episode_0153

The room across from me.

Lucia sighed softly as she looked at Latera, who had a distressed expression.

“I don’t like that kid.”

“If you’re a kid… do you mean Siriel?”

“Yes! That kid with no blood on his head!”

Who is calling someone a kid? Lucia felt troubled as she looked at the girl who was one head shorter than me.

‘I didn’t think the two would get along well, but…’

The dissonance between Siriel and Latera.

Since Latera clings to Siron like a leech, it is so obvious that even Lucia can predict that Siriel will not sit still and watch.

Latera has been waiting for the next great hero for hundreds of years, so she might want to do something intimate of her own. Siriel is displeased with the fact that a girl she has never seen clings to her older brother, who did not mind breaking his body.

‘I think it would be right for me to resolve the matter in my own way.’

Lucia, thinking of Siron dealing with Siriel, took out a box of snacks from her bag. Then he opened the lid and held it out to Latera, who was still upset.

“Would you like some snacks?”

“…Are you treating me like a child now?”

“It’s not like being treated like a child. delicious. Try it once.”

“That’s it. I don’t feel like eating.”

“…A. I’m being picky for no reason.”

The moment Latera turned her head, Lucia smiled brightly and grabbed Latera’s chin. With an irresistible force, Latera’s jaw slowly opened, and a sweet cookie fell into the gap.

“Oof…! Whoop! Um!”

“That’s right, you’re eating well. Be a good child.”

Lucia scooped up some water to see if her throat would clog, then patted Latera’s back as she squeaked. Latera quickly drank the water and stared at Lucia with teary eyes.

“Ji, what are you doing now?”

“Eat that and relieve your anger. Huh?”

“Well, I’m not a kid. And you’re not angry?”

“I’m angry, but why…”

Lucia clicked her tongue and put a cookie in her mouth. The sweet and spicy texture fills your mouth. Lucia felt a little happiness and her mind calming down.

“…Eat as much as you can now. If I go back to Lien, I won’t be able to eat this kind of food.”

“It’s too obvious to change the subject in a hurry.”

“…Why is it that they were trapped in a space with no one around for 500 years, so they couldn’t eat anything they wanted, let alone snacks like these?”

“…Of course.”

“Right? Then, I think it would be beneficial to just chew some snacks instead of consuming emotions for no reason. I heard there was a time in my past life when I couldn’t eat and died?”

“…”

“After being reincarnated in this body. When I first came to Lien. I never knew there were so many delicious things in the world.”

Lucia chuckled as she recalled her dark past. Latera felt her feverish head become cold.

A soul with a gloomy and dull color.

Lucia was smiling, but her soul was not. Latera didn’t get upset anymore, but rather folded her hands together. Lucia stroked Latera’s head.

“Not now, but when I was young, Shiron often fed me sweet snacks when I was angry or embarrassed. So, I fed you snacks to relieve your anger.”

“…”

“And that’s right? Siriel is also a pretty good girl. When it comes to poetry, there are times when I cross the line, but this time too, I did my best without sacrificing myself?”

“Why is that kid again…”

“Please understand as an adult who is 500 years older than you. He said he was a kid. Even if it looks like that, Siriel is still 16 years old. I’m young.”

“…I’ve never been angry.”

“Then I’m glad.”

Lucia lightly glanced at Latera and put the snack in her mouth. Then, for a moment, the corner of Lucia’s mouth began to twitch slightly.

‘Wasn’t I… a bit intelligent just now?’

Although she was not able to do much in the battle with the Guardians, she felt proud that she had maintained harmony among her colleagues by acting like an adult instead of getting into fistfights.

Lucia giggled and enjoyed the sweet taste of the cookie.

The soul begins to shine brightly.

Latera blinked as she saw Lucia’s brightened spirit.

‘Are you suddenly happy?’

I felt like I was going to die from the hardship right now. Now I am happy like a child who received a toy again. Latera, who felt confused by the sudden change in emotions, suddenly felt a thought come to her mind.

“So, Kylie, are you going to live your new life leisurely like this?”

“Huh…? What do you mean?”

“Well, I think there are some aspects that are consistent with the reason Kylie doesn’t reveal her identity.”

Latera tilted her head as she approached Lucia.

“I thought about it a little bit. Kylie, because you had such a hard time in the past, isn’t it because you don’t want to take on the karma of a warrior now that you’ve been reincarnated?”

“Hmm… Then doesn’t it look like I was forcing Shiron to do something I didn’t want to do?”

Lucia looked embarrassed and scratched the back of her head.

“I am assisting Shiron right now. Isn’t it absurd to think that they passed it on at all?”

