episode_0636

I have finished a painting that is perfect for me.

A picture of killing two Apostles of Wrath at the same time, cutting off their veins, and benefiting only me.

I’ve had this idea in my head since I first got involved in this business, but I haven’t been able to put my pen to work easily.

Because I’ve seen countless instances of people trying to catch two rabbits at the same time only to end up losing both.

So I put down the brush.

I don’t care who draws the picture, as long as it comes out the way I envisioned it.

With that in mind, I made them take up the brush.

I planned the story and let the two rabbits draw the pictures, so I guided the situation appropriately.

Phew!

Just like right now.

“Ugh… … !”

The guy who had his heart pierced twice in one night looks up at me in disbelief and asks,

“Why, why… ?”

This kid is really shameless.

I responded with a big smile to express my gratitude to that guy.

“You were the one who tried to hit me in the back of the head first, right?”

The expression on the face of a guy who is rapidly rotting away.

“Uh, how…?”

How did you find out?

That’s obvious.

The goddess’s aura that was in Lu Bu was clearly burning hostility toward me.

She won’t.

That I am an apostle of greed.

It is absolutely unacceptable for my apostle to die among the apostles of the other seven deadly sins.

One, she chose Yeo-po when she was on the verge of losing Jay-Coop, and then she lost Yeo-po too.

It was obvious what the energy that hurriedly ran into Jaycoop’s body would do.

“Your goddess must have whispered to you to kill me.”

“… … !”

The two eyes, slightly dilated by the blind spot, begin to roll around.

It seems like he’s racking his brain to figure out how to get out of this crisis.

“That’s right, that’s right. I have no choice but to do that because the goddess gave me orders.”

The conclusion was funny.

I never thought he would sell his own goddess to survive.

The guy desperately reached out and grabbed my trouser leg, pleading.

“I, I was wrong. Even if it was the goddess’s order, I shouldn’t have done that. I was foolish. Please give me just one more chance! I won’t show my teeth to you again! ”

A proposal that came with considerable humiliation.

But it is impossible.

There’s no way the guy can come back alive from here.

“I’m sorry, but that won’t work.”

“Oh, why.”

Why is that?

Wouldn’t it be stranger to forgive the guy who tried to take my life by hitting me in the back of the head?

Even aside from the theoretical reasons, there were two reasons that hastened the guy’s death.

Because I couldn’t miss the opportunity to eliminate all the Apostles of Wrath.

And one more thing.

“You knew my identity, right?”

“… … !”

For a moment, the way he looked at me changed.

That means there has been some change in your state of mind.

It seems like she must have revealed my identity, since it was just after the anger had subsided.

He puts force into the knife stuck in his heart, pushing it further inward.

The guy is going crazy.

“Ah, no. I can’t die like this, I can’t. I, I, I have things to do… !”

A guy who constantly burns with the will to live.

“I don’t know what you want to do.”

There were countless of them.

Those guys who stand before death, grabbing my trouser legs and begging for my life.

There’s a question I always ask those guys.

“People who beg you to save them, did you save them?“

”That, that.“

I always think about it.

How would a person feel when he grabs hold of the trouser leg of someone who has invaded his territory without permission, disrupted his peace, and is trying to take his life, begging for his life?

I don’t know for sure, but I’m sure it won’t be a very pleasant feeling.

I told the guy the same thing.

“Go to hell first and set the table.”

I will send my colleagues one by one soon.

“Ah, no…!”

Spread the energy contained in the sword and crush the guy’s heart.

Kwajik!

Blood pouring out.

No matter how tough his body was, it couldn’t withstand this, and his body collapsed limply on the floor like a doll with its strings cut.

“Hoo.”

My whole body feels heavy as I confirm that the guy’s breath has completely stopped.

I’ve been pretending like I’m fine until now, but my physical condition isn’t very good.

No, to be exact, it was closer to the worst.

It’s one of the three most serious injuries I’ve ever suffered in my life.

If the outside looks fine, the inside is ruined, and if the outside is miserable, the inside is even more miserable.

I’m surprised at myself for moving like this.

A red aura is visible beyond the slightly blurred vision.

The aura of anger emanating from Jaycoop’s body that had turned into a cold corpse.

However, it feels completely different from what I’ve seen so far.

Although the power is extremely weak, it has the most intense color.

The energy that had been floating above the guy’s corpse for a while suddenly changed direction and rushed towards me.

“… … ?”

It was literally a blink of an eye.

The red energy that rushed towards me increased its speed and seeped into my body.

“… What is this.”

The energy that had seeped into my body soon disappeared without a trace.

I checked quickly to see if there was anything wrong with my body, but there was nothing wrong.

What the hell were you trying to do just now?

While wondering.

Someone is falling from the sky.

“You…!”

