episode_0108

“Iris!!!”

“Hyeok?!”

The moment I saw her blood, my mind went blank.

Before I knew it, I was running towards Iris.

As I grabbed her arm that was stabbing her leg with the knife, the small knife fell to the floor, and I saw Iris’ face looking at me with her eyes trembling violently.

“You are..”

“What the hell are you doing!!”

When I yelled at her, Iris shut her eyes tightly and avoided my gaze.

But I wouldn’t leave her alone. I continued to question her in a snarling voice.

“Iris. I’m asking you. What on earth are you thinking?”

“That..that’s right..by mistake..hehe…”

“Mistake…?”

It was ridiculous.

Are you calling this an excuse now?

What I saw was clearly her cutting her own leg.

“……”

“I..I’m okay, right? Don’t worry..!”

As I quietly looked at her with glaring eyes, Iris spoke to me through tears.

“It’s…really okay..! I..you don’t have to worry about me..!”

After finishing her words, Iris hurriedly turned her head and tried to run away from me.

But would they just let it go like that?

I grabbed Iris’ hand and stopped her in her tracks.

“Where are you going? The story isn’t over yet.”

“Ugh..”

Iris, who had been shaking for a moment, soon looked at me with tearful eyes and started screaming.

“Don’t worry about it!! We’re not related anyway..!”

“……”

“My heart hurts so much because of you!! It feels like my heart is going to burst….!”

“Iris.”

“I…I know it’s wrong, but…it’s too hard if I don’t do this…sob…”

After finishing speaking, Iris covered her eyes and began to cry sadly.

I could only stare blankly at her for a moment.

I didn’t know.

I never imagined that being rejected by someone would shock me so deeply.

I thought it would be just a little sad.

It seemed to have left a much deeper wound than expected.

‘….The original Iris never cried like this.’

Iris in the novel is definitely-.

….ah

I see

The original Iris did not cry over the pain of heartbreak.

Well, I’ve never even been dumped.

Iris, who had been keeping it in her heart all her life, eventually gave up and killed her own heart.

Was the original Iris happy?

Although I didn’t see the end of the novel.

I never thought she would hook up with anyone.

I guess I would have continued to hover around the warrior party and lived a bitter life.

I can’t say I was close to Iris though.

I hope she is happy.

As one of the readers who felt sorry for her in the novel.

Like an iris in front of my eyes. I didn’t want to see her sad.

I hope not only Iris, but all the other characters are happy.

Now this place is no longer a novel to me. It is the world I really live in.

When I thought about it that way, I felt like my thoughts were becoming simpler and clearer.

‘…..Let’s help.’

I wanted to make Iris, who was not happy even in the novel, smile.

I wish she could walk around smiling brightly like the other heroines.

As I raised my head with my resolve, there was Iris, trembling with tears in her eyes.

“Iris.”

“I…don’t worry about me. I don’t want to be pitied by you…sob”

“Iri-”

“I…don’t want to hear it..! I appreciate your concern..but if you think of me..please go..!”

“…”

..it won’t work.

The atmosphere was just not conducive to conversation.

I felt like I needed to cheer her up first.

‘But how can I cheer you up..?’

Surprisingly, I was able to come up with a method without much thought.

Me too. Because I once lived a life as a man.

If she had been an ordinary woman, I wouldn’t know, but I knew well that Iris liked women.

‘..Actually, I’m a little reluctant.’

But it was still uncomfortable to touch someone.

I thought Iris would be okay.

She’s a pure and innocent girl. That’s why it doesn’t matter.

‘Besides, I’ve already been hit once, so what..’

“Ugh…sob…”

I let out a short sigh and held Iris’ hand as she cried sadly.

“Iris.”

“Ugh…I told you not to pity me…”

“Do you want to touch my chest?”

“No need…..”

Iris blinked her eyes for a moment and stared blankly at me.

“Eh.”

Her tears suddenly stopped.

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– I’m really okay, Ariel.

“Iris didn’t look okay at all..”

I looked carefully in the direction Iris had left.

All day today. Iris’ condition was really beyond words.

In a very tense atmosphere, he had a sad expression on his face that made it seem like he had a story to tell.

‘I wish you would understand the feelings of those who are worried..’

Maybe it’s because she’s a saint. My friend was so kind that you could call her a fool.

A person who never tries to harm others.

Perhaps that’s why he didn’t confide in me about his worries. Maybe it’s because he didn’t want to make me worry.

But as long as I keep my eyes open, I will never let that happen.

He was not so cruel as to neglect his friend’s suffering.

