How Can You Pay Back The Kindness I Raised With Obsession?

A huge fireball fell in front of his eyes.

 

“Damn…”

 

A chill ran down my back at the thought that if he had taken one more step, he would have been crushed by a pile of burning corpses. At that time, the fireballs moved strangely and began to rise one by one. These were the wizards whom Daniel had killed with his purifying power a little while ago.

 

It’s necromancy.

 

Elliot simply used holy power on the corpses that were attacking him. The corpses that had become monsters due to necromancy exploded with sparks flying in all directions.

 

‘If this was going to happen, I should have destroyed it shapelessly with my holy power from the beginning.’

 

He felt bad about brutally killing an unarmed enemy, so he left it to Daniel, and this was what ended up happening.

 

“Ha…”

 

The corpses of the soldiers he had cut down rose one by one and raised their swords. Giselle’s magic didn’t work on the corpse, so they only attacked Elliot. Even so, there was no way he could be defeated by his holy power. Elliot sighed as he stood beneath the arch, where his bloody and burnt flesh vibrated.

 

“You missed one.”

 

There was a necromancer that we haven’t yet discovered. It was as if he was hiding his magic power, and the magic power he felt when the corpse was moving a moment ago was not felt now.

 

‘It obviously means controlling a corpse from a position where you can watch me…’

 

He had no problem being attacked by hundreds of corpses. The problem was outside the castle. A strange sound was heard from the field outside the castle gate, and a huge amount of magical energy was felt rising, like a huge pile of pyre catching fire. The mountain of corpses awakens. It wasn’t far away from the swarm of torches rushing this way. It meant that they would soon encounter the advancing imperial army head on.

 

‘Where is it?’

 

Elliot focused her mind. At that moment, she felt the owner of her magic running on the castle wall not far away. The moment he stepped inside the castle to check on the necromancer, arrows rained down inside and out from the castle walls. Eliot had no choice but to hide her body under the arch of the castle gate while she poured his holy power along the castle walls.

 

Pop!

 

There was a sound of something exploding somewhere on the castle walls…

 

Puck.

 

A small, blood-soaked skull fell from the wall and rolled to his feet. It was a skull necklace that necromancers wore around their necks. The magic disappeared along with the necromancer, and the mountain of corpses that had risen from the field collapsed again.

 

“Ha…”

 

There would never be a day in his life when he used so much holy power. Fatigue came from deep inside my body.

 

“Block the gate immediately!”

 

But he had no time to rest. It was the moment when the sword was drawn towards the enemy soldiers coming from inside. A thunderous shout came from behind him. It was the imperial army. Soldiers rushed into the castle, holding their shields high and fighting through a hail of arrows. The Billund army without monsters could not defeat the imperial army. The reckless and dangerous night raid ultimately ended in victory for the imperial army. Elliot stood on the walls of the finally recaptured castle of Villette and looked east. The sun was rising over the snowy mountain. As he looked at the sky burning like a flame, he remembered the dizzying moment when he almost got crushed by a pile of burning corpses. He turned his head towards the Grand Duke and opened the locket he had been holding in his hand. Elliot, who was staring into the rocket, kissed little Hazel. If this necklace had not broken, he would have been defeated on the day the imperial army won. Hazel may really be a guardian angel who fell from the sky.

 

-Good luck.

 

‘Hazel, you are my luck.’

 

The imperial army did not stop at recapturing lost territory. With momentum, they invaded Billund and captured the capital. The Emperor, who received news of successive victories day after day, belatedly dispatched his army to intercept the general. However, the war ended before the imperial army could even set foot on Billund’s territory. The Emperor’s meanness did not stop there. Conscious of the aftermath of this war, he gave the order to execute his daughter as if cutting off her tail. The captured king and queen of Billund, Regina, disappeared into the dew of execution. Billund, who lost his king, also lost his former confidant. It was a complete victory for the imperial army.

 

* * *

 

On a sunny April afternoon, spring was in full bloom both inside and outside the Grand Duke’s residence, where the protagonist of the victory was the head.

 

“You came today too.”

 

“Hello.”

 

The gardener smiled and greeted me as I dug up well-ripened carrots and potatoes from the greenhouse’s garden and put them in a basket.

 

“It would be easier if you cashed in all at once instead of coming every day. It’s heavy, so I’ll bring it to the kitchen.”

 

“No, just… I want to use fresh ingredients canned that day, haha.”

