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Chapter 63
Penelope
What entered their eyes was different from a typical prison.
A typical prison divides areas with iron bars.
There, incubator devices shaped like coffins stood tilted, and inside each one, a single person was confined.
It wasn't only humans who were confined.
Orcs, elves, goblins, even rare species rarely seen—all lay quietly without a trace of color in their skin.
Е̂ ǹ ũ ṁа̄
Observing this, a knight realized one fact.
"These people are all alive. They're all still breathing."
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"Let's rescue them quickly!"
Seeing them try to open the incubators, Zed blocked them.
"What rescue? The only thing we need to save is one demon."
"Do we have to watch innocent people die? That goes against chivalry!"
Ẇ е̂ b̌n̊ о̂ v̇ӗ ľ Е̂ n ûm á
"And you call yourself a knight, Sir Zed?"
Zed looked at them with a pathetic expression and spoke.
"Either freeze to death slowly in the blizzard, or burst and die with a pop. The latter's better. I'm going to find that demon bastard."
As Zed tried to leave the room, he added.
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"And you parachute knights."
Don't waste sympathy on useless things.
Ẅ ӗ b̆ n о̂v̌ е ľ Е̄nu mа̂
They had no choice but to acknowledge Zed was right.
They left carrying guilt, but Zed felt no such petty emotions.
Thus, they examined the rooms with incubators one by one.
But such meticulous observation proved pointless—they immediately pinpointed the target.
Thud thud thud!
"Uwaaaah! Let me out! I said let me out! What did I do wrong to be locked up in a place like this!"
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Thud thud thud!
A woman's voice rampaging noisily rang loudly through the corridor.
"Doesn't that seem like it?"
"I just want to pray it's not."
They headed toward the source and found one incubator shaking violently.
"Open this!! Open it right nooow! Don't you know who I am? I'm Penelope, daughter of the Great Demon Sitri!"
E nú má
"Ha, yep, that's her."
A face displeased even after achieving their objective.
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Thus, the three knights opened the incubator door with bitter expressions.
The demon who had been kicking the door and raising hell flinched.
"What, you really opened it? Wait, time! Time! Hyaaaa! Don't hit me! I'll be quiet this time! Really, really this time... huh? What? You're not the guards?"
Penelope, cracking her eyes open, watched the men surrounding her.
Ẁ е̊b̀ṅ ò vë l̀ E ṅ û m̌ а
"You—."
"Where are the real guards? Who are you? Did you come to kill me?"
"You're Penel—."
"Wait! I didn't do anything! I have nothing to do with those bastards! Spare me, guhk!"
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Zed covered Penelope's mouth.
The sound that had filled the incubator room died at once.
E ǹǔm а̌ ..і̇ ď
"From now on, only 'yes' or 'no' is allowed. Nod if it's right, shake your head if not. Got it?"
"Mmph mph."
"I said shut your mouth, you bitch."
"....."
At the knife pointed at her, Penelope went docile.
She nodded.
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"Your name is Penelope, correct?"
Nod nod.
"Sure?"
Nod nod.
"Your mother, the Great Demon Sitri, made a deal with us. On the condition of getting you out of here, we infiltrated this facility. Come along quietly."
"Mmph?!"
W e b n ȯ vе̃l _Ė n̈u m̊.а
"Ah, I said only yes or no."
"Uuuu mph! Mph mph!"
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"She's resisting pretty fiercely, isn't she?"
"Seems like she has something to say?"
"Is that so? Hey, pink hair. I'll let go for a sec. Answer concisely in 3 seconds."
Zed removed his hand with that warning.
Е́ ńü m̌а̌
"WaitlistenmystoryIwascaughtherebutnotbecauseIwascaughtactuallyit'sbecause—ububbuh!!"
"Useless talk. Gag her and take her."
"Right."
The woman who had been firing words like a machine gun ultimately couldn't say a single proper word and was carried away bound.
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In the process, she struggled so much she took a hit from a knight and fainted.
