episode_0149

Boom bang bang-!!

As someone knocked hard on the door of the inn, a girl with beautiful sky-blue eyes, Marie, opened the door and went out to greet them.

“….what happened.”

“Hoo…..”

The woman who catches Marie’s eye as she opens the door is Athena.

She was breathing heavily, her face flushed and sweating profusely.

Marie grimaced as if she was displeased with something.

“You didn’t do anything to your mom, did you?”

“….Can’t you see that I’m doing this to avoid that?”

Athena quickly lifted the woman on her back and held her out to Mari.

Marie accepted the woman with a big smile on her face.

“Haa…really..”

Athena wipes her face with her hand, as if she is very tired.

Marie tilted her head at Athena, holding the woman in her arms.

“Why are you doing that?”

“….It’s better not to know.”

Athena left the room again, leaving behind only unintelligible words.

“It would be good for many reasons to put Hera to sleep quickly.”

“What a surprise. I thought you wanted to sleep with Mom.”

When Marie looked at her in surprise, Athena answered with a regretful face.

“I want to do that too, but… I have somewhere to go.”

“Then it’s just me and mom hehe.”

“…..”

For a moment, seeing Marie’s creepy expression made Athena wonder if she should leave Hera alone with her.

But for the past two years, it was Mari, not her, who had been with Hera every day.

I didn’t think anything would happen.

“Then, Mom, go quickly so I can put you to sleep.”

“You have to put him to sleep right away.”

“Yeah. Yeah. Go quickly.”

He felt uneasy as Marie nodded as if she was annoyed and tried to send him away.

But I had work to do, so I had no choice but to turn back.

And so the door of the inn closed.

In the quiet darkness that had returned to the room, Marie stared at her mother with lustful eyes for a long time.

In the meantime, Marie suddenly began to question Athena’s words.

Athena said it would be best to put him to sleep right away.

It seemed like there had to be something else going on besides just Mom being tired.

But no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t find the reason, so I eventually gave up and tried to lay my mother down on the bed.

“Hehehe.. Let’s sleep together, Mom. I’ll give you the medicine.”

“Huh..? Marie..? My daughter..!!”

My mother opened her eyes wide and looked at me, as if she had come to her senses at the sound of her own voice.

But the look in his eyes was quite different from usual.

“..Mom?”

Of course, his mother always looked at him with loving eyes.

I was always happy to have a mother like that by my side.

But now, Mom was looking down at me with hearts in her eyes, as if she couldn’t stand how cute I was.

“Marie..!! My cute daughter!! My lovely daughter…!!”

“Pheuk..! Hey..Mom, wait?!”

Mom starts hugging me and covering me.

It was the moment when I realized what Athena had said.

* * *

A riverside visible as you pass through the Academy’s garden.

This is where the moon reflects on the river, creating a beautiful landscape.

There, a girl with gray hair was crying sadly.

“Sob…sob…”

A sad cry mixed with resentment and sorrow.

Lily continued to shed tears and scream inside.

why.

why.

why.

why….

Why are you taking that woman’s side, sis?

I was the one who spent more time with my sister.

I was always there for you, sister.

I was the one who laughed with my sister. I slept with her. I was the one who was happy with her.

But why…why on earth..!!

‘Are you taking that woman’s side..!!’

When I struck the ground with my fist, a hole formed around it.

But no matter how hard he hit the ground, the resentment that had no place to go would just keep spinning around in his mind.

No matter how many times I thought about it, I couldn’t understand it.

I don’t even know why I have to distance myself from my sister over something like this.

I thought you would hate that woman too…

Far from disliking her, he was looking at her with eyes of love, as if he was looking at me.

‘….I can’t forgive you.’

Clearly some trick was used.

There was no way her sister wouldn’t take her side.

Sure… Surely that woman did something to my sister-

“Are you feeling better?”

“….!!”

At the sudden voice, Lily hurriedly drew her sword and pointed it in the direction of the voice.

Then, on a cold night, it appeared in the soft moonlight.

“You…!! How did you get here..!”

“I told you I wanted to talk to you.”

It was that hateful woman with those dazzling, sun-like eyes.

Why on earth did that woman come here so shamelessly?

