“Please let me, sister. I’ll use it just this once.”
Nike was speechless as he watched Alexander cling to his sister without giving up.
'...Immortality?'
He couldn't believe it even after hearing it.
Resurrection is promised after death.
A human who cannot be killed.
This could be a blessing, or it could be a disaster.
It was a disaster.
Alexander, who says he will use this ability, rather than being forcibly activated by being killed by someone.
"I'll be of help. It's something only I can do."
A death intended by oneself.
In other words, it meant that he intended to commit an act such as suicide.
“You... you didn’t want to tell me because you were afraid I’d react like this.”
Vania spoke, trembling with her tightly clenched fist.
Nike felt troubled by the sight.
Alexander probably would not have had any way of knowing his own abilities without having died at least once.
'...But since Vania can turn back time, she wouldn't have just stood by and watched her brother die.'
Nevertheless, if Alexander knows about his special ability, the only conclusion is that Vania, the time traveler, told him directly in some way.
In other words, Alexander's decision is bound to lead to Vania's self-reproach.
"I don't need your help."
Nike decided to stop Alexander.
"You weren't in the plan from the start. So the outcome will be the same even if you don't step up. In fact, it would only become a problem if you tried to do something and it went wrong."
"Could you at least listen to me?"
"No."
Nike shook his head.
The youngest lawyer was 15. It is not a title just anyone can earn.
The moment he opens his mouth, everyone here will be persuaded.
“If you want to be of help to the people you cherish, do nothing. Everyone wants that from you.”
“...”
Alexander remained silent at Nike's resolute attitude, then soon stood up.
He saw Ryan and Vania.
They looked relieved that even the royal family had stepped forward to oppose it. Thinking, "You will have no choice but to back down."
Alexander let out a sigh and turned around to walk away.
“Where are you going!”
Ryan shouted. Alexander glanced back and spoke.
"You told me to leave the house."
"What?!"
Ryan, who had confidently told Alex to leave the house, flared up when he said he would actually leave.
"Do you really want to get punished?"
He ran over quickly, grabbed Alexander's body, and turned him around.
“Where did you learn such bad manners, saying you’ll run away from home and kill yourself?”
“You don’t even listen to what I say, so what kind of father are you, and what kind of family are you?”
"This guy is unbelievable!"
Ryan, who had been fuming with anger, raised his fist. It was his last resort.
“Do you want to be beaten and listen, or just listen?”
“Dad! Don’t do that!”
Vania ran over and stopped Ryan.
“Let go! Men only listen after they’ve been beaten to death!”
“Are you crazy?! Why are you hitting the kid!”
“Yes, I’ll take the hit. But I have no intention of listening to you, Father. Please listen to me after you hit me.”
“...”
“...”
Ryan and Vania froze with their mouths agape. Nike, who was approaching to stop them, also froze.
Alexander's resolve was firm.
"I'm going crazy..."
Ryan's defeat seemed all too certain, as if he wouldn't be able to touch even a hair on his head, no matter how much he threatened with his fists.
Finally, Nike spoke with a sigh.
"Let's hear what you're thinking."
"Your Highness!"
Ryan turned around in surprise.
Nike, raising his hand toward him as if to tell him to calm down, spoke to Alexander, whose expression had brightened.
"This is exactly all I can do for you. Get permission from your father and sister. And while I’ll grant your request, if you can’t persuade them, just give up on it cleanly."
The 15-year-old, the youngest lawyer, nodded confidently.
"Thank you!"
***
“Haa, haa, haa.”
“Whew, Whew, Whew.”
Ryan and I have run away to the drawing room terrace.
We, who had opened our ears with the mindset of, "Fine, tell me all you want. If I don't allow it, that's the end of it."
I felt that something was wrong from the moment the lawyer Alexander Belzer opened his mouth.
“Who raised that viper!”
Ryan pointed into the drawing room with a pale face.
"He is your and Clara's son."
“Clara? That’s what you’re talking about. It must be your sister.”
We held out for 40 minutes. Whenever we, with our limited education, tried to rebut, Alex would say, “That’s a good question!” and steer the conversation in his favor.
In the end, unable to withstand the attacks of the intellectuals, we fled, and the one currently holding Alexander back was Nike, a member of the royal family who was at least skilled in both military and scholarly pursuits.
Alexander is crazy.
I thought that guy had just been quietly studying in the capital all this time, but I was wrong.
He was systematically documenting and collecting evidence to use in the trial, and the height of the documents was about half my height.
