episode_0032

We spent the night in the same bed, but nothing happened or anything happened.

It was so hot that I was just clinging to him so tightly, and I fell asleep wondering if I would be able to sleep properly.

The morning I woke up like that, I saw Hiria’s expression looking somewhat pouty.

When I asked why, I just got yelled at and kicked out of bed.

I don’t know what to do with this or that.

Still, it was quite refreshing to greet the morning with the two of us instead of alone.

‘I still don’t know why I’m so angry.’

Even if I asked, instead of getting an answer, I got cursed at me, so I gave up on asking. The expression on its face was so cruel that it looked like it was about to immerse someone at any moment.

What’s even scarier is that I don’t know why, but it’s because of me.

“Really… fool! idiot! How can this be the same now as it was in the past? How much trouble I had to endure back then!”

I had no choice but to accept Hiria’s grumbles and muttering incomprehensibly.

Among my former colleagues, one person in particular had experienced something like that, so it didn’t really hurt me much.

This is because from then on, I had completely learned to listen with one ear and let it go with the other.

“Listen carefully!”

“Kwaaak!”

A fist is planted squarely in the side.

It hurt so much that I had no choice but to hunker down helplessly.

I looked at him wondering why on earth he was doing that.

Instead of answering, Hiria turned his head and showed an attitude of not speaking.

“Heung!”

If this continued, it seemed like there would only be one future left: either my entire side would be torn off or my bones would be broken. I couldn’t bear it any longer and asked.

“Why are you doing this?”

“I don’t know even if you tell me.”

“Huh… Even if I tell you, if you don’t know, shouldn’t you tell me that?”

Even if you tell me, what are you telling me to do about something I don’t know?

I don’t know why you keep mistreating me when you have no intention of telling me anything.

“Because it’s your fault.”

“ done. Let’s stop talking.”

I sighed and shook my head. The idea that it was good to be two people rather than alone has long since passed away.

It’s better to go alone.

Is it better for the two of us to go together?

If I meet my past self, I will stop it even if it means beating me up.

That’s not the way! Like this.

Of course, the past me at that time would not remain still.

“Once the sun has dawned, let’s leave.”

Currently, the remaining 9 places have distorted causality.

The closest place to my current location was a place that was roughly a few days away from here.

‘It won’t be a place as twisted as this time.’

The unexpected seal of a warrior party from 500 years ago.

As a result, it was a place where causality was distorted, and there was a high probability that other places with distorted causality would be the same.

However, after the original Demon King died, the causality in the underworld was distorted in several places.

This time, since it was such a place, I didn’t think I needed to worry too much.

‘It’s a place where causality is fundamentally distorted, so it might be a little dangerous.’

The standard of risk is that of the general public.

Considering my strength and Hyria’s current strength, there was no problem.

Trying to walk like that.

Hyria looked at the remaining house without moving.

“What’s wrong?”

“No.”

When I asked, she shook her head.

Although she said it was nothing, her expression looked more complicated than ever.

Her mood changed so much that I wondered if she was the same person as before.

Hyria looked at the house and stretched out her hand.

The blue light spreading from her fingertips began to surround the house.

The house that used to occupy one place gradually becomes particles and disappears.

Soon the house disappeared completely.

Hiria turned around to stand next to me and spoke with a bright smile on her face.

“Now let’s go.”

“… Yes.”

It’s definitely a bright face.

I walked away while looking at the somewhat sad smile.

Although I was embarrassed by the sudden change in emotions, I thought it was right to just pretend not to notice and just leave.

Hiria also walked away while talking to me as if nothing had happened, and so we headed towards the next causality location.

***

Meanwhile, a magic tower in the empire.

Lien, a member of the current warrior party and an archmage, studied all night long and finally developed a spell that could bring the saint and the warrior to their senses.

However, we cannot be at ease yet.

She used all her methods to check for any abnormalities or errors in the new magic floating in the air.

‘You must never fail.’

She checked with a light in her eyes.

The simulation is perfect.

The magic circle and the flow and connection of the magic and circuits that make up the magic circle are also fleetingly perfect.

There is no time to find fault.

A perfect magic circle with literally no errors was finally completed.

“That’s it… ”

Lien fell helplessly on the desk, looking at the magic circle floating in the air.

The joy and relief that the magic circle she developed while not sleeping properly was finally completed flowed from her lips.

His eyes, so tired that he looked as if he would collapse at any moment, were still fixed on the magic circle.

“Ha… ha ha ha… !”

I was happy.

If just a moment ago I had felt relief and joy, what I was feeling now was immense pleasure.

It feels like all the countless times I thought about giving up have been rewarded.

Lien was happier now than at any other moment.

Seeing her like that, her teacher, Rojan, smiled and patted her on the shoulder.

“Good job.”

Lien, who was lying face down on the desk, spoke in a voice that was almost dead.

“Master, you worked hard too… ”

“… ”

“… Why do you look at me like that?”

Lien frowned as he felt Rojan’s subtle gaze.

Roseanne responded with a grin.

“It’s surprising that a guy who knows his teacher so well would say something like that.”

As if to refute Rojan’s words, Lien wanted to shout something out.

Because I had clearly used up all my stamina, I didn’t even have the strength to get properly angry.

She just shouts softly with her limp body.

“I… When did that happen… ”

“When does that happen? Even before joining the warrior party, you didn’t listen properly and had accidents. I’m sure you won’t say you don’t remember.”

Lien was startled by Rojan’s stinging gaze.

It was because the memories of the past were too vivid to say that I couldn’t bear it.

Those were the days when I thought I was too much of a bad boy to just brush it off and say that I could do that because I was just a student.

When I think about it now, I wonder why I did that, and I also felt ashamed and wanted to forget it.

Rojan, who noticed Lien’s expression, spoke.

“Guy. There’s nothing to refute, right?”

“… ”

Lien pouted her lips at Rojan’s smug look.

I couldn’t bear to refute it because I had karma accumulated over the past time, so I didn’t have anything to say.

This is because the teacher’s appearance was extremely disgusting.

Rojan laughs at the sight of his student with his mouth sticking out.

“Are you that angry?”

“It doesn’t break down… ”

She was disintegrating to the extent that anyone who saw Lien’s current state would be full of resentment.

“I’m not upset. Every passing dog will laugh. This guy.”

“How does a dog laugh?”

“There is such a thing.”

Rojan stroked Lien’s head once with a rough hand.

Lien shook her head back and forth as if to stop petting her, but not only was there no strength, there was no resistance at all.

In fact, there is even a subtle movement asking for more.

Rojan bursts into laughter and pats Lien’s head even more.

He said, looking at her with eyes filled with a strange expression.

“Lien. You’re all grown up now.

“It’s me… You’ve already grown up a long time ago, right? Don’t treat me like a child.”

Lien says with a straight face.

Normally, they would have argued, but Rojan just smiled kindly.

“Okay… Now I’m all grown up to even be called a child… You’re a proper adult now.”

Like parents who rejoice in their child’s growth.

He smiled, looking happier than ever.

However, that smile contained an unknown sadness.

Lien, who was not used to seeing Rojan like that, spoke bluntly.

“Master. It doesn’t suit me.”

“I think so too.”

Roseanne said that and removed the hand that was stroking her hair.

By the time he removed his hand, Lien had already fallen asleep.

He vomited out the blood that had been rising inside him earlier.

Patter!

Traces of fresh blood pouring from his mouth wet the floor.

The blood drops that hit the floor splashed here and there, staining it red.

“Ha… There isn’t much left.”

There really isn’t much left now.

Until then, we have to win somehow.

“I’m sorry… ”

Rojan looked at his sleeping student and offered a sincere apology.

I don’t know how she will accept this fact later.

As the person who raised her and her teacher, I just hoped that she would not have regrets about herself.

After looking at Lien for a moment, Rojan walked away.