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Siriel collapsed on the cold concrete floor and was breathing heavily. My mind was blank and I didn’t know what to do next.

The cold wind hit my cheek. However, the body does not tremble or shiver. Before I knew it, a friend came up to me and covered me with a blanket I didn’t know where he had brought it.

“…Lucia.”

Siriel lay down and looked up at her friend’s face. The dark blue sky grew brighter and illuminated her friend’s face, but Siriel could not see Lucia’s face clearly. As soon as I realized it was over, my vision became blurry.

“Oppa, what happened to you?”

“…The theory is fine.”

Lucia turned around and stared at the two who still showed no signs of waking up. It’s fine except for a little bit of dust. On the other hand, Siriel was so hurt that she didn’t know who was worried about whom.

There were several small scratches on her pretty face, and she clenched her teeth so hard that a trickle of blood flowed from her mouth. The hand holding the sword is swollen and trembling.

“…Thank goodness.”

But Siriel smiled brightly as if she didn’t care. It was okay even if the pain of having a huge needle pierce my limbs surged through me, or even if my entire body felt weak, like an empty dantian.

It’s okay because the teacher is strong, but my brother is really weak. There was Lucia, but I didn’t want to be overshadowed by her.

If someone were to ask me whether I had finally become a meaningful person, I would be able to answer with confidence. No one can deny it. Siriel was more happy about that fact than anything else and was able to laugh a little.

But at the same time, I couldn’t help but feel anxious. Siriel, who had erased her timid smile, immediately appeared in a gloomy mood and pursed her lips.

“I won’t get scolded, right?”

“What do you mean? Who says they’re scolding you?”

“Oppa…”

“… Poetry? Why is Siron scolding you?”

Lucia opened her eyes wide and turned her head.

“Shiron will definitely praise you… I don’t know why you’re so worried, but watching you from behind was really amazing.”

“…But you could have done it too.”

Siriel took deep breaths and spoke ecstatically. The words she spoke pierced Lucia’s heart.

A fact I was vaguely aware of.

Siriel was feeling jealousy, similar to an inferiority complex, towards Lucia. She had been feeling this subconsciously, but because of what Siriel had just said, Lucia was able to engrave her thoughts into her mind.

My appetite is bitter. So Lucia decided to be honest.

“No. It was truly amazing.”

“…Lie.”

“It’s not a lie. Instead of fighting there, I tried to figure out where to take refuge. You’re not a human being, how can you kill people like you’re killing ants?”

“…I feel like I’m swearing for some reason.”

“Not an insult… Anyway, I didn’t think about fighting back. There must have been so many opponents. What… I thought you were a troll and not a human? It’s just that the limbs didn’t regenerate. It was so disgusting that I was… out of my mind. That’s why.”

Lucia slumped her shoulders as she spouted nonsense instead of defending herself. Siriel chuckled when she saw that.

Still, he is compassionate, but he is a murderer and a murderer… Judging by the fact that he doesn’t talk, he is an interesting friend in many ways.

“So I accomplished what you couldn’t?”

“…right.”

“It looks like Lucia is also an all-rounder.”

Siriel spoke more comfortably. Is it because the tension has eased? Or was it because there was no one else listening except Lucia? For some reason, it felt comfortable to open my mouth and let out the thoughts I had been keeping in my mind.

“I thought you were a person who could do anything. So I haven’t paid any attention to you since I came here. So, um… but it wasn’t. Um…”

“……Is there something you want to say?”

“I mean the progenitor.”

“…suddenly?”

“Not suddenly. In fact, the reason I kissed my brother and the reason I secretly came here because the teacher begged me to do so. It was all because I was jealous of you. But it seems that wasn’t the only reason I stormed in here and swung my sword.”

Siriel, looking at Lucia’s embarrassed face, chuckled.

“Didn’t I tell you that a long time ago? I wanted to be like Kylie. Do you remember?”

“Of course I remember. How could I forget.”

“That’s right. Because you’re always looking at that children’s book, too.”

“But what is that… Anyway.”

“After coming here, I stopped by the ancestor’s mausoleum.”

“…”

“Suddenly a thought occurred to me. As long as you are there. I thought I could never be like Kylie. You have become the head of Prien’s household. The matriarch said you were the brightest Prien. So that’s it, right? I even thought that I was just a supporting character who would follow you around for the rest of my life and could never be the main character of the story.”

Is it because I kept pouring out what was on my mind? Siriel felt her breathing becoming lighter.

Hugo Prien.

Ever since he was young, he said he wanted to be like the ancestor of the story. Every time I read a storybook to Siriel, I mentioned it several times and remembered it. But of course he had to give up that dream.

Although he did not say the reason directly, Siriel was able to vaguely sense it as she lived with him for the past ten years.

This is because not only the position of the head of the family but also the military power was passed over to his younger brother, which broke his heart. Siriel didn’t like the sight of the two of them appearing on her.

“Maybe that’s why I was forced to come here. I wanted to confirm my worth here. I don’t lose to you. I want to not lose and become a great person like my ancestors.”

