episode_0251

“Ugh..”

The bright morning sunlight opened my heavy eyes.

As I slowly got up, I felt quite uncomfortable.

“..I guess I should drink alcohol in moderation.”

Yesterday, Athena offered me some alcohol, so I tried it, but I seemed to lose consciousness shortly after.

I don’t think I drank much, but I wonder how low my drinking capacity is.

I got up, leaving my heavy body behind, to prepare for the morning.

“Huh..?”

The tingling sensation you get when you put both feet on the ground.

I don’t know why, but I felt a throbbing sensation in my lower abdomen.

Feeling puzzled, I slowly lifted my soft silk pajamas up to below my chest.

“….what is this?”

I noticed a red mark rising under my pure white stomach.

Did I fall over drunk yesterday?

But if you fall, do marks usually appear in places like this?

While I was gently stroking the red mark with my hand, the source of which I couldn’t tell.

“….What are you doing?”

“Hyak?!”

A voice is heard coming from the door.

Startled, I looked in the direction of the voice, and there was Athena looking at me with blazing eyes.

“Ah..Athena..? Since when were you there..”

“..Since the moment you lifted up your dress and showed me your underwear.”

At her words, I looked down with trembling eyes.

My bare skin, exposed from below my chest, along with my dress that was pulled up all the way.

“This…this is..!”

I hurriedly pulled my dress back down, my face burning with embarrassment.

Athena looked at me like that for a long time, then brushed her hair back and approached me.

“…If you’re going to tempt me like this from the morning, I guess I should accept it.”

“Huh?! Ah..no I’m like a temptation- Huh?!”

Athena’s mouth suddenly covers my lips.

I was startled and tried to push her away, but Athena hugged me even tighter.

Chok-chook-

“Ugh…Ugh…”

Athena sucks my lips hard as if she’s trying to take away all the moisture.

I couldn’t resist her aggressive behavior.

Athena, who had been sucking my lips like that for a long time, looked at me with deep eyes and took a step back.

“Don’t prepare meals today. I have somewhere to go separately.”

“Where to go..?”

Are you talking about going out..?

I suddenly wondered what kind of outing it was, but I had no particular complaints.

I’ve been bored for the past few days just staying at the mansion, but I guess that’s a good thing.

I stood up strongly and took a step towards Athena.

“But where are you going?”

I looked up at Athena with eyes filled with anticipation, and she stroked my head with a faint blush.

“I’m going to the best doctor of this era.”

“Yes..?”

A doctor..?

Oh no, Athena… Are you sick somewhere?

“Oh, before that. Can I check one thing?”

“Huh? What?”

As I tilted my head in puzzlement at her unknown words, Athena took a step closer to me.

And then.

Phew-!

“What the heck?!?!?!?!”

A sudden blow.

At the same time that Athena’s fist landed in my lower abdomen, I felt something bursting in my stomach.

My legs immediately gave out, so I instinctively wrapped my arms around Athena’s neck and collapsed into her arms.

“Ugh…sob…”

The throbbing pain in my lower abdomen that had not yet gone away was tormenting my whole body.

“Haauk… Sob… Ah… Athena… What is this…”

“…..”

I exhaled in her arms, but for some reason it felt like Athena was breathing harder than I was.

I looked up at her with an inexplicable sense of rejection, and she was looking down at me with eyes that seemed to have lost their sense of reason and reddened cheeks.

“…I love you Hera.”

Athena’s condition seemed unusual today.

I guess it really does look like something is hurting.

‘…That’s ridiculous.’

huh?

I thought I heard a voice from inside.

…Is it just my imagination?

*

“Do you really have to go this far..?”

My face tightly wrapped in a black veil.

Because of that, my entire vision was blocked.

It was barely possible to see Athena’s face in front of me.

I was looking forward to going out and followed you, but was it really necessary to cover your face like this?

“Of course. You should never show your face carelessly.”

“..You’re saying the same thing as the teacher..”

Now that I think about it, my teacher always told me to wear a mask.

Although he didn’t give me a clear reason, he said that it was dangerous to show my face outside.

‘…Am I wanted or something?’

Otherwise there would be no need to cover your face like this.

