Genius Warlock-Episode 428
428. lull? (1)
Hansel, the human meat chef, was born into an ordinary family..
No, maybe it's worse than average. Because he was very poor.
They were so poor that their biological parents abandoned their children in the forest..
Many years passed, and most memories became blurred with time, but somehow Hansel remembered that time clearly..
When your parents abandon you.
Maybe it was because of the helplessness and humiliation I felt at that time..
The helplessness of having to follow my father because I had no strength even though I knew he was going to throw me away..
Nevertheless, the humiliation of having to return to the parents who abandoned you in order to survive..
Even though Hansel was young at the time, he was able to understand what true helplessness and humiliation were. Deep in my bones.
However, the misfortune did not end there. Because reality has always surpassed imagination.
The day after he returned, relying on the pebbles he had scattered in advance, his father shamelessly took him into the forest again. In a deeper and rougher forest.
Hansel didn't even have time to take the stones, and in the end, he had to throw some old, hard bread on the floor instead of pebbles. Tear it off piece by piece.
After that, it was obvious..
His father abandoned him again and left. At least twice. twice.
However, there was a difference in that I couldn't go back this time. This is because birds and wild animals ate the dropped pieces of bread. In other words, I was lost..
After getting lost, Hansel wandered through the forest..
Because that's the only thing I could do.
My legs were swollen, my tears were dry, and my body was dirty..
But the most difficult thing to endure was hunger. Hunger that takes away the body's energy, squeezes the intestines, and ultimately threatens life..
Cruelly, the hunger gradually worsened like a poison spreading through his body, and eventually, just as life was about to end, Hansel could smell the smell of food..
The intoxicating smells of grilled meat, creamy soup, and freshly baked bread and cookies..
Hansel followed the scent like a man possessed, and was able to find a cabin located very, very deep in the forest..
A young woman lived in the cabin. She is a very beautiful and kind woman.
She was so kind that she brought her into the house and personally served her food, even though it was her first time meeting her. Like sweet snacks.
The first time I taste kindness in the world... It was all a lie.
She was a warlock. A terrible witch who eats children to maintain life and youth..
The reason for her kindness was simply to catch the fish that got into the net..
Maybe that was the first time.
Hansel gave up his will to live.
Isn't it? What reason is there to live? Her biological parents abandoned her, and the miraculous help she received was only a prelude to an even bigger tragedy.?
Living was hell. A hell where everyone steals and eats each other without hesitation.
At that time, Hansel was too weak to live in such hell and refused to suffer any more..
Therefore, Hansel decided to be eaten. I just hope there is no pain······.
Just as he was about to give up everything, a second miracle came to Hansel. A real miracle.
It was his sister who didn't even care who killed the witch..
The younger sister, who noticed that the witch was gradually aging as the effects of her diet had diminished, tricked her into putting her in a brazier and burning her to death..
The evidence is the face covered in charcoal and the hands burned while trying to stop the witch from escaping..
The younger sister used her wit and courage to burn the witch to death for Hansel, who did not care about her..
At that time, Hansel realized for the first time. He realized that just as his biological parents were not interested in him, he was also not interested in his sister..
The only thing that is precious is your life. Hansel realized that he was no different from his parents..
However, her younger sister risked her life to save herself. Because she is her one and only brother.
From that day on, Hansel made up his mind. No matter what danger comes to the world, he will definitely protect his younger sister Gretel. By any means necessary.
That's how Hansel became a human meat chef. He got to where he is today by teaching himself the knowledge he stole from the witch, eating her flesh, eating other humans to increase her power, and even betraying the woman he loved..
Just to protect my sister.
I could have done anything for that. He was even prepared to throw away his own life..
‘Obviously, I decided to do that.······.’
After desperate efforts, the human meat chef, who awakened into a complete dragon, shed tears recalling past memories and resolutions..
Even though the quarter staff was stuck in the heart of his younger sister Gretel right before his eyes, he was unable to do anything as he was caught and pierced by the shadow vines and stakes..
That's why I couldn't help but cry.
All I could do was cry.
Pooh...Wook.
Oliver, who restrained the human meat cook who had turned into a dragon with only a shadow, wordlessly strengthened his hands and drove the quarter staff deeper into Gretel's heart. very slowly.
“······!!”
Gretel screamed silently as the pain pierced her heart alive, and the human meat cook desperately struggled to shake off the shadow that had grabbed her body..
However, despite this, I couldn't shake off the shadow. Rather, the emotions, vitality, and magic power were even taken away from the area where it was captured and pierced..
I couldn't understand. The dragon was a legendary being that could collapse mountains with its bare body, but it couldn't shake off its shadow at all..
All I could do was struggle pointlessly and watch my sister die..
To his horror, Oliver just looked at the human meat cook in silence..
With a mask-like expression that doesn't seem human at all..
Cluelessly······.
In a fit of worry, anger, and sadness, the meat cook squeezed his teeth so hard that they broke. With the sole intention of saving my sister,.
Since he had been saved once, it was his turn to be saved this time. Isn't that right? Isn't that his brother's job??