“…Isn’t that why you’re trying to live in seclusion and hide your identity for fear that Siron might cause trouble…to be a voyeur who secretly helps you and feels proud?”

“…No.”

Lucia firmly denied it.

And then she couldn’t believe what she heard. What on earth are you talking about? The word ‘Gwaneum’ was not suitable for enjoying refreshments with a faint sensibility.

“What do you mean, voyeurism? Who are you describing as some sort of pervert?”

“What a pervert. It’s just my personal impression. ”

“The word ‘Kwaneum’ makes me uncomfortable. How can you use such an obscene word…”

“But, just like before, Kylie’s attitude toward Siron only seemed that way, right?”

“That’s all you can say?”

“Why? Even when we moved Siron here, he was fiddling with his body like a pervert under the pretext of changing his clothes…”

“Wow! Wow!”

Lucia screamed.

“Hey, a kid?! Don’t talk nonsense! Who said when did you touch your body?”

“Really?”

“Well, just. It’s because there was so much dust stuck to my body while I was changing clothes! Shiron is a guy who takes a bath in the morning and evening… Anyway, that’s it!”

“Hmm… I didn’t really mean to say anything. Why are you so shocked?”

“Uh, that’s because you’re making assumptions and describing people as if they’re some sort of pervert!”

Lucia let out a protest as she felt hot blood rushing to her neck. Latera sighed as if steam had escaped.

“Let’s say that’s true.”

“…What, do you have something else to say?”

“The story isn’t over yet. Kylie.”

Latera fanned her hands and crossed her legs.

“Are you going to keep not revealing your identity like this?”

“…”

Lucia could not answer right away. In fact, the reason why Lucia could not reveal her past life as Kylie was due to a past enemy who was still alive, but the biggest feeling was shame.

As for his current skills… Yuma has become strong enough to have a good one-on-one match, but that doesn’t mean he can forget the stupid things he did all this time, right?

Even now, shameful memories are being updated in real time.

Even if revealing one’s identity to Siron was one thing, Siriel and Seira were another problem. Siriel knew Kylie as a flawless great person, and Seira… well, the relationship was so twisted that it made my mouth hurt.

That was by no means the heroic aspect that Lucia hoped for, nor was it a happy life.

“Wasn’t Seira a colleague of Kylie’s? Unless there is a reason why you cannot reveal your identity, it would be better to tell us now and at least have a touching reunion.”

“Well… there’s a reason I can’t reveal it.”

“What is it?”

Latera picked up a cookie from the box and stuffed it into her mouth. Is it because the blood is rushing to your face? For some reason, the sound of snacks being chewed can be heard loudly. Lucia quickly shook her head.

In order to find the optimal answer without damaging Kylie’s reputation and not destroying the current relationship.

“!”

It was a moment where I continued to think for a while. The perfect answer appeared in Lucia’s heated mind.

“Just as two suns cannot rise in the sky, the presence of a former warrior makes the current hero fade.”

“…”

“I want to respect Siron’s choice. That guy can’t handle mana. It’s sad to see that he’s aware that he’s falling far behind compared to Siriel and me.”

“So… ultimately, it’s for Siron, not Kylie?”

“Yes! That’s why I’m not revealing my identity. I’m sorry to Seira, but it’s okay if you don’t reveal my identity. If Siron finds out I’m Kylie, he doesn’t know what he’ll do.”

“…”

“So, while I maintain the position of a colleague? Do you think it would be right to play the role of a reliable helper by your side?”

“Well, in that case…”

Latera nodded, looking at Lucia’s breasts. Her soul glowed with strong positivity and happiness.

*

The next morning.

Siron and his party watched the miserable remains of the building from afar.

The hotel was in ruins, and there were traces of horrible filth running down the walls. And above them, strange monsters were rising, singing a requiem as if they were opening the gates of hell.

-Aaaah!

-Sal, save me!

-Guardians! Where on earth are the guardians?

Siron pointed his finger and asked Seira.

“What is that?”

“Well…”

Seira narrowed her eyes and attempted to interpret the hell that was unfolding in real time.

“…I’m not sure. Braham is a sacred place with a spiritual vein that exudes powerful divine power. Even though I thought it couldn’t be like this, this is the first time I’ve felt so many deaths…”

“That was the spontaneous generation of undead who felt the mass death.”

Latera shrugged her shoulders and gave a clear answer.

“This phenomenon would not have occurred in the past, but an unfortunate incident occurred because the source of divine power that protected this city was destroyed.”

Latera glanced back and looked at Siron and Siriel alternately. Siron did not show any noticeable reaction, but Siriel broke into a cold sweat and regretted that she should have saved at least a few people.