Count Scribe's Tutor

I'm afraid of the end of the sentence.

Irea bursts into laughter. Like I knew the answer would come back. A moment later, she mutters, stuttering her memory.

“Let's see, where should we start? ”

“Everything from the beginning. ”

“Huh?”

“What I don't know. Tell me everything. ”

Irea looks embarrassed. But even for a moment, she nods as if she knows. In fact, he had a right to hear this story.

“Eek, I can't say this in front of you. ”

Irea blurred for a moment.

She then starts the conversation with a cautious tone.

“Earl Archdude is the worst garbage. ”

What's so new about the information you already know?

Ferda looks at Irea with a grumpy expression. As a matter of fact, there was no other reaction.

“It's okay, you can just say it. ”

“Huh? Well, yeah. I won't.”

Unlike her concerns, a clear answer returns.

Irea clears her throat and says again.

“I told you before, right? When the Earl came to make allies in the forest. ”

Fifteen years ago, I explained the war on this land.

Irea explained the moment she allied herself with the archduke. The realization of this nods, and she blurs again.

“Actually, there was something I didn't say at the time. ”

Irea barely speaks.

Is it because she hesitated? Irina opens her mouth instead.

“The erl did not offer an alliance in the first place. ”

“What?"

“I've been informed to enter under the command of Earl Archdute. ”

It was a horse with a stiff face.

“It was meant to put the Serenek Forest into the erl. In return, I said I would stop the Barbarians in the desert. ”

As she said, the Earl's purpose was to be reckless.

Because he didn't treat the xenophobes of the Serenek Forest as people. In a certain way, it was also the fault of the kingdom. In the kingdom, the heretics were worse than the common folk.

‘So, of course, I have to try to make him pay. ’

Alliances are made by those with equal power. An Earl who didn't see the heterogeneity as a person couldn't bring it up.

Meanwhile, the fact that I heard this asked with my eyes wide open.

“Why here? ”

“It's simple. The ground is wide. ”

The lord's power grows as the earth expands. You can also impose taxes on the Sernerk Forest factions. In fact, he nodded as if he understood.

Looking at this, Ferda grins bitterly.

He knew the Earl's true purpose, which Irina did not.

‘An enormous amount of resources. ’

According to the original article, there is an enormous amount of resources buried in the Senek Forest.

Only five mines filled with ore.

Moreover, there were two stable stone mines that were said to be more valuable than gold when crossed the northern border.

The Serenek Forest is a treasure trove, coveted even by the empire across the sea. The erl knew all this in advance and tried to overthrow the Serenek Forest.

‘And one more thing. ’

The Earl promised to protect the Serenek Forest from the Barbarians in the desert on the condition that the Earl included it. But technically, this was not a promise.

Because preventing the Barbarians from entering was the mission granted to the Archdute Earl in the kingdom. It was a duty, of course. I can't believe you're protecting me with something like that.

“I gave in as much as I could to get there. Barbarians in the desert were very intimidating back then. However. ”

“In return, the erl demanded three things from us. ”

Irina opens three fingers.

Then he folded in one by one and continued talking.

“Included in the Earl's Decree. And he demanded tribute every year with taxes. The three of them were trouble, but the biggest problem was tribute. ”

“Five dark elves, five men and women, who have had their ceremonies. Likewise, he demanded five Elven men and women who had completed the adult ceremony. ”

If he had asked for wealth, he would have thought about it for once.

But the Earl demanded his own kind. Such a request itself felt a great insult to the clan. You're not treating them as people, you're treating them as things.

The real eyes trembled with the shocking truth that came in succession.

But sadly, there is still one more.

“The excessive demands did not end there. The erl has promised to exercise his beginner's rule, limited to us and the Elves. ”

The beginner's ball.

It was one of the abolished practices in the kingdom. And yet, why did the Earl insist on exercising his birthright?

The reason was very simple.

‘He was a nasty bastard. ’

Earl Archdut revealed the woman. Very badly.

Before he became Earl, he was called Archdut's bastard, a dwarf.

"And the xenophils are not subject to the laws of the realm. ’

That's why such extreme demands were possible. Ferda's eyes are filled with contempt. The same was true of Yi and Yi. Then Irea opened her mouth, standing still.

“That was Irina, your mother. ”

Fifteen years from now, the erl who found the Serenek Forest said he would take her to the castle as soon as he saw Irina. With a token to turn the forest into an Earl.

It was worth it. In the original, Irina Sernerk was described as the most beautiful woman in the family.

“Irina gladly accepted the Earl's offer. At the time, most people thought it was a marriage. I thought Irina liked it. ”

Irina shakes her fist tightly.

A fist trembling with anger. Then came Irea's words.

“But it wasn't. Irina made that choice for the forest and her family. Because overnight, Earl Archdude said he was an ally, not an ally. ”

“ · · · · · ·! ”

I opened my eyes wide as if I was surprised.

An Earl who had never treated a heterogeneous species as human beings. But how could you change your mind in one night? Then Irea's answer followed.

“Because he cursed the Earl. ”

“By sacrificing half his life. ”

At the same time, Irina adds words.

Irina Sernerk was the family's greatest shaman. A ghost, admittedly in the leg.

Moreover, she has the temper of a great man. That's why, even if the Earl was the Master of the Sword, he would be left with no choice but to be fooled.

“Prohibition not to interfere in the Senek Forest for the next 20 years. If you break this, the erl loses 20 years of his life. The worst curse in humans with short lives. ”

That's why the Earl was forced to use the word alliance. Subverting the forest is inevitable.

“And a year later, when you were born, you put another curse on yourself for half your life. ”

Why Irina Sernerk is short.

