episode_0098

I knew it.

Amor also once said that he could transform into the other person’s ideal type, and he showed it right in front of my eyes.

Shir also once said that he thought he could transform into an animal. But that is bizarre. The arms of the wild goose that Shir had transformed into were not shaped like wings.

───Hands are hidden in the wings.

In other words, he had four hands.

Even a wild goose with abnormal sexual desires would not have thought of a female goose with hands inside its wings.

This meant that in order to catch the wild goose, Shir polymorphed himself by mixing the wild goose’s ideal type with his own ‘selfishness’. This is similar yet completely different.

Doesn’t being able to change at will seem like a mixture of Immortal and Amor’s polymorph abilities?

“Just that…”

A trembling voice rang in my ears.

Mummy?! Why are you here? Surely you haven’t seen Shir? ···saw! I’m sure I saw it! ruined!

“What is it? Just now, Amorga…”

Mira was shaking.

He was clearly tired of his tail sticking out.

Why are you here now?!

“Mira. Calm down.”

“···That’s not Amor, right? ···Right?!”

Mira’s eyes are full of doubt and fear.

I was so full that no other emotions could take hold, and I felt like I couldn’t communicate.

······Shir, who does not know right and wrong, does not know how he appears to others. A mistake made out of ignorance cannot be considered a mistake.

I should have warned you a little harder.

Polymorph ability is a disgusting power that stimulates people’s instincts! But it’s spilled water. We have to somehow resolve this as quietly as possible.

“For now, let’s change seats. What I want to say here is…”

“You… You! Is it you?! What did you do to Amor?!”

“······.”

Mira aimed the crossbow at me.

As if suffering from high-tech phobia, the cells in the chest that Mira had aimed at shivered and fluttered in fear of death. Mira’s fearful eyes did not show a single ray of reason.

“You said you saved me—?! Amo─ Sur?!”

Shir? Mira was dumbfounded by what she said.

Soon, anger begins to well up in his eyes. Out of anger at the forgotten taboo words he uttered.

A shiver ran through my body as the conclusion flashed through my mind.

‘What would you do if an unusual mold that you have never seen grows on cheese that is being fermented?’

‘You’re going to take it off and throw it away, right?’

‘that’s right. That’s typical. The same goes for the gods of the world in which the contractor will live in the future. If a contractor is doing something dangerous, they will try to get rid of him.’

───I, the servant, have been branded as a ‘bad mold’.

So the servant is trying to erase my existence.

Mira had simply become a servant’s limb.

“Mira, calm down. I can explain everything.”

“If it’s like you, your friend will be like that…!”

Mira’s eyes widen at me—no, she’s looking behind me. Soon, Mira let out a sigh of relief and began to tremble like an aspen tree, and began to take a step back.

“······Don’t come!”

“Why are you doing that? Sihyeon told me not to aim that at people.”

Sur.

“Don’t come…!”

Mira seems to be having a fit and aims her crossbow at Shir.

I feel like my heart will sink. Shir seemed to think this was Mira’s prank, and he blinked and started laughing.

“Okay. I won’t go. But please tell me why.”

Shir plops down next to me and looks at Mira.

Did he stimulate Mira to become that relaxed look?

“You’re a monster, right?! Take at least one step! This is a crossbow that can kill even bears—?!”

The voice he spits out is full of nervousness.

Mira, who has gone insane from distrust and fear, turns evil on Shir. But Shir sat down with an expression of ignorance and looked up at Mira.

“Why am I a monster?”

“You think I didn’t see it?! When you catch wild geese──!”

“Oh, that?”

Shir smiles brightly as usual.

“I’ve transformed.”

······no!

“Amor. Don’t say anything.”

“Why do you look at me like that? Is that weird? Oh, Mira and Sihyeon can’t do that?”

It became dark before my eyes.

“Amor, please…don’t say anything more.”

“Huh? Still, if you get caught like this, there’s nothing you can do, right? And Mira is our friend, so we won’t tell anyone.”

With the crossbow aimed at Shir, Mira’s eyes turn to me. What does that mean? I want to stop it right away, but that crossbow aimed at me is, as Mira said, something that can kill even a bear.

It is as strong as a modern shotgun, and with just one shot, the body explodes.

