Chapter 19

Chapter 19

“Wow, I guess the diagonal cut practice worked!”

Deleign is only seven years old, but his body was as big as twelve years old.

Thanks to the diagonal cut, Deleign succeeded in hitting the man with a knife.

After practicing the diagonal cutting and hugging me, it seemed that his body moved first in the moment of crisis.

“Big…!”

The man could not scream and wrapped his deeply cut arm.

Then, again, he muttered the magic spell.

“Oh…! He disappeared!”

The magic spell that the man uttered seemed to be the kind that moved him. His body began to flutter and disappear.

At the same time, whether other magic was used, the jewel was sucked into the man’s hand.

“Ahhhhhh!”

Immediately, the Grand Duke threw his sword at the jewel.

Both the jewel and the Grand Duke’s sword reached the man’s hand.

An ominous, scary-looking black sword stuck in the man’s hand.

At that moment, the jewel shattered with a crackling, transparent sound.

“No…! Kok!”

The man screamed. The magic that was before the battle was canceled, and the body that had been blurred became clear again.

‘I’m sure he was trying to control his voice.’

In addition to the painful groans, the man has not said a word since the arrival of the Grand Duke.

However, the accident seems to have been inevitable.

‘Blood…’

The man, who was wounded by the sword of the Grand Duke, choked a few times like a fish out of the water and fell down.

“Oh, you failed to control your power.”

The Grand Duke’s forehead frowned slightly.

However, his voice sounded somewhat languid, as if he died.

“Oh, Shushu. Are you all right?”

“Oh, my God.”

Only then did I lose my strength and sink into Wyndert’s arms.

He put his hand on my forehead, perplexed, as I relaxed and drooped.

“I don’t have a fever…”

“Father, he’s dead! I have to ask him why he did that to Shushu!”

Wyndert, who checks my condition, and Deleign, who says terrible things.

In this mess, only the people of the Grand Duke looked at peace.

My normal nerve cord wasn’t very strong, so could I barely breathe.

“Don’t worry, Del. We still have to ask who’s responsible for this.”

The Grand Duke smiled cruelly and shot a sword at the director who was caught trying to sneak out of the alley.

The director’s twisted hair flew away. Dirty exterior hair fell everywhere.

“Ahhhhhh!”

The section was cut very clean, but the director, who looks like a bobbed-haired man, screamed.

“Oh, I see you again.”

Wyndert murmured softly on my head. It was no big deal, but it sounded terrible.

The director seemed surprised that the hair on the back of her head was cut off. Her body sank to the floor.

The sword was so strong that it was half-blown on the outer wall of the building next to the alley.

“Oh, I couldn’t control my strength. I’m in a very angry state right now…”

The Grand Duke shook his head to the side and approached the director.

“I-I was wrong, I have sinned!”

“If you commit a crime, you must die.”

“Grand… Grand Duke…!”

“But I have a lot of questions. No matter how much you ignore me, will you answer me?”

At Grand Duke’s words, the director jumped in amazement.

“This kind of thing doesn’t dare to ignore the Grand Duke!”

“It’s obviously like you….”

The air fell into a tense atmosphere.

“Didn’t you ignore me when you tried to destroy the child I was protecting?”

“Yo-Your Grace.”

The director laid on her stomach and prayed with her hands together. It was the saddest look I’ve ever seen.

‘She was such a bully, yet she looked so weak in front of the Grand Duke.’

It was a very strange feeling.

If I were a little stronger, and if I had found my true identity, would the director have turned her head like that to me?

Wyndert’s hand wrapped around my neck tightly.

As if he noticed me like that, Wyndert patted my back.

“No one will ever touch you again.”

He whispered in my ear.

Tears sprang up again and my tears fell on his shoulder.

‘Everyone is protecting me.’

I tried to wipe my tears off my eyes, but it didn’t stop, so I nodded in a steady stream.

“Who came with you?”

The Grand Duke asked the director with no warmth in his voice.

“…”

The director did not answer even though she was beaten.

What kind of loyalty and unity do they have to close their mouths? A director I know would have betrayed and frozen everything.

“I… I can’t tell you that.”

The director shook her head morbidly and rubbed her hands.

“You keep ignoring me. How dare you?”

“That’s not like that! But if I tell you, I’m dead!”

At the director’s words, the Grand Duke laughed a little.

“That’s stupid.”

“Yes…?”

She looked almost dazed. It was obvious that she was overwhelmed by the situation.

“I can’t believe I’ve been thinking about doing this. Wyndy, Del, look at this carefully. No matter how hard you look, you have to get rid of any hindrance.”

