A Stuffed Cheonma in my Head - Chapter 215



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Episode 215. Have a nice dream.

There was a sound of blades clashing.

For a while, maybe for a long time.

Ophelia, as Ashvan had said, hugged her knees with both arms and shivered as she curled up.

His eyes were tightly shut.

The monster’s roar, scream, and howl were deafening.

Chomp!

There was a sound of something splitting, breaking, and scattering.

Woof woof!

Cries that did not seem human could be heard from all directions.

Wood crack!

I heard bones breaking.

A creepy laugh, something exploding, something spraying liquid, something rolling on the ground with all its might, the ground cracking and turning over, thud! A sound of something falling down.

In addition, an indescribable, murderous sound followed.

The pounding of my heart resonated through my eardrums like the sound of a drum.

It felt like a little heart had grown in my ear.

A cold sweat ran down my entire body.

My whole body was trembling.

Because death was right in front of us, reaching out its hand.

Ophelia muttered to herself.

It’ll be okay. It’ll be okay.

Because Mr. Ashvan said so.

Mr. Arthur said that Mr. Ashvan is a very strong person.

But the terrible sounds continued.

Still, Ophelia did not open her eyes.

Tears were streaming down her tightly shut eyes, but Ophelia didn’t realize it.

How much time has passed?

10 minutes? 20 minutes? An hour? Maybe half a day?

I don’t know.

It felt like a moment, and like eternity.

It was difficult to gauge as we were plunged into darkness.

And so time passed… … .

At some point, no more sound could be heard.

Ophelia’s body froze.

Are my ears feeling weird?

Ophelia swallowed hard.

no.

The sound of swallowing, the sound of dry saliva going down my throat, the sound of my heart still pounding in my ears.

Still the same.

A situation where inner sounds can be heard clearly, but no sounds can be heard from outside.

What’s going on? Why is it so quiet?

As the horrible sounds that had been constantly blaring in my ears faded away, silence came.

It was too quiet.

Was the world originally this quiet?

My heart sank.

I got goosebumps.

Ophelia found this strange silence more terrifying than the terrible noises that had been ringing all around her.

All kinds of thoughts came to mind.

From the absurdly positive thought that the monsters that had been attacking me suddenly stopped attacking and ran away, to the extremely negative thought that maybe the monsters were surrounding me, staring at me, drooling.

Negative thoughts were more intense.

Anguish came to Ophelia.

What happened? What’s going on? Why is everyone suddenly quiet?

Why can’t I hear anything? Is it over? Or not?

Am I already dead without me knowing? Is that why I’m so quiet?

Mr. Ashvan? What happened to Mr. Ashvan?

The silence was weighing on Ophelia.

Finally, Ophelia couldn’t stand it anymore and slowly opened her eyes.

The scenery seen through the gap was a completely unexpected sight.

Phalang-

“… … ?”

I think I caught a glimpse of fluttering flower petals.

Ophelia opened her eyes fully.

It was a flower petal.

A single silvery petal was swaying and dancing in the wind.

Ophelia, who had been staring at the petals as if possessed, suddenly raised her head.

Beautiful flower petals were fluttering across the sky.

“……ah?”

Ophelia stared at the scenery for a moment, lost in thought.

The sparkling silver petals were fluttering.

Petals that shine softly in silver.

It was a moon flower.

How could this not be beautiful?

It was an unrealistic landscape.

Ophelia forgot what had just happened.

Just staring blankly.

Then, at the moment when I was about to touch one of the fluttering flower petals.

“Don’t touch that.”

A dry murmur was heard from behind.

“If you don’t want to get your wrists cut off.”

“… … !”

Ophelia, startled, quickly pulled her arm back.

Then he turned his head and looked at the place where the voice came from.

Ashvan – no, the red-eyed demon covered in blood was laughing.

The look in his eyes was so creepy that Ophelia averted her eyes for a moment.

But soon I mustered up my courage and looked at him.

It was covered in blood.

“Are you okay?”

Ashvan laughed.

“Not bad.”

“Blood… … .”

“Oh, don’t worry. This isn’t my blood. It’s theirs.”

At Ashvan’s nod, Ophelia looked around.

“Huh!”

And I almost fainted right then.

Because on the autumn plains dyed yellow, slaughtered corpses were strewn everywhere.

Blood flowed from the damaged body parts, dyeing the yellow field red.

While Ophelia looked around at the scene with a shocked face, Ashvan grinned and muttered.