It doesn't get sick, it doesn't get killed by anyone. Twice, he used a curse that didn't suit him, and he gave his life for it.

“The second curse lasted 17 years. Forbidden to take your life or do any direct harm. The Earl was designed to lose 17 years of his life if he broke it. ”

Irina may not know it, but in fact, the second curse contained another penalty for Irina's grudge.

‘17 years old. ’

This is neither gold nor anything. Until the curse is lifted, you just lose fertility for 17 years. This is why we haven't had a successor since the demonstration. For an Earl who enjoyed the twilight, it would have been worse than death.

‘The reward is not something to be trifled with. ’

Ferda smiles coldly. I laughed.

Meanwhile, the reality that confronted the truth that I did not know shook my body.

For his only son, his mother sacrificed again half his life in half. I'm afraid Earl Rowan will suffer the consequences of retaliation for the curse.

Then something came to mind.

The words my mother left me as a testament just before she died.

‘Your father, Count Archdut, will never harm you. ’

Along with that, my mother closed her eyes with a smile.

At that time, I didn't understand the meaning of the word. But I finally understood. In reality, my body began to tremble.

Seeing this, Irea boldly spoke.

“A few days before Irina died, she offered the Earl a deal. If you do as he asks, you may release the Earl's curse. ”

For the Earl, it would have been an eye-opening offer.

He would gladly give up all kinds of gold and silver. But Irina's terms were something the Earl never thought of.

“Taking care of her like a daughter of a noble family. ”

Along with Irona's answer, her eyes widen.

Silvans, who were born as harp elves, were not recognized by their own kind.

That's why Irina decided. Preparing for future realities to enter the human world without overcoming discrimination in the forest.

So I offered the Earl a deal in return for lifting the curse.

I asked him to teach me how to behave as a nobleman, manners, human language, and sophistication. so that one day he can live in the human world without too much difficulty.

It was also one of Irina's requests for a homeroom teacher.

A mother who sacrificed everything for her only child.

His mother closed her eyes worrying about reality until the moment of her death.

She rubs her lips, her head bowed, and a cry flows out.

“· · · · · · · · Mom. ”

It was a small voice, but everyone could hear it.

Eonna also bowed her head, clenching her lips to see if her emotions had subsided.

On the other hand, Irea was a relatively bold face. Is it because I put my daughter in my heart a long time ago? She quietly bows her head to the wall.

“Half a year ago, the Earl brought you here for a reason. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. ”

As I listened to Irea, my eyes began to spread.

Etiquette lessons I learned from the Earl. Swordsmanship, sophistication, language, everything living in groups with humans. Everything he hated so much was Irina's condolences for reality.

“I don't know, I don't know. ”

I squeezed my tightly clenched lips and cried out.

I'm just about to become chief. I don't want to look weak.

I couldn't stop the shoulder from sagging.

Tuk

At that moment, I felt a warm touch.

“You don't have to put up with it. ”

Ferda claps her back as she approaches.

Immediately, I heard a voice.

“There's no one to blame. ”

Strangely, when I heard his words, my tears fell down. This is the limit. I couldn't take it. I can't see anything because my eyes are all puffy.

I thought I was okay now, but I'm not.

As soon as he faced his mother he didn't know, he saw tears pouring out.

Only after I had poured out all the remaining emotions did I stop crying.

Nevertheless, Ferda does not stop tapping her back.

Not long after that.

After the atmosphere calmed down, Irea opened her mouth again.

“Back to business. ”

She took out the decomposition stone.

The curse is lifted if you drop the erl's blood into the five holes in the border. It was originally six holes, but the piece containing one was not the fault that Irina handed over when she made the deal with Earl Irina.

‘You must have shed blood a long time ago. ’

Given the nature of the Earl, of course it remained so.

Immediately, Irea handed him the interpretation stone.

“You take care of this now. That was the deal with Irina. ”

In reality, he took it with a trembling hand.

A stone that can lift the Earl's Curse. He raises his teeth and turns his head for a moment.

“· · · · · · · · Perda. ”

I was crying so red under my eyes.

Immediately, the realization followed.

“Can you take this for me? ”

“What?"

Ferda's eyes flutter.

He will, too, because the truth in the original has not been handed over to anyone. When Irea and Irina saw this, they opened their eyes as if they were surprised.

“Is it okay to give it to me? ”

“Yes, if it's Ferda. ”

Silk head nodded pleasantly.

He then added a horse with a light smile on his mouth.

“Somehow I think I can write better than I can. ”

If that's the case, I saw it very well.

As soon as the stone was handed over, the plan was completed in my head.

“If you don't mind me asking, how do I use it? ”

Then Irea asks the jealous question.

She speaks with a strangely pressured look in her eyes.

“A curse in exchange for the life of my daughter. It bothers me.”

I'll answer if you're that curious.

I'm gonna use it like this.

Qajik!

Ferda draws the divisor and divides the algae into five equal parts.

This will divide them one hole at a time.

Meanwhile, everyone opened their eyes to sudden actions.

“My disciple is the blood of a true arcade Earl. ”

Ferda's lips were tightly closed.

He then picks up the pieces one by one.

“But unlike the other heirs of the Earl, there's a lot I haven't received. ”

For being a bastard and for being the son of a damned woman.

In reality, I have been subject to a lot of discrimination. So...

“I'll take it one by one, showing you hope. ”

This was also Irina's wish. The reason for creating this type of interpretation. It was all because they wanted to give one more thing to reality.

That's why Ferda decided.

To join the preservation of Irina Sernerk, the mother of the realm.

“Not a speck of dust left. ”

So wait a little longer.

Soon you'll have taken everything from Earl Archduke.

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