episode_0092

“Leah, how far have we come now?”

“I don’t know.”

“Ugh… … ”

A march of four people (?) that shows no sign of ending.

Pina, who was pretending to grunt as if she was getting tired of even walking, complained and asked Leah a question.

However, Pina, who was dejected by Leah’s indifferent answer, seemed to let out a sigh and droop her shoulders.

Leah snorted slightly as she looked sideways at her, then gently raised her head, thought about something, and came up with an answer again.

“If it goes as I heard, it will probably be soon.

Get ready to face the sun.”

“Wow!! Sun!! I’m going to go see the sun!!”

“Wow!!”

Her two words must have been so welcome that the beast girls also laughed as if bright flower buds were bursting out, and their steps seemed to have regained their strength.

Leah, who had been staring blankly at the two girls, soon turned her head and started looking ahead again.

‘There isn’t much left… … ‘

The time I had been waiting for so long.

A time I thought would never come back.

Just like in the wilderness where I walked with Yunmei, in a cozy place with bright sunlight and a view of the wide sky.

The time to follow her was finally approaching.

The group of people who were completely out of sync, moving forward in silence in such a bustling atmosphere, finally reached the end.

“Clogged… There is… … ?”

“It literally means the end.”

Leah planted her strong front legs into the blocked wall in front of her and began to continuously dig into the ground as if she was scraping off the wall.

For a moment, Leah felt her front paw, which had been stuck against the wall, go inward, and she carefully pulled her front paw back.

She noticed the faint light coming from where she had pulled out her front paw, and from then on she began to gently scrape the dirt around her.

“Stay back.”

The girls who were cheering as they watched Leah digging were gently pushed back, and Leah, who had been stepping forward alone, was stuck with her legs touching the ground.

In the end, the earthen wall, which was weakened by cracks and cracks, collapsed in an instant, revealing the entrance with dried dust rising up in an instant.

“Keheuk!! Wow!!”

“Cough!! Ugh… !! W.. it’s opened… !!”

“Finally… … .”

Clear light shining gently through the dust.

At the sight of Leah breaking through it first and slowly walking away, the prisoners were excited to follow her while covering their noses with a straw, but stopped in an unexpected situation.

“Why are you like that… ?”

At the moment when Pina was asking her a question at the sight of Leah standing still in place.

Pina froze in response to Leah’s actions of quickly backing away and grabbing the beast girls’ armpits with her middle legs.

“Leah.. Mr… !!”

“Quiet. Stick out your face a little bit.”

Pina was feeling confused by her incomprehensible actions and words, but for now, she had no choice but to follow her words.

When Pina, who was thinking so, slowly put her head outside, she also seemed to stop and quietly return to the inside of the tunnel.

“No way… … ”

“I guess it means I did my best…

okay. Getting out of there…

It wasn’t everything.”

As Pina, who was recalling what she had seen, collapsed helplessly on the spot, Leah’s words in a low voice were softly echoing in the tunnel.

What they saw was the tall castle walls.

Since ancient times, it has been a high and strong barrier used to protect cities from attacks by monsters.

But ironically, the castle wall to prevent the invasion of monsters also blocked their will to leave this place.

The location of the tunnel hole was exquisitely hidden from the public eye, but that did not mean we could simply be at ease.

In the end, if they couldn’t pass through that wall while avoiding the eyes of humans, it was virtually impossible to achieve the freedom they had thought about until now.

“Uh… What should I do… … ?”

“Even if it were me, I have never climbed a wall that high.

And maybe… … ”

Leah cautiously walked outside the tunnel and gently touched the tip of her front paw against the castle wall. It seemed like she was testing something, but she quickly returned to the tunnel.

“Slippery and hard.

It would be difficult to climb with my legs…

There’s no way humans would have done it so poorly… ”

A castle wall that cannot be climbed by anything, befitting its purpose of preventing monsters.

Seeing Leah let out a small sigh upon realizing the truth, Pina, who was looking at her with trembling eyes, soon bit her lip and slowly lowered her head.

