Chapter 255 – 255. Duke’s Twelfth Sabotage (7)

– One –

“Mondavi. You were too careless just now.”

The tall middle-aged man opened his mouth in a stern voice as he brushed his sweaty silver hair.

He was a middle-aged man who gave off a rather strange feeling, as if he contained fire in his coolness, and his two eyes were burning red hot even in his cold expression.

“Yes… I am aware, Smirnoff. The safety of the hostages has not been secured, but I have provoked them too much.”

“Hmm… Realizing that, I won’t blame you anymore. But when someone’s life is at stake, keep in mind the fact that your choice could mean the difference between their life and death. You decided to walk that way from now on. Didn’t you promise?”

“Yes. Thanks for the advice.”

Mondavi bows his head at the silver-haired middle-aged man.

She lifts her head and looks at her regal safe house.

It was submerged as if there was a flood that didn’t go there, but the water barrier that surrounded it had long since disappeared.

“Let’s go in.”

“Yes.”

She invites Smirnoff to enter,

Swoop.

I turn my head and look behind her.

There, about a dozen sturdy young men waited silently for Mondavi’s instructions to fall.

Robert stood at the head of them.

“Brother Robert, come in with me.”

“…”

He did not respond to Mondavi’s proposal.

He was staring into Mondavi’s eyes with a hard face.

He didn’t seem to like it very much that Mondavi was stoic even after killing people.

But he is not Mondavi’s husband.

Not even a lover

Moreover, she is not a superior who can force her actions.

He exists only as evidence of Mondavi’s vengeful spirit towards the world, and is nothing.

Was it because she realized her situation again?

Was it because he or she was frustrated at not being able to influence her?

“Okay…”

He didn’t come up with any comment, just one word of affirmation in a firm voice.

“Would other people be wary of their surroundings?”

Chuck!

“Yes, gunman!”

Strong men salute towards Mondavi.

Awe and respect overflowed in their eyes.

They showed her unwavering loyalty, ready to die even if her Mondavi did her bidding.

Beat, beat, beat.
Jerk, jerk, jerk.

They disappear inside the safe house.

The men scatter around the safe house.

Their movements reminded me of a military organization.

– 2 –

Slap, slap.

“Um… That’s bad.”

Smirnoff, the silver-haired man, groans as he steps his foot into the red pond.

He was a burly man who seemed bold, but he couldn’t be stoic about walking through a hellish pond where pieces of his skin and intestines were floating around.

Slap, slap, slap, slap.

Following him, Mondavi and Robert entered the safe house.

Mondavi seemed alright, but

“Ooh, ooh…”

Robert felt sick to his stomach.

Not wanting to show her ugliness in front of her, he looked at Mondavi’s back and managed to keep her from vomiting.

“Everyone is dead except for that woman.”

“It’s a pity… If someone had just pulled out the knife stuck in her husband’s body in time, he wouldn’t have died…”

Smirnoff looked at Frank’s corpse with pity.

“What can I do? It’s all my destiny.”

Mondavi spat out a cold word, but it seemed that it was not in her heart.

Slap, slap, slap.

She cautiously approaches Frank.

She knelt down beside him and sat down.

Squeak.
Swoop, Swoop.

She straightened her tangled hair and closed his eyes with a polite hand.

He caresses her face and sees him off at the end.

Dorok.
Pop.

She sheds silent tears, mourning his miserable death.

“Being captured by those beasts, not being able to be rescued in the end, leaving Jeomi with my child, all of that was innately determined, even if you tried to shake it off, you couldn’t avoid it in the end, and it was the ending that will finally come to an end, the destination of your life. It could be destiny.”

She was reciting a eulogy for him in an old-fashioned tone.

Her eulogy contained deep anger.

“If the Goddess had ordained such a harsh fate for him, I would strike the Goddess to death.”

“He can’t be like that, Mondavi.”

Smirnoff immediately refutes it.

However, Mondavi’s eulogy did not stop there.

“Even though the goddess foretold him a happy ending, if a mere human twisted it, then I will strike and kill the human who created such a twist…”

“…”

The two men listen to Mondavi’s bloody eulogy recited in silence.

Through her eulogy, she was determined to avenge him instead.

“I hope that your past life was not filled only with pain. Although at the end of your life you breathed your last painful breath and went to scream, remembering only the times when you were filled with happiness, come to his side. Go back and rest…”

“May you rest in peace…”

Smirnoff ends her eulogy with her.

As he made the sign of the cross and recited a short prayer,

Whoops.

A holy light hovers briefly in his body before disappearing.

Swoop.
Swoop.

She gets up from her seat and wipes away her tears.

After finishing the memorial service, I look back at Robert.

