Chapter 204 (1/2)

[You are in a state of confusion.]

[The ‘Cold Blooded’ trait has been activated for an unknown reason.]

[The ‘Cold Blooded’ trait has been activated for an unknown reason.]

His heart started to beat like crazy. His breathing became faster. He completely blanked. He couldn’t register anything.

The diary definitely said nothing about his brother having a child. The only person that his brother had loved in the tower was Vieira Dune, and after he was betrayed by his lover, he never gave his heart to anyone.

However, there was someone who tried to heal his brother’s heart.

‘Ananta.’

Ananta had one-sidedly liked his brother for a long time. As the only Dragon Human in the Tower, she had always been lonely, and had been extremely happy to see someone of the same species as her.

His brother had also been close to her, according to Kalatus’s wishes. However, unlike Ananta’s romantic feelings, his were strictly platonic.

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When Ananta realized that she couldn’t get his brother’s heart, she had secretly left.

And the last time she appeared was when his brother had been staying alone in the clan house.

The only conversation they had at the same time was about how they fared during all that time.

However, Ananta seemed like she wanted to tell his brother something. But his brother had been cold to Ananta, after all the betrayal he had been through, and Ananta left without saying anything.

After saying something unclear.

-I’ll do whatever I can do to protect…

Was she talking about Sesha that time?

‘Now that I think about it…..Ananta seemed to be pretty badly injured. And it was like she was being chased by something. What was it?’

Brahm’s vestige continued to conjure images in Yeon-woo’s head.

Ananta, who left a newborn baby in Brahm’s arms. At Brahm’s question, asking if it was even her child, Ananta had shouted that it was a child born from her heart.

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And when Yeon-woo reached Brahm’s thoughts, he was able to know all the secrets that had been hidden.

Like he was actually Brahm, all the vestiges flashed through his head.

…..It was a mistake. A mistake that I made joking around with a dragon when I played around because I was so sick of a god’s responsibilities. I was sorry to the child, but I couldn’t acknowledge it as my child…..

…..I heard from somewhere that the child grew up well. I pretended that I didn’t know about her, but I still thought it was a relief…..

…..I heard that the child liked another Dragon Human. Is it Cha Jeong-woo, that child? I thought that the world was quite small since he was someone I taught alchemy to…..

…..I heard that she died coldly by herself somewhere. And I was able to realize. Everything that I considered to be foolish emotions were actually everything to me. I regretted my past decisions. I cursed my wrong choices. I wanted to see the child she left behind…..

…..She brought a newborn baby. She called me “Father” for the first time and entrusted the child to me. It was the child of Cha Jeong-woo and Vieira Dune…..

…..Vieira Dune had hidden the fact she had a child from Cha Jeong-woo. My child coincidentally found out about it, and ran away with the child. And she really raised her like her own. The baby’s name was ‘Sesha.’ It meant ‘remnant.’ It probably meant that it was something Cha Jeong-woo left behind…..

…..I heard that she was fighting with the witches somewhere. Cha Jeong-woo was also fighting a war with the other clans…..

…..But I couldn’t help my child at all. The child my child gave me. I had to protect Sesha…..

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Brahm’s vestiges were all colored with regret.

Yeon-woo was able to understand everything now.

‘I see. So that’s what happened.’

The reason why Brahm hadn’t helped his brother. At first, he thought it was because of Brahm’s indifferent personality, but that wasn’t the case. It was to protect Sesha.

That was also the reason why Ananta had wordlessly left his brother. It was to protect Sesha from the witches. At the time, Sesha was about to be experimented on by the Walpurgisnacht, and Ananta had barely been able to save her.

But she couldn’t save Sesha from everything, so Sesha always had to suffer her illness.

Was Ananta fighting a war with Walpurgisnacht somewhere in the Tower now?

Brahm had to spend all that time not being able to help despite knowing everything.

And now, to pay for his sins to his brother and Ananta, he tried to heal Sesha.

Even though everything about this tragedy had stemmed from one person, Brahm was blaming himself for what happened.

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‘Vieira Dune! You…..!’

Fire burned in Yeon-woo’s eyes. His head was filled with a boiling rage for her.

Then.

[Get a grip, master, you bastard!]

He heard Shanon’s rough voice in his head. Yeon-woo quickly snapped to attention.

[Don’t you have to have your head on properly in times like these! Do you want to die?]

Yeon-woo bit his lower lip. Shanon was right. He needed to get a grip.

He folded his anger towards Vieira Dune. He also had to bury his grief for Brahm.

Since he knew the truth, he had to focus on one thing now.

