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“Hey, Apophis! I’m telling you I need the recipe! I’ll even ask our mansion’s chef to…”
“As I’ve been saying, the ingredients are from a distant foreign land, so it won’t be easy to make even for a count’s chef.”
While Hadad and Set each had their unfortunate childhood circumstances, Gliese was the daughter of an old-established count family. It had been thirty minutes since she started insisting that she could get any ingredient no matter how distant the foreign land and begging to be told the recipe.
It was fortunate that Apophis had settled the situation before Yeon Ji-ho could feel uncomfortable. He firmly said he couldn’t tell her, and finally, Gliese gave up.
“Then, can I come over sometimes to eat it…”
“Mr. Ji-ho will soon return to his homeland.”
“What?! Why!”
Gliese seemed to have developed quite a liking for Yeon Ji-ho, who had made the tteokbokki. She chattered about wanting to treat him to Asterra’s delicious food as well.
“More importantly, Gliese. Don’t you have something to say now?”
Set, who had been watching all this, threw out a cold remark. At that, Gliese let out a deep sigh and returned to her initial demeanor.
“Right. I have some decency, so I can’t just eat and keep quiet.”
“Glad you understand. You ate a lot.”
As Apophis added a remark while licking his lips, Gliese glared at him without malice. She cleared her throat lightly to gather attention before speaking.
“Listen carefully. Even I find this prophecy a bit difficult.”
Set, Yeon Ji-ho, Shango, and Apophis all looked at Gliese’s mouth. Her plump lips parted slightly.
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Yeon Ji-ho blinked repeatedly, unable to believe what he had just heard. Proper reactions came from the others except Yeon Ji-ho.
“Ms. Gliese, have you perhaps gone mad?”
“…Hmm…”
“I’m starting to regret Ji-ho’s food.”
At their consistent reactions, only Gliese felt wronged. She expressed her feelings, saying she had only repeated exactly what she heard in her dream.
“It’s true! This time, the voice of the divine sounded like that!”
“You didn’t have this problem when prophesying for Prince Hadad, but only this time? And where does it say that this prophecy is for our Excellency?”
An enraged Apophis spat out words, almost spraying saliva. At this reaction, Gliese lowered her shoulders dejectedly and murmured softly.
“Well, the name ‘Set Gorgon’ appeared in the prophecy, so…”
Gliese looked quite wronged. In fact, her prophetic ability had always been a great and mysterious power when she was by Hadad’s side.
When they felt trapped with no way out, the prophecies that came through Gliese’s dreams were powerful. Whenever she told Hadad about it, he would always promise her trust and love with a gentle smile.
So her prophecies were never denied or cursed anywhere. People only admired and marveled at them.
“Throw up all the tteokbokki you ate!”
“…What a waste… I should have eaten more…”
Therefore, Gliese found their reactions awkward. Although she didn’t fully understand the exact meaning of this prophecy either, she thought they would figure it out on their own if she told them.
“…Did the divine really say that?”
Gliese suddenly raised her head at the question that pierced her ear amidst the commotion. She met eyes with Yeon Ji-ho, who was looking straight at her.
She nodded with a somewhat brighter face.
“It’s true! I can never forget the words that come down as prophecies. I said it exactly as I heard it.”
At those words, Yeon Ji-ho neither argued nor denied. He just fell into thought with an unreadable expression.
Seeing this, Set immediately approached and lowered his head. He was worried about Yeon Ji-ho, who seemed to be deep in thought.
“What’s wrong, Ji-ho? Do you think you understand the meaning of that prophecy?”
“No, I’m not sure yet either. But… the content of that prophecy is something that only I can understand ‘here’, at least.”
Set immediately realized that the ‘here’ Yeon Ji-ho subtly emphasized meant this world. He must have spoken indirectly because Gliese was present.
Yeon Ji-ho tapped the empty table with his index finger. Then, blinking his eyelids, he asked Gliese again.
“How did prophecies usually come down? Could I hear a past prophecy?”
“Well, past prophecies have no effect anymore. If I were to tell you one of the previous prophecies…”
That horn is not broken, but forged.
The horn forged with blooming red flowers will divide the green meadow.
Gliese’s pink eyes shone brightly under the sunlight. Her voice whispering the prophecy was incomparably mysterious. It felt as if time had stopped for a moment.
“This prophecy…”
“That’s right. It was a prophecy about a man named ‘Baal’ during the last war with the beasts.”
Gliese explained the content for those unfamiliar with prophecies. The ‘horn’ meant Baal, the ‘red flowers’ meant blood, and the ‘meadow’ meant Hadad.
“That’s why Hadad almost lost his life then. He barely escaped by remembering my prophecy well…”
Hadad, who went to war after hearing the prophecy, smiled brightly at Gliese even as he returned with a fatal wound. Saying he was able to survive this time thanks to her prophecy.
At that time, Gliese never thought she and Hadad would part. He was so passionate towards her that she believed this love would be eternal.
But all stories have an end. For Hadad and Gliese, that end was simply parting ways.
“The prophecy… is much more metaphorical than I thought?”
“The divine always expresses their message indirectly. If I, a mere servant, dare to guess, they probably can’t directly state words that reveal the future.”
Yeon Ji-ho’s eyes lowered. He was mulling over Gliese’s words in his mind multiple times. The divine can’t directly state words that reveal the future…
Then Yeon Ji-ho raised his head. He smiled slightly at Gliese, who was still looking at him, and said:
“Thank you. I don’t understand what it means yet either. I think I need to think about it more.”
“Ah, yes… Um, well. I just came to deliver this message.”
Gliese mumbled but indicated her intention to leave soon. However, none of those seated tried to stop her. Some even looked at her as if telling her to go quickly.
Yet Gliese hesitated, lifting and sitting back down, unable to leave readily. The one she was watching for was none other than Yeon Ji-ho.
“Um… Mr. Ji-ho, which country are you from?”
“Pardon?”
“Just, it’s nothing much… I thought it would be nice to keep in touch, exchange greetings…”
Gliese’s cheeks turned red. As Yeon Ji-ho just blinked at her seemingly embarrassed appearance, Set coldly ordered:
“Apophis. Send Gliese to the nearest village. She should be able to go on her own if she takes the village gate.”
“Yes!”
“Ah, no! No! There’s still time…”
Apophis grabbed Gliese’s arm and disappeared instantly. It was a type of blink.
After Gliese left like that, a moment of silence hung over the table in front of the caravan. It was because Yeon Ji-ho’s mood was strange.
“…Ji-ho?”
Set started to worry that Yeon Ji-ho might be regretting Gliese’s departure. Even Gliese’s slight interest in Yeon Ji-ho seemed like a kind of misfortune.
He suddenly had such a thought.
The absurd idea that everyone in this world seemed to covet Yeon Ji-ho.
However, that preposterous thought made Set’s heart a mess of anxiety and impatience. Anyone could take Yeon Ji-ho away from him. The moment his thoughts reached there, Set felt as if the black shadow at his feet was creeping up his body and choking his neck.
“Mr. Set.”
But the moment Yeon Ji-ho called him, the shadow choking his neck disappeared without a trace. When Set raised his head and looked at Yeon Ji-ho, he saw straight black eyes looking at him.
“Isn’t this prophecy a bit strange?”
“What’s… strange?”
Set cleared his throat and responded deliberately calmly, as if he hadn’t had any strange thoughts. Yeon Ji-ho also answered nonchalantly.
“The protagonist of this novel is Hadad, right?”
Then why ask for supporting comments for Set Gorgon?
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
