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The Biography of Albrecht - Chapter 46 Translator: Nezu *** Sigmund was an excellent commander and an experienced bandit.  The soldiers who had won the battle had become hard to control. They began to scatter as they started to pick up the spoils of war. To plunder King Leopold’s garrison, some men made a detour in advance, blocking off the retreat of the people inside, surrounding them and raiding. The world was filled with the most miserable sounds humans could make: mad laughter of soldiers, cries of babies, screams of women, and voices of men begging for help and mercy. Those who fled the garrison to the forest became the prey of the knights. Instead of trampling over them with their horses, they threw ropes and dragged their bodies back like animals. In this world, plundering was the right of soldiers and their way of gaining wealth. It was also this world’s most terrible aspect, the most cruel self-portrait of humankind. Albrecht silently watched them as they claimed their ri...

The Beauty and the Ugly Count - Chapter 1: Take Off Your Wedding Dress Translator: Nezu A delicately embroidered pure white dress, a glittering diamond tiara and flowers all over the place. Everyone in the mansion was busy preparing for tomorrow’s wedding. In the midst of all these people was one relaxed person, the new bride, Velita. She yawned a little as if to drive her boredom away. She didn’t feel any excitement or nervousness for herself and continued reading her book. She was just filled with silence and drowsiness. Her brother, Rael, roughly opened the door and saw her peacefulness. Velita tried to hide her book in a hurry but breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that it was only Rael. “Older sister! Are you really going to get married?” “You didn’t even bother to knock?” “...I’m sorry. But older sister, please think about it once more.” “It’s not like the wedding will be called off once that I did think about. There’s nothing I can do to stop this.” “But the other perso...

A boy was staring at the horizon outside his bedroom’s window. The dimly bright sky seemed to signal that the morning sun would soon rise. The boy thought to himself. Until recently, nature was awe-inspiring, full of mystery and secrets but he couldn’t feel the same anymore. Rather, he still admired the beauty of nature, but he knew that the sun, which stretches out from the horizon to the whole world, was a star. He knew that the world was not flat but round. He knew that water vapor gathers and eventually becomes clouds and causes rain. He was confused. Originally, he was a 30-year-old ordinary office worker who was preparing for a new job in a country called South Korea on a planet called Earth. He got a job that everyone envied, but he needed to work tirelessly day and night. He decided to get a new job where he could have a guaranteed amount of leisure time. It gave less money, even so, it was going smoothly. He had no intentions of getting married yet, there was also no problem ...