episode_0106

In a dark room,

Elia bit her lip, leaning against the desk and covering her head.

“By any chance… .”

She has been here for quite some time, as there is a pile of crumpled papers next to her.

‘Sent from a different time line…?’

Elia, who had been repeatedly scribbling something and crumpling up the paper, suddenly smiled at a not-so-funny thought that occurred to her.

“This can’t be it… .”

Once again, the sound of writing instruments and paper rubbing against each other was repeated in the room… .

How much time has passed?

‘…Who is it?’

Elia straightened her frown at the presence she felt and smiled.

“Saint.”

“Ah, Lucius.”

Lucius with a worried expression,

Elia deliberately raised the tone of her voice to reassure him a little.

“Weren’t you practicing?”

“I came to see you because I was worried about the saintess.”

As Lucius had said, Elia’s face was gaunt, almost withered.

“… Lucius is no pushover either.”

Elia, who was embarrassed to show herself like this, puffed out her cheeks and slowly avoided eye contact.

But the corners of the mouth are slightly raised,

It seems that she really likes the way Lucius genuinely cares about her.

However, Lucius, who could not see the corners of Elia’s lips, seemed greatly shocked by the fact that the saintess avoided his gaze.

“Ah, that… I’m sorry… ?”

As if I had become a broken toy,

I was busy waving my arms around, sweating profusely.

“푄-”

Elia, who had been blankly staring at the sight, seemed to have lost all traces of her tired expression.

“Phew- Ahaha-!”

He laughed brightly like a child,

Lucius scratched his head, feeling embarrassed at Elia’s appearance.

“… Saintess, why are you laughing all of a sudden?”

“Nothing, just.”

I laughed so hard,

Elia opened her mouth, wiping away the tears from her eyes.

“What’s more important than that?”

“As I said before, I’m worried about the saint’s body-”

“To the main point, to the main point.”

Elia cut off the words as if she was being hit,

Lucius, who was shaking slightly, glanced at Elia a few times before opening his mouth with a sigh.

“… Can I really trust you, Cheonharang?”

Words that are spoken with difficulty, biting one’s lips.

I don’t know if it’s okay to have such disrespectful thoughts toward someone who helped you, but

Lucius couldn’t understand Elia’s decision to leave the traces of the man he was chasing to Cheonharang.

“That story again?”

“…”

“Don’t worry, Harang isn’t that kind of person.”

Elia shook her head at the sight of Lucius still looking dissatisfied, then reached out and stroked Lucius’ hair.

“Rather… .”

Elia’s words continued,

But somehow, as Elia continued speaking, a faint hint of moisture began to appear in her words.

“Mr. Harang is actually a very kind person compared to the trials he has gone through.”

Lucius, who felt something strange about him, raised his head.

“I wonder why I am a saint and not him.”

“…Saint.”

Lucius’s eyes were filled with tears and a blank expression on Elia’s face.

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

Only then did Elia realize that she was crying, seeing Lucius’s silent reaction.

He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.

“… This won’t do.”

However, with tears not stopping, Lucius slowly approached Elia and held her in his arms.

“I shouldn’t feel sorry… but I keep thinking of what God showed me.”

“It’s okay, you can cry comfortably.”

Elia’s arms wrap around Lucius’ waist,

Lucius’ hand rests on Elia’s head and strokes her comfortingly.

“I will hide you from God.”

“Black.”

In a dark room,

Lucius shielded Elia from the dim light of the candle.

* * *

Suddenly, my ear started to itch, and I frowned.

“Master? Why are you doing this?”

“Hmm, it seems like someone is talking about me… .”

After answering like that, he scratched his ear,

Likewise, the anonymous man frowned and muttered softly.

“… Who the hell is talking about this?”

“What.”

How on earth does this guy see me?

Do you think it won’t even be mentioned in other people’s conversations?

… Well, I guess that’s true as well.

He sighed deeply at his own misery and laid his head on the nameless man’s lap.

If I close my eyes and open them, I will have arrived at my destination.

I fell asleep while saying a small prayer.

* * *

…where is this?

I looked around, clutching my pounding head, but I couldn’t see anything.

Pitch-black darkness where you can’t see even an inch ahead,

I was left here without any idea of what was going on, so I struggled to figure out the situation.

My vision is blocked because I can’t see ahead. I wave my arms but I can’t reach anything.

There was no smell, nothing to hear except my breathing and my footsteps.

“Where on earth is this place… .”