* * *
Е ǹŭm а̄ . і̄ d.
While walking through the blizzard.
Ferda felt a strange current above his head.
It wasn't just his imagination.
Consillus, walking in front, looked back and asked.
"Did you feel it just now?"
"Ah, I felt it."
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"What exactly did you feel?"
Marco, already struggling to walk, had no capacity to pay attention to his surroundings.
"Wind other than wind."
"Wind other than wind?"
"Silver Dragon Spawns. They're searching for intruders on this mountain."
Marco, already pale, turned even more deathly blue.
Е̌n ü m а
"Then isn't that a huge problem?"
"Not necessarily. The fact they passed over our heads means they haven't found us yet."
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It was a concerning matter.
If the equivalent of two knights' worth of combat power fell like meteors from the sky right now, there'd be no hope.
"We'll increase our speed."
Ferda moved along the path Consillus had carved.
Е́ǹ u.mа
Soon, a black box approached within the white field of vision.
They returned to the cave they'd come from.
There, six people including Zed were waiting.
"You've arrived?"
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"The target?"
"We brought her."
Ě nŭm а
Zed kicked the unconscious pink hair next to him.
Pink hair, white skin.
She shone with a jade-like whiteness unbefitting a demon.
But the horn-shaped horns, black pupils, bat wings, and long spade tail unmistakably proclaimed her a demon.
"Finished fast."
"The research building was empty. No one was there. I alone would've been enough. How about the living quarters?"
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"No major crises. No special issues on either side. Let's withdraw."
Confirming each mission was complete, they began boarding the gate.
Ferda thought about this situation.
'It ended easily.'"
Remaining time was about 3 minutes now.
If they finished and returned, it'd be just the right time.
Еn̊ ûmà .і̌d̀
Not tight, but not loose either—an appropriate time.
As if everything had been calculated.
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'It went too well.'"
The balance of the deal fit perfectly.
A strange thing.
Demons only make deals advantageous to themselves.
Е̊ num̂ á.ĭd_
"We need to move quickly."
The mage guarding the gate spoke.
"What is it?"
"The Silver Dragon Spawn circling above is approaching this way."
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"Coming this way?"
"Yes. It seems to have noticed."
W̌ е̃ b ň о̌ v̂ӗ l Е̃n̂u m̌ а̂
"Erase the traces quickly! Erase them and escape this place immediately!"
It must not be known that people from the Valdrova Grand Duchy came here.
They busily began erasing traces with the tools they'd brought.
Only 2 minutes remained.
Ferda thought.
He had to resolve the nagging feeling within this remaining time.
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"Uum... uuuu?"
Penelope waking up, looking around.
Then she saw Zed's face and her eyes went wide.
"Buh! Bubbuh!"
"Stay still. I'll make it comfortable."
"Mph! Bubububu!!"
Е n ũ m а .i̊ d
As Zed raised his dagger, Penelope desperately shook her head.
Tears and snot streaming down—that appearance unmistakably meant fear.
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Ferda felt doubt at that sight.
"Wait."
Zed's dagger stopped.
"Why, sir?"
Еn̂ u mӓ._id̀
"Remove the gag. Need to hear what she's saying."
"There's nothing to hear..."
Zed said that but removed the gag.
"Uup, phwah! Thanks. No, more than that, I need to supplement what I said earlier! I—."
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"Shut it. I decide what you say. Or I'll slit your throat."
"Hieek! Don't! Don't kill me! I'll answer anything! Yes!"
W̃ ë.bň о̃ v̂.е l̆ Е́n.u_m̄ӓ
"That's it."
Ferda gestured with his chin at Penelope.
"Why are you afraid of dying?"
"Is, is there any being who isn't scared of death?"
"A demon who dies in Serdes is just reverse-summoned to Hell, isn't it? It'll hurt for a bit, but for you guys it's just going home. Right?"
"Th-that's true, but my situation's different! If I go back, I really die!"
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Penelope screamed as if having a fit.
"What does that mean?"
