episode_0022
by fnovelpiaI realized something when I looked into Luna’s light blue eyes.
‘I made a mistake.’
I used strong expressions out of frustration, but the despair in Luna’s eyes was much bigger and deeper than I expected.
“Lu—”
“… I’m going away, Lily.”
A weak voice.
The moment I blinked, Luna had already disappeared into the alley of the city as the sunset began to fall.
“Luna Wait!!! Luna!!!”
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Like telling time.
Knock.
Knock.
Knock.
The sound of falling water drops.
The sound of a mouse running from shadow to shadow.
Luna buried her face in her knees and just endured the shock.
My heart hurts.
I once got into a fight with Gray Bear, the mountain’s chieftain, and got hit in the chest with a palm the size of a log.
I’m sure I didn’t receive any external shock, but the pain that felt like my chest was exploding was worse than before.
‘… Is it pain?’
I was able to shout out that I was in pain in the form of words.
However, Luna did not feel like her condition had improved at all.
“… .”
When I looked up, the sky was dark and I couldn’t see any stars due to the mana pollution.
“Opening.”
What should I do next?
“… Opening.”
Luna closed her eyes.
It reminded me of a day when I was young.
“What on earth does this mean?”
In the land where pale sunlight made the ice caps sparkle like glass powder, Luna asked a question to the woman behind her.
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”
It was her mother who answered in an honorific manner.
Born as Khan, she was someone that even her parents could not easily treat as a normal child.
“Suddenly, nothing happens. Conversely, can someone who does not question fate be considered human?”
The wind was cold enough to cut her skin, so her mother was wearing thick clothes, but Luna didn’t feel any discomfort even in her thin clothes.
“Yeo is strong. Yeo is stronger than all other oni, stronger than the homeowners of this mighty mountain, and perhaps even stronger than the mountain itself.”
Luna opened her chest against the sky.
“What on earth is fate, destiny, that binds such a woman?”
“Luna’s own strength.”
“What?”
My younger self didn’t understand.
But it was bigger than that and I could understand it. If you are strong, you cannot be free just because of that.
“… Lily.”
I wanted to be tied down.
I desperately hoped that instead of the shackles of my own strength, my neck would be held by hands that felt human warmth.
Lily was completely different from the master Luna had imagined in her head.
It was beautiful.
It was sparkling.
It was soft, made my heart pound when I was next to it, and a nice scent tickled my nose.
“… Lily.”
It was his own one-sided illusion.
I lived my life thinking for granted that the whole world would want me because I was strong, so I never imagined that there would be someone who didn’t want me.
“It was foolish to open.”
If he thought Lily didn’t want him in the first place, what he showed her was giving her a gift she didn’t want. I arbitrarily thought that of course I would like it.
“Lily.”
It was Luna who said her name once again.
“Luna… !”
Lily was shouting. It was her voice that could not be mistaken.
Luna’s eyes were wide open and she focused her ears in a place where no one’s gaze could reach.
“Luna!! where are you!? Luna!”
My throat was hoarse and my breathing was heavy, as if I was exhausted.
‘Surely ever since then?’
Several hours had already passed since Luna ran away from her gaze out of shame and sadness.
Have you been walking around like that, looking for yourself as the sun sets and darkness falls?
“Luna… !! If you’re there, please answer… !!”
It’s stupid.
It was a shame that I was catching my breath in this city. What were you planning to do if you had already run away somewhere else?
“… Haha.”
Tears flowed down Luna’s cheeks.
“Truly, it’s stupid.”
Not Lily, but herself.
“You were the most stupid and idiot in this world.”
It wasn’t a gift, but they mistakenly thought it was a gift.
It wasn’t abandoned, but I misunderstood that it was abandoned arbitrarily.
“Ssotcha.”
Although she was sitting with her butt on the floor, Luna did not touch the ground with her hands and easily lifted herself up using only her leg strength.
Even in that mental pain, he did not let go, picked up the sword he had brought with him and straightened his disheveled collar.
I straightened my back, expanded my chest, and took a deep breath.
“… It’s a shame.”
Although he has refined his appearance, he has come to understand his own indecency and is embarrassed to appear in front of her.
