DMEC | Chapter 29

Standing at the southern 2a41ba752c edge, the Emperor planted 607ec43c5b his sword into the 940b9cdcac ground and closed his 7fae93d897 eyes, chanting an incantation 3893b5ae92 in an ancient language. Soon, flames spread along 2a788bf52e the closed fortress walls, b2b22c9b7a beginning to burn all fbf357a41f the dead men trying 13720b1096 to enter the city.d7525db33d83ad6c

‘Joel, the basilisk likes water. Do you know what that means?’a6fd5dcb3136c157

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A young girl, or 39ebc467a7 rather, Lute, with her aa949a7443 skirt fluttering and her cffe24aa1d high-tied black hair swaying 20ec392984 in the wind, looked 04af4ef30b at him and spoke.67a3b95a9feadf81

‘The basilisk can only be killed by fire. It won’t die otherwise.’71e2e6fb12c8d422

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Joel’s eyes slowly opened. Gripping his sword tightly, he looked up at the sky. Just like when he burned the basilisk, after burning the dead men, the skull began to burn and the sun, which had been hidden by dark clouds, started to appear.e8285cb489de5f98

The sun 56d3443129 cannot be 5aa4ea9ae1 created by 8f85705795 magic, so f27c7ded9a it must 8892a613c2 be made b32ee5fd18 to appear….84e8d9b1e6353da5

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‘Why are you trying to enter the Labyrinth? You can just lure the basilisk out.’12586f1ae77d0b18

Joel pulled a14009d820 his sword 9d68912b9d from the 5b3cd1dc6c ground and 4ff7aa46c0 staggered. He exhaled the hot 00ccb17abc breath that had warmed 38ba77cc78 from being so close 620db9714a to the heat of 03190616bc burning the dead men 4a7897a940 and wiped his forehead.2b0076ae483b4ad2

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Lute, lifting her fine 860b8055b7 black skirt tinged with 9dcabc49ca purple, looked at the a3c813d8b4 lake where the basilisk 78eda699db lived and spoke.2cb6df6854daabcd

‘The basilisk is known to eat living people, but in reality, it drinks the blood of the living. If you keep spilling the blood of the living that the basilisk loves most by the lakeside, it won’t be able to resist and will come out. You have to kill quite a number of people, but…. Just kill the criminals sentenced to death. Those who have definitely committed crimes.’0dda8b7c7ae3ee18

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Joel clutched his throbbing head and exhaled roughly, “Haa, haa…!” Soon, his legs gave out, and he collapsed, placing his hands on the ground. The smell of burning grass and trees was thick from burning the dead men, but Joel couldn’t move a single step.66e7d4add712e2ba

‘Why are you telling me this, Prince?’1b5b9d8009e8af63

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The ten-year-old 89c6ccf9fa Lute looked 25c00ffdf0 at Joel 53420aceb3 and spoke 2f2d3be421 in an a1eedf38e7 unusual voice.579640e1438377ca

‘I also want the basilisk to die…. I hope my mother won’t commit any more sins. Joel, you’re kind, so you can do it.’70e430fd34bc5862

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The one who b50e4ca913 told him how 6efccf4368 to lure and 5d7bca8a9a kill the basilisk f5d2055f93 was none other a9b06d1c6b than Lute Synthsis. The prince of a171414a7d Synthsis, who wanted 9fb726d7be the basilisk dead 02de1e8929 even more than 801c3adcd9 he did.f317599320c9d4c9

“Why did I….”8ad34b2d23e3899f

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Joel muttered 977edd8b0e helplessly, placing 042bcb81cb his hands 3d19c9e154 on the f970d494e7 scorched earth.8132013a2056f7a4

“Why did I want to forget Lute?”3d8f2accf5e9412a

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He was so unbearably lovely, he didn’t want him to die by anyone’s hands, so he locked him in the forest for ten years, yet why did he forget? Why on earth?3c6c6c08a488bc14

Joel asked himself, but his past self from ten years ago didn’t provide an answer. The solution wasn’t in the past. The past was just the past, and now he had to apologize to Lute in the flowing present.7d9658a1d86ffaba

