Chapter 8

Eugene, who hurt his head, lost a lot of blood.

Both the priests and doctors who treated Eugene said in unison that it was a dangerous situation.

It was a situation where things had to go wrong because I could not marry a person who was lying in bed as if he were dead.

[T/N: It was impossible to marry someone who was lying in bed as if dead.]

Fortunately, Eugene woke up. But he claimed that he had lost his memory and said he needed a guardian.

It was a very sudden change. Tenon, who diagnosed Eugene, and ludvina, who discussed his guardianship, said with one voice that he was right about his memory loss and that he seemed to have changed.

Alexis, on the other hand, did not fully believe Eugene’s claim that he had lost his memory. He suspected that Eugene, who knew in advance that Patrick would be thrown out, hit the base first.

[T/N: I don’t know the exact meaning, but it means he took the opportunity first.]

So I shook the bait just in case I could save Patrick, but Eugene didn’t bite.

[T/N: So he waved the bait to say he might save Patrick, but Eugene didn’t bite.]

“And I ignored the speculation.”

Alexis was a senior knight and thus was able to control speculation* at will.

[*T/N: I’m not sure about this, and it is used for aura or something again I’m not sure]

Where ordinary people would be frightened by a little speculation, Patrick didn’t even get up from his chair until he gave up his fight.

However, Eugene, who had fainted under the pressure of the engagement, did not respond to his speculation.

Eugene’s posture did not belong to the one who held the sword. The same was true of the movements, including the steps. Nevertheless, Eugene ignored his speculation.

Alexis looked straight at him and remembered that Eugene claimed to have no memory.  It was the first time seeing Eugene’s face in front of him with his eyes open.

It was nothing compared to the first meeting when he collapsed after barely saying the words of oath with his slumped shoulders while his head hung low. Eugene’s eyes always looked straight ahead and his posture was imposing. In addition, he was fluent in speaking.

If he’s been acting up until now, then it could be said that Eugene was a rare actor and con artist.

Considering the circumstances, it would be more correct to have no memory, as he claims. Alexis, however, was not completely convinced.

Alexis, one of the greatest nobles in the kingdom and the lord who ruled over vast territories, gave faith only to his own people. It was only natural that he could not believe Eugene, whom he had only met twice.

Alexis gave Eugene a label of pending judgment mixed with suspicion and question marks.  While I was organizing my thoughts, I caught sight of Eugene and Robert going into the west annexe.

[T/N: Alexis tagged Eugene with the suspension of judgment mixed with doubts and question marks. While I was organizing my thoughts, I noticed Eugene entering the western annexe with Robert.]

Shortly afterwards, Knight Commander Bild, who was waiting for Alexis, visited the office. Bild reported that he had captured both Kane and Rachel and then went back.

The next visitor was Yole, the head of the intelligence department. Collecting information from all kinds of places for the Grand Duchy of Ibullaon, he handled things that should not have been revealed. You reported the same situation as Bild but from a different view.

“A contact has appeared.”

“Really?”

“I’ve seen Kane and Rachel taken away.”

Alexis nodded at Yole’s report. Patrick consistently exchanged information with the Marquis Teilot using his contacts. Now we had to wait for Marquis Teilot’s response.

“Keep looking at the Marquis of Tyroth……. And attach a man to Baron Lin Bai-sen. Watch his behaviour out of sight. Don’t let me do anything else.”

Alexis wanted my fiancé not to be a snake-tongued person.

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The world was covered with white snow. On top of it, it snowed heavily again.

Eugene, who was looking at the breathtakingly white world from beyond the window, kicked his tongue inside. The white snow piled up in a large Western-style castle and the vast garden looked as wonderful as a picture.

“White trash.”

Eugene remembered what his brother once said. My brother, who served in the military in Gangwon-do, said he was sick of snow.

Looking at the white snow falling in the yard was called white trash, white poop, or devil’s baby poop. I didn’t understand how my brother, who is more than 10 years younger than me, felt.

Then, not long after this year, it snowed heavily in Seoul. My parent’s house was a detached one.

Eugene, who had to remove the snow piled up in front of the yard and the gate for hours as the only child left at home could see why the snow was white poop.

It’s good not to shovel.

Eugene’s status was a baron.  He was also the fiancé of Grand Duke Ibulaon. He was a contract marriage for territorial annexation and agreed to divorce after 3 years, but it was fortunate that he was the only one who did not have to go out to the garden and clear the snow anyway.

Looking at the white world, Eugene considered the illusion and worldview. It has been about 15 days since I was possessed by Eugene Lekvent Lin Weissen. It was not enough time to get to know and adapt to this place, but I was able to figure out how it was going roughly.

The cultural background of The Place Where Stars Passed was similar to that of Europe around the 19th century.

At first, I thought fantasy was all like that. Then I noticed that several units here were almost the same as those of the Earth.

Alphabet-like letters and Arabic numerals, 12 months, 365 days a year, time in decimal, and units in meters, grams, and litres were written in litres. One week is seven days and the last day is even a day for God, which resembles Earth’s.

