It was then.h95R
Cng– Kieeeeek!YrGeP
1yXMAn enormous flying beast, Hresvelgr, descended from the sky. The large monster carrier carried a container and landed next to the reservoir.QLxOv80
ld5A7“Aigu! Looks like we got a big guest!”HQc0m
3wH3jGImmediately retrieving the club that was about to strike down at Admelech, the officer started rushing to the container. He wasn’t the only one – other people wearing the same outfit as the Officer, as well as those wearing tattered convict clothes all raced to the Hresvelgr.cu8ni
4rHSoon, a girl with sky-blue-colored hair walked out of the container.WVlBAl
2mPQShe was the daughter of the dukedom of the south, who was known very well by everyone in these southern archipelagos – the one who will inherit 25 peerage titles and 2 million hectares of farmland.YtvQJ
ZRO3tBc““Welcome, Lady Marie!!””kwOjca
nXIWPz3The officers and prisoners all bent their backs in a straight angle, while welcoming her with a sonorous voice. Her face remained unperturbed even at the grand welcome of a bunch of vicious-looking convicts and officers.tRP
xzv3“Hello. Thank you very much for your hard work!”he7Sig2
fWlB4“Young Lady…”jPKkgbh
zwYoXScThe head officer, who had been bashing up the convicts until just then with a club, walked up to her while hiding the club behind her back. It was because he did not want to show the blood-drenched wooden club to the noble and elegant lady.CKAL
4IsLclp“Uncle Mark! I heard you got a grandson last month! Congratulations! We will give you a small gift very soon, so don’t worry about the fees!”hoMKX0k
2Cajc“Haha, thank you very much. By the way, may I ask what brings the most-esteemed lady to this most-horrible place…”C5Wci7
RkCtUo“Uun~. I came here because I wanted to give a new set of commands and give you some new convicts.”KmaEv
B5X“Hoh~? So you mean…?”JykCiUh
icJgbClick! When Marie clicked her fingers, a crowd of people wearing the outfit of a prisoner walked out of the container. Seeing them, Admelech gasped for breath.cBAZ5zB
giLzJd“W, what? Those guys are…!”Wkr2c
dmFThere were about 20 of them, and he immediately recognized their faces, because they were the disciples of the Red Cult and the Black Cult, who had been with Admelech until recently.m9JOHC
O4fThe only source of relief was that Elder Morushtan of the Black Cult was nowhere to be seen.TnXm8oG
fjkmWWk“These convicts here are sentenced for the rest of their lives, and they’re tough so you can be stricter to them!”ZMgb
zp2xa“Ehem. It won’t be a nice sight, though, Lady Marie.”AQc1PWz
8GtVh“They are all, realllyyyy bad people. So don’t worry about it!”GHymmF
PWs“Those fuckers… Ah, my apologies. Those f… freaking bastards are the suuuper bad guys that tried to kidnap you as a test subject, is that correct?”tuWTXi
rdurHJn“Yes!”d3LEPZq
7kw2l1“Hmm… I see.”wMve
PGfoOHead Officer Mark flicked his head around with a dreary smile on his face. He then declared to the convicts looking at him.qWxIPC
e0hL4VS“Oi bastards! We got newbies! You are free to do with them, whatever you wish!”nVv
jIzy“Ohhh!”O3c
msXVTr“Look at their soft skin! Looks like they had been indoors for most of their lives!”NscJE
bZhn“I will make them pick up soaps tonight, uhahaha…!”nenFNx
3UQ3lmThe original convicts shouted with heinous smiles on their faces. They were all those who had been sentenced to at least 5 years of service after committing heavy crimes in the south.fGN
0ugBThey rejoiced at the sight of the intelligent-looking mages, who looked like they hadn’t even lifted a pile of documents before, unlike them who had been leading a harsh life.jhN
0Xbbidc“Uncle Mark? What do they mean by picking up soaps?”QAoKqgm
fSyi2g“Haha. It’s a way of saying that they will try to be harmonious with each other. It has a positive effect on work efficiency, so we’ve been letting them be.”RUoVAVV
Wo7“Is that so? Hmm hmm! Harmony is indeed very important! Because they are going to be working together for a long time!”zOOZ2F
