episode_0024

Thanks to the siren, my eyes are momentarily obscured, and the distracting thoughts that had been rising up disappear in an instant.

I calmed my mind by feeling Siren’s unique warm palms and spoke to Siren.

“… Thank you.”

“Yeah.”

Siren nods proudly as if she has accomplished something and returns to her seat.

When I saw Lorraine covering her face, I smiled, thinking that perhaps there was a connection between romance novels and Siren’s actions.

‘Anyway, it’s gotten better.’

It feels like the chains that had been tightly binding a corner of my heart have disappeared.

I packed my bags and came down to the train (mobile golem) feeling lighter than usual.

“Damian.”

As I go down, Elicia calls me.

As I stared at her indifferently, she spoke to me with a look of disdain I had never seen before while I was up north.

“I have something to say… ”

In addition to the original being pretty, it was also decorated perfectly, so if you just look at its appearance, it was so beautiful that no one would be dismayed.

I didn’t feel anything special, perhaps because I had been hurt so badly by the image and had exhausted all my emotions.

It was just considered a nuisance.

“As you can see from the fact that I sent the divorce annulment application, I have had many regrets since you disappeared.”

He stares at me clearly, emphasizing my dark circles and pale skin.

If someone else had seen this sight, they would have thought she was a woman who had failed in love and had not eaten or drunk for several days.

I knew that it wasn’t because of me that I looked like that, but because of hallucinations and auditory hallucinations, so I let out a small laugh.

‘I don’t think I need to hear any more.’

It is worthless and meaningless.

As I listened to those words, I told her the story I had heard when I first met Elicia.

[You seem to have a lot of free time. I envy you.]

“You seem to have a lot of free time.”

At my words, Elysia stopped and spoke to me with a somewhat dumbfounded expression.

“… Yes?”

I felt like this wasn’t worth answering, so I ignored it and moved on.

Elicia took a step closer to me and spoke in an urgent voice.

“… That’s not it. I’ve been squeezing out time to meet you. ”

It was a yearning expression and voice.

If you listen closely, you can tell that he came here not for me, but for himself.

‘Still the same.’

After realizing this fact, I completely turned away and tried to move forward.

Elysia talks to me while trying to grab my clothes.

“Just a minute. Let me tell you a little more… !”

The moment I couldn’t bear it any longer and was about to take out the hammer in my bosom.

Siren, who was standing next to her, stepped forward and spoke while pushing Elysia away.

“Go away. Damien hates you.”

At the appearance of Siren, Elicia’s expression sank and she seemed to be contemplating something for a moment.

He took a few steps back and made an apologetic expression.

“… I’m sorry. I was so rude. ”

Then Elicia straightened her clothes and spoke.

“We’ll talk about this officially later.”

Then he bows his head and leaves.

At the end, when I saw Siren, I saw her suddenly change her attitude, so I guess there was a change in her thinking… I don’t know, I’m not interested.

Because whatever I did was meaningless to me anyway.

I was about to let go of the hammer I was holding and head back to my room.

Siren follows me, carefully holding my hand.

It was a rather cute action, so I smiled and headed back to my dorm.

***

Even if I kept worrying about meaningless things, I knew that the conclusion I would come to would be meaningless anyway.

Still, I couldn’t help but feel a bit confused.

That’s why I was lying on the bed in the fancy hotel, blankly staring at the ceiling.

Someone was knocking cautiously on the door of the dorm.

“You can come in.”

At first I thought it was Lorraine who came looking for me, but unexpectedly it was Siren who came looking for me.

Siren came inside, dressed a little differently than usual, and calmly said something to me.

“I have a question.”

Siren nods her head in puzzlement, as this is the first time she has acted like this.

The reason a guy who doesn’t usually do this behaves like this is because he only does it when he has something very important to say.

I nodded, agreeing to answer any questions as honestly and in detail as possible.

“What is it?”

When I allowed the question, Siren looked at me calmly with a serious expression, then asked a completely unexpected question.