“I was able to do this after Sihyeon brought me back to life. You can now transform into other animals! Are you jealous? Sihyeon told me to keep it a secret, but even if I get hurt, I can heal right away, and my blood can heal other people’s wounds too!”

Mira’s doubts and anger can be seen growing bigger and bigger at Shir’s boasting. The direction became clearer.

“Amor… What does that mean?”

“I want to help other injured people, but Sihyeon says that if I do that, people called ‘Immortals’ will attack and the village could be in danger. So everyone kept it a secret.”

“Immortal? Those are monsters from old legends. Change your appearance at will.”

“Yes.”

Shir, who has revealed everything, looks at me with a relieved expression. Mira let out a dry laugh at Shir’s honest appearance.

At the same time, Mira lowers her crossbow and looks at Shir with relieved eyes. After careful consideration, I came to the conclusion that I was screwed.

“Don’t you feel stupid?”

Shir shrugs and laughs.

Even Mira smiles and nods.

“Yes, Amor. You are Amor. Amor, not Shir. And···.”

Cold, forged anger was directed at me.

“This guy is all bad.”

My breath caught in my throat as I looked at my cold, piercing eyes.

The crossbow of the mummy that was taken away is pointed at me. Those beautiful eyes were full of madness.

I don’t hate Mira.

However, the unbearable hatred was intense.

Are you manipulating others like this?

Like this, manipulating the world to suit your taste?

Pop! ──Wood!

“······Wow!”

A cough is forced out.

At the same time, I can’t breathe, as if a fist was stuck in my solar plexus.

“Sihyeon-ah…?”

“You are bad───!!!”

Pop! Tdu-duk-duk-duk!

The arm fell off like a rag.

“···It’s your fault!”

Pop! Pop!

My body twists as if the power has been turned off.

···I have no feeling in my lower body. Blood gushes from the solar plexus. Am I going to die like this? no! Still, there might still be a chance!

He knelt down and held out his hand to Mira.

You can stop here! If only Mira would stop here!

“Wow…!! Wow!!!”

But instead of words, blood comes out.

“You turned Amor into a monster!!!”

Mira pointed a crossbow at my face…

Sigh!!!

Why am I falling?

······I can’t aim my body due to the blunt impact.

It was so painful just a moment ago, but ironically, I don’t feel any pain now.

To the point where I wonder if it might be okay.

A long tinnitus sound is heard. My face hurts. I can’t see ahead. My head must have been blown off. Nevertheless, the reason he was still sane was probably due to the power of the devil.

I will die soon.

It was a blessing to be self-employed.

That’s right, because they attacked the god who created the world. It was a fight that could not be won anyway. I knew that. Still, I have no regrets.

As Amor advised, I did my best.

Although the time was not long, I was able to calmly accept death even though I was dying like this. Jules will take care of the rest. I felt very relaxed.

Will be reborn soon.

Again, as someone’s child.

When I think about it now, I think I shouldn’t have left the house. I’ll end up with a ton of new parents. Continue for eons into the future.

······Come now.

Now the images of Damien, Stella, my father Abel, and my mother Helia flashed before my eyes.

I have committed a great sin.

“Wow!”

Wood-dud-duk—!

The sound of bones being aligned resonated within my body.

······It meant that I was alive. The pain felt like it was tearing my body apart.

“Big…!”

Like lightning, the situation from earlier began to make sense.

He was clearly hit by Mira’s crossbow and the crossbow was pointed at his head. He must have been confirmed dead at the end, but how?

What about my body?

Apparently, my whole body was paralyzed from being hit by a crossbow, and my arm fell off. As I started to see ahead, I saw Jules looking down at me. I couldn’t push Jules away.

“If you stand up now, you’ll pass out!”

There were two hands pushing Jules away.

It meant that the severed arm was reattached. …Then what about Sur and Mira?

“Shirwa…What about the mummy?”

“Just worry about yourself.”

Jules was angry.

Why are you speaking in such a cold tone?

“Where are you?”

Why aren’t you answering?

It’s not Mira’s fault! It was the intervention of something!

“What happened…?!”

“Mummy was subdued by Dennis.”

“What do you mean by suppression? No way───.”

“I disarmed him by shooting him in the arm. And Amor…”

Jules looks away.

