episode_0056

Yeah, I guess I fell asleep for a bit.

Ellie is out, no.

After Ellie was dragged out by Blanc.

I don’t want to bother Arin…

I just fell asleep. It was hard to handle people coming up to me and asking if I needed this or that.

Rather than being annoying… Yeah.

That’s it. Love that’s too great is hard for me to receive.

To someone like me…

After taking a nap, the sun was slowly setting.

At a time when the bright yellow sky and red twilight are visible.

While I was sleeping, Arin was also sitting on the chair next to the bed, taking a nap.

The redhead was nowhere to be seen, either because she had nothing to watch or because she was bored.

When I toss and turn and wake Arin, she starts to wake up. I pat her and put her back to sleep, and I clear my sleepy mind.

Putting aside the hazy perception.

Hmm, I don’t think Ellie has come yet.

Are you still suffering from Blanc?

Ha, whatever. Let it be.

Maybe Blanc took him there to give him some serious mental training.

There’s no particular reason for taking Ellie alone.

I just lay here.

All you need to do is live a luxurious life where you can feel the warmth of Arin.

I don’t know if I can afford this kind of luxury.

Well, what would happen if I didn’t do this, what would Blanc do? That’s what I’m more afraid of. For now, I’ll just…

Yeah, let’s just think of it as trying to please him. It’s definitely not because I’m scared of Blanc.

Hmm… I wonder what Ellie is doing right now.

* * *

“Ellie. So, how is it?”

“Yeah, this is enough for me… but if I have to move all the luggage here… ”

“You don’t want to order Bine around, do you?”

“Yes. If I could, I would move it myself.”

“Um, I still can’t trust you.”

“No, I told you so much about how severe this contract magic is, and yet you still don’t believe it… ”

“What if you change your mind?”

“You can know all my inner thoughts if you put your mind to it? Ugh… I taught you contract magic for nothing. How can you have such a vulgar attitude even after casting a contract magic.”

“Well, I’ll find out more and trust you later.”

“So, you didn’t drag me here just to show me this, right?”

“Yeah, of course.”

“What is it? You have to tell me in words so I can understand.”

“The secrets that Biné and Eden had, the secrets that Biné couldn’t tell her. Tell them all here.”

“Okay… Okay. Sit here.”

“Huh? It’s easier to explain than I thought?”

“No, contract magic… oh… really… ”

“Um, is this a long story?”

“Yeah, it’s long. So I’m not telling you to sit down.”

“I see. Well, there might be some lies in what you say, so I’ll listen with a grain of salt.”

“You really… Why are you doing this… Casting such a vicious contract magic… If you suspect this magic, shouldn’t you ask your mascot? How long will it take! I don’t want to live like this, being suspected. I don’t want to! ”

“Haa… You should have been well behaved from the moment we met. Aren’t you?”

“That’s when you don’t know you have Vine! Now that you have Vine, it’s only natural for you to cooperate! And you’re holding onto her lifeline!”

“Okay, I understand. Calm down. I’ll tell you for sure later after I find out everything. But first, I need to hear the story.”

“Haa… Yeah… Well, Eden is already gone. For the monsters belonging to Eden, those things are really deeply rooted… And for Bine, even more so. Bine came in. In the end, Eden.”

“Detailed, everything. It doesn’t matter if it takes a long time. Well, I can just tell Seohyun that it took some time to move her luggage.”

“Okay, I’ll tell you everything… ”

* * *

Hwaam…

What time is it? It is now…

Judging by the darkness outside, quite some time must have passed.

Ellie still hasn’t come back.

“Arin, did anything happen while I was sleeping? Ah.”

The child is sleeping too.

yes.

He’s still a growing child. He must have been through a lot these past few days, so it’s natural for him to be tired.

So, um…

“Redhead. What do you know?”

I should ask that redhead lying on the sofa, who’s always looking at her smartphone.

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

“Well, I’m just saying that nothing special happened. When will Blanc be back? It’s been a while since she left with Ellie.”

“Yeah, he said he’d be back soon. He said he left a little while ago, so he’ll be back soon. Why, because you miss me?”

What is this guy talking about now…?

“No… Don’t you get bored just sitting here? Don’t let Blanc look at his smartphone. If you just sit there blankly, time won’t… pass.”

