Swordmaster of the Red Light District

Curse (3)

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As for my ball friend before reincarnation.

I was really a book lover who never put a book down all day.

I often read philosophical books and essays, and I really liked books related to history and culture.

Of course, about half of his reading time was devoted to genre novels, and he devoured random novels regardless of genre.

The guy who liked to talk about novels often talked about the contents of [The Fall of the Empire], which is a prophecy of the world in which I was reincarnated, but there were two main reasons why this didn’t really help.

First, I was not a perfect memory person.

My memory was mediocre, and when I talked about novels that I wasn’t interested in, about 90% of them immediately evaporated from my head.

I wonder where the 10% is left, but here the second problem popped up.

The point is that the number of fantasy works that the ball friend talked to me exceeded one hundred.

There were many works that had similar settings or terms to [The Fall of the Empire].

The memories of similar works have been jumbled or distorted over time, and have become useless.

However, the countless keywords acquired through this incident tied the fragments of the fragmented memories into one and raised them to consciousness later.

“Lesina is very pitiful for her back-setting.”

A conversation with a ball friend flashed through my mind.

“What’s wrong with you?”

“I saved the world, but I was cursed and abandoned by my people, and the end was tragic. Well, all the characters in this novel are like this.”

“What curse?”

“So, let’s see. A curse in which the body decays over a long period of time, forgets memories, loses intelligence, and eventually destroys the soul.”

“I just commit suicide.”

“Isn’t that the setting that you can’t even do that?”

It was a content that was moderately responsive and picked up.

However, when I met Resina in front of me, the story of her that I had forgotten came to mind one by one.

Resina, who received the wrath of the World Tree, was originally supposed to have wandered the world helplessly for hundreds of years and suffered from various winds and waves before becoming a wretched man.

However, Casillas, who was Regina’s colleague and war hero, noticed the existence of the curse that engulfed Regina and decided to become her guardian.

After disguising his death, Casillas founded a small family to protect Resina only.

Phillips, a close friend of Casillas, joined his plan.

For a cursed hero that has already and will fall, they are willing to sacrifice themselves.

I looked at Resina, whose eyes were terribly hazy as I pondered the memories that came to mind.

Resina shook her hand for a moment, then asked me in a leaky voice.

“You… aren’t you Harcia?”

“I accidentally caught up with his progress.”

“Okay. But Ult… Where is he?”

Gadi’s author’s ultra.

His full name is Ultima Guardian.

Translated, it means the last guardian.

It wasn’t his name that defined him, but the task he had been given.

It wouldn’t be a difficult task. Because I just had to protect Resina’s end.

However, the Last Guardian could not tolerate Resina’s end.

He began to wander the world for the cursed Haeju, which even Casillas, his ancestor, could not achieve.

But, how did this story end?

Actually I don’t remember exactly.

Perhaps Ult couldn’t even protect Resina’s end, and even failed to find a way to undo the curse.

Falling in deep despair, he eventually blamed God and fell.

I think my friend was talking about burning the world tree with my own hands in the past.

Resina asked again.

“Ult… where did you go?”

“I’ve gone on a short journey to find a way to break Resina-sama’s curse.”

“My presence has put him in custody.”

Resina, who staggered, showed tears.

“I still regret it. That day, … couldn’t refuse the hand that it reached out.”

Resina didn’t even seem to remember the name ‘Casillas’.

The curse of the World Tree has already taken away most of her memory and intelligence.

Resina appealed with a crumbling face in despair.

“I’m begging you. Convince Ult… I’m a ghost. I don’t want him to fall with me. Help Ult put down his obsession.”

“How long do you have left?”

“It won’t last more than 20 years. It’s hard to get a little bit of wisdom back when the moonlight shines… Now it’s hard.”

“I’ll do my best for what you asked for. So, stop and go into your room now. The night breeze is blowing.”

“thanks.”

I thought while guiding Resina.

For a safer future, it was necessary to prevent Ult’s corruption.

Only helping Resina to spend the rest of her life comfortably may be enough to stop his corruption.

Alternatively, it could be a good choice to eliminate Ult before she falls, or to burn the World Tree before Reshina dies.

There is still plenty of time left.

It was something to think about with some spare time.

*

It has been three months since they subjugated the Locust.

As Ray stopped by the nursery in the morning and was walking around the playground, Titi followed after sucking her fingers.

“Ray? Is Ray here?”

Ray asked, stroking Titty’s hair.

“Titty, how are you?”

“It’s sad that Ult didn’t come.”

“If you listen carefully, I’ll be back soon. Don’t worry.”

“Yeah, okay. I’ll listen to the teacher.”

little by little

The sound of horses hitting the ground was heard.

When Matthew arrived at the orphanage, he stopped talking in front of Ray.

Ray left Titty with another teacher and quickly got on the horse.

Today was the day of the completion ceremony of the Jimmy Orphanage Dinar branch.

Most of the money for purchasing and reinforcing the land and building to be used as an orphanage was supported by the Count.

The Count said that he had to manage the Dinar area and had a reward from the imperial family, which greatly increased the budget available for investment in welfare projects.

