Chapter 49. Red Stigma On The Chest?

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    The day Roselyn decided to engrave with Tamon, she immediately wrote a letter to Anna.?

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    Anna’s character would make an extreme choice with the idea of remaining alone, even if she had all kinds of gold and silver treasures.?

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    “Oh, I should have hurried a little more.”?

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    “I should have tried to help as many people as I could, instead of letting death eat away at me, unready for this life.”?

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    “I feel like an idiot.”?

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    “I can’t believe I can’t think of the people I left behind because I feel lost…”?

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    Roselyn gazed across the sea, blaming herself.?

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    She asked for the fastest and most secretive mailman through Tamon.?

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    But even with the fastest delivery, the letter would barely make it from Amor to Tanatos, let alone Noem on the southeastern edge of Tanatos.?

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    “Anna, let’s find out.”‘?

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    No matter how urgent it was, she couldn’t send it with her name on it.?

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    In case the letter was lost or clandestine, Roselyn used the pseudonyms and ciphers that they both liked to use when they were children.?

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    For example, Anna was the young lady of the Pink Rose Forest, and Roselyn was the farmer of the carrot farm.?

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    And sometimes Cain would interrupt, but Cain was a hedge of thorns.?

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    She couldn’t quite remember how they came up with those names.?

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    But they were children, and they laughed at each other, saying that the names suit each other beautifully.?

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    The memory of that time always shone brilliantly in Roselyn’s eyes, like a jewel that never lost its light.?

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    It was a beautiful memory that she would take with her even in death.?

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    She averted her gaze from staring at the sea and looked at the white paper that had filled the black letters.?

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    The letter was sent to Mahan.?

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    “Please, I need her to still be there.”?

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    Roselyn quickly wrote the letter.?

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    “And next is….”?

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    Roselyn took out another piece of paper. This time it wasn’t a letter that was written, but a detailed description of Tanatos’ power structure.?

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    The most important people were those who would be helpful to her.?

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    The Sunset family had disappeared, and now there were two pillars left in the empire.?

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    One was the Duke of Gertium, the imperial Beacon, and the other was the Marquis of Helio, the governor of the northwestern region.?

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    As befits his nickname as the Beacon, Duke Gertium was blindly loyal to the imperial family of Tanatos. Even after succeeding generations, the family style did not change.?

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    The former Duke Gertium cut off one of his ears as a sign that he exclusively listened to the words of the Emperor.?

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    Many noblemen approached Gertium, but his eyes and ears were directed only to the imperial family.?

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    This loyalty without conditions was closer to faith than to a special cordial relationship.?

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    They gave up thinking and making decisions for themselves and just followed the orders of the masters they served.?

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    The previous master was notable for this, and the current master was not so different from his father when it came to loyalty.?

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    Except for one, three years ago.?

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    “Henrik Alpatio.”?

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    He disobeyed the Emperor’s order to seek interest.?

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    Roselyn wrote up Henrik with great effort.?

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    He wasn’t that great a person. He was a mediocre provincial self-made man with no great achievements.?

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    He was just a childhood teacher of Perso Gertium.?

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    Even though he was Duke Gertium’s teacher, he did not have tremendous skills.?

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    However, through interest, Duke Gertium laid the foundation for his swordsmanship skills.?

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    He was Gertium’s teacher for exactly five years, from the age of eight to thirteen.?

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    There were many other masters besides Henrik at the time, but Gertium especially followed him.?

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    A father even cut off one of his own ears on the emperor’s orders.?

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    The successive deaths of his brothers, who had been taking care of  the emperor on his father’s orders.?

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    A mother in depression after losing her children one after another.?

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    For Perso, who was the youngest, that period must have been very difficult, lonely and vague.?

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    It must have been more cruel, as the martial arts were not easy.?

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    Henrik was the only person who opened his heart to him during that time.?

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    The master who went out to the fields with him, read books with him, and took care of him when he was sick.?

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    Henrik was Perso Gertium’s mentor, father, brother, and hiding place.?

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    So…Perso Gertium’s weakness was Henrik Alpatio. Interest was needed to pocket the imperial guard dog. However, Perso also knew that Henrik was his weakness, so he thoroughly protected him.?

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    Roselyn didn’t even know where he was anymore, but she already knew someone who might be able to contact him.?

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    Gary Rotrega, known as one of Henrik’s best friends.?

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    He was Anna’s father and Roselyn’s father’s best friend.?

