I’m Here to End This Fight - Chapter 375



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Episode 375. Tracking (3)

At first, Yohan wondered if he had heard something wrong.

After staring blankly for a while, he asked again.

“…What are you taking?”

“Sword of inspiration.”

“Who is that inspiration talking about?”

“Who would it be? Of course it would be you.”

Yuri nodded at John.

“Me? Are you really talking about me?”

“Yes, truly an inspiration. The incomparable Johann Redner.”

“… … .”

John was silent for a while again.

Soon his expression became lively.

“So, that bat cub… took my sword?”

“huh.”

“You dare… this sword of Johann Redner?”

“Yeah, that’s right!”

As soon as the desired reaction came out, the corners of Yuri’s mouth twitched involuntarily.

When John saw this, his eyes turned pale.

“… Is what you just said true?”

“Of course it’s real? There’s no way I would scam you with something like this… … .”

“… … .”

“… I could hit you, but this time it’s for real! That bastard really took the Inspiration Sword?”

Only when Yuri screamed as if she was being treated unfairly did Yohan stop looking at her with suspicion.

Instead, a furious roar erupted.

“This damn bastard! What kind of item is that? Some guy stole it!”

“What kind of thing is it?”

“Let’s go, let’s go! Our Redner family’s heirloom! How dare they steal it!”

“No, did I take it because I wanted to? I had no choice but to take it because I was exhausted from fighting. Ugh, if only my body had been in normal condition, such an unfortunate incident wouldn’t have happened!”

In fact, it wasn’t really taken away during the fight, but rather dropped during the fight, but Yuri didn’t mention that.

John also passed this over without taking it seriously.

John sighed and asked something else.

“Haa, but why did you have my sword?”

“Then leave it in the cradle and come out?”

“… … .”

“Still, it’s the only heirloom, so it should be returned to the Redner family.”

John’s mouth was tightly shut.

It’s hard to blame him for carrying his relics around all this time, trying to bring them back to his family home.

No, rather, I should be grateful.

He wanted to collect and return the family heirloom on behalf of himself, who had died without a plan.

John sighed and opened his mouth.

“… That sword must be brought back.”

It was Yohan who could not help but know why the glass guy suddenly brought up the topic of his sword.

but.

‘Tsk, anyway, that kid only likes to be smart.’

He decided to give in to Yuri’s tricks this time.

And Yuri’s expression brightened immediately when she realized that John’s words were consent.

“Of course! I’ll get my inspiration back and break that bat bastard’s skull! Hehe.”

Yohan sighed again at the sight of her uselessly cheerful appearance.

“Hoo… Listen carefully.”

He soon began to tell in a calm voice the method of destroying the blood mist that he knew.

***

Yuri, who had woken up, quietly opened her eyes.

At the same time, a soft voice was heard.

“Are you awake?”

The owner of the voice was none other than Gunther.

He sat quietly next to Poppy, who was sleeping and snoring loudly.

Yuri raised her upper body and asked Gunther a question.

“How much did I sleep?”

“I don’t know. He’s been sleeping since I got here.”

“Oh, really? Then what about Arin?”

“He switched with me.”

“Anything special?”

It was the third day since I started chasing Blair under Wolru’s guidance.

Yuri’s group was able to arrive at a luxurious villa built in the mountains.

Deep, deep in the mountains.

A mountain lodge located in such a secluded place that it would have been difficult to find without Wolru’s guidance.

After that, Yuri and her group watched over the mountain lodge for over a day.

Still, Wolu continued to point to the mountain lodge.

This means that Blair is not leaving the lodge.

So, Yuri and her group hid themselves and took turns watching the mountain lodge.

Another day has passed and now it is the present.

Gunther, who had been on surveillance duty with Arin, cautiously opened his mouth when Yuri asked if there was anything unusual.

“…there was one thing.”

“What is it?”

“About three hours ago, a carriage entered the villa and then came out.”

“Carriage? Has anyone visited you this late at night?”

“I don’t know about that. But that… is more like a normal carriage… … .”

After a brief pause, Gunther continued speaking.

“…It looks like it was used to store something.”

About three hours ago, Gunther, who had been suspicious of the carriage leaving the villa, chased after it.

And then I saw a strangely shaped carriage that didn’t even have doors, let alone windows.

“It was just a wooden box on wheels. I didn’t chase it very far and came back, so I couldn’t examine it closely, but it definitely felt suspicious.”

“okay?”

Yuri, her eyes shining slightly, sat up.

Then he kicked Poppy with his foot.

“Hey, get up and go get Arin.”

“…hungry?”

“There’s no need to watch him any longer, so bring him here quickly.”

“hungry.”

Poppy rubbed her eyes, nodded at Yuri’s words, and left.

Meanwhile, Yuri quickly began to erase the traces of their presence.

