Chapter 276: Side Story – ‘Fathers-in-Law’ Please Give Me Your Daughters! R-18 (12)

The palace of Miruam is a place that feels very familiar to me.

In my previous life I was her husband, and I spent quite a lot of time here.

Here I made love to her, we devoured each other, we ate dinner together and slept in each other’s arms.

“Come in.”

“…”

Right in front of her bedroom door, I stopped. Honestly, I had a tiny bit of suspicion.

“You didn’t light incense, did you?”

“…No?”

“You hesitated! You prepared something, I know it!”

“I didn’t.”

“Yes you did! I know all of Princess Mir’s patterns already!”

Shaaak!

Tired of listening to me, she summoned a snake and placed it on the back of my neck.

“Sir, you’re so annoying.”

“Ahem…! By the way, you handle Midgardsormr pretty well.”

The world-ending serpent that makes her a final boss was summoned in the size of a regular snake. Of course, if she pours mana into it she can make it as big as she wants.

“I got the hang of it. I’ve summoned this snake many times.”

“Ah~”

‘So the experience from the previous loop is useful to her.’

“…Then, excuse me.”

I entered cautiously, unable to fully shake off my distrust. The room was exactly the same as before.

The bed where we made love. The bathroom we ran to so we could roll around again as soon as we saw each other.

A room full of memories—very familiar, nostalgic, and at the same time painful.

“Well, between us there’s no need to set the mood, right?”

Ffwip, she takes off her dress.

The red dress with the open back falls, showing her white skin totally defenseless.

Her smiling, bouncy hips, her small but perfectly proportioned body.

Breasts just the right size to fit one hand.

A firm and elastic butt. From the tips of her toes that she always cares for with scented oils to her soft cheeks.

I’ve held that body countless times. That’s why I know—once you enter it, it slowly suffocates you as if a giant serpent had swallowed you.

“Well… although the mood thing also exists.”

“Eh~? And where did that senior Corin go, the one who dragged me anywhere at any time?”

“Khm…!”

This is not my first night with Miruam.

“Sir, you look sad. Do you want me to… comfort you?”

When I was sinking into despair after the master’s death, she suddenly approached me.

And after that, you know how it continued.

She drugged my tea, sprayed me with seduction incense and threw herself on top of me.

“My knight. Conquer me, violate me, devour me. Take everything that is mine and whisper words of love to me.”

‘Now that I think about it… yes, I fell right into her trap.’

“Pour all your desire into me. Whisper love to me, get me pregnant and then take responsibility. Everything of mine will be yours, my husband.”

Our relationship as a couple had been pretty good.

“I will love you, sir. So you too… love me and desire me endlessly.”

Her goal was clear.

She wanted to have a child with me, bind me, force me to take her side.

The plan worked quite well.

I became a faithful husband to the second princess and a loyal spear.

From the standpoint of someone who knew the future, I tried to protect her and guide her so she wouldn’t take the wrong path.

In the end, it didn’t work out as I wanted.

“Our relationship wasn’t exactly romantic, was it?”

“Who knows.”

I took off my clothes, embraced her, and we lay down on the bed. Naked, we looked at each other and felt each other’s warmth.

“Hey, senior.”

“Yes?”

Her voice trembles, something very unlike her. Is it guilt? Or…?

“Did you love me?”

“…”

She feared the answer, but the question was direct.

Love. She says love.

Our relationship clearly started physically.

A forcibly started beginning, almost violent.

Besides, she wasn’t the type of person I admired.

She was cruel, evil, a villain who killed without hesitation. Even so…

“I loved you. I love you and I still love you.”

I hugged her by the shoulders. It was the pure truth, without a single speck of lie.

“…Really?”

“Yes. The beginning was a disaster, but… I, no… we definitely loved each other.”

She was the woman who consoled me when I was saddest.

She was the adorable wife who carried my child in her womb, who desired me madly.

I loved her, I loved her and we shared love.

I am convinced it was a steady and true love.

“You’re a total fool, senior.”

Her soft hand took mine, our foreheads touched. She murmured softly.

“How happy I am. For a villain like me… it’s too much.”

She curled up against my chest like a spoiled child. It’s the first time I’ve seen her pout in all the loops.

“I’ll never become the kind of person you want.”

“It doesn’t matter. We can adapt to each other.”

“I still… can’t forgive demons. I still hate them.”

“That’s normal if you’re human.”

“I’ve killed many demons already. Do you think someone like me can be forgiven?”

“From now on, we’ll look for forgiveness together.”

Miruam is not a perfect woman. I’m not a perfect man either.

Even so, we love each other and we can understand each other.

“If that day you heard my plea and stopped… it’s still not too late. I’m proud of you for stopping that day.”

“…If you show me that, how can you expect me not to stop?”

“Show you what?”

“There’s… something like that.”

She hid her face in my chest and avoided answering. From inside, in a very small voice, she spoke of her regret.

“Our child… our innocent child…”

I hugged her tightly to comfort her while she trembled.

Yes, our child who never saw the light of the world, who died by my own hand, and my wife—I still feel their touch so clearly in these hands.

In my previous life I had many regrets and failures, but that is the most painful memory, the one I can never reverse or compensate for.

“I won’t be able to forget… it will surely condemn me forever in my memories.”

We lost our child.

For a vengeance I could not abandon.

For a justice I believed necessary to save the world.

I killed my child and I killed my wife.

“Make me forget it. Even if just for now… make me so happy that I don’t remember our child.”

She begs me for love as if she were pleading. She tries to push away the painful memories even though she knows they’ll return.

“I’ll make you happy.”

I kissed her lips.