“Brother Robert, when that woman wakes up, she might ask to take care of her husband’s body, so would you mind pulling out all the knives stuck in him?”

“Okay.”

Robert answers with a hard face.

Mondavi slightly bows her head towards him in gratitude.

Mondavi walked towards Sinatra.

There, Smirnoff was already taking care of her.

“How is she, Smirnoff?”

“Umm… I honestly don’t know.”

“But Smirnoff has been seeing a lot of patients.”

“The Goddess allowed me to perform the miracle of the healing method, but as you know, I was originally the lowest of the ranks of the Order, who was ordained as an ordinary priest. I was kicked out of the church as a heretic, so did I have the opportunity to accumulate such knowledge? So, I have repeatedly emphasized to you that it is unreasonable to expect medical knowledge from me.”

He responded to her with a tone of disgust for her, shaking her head, shaking her head as if she had quite a lot of it.

Even when Mondavi heard it, he only tilted his head without changing his expression.

“So you’re saying it’s okay or not?”

“… From the outside, it looks fine.”

“Inwardly?”

“…”

Smirnoff shut his mouth.

Instead of answering,

Woo woo woo woo woo!

He used all his strength to deploy healing spells.

By concentrating his advanced healing spells on Sinatra as much as possible, he created a situation where no medical knowledge was needed.

“Are you done now?”

“Huh…”

Mondavi smiles and scans Smirnoff up and down with his eyes.

Smirnoff averts her gaze and clears his throat.

“Well, that’s fine. From what I can see, her blood flow is very stable.”

“…”

Smirnoff did not respond to her words.

She sticks out her mouth

“Smirnoff, are you mad?”

“…”

He gave no answer

Slap, slap.

I moved my steps towards the corner.

“Sumino…”

Mondavi tries to call him but shuts her mouth.

It was because she also found something small floating on the lake near where he was heading.

Swoop.

Smirnoff closes his hands together near the surface and forms them into a hollowed-out bowl.

Floating in the palm of his hand was the corpse of a fetus, trampled and crushed to the point where it was hard to recognize.

He straightens his back and raises his body.

Shiver.

Water drains through the cracks in his hands, and a tiny corpse tumbles over his palms.

Maybe it was lying face down.

“Poor thing… Pitiful thing…”

Smirnoff looked down at the corpse resting in his palm, full of pity.

Now that only a shell remained, it was so light and light again.

“Smirnoff…”

“How can I soothe the feelings of a woman who lost her unborn child and her husband at the same time…”

“Ah…”

Robert also looks back at him with sad eyes.

The moment they all looked at the corpse of the fetus with solemn eyes,

Flash!

“My sweetheart!”

Sinatra opens his eyes.

Splat, squeak!

“Aaaaa!”

She screams and struggles.

Nothing, no one held her back, but she couldn’t control her body.

That’s how she desperately and anxiously searched for her baby.

“Ah…”

She finds Frank’s body.

Her struggles stop.

Her complexion is pale.

Tears welled up in both of her eyes.

“F-Frank… Honey…”

Frank was missing his limbs and had holes all over his body.

Could it be because all the blood that flowed through her veins was drained out?

His skin was very pale.

Because he was swimming naked on the surface of the red lake, the pallor of his skin looked more contrasted with the redness of the water.

“Frank, Frank… Frank!

She bursts out her cry

Thump, thump.

“Frank, pu-huh, Frank!”

Maybe it’s because his whole body is weak, he can’t go to him and continues to struggle.

Mondavi, who was uncomfortable watching it,

Chuck, chump, churn.

She approaches her

Slither.

She took off her own hood to cover her nakedness.

“Quaaaaagh! You, who are you! Get out of the way! Let go! Let go! Let go!”

Thump, thump!

But Sinatra didn’t take it favorably.

Her glow pushes her away.

“Shh. Stay still. It’s okay now. It’s okay.”

“Let go, let go! Let go of this!”

Whoops!
Slap!

Sinatra swings her arm and slaps Mondavi on the cheek.

Mondavi quietly looks down at Sinatra.

“Can not…”

Rattle rattle.

Sinatra gradually begins to panic.

Chambang.

But Mondavi took a slow step behind her.

He then raised both her hands at her shoulder level to express that he had no intention of harming her.

Sinatra’s tremors gradually subsided.

“Madam. We have no intention of harming you.”

“Ahhh…”

“And of the beasts that harmed you, I tore them to pieces and killed them.”

“Huh, huh…!”

Sinatra turns pale and looks around her.

It was only then that she realized the identity of the lake water she was soaking in.

“Ooh, ooh…!”

She covers her mouth and vomits.

And support.

She bites her own hand

The pain brings her to her senses.

Enemy.

