Chapter 88: Things that never change (5)

In Sera’s mental world, the Milky Way of memories was still flowing.

The only difference from before was that even Lina, who now lived within it, couldn’t distinguish which memory was which.

Whether it was because of Diana or because Sera had taken control, even Lina’s own memories had become unclear.

Of course, it wasn’t that ‘memories had disappeared’.

Lina still remembered the first Hero, Min-yul, and she hadn’t forgotten the goal she had been hoping for for 300 years.

It was just that Sera and Lina, now being one and two beings, were influencing each other.

Due to Lina’s influence, Sera desired love even more and became more feminine.

Well, this wouldn’t matter much in the first place.

What use would it be now to a crazy woman who would cross the line with just a slight push?

Lina was convinced that her existence was just a trigger, and it was something that would happen someday.

In the first place, Sera’s body was now a woman, so wouldn’t that be more natural?

The real problem was that Sera was influencing Lina.

Lina, who wouldn’t have reacted to most situations in the past, had recently been nitpicking at Sera’s every action.

In fact, this might be fortunate.

If she had been left alone, who knew what that Holy Fire fanatic would have done.

[Being in the mental world is comfortable…]

Lina, who was sitting still in the mental world, quietly yawned and thought.

This space, isn’t it subtly comfortable?

An idea that would originally have been Sera’s was popping up in her head.

[No, no!

Why am I thinking like this?]

Lina shook her head and cursed, realizing she had been thinking foolishly even for a moment.

Her goal was to meet the first Hero, Min-yul, again.

She had endured for 300 years for that, so was she going to become lazy by being influenced by this stupid woman?

Even she herself thought it was ridiculous.

A time of chaos, Lina had endured all sorts of hardships and adversity as the first Saintess.

She had lost the person she loved, and she had willingly become a vessel of the Demon King because of a promise that couldn’t be kept.

But she was easily being influenced by Sera, who had only been cooped up in her room.

Thanks to that, all her plans had become a mess.

“Ugh, was there too much milk?

The taste is…Ugh…”

How did things end up like this?

At that moment, while she was pondering, Lina was startled by the disgusting taste she felt in her mouth and looked at the outside world.

A dirty kitchen with all sorts of ingredients splattered as if an explosion had occurred, and a dish that had turned into a soup-like concoction.

The sight of her making food several times without even cleaning up was like looking at a pigsty.

And again, she felt a disgusting taste in her mouth.

If she tasted it carefully, she wondered if she was making poison instead of food.

Since Lina in the mental world was sharing all her senses with Sera in the outside world, she was also feeling the taste of the food.

“There was too much milk after all.

Then this time, I’ll add some more butter…”

[Adding something to trash doesn’t make it food.]

If the taste was too bland, she would add butter and potatoes again, and if it was too strong, she would add milk, and if she still didn’t like it, she would repeat adding ingredients that weren’t even in the recipe.

Looking at the sticky liquid that couldn’t even be called food as a result, Lina shouted.

“Trash?

It’s potato soup, potato soup.”

[Was potato soup such a white and sticky dish…?]

A cold-hearted question with no forgiveness.

Even Sera herself thought that it looked like melted white beeswax rather than food, so she couldn’t think of anything to say.

[Just throw it all away.

There are some foods that can’t be saved.

In the first place, there’s even a recipe, so why is something like this coming out?]

“W, well…?”

Sera turned her gaze away, throwing away the soup that she had filled with Lina’s request.

It was definitely perfect, so what was the problem that made this semen-like dish come out?

No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t come up with an answer.

‘If this continues, she’ll think I’m an incompetent person who can’t do anything, let alone cook…!’

An everyday life where her colleagues visited her every day.

It was a cooking time that she had forced the servants to retreat and created a time that had barely come about.

The ingredients and cooking utensils were all hard to get, and if she failed now, she wouldn’t have the face to see Su-hyeon.

Besides, no one knew when this opportunity would come again.

Sera, who was forcibly moving her still screaming body, stood still for a moment and spoke to Lina.

“Lina, you know how to cook, right…?”

[…A little?]

She was uneasy.

This spine-chilling feeling.

Lina, whose stomach was already hurting from various stresses, hoped that her thoughts were wrong, but the result didn’t change.