“…”

Lucia looked with bitter eyes at Siriel, who was clenching her fists with her swollen hands. Because I heard something so deep inside… my face felt so hot that it felt like it was going to explode.

‘What am I saying…’

Siriel admired herself in her past life and was jealous of herself in her current life. Lucia felt complicated by the irony.

Proud.

And it’s sad.

Because Lucia hid her identity as Kylie, the possibility that Siriel could have gone astray suddenly occurred to her.

‘I’m a liar… so I can’t face Siriel’s heart straight…’

The feeling of shame grows stronger. However, this is not because I directly confirmed the tickling longing in my heart. It was a feeling that arose from a sense of guilt that I was faking my pure good intentions with lies.

So Lucia decided to pull herself together.

“That… Siriel?”

If only to Siriel… the thought that it wouldn’t be a good idea to tell my identity suddenly popped into my head.

“Actually, I want to tell you something.”

“Don’t say it.”

“I… huh?”

“Don’t say it.”

Siriel spoke firmly. At that, Lucia’s mouth pursed and her eyes also opened wide. Siriel looked at that figure with narrow eyes, as if it were pitiful.

“I don’t want to hear it. Today I want to be the main character. I always felt uneasy because I always felt pushed aside by you.”

“No, it’s not like that… I…”

“I told you not to say it!”

Siriel shouted in a bright voice. Lucia pursed her lips and made a troubled expression.

“Now I’ve finally regained the confidence that I’m on the same level as you. I don’t want to ruin this feeling. So please keep your mouth shut.”

“…Sorry.”

“You secretly apologized profusely. Unlike being strong.”

“…”

“You are Lucia. He is my one and only best friend. Because he is my cousin… and my acknowledged enemy. Please stay like this.”

The words that came out of Siriel’s mouth were meaningful. It would have been easy to silence her and reveal her identity, but when Siriel spoke like that, Lucia had no choice but to keep her mouth shut.

“When breaking a wall. Your appearance. Now that I’m here, what should I do? It looked so pathetic. So, I want you to keep your mouth shut for now.”

“…”

“You… I will win. Until then, I hope it remains in the most perfect condition I know of.”

“I understand. I will try my best to make that happen.”

Siriel didn’t want to ruin this relationship. Lucia understood it that way, and it actually was that way. Siriel hoped that Lucia would remain a friend and a wall that she would one day have to overcome.

Lucia knew how Siriel fought, so a thin line appeared at the corner of her mouth.

“But Lucia.”

“Huh?”

“I can’t see properly. What should I do?”

“Mana exhaustion. If you rest like this for a few days, you will get better.”

“…Really?”

“Yes, I know because I’ve experienced it a few times. So, I’m taking a little rest.”

“Then I’ll just sleep for a little while.”

Lucia stroked Siriel’s eyelids, which were slowly closing. After a while. As her panting breath began to fluctuate at regular intervals, Lucia’s body also relaxed.

‘…I’m completely out of my mind.’

Siron also fell, and Seira, who appeared from nowhere, also fell, and armed troops invaded the hotel, and luckily, Siriel joined them.

‘I didn’t know that Siriel would say such thoughts directly…’

Thinking about that, Lucia sighed deeply.

I don’t know how many ridiculous things have happened in succession today. I tried pinching my cheek to see if it was a dream, but unfortunately I felt a tingling pain and had no choice but to give up the idea that it was a dream.

“…”

Lucia stood up from the concrete floor and wiped her butt. It wasn’t over yet. The remains of the broken building and traces of the battle were still there, and there were signs that Siron and Seira would wake up…

“Over there.”

“…?”

It was a moment when I was stretching out and trying to check Siron’s condition. An unfamiliar voice came from the back of my head. A voice that reminds me of a young girl. There was no sign of him coming up here. A new enemy? Like Jagannatha, it only appears at the very end…

“Hello.”

“…Oh huh?”

A stupid remark that came out of nowhere. She pulled out her sword, heated up the mana of her dantian, and tried to aim it at the opponent’s neck, but the moment she saw the girl’s shape, Lucia couldn’t do it.

“Yura?”

This is because the girl in front of me looks very similar to Yura, who died 500 years ago. black hair. Purple eyes. The bold energy seems to have made Yura smaller…

“Sorry, Yura is not my name.”

“…Then.”

“My name is [Latera].”

The girl with a brilliant light radiating from her head proudly introduced herself.

“Nice to meet you.”

“Uh… okay. Hello.”

Lucia said hesitantly. Latera knelt down on the spot. Lucia could not understand the meaning of that action.

“What, what is it? What’s wrong?”

Suddenly, amidst the rubble of the building, a girl he had never seen kneeled before him. She is not an ordinary girl either. The ring floating above her head told her that she was not human.

Yes, like the angel I heard about a long time ago.

After seeing Lucia’s confused expression and seeing her soul, Latera approached her and whispered.

“It’s an honor to meet you like this. I never dreamed that I would meet someone like this as soon as I came to this world… You really don’t know what human life is… right?”

A short deep breath and then.

“Kylie.”

Lucia’s mouth opened at the next words.