Chapter 49
"Illska, what do you want when everything is over?"
"Nysgjerrig. I want to see the sky, the stars, and the sun."
"That's not necessary; I'll show you soon."
"SOM! Really?!"
"Yes, I'll show you immediately after we get out of here."
That was Illska's last conversation with Olaug.
__After that, there was a fire, and Illska saw a crying Olaug, but that was all Illska could remember. Illska didn't remember anything else until Illska was in the new house. But Illska could feel it—a very sad feeling that was inside Illska. But it was a little unclear. Illska didn't know why Illska could feel this sad. Was it because Illska parted ways with Olaug? But it wasn't something as simple as that, Olaug had been away from Illska for a while, so it shouldn't be a big deal. The problem must be in Illska's lost memories__
"What are you doing there?"
As Illska curled up and cried alone at the edge, Isabelle came up to her, along with Iskaria beside her.
Seeing Isabelle, Illska immediately jumped back, crawling on his hands and feet.
"VARSLING! WHO ARE YOU!" shouted Illska like a wary cat.
'Fat woman and maid! Illska doesn't recognize! Who are these humans!'
It wasn't the first time Illska had met someone like Olaug. But almost everyone who approached her tried to kill her, so she was always wary of humans.
'Olaug said that when a human approaches Illska, Illska should run away immediately, not kill it,' Illska thought.
Isabelle gave her cigar to Iskaria, and then she walked over to Illska.
"VARSLING! Get away from me!"
Isabelle stayed close to him.
-BITE
"Lady!"
As Isabelle reached out her hand to Illska, Illska bit her hand. Isabelle immediately lifted Illska with her other hand, then hugged her. Surprisingly, Illska did not rebel when Isabelle did so. Just from Isabelle's treatment, Illska knew that she was a good human being.
" Do you have anything you want?" asked Isabelle.
As Isabelle asked, Illska's stomach churned.
"F-flau. Illska wants to eat meat," said Illska with a flushed face.
She had only been eating insects, grass, and water. So she didn't have much energy and always wanted to eat something delicious, like meat.
Isabelle laughed and asked Iskaria to bring her some food, including meat.
After Iskaria brought the food, Illska ate the meat with gusto while crying.
"Do you want to get food like this every day?" asked Isabelle.
"OVERRASKET! Is that possible?!"
"Of course, but you have to do everything I want."
"SOM! Fine! If Illska can eat this every day, Illska will do anything!"
"The contract has been made."
Isabelle plunged the light knife into Illska's chest. At that moment, Illska had officially become Isabelle's slave.
__Illska didn't like the fat woman initially, but it turned out that the woman was a good person who always gave Illska food. As for her, she has never asked me to do anything.
Then Illska also didn't like the woman behind her; from the beginning, her gaze was very creepy, and she seemed to hate Illska. But over time, Illska liked her; her name was Iskaria. Iskaria always brought Illska food and cleaned Illska's house and body. No one had ever been that nice before. Illska really liked Iskaria.
Good things always happened when Illska was in this new home. Even though Olaug was gone, Illska wasn't sad anymore. Illska can eat well and live in a house that smells good. Plus, there was Allen! Because Allen looked different from Isabelle and Iskaria, Illska thought he was Illska's murderer, but he was not. Allen was different from the others in some ways. His body was almost the same size as Illska, but he looked like Olaug. He smelled a little different from Iskaria and Isabelle, and Illska liked it. Allen once said that he is different because he is male, although Illska didn't understand what that meant. Allen always brought Illska food and listened to Illska's stories, so Illska thought Illska liked Allen as much as Illska liked Olaug. When Illska was with Allen, Illska felt happy.
"One day, when the day comes, when you are allowed to go out, and people are no longer afraid of you... let's look up at the stars together. I will accompany you until you are satisfied. At that time, you can tell me all your stories about Olaug, Mor, Familie, everything else. Until then, you must stay inside."
It was the happiest moment for Illska. Allen was like Olaug; he might make a promise just to lock Illska up and end up lying like Olaug, but Illska didn't care. Even the lying Allen Illska still liked him.
But Illska still hoped that Allen wouldn't lie.
That's right,
After it was all over,
After Illska was free to leave the house,
Illska wants to be with Allen forever.
Only good things happen in Illska's new home, so just by staying here is fine. Forever is also okay. Here we have Isabelle, Iskaria, and Allen. Illska hoped it would stay like this forever.
