Chapter 148 – 148 – Love Does Not Dwell in a Doubtful Heart # 1

148 – Love does not dwell in a doubting heart # 1

Milione was the daughter of Archibald Medici.

Medici Archibald was one of the best priests in the kingdom, and Milione, who grew up as the daughter of such a man, should have been a more chaste and pious girl than anyone else.

But-.

Milione could not do that.

In her view, the world was full of lies, as if she was wearing a mask.

‘Hypocrites. People who talk about good deeds and salvation with their mouths, but do all kinds of dirty and disgusting things behind their masks. It’s disgusting.’

Even the Medici Archibald, who was said to be the highest ranking priest, did the same to her.

Milione knew better than anyone else how many mistakes and shortcomings he had made both at home and in the shadows, even though he was praised outside of her.

Everyone was like that.

Milione himself was like that.

So Milione stopped praying at some point.
Reading the Bible.

Also offering worship.

It was a kind of rebellion, a complaint, and on the other hand, it was a hard and stubborn shell that could be called her own belief.

‘The whole world is full of hypocrites and garbage. I will expose you. All. ‘Everything.’

More than anyone else, she became obsessed with exposing the corruption and blasphemies of those who believe in God.

Even more.

Thoroughly.

She brought up the negative stories of others as if she wanted to prove that her ways were not wrong.

The more he did this, the more he felt like “I wasn’t wrong” And became more confident, and at the same time, an emptiness that could not be filled Milione’s inner self.

That morning, Milione-.

She brought her hands together in a familiar yet awkward gesture.

“Lord…”

And she prayed.
It was a very awkward and unfamiliar prayer.

“Please, I hope my work can be done well today─.”

In fact, Milione thought that if there really was a god in the sky, she would not hear her prayers.
Milione, she’s done a lot of bad things so far.

But even so, she couldn’t stop praying.
Because she was so desperate that she wanted to cling to something.

“Save Hyde, beat Rust.”

Milione, who had ruined her life with her whining, now really wanted to be reborn.
By the side of Hyde, the only man I can trust.

If I was with him, it would be nice if the world didn’t burn down.

One step at a time, even if it is clumsy.

I wanted to walk towards tomorrow.

‘Because Hyde trusts me. Also, because I trust him.’

In fact, Milione longed for a happy life with good people more than anyone else.

I was just angry at the world that couldn’t do that.

That’s all.

However-.

I thought it would end today, but-.

“Youooooo!!!!!!!”

Milione felt like the whole world was turning red at the scene unfolding before her eyes.

It was the first time in my life that I felt so angry and insulted.

When he came to his senses, Milione had knocked the man down and was repeatedly punching him in the face.

“You bastard!” This bastard! You tricked me! Until now! Until now! I thought I could trust you! You son of a bitch! You made me!!!”

My forehead was cut, my lips were torn, and blood kept gushing out.

The man’s face quickly became covered in blood and his original face was unrecognizable.

No-.

If it wasn’t just because of the mess, Milione couldn’t even remember what the man’s face looked like anymore.

His face felt like a pitch black mask.

In all of Milione’s memories, the man’s face felt like it had been painted black.

Immediately, blood spurted out, and the man laughed.

Hehe… I told you so. It is said that the people who say they are the most godly and faithful have the most disgusting behavior behind them. I didn’t lie. “You were just deceived.”

“Shut up!!!! I am!!!! I believe in you, for you!!!! Furthermore, I wanted to get the Holy Grail and live a new life with a new heart!!!! For you!!!! But you deceived me!!! From the beginning to now!!!”

“That’s funny. Humans-. There is no way you can become a new person by obtaining something like the Holy Grail. Milione. You are forever a murderer and trash. That fact doesn’t change. “You stupid bitch.”

“Die!!!! Bastards like you shouldn’t be alive in this world!!!!”

Gwaaaaa-.

Milione grabbed the man’s neck and exerted his strength.

Wow-.

If I applied just a little more force like this, this man would die.

It was his older brother, Alter Archibald, who stopped Milione.

