episode_0242

“Ugh…”

As I stretched out in the warm sunlight at the entrance to the cave, my whole body began to feel drowsy.

It’s already been a week since Marie and I started living in the cave.

Unfortunately, I don’t remember going back since then.

‘I need to quickly regain my memory and go to the teacher..’

I felt anxious,

But no matter how much I followed Marie’s orders, I couldn’t even find a clue, let alone remember.

Lately, I’ve been getting requests that I really don’t understand.

‘..Is there really a connection between licking toes and finding memories?’

At first, I didn’t suspect anything, but every time I sucked on her toes or fingers, I started to have doubts.

“…Should I run away?”

Marie said she would never let me go until I had my memories completely restored.

I need to return to my teacher as soon as possible.

It really seemed like there was no other way than to run away.

But for some reason, it seemed impossible for Marie to escape from this cave without him knowing.

Even though she was a very small girl, for some reason, I had a gut feeling that Marie’s presence was something I couldn’t handle.

‘..Am I really a mother?’

If I were a mother, I should be a human being like myself, but why… do I feel like I’m not human?

At that time, I was having such worthless worries.

Squeak-!

“Huh? A bat?”

A bat flapped its wings and entered the cave.

It had been a long time since I had seen any living thing, except Marie, so I followed the bat with curiosity.

A bat hanging upside down at the entrance of the cave, staring at me intently.

“Hello?”

I approached the bat and gave it a small smile.

As I reached out to stroke it, the bat flew down from the ceiling and landed on my hand.

Although I wasn’t a big fan of bats, I couldn’t help but laugh at their cute appearance.

“You’re really friendly, aren’t you?”

As we were talking and looking at the bat, I noticed something peculiar.

‘huh?’

Let’s take a closer look at the bat and see that there is something pink engraved on its back.

A pattern that I’ve seen somewhere.

I squinted my eyes and looked at the pattern.

Phew-!

“Hyak?!”

The bat exploded in an instant, and a cloud of pink smoke enveloped the surrounding area.

Such a sudden situation.

A figure appeared through the pink smoke that filled the cave entrance.

Someone ran to me and hugged me tightly.

“What the heck?!”

A weight much heavier than Marie.

As the thick pink smoke cleared, I was able to confirm Inyoung’s identity.

“Hera..! You’re really alive..!”

She hung onto my arms like a bat.

I stared blankly at her.

Pink hair, pink eyes. A rather sexy body and a racy outfit that doesn’t try to hide it.

Even her face was quite beautiful, and she looked like a woman who was determined to seduce a man.

She left several little kisses on my cheek with tear-filled eyes.

“Thank goodness…sigh…really fortunate…”

“Eh..?”

She slowly got out of my arms and hugged me tightly once more.

“You idiot..! We were so sad and frustrated..! Why didn’t you tell us that you were alive!”

“…..?”

“Ugh…I can’t do this…I can’t do this because it’s annoying!”

Knock-knock-

She closes her eyes tightly and leaves thick marks on my cheeks again.

After repeating the kiss ten times, she looked at me with a satisfied smile.

“Ugh…Hera energy recharge…I’m happy now…I’m okay with dying..”

“…Excuse me?”

I looked at her muttering to myself in bewilderment.

“Yeah..! Tell me..! Hehe..”

As if she had bipolar disorder, I looked at her laughing, crying, excited, and sad all by herself and opened my mouth slightly.

“….Who are you?”

“..Huh?”

A pink woman looking at me, tilting her head.

She soon gave a shallow laugh and hugged me once more.

“Hey.. Hera.. Stop kidding around. That’s enough..! Do you know how many days I’ve cried in a year?”

“Ah..no..”

“Huh..?”

I asked the woman, who was looking at me with her eyes wide open, with sincerity.

“Who are you, really?”

“…Huh?”

Her eyes instantly filled with despair after hearing my true feelings.

“Hey.. Hera? It’s really not fun, so don’t do it..”

“Who are you to be kissing me..?

Her eyes looked shocked, like an abandoned puppy.

Soon the pink woman grabbed my sleeve with trembling hands.

“Oh..no..? You haven’t forgotten about me, have you? Even though I may not have had much of a presence, I’m still one of the oldest members..”

