The room, which had been silent for a moment at Simone's suggestion, soon became filled with excited responses.
"Of course!"
“You weren’t planning on leaving us behind?”
“I’ve already packed my bags. Ever since I heard you were going to Serk.”
“This is my first time visiting the Serk Empire. What is it famous for, Orkan?"
“Serk is the country of the Holy Spirit. Unlike the human-centered empire of Luan, it worships the three Gods of heaven: creation, life, and death. There are many temples, so there will be plenty to see.”
“Wow... Ahem! Everyone, don’t get too excited! We’re going to help Simone!”
“But Abel looks the most excited?”
While everyone in the group was excited about crossing over to the new empire, there was one person who was just sitting there, watching, unable to laugh or cry.
Simone turned her gaze towards him.
“Your Grace the Count was here too?”
“Ah, yes, yes...”
Although Viscount Chaylor had originally been afraid of Simone, today he avoided her gaze even more.
He wondered why he would break out in a cold sweat just by looking at her.
“What happened? Why are you acting like that?”
“Oh, no...”
Simone soon realized why he had become so strange. Oh, my...
“You know that Count Chaylor doesn’t have to come with me, right? It’s dangerous, and you’re the head of the household. You have to work here.”
A look of relief and color came to the face of Count Chaylor, who had been startled.
“That’s right!”
In fact, he was secretly afraid that Simone would take him to Serk. When he came in, he was worried because he heard that Simone was seriously injured, so he moved his steps without realizing it, but when he saw the people who came in with him, didn't he regret it inside?
The hero Abel and his party who prevented the Demon King's resurrection during the last imperial disaster, along with Crown Prince Louis, a strange talking cat, and Jace, who attracts curses just by being with them.
What is the state of mind of an ordinary person mixed among such extraordinary people?
So he couldn't even ask Simone if she was okay and just sat in the corner, but when the story about Serk accompanying her came up, his eyes literally went dark.
Count Chaylor thought that if Simone went, he, as an employee, would have to follow her.
The atmosphere was so warm and welcoming that he couldn't even say he couldn't go.
Think about it. Unlike those people here, Chaylor is just a weak and fragile human like a paper doll who would die if attacked once. How could he go around with them?
“Thank you! Thank you! I will work hard, boss!”
Simone, who felt strangely uncomfortable looking at Count Chaylor whom she was noticeably fond of, spoke in a trembling voice.
“Well... There should be a contact person here.”
In fact, he wasn't a particularly helpful character, but he was useful enough to be dropped off when the group was feeling sorry for each other.
“Count Chaylor, please stay here and send us information about the Demon King or Anasis. If anything happens, you should be the first to contact me. If the royal family contacts me before you, I will lock you in the mirror again.”
“...”
The face of Count Chaylor, who nodded weakly, became gloomy again.
Then Jace timidly raised his hand.
“Excuse me, Simone.”
"Yes?"
“Can I remain in the empire?”
“Yes?”
"Yes?"
“What the...”
Jace says he won't follow Simone!
As the group stared at Jace with their eyes wide open in disbelief, his face and ears turned bright red.
"That is..."
Jace fidgeted with his fingers for a while as if he was still disappointed with what he had said.
“There’s something I want to try here.”
“Is there anything you want to try?”
Jace nodded and smiled at Simone, who was tilting her head.
“Don’t worry about me and take care.”
“Then what... I understand. You too, Young Master, be careful. Then, um. What about His Highness the Crown Prince?”
Louis opened his eyes wide and smiled awkwardly at the sudden return of the topic to himself.
“When it’s just us, you can just call me Louis.”
Louis had always been quite annoyed by Simone's call of "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
“I will go with you, but it may be difficult for me to continue accompanying you. I am going to finalize a deal with the Serk Empire.”
Although they are moving together, their goals are different. However, they will come to help Simone from time to time. Simone nodded and said.