“Milli. Stop. Hyde—This man should not die like this. He must be judged through fair procedures in front of everyone. Fair judgment─. Just…”

As he said that, Alter Archbolt also clenched his fists.
His nails pierced the skin of his palms, causing blood to flow.

“… Judgment…”

In this situation where everyone is angry-.

The only one who wasn’t angry was Psyche.

Psyche couldn’t believe and couldn’t understand the situation before her.

No-.

It would be more accurate to say that I didn’t try to understand.

“Hyde, you…”

Psyche was sad.

She shed tears that seemed to pour endlessly from deep within her chest and stomach.

“Why did it happen like that? Hyde, is it true that you, like Miss Lucy before, have two personalities? That’s clear… ? Otherwise,—.”

Psyche couldn’t believe it.

No, on the one hand, I still believed in Hyde.

However, the man who fell on the floor laughed as if it was very funny.

“A stupid bitch who doesn’t even know how to suspect people. You really fooled me. How dare you lie to me? He said he came to save me. On that topic, do you deceive people by pretending to be a prisoner?”

“I am… Save you… For your dreams… I am…”

“I like it anyway. Because originally, all humans are trash. So do i! I am me. I didn’t have two personalities, it was always just me! Always! Look! This is me!”

The man’s cry echoed through the empty alley.

Psyche closed her eyes tightly and screamed.

“Well, that’s a lie! You would never do something like this! I know it well! Hyde, were you being threatened by someone? Please say yes. Please…”

Psyche thought that Hyde, whom she loved, had mistreated her.
For any reason.

The man actually laughed out loud at Psyche.

“No. My life is entirely made up of my choices! You stupid bastards! I can’t believe you don’t notice it even though it’s right next to you… ! Ahhh… ! Love and faith-. In the end, no matter how much you talk, you can’t even recognize the person sitting next to you.”

Psyche finally broke down and sobbed as she heard the man’s story.

Everything had reached a point where it could not be connected.

Like a broken glass cup that was thrown to the floor with force.

It only got more and more broken.

“Don’t look away. Open your eyes and look straight at me! This ugly and dirty… ! In the end, I was unable to keep my beliefs and rotted away, becoming a disgusting heretic! This is my end!!!”

The man laughed loudly.

“I always imagined this moment. Daily. If you close your eyes. When you sleep. When I pray, this moment comes to mind. It reminded me of the moment when everyone saw behind my ugly mask!!! But you are too late. Too!!!”

Perhaps unable to bear the constant laughter, Alter pulled out the sword from his waist.

“Don’t listen to that guy! Because I don’t know what they might do!”

“Alter! You are too late!!! Because the Hecate you loved is no longer anywhere!!! You must be resentful of me, right? Ruler. I am lying here. Hurry and kill me!!! Don’t be hypocritical. But-. Honestly. To be honest… It’s your fault too. “You think so too.”

“…”

Burrrr-.

The tip of the sword Alter held in her hand trembled.
The man’s tongue moved like a snake, as if piercing Alter’s heart.

“A traitorous bastard who fell for the witch’s trick and betrayed her comrades and the church. Wouldn’t that mean that the oath and faith toward God were ultimately less than the laughter of a bitch? He’s such an idiot that he can’t even protect a woman. What’s the difference between you and me? Answer me! Of course, Hecate is nowhere to be found anymore.”

Woowoowoouk-.

“Do not call Hecate’s name with your mouth!!!”

Kwaaaaak-!

Alter plunged the sword she held with all her might.

Next to the head of a man who has collapsed and is vomiting blood.

With his sword planted on the ground, Alter took a deep breath and calmly composed his mind.

“… Hyde. Stop trying to piss me off. If death is what you desire so much, I will never kill you. Don’t run away from death. Live and pay the penalty for your sins. I─, people! “I won’t listen to anything you say anymore!”

Alter tied the man’s mouth with the rope dropped by Psyche and wrapped his body around it as well.

Psyche recalled the events so far as her vision blurred with tears.

