Chapter 222: War for Korin, their Son-in-Law (4)
5tsIt had been two months since Master passed away.tPY
CPeI wandered around for a long time.aWrDpR
ZOd5OYqWith nothing much in mind, I traveled across the kingdom clearing quests upon quests.fzNRra
9SLBvBy some point in time, the world started calling us heroes.9YD8wUt
O6tM4“Congratulations, Knight Korin. Or would you prefer Lord Korin now?”BBow
kY7q“It’s just an honorary title.”5srIBhm
vOXfSihu became a marquis while I was given the peerage of a count. It was for evacuating the citizens during the fall of Merkarva… cleansing Nazrea… and a part of it was also for defeating Fermack Daman and Eochaid Bres.UB0h9xG
txzWell, Sihu did most of it though.kvJS
CIqrInside the fancy banquet hall of the royal capital, I was doing okay dealing with people but that wasn’t the case for most of our members.YGUI
V5rva“Mhmm…!”ztg
yM7h56“Goodness gracious! S, sorry. I mistook you for a wall…”MVUo
KEZOne of them was Beazeker the half-giant. Not only was he from a race that wasn’t often seen around the capital, he also had a pretty frightening appearance.ofG3sl
ksvKqeqI could also see Rashid, Lunia and Yuel. Most of our members were here, but my mind kept wandering off to those who couldn’t attend.XFxB
9GWRKranel and Dorron.kupwWod
RoofjCyThe emptiness created by the loss of those two, who had been with us just 2 months ago, was difficult to bear.KrX2o
AIrREIn“…”pVdam1L
1loYiEven though I killed Fermack, that son of a bitch, with my own hands, that couldn’t bring the dead back to life.rDP5s
CBs3mFermack Daman and Eochaid Bres.q6g
KEnnXIt was a miracle, in fact, that we were able to defeat Eochaid Bres. However, it came at the cost of being unable to properly stop Tates Valtazar.1TSK1eY
8Y7UJ“Fuu…”JRplfQw
M8NMaster passed away.mzBw
1VN7vpIt was painful. It felt like there was a hole in my chest.PU9
5fVECLVShe was the most important person I had spent time with in this world.KiC83lh
T61bWho cared about peerages or honor? What was so important about being praised as a hero that would save the world?vML
SOl5I didn’t need any of that. I could do anything if it meant Master could come back to life.W9D
HC5However, she, along with many others, were already dead.luQEjP9
943The people whom I had formerly considered as just NPCs and characters of a game, had become a bigger part of my life than I expected by the time I noticed it.79KY80
59PjIt was hard to appease the anger and self-hatred I was feeling for myself.asYBi
KcFIn the end, everything boiled back down to the single sentence.Lb1rqC
zCEIf only I was stronger…N5EoGt
xuyESqI wasn’t the player nor the protagonist. I didn’t have a system window, and the only thing I knew how to do was swing a spear that I had learned for 2 years.lncLO
4AHcFnz‘…But I still have to do it. Even if I die doing it, I’m sure Sihu would.’X7Pi
Je5That was the only option available right now. Help Sihu, crush everyone under Valtazar and save the world.5lye
t773The only thing I could do as a side-character was lend a hand to Sihu, and do whatever I was capable of.gjz
12f“There’s no other option.”lwviw
9S3I was taking a break, sighing to myself on the terrace when a voice echoed from behind.4otdZhT
LT4h1“I wonder what the hero of our country is doing here all by himself?”jkm9
ov3fumdWith her unique, coquettish voice, the beauty in a red dress limped over to the terrace with the help of a walking stick.OvuDK
Tdjq“Your Highness Elizabeth.”WROYG
z6gC0“Miruam is enough. It’s between us two, after all.”7AMhW
UH8cKShe was like a scorching flame. Everyone knew how she was a venomous serpent carrying a lethal dose of poison.79h4Yn
KSPMiruam Elizabeth El Rath.ca1o
kMxVrkNThe 2nd Princess of the El Rath Kingdom and an ally of Tates Valtazar.vEH6
xIwOl0fIt’s not like I couldn’t understand her situation, so I couldn’t bring myself to hate or antagonize her. She had one of the worst background stories out of everyone in , after all.v5wt4x
Czro5I did have my own share of pity for her, and I did try to persuade her whenever I had the chance. These days, it was just that I wasn’t in the mind to do so.7Iralm
xNfY“What brings you here?” I asked.LcGaW
lnOEr4t“Can’t I just come see you if I want to? I thought we were close.”Dql
3SsUN“Well. We’re not that distant, I suppose.”m58o5F
bIptfgmMiruam grinned before walking closer and clenching my tie.iLt
C0E5wH3“Knight Korin. You look lonely. Let me… comfort you.”d6ti
