episode_0272

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A man who couldn’t go out into the yard is dragged back to the kitchen.

The body and face that touched the floor wiped the dusty room.

The Lyrical star sat him down on the chair again and tied his wrists to the chair with magic string.

“Huh….”

It was well past her bedtime, so she gently pressed her tired eyes.

She hoped she wouldn’t have to use the magic string again.

After about three minutes, the clumsy fugitive came to his senses.

After coming to his senses, he quickly rolled his eyes and checked his condition. When he saw his wrists tightly tied to the chair, he immediately turned his gaze towards her as if resigned.

“Can’t we just stay calm and not lose our strength for no reason?”

She pointed to the cane leaning against the chair.

It was an unspoken warning that no matter what you did, it wouldn’t be difficult to catch you again.

The man took a deep breath. The lifted shoulders fell down.

“Okay, what am I curious about?”

“Just a moment before that.”

When the man finally showed his willingness to cooperate, the Lyrical Star grinned, grabbed the neck of the cane, and lifted it up.

“You say we cooperate?”

The man was startled, as if a stinging memory from earlier came to mind.

“Purity of starlight, distinguish between truth and lies. Libra.”

As soon as the order was finished, a green scale sparkling like starlight floated above the table.

“Now, look at the scale and repeat what I say.”

The Lyrical star said while making eye contact with the man.

“I swear to Libra that I will tell only the truth.”

The woman speaks first,

“…I swear to Libra that I will tell only the truth…”

The man spoke next.

As soon as the two people finished speaking, the scales glowed brightly.

“It’s the magic of Libra. Only true words can make weight.”

“Chu? What the heck?”

The man tilted his head.

“…Weight.”

Lyrical Star was quietly annoyed.

“I don’t know what I’m saying, but why do words suddenly come out and why do pendulums appear?”

“It would be quicker to show it than to say it. What did you say your name was earlier?”

“Kang In-ho.”

When the man answered her question, a small weight was placed on one side of the scale.

The scales tipped to the right.

“Like this, if you answer the question truthfully, you will be added. And conversely, you can ask questions. Instead, it should be a question of the same value as the one answered.”

“In short, it should be the same question.”

“In theory, it doesn’t matter as long as the value is the same. Of course, it is difficult to value a question, so it would be common to ask the same question back.”

“…What is your name?”

“I am Seongah Kim.”

After Kim Seong-ah finished speaking, a weight was placed on the empty plate. It is the same size as the weight made from Kang In-ho’s words.

The scale was level.

“It’s my turn again. What is your purpose? What is it that it looks like this?”

The man furrowed his brows at the somewhat surprising question. He looked like he was thinking deeply.

“Am I… surviving?”

But the pendulum did not appear. The Lyrical Star’s face hardened.

It meant it was a lie. Kang In-ho closed his mouth and organized his thoughts.

“The end of this damn chain.”

After a brief pause, his answer made the pendulum slightly heavier than before and tilted it.

It was a truthful answer, but it was difficult to know what it meant.

“What is your purpose, capturing me like this?”

The same question was asked to Seongah Kim.

“I am a magical girl. It is my purpose to protect this city from the forces of evil. As one of the Four Heavenly Kings, you became the subject of my interrogation.”

The man shrugged his shoulders at Kim Seong-ah’s words.

“It’s my turn again. Do you have any intention of harming people in any way right now?”

“There is none. …Oh, of course, if they don’t try to kill me first.”

The pendulum that arises again.

We exchanged words with each other and put the weight on the scale a few times.

The light on the scale on the table began to weaken little by little.

“I think this will be the last question.”

Kim Seong-ah quenched her thirst with a cup of water and then asked Kang In-ho.

“Are you human now?”

I glance at him from below with eyes filled with disbelief.

“…I think you’re human?”

When Kang In-ho answered, the weight was placed on the scale and the light forming the balance dispersed.

There was silence for a moment.

At a glance, Kim Seong-ah looked at the time on the clock in the living room. 4 a.m.

She freed Kang In-ho from being tied to the chair, got up and headed to the closet.

She opened the closet door and took out a sleeping bag. The musty smell of the sleeping bag reached Kang In-ho in the kitchen.

“You said you have nowhere to go anyway, so live in this house. It’s easy for me to monitor too.”

“Surveillance?”

“I know that you have no hostile intentions, and I also know that you have no memories. But to me you are a danger.”

“Where did they sell the principle of presumption of innocence?”

“Do you think such a benevolent principle would apply to a group of evil?”

Whoosh, she threw the sleeping bag. Inho received the heavy item.

“Sleep in your sleeping bag today, and don’t even dream of running away because we will create a barrier with magic.”

“I don’t even want to run away. But you…”

“Why me?”

Lyrical Star’s eyes widened at the person who suddenly became slurred.

“Are you going to sleep like that?”

When Kang In-ho pointed out her outfit with his finger, Kim Seong-ah realized that she had not yet completed her transformation.

“…I’m going to change clothes!”

With the snap of his fingers, he glowed and returned to his normal clothes.

“Sleep in a suitable place and see you tomorrow.”

Her ears were red and she was about to go up to the second floor when Kang In-ho called her again.

“But of course.”

“Why again!”

She became sensitive to the approaching beasts and responded angrily.

Kang In-ho tilted his head and looked Kim Seong-ah up and down.

It was a face that said he really didn’t understand.

“Just looking at you, you look younger than me. Are you going to keep speaking informally?”

“What, what?”

“The words are short.”

“You’re funny. How old are you?”

“Are you over 30?”

“…….”

Kim Seong-ah was as stiff as a statue, with her feet awkwardly placed on the stairs.

This was because it was difficult to choose whether to ignore him and go up or respond to what he said.

“Starting tomorrow, use polite language.”

Kang In-ho, who was already in his sleeping bag and wriggling like a caterpillar, passed Kim Seong-ah while moving strangely.

Kim Seong-ah could only purse her lips as she watched the comical sight of herself tied up in a sleeping bag and jumping around.

After confirming that Kang In-ho was lying down under the sofa, she turned off all the lights on the first floor and returned to her room on the second floor.

She was so tired that she didn’t wash and fell into bed. The beasts that had barely managed to stop them were attacked by her.

She thought as her consciousness grew further and further away.

‘How long has it been since the house was this noisy?’

It must have been a very, very long time ago.

She soon fell asleep, breathing softly.

That’s how my cohabitation with the enemy began.