It is my Destiny to be the Savior of the Protagonist

The Chess Association was a group that the protagonist belonged to until he became an adult, and it was a group that held the protagonist’s leash and wielded it. A place that pretends to sponsor potential talent, but in reality provides gambling tables and useful slaves to the wealthy.

‘Master is a slave trader. Pawns or pieces are gambling objects and future slaves.’

The master entrusts various dangerous missions to his equipment. The cost of the mission was entirely the master’s. Members wager on whether the piece would fail or succeed in its mission, survive or die. Occasionally, masters competed against each other. It was to make pieces fight or compete with each other. A huge gamble took place here as well. Many objects died like toys on a playground. There was also a promotion system for equipment. The stronger the piece, the more difficult the mission, the higher the grade or level, bigger gambling tables took place, and masters earned more money. Of course, the props didn’t get a dime. All they received was the support they needed for life and mission. Then, if the pieces refuse the mission or refuse to participate in the game, they would reimburse all of the support they had received so far. They were asking them to ask for all the food, clothing, shelter, weapons, armor, medicines, and items they have provided. There was no way that the objects that have been doing their duty without receiving any money could compensate for it. In the end, he owed a huge debt to the Master. Then the master continued to put the pieces on the gambling board or sold them to the members as slaves.

‘It’s vicious.’

Among them, the Master who the main character was caught was more vicious. Robert Black was a man who even manipulated the odds of gambling. That was to say, secretly betting money on the side that your piece would fail, and sending it on a mission, digging all sorts of traps to make sure it failed.

He didn’t hesitate to kill if he thought he would succeed. However, the ignorant young protagonist considered Robert Black as a substitute for his adoptive father and was devoted to him. In missions, in matches, and even through death several times, he believed in him. Even after he realized that he was no different from the slave fighters in the arena. No matter what, Black was the one who raised and strengthened himself, which everyone was reluctant to do because he had red eyes.

The young protagonist assumed that he might have a little affection for him. Since Axel himself considers Black to be his family, he assumed that to some extent. However, it was a terrible betrayal that he returned as the price of that dedication.

‘He almost died, but barely survived and escaped.’

Axel, who escaped from being pursued by the Chess Association, works miracles in the worst situation and becomes stronger. He went back and took revenge on the Society, killing Black with his own hands. The protagonist’s childhood ended with the burning of the chess association.

Therefore, Robert Black was both a villain and a person who made the main character grow. Not only in his skills, but also in terms of his mentality.

Ariadne intended to steal the role from Robert Black. She became a platform for growth, but only a little less harshly than he did. It will reduce injuries, reduce unnecessary hardships, provide a better environment and better items, and set the direction for growth.

‘Basically, while following the original, I help little by little so that it doesn’t show through.’

For now, she was going to do the betrayal as well. It was an opportunity for Axel to become stronger, and an opportunity to correct his tendency to long for affection and his affectionate nature.

‘It’s a deception.’

Ariadne smiled bitterly as she flipped the paper to the next page. She started it because she felt sorry for using information from the original work and wanted to help the main character. But was this really helpful?

It was said that it creates a better situation than the novel, but wouldn’t this be just her self-satisfaction? In fact, the best thing for the protagonist would be to find her and take care of her, rather than leave her alone to the Chess Association. Then she was afraid that the main character would be weaker than her original.

‘I still have to stop her from returning, so I don’t have a chance to become stronger.’

If you fail to capture the Great Labyrinth, it’s all over. No matter how much she knew the correct answer, there was a section she couldn’t break through unless it was the heroine’s fraudulent abilities.

‘I can’t help it. This is the best.’

She looked at her stack of papers with all her heart. Next on the list of items was Axel Valentine’s contract. The signature left by the main character was visible. It was a little clumsy signature than she imagined while reading the novel. The signature stamped on it was also small. A child’s handprint.

‘Because he’s still 12… It’s young, really.’

