episode_0033

“Sister… Is it really okay for us to stay here?”

“There’s nothing you can do…”

─Whispering voice.

I opened my eyes slightly and looked around to see if Jules would wake up.

just as expected?

Two sirens are sitting on opposite sides of a campfire.

As I woke up and my head began to turn, I began to understand the situation.

Even if your eyes are bright during the day, there is no guarantee that your eyes will be bright at night.

Even airplanes can’t find the runway without fire.

Don’t sirens light fires for those who fly at night?

“But that human…”

I made eye contact with Siren.

“···Aren’t those eyes open?”

“Really…?!”

A siren got up from her seat and quietly approached me.

I suddenly felt like playing around, so I quietly closed my eyes.

“···Are you sleeping? But it’s cute.”

Siren’s hand gently strokes my cheek.

I thought you absolutely hated humans, but isn’t that true?

‘···no.’

This may be because they are children before they even have such awareness.

“My eyes were definitely open.”

Another set of footsteps approached.

“Anyway, I feel sorry for you. That thing will get eaten, right?”

“Be quiet.”

It was Jules.

It was a low, small voice, not a dreamy voice from waking up.

Was it already up?

“Uh… Sorry…!”

“They told me to be quiet.”

Judging from the siren’s reaction, it seems that she probably came down after I fell asleep. Because I said I hate humans.

“Umm······.”

When I opened my eyes slightly, pretending to wake up and moaning, I saw two Sirens who looked 2-3 years older than me sitting nearby.

It seemed like the nails weren’t there.

“Are you going to eat that human?”

“Sister···.”

Now I see they are twins.

“Okay. I plan to cut it into pieces and eat it.”

“···Is that really true?”

I felt Jules flinch in surprise.

“Oh, no.”

I raised my body, looked to the side, and sat down with my back on Jules’ stomach.

Out of habit, I took Jules’ hand and played with it as I looked at the two Sirens. The two of them were looking at me with their eyes wide open.

“Look at that! You said I was up?!”

“That’s right…! After all, humans are treacherous…!”

The sirens whispered and glanced sideways.

These two had different wing colors from the siren I saw during the day.

“Hello.”

“······Yes. Hello.”

The wings, which I thought were brown, now look closer to black.

“The wings are black?”

“What, why are you curious about that?”

The tone of voice rose. Is the wing color complex?

For some reason I don’t seem to like it.

“I saw sirens for the first time today, and all the ones I saw were brown.”

“···There are many colors. Heukik, yellowik, whiteik… I heard there are Hongik and Nokik in the southernmost part of the country?”

Green wings?

At first, I felt like an angel, but as I listened to the story, my first thought was that it was a mixture of a bird and a human.

The younger of the twins has her hair braided and pulled back, while the older sister has straight hair.

Both have healthy brown skin and black hair.

The color of the eyes is yellow, like an eagle.

I thought it would be really fun if the sirens flew in formation according to the color of their wings. Like an Air Force air show.

‘What a frivolous idea.’

“Seollang.”

It seemed like those sirens already knew about Jool.

Come to think of it, most people recognized Juul.

“Why?”

My younger brother was looking at me.

With an expression full of curiosity.

“How can that human speak our language?”

I thought I would ask too.

“Dragonia casted an interpretation spell.”

Dragonia’s blessing.

Siren, who appears to be his younger sibling, has shown interest.

“Dragonia?”

“Yes.”

“Dragonia doesn’t use magic carelessly on people, right?”

‘···Damn it.’

Dragonia doesn’t abuse magic.

There is a need to be careful when talking to a real Dragonia. I need to remember this.

“Still, there’s no way to explain such an ability unless it’s the magic given by Dragonia.”

The older sister readily understands and moves on.

The younger brother seemed to agree and move on, perhaps because there seemed to be no answer other than magic in the end.

The younger brother is delicate and the older sister is easy-going.

Although they looked similar, they had different personalities, so I felt like I could quickly recognize who they were after exchanging a few words.

I figured out the approximate time by looking at the position of the moon.