Keeping in my heart the memories only the two of us share.

We made love.

***

“Huuu~”

Mag Mell. The treasure island where the residual thoughts of the Danann gather.

This time I didn’t come to undergo trials like before; I appeared directly in the center of the island, right in front of the palace where the Danann reside.

It’s the third time I’ve come here in this loop.

The first time was to receive the trials.

There, from the Sun Danann, Nuada Airgetlam, I received the silver arm Airgetlam, and from Manannán mac Lir they gifted me the red spear Gáe Derg.

The second time was when the returned main player, Park Sihoo, dragged me here.

Park Sihoo.

I no longer even know how to refer to that weirdo.

At first I thought he was a man.

Then that he was gay.

When I discovered her true identity, with Angus’s help we spent an entire week in a married life I never would have imagined even in dreams.

“…So in the end she withdrew without fighting.”

When the stack of precepts exploded, to keep me from dying she gave me up.

From her actions anyone would think she was the type to say, “If you die, I’ll even take your corpse with me!”, but her love for me was real.

Why the hell was she so obsessed with me?

“Hey, Sihoo. Let’s break a sweat with hyung.”

“Bro, if you cross-dress you’re really pretty. You’d win any cross-dressing contest.”

“Huu… Are you okay? Damn, they almost injured our precious player’s body.”

“Focus. Getting a few holes poked in me is nothing. I already told you—I’ll protect you.”

“Trust me, Park Sihoo! Trust the me that protects you and the you that protects me!”

“…Hmmm.”

‘Was I really that charming?’

Since I thought she was a boy, I treated her especially well. Yes, the brat had a filthy mouth, but she had a ton of adorable points.

“Hng…! Damn…! I told you not to touch me like that out of nowhere!”

“Why~? You like it. Yesterday we got really heated.”

“Damn it, if you touch me so suddenly it hurts!”

“You don’t like it? Should I stop?”

“…Give me a kiss first.”

When she became a girl she also had cute moments.

I still vividly remember the feeling of those lips perfect for sucking and that juicy flesh…

“Aish…”

‘That’s why they say physical affection is dangerous.’

Just one week mixing bodies and I’m already developing an attachment I didn’t have.

‘Wake up, Corin.’

That bitch sacrificed hundreds of people in the name of efficiency.

I’m not going to judge the sins of the previous life. When we returned, the dead came back to life.

If we started counting, first we’d have to make Miruam pay for all the demons she killed in the previous one.

But the evil of that creature is incompatible with me.

How many times did I get holes punched in my body protecting that damned being?

The betrayal I felt upon discovering her true nature is indescribable.

By the way, what the hell was Angus thinking? He knew she was evil, why did he cooperate?

“Student Corin, what are you thinking about?”

“Nothing… nothing important.”

“…I heard that you already obtained permission from all the political families.”

“Not all yet.”

One person remains.

Dunaleff, Arden, the Kang clan, El Rath… I already got the approval of fathers- and mothers-in-law.

Just one remains.

My master, the Danann of Justice, the one who will pass the throne to me.

If I talk about that person’s political family, who should I call father- or mother-in-law?

What’s certain is that right now one of them is standing in front of me.

“Professor Josephine.”

“Yes?”

“Give me your mother.”

“…”

Josephine frowned as if she had heard the most absurd thing in the world.

“What does that mean?”

“I’ve thought about it carefully and, in this world, the person closest to the master is still you, professor.”

“…You think so?”

“If I have to ask the family for permission, I want to start with yours.”

The master’s parents died long ago. Only the Danann remain, residual thoughts.

They would be like her older brothers or sisters, but among them her parents are not there.

Then, who is the person closest to Erin Danua? It can only be Josephine Clara.

“And if I say no?”

“…”

She looked at me with cold eyes, truly evaluating me as the man who intends to become her mother’s partner.

“You are a good person. An exceptional warrior, a great hero.”

“Without a doubt you will go down in history. You may create myths and be praised for eternity. You have achieved feats worthy of that.”

“But that doesn’t mean you are desirable as a lifelong partner.”

“Without realizing it you make women’s hearts race, you save people as you please and win their feelings. Yes, you are a saint. A man worthy of being loved and a sage worthy of respect.”

“However, from the position of someone who must share your love with several women, that is not desirable.”

“Like those men in the past who bewitched many women, you could betray and hurt your women.”

“Corin Loch. Do you have absolute certainty that you will never betray those women for your entire life? That you will make them happy through your immortal existence?”

“Do you have absolute certainty that you will never betray Erin Danua, my friend, my teacher, and my mother?”

“…”

I could not answer immediately.

The weight of the question was too heavy to respond instantly.

But soon I reached a conclusion.

I love them. I will make them happy. Even if I have to stake my life on it.

“I swear my life.”

I will fulfill this oath.

“Haa… you speak very beautifully.”

Josephine shook her head with a tired expression. I couldn’t blame her if she thought they were empty words.

“But you have always staked your life on upholding the precepts. The reason for your strength… surely is that you have held firm to your attitude toward life.”

Her tone was positive. She smiled faintly and said:

“Make her happy. Make my mother happy.”

“Of course.”

We arrived.

Here, without a doubt, my master awaits me.

And not only her. The gods of the mythical era who will give me the final approval—the Danann—will also be here.

You’ve come. Come in, darling.

Her voice resounds.

I passed by Lady Josephine, and there was my master, looking at me.

Hair like threads of molten silver, mature and beautiful features.

Long and straight legs, perfect body lines radiating a soft yet powerful aura of a warrior.

“Welcome, Corin. My dear disciple.”

The master who greets me with a smile full of affection was shining.