“I’m sorry. I have no idea.”

thud-

I could hear her heart beating.

Soon she started sobbing in front of me for a long time.

“This is too much!! This rascal!! Have you forgotten about me now?! Whoaaah!!”

She suddenly bursts into tears and screams loudly, clinging to my arms, telling me to leave this world.

My brow furrowed at her scream, which was so loud it hurt my ears.

‘…Could it be…that this is someone I knew before I lost my memory?’

There was a moment when I was about to tell her that I had lost my memory, thinking that maybe she was someone precious to me, like Marie.

“……..I heard a commotion and came running.”

The murderous voice coming from behind made me, and even the woman’s crying, stop in an instant.

Marie looks at the pink woman with ominous eyes.

The woman began to squeal at the sight of Marie like that.

“Hi..Ma..Maria..Did you know that Hera was alive?”

“………”

“Hi..but why didn’t you..tell me..?”

“Well. Why would that be?”

A cold sweat began to run down the pink woman’s back as the life-threatening aura swirled around her.

Soon she looked at me earnestly, then snuck behind me and shouted at Marie.

“This selfish brat!! No matter what, you were spending time with Hera alone?!”

“You…”

“Hipp..! It’s..useless? Anyway, since my servant horse saw it, the Demon King will come soon! I can’t hide it anymore!!”

“…tsk.”

Marie clicks her tongue briefly.

Soon she came to me and took my hand.

“Mom. I think it’s about time now.”

“Huh..? What is that..?”

“There’s still a lot I haven’t done yet… but if I get any more greedy, a war will really break out.”

I was taken aback by Marie’s sudden words.

As if she had read my expression, Marie smiled brightly and came running into my arms.

“Still, I was really happy this week…so I’m all relieved.”

Marie’s words are incomprehensible.

I could only look at her in bewilderment.

“I’ll send it back to you now.”

As Marie finished speaking, a blue light suddenly enveloped the two of us and our vision blinked for a moment.

The two of us disappeared from the cave in an instant.

The pink woman was left alone like that.

She muttered softly in the cave filled with silence.

“Me..Me..?”

*

The blue light that had been blocking my eyes gradually diminished, and I could see that the scenery had changed from before.

A familiar mountain path. Below it, you can see a cabin that you have seen countless times.

“Uh..how..?”

My mouth fell open in shock at the unbelievable situation.

I’m sure he was in the cave just now.

How did you come all the way to my house in an instant?

When I looked at Marie with my eyes shaking violently, she shrugged her shoulders with a shallow smile.

“You shouldn’t be surprised to this extent, Mom.”

I looked at the cabin again.

My precious home, which has not changed at all since a week ago.

I ran towards home without a moment’s hesitation.

“Master!!”

As I opened the door with a full heart, the interior of the house filled with memories of my teacher came into view.

And there’s one place there.

“Ugh..! Ugh!!”

The teacher stares at me with his eyes wide open, tied to a chair.

Her mouth was covered with something golden.

“T…Teacher!!”

I ran straight towards the teacher.

Golden stems that tightly bound the Master.

I tried to tear them off with force without any hesitation.

But unexpectedly.

There’s nothing to tear off.

The golden streaks evaporated and disappeared in an instant as soon as they touched my hand.

The teacher who became free like that.

I tried to hug her with a bright smile, but…

“Disciple! Run away!! It’s a trap!!”

The teacher speaks urgently.

I couldn’t make out what she was saying.

“Yes..?”

“That monster hasn’t left yet! You have to run away as fast as possible.”

I was greatly startled by the teacher’s shout and looked at Marie with a bewildered expression.

Then Marie let out a short sigh and ran towards me.

“Mom. I think it would be better for Marie to get beaten first.”

“Ma..Mari? What is that..”

“But if Mom says she wants to run away now, she can run away whenever she wants.”

Marie extends her hand towards me.

She looked at her teacher with a fierce look and continued speaking.

“I’ll take that fox monster too if Mom wants it. So Mom, choose.”

No, that’s why..

What on earth do you want me to choose?

“What…what?”

Marie looked quietly toward the doorway, then turned her gaze back to me.

“Either run away with Marie until the end.”

Marie’s eyes, as she spoke, looked extremely serious.

“Or, Mom herself can put the anger that is rushing towards us right now to rest.”