What they had to decide now was clear.

Either take on the challenge of crossing the almost impossible walls, or be satisfied with escaping the academy and somehow survive within it.

In fact, it was not at all impossible for prisoners to live secretly in the back alleys, even if they were at risk for their lives or their bodies as females, if they somehow laundered their identities.

But the biggest problem was Arachnella and Rhea, who were shunned by all sides and ultimately ended up being hunted.

“It looks like my journey ends here, so I guess we should part ways from now on.”

“Mr. Leah… … ”

So there was only one choice for her.

Risk your life and climb over that high, steep, and slippery castle wall, even if you are prepared to face death if an accident occurs.

And since it was a difficult road to walk alone, I couldn’t take the prisoners with me.

Of course, neither the beast girls nor Pina had any intention of climbing that steep castle wall, but even if they tried, Leah’s capabilities were too much for them to do.

‘or not… … ‘

It didn’t turn out as I thought, but it was a long-awaited freedom.

It might not be a bad idea to end it like this.

“No… … !!”

“… ?”

“That’s… That’s not possible… …

Don’t do that anymore… … ”

“What do you mean… ?”

For a moment, the blood began to disappear from Leah’s face, which had been showing a questioning expression.

Pina already had experience seeing through Enic’s thoughts.

Realizing that she had read his mind this time, Leah suddenly took a step back and ended up hitting the wall.

I can no longer call myself a human being, I have lost all pride and everything, my pathetic and ugly self.

The unavoidable truth that led to the death of her dearest friend and the man she loved.

How far did she see?

I was going to settle everything like this and quietly disappear from the world without anyone knowing.

This is the moment when everything was finally buried in time and secrets, and it was about to come to a peaceful end.

Now, Pina might have found out about all of her mistakes and mistakes that she had tried so hard to hide.

I couldn’t leave her like this.

‘Wear… We have to stop it… … ‘

As Leah began to slowly snap her fingers and glare at Pina with sharp eyes, something else soon began to catch her eye.

The beast girls still rely on Pina and peek out from behind her.

And before he knew it, a small girl began to approach him.

“Sister, why are you crying?”

Leah froze as she saw the girl, who was still looking up at her with innocent eyes, unfolding a piece of crumpled cloth that she didn’t know who had given it to her, and handing it to her.

‘uh… … me… I am… … ‘

Is he crying?

Even though it doesn’t feel that way at all.

The lukewarm feeling of tears flowing down my cheeks.

Even though I didn’t even feel the wet feeling of the cooled tears clumping on the tip of my chin and falling drop by drop.

In the end, it was the moment when the girl, who was pulling his arm and making him bend down, brought that messy yet warm piece of cloth to his face.

Only at that moment did Leah know.

Those cold tears were clearly flowing from his eyes.

That I was able to feel that again through this warm feeling.

Just like the day she lost Yunmei, her everything, Leah, who had collapsed on the spot due to her legs losing strength, felt something hot starting to rise from within her chest as she felt her vision becoming blurred. It started to radiate.

“Ah.. Ah… … flaw… … Ugh.. black… … .”

“Don’t cry… … ”

And the little girl was busily moving a cloth to wipe her face as she cried with her head down, giving her warmth.

Likewise, the older girl, who didn’t know why, came over and started wiping away her tears, and soon the images of the two girls moving together as if they had a common goal began to be reflected in her eyes.

‘Yunmei… … ‘

Did he think of himself and Yunmei as he looked at these two friendly girls?

When I was first asked to take care of these girls, I couldn’t shake it off even though it had nothing to do with my purpose.

And the moments when his eyes continued to rest on these girls.

Was it just that I wanted to recall that time again?

Finally, when the sound of Pina’s last moving footsteps stopped in front of her, Leah felt it and slowly raised her head.

“I’m sorry… … By revealing your wounds… … ”

“……”

“But really… Don’t do that… …

As for your friend… Because Leah wouldn’t have wanted that… … ”

Along with Pina’s submerged voice, quiet sobs continued to echo in the tunnel for a while.