So I tried to tear the shadow off the ground..
Pugh━! Pugh━! Puuk━!
However, such determination was in vain as Oliver tilted his head slightly, and vines and stakes were added and wedged into the body of the human meat cook..
The dragon's scales, which seemed to be made up of dozens of iron plates, were pierced as if they were lying, and the body of the human meat cook was mortally wounded and his physical freedom was taken away..
I couldn't even raise my voice because there was an additional stake stuck in my throat, so I couldn't cry for my sister, comfort her, or worry about her..
All I can do is cry silently.
“Oh, oh...pa.”
“big······! ah······! ······Ahhhh!!”
With the quarter staff stuck in her heart, Gretel's vitality gradually weakened, and without even looking at Gretel, Oliver approached and looked at the human meat cook..
For a long time without saying anything.
Meanwhile, the life force drained from Gretel's body along with the blood, and the human flesh cook's body also lost its power to the shadow and returned to its original form..
Nevertheless, rather than being scared, the human meat cook silently roared at Oliver..
I will kill you! Solve this! I will definitely take revenge!! I will chew it thoroughly from head to toe and leave no trace!!! So please let me go. Please save her younger sister. she said she was wrong.
However, Oliver did not respond in any way and just bent down to make eye level with the human meat chef and stared at him with a mask-like face. Without saying a word.
“······.”
Oliver even showed no reaction even when the beautiful light that interested him emanated from the human meat cook..
I just watched insensibly as the human meat cook died in agony..
Time continued to pass, and Gretel, with a quarter staff stuck in her heart, died with her hand outstretched towards her helpless brother..
It was an extremely vain end for a self-governing high school that lived for hundreds of years, consumed countless wizards and wizard kings, infiltrated the University of Loculi, and ultimately consumed the power of hell..
“iced coffee······!! ah······! Kaaa...ah!!”
Only the human meat cook, who witnessed her death before his eyes, could only cry silently with his pierced vocal chords..
Shining a beautiful yet terrible light that no one has ever shown.
I don't know if I can make three or four pilgarettes..
The meat chef's feelings for his younger sister were sincere..
However, Oliver just looked at him, level with the human meat chef, with the same expression as before.,
The human meat cook died slowly and painfully, hating Oliver in front of him, hating himself for being helpless, and hating the world..
“······.”
The limp human meat cook and Oliver looking at him in silence.
After a few minutes, Oliver stretched out on his back and knees and made eye contact with Merlin in the empty ruins..
Merlin looked at Oliver in silence, and Oliver, who read something in his gaze, repeatedly raised and lowered his hand in the air as if confused, then opened his mouth..
“······I'm hungry.”
***
Ravilly was devastated by the terror of the human meat cook..
On the outskirts of Laville, which suffered the least amount of damage, there was a dark basement that barely had electricity..
It was a seemingly ordinary space, but in reality it was one of Millieu's safe houses, provided to Oliver by Lucien Murat of the Murat family..
As Oliver requested, the basement was highly concealable and boasted a large space, and a table was placed on one side of the large space..
But the table wasn't particularly important. The important thing was the newspapers piled up on the table..
It was published by a newspaper during the last four days when a huge disaster occurred in Laville, and in keeping with the chaotic situation in the city, each front page of the newspaper had a striking phrase the size of a large sentence..
[The world's enemy, the Black Hand's human meat chef, dies.!]
[The royal army and the great Archmage Archive join hands to exterminate evil.!]
[Black Hand's Fingers Die!]
[Collude with commoner warlocks?!]
[Protecting the citizens of the University of Loculi.]
[Has the threat of the evil warlock disappeared??!]
[The leader of the common people faction is arrested. The police department must reveal the truth..]
[Decided to dispatch additional Paladins of the Pater Church.]
[Gallos Central Police Department eliminates the remnants of warlocks..]
[royal household. Defeat the enemies of the world.]
Various titles that stand out or attract the eye. However, most of what was published inside contained the same content..
The human flesh cook colluded with the commoners and started a riot, and the Great Archmage Archive, the University of Loculi, and the royal army of Gallos defeated it.······.
Of course, it was a story that was somewhat far from the truth, but it was widely known, and each newspaper created articles from their own perspective based on this story..
It could have been boring because it was the same topic for all four days, but the incident was so huge and amazing that as the articles came out, my interest did not decrease but only grew..
Like firewood in a furnace.
However, Oliver only read the newspaper once, left it on the table, and focused his attention on cleaning the newly acquired corpse..
For example, Desihe Durance, the dean of the Department of Life Alchemy who betrayed the University of Loculi, her subordinate wizards, or the subordinates of the human flesh cook picked up on the street..
The bodies that Big Mouth devoured were torn to pieces one by one, requiring a lot of work, but Oliver didn't care and cleaned them by putting them in a blood tank and repairing them by himself..
Like a person who concentrates on other things to forget something unpleasant..
Thanks to this, the work progressed very quickly. To the extent that it goes too far..
“That's amazing. It's already this much... Do you sleep well??”
A voice suddenly sounded from thin air. It was Merlin.
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