Of course, it won’t be a free favor.

Ray decided that she should take more care of T.T.

Matthew asked while driving the horse.

“It must be difficult for you to manage both nurseries. Do you have any good plans?”

“Um… I’m going to introduce the [Orphan Promotion System].”

“…what system?”

“The orphan promotion system.”

There was a limit to Matthew Malmatana Ray’s ability to take care of two orphanages at the same time, traveling back and forth between the Count and Dinar.

So, when Ray collects orphans in the future, he plans to give them a normal grade and accommodate them in the Dinar branch, and then raise the orphans that he wants to stand out to rare and bring them to the counties.

Orphans who succeeded in Rare promotion will have the opportunity to access higher quality education in the Counties.

“Isn’t selection and concentration necessary to nurture successful talents?”

Ray was proud and boasted of his idea, but Matthew, who heard the story, asked with a bitter expression on his face.

“Isn’t that a very inhuman idea?”

“No, why is this an inhuman idea?”

When is it a day or two to classify people by class?

Right now, this world has been discriminated against since birth.

In Ray’s opinion, the orphan promotion system was a very rational and advanced system.

“It’s not that I’m going to throw the kids away, huh? They say that they’ll educate the kids according to their level, but how humane is it? It’s called Orphan Promotion System. In short, OPS sounds good.”

“Crazy.”

Matthew shook his head and spoke faster.

Ray and Matthew, arriving in Dinar shortly after, visited Jimmy’s office first.

Currently, Dinar’s dark district is completely under the control of the Jimmy family.

For this reason, we had an office in Dinar for Jimmy to use, and of course the Count and Ray proceeded at will without Jimmy’s consent.

“Jimmy, are you here?”

Jimmy was sitting in his office chair, looking at the sky through the window.

Jimmy, who had not spoken for a while, muttered helplessly, muttering the beginning of the year even after Ray came.

“I settling in the Countess and dreamed of a peaceful, slow life.”

“yes?”

“I wanted a slow life like that, where I could earn a little pocket money, take care of my children, cultivate a small field and live a day without worries.”

However, as he was swept away by Rey and moved around, he suddenly became the ruler of the infamous dark district that encompasses the counties and the victories.

Jimmy wiped his face.

“It must be a dream that cannot come true anymore.”

Rey said a word to Jimmy, who had sad eyes.

“Jimmy, are you already in menopause?”

“What a dog…!! Eheh, I don’t even have the strength to be angry with you right now.”

Jimmy put down the flowerpot he was about to throw down and put on his clothes with a sigh.

It is said that the count will show his face for a while at the completion ceremony today, so we had to keep proper manners anyway.

*

A week after the completion of the Dinar branch of Jimmy Orphanage, people from the Duke of Alstein came to visit.

They were the escort troops sent by the Duke family to restore Seria safely.

Of course, the troops were dispatched with the permission of Earl Phillips, but the number was close to one hundred.

Rey was worried that the people of the duke would persecute Seria, but they treated Seria with respect and courtesy.

As the Earl had guessed, the Duke also seemed to understand the value of the prestige that Seria would get, and set the mood to embrace Seria without noise.

It was a political calculation, but it wasn’t bad for Seria.

The time for parting has come.

Seria raised Ray, who had come to meet him, and asked.

“No. If you have an accident when I’m not around. Always be careful.”

Seria was worried about Rey, but Rey was also worried about Seria.

“Be careful with your aunt, too. Is it okay to hit people in the head with a potion bottle in the peac*ck family?”

“Ray, listen to me. Mom.”

“Don’t lend money recklessly. Don’t take your stamp recklessly.”

“Don’t swing your sword. To anyone.”

“When the craftsman tells me to put out the artifacts, I just give them all away.”

“Don’t go around alone. A place you don’t know.”

“Please beware of scammers.”

“Call me. Who bothers?”

Ray burst out laughing.

“Who will bother me?”

Seria hugged Rey tightly and pressed her lips to Rey’s cheeks in turn.

Rey struggled, but Seria, who pressed her down with force, kissed her lips eight times and whispered while rubbing her forehead.

“I’ll write you a letter. You have to. Reply?”

“I’ll definitely do it.”

“I’ll come back often.”

“Okay. Be careful on the narrow road. Be careful as you go.”

Seria, who put Ray down, nodded her head at Bella.

Bella also bowed her head to see Seria off.

Rei was worried about Seria, who was young, but even if Hogu was caught, it seemed safe to be under the shadow of a duke, so she waved to Seria with a good heart.

So Seria, the hero of the empire who subjugated the Locust, left the counties.

*

“Now, have you all done your homework?”

The day after Seria left.

Ray, with a sack of cookies on his back that had been baked for less than a few hours, stood at the table and shouted.

The children, who focused their attention on Cookie, from Ray, responded together.

“yes!”

“Then where should I check my homework?”

A bright smile formed on Rey’s lips, who had taken away most of his worries.

A storm passed and peace came.

Rey wanted this peace to last as long as possible.

The years passed so quickly, and four years have passed .