Published at 14th of November 2020 12:10:06 PM
Chapter 324: 324
Chapter 324 – Letter of Friendship (9)
Victoria shut her eyes, holding a letter in her hands .
Are you doing well, granny… . . I mean, my lovable lady?
The letter began playfully . On the Five Mountains of Penances, she had hated this tone, but now, she missed it . It was a letter that Kahn had sent through By the Table .
Over the last year, she had suffered from depression as she thought of Rebecca and Kahn, who had sacrificed themselves for her .
However, with the help of her teacher, she was barely able to pull herself together to return to her usual self . But then, Kahn’s letter had arrived .
At first, she was glad . He said he was doing well and preparing to climb the floors again .
But the more she read, the more something felt off . It was definitely Kahn who wrote the letter . However, something was strange .
She couldn’t put it into words . It was like… . .
‘Like he’s saying goodbye…… . ’
In the letter, he sounded like he was saying goodbye to her . When she looked over the letter again, there was nothing about him coming to meet her when he had the time .
Victoria touched the edges of the paper, thinking something would be hidden within it . She couldn’t feel anything . Even when she cast magic on it, there was no reaction .
‘Or maybe… . . ?’
She created an orb of fire in her hands and began to burn the letter . As the black ashes blew around, the phenomenon that came to be was… . .
Victoria’s eyes widened . Her eyelashes fluttered with shock .
Just then .
Anastasia must’ve come because Victoria could feel from the magical wavelengths that the space was opening .
Victoria quickly waved her hand to clean up the ashes and opened the door . The bright smile on her face returned .
“Master, you’ve come… . . !”
However, Victoria couldn’t finish . There were visitors following Anastasia, and they weren’t the beautiful children she usually moved with . Rather, they were faces Victoria knew well . Although, technically, she didn’t know their faces because of their masks .
One of them was Freesia .
And the other… . .
“Cain!”
Victoria ran to Yeon-woo and hugged him .
“Have you been well, ma’am?”
“Y, You… . . !”
“It’s a relief you look more comfortable now . ”
Yeon-woo hugged Victoria back and patted her back .
Victoria burst into tears . She felt sorry for turning Yeon-woo away when he had come the previous time .
She did send her studies, but she wanted to apologize for her actions that day because they had continued to weigh on her .
But he had come here himself, so she was grateful and apologetic .
“Bad girl . Your master came, but you don’t see that I’m hurt? You go crazy for guys . ”
Victoria forced down the urge to say it wasn’t something Anastasia should’ve been saying and turned to look at her .
She belatedly realized that the robe her master enjoyed wearing was burnt and torn and that her naked body was visible .
“Did something happen?”
“You noticed so quickly . What are you doing? Bring a new one from my room . And a pipe with some tobacco . Bring it to the guest room . ”
“Yes, ma’am . ”
Victoria slightly bowed and spoke to Yeon-woo .
“Let’s talk later . I have something to ask you . ”
Something to ask him? Yeon-woo had a curious face, but he just nodded .
“Yes, ma’am . ”
“What are you doing? Stop dilly-dallying!”
“Yes, ma’am!”
Seeing Victoria quickly run into another room, Anastasia huffed . She seemed displeased with Freesia and Yeon-woo’s arrival .
“You two follow me, too . ”
After Freesia appeared, Anastasia recalled her monstrous energy and led Yeon-woo and Freesia to her residence .
Her residence was different from the commonplace architecture in the Tower .
Most buildings were built high into the sky like castles, but here, there was a cluster of all kinds of buildings . It was like a manor .
Anastasia changed into the robe that Victoria brought and crossed her legs, sitting at the head of the table .
Her robe was very revealing, but she didn’t seem to care .
Of course, Yeon-woo didn’t look at her body . There was steaming tea sitting atop the table, but he didn’t touch it either .
“I don’t like you . ”
Just then, Anastasia suddenly spoke up .
Yeon-woo cast Anastasia a questioning look .
“I don’t like that gaze of yours . ”
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“Does the thing on your lower body work well?”
Yeon-woo realized what Anastasia was saying and snorted .
“You’re not my type . ”
“Your type? All men… . . !”
“You’re quite arrogant . ”
Anastasia’s eyebrows twitched, and Freesia clicked her tongue .
“Why don’t we stop talking about strange things?”
“Both of you are so annoying . ”
Anastasia frowned and put the pipe in her mouth . When she exhaled, white smoke filled the room .
Freesia turned to speak to Yeon-woo .
