The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 124

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Chapter 124

Indeed, with Alpheus by his side, the Northern civil war that had seemed hopeless was resolved in an instant.

‘Truly protagonist-like words and actions.’

So he resolved to survive by Alpheus’s side until the end. To definitely keep him close as a trusted aide.

Since Alpheus, who had commoner blood, was in the opposing camp to the Crown Prince anyway, if he stayed by the protagonist’s side, there was no reason they couldn’t bring down the seemingly solid Crown Prince and Empress.

After learning that he was the son of Marquis Sears, his conviction grew even stronger.

‘Right, Mother once said it. Sears’s <Taming> can suppress your family’s curse.’

The unknown being had introduced itself as a ‘Half-Human, Half-Beast.’

Considering it had the voice of a middle-aged man, it was undoubtedly Duke Backhun, who had lost his ego due to a curse.

‘The story he mentioned must have been about how your family’s curse began and how Alpheus solved it to achieve victory!’

When Alpheus defeated the ‘Half-Human, Half-Beast’ of the Eastern Region, he gained perfect conviction.

But there was one variable that Maximus hadn’t anticipated. Alpheus had gained a new family.

“It seems even Empress Dowager recognized our Bri-bri’s cuteness!”

“Personally, I think she recognized usefulness rather than… cuteness.”

The only family Alpheus had left was that ‘Brisa.’

Could she possibly become the protagonist’s weakness or source of suffering?

That child was someone the Empress Dowager and Empress had directly pulled to their side.

Alpheus would never be able to ignore that younger sister, and if that girl started doing bad things, he would just endure it even while knowing everything.

‘Is this the start of the frustrating section?’

However, the reason he didn’t say ‘be wary of that younger sister’ was because Brisa’s blue eyes looking at Maximus had never once contained contempt or pity.

The ten-year-old child’s expression was… always empty and weary.

So in the end, he said this.

“You’ve always longed for family. I hope that child becomes good family to you.”

In truth, he had used Alpheus.

When the Empress sent him to the Southern Forest, he knew he couldn’t solve this matter.

But he thought Alpheus, being the protagonist, could solve it.

Because he… would never die and would ultimately achieve victory.

‘Then in this grand story, isn’t my role to bring him here?’

Otherwise, there would be no reason for Alpheus to come south.

So he had rushed into the forest.

And Alpheus had done it once again.

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I was almost overwhelmed with elation.

There had been many incredibly profound words, but at least I wasn’t crazy.

‘The original work and all that, those things weren’t just my delusions.’

I already thought I wasn’t crazy, but this was an anecdote that gave conviction to that belief.

‘So time has turned back once. Long after I died.’

That seemed like a crazy thought too, but it was somewhat easier to accept than this world being inside a book.

Maximus, who had finished his story, let out a deep sigh.

“It’s truly hard to believe, but… this is the truth.”

Then Leopold said with his arms crossed.

“It really is hard to believe.”

Of course, I would have done the same if I were Leopold.

“I see. Then to meet that ‘Half-Human, Half-Beast,’ we’d need to go north?”

At my words, Maximus blinked.

“Young lady, do you believe what I’m saying?”

“Yes.”

I nodded, and Leopold frowned.

“Brisa, are you serious? You believe what he’s saying?”

“What reason would His Highness have to lie?”

“No, it doesn’t make sense.”

Leopold pointed out sharply.

“You said it was a future that ended happily for the protagonist. But then why turn back time?”

“Maybe it wasn’t the protagonist who turned it back.”

“Then what kind of unreasonable person would do such nonsense?”

For Leopold, this was quite a strong statement.

I answered indifferently.

“You can’t live knowing everything in the world anyway. If it’s not a matter of survival, it’s fine to live with somewhat clouded eyes.”

There was no need to say here, ‘Actually, I know that whole story. I suddenly remembered it the moment I returned to Sears Marquis Territory.’

“I need to meet that ‘Half-Human, Half-Beast.’ For reasons unknown, it seems to know a lot.”

Delmia and Leopold, and the second son of the Eastern Region.

Just as their forms and characteristics were all different, the Half-Human, Half-Beast of the north also seemed to have some unpredictable traits.

Unable to hide my excitement, I asked again.

“Should we go north? Do you think we could summon it somehow? Ah, you said that place was that Half-Human, Half-Beast’s dwelling. Then you could guide us there.”

“Wait, wait.”

Leopold said, placing his hand on my shoulder.

“You really believe what he said and want to go all the way north? The civil war just ended, but the situation there isn’t good right now. And what exactly do you plan to do after meeting that Half-Human, Half-Beast?”

“Since it knows the male protagonist, it should know the female protagonist too, right? I want to ask where exactly she is.”

Maximus shrugged.

“Young lady, seeing you already looking for a new sister-in-law, it seems you find the attention Alpheus is showering on you burdensome… but the future has already changed a lot. How would anyone know where the female protagonist is?”

But the female protagonist was that Half-Human, Half-Beast’s daughter.

‘If it knows time has turned back, couldn’t it also know its daughter’s whereabouts?’

In reality, the female protagonist is the officially missing only daughter of the Duke of Backhun.

Right now she’s hiding her identity and sharpening her blade for revenge as an assassin and information guild member.

Whether she’ll end up with Alpheus like in the original or not is unknown, but either way, we needed her.

‘Because she has the <Purification> ability. The Western Region can’t survive on hydroponics forever.’

Hydroponics couldn’t be applied to all crops. So we had to somehow prevent the land’s contamination.

Of course, given the female protagonist’s personality… I wasn’t sure if she’d readily use <Purification>.

“Still, I want to try looking for her. From what I heard, that Half-Human, Half-Beast doesn’t seem to curse people or anything.”

“You can’t know that for sure. Anyway, unless they’re <Tamed>, they don’t think of themselves as human. They might actually be more dangerous than other Half-Human, Half-Beasts who have no intelligence at all.”

That was a reasonable point.

“Besides, even if we concede a hundred times that it tells us the location, we can’t go now. Climbing northern mountains in this winter would be insane.”

Maximus shook his head immediately.

“We’d have to wait until at least early spring when the snow melts.”

“Then our conversation is over.”

I said, raising my eyebrows.

“Let’s plan to depart after early spring passes.”

That’s when it happened.

Having finished their desired conversation, Hilberry and Alpheus approached us.

“Haha, Brisa! Were you waiting well?”

Alpheus smiled brightly and stroked my hair. Then he immediately revealed the conversation between the two men.

“Actually, Grand Duke Nogen wanted to discuss whether you might be thinking of re-engaging with Leopold…”

At those words, Leopold looked at Hilberry irritably.

“Grandfather?”

It didn’t seem like something the two had agreed upon anyway.

Regardless, Alpheus said with shining eyes.

“I told him I would absolutely never engage you while you’re a minor.”

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