Possessing Nothing

Deep within the mountain forest is a small cabin. Those living in the villages around them muttered a lot about their elderly people and grandchildren.

It was one of the rumors that the old man had the plague and that the poor little granddaughter only cared for one blood.

There have been many rumors. It is said that the plague is not for the elderly, it's for the granddaughter. In fact, my granddaughter has photopathy, not plague.

It was not an unsubstantiated rumor. The old man used to come to the village sometimes to buy things, because he wore a long, thick robe that even his fingertips couldn't see.

People naturally assumed that the old man had the plague and his face was badly tangled and his fingertips were crushed.

There was also a reason for granddaughter's photopathy. It was because there were many times when hunters or woodcutters who wandered through the forest, screaming and screaming, their granddaughters unknown.

“What do you think? Mountain speed's pretty fun, huh? ”

Prescan said as he turned Rob's hood around. I've handed him the hood, but Rich Prescan doesn't have a face.

The child sitting in front of the burning fireplace muttered.

“It's not fun. ”

“What's the matter? There's plenty of food in the mountains. Strawberries are pretty good, huh? ”

Although he did say that, Prescan did not know the taste of raspberries. I think I had eaten raspberries before I became Rich…… It was too long ago, so I don't remember the taste.

Rich doesn't need to eat or drink food. It's impossible to eat it in the first place and impossible to taste it.

“You don't just have meat to eat. ”

Prescan spoke in a gracious voice. I could not think of him as the Black Mage and Rich who had once been infamous and had conducted numerous human experiments.

What does it matter? That's it, and this is it. Prescan truly thought so.

This is not hypocrisy. What is the most beautiful and glorious emotion in the world? Love. The noblest, truest and purest of them all would be the love of a parent for a child.

That's right. Patriotism. Now Prescan was full of cozy patriotism.

Preskan felt sad that he didn't have a face and couldn't make a face.

If I could, I'd be smiling at my daughter more affectionately than any father in the world.

“When are you going to go to sea? ”

“We have all the time in the world. After we've had enough time here, let's go see the sea together. ”

“I want meat. ”

Aine grunts. From time to time, she's been caught up in an intermittent violent urge.

It was not enough to lose his mind, but when the strong impulse twists his body, Eine tries to eat everything that is visible from front to back.

I wanted to let my daughter do what she wanted, but sometimes it was my father's job to scold her and stop her.

Prescan never married, never had a daughter. I really thought of Eine as a daughter, so I fully understood what I had to do as a father.

And it's not good if you look at it in the long run. Of course, if you eat all the people you see, it will grow even less.

Messy ones won't threaten Aine and Prescan, but Prescan knew there were more monstrous forces in the world than monsters.

That's why Prescan has entered the depths of the mountain.

It was because I wanted to feel like a woman and relaxed life, and to suppress Eine's violent impulses as much as possible. And the reason wasn't all that.

Prescan wanted Aine to be happy with her humanity. It's very small.

I knew it was contradictory, but this is also my father's heart.

Preskan never regretted becoming Rich much, but occasionally... he missed being a Human.

Eating good food. Drinking alcohol to make me feel good. Sleeping on a big, fluffy bed with a tired body and mind.

Even if it's not just that life. Prescan wanted to make her feel and experience a lot.

Life on the mountain was boring and boring, but relaxed. Living on this mountain, I hardly studied magic.

I went into town and bought groceries just for Aine. Prescan was having a little fun because he had never lived that way in his life.

“Aren't my cooking skills getting better? ”

“Never.”

Sometimes I used to cook for her myself, but she always complained about eating all the dishes she had cooked.

I had no choice. The dishes that Prescan made impossible to eat were always a mess.

Prescan laughs as he hears Eine's grumbling.

I didn't even know the door was open.

It was Aine who reacted first. Her senses were as sharp as ever since the senior class.

Despite his understanding of the imperfection, his physical strength and instinct were as good as that of the transcendent master.

Get it!

Eine's body flew back as if the spring were bent and bounced off. Eine's right arm twitches in front of the open door.

Around the hut were various enchantments to deal with intruders.

But until the door to the hut opened, both Prescan and Eine were unaware of the intruder's presence.

“Steady.”

Yuck.

You hear a murmuring voice outside the slowly opening door. Eine's face turns pale in that voice.

She waved her right arm, transformed into a blade, as if denying her feelings for a moment.

At such a rapid rate that the blade can't be seen, Prescan hears a loud hiss.

Quadruple!

The blade does not swing to the end. Eine's right arm, which was connected to the blade, twists and twists.

The bones are shattered and the muscles, blood vessels, and skin are torn. It wasn't just my arms.

Chirp... Chirp!

