episode_0009

“After….”

In the darkness where thick silence had descended, the man, who had crossed his legs and rested his chin on them, let out a deep sigh as if he was dissatisfied with something.

At his sigh, the scene was as if a cold wind was blowing, and there was not a single person breathing.

Soon the man looked at the person who had brought him the news that upset him and asked with cold eyes.

“What you just told me wasn’t a lie, was it? If there was even a single lie mixed in there, I will sew that foolish mouth of yours shut in front of your loving family so that you will never open it again.

The man looked at the man who had upset him and spoke to him in a murderous tone.

“I… How dare I lie to you! All my juniors, including myself, have witnessed the same phenomenon, and it matches the light of power that girl used in the past!”

The man who brought the news bowed his head to the floor and trembled in fear at his words.

The man in front, sitting on the holy chair overlooking all things, bowed his head and stared at the man trembling with fear.

[…….]

He was so scared that he ended up wetting his pants.

“It smells so good..”

“You can’t even take care of your own urine. You’re a beast.”

Those who were sitting around and staring at him clicked their tongues as if they found the man rude, but their words did not reach the man’s ears.

The man in front of her.

God himself, who looks down on all things and controls everything in the world by his own will alone.

He was such a holy figure that he dared not lie, for the man bowed his head and swore obedience to him.

He saw the man trembling in a posture of submission and said with a soft groan.

“Well, the power that girl has… and the strong light coming from that power is so special that it can be observed no matter how far away you are.”

He said this while throwing the food he was eating over the head of the man who was looking at him and bowing his head.

The man, who was shaking with fear, seemed even more anxious as the food he was eating fell on his head.

“But… I can’t rule out the possibility that I saw it wrong. How can a girl who has been quiet for several years since the Demon King’s demise suddenly use the power of a warrior?”

Meanwhile, an old man who was sitting at a large table and watching them said in a calm voice as he watched him throw the food.

“Hoo. Why do you think so?”

The man looked at the old man with interest and said,

Soon the old man began to speak, organizing all the things that had been lingering in his mind.

“As I said, that warrior girl has never used her powers since the Demon King was destroyed. According to my sources, she didn’t react at all to the attacks from the citizens who attacked her, and when I investigated her separately, I found out that she just wandered around like a beggar without doing anything. But she’s using her powers now after not using them for years? I think she must have seen something wrong or seen something similar.”

The old man looked straight into the eyes of the man looking down at him and answered what he was thinking.

With those words, he lowered his posture like the man who had been trembling with fear, showing an attitude of submission to him.

“Certainly.. you have a point..”

And the man who heard the old man’s words nodded and answered.

“But there’s no guarantee that the warrior girl didn’t use her power, right?”

The man said, looking at the old man who was bowing his head.

Certainly, his words were impeccable.

The only information he heard was that powers and lights believed to belong to the warrior had been observed.

It could have just been a hallucination, though, since the disgusting bitch was never observed using her chosen powers.

His keen senses whispered in his ear that the warrior must have used force.

A week ago, when he received information that the warrior had disappeared from the village, he couldn’t hide his puzzlement.

Because the girl who had been acting as if nothing happened to the foolish public’s pointing fingers at her for years as if she had an iron plate on her face suddenly disappeared.

He thought that perhaps the warrior had taken his own life because he could no longer endure it, but that did not make sense.

A warrior who has been granted the power of the Holy Sword will never die unless his lifespan runs out.

Even if they ingest a terrible poison and their internal organs are twisted and their brains melt, unlike the undead, they are resurrected in a normal state. Even if they lose both their arms and legs and become crippled, they are reborn as if nothing happened, with only permanent scars remaining.

That girl has a body that can’t die even if she wants to.

So, it doesn’t make sense to say that he hung himself.

Accordingly, he dispatched an investigation team to find her who had disappeared without a sound.

I happened to hear these words.

“Hmm.. I can’t say for sure that one person is right. That guy might be right, or you might be right.”

So the man nodded at the two of them and soon shouted loudly enough for everyone to hear.

“Concentrate the investigation team based on the place where that guy saw the light. Just don’t make too much noise. If that girl runs away to a remote area that we don’t know about, it will take a lot of time to find her again. So act secretly so that she won’t be noticed, okay?!”

“Yes, I understand.”

The king rose from his chair overlooking all things and shouted loudly at those sitting at the table.

Those who had been sitting on the chairs listening to him first bowed their heads and showed their submission, like the old man and the woman.

“I will never let you go, warrior.. Your chosen power. It is not something you should have.”

The man looked at his right hand and said with an evil smile.

“Remember… the owner of that power has already been decided.”

He closed his eyes as if lost in thought, saying his last words softly.

***

“Whoa….!”

Meanwhile, while the unidentified beings who wanted her power were having a serious conversation, Raon, who had safely arrived home, was cooling her heated body and head in cold water.

The nights in the mountains are particularly cold. That’s why even though he lived in the mountains for a long time, he used to rinse his body with warm water when washing.

He was rubbing himself with cold water like a crazy person on a cold, windy night, trying to cool down his body that had become as hot as a fireball.

Even if I close my eyes, my body feels warm as I recall the events that happened in the mountains.

My face turns red and I can’t control my trembling heart.

It wasn’t because he was chased by a bear and almost lost his life.

The warmth of her breath tickling my ears that I felt while coming down the mountain.

And.. more than anything, the soft feeling on her back is her body..

Because of this, even after arriving home, he was unable to calm his trembling heart and ended up trying to cool his head in cold water.

The feeling of her body against my back still feels vivid, as if she were being carried on my back.

Even if I cover my ears, the sound of her heavy breathing lingers in my head.

With his body unable to calm down, he eventually threw himself into a pool of cold water to rid his mind of the impure thoughts that filled it.

It was not until late at night, when a bitter cold wind blew, that he was able to stop his sinister thoughts.

“What should I do… What on earth were you thinking when you did this!”

On the other hand, she, who was resting in his room because she was not feeling well, was lying on his bed, struggling with the shame that was washing over her.

Was my body taken away by something? Or was I temporarily out of my mind?

She couldn’t understand how she could have had the confidence to do something like this.

Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t like the hugs and hand-holding and carrying him.

The warmth and comfort I felt when I was carried on his broad back was a sensation I could vividly feel even when he wasn’t around.

Because the moment I hugged him was vivid before my eyes.

She didn’t hate this behavior with him.

“You did it too suddenly..! I wanted to go out a little slower!”

She squirmed as if embarrassed by the rapid progress.

He was the one who reached out to me when I was abandoned by everyone. He was the one who gave me a pure smile without any lies, so she was embarrassed about doing this to him.

“………”

She kicked the blanket away without stopping and turned around to carefully smell his scent on the pillow.

His scent tickles my heart.

She tossed and turned, smelling the lingering scent of Raon on her pillow.

That night, for different reasons, the two couldn’t go to bed until late.