“Help me make potato soup.

If possible, a little of other dishes too…”

[What do you think I am?]

“Doraemon…?”

She wasn’t interested in Sera’s knowledge.

Whatever her appearance in her previous life, whatever actions she took and lived, the important thing was the present.

So the word Doraemon would be a meaningless and trivial word.

Lina quietly sighed and looked at Sera, who was begging.

“Ugh…My body hurts, and I don’t think I can do it alone anymore…”

She seemed to have quite a talent for black magic, but still, the mana inside her body was Lina’s.

As a price for forcibly using her power, her body would still be hurting, but Lina seemed admirable that Sera had picked up a knife with the sole determination to feed Kim Su-hyeon food made by herself.

Yes, this woman was always like this.

A woman who didn’t have a proper goal and easily gave up on everything.

Despite that, she easily crossed the line and became obsessed with strange things, rushing in without thinking about the consequences.

She said she hated pain, but she was moving her body this much.

Perhaps that was why she hadn’t been taken over by me.

Lina felt strangely.

[God fulfills his wishes through those who do not desire it, huh…]

“Huh?

What did you say just now?”

[No, it’s nothing.

I’ll help you, so let’s start by cutting the vegetables.]

“R, really?!”

She had no intention of taking over her body, but if she explained one by one in the mental world, she would be able to make ordinary food.

Seeing Sera, who forgot that she was her enemy and rejoiced at the words that she would help, Lina couldn’t help but smile.

Really, could there be another woman as stupid as this?

But at that moment when she thought it wouldn’t be so bad to be with such a stupid woman, Lina was startled and stopped Sera.

[Hand!

Hand!

What woman in the world cuts like that?!]

“Huh?

Isn’t this how you cut?”

When cutting vegetables, you should bend your fingertips to prevent any accidents.

But Sera’s hand, which was holding the ingredients tightly, could be cut at any moment.

With such a precarious action, Lina hurriedly decided to take over the body.

[Give it to me!

I’m just going to do it.]

“A, no!

Lina, Lina…!

Please give it back!”

However, Sera quickly took back the body she had been taken over and held on to the knife tightly.

The sole determination to feed Kim Su-hyeon food made by herself was truly amazing, and Lina couldn’t easily take control either.

The two continued to fight, repeating the words “Ugh…!

I don’t want to…!”

In the end, Sera, who became the winner of this fight, decided to cut the vegetables in a hurry, thinking that Lina might strike first again at any moment.

“It’s meaningless if I don’t do it myself!”

[What are you doing now…Hey, hand!

Hand!]

“Huh?

Why my hand…Ouch!”

[Ha…Damn it.]

Despite Lina’s warning, Sera cut her hand while cutting vegetables with a happy face.

The blood was flowing from the deep wound.

Her body was already trembling because of her poor physical condition, and she hadn’t even taken a proper posture, so it was only natural.

“Ugh, it hurts…”

[…Are you okay?

Let’s wash the wound with water first, and look for a bandage or something.]

Lina demanded that she wash the wound to prevent further contamination since it was cut by a knife she was using to cook.

Thanks to that, quite a bit of blood had splattered in the kitchen, but now was not the time to think about cleaning up.

Sera wiped the blood that was still dripping with her clothes and wandered around the mansion.

The wound was painful, but she didn’t want to be caught by anyone with this pathetic appearance.

Drip- Drip-

As she came into her room to find a bandage, she heard the sound of someone knocking on the mansion door.

She had definitely told the servants to come back when it was dinnertime…Who on earth had come?

Unlike Sera’s wish that she wouldn’t see this pathetic appearance, she soon heard the sound of the door opening.

One step, one step, the sound of someone approaching Sera’s room on the second floor.

Lina was frustrated with Sera’s appearance, who was still looking for a bandage, so she kept trying to take over the body, but Sera, who had a firm will in stupid things, didn’t easily allow it.

In the end, the unidentified guest who had an eye contact with Sera, who was groaning near the bed.

Laura, whose horns had become bigger and more beautiful recently, was staring blankly at the sight.

“Sera…?”

Eyes that had lost focus and a body that was trembling slightly.

Sera asked Laura for the first time “Lina, won’t you take my body?” But there was no answer coming back.