Episode 101

“Ugh!”

Marco opened his eyes.

'Where the hell is this place?'

It was a dusty basement. It smelled damp and dirty. All sides were blocked, and I couldn't tell where the door was. There was nothing but a small bathroom space.

“What, what happened?”

But no one answered. To Marco, even after a thousand years…….

Growl

Marco's stomach roared like thunder. Marco never went hungry for more than one meal in his life. I was so hungry my stomach hurt. This kind of hunger was the first time in my life.

He couldn't stand it and knocked on the wall and made a fuss, but again there was no response. Time passed again.

Then he finally moved the middle of the wall. It was a small hatch disguised as a wall. A few slices of dried bread and water were prepared.

'Couldn't this have been poisoned?'

Marco persevered. However, no matter how long I waited, nothing changed, and the feeder did not move again. In the end, Marco waited another long time before he could not stand it and ate the bread and drank the water.

The next meal came with cheese and ham sandwiched on bread coated with wine and a sweet honey sauce.

'Ah, I don't know.'

Marco, weak-willed by nature, ate the food in haste again. It tasted like heaven.

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And then Marco fell asleep. He didn't even know how much time had passed…….

The place he opened his eyes was a familiar place.

'Isn't this the cabin I stayed in?'

He suddenly felt sick and sick to his stomach. He got up slowly. A hideaway he had rented for a long time. It was Yurif's cabin.

'What happened to me? Was it all a dream?'

He even thought so. But it wasn't. Clearly everything was real. That hideous basement, a hellish place with no windows. Where no one answered him…….

“Ugh!”

Then Marco screamed. There was one more person in the room. The man sitting comfortably on a wooden chair in the middle of the room was Lucerne.

He was looking down at Marco. Its languid gaze was like a beautiful demon or a bored beast that decided to harass passers-by.

Or it seemed that he would show infinite kindness to the other person, or on the contrary, it seemed that he would suddenly tear the opponent to pieces.

“You slept peacefully. Your stupidity is truly disgusting.”

“What, what, what are you talking about!”

Marco's body trembled. During the few days he was imprisoned, Marco worried about Arien countless times.

“Where is my wife!”

Took.

Something rolled in front of Marco. Marco's face became strange as he checked the item. It was a ring with an empty egg, a ring containing a poison called 'Devil's Smile'.

“This……. That you have this.”

“Your wife attempted to assassinate my wife. That's this evidence. So I decided to give it back to you.”

“So where is Arien? Arien says her body is weak! She's weak, and if you get a shock, she won't last long.”

Arien is a failure. Marco had a hunch. His mind went dark and his eyes darkened. It was the color of despair.

Lucerne clicked his tongue.

“Do you know that your wife is precious to you?”

“…….”

“Why did you try to hurt someone else's wife when you knew it well, huh?”

Lucerne said affectionately.

“So let me explain.”

“…….”

“Think carefully, Marco. That the egg in this ring was empty. Poison was used somewhere.”

He whispered.

“I haven't left any food or water for the past few days.”

“No way…….”

Marco's whole body trembled.

“Then the problem. Did I put 'Devil's Smile' poison in the food you ate or not?”

That was the moment. Marco's stomach started to hurt. It was a pain that felt like my intestines were twisting and my stomach was being stabbed.

“I told you. I will give it back to you.”

“…….”

“That venom, returned it to your stomach.”

Lucerne laughed.

“Oh, no! No!”

“Have a good day, Marco.”

Lucerne laughed at him. He got up from his seat.

'Antidote…… !'

Marco said I looked dead. He couldn't see more. To make matters worse, the pain in his body intensified.

Lucerne turned his back. As soon as Marco confirmed that Lucerne had left, he searched the room. There was a hidden subterranean space in the wooden floor of the cabin. Searching there, Marco pulled out a small key.

'The box where the medicine is hidden……. Where are you? Yes, I was here!'

When the heirs came of age, the family head handed down treasures including several magic tools. This box was also a treasure passed down by the family head.