“Then, Count Chaylor and Master Jace will remain here, and the others will go to the Serk Empire with me.”
The rain that continued to fall steadily continued without stopping even as the day changed.
The weather was so dark that it seemed as if it was signaling an imminent battle. Geneon looked up at the sky with eyes that couldn't understand the meaning.
The rain keeps falling.
400 years. He had lived longer than Anasis and had seen this sight before.
However, the reason why his feelings then and now are different is probably because of the words his disciple passed by.
About 300 years ago, the disciple turned his master into a cat for blocking her path, and the current disciple said he would turn him back into a human.
That brought up a lot of emotions for Geneon.
'You remembered.'
In fact, asking Simone to lift his curse was just empty words.
After becoming a cat, Geneon spent 300 years researching and trying to break the curse. However, he was unable to do so.
Now he's tired and has given up, and as he gets older and time passes, he's become accustomed to this body.
Just Anasis, the only one who can destroy her misguided disciple is Simone.
Anasis died without fulfilling her purpose, and he wanted to see that with his own eyes, so he took in a disciple.
But the child remembered the suggestion that he had forgotten.
Simone was desperately concerned about her own future based on the value system of 'You are you and I am me'.
'Even someone like this is a teacher.'
His heart was so happy that he felt a little tingle in his nose.
“Were you moved at all?”
As Geneon was looking at the sky, he heard a raspy voice behind him. It was Louis. He approached him with his signature smile and stood in front of Geneon.
"Moved what?”
Geneon grumbled.
“Geneon’s curse will finally be lifted.”
“I don’t know yet. I wonder if that child will be able to lift the curse that I couldn’t lift so easily.”
“She can solve it. She's Simone.”
It's a ridiculous reason, but it's strangely convincing.
Geneon kept his mouth shut and turned his gaze to the sky. Louis also looked to the same place.
“She is a very nice person, Simone.”
"Yes."
Geneon said with a smirk.
“You are all being deceived.”
If you had looked into Simone's inner thoughts, no matter how much of a benefactor she was, you wouldn't have the heart to say that she was a good person.
She is a child who always calculates in her head what she will gain from helping someone.
A greedy personality who, if unlucky enough to fall into the sea, would desperately try to pick up shells, if she fell on the ground, she would pick up dirt, and if she fell from the sky, she would try to catch even a flying bird.
That's Simone.
Louis said with a big laugh.
“Still, she is a good person to me. She is my benefactor.”
“Well then, that’s fortunate.”
Louis stopped laughing and looked at Geneon. Just a moment ago, he had been about to gossip about Simone, but when he looked again, he saw Geneon with a rather bitter expression on his face.
“Take good care of that child. She has a bad personality, so she doesn’t get hated.”
“...What do you mean?”
Geneon didn't answer, so Louis couldn't figure out why he suddenly had such a lonely expression on his face and was saying such things.
Quite some time had passed since Simone woke up. The rain that had been pouring down nonstop would stop for a while and then pour down again.
“Fortunately, it doesn’t rain in the Serk Empire. Isn’t that really fortunate?”
“What’s fortunate? Lady Simone is going to the Serk Empire, but we’re here! There’s already been water chaos in ten places!”
Simone smiled as she watched the noisy servants again today.
Today is the day to head to the Serk Empire. Those who had been busy since morning began to move their large bags while struggling.
“Ugh!”
Simone stretched and followed them. Even in this situation, she still feels like she's going on a trip.
She has a lot of plans and things to do, so since she's going on vacation anyway, she'd like to finish work peacefully for at least a month.
Simone smiled with a liberated face. Her eyes were empty, without even any expectation.
If someone from a past life saw this, they would have said that this was the eye of non-possession.
'Healing? Vacation? Peace?'
Where am I going to Maldives!
No! I will see the Maldivian ghost in the Maldives too!
Simone knows now.
“I'm the Kim Kardashian of this world.'
"Of course!"
