입양딸 역할을 지나치게 잘해버렸다 198화 베나토는 비올라 앞에서 깨달을 수 있었다.

‘If I use all the mana I have… I can wake up these two.’

The same position. Lying there with the same breath were the two people.

One was the guardian Viola, and the other was the guardian’s partner sword, Tundra.

‘It seems I could wake just Saint Viola.’

In that case, it looked like I wouldn’t have to use all my mana. ‘But.’

I didn’t want that. Elcina asked with a worried expression.

“Benato, it seems you’ve realized something?”

“Yes.”

Benato told everything he understood. Heron’s body trembled slightly.

He couldn’t maintain his composure when it came to matters related to Viola.

Elcina continued slowly.

“Benato, think deeply and then think some more.”

Benato is a promising mage. Elcina, who was raised in the Magic Tower, had never seen a mage with talents like Benato’s.

Perhaps due to today’s choice, the world might lose a great mage forever. “I’ve thought a lot.”

Benato’s gaze turned to Viola. “The Miracle Mana wasn’t originally mine.”

“…….”

“I think someone just left it with me for a moment.”

Heron glanced at Benato. If Benato said, ‘I can’t do it, I don’t want to,’ Heron was prepared to forcibly use Benato’s mana to wake Viola. To Heron, Viola was far more precious than Benato.

But for now, he decided to wait. The noble feelings radiating from Benato were admirable, so,

“So I’m thinking of returning the miracle that was temporarily entrusted to me.”

“You might never be able to practice magic again.”

Elcina had taught Benato directly. She knew well how much Benato loved magic.

Taking mana from a mage was like ripping a heart out of an ordinary person.

“I understand. But I believe…”

Five-year-old Benato wasn’t acting like a typical five-year-old. “Being a mage who leaves a mark on the world is far less valuable than being Benato who saves lives.”

Elcina closed her eyes for a moment. She respected Benato’s thoughts.

“That’s a decision not everyone can make.”

She held Benato’s trembling hand. Benato’s hand was shaking.

He spoke calmly, but it seemed that he was scared himself.

He squeezed his hand tightly.

‘Who could call this child a little kid?’

Eventually, Benato’s trembling subsided. Benato smiled brightly.

“Thank you, Nanny.”

Then he brought his hands to hold Viola and Tundra’s. He placed his own hand on top.

He didn’t use any fancy magic chants or spells.

‘May a miracle occur.’

He wished to save someone, just using the strength lent to him by another.

Golden mana began to ripple from Benato’s body.

The light evenly seeped into Viola and Tundra’s entire bodies. Thud.

Benato collapsed, and Heron, moving like a ghost, caught him.

Heron was certain.

Today, a miracle occurred,

Viola awoke from a long dream.

When she opened her eyes, she found she was holding someone’s hand.

“Kang Han…”

Her head started to hurt. The name ‘Kang Han-jun’ kept echoing in her mind, but then the letters disappeared. “Tundra.”

She was holding Tundra’s hand. “Tundra?”

Viola shot up. No. She tried to get up.

‘My body won’t move!’

Having been in a coma for five years, her body wouldn’t obey her. Tundra, who regained consciousness before Viola, was sitting next to her.

Tundra didn’t say a word, only tears streaming down his face.

“The first name you achieved wasn’t mine, but Tundra’s.”

Heron felt genuinely hurt. However, that sadness was overshadowed by the happiness of the current miracle. “You’re awake now.”

Only then did Viola shift her gaze. She looked in the direction of the voice.

“I can’t see anything.”

It was darkness. The only thing visible to Viola was Tundra.

Heron gently lifted Viola’s body.

Even though she had been lying in bed for five years, Viola’s body was born of a Killing Star’s physique.

Once her mind cleared, she would recover in no time.

“I can feel your warmth.”

She felt Heron’s body heat. The rough sound of his breathing.

His powerful heartbeat.

“Are you crying again?”

The weeping sound of a father who regained his daughter was slowly, gradually, allowing the world to seep in. The darkness began to fade.

Elcina used magic to float the unconscious Benato in the air, cradled in Heron’s arms.

At that moment, Heron embraced Viola tightly.

“I’ve missed you.”

Elcina turned her body while still holding Benato. Tundra did the same.

This was a consideration for the weeping lord of the Winter Castle.

Beast’s Hall.

In this secret place, layered with dozens of magic barriers, the sound of one person’s cry filled the air.

“Why did you come so late?”

Viola was somewhat confused. How long had she been in a coma?

How did she wake up?

Had Bahakarun completely perished?

What happened afterward? Yet the most important thing now was just one. “Dad.”

It was the fact that this man was genuinely crying.

The shoulders of the one who had been stronger and colder than anyone were trembling.

‘Anyway, what a crybaby.’