Idw“What the…”dXib
FCZ39“It’s a joke.”xBc
xSkniV7Saying that, she let go of my tie and distanced herself.Plp0j
9JF“I’m feeling a bit tired. Can you escort me back to the resting room? It is in a slightly deserted area, and I would like the escort of a dependable knight.”fJR
haojycf“Well… I guess that’s fine.”sWqV
PyUuUsI escorted Miruam to a corner of the banquet hall, to the deserted resting room reserved for the royal family.oWdAXK
1gkci“Have some tea, since you’re here anyway. Let me boil it for you.”tMh
DgYAZZg“Uhh…”31N1gl
4VQgK“Aren’t you bored with the banquet? Don’t you need an excuse to waste some time before going back?”8Eu
1n3BShe did have a point. These days, we were busy trying to persuade the royal family, the order and the Association. Even though we were being referred to as heroes, it was hard for us to persuade the higher-ups with not a single sturdy foundation supporting us underneath.BF0t
f5r5As such, we had to attend banquets and social events quite often, which were boring and tedious.Fe1k
BGOT“In that case… By the way, I don’t think the ventilation is very good in this room. It feels a bit stuffy here?”XgXI0NW
w2GQk“Really? I don’t feel anything.”A6SeD
Ka5B“And where are the maids…?”a5uPSx
W162b“I told them to take a rest since it was getting late. Here you go. Here’s some tea.”yVERaz
EVdMiruam might surprisingly be quite nice to her vassals. Or maybe she liked brewing teas and doing whatever she could by herself?10j
kYzSY“Then… Thanks for the tea.”JOu
59hH6Ky“Yeah.”mauRXd
IwS99eShe continued staring at me while I slowly sipped the tea. She was looking at me so directly that it kind of—ftVzI
PzW“Huh?”vW8pNKm
Bz7vvVEKukk!fnoB
sM1v0FvI suddenly felt a clog in my throat.w6rEnMj
rbiIEverything started to turn hot as the tea traveled down my throat. It felt strange – my body began to turn warmer and warmer all over.7xA
jNCGT“What did you… put in the…”NJ8
hIb“It’s working better than I thought.”9lMcUL
FWobGDamn it. Was it a sleeping pill? I thought it was still too early for her to receive orders from Valtazar…!5kOO
0Ctp3I had to go to Sihu right now.Z8G
ZDf42He knew how to dispel lethal poisons so I had to quickly go and…SKtL
ngO“Don’t try so hard.”Nu4pud
7vkShe limped closer and closer. Her coquettish voice dug deep into my ears and led my mind astray.MBPBFil
c8lUyY4As a result… A little push was enough to drop me on the bed.ziMPzn
JsNVz1H“Uhk… Princess. Wait…!”aDWS
San8kHc“It’s futile… Serpents don’t lose their prey.”ugeny
KRTEUPShe got on top of my body. My body was burning like crazy – it was scorching hot and yet…ybZEaGS
s9EM“Remember what I said before?”trk9
0D7Her voice… sounded excruciatingly sweet.YcEU1
cZP8bG“What I said about comforting you. It wasn’t a joke.”aNNzp
FRwAfter saying that, the princess slid her dress down from the shoulders. Her silk dress grazed past my skin and that was enough to send a sharp stimulus down my body.f0bM95
5XZY“Uguk…!”fzIS1
3cmf“Don’t try to hold yourself back.”lIyY
mgvsNSx“Y, you’re… t, the princess… W, what… are you…!”pCH5wN
xXXP“Fufu… The virginity of a princess for a hero of the kingdom… is a pretty cheap price to pay, don’t you think?”Mt4jqnx
TRDLike a snake wrapping its body around its prey, her soft skin landed on my body as she whispered into my ears. An unbelievable weight was pushing down on me from above.tm1l
PKLX5“My knight. Dominate me – ravage me and swallow me alive. Make everything that is mine yours and whisper love into my ears.”vSQ3By5
W3K3LShe was a serpent closing in on its prey. Like a venomous serpent she injected me with her venom and…5Jmz
Jq5KS…1Un
KfbX“Haa… Does it feel good? You’re like a baby… but it’s good. Kyaa…! That tickles.”J771y
zPo9…1yK
CSEu“Huht…! W, wait… Knight Korin! Can we take a little… Huht!”T0q9aI6
NkdSU…0Qem
XBV“Hehk…”5FV
BgcHwPB.z0Y2f
I5qIt was morning.eNG7Hg
z5BWait. What the fuck?!KPC7e
95X– Chirp! Chirp chirp!vt4N
AqlpIt was morning.fE8
E0tEELike, already?! I don’t even remember how it went!j9x0hc
kH1oDespite my urge to yell out loud, I could feel that my body was indeed quite fatigued and exhausted.d6DeG
eLUDid I… really do it?AqC7Kc
k3LVqiDid I? I must have.DuKwM
vh8No, I did.d3ZQc
2tiLast night, even though I was under the influence of a drug… I did spend the night with Princess Miruam!Rr1ji
deY“Mhmm… Did you wake up?”RqxW
5UZThe indisputable proof of that was how Miruam was rubbing her eyes on the bed next to me, naked.0rfJ