“Does Damien like a nice girl?”

“… What?”

Because I heard such an unexpected question, my mind instantly went blank.

If Lorraine, who was reading a romance novel, had asked this question, I would have understood, but since I didn’t know that Siren would ask this question, I kept my mouth shut for a moment.

Siren continued speaking to me with an expressionless face.

“The woman I met in the flower garden, and the woman I saw earlier. They both looked so pretty.”

Rihanna and Elicia are so cute.

I knew that their personalities were the complete opposite of being friendly, so I just laughed.

Siren spoke to me, twiddling her fingers nervously.

“If Damien likes that kind of woman, I’ll try my best.”

At those words, I shook my head and spoke.

“I don’t really like it.”

“Really?”

Siren nods her head, showing a look of satisfaction.

I was laughing hysterically at what Siren had said earlier.

Siren told me the real reason she came here.

“And tell him I have a first interview tomorrow.”

It’s the first interview…

That means I have to meet Elysia whether I want to or not.

It was a schedule that I didn’t particularly like.

I sighed and said, “I knew it,” because I had no choice but to end it for sure.

*****

On the empty train (mobile golem) platform because everyone has left to do their work.

Elicia wandered around, recalling what she had seen earlier.

‘…I never would have guessed that he would have met a new woman in such a short period of time.’

I had it within a certain range of calculations, but the timing was faster than I thought.

So I felt like the plan was a little off, but it was tolerable, so it wasn’t a big problem…

‘The problem is that the new woman Damien created is incredibly pretty.’

The point is that if you bring that person to the wedding, there is a high possibility that you cherish that person very much.

He bit his lip, thinking that he knew why she had been looking at him coldly when he had asked for forgiveness earlier.

‘Then what should I do?’

The basic route has already been decided, so it won’t change.

I came up with and erased numerous assumptions because I had to change those details.

There were times when the flow was interrupted by auditory hallucinations that kept coming up.

Still, after racking my brain and continuing to think, I was able to roughly come to that conclusion.

‘There is no choice but to overturn the board.’

If things continued this way, it was obvious that his plan would completely fail.

Rather than going in the set direction, it would have been better to turn the board upside down and create a new board.

The only problem was that if you fail to turn the table, the aftereffects are too strong…

‘If we can’t bring Damien to the North, everything will fall apart anyway.’

No matter what the repercussions are, we have no choice but to give it a try.

So, I decided to use ‘Dale’ as a word to shake up the board.

*****

The next day, the first interview began.

Actually, I didn’t want to come.

Damien was sitting in the interview room chair with no choice because his mother said that this procedure had to be done.

‘I want to finish this quickly and do some training.’

When I was just staring at the pure white ceiling, thinking that I might as well try something like a mission if possible.

Elicia, with her face as tired as ever, spoke to me.

“… Damien, how have you been?”

A voice so gentle that I wondered if it was really Elicia speaking to me.

The moment I heard that voice, I remembered what Siren had told me yesterday, and I couldn’t help but smile.

She stared at me intently and continued speaking slowly.

“I regretted my actions towards you so much that I couldn’t sleep for a single moment.”

I let out a hollow laugh as I looked at Elicia, who was looking at me with an extremely apologetic expression.

If someone saw it, they would think that he was really sorry.

Because to me, it just seemed like I was begging for the warmth I had created.

That’s why I just look at the other person with a blank expression without reacting at all.

Elicia continued speaking in a hoarse voice.

“I’m really sorry. Damian, I’ll do anything you want… but can you please give me just one more chance? ”

“… … ”

Hearing this, I am reminded of what I did in the past to win Elicia’s heart.

I remember not only greeting her every day to gain her trust, but also giving her rides and doing chores like running errands and cleaning for her.

I feel my heart sinking even more as I recall how I didn’t even get a glance, let alone a word of appreciation, despite all the things I did.

Elicia looked at me like that, seemed to be thinking for a moment, and then calmly opened her mouth.

“… Dale is trying to kill you.”