Viola quietly raised her arms to hug Heron. After a long time, Tundra, who had turned away, said,

“Duke, may I now greet her?”

Tundra also felt a flutter in his heart. He wanted to be next to Viola.

He wanted to see how she was doing with his own eyes.

He wanted to talk to Viola.

Thinking he had shown this much courtesy, he figured Heron would yield a bit now.

“Denied.”

“.…Huh?”

Tundra was startled by the sudden killing intent. It was a type of sharp killing intent he hadn’t even felt from Bahakarun.

‘What…?’

Turning his gaze to Heron, ‘Duke?’

Heron was holding Viola as if he wouldn’t let anyone take his precious treasure away.

“While I acknowledge your contributions, I will not allow you to be near Viola.”

“…….”

Tundra was momentarily at a loss for words. The appearance of Duke of Thousand Kills Heron was unfamiliar.

“Princess Viola’s side is my place.”

“That position belongs to me now.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Five years have passed. The law of the Winter Castle has changed during that time.”

“Changed, you say?”

Elcina tilted her head. She had lived in the Winter Castle for over five years, but she had never heard of any changes to the law.

“It is the law that a father must always be by his daughter’s side.”

Elcina unconsciously gasped.

She had never heard such a law.

“A father who doesn’t protect his daughter’s side will be put to death.

Elcina quickly looked around.

Fortunately, they were in the ‘Beast’s Hall,’ surrounded by dozens of overlapping magical barriers, and no one overheard that absurd command.

…or so she thought, but there was one more.

Sheilan, a former assassin who had secretly infiltrated the Beast’s Hall today.

‘Viola woke up!’ Having reached the realm of Life Sword, Sheilan had trained tirelessly, whipping himself since Viola fell asleep.

Not only Sheilan but many others who had lost Viola had done the same, yet Sheilan honed his ‘assassin’s abilities.’

If I had been a bit stronger.

If I had been a bit braver. If so, could I have protected my master?

Ultimately, having become a far more skilled assassin than before, Sheilan became the one unique assassin capable of entering the Beast’s Hall without alerting Heron and Elcina’s senses.

‘Oh no!’

I got too excited. I almost lost my stealth, but thankfully I wasn’t caught. I was excited, but Heron and Elcina were equally stirred up.

Logically speaking, the words being spoken were absurd.

“A father must always be by his daughter’s side.”

However, Sheilan did not find it absurd at all. ‘That’s a rightful law.’

He figured he should widely proclaim that law.

‘That will become the utmost law of the Winter Castle!’

Even though he was filled with the desire to rush down and embrace Viola right now, he held it in for the moment. He decided to spread the solemn command of the Winter Lord to the world.

*

Viola couldn’t help but admire the miraculous capabilities of this body once again.

Even after lying for five years, she felt light and refreshed when she stood up.

‘Indeed, the body of the lady.’

What was this? Her head started to ache.

‘The story is correct, but.

What kind of lady was the protagonist of this story? What did I do?

I felt like I was mimicking and following something.

‘The content is remembered… but I can’t recall the protagonist.

It felt like I forgot something important.

‘It felt like I left something important back at the ‘Sacred Ground of the Ancient Warriors.’ The name ‘Kang Han-jun’ kept resonating in my mind with a huge emptiness.

‘But….’

There were more important things now than the loss of what was lost. So much had piled up, but I decided to tackle the most urgent matters first.

I found the grave where Elbato was buried with Zeno.

“Elbato Elder.”

With that stubborn expression and face, he had come to the ‘Sacred Ground of the Ancient Warriors’ to perform a miracle.

“Thank you. I won’t forget you.”

Viola paid her respects to Elbato. That was the first ‘official act’ Viola had upon awakening. And it proved to the entire continent that Viola had returned. All news outlets focused on one story.

<Iron-Blooded Saint awakens!> The miracle returned of the saint. >

The entire Empire surged into a festive atmosphere.

The absurd first decree of the Winter Castle, ‘A father must always be by his daughter’s side,’ fortunately (?) was overshadowed by the news of Viola’s return.

The Empire held a grand party at the national level to celebrate Viola’s return, proclaiming today as a national holiday.

Meanwhile, Zeno, who exited Elbato’s tomb, said, “Princess, I’m glad you’ve returned.”

“I feel like I’ve heard that a lot.”

Zeno smiled brightly. “It’s only been 721 times.

I’ll do it every day from now on.

So we’ll commemorate Viola’s return every single day. ‘I’m your butler now.’ I will never lose my master again.

A butler without a master was a dead butler, and Zeno never wanted to die again.

During the time Viola was lying down, Zeno had realized for sure.

‘You are my reason.’

He extended a white-gloved right hand.

Viola placed her hand on it.

Zeno escorted Viola and opened the carriage door for her.

And at that moment. Two absurd events occurred simultaneously.