“You weren’t planning on leaving us behind?”
“I’ve already packed my bags. Ever since I heard you were going to Serk.”
“This is my first time visiting the Serk Empire. What is it famous for, Orkan?"
“Serk is the country of the Holy Spirit. Unlike the human-centered empire of Luan, it worships the three Gods of heaven: creation, life, and death. There are many temples, so there will be plenty to see.”
“Wow... Ahem! Everyone, don’t get too excited! We’re going to help Simone!”
“But Abel looks the most excited?”
While everyone in the group was excited about crossing over to the new empire, there was one person who was just sitting there, watching, unable to laugh or cry.
Simone turned her gaze towards him.
“Your Grace the Count was here too?”
“Ah, yes, yes...”
Although Viscount Chaylor had originally been afraid of Simone, today he avoided her gaze even more.
He wondered why he would break out in a cold sweat just by looking at her.
“What happened? Why are you acting like that?”
“Oh, no...”
Simone soon realized why he had become so strange. Oh, my...
“You know that Count Chaylor doesn’t have to come with me, right? It’s dangerous, and you’re the head of the household. You have to work here.”
A look of relief and color came to the face of Count Chaylor, who had been startled.
“That’s right!”
In fact, he was secretly afraid that Simone would take him to Serk. When he came in, he was worried because he heard that Simone was seriously injured, so he moved his steps without realizing it, but when he saw the people who came in with him, didn't he regret it inside?
The hero Abel and his party who prevented the Demon King's resurrection during the last imperial disaster, along with Crown Prince Louis, a strange talking cat, and Jace, who attracts curses just by being with them.
What is the state of mind of an ordinary person mixed among such extraordinary people?
So he couldn't even ask Simone if she was okay and just sat in the corner, but when the story about Serk accompanying her came up, his eyes literally went dark.
Count Chaylor thought that if Simone went, he, as an employee, would have to follow her.
The atmosphere was so warm and welcoming that he couldn't even say he couldn't go.
Think about it. Unlike those people here, Chaylor is just a weak and fragile human like a paper doll who would die if attacked once. How could he go around with them?
“Thank you! Thank you! I will work hard, boss!”
Simone, who felt strangely uncomfortable looking at Count Chaylor whom she was noticeably fond of, spoke in a trembling voice.
“Well... There should be a contact person here.”
In fact, he wasn't a particularly helpful character, but he was useful enough to be dropped off when the group was feeling sorry for each other.
“Count Chaylor, please stay here and send us information about the Demon King or Anasis. If anything happens, you should be the first to contact me. If the royal family contacts me before you, I will lock you in the mirror again.”
“...”
The face of Count Chaylor, who nodded weakly, became gloomy again.
Then Jace timidly raised his hand.
“Excuse me, Simone.”
"Yes?"
“Can I remain in the empire?”
“Yes?”
"Yes?"
“What the...”
Jace says he won't follow Simone!
As the group stared at Jace with their eyes wide open in disbelief, his face and ears turned bright red.
"That is..."
Jace fidgeted with his fingers for a while as if he was still disappointed with what he had said.
“There’s something I want to try here.”
“Is there anything you want to try?”
Jace nodded and smiled at Simone, who was tilting her head.
“Don’t worry about me and take care.”
“Then what... I understand. You too, Young Master, be careful. Then, um. What about His Highness the Crown Prince?”
Louis opened his eyes wide and smiled awkwardly at the sudden return of the topic to himself.
“When it’s just us, you can just call me Louis.”
Louis had always been quite annoyed by Simone's call of "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
“I will go with you, but it may be difficult for me to continue accompanying you. I am going to finalize a deal with the Serk Empire.”
Although they are moving together, their goals are different. However, they will come to help Simone from time to time. Simone nodded and said.
“Then, Count Chaylor and Master Jace will remain here, and the others will go to the Serk Empire with me.”
***
The rain that continued to fall steadily continued without stopping even as the day changed.