My younger sibling, whom I thought knew nothing, was actually sharpening his knife the most terrifyingly.
He knew all the details of my brothers' crimes that I hadn't even known about before the regression.
However, that is not the problem.
“How long is Father’s head going to keep working? He’s old now, so I wish he’d just use his common sense and die already...”
Father started to move.
The reason Alex made this [plan] was not because he 'intended' to do something, but because he 'had no choice'.
I heard that my father had Christa approach Alex, but honestly, that wasn't what I expected.
But...
Alex said that it seemed like their father was trying to make public the fact that Alex and I, who were 'incompetent,' were his 'biological children.'
“There is too much evidence that we are Father’s biological children. So if he claims parental rights, my sister and I will have no choice but to become Wassenberg again legally.”
I... never imagined that.
Because even before the regression, Father was a person obsessed with hiding the existence of his incompetent children. Almost pathologically.
The reason is that the very fact that 'an incapable person can be born' becomes known would be fatal to the Basenberg family, a family of supernatural beings.
However, Father calculated the gains he would gain even while accepting fatal losses.
"Father isn't just trying to have two incompetent children."
The ultimate targets Father is after are Belzer and Ryan.
He intends to get the child he excommunicated back into his hands.
“Alex already explained everything...”
“I know. I’m just saying that because I’m frustrated.”
Alex said that it would be a great benefit if his father took in the 'grown-up' Ryan.
"To others, seeking back a child he excommunicated might seem like an unavoidable bond of nature. Still, taking a criminal back might appear risky, but no..."
"First, the verdict in the Konrad Massacre records that the crime was 'unintentional' due to the defendant's runaway supernatural abilities. He was also a minor at the time."
“He faithfully served his sentence and was released. Furthermore, after his release, he demonstrated his atonement by consistently volunteering for the national defense war to exterminate monsters.”
"The Imperial Family, acknowledging this, bestowed a title upon him. This is tantamount to the Imperial Family personally taking his merits into account and covering up his criminal record."
[A son who unintentionally committed a crime as a minor but faithfully served his sentence, continued to atone for his actions even after his release, and was recognized by the Imperial Family to the point of obtaining a title.]
Now, bringing them over.
"Crazy."
Father was probably waiting with a smile when the royal family pulled Ryan up.
So that he can harvest it with his own hands once it is ripe enough.
"I can't win this battle of wits."
I had to meekly admit it.
The enemy is too big.
“I had no idea I’d be held back by Alex and me. No, wait, you’d need to have the brains to think that far ahead to even be able to deal with Father, right?”
“Hey, are you crying?”
“I’m getting a little teary-eyed. I’ve realized once again that I’m a human who relies on supernatural abilities and regression.”
“Don’t be disheartened. If your father were stupid, how could he have manipulated his kids, who are much stronger than him, just to his liking when he has absolutely no strength? It is the way of the world that the one who uses the head takes advantage of the one who uses the body.”
“Why are you talking so nonchalantly...”
"Right now, we are in a situation where we have to worry about being forcibly taken to Wassenberg."
At that time.
Nike came out onto the terrace.
“What happened?”
When Ryan asked, Nike sighed and shook his head.
“Wow, I’m disappointed. You lost to a fifteen-year-old? I was counting on Your Highness's education.”
"If I couldn't come up with a better solution than his plan for the current situation, it was an argument I couldn't win from the start."
"...right."
Because the plan Alex devised was the best way to escape his father's clutches.
“...”
“...”
I made eye contact with Nike.
We were truly so dumbfounded by the situation we were in that we couldn't say a word and just stared at each other.
Ryan, standing in between, said.
“The two of you, after going full circle, will become Wassenberg and Valencier again...”
That's right.
It is a crazy situation we are in.
“At this point, it feels like the whole world is telling the two of you not to meet. Perhaps you should promise to meet again in the next life...”
"I told you there is a way. I've explained everything to you."
Then, Alex came out and said.
He looks at me.
“Alex, how about I protect you? I’ll stop you from getting hurt, and if something uncontrollable happens, I’ll even rewind time.”
“It’s pointless, sister. If you rewind time, can’t you target what used to be targeted?”
“...”
"I'm going to become a target anyway. If that's the case, then..."
Alex held up two fingers and said.
“Securing evidence and taking one guy away. That’s the best haul I can get from using my ability just once.”
Fifteen days later.
Edgar Wassenberg heard the news brought by his aide, Bill.
It is said that Ryan Belzer has requested a retrial of the Konrad massacre.
Nike was speechless as he watched Alexander cling to his sister without giving up.