"This is all your fault! It's because you're here that everything becomes like this! Don't touch me, you monster!"
But no... Illska's only hope was instantly shattered. There were so many assassins out there because of Illska. And they came to kill everyone in this house, not just Illska. It was all because Illska was here. Just because of Illska's existence, the people Illska loved were in danger. So Illska ran away from there, telling Iskaria that Illska would kill all the assassins.
Illska knew that Iskaria never liked Illska to begin with, but when Iskaria herself said it, Illska couldn't bear to hear it.
Illska ran away; Illska told them that Illska wanted to avenge the assassins, but actually Illska left them because Illska couldn't stand being in there. Iskaria's gaze and the gaze of the girl named Felicia were so intense that Illska couldn't bear to be around them.
Illska couldn't keep Illska's promise to Allen.
This means that Allen will not keep his promise either.
Even though Illska really wanted to see the sky with Allen__.
When Illska came out of the hole, she first reached the roof of the house. Something she really wanted to see. The stars in the night sky.
"So this is the sky, and those are stars. It's beautiful."
__It felt empty. Illska had seen the sky and the stars, and they were beautiful. But Illska couldn't enjoy them at all. Illska didn't want to look at it alone, especially with this kind of heart, coupled with the annoying sound of objects colliding below.
Illska's head hurt, stop...
Stop...
Stop...
Why is everyone fighting?
Why has everything become like this?
Is that because Illska is a bad girl?
Because Illska left home that day?
Olaug...
Allen...
Iskaria...
Help, Illska's chest hurts so much__
Illska saw the sky that she had always wanted to see, but she didn't feel happy at all. The sound of clattering swords and amnis shooting below made her sad. Then the fire that burned Isabelle's house also made her body hot.
Illska then squatted on the highest side of Isabelle's house, under the bright full moon. As she stood there, her shadow covered the entire front yard of Isabelle's house. It covered the people who were fighting. Illska looked at it with great anger. Everyone was fighting because of her, dying because of her, and this house was also burning because of her.
Because of Illska's shadow, the fighting soldiers stopped, looking up at the roof where Illska stood.
Wolverlope's white wolf under the full moon—that's what they thought when they saw Illska. At that moment, just because of Illska's existence, they all stopped fighting to look at Illska.
[ILLUSTRATION]
"VREDE. I will not forgive you..." Illska said.
Then Illska continued.
"I will never forgive you for burning Isabelle's house.
I will never forgive you for destroying Iskaria's life.
I will never forgive you for rejecting my existence.
I will never forgive you for making me break my promise to Allen
Since you have all rejected my existence, then I will also reject your existence.
Hope, Despair, Life, Death, everything is not something you need to think about anymore; until you all perish, I will continue to tear your bodies apart.
YOU ALL MUST PAY FOR THIS WITH YOUR LIVES!"
Everyone shudders with fear
Illska jumped from the roof to the ground with both hands and feet, like a cat landing from a high building.
"UGHYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Her scream reached everyone's ears so loudly that they covered their ears.
She immediately jumped onto one of the soldiers and bit off his head. Eating his brain and spitting it out.
"GYAAAAAAA!!!" Illska once again screamed, or perhaps cried. Then he looked at everyone with his hateful red eyes. They instantly came to their senses at that moment, drawing their swords to protect themselves from Illska.
"IT'S THE NORTTISH THAT THE EARL IS HIDING!"
Illska quickly jumped from head to head. Biting, chewing, clawing, and killing all the royal soldiers one by one.
Her body was covered in human blood.
"HAT! VREDE! IRRITERENDE! SYK! The sensation in Illska's hands as he tore them apart, the taste of human skulls and flesh, the smell of blood! Everything Illska hates!
SYK!!!
UGHAAAAA!!!
IT TURNS OUT EVERYTHING IS JUST AS ALLEN SAID! NOTHING GOOD IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD!!!"
Illska again jumped at a nearby person, but this time her claws did not reach the flesh of the person she clawed. His claws were swatted away by the person's sword.
The person was wearing a black robe that covered his entire body, the color of his sword was also pitch black, with a golden hilt. Although slightly, Illska could see the color of his eyes which were bright blue.
"Dai abare, Celare."
As he muttered that, the person stabbed his palm and suddenly the black sword was already piercing Illska's chest.
"STUPET! W-WHAT'S going on?!"
"That's a pity; this is why I don't like this job," the end of Illska was determined when he saw that person, the second prince of Wildenhall Kingdom, Harald Regina Wildenhall.