The weather was so dark that it seemed as if it was signaling an imminent battle. Geneon looked up at the sky with eyes that couldn't understand the meaning.
The rain keeps falling.
400 years. He had lived longer than Anasis and had seen this sight before.
However, the reason why his feelings then and now are different is probably because of the words his disciple passed by.
About 300 years ago, the disciple turned his master into a cat for blocking her path, and the current disciple said he would turn him back into a human.
That brought up a lot of emotions for Geneon.
'You remembered.'
In fact, asking Simone to lift his curse was just empty words.
After becoming a cat, Geneon spent 300 years researching and trying to break the curse. However, he was unable to do so.
Now he's tired and has given up, and as he gets older and time passes, he's become accustomed to this body.
Just Anasis, the only one who can destroy her misguided disciple is Simone.
Anasis died without fulfilling her purpose, and he wanted to see that with his own eyes, so he took in a disciple.
But the child remembered the suggestion that he had forgotten.
Simone was desperately concerned about her own future based on the value system of 'You are you and I am me'.
'Even someone like this is a teacher.'
His heart was so happy that he felt a little tingle in his nose.
“Were you moved at all?”
As Geneon was looking at the sky, he heard a raspy voice behind him. It was Louis. He approached him with his signature smile and stood in front of Geneon.
"Moved what?”
Geneon grumbled.
“Geneon’s curse will finally be lifted.”
“I don’t know yet. I wonder if that child will be able to lift the curse that I couldn’t lift so easily.”
“She can solve it. She's Simone.”
It's a ridiculous reason, but it's strangely convincing.
Geneon kept his mouth shut and turned his gaze to the sky. Louis also looked to the same place.
“She is a very nice person, Simone.”
"Yes."
Geneon said with a smirk.
“You are all being deceived.”
If you had looked into Simone's inner thoughts, no matter how much of a benefactor she was, you wouldn't have the heart to say that she was a good person.
She is a child who always calculates in her head what she will gain from helping someone.
A greedy personality who, if unlucky enough to fall into the sea, would desperately try to pick up shells, if she fell on the ground, she would pick up dirt, and if she fell from the sky, she would try to catch even a flying bird.
That's Simone.
Louis said with a big laugh.
“Still, she is a good person to me. She is my benefactor.”
“Well then, that’s fortunate.”
Louis stopped laughing and looked at Geneon. Just a moment ago, he had been about to gossip about Simone, but when he looked again, he saw Geneon with a rather bitter expression on his face.
“Take good care of that child. She has a bad personality, so she doesn’t get hated.”
“...What do you mean?”
Geneon didn't answer, so Louis couldn't figure out why he suddenly had such a lonely expression on his face and was saying such things.
***
Quite some time had passed since Simone woke up. The rain that had been pouring down nonstop would stop for a while and then pour down again.
“Fortunately, it doesn’t rain in the Serk Empire. Isn’t that really fortunate?”
“What’s fortunate? Lady Simone is going to the Serk Empire, but we’re here! There’s already been water chaos in ten places!”
Simone smiled as she watched the noisy servants again today.
Today is the day to head to the Serk Empire. Those who had been busy since morning began to move their large bags while struggling.
“Ugh!”
Simone stretched and followed them. Even in this situation, she still feels like she's going on a trip.
She has a lot of plans and things to do, so since she's going on vacation anyway, she'd like to finish work peacefully for at least a month.
Simone smiled with a liberated face. Her eyes were empty, without even any expectation.
If someone from a past life saw this, they would have said that this was the eye of non-possession.
'Healing? Vacation? Peace?'
Where am I going to Maldives!
No! I will see the Maldivian ghost in the Maldives too!
Simone knows now.
“I'm the Kim Kardashian of this world.'
My name is Simone. I cause trouble wherever I go.
'I'm going to take a break for a day or two.'
I had long since given up on any hope of resting in peace.
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