Not long after that, Arin appeared with Poppy.

“Did you call me?”

Yuri waved her hand at Arin, who was smiling brightly, and then moved immediately.

The place he and his party headed to was none other than the path the carriage had taken.

Arriving there, Yuri squatted down and began to carefully examine the ground.

How much time has passed like that?

“Look at this?”

A tone of voice that seemed to have noticed something and the corners of the lips slightly twisted.

Gunther expressed his doubts at this.

“What do you have?”

“The depth is different.”

“depth?”

It wasn’t Yuri who answered Gunther’s question.

It was Arin who was observing Yuri closely.

She let out a small exclamation.

“Ah! The depth of the tire tracks when entering and exiting are different!”

“Correct answer.”

At this, Yuri smiled and nodded.

Gunther also noticed something in their conversation and his face became serious.

“That means the carriage must have brought something to the villa and then unloaded it.”

I wonder what that carriage was carrying.

Although doubts began to creep into their hearts, Gunther and Arin were unable to express them hastily.

But Yuri was different.

“You guys, you know that the first time I met that bastard Blair was in a haunted house, right?”

“huh!”

“Of course I know.”

“hungry.”

A bitter smile appeared on Yuri’s lips as she saw her friends nodding.

“At first I wondered why such a nice mansion was left unattended, but when I looked into it, well… … .”

“well?”

“They say there’s a haunted mansion there.”

“Ghost?”

After doing some research, Yuri found out that the mansion where she met Blair was owned by a wealthy man several decades ago.

No, I was embarrassed to even say that I figured it out.

It was already so famous in the port city that just mentioning the mansion made people tell you all about it.

“It is said that there was a native of the port city who had been engaged in the transportation business for generations and had amassed wealth, and that he had a daughter who was born late in life with great difficulty.”

“But, what?”

At first, Arin wondered why Yuri was telling this story, but her eyes lit up with interest.

“His biological mother, his wife, died of illness at an early age, so how much must he have loved his daughter who lost her mother?”

“Um… Of course, right?”

“Even the daughter’s beauty was exceptional, and at the time she was considered the most beautiful woman in the port city. So, to her rich father, she must have been a precious treasure that could not be exchanged for anything else.”

“Yeah, yeah!”

Arin nods as if agreeing with Yuri’s opinion.

Yuri’s expression, which had been smiling until then, changed.

“But that precious treasure… was horribly murdered one day.”

“Huh? What? Why all of a sudden?!”

“Well? It happened so long ago that there are too many speculations. It wasn’t murder but suicide, a maid who was jealous of her beauty killed her, a robber who was after a wealthy man’s money, etc.”

“Well, then… what about that father? What happened to that man?”

“He went crazy from the shock of losing his precious daughter, and eventually committed suicide by hanging himself.”

“ah…….”

A tragic anecdote involving a certain family.

The real reason why Yuri mentioned such a ridiculous story followed later.

“But after that, ghosts started appearing in that mansion? People say that the ghosts are the daughter who was unjustly murdered and the father who went mad and died.”

“Is that, is that real?”

“Well? No one has actually seen the ghost, but it is true that on particularly dark nights, a ghostly sound can be heard coming from the mansion. In fact, quite a few people have heard the ghostly sound, and more than anything, some of those who entered the mansion have gone missing.”

This has been happening for decades now.

Because of this, no one would pay any attention to the mansion located at the back of the alley, no matter how cheap it was.

The corners of Yuri’s lips twisted even more clearly as she explained it.

“But should I tell you something more interesting?”

“What is it?”

“Why does this villa located deep in the mountains resemble that mansion?”

From the architectural style to the appearance of some buildings.

And until the deadline.

The mountain lodge looked so much like a mansion that it made you think that if the mansion in the port city was in good condition, it would have looked just like that.

Arin’s face turned pale as soon as she heard this.

“That, that’s not a funny story, it’s a creepy story!?”

“It gives me goosebumps. It’s such bad taste.”

“ah?”

Only then did Arin notice something strange in Yuri’s words.

“Then… no way?”

“The Blair Iscario I encountered that day at the mansion, the woman who was caught while running away, and the final screams she let out as she died.”

“… … ?!”

“And deep in the mountains… a mountain lodge resembling a mansion.”

Yuri, who had said that, looked at the mountain hut with the carriage wheel tracks continuing and chuckled in disbelief.

“Hey, why does this damned bastard like to eat midnight snacks so much?”

Gunther was furious at Yuri’s monologue.

“… Are you saying that the carriage was carrying people? To be offered to Blair Iscario?”

Yuri replied, shrugging her shoulders.

“You can go in now and check it out for yourself.”

At those words, Arin’s eyes widened.

“Huh? You want to go in now?!”