“Ruunaa… !! haha… Luna… !!”
But Lily is having a hard time moving around right now.
‘If possible, it would be nice if something could happen that would allow me to go out… .’
There’s no way something so bad could happen—
“Kuchelhel, succubus? What is it about a succubus walking around in a neighborhood like this at this hour?”
“Euheohyuk, of course it’s not the only one, sir! Miss, will your brothers help you with that!?”
Luna could tell from the sound of footsteps that strangely smiling men were standing in front of Lily.
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It’s not a big city, but in the process of wandering around and looking for Luna, I entered the darkest place and two delinquent men appeared in front of me.
“Ugh… .”
Most pure lovers are not immune to vulgarity, and I was one of them.
“No, I don’t need help.”
“No, why are you doing this, succubus girl? I’m not saying let’s do something nice for each other.”
The taller of the men made a hole with one hand and wiggled the index finger of the other hand in front of him.
“Wow… .”
I felt nauseous.
I wasn’t trying to provoke, but I was so disgusted that I almost emptied my stomach.
Even putting aside the fact that my favorite gender is female, it would be disgusting for anyone to be subjected to vulgar gestures by a man dressed in filthy clothes.
“Hehehehehe, I think this succubus has morning sickness!?”
The small, round man shouted that and pounded his thighs as if he couldn’t stand it because it was so funny.
“… Ugh… .”
I felt nauseous again. It was clear that if it continued like this, the alley would be polluted.
“… Luna! You really can’t hear me!?”
Come out.
Come in front of me, Luna.
“I want to hear your sincerity!!”
Even if you don’t realize it yet, I know what you feel in your heart, Luna.
So let’s talk again. Let’s see each other again and share our hearts.
“Luna!!”
So, come out.
A part of me screamed my name, not expecting to hear an answer.
however.
“Here you are, Lily.”
A cool, cool breeze enveloped me.
The arms wrapped around my body from behind were like armor protecting me firmly.
“I’m sorry.”
Luna hugged me from behind and whispered in my ear.
“Lily, I have wronged you greatly. You may take this price for whatever you wish.”
Luna’s eyes glared coldly at the men who were blocking my path.
“Ugh… .”
“Huh… !?”
Life filled the alley.
Just as the cold builds up in the bottle and the bugs flying inside fall to the floor, the two men who had been sexually harassing me just now were so scared that they tried to run away, but it seemed like they couldn’t even move their feet.
“But before that, do you mind if I teach the pain to the pests that dared to touch you?”
“Wait a minute. I will do it.”
I also had no intention of forgiving the people who did that to me. I am a pure lover, my mind is not a flower garden.
“No, Lily, I want your hands to stay beautiful and not hit things like that. I will have some leisure time.”
“I don’t really want to be clean alone, do I? And since I am the victim, I will do it.”
“The fundamental cause is that Yeo misunderstood you and ran away. So, I will take responsibility for my leisure time.”
“Let’s do it together then. One by one.”
“Let’s be together. We have no choice, we will compromise.”
“Compromise is important. Especially between people.”
I clenched my fist, and Luna clenched her fist instead of pulling out her sword.
“Well, if you would apologize politely now—”
“Do you think it will work?”
“Brother, it seems like it will end cheaply if you get hit.”
“Don’t worry. A woman’s fist is quite expensive.”
“That’s not what I meant at all—hundreds!?!?”
“Big!?!?!?”
Each person puts in a fist and changes with Luna. The power of the fists is very different, but it is important to work together.
“Then it’s time for leisure!”
“Lord, die! If you get hit any more now, the person will die—keuuuh!?”
“Keueoeook!!!”
The sounds of laughter and gasping were normal.
I felt like the hand I had hit had become unclean, so I shook it off, left the two squirming people lying down, and went back out onto the main street where many people came and went.
“Whew, I was against it, but it actually feels good to be with Lily. The weather is nice, so I can even watch the night with you—”
“Luna.”
I glared at her as she tried to sneak away and repeated the scariest thing I heard growing up.
“You, talk to me.”
He became the statue of Lunagaul.
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