He bites off some of her flesh and raises her head.

Then she cautiously opened her mouth and looked at Mondavi.

She never turned her head towards the other two men.

“Is it true that I really killed all, all, all, all…?”

“Yes. I killed all the trash that harmed the wife and her husband without leaving a single one.”

“Ahhh…”

With a splash.

Her body collapses

She raises her wet eyes and looks back at Frank’s body.

“I, I, I, I, my head was cut off,”

“Fortunately, the timing was right, and the wife was saved.”

“That, that, that, that, that mouth on the door…?”

“Yes. I did.”

“Well, then, then why is Frank…?”

Chuck, chump, churn.

Mondavi approaches Sinatra.

Squeak.
With a splash.

She sits on her knees in front of her.

Their gazes cross each other.

Sinatra’s pupils trembled.

“I’m sorry. I was careless earlier.”

“Ahhh…”

Squeak.
Pat, pat.

Mondavi hugs Sinatra.

Mondavi pats her on the back, and she ties the hem of her hood around her body.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

“Ugh, ugh…”

“Because we, no, because I was immature, we couldn’t save the child or husband in time.”

“Ahhh…”

“I, the best we could do, was to take care of the bodies of the two people and treat you.”

“Huhhh…”

Sinatra bursts into a beastly cry.

No, swallow.

However, she couldn’t swallow it all, so it squeezed out of her mouth and leaked out.

Mondavi shares her bitterness.

Tears welled up in her eyes too.

“If you want to resent me, resent me, ma’am.”

“Aaaaa…!”

Sinatra cried out,

Iron puck.

Passed out in the arms of Mondavi.

Woo woo…

The three sigh.

Mondavi stands hugging Sinatra, turning her head to look at Robert.

“Brother Robert.”

“Huh.”

“Please recover my husband’s body.”

“Okay.”

She turns her head to look at Smirnoff.

“Smirnoff. Bury her with her husband, and take her child’s body with you.”

“… I see.”

Mondavi raises her head.

I close her eyes and wipe away her tears.

She wanted to leave this dirty lakeside as soon as possible.

– 3 –

“Is it serious, Smirnoff?”

“To be honest…If you leave her alone as she is, she will surely hurt herself and she will commit suicide.”

“Is that so…”

Tok, tok, tok.

Mondavi taps the tip of her pen on her paper.

Ink smears on the paper.

As if to represent her distraught, the paper was full of such smudged ink spots.

“Mondavi.”

“Yes, Brother Robert.”

“Her schedule is tight. I’m supposed to rendezvous with their brother after her three days, but she can’t afford to get her to her place of safety.”

Mondavi nods her head.

“I don’t think she meant to leave her and go, did she want to take her there with me?”

“Yeah. I guess I can’t help it.”

Mondavi, reluctantly, frowned between her brows.

“He’s got seizures and screams from time to time, and I’m afraid he’ll do it during the meeting.”

“If she is like that, she will have no choice but to honestly explain her inside story to them. In any case, she is her victim of the Regal’s struggle for supremacy, and they either reject her or her cage. There will be nothing to reprove.”

“Ummm… What should I do…”

She turns her head and looks at her Smirnoff.

“Something?”

“Can’t Smirnoff really use the sex method or the sleep method?”

“… I don’t even know if such a skill exists, but if there is, the only thing I’ve been allowed to do is the healing skill. Even that is limited to the higher level. I don’t know if the ultimate healing skill has such a function, but it’s impossible for me. “

“To make an anesthetic or sedative,”

“Of course I don’t know. I’m not a doctor, pharmacist, or alchemist. What do you think I am?”

“Fake bride.”

“What, what?!”

Her smirnoff looks back at her with her bewildered eyes.

“Quack.”

“Hey, hey…!”

“Night Healer.”

“Okay…”

Tup.
Tok, tok, tok.

Smirnoff covers his eyes with his palms.

He groaned as if he was in pain, and tapped the nape of his neck with the other hand.

“Hey, is it fun to make fun of me?”

“Yes. It relieves stress.”

“Okay…”

Smirnoff groaned.

While watching them quietly, Robert sneaks in.

“Mondavi. It’s too bad.”

“Brother Robert, are you jealous?”

“…”

Mondavi shut the two men’s mouths with a few words.

They blushed in different ways and turned away from her face.

“Okay. I can’t help it, so let’s take her for now. Instead, please calm her down so she doesn’t go wild. OK, Smirnoff?”

“Whoa… I get it…”

“Then let’s rest now. Because we delayed a lot today, we have to start early tomorrow in order to arrive on time.”

“Okay.”

Darkness descends.

However, it was a night in which silence was repeatedly banished by the occasional sad sobs.