That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 272

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Chapter 272

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

This time, everyone saw that sight clearly.

“What is… what is that?”

“Where did the Saint’s face go…?”

“Don’t be foolish! Do you still believe that thing is a saint? That’s its real face! It deceived us with fake magic!”

“That’s impossible…”

Those who hadn’t directly witnessed the earlier situation gaped with their jaws nearly dropping. An even worse situation followed immediately.

“Aaah!”

“The face, the face is melting!”

“It’s a monster! It’s a monster!”

Half of Coriko’s face had melted away. It must have lacked the strength to maintain its body because it hadn’t consumed enough creatures.

‘…Though I didn’t expect half the face to melt away.’

It was disgusting.

The sight was so wretched and horrifying that some couldn’t bear to look until the end.

But there were more knights who didn’t turn their gaze away and continued facing the creatures even in this situation.

And among them…

“Grandfather.”

Grandfather was there too.

“Why did you come to the front lines? It’s dangerous.”

“Father is right beside me too. And twenty knights are following me around right now.”

“Then why did you come to this old man’s side?”

“Just because.”

I looked at Coriko once.

“I just thought you might be lonely if you were alone, Grandfather.”

Grandfather let out a hearty laugh.

“The advisors around me are twice as many as the knights by your side.”

“Of course, of course. You’re His Grace the Grand Duke, so naturally.”

Grandfather gently patted my head. But his eyes were heavily sunken.

“So that was Coriko’s true appearance.”

“…”

“So you…”

Grandfather remained silent for quite a long time.

“Thank you, Tulia.”

“…Yes?”

“You knew, so you suggested we reclaim your aunt’s name, didn’t you?”

“…”

“You could have been branded with the infamy of being jealous of Hyacinthia’s real daughter.”

“…”

“But you still did it.”

“Grandfather.”

“You’re truly brave. You always have been.”

I smiled a little. My nose tingled for no reason. The person whose heart would hurt most right now would naturally be Grandfather.

“I’m your granddaughter, Grandfather. Of course I’m brave.”

“Yes.”

Grandfather looked at my arm and sighed. Though it was wrapped tightly in bandages, it seemed Grandfather’s eyes, having roamed battlefields in his youth, could immediately assess the size of the wound.

“Don’t come to the front lines anymore.”

“Yes, I understand.”

The arm was injured in the rear area and bitten by Klaus, but if I told him that, I felt like I’d be kicked out of this Grand Temple.

Just as Grandfather was designating several advisors and ordering them to personally escort me to the rear area.

Several of the High Priests who had been dangling like keychains from Coriko’s tentacles opened their eyes with difficulty.

“High Priest!”

The priests, for whom the High Priests were the priority whether they lived or died, shouted like thunder.

“Save us…”

“My disciple. Please save me…”

The priests finally burst into tears. They immediately ran to Ferdinand, knelt down, and begged.

“Your Highness the Crown Prince! We were arrogant! The knights’ sacrifice is unnecessary! We will personally rescue the High Priests from that monster! Just clear a path for us!”

“Please, we beg you! Your Highness knows better than anyone how devoted the High Priests have been to Your Highness!”

“Your Highness!”

“Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

How would Ferdinand respond? Even to me, the High Priests looked too pitiful. The nobles were also stamping their feet in sympathy.

“There’s no need for that.”

Ferdinand drew the bow he carried on his back.

“Let’s rescue them together.”

“…?!”

He aimed the bow and shot an arrow.

“Your Highness!”

“High Priest!”

“You mustn’t!”

The tentacles holding the High Priests. Ferdinand’s arrow hit one of those tentacles precisely.

“…!”

Thud!

“High Priest!”

The High Priest who had been dangling from Coriko’s tentacle fell to the ground. And at the same time.

“…?!”

“What, what is it?”

“High Priest! High Priest…?”

No one could move from their spot.

The High Priest who had fallen to the ground melted limply and laughed.

“Kehehehe! Kehehehe…! My God…! Absorb me! Absorb me…!”