And he himself will one day become a great magician who will surpass the Great Sage.

He was a man who joined the warrior party and contributed to the subjugation of the Demon King, leaving his name in history.

In that sense, it was natural to be worried about the saint Iris.

As a friend or as a member of the warrior party.

“It was definitely this way..?”

In fact, I had secretly cast a tracking spell behind Iris.

I saw you go into a dark alley to avoid other people’s eyes.

Maybe that’s why she’s having such a hard time.

‘…Are you saying you’re being threatened or something?’

My teeth clenched at the thought that it might be possible.

How could someone do such a shameless thing in this academy, especially to a saint like her.

‘…Wait, Iris. I’ll help you.’

So I carefully followed the direction that Iris followed.

A woman’s voice was heard from the back of the gloomy-looking space.

“Sigh…Sigh…”

An excited groan, as if holding back something.

My heart warmed at the sound of a woman’s moans coming from the gloomy place.

“Iris..!”

Did you really get threatened?

What kind of crazy bastard dares touch a saint?!

I suppressed my anger and ran down the alley where the sound was coming from.

죽일새끼.

I will never forgive you.

Give me a meteor on the head-

“Haaang..! Huh…”

“I love you..I love you…”

“Sigh…sigh…ah…Iris…stop it now…”

“Just a little more..haa…ha..”

“……”

“……Huh?”

Like a deflated balloon, a feeble sound came out of my mouth.

But the sight before my eyes was equally shocking.

A beautiful woman with a lewd aura, biting her own fingers and holding back her moans with her eyes closed.

And Iris on the other side. She was kneading the two parts of her body that shouldn’t be touched as if she was touching clay.

“Sigh…! Huh…”

The black-haired woman shuddered once.

My eyes shook as if there was an earthquake as I looked at her.

A kind and gentle friend who always knows how to smile at others.

A foolish friend who always stands up and makes sacrifices while leaving himself behind.

But who is this woman who squeezes two other people’s fruits with such a lustful face?

“Iris..?”

What…what are you doing?

You can’t just touch that place.

Oh.. and besides, they’re all women.

Is it okay to be that excited?

But no matter how hard I wiped my eyes and looked straight ahead, the person sexually harassing the beautiful woman in front of me was clearly Iris.

‘It’s strange… It’s strange…!’

I couldn’t understand the incongruous sight before my eyes.

Touching breasts is impure enough, but touching women is impure enough.

My mind was spinning at the sight that I couldn’t understand.

“Huh?! Ah..Iris, that..is that a blindfold?!”

In the end I.

I had no choice but to run back the way I came, leaving Iris behind.

I ran around like that for a while.

“Ugh…gasp..!”

When I returned to the empty space of the academy where there were many people, I felt like I could finally breathe properly.

I stood still for a while and tried to catch my breath.

My mind was still blank and no thoughts came to mind.

For some reason, my body was gradually getting hotter.

Boom bang-boom bang-

‘Why…why is my heart beating like this?’

His heart, which had been pounding so hard it felt like it was going to burst, continued to beat violently even as time passed.

If you come running, it will happen.

Yes, that would definitely be the case.

The reason my heart is beating like this is because I’ve been running like crazy.

This is also the reason why my hot breath comes out. It must be because I am tired.

There can be absolutely no other reason.

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“….In the end, I couldn’t even sleep a wink.”

I was kept up all night by the shocking memories of yesterday.

Because of that, I ended up dozing off and missing most of today’s class.

“Oh my. Is something wrong, Ariel?”

Iris looks at me with a worried expression.

Where did yesterday’s haggard appearance go? Her complexion had returned to health, and the bright energy that warmly enveloped her surroundings had returned.

I’m back. Back to the original form I knew before.

But for some reason I couldn’t look at her like before.

“Your complexion doesn’t look good. Should I give you some treatment?”

….It’s because of you.

The words almost came out of my mouth for a moment, but I somehow managed to hold them back.

There would be no benefit in telling her that I saw everything.

I stayed up all night thinking about what Iris had done.

But no matter how many times I thought about it, I couldn’t understand my friend.

Eventually, I concluded that ‘perhaps Iris was not properly educated when she was young.’

But that didn’t mean I could convince her again.

Me too. Because I didn’t know much about love.

‘If it’s Lily… wouldn’t it be possible?’

Maybe Lily could have convinced Iris.

Because she is a warrior.

If the warrior speaks, wouldn’t even the saint Aris change her mind?

Having made that resolution, I went to see Lily to ask her to take care of Iris.

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“…I think I’m okay?”

“Huh..?”

It only made his mind more confused.