episode_0070

“Ugh… Ugh… ”

Ellie still doesn’t seem to have any intention of leaving my arms.

Her increasingly reddening cheeks seemed to reflect her emotions.

Her cheeks were getting warmer and warmer. No, it was warm, it was hot.

ha…

“Excuse me… Ellie? When will you come out?”

“… I am now dead. I am nonexistent. I am not even human. Just let me be a doll… Binnie, put me in your bed… ”

“What are you talking about… ”

“No… Ellis is no longer a person… Don’t look for me… ”

“Are you saying that because I showed you a messy room?”

“No… Ugh… Ugh… ”

“Why? Huh?”

“I don’t know. Really… ”

Sigh…

All it takes is time to deal with Ellie, who has become like this.

No matter how much I try to comfort her with words, she rejects me.

I can’t help it…

He was immediately thrown into Ellie’s arms, and he used his hands, which had nowhere to go, to hug Ellie.

I wrap my arms around Ellie’s back and pull her closer to me.

Well, from the perspective of a crybaby watching this, it might seem ridiculous, but this way is more efficient.

It’s a hassle to explain it in detail.

“Excuse me… I think I need some time, so could you go in and help Ellie with some of the things she didn’t finish…?”

“Uh… Um… Well, that’s right. But you guys… ?”

“Oh, please wait a moment. I’ll help you once Ellie calms down.”

“Haa… That’s not it… I don’t know what to pack in here, or how to organize it.”

“Ah.”

“No, what did you just say? Oh? Is that what’s coming out of your mouth right now?”

“Please take care of that. If you can’t even do that, wouldn’t you be disqualified as a magical girl?”

“No, I don’t think this has anything to do with magical girls.”

“Isn’t it the job of a magical girl to help people in need and citizens in distress?”

“I’m not saying you won’t help me with all the chores… ”

“Anyway, citizens are suffering inconveniences, so why don’t you help them? You’re really cruel.”

“I really don’t know… Sigh… I don’t know, come in later and don’t complain to me. Hurry up and finish that fight with Ellie or whatever and come in. It’s obvious that I won’t be able to finish it by myself today. Sigh… ”

“What kind of love fight is this? Where are you going… Over there! Aaak… Seriously… ”

What on earth do you think Ellie and I are doing…

It’s just that, Ellie was flustered, and to relieve her panic, this was the most efficient…

Sigh. Let’s not think about it.

It would be easier to think of this complex word coming from a simple brain as just a slip of the tongue, not a word that means anything.

“Ellie, still?”

“… Just a little more… ”

“Haa… ”

Ellie kept her head buried in my arms until I heard several complaints from inside asking when she would come in.

Ellie wasn’t originally like this.

Back in the old days when Eli was trustworthy.

At that time, I didn’t want to show this kind of appearance.

Because he really treated me like I was his older sister.

At first, I was rebellious and thought, why is she trying to act like my older sister when she’s the same height as me?

Now that I think about it, it was a childish thought.

At that time, I had no memory.

A rebellious spirit that developed from living in the wild without thinking.

With the thought that I only need to be loyal to Him.

Pushing everyone away, I can’t meet them now, but those who were precious to me…

It was Ellie who embraced me like that.

Perhaps, I too would return defeated by Blanc, overcome with shame and various emotions…

Yeah, I think we were hugging like this.

At first, I think he pushed Ellie away, saying, “Are you treating me like a baby?”

Even I, who am like that, was comforted and told that it was okay…

Just stay still until all your emotions have resolved…

You just stayed still…

Yeah, that’s right, but since when did he start showing me his younger self like this?

When I started to slowly regain my memories and started to act like an adult?

No, that’s not it.

But even before that, he had been showing signs of that to me little by little.

I guess I’ll have to think about it in more detail later.

First of all, I got over that crybaby crying, and now, hmm…

We’re on the verge of speaking the language of animals rather than humans.

Now is the time to leave Ellie behind and go help her.

No, it would be right to take Ellie and help her by any means necessary.

No, wouldn’t it have been better if he had lived cleanly from the beginning?

