12.4 The Night and the Food
In the human kingdom called Fashitar, the only person who continued to pay the price of the contract until the end was Gillasfi—even though he could’ve just abandoned the land.
The conditions of the contract imposed by Noin was to participate in the evening ball of the Kingdom of the Night, to maintain the quality of their sake, and to manage the forest.
The Gillasfi family had been blessed with the ability to regain their original magical zone and resistance only once every year. That, as long as the contact was fulfilled, the family would then use the blessing to visit the royal palace of the Kingdom of the Night. Indont
Once the contract is broken, I will be able to seize the recipe for Colhem. I will also be able to not only exile them, but also kill the people of that kingdom as soon as possible…
—and so it turned out, Noin also couldn’t look forward to the contract being breached by them.
Because it would involve Dia being killed.
Dia was the last string connecting Fashitar and the Kingdom of the Night.
Once that string was cut, when the company representative, or the spirit of death claimed his share, and took the kingdom away from the men as payment for their accumulated debts, Noin wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.
“Now I remember, one from that magician’s clan raised an eyebrow towards his reckless courtship. However, when she tried to stop him, the magician struck her on the face, instead—her name was Gillasfi, wasn’t she? The daughter of his close relative. …If that spouse of yours shares blood with Gillasfi, even more reason for me to not lay my hands on her.”
“…Even though you’re the one who went crazy when I told I’m going to make her my spouse? You went into a blind rage due to your hate for the people of Fashitar, then cut my arm off—that hasn’t happened to me in hundreds of years…” Noin protested.
“Well, what can I do. As an apology for that time, if it’s the daughter of Gillasfi, I shall bestow upon her my blessing during your wedding day.” Said Tshien, shrugging it off.
“Listen, cease with your nonsense. In the first place, a lot of trouble happened because of the curse you cast all over Fashitar—why am I the one running around to fix things?” Complained Noin.
Indeed.
In the end, the irreplaceable quality of his genealogy remained the same—whether or not it was a blessing, or a curse.
For a spirit was a creature that would kill even those he loved, easily, as if nothing could affect him.
Even the Gillasfi family, whom had been granted the only pardon in Fashitar, ended up dying. The entire family was killed due to the matter of cause and effect of the curse.
The magic of his genealogy sure was troublesome.
That was why, Noin had to pull Dia out of the cause and effect which was the curse of the spirit of death before the night of the ball arrived tomorrow.
If they didn’t kill Dia, then Noin wouldn’t be allowed to collect the compensation.
But if they did, no one would bat an eye if he destroyed the kingdom, and called it ‘calamity’.
However, if he spared those people, they would be closely monitored for profit.
It could be said that Dia’s death was necessary.
The act of the people of that kingdom killing the last member of the loyal Gillasfi clan would be a violation to the contract that was also the easiest for all the genealogies to understand. Every genealogies could easily see why it’s an act of violation.
Nevertheless, Dia falling victim to the cause and effect of the spirit of death’s curse—he couldn’t bear such an idea.
That’s why, I prepared a scenario where she wouldn’t die.
The magic of the spirit of death was brutally delicate and grim, it couldn’t be countered by any demon, even if they governed everything in the world—whether it was Noin, or the King of the Midnight Throne.
Even if Tshien himself didn’t want it, the quality of his genealogy demanded it. Said quality could even cause death without him ordering so.
Which is exactly why we respect our magical contracts, and act befitting to our role and position so as to not cause any unnecessary harm to others…
…it’s because magic has no reasoning. Magic can move on its own, whether you want it or not.
That was why, he adhered to the law of magic and upheld his status as a long-lived, high-ranking, non-human who understood magic—
—unlike some ignorant humans who could easily downplay it as they pleased.
For example, it was Tshien’s irreplaceable quality as a spirit that made him unable to forgive the human magician who tried to court his spouse.
Tshien himself could’ve overlooked that magician—but his magic wouldn’t.
“—Listen to me, my King! It’s all a misunderstanding! That child has always yearned for you, but you and the others instead believed that she adores that incompetent prince! Me, who was in the residence of Gillasfi that day, is also to blame! None of us noticed the thoughts of that little human being…”
Recalling the appearance of Dilvier who came to tell that with a disturbed expression, Noin leaned his back on the chair and looked up at the skylight of that enclosed space—
—he exhaled deeply.