'...Immortality?'
He couldn't believe it even after hearing it.
Resurrection is promised after death.
A human who cannot be killed.
This could be a blessing, or it could be a disaster.
It was a disaster.
Alexander, who says he will use this ability, rather than being forcibly activated by being killed by someone.
"I'll be of help. It's something only I can do."
A death intended by oneself.
In other words, it meant that he intended to commit an act such as suicide.
“You... you didn’t want to tell me because you were afraid I’d react like this.”
Vania spoke, trembling with her tightly clenched fist.
Nike felt troubled by the sight.
Alexander probably would not have had any way of knowing his own abilities without having died at least once.
'...But since Vania can turn back time, she wouldn't have just stood by and watched her brother die.'
Nevertheless, if Alexander knows about his special ability, the only conclusion is that Vania, the time traveler, told him directly in some way.
In other words, Alexander's decision is bound to lead to Vania's self-reproach.
"I don't need your help."
Nike decided to stop Alexander.
"You weren't in the plan from the start. So the outcome will be the same even if you don't step up. In fact, it would only become a problem if you tried to do something and it went wrong."
"Could you at least listen to me?"
"No."
Nike shook his head.
The youngest lawyer was 15. It is not a title just anyone can earn.
The moment he opens his mouth, everyone here will be persuaded.
“If you want to be of help to the people you cherish, do nothing. Everyone wants that from you.”
“...”
Alexander remained silent at Nike's resolute attitude, then soon stood up.
He saw Ryan and Vania.
They looked relieved that even the royal family had stepped forward to oppose it. Thinking, "You will have no choice but to back down."
Alexander let out a sigh and turned around to walk away.
“Where are you going!”
Ryan shouted. Alexander glanced back and spoke.
"You told me to leave the house."
"What?!"
Ryan, who had confidently told Alex to leave the house, flared up when he said he would actually leave.
"Do you really want to get punished?"
He ran over quickly, grabbed Alexander's body, and turned him around.
“Where did you learn such bad manners, saying you’ll run away from home and kill yourself?”
“You don’t even listen to what I say, so what kind of father are you, and what kind of family are you?”
"This guy is unbelievable!"
Ryan, who had been fuming with anger, raised his fist. It was his last resort.
“Do you want to be beaten and listen, or just listen?”
“Dad! Don’t do that!”
Vania ran over and stopped Ryan.
“Let go! Men only listen after they’ve been beaten to death!”
“Are you crazy?! Why are you hitting the kid!”
“Yes, I’ll take the hit. But I have no intention of listening to you, Father. Please listen to me after you hit me.”
“...”
“...”
Ryan and Vania froze with their mouths agape. Nike, who was approaching to stop them, also froze.
Alexander's resolve was firm.
"I'm going crazy..."
Ryan's defeat seemed all too certain, as if he wouldn't be able to touch even a hair on his head, no matter how much he threatened with his fists.
Finally, Nike spoke with a sigh.
"Let's hear what you're thinking."
"Your Highness!"
Ryan turned around in surprise.
Nike, raising his hand toward him as if to tell him to calm down, spoke to Alexander, whose expression had brightened.
"This is exactly all I can do for you. Get permission from your father and sister. And while I’ll grant your request, if you can’t persuade them, just give up on it cleanly."
The 15-year-old, the youngest lawyer, nodded confidently.
"Thank you!"
***
“Haa, haa, haa.”
“Whew, Whew, Whew.”
Ryan and I have run away to the drawing room terrace.
We, who had opened our ears with the mindset of, "Fine, tell me all you want. If I don't allow it, that's the end of it."
I felt that something was wrong from the moment the lawyer Alexander Belzer opened his mouth.
“Who raised that viper!”
Ryan pointed into the drawing room with a pale face.
"He is your and Clara's son."
“Clara? That’s what you’re talking about. It must be your sister.”
We held out for 40 minutes. Whenever we, with our limited education, tried to rebut, Alex would say, “That’s a good question!” and steer the conversation in his favor.
In the end, unable to withstand the attacks of the intellectuals, we fled, and the one currently holding Alexander back was Nike, a member of the royal family who was at least skilled in both military and scholarly pursuits.
Alexander is crazy.
I thought that guy had just been quietly studying in the capital all this time, but I was wrong.
He was systematically documenting and collecting evidence to use in the trial, and the height of the documents was about half my height.
My younger sibling, whom I thought knew nothing, was actually sharpening his knife the most terrifyingly.
He knew all the details of my brothers' crimes that I hadn't even known about before the regression.