Because he soon transformed into a creature.

“That’s, that’s impossible…”

“Are you saying the High Priests were actually monsters too?”

Smack!

A High Priest slapped a regular priest’s cheek hard.

“Such wicked words! That ogre monster must have devoured the High Priests!”

“But when I saw them, the High Priests seemed normal…!”

“How dare you speak so irreverently in this place!”

“The Holy Knights saw it too! This is unjust!”

“That’s right! Besides, didn’t you clearly hear what that High Priest, no, that monster just said!”

“That, that’s…!”

While the priests fought with veins bulging in their necks.

Thud.

Thud.

Thud.

Even though Ferdinand hadn’t shot his bow, the High Priests who fell to the ground with their tentacles severed all followed the same pattern of transforming into creatures.

The horrific sight of them melting and shedding their skin was no different from Coriko’s transformation…

“Look! The High Priests were actually in league with that monster!”

“Th-that’s impossible…!”

Meanwhile, I was changing my bandages again. Blood kept seeping through.

“Why does the wound keep opening…? I definitely stitched it properly…”

The physician muttered with a serious expression, then asked.

“Does it really not hurt?”

“The Grand Duchess is enduring it through willpower.”

At my solemn (pretending to be) words, the physician fell silent.

“…!”

The physician looked at me with eyes of respect and admiration, then quickly bowed his head at the approaching shadow.

I too turned around and was slightly startled.

“Ferdinand?”

“Are you finished with the treatment?”

When the physician hurriedly nodded, Ferdinand dismissed him.

“Why did you come here?”

“Is your arm alright?”

“Not bad. It was treated well too.”

“When we return, you should have the Palace Physician look at it.”

‘It’s really fine though.’

Still, I quietly nodded.

“Tulia.”

Ferdinand bent down and whispered in my ear.

“You attacked the High Priests, didn’t you?”

I blinked and opened my mouth.

“Yes.”

“…I thought you’d try to hide it a little. Is it okay to tell me so readily?”

“Aren’t you going to ask what I attacked them with?”

“Will you tell me if I ask?”

“Of course.”

“What did you attack them with?”

I summoned Kim Ddongbyeol and shook it like a rattle.

“Han Ina…”

Ferdinand saying that name sounded so awkward. I whispered like a child sharing a long-kept secret.

“Should I tell you its real name, just to you?”

“Does it have another name?”

“It’s Kim Ddongbyeol.”

“…?”

“Really.”

I smiled brightly, then whispered in his ear once more and asked.

“Have your past memories returned too? Ferdinand.”

A faint smile crossed his face that had been filled with questions.

“Yes.”

I wondered if he was just playing along with me, or if his past memories had really returned.

“Do you really remember?”

“Yes.”

“Then guess. Where did we meet on the Summer Continent?”

“Under the withered Sacred Tree.”

“…”

“I saw you crying, so small.”

Ferdinand continued while looking straight at me.

“You kept crying, but my hands wouldn’t move, so I couldn’t do anything.”

“…”

Only then did I close my mouth.

A shadow-like silence flowed between us for a moment. I slowly opened my mouth.

“Did you shoot the High Priests because your past memories returned? As revenge.”

“That’s right. Didn’t you also attack them because you wanted revenge?”

“That’s right.”

I shifted my gaze toward the priests who were starting to cry while fighting the High Priests who had transformed into creatures.

“But there’s another reason too.”

“Because of my reputation? After all, publicly the High Priests were rumored to be devoted to me.”

I asked back in confusion.

“You know that well? I thought you didn’t care about such things.”

“I may look like this, but I’ve been educated as Crown Prince since birth.”

Ferdinand added lightly.

“And it’s not that I don’t care at all.”

‘That’s true.’

I nodded.

“Since you’re the Crown Prince of a nation…”

“If my reputation hits rock bottom, House Frazier won’t approve of the marriage between you and me.”

“…!”

It was something I hadn’t even thought of.

“Because I’m determined to marry you no matter what.”

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