Even though I’m one of the kings of the night that governs one pillar of the night, I can’t even grasp the heart of a human being…
It was a foolish and miserable thing—but that was why it was interesting.
I shall give my everything for this one and only human—only recently he, who had been giving her half-assed protection, decided so.
He realized, she was the one and only human who could make him decide to give up everything like that.
Finally, he admitted—
—the reason he reached out to her; reunited with her, and signed a new contract with her, was purely because he couldn’t let go of his attachment with her.
After all, Noin was a spirit.
After all, the spirits were originally a race that didn’t forgive those who didn’t chose them—for someone to not want him, that was already the upper limit.
—if you so wish for it, then once again, I shall extend this hand to you.
—if you have resolved yourself, I will reach out to you.
Once again, should I try giving myself to you?
At first, I hesitated, but…
Unexpectedly, he was the luckiest amongst the lucky.
Finding out that Dia still wanted him during that stormy night—his determination to bend his knees and devote himself to her didn’t prove useless after all.
“In any case, the King of the Evening Meal sure is an exorbitant man—as a gift for your bride, you decided to buy that kingdom for her.”
“This is my consolation for that person. Other than that, be it kingdom or anything else, I hate leaving things undecided. Humans are greedy, but at the same time, delicate creatures. That person wouldn’t have any regret if that kingdom was destroyed—but she also wouldn’t have any place left, and I don’t want that.”
It was when Noin muttered while standing up, a wind suddenly swayed.
The spirit of death next to him looked up at him and showed a moody expression.
“…As I thought, I still want to kill the royal family of Fashitar—let us review the contract again.”
“—Aah, shit! What do you mean by that!? We have reviewed the contract five times already! There’s no room for further negotiation! The royal family is my prey!” Barked Noin.
“But the second prince, his wife, and children are going to pass that ball. The second princess is also on your side…” Said Tshien, pondering.
“We already talked this through! They’re going to be left as the pieces to serve for the management of the kingdom! If you’re still dissatisfied with anything, I’ll give you the third prince! If you have anything to talk about other than that, talk to the Ax Company!” Noin exclaimed.
“My, my, if you give him the third prince, the one who would be troubled is me, instead. That boy could be utilized to the maximum as a key part of the negotiation with the merchant association… that said, as long as the original condition is met, I’m willing to make some concessions—but you will have to pay the usage fee…” Said the Ax Company Demon.
“Demons sure are greedy…” Said Tshien.
“My, my, I wonder which one of us actually wants a larger share?” the Ax Company Demon said.
There was no use staying there—Noin grabbed the contract from the table, quickly stood up, and teleported.
He exhaled a heavy breath—he barely managed to arrive on time, while it was still Evemeria.
It seemed that the contract between Tshien and Ax Company hadn’t been completed yet. But, with the contract he had procured, there was nothing impossible for him to achieve.
When he returned to that room, he planned to prepare a dinner for his beloved person.
Thus, the King, who governed the evening meal, raised the corners of his lips.
Still—she might bail on tomorrow’s revenge, thinking it was truly her last night.
However, just like humans, spirits were also a selfish beings.
Since he had already decided she was indeed his one and only, he would let her do as she pleased.
***T/N: HNNNGGGGGGGG WHICH PART OF NOIN DOESN’T OOZE THE WORD ‘PERFECT HUSBAND MATERIAL’?!?!?!?! HE EVEN TRIED TO GO HOME EARLY FROM HIS MEETING SO HE COULD ENJOY CHRISTMAS EVEMERIA WITH HIS WIIIIIIFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE UWUUUUUU~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GOGOGO NOIN.
“In any case, the King of the Evening Meal sure is an exorbitant man—as a gift for your bride, you decided to buy that kingdom for her.”
HE IS PREPARING A DOWRY ALL ALONG, GUYS, AHAHA!!!! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT NOW, MARIETHOT?!?!??!! GO ON, KEEP ON DREAMING OF BECOMING QUEEN, AND I WILL STOMP THAT DREAM BACK TO THE GROUND WHERE IT BELONG!!!!!