It must have been a carriage just a moment ago, but there is nothing around.

He is too conscious to be considered asleep.

So, did Lily call her into her dream?

… This is probably not it either.

Because you don’t feel that sticky feeling that’s typical of Lily.

“ha… .”

He sat down on the floor and wiped his face.

Even without Lily, I don’t feel any special energy.

Since no proper reason comes to mind, it would be right to dismiss it as just a dream.

but….

Is this a dream with such clarity of consciousness?

“Tsk.”

It is truly incredibly unpleasant.

He clicked his tongue lightly, got up from the floor, and just shook his poor knees.

“… Shall we go?”

No matter what happens, it won’t be solved if you just sit still.

Of course, I couldn’t tell the direction because I couldn’t see ahead… .

Just like it has always been.

“The path I walk will soon be the right one.”

I stepped forward without hesitation.

* * *

“…”

It felt like I had been walking for several days without encountering anything.

Nothing existed other than me.

Horizon of nothingness,

If I had to describe the path I am walking, it would be like this.

“Tsk, this place would be more fitting for the nickname ‘the end of the world’.”

He stretched out his legs, muttering some somewhat useless words.

The blocking of the five senses affects the mind more than you might think.

If you don’t talk to yourself, you might not be able to hold out your mind.

With all five senses blocked, it’s a wonder you don’t go crazy.

No, if I were to be exact, isn’t it even stranger that my mind is still holding on?

“Hmm… .”

When I think about it, how can I not lose my mind?

But I continued to worry about it because I had doubts about it.

The answer came so quickly that I sighed, wondering why I hadn’t thought of it before.

I myself have had a similar experience once.

“Right after falling into this world.”

It’s so dark that you can’t see even an inch ahead of you, and you can’t tell which way to go, so you can’t tell if the path you’re walking is right.

There was no light to shine on me, but I couldn’t stop.

Then it’s really the end, and any possibility will disappear.

So I gritted my teeth and somehow managed to hold on.

How did you survive those times when you felt like you were going crazy?

It’s simple.

At first, I thought about my family and friends who would be waiting for me.

When it reaches its limit, confess all your sins.

When that didn’t work, I resorted to harboring a lost hatred.

So I held on.

The reason I shouldn’t give up is because I created a shallow image.

After I had my own reason for surviving,

With a much stronger mind, I began to think seriously about survival.

He took action right away.

I never missed a single day of training, and I did it with the little knowledge I had in my head that I wasn’t sure if I could trust, even though it was clumsy.

I chewed and swallowed plants that I didn’t know were edible or poisonous, and I hunted and killed beasts that were three feet bigger than me, and I tenaciously survived each day.

A truly pest-like life, when I think about it after a long time, a bitter taste comes to my mouth.

“Well, that’s already in the past.”

Sigh- He smiled and continued walking.

Back to the main topic, what should I have in mind now?

The worries about this were also short-lived.

“My one and only disciple, Cheonmu-myeong.”

It looks like something is going to go long.

* * *

“-nim… .”

My head is spinning, my heart is pounding.

pain.

I waved my arms at the sound that seemed to strangle my throat.

“-Your Majesty… .”

Be quiet, my head is ringing… .

I frowned and buried my face in something that wrapped me warmly, mumbling softly.

“Huh… .”

… it’s warm.

For a moment, he opened his mouth like that and smiled ‘hehe’.

As my mind slowly awakened, I blinked my eyes, which had been tightly shut until now.

…Huh? Where am I?

Even though I opened my eyes, everything was dark, as if something was blocking my vision.

“Um… .”

At that moment, the feeling of fear was slowly creeping in because I couldn’t see ahead.

“Master.”

An anonymous voice flowed into my ear.

“Anonymous?”

I turned my head reflexively towards him,

I came across an anonymous man who was smiling, wondering what was so enjoyable about it.

“I am the disciple of the master, Cheonmu-myeong.”

“Ah… .”

Come to think of it,

I remember sleeping with this guy’s lap as a pillow.

…then really, I just woke up from a sleep.

He wiped the cold moisture from his forehead and let out a deep sigh.

“Tsk.”

I’ve been busy these days and my body is a little tired, so I’ve been having all kinds of strange dreams.

Strange dream?

Was I dreaming?

“Ugh.”

I grabbed my head, which was starting to hurt again.

… I think I may have gotten a clue.

“Master?”

“… It’s nothing.”

I couldn’t quite remember, so I just tilted my head.