‘It’s been about three hours since I fell asleep.’

“Aren’t these two people I called earlier?”

My younger brother nodded.

“That’s right.”

“You should have come then. If that were the case, we could have had a meal together.”

The two sirens shook their heads.

“How surprised we were when we heard the human voice.”

“No matter how much we speak, we must be able to trust humans.”

What would you say with that person right in front of you?

I was able to understand because I heard the story from Jules in advance.

Most sirens would have been taught that the demi-humans they should be most careful of were humans.

─That is correct.

“Can I touch this?”

Siren pointed at me and asked Jules for permission.

······Shouldn’t you ask for that permission from me?

‘Oh, I was a slave.’

Jules and I made eye contact, and I just shrugged.

“Do not hurt.”

No, I didn’t ask for permission.

When permission was given, my sister’s siren pulled me.

It’s a cruel touch, but we’re used to this kind of treatment now.

‘···Why are all the people in the South so strong or so powerful?’

I knew that I would be treated like a slave or a pet, but I still wish they would treat me a little more kindly.

Like that, I was hugged by Siren… ‘Ah?!’

I’m trying to take my clothes off!

I gently pushed his hand away, but then he pushed back violently.

“Now, wait!! Juul!!”

“What will happen?”

Stop laughing and help me!

“Some…! Will you stay still…?!”

“Ah, no-! Why are you trying to take my clothes off?!”

“Your back! Let me see your back!”

My younger brother grabbed my arm, and my older sister took off my top. It is force majeure. When the top is lifted like that.

The two Sirens froze.

“······It really has no wings.”

‘Is that what you wanted to see?’

It’s not that I don’t understand.

Compared to humans, this was my first time seeing a race with only one leg.

So what does the crotch of a race with only one leg look like?

Of course you’re curious.

It’s rude, but if something like that happens, I’d want to strip myself of my country too.

When I gave up resisting, the hands of the two sirens ran down my back.

It’s so cold it gives me goosebumps.

“Why don’t you have wings?”

“······That’s what I want to say. How can you have arms and wings?”

“What do you mean by that?”

‘The wings are the homologous organ of the hand.’

You guys have an incredible body.

Evolution does not care about aesthetics. Aesthetics follows evolution.

In that sense, sirens have a different status as living creatures.

‘Do you think it makes sense to be a human with wings?’

That’s like having four arms.

If you look at it one-dimensionally, it is a bug.

Of course, it is not a bug, but its body structure is generally inexplicable.

‘What on earth has become of this world?’

When I thought about it, centaurs didn’t make sense.

I was just jealous of Siren.

“Why is your body so thin?”

“Do humans really run as fast as animals? I heard my eyes aren’t good either.”

As I keep my mouth shut, a barrage of questions comes out.

“I guess I have a constitution that doesn’t allow me to build muscle. Because you are still young. And humans have bad eyesight and aren’t that fast.”

He took off his hair and carefully lowered his clothes.

The sirens were looking at me with gloomy eyes.

···what. Why are you looking at me like that?

“Seollang. Can you give us this?”

My sister’s siren immediately starts talking nonsense.

why? What are you thinking?

“No.”

good.

“You said you were going to eat me? I will bring you two big bucks.”

“What I said earlier was a joke. That girl is an interpreter.”

…Was it something like that?

Anyway, if I were to be dragged by the two people, I would definitely end up like a 500 won chick being sold in front of the school.

At the sound of firewood exploding, the siren on my brother’s side turns his head.

I threw some kindling into the bonfire.

“That’s right. I interpret…”

“Before slaughtering livestock, do you slaughter them after giving notice that they are going to be killed?”

Deborah cut me off.

He looks down at me with sad eyes.

What she says is generally true, but not for me.

‘Wouldn’t it hurt my feelings?’

I glanced at Juul, and sure enough, it was different.

I tried to say something but closed my mouth.

It seemed like it was a hassle to resolve the situation.

“It’s been a month since I came here. Humans are animals that grow past the age of 20 to be raised and eaten, right?”

