episode_0122

Come…to…find…me…-

Please…-..protect our world…-

– Poison… sir… –

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“Ugh…”

When I opened my heavy eyelids, bright sunlight streamed in through the window.

As I sat up suddenly, my messy hair tickled my face.

‘…..what.’

I think I had a dream, but I don’t remember it very well.

I was sure someone had called me…

‘What a strange dream.’

Let’s turn our heads to the side and think of it as nothing special.

New medicine-new medicine-

Iris’s figure, sleeping soundly and breathing shallowly, came into view.

Pure white hair and a fresh, girlish appearance.

It was as if an angel was sleeping.

I wanted to let her sleep a little longer, but it was already 9 o’clock.

It was time to get up.

“Iris. Wake up.”

I said as I stroked Iris’s head.

She groaned, rubbed her eyes, and slowly sat up.

“Did you sleep well?”

I greeted her with a faint smile at her extremely cute appearance.

Iris stared blankly at me for a moment.

He came into my arms with a slightly raised cheek.

“Hera…I’m really happy…I wish every day could be like this….”

She buried her face in my shoulder and rubbed it here and there.

I patted her back a few times.

“Don’t be too sad, we’ll meet again next weekend.”

“Yeah….Huh?”

Iris seemed to sense something. She moved away from me slightly and looked around my body with a puzzled expression.

“Why?”

“Hera…I can feel the goddess’s energy a lot..?”

huh?

“Goddess?”

“Yes..This warm energy is definitely the power of the goddess..”

Iris’s words left me feeling embarrassed.

The aura of a goddess that came out of nowhere.

“Aren’t you confusing it with unique ability?”

I thought that maybe the unique ability itself was a power inherited from the goddess, so they were confusing it with that.

“Hmm….I don’t think so..”

Iris tilted her head a few times, then shook her head several times as if she didn’t know.

“Oh. Did you meet the goddess yesterday?”

“Huh?”

“Have you not met in the inner world?”

Inner world..?

Are you talking about the place where you met the teacher?

But at least in my memory, I have never seen a goddess.

“I’ve never done that before..?”

“Yes…?”

“….?”

The two of us looked at each other as if to say, ‘What on earth are you talking about?’

In the midst of such confused looks passing between the two.

[Of course you wouldn’t meet a goddess. Your power comes from me.]

“Ah.”

I unconsciously let out a short sound at the voice that suddenly came to my head.

Now that I think about it, she was there.

‘You’re still here.’

[It hasn’t been that long since I came.]

‘By the way, what did you mean by that sound just now? Did you get it from the Master?’

The unique ability is clearly a power inherited from the goddess.

[You are my descendant. You received nothing from the goddess.]

‘….Huh?’

what?

So does that mean it’s not a unique ability?

I always thought it was a unique ability.

I was taken aback when I heard that it was different from what I had expected.

But should I say it’s thanks to that?

One thing that had been puzzling me for a while has been resolved.

Unique abilities are exceptional powers given to only a few special people.

Characters with unique abilities all occupy a large portion of the novel.

A warrior. A saint. A crown prince. And surprisingly, a few others.

However, the character Hera never appeared even once in the novel.

But what if it was because he had no unique ability to begin with?

At the same time, another question arose.

Unique abilities are powers inherited from the goddess.

Thanks to that, Iris was able to realize that I had abilities.

If this power was received from the Master.

Then what on earth was this goddess-like energy that Iris felt from me?

I looked at Iris. She just tilted her head as if she didn’t know anything.

‘….I don’t know.’

Even Iris, who was loved by the goddess, didn’t know. It didn’t seem like it would be possible to figure out what was bothering her.

I put my thoughts aside for a moment, thinking that I should ask the teacher later when I am alone.

‘…It seems like a lot of strange things have been happening lately.’

From the time Lily became a warrior until now.

It felt like something unmanageable was going on behind the scenes.

But can I really solve it by worrying about it?

That’s probably impossible.

All I could do was somehow make my plan succeed and bring peace to everyone.

I let out a short sigh and then said with a smile on my face again.

“Shall we start eating in the morning?”

* * *

“…I’m here, unnie.”

“Come on in.”

When I opened the door and came in, my sister greeted me with a warm smile again.

Even though I ended up staying in the academy dorm, I still came home like this every weekend.

As I walked inside, my sister smiled kindly and took off my outerwear.

“Are you hungry? Let’s eat.”