“Because when you’re full from eating and feeling tired, it’s the best time to hit the back of the head.”

There is probably no time easier to infiltrate than when he is preparing a ‘meal’.

Arin asked with concern after hearing the explanation.

“Are you fully recovered? You said you still needed some more time, right?”

They were just watching the lodge to keep an eye on Blair’s movements, but they were also waiting for Yuri’s body to recover.

According to the explanation I heard before, the only one who can deal with Blair is Yuri, whose body has recovered.

Yuri checked her physical condition and answered.

“I think I’ll be able to perform at about half of my original level.”

“Huh? Then shouldn’t I wait a little longer?!”

“Oh, that’s what I was going to do originally… … .”

Yuri smiled faintly.

“It’s no longer needed.”

I just got some tutoring from some angry old man who had his sword stolen.

A sure-win strategy!

***

Dark room.

‘Hmm… … .’

A woman opened her eyes with a small groan.

“Ugh!”

Despite her throbbing headache, she desperately tried to recall what had happened to her.

A series of events ran through my head, wondering if my efforts had been in vain.

A day like any other.

But then suddenly someone put a mask on my head from behind.

After being kidnapped in that state, I was locked up somewhere and spent several hours there.

No matter how many times I asked for help, there was no answer.

‘And after that…?’

After spending a few more hours in that state.

Her last memory was of being carried somewhere in a carriage, exhausted.

That was the moment when she succeeded in recalling the memory.

Chiik- Hwaruk-!

A small flame burst out from somewhere, and in an instant it spread everywhere, illuminating the room.

The woman was surprised by this.

But what surprised her even more was the large mirror in front of her and her own reflection in it.

‘uh?’

In the mirror, she was sitting on a chair wearing a dress so luxurious and elegant that she thought she would never wear it again.

And that wasn’t all.

‘Is this… me?’

In the mirror, she was so beautifully made up.

Because of that, it felt so unfamiliar, even though it was clearly my face.

When she was so lost in the unexpected situation.

Thump thump-.

The woman turned her head in surprise at the sound of footsteps.

but.

‘Huh, why?!’

Her body was out of her master’s control.

She also realized that the sensation itself did not exist, that the body simply did not move.

At this, the woman’s eyes filled with fear.

In the meantime, the main character of the footsteps appeared.

Ttukbuk-.

The one who appeared with the sound of shoesteps was Blair, dressed in a neat suit.

The sight was so beautiful that it made the woman forget her situation and even her fears for a moment.

Blair appeared from the darkness and stood behind the woman.

He lightly stroked the woman’s neck and shoulder line with his left hand.

“My Arietta.”

The woman’s pupils shook at Blair’s desperate call.

‘Arieta… who?’

Her name is not Arietta.

She wanted to shout it out, but her paralyzed mouth wouldn’t move.

Meanwhile, Blair took the necklace out of her bosom and smiled.

“You have no idea how much I have been waiting for this moment, how my heart is beating so fast right now.”

He put his hands on the woman’s shoulders as he tied the necklace for her with his own hands.

“You are more beautiful than anyone in the world. My love, my bride.”

Blair leaned forward and hugged the woman from behind, whispering.

“I finally have you in my hands.”

Blair confessed her love in a voice full of affection and slightly straightened her upper body.

“You will be my first and last love.”

Phew-!

His hand pierced the woman’s back and reached her heart.

“Forever.”

The woman’s eyes filled with fear and pain as she heard the sweet voice.

She screamed inwardly.

‘I am… not Arietta… … .’

But the woman’s cries were never heard by the world.

Pusss-.

A woman whose blood was sucked out in an instant and who became a miserable corpse.

Afterwards, Blair took her hand from the dead woman while wearing a beautiful wedding dress.

“ha…….”

His face, breathing heavily, was wet with pleasure.

It’s something that happened decades ago.

The intense ecstasy felt as I touched the heart of someone I once truly loved and sucked their hot, sweet blood.

Because he could never forget that feeling, and also to preserve it forever, Blair kept reenacting that situation from time to time.

“Whoa… … .”

As he was quietly closing his eyes, enjoying the ecstasy he had felt for the first time in a long time.

“What I’ve come to realize from meeting all sorts of people is that no matter how useless a person is, if you look for them, there’s at least a little bit of value to be had. But… … .”

Suddenly a voice was heard from the darkness.

and.

“…You were the first to break that kind of thinking of mine.”

Jeebuk-.

With small footsteps, Inyoung walked out of the darkness into the light.

“No matter how much I think about it, it seems like the most useful thing you can do in this world is to disappear. In other words, death is your only value.”

The one who was completely revealed in the light was none other than Yuri.

Her shining golden eyes glared at Blair with deep disgust.

“So, can you please just let me go?”

Srrrrung-.

Yuri slowly drew her sword.