Chapter 158

“Is it true?”

A ray of hope rose on the face of Godmother Diana, which was wrinkled with grief.

Andras also looked at me in doubt.

“Sihyeon, did you really find a way?”

“Not for sure. It’s just a guess in my head.”

“What do you think the chances are …?”

“I don’t know. I think I’ll know once I try.”

“Ummm…”

The vague answer hardened Andras’ face.

He seemed to be trying to clear up the current situation, which was not easy.

After thinking for a while, he opened his mouth with difficulty.

“Sihyeon, if we can’t get out of this situation right now, it’s going to be very difficult. This is the residence of Lord Barbatos. He’s even unconscious. The current situation is that we broke into this place without permission.”

Andras explained with a grave look.

I swallowed my dry saliva without realizing it.

“If we get caught here, the excuse that Godmother Diana guided us won’t work. I can’t guarantee our safety, let alone the baby griffins….You have to choose carefully,”

Andras was right.

We are being treated as guests, but we are clearly outsiders.

It is also a problem to roam around like this at dawn when everyone is asleep, and if we are found in the room of the collapsed Lord…?

This won’t sit well with the Demons who wanted us out.

My eyes turned to Lord Barbatos, who was lying in bed.

He looked very comfortable, except that he didn’t feel alive.

If I think rationally, I should be leaving with the baby Griffins right away.

Didn’t I keep thinking about how to get Grify and Finny out of here until last evening?

I don’t have any obligation to help Godmother Diana or her sick son.

But why?

My head kept shouting that I should leave right now, but a completely different voice confused my thoughts.

It was not because Andras’ warning was not scary, it was not because I felt burdened by the gaze of Godmother Diana, who was hoping for a miracle, nor because I felt sorry for the collapsed Lord of Barbatos family.

It’s a feeling that I can’t explain logically…

…yes!

It was similar to the feeling I had when I first met Hermosa on the farm.

The encounter felt like an irresistible necessity to me, not an accidentally passing event.

It was the same now.

And this unknown emotion was directed at the collapsed Lord and the baby griffins.

I looked at Grify and Finny.

–  Biip?

– Biip?

Both of them looked at me with round eyes.

A smile spread around my mouth as I looked at the cute figure that did not match the tense atmosphere.

Soon, I called Andras with a determined expression.

“Andras.”

I felt a little embarrassed and scratched my cheek.

“I’m sorry, I made up my mind…”

“That’s fine. I was the one who said from the beginning that I would respect Sihyeon’s decision. And to be honest, I expected it to be somewhat like this.”

“Did it show on my face?”

“Not that it showed……Sihyeon has always been like this since the time when we first met, which is both the good and bad thing about Sihyeon. And that’s also the reason why not only me but also other farm members trust you.”

“Andras……”

I was touched by Andras’ sincere words.

The slight anxiety that remained in my heart started to melt like snow.

“If you’ve made up your mind, could you please proceed as soon as possible? There might not be as much time left as we thought.”

“Oh! I got it.”

I finally turned to Godmother Diana.

“I’m going to try to wake up Lord Barbatos. I can’t guarantee success. Is that okay?”

“My son doesn’t have much time left. Sihyeon is the only one I can trust now. Please… Please let me see my son again.”

She begged, holding my hands tightly.

The reason for allowing it was not the trust in me, but rather trying to grasp the last hope to save her son.

I held Godmother Diana’s hand strongly and then approached the bed where Lord Barbatos was lying and reached out to Grify and Finny, who were still on the bed.

– Biip Biip!

– Biip Biip!

At first, they thought I was playing with them and moved their beak actively.

However, they soon realized that it was not a game and accepted my hand calmly.

I put my hand on the winged back of the baby griffins and concentrated my consciousness.

As soon as the ability to communicate was activated, the notification sound rang quickly in my head.

[Trying to communicate with Demon Beast]

[The target has “intimate feelings” for you]

[The target has infinite trust in you]

I was easily able to communicate as the baby Griffin believed in me.

I felt better for a while when I heard that they had infinite trust in me, but I quickly pushed the thought away from my mind.

The important thing right now is to wake Lord Barbatos

Godmother Diana said “Griffin’s recognition” is the only way to escape the curse.

Does that simply mean getting close with Griffin?

No, if it were that simple, the Barbatos wouldn’t have suffered this much.

It was clear that there is some hidden meaning in it.

I tried to concentrate even more.

Through my hands, I felt their small movements, emotions, and even the waves of life in detail.

“……”

I felt an unfamiliar energy in the body of the children who had forgotten the flow of time.

It was so small and faint that I thought I’d miss it if I let my guard down a bit.

Slowly I concentrated my consciousness on the energy.

But curiously, the little energy came towards me as if it was welcoming me, and in an instant, it seeped into me through my hands and arms.

[You have obtained the fragment of the Wind soul.]

[The Earth soul’s fragments are a little more complete.]

The wind soul is very weak, but it makes me feel cool and refreshed.

The feeling reminded me of the baby Griffins who were running around the garden.

If I’m right, this wind soul must be the key to breaking the Barbatos curse.

But how do I transfer this to Lord Barbatos?

When I was trying to figure out how to transfer the Wind’s soul!

– An intruder has hidden in the room where the Lord is!

– Open the door now!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

I was awakened by the noise coming from outside the door.

