25. Tyrant of the North (4)

25. Tyrant of the North (4)

Irnia.

Yuri’s older sister.

A woman with black hair and red eyes, the hallmarks of the Justia family.

Currently, she was smiling to herself in front of me, unraveling the past.

“Is Yuri really stupid? The least fallen in our family. You know, the other day, I tripped on the stairs… Well, Yuri couldn’t even dodge it and tripped! She rolls down the stairs and she says how funny it is!”

Kyahahahaha-

Irnia laughed madly, as if her memories of that time were fresh in her mind.

Where was the point of laughter, so they laughed so much?

I couldn’t understand her laugh at all.

However.

“Ha ha ha… The story of Lady Yuri is interesting.”

I laughed roughly to please Irnia.

Irnia, who was raised by her tyrannical father, belongs to a villainess in her own way, so while she is in the mansion, she has no intention of being hostile.

Because I could become Irnia’s toy if I’m wrong.

I didn’t really want to kill her.

“… Lady Irnia has a knack for making things interesting.”

“Really? It’s more fun to do it yourself than to listen to it. Shall I tell you how to bully Yuri? When I punch her in the face, she cries right away and her reaction is the funniest-“

“Teasing is not my hobby, so I will decline.”

“Ah, sorry.”

It’s a pity.

Basically, I hate villains who cannot be rehabilitated.

Because her soul is already worn out and rotten.

Even if it is wrapped in the name of pure evil, Irnia is a villain who breaks through her wrapping paper.

A villainess who makes her another villainess with her own actions.

He just resembles his father, a tyrant, and is a being with a broken personality that cannot be rehabilitated.

‘Ibasten has a justification for training Yuri’s abilities. Irnia just bullies Yuri because it’s fun.’

Irnia, the evil woman with no story.

Her misdeeds help make Yuri a slayer of the North.

That kind glass makes people kill by force.

It makes her immoral and makes Yuri, who has a good personality, into a cold slayer.

When I read the novel, the person I hated the most was Irnia.

“Ah, because I’m talking about Yuri. Suddenly, I want to punch you again. I want to see you cry.”

“… “

“Do you want to see it too? Shall I show you? I can give you a tooth as a gift.”

It looks like the neighborhood kid is doing useless Gao in the playground.

It’s pitiful.

I hid the sigh that boiled inside me in laughter.

“… Well then, let me excuse you. Enjoy your refreshments in peace.”

“Okay, tell me next time you want to hang out with me. I’ll let you play properly.”

I will play with glass as a toy.

Never find it.

I don’t want to watch Yuri’s mental breakdown for nothing.

I went to her room to see Yuri’s condition, which I treated yesterday.

By the way, when I arrived at her room, the condition of her glass was a little strange.

“What did you talk about with your sister… ?”

“Huh? I didn’t say much. Why is that-“

“By the way, why did you laugh…? Why did you laugh when you saw her older sister…? You two didn’t become friends…?”

Not a body, but a state of mind.

Yuri approached me with a slightly desperate voice.

Then, she stared straight into my eyes with deep red eyes.

“Damian… Will you continue to be friends with me… ?”

What do you mean by that?

I was taken aback for a moment, but came up with the most appropriate answer.

“Of course, once a friend is a friend forever.”

“Right… he’s our friend… ? Then… Don’t be friends with Irnia.”

“… Uh?”

“My sister bullies me every day… So don’t be friends with her sister. I hate that… “

Yuri is timid.

However, this time he clearly conveyed his meaning to me.

Don’t be friends with Irnia.

Holding the sleeves of my clothes tightly, I made a request as if pleading.

I pretended not to care and answered.

“… So what.”

Because I also hate Irnia, and she never meant to be her friend.

Yuri smiled brightly at the answer and shouted.

“Thank you…” ! My sister and her friends don’t… ! She’s not even smiling at her sister… ! My, thank you for listening to my request… !”

What am I, a lifesaver?

Yuri is delighted to have done the favor.

She bowed 90 degrees to me and thanked me.

‘I’m in good shape.’