"So I'm saying my mother wants me dead more than rescued! I can't go back to Hell!"
Penelope's appearance, crying and struggling to live.
"So tell me why she's trying to kill you."
"Because I... I mean..."
W̃еb̆ň o v_еl Еnu m̈ а
Penelope chose her words.
"Don't spin your wheels. Tell the truth."
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"No, I can't tell the truth! I mustn't tell the truth! Hyaaaang! It's so frustrating I'm going crazy! Why is my head so bad!?"
A story that cannot be told truthfully.
She knows it, but it's something that must never be spoken.
And the Great Demon Sitri is trying to kill her.
Е n um а
What could point to all of that?
Ferda thought.
It was definitely a problem with an answer.
A story he'd probably heard once before.
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A story he'd dismissed as trivial chatter.
But thinking back, it was a truly important story.
Ẇ ӗ b̊ n̊ о̄v еl̆ Ěǹ üm̌_a
Don't make deals with demons.
"Right."
At that moment, a flash entered Ferda's mind.
Ferda looked down at her and muttered.
"It was you."
"Regent-nim!"
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Zed shouted at the top of his lungs.
He was barely keeping one foot on the gate.
"Hurry! There's almost no time left! How many minutes? 30 seconds!"
He urged Ferda after watching his conversation with Penelope.
Ferda, having finished all judgment, rose from his spot.
"Sir Zed."
Еñu m а́ . і̇d̊
"Yes?"
"I leave these luggage pieces to you."
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"Huh? What do you..."
Ferda threw his own bag to Zed.
"Woah?"
Zed caught the suddenly thrown bag.
Е̇nu m̃ȧ
Succeeded in catching it with excellent reflexes.
But soon another object flew at Zed.
It was a pink lump.
"Ukyahahk?!"
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"Keuk!"
Colliding with Zed's body, it went straight into the gate.
W̃_еḃ ṅ о v̀ ӗ l̇ Е̇nù m̃ а
What pushed Zed in was none other than Penelope's body.
Zed, holding her, widened his eyes.
This Bending Bridge only allows 8 people to escape.
"Regent—."
The dimensional door closed.
Zed's scream cuts off.
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Left alone in the cold mountain region is only Ferda.
If truly left alone is the real problem, it's not a big issue.
He just has to wait for rescue.
But it won't go as Ferda expects.
He comes.
That bastard.
Ӗn um̌a
At that moment, surprisingly, the sound of the raging blizzard began to grow distant.
Instead, the sound of stepping on snow is heard.
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Soon a figure breaks through the pure white blizzard.
Even though not a single moonlight enters this night, his figure is felt clearly.
"Huh? This is a truly unexpected situation."
Silver hair, pointed horns, and silver eyes.
Ẁ еbn оv̀ ѐl̄ Е̃ num ã
Undoubtedly a Silver Dragon Spawn.
The one circling above his head—it was definitely him.
"I heard there'd be one rat... but there's a different rat?"
He grinned slyly.
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Like a cat seeing a mouse in a jar.
"Nice to meet you, Valdrova Regent."
Е.n̈u̇ḿ a
* * *
Returning to Valdrova Castle, Ruri immediately started cleaning.
A whole 20 days left neglected.
She'd entrusted basic cleaning to spirits, but without supervision, they don't work hard.
That's why she cleaned late at night.
"Cleaning finished?"
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-Kyuryung.
"Good work. You may return."
-Kyuryung!
The spirits excited at the word 'off work'.
The spirits helping Ruri clean were reverse-summoned.
Soon, only she remained in the room.
W е̃b̃ṅ оv ël̀ Ѐ n um̄а̊
Ruri looked around the room she'd cleaned.
It was a bedroom.
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Precisely, the place where Valdrova and Ferda would hold their wedding and consummate their marriage.
As fiancés now, it's a distant story.
But Ruri didn't slack off.
Ruri is a maid.
Ê ń um̌ a
A maid's duty is to adjust and match the environment surrounding the master.
To create that environment, over 50 servants must be permanently stationed.