Well, that's all I have to say.
“How long is Father’s head going to keep working? He’s old now, so I wish he’d just use his common sense and die already...”
Father started to move.
The reason Alex made this [plan] was not because he 'intended' to do something, but because he 'had no choice'.
I heard that my father had Christa approach Alex, but honestly, that wasn't what I expected.
But...
Alex said that it seemed like their father was trying to make public the fact that Alex and I, who were 'incompetent,' were his 'biological children.'
“There is too much evidence that we are Father’s biological children. So if he claims parental rights, my sister and I will have no choice but to become Wassenberg again legally.”
I... never imagined that.
Because even before the regression, Father was a person obsessed with hiding the existence of his incompetent children. Almost pathologically.
The reason is that the very fact that 'an incapable person can be born' becomes known would be fatal to the Basenberg family, a family of supernatural beings.
However, Father calculated the gains he would gain even while accepting fatal losses.
"Father isn't just trying to have two incompetent children."
The ultimate targets Father is after are Belzer and Ryan.
He intends to get the child he excommunicated back into his hands.
“...The more I think about it, the more ridiculous it seems. He benefited from excommunicating me, didn’t he? He proved that he didn’t condone the Konrad massacre. So why would he want to show everyone that he's getting along with his criminal son again?”
“I know. I’m just saying that because I’m frustrated.”
Alex said that it would be a great benefit if his father took in the 'grown-up' Ryan.
"To others, seeking back a child he excommunicated might seem like an unavoidable bond of nature. Still, taking a criminal back might appear risky, but no..."
"First, the verdict in the Konrad Massacre records that the crime was 'unintentional' due to the defendant's runaway supernatural abilities. He was also a minor at the time."
“He faithfully served his sentence and was released. Furthermore, after his release, he demonstrated his atonement by consistently volunteering for the national defense war to exterminate monsters.”
"The Imperial Family, acknowledging this, bestowed a title upon him. This is tantamount to the Imperial Family personally taking his merits into account and covering up his criminal record."
[A son who unintentionally committed a crime as a minor but faithfully served his sentence, continued to atone for his actions even after his release, and was recognized by the Imperial Family to the point of obtaining a title.]
Now, bringing them over.
"Crazy."
Father was probably waiting with a smile when the royal family pulled Ryan up.
So that he can harvest it with his own hands once it is ripe enough.
"I can't win this battle of wits."
I had to meekly admit it.
The enemy is too big.
“I had no idea I’d be held back by Alex and me. No, wait, you’d need to have the brains to think that far ahead to even be able to deal with Father, right?”
“Hey, are you crying?”
“I’m getting a little teary-eyed. I’ve realized once again that I’m a human who relies on supernatural abilities and regression.”
“Don’t be disheartened. If your father were stupid, how could he have manipulated his kids, who are much stronger than him, just to his liking when he has absolutely no strength? It is the way of the world that the one who uses the head takes advantage of the one who uses the body.”
“Why are you talking so nonchalantly...”
"Right now, we are in a situation where we have to worry about being forcibly taken to Wassenberg."
At that time.
Nike came out onto the terrace.
“What happened?”
When Ryan asked, Nike sighed and shook his head.
“Wow, I’m disappointed. You lost to a fifteen-year-old? I was counting on Your Highness's education.”
"If I couldn't come up with a better solution than his plan for the current situation, it was an argument I couldn't win from the start."
"...right."
Because the plan Alex devised was the best way to escape his father's clutches.
“...”
“...”
I made eye contact with Nike.
We were truly so dumbfounded by the situation we were in that we couldn't say a word and just stared at each other.
Ryan, standing in between, said.
“The two of you, after going full circle, will become Wassenberg and Valencier again...”
That's right.
It is a crazy situation we are in.
“At this point, it feels like the whole world is telling the two of you not to meet. Perhaps you should promise to meet again in the next life...”
"I told you there is a way. I've explained everything to you."
Then, Alex came out and said.
He looks at me.
“Alex, how about I protect you? I’ll stop you from getting hurt, and if something uncontrollable happens, I’ll even rewind time.”
“It’s pointless, sister. If you rewind time, can’t you target what used to be targeted?”
“...”
"I'm going to become a target anyway. If that's the case, then..."
Alex held up two fingers and said.
“Securing evidence and taking one guy away. That’s the best haul I can get from using my ability just once.”
***
Fifteen days later.
Edgar Wassenberg heard the news brought by his aide, Bill.
It is said that Ryan Belzer has requested a retrial of the Konrad massacre.
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