 

Even though she thought about it, it was a bit foolish, so she laughed. She came out of the greenhouse carrying a basket full of fresh vegetables. She couldn’t help but hum as she walked along the flower bed where colorful tulips were in full bloom.

 

“Hello.”

 

“Hello, Miss Hazel.”

 

Gardeners who were trimming shrubs in a garden bathed in warm sunlight greeted us with bright smiles. On the way past the ballroom, the excited voices of the maids flowed out of the wide open window.

 

“When will he come?”

 

“I heard that Billund’s border was crossed a long time ago.”

 

“It would take 10 days to travel from the north to here.”

 

“It’s been a week since the news came, so will he be coming within three days?”

 

“He might come sooner.”

 

The Grand Duke would return soon. He would come back alive. As promised to her. These days, the Grand Duke has been busy preparing to welcome the heroes who would soon return. From the knights’ dormitory, which was previously empty, to the ballroom where the banquet would be held, it would be crowded again. He actually thought he would return much later. Everyone expected that when the war was over, a grand triumphal ceremony and victory celebration would be held at the imperial palace. That prediction was correct. However, the prediction that he would return late was wrong. The lords who participated in this war, except for the die-hard emperor faction, did not attend the Emperor’s victory celebration, making one excuse or another. Even the Pope participated in the boycott procession. It was a silent protest and blatant cold treatment towards the Emperor, who was the culprit of the war.

 

“Then we should at least throw a victory celebration for the knights and soldiers of the Grand Duchy.”

 

From the day the news that the Grand Duke was coming broke home straight from the North, Luna began preparing for the banquet.

 

‘Preparations for the banquet are in full swing over there.’

 

Even today, as always, a carriage that she had never seen before was parked in front of the annex where the dukedom lived. She heard that these days, tailors and merchants come and go every day, giving the guards a headache. Was the princess preparing a dress to wear at the banquet?

 

‘But it’s going to get rainy over there soon.’

 

In fact, as soon as Luna heard the official news of the victory, she tried to issue a congratulatory decree to the dukedom as if she had been waiting for it.

 

“But Duke Monette is coming with him.”

 

“Why!”

 

Luna’s drive to be kicked out of the duchy was ruined before it even started, as the Duke said he would personally come pick up his wife and daughter.

 

“Just come. I will review every detail of what has happened.”

 

But Luna soon regained her strength and clenched her fists. It has even been said that these days, whenever she gets the chance, she writes about the atrocities of the Duchess and the princesses, but because she runs out of space, she was making her own books. She had been busy doing foolish things every day these days.

 

“Then, on the day you return, I will make a pot of stew and wait for you.”

 

She wanted to literally keep the promise she made to him, so she cooked beef stew every day, to the point where it seemed foolish even to her. So that no matter when the Grand Duke returned, she could welcome him with a bowl of freshly made stew. Today, she was late because she played a card game with the chestnuts after dinner. She came to the cabin because she felt bad for making a mess of the kitchen that the chefs had kept clean by making noise in the kitchen of the Grand Duke’s residence so late at night. Standing alone in the small kitchen, she hand-processed the ingredients she had dug up from the garden during the day. She even ‘borrowed’ the beef from the kitchen, cut it into bite-sized pieces, put it in the pot, and today, like yesterday, she cooked a stew that the Grand Duke couldn’t eat.

 

‘Whose stomach will this go into tomorrow evening?’

 

It was a time when she laughed alone at my foolish actions. She could faintly hear the sound of horses’ hooves and neighing outside the window.

 

‘Who is riding a horse through the forest at this late hour?’

 

She thought it was passing by, but the sound of hooves got closer and stopped in front of the cabin. Then there was the sound of human footsteps and someone knocked on the door of the hut.

 

‘Are he lost?’

 

She casually opened the door and was dazed.

 

“Witch, can you please give the hungry Grand Duke a bowl of stew?”

 

The Grand Duke was standing before her eyes.

 

“This will be the price of the stew, right? It’s better if it doesn’t work out.”

 

He smiled as he held out a bouquet of wildflowers to her, then extended his free hand.

 

“Nanny, rules.”

 

The Grand Duke pushed up the tip of her chin and closed his wide-open mouth without her realizing it. The moment she felt his body heat on her, she woke up from her dream. It’s the real Grand Duke. This was not a dream.

 

“If you keep opening your mouth like that, I’m going to kiss you.”

 

At that moment, she rushed over and kissed him.

 

—————————————————————

Translator Note: