episode_0103

“I like it because it’s warm…”

Song Xia snuggled into my arms.

A patrol area that is off-limits to general cadets.

Ground Zero and the surrounding area were almost like ruins, with traces of the era of great chaos still remaining.

So Song Xia revealed her feelings to me without paying attention to anyone else.

‘You’re completely obsessed with me.’

The night the sun sets.

Songxia seems to have become even more beautiful in the crumbling moonlight.

However, because she maintained absolute composure, she was able to think more calmly.

From a young age, I grew up without receiving any affection from my parents.

The only reason Song Yu-hwan is interested in Song Sia is Jinhyeol’s blood.

Of course, Song Yu-hwan’s subordinates, who were not from the family, paid a lot of attention to her.

This is also because of her background as Song Yu-hwan’s daughter.

Song Si is someone who has never received pure affection and attention from anyone.

‘Except only me.’

In my case, it wasn’t affection from the opposite sex.

I was well aware of Song Xia’s unfortunate background through the original work.

Song Xia grew up to be an emotionless monster.

It may have been a defense mechanism to avoid being hurt by people around him who wanted to take advantage of him.

So during my Aegis days, I was always kind to her.

I paid more emotional attention to her than to An Yu-min, whom I liked.

Of course, the result ended in Song Xia’s betrayal.

‘It’s funny that I realized it later.’

But now, Song Xia was in my arms, hugging me tightly as if she was desperately craving that body heat.

The warmth that Song Xia felt for the first time since she was born.

I didn’t know that I realized the warmth until after I left.

“Now… I’ll never… let go. I won’t give you to anyone.”

Song Xia continued to convey her feelings in a very heartbreaking way.

However, unfortunately, her heart did not reach me at all.

While gently stroking Song Xia’s silver hair, which was almost silver.

I didn’t feel anything for her at all.

It would be better if I felt anger towards her.

Song Xia may have had even the slightest possibility.

If that anger is resolved, the relationship between the two people, which ended in the worst possible way, may begin again.

But absolute composure was literally absolute.

They just use her for the useful tools of demonization and demonic power.

Now, I was not the Lee Jun-woo she knew, but the villain Unknown.

At that time, Song Xia spoke.

“Look at me.”

Her red eyes shone brightly like jewels.

An expression full of anticipation.

Her eyes were wet with an expression full of affection for me.

It’s like the mana pressure created by peak-level awakened people, like instructor Lee Su-yeon.

Song Xia tied me up.

Like a small animal encountering a dangerous poisonous snake.

My whole body instantly stiffened.

“Just like last time… kiss me. You… love me too, right?”

The overwhelming hypnotic ability of a Jinhyeol vampire.

Even I almost lost control of my body for a moment.

It was fine as expected.

Even with those Jinhyeol eyes constantly tempting me, my spirit remained the same.

But I deliberately pretended to be hypnotized.

‘For the current Song Xia, you are giving false hope.’

It was like me during Aegis.

My sincerity. Just like I was foolish enough to believe that my sincerity in wanting to grow up with them would be conveyed.

It will give even more vain hope to Song Si-ah now.

And, when that Song Sia fell into a complete illusion.

When you are under the illusion that I am completely part of her family, I will confess the truth.

The truth is that in my heart, I don’t have even a speck of feeling for her.

“Hurry up and answer. Me… you love me?”

When Song Shia falls into despair and longs for me even more.

By making Song Sia into a marionette, a doll, I will have the body of a complete devil.

I smiled.

I smiled, nodded, and answered.

“I love you too.”

You might think this is an answer given under hypnosis.

Just with that false answer, Song Xia gave me a very ecstatic smile.

“I love you too… Chuwup…”

She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me on the lips.

She exposed her fangs and lightly bit my lip.

Licking the blood, Song Xia kissed me even more deeply than the last time and continued for a long time.

***

That’s how Song Sia’s blood sucking continued.

After a while. As expected, the cadets’ voices rang out from somewhere not far away.

“What happened!! Oh, the attack doesn’t work!”

It was the voice of a male cadet.

He looked like a member of True Opposition.

Song Si-ah, startled by that voice, released her arms from around my neck.

Until then, I had deliberately put on a dazed expression.

I shook my head, pretending to be released from hypnosis.

“What’s going on…? Could it be that something happened to Jin Hyun-jun’s gang a little while ago?”

I glanced at Song Xia’s face.

As Jinhyeol’s blood was released, his ecstatic expression was filled with regret.

But it seems that Song Xia also confirmed that I was released from hypnosis.

She said.

“Unlike other patrol areas, this is an S-level danger zone. I think there’s a problem.”

“Let’s go there quickly.”

