“Episode 60”
The user provided text seems to be a passage from a story. Here’s the translation:
—
And then the sparrow, who had been watching every gesture of hers intently from the tip of the tapestry rod without blinking, added words.
[“No, Yuliana. Yun has always wanted a savior. I wanted to be that child’s savior, but it’s too late. As you said, I’m just a rabbit doll. Even though I gained the power of miracles and learned how to steal the ability to imagine human fiction, still, what… A rabbit doll is just a rabbit doll, after all.”]
“What do you want to say?”
Yuliana gripped the armrests tightly, listening to the sparrow’s hesitant words, her palms sweating from tension. The sparrow, also nervous, spoke softly.
“Yuliana, you are Yun’s chosen savior.”
—
With three days left until the purity trial, the nobles were all cautious with their words, pouring their attention into the nerve-wracking standoff between the aristocratic families and the royal court.
In truth, the purity trial was just an ancient custom. Criticizing the purity of nobles was such an old and worn-out topic.
However, this time, the royal court focused extensively on Yuliana’s purity, and with the support of the royal court, the followers gained justification to bring the duchess to trial.
Even her stepbrother, who was present as the accuser, ensured that the attention of the nobles would be on the purity trial.
According to custom, high-ranking nobles should have attended as spectators to the duchess’s purity trial, but due to the threats from the ducal family, there were none.
Furthermore, the followers had to come directly to the ducal family themselves. The grand purity trial that was supposed to take place in the grand hall of the duchy ended up being reduced to a makeshift trial platform, with a few old priests and a handful of witnesses.
And there, Evan Hillchen stood on the makeshift trial platform by the lakeside. With a furrowed brow, he controlled the emanating malevolent aura from the entrance to the underworld that he had created.
Rumors had it that all sorts of demons emerged from the deepest and scariest mountains in the north, but in the area where Evan had sown the entrance to the underworld, there was only an eerie discomfort lingering.
If one were to think that something sinister was growing beneath the surface of the emerald lake, all the culprits would undoubtedly shudder.
However, Evan Hillchen was not one of the culprits. On the contrary, he focused on controlling the rising anger, which threatened to engulf him, as he adjusted the entrance to the underworld.
As the purity trial approached, only feelings of revulsion boiled in his mind. It was horrifying that his beloved Yuliana Oven would stand trial because of those despicable people. And as a husband, he should have prevented her trial from happening.
‘As planned, it should have been that way.’
It was all twisted because Lucian Bu Ariaque, with his insane actions, blocked even the validation of divine power.
If the divine validation had started, he would have mobilized the followers extensively to declare the saint emerging from the entrance to the underworld as a potential demon and even treated the royal family as if they were the lair of demons.
In the past, the royal family might have been able to escape from such stigma by any means, but the recent turmoil over the successor issue left the royal family unable to escape from such stigma.
In the process, the ducal family would have caused a small disturbance related to the underworld, but he could endure the scrutiny of the followers.
After enduring the commotion for a while, if he gave the followers a few examples, his stigma would have been removed.
He was recently a knight who had cleaned up the demons and barbarians in the north, so his only fault would have been inheriting the ducal family without noticing the entrance to the underworld.
So, all these plans were twisted because Lucian Bu Ariaque did not hesitate to ignore even the nobles’ authority and crushed the divine validation.
Evan Hillchen now had to go back on his comfortable path twice.
As the moment of his wife’s purity trial approached, he had to summon the priests of the followers. He thought it would be crazy to go to war with them in order to prevent the trial from happening.
‘He’s not a radical guy, after all.’
Although Lucian had a talent for cleverly manipulating the situation, he was not the type to blatantly distort the situation like this.
‘But it makes me more curious.’
He could not afford to give Yuliana any hint that Yun might invade Evan’s mind.
Even asking such questions irritated Evan, so she slapped him several times. But Evan continued to endure quietly. He waited for his wife’s crying to stop. And as she cried, Evan whispered urgently to her, who was exhausted from crying, holding her hand.
“I’m not doubting you. How could I doubt that you’re Yuliana Oven? Just tell me this.”
“…Stubborn.”
“Sorry.”
“…Fool, idiot, stubborn!”
Yuliana sobbed, tears streaming down her face.
She didn’t know if she had done anything wrong. By claiming to have healed Evan’s mind and revealing her weaknesses to him, she had shown him her true self. A man as sensitive and sharp as him couldn’t pretend not to notice her differences.
“Yuliana…”
Evan murmured, kissing her hand.
Yuliana’s heart ached as she became closer to Evan. If she could, she wanted to speak. She wanted to disappear from their story together and erase the protagonist who had intruded into their story.
But if she did, Yun would lead Evan to destruction.
My, my male protagonist…
“Even if I’m a monster?”
“Yeah.”
“What if I devour you?”