“Even though she acts like that, she’ll explain things to you properly, so don’t worry . ”
“Thank you for your help . ”
“It’s nothing . I received something in return for it, and since I know Anastasia well, I thought it would be better for me to come and interpret what she says for you . ”
It seemed more like she was trying to finish the deal with Yeon-woo and appease Anastasia, but whatever her purpose, it was true that Yeon-woo had received Freesia’s help, so he thanked her .
“But Freesia . ”
“Yes?”
“You seem to have known Anastasia for a long time . ”
“We passed by each other when we were younger . ”
According to what Nemesis said, Anastasia was a thousand-year-old Gumiho . But if Freesia knew her well—
‘Is Freesia also… . . ?’
Her age… . .
“Wouldn’t it be impolite to ask that of a woman?”
Freesia spoke with a twinkling laugh . She had a wooden mask on, so it was hard to see what she was thinking, but Yeon-woo felt chills run down his spine when he saw her .
Tak!
Just then, Anastasia put her pipe down and changed the subject .
“Enough with the small talk . Like I already said, I cannot give you that, no matter what you give me . If you want to take it, you’ll have to do it over my dead body . ”
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Anastasia glared at Yeon-woo . It was like the Fox Fire was igniting on her tails again .
“I would like to know the reason why . ”
“I don’t know why you have to know the reason when the owner says they don’t want to sell it… . . but fine . Since you’re so curious, I’ll show you . ”
Anastasia stood up and moved a folding screen aside . A plain, white wall was revealed . But when she put her hand to it, the wall began to creak open .
There was a flight of stairs that led underground .
“Follow me . ”
Anastasia didn’t wait for Yeon-woo and Freesia’s response and headed down first .
There were multiple large iron doors in the path, and Anastasia used her monstrous energy every time to open the doors .
There were magic equipment, traps, and even some sleeping monsters and creatures Victoria had set up .
If an invader entered, they would probably attack . There were so many of them .
‘If I had to fight these… . . it would’ve been really dangerous . ’
It occurred to Yeon-woo that he might’ve been foolish in fighting her .
The monsters here were probably all a part of Anastasia, and if she recalled her power, he couldn’t imagine how much more powerful she’d be .
The Summer Queen popped into his head . If the two fought, it would probably be an even match .
Anastasia was hiding even though she had this power . What was her goal?
“This is where it gets real . Don’t be swept away . I’ll kill you without any hesitation then . ”
She warned Yeon-woo coldly and opened the last door .
Demonic energy blew over to where they were . Yeon-woo clenched his teeth . His souls blocked the energy in front of him while the Despair and Grief of the Black King trembled .
“Pretty good . ”
Anastasia judged Yeon-woo with the pipe still in her mouth . She had seen all kinds of skills throughout her life, but Yeon-woo’s skill of working with souls was interesting to her .
However, Yeon-woo didn’t have the mind to read her gaze .
“What is… . . this?”
“Spite . ”
Yeon-woo turned to Anastasia .
“Spite?”
“The vestiges of the ones who used to live in this damned Tower . ”
The space that he followed Anastasia into was filled with all kinds of weapons .
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Swords, sabers, spears, armor, helms, gauntlets… . . They were all hung up on the wall .
The black energy that wafted up from them took the form of a person and disappeared again .
“Weapons with strong vestiges are bound to have souls of their own . These things are traded at a high price in the Tower . ”
He nodded . The same went for Vigrid and maybe even his Magic Bayonet .
“But do you know what happens when the vestige keeps growing?”
“They become monsters . ”
Yeon-woo thought of what he had heard from Earth a long time ago . Old items became monsters with time .
“These monsters want to swallow their masters and have their freedom . But what do you think will happen when monsters who can’t think rationally are given freedom?”
“Blood will be spilled . ”
“Correct . Everything would become chaotic . ”
Anastasia went in even further . There, even stronger weapons and armor were exuding Spite .
“I didn’t want to see that . So I kept everything I saw under lock and stuffed it all in here . ”
Huu—
White smoke spread around them again . The smoke turned into a dark grey when it combined with the Spite .
“But these things are always trying to escape, so there are limits to locking them up . That’s why they have to be tied up . And the center of that is… . . ”
She paused . The underground wasn’t as big as he thought .
“That . ”
He could see a black bead on the wall . It shined like a star .
Adamantine Nova . He looked at it blankly because of the powerful aura that was coming from it .
“The Adamantine Nova is the pillar of this weapons storage room . And giving that to you? Nonsense . Then everything here will go crazy . They have a lot of grudges against me, so they’ll want me to pay for it first . ”
She had a bitter smile .
“You won’t tell me to give it to you now, right? That’s basically my life . If you get it now, f*** off . ”
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