The body beneath your head twists and blood spurts from your torn skin.

“What's the matter? You don't even know. ”

“Khh... Glug...! ”

Even in that state, Aine does not die. Rather, the user recovers from its original twisted body.

As she opens the door and comes inside, she looks down at the woman and smiles with her fangs out.

“You're stronger than ever. ”

“Khh...! ”

Aine stumbles and wakes up.

Woof, woof, woof!

Eine's entire body was transformed. A myriad of blades and tentacles surge through her body.

Seeing the ugliness, she doesn't shrink a bit. Standing up on his feet, Preskan trembles in horror.

It is a long way north of Trabia, where Genniela is located.

Why the hell is a vampire queen who hasn't left Travia in centuries?

“Don't be so cautious. I didn't bring any malice. ”

“W-why are you here...? ”

“I think it's time to start acting like this. ”

Xeniella's actions are intended to be as close as possible to the future she saw.

Of course, she wasn't willing to explain it to Einar Prescan.

It's just that she saw the future with Mayan. Among the fragments of the future that were falling apart, there was a video with Eine and Prescan.

Maybe that chimera was a massacre? ’

I don't think it's very unlikely. The heart created by Prescan had the full potential for genocide.

But...... if that chimera is a massacre. Xeniella kicks in her tongue.

It's too low for now. The speed of regeneration is unparalleled, and the strength of the body is quite excellent. How to handle it is too immature.

“I don't intend to kill you. You didn't even do anything to me in the first place. ”

I lent Prescan and Aine to Arbes to connect her with the future she saw.

In fact, until then, she had thought that Arbes would fulfill her purpose and take Eine's body, and it would be a massacre.

‘I didn't think Arbes would die like that. ’

She didn't know that there were also heterosexual people in the group.

Not only that, in the future footage she saw, she never got caught.

“Did you have fun playing house? ”

She looks around, saying the same thing. Baby-groomed homes. Xeniella reaches out to Aine, who stares this way without diminishing her hostility.

Xeniella warns you with a smile.

“An unknown artifact. ”

“Y-yeah, stop! ”

As Xeniella tries to break Eine's body, Prescan hurries forward and stands in front of her.

Xeniella struggles for that kind of Prescan.

“Are you standing in front of me believing in the Life Force Battleship? ”

“I just don't want to see him get sick……. ”

“That doesn't suit you. ”

“What do you want from us...? Why did you come all the way here...! ”

“Why would he come? ”

She lowers her extended hand.

“I'm here to take you. ”

“…… Yes? ”

“To my mansion. ”

Xeniella's red eyes curl in half.

“Travian. ”

* * *

“Are you sure you're okay? ”

Lee asked Scarlet with a worried face.

Scarlet stands in front of the mirror, wrapped in a thin brown robe, and turns around, pressing and answering his disheveled head with both hands.

“What else wouldn't be? ”

“It might be dangerous. ”

“I think it's more dangerous for me to be here alone. ”

Scarlet snores and answers.

“If you and the tetrarch leave here, the tetrarch becomes empty. You've turned the party upside down, which has increased dissatisfaction with the tide. What am I supposed to do when you and the tetrarch go out and get into more accidents, raid an empty house, and the riffraff come in? ”

“…… I don't think they'd be so ignorant. ”

“Do you think they knew that the successor of the tetrarch would turn the great party upside down? You don't know what people do. The world is a big place and a lot of crazies. ”

“…… Hmmm. ”

Scarlet doesn't bend his attitude, and Lee Hyeong-min clears his throat as if he were embarrassed.

It has already been spoken to with the tetrarch.

Lee Sung-min and Saehrer decided to leave the company for a while and head for the sectarian militia, and Scarlet decided to accompany them, judging that it was dangerous to stay in the company.

“Why, are you uncomfortable traveling with me? ”

“That's not it. ”

“Remember? The old days. When you left Behenger for Shaolin, we traveled together. Less than a year, but it was quite pleasant. ”

Scarlet grunts and grins.

“You were old at the time, but it was pretty cute because you still had that look on your face. ”

“It wasn't cute. ”

“That's what you think. But I grew up well. That's it. You know, when you overthrew Kim Jong-hyun, when you came here wearing an inflection ball. How sorry I was that your face was so broken compared to when you were a kid. ”

“What else do you regret? ”

“I felt sorry for your life because you had a face that was worth watching. ”

Scarlet giggles and makes fun of you. Then I turned around and looked at Lee Sung-min. She grabs the robe around her body with both hands and asks Lee Sung-min.

“What do you think?”

“Beautiful.”

“There is no real soul, you. ”

Scarlet grumbles after reviving Lee's blunt reaction.