If the truth is known, Yun will devour you.
Yuliana frowned and bit her lip.
And then she closed her eyes tightly. The moment she closed her eyes, Evan groaned in pain, as if his heart were being torn apart, seeing the tears trickling down his wife’s cheeks.
Evan forced out words, and for each word, he kissed her trembling hand. He hoped that by doing so, her trembling would stop.
“Yuliana. Yuliana Oven. Even if you’ve lived two lives, I love you.”
“Even if I’ve come back from the dead?”
“Yeah.”
“Ignore your actions?”
Yuliana slammed her fists together.
Evan smiled subtly and kissed her forehead. As they became closer, Evan didn’t hesitate to speak.
“It doesn’t matter.”
—
If you need further assistance or clarification, feel free to ask!
“Still, I won’t say anything.”
She whispered to Evan, who was looking at her silently.
“You can speculate as much as you want. Speculate, doubt, and keep asking… But I still can’t say it. For now, knowing just this is enough.”
Evan closed his eyes.
Ultimately, he was the one who yielded to her stubbornness. He always lost to Yuliana. There was no other way.
“Okay.”
“I won’t ask further.”
“Thank you.”
Yuliana, barely sighing, leaned her face on Evan’s shoulder. Soon they embraced each other, but they felt saddened by the fact that they couldn’t comfort each other’s anxieties.
Thus, their allotted time passed quickly.
* * *
Finally, it was the night before the decisive trial. And on that fateful night before the decisive trial, Yuliana was with the sparrow.
Yuliana spoke to the dejected sparrow trapped in the cage, who resembled a ticking time bomb, after stating that she was the savior chosen by Yul and had been resurrected into this world as Yul’s redeemer.
[Right!]
“Chirp!”
Upon hearing her words, the sparrow, perhaps seeing a glimmer of hope, fluttered its black eyes and approached hesitantly from the edge of the perch.
Yuliana looked at it coolly for a moment before speaking again.
“So, in summary, you conceived this world for the Yul who lost the will to live in reality, and when people started attributing symbolism to it, it actually materialized? And then, Yul tried to control this world directly, but it had already deviated from the framework you envisioned and became a new world—. Yul wavered, gradually losing the purpose of life, fearing that something might go wrong, and hastily devised a plan to teleport him here.”
[Yes, yes!]
“Chirp!”
The sparrow added a little vitality to its voice and approached with its beak slightly open.
“I see. But just because you’re listening quietly, don’t think it’s okay.”
“Chirp!”
[Are you going to hit me?]
“Hey! When did I hit you?! Am I just refraining from hitting you because I want to?!”
[Ah. Well, thank you.]
“Chirp!”
The sparrow thanked her with a gentle nod, sounding as if it was asking, “Let’s see how long you can endure.”
“Ugh. Do I kill it? Or let it live?”
In the end, Yuliana sighed and slumped onto the opposite bed. Then, after drinking water to moisten her dry throat, she spoke again.
“But, how about this? The ‘Yul’ you teleported is as stubborn as ever. From the beginning, he acted like a god of destruction. Your plan is quite different, so how do you intend to fix this?”
“Chirp…….”
The sparrow, pitifully sad, pecked at the grains Yuliana had given it and finally spoke.
[Yes. So, I revealed myself to Yul in a hurry. I thought that if I informed him of the purpose of teleporting him here, it might stop his destructive actions.]
“And then?”
[But, it seemed to provoke Yul instead. He got angry and told me to kill his real self and resurrect him here instead. I refused. Then Yul devised a plan to ruin this world, even at the cost of his own life. I didn’t wish for that… Why did it turn out like this?]
“You might as well have let him be reincarnated here as he wanted.”
Yuliana said coldly.
The glimpse of the ‘Yul’ in reality that Yul had briefly shown her before was utterly dismal. His appearance, saying it didn’t matter if he died in that room because no one cared, was horrifying.
With trembling head, the sparrow firmly said to Yuliana.
[Yul’s lifespan is longer. This world should be just a journey for Yul. If he cuts the thread of the predetermined lifespan himself, Yul will never be reincarnated again.]
“So, I was supposed to die in a drunk driving accident? Since I died in a car accident, I could have been reincarnated, right?”
[I’m, I’m sorry. I considered your short lifespan as a fact.]
“Chirp…….”
The sparrow cried softly. The little sparrow, with its head resting on the wire mesh as if seeking forgiveness, spoke in a small voice.
“This world has become a new story departing from the original framework. However, perhaps because Yul was originally summoned as the protagonist of this world by me, some elements of the original plot could be brought along. That’s why you’re feeling so conflicted now. I’m sorry, Yuliana. Furthermore, I’m risking my life by creating stories that aren’t even in the original… I really don’t know what to do…….”
“You’re really foolish.”
“Chirp?”
