The price she had to pay was too high. She gave up her potential to become the most beautiful in the world, did I not take care of her feelings? Maybe after she gained weight, I started treating her coldly. I don’t remember the memories with her well.
On the other hand, she kept her promise. She threw her big body and blocked the attack, thanks to her I survived. Just by saving Ian, I think this regression is rewarding enough.
“Ian, I also have a promise. I will definitely get rid of the side effects of petrification.”
I suddenly said to her.
“We can’t become close.”
She asked with a confused look.
“What? Why?”
“We can’t accumulate points by guarding you instead of me, like asking someone else to die on my behalf. That’s a despicable thing to do.”
“What are you talking about? It is only natural for me to protect the lord.”
“Where is the natural sacrifice? Always prioritize yourself first, then family, and then the person you are guarding. I wish there was a rational person who would protect me.”
Ian didn’t hesitate for a moment.
“That’s not possible. I am your guard first and foremost. And I don’t have a family.”
This stubborn woman can’t dare to measure the size of her loyalty to me.
“You seem strange today.”
“Should I show you something even stranger? Let’s go.”
“Where?”
I said as I walked confidently.
“To overturn the dining table.”
I went straight to the kitchen on that road.
Then, I called all the kitchen staff, including Lim Suk-su, the responsible assistant.
“Why did you do that?”
“What? What are you talking about?”
“Why did you put poison in my food?”
Everyone was surprised by those words.
“No, it wasn’t me!”
The good thing about regression is that you don’t have to see what’s inside a person’s heart. I already know why this guy put poison in the food. He got into gambling and accumulated a large debt. He wasted his parents’ money and even his friends’ money. He went so far as to poison Baek Sang-dong’s rice, a meal for a heavenly warrior. Gambling is so terrifying.
“You went gambling again with the three thousand nyang you received, didn’t you?”
The guy flinched for a moment and then fell down right there.
“Please save me. I made a mistake. I made a big mistake because I was blinded by money.”
“Did Gu Pyeong-ho come and give you money?”
“Yes.”
At that moment, I quickly beheaded him.
Swoosh!
It was my first murder after regression, but I didn’t feel any special emotions. It was a life where I ruthlessly killed those I considered evil. Killing him without pain was the last mercy I bestowed upon him.
In my previous life, he had also died today. On the night of the martial arts competition, he died after being stabbed with a knife in the gambling room. It was probably a killer’s knife sent by Gu Pyeong-ho to eliminate him and keep the murder silent.
Anyway, tampering with the food was something that could never be forgiven. Once forgiveness leads to another attempt.
“A kitchen staff member tampered with the food with poison!”
Lim Suk-su, who had been showing a gloomy expression, kneeled down.
“I’m sorry, my lord.”
“Why are you like this? You’re not even good on your knees.”
“Everything is my responsibility.”
“Why is this Lim Suk-su’s responsibility? It’s the responsibility of the one who poisoned the food.”
“Because everything that happened in the kitchen is my responsibility.”
I lifted him up.
“Lim Suk-su. If something unjust happened at school, is it our father’s responsibility?”
“What? No, absolutely not.”
“But why do you say it’s your responsibility, Lim Suk-su? Enough with the nonsense, please make Gaesamyeon (chicken noodle soup) tonight! I really want to eat it.”
It had been decades since I last ate it.
“You just had it the day before yesterday, didn’t you?”
“Lim Suk-su, I still have a knife in my hand. Blood is dripping.”
“I will make it deliciously and bring it to you.”
As I came out of the kitchen, Ian, who was waiting outside, asked anxiously.
“I’m sorry. It’s because I’m the head guard.”
“Why can’t you all handle responsibilities? Have you all caught the responsibility bug?”
“I will make sure that nothing like this happens again.”
“Okay. Spread the word about this incident within the school.”
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