episode_0190

How hard did he hit you?

My butt felt hot, like it was on fire.

“Sigh…”

“Are you okay, Mom? I’ll put some ointment on you. Take off your clothes.”

“Ah..no Maria, it’s okay.”

“Tsk.”

For some reason, Mari seemed to be feeling regretful. But she couldn’t pay much attention because of the pain in her butt that was burning like crazy.

“Hera. Were we a little harsh?”

“Ugh…it hurts…”

As I looked at Athena, who was smiling gently at me again, a small tear welled up in the corner of my eye.

“I’m sorry, Hera. But I was just doing this out of concern for you.”

“That’s right, sis. I definitely didn’t have any selfish intentions.”

Unusually, Lily agrees with Athena.

I couldn’t say anything to them for fear of getting spanked again.

‘….What should I do now..’

My plan to charm the Demon King was ruined by their strong opposition.

But there were too many problems to just leave it like that.

Not only is there no other alternative, but didn’t the Demon Queen herself say so?

If you don’t come as promised, where else will you attack?

Regis Academy. Elvenheim. I couldn’t imagine where the disaster would strike next.

‘In the end. Is there no other way than catching it..?’

Defeat the Demon King.

However, according to the goddess, even if we defeat him, a new demon lord will appear in about a hundred years.

And in a hundred years, Nana Lily and Athena will no longer exist in this world.

In the end, it was Marie and the warrior from that time who had to take on new responsibilities.

Honestly, if it weren’t for Marie, I might not have tried this hard…

I turned my head to the side and looked at Marie.

“Huh? Mom, why?”

She answers with a bright smile.

Her cuteness, which I wouldn’t mind putting in my eyes, seemed to melt my heart.

‘Yeah… I have to solve this, at least for Marie’s sake.’

Which parent would want their child to live in the middle of a war zone?

Me too.

Even if the Demon King doesn’t give in, there’s a need to stop this fight.

“I’ll give up on trying to seduce the Demon King.”

Let’s take a breath and talk. Their expressions slowly began to brighten.

“But. Let me go in the direction of persuasion.”

“Persuasion?”

Athena tilted her head with her eyes wide open, as if she didn’t understand what I was saying.

“I want to break this vicious cycle in our generation. To do that, I absolutely need the cooperation of the Demon King.”

“Yeah. That’s why you tried to seduce the Demon King.”

Athena’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her body naturally trembled.

“I…I won’t tease you anymore…But I still want to keep talking to the Demon King.”

“Having a conversation?”

“Yeah.. I think we can communicate after talking about it.. I’m sure there will be a compromise where we can all live in peace without fighting.”

Athena sighed deeply and looked at me with a displeased expression.

“Hera. The Demon King is a madman. A madman who has already killed countless lives. Do you think you can convince her?”

“I know. Subjugating her might be the cleanest way. But you know, Athena. It’ll just repeat itself.”

“……”

“I want to break this cycle while we’re here.”

Athena closed her eyes for a moment and began to ponder at my serious attitude.

Lily and Marie, like her, were thinking with serious expressions on their faces.

“Why are you so obsessed with peace, Sister?”

After a while, Lily grabbed my sleeve and asked.

Athena and Mari were also curious, waiting for my answer with their eyes slightly open.

I glanced at Marie and continued talking.

“…No grand reason. I just hope that other people will live in a better world later.”

After making a brief decision in my mind, I spoke to them.

“And..who knows..your children might live in the peaceful world we created later..”

As if struck by lightning at my words, their bodies froze in place.

How shocking it was. Their eyes were shaking violently at my words.

“Ah..child..?”

A loud, agitated voice came from Athena’s mouth.

Yeah, you must have been shocked.

I had just turned Athena and Lily’s minds and rejected them.

From Athena to Iris, I had a lot of worries after finding out that Lily liked me.

What should I do with this feeling?

What should I do with their hearts?

After much deliberation, I came to this conclusion.

