15-1 Part 1
A Certain Man's Madness / Midnight in
Erin
- Madness -
Translator : PolterGlast
Recap of the
Previous Chapter
To begin operating
anew as a newly formed
organization, the group set up a meeting place. There, while working out
future plans and policies, an agenda was proposed on how to effectively utilize
Ashley's unconventional power. Various attractive opinions were put
forth, but regardless, none of the plans could be initiated without procuring a
replacement for the destroyed Shovel.
Therefore, Ashley
left the meeting place to seek out a craftsman in the Imperial Capital,
but found absolutely no one who could process the Demonic Spirit Silver ingot.
Thus, upon Zirant's suggestion, he went on an expedition to the Holy
City Fimbul once again.
Visiting the palace
of the Fimbul Duke House, he met the young lady Yumil and
succeeded in making contact with the legendary blacksmith. Leaving the Demonic
Spirit Silver to the blacksmith, Ashley then went along with Zirant's
plan.
Descending to the
lost underground empire A-Zir, sleeping beneath Fimbul, they
proceeded through the underground tunnel leading west. As they advanced while
maintaining the ancient tunnel, they encountered monsters of the Abyss ahead.
The cause was a single white stake sleeping underground. By destroying this,
the situation was brought under control, and afterward, they ascended the path
to the surface located at the end of the tunnel.
That place was the
first Emperor's old haunt. In that ruined place, they obtained a mountain of
treasures and junk, and the black Shovel used by the first Emperor.
Having obtained a reliable weapon, Ashley proceeded further west,
maintaining the underground tunnel.
Eventually, a few
days later, Yumil, who had returned to Fimbul, caught up while holding the hammer
where the blacksmith resided. The Demonic Spirit Silver Shovel he
requested had been completed, but since he had his ancestor's Shovel,
its purpose was fulfilled, and they decided to make a sword for Sigrun
instead.
After that, the
underground tunnel connected to the outskirts of the Imperial Capital.
Ascending to the surface, Ashley guided the young lady Yumil to
the Emperor's side. Yumil had
come to the Empire prepared to become a tool for a political marriage.
The Emperor,
desiring a bride for Ashley, welcomed Yumil, but the Old
Man, Gideon, was opposed to a loveless marriage.
The second son, Julius,
sent the Crown Prince the Tears of the Demiurge, a stone that shows convenient
dreams. As a result, the Crown Prince was captivated by the sweet dreams
brought by the stone and lost interest in reality. With the Crown Prince
abandoning his political duties, arbitrary actions by the upper echelons have
begun. The Emperor's remaining life expectancy is two months at most. The
outbreak of confusion within the Empire and a succession dispute was no longer
avoidable.
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Steal the wealth
of villains once again, pierce the sea, and raise the organization, the Shadows of
Bergelmir
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15-1 A Certain
Man's Madness / Midnight in Erin
・???
I was running around
the basement of the mansion trying to escape. From my husband, to protect this
life. I want to return to the surface without being found by my husband. If I
don't escape outside, outside this nightmare-like mansion, tomorrow I will
probably become a silent lump of meat.
「Martha...
where are you? Where are you hiding? Good grief, I was foolish to believe in a
woman like this... You too, were completely useless just like those pieces of
shit...」
Barrels and wooden
crates were being violently smashed. My husband must have thought I was hiding
there. Or perhaps it was just to smoke me out. But I know this much. My husband
was frantically swinging the sword he always wore at his waist.
Swish, a
sharp blade cuts the air. Such a sound reached my ears time and time again.
Over and over and over again, a sound I have been made to hear all this time, a
sound that makes my body stiffen and unable to move...
「Martha,
come out obediently... If you do, I will reconsider. I might give you one more
chance... Come on, believe in the words of your loving husband, Martha...
Believe me, I said, you useless lowborn bitch!!」
If I go out, I'll be
killed. I knew that. The previous wife, the wife before her, and the wife
before her as well, are no longer in this world. Even though I thought I could
finally put an end to my impoverished life by being chosen by him... What he
wanted wasn't me, but my...
Trembling, I endured
for a while, and my husband's voice grew distant. Now's my chance. I slipped
out of the barrel I was hiding in and ran with tangled legs toward the up
staircase. Thank goodness, I reached the surface! Now I just have to open this
door and go to the other side...!
「Ah...
No way, no way... Hii?!」
But a chain was
locked on that door. The knob wouldn't turn. Looking back with a feeling of
impatience, my husband was looking up at me from the basement... The man
holding a drawn sword is coming this way...
「Are
you trying to run away from me too...」
「N-No...
I just, wanted to go upstairs! Please, stop, don't kill me!!」
「Then,
why... why, Martha...」
Ruffling his hair
with one hand, my husband, who had drawn his sword, is coming up the stairs.
Yet the chain is deeply intertwined, and it doesn't look like it can be removed
at all. I'm going to be killed, he intends to kill me, my husband intends to
kill me right here!
「Please,
wait, please!」
「Then,
why didn't you bear a boy... With your looks, a cute boy should have been born,
so why, is it a girl!!」
I was relieved. My
husband returned his sword to its sheath. I was terrified again. Because a
horse whip was pulled from his waist... No matter how much I screamed, my
husband didn't stop the abuse.
「A
boy!! Give birth to a boy!! A girl, a girl is absolutely no good!!」
My husband is
abnormal... He has a faint smile while brandishing the whip. Ruffling my sweat
and hair, he continued the abuse even as his wife's clothes tore and she
bled... I felt like a fool for getting carried away thinking I could become a
noble's wife...
「Enough,
enough already... I don't need you anymore...」
「No,
stop... Please, I'm begging you...」
Was it bad that my
reactions became sluggish? With a cold sound, the sword was drawn again. I
begged for my life...
「I've
decided. I don't need you.」
「No,
don't kill me, please, don't kill me, I'm begging you... If I'm gone, that
child will be pitiful... Please, help...」
「Your
womb is useless... Because of you, I have to find another wife again. Aah, how
troublesome...! If you had borne a boy, if you had borne a boy, this wouldn't
have happened...!!」
A single thrust
through the heart from the back. That was my abrupt end. God, great Samael,
please protect my daughter... And surely, bring a miserable divine punishment
upon this man—
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・Ashley
After guiding the
young lady Yumil to the Red Dragon Palace, I left the palace, washed off
my sweat in a public bathhouse with delicious boiled eggs, and asked for my
clothes to be washed.
Because Aneue
is apparently in Erin right now. Therefore, in order to return to the
smell-sensitive Aneue, I had to do something about this appearance,
covered in dust and sweat from underground, first. Otherwise, the result was
clear to see...
「Yo~
Brother, having a drink~?」
「Did
you bring alcohol in again. You'll be scolded if the manager finds out.」
「Oh my,
you have a nice body today too, Shinza-chan! Won't you dance at my shop
next time?」
I had become
acquaintances with a certain drunkard and a somewhat androgynous man here.
「Sorry,
I'm bad at sword dances... I could probably do a shovel dance, but either way,
I've been busy lately...」
「Nfufufu...
Oh really, you truly are a strange child~♪」
「You
too. If I danced holding a sword, slipping out of my hand and stabbing a
customer is the most likely outcome.」
「Oh my,
I like suspense, you know? But, business suspension would be troublesome...」
「Brother,
here, drink! Just have one drink, drink a lot!」
Thus, I soothed my fatigue at the public bathhouse, changed into bathing wear, and filled my stomach at the dining hall. Then, around the time I looked up at the sunset sky, I received my still slightly damp clothes and headed back to Erin on foot.
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