“Mother.”
Michael jumped up from his seat when he saw the elegant blonde lady. It was their mother,
Countess Louisa Elorence.
“I searched the entire downstairs for you.”
Louisa gracefully turned her head and her eyes were on none other than Erel.
“Sweetheart.”
Unlike her stern expression, it was given that her voice calling her youngest daughter was as
soft as the spring breeze.
[Louisa Calbran Elorence: Present Favorability 99]
Her affection for Erel was genuine. Every time she sees her daughter, she finds her cute. She
doesn’t know what to do. From the corners of her daughter’s mouth, she already finds her cute.
“You didn’t even come down for tea, what are you doing here? What a sleepy shrew.”
Shrew? Erel blinked at the expression she had never heard before. Louisa smiled while looking
around at her children and asked.
“You know what day it is, right?”
“Lower body exercise day?”
Michael asked back unconsciously, but he closed his mouth after receiving a shooting glare.
Louisa sighed loudly when she saw her eldest son, who knew nothing but exercising even
though he is from a count family. She turned a blind eye to Michael and asked Erel.
“You haven’t forgotten that you’re going shopping with this mother of yours today, have you?”
“What? Oh, of course.”
“Summer is coming, so we’ll buy new gloves and dresses. Oh, of course, don’t forget the pretty
hat. You can use it later when you go down to the summerhouse.”
Whatever she may have known, nodding first was Rayeon’s new habit. This was the only way to
avoid being suspicious of falling into a strange environment.
Although she didn’t know anything, she had to adjust for now. In the first place, there was no
way to even know whether she was dead or alive, so that was all Rayeon could do. Unaware of
her complicated feelings, Louisa asked Michael with a smiling face.
“You’re coming with me, aren’t you?”
“No, thank you. Please enjoy the cozy time between mother and daughter.”
Michael quickly waved his thick forearm and refused. Louisa’s ‘shopping’ doesn’t seem that
simple, judging by the tired look on his face.
“Hmph! It is just because you don’t have guts. Shouldn’t you be looking for your fiance next
socialite season? If you want to do that, you must do a little renovation like dressing up and
groom your face. What would it be like to build up a perfect body?”
Michael’s expression became more and more agitated by the subsequent bombing nags. Erel
listened to this and laughed without knowing it. Somehow, both here and in reality, her parents’
nagging seemed similar.
Thinking that way, the world in this strange game felt like a place where people live, so she felt a
sense of familiarity. At least until Michael suddenly opened his mouth with a sudden serious
look.
“Be careful on your way, Mother.”
“What?”
“There’s been more and more kitans lately. Don’t you remember? Last time, it showed up in a
slum and ate the homeless. The annihilation that took place in the brothel 20 years ago was
almost recreated again.”
The smile disappeared from Erel’s face. She felt like a fool because she felt familiar here, even
for a moment.
There’s no reality where cannibalistic monsters exist in the first place.
Right. The game “Salvation” was a fantasy-based worldview. Thus, there were all kinds of
people and all kinds of monsters. Among them, the most problematic was the monster, “Kitan,”
which Michael just mentioned. This monster is said to have been created by the evil god,
Abihshan to destroy humans and they especially liked human flesh. It was so strong and
powerful that ordinary humans could not kill them.
Yes, if you’re an ordinary human.
“Kitans, boy! What an unholy thing to say!”
At this time, Louisa gave him a scolding while frowning, using her delicate eyebrows.
“Although we are not nobles of the Royal family, this place is well guarded, isn’t it? As long as
God Hashiba watches over us, such a mishap will not happen.”
“Still be careful, mother.”
Michael has become more serious as he will be a count in the future. He went to clean up the
genocide in the slum, and he saw with his own two eyes that it was there.
That is why Kitan is called the catastrophe of mankind.
“Because it seems that the places where the eyes of the God can be reached are very limited.”
Michael’s words were bitter as he witnessed a terrible scene that an average human being won’t
be able to handle. The room was filled with icy silence because of his words.
“Well, that doesn’t mean you need to give up your summer dress and new hat, right?”
Realizing what he had done, Michael hurried to calm down the icy mood. The eldest son should
not have scared his mother and sister but reassured them instead.
“Right what’s the big deal? We have Masaka to protect us…..”
“Hey, Michael!”