CAijvA“Ahh… You were too violent. My body’s sore everywhere.”tNhXk
WVBjyqShe complained with a wide stretch. Her defenseless state fully revealed her armpits as well as the lines of her breasts.Hdvw6M
R9a5– Gulp!87u
5iMIt was just last night that I had been greedy for that body. Like a traveler lost in the desert… I devoured every part of her body to satiate my endless thirst.Po7I7m1
LDIk0H“My gosh…”swc
p0n3On December 25th, roughly 3 years since my arrival in this world, I spent the night with the princess of this kingdom.LNltn
nZj4nWhat was I supposed to do now… Commend myself?xdZY
9hg“Knight Korin.”czobS
Sojc4l“Y, yes…?”vm9XZk
qvX1U“Stop glancing at me, and if you want to do it more, just do it.”y3NJOx
xri“Huh?”c2ZEtz
5VnSeeing my reaction, she wrapped her arms around my neck, unafraid of revealing her naked body, and said with a smile.Aizg
pyNQxNE“This time, pour your love out on me with your free will. Whisper me love and make me bear your child. And take responsibility. If you do so, everything that is mine will be yours. My husband.”gBEF0uH
q1ZWiBHer coquettish voice, chubby cheeks, shallow but soft valley, her squishy belly button, bouncy thighs… the cute mole on her butt and her long, slender legs…E3f
0AiI had to admit.MIdOZo
TPveKJ3This woman… was a fox that could lead men to their downfall.zoPJw
koEShe was a quagmire that made it impossible for men to escape using her deep and sticky charm.hSYn
cscjAN“I will love you, Knight Korin. So you… have to love me and endlessly crave for me.”pcn8x
Rt7EUAkWe kissed as the tongue of the serpent slithered through the cracks. A sweet fragrance seeped through all parts of my body as her soft tongue wrapped itself with mine.whXgy8I
aH8QSDamn it.HsuvEPC
TLKQIt felt like I was about to explode underneath, and her butt cheeks in my hands were mind-numbingly soft.U4Y
Ai4VN“Haah… Shall we do it again?”zJ7Q4Sa
6sj1“…”pxt5
kPhzII ended up losing once again to the temptation before me.WON
G2V****ahN
CITz“December 25th. You know it, right?”V2ub
IvOP4d“Lia Fail must have shown it to you.”ailGm
sjz5“…I see. So it really wasn’t just an illusion.”P5c
D1YOGazing down at me, she slid her hand up all the way from my belly button to my neck, as if trying to take the same track as what she did in the past – in the previous timeline.IPRJ
g3Pfw8“I… thought about it a lot. Memories that I had no clue of… and emotions, kept surging up.”UsyQUbM
scV“It’s already over. Just… think of it as a dream.”nRpYD
nRUzf7“That is not what you think of it as either, is it?”vJuKmLT
T7z“…”FZ4ptX
75Qf“If you really considered it to be over, there would have been no reason for you to try to save me nor try to stop my revenge.”nyYyp
dIALn“I just chose the method that would have the least people die.”nnZnZq
K1TLy“No.”EJcb
u00Miruam refuted.CnTxdU
V1EA“If you only valued the lives of those demi-humans… You wouldn’t have been so restless or risked your own life trying not to hurt us… and me.”21PYz
H06s“…”cMsv
ga3bWvA“But… What about our baby?”UggkFA
0G6The world went back in time. Many were saved and were able to escape their original fate but…ZqPy
Duvz“Where is our… baby?”gNh3
HfmThe baby wouldn’t come back. Our offspring, whom I had killed with my own hands, had already crossed a river of no-coming-back.TkMW
OxtmGv2“This… We can’t let this be.”98rewMb
PHEyCShe took off her dress. Without a sliver of hesitation, she revealed her bare body which was still beautiful and fragrant.jPE1
WDrY2Ea“Don’t do this.”6GGQYW
P5GYZfK“…Why? It’s today. It was today. It has to be now.”D7FTV4
RfXIf we did it today, she might become pregnant like last time. The baby we lost last time might come back.uUT2P
kuZtxg“Something like this won’t bring the baby back.”YYN
rOeRewinding the time and everything that happened, I saved a lot of people but that didn’t include the baby. The thought of again seeing our child, who left without seeing the outside world, was an unachievable illusion.zEDQ
Qva“But you never know…”beW
t9KY5“It’s different.”EHrnJT
IvCKN“How is it different!”q8d
8jO4gShe was half in tears and desperate.4N4440
uPjSuddenly, I thought back on Erin, who had to repeat endless repetitions inside Nazrea.Z8u4oFt
UVAiuJust like how Erin, who lived in a different plane of time for 300 years by herself, was a different person from the Master I knew, would the baby conceived at the same time on the same day be the same baby we had in the last iteration? I didn’t think so.oVhRS3A