“Well, what can I do. As an apology for that time, if it’s the daughter of Gillasfi, I shall bestow upon her my blessing during your wedding day.” Said Tshien, shrugging it off.
‘I BLESS UPON THEE–DEATH!!!!’–Tshien, my dude, you’re cool, I like you. But no. Just no.
“Now I remember, one from that magician’s clan raised an eyebrow towards his reckless courtship. However, when she tried to stop him, the magician struck her on the face, instead—her name was Gillasfi, wasn’t she? The daughter of his close relative. …If that spouse of yours shares blood with Gillasfi, even more reason for me to not lay my hands on her.”
See? Even Dia’s ancestor is a Lady of Rationality.
J-just one thing, tho. Noin, this time, make sure your bride is aware that there is even a wedding underway, okay? DONT REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKE!!!!!
“Babe look hubby brought home the bacon!”
“Dear…I want honey glaze on crispy bacon n eggs!”
“As you wish babe”
“Dear…honey…do that thing with the salt!”
DELICE, THATS DELICE REFERENCE
Yeah!
Thank you 🙂 just love it, perfect husband
Same, Thanks for translating This Awesome Dark Fantasy Romance Noveeeel
Oh heck, do we still have to guess whom from the royal family will be killed? sharpens knife and goes into Tonberry mode
Drats. You revived my childhood ff7 trauma.
You can relive it in FF7 Remake.
THAT CREATURE IS JUST SO SCARY, EVEN IN FF10 ITS ATTACK IS ONE PATTERN THAT IS STABBING YOU WITH A KNIFE.
Haha, I used to run away from the fights when my party level was low. Its one-hit kill is epic. xD
Noin is best boy. I want one.
Thanks for the update
honestly I havent completely understood the terms of the comtract. Can someone make me a summary?
Basically, if they kill dia, the spirit of death gets to kill everyone and take the alcohol recipe.
If they don’t, then the night prince, the contract company, and spirit of death get a select few who of the royal family to kill.
“Once the contract is broken, I will be able to seize the recipe for Colhem. I will also be able to not only exile them, but also kill the people of that kingdom as soon as possible…”
Noin got his priorities straight!!!!!! Seize the recipe first, commit massacre after that…….*insert evil laugh
“—Listen to me, my King! It’s all a misunderstanding! That child has always yearned for you, but you and the others instead believed that she adores that incompetent prince! Me, who was in the residence of Gillasfi that day, is also to blame! None of us noticed the thoughts of that little human being…”
GOOD JOB DILVIER!!!!!!!! YOU JUST RESOLVED THE ONE THING THAT WAS GIVING ME ANXIETY!!!!! PHEW!!!!! NOW I CAN KEEP CALM AND WAIT FOR THEIR WEDDING
HAHAHA….What’s up with their meeting? It feels like halfway thru it became a friendly get-together rather than a business meeting with all their teasing towards Noin.
Dumb question of the day:
Is midnight snack included on things Noin govern???
Now I shall excuse myself, I’ll be heading to a certain Witch’s wedding…….
All the food Gabe. All the food.
Im addicted to 90 day fiance roasting
Oh! So it’s all food…like I thought I made a dumb question.
It’s fine even if you get addicted to roasting 90 day fiance after all reality tv shows are made for roasting.
They are still cringy
My mom discovered the simple recipe of adding stuff to rice when its cooking to add flavor.
So, sardine rice yay.
I once tried this one and boy I failed miserably. I used canned sardine and it was starting to burn so I had to turn the fire off but the rice was still raw…..it was a pretty awful dinner to have, the rice was still hard and the sardine was bitter after that I never attempted on doing it again and I sticked with making eice porridge with chicken.
In my defense I made it without a recipe and through sheer instinct and imagination
Now you make me curious how my mom pulled it off… If its me i would pour the sardine inside the boiling rice.
Moms have their own cooking magic, they will pass it to you someday, don’t worry. As for me I added the sardine at the same time as the rice and tried to boil the rice using the sardine sauce and just adding a little bit of water believing that the flavor of the sardine would seep in the rice and it lead me into ruling the great toilet throne. LOL
HAHAHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD NO WONDER IT BURNED GABE!!! THE WATER!!!!!
