chapter 201
201 – Scene 201# New Life
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At the workshop we arrived at, there were four glass tubes filled with ice flowers.
Originally, four maids who had been turned into corpse dolls by Tristan’s father, Count Millium, were sleeping there. But now it was empty.
“Count…” !”
The first person to welcome me was Albert’s granddaughter, Vanessa. She was with four women covered in blankets.
“… !”
As the blanket lifted and their faces were revealed, I held my breath.
Murry, Cynthia, Rika, Beth.
The women I saw in Tristan’s past were there.
When I went through an ordeal before, I was assimilated into Tristan’s memories and even shared memories of them.
The memory was stained with extreme sadness and anger toward Milliam.
I knew right away.
That they are no longer emotionless corpse dolls. Because their eyes contained vivid emotions that could not be seen in the dead.
I was suddenly speechless.
I didn’t know what to say.
They are the result of the terrible atrocities committed by the Ruelberta family. Not only was he murdered, he was converted into a corpse doll and thoroughly exploited.
The Ruelberta family that took their lives away… I couldn’t speak because I thought he might be blaming me.
However…
“Young master… ?”
“… !”
A woman who appeared to be the oldest among the maids was looking at me with disbelieving eyes.
Ah… I chanted her name
“Muri…”
“Are you really a master? Are you Master Tristan?”
Muri approached me cautiously.
Was it because I woke up after so many years? She walked unsteadily, as if she wasn’t used to walking, and then hugged me.
“Ah… ! Young master… !”
Not only Muri, but also Rika and Cynthia were brought to me.
“How did you grow up so amazingly… !”
“You are so… Time has passed so much…”
I did not reject the girls who ran towards me out of excitement. These are the nannies who raised young Tristan. It’s probably the same feeling as a parent seeing their child grow up.
“… “I’m back.”
“Master!”
I did my best to hide my depressed feelings.
Because he was now Count Ruelberta, not the Tristan of his younger days. Because I shouldn’t show tears carelessly.
“The Count guessed right.”
It was Albert who said that.
“Their souls remained in the form of magical power in the magic. I tried to separate their souls, but… I soon realized that it was too difficult. If I made a mistake, I could have lost their souls forever, so I studied and studied. As a result…”
Albert pointed to a strange-looking magic trick drawn on the blackboard.
“I changed my mind and used a completely new technique over the existing technique. It took some time, but thanks to this technique that was carved on their backs, they regained consciousness.”
“Is it…”
“Of course, there are still many things that need to be resolved. We have to monitor their condition until their bodies fully adapt to the technique… No matter what I do, I can’t give them back the same life they had before… I guess I’ll try as long as I can…”
Albert is speechless.
When I looked closely, I saw that the area around his eyes was red and swollen, as if he had cried. Those were probably not tears from the joy of succeeding in difficult research.
Albert was relieved of the weight of sin that had been weighing him down for a long time. He took a step on the path of atonement.
I guess I was so moved by that fact that I cried.
Anyway, it seems like there are a lot of people around me crying today. From Helga to Albert… Maybe it was because I was possessed as Tristan, but I couldn’t help but cringe at this atmosphere.
But it wasn’t that I didn’t like it.
The unfortunate and sad stories were changing one by one. The future will also become increasingly different. Meanwhile, this world will gradually move towards the ending I want.
‘Hmm?’
I found the maid who had not approached me until then.
“You too, come here. Beth.”
“… “Master.”
A young-looking girl was hesitating. Is he a little older than Wendy? Beth, the youngest of the four maids, mustered up the courage to approach me.
There was a reason why she couldn’t approach me willingly. If I remember correctly, Beth is the maid who confessed to Tristan.
Of course, Tristan did not accept the confession, but the evil Milliam murdered Beth and turned her into a doll right after that.
It must have been quite a trauma for Tristan as well.
“Many… You have grown taller. Young master…”
“Okay. “I was smaller than you back then.”
“You remembered… Ugh… Black…”
Beth bursts into tears.
I felt a little affectionate and gently stroked Beth’s head.
These are the people who are treated as murder weapons in the Ruelberta family, along with Blanche, under the nickname ‘Annihilation Maid’.
Unable to die of his own accord, he simply followed Milliam’s orders and took the lives of countless people, and he still remains an object of fear in the afterlife.
However, these were just ordinary servants of the Ruelberta family.
Like a caring mother, she embraced everything, and even in her busy kitchen, she always kept her smile on her face. Sometimes, like her teacher, she was stern, and she even confessed her awkward feelings to the master she served. I did… They were extremely ordinary maids.
‘I’m just glad…’
They did not remember that they had become annihilation maids and killed many people. It may be because it was after they died, but if they remembered those terrible times, their minds would have been devastated.
But just because they don’t remember doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
“It may be sudden, but I want to tell you something.”
“Yes?”
I calmed them down as they were still unable to escape the joy of reunion.
Because there was something I had to tell them.
“What is that? “Master.”
“I have a responsibility to give you new life.”
“New life…”
“Okay.”
Even if I do this, I can’t compensate for the life they lost. Unless we go back to the past, we cannot turn back the lives of those women who were deprived of their personality and violated.
This is simply the atonement I had to make as Tristan and the head of the Ruelberta family.
I didn’t think I could be forgiven through this late atonement. But so that they can spend the rest of their lives happily… Wouldn’t it be right for me to at least provide them with a new life? Furthermore…
‘Maybe this wasn’t what Tristan wanted?’
Tristan could have used them as her her her her her annihilation maids her after her her her her Millium her her her her.
But he didn’t.
Rather, they were enshrined in a treasure trove along with precious ice flowers. Even though he seemed like trash, he still had a hidden human side.
It seems like Tristan and I have the same thoughts this time.
“You guys should stay at the mansion and rest for a while. And each of you, think about how you want to live in the future and tell me.”
I was willing to give the four maids a chance.
“From now on, I, Count Ruelberta, will allow you to live the life you want.”
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That night, I was drunk with pride.
Oh, of course I didn’t drink, but I was looking back on what I had done so far and was satisfied with the results I had made.
[143 days until service start]
We’re already halfway there.
There’s still a lot left to prepare to fight players, but it can be said that things are going smoothly so far.
More than anything, I felt relieved that there were no people who could threaten my life at this point.
I guess I have now sufficiently adapted to this world. Although the downside was that it was so busy that the day passed by in an instant… When I think about it, a lot of things happened just today.
Helga, Gail, and Mabel. Moreover, when I came to the mansion, the maids woke up… Everything went smoothly.
I stretched once.
Slowly, I started to feel sleepy. It’s going to be busy tomorrow, so it might be a good idea to get some sleep.
I looked out the window in the dark.
There was no wind and it was just quiet.
Like just before a typhoon.
“However… “I ran out of tea.”
Unfortunately, I ran out of the tea I drank every day before going to sleep.
I looked at the time and it was 11pm. I can’t call Wendy at this time…
“It’s annoying, but… I can’t help it.”
I eventually decided to go to the kitchen myself.
I walked down a dark hallway.
It takes more than 30 minutes just to walk around the needlessly large mansion of the Ruelberta family.
It must all be the result of Tristan’s ‘greed’ and ‘pride’.
Then, before I could get to the kitchen, I thought I might wake up, but a light appeared in front of me.
Hmm?
I wondered where it was, but it was none other than the kitchen, my destination.
Who on earth is there at this time?
As I entered the kitchen with my head tilted, my heart sank.
There was a little girl lying unconscious there.
“… Wendy!”
This world has never been easy.