That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 250

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Chapter 250

For a moment, I wondered if this was a dream.

I screamed internally.

Tulia’s body had actually become small!

I was flabbergasted.

‘So this is what showing me my past meant? Not just replaying it like a video, but making me experience it firsthand like this?’

Was it really necessary to go this far?

But my questions were brief.

I realized a beat late that little Tulia’s cheeks were squished like steamed buns.

‘….’

Like a statue in some temple, Mother stood still with her cheek pressed against Tulia’s.

“Please help me protect my daughter without fail. Please help me protect her even if I have to stake everything I have.”

A quiet murmur. It sounded calm on the surface, but it was a prayer overflowing with desperation.

“….”

Mother soon seemed to compose herself and adjusted her hold on me. At the same time, I opened my eyes wide.

And I became utterly bewildered.

‘What? Did Mother give birth to Tulia all by herself?’

That’s right.

Tulia was Mother’s spitting image!

If not for the eye color, I wouldn’t have felt any Frazier genes at all!

‘To this extent.’

I could somewhat understand the rumors that circulated in high society.

For instance, the vicious gossip that Tulia wasn’t Marquis Aster’s, that is, Father’s, real daughter….

‘But her appearance…. Where are you fleeing to?’

Mother wasn’t dressed like a noble lady.

She wore a dark-colored robe pulled over her head, with her hair neatly tied back.

“Railan.”

I thought I was hearing things at that moment. But when I turned my head, I realized.

‘That’s Father, isn’t it?’

Father was standing across from Mother.

‘Wow. He’s really handsome.’

Somehow, Father in his youth was so devastatingly handsome that it made sense why Mother would marry him from a distant continent.

“…Aster.”

Mother and Father had a brief conversation. As I listened quietly, I realized what situation this was.

‘That time!’

Right before Mother left for the Summer Continent with me to reclaim the Guardian Qualification she had given up when she married Father!

The joy of realization was brief.

Remembering the blood-soaked ash-gray hair, my mood quickly sank.

‘Why did Klaus want to show me this?’

I didn’t know the reason.

But there must be a very important reason why Klaus risked his life to show me this past.

I absolutely had to capture everything without missing a single detail.

I had to find out exactly what that crazy Coriko and the heretics, and the High Priests were plotting.

So I absolutely wouldn’t blink even once…!

‘Aaaah!’

I almost screamed out loud.

Because Mother and Father kissed right in front of me!

‘This is a bit awkward to witness directly!’

I screamed internally and squeezed my eyes shut.

The strange thing was that even though I was startled, Mother and Father didn’t care at all.

They were just lost in their own world….

And after some time passed, I was able to realize.

No matter how much I opened my eyes and struggled, baby Tulia in Mother’s arms was just sleeping peacefully!

‘It’s like being paralyzed in sleep.’

My body was asleep but I could observe my surroundings. It must be because of the special situation.

Thanks to that, I could vividly observe the situation around when Mother left while appearing to sleep on the surface.

For instance, Mother continuously stroking little sleeping Tulia’s head with affection.

Mother consistently giving short, cold answers even when the man riding with us in the carriage tried to talk to her several times.

Or occasionally opening the carriage window and suppressing the urge to look back, closing and opening her eyes….

‘But surely they’re not going to show me everything like this?’

That would take quite a long time, wouldn’t it?

The moment I thought this, suddenly everything whizzed by as if someone had pressed 4x speed.

As my vision spun around.

Click.

At some point, the playback speed normalized.

‘I guess it’s because it’s a Benefit.’

It seemed to automatically skip the unimportant parts.

In other words, it automatically stopped at the important parts.

Thanks to that, I encountered a situation that made me want to scream.

‘Crazy! Why are those guys here!’

I definitely saw it!

Two small creatures squirming under the carriage seat!

‘Lisian! That Leon Frazier bastard!’

Why were those young twins in the carriage?!

“Brother. It’s too cramped here.”

“Bear with it. It seems like we’ll be crossing the ocean soon.”

“Okay. But why is Mother only taking that Tulia with her?”

“Because she’s the youngest.”

“Hmph.”

When Mother was about to return to the carriage after briefly stepping away to cook porridge for me, the twins quickly hid under the seat again.

I was flabbergasted.

‘They definitely said the twins couldn’t follow.’

Why was their memory different from reality?

Moreover, there was another puzzling point.