Han Joo-hee.

Was he watching this from not far away?

She closes the distance between us with urgent steps and asks me a question.

“What on earth have you done?”

“What are you doing? You just eliminated the enemy.”

“You were too hasty. When they hear the news of Jaycoop’s death, they’ll definitely suspect you.”

“I guess so.”

This is something I have already prepared for.

The death of Jacob and Yeo-po.

This resulted in a situation where no one could laugh.

But they will think so.

What if I, the only survivor there, was not actually an ally, but an enemy?

It is a reasonable doubt.

If that happens, I will be the only survivor there and also the one who benefited.

But, so, what, what can I do?

“I’m sure you’re suspicious. But you can’t let suspicion drive you any harder than necessary.”

“… … .”

“They lost one of their best players, and I could be a great replacement for him.”

Excessive suspicion makes the relationship between the two people awkward.

That’s why they can’t push me hard.

Killing Lu Bu means that I have proven my abilities even more.

What this means is that having them as an enemy is quite a headache, but having them as an ally is incredibly reliable.

But are you turning someone you should have as an ally into an enemy because of groundless suspicion?

What greater damage could there be than this?

He continued speaking, placing his hand on her shoulder as she looked at him with bloody hands.

“There will be no evidence. You would never leave something like that.”

I started the work, and she cleaned it up.

It means that two people who hold hands take charge of everything from the beginning to the end of the work.

So they can’t figure out anything.

Unless you summon the spirit of the dead Jacob and hear the whole story directly.

Han Joo-hee is hesitating as to whether this is really right.

He warns her like that.

“There’s no turning back now. There are only two paths left for you and me.”

Or get everything you want.

Or else you lose everything and fall into the abyss.

“You wouldn’t have said anything like “I’m doing it for my family” if you didn’t have that kind of determination, right?”

She bites her lower lip hard.

“… Okay. I’ll clean up after myself, so you can stop now.”

Her words did not end there.

No, to be exact, it probably didn’t reach my ears.

Eventually, the body, which has reached its limit, collapses helplessly.

“Hey, hey! Are you okay?”

Her question, mixed with confusion, is faintly audible.

I told her exactly what the current situation was.

So, they won’t do anything like kill me or betray me.

He buries his face in the nape of her neck, which he has come close to in a panic.

I take a deep breath without realizing it because of the familiar smell.

“Sseueuup.”

“Hey, hey. What are you doing…!”

I wonder if this is why they say that love shared through the body is so scary.

Even though I don’t like her, I find myself unconsciously reacting to the scent coming from her body and inhaling it deeply.

Suddenly, that thought occurred to me.

Maybe I can’t hate this smell.

With that thought, my mind went blank.

* * *

It’s full of shocking things.

A power that far exceeded the expectations of the world’s most powerful man.

A classic by Jay Coop and Kim Do-jin.

Kim Do-jin’s growth.

And then there’s Jacob’s death.

Four things happened in a row, so many that I thought I would go crazy if just one of them happened.

But surprisingly, none of them were the biggest things bothering her.

What she’s remembering now is the last of the last.

Kim Do-jin’s last action was to hug me as if he was about to collapse at his limit.

She runs her hand over the area between his neck and collarbone, where his touch still lingers.

The sensation was not entirely unfamiliar to her.

‘That’s ridiculous.’

It was a little habit he had every time he spent a hot night with Son Si-woo.

After a long, drawn-out affair, he would always hug me.

And then he would bury his face between the nape of his neck and his collarbone and take a deep breath.

The reason was simple.

I smell good.

The smell of sweat, the faint scent of perfume, and her own unique body odor.

He said that he loved the smell of all the things that symbolized him mixed together.

He would inhale my scent without fail, not once.

She didn’t hate that moment either.

No, I couldn’t be happier.

Every time that happens, it feels like he loves everything about me.

Before I knew it, it had become a ritual.

A sublime ritual to confirm the love between him and himself.

But then another man recreated it.

So my head was in disarray.

Why did I smell the same place, smile the same, and lose consciousness?

Even though he is an illegitimate child, is it possible for him to have such habits?

finally.

‘… I didn’t feel bad.’

I wonder if she doesn’t feel bad even though the breath of someone other than her husband touches her.

Rather than feeling bad, why is my body getting so hot?

I look down at him as he lies in his hospital bed, sound asleep after completing his treatment.

She looks completely different from her husband.

But his face keeps appearing over and over again.

“Umm… .”

Even the way they move their arms and legs in their sleep is creepily similar.

Suddenly an impossible thought occurred to me.

If the man in front of her was not her husband’s illegitimate child, but her husband himself.

“… … .”

He quickly shook his head and shook his head.

“… That can’t be.”

Because my husband still exists.

so.

“No way.”

It had to be gone.