This is a beautiful place where my sister and I were reunited. How dare I delay setting foot here.

“I think I have something to talk to you about..?”

Lily spoke to her calmly, suppressing her surging emotions as best she could.

But despite Lily’s sharp words, she began to come closer to her.

“Don’t come!! If you come, I’ll really kill you!!”

Lily tried to warn her by taking up a stance ready to swing her sword at any moment.

Athena still had a calm expression on her face.

“You can swing it.”

“…..What?”

While Lily was confused by the unexpected words.

Athena reached out into the air and took hold of a golden sword.

She looked at Lily seriously, holding a sword in her hand.

“Shall we fight again?”

“……you.”

Lily did not refuse Athena’s provocation.

That’s right. On a late night, in a park in the Academy.

It wouldn’t be strange if it spread all over the place. A historic battle has begun.

* * *

The air is split.

The wind is blowing.

This scene, where the gentle silver energy and the intense golden energy collided, was a beautiful sight, as if the sun and the moon were colliding.

“Tsk!!”

I didn’t like it.

This situation where I can’t kill her either. She’s calmly accepting my sword.

No matter how quickly I swing my sword, no matter how hard I cut with my strength.

Athena silently accepted the blow with her sword.

The more he clashed swords with her, the more confused he became.

‘No… that can’t be…’

He is a grand master.

And this step wasn’t just something that came about by luck.

A level of effort reached through practicing and practicing with a sword through tens of thousands of sword strikes and thousands of sparring sessions.

A title that can only be obtained by reaching the pinnacle of swordsmanship.

Maybe that’s why. There was nothing he didn’t know about swords.

Because I knew it so well.

This feeling I get when my sword touches her.

The one who is swinging the sword with negative energy right now is none other than you.

On the other hand, in the case of Athena’s sword, I no longer feel the ferocious aura that I felt when I first saw it.

Rather, I could feel very clearly that it had a strength like sunlight that warmly embraced people.

As my sister said, it really seemed to prove that she wasn’t a bad person.

Perhaps Athena asked me to attack her with a sword to prove it.

Kkadak-

I grinded my teeth with all my might and the taste of blood came into my mouth.

I didn’t want to admit it.

If you are such a warm person.

If only there was someone who could wield a sword like this.

Why on earth did you take my sister away?

Why did you push me into the pit of hell?

“Don’t make me laugh!!!”

After spinning around once and swinging with all his might, a huge sword strike fell on Athena.

“Ugh..”

She let out a shallow groan and pulled away, perhaps because it was too hard to bear.

On her face, a drop of blood was dripping from a small scar that clearly showed traces of drugs.

Ignoring the complex emotions that stabbed my heart and that I couldn’t understand, I shouted at her.

“It’s all hypocrisy!! Do you think it’ll make a difference if you pretend to be nice now?!”

“Maybe so.”

She looked at herself, wiping the blood from her face indifferently.

My breathing began to tremble as I looked into her eyes, which still shone intensely.

“But I. I want to ask you for forgiveness.”

“I…I will never-”

“Liliya.”

Throb-

When her name was called, her body froze.

I looked at Athena with a bewildered expression, and she really had a dark expression on her face, like a sinner.

“You…you just now…”

As I spoke in a trembling voice, Athena put her sword down on the ground and began to slowly approach me.

“I can’t give my life. Not for Hera. Not for you.”

“….what?”

“If you kill me, Hera will be really hurt. She might even resent you.”

“Don’t make me laugh..!! Isn’t that just what you want to think?”

“Do you really think I want that?”

I wanted to refute Athena’s words, but I couldn’t deny it at all because of her serious eyes.

“I hope you don’t regret it like I did. Seriously. It’s such a horrible feeling.”

She continued speaking with a somewhat bitter look on her face.

“I know how much you love Hera. And I won’t interfere with her happiness as long as she’s happy.”

“You…what are you talking about..”

“And of course. I don’t intend to just ask for forgiveness with words like this.”

While I was blankly staring at her.

Athena placed her hand over mine, which was holding the holy sword.

She placed the holy sword on her own shoulder.

And then he closed his eyes for a moment.

He slowly opened his mouth, looking at me with his brightly shining eyes.

“I’ll give you my arm.”