He handed me Asphodel (Jungkook/Suga/Jimin)
1# Benefactor
Ugh... Where am I...? Prison...? This is ridiculous! I didn't commit any crime! And I was even in the capital!
작가 쥬
Ha, I shouldn't have believed that kid! I never thought there would be slave traders like this in such a remote place! Damn it!
What? Surely this isn't the capital? No way... Did His Majesty the Emperor, with all his attention focused on the new Pope, think he wouldn't bother to visit a place like this?
Really... being dragged off as a slave and killed? That just won't do! Isn't there some way?
박지민
L, N, I'm definitely not going to get caught today!
엘
Your Holiness! You're running away again! Why are you entering that building?
박지민
What do you think? It looks like an abandoned building!
What...? The Pope? Is this child's play? No, it sounded like an adult's voice... If he's an adult, he'll be helpful. Let's ask for help.
에일린 그라치아
Please, please, please save me! There's someone trapped here!
I screamed as loud as I could. Perhaps the Pope heard me, for the footsteps that had been lingering began to fade.
엔
The Pope?
박지민
Wait a minute, didn't someone call for help? Didn't you hear a voice from over there?
엔
Your Holiness, even if we are sword masters, your hearing is excellent... Well, I will go anyway, but I think it would be best not to think about running away.
What? This place is so spacious... Of course, it looks spacious...
박지민
Well anyway, let's go!
작가 쥬
What? Did you just hear that? The Pope's coming? So I can be released, right?
박지민
What the heck, there are people trapped here? El, En, there are people here! Rescue them all first. I'll use my divine powers to rescue as many as I can.
작가 쥬
I guess they're really going to save us! We're alive! We're alive! Finally, finally, I can get out. I can see my daughter's face...
Creak—The iron cage opened, revealing a man's face. The chains, locked with a padlock, were enveloped in light, and in an instant, both chain and padlock were released.
박지민
Well, are you okay?
Those warm words brought me such relief that I suddenly relaxed, and my legs gave out, and tears began to flow. I cried for a long time, leaving the rescue to El and En. Then, I collapsed in the arms of the Pope, who was comforting me in a panic.
After I came to, I looked around and saw that I was lying in an incredibly luxurious room and on a bed inside.
엘
Are you awake?
에일린 그라치아
Ah... yes, where is this place?
The door creaked open and a man came in, speaking softly enough that only those inside the room could hear.
박지민
This is the Vatican. Um, I'm sorry, but I just got here... and the guest room wasn't cleaned. I had no choice but to let you lie down on my bed... Ah! I didn't do anything!
에일린 그라치아
Oh, yes... My name is Eileen Grazia. When can I go back?
박지민
Oh, you're Grazia's young lady. I'm Park Jimin.
에일린 그라치아
Yes, but how could the Pope... accept a mere author?
박지민
The Grazia family is renowned. Not only is their personality excellent, but I understand their successor is currently at the Western Academy, and they're rumored to be skilled in martial arts.
에일린 그라치아
I feel proud, somehow. But I also feel sad, because Chris has already been at the Academy for four years. Oh, Chris is my older brother!
엔
By the way, I don't know if I should tell you this, but... The Grazia family's mansion was burned down yesterday by an arsonist, and all of the remains were confirmed, except for some of the servants.
에일린 그라치아
Yes? That's possible... The culprit... Did you catch the culprit?
엘
Unfortunately, they said they couldn't catch it...
에일린 그라치아
Ah...! Ah...! Mother... Father...!
I was so shocked that I couldn't stop hiccuping and sobbed. My legs were starting to give out from crying so much, but the Pope grabbed me and gave me a warm hug. Feeling his warmth and touch for the first time in ages, I felt a sense of relief and cried even louder.
박지민
It's okay. No, it'll be okay. I'm sure...