When I turned my head, the knights were blocking the door with their bodies so that it wouldn’t open.

They’re holding out somehow right now, but it looks like soon the door will be pierced open.

“Sihyeon!”

Andras said, making eye contact with me.

“Don’t worry about the situation outside and continue with the treatment. I’ll try to buy you some time.”

“…please.”

Artifacts emerged from Andras’ sleeves.

I could feel his determination to fight.

I stared blankly at his back and shook my head vigorously.

‘This was not the time to be sorry.’

‘I shouldn’t waste the precious time that Andras had created…’

‘Think… think… how to transfer the wind soul of the little griffins to the Lord… think!!’

The sound from the door became more and more intense, but I covered my ears with both hands and maintained my composure.

I concentrated only on finding a way and squeezed my brain.

‘Um… Ah, right!’

‘Yerin and Camie!’

I remembered the time when I was learning summoning skills from Yerin.

At that time, I freed the soul of Camie, who was restrained by the red chain and connected him with Yerin.

The details were different, but the fact that the wind soul of the baby griffins should be connected to the Lord remains the same.

I thought there was a good chance of success.

While I was hesitating for a moment, a loud noise came from the door that made my eardrums tremble.

Naturally, I felt nervous and realized that I didn’t have much time left.

There is no time for hesitation.

‘I have to do it!’

‘Please, I hope this is the answer……’

I put my hand near the stomach of Lord Barbatos, who was lying down.

I flinched for a moment in the coldness felt through my fingertips.

I moved my other hand toward Grify and Finny.

Fortunately, the guys quietly surrendered themselves to me.

I remembered the impression of that time with Yerin and Camie.

‘Naturally……’

‘Don’t try to pull it by force.’

CLING CLANG

CLING CLANG

Red chains appeared on both arms.

One Chain slowly seeped into the body of Lord Barbatos.

The other red chain changed into a spherical shape and wrapped around the baby griffins.

– Biip?

– Biip! Bii!

The little griffins moved their heads around and looked at the red chain curiously.

I didn’t know what was happening around me, but I did everything in my power to cure Lord Barbatos.

“Aww…”

Andras groaned as the protective shield deployed by the Artifact was broken.

Yaiger and his men came in smashing the large door

Yaiger stepped forward, shaking off the magic fire left in his palm.

“The Schnarpe family is certainly great. I didn’t think you’d survive my Magic with Artifact alone.”

“… Thank you for the compliment.”

“But you’ve chosen the wrong place to show your ability. You do know what crime you have committed, right?”

“Haha… Well, I think the crime of the person who poured out a huge amount of magic in the place where the Lord is staying is more severe than mine, right?”

Andras’s sarcasm almost made his cheeks quiver.

Yaiger managed to contain his emotions and ordered his men.

“Catch the intruder who is hiding in the place where Lord is staying and the betrayers of the family who supported him. They’ll all be locked up in dungeons. And at the upcoming family meeting, we will discuss punishment worthy of this serious crime.”

“Yes!”

As Yaiger’s men were about to enter the room, Godmother Diana stepped forward.

“Everyone stop!”

HALT

Her face was dim in the dark, but everyone quickly recognized her voice.

For a moment, they flinched and stopped walking toward the room.

Yaiger looked at Diana with a blank face.

“Mother… Why are you with the family intruders?”

“How many times have I told you? They are important guests I have brought!”

“Even if they are family guests, I can’t forgive them for sneaking into the room of the Lord.”

“I brought them here myself. Did you really not know that I was trying to bring them here?”

“……”

Yaiger’s eyes grew colder hearing Diana’s words.

He ordered his men as if it was not worth answering back.

“Mother must be very tired. Take her to her room.”

Yaiger’s men hesitated to approach Diana.

“Madam Godmother……I’ll take you to your room in a minute to rest.”

Diana was the Elder of the family.

The knights who followed Yaiger’s orders could not bear to touch her body, and repeatedly bowed and politely asked her to move.

“……”

But she didn’t budge, blocking the entrance.

Yaiger’s cold voice came back from behind the helpless knights.

“What the hell are you doing? Move my mother. NOW!!”

The knights went to her with a resigned look.

“Madam Godmother…”

“……Please forgive my rudeness.”

The moment they tried to touch Diana’s body!

“STOP RIGHT THERE!”

“…?”

“…?”

“…?”

A man’s voice came from the inside of the room.

The voice froze everyone as if time had stopped.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet and not even the sound of breathing could be heard.

CLOMP CLOMP

There was the sound of slow footsteps.

As the sound got closer and closer, an expression of disbelief spread across everyone’s faces like an epidemic.

“Ah… really… a miracle…”

“No…… way…”

Diana and Yaiger, looking at the owner of the approaching steps, groped out their words in a fit of intense emotion.

HALT

The man who appeared completely in front of everyone spread his shoulders wide and raised his head.

The figure seemed a little precarious, but the momentum and spirit already overwhelmed everyone.

A cracked voice came out of the man’s mouth.

“Who is it? How dare you make a scene in the place where Lord stays… …and who dares to disrespect the Elder of the family… …who is it?”

A cracked and powerless voice was clearly heard by everyone.

They were astonished as if they had heard a rumble of loud thunder.

The faces of the knights who tried to touch Diana turned blue.

They knelt to the man in a hurry and shouted.

“A, I Greet the Lord!”

“I Greet the Lord!”