She felt very strange. The feeling that what used to be made up of only print in her head becomes a real person and was being pushed out-

At the same time, her mind, which she had just finished, was already slightly shaken.

Ariadne gritted her teeth and turned over her papers. She showed her Chess Association master certificate. The name written was not Ariadne Eldeer, but a pseudonym she had coined for this ‘role’.

Adrian Black.

The name she would have had had she been born a boy. A mask that she would use to raise, betray, and avenge the protagonist in her stead.

Ariadne gently closed and opened her eyes, checked the rest quickly, and then set down her stack of papers.

“Perfect. Nice work, Simon.”

“Thank you.”

“You will continue to act as Adrian Black’s agent. I will give you detailed instructions, so you just have to take care of the delivery.”

“Along with the secretarial job?”

“I’ll pay the agent’s salary separately. As much as the secretary’s salary.” added Ariadne.

“I will do my best.” 

Simon responded immediately.

“Similarly to Eldeer distribution, even when you’re an agent, Simon must be someone who has nothing to do with me. Can you do it?”

Simon was hired as an assistant to be in the shadows. It was after donating the recipe to the temple that Ariadne openly started her business. The secretary, who would be known to the outside world, was to be hired separately at that time.

“Of course. In the first place, no one will suspect that the 8-year-old princess is my real master.”

Simon answered, raising a corner of his mouth.

When he first met Ariadne, he thought Garcia’s owner was playing a joke. But while preparing for the Elixir business, those thoughts were blown away.

“That’s right.”

Ariadne laughed and moved on to the next problem.

“Are you ready to release the elixir on the black market?”

“Yes. It was a situation where I was just waiting for the master to complete it. The first batch will be released tomorrow.”

She has been living in the manufacturing room for the past few months. They said that if the aftereffects of the experiment had not been cured, she would have collapsed.

Weaver was so worried about her that she even tried to learn swordsmanship for athletic purposes. Because of her weakened sense of pain, she said that she could seriously injure herself during strenuous exercise, which made her more upset and quit.

“Leaving clues?”

“It’s done. No matter who tracks it down, the source will come out as the Eldeer estate.”

She poured the elixir on the black market; her plan was to lay the blame on the Duke of Eldeer. Even when she donates the recipe to the temple, she would say that the recipe was made by the Duke. It made more sense anyway than saying that it was the young princess’s doing.

“How far have you been preparing for mass production?”

“We have secured a supply route and workshop for materials. By the way, are you really not going to use slaves?”

“The Garcia Merchant is not a slave trader.”

“You can just buy it from another top. Slaves are cheaper than hiring people, and there is less risk of leaking recipes.”

Elysium was a world where slavery was legal. It was a fact that Ariadne, who had memories of her previous life, felt nauseous. She didn’t mean to do something like a slave liberation movement here, but she was reluctant to buy slaves herself.

“If I use slaves, I can’t create jobs,” she said. “Slaves don’t get paid, so they have nothing to spend money on.”

“Yes?”

“Weaver can’t farm properly because it’s barren and cold, and few people visit except hunters and mercenaries. That’s why there are few things that people who can’t fight or hunt can do.”

Simon’s eyes widened when he noticed what she was talking about.

“…Wasn’t it just because it was close that you told us to make a workshop inside Weaver?”

“This is my mother’s family house. I want to give them something in return.”

The Elixir Manufacturing Workshop was a facility that was enough to enrich the territory. Even if she used slaves, it would be beneficial to some extent, but if they hired people from the territory, they could make the territory even richer.

Simon broke his calm expression. He dropped and blankly looked at his tiny master. The more he knew, the more he couldn’t believe her age.

‘It was enough to give me a lot of money…’

He thought he would pass out even when he found out about the elixir. It was a shock that she had the recipe for that crazy potion, and she was an 8-year-old child. The circumstances that she learned about it after being subjected to an elixir experiment by her biological father.

He was stunned when I heard it. However, after he started working, he was constantly surprised in a different way.

He bowed his head slowly but deeply.

“I understand, master.”