episode_0430

So we left the hallway, guided by Lily.

Even as she guided them, Lily kept turning her head to check Amy’s expression as if she was anxious.

I felt sad seeing that.

The fact that my cute and kind friend has to watch out for Amy.

I approached Lily cautiously and took her hand.

At the touch of my small, round hand, Lily turned her head to look at me with a faint smile.

“Mom isn’t a scary person.”

“But, but… Mr. Stain…”

It was inevitable that Amy would hit Stain and blow him away.

Since you breathed life into me, I should be thankful that you are safe.

If Amy hadn’t excused him, if Lily hadn’t said she was his friend, Stain’s neck would have been snapped by Amy’s hands.

Lily swallowed hard and climbed the stairs.

I followed Lily’s gaze down the hallway.

Because I couldn’t figure out how the layers were distinguished.

If you ask, I’ll tell you?

I called Lily cautiously, biting my lip.

“Hey. Lily?”

“Huh?”

“Is there any way to distinguish the layers of this Black Palace?”

“Ah, that’s… um…”

Lily kept her mouth shut and trailed off at every question.

It didn’t seem to be a secret, but it seemed difficult to explain it out loud.

Is there such a thing as a feeling that cannot be expressed in words?

“Just… after spending a long time together… I just naturally got to know it.”

“Naturally?”

“Yes. I don’t know how to explain it in detail…”

I nodded to Lily’s words.

As I was walking with Lily for a while, I heard Amy’s voice mixed with a sigh.

“Can’t connect…”

I turned my head to look at Amy, and she was fiddling with her cell phone.

It seemed like he was trying to contact Jin or Shine, but cell phones were not usable inside the Black Palace.

“Okay. Here you go…”

Lily stopped in front of the large door and spoke to us.

She seemed very nervous, her mouth hanging open, and she reached out her hand toward the large door.

A small hand climbs up onto the large door and begins to make a small knock.

How much time has passed like that?

There was no answer, but beyond the door, I felt a presence, and then the large door began to open with a creaking sound.

Amy naturally headed towards the door.

As if he was protecting me and Rain.

It was an expression of confidence that we could protect ourselves no matter what came flying at us from the other side of the door.

It was Kelly who opened the door and came out.

Her gaze shifted from Lily to me, then to Lane, and finally to Amy.

“Nice to meet you, Kelly.”

“Um…”

Kelly took a step back at Amy’s words.

Lily glanced at Kelly, Amy, and me, then quietly walked over and hid behind Kelly.

“Can we talk?”

Amy threw the half-open door wide open.

At the sound of a rattling noise, everyone sitting inside sat up at once.

Amidst the subtle tension, Lily began to move cautiously.

When I looked over to see what she was doing, I saw that she was moving her short legs diligently to bring chairs for me, Lane, and Amy to sit on.

With everything ready, Kelly nodded.

Of all the people gathered here, Kelly’s power seemed considerable, and no one questioned Kelly’s decision.

Everyone sat down with calm expressions.

As Kelly turned and headed inside, Amy gestured to me and Lane.

So, as I followed Amy into the room, eyes turned to me from all directions.

No, it’s not just the gaze.

Pressure.

The moment I was about to gasp for breath due to the unidentifiable pressure, the pressure completely disappeared as if it were a lie.

ridge-

The figure of the White King begins to appear behind Amy, who is walking ahead.

Momentum, invisible momentum collides.

The air between Amy and the nobles distorts, and a strong wind blasts out.

I held on with Rain, desperately trying not to fly away while holding onto each other.

On the other hand, Lily seemed unable to hold out any longer and rolled into a corner.

“Eeeet!”

Leaving Lily’s screams behind, the war of nerves between Amy and the nobles continues.

Amy is holding on alone.

Whether the purpose was to seize the initiative or for some other reason, the nobles’ attempt ended in failure.

Amy walked over slowly, pushing away all her momentum, and sat down on the chair.

I also sat close to Amy with Rain.

At that moment, with a “kuluk” sound, the five nobles who were sitting coughed up blood.

Amy opened her mouth as the thick scent of blood spread through the room.

“Okay, shall we start talking?”

Kelly, who had been watching from afar, nodded at those words and approached the chair.

As if tailored to her small stature, several thick books were stacked under the chair.

Kelly jumped up and sat down on top of him.

“Kelly? We know each other, so why did you kidnap Jeff without telling us?”

“That was… an inevitable choice.”

“You had no choice?”

“If you tell me why, were you planning on just handing Jeff over?”

“No. Absolutely not.”

Kelly and Amy’s eyes lock in midair.

How much time has passed like that?

Kelly’s voice cut through the silence.

“7 years.”

After saying the word seven years, Kelly looked at me, Lane, and Amy.

I buried my face in Amy’s arms so as not to show my expression.

Amy patted my back as I buried my face in her belly.