Why on earth…

“I’m here.”

I suddenly raised my head at Athena’s words.

Then, what comes into view is a huge building.

It was a magnificent temple with a very large cross the size of a door.

Looking closely at the girl’s appearance, it seemed as if there were dark shadows beneath her eyes.

“…Sister?”

The girl who had been looking at me with a suspicious expression soon discovered Athena behind me.

“…Ah..Tena-nim..?”

“Hello Iris.”

The girl named Iris, who had been blankly staring at Athena for a long time, soon turned her rapidly shaking eyes toward me.

“Well..then..no way..”

She started to come towards me, shivering.

Her blue eyes slowly filled with tears, and her breathing became increasingly rapid.

The girl who had come up to me without me noticing slowly removed my veil with her shaking hands as if there was an earthquake.

Then my vision brightens again.

I couldn’t see her properly because she was covered by a veil, but when I saw her with my own eyes, a much prettier girl than I had expected was staring blankly at me.

How much time had passed since our eyes met?

A teardrop fell from her blue eyes.

“Thank you..Thank you Goddess..”

She suddenly prays, her eyes tightly shut.

I had a feeling that perhaps this child was someone I knew before I lost my memory.

“Over there..”

Warak-

The white-haired girl hugged me before I could even finish speaking.

She buried her face in my chest and began to sob.

“Welcome back safely… You really came back safely..”

While I was momentarily flustered by the awkward situation, the girl started touching my back here and there with both hands.

When I saw the girl crying so sadly, I found myself patting her on the back.

Then the girl shed tears once more, and this time she began to slowly touch my waist.

Then he touched my stomach and slowly started moving up to my ribs.

‘..for a moment.’

..Why does it feel like my hand is moving up towards my chest?

The girl’s hand rising higher and higher.

But Athena grabbed her groping hand and pulled it away from my body.

“The emotion of reunion ends here?”

“….”

A girl looking at Athena with sharp eyes.

But Athena paid no attention and spoke to her again.

“Please check Hera’s condition.”

“..Huh? Are you sick somewhere?!”

A girl looking at me with her eyes wide open.

Athena thought to herself for a moment, then began to whisper something softly into the girl’s ear.

Maybe a minute had passed.

After finishing speaking, Athena took her mouth off the girl’s ear, and the girl named Iris looked at me with infinitely serious eyes.

“Let me check your physical condition.”

As Athena nodded, Iris smiled and came towards me.

But contrary to my expectations, Iris walked past me and headed toward the door of the prayer room.

“Okay. Then, would you like to go out, Athena?”

“….what?”

Iris opens the door with a bright smile.

Athena looked at Iris with bewildered eyes.

“Because outsiders are not allowed to be involved in sacred rituals.”

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about? You want me to believe those sinister words?”

The girl was not discouraged by Athena’s calm voice.

“Then, is Athena upright?”

“What?”

“Looking at the situation, it seems like you’ve been taking Hera with you for a while. Without saying a word to me.”

Her words made Athena’s body tremble once.

Iris continued speaking with a darker expression on her face after seeing the reaction.

“I gave you all the information about Hera, and I introduced you to the goddess, but Athena tried to eat something delicious by herself?”

“……”

“Please leave. I need to be alone with Hera for a moment.”

Athena looked momentarily taken aback by Irish’s unwavering voice.

Soon she looked back and forth between me and Iris, then sighed deeply and walked towards the door.

“Treatment should be done properly.”

“Don’t worry about that.”

Athena surprisingly leaves obediently.

As Athena went out the door, Iris closed it and locked it with a click.

Then Iris approached me with a strange, unidentifiable face.

“I heard you lost your memory. Is that true?”

“Yes..so I’m sorry but I don’t know who you are..”

At my words, Iris’s eyes looked sad for a moment, but then she smiled brightly and hugged me.

“It’s okay, Hera. I’m so touched just to see you again like this. I’ll definitely get your memories back.”

“..Please.”

I don’t know who this girl is, but I didn’t want to miss the chance to regain my memories.

Iris nodded seriously at my words, then opened her lips and looked at me with a faint smile.

“Yes. Then I’ll touch your chest!”

“Yes..please take care of it..”

….huh?