The figure of folding the waist without pain.

The effects of the ointment and bandages were superior to expectations.

“… But, would you like to stop saying thank you? I am ashamed of everything.”

“Go, thank you… !! My, I will do better as a friend in the future… !”

“… “

Let’s look at Yuri who doesn’t stop saying thanks.

She thought that it would be nice if there was an ointment for her spirit as well.

‘What does it mean to be a better friend in the future…? ‘

At that time, I still didn’t know how dangerous Yuri’s ‘friend’ was.

***

Verdium Mansion.

Nadia’s Art Shop.

“Hmm.”

Nadia slowly looked around the paintings displayed in the art room.

The paintings are all portraits of Darmian, the attendant.

Already ‘Darmian’ and her ‘her family’ were identified with her.

“You can see Darmian well in this expressionless picture. It doesn’t look good in this smiling picture.”

Nadia’s memory is much better than her average. She

She’s also pretty brainy, and because she’s drawing, her memory has been strengthened.

She was good at remembering scenes in her memory and drawing them exactly as they were.

“I can’t see Darmian in this smile.”

It’s a pretentious, twisted smile.

It’s not really a smile.

Nadia remembered the faces of the people she saw in the windows of her mansion.

“When others laugh… I smiled wider… “

Did Darmian even trick me with that smile?

I wonder if all the smiles you showed me were painted with lies.

Nadia raised her palm to the picture of Darmian smiling.

“I don’t need the false Darmian anymore. First of all, this isn’t even Darmian. Even the name Darmian is fake.”

Kwajik-

A canvas that collapses in an instant.

Nadia put the canvas of the smile in her corner and went back to check the disturbing portrait.

With fake Darmians mixed in, Nadia relentlessly used her powers to smash her canvas.

Kwajik-

Nadia broke 8 canvases.

Nevertheless, her art studio was full of Darmian portraits.

Nadia fixed her gaze on the portrait she liked the most.

Darmian’s face filled with regret as she ran away from her engagement ceremony.

She liked the distorted Darmian’s face the most, which she remembered clearly.

“Because he really thought of me. You must have looked like this I’ve seen a lot of people’s sorry faces. This apology is sincere.”

Before she died, she remembered people who made faces that she was sincerely sorry for.

Nadia put her hand on Darmian’s distorted face.

The paint is all dry, so there is nothing on her hands.

“I’m already far enough out of her reach. Darmian has left my hand. But, we’ll see you soon, Darmian.”

1 Year.

Nadia did not forget and waited with her patience.

She wants to enter the academy and meet the suspected Darmian.

“Because we made an oath to risk each other’s lives. We will become one in the end.”

I really want you, Darmian.

Nadia smiled faintly as she looked at her portrait she had drawn.

She is again.

She prayed that Darmian would give her a contorted look.

***

The North is an isolated territory.

In winter, it is impossible to access due to the fierce snowstorm, and it is almost impossible to escape.

I don’t know if it’s fun, but there’s nothing dirty to do here.

“It snows again today.”

“Yes, I am coming today… “

Shoot ah-

Watch the falling snow, treat Yuri if it is injured.

End.

Time in the north feels different from other territories.

“Is yesterday’s wound okay?”

“Gwa, it’s okay… Because I apply ointment… Wounds heal quickly… That’s why my father doesn’t beat me well… “

I thought I’d hit you more if my abilities were getting stronger.

If you recover to a certain level, are you satisfied and don’t hit me?

She thought differently about Ivasten when she said that she would hit her less for a moment, but shook her head and immediately dismissed her thoughts.

“Beating itself is a problem in the first place.”

“Yeah, that’s right… “

Yuri clung to my side and looked out of her window and agreed.

By the way.

“Glass.”

“Ugh, huh?”

“Why do you keep sticking around?”

Sadly uncomfortable.

Unless anything happens to Yuri.

Always stick by my side and don’t try to separate.

So when I ask why, the answer is always the same.

“Chi, we’re friends… ?”

“No matter how close we are, we don’t always stick together. And we are between a man and a woman.”

