episode_0260

– Would you like to walk with me for a moment?

A morning with the bright sun high in the sky.

“….sigh.”

Alina slowly looked back on her memories from last night, then stared blankly at the ceiling and sighed.

‘What on earth are you thinking, miss…’

Now, I have to stand guard all night and get some sleep.

Unfortunately, he was too wide awake to fall asleep.

Alina tossed and turned in bed for a while, then finally closed her eyes tightly and got up.

To a maid, laziness is a sin.

It would be much better to do some work than to just lie around in bed like this.

Alina muttered as she put on the maid outfit hanging on the wall.

“I don’t know which way is best for you, young lady..”

I’m always on your side, young lady.

*

Churp- chuup-

Athena blankly looked at Hera in front of her.

She serves her own fingers with her eyes closed.

Her expression was so strange. I couldn’t take my eyes off her for even a moment.

“Huh..um..”

Her cheeks are slightly red, and she is sucking her thumb while holding her hand tightly as if she is precious to him.

I somehow managed to calm my heart, which was beating like crazy.

‘It’s not Hera.’

This is a situation I’ve already experienced once.

Didn’t the piece of Masin do something nasty with Hera’s body last time?

At first, I was flustered by the situation I had never experienced before. But I have no intention of experiencing it a second time.

He grabbed Hera’s chin with his hand and looked at her with glaring eyes.

“The price for daring to impersonate Hera must have been clearly told at that time.”

“Um..”

She gently took my hand that was on her chin, placed it gently on her cheek, and began to rub her cheek there.

An overly lovely look.

Boom bang-boom bang-

In a different situation than before, my heart started beating even faster and my body froze.

Clearly, he had not felt any emotion towards the demon he had seen back then… but now, his heart was beating very fast.

“..Don’t do useless things-”

“Athena…”

Hera, blinking tiredly as she called his name, felt as if her soul was sucked out of him.

‘….Are you really a demon?’

Isn’t it completely different from the personality I saw back then?

My mind became complicated as I was faced with a situation that I didn’t understand.

No one but Hera could be this lovable.

But that doesn’t mean I understand Hera’s current appearance.

The natural act of sucking one’s thumb.

Hera’s unique, sorrowful voice calling her name.

Yes. This was definitely Hera before she lost her memories.

But it is clear that Hera’s memories were possessed by the power of the demon.

Perhaps he had succeeded in expelling the power of the demon from Hera’s body.

“Hera. Did you get your memory back?”

“Um… no?”

Hera answers with a face that doesn’t look strange even when she’s asleep.

Your memory hasn’t returned. Anyone can tell that your current appearance is the original Hera’s.

Hera staggered for a while, then lost her balance and fell to the floor.

I quickly moved and grabbed her body. I could feel Hera’s warm breath right in front of my nose. My heart started pounding again.

“….”

Hera looked at me for a long time with her hazy eyes.

Soon he started muttering something softly.

“…I’m not Hera.”

It was clearly just a small babble, but the words came right into his ears.

Hera begins to fall asleep right away.

“…..”

I stared blankly at Hera, who was sleeping soundly, for a moment before quietly closing my eyes.

My pounding heart suddenly became cold and I regained my cool sense of reason.

“…..”

So I looked at him with my eyes deeply sunken.

I just looked at Hera, who was sleeping peacefully.

I recall the memories of that time in my head again.

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“My daughter is not on this continent.”

A beautiful woman with six pure white wings hanging from her back.

Lunaria, the goddess of life, spoke with a serious expression.

A goddess I met through a favor from Iris.

But contrary to expectations, she also seemed unable to guess where Hera was.

“Then can you at least guess where it is?”

“…Since the Heavenly God has hidden it, there is no way for me to find out my daughter’s location.”

Now I’m used to hearing her call me daughter.

I heard from the goddess that Hera decided to call her mother… I guess we can ask Hera about that later.

“Any information that might be helpful?”

“…Unfortunately, there isn’t.”

“Tsk.”

I frowned, feeling empty and helpless.

If even the goddess doesn’t know, then you have no choice but to go out and look for it yourself.

But if we do that, who knows how long it will take.

I felt my heart become infinitely heavy in this hopeless situation.

“….I don’t know where my daughter is, but there’s one thing I know.”

“What is it?”

“The reason my daughter is hiding.”

One eyebrow rose at the goddess’s words.

Hera abandoned herself and ran away somewhere.

I wonder if there was a reason for that.

“Tell me right now.”

perhaps.

If he had left because of unavoidable circumstances, perhaps his anger would subside.

If you stick with it, you die. Or something equivalent happens.

Although unlikely, it seemed possible that the ‘punishment’ inflicted on her could be reduced for that reason.

But the goddess, unfortunately, did not open her mouth easily.

“What on earth is the reason?”

When I urged her once more, the goddess mumbled for a while, then looked at me with cautious eyes.

“Do you love my daughter?”

“That’s obvious.”

“Does that feeling never change no matter what happens?”

I was taken aback by the goddess’s words.