It was something that could not be accepted.

I am a citizen of the Republic of Korea.

He was a person with deep Confucian ideology. He was one of those people who thought cheating was an extremely horrible thing.

You’re saying that I’m not thick-skinned enough to date three people at the same time.

However, I couldn’t accept only one person’s heart. That would have caused great harm to the remaining two hearts.

I love them all, but in the end I decided to reject them all.

At least if it happens that way, no one will get hurt too badly.

No matter how many times I thought about it, for someone with a weak heart like me, it seemed like this was the only way.

Anyway, from the moment I changed into a woman’s body, I never wanted anything like a lover. I was simply looking for a family that I could stay with forever.

What I said to them.

Their mention of their child meant that they could not have a future together as lovers.

There’s no way women can have children together. I’m sure they understand what I mean.

I guess they all seemed so shocked… so they must have understood correctly.

Maybe now he could turn his attention away from me.

But I believe.

That our relationship is not so shallow that it can be broken off just because we didn’t become lovers.

Even though I had rejected her confession, I looked at them with a selfish hope that maybe we could continue on as before.

“Hey…kids..?”

I tried to speak to her cautiously, but there was no answer.

They each seemed busy thinking about something.

“Hera’s..child..if it’s great magic..”

“My sister and I..”

“Ugh…my daughter’s seat is mine…but she’s my mother’s child…”

They were muttering in a voice that was too quiet to be heard.

A lot of time passed like that.

Among them, Lily flashed first and looked at me and said.

“Okay. Let’s do as you say.”

“Yeah, I agree too.”

“Me too, Mom!”

…..uh?

“…Really?”

I was deeply embarrassed by their sudden change in attitude.

Why did they suddenly refuse me until just now?

As I looked at her with a puzzled expression, Athena smiled kindly and patted my shoulder.

“Yes. Just like you said, someday, one of our children will live in this world. We have to make it a better place to live.”

“Huh…? Really?”

Lily looks at me with wet eyes for some reason.

“That’s right, sis. I’m going to have a child someday. I don’t think I can let the Demon King rule.”

“So..you think so, Lily?”

Marie is smiling brightly next to Lily.

“Marie thinks so too. Marie will live happily ever after with her mother.”

“Ma..Maria..”

I felt dumbfounded by their overflowing positive words.

Why do you like it so much..?

I don’t think I said anything in particular-

‘…no way.’

A thought flashed into my head.

What I said played back like a flashback.

no way.

Surely not Athena and Lily.

Did you secretly want to have a child..?

That was the extent of their sudden change.

I didn’t really say anything else.

It seemed like the feelings he had for me were different on the inside.

The child…couldn’t have been had with me, a woman.

Perhaps in the end, he wanted to start a family with someone else.

‘…I feel a little sad.’

When you said you loved me…you were thinking of having children with someone else.

I couldn’t help but feel a little depressed inside.

But that’s okay.

Their happiness is my happiness.

Even though we might be a little distant from each other… if only they can smile…

‘The irony of Athena and Lily… how strong will it be?’

Just imagining the future made me tremble instinctively.

If their children join forces, perhaps they can easily stop the next Demon King.

But that is just imagination.

We need to make sure that this kind of thing doesn’t happen in the first place.

‘By the way, Ira..’

Although I was once a man, I am clearly living a woman’s life now.

It really is possible that someone will propose to me someday.

But of course, I have no intention of receiving it.

In the first place, I didn’t have even this much intention in marrying the man.

As I have lived as a man, I have no intention of actually having children.

I have Marie…

Maybe I’ll end up spending more time with Marie like this.

‘….I must take good care of Athena and Lily’s child later.’

If you resemble them, you will have a beautiful face like a fairy.

I’m sure it would be really cute.

But I couldn’t imagine it at all.

Where did my resolve to never have children go?

I never thought I would become a fool who only looks at the lovely daughter I gave birth to.

At this time, I had no idea.