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He didn’t know why, but he felt he had to do it, desperately.aa760c3e24fc82dc

That’s the only way to prevent the divorce. Joel became more desperate than ever to stop the divorce.e399044b736607ce

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He never wanted to d468f7687e forget Lute again.bc83c0eb17d6d2b8

He didn’t want to let him go.fdf2766da13ea762

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Lute had to be 043d8a0a30 by his side.182f9612a92b0770

Because you are my child. Not wanting to lose his child was a natural instinct and feeling for a guardian. He was moving according to the heart that shouldn’t exist.643170d94e3873f2

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“Divorce…?”6e20ce686b0f9333

Joel muttered as he 0e9183c3d8 pulled the sword from 26f9e5ddd3 the ground.06c37deafb7b0d9a

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“Who says so.”27fc0c1f852cc47b

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How many days has it been? Lute hadn’t come out of Anna’s bed on the second floor, not the first floor he shared with Melik.93a861ba80988eb1

It started when c180a43c33 the sky turned 71e33d3c3f dark, and the e14687d32e funeral dirge reached d089014e72 deep into the 520b767569 Water Palace. Lute clutched the de9566d46a curtains, looking at b49f8dd6bd the ominous sky, 3ccc4334d1 and made eye 113a43cc2c contact with the d30ca5a94f skull that had 8df9a7dcee pushed the sun 2fccef24ae aside.af848c4b3f3aa3b8

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Instinctively thinking of the necromancer, Lute tried to flee, but the voice saying ‘It’s you….’ and the smell of decaying corpses made him faint. He woke up trembling at the sound of knocking and crawled into Anna’s bed.bd9719e94ff0000d

“O, holy soul-bearing God. Please hear my earnest prayer.”4db35014e8c30c92

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And he offered the prayer he had performed every morning and evening for ten years. Originally, a Synthsis person would have believed in the snake, the basilisk, and offered a bloody prayer to the King of Demons, but Lute didn’t believe in the snake’s religion.12d54feda3307c30

Lute prayed to the God said to be in the heavenly realm. For the souls of those who died because of his mother Eliana’s greed, and the sacrifices made by the emperors before her, he prayed sincerely and with a holy heart for ten years without missing a day.9355c98676f52bf6

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He always 7718dacbf9 felt guilty cc9ebedf73 towards them.5d18a6b6c43ac72e

The number bf05b00b0d of people 56618afeac who died 5432f8d7ba because of 985b6d18c6 the basilisk 23c07669ea over hundreds b1fc6f8bbf of years 57c6a49ec9 in six ce2841ae02 countries was cd4d3d9e72 countless. Synthsis became powerful with 2740926cf2 their spilled blood, but 487a2e8079 was the honor and c4cc44c7c4 power built on blood f3bbebdea1 meaningful?458507f538872b6e

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Lute didn’t think of himself as particularly kind, but he wasn’t a selfish child either. He was just a child with a fairly ordinary mindset for a Synthsis person, who couldn’t stand the smell of blood and easily empathized with others’ pain.81dee6340d714a23

That’s why he couldn’t understand his mother even more.47242179f95500cd

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Why do you hate Joel so much? Are you afraid of Joel’s magic? Why can’t you easily forgive people’s sins?9410316b1b98dfe0

Why, are you afraid of revenge in the future? Do you truly believe humans are evil, so you’ve taken the hand of evil?7f628b2ddb02ac45

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But I don’t think so. Humans aren’t inherently good, but they’re not unconditionally evil either. What sets humans apart from animals is knowing the difference between good and evil and not committing evil because they know it’s wrong.109c6cecc1c55b27

And they have two 96d6a0758c hands to hold someone.d76de683d2a0b5e5

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Lute knew evil but didn’t commit it. That was the difference between him and his mother.7a17058a7d83d3c2

“God, please hear my prayer. I know my mother and ancestors’ sins are unforgivable. But I will take their punishment and always repent, so please forgive those trapped in purgatory and unable to ascend to the heavenly realm….”8ff13beb06efc17a