“Really? Should I turn on the TV?”

“No. Didn’t you say you’d be here soon? Well, and I haven’t done anything fun lately. Oh, I don’t know about the news… ”

“You find the news interesting? You have a unique taste.”

“Well, I often watch the news in Eden. It’s interesting. Well, I’m not interested in today’s magical girl news or anything like that.”

“You watched the news to see that. Okay, I’ll turn it on.”

“No, that’s not it… ”

I shouldn’t have brought it up.

Well, I’m glad you just turned it on.

Hmm, the cable channel was on, so maybe that redhead was watching.

Looking at the way you’re turning it around in a hurry, hmm…

“Well, you can watch something like that. It’s strange that students watch TV these days. Is it an interesting program?”

“Uh, yeah? Yeah. I turned it on because I was curious since the kids were watching it. When you sleep, all you have to do is look at your phone, but that phone is so boring.”

“Why are you so embarrassed? It’s not like it’s a program that you shouldn’t watch. It’s not like it’s restricted for those under 19. Really?”

“Ugh, yeah! No. No. It’s not like there’s anything wholesome or cruel about it. Okay. I turned on the news. Okay. That’s it… ”

“Hmm… I won’t dig any deeper for your honor’s sake… Hmm. It’s not good for your growth to be interested in such things since you were young. Well, it’s an age where you’re curious about such things… But you’re not a teenage boy, so I won’t really care. ”

“No! Seriously… ”

“Ah. I usually knock before I go in, but… I’ll try to be a little more careful. Well, it’s right to respect a person’s privacy.”

Yeah, it’s funny to see her cheeks turned as red as her hair.

Redhead was fun to tease when fighting, even if it wasn’t since her debut.

At the time when I was afraid of Blanc, I used to tease her, saying that she was still getting in trouble for it.

I also remember teasing him by just blocking with one hand when he would charge recklessly like an idiot.

Hmm, those were fun times.

Even though it was just work, I secretly liked the thrill of a new magical girl growing up and attacking me, and the ecstasy of giving her a new nickname.

“Ugh… Seriously, this guy… ”

Well, I’m not sure if something like this will give me strength.

This kind of thing, I wonder if it could be included in the evil deeds.

“Okay, you don’t have to worry about me. I’ll just watch the news here. Oh, but I hope you refrain from watching anything too personal. I’m human too, so I’m curious.”

“Oh my… Seriously… ”

She clenched her fists and trembled for a moment, but since I wasn’t even looking at her, it was okay. Her breathing, which had been rasping, soon calmed down and she returned to a state of no thoughts or feelings.

Like an idiot.

Oh, right.

That simple ignorance is really no different now than it was then.

So what’s the world situation like, what’s the politics like, what’s happening somewhere.

A monster appeared somewhere and a magical girl stepped in to fight it and won.

The opposition party attacks us by saying that the number of villains has increased and that it is all a welfare issue…

This confusing world. It’s really fun.

Is this a country where incidents break out every single day? We’re so busy that we don’t even have time to blink.

While watching the trivial and miscellaneous social news on the news, I came across the news about Eden.

I thought my story would come up, but it just keeps talking about the damages and the government’s compensation.

None of them come out.

Not fun.

So, when one program ends and the weather forecast for tomorrow comes out,

Blanc returned with the sound of the door opening.

Next to her, you can see Ellie, who looks exhausted and dragged in by barely holding onto the collar of her clothes…

“Welcome… But, didn’t I clearly tell you not to treat Ellie roughly? This is not what we promised.”

“Ah, you’re going to start nagging me like that as soon as you get here? Don’t worry. This is just faking it. When I got there, I was running around on my own two legs just fine. Come on, I bought you some food.”

Ellie, who was standing behind me, didn’t even have the energy to speak, and just looked into my eyes, asking for help.

“I see. Ellie, come in here. You look so tired. How much trouble did Blanc have to endure?”

Yes, the perpetrator of the abuse is confident in this situation.

“Hey, what the. I was just looking around and having a little honest conversation, but what the. And I’m late because I brought some delicious food to go.”

“Rain, rain… Sa, save me… B, Blanc… Blanc… me… me… huff… huff… ”

This is the opposite of what she said as she ran to the bed and collapsed…