It must have been more than once or twice that he kept his own sleeping room so clean, but ignored the request to clean a smart person’s desk with the ridiculous reason that it was dirty to begin with.

That is the root cause and it has continued until now.

Yeah, I think it’s Ellie’s fault too.

If you’ve let your guard down to this extent, I think it’s time to accept your karma.

I dragged Ellie, who didn’t want to go, to Ellie’s office to help the crybaby.

It took a bit of time to clean up the mess, but we finally got it done within the allotted time.

Hmm, honestly it’s a little late, but not by the hour.

This was possible because even Blanc, who had been collecting my weapons from the armory, joined in.

If it weren’t for that, I would still be flaunting my arrogance in that den… for a long time.

After organizing all my luggage and thoughts, I headed to the conference room.

A place where important matters of Eden, now gone, were handled.

The place where he was always present and commanded our officers.

To that place.

* * *

“What you installed, is it responding?”

“The detection is good for now. But, you don’t notice this?”

“The doctor has adjusted it well so that it can’t be caught. It will be interference at an appropriate level.”

Several monitors illuminate the dark room.

And, the monitor was already brightly showing the screen of a surveillance camera filming the collapsed Eden.

The people in the surveillance camera were muttering, chatting, and moving around the rooms.

It was only natural that the people living in that room would not like the sight, but they showed no reaction.

As if he knew that was bound to happen.

Or, as if this was a plan they had been assuming, and something that had to happen for their cause.

People on the screen leave the room and enter a single, giant door.

“You’re entering the conference room. Did you set it up properly?”

“You can see that it’s not caught by anyone and it’s definitely working.”

“Haa. You know how weak that little girl Ellis is. You wouldn’t have forgotten, right?”

“What kind of kid ran away instead of staying with Eden because he wanted to live for himself?”

“You know how well that little kid’s brain works in useless places? I’ve benefited from it many times.”

“뭐, 비네 옆에만 있으면 그년도 그냥 헤실헤실한 애새끼가 되는 건 에덴 간부면 모두가 아는 사실이지.”

“Oh, there’s a beanie. Then what… ”

“I wasn’t telling you to let your guard down.”

“Well, what else does that do besides hinting?”

“You’ll know when you see it.”

The two people in the darkness held their breath as they watched the two intruders and their former comrades invade their already ruined lives.

* * *

The conference room I entered after a long time was, as expected, not a single dusty spot.

Since it is the space where he stays the longest, it is only natural that a lot of technology was put into it.

That lonely and solitary chair, showing off its grandeur.

A chair fit for him, in the style he would like best.

And, since he was always the center of the meeting, the projector was placed in a place where he could comfortably view it.

Well, I’m not sure if it’ll work now or not.

His seat is at the very top, and the chairs are lined up on either side of him.

Closest to him, on his right.

The seat where Eden’s right arm sits.

“Vine, what are you fiddling with?”

“Ah, Blanc. This is my seat. The chair there used to be the boss’s seat, so I hope you don’t touch it.”

“I don’t care about that… That’s your seat?”

“Yes, we discuss and review here how to deal with you. Hehehe… The outrageous weapons you saw were also given to you by the boss here.”

“Ahh… This is the information I really wanted to know.”

“Whether you’re curious or not, this space is filled with my memories?”

“Um… I see… So, why are you here?”

“Don’t worry, I’m not here just to sell memories. There’s something important you need to take with you here.”

At first glance, it may just look like an unremarkable office space.

If you step on this step under the chair.

“Well, you’ll be surprised again. You can look forward to it, though.”

“This, this is… ”

“Some of the energy and uniforms I’ve collected so far. I have weapons too, but I only use them when I’m in a hurry.”

“Ah, no… Wow… ”

“Actually, the lab I mentioned earlier is more surprising. That place is the true epitome of Eden’s technological prowess.”

“Why did you prepare so thoroughly… ”

“Of course, in order to realize the above, you need to prepare through thorough calculations. Especially in order to destroy something.”

As I said that, I was about to gather my things and head towards my wall where the wall had rotated.

Apparently, the projector that shouldn’t have been turned on started up.

And, that projector.

Because you were telling me the impossible.