He wanted to ask what on earth she meant, but seeing her more serious than he had expected made him feel serious as well.

“Of course. She’s more precious than my life.”

“…..Okay.”

The goddess let out a short sigh after hearing my unwavering answer. She looked at me with determined eyes and opened her mouth.

“….For the sake of my daughter’s perfect happiness…I think it would be better to tell her the truth.”

“So what the heck is that?”

Just when I was starting to feel suffocated.

The goddess told me the truth.

“My daughter is not from this world.”

An intense truth that can never be forgotten.

It slowly flowed into my ears.

*

It’s a familiar ceiling.

“Ugh…again..?”

I slowly rubbed my eyes and got up, feeling a bit dizzy.

I slowly and diligently rolled my foggy head around.

The last memory remained until the time when he drank alcohol with Athena.

..I should have adjusted it.

But because Athena was so insistent on making him drink, he ended up exceeding his drinking capacity.

Well, actually. Even if I say I can drink, it’s not even a few glasses…

‘I hope I didn’t make a mistake..?’

If something had happened, another me would have come out and helped you, so there wouldn’t have been anything to worry about.

I stretched out and yawned, reminding myself that I really had to be careful now.

Today, as usual, I came out of my room and ran straight to the next room.

To meet my older sister Dania, who always hugs me warmly.

“Sister. Wake up…”

But contrary to my expectations.

When I opened the door and went in, what I saw was not Dana’s older sister.

To be exact, it wasn’t just Sister Dania.

“….Are you here, Hera?”

“Athena..?”

Athena looks so good in a gold gown.

She greeted me with a sunken face for some reason.

‘Why is Athena in Dania’s room?’

I don’t remember the two of them being close.

Besides, Dania’s expression didn’t look that good either.

I wonder if the two of them had a serious conversation.

As I stared at the two of them for a while, Athena came to me with her usual smile on her face and patted me on the shoulder.

“Come out when you’re ready. Let’s have breakfast together.”

“Yes..Yes..!”

Athena passes by and goes out of the room.

Only then did Sister Dana look at me and greet me.

“Did you sleep well, Hera?”

My sister’s voice was as gentle as usual.

I dug into her arms, relieved to see that she looked the same as before.

“Yes. Did you sleep well, Sister?”

“Okay.”

My sister gently places my head on her lap.

A smile instinctively escaped my lips as I felt her soft knees.

“But what did you talk about with Athena?”

My sister thought about it for a moment, then answered with a faint smile as if it was nothing.

“I just said weird things.”

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t curious, but I buried my face in my sister’s lap.

After that, I had a lot of small talk with my sister.

Now, some time has passed.

My sister glanced at her watch, then helped me up and said,

“It’s almost time to eat. Sister, I have to go make dinner.”

“Will you do it for me today too?”

“Then. I want to take care of Hera’s food anytime.”

“Sister..”

While my heart was pounding at the touching words, my sister patted my head.

“What’s on the menu today? Um…would you like to choose?”

“Me?”

“Yeah. I know the taste of this food because I made it for you before, so tell me what you want to eat more of now.”

My sister’s cooking is always delicious.

As someone who has been eating her food for almost a month.

I became convinced that my sister’s cooking never fails.

When I nodded with an excited expression, Dania unnie raised two fingers with a faint smile.

“Which would you rather have: mushroom lamb soup and butter bread, or your sister’s special seafood dish?”

…They’re both really delicious.

My mind started to get busy with a problem that was more difficult than I thought.

Since either option was guaranteed to be a delight, I definitely didn’t want to miss out on the other option.

Because Dania’s food was that delicious.

After much agonizing, I was finally unable to choose either.

I looked up at my older sister Dania with sparkling eyes and earnestly asked her for something.

“Can’t you do both..?”

“I can’t decide which one was more delicious?”

“Yes…both are really delicious.”

Actually, I’ve eaten both of these foods countless times.

To begin with, Dania’s cooking skills were so excellent that there was no dish that I didn’t remember among the dishes she made.

But if I had to choose just one, I didn’t have the courage to do so.

After hearing my answer, my sister looked at me for a moment, then eventually chuckled and patted my head.

“I can do whatever my little brother wants.”

“Hehe..Thank you, sis!”

As I whined in her arms, Sister Dania slowly patted my back and got up from her seat.

“Then I’ll go cook, so come back later with Athena.”

“Yes..! See you later, unnie.”

My sister greeted me warmly and left the room.

I fell into bed and thought about my sister’s food.

I let out a small smile at the thought of the food that made my mouth water.

“…I’ve wanted to eat it my whole life.”

I closed my eyes, forcibly erasing the sadness that was weighing on a corner of my heart.

*

– Okay, I’ll see you later, sis!

Clank-

Dania left Hera in the room and closed the door tightly.

The gentle smile that had been on her lips just a moment ago had disappeared, and only a cold expression that seemed as if it would cut her was on her face.

Dania muttered in a subdued voice, recalling the conversation they had just had.

“..Hera. I’m sorry, but..”

I’ve never made you any special seafood dishes.

At least for you who lost your memory.