“Do you think darkness is your friend? No. Darkness is closer to me.”

It was a word I didn’t understand.

“Do you think that Ketel’s eyes are upon you? Illusion is a given. Her eyes have been upon me all along, you poor, pitiful things. Do you think the Lord of the Night will look at you because of this? The Lord of the Night has been on my side from the beginning, that’s what I’m saying.”

“……yes?”

“Don’t worry about it. I’m just talking to myself.”

“Ah, yes… … .”

Ashvan saw the black magician running away in a panic far away.

It seemed that since it was broad daylight, he could not use the black magic he had seen last time.

Ashvan stared blankly at his fleeing rear, then looked at Ophelia, who was sitting down.

“Can you stand up?”

“Oh, yes.”

Ophelia tried to get up, but her legs gave out and she collapsed.

“Huh? Why, why are you doing this?”

Ashvan, who was looking at Ophelia like that, let out a small sigh and then hugged Ophelia tightly.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

“Mom!”

Then he rode a carriage and raced across the plains like the wind.

In an instant, we climbed over several hills.

Then, the moment I crossed over the unusually large hill that appeared in front of me.

The view opened up and a long procession of wagons moving west came into view.

“They all came.”

At this moment, a man was seen breaking away from the line.

The man broke away from the procession and rode his horse toward them.

A wide-brimmed hat that can be seen from afar.

His face was filled with worry.

Ashvan chuckled as he watched him running towards him out of breath.

“Hey, there comes the lord.”

“ah.”

Color finally returned to Ophelia’s face.

Relief spread.

Various various―

Arthur flinched as he saw Ashvan come closer and covered in blood.

“……colon.”

“Receive the bride.”

Ashvan threw Ophelia at Arthur as he dismounted from his horse.

“Whoa!”

Arthur gently took the startled bride in his arms.

Ashvan chuckled at the sight.

Arthur looked at Ophelia in his arms.

“Miss Ophelia. Are you okay?”

The bride looked at the groom with sparkling eyes.

“Yes, Mr. Arthur.”

“Where are you hurt?”

“no.”

Arthur, who had checked the condition of his bride, looked at Ashvan, who was covered in blood.

“… … Captain. What happened?”

Ashvan just laughed.

“Nothing.”

“… … .”

Ashvan, who had been looking at Arthur and Ophelia in his arms for a moment, muttered softly.

“… … It looks nice.”

And then he quickly turned around.

“Captain, where are you going?”

Ashvan answered in a calm tone.

“I have someone to meet for a moment.”

Ashvan strode down the hill with brisk steps.

“The procession should keep going at this speed. We’ll be back soon.”

He kicked the ground without waiting for an answer.

Phew!

A strong wind blew.

I closed my eyes for a moment and opened them… … .

I was able to see the back of Ashvan, who had now become a small dot.

Arthur stared blankly for a moment before asking the bride in his arms.

“What happened?”

Ophelia whispered, her voice slightly hushed.

“You saved me.”

“From what?”

“From scary villains.”

“… … In my eyes, the captain looks scarier.”

Ophelia chuckled, her tension relieved.

“That’s true.”

* * *

“Huh! Huh!”

A man wearing a black hood was running across the yellow-stained plains, holding a cane.

He checked behind him every now and then, as if he had an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Each time, the man could see nothing but a convex hill behind him, but he was not at ease.

I ran even harder, gathering all my strength.

‘Oh my god! Oh my god!’

He cursed inwardly.

‘You were hasty! You were too hasty!’

The army that had been prepared with a lot of time and capital was annihilated.

By just three people.

‘Those damn Sherwood bastards!’

Among them, that monster.

Half of the army was blown away in an instant by that unidentified explosion.

The rest were blown off their heads by the golden warrior’s limbs and fell to the ground, poisoned by the green-haired madman’s venom.

A poison that causes sudden death? I’ve never heard of it.

I barely managed to escape, leaving my army in such ruin.

He was a wizard after all.

I didn’t expect it to fail, but I set up a magic circle just in case.

So he returned to the church and, with earnest requests, barely managed to secure a stronger force and hurriedly pursued the procession.

Because if we withdraw like this, the loss will be huge.

The raid had to be a success no matter what.

If not… the man will have to take responsibility for his own actions.

My colleague’s neck has already been cut off.

It will be his turn next.

But as if he had read my mind, he didn’t slow down despite the wounded.