I escaped the Siren’s arms──I couldn’t escape.

As I was trying to get away, I was pulled back and held in my arms.

It was so sudden that I looked up at the two sirens, and their expressions were dark.

I think I’m thinking about something wrong…

“······Are you really not going to eat it?”

“I’m going crazy.”

Jules turned over and laid down.

Because Juul is lenient on children.

Anyway, why are these kids like this?

······ah.

‘You feel sympathy for me.’

In the absence of the stereotype that humans are bad, one cannot help but sympathize with the Siren’s view of humans.

Because they are inferior and no better than you.

I laughed at the trivial nonsense.

“Come see me later.”

“Why are you again── ···Yes. If you’re that worried, come see me later.”

Jules raised his head and then lay down again.

Is this something you don’t like?

“Hey, what’s your name?”

“My name is Sihyeon Lee.”

“I am Deborah, my sister is Deborah.”

It looks like they just had a coming-of-age ceremony, but in my eyes, they are cute kids who haven’t lost any fat on their breasts.

“Are sirens blind at night?”

“Yes. You can see it well during the day, but you can’t see it well at night.”

It’s called new eyes.

In the first place, it cannot be said that even humans have bright eyesight at night.

“But why were you wandering around at this time of night?”

“A guest came to my house. My mom told me to come out, so I came out to get some air.”

I asked Deborah, but Deborah answered.

…It happened a few hours ago, right?

Why does the housewife have to leave when guests have come in the first place?

I got a rough estimate, but it didn’t seem like it was my place to interfere.

“Wouldn’t he have gone back by now?”

“I guess so. Still can’t see a way back? Sorry. I’ll just borrow the fire until dawn.”

You don’t need to ask my permission.

You have to get permission from Jules. Ah, I guess I paid attention to this part.

“It doesn’t matter to me.”

Jules, who was lying down, didn’t respond.

A hand I don’t know whose hand is stroking my head.

“···You’re so kind.”

“I think I should go to sleep now.”

I gently pushed away Debor’s hand, who wouldn’t let go.

And we sat down at a little distance away.

“Do you know where I live?”

“Old Ogre’s home in the west.”

“Are you coming?”

Deborah lies with her head on Deborah’s thigh and looks at me.

“Don’t you know? That is where the ogres originally created a village.”

An ogre village? That cave?

Wasn’t this a place created by raiding Deverg’s residence?

“Do ogres form groups? No, how did you get rid of the ogre in the first place?”

“Can you see the song that Seolrang is wearing around her waist?”

“Yes.”

“That’s a sword made to fight the ogres that dominated the South. Now it is a symbol and a legend───.”

“How long are you going to keep talking? Let’s stop sleeping.”

Juul finally let out a sigh.

There was a bit of annoyance in his voice.

“You have to walk just as much tomorrow as you did today. You guys, stop talking too.”

“Yes.”

Deborah answered and Deborah closed her mouth.

‘···It’s time to sleep.’

We usually sleep together, but Jules seemed particularly irritated, so it was difficult to approach him.

After quietly raking the leaves off the floor, I lay down with my arms resting on my back.

But Deborah and Deborah made a small bed out of fallen leaves and lay down next to me.

‘If you sleep on fallen leaves, you’ll get bitten by bugs.’

Since sirens have wings, they seem to sleep on their stomachs or on their sides. The twins lie down on either side of me, spreading their wings to cover my body.

Share happiness with me…

“Thank you.”

“Sleep well.”

The twins cut their arms and closed their eyes.

They both seem to be thinking really well now. I thought the wings might have a bird-specific odor, but fortunately that wasn’t the case.

Rather than that, there is no smell at all.

Anxious thoughts also came to mind.

‘Could it be that you stop being wary of humans because of me?’

Even if nine out of ten are good, one is clearly trash.

I’m just worried that these young children are being bullied by such trash.

But I couldn’t warn you.

Because I wasn’t in that position.

With a complicated mind, I looked up at the sky and quietly closed my eyes.