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    Gary had always been well-connected and approachable. It was said that there was not a nobleman in the 38 provinces of the wide continent of Tanatos who did not know him.?

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    Among the ten people who were considered to be particularly close to him, Henrik was among them.?

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    “Anna…”?

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    Roselyn left this task to Anna.?

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    She (Roselyn) was a heartless best friend who had suddenly left Anna a job before the shock wore off.?

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    However, she knew Anna would accept her request at all costs.?

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    It was often said that Tanatos was rotten, but it was still a country that had held out for a thousand years.?

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    A power that has held on for a thousand years was never going to fall easily.?

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    “…… However, the higher something is piled, the more easily it will collapse if the foundation is shaken.”?

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    It was a country where gold comes out like water. It was a world like a fairy tale where the world was covered in white.?

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    All the people in the world did not know how ugly and dirty things were piled up under that white snow.?

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    And at the top of all that filth was their emperor.?

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    There was Gillotti Tanatos.?

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    He and his lover Natasha Roanti would deceive the world with their well-dressed faces.?

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    “…… you thought I didn’t know.”?

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    Roselyn pretended not to know.?

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    Roselyn looked at the sharp tip of the pen. ?

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    Ink oozed out of the nib touching the paper like blood.?

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    The pitch-black ink turned to bright red blood, and in the ink were her father and mother and brother, who were dying luridly.?

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    There were the soldiers who protected her, the nobles who supported her, and the friends who were devoted to her.?

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    “Yes, I’ll not die in vain.”?

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    “I will live to see their decline, their suffering, and their fall.”?

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    “And when their bodies piled up, I will die on top of the pile of bodies with a face brighter and more joyful than anyone else.”?

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    “Phew.”?

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    At that moment, a corner of her chest burned, and Roselyn looked down in surprise. She looked down and saw the area just above where her heart was was red, and there was a strange pattern on it.?

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    “What is this?”?

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    It was a strange pattern, like a name, like a star.?

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    She took the mirror and looked at it carefully.?

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    The letters were clearly written ‘Tamon’. (*oh my god)?

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    “……. Is this a stigma of the engrave?”?

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    Roselyn looked at the stigma on her chest with a stiff face and sighed lowly.?

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    She couldn’t believe she was stigmatized.?

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    It was the power of the God who desired it.?

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    The ability was….?

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    This ability can be offset with holy things.?

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    But not all holy things could do that. This was because each person had a different ability.?

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    The holy relic of the Sunset family, with its power of protection, was the most powerful shield against the imperial’s power of death.?

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    Of course, that powerful shield was also lost due to the tyranny of Gillotti…?

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    ‘Did I mention that Gillotti jumped out directly with his sword and cut off my head?’?

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    It was also Gillotti who cut out the warm heart of Roselyn’s mother, who was like home to Roselyn.?

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    The brutal man had babbled such things without a care in the world before her who was struggling with torture.?

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    Words like how he had killed her parents, and in what manner.?

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    Roselyn clenched her teeth. Her jaw went numb from all the strength she’d put into clenching. ?

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    “I have to take away his ability.”?

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    The power of the gods, the most powerful basis on which Tanatos could claim the throne, had to be destroyed.?

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    “No, I want to make sure that there would be no other power in Tanatos.”?

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    She knew that the strength was weakening a lot over hundreds of years. Being weak means that she could make it disappear someday.?

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    If possible, Roselyn wanted to speed up the period further.?

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    “But how……..?”?

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    As for the powers and holy relics, it was strictly a secret.?

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    It was even more of a secret because of the many wars that had been fought over the holy relics.?

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    The chain that had been passed down as a family heirloom from the Sunset family, the golden cup that was said to be kept in the Lumosha royal family, and the flute from the Temple of Amor.?

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    They were places where no one could take them without permission.?

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    “Divine power can only be destroyed by divine power.”?

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    It was like the certificate of the Great Temple that was used to make the contract between Roselyn and Tamon.?

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    Fragments of God with the power to stand up to monsters in the gap comparable to the talented.?

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    Roselyn raised her head. She was getting more and more impatient.?

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    “We need to collect the treasures.” (Holy relics)?

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    Of course, tracking down all six treasures and collecting them were all difficult. ?

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    However, Roselyn knew someone who could help her find the treasures. ?

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    Ketone Hertz, who possessed the gift of prophecy.?

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    “We must find him.”