The reason why Agares had manifested was simple. It was to take the only trace of his brother that was left in this Tower.

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He had to stop that at the very least.

‘Even if I couldn’t protect Jeong-woo…..’

At least Sesha.

At least his niece.

‘I’ll save you.’

His Magic Circuit spun powerfully to grow his wings of fire. The Devil’s Blessing that had just begun to be absorbed in him reacted to the Demon Studies.

And soon enough, he was able to arrive where Brahm and Agares were.

[So this was it. What you prepared all that time. Sorry, but I can’t make your wish come true.]

Agares smiled wickedly under the binds of the Divine Iron from the sealing circle, and exploded his strength.

Kwang!

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Tens of black wings spread out, easily breaking the chains. Small pieces of the Divine Iron flicked out.

Normally, they should’ve activated properly, but as the barrier of the Illusionary World had collapsed, it seemed like the power of the sealing circle had weakened as well.

Brahm vomited blood and fell forward. The Book of Mercury in his hand was crumbling.

“No…..!”

But he forced his hand out like he wouldn’t lose Agares. Divine Iron came out again, but it just helplessly clanked against Agares’s barrier.

[What a nuisance.]

Then, Agares lightly shook his hand to completely break the remaining sealing circle and transmutation circle.

Brahm hugged his body with his arms and landed headfirst into the ground. Because his internal organs were all damaged, blood continued to pour out. The small amount of the lifeforce he had left had begun to end.

And this time, Agares spread his hand out in the other direction. As he did, something started to float into the air from the middle of the empty field, locked in a round bubble.

“Brahm! Brahm!”

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Sesha was sobbing, slamming against the walls of the bubble. Galliard quickly ran after her, but he was blown away after being pushed by an invisible force.

[So this is it. What that guy left behind. It’s not completely to my liking, but it’ll be a good trophy.]

Along with a movement of Agares’s hand, vines of darkness wrapped around the bubble and pulled it towards him.

Agares licked his lips with his red tongue, slowly opening his mouth. As he did, his violent-looking teeth gleamed in the air. He seemed to want to swallow her up at once.

Sesha bawled. She wasn’t scared of being eaten by Agares. However, seeing Brahm call out her name while vomiting blood and Galliard somehow try to lift himself up caused her chest to tighten.

It made her think of her ‘mom’ from a long time ago. Sesha had an abnormally good memory, so she still remembered back to when she was a baby.

In a strange dark place, faces she didn’t know continued to mutter incomprehensible words while stabbing her with knives. Sesha just cried, scared of them.

And the person who saved her was her mom. Her mom had saved her from those people, and she never lost her smile.

-Sesha, Sesha. You look like your dad, so you look prettiest when you smile. So don’t cry, and smile.

What her mom said was still engraved deep inside her heart.

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So she always made an effort to smile. At first, it was hard, but from some time, it became easier. That was why she liked it, and she was happy.

Since Brahm was always happy when she smiled, she liked it even more.

But Brahm was injured now. She wanted to help him somehow, but she was powerless.

It was the same with her mom. Her mom got hurt trying to protect her. Like back then. Her mom’s face overlapped with Brham’s.

Sesha desperately hoped that someone would help her.

It would be nice if she had a dad, but she didn’t.

Instead, she thought of someone who was like a father figure to her.

Agares was now in the process of swallowing her. Sesha tightly shut her eyes.

‘Cain!’

Then, in the dark world, a stream of light suddenly appeared. A red light emanated heat, cutting Agares’s right hand. Sesha helplessly fell to the ground.

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Then, she was hugged by something. A hard chest. It was a warm chest. Sesha lifted her head with tears in her eyes.

There, the face she was hoping for was there. No, to be exact, it was a mask. It looked as scary as a devil, but the eyes behind the mask were so warm.

“…..Cain?’

Yeon-woo used Blink several times, and he quietly placed her down, still hugging her. The heat flared up, messing up his hair.

Then, he kneeled, adjusting his height to match Sesha’s.

Click—

He slowly took off his mask.

Suddenly, Sesha’s eyes started to shake after seeing Yeon-woo’s face. It was a face she had never seen before but it was still familiar to her.

It was the face in the stories her mom told her before bedtime.

“Dad…..?”

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Sesha called for Yeon-woo in a trembling voice.

Yeon-woo just wordlessly pulled Sesha to him.

Promising himself that he would never lose her, over and over again.

***

“Dad? Is it really you?”

Sesha tightly grabbed Yeon-woo’s sleeve. Her thin hands were slightly shaking.

Sometimes, she thought to herself.

What did her dad look like?