“….Yeah.”

I calmed my complicated mind and had a meal with my sister.

This time too, my sister’s cooking melted in my mouth without fail.

I’ve always felt grateful to my sister.

It’s been three years since she left.

The reason I was able to endure without going crazy was all thanks to my sister’s care.

My sister must have had a hard time too. She always comforted me warmly and kept me from collapsing.

‘….Should I tell you?’

What I’m guessing.

My older sister always had a kind smile on her face, but I knew it because I had been by her side for a long time.

How sadly my sister thought of Hera.

How I looked at the night sky and missed her.

And maybe even now, he’s trying hard to suppress his sad feelings and smile.

All for me.

‘….yet.’

but.

Not yet.

Our house lost its warmth after Hera left.

I will somehow regain the happiness I had back then.

It will never… ever be taken away from you.

I made that pledge and suppressed my burning heart.

* * *

“I’m tired…”

I returned to Sarah’s form again. I threw my exhausted body down on the bed.

Returning to the Academy dormitory after finishing my date with Iris.

It didn’t seem like I had a proper rest though.

I had to start getting ready to go to school tomorrow.

First of all, before that.

I had something to talk to her about.

‘Is the teacher here?’

As I thought about it, the answer came back shortly.

[Yes. I am by your side.]

‘….Are you still in my head?’

[How could that be? My true self is somewhere else. I only come over here like this when I miss you.]

…That’s fortunate.

If you had stayed by my side the whole time, I think I would have cared a lot.

‘Where is the main body?’

[He is in the heavenly realm.]

‘Is this the heavenly world?’

[You probably wouldn’t know even if I told you. Just think of it as a place in another dimension.]

…….another dimension.

Actually, this is what I wanted to talk to her about.

She told me before that she came from another dimension.

okay.

Just like me.

‘Then, Master, are you a person from another dimension?’

[Do you believe that right away? Normally you would think it’s a lie.]

‘Yeah..what..’

I guess there’s nothing you can’t understand.

It’s much more unrealistic to be possessed in a novel than to travel between dimensions.

I had just given up before, but I wondered if I could find a clue to the possession from the master who had crossed the dimension.

So I decided to allow her to accompany me.

[Well. Anyway, that’s it. I came from another dimension.]

……It was real.

‘If you say dimension, what dimension are you talking about?’

[It’s a place made up of forces that are much more complex than this. There were no concepts like mana or magic there. There were only martial arts and only unmanned people.]

What is that?

‘This is totally a martial arts world.’

[W..what?! How do you know about martial arts?]

…Ugh.

Really?

‘Master, are you from the martial arts world?’

[To be exact, it’s a martial arts world, but… it’s also a martial arts world. But, disciple. How can you do that…]

‘……’

You really came from the world of martial arts.

I felt a little happy when I came across a familiar place.

And then this thought occurred to me.

Wouldn’t it be okay to tell her?

A secret that only I could keep, one that I could never tell anyone else.

That I was possessed.

I could never tell anyone.

Of course.

Even if I say that this place is like a novel, it’s obvious that I’ll just be laughed at.

But the Master is not from here.

It never appeared even once in the novel in the first place.

Since she was from another dimension like me, I thought that maybe she would believe what I said.

I have come to accept that this place is no longer a novel to me, but the real world.

Still, deep down, I felt a little lonely, like I was left out.

Of course, it was just a little bit.

I wanted to confide in someone.

I had always hoped that someone would know my secret and understand it together with me.

But I couldn’t tell you all this time.

But if you are a master…

If she came from somewhere else like me.

….It seemed okay.

I hesitated for a moment.

With a big decision made.

I gave my master the secret of my life.

‘Master.’

[huh?]

‘I was originally a man.’

Said.

My secret that I couldn’t tell anyone.

A secret that should have been kept in a corner of my heart for the rest of my life.

I ended up saying it anyway.

Would the Master be shocked or confused?

[Foot.]

But. the response I got was.

She just smiled.

[Ahahaha!!! That’s really funny, disciple. You even know how to joke. How cute.]

‘……’

…..my mood slightly sank.

It was such a big decision, but the teacher just thought it was a joke.

I pouted my lips and grumbled inwardly, feeling slightly disappointed.

‘……Is this true?’

[Don’t lie.]

Within a few moments, the teacher burst into laughter.

[A female as pitiful and coquettish as you. How could she be a man?]

……uh?