“What is 7 years?”

“Are you thinking of evading? You’re not saying that Jeff over there and the past 7 years have nothing to do with it, are you?”

“We don’t know.”

I lifted my head at Amy’s answer and studied Kelly’s expression.

She was glaring at me, biting her lip.

“I heard Jeff is 19 years old. Physical age doesn’t lie.”

“Jeff is 12 years old.”

“The citizenship verification has already been completed. Don’t evade any more. Jeff is a 19-year-old with a 12-year-old’s body.”

At those words, Amy took a small card out of her pocket and placed it on the table.

It was a small citizenship card with my picture on it.

“Look.”

I looked up at Amy’s words and checked my citizenship.

The card had my age written on it: I was 12.

What on earth is going on?

Are you saying that I was really 12 years old?

In an incomprehensible situation, Amy held my head down and pushed it down.

It seemed as though she had forged her citizenship.

“Sigh…”

Kelly sighed when she saw the citizenship.

Kelly’s expression crumples at Amy’s firm insistence that she will never back down.

“Simply, if the task of confirming your memory is finished, I promise to return you unscathed.”

“I will refuse. We have nothing to do with this 7 years. So please don’t approach us anymore.”

With Kelly’s answer this time, Amy must have realized that what they were really after was Shine, not me.

But, they don’t know yet.

That the past seven years have been an event that happened because of Shine.

So I had to keep it hidden.

I shut my mouth tightly with both hands.

Kelly raised her hand in response to Amy’s answer.

But nothing happened.

Amy probably didn’t come here without thinking about it.

Since you were confident, you had the confidence that you could face everyone on your own, so you came here.

So I had to trust Amy.

I clung to Amy and stuck my tongue out at Kelly.

Merongmerong-

But Kelly didn’t even respond to my provocation.

At that moment, with a “squeak!” sound, my body flew backwards.

What on earth happened?

“Jeff! Lane! Get back!”

With Amy’s loud scream, everything around her turned white.

The protection of the Baekwang has been activated.

Kelly opened her mouth as the White King’s aura engulfed everything around her.

“Strength…”

Kelly looked down at her hands, seemingly confused.

And then, in the next moment, Kelly’s figure disappeared like a blurry hologram.

I blinked and looked at where Kelly had been.

Clearly, the power of the White King is to erase the abilities of others.

Now that the protection of the White King has been activated, it is nearly impossible to escape from here by using your abilities.

But Kelly disappeared.

As if it had never been there in the first place.

Amy glared at the remaining nobles.

They also didn’t seem to be planning on letting us go easily, as they all stood up from their seats.

But his expression wasn’t good.

Because everyone had a pale expression on their face because they were so hurt from the fight with Amy earlier.

“Heee…”

I gestured to Lily, who was squirming, while holding the doll in the corner.

Lily, who had been observing Amy from afar, nodded and ran to me.

Lily, who had been moving her short legs diligently, began to shed tears as soon as she approached me and Lane.

“Lily. Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Yes… I’m fine.”

Her pretty face was completely ruined.

I took a handkerchief out of my pocket and wiped Lily’s face.

Actually, this handkerchief was also Lily’s.

So the three of us hid under a small chair, holding our breath.

Each of them held onto a leg of their chair and watched the fight between the nobles and Amy.

No, should we call this a fight?

The results were overwhelming.

The nobles who couldn’t use their abilities were all hit in the face by Amy’s fist and fell flat on the ground.

“Oh, Amy is so strong…”

I studied Lily’s expression.

I wondered if she was worried because Kelly suddenly disappeared, but she didn’t seem to care at all about Kelly.

“Lily over there.”

“Huh?”

“Kelly… she suddenly disappeared…”

“Oh. It’s okay, it’s my mother’s ability. She’s not hurt.”

“Oh, really?”

I wanted to ask what kind of ability it was, but Lily didn’t answer until the end.

Boom-!

The fight ended with Amy pinning the nobleman who had been holding out until the end to the ground.

The thick smell of blood and the sight of drops of blood dripping from Amy’s hands were eerie.

“I think everyone understands by now, right?”

Although everyone was in critical condition, it seemed like no one had lost their lives.

Lily squeezed her eyes shut as she watched the nobles writhing and spitting out blood.

“Mom!”

I ran quickly to Amy.

It was to wipe the blood off her hands.

Hurry up.

It was the moment when I ran to Amy.

I arrived in a different place without any warning.

“Oh my…”

I looked around blankly.

A large black room where you can’t feel the aura of the White King.

Me standing in the middle, with Kelly kneeling next to me, gasping for breath.

“Haa… Haa…”

“Huh, Kelly?”

I felt like I was being dragged somewhere else by Kelly’s abilities.

I raised both arms and hurriedly distanced myself.

It was clear that this bad sex offender had brought me here secretly to do weird things to me.