episode_0121

Everyone was cold.

The memorial service, which felt so painful, ended like that.

As always, a dark night came where the sadness calmed down a little.

“under..”

A cloud of pure white breath obscures my vision.

Sein and I held each other’s warm hands…

Feeling the lingering glow of the blue moon floating high in the night sky, I slowly walk towards the {Royal Academy}.

Knock knock knock..

The sound of footsteps softly heard.

The distance to the {Royal Academy} was quite long, as was the cold that enveloped the surrounding area, but just holding Sein’s hand like this made me wish that this moment would last for a long time.

‘This is how the memorial service ends..’

＇It feels like something has passed very quickly.＇

As if telling you not to fall on this dark night street filled with ice…

The orange light of the [horse light] softly illuminates the chilly roadside, illuminating our path.

“You know. Sein..”

During the two days of treatment, I confessed to Sein the things I had been worrying about alone.

“Of course, it may be my imagination, but…”

“The host who was drawing the tickets seemed like he was trying to target me.”

I reflected on the situation at that time and explained in detail what I had experienced.

＂That masked host..＂

“I became like a person in trouble because I didn’t have the best product.”

Even if I…

If only I had gone up on stage with the first prize, the [Subspace Ring]?

When I thought that she would have died a horrible death like that middle-aged female knight… goosebumps started to appear all over my body.

＇Still.. Was I able to survive thanks to that meanness?＇

Even though I couldn’t forgive the middle-aged female knight who tricked me into giving me the first prize…

In the end, I suffered no harm thanks to her, so I have to say thank you and farewell to her.

＂Indeed.. if what Dahuinnim says is true.＂

“It’s definitely strange.”

“We need to think about why they were targeting Dahein.”

As I was listening intently to what Dahyun was saying, Sein also tilted his head as if he didn’t understand the host’s actions.

If he had acted with advance knowledge of Dahin’s existence, his purpose should have been clearly revealed.

There was also a possibility that Da-hein, who had more magical power than the average woman, was trying to make her the host of the first-class product, the [Subspace Ring].

Indeed, if Da-hein had become the host of the ring… it could have been even more terrible and disastrous than the recent Mine incident.

In the worst case scenario, a dizzying situation that could lead to destruction due to a massive spread of demons began to appear in the minds of the people.

Se-in wonders if this unfounded thought is too much of an assumption, but decides to sympathize with his words without telling Da-heein about this thought.

＂But I heard that all the magic stones from the bodies of those who turned into demons disappeared.. Is this true??＂

As Dahuin said, the hundreds of sword purple magic stones left behind after the demons died disappeared without a trace at some point.

It was also one of the reasons why the bereaved families cried in sorrow when they could not even find the body.

“Yes, that’s right.”

“I don’t know why, but they say they all disappeared without a trace at the same time.”

Let’s talk seriously about that time.. Before we knew it, we had arrived at the {Royal Academy}.

‘Well… it was too late.’

There is only a [magic light] that lights the way… {Royal Academy} with no one in sight.

The dormitory got closer and closer, and Sein and I began to walk quietly, without saying a word, as if we had made a promise, bathed in the blue moonlight in the sky.

Sobok… Sobok…

In the silence, only the sound of Sobok’s footsteps gradually filled the surroundings.

“It’s already arrived.”

Sein, who had been hesitating to answer my question, began to look at me as if he was trying to muster up the courage to speak.

“But.. why did you exchange the first place product and the second place product..”

“[Subspace Ring]… did you want it?”

Se-in looks at Da-hein with a nervous look, perhaps because he was conscious of the [Subspace Ring] in his pocket.

Whenever I see Sein, he seems very shy in situations like this and is full of trembling.

Her golden eyes were more shaky, but the place where the world’s eyes were focused was always on Dahyin.

‘I have to respond to that courage that is trying to come to me.’

Of course I knew.

What kind of heart is Sein asking me this question?

That’s why I approach people who don’t know what to do and talk to them in a whisper.

＂The person I like..＂

“I was already going to give you a ring.”

Suddenly, hook! Se-in was momentarily taken aback by Da-heein’s words, and although she pretended not to know how to respond to this situation, she was surprised that he knew this fact.