“Yeah, but… “

“There are rumors going around the mansion.”

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Looking at it now, that’s the case.

Three of them can be seen through the senses.

Recently, the attendants who have been around this mansion have been watching me.

I don’t know exactly why, but it seemed like it was to find out the reason why Yuri’s abilities were strengthened.

‘Yuri just comes late.’

She couldn’t stand that period of growth, so she took and attached the names of failure and trash.

The talent that may or may not come from the family is not recognized.

Ibasten, the head of Justia, was both smart and stupid.

“So, let’s get away from each other today. I want to be alone too.”

“It is dangerous because I am a failure… yea, that would be it Damian doesn’t want to be with me… Arseo… “

“That’s not true.”

“Oh no… It’s because I’m lacking… Sorry… “

I’m going crazy.

This is why they always stick together.

I can’t take it off.

She keeps getting into trouble by going into denial mode by herself.

‘There is no self-awareness to make things difficult, and the biggest problem is thinking that I am lacking in reality… ‘

Inevitably.

Since I decided to be her warmth in the cold north, I had to answer this time too.

Still, Yuri is a good character, so if she just runs away from the mansion, she won’t become a villainess.

She won’t become a villain unless she annihilates her family.

I decided to treat this degree of dependence as aegyo.

“Okay, let’s just go together.”

“Joe, good… ! As expected, my friend Damian… ! Lol… !”

Kook-

After saying that, Yuri came into my arms and opened her arms to hold me.

Looking at her, she also had a slight lack of affection.

Having hugged me like that, Yuri stepped back from her, blushing and shy.

“Mi-sorry… ! I was taken aback by the sudden hug… ? I’ll do it after I say it next time… !”

“That’s not the case, I think it would be better not to do the hugging action next time.”

“Yes, why… ? You’re our friend… Friends can’t do this… ?”

“I told you earlier… It’s between a man and a woman.”

We are friends though.

It is also a man and a woman.

You could call our relationship male friend or female friend.

I don’t think there are actually male and female friends.

‘Eavesdropping through a thin wall, then destroying the wall when the opportunity arises. How can that be a human friend?’

This is nonsense.

The name of a human friend faithful to instinct would be appropriate.

I wonder if Yuri was hurt by my reaction.

I lowered my head to the floor.

“We are friends… “

“Sueup, I can’t because I’m your friend.”

You push hard.

This time Yuri took a step back.

“… Okay.”

Are you still convinced?

Yuri nodded her head involuntarily.

He was a timid but stubborn type.

“Shall we stop watching the snow fall from the window? Is there anywhere I can go in the mansion?”

For the purpose of finding an escape route.

Yuri tried to answer if she had a place that came to mind.

“There is-“

That moment.

“Wait a minute, you two.”

“Me, Mary… “

An old attendant named Mary appeared and spoke to us.

It was a voice I had never heard before.

‘This voice back then… ‘

The voice of Ibasten when he called Yuri to the training ground.

It looked like the family’s exclusive attendant.

She straightened her back and spoke in a calm tone.

“The Lord is looking for you two.”

“Where is Archduke Ibasten?”

“The family lord is waiting for both of you to come to the training ground.”

Yuri was taken aback by those words and asked while looking at her face.

“Me, just the two of us…?”

“Yes, I have commanded both of you to come.”

Winter.

A snowy afternoon.

Duke Ibasten came out and called Yuri to the training ground.

Mary’s gaze was not on the glass, but towards me.

How could her eyes have pity on me?

Yuri shouted while looking in my direction with an uneasy expression.

“C, Damien… It’s okay, I’ll go alone-“

“… No, let’s go together.”

I feel anxious.

However, the body of the mansion’s diners.

I couldn’t deny the words of Archduke Ibasten in the middle of winter.

We walked towards the training ground with such uneasy steps.

Yuri held my hand as she shook her body in uneasiness.

“Damn, Damian… if something happens… I, I will protect you…”

My hands are cold.

The atmosphere felt through the skin was not very good.

It felt as if something unseen in the novel was about to happen.

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