episode_0011

4. Mokdong Settlement (2)

I think I came to the wrong room.

Otherwise, this situation cannot be explained now.

” I have nothing to talk to you about? ”

An alarm bell rang in my head telling me that if I didn’t get out now, something incredibly annoying would happen.

I turned around to quickly turn around and it came at me at a speed I couldn’t even tell when it had come.

She was ‘forcefully’ grabbing my right shoulder and squeezing it.

” Even if you’re not here, I’m here. Go sit over there. ”

I had no choice but to go to the bed she pointed to and sit down.

I looked up at her, who was about a head taller than me.

” We’ve never even met before, except when you picked a fight earlier, right?

Why on earth are you doing this to me? Are you doing this because you saw the guy I was with?

What, are you two dating? Are you jealous? ”

I came to the bed and pushed away her hand that was still on my shoulder and snapped at her.

She tilted her head and opened her mouth.

” Me and Hyunseok? No way? I don’t really have romantic feelings for them? ”

Her answer felt like a ‘thud’ on the back of my head.

‘No, we’re not dating or having romantic feelings for each other, so why are you doing this?’

I was so shocked that I glared at her.

” Why? ”

” Ha, no. So what do you have to say to me? ”

” I was going to apologize to you. ”

” Apology? Suddenly? ”

” Yeah, because Hyunseok told me to apologize. ”

Then I don’t know why you made people feel confused when you could have just said sorry

I felt like I had misunderstood for no reason, so I tangled my hair with my hands.

” Then just say it and people will be confused…”

But she suddenly cut me off, leaned in and placed both hands on my cheeks.

” But I didn’t do anything wrong. It was you who did wrong. ”

” What…?! No, hey! You said you were apologizing!”

Then she stroked my cheek

” I saw it with my own two eyes. You, the rascal who approached Hyunseok and threw a tantrum while rubbing your face against him! ”

When I heard her words, my mind, which was spinning, suddenly stopped as if it had hit the brakes.

When it started to move again

I pushed her away, who was playing with my cheek so much that I could hear her making a ‘smack, smack’ sound, and headed for the door.

‘What the hell are you talking about! She wasn’t just crazy, she was a total madwoman!’

It was obvious that if I stayed there, I would get caught up in something even stranger, so I quickly opened the door and went out, but then I saw something else before my eyes.

I literally hit my head on it.

It collided with a ‘bang’ sound.

Strangely enough, it didn’t hurt, and rather, the pain in my lower abdomen that had been stabbing me until just now felt a little bit less.

*****

While returning to the settlement, they were discussing what to do with the outlaws they had subdued.

Rather than discussing it, the awakened outlaws only caused a commotion.

Between the lawbreakers who swear at each other and the settlers who fall for such provocations and are determined to kill them,

I was drying them off, sweating, and Yeonseo was watching the situation with indifferent eyes, as if she didn’t really care.

Mr. Seo Chun-seok, one of the people leading them, told them to calm down.

While the walnut-sik leader was shouting that he would discuss it with the leader, Kang Han-cheol, when he returned.

From afar, a muscular man with a sturdy appearance and a girl smaller than Yeonseo were walking toward me.

‘Looking at Mr. Chunseok running out, I guess that man is Hodushik.’

The moment I turned around and told Yeonseo to leave, thinking that I could finally catch my breath,

Yeonseo had already approached the girl far away and was picking a fight with her.

I hit my forehead with the unexpected and quickly ran there.

After that, I quickly returned to the outsider-only dormitory, apologizing to the girl while pulling Yeonseo with me.

On my way back, I asked him why he approached the child.

Yeonseo muttered, “Hyunseok doesn’t need to know,” and walked to her room.

” Apologize when you see me later! Okay?

Oh my, it always happens like that, this is it… ”

After that, I didn’t have anything to do, so I went out for a walk and helped people in need.

As I was playing with the kids running around,

I had forgotten about tomorrow’s schedule, so I moved to the room where Yeonseo was.

But before opening the door, Yeonseo heard someone arguing.

‘I feel like I’ve heard this voice before.’

As I waited like that, the sound died down and I reached out to the door to knock.

With a ‘bang’ sound, a girl with orange hair with a hint of red buried her face in my stomach.

” Oh, sorry, are you okay? ”

But instead of answering my question, the girl said, ‘Huh~’

He kept rubbing his face against my stomach, ‘bubijik, bubijik’

I didn’t know what to do, so I just stood there with both hands raised.

‘What is it? What happened?’

Let’s wait while counting the prime numbers so that we don’t think about anything as much as possible.

I looked down because I felt an inexplicable ticklish feeling

Before she knew it, the girl was rubbing her face and poking her stomach with her index finger.

” Hey… Hey? Can you please step away now? My sister over there is looking at me with a serious expression. ”

” This…this… Fassley…! ”

The girl who had been rubbing her face as if she heard Yeonseo’s voice

He looked up at me, blinking his amber eyes.

Her eyes opened wide and her face turned red.

” Ah… Ah…! ”

He put his hand on the girl’s head, as she was surprised by the unexpected situation and didn’t know what to do.

” Haha! It’s okay, that could be possible? ”

He smiled faintly and patted her.

” …..a……b…. ”

” Huh? What did you say? ”

” Get out!!!! ”

Of course, after that, I lost consciousness because I was hit in the face by the sudden, strong impact and the door slammed shut on me.