I’m glad I didn’t use feet, yards, pounds, or miles. Still, I wondered why the other world wasn’t so creative. Even the moon in the sky was like the earth.

Then, I found a clue on the world map that I happened to see.

The world map here looks like it has moved the earth’s land and sea. The name of the continent was different from that of the Earth, but the six large blocks of land were exactly what we learned as children*.

[*T/N: The world map here looks like a copy of the earth’s land and sea. The names of the continents were different from those of Earth, but the six large chunks of land were the same, as they were taught as a child.]

Even the land in Eugene was in, is North America, not Europe. The Khinhal Kingdom, the main stage of the novel, was located on the eastern coast of the United States and Canada.

*It was only after looking at the world map that Eugene remembered a certain memory.

*There was something called parallel universe theory.

*It was a theory that there was a world differentiated by an event as a branch of a tree grown from a small seed split. It was a worldview that is commonly used in games and comedies. The 2,552nd Earth Spider-Man and the 939,393rd Earth Spider-Man are different people, and the 999,888th Earth has no Spider-Man.

[*T/N: Confused on this one

Only after looking at the world map did Eugene recall a certain memory.

There was such a thing as the parallel universe theory.

It was a theory that there is a differentiated world with an event as a branching point, just like the branch of a tree growing from a small seed. It was a worldview commonly used in games and comics. Furthermore, it was that the spider humans of the 2552nd Earth and the spider humans of the 939,393 Earth were different people and that there were no spider humans on the 999,888 Earth.]

The fact that now is the 5227 year of the continental calendar means that there was probably a big event around that time.

Of course, he couldn’t be sure, but Eugene decided he would believe it. Without any information, it was easy to understand.

Still, it was a fantasy. There were kings and nobles, knights and wizards, and priests who performed miracles from God. And although there was no electricity or boiler, it was a world where people used magic stones and magic tools to make life easier.

Eugene looked around slowly.  The banquet hall, which was the size of ten lecture rooms attached together, had a structure with a ceiling on the third floor and was full of terrace windows.  Even though it was snowing heavily outside, it was warm inside.  All of these were the power of magic, magic stones, and magic tools.

Heinskan Castle protects Heinskan, the largest city in the north. 700 years ago, the Archmage cast “eternity” magic. Thanks to this, Heinskan Castle can always shine like new without being worn out or breaking down.

It was an added bonus that the temperature was maintained at a certain level in both summer and winter thanks to magic tools and magic stones. The magic here has many advantages over the science of the Earth.

“It’s not a bad world.”

After a small talk with himself, Eugene slowly recounted the contents of the novel and the facts he learned from it.

In the northern part of the Kinhal Kingdom, the winter was harsh, but the resources were plentiful. In addition to abundant rivers and vast forests where hard conifers grew, there was also the kingdom’s largest magic crystal mine.  Also, Seokcheon, where magic crystals grow infinitely like salt crystals, was the only one in the northern part.

This Seokcheon was a real bastard. Although the quality of Seokcheon’s magic stone was low, it boasted unrivalled sales in that it was cheap and could be sold in large quantities.

Grand Duke Ibulaon, who ruled the northern part, was proud as if he had a money line that would never dry out.

In the north, there was a tree where sugar sap could be harvested. Thanks to this, it was possible to become self-sufficient without having to buy sugar from the South.

Therefore, it was not difficult to find sugar on the streets of Heinskan Market. And the users of Heinskan Castle were provided with sugar almost free of charge.

It was a behind-the-scenes story that was not well known in {Where the Stars Passed}, which is centred on the male and female protagonists. The explanation in the novel that stated that it would not be a pity even if the North became independent of the Kinhal Kingdom was accurate.

A man who has everything like this becomes the villain. This was Eugene’s first concern.

In order to save the world, I think I have to step in and change the novel, but it was too difficult. I couldn’t ask a man who was feisty and unlucky to be a villain, so I couldn’t ask him to do a good job with a different mind and follow my words well.

“Oh, I don’t know…….”

Eugene sighed deeply. There were still about 15 days left before Alexis returned, so there was a little more time to think about it. After shaking his head and shaking off his heavy thoughts, Eugene began to move slowly.

He visited the banquet hall in the middle of winter because of health problems.

Eugene Lekvent Lin Weissen’s physical condition was, in a word, a mess. It is often used in fantasy novels, with only one body mass. Won’t I lose even if I fight with a chicken*?

[*T/N: Idk, but I searched it

1a : scared. b : timid, cowardly. 2 slang. a : insistent on petty details of duty or discipline. b : petty, unimportant.]

According to Robert, Eugene was born weak and had frequent minor illnesses. He was short-mouthed and timid, and all he could do was take a walk. I spent almost all day in my room reading books.

Perhaps that’s why Eugene’s body was small, thin, and weak. A little overwork often caused the fever to rise. Eugene, who originally had a strong physique and liked sports, was frustrated.

Eugene made building a healthy body his top priority.