Whaaat…the Spaniards did it with their paella, so I thought it would work. I didn’t want it to turn into a rice porridge…
Hehehe imma show u the finished hotpot drawing.
Ever had hotpot Gabe? Me never.
A literal hot pot as in just plain heated pot I can have that any time, but the hot pot like the ones in anime or manga where they add ingredients to boiling broth, no never had one. Though there are places here that offer them I had never been to one because most of them offer seafood with way too many shrimp and crabs and oysters and I am allergic to those kind of food so I deem it as a waste to go to such a place where I can’t even eat the food served, hence why I never had a hotpot. But I find eat all you can buffets good, I even mastered the way of smuggling food from eat-all you can buffets without the staff noticing.
I hv only go to a buffet once. My friend bday. I regret stuffing my stomach with sausage cause then i can’t enjoy other food.
My workplace’s christmas party last year was held on a buffet and my workmates was looking at me because I had made 4 round trips to get food and 30 minutes hasn’t even passed yet since we started. Even when the party games started they were looking at me because I was still munching fruits while playing the game and winning. Some were even bewildered that I was bringing back food that they didn’t know was on the menu……….but the most shocking part to them was when the party was almost over I was still bringing plates and plates of food and was transferring them to a container and was hiding it inside my bag. That was the day that I have achieved the pinnacle of shamelessness.
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD. I IMAGINE GABE AS SOME KIND OF ENDERMAN IN MINECRAFT. YOU ARE JUST THERE. TRANSPORTING FOODSTUFF NONCHALANTLY.
Buffets are expensive, I gotta make sure it is worth every penny.
Dont worry about being shameless im sure you are many people’s rolemodel that night.
https://prnt.sc/smrkqq
Here is the hotpot pic!
Who says I’m worried???? I AM PROUD TO BE SHAMELESS. Remember this Commander there are times you gotta be shameless so you can get what you want!!!! I saw my workmates eyes that night there was a slight hint of envy in some of them, specially when I started bringing back heaps and heaps of freshly roasted lamb meat (which by the way, is super expensive here) after sampling every dish that I can sample.
My shamelessness is at the point where I sometimes do grocery hopping (like bar hopping but you go to groceries), even though I am not going to buy anything just to look for free taste booths and eat my fill there. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
And that hotpot drawing makes me want to try some hot pot……too bad restaurants are still closed. I also want to buy some Japanese curry roux but I can’t they don’t sell them on regular groceries.
GABE I WANT TO BECOME LIKE YOU.
Hahaha!!!!! It’s easy to be shameless, you can start with free taste booths at the grocery as practice. When you can come near the person giving the food samplesa nd ask them for some without becoming shy then you can proceed to the next level which is asking them for seconds!!!!!
What if they remember u Gabe. Does that ever happen
FINALLY HAD MY INSTANT FRIED NOODLE. IT WAS YUM.
Some do remember me. When that happens it makes it easier for me to be shameless.
And no its not a dumb question… ‘Evening meal’ can be jarring.
I THINK EVENING MEAL TRANSLATE TO MIDNIGHT SNACK IN OUR RICH HUMAN CULTURE
I think the hobbits from Lord of the Rings would love Noin…….hobbits love food so much, they’ve got this thing called second breakfast, second lunch and second dinner which are all followed by morning snack, afternoon snack and evening snack
I only ever watched lord of the ring once and i only rmb legolas
I understand Legolas is everyone’s boyfriend as proved by this meme
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/wURKt64uA52f0fISUr0-kneivOq_MJr-_itrGW01t96H0irwBtCpgqBS504BS2A-4JwKleezi5ToBHAmkhbx5FLEtuHv9X0mpZlI7g7NEuM3lwGZVVJk6mDi9CHpUMETkA=w473-h298
That is why he is pretty easy to remember….BTW he was a lot cooler in the books. Dude was walking above waist deep snow on boots that looks as if it can’t provide any protection from the cold like it’s a bright and sunny day while his group members were half-buried in the snow amd shivering cold.
It is pretty obvious that I am a fan of the series.