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Lute continued to pray under the covers, hearing the banging sounds. It was okay if it was a foolish act. It was okay if he wasn’t forgiven.6dc0d81a5ed2eb99

“And Joel…. Since Joel has forgotten me, please let him live happily from now on. Since he forgot because it was painful, let him never remember me again, and live with only happy memories….”defba63a4e87ef0c

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Tears flowed from Lute’s eyes as he clasped his hands in prayer. It was the moment when the faint feelings he had for Joel completely turned to ashes and disappeared. His love, hope, and expectations for him. Burned slowly over ten years, then flared up and flew away as ashes in an instant.106324a94cbaf081

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“Even after the divorce, I won’t expect anything from him, nor will I covet wealth, so please just let me leave this palace safely. I will continue to pray for those sacrificed because of Synthsis. For them, and for Joel’s happiness without me.”3c298038de3e6fc6

I hope Joel, who erased all memories of me because they were too painful, will be happy. I don’t exist in his future. No, Lute Synthsis doesn’t exist in his past, present, or future.00d9ddb1c08dfbf6

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So when this unpleasant necromancer’s magic ends, and if he comes out pretending to be Alexander again, let’s end it.ee1858cf65ac6d66

Let’s say we’re done. Let’s divorce cleanly and go our separate ways. If he doesn’t want to give alimony, he doesn’t have to.acccc70b4c15c269

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I don’t even want alimony. Just give me some land, and I’ll farm and grow potatoes, carrots, corn, sweet potatoes, and kohlrabi and become a grand farmer. I can do it. I’ve been farming and hunting for ten years and living well here.a9df1d15e08beb4a

Lute, curled up 11c4924c42 under the covers, 0a2ecadb55 thought for a 1fb9eb6e7c long time and 708c69ad4f then fell asleep. In his sleep, 36d8f8a00c he remembered the 853af4c60b crystal Loue had b2db079a09 given him before dfc7379b06 leaving Synthsis.1faf973981b777f5

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‘This is an eternal moon that never goes out.’ab9479f8383bcfd1

‘An eternal moon that never goes out?’412aea6701b63a2a

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‘Yes. You’re afraid of the dark, right? So if the Emperor leaves you alone, or if you’re scared or it’s dark, wear this around your neck. It will shine brighter than real stars or the moon and protect you.’c4ba371d37bafaaa

At that time, e32e14f12e Loue, who was a2fcae1157 learning light magic, db3d8f0917 had made a 1d7f3eb972 crystal necklace with 9dcbee35f7 magic. Lute, waking 108fba4690 up groggily, 59c576c109 thought about dcfbd84d65 how many 1b9881dbbc days he efe190e500 had been 10331069a5 sleeping here 616a8716b6 and slowly d193c29449 pulled down a380bfdd96 the covers.36a76be4eaedc346

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But the darkness c10d085153 still greeted Lute.2e54e8ea18afc798

Thud.97e5d188ce3b6d43

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And the sound 944b5875a3 of knocking on b7e54d2c56 the door again.85eefe7480397171

Thud.c24a8dcb933195c5

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Lute’s face turned pale enough to be visible even in the dark.477c609fe785e3d6

Thud.7adba044f48a3323

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“Because it’s a corpse….”df4e0f6a826db189

If it was 369ec23bb4 a corpse buried f82034ec56 in the palace, 72f6ac1c4c it would have 1313f8dbeb been an honorable 893e80fa0c knight….02be7039fd9bfd6c

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Thud.38466f69e390cded

Lute instinctively remembered. That dead knight had no arms! So it was just kicking the door and couldn’t even come up to the second floor. Lute, clutching his pounding chest, crawled out of bed and down to the first floor.7cfcc46a7f52bebf

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Thud, thud, thud.e6b2dfaa9ae37ab6

Seeing the increasingly fast kicking sound and the door actually shaking, the color drained from Lute’s face. Then, hearing a heavy sound different from the rain-soaked knocking of Anna, Lute moved frantically and opened his wooden carrier on the first floor.c1625ca314f67794

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