s2AMarie nodded without fully understanding the words of the head officer. That innocence further solidified her image as the treasured flower of the south.pI3L
HJuR1“Wait! Lady Dunareff! Young Lady Dunareff!”coug4
X3WAThat was when Elder Admelech called out to her after breaking through the crowd of convicts and officers.GDAdriX
CGl“Admelech, right!? I heard you couldn’t wake up because of your age. How do you feel now?”qtlzIxP
DnvxF“T, thanks for your concern. B, but young lady? W, what in the world is going on…! My mana…!”B1k
qvkrC78Admelech mumbled, not knowing where to start. Everything was a source of confusion for him, from the fact that he was here… to why he couldn’t use his mana.rqsvc
C5n0pi“Uun~. The mages of the Tower are all as dangerous as convicts. I turned all of you into ghouls, so you shouldn’t be able to use magic anymore.”5MZFd6
FfOqq“G, ghouls?!”6h83M
72kGhouls – the slaves of vampires. Weren’t they lowly demonic beasts that didn’t even have a sense of self? And what? Everyone from the Tower including himself had become a ghoul? When did that happen?JVa
T8U“T, that blood soup…!”gHc7bFW
D1PYnCThat was when he recalled the boiling red soup that was forced down his throat, and the horrible pain he went through as the liquid was forced down in spite of his tongue and mouth being burned.HViNBW
oP1“Attempted murder of the daughter of a duke and the assassination of the chairman… Plus a few other allegations, so Admelech, you… Hmm, Admelech is a bit too long, isn’t it? I’ll call you Chunsik from now on~!”619inZm
UODqX1Marie said with a bright smile on her face, as the officers immediately responded to her words.6mnivGg
acRpqJZ“Number 4,885 will now be named Chunsik! Keep that in mind, folks!”CTofmvi
7tZlf“Yes, Head Officer!”hQHWv
YxUH“Y, you bastards! These damn peasants…!”PpyR
KvXInfuriated, Admelech went up and grabbed the Head Officer by his neck. Despite being a mage, he was exceptionally strong; strong enough to strangle a peasant like him to…xJFR
JrY“A, ahh?”g3gk
vrgnYHe noticed that he couldn’t put any strength into his grip. He wanted to bash that stupid peasant to death but that wasn’t working out either. It felt like his body belonged to someone else.wBKJ
60ZRuB“Chunsik and the others; I made it so that you can’t use your power unless it’s for work, because we can’t have you hurting the officers and other convicts. Oh right, ‘You must always listen to the officers.’ Okay?”DCp
8HdGDThose were just the words of a tiny girl, but the ghouls from the Tower of Mages instinctively knew that they had to obey her commands.X6tdlV
9MLAfter degrading to the subjects of a vampire, and after realizing that they hadn’t even been turned into a dracule or a draculina, it became very evident that they couldn’t make any choices for themselves without permission.TOR
8Gj“Work here from today! If you make salt for about 100 years, I will let you guys work on the potatoes!”xwVm
AEE“Y, you want me… this Elder Admelech… to make salt? D, do you know all the nobles that bring in gold and other treasures just for a single lecture?!”wpTy
TrjAj“Did you not hear the Young Lady calling you Chunsik just then!?”nYY4
T0YSlam! The wooden club struck Admelech… or rather, Chunsik on his knees, and he couldn’t help but kneel from the intense pain.yRRAc0Q
e3dMd2That was when the Elder Vampire walked up to the old ghoul.Rgf
TiH0ed“Unn? You want to be paid? … Aht! I’m giving you a place to sleep and food, though. Don’t you think that’s a bit too much?”cmJAxK3
o5EkShe said while looking down with eyes half-tainted in crimson red. At the face of the absolute sovereign of demonic beasts, Chunsik trembled without even daring to meet her eyes.p5hs
3ArIt didn’t take long for him to realize that he had to live as a slave forever… until the death of the immortal vampire, Marie Dunareff.3ay5pq
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