'This is a box that can only be opened by me.'

Marco opened the box. This box had a pair of keys. Only the owner of the key, Marco, could open it.

“I can't die like this. You have to survive to make a promise to the future.”

Marco hurriedly took out the medicine.

The 'Devil's Tears' ring looks exactly like the 'Devil's Smile' poison ring. The only difference was that the ring egg was white instead of black. He was so impatient that he swallowed the ring. He pushed the ring into his mouth and pressed the back of the ring as it was.

'I live now…… !'

Marco thought as he chewed on the medicine.

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How many days or time has passed?

Arien opened her eyes.

“Where is here?”

I thought he would be in terrible pain. Arien fell asleep in her cafe. And then……. I don't remember.

'How many days has passed?'

Her clothes were the same as they were in her cafe and her head hurt. Arien came out. She was in an old wagon that was left alone in a remote forest. Arien looked around.

[Welcome to the resort town of Yurif!]

An old sign creaked in the woods.

'Yurif……. Then…….'

Marco's hideout was near here. It was then.

“Oh!”

Again the mad pain ran through her body. It was the effect of the 'Devil's Smile' poison. Arien rolls on the floor, foams and cries.

'We need to find Marco. He has the antidote!'

When her seizures stopped, Arien staggered and started walking. She was born with a congenital weakness in her heart. It's a poison that even normal people can't bear, but since she ate it, she probably wouldn't be able to withstand it if she didn't take the antidote right away. Arien had a hunch.

“Ha. Ha.”

Arienne started to walk on the ground with a twig she picked up in the street, breaking out in a cold sweat from her pale lips. Finally, she arrived at Marco's hideout, the cabin.

“Marco!”

She opened the door to the cabin where Marco was hiding. The cabin door was not locked. At that moment, all she saw was Marco gulping down the antidote.

“No Marco! I was poisoned! You have to give me the antidote, Marco!”

Arien shouted. However, Marco had already swallowed the last antidote. Marco, who hurriedly took the antidote, looked like a pig. Tears flowed from Arien's eyes.

“Arien, how is this…….”

“No. You can't eat that…….”

Arien's seizures started again. She spread herself out in front of Marco and pressed her body against him.

“Save me, save me!”

“Arien! You said you were poisoned? No. No way. Apparently Lucerne poisoned me.”

“There was only one ring. It is true that I was poisoned.”

Arien gasped.

“But I was obviously sick to my stomach.”

“Are you hungry?”

Arienne gasped in anger at the afterimage of her pain. Pain makes a person desperate and angry.

“The pain of this drug is not so painful, it is so painful that I would rather die. You stupid! Feeling sick or bitter is something that happens to everyone! Fool, coward! Alas, it starts again. So painful!”

Arien struggled in her pain in her Mark's arms. Then she coughed up blood.

“Arien, are you okay? Ah, you…….”

Tears flowed from Marco's eyes.

“Ah, you damn bitch. Ruined my life Elisha that bitch! As expected, I had a bad feeling from the first time I saw that humble year. Ah……. Marco, how are you?”

Arienne resented Elisha until her last moment.

“We were fooled. Marco, you……. She could have saved me with just one pill left……. Somehow……. You……. It's because of you!”

Arienne opened her eyes and exclaimed.

“You stupid bastard!”

“…….”

And Arien said as if to spit it out for the last time.

“Help me, Marco.”

And Arien died in Marco's arms. Marco's eyes widened and tears flowed. At that moment, his face looked ten years old.

“Arien, open your eyes. Arien?”

“…….”

“Arien!”

Marco shook Arien. But she had no answer from her. Only then did Marco realize. They are tricked by Lucerne. He never took poison in the first place.

He poisoned Arienne and imprisoned Marco to feed him. He made the illusion that there was poison in it.

'To fall for their tricks and get rid of the antidote yourself. Such a stupid thing…….'

For the first time in his life, Marco felt the taste. It was the sensation that the sky was spinning and my eyes were turning gray. He staggered out.