Actually, I wasn’t worried about the members of True Opposition at all.

Jin Hyun-jun, who has a good sense, was on patrol.

You must have touched the trigger to enter the Mirror Hotel.

As I hurriedly arrived there, the situation unfolded just as I had seen in the original.

‘It’s a monster you can’t handle at cadet level.’

Jin Hyun-jun and his group were in a confrontation with a huge monster that appeared to be over 3 meters in size.

Lamia, a half-human, half-animal monster.

A mythical monster with the lower body of a snake and the upper body of a human.

Although the upper body was humanoid.

It had multiple pairs of arms and a skin color so grotesque that it could not be considered human, so just looking at it felt uncomfortable.

‘Is it a dark attribute?’

In a typical monster form, if it has light or dark attributes, its danger increases from at least half a level to one level or more.

Lamia’s monster grade is usually B grade.

Even assuming it was a B+ level, it was impossible to compete with at a normal cadet level.

“There are a lot of dark attribute lamia…”

There were at least five.

The situation was so dangerous that an average cadet would have died instantly.

Still, everyone held on like a member of the elite cadets, the Apostles.

“Maintain party formation. If the staying power drops like this… it’s a big problem!!”

Jin Hyun-jun, holding a sword, was desperately shouting.

However, even if you watch from a distance, you can tell that it is already limited.

‘It was designed from the beginning to be impossible to deal with.’

This is not a monster that jumps out of an ordinary dungeon.

It’s related to the Mirror Hotel.

A monster with dark attributes and passive use of illusion magic.

So the main body will not be that majority.

Because they encountered an unexpectedly high-level monster, the panicked cadets had no way of distinguishing between them.

It was so sophisticated that even I, if I wasn’t concentrating, wouldn’t be able to notice the mirror image.

“It’s dangerous, so stay away!”

I quickly jumped into the gap between the monsters.

Song Xia didn’t seem to have any intention of helping Jin Hyunjun and his group at all.

Still, I moved first, so she followed suit.

[Active skill barrier creation (lv.2) was used.]

The barrier I created surrounded my body.

Maintaining that barrier, I jumped towards the group of Lamia.

“Lee Jun-woo? You’re helping us… That Lamia is more dangerous than that! Get away quickly!”

“Because I know, use a recovery potion on the injured person.”

Jin Hyun-jun didn’t seem to think that I would help them.

I am a member of the student council who had a falling out with True Opposition.

‘Well, we were so nervous a little while ago.’

But we all help for a reason.

To enter the Mirror Hotel.

The conditions were the same as before.

Letisane’s Ark is basically a system to protect cadets.

But now there is a problem with that system, allowing such dangerous monsters to appear.

For its protection, the Ark forces the cadets into the Hotel of Mirrors.

‘So, there is a higher chance that top-ranked cadets will enter the Mirror Hotel.’

This means that Jin Hyun-jun, who has developed that sense, has properly set up the honeycomb.

Since I knew the story behind it, I had nothing to fear even in front of the dangerous monster in front of me.

“It’s dangerous! I can’t handle those guys on my own!”

Jin Hyun-jun was scared when he saw me standing alone against a group of Lamia.

Song Shia was also startled by my sudden action, and quickly ran to me and took cover.

“I will deal with you directly, Junwoo, you avoid it!!”

Of course, I didn’t intend to do that.

Guuu-

The barrier deflected the dark attribute mana beam created by the Lamia group.

However, the barrier was instantly shattered, leaving him defenseless.

“Lee Jun-woo! No more!”

“You who are injured cannot hold out! So, I will deal with it too!”

“Why are you helping us like this…?”

“Don’t ask the obvious. It’s the same Theia’s motivation.”

Jin Hyun-jun was momentarily unable to respond to my words and fell silent.

The recoil alone was enough to push my body back.

So, even though there was a barrier, it suffered significant damage.

Jin Hyun-jun was so surprised to see me throwing myself into helping them.

But I wasn’t scared and threw a fireball.

Rather, Lamia’s attention was focused on me.

‘It would be difficult if Jin Hyeon-jun and his group really died anyway.’

Once more, Lamia began firing heavily at me.

“It’s really dangerous!”

Song Xia also hurriedly activated her spell.

Although that spell killed one Lamia.

Unfortunately, it was an illusion.

Holding grip-

A breathtaking moment when Lamia’s attack flies in.

I activated the barrier once more to protect me and Song Xia.

“Junwoo Lee!!!”

Jin Hyun-jun shouted.

At that moment, a very bright light enveloped the group.

[Quest ‘Hotel of Mirrors’ has been opened.]

Just as in the original, I entered the Mirror Hotel with my companions.