Excited.. Excited..

Sein’s cheeks gradually turned red, like his heart beating faster.

Sigh..

And as if he had been waiting for this moment, Sein slowly takes out the [Subspace Ring] that he had kept safely in his pocket.

It looked like an ordinary ring with a circle of dark blue magic stones, but this ring that Sein prepared just for me…

It was more stylish and special than any other ring.

＂Seinnim..＂

We were just objects of mutual interest, but it was ultimately an opportunity for us to develop into loving couples.

Nevertheless, Sein, who wanted to clearly convey his true feelings again, approaches first.

＂Dahuinnim..＂

I feel Sein’s golden eyes tremble considerably as he looks more faintly than usual.

Sigh..

Sein naturally approached me, held my left hand warmly, and knelt down on one knee… Then he gently placed a [Subspace Ring] with a dark blue magic stone on my ring finger.

Where have I ever seen a scene like this?

It’s clear that scenes like those seen in dramas from past lives… only began to appear with the positions of women and men reversed.

‘The ring… has shrunk.’

As if meeting its original owner, the ring gradually shrunk until it fit perfectly on my ring finger.

Then, Seinnim, who was watching me intently, tried to kiss the back of my hand that he was holding.

Just like in a fairy tale, the prince proposes to the rescued princess.

Sein’s sparkling silver bob looks so beautiful.

I gently caressed her face and raised her up, then quietly approached her mouth and confirmed our feelings for each other again.

***

A gloomy energy creeps up between my feet.

“Even though I couldn’t harvest his magic power…”

“This isn’t a bad harvest..”

Dozens and hundreds of black-purple magic stones piled up in a huge bronze bowl.

The mysterious shadow that was looking at it emits an even more unpleasant magical power and smiles unpleasantly.

just as expected. The black-purple magic stones piled up in that bronze bowl…

It was the result of a tragedy at a winter festival that occurred not long ago.

The last remnants left behind after victims infected with demons died horribly.

“As expected, the magical power of humans is darker and sweeter than that of monsters..”

“Everything is ready.”

The mysterious shadow levitated a bronze vessel filled with magic stones into the air with an unknown and alien force, and soon began heading deep into the basement of an unknown mansion.

Tread.. plod..

A mysterious shadow arrives at a place where security is so tight that no one can enter without permission.

Sigh..

There, I could see a {Extria} tree that was completely ready to bloom.

“{God}’s lost property… and the source of the strength of our seven sisters..”

“Now is the time to regain that power.”

{Extria} took the form of a huge tree, easily over 7m tall.

Moment..

Perhaps sensing the magic power of the dark magic stone brought by the mysterious shadow at once, the stems extending in all directions began to move and react like tentacles.

They approached menacingly, as if they would rush in at any moment to suck up the magic power of all the surrounding magic stones.

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle…

Clatter, rattle, rattle..

Soon, the bronze vessel containing more than a hundred magic stones was ruined by the hungry stalks of {Extria}.

Numerous magic stones covered with black-purple slime and intertwined with each other… The stems of {Extria} rushed at us with terrifying force, and as they were impaled one by one like straws, they immediately began to absorb the highly concentrated magic power concentrated within them.

Clatter, rattle, rattle!!

It was clear that each of those magic stones had been born to some kind of monster and had been created by someone else… but one by one, they were lost without form at a very fast speed, and soon turned into dust and disappeared without a trace.

And {Extria}, which had absorbed such a huge amount of all magic stones at once, had beautiful black-purple, shining leaves in full bloom in an instant… and soon, not only did it gradually lose its glow, but even the once vibrant shape of the tree gradually began to wither.

And at the center of it all, a shiny black fruit inside a black flower bud…

＂This is.. the first key..＂

[Daak Fruit]

It is a fruit made by gathering the grudges of numerous living things and has the shape of a small grape.

It tastes like bitter dark chocolate, and the texture is quite crumbly, making it uncomfortable.

It is a fruit that is neither satisfying nor nutritious.

When consumed, magic regeneration becomes faster. {Magic Power+10}

It was clearly the moment when picking this fruit would confirm {Extria}’s eternal extinction… but the mysterious shadow decided to accept it without a moment of hesitation.

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