Louisa stopped him quickly as if he had said something he shouldn’t have said.
But what was even stranger was what happened after that. They stopped talking as if they had
made a promise and looked at Erel’s face in unison. Their anxious eyes were clearly looking at
her complexion.
Why are you looking at me like that?
Erel wondered if something was going wrong where she didn’t know.
She didn’t know why he hid the topic of Masaka from her in the first place. Masaka was a unique
being that only existed in ‘Salvation’. They are essentially human beings, but more evolved
ones. They are able to slaughter Kitans, which cannot be killed by an ordinary person.
Without Masaka, humans would have been eaten and become extinct by Kitans. It was the most
basic worldview and common knowledge of the game ‘Salvation’.
But why is he reluctant to speak of them in front of me?
The behavior of her family puzzled Erel. At that moment, Louisa clapped her hands so loudly
and shouted in a bright voice.
“Come on, enough of that nonsense.”
Louisa changed the atmosphere in a blink of an eye, as she is an elegant lady. She gently
grabbed her daughter’s hand as she turned gracefully.
“You can’t do anything even if you’re worried. Let’s get going before it’s too late, my princess.”
“Please have a safe trip. It’s better if you can buy some protein supplements for me when you
are on your way.”
Michael leaned against the door at an angle, jumped at the atmosphere and waved his hand.
Therefore, Erel missed the opportunity to pry into their incomprehensible behaviour.
She looked up at Louisa just in case there was any room to squeeze in more details on the
topic, but she didn’t even spare her daughter a glance. The graceful and stubborn look on her
mother’s face didn’t seem to answer anything.
Maybe not today, huh?
As expected, it is better to target Michael rather than Louisa. Unlike the stubborn Louisa,
Michael was surprisingly lax and above all, weak against his sister. She could tell how fond he
was of Erel just by looking at him sulking right away because she didn’t talk.
Erel took the next step and went down the stairs holding Louisa’s hands. She didn’t hate going
out with her.
No, she thought, it was rather exciting.
Why? Why does this hand feel so warm?
It was normal to fret over being caught if she was with Erel’s family but, there was no way to
know why she felt so calm.
Maybe it’s because of the memory left in Erel’s body.
The moment of comfort was over as soon as the carriage departed, Erel realized that something
was wrong. It was because of the sound of the horse’s hooves that the carriage swung up and
down and to the left and right.
It was already her second carriage ride, but she couldn’t get used to it. The roads here were not
as well maintained as in Korea, so it was more like a bumpy country road.
Even if she is in a comfortable car, she gets motion sickness. And this is a horse-drawn
carriage! It seems like her inside flip upside down right away.
Ah, I feel nauseous.
Erel tried to answer Louisa’s small talk next to her. However, she couldn’t help it when she
became increasingly pale. Being the owner of a glass-like body, she had a hard time enduring
even minor motion sickness.
“Come to think of it, sweetheart. Do you happen to remember Count Barrell’s Joshua?”
Fortunately or unfortunately, Louisa was so absorbed in the story that she didn’t notice her
condition. Still, Erel paid close attention to the topic that she brought up in the midst of
difficulties.
“Joshua? Yes, of course.”
Of course, she didn’t know, but she answered in moderation, hoping that Louisa wouldn’t pry
into this issue anymore.
“A few days ago, I went to the royal palace and ran into Countess Barrell, and guess what?
Joshua was next to her. When he was young, he was skinny and shabby but now he is quite
reliable, I was quite surprised.”
“Is that so?”
“According to Countess Barrell, Joshua has become the Deputy Officer of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs this time! As you know, if you are a deputy officer of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, your future will be good. Seeing that he escorted her to the royal palace, he seemed to
have a friendly personality.”
By this point, it seemed like she knew what Louisa was trying to say. If she sees a potential
son-in-law, she would call dibs on him for her daughter, because she is a mother.
“……Sounds like a good person.”
Erel wasn’t interested in Joshua whatsoever, but she had more urgent matters to endure like
nausea that is hitting her right now.
“Ain’t that right? I asked Countess Barrell this time, and…..”
Oh, she reached her limit now. Erel hurriedly rose from her seat, opened the carriage window,
stuck out her upper body, and threw up all the stuff that was jiggling inside.
“Uug …. !!”
“Oh my God, Rel! What’s going on?”