‘Lisian isn’t stuttering!’

I was completely puzzled and tried struggling with my hand once. Of course, since little Tulia in Mother’s arms was just sleeping peacefully, no matter how much I thrashed about, it was useless.

“Lisian? Leon? Why are you here?!”

Mother discovered the twins’ presence just before boarding the ship after traveling for several more days.

In the meantime, I saw them become gaunt and watched Mother get furious to the tips of her hair.

“Who told you to do this? Mother clearly told you to wait nicely at the house! Lisian, you’re the older brother, and instead of stopping him, you actually…!”

“We’re sorry….”

“We’re sorry….”

Lisian and Leon couldn’t move a muscle. Leon was still somewhat mischievous even now, but Lisian had always been as quiet as flowing water, making this sight even more rare.

‘Ah. That’s.’

Then, seeing the jewelry that glinted lightly on Lisian’s neck, I blinked gently.

‘That’s the keepsake Mother left for Lisian.’

I had broken it while trying to block the sudden red targeting laser that was aimed at us.

‘Even seeing it like this again makes me happy….’

Anyway, Mother was trying to send the twins back immediately. But then.

“It’s fortunate that we dealt with that guy just now….”

I was startled when I heard Mother’s very quiet murmur to herself.

‘What did you deal with?’

Come to think of it, the man who had brought Mother here hadn’t been visible for a while now.

I finally realized.

‘That man whose scalp Mother had grabbed and twisted right in front of Father…. I had my suspicions, but he really was a traitor after all.’

Otherwise, there’s no way Mother would have ‘dealt with’ him.

Come to think of it, Mother suddenly looked different to me.

‘I guess you need to have that kind of spirit to become a daughter-in-law of Frazier!’

Holding me in her arms like that, Mother moved forward with the twins.

It happened to be late at night, and there were unusually few people coming and going.

“I’ll buy a carriage and put you in it, so hurry home. Mother will finish her business and return with Tulia.”

“Yes….”

“Yes….”

The twins answered while fidgeting with their fingers. Mother’s eyes grew misty as she looked at the two of them, but it quickly disappeared. Instead, her blue eyes gleamed menacingly.

Mother turned to look behind us.

“What business do you have?”

At the same time, men emerged from the darkness. They all wore robes pulled over their heads, making them look very suspicious.

“So you really did deal with him. Lady Railan.”

“Even though you’ve given up your position as Guardian, it seems your innate intuition hasn’t gone anywhere.”

Mother immediately handed me over to Lisian’s arms and whispered in a small voice.

“Protect Tulia well.”

The warm expression from just moments ago was nowhere to be found. Mother’s face as she turned to stare at the men had already become arrogant and cold.

“How dare you break the Hania Tribe’s covenant and betray the Sacred Tree?”

“It’s not betrayal. We’re simply trying to properly transfer the Sacred Tree to a new god.”

“Please don’t resent us too much.”

And then the battle that followed.

Mother was strong enough to rival any knight, but in the end, she couldn’t overcome being outnumbered.

Pink hair matted with red blood. Even in the midst of it all, Mother was blocking us with her entire body, worried that the twins and I might get hurt.

Leon’s voice, full of anxiety, rang in my ears.

“Mother…. Mother…?”

“…Don’t open your eyes!”

Lisian, who had covered Leon’s eyes, shouted while trembling. But Lisian’s own eyes were fixed on our bloodied Mother, unable to even blink.

Mother was covered with a robe and dragged away somewhere. When the men approached to knock out the twins as well.

“Mother! Mother!”

Lisian rushed forward and bit one of their hands hard. But Lisian before my eyes was just a small child.

“Little brat!”

Thud!

It was instantaneous. The twins collapsed unconscious. Even until the moment he lost consciousness, Lisian didn’t let go of me until the very end, but….

“Tulia…. Mother….”

They hurriedly gathered us up and boarded a ship.

One blink.

Two blinks.

Three blinks.

After several blinks, the scenery had changed.

‘This place is the Summer Continent. The Hania Tribe’s Sacred Ground….’

It was a place where a tree so massive stood that even if you stacked all the buildings in the Imperial Palace, you couldn’t reach its top.

And the twins and I were locked in a prison prepared in front of it, and a little later.

“Shall we prepare the ritual? The Prince of Sorsen and the Crown Prince of Briyang have already arrived as well.”

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