‘Was it all a lie? Entire… ? Everything that has happened so far… ?’

Was everything I had with the man a lie?

Everything we talked about while staying up all night together.

Things like chairs and podiums to be placed in a small church -.

Something like the number of candles.

Were all the dreams we shared together all lies?

Finally, Psyche’s memories flowed back to the time she and the man first met.

That day.

When a man hanged himself in front of Psyche.

When Psyche recalled the incident, her eyes became dizzy in many ways.

‘… Hyde, in fact, he really wanted to die…’

# # #

A few days have passed since the Siege of Sodom ended with the Crusade’s great victory.

The defeat of the Allied forces that day was so shocking that the kingdom was as quiet as a funeral.

But-.

It was as calm and quiet as magma boiling under deep rocks and the ground.

It was the kind of calm that could explode and sweep away a lot of things if something triggered it.

“They say that ‘fuck’ made John very miserable. It’s enough to recover…”

“The newly developed cannon will destroy the castle wall…”

People talked about a new world.

It spoke of the end of an era when the entire world we have known until now will disappear.

In such a situation, the most chaotic atmosphere was in the Agarpe Estate.

A dungeon installed in the deepest part of the Agarpe territory.

There is now only one prisoner in the place where all kinds of prisoners and heretics were imprisoned.

However-.

No one knew the prisoner’s face or name.

Even Doban, the Count of Agarpe Estate, did the same.

“They lent the prison because it was the Queen’s order, but who were they imprisoning there… ?”

Doban was only vaguely aware that the ‘prisoner’ who had been imprisoned under the orders of Queen Guinebit had committed an incredibly terrible crime.

At first glance, his body was bound with several layers of chains so that not a single hair was visible, and he had several thick locks.

Even a man-eating lion that has eaten so many people would not be imprisoned like that.

Again-.

Prominent figures such as the platinum knight Agiles and the gold-plated knight Naib took turns staying up all night to patrol the prison.

Even if it were the residence of the king of a country, it would not have been guarded this tightly.

“I don’t know where my daughter Psyche has gone either…”

Psyche, who said, “She will save Hyde,” And headed toward her sodomy was not seen. Doban felt a little anxious because he was worried about his daughter.

“If she had met Hyde, she would have done something.”

Son-in-law Hyde.

Count Dovan believed that everything would get better if his son-in-law, Hyde, was with his daughter Psyche.
In fact, Hyde restored and made many things better.

A complete union between the royal family and the religious order.

No one in the history of the kingdom could have done such a thing.

“…”

Doban now looked beyond the green hills in the distance.

A peaceful hill even though winter has arrived so much that blizzard clouds can be seen in the distance.

I saw a knight and a carriage coming from the ridge that was round like a cat’s back.

Doban was the owner of the estate and welcomed his guests

“Lord Paul!”

“Lord Doban. Nice to meet you! I have come to take the prisoner locked underground to the royal capital early tomorrow morning. “I don’t know what kind of person I am to escort him myself.”

“Is it. Sir Paul. It seems like you don’t know anything about this matter. Have you heard any news about my daughter and her husband? “I can’t see Psyche and Hyde.”

Paul was lost in thought for a moment in response to Doban’s question.

I had never heard any rumors about Psyche and Hyde.

“Next week. I heard there will be an execution ceremony for the criminal I must transport. They say it will be held on a very grand scale. “If they were alive, wouldn’t Psyche and Hyde also appear then?”

Paul said so and headed to the dungeon.

He wanted to check the prisoners he had to take.

There, behind the bars, a prisoner with his entire body tightly bound was sleeping.

Paul frowned at the nauseating smell of sewage and excrement.

“I won. Really. “What are you doing?”

“… “No.”

“Huh?”

Paul listened to the story told by this unidentified prisoner.

When I listened more closely, I saw that he was muttering something.

“… I didn’t kill him… I didn’t kill… Alive… We have to stop it. We have to stop him… I said I wasn’t crazy. I am… Furthermore, I am… !!!”

“This voice—. Well, no way… “Is it Lord Roland?”