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“…………”

Camilla stared blankly behind the man as he walked ahead.

A man suddenly appears in front of her as she stands on the edge of a cliff, looking at the moon as her companion, reminiscing about the past.

When he saw her dangerous appearance, he mistook her for someone about to make an extreme choice and tried to persuade Camilla.

Camilla didn’t respond to the man’s urgent appearance and walked away from the edge of the cliff.

She has a body that cannot die even if she wants to.

Even if she threw herself off this cliff with no end in sight, it was clear that she would open her eyes again feeling only a pain that was far beyond death.

I didn’t even think about jumping because I knew that only indelible scars would be engraved on my body.

But the reason I didn’t tell the man this fact was.

‘It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you… the faces of others who are truly concerned about me.’

Because the face of a man who cared about her wasn’t bad.

For Camilla, who had only seen the faces of many people with a mixture of jealousy and ridicule for a long time, the face of the man who worried about her could not help but be special.

So she simply followed the man without saying a word.

“This is my house. It’s not a fancy house to show off to anyone, but it’s fine for living.”

The man who brought Camilla to his home.

The man’s house was different from other houses in that it was built of wood and was located in a mountain where there were few people, so there were no neighbors around.

‘Did you build this house yourself? It’s quite elaborately built. The floor is flat and the feel is not bad.’

Camilla looked at the man’s house and admired it inwardly.

It seemed to be made of ordinary wood that had rolled around in the mountains, but the warmth of the house was warm and gentle, unlike the windy mountains.

To Camilla, who had been wandering for a long time, this house gave off a warm atmosphere as if it were comforting her from all the exhaustion.

As Camilla was looking at the man’s house, the man handed her a glass of warm water and spoke shyly.

“Sorry. I thought there would be an extra car at home.. but no matter how much I searched the kitchen, there wasn’t any haha..”

The man greeted her bashfully, feeling sorry for giving her warm water, and handed her a glass of warm water.

Camilla cautiously accepted the man’s actions.

Pure water without any drugs or poisons added.

Camilla, who noticed this, slowly drank the water he handed her.

It was water that was nothing special. It was just warm water.

However, Camilla, who had not eaten proper food for a long time, drank the water he handed her in gulps because of the indescribable warmth it gave her.

“Ah..! That’s hot water, so it’s dangerous to drink it that quickly!”

The man who saw this shouted in concern as he watched Camilla gulping down the hot water as if it were cold water, but to her, who was a warrior, this pain was nothing special.

After drinking all the water the man gave her, she carefully put the cup down.

When Camilla, who had been drinking the steaming hot water, showed no sign of responding, the man simply rubbed his eyes as if he had seen something wrong.

But still, nothing changed.

Not long after Camilla’s hot water shot incident, the man approached Camilla and started talking to her.

“Is there anything else you need?”

[Nod]

Camilla nodded at the man’s words.

“Is that so? That’s good. Actually, I was worried that I might run out of things like potatoes and sweet potatoes since all I have at home right now is food.”

“My name is Raon. I live in this house and I work as a herbalist, collecting and selling trees and herbs.”

The man who explained himself as Raon spoke to Camilla in a friendly manner, and Camilla hesitated for a moment at the man’s actions before quickly telling him her name.

“Camilla..”

“My name is Camilla. My job is… none.”

Camilla also shared some information about herself during Raon’s self-introduction.

Of course, he didn’t tell me everything. He told me his name, but he didn’t reveal that he was a warrior. This was an unavoidable action.

The people of the kingdom and the people of this place all hated, if not loathed, her as a warrior.

Those who didn’t even try to find out the truth just pointed their fingers at her based on rumors, and Camilla instinctively hid her identity for fear that those who spoke to her would also change in the same way.

“Camilla.. what a pretty name!”

Not realizing this, Raon repeated her name, smiled, and then asked her.

“Why were you there?”

Raon asked Camilla, who was standing precariously on the edge of a cliff, why she was there.

Camilla remained silent in response to Raon’s question.

I didn’t want to answer. No, I couldn’t answer.

She herself didn’t know why she was standing there.

Was it because he wanted to be free from the gaze of those who hated him, or was it because he wanted to indulge in nostalgia for a past he could not return to?

Or maybe it was because I missed those who had left.

Camilla also couldn’t open her mouth because she didn’t know the reason.

Raon nodded as if it was okay after seeing Camilla like that.

“If you don’t want to talk, you don’t have to. I’ve been there too.”

Raon spoke carefully as if he understood her, who didn’t open her mouth.

“Uh…”

Raon, who had been watching her closely, looked at Camilla as if he had figured out something.

‘Ah… In the end… This is what happens.’

At Raon’s actions, Camilla closed her eyes as if she could anticipate what was going to happen next.

Because it was obvious what would happen next.

Among those who tried to ask for help after seeing her, all who realized she was a warrior roughly treated her and chased her away, and some of them even threw trash on Camilla’s head and injured her.

No matter how strong a body is, the mind cannot become accustomed to pain.

Once, twice… When this happened again and again, Camilla gave up.

This behavior is repeated until it becomes tiresome.

She was both helped and abandoned by many.

Camilla, who had become accustomed to being hurt, could anticipate what Raon would say next and closed her eyes in resignation.

“Do you have no place to stay?”

Raon looked at her like that and asked cautiously as if he was worried.

When Camilla heard the man’s words, she looked at him as if she had misheard him, then lowered her gaze and looked at herself.

Her appearance was truly a sight to behold.

Clothes that have become tattered from not being washed for a long time. An unclean body.

The sight of her wandering like a vagabond for a long time without a place to stay was so miserable even to herself, and the man who saw this looked at her carefully and said.

“Um… If it’s okay with you, would you like to stay at my house for a while?”

Raon looked at her and spoke, and Camilla’s eyes widened at Raon’s actions.

It seemed like the man named Raon didn’t know that Camilla was a warrior, and just saw her as a lowly beggar.

Camilla couldn’t readily refuse Raon’s offer.

Camilla, who lived on the streets and in the mountains for a long time.

She had to spend the night alone and lonely, even when others were happily sleeping in their warm homes with their families.

For her, who was tired of this life, Raon’s conditions were ones that she could not easily ignore.

Honestly… I missed you.

The warmth of people.

The small happiness of having a conversation together.

Camilla had been pushing away and rejecting those who approached her, but a lone wolf is bound to fall alone one day.

He quietly closes his eyes as the cold wind blows, reminiscing about the moments he spent with his fellow wolves. That is the end of a wolf that has left the pack.

Camilla was a wolf before she fell apart from the pack. That’s why Raon’s conditions were like a sweet candy to her that she couldn’t easily refuse.

Camilla, who had been thinking about it for a long time, finally…

“Yes.. If you don’t mind.. I just want to stay until my tired body melts away.”

I accepted Raon’s offer and decided to live at his house for a while.

Of course, while hiding his true self.

She decided to deceive Raon as an ordinary Camilla, not as the warrior Camilla.

He just smiled brightly, not knowing whether he knew Camilla’s feelings or not.

“……….”

Camilla felt a pang of pain in her heart as she looked at the man’s smile, but she ignored the feeling and pretended not to notice.

She suffered from guilt over deceiving the man who had shown her kindness for her own benefit.

Camilla simply turned a blind eye to the guilt that was creeping up on her and avoided it.