episode_0104

“Hey, do you want to go eat together? Um…what kind of food do you like? ”

Iris speaks to me while crossing her legs.

“Ah.. Or do you have a hobby that you enjoy? I like anything that we do together!!”

She was so embarrassed that her face turned red like a beet. But she still mustered up the courage to talk to me.

“I’m embarrassed, but… I’m… so excited and happy..”

Soon she came up to me, took my hand in hers tightly, and looked up at me with sparkling eyes.

“I…I’m dating someone for the first time, so I might be awkward…”

“……”

“Well..I’ll still work hard!! So that you can be happy too!!”

ah…

We’re in big trouble.

I think there was a real misunderstanding.

Iris is under the illusion that he has accepted her confession.

Of course, that wasn’t my intention.

‘…I should let you know.

Unlike in the novel, Iris was so pretty with her bright smile.

Still, this misunderstanding had to be cleared up.

Because that was the thing to do for her.

“Iris.”

When I called her name, Iris answered with a bright smile.

“Yes…!! Please tell me!!”

I felt sorry for disappointing her, who was smiling so happily.

I took a deep breath, steeled myself, and spoke to her.

“I didn’t mean to say let’s date.”

“Huh..? Yes…?”

Her eyes widened at my words.

“When I said I would accept it, I meant that I would accept the apology..”

“Ah…?”

She was dumbfounded by my words for a moment. After some time passed, she grabbed me with trembling hands and asked me back.

“Then…am I mistaken..?”

“….Yes. I’m sorry, Iris.”

“Ah…”

She stood still for a long time, blankly staring at me.

Soon, her once bright blue eyes began to slowly fill with tears.

“I…I’m sorry…I…I misunderstood…”

“….Iris”

“Ha. Well… I too… have a strange misconception… Eight. Idiot…”

“…..”

“I..isn’t that weird..? Even though I’m a girl, I ask a girl out on a date..hehe..”

She held back tears, her head bowed and her body shaking.

As I watched her suppress her sadness, I felt guilt stabbing my chest again and again.

“Iris. There’s nothing strange about it.”

“You don’t have to comfort me..I..I’m okay..”

None of it looked okay.

At that moment, I instinctively thought about hugging her to comfort her.

Rather, it seemed like it would be poisonous. I had no choice but to stand still in front of her.

Iris, who had been crying for a long time.

“I..I’ll go first!! I’m happy we met!!

Cover your eyes with both arms.

He turned around and started running somewhere.

I couldn’t even hold onto her like that.

He just stood there blankly, his hands stretched out in front of him.

“Ah…..”

….This is a big problem.

What should I do with this..?

.

.

.

“Half…jaw…”

I ran.

In shame.

In self-loathing.

In this pain that is so painful.

I just ran forward without looking back.

Eventually, my legs gave out and I fell to the floor before I could stop.

“Ugh…it hurts…”

I fell to the floor and my knees and arms were swept away, bleeding.

But it wasn’t you who was sick.

My heart hurts.

The tears wouldn’t stop.

It hurt so much, like someone was stabbing my heart with a needle.

I thought that the person I had been secretly hoping for all this time, the one destined to share love with me, had appeared.

I was happy… I was so happy…

Like a handful of mirage.

The happiness that had made me excited disappeared in an instant.

“Sob…sob…sob…”

Yeah, I guess it was just my greed.

Who would love a woman like me who likes the same sex? Even in my own eyes, I was a disgusting person.

This is a punishment.

A punishment given to heretics who betrayed the goddess.

I am just a sinner, so I have no choice but to accept this punishment.

“Iris?”

At the sound of someone calling me, I quickly wiped away my tears and tried to put a smile on my face.

But I couldn’t even smile, I just wiggled my face.

I don’t remember.

How did you make a smile?

The person who called me was a pretty girl with tulip-colored hair.

It was Ariel, my classmate.

She approached me with a worried look on her face.

“Where have you been….Huh? Oh..Iris is crying?”

“Ariel..”

“What’s wrong!! Did the demon hurt you somewhere?!”

She ran to me in a hurry and examined my body.

But when he realized that there was nothing wrong with my body, he looked at me with a puzzled look.

“Iris..?”

I have no answer.

I just looked at the ground and shed tears.

My respected and beloved goddess.