*****

After slamming the door shut, I sat down.

To be honest, I remember bumping into something after I opened the door, but I don’t remember anything after that.

I was just intoxicated by the feeling of comfort as the pain in my lower abdomen subsided.

But even now, when I hear it from behind, I glare at him and shout, ‘As expected, it’s the same old story… Hwasulyeon…! ‘

When I came to my senses upon hearing the woman’s voice, I was already being hugged by the man from before.

‘Why? How come? I was a man? No, I’m a woman now, but why…? ‘

” Hey, you little punk! Are you okay? ”

No matter how much I thought about why I did that to that guy, I couldn’t come up with a reason.

Rather, because I kept feeling that sensation, my face got hot and I felt feverish.

The pain in my lower abdomen, which had clearly subsided, started to sting strongly again.

I suddenly felt a headache in my head and collapsed on the spot.

” Hey! Can you hear me? Hey..! ”

After hearing that voice, I lost consciousness.

*****

When I opened my eyes, a warm, pure white space greeted me.

” Sure, I suddenly collapsed…? ”

The moment I raised my head to get up while shouting like that, I felt a warm hand caressing my cheek.

” How have you been? Charlotte. ”

” Is this voice Patruna? Why…? Could it be, am I dead again? ”

Patruna stroked my bangs and pushed them to the side, making a ‘Phuhu’ sound.

” It’s not dead. Rather, it’s more like growth. ”

” Huh? What kind of growth is that… ”

” It’s faster to experience it yourself than to explain it.

Would you like to take out Durandal? ”

” Yes? Yes, I understand. ”

So I rose from the arms of the goddess Patruna and took out Durandal.

At that moment, the headache I had felt in my head earlier was relieved when Duran’s ability was unlocked.

I have come to know that various information regarding Durandal has been coming in.

” So now I can properly use the unlocked Durandal? ”

” Yes, that’s right. I’m sorry to say this, but honestly, I think my old body had no talent. ”

” Ugh… That’s true. I felt that way too after my body changed. ”

” That’s probably why I only used ‘Holy Fire’ as a specific term. But it’s different now. ”

” What does that mean…?! ”

Right away I was able to create the ‘Holy Fire’ and shape it into many different shapes.

I could create shields, spears, swords, and more in any shape I wanted, and I could control them faster and with more precision than before.

” Durandal is a very strong and sharp sword on its own, but its true form lies in battles using divine power.

Durandal is a sword that has a physical form. That’s why you have to approach your opponent directly.

So the ability for that was attached. ”

Why could only fire spheres be created with divine power?

This is because divine power itself is more difficult to control precisely than magical power.

Magic power is easier to control in detail than divine power, but there is a large difference depending on the user’s skill level.

Divine power did not vary depending on the user’s skill level, and combat actions other than healing actions were difficult to finely control.

” And there’s more to it than that. ”

” Do you have something to say? ”

” Fragments of Gaia, the Earth Goddess and Mother of all Gods, have been found throughout the tower. ”

” Fragments? Are you saying I need to collect those fragments? ”

” Yes, only then can we return him to the cycle of reincarnation and give birth to a new god to fill the empty throne.

Of course, many people are conquering the tower right now, but we need to do it faster.

Otherwise, the tower might get reinforced further because of the debris. ”

” I see. I understand. As an apostle of the goddess, I will accept this ordeal as well. ”

After receiving an unexpected request from her

Patruna’s figure began to fade from the bridge.

” Oh my, it’s already time to say goodbye. I wanted to keep seeing you because you were so cute, but it’s too bad. ”

” You’re cute… That’s right…! But will we be able to meet again in the future? ”

” Of course. You just have to meet certain conditions to do so! ”

” Any specific conditions? ”

” Hmm~ That’s secret!

Okay, let’s go back now! ”

I quickly turned to Patruna, who was pushing my back.

” Huh? A secret? What is that?! What are you hiding now! ”

” You’ll find out soon enough!

Ah! When you get back, I recommend you change your clothes quickly! ”

” Huh?! Over there! ”

I opened my eyes like that, leaving Patruna’s meaningful words behind.

*****

When I blinked, what I saw was the woman making a small ice cube and placing it on my forehead as I lay there.

‘It feels good because it’s cold…’

” Hey, are you awake? ”

” I think it would have been better if I just left it alone. How long was I down? ”

” About 10 minutes? Get up sooner than that. ”

I didn’t want to get up because I felt an inexplicable sense of discomfort and pain from below.

” No… Can’t I just lie down like this? ”

” I don’t care, but do you care about clothes? ”

” What are you talking about?! ”

I tried to get up by pushing off the floor with both hands in a hurry.

” Ugh… My stomach hurts so much… ”

I couldn’t get up because of the pain in my lower abdomen.

‘The pain clearly got weaker earlier, but I don’t know why it got stronger again.’

” I’ll help you get up. ”

” Thank you. ”

With her help, I was barely able to get up, and looking at her like that, I thought.

‘Looking at it like this, it’s pretty good… ‘

If I think about my current appearance, I would probably look like a pretty cute girl.

She was a cool and refreshing woman, the opposite of me.

A cool and kind person who seems to take good care of his younger sibling…

” Are you awake? Then take it off. ”

No, I think she’s just a crazy bitch.