The Grand Duke approached the wall and drew out the sword.

The sword fell gently as if it had been stuck in a soft pudding.

He lifted the sword as it was. It’s like cutting off some useless part of the director’s body.

‘Oh…!’

I closed my eyes tight. I wanted to see the misery of my enemy, but somehow my eyes closed.

“Father, I know you’re angry, but Shushu is watching.”

“Shushu is fragile.”

Wyndert stopped the Grand Duke while holding my stiff body. Deleign followed suit and persuaded.

“Oh, yes.”

The Grand Duke covered his eyes with his hands, which had become ugly with anger.

He seemed to have forgotten me for a moment in unbearable anger.

“Wyndy, take Shushu and go home. Give her some warm milk and let her rest.”

The Grand Duke’s voice became a little gentle only when he called me.

The quick-witted director must have heard it. She called me in a high voice right away.

“Shuelina, Shuelina! Help me! I’m sorry! You love me, Shuelina!”

How on earth can I think that I love myself for doing this?

I stopped Wyndert from taking me back to the mansion.

“Gwand Duke, is thwe owphanaje weally chanjing?” (Grand Duke, is the orphanage really changing?)

“Yes.”

“No one’s drinking anymore? Can you finish eating? Up with your closet?”

(No one’s in sync anymore? Will everything taste good? You will also get rid of the warden?)

The Grand Duke looked at my face for a moment. His face was as cold as ice.

But his eyes seemed to be filled with grief and compassion.

“Of course.”

The Grand Duke looked at me quietly and confirmed it.

All right. I nodded. I was satisfied.

“Sir, I asked for your help earlier.” (Sir, I asked for your help earlier.)

I wiped off a smile of satisfaction and looked at the ledger. It must have been the most expressionless face she had ever seen.

‘The time has already passed.’

When I called you all this time, you didn’t react at all.

No, I would have forgotten all my grudges if you had helped earlier.

The time for forgiveness has already passed.

“Shuelina, Shuelina!”

Tears streamed down the director’s face, which was covered with dirt and dust by rolling on the floor.

The director can’t hurt me anymore.

Even the Queen of magic can’t afford to care about me for a while.

I whispered, ‘Goodbye,’ feeling the deepest satisfaction towards the Grand Duke.

***

As soon as I arrived at the mansion in a carriage, Wyndert brought me in and turned straight into my room.

The mansion was turned upside down because of me as if it had fallen. I felt the air become busier.

In the meantime, I was worried about Deleign, who was following me from the side.

This is the first time I saw Deleign with a dark expression ever since meeting him. He was going to talk to me, but he was very quiet.

“Big bwothew, awr you okay?”

“Shushu… are you hurt?”

Deleign asked me, with his chin on his older brother’s shoulder, looking at me in his arms. His face was twisted as if he were crying.

Only then did I feel a tingling sensation all over my body. I must have been hurt when I fell earlier.

“I’m not hurt!”

I replied with a shake of my head.

It really didn’t hurt. It doesn’t even belong to the painful axis.

“I… I…”

Deleign’s face is all distorted.

“What’s wong big bwothew?” (What’s wrong big brother?)

“I… don’t deserve to be Shushu’s brother.”

Deleign wrinkled his lips as if holding back tears. I was so embarrassed that I opened my eyes wide.

“Hey, what’s wrong?”

Wyndert asked Deleign, who stood tall in the hallway, with a shocked look on his face.

“I-I… I couldn’t protect Shushu… Because of that drink…”

Deleign seemed to be filled with guilt.

‘It’s the first time I’ve ever had someone to protect me…’

I clenched my teeth with a black complexion and sighed at Deleign.

I felt Deleign reacting sensitively to that small sound.

“That’s twue, but thwat’s because the bad wijawd dwagged me to the fwoow. You’we just buying something to dwink.”

(That’s true, but that’s because the bad wizard dragged him to the floor. You’re just buying something to drink.)

Deleign nodded slowly at my words.

“I’m glad he came to help!” (I was so glad he came to help!)

Deleign’s face lit up slightly.

“I-I’ll definitely practice more swordsmanship. I’ll never lose you again!”

Deleign clenched his fist and shouted.

He is a person who knows how to think behind the scenes without falling into guilt and pain. I grinned at him.

“I’m sorry for coming late. Was it scary?”

Wyndert whispered to me.

When I hear the voices of the two that soothed me, I knew there are no other brothers who are so kind and friendly in the world.

I grinned and leaned my head into Wyndert’s arms.

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