Me. My heart hurts so much.

* * *

“Sigh…..”

Inside an inn near the academy.

I lay down on the bed and sighed deeply.

A day has already passed since I left Iris.

Because of the guilt that kept bothering me, I ended up not being able to do my work properly and just wandering around.

“I didn’t come here for this…”

I wiped my face once and jumped out of bed.

“Let’s finish what we have to do first. Iris will come next.”

The reason I came here.

Because I heard a rumor that the Holy Sword’s warrior was a woman.

It was a ridiculous story, though.

Since it was a rumor that had spread all over the place, I thought I should check it out, so I ended up coming to the academy.

‘….Something has definitely changed.’

If the Holy Sword Hero was Robin, as in the novel.

The thing that would have put Iris in danger would not have happened.

Something happened to Robin.

Did the warrior really change like the rumors said?

Either way, it wasn’t a very pleasant story.

Anyway, it was a story that was turned upside down because of me. So in the end, I guess I have to step forward.

I put aside the guilt that was plaguing my mind for a moment and got up and headed back to the academy.

.

.

.

“…Please come in.”

A security guard opens the main gate with a blank expression.

“Thank you..”

I gave him a meaningless greeting while he was absent-minded.

‘sorry..’

It was none other than me who took his mind.

Sephir’s technique of bewitching the human mind.

It’s a technique I didn’t really want to use because it seemed like it would do bad things.

If it weren’t for this method, I wouldn’t have been able to enter the academy.

For the past two years.

I wasn’t just resting.

The power of Sephir that I was able to use. And Mari’s mana that had been in my body for some time.

With their help, I trained myself to use those powers freely.

Although I haven’t mastered it yet.

A fascination that captivates the human mind.

Disguise techniques that change your appearance so that no one can recognize you, and stealth techniques that hide your presence.

The ability to handle the night’s servants and utilize them for various purposes.

After much training, I became able to skillfully use Sephir’s various techniques.

By accepting Marie’s mana, you can gain some of the dragon’s physical abilities.

It was thanks to that that my body, which should have melted from the poison Katrina threw, was safe.

It was because he inherited the dragon’s unique regenerative powers that he became like that.

I asked Marie when on earth she had given me such abilities.

She avoided answering the question and did not give a proper answer.

Actually, I could guess what she was saying without even hearing her answer.

The blue potion that Marie fed me every day for two years.

That’s probably why.

But, well, there was nothing wrong with getting healthy, so we just let it go without saying anything.

Rather, I should be grateful to Marie.

Still, Marie was an unchanging, very pretty and filial daughter.

I wrapped myself in my newly acquired black robe,

I walked inside the academy, trying to hide my presence as much as possible.

“Hmm..I’m sure you said it was the biggest building…”

It’s probably there.

A magnificent and huge building appears before your eyes.

It was a place that looked like it would be home to an extraordinary person, no matter who saw it.

As I approached the building.

The atmosphere was definitely different from that of the guards at the main gate. A knight wearing solid armor blocked me.

“Please state your business.”

He looks down at me with a solemn voice.

I took a short breath and pushed my robe aside to show him my eyes.

“I want to go in.. Will you send it to me?”

“……”

He stared blankly at me for a while.

“Please come in.”

He opened the door and kindly guided me inside.

I covered my face with the robe again and followed him inside, up the stairs and arrived at the door in front of me.

The knight knocked on the door once and said.

“Mr. Chairman, we have a guest.”

For a moment, silence fell in front of the door.

The door opened automatically with a squeak of the lock being unlocked.

What you see through the open door.

A room cluttered with several shelves filled with books and papers with numerous magic circles drawn on them.

And inside, sitting at the desk, an old man is looking at me.

One of the strongest among the indomitable warriors who have reached the magic of the 8th circle.

Chairman Darkhan.

He was quietly examining me, as if trying to figure out my identity.

His serious atmosphere made me salivate without me knowing it.

A man sitting with an intimidating aura about him.

But I know.

That image of an old man is fake.

That’s just an avatar.

The truth must be watching me from somewhere.

“Who are you?”

After remaining silent for a long time, he called me in a low voice.

I approached him, keeping my mind as calm as possible.

“My name is Hera.”

He spoke confidently, keeping his expression as clear as possible.

“He is the one who will save the academy.”