For perfection, 100 would be needed.
But aside from Ruri, there are no servants in this castle.
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Yet it was enough.
She was different from weak human maids—she was a Dragon Spawn.
W̌ ě b̈n̊ о̊vе l̀ Е ṅǔ mа̂
Among Silver Dragon Spawns, she was a top-tier powerhouse.
Her abilities made it possible to perfect this castle.
Even decades later, it maintained cleanliness without major repairs.
'That's what I can do.'"
Maintaining perfection.
Perfection means being within expectations.
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Being within expectations means being controllable.
In this castle, there's no element she cannot control.
Her life formed a perfect circle.
'Ferda...'"
At least until he appeared.
'Ferda Rosnova.'"
Е_n̂_u̇m а̊
When Ruri first met Ferda, he was a weak human.
Appearance-wise, just a green noble slightly older than herself.
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One of those third-rate humans with nothing to expect.
'He wasn't.'"
Ferda was different from expectations.
Not exactly opposite of expectations either.
Ènu ṁ а.і̆ d
He was unknowable even one inch ahead.
He acts arrogant but always takes responsibility.
Seems like an emotionless psychopath, but before Valdrova he looks like a clueless boy.
Unfitting for his age, yet fitting for his age.
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Indefinable even if you try to define him.
An incomplete being.
Е n̈ ũ m̂ á .îd
'A variable...'"
Right.
Even this calm flow breaking now was because of that variable.
Ruri hated variables.
Uncontrollable things make her powerless.
Powerlessness was hateful.
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So she had to eliminate them.
But Ferda couldn't be eliminated.
He was Valdrova's fiancé.
Thus everything began to change, creating uncontrollable situations.
'It wasn't bad.'"
That meant good change.
Е nû m̃а̃
The stagnant territory began developing, and Ferda gradually solidified his recognition and reputation.
He was changing everything by boldly proceeding with things Ruri would never do.
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The emotions felt toward those amazing achievements were subtle.
Ruri already knew that emotion.
'Impatience.'"
Than that brat who's only lived 18 years,
Е ṅŭ m а
I've lived hundreds more years,
And served hundreds more years.
Afraid one man will change everything in less than a year.
Afraid he'll take everything.
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That's why she tried to meet Silverwind.
Amidst everything changing, maybe they changed too.
Ĕnumă . і ď
And even if they didn't change, couldn't I do something?
'There was nothing I could do.'"
She was powerless.
In the situation, in power, everything escaped her expectations.
'And... I...'"
Fire caught on that taut fuse.
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Pointlessly contacting Silverwind,
Pointlessly making Ferda face Goz.
Of course, she might've resolved it more smoothly.
If Ferda hadn't spoken more roughly,
If he hadn't shown hostility openly, it might've gone amicably.
Right.
W̃ ёb́ṅ o vе l̂ .Е́ň ŭ m̊а
Ferda was the one who escalated things.
Blaming others would've been comfortable, but Ruri couldn't do that.
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'If I hadn't stepped forward in the first place... that wouldn't have happened either.'"
The starting point of everything is Ruri.
Yet the words she'd spat were,
"Who... asked you for help?"
Ẅ ӗ b n̂ о.v̊ е l̄ Е̇nũm̂ā
Squeeze.
Strength entered her grip.
Even now it's awkward, but that awkwardness will last even longer.
How to look at him, how to face him from now on.
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Ruri truly didn't know what to do.
An uncontrollable variable.
Е́ ń úm а̀. ì.d
That variable digging into even Ruri's emotions—it's confusing.
Wind fluttered before Ruri standing blankly.
A wind spirit urgently manifested and stood beside Ruri.
-Kyuryung! Kyuryung!
A flustered spirit.
Ruri realized it was a spirit sent to monitor the situation at Count Consillus's castle.
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"Speak."
The wind spirit reported in a flustered voice.
She tried to listen calmly, but couldn't dare to.
"Th-that... is it true?"
The variable moves ceaselessly.
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