I followed Jule’s gaze and saw Shir sitting on his knees, with both hands on his heart…

“Shir…?!”

Shir was sitting on his knees.

With my dagger plunged into his heart.

“···Let me go!”

“Amor will be fine.”

what?!!

“Are you kidding?!!!”

He slapped Jules’ hand away.

Even if Shir is blessed by the Mother Goddess and never dies, he’s your nephew, right?! Why don’t you know what’s important?!

“······Sihyeon?”

Shir just rolls his eyes and looks up at me.

······He stabbed his own heart! To shed blood! Since Amor didn’t get hurt, he stabbed my heart to save me.

However, a flower under the protection of Mother Earth is blooming in the heart.

Shir’s trembling hand reaches out to me.

“I won’t miss this… Wouldn’t it be okay if you picked me…?”

“Huh? Ah, no, the heart…!”

Clear water is flowing down Shir’s chest from his wound.

Just like it was with Amor. It felt like my breath had stopped.

“I can’t pull it out with my own strength…!”

Amor’s last moments came to mind.

If you pull out that sword, won’t real blood flow out like when Amor died? Then Amor…

“No! If you pull this out, you die!!!”

“No… I won’t die… I can tell…”

Shir held out his hand to me with a smiling face.

ah···. A blood-soaked hand grabs my hand and holds the handle of the dagger stuck in my heart.

“Pick me out…”

Shir rests his head on my shoulder.

I… this is what I decided to do. Even though I never imagined I would have to let it go so quickly… it was your decision.

“I’m sorry…”

I’m really sorry.

He hugged Shir and pulled out the dagger stuck in his chest.

Soon, when all the transparent water flows out, blood will start to come out. Then─── Shir’s chest becomes clogged and he begins to recover rapidly.

“······Ha.”

“I said it was okay!”

I was so exhausted that I couldn’t even look at my body and fell to the floor.

My mind is racing and I can’t calm down. Shir glanced at me several times before standing up.

“···Mira is injured. I will treat you quickly and come back.”

On my day off, I looked back several times and ran to Mira.

Soon Jules came over and picked me up.

“······What happened to the other children?”

“You don’t know yet. It seems like they’re hunting quite far away, but it’s only a matter of time before they catch the scent of blood.”

“The mummy said she was hit with a bow in the hand.”

“···Hey, Amor is treating you.”

It’s blunt.

Although he was suppressing his anger, Jules was expressing it in his own way. Right to me. I was angry at Juul like that. Are you asking me to repeat what Mira did?

“Do you want me to be angry?”

“Okay, I don’t know why I’m standing still.”

“Wake up from your dream. Because Mira is not at fault.”

It was easily resolved with words.

But something encouraged Mira and the situation only got worse.

Mira, who had been hit by a bow, was crying.

Its poisonous eyes were still staring at me, but they didn’t attack me or anything.

“Lee. I’m so sorry. I never imagined something like this would suddenly happen.”

······Who would have imagined it?

“Lee Si-hyeon─!!! I don’t know what evil tricks you used to turn Amor into a monster, but I! I will never forgive you!”

Would such a thing be said about a subject being treated by that monster?

It didn’t matter if I didn’t specifically forgive. Because I have no sin. I ignored Mira’s words.

Alas──!

…But it seems that it wasn’t Shir.

Because I slapped Mira. Shir wrapped his arms around Mira’s collar.

“Mummy! Why on earth are you doing that?!”

Mira, who was slapped by Shir, is sick of evil and glares at Shir with wide eyes. But Mira was still glaring at me.

“Of course! That scum must have done something strange to turn you into a monster! Do you know how you survived?! I split my chest and something strange happened to my heart───!”

“Then! Are you saying I should have been swept away by the water and died with broken legs and neck?!”

Mira was dumbfounded by Shir’s question and was unable to say anything.

“Tell me something! I should have just been swept away by the water and died! Sihyeon manipulated Yugi to manipulate me!! Risk your life and jump into the rapids!!! They cut open my stomach and put drugs into my heart?!!! Even if that were the case, I prefer to be alive like I am now!!!!”

Shir shouted in anger and pressed down on Mira.

Soon, tears began to flow from Mira’s eyes.

“I… I just want you…”

“I am me. Mira.”

Mira couldn’t say anything as she looked at Shir’s sad eyes.