When we caught up again, we were already close to Milgaard, the capital of Maia.

If you go a little further in from here, you will be surrounded by cities that have grown nearby.

I couldn’t just pull my body out.

He was troubled.

Should we attack now, or take the risk and wait until night to attack?

You cannot use black magic during the day.

But the ominous feeling that even if he tried another night raid, the result wouldn’t be much different made him hesitate.

I don’t know how they figured it out, but I had a feeling they’d find out this time too.

At that moment, while I was worrying and worrying so much… … .

Suddenly a carriage left the line and the guy followed it.

‘Now is the time!’

Ketel’s eyes are upon me!

So the warlock waited until the two were far enough away from the line, then formed a net around them so that not a single ant could escape.

They are the elite soldiers of the religious order.

This time, even that monster won’t be able to do anything about it.

With that woman by my side, I won’t be able to blow up that strange ball of light carelessly.

It was a golden opportunity.

The man was finally able to smile.

‘Oh Ketel!’

But after a while, his laughter turned to despair.

What was thought to be a golden opportunity turned out to be the worst possible outcome.

This time, he was confident that he would succeed, and the elite troops he had acquired were all slaughtered by the bastard’s half-sword.

The bastard never went outside the circle he drew on the ground.

In that state, all of the school’s elite soldiers were cut down. No approach was permitted.

Every time he swung his sword, silver petals fluttered.

It was a method as bizarre as the orb of light he exploded.

I couldn’t believe it even though I saw it with my own eyes.

‘How on earth… … ?’

In the end, I had no choice but to run away again.

The bastard just watched, even though he could have chased him.

He still feels like those creepy bloodshot eyes are following him.

I looked back.

The bastard was still nowhere to be seen. Only the midday sunlight was pouring down peacefully on the hill.

But it seemed like he might appear over that hill at any moment.

He seemed to be standing on the hill, staring at himself with those eerie, blood-red eyes.

‘Just a little bit! Just a little bit more!’

Of course, I didn’t think I would fail this time either. But I prepared for it.

Since it was daytime and the darkness made it difficult to hide one’s body, it was difficult to find a place where shadows were cast widely.

That’s why a magic circle was set up on an unusually high hill.

Just get there!

“Huh! Huh!”

Even though I was out of breath, I didn’t stop running.

The driving force was nothing but fear.

The indescribable fear of that monster chasing you.

‘They’re all here!’

After running like crazy, I finally reached the bottom of the hill where the magic circle was hidden.

The magic circle was over the hill.

‘I just have to get over this hill.’

Just in time to catch my breath and start climbing the hill.

Goosebumps ran through my whole body. It was an indescribable ominous feeling. My blood ran cold.

Let’s look back slowly… … .

“ah.”

He was there.

A red-eyed demon stood on the hill, staring at him intently.

“Ah… ahhhh!”

The man ran forward, tripped over a rock, and fell.

But then he got up and started climbing up the hill on all fours like a madman.

‘Please! Please!’

Sweat flowed like rain.

Before I knew it, I had thrown away the cane I was holding.

His hands and feet were scratched and covered in blood.

As I was climbing the hill like I was being chased by a ghost… … .

Before I knew it, I was standing at the top.

Now all you have to do is go down.

The man looked back, catching his breath as he climbed the hill he had barely managed to climb.

The devil was still there.

He stood still and stared at himself.

The corners of his mouth were torn as if they were almost touching his ears.

It was a ghostly smile.

When a gut feeling that something was wrong came over him.

puck!

“……ah?”

Something invisible was pushing him.

The man rolled down the hill.

He heard himself falling into the abyss.

The moment I rolled down the slope.

The devil’s soft voice, which had suddenly come within reach, seeped into my ears.

“See you again.”

Blood-red eyes that flash with an eerie light.

The man’s face was stained with despair.

“Ah, ahh!”

But the devil just smiled as if he was happy to see him like that.

The devil’s hand approached slowly.

A shadow gradually grew over his face.

An unbearable fear consumed him.

“Ahhhh! Aahhhh!”

The man’s whole body trembled as if in a fit as he looked at the approaching darkness.

I cried like crazy.

I rejected it with my whole body.

But the approaching hand did not stop.

Suddenly, complete darkness covered his face.

The last thing he saw was a dark hand blocking out all light.

“Have nice dreams.”

The devil muttered softly.

The moment when all light was finally lost.

He felt dizzy.