That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 259

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Chapter 259

“…?”

I couldn’t understand what the system window was saying for a moment.

Covet?

Why covet Lisian?

‘What does the side effect of soul dedication have to do with desire for Lisian?’

Moreover, Coriko was also coveting Lisian….

‘What. That’s strange.’

Is it because Lisian is Mother’s bloodline?

‘But.’

If that’s the reason, there’s Leon too. Why don’t they covet him? Is it because his personality is nasty?

“…?”

Right when I had eyes full of questions. A small light slipped out from Lisian’s body.

“…!”

A light that clearly said ‘I’m part of a soul’ as it escaped.

That small light was absorbed into the withered Sacred Tree, Becrux, and simultaneously part of the mist surrounding the Sacred Tree quickly flowed into Lisian.

A boy already beautiful like a fairy. A gentle light flowing softly along those lovely lines.

It was the moment when serene beauty as tranquil as a lake where swans play was eternally added to Lisian.

‘…So that’s why.’

Just now.

As much as Lisian dedicated his soul to the Sacred Tree, the Sacred Tree granted him part of the power it possessed.

The reason the Sacred Tree was being so generous to Lisian was probably because he was Mother’s bloodline.

Thanks to that, I also realized. Why the priests looked at Lisian with as fervent eyes as when they dealt with Ferdinand.

If Ferdinand could be called a divine power storage with the enormous divine power he carried, it would be because Lisian had received quite a bit of the Sacred Tree’s power.

‘And perhaps….’

The reason Coriko enters the Frazier house as Lisian’s prospective bride in was probably because of that too.

[System] The priests and ‘Coriko’ will come to covet Lisian Frazier.

Because they coveted him, she entered as Lisian’s prospective wife to begin with.

I made a slightly disgusted expression. And for good reason, since even the trivial things I thought were nothing turned out to be part of a vast and intricately woven web….

How dangerous an existence a pure and handsome man is.

‘And I’m an existence that must disappear.’

There’s only one way for a replica to take the place of the original.

Only for the original to disappear.

‘These bastards were trying to suck out Lisian’s power continuously. Wait, but the fact that they admired Lisian similarly to Ferdinand….’

Don’t tell me they’re trying to suck out Ferdinand’s divine power too?

I was shaking my head when I frowned. I suddenly realized I was too leisurely lost in thought.

‘What. Where did Coriko go?’

Where did that kid who was trying to kill me with bloodshot eyes just now go?

Even the twins weren’t there, and naturally the priests weren’t there either. No, this wasn’t even under the Sacred Tree to begin with.

When I came to my senses, it was just an entirely pure white space, and I was floating around this place as if drifting.

I don’t know since when I’d been scattered like dust in this kind of space.

“Anyway, it seems the past has ended.”

It was long. It was long.

I let out a deep sigh. This entirely white place where I’m currently floating would be a gap that’s hard to pinpoint and express – between spaces, between times.

I blinked quietly. It was because the opening screen of suddenly came to mind.

『Why did that young lady give dense bread to the handsome man』

, that lively game with a very long name, always begins with the same explanation.

The one and only empire spanning the continent, Briyang.

Under the majesty of the Imperial Family, hundreds and thousands of houses willingly bow their heads, but only one house.

Only Grand Duke Frazier House has exceptional prestige.

Grand Duke Frazier House, the empire’s only grand ducal family. A letter from their ‘bitter enemy’ arrived at that house one morning when spring flowers bloomed brilliantly.

-We intend to send one girl.

The Grand Temple, which had been bitter enemies with the Fraziers for generations, proposed a political marriage to the eldest son of the grand ducal house under the pretext of reconciliation.

Thus ‘you’ head to the Frazier Grand Duke Estate as the prospective daughter-in-law of Grand Duke Frazier House.

[System] What is ‘your’ name?

Having played only for several years. Wanting to find hidden easter eggs would be common to all game users.

The easter egg hidden in the intro was the female protagonist’s original name. If you press the ‘confirm’ button without entering any letters in the ‘name’ field, it doesn’t work.

[System] Please tell me your name.

[System] Please tell me your name.

[System] Please tell me your name.

Only this window would repeatedly appear.

But if you ignore this system window and click frantically, the screen eventually moves on, and a new name is arbitrarily assigned to the empty name field.