6FKsyR5At the very least, I didn’t want to repeat the same mistake just to hang on to that sliver of false hope.WHb
WmLGoLike how that night back then was a result of greed and desires, this was just a similar result forged of guilt and memories.q1E8Tfp
8wY13a7“Korin. I… I…”wmBg
5epmthjShe cried, unable to stop her tears, as I pulled her into my body and tapped gently on her back to soothe her.yUSRJ
NXyeNOR“Why didn’t you just forget about it? Having one person to remember it… was more than enough.”OcMri5P
PmyIt wasn’t up to her to shoulder both the sorrow and those painful memories. Her current self was a different person from who she was right now.iYUZp3
f6Ya“I… forced you into such a horrible thing.”tue5u
QxVq2uo“It’s not your fault.”v1zWD
vZQ1z“Because I was so selfish, and couldn’t give up on revenge… You…”P6bM3
5LT…had to kill your child and your wife.XZBfI
Q6njoSaying that, she wept constantly in my arms. The only thing I could do was give her a hug, console her and calm her down.P5YReDj
d5s“It’s okay. I’m, fine.”QiRk5c
4c3Like that, December 25th went on very differently from last time.m09rjOQ
2WhYL5a****6E6f
60BlI indulged myself in the task left behind by the Sword Emperor.GgBAB
Mo65NiC[Think about just one thing, and one thing alone. Combine all of your future aspirations and the Domain into your profound ‘truth’. Only through a harmony of the heart, mind and body added with your perception, realm and truth will you reach the ultima.]rb2QaZ
7xM9bThose were some very ambiguous words.dKCs8gg
HYIadRA harmony of the heart, mind and body.FrHYA
nQi8An explosion of the harmony of the heart, mind and body was what we referred to as Condensed Aura – one of the important factors in the way of the ‘Heavy’.2AZ
nWeSo what did it mean to add your perception, realm and truth to it?E7zq41r
u6TAspirations, the Domain and the truth? What was all this about?jkdJH
N7xfuGetting rid of all the trivial thoughts, I forced myself to focus again.GisCFaC
slXI slowly let the aura permeate through my body.J8FI
1p4SHuman bodies were tougher than steel, and a single sword strike could slice apart mountains. ‘Martial art’ was something that couldn’t be built up just by opening a skills tab to click on a few stats.wClA
4V5RNo matter how strong one may be, one without the understanding of martial arts was just a ruffian and a backstreet bully. Meanwhile, a scrawny man with a profound understanding of martial arts could topple men that were three heads taller than them.SpW
a7frMartial arts was about enlightenment; something gained from experience and a realm.7bVSDdD
7pwSGrade 5, Grade 4, Grade 3, Grade 2, Grade 1, Semi-Unique Grade, Unique Grade.VETYSp
HvivAlthough there was a classification made to make it streamlined, it was impossible to assess this ‘understanding’.dgE1P
5sNIt was something that even the player couldn’t obtain through their status window.Ft48aYA
mA2l———————jd61
Ha21zInside the dimension of darkness, I tossed a pebble on the calm surface of the water. A ripple was probably formed, but it wasn’t perceived inside the black dimension. The only thing I could do was feel it.TTGr
vWeI… had to embed ‘truth’ into this dimension. And yet—093y1PK
11vWhat I could feel with my skin was something as cold as…AIz
t7iKSnow?ePo
MRckSI opened my eyes in a flash.eX65G
tEqbyLhStopping the meditation, I turned towards the window and looked outside at the snow falling from the sky.5bn32
ihGIt was such a small interruption from the outside and yet it was enough to interfere with my meditation. If this was in a wuxia novel, I might have even woken up vomiting blood. Honestly, I didn’t read them that much so I wasn’t sure.I8daD
GPA“Snow, huh…”FDq
14fwLWyLooking at the white trash* falling from the sky like it was in the peak of winter reminded me of the time I scraped the snow off the ground in the military.73e
ZN6JIt was March.tWrmL
5IDAwVJCurrently, it was supposed to be spring.ntEMjJ
1xWWu2“At last.”Vr8EJig
NaqvDThis year, there would be no end to winter.apGN
aK8uIt was the start of the long and seemingly unending winter.130ETGz
yEV4uoF[TLN]8Mi8SqN
ZwQbVxf* Snow is commonly referred to as ‘beautiful trash’ by those that were in the military, because they have to clean it up after a heavy snow.JsUfN
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