That name is exactly….

[System] Coriko

Among players, many people played with this original name, Coriko. It was because other easter eggs appeared.

One was the difference in illustrations.

If you start playing as Coriko, whenever the female protagonist’s illustration appears, white poppy flowers are drawn together with it.

And the other was the difference in specific ending dialogue.

That ending was exactly….

‘It was a complete SSS rank. The Saint ending.’

After seeing the ending where you become a saint as Coriko, the origin of the original name is revealed.

[High Priest] Saint Coriko. Your name was taken from the name of a pure white flower called ‘coquelicot’.

[High Priest] On the already destroyed continent, poppies are called ‘coquelicot’. It’s a kind of ancient language.

[High Priest] Now coquelicot has become the most honorable flower and the most widely known light.

[High Priest] It’s all thanks to you, Saint Coriko.

I remember feeling quite rewarded after seeing that ending. A sense of accomplishment, I suppose. Or emotion.

‘But when you see more, even emotions you’ve felt once take on new colors.’

I now found that ending extremely disgusting and somewhat frightening too.

[High Priest] Now coquelicot has become the most honorable flower and the most widely known light.

Because that line felt strangely ominous.

The most honorable flower seemed to have replaced the sacred tree Becrux, and the most widely known light began when their god Animus started ruling the world.

Because it seemed like foreshadowing.

‘Once I return to being Tulia, I’ll start by giving everyone a taste of Beauty That Topples Nations first.’

The white light surrounding me gradually grew fainter. I couldn’t see anything anyway, but somehow I found myself turning around once.

And then…

Unexpected rainbow-colored text blocked my vision.

[System] Receiving some unconfirmed messages!

“Huh?”

At the same time.

The text I had seen earlier appeared once again.

[System] Variable situation occurred!

[System] ‘Lisian Frazier’ and ‘Leon Frazier’ wish for the same thing!

[System] Special wish is amplified and subdivided!

[System] One additional wish of ‘Leon Frazier’ will be granted!

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.

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[System] Leon Frazier’s wish

[System] Only say mean things to himself

“…”

[System] Special benefit 2, the wishes of ‘Lisian Frazier’ and ‘Leon Frazier’ will be executed!

“…”

Ahhh…

I pressed both hands to my forehead.

“Mother… Father…”

You two gave birth to an idiot… A really tremendous idiot…

“You failed spectacularly at raising children! What good does it do if only Leon and I succeed!”

I thought it was strange earlier when only one wish appeared.

That little thing cried his eyes out because I only said nice things to him, and he calls that a wish, honestly.

I was truly going crazy and ready to jump up and down.

He used that precious special wish on something like that?

At the very least, he could have wished to make me the world’s strongest, or for me to just win no matter who picks a fight with me!

Or to give me the mindless Goddess of Victory!

Can’t he think of productive wishes like that?

“Are you stupid? Are you stupid?!”

That fancy Academy of his must have been pay-to-enter and pay-to-graduate!

“How am I supposed to protect that idiot, really! Ahhhhh!”

After clutching my head and screaming, I soon let my shoulders droop.

“Fine…”

This is my fate.

“I have to protect him, what choice do I have… He’s still family… I have to endure it…”

The sorrow of a K-youngest daughter, not even a K-eldest daughter, filled my heart.

“Leon, you bastard. You’re dead when I see you.”

The moment I clenched my fist, everything went black before my eyes.

* * *

‘I’m back…’

That was my first thought when I opened my eyes.

It was a ceiling that was surprisingly familiar yet surprisingly strange. How these contradictory expressions could coexist was because…

This was the luxurious reception room I had ordered the knights to tear apart before going back to the past.

I hadn’t managed to tear down the ceiling, so the ornate ceiling painting remained, but there was one difference.

Blood was splattered all over it.

“…”

Having jumped through time and space several times, my vision wasn’t quite clear yet. I quietly steadied my breathing and just blinked for a few seconds.

As I was about to turn to the side, I suddenly felt breathless.

Countless creature corpses piled throughout the reception room. And a man sitting with his back to me as if protecting me…

“…Ferdinand?”

The moment I let out that hoarse voice, the sword he had been gripping firmly collapsed to the ground.

In the blink of an eye.

“Tulia.”

I was suddenly embraced in Ferdinand’s arms.

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