episode_0136

“Zeek, you’re not hurt, right?”

Lufia looks worried. I thought it would be like taking off all my clothes and doing a physical examination, so I said it was okay, and then he seemed relieved and held me in his arms.

“Thank goodness. however… . Why are you on the eastern continent?”

Since Luffy had seen with her own eyes that she had been slacking off at the Management Bureau until a few days ago, her questions were natural.

But for some reason, it felt like Lufia’s voice was not just a simple question, but also mixed with some soggy emotion.

It felt like I shouldn’t be on the East Continent.

“I didn’t come because I wanted to, but I had no choice but to stop by for a while because of work. Now that it’s all over, I’m going back.”

“Because of work again… . Okay, then I’ll take you there. Let’s go right now.”

Lufia urgently grabbed my hand and dragged me.

Let’s go right away, why are we in such a hurry?

It’s as if there’s really a reason why I shouldn’t be on the East Continent.

“Wait a minute, isn’t this too urgent? There are still some things left to organize.”

“Tell me and I will sort it out. It’s too dangerous for Zeke to stay here.”

“No. It’s not dangerous. All the monsters have been subdued”

“……Everything? Zeke alone… Probably not. Did you come with the management bureau staff? Or pixies?”

I gave a brief summary of what happened on the East Continent to Lufia, who kept asking for more information.

Since I don’t want to harm Cheshire for no reason, I just glossed over the kidnapping and Wonderland.

However, despite all my efforts, Lufia’s face hardened as soon as the story began.

“Rupiah?”

Rupiah has no answer to my calls.

The life in his eyes disappeared, his pupils were greatly dilated, and his fingertips trembled slightly.

Soon, my breathing became difficult, and I sat down, covered my ears, and curled up.

“No… . It’s late. We met. It’s all over now.”

Rupiah suddenly starts muttering to herself and showing signs of panic.

I thought it was a good opportunity to gather information, so I was listening to her talking to herself.

“Now there is only one way left… . Kill them all, imprison them, and make them see only me… .”

Wait, what?

Incarceration? What the fuck?

For a moment, I felt like I had been hit on the head hard.

What on earth is going on in the East Continent that suddenly pulls out the extreme card of kidnapping and confinement?

‘If I do this wrong, I’ll get annoyed.’

There is no time to think for a long time.

We have to calm Lufia down as quickly as possible.

I carefully approached Lufia, who was still muttering all sorts of evil things, and gently hugged her.

“Rupiah, rupiah?”

I kept whispering his name in his ear and calling him, but he didn’t come to his senses.

‘This is serious.’

In the past, when I was panicking, I was able to calm it down by slowly soothing it because I was able to communicate, but now the situation is so serious that I can’t even hear myself.

‘I need to provide more intense stimulation.’

I had no choice but to grab her chin and lift her head. Lufia’s face, revealed in this way, was so pitiful that it could be said that she had been tortured for hundreds of hours.

What on earth happened that caused a normal person to collapse like this?

There is no time to analyze the cause.

The only thing that matters now is that I have to close those messed up lips to calm Lufia down.

As their lips overlapped, Lufia’s self-talk was forced to stop.

After the kiss lasted for a while, I parted my lips and saw Lufia looking at me with a blank expression.

“…Why?”

The first thing Lufia said when she came back to her senses, I answered calmly.

“Why? That’s what I did every time.”

Lufia’s eyes are rolling here and there, as if she’s embarrassed.

“Ha, but… . Zeke now sees that woman… . Huh?”

It was only then that Lufia realized that she was in my arms, and her body tightened.

“Uh, why? weird… ?”

“The strange one is you, Rupiah? Why is this happening again?”

First of all, I pretended not to hear all the dark thoughts that Lufia was spewing out in panic. If you get caught, the situation will only get worse.

Instead, I pretended to be a sweet boyfriend and worried about Rupiah’s strange behavior.

When I gently straightened her hair and touched her cheek, Rupiah began to cry as if she was overcome with emotion.

“Ugh, black… . Nana… . at las… . It was successful… ?”

Success, what?

Does this mean that we have succeeded in changing the future through time reversal?

I didn’t bother to answer, but carefully wiped Lufia’s tears that were falling.

The tears that had been falling down soon began to flow, and Lufia snuggled into my arms and hugged me tighter.

“Zeke… Me, me… . Do you love me?”

The question that has been asked again and again.

I had felt it before, but Rupiah obsessively confirmed my love through this question.

‘also. ‘Lupia lost me to someone else.’

When combining the information so far.

It is certain that Rupiah turned black because someone NTRed me.

Since she has the ability to rewind time, she must have attempted to change the future somehow.

However, for some reason, all such attempts must have failed, and in the end, they decided that there was no answer and turned back time to the start of the game.

What is the reason and who NTR me.

There was a lot to think about, but I couldn’t afford to worry about that right now.

This yandere in my arms is emotionally unstable in many ways, and I have to relieve her anxiety in order to continue the game normally.

“Of course I love you.”

I calmly answered Rupiah’s tearful question.

As if stating the obvious, without anything particularly special.

“Really… . Do you really love me?”

“Okay. It’s true.”

“Really… ? really… ?”

“Really.”

“Then… . Kiss me again… .”

“It’s not difficult.”

He took Lufia’s face away from his tear-soaked embrace and kissed it.

Thinking that I should do my acting properly, I kissed her lightly all over her face instead of just doing it once.

‘…What if I get horny like this?’

It is unclear when Ryuka, who belatedly noticed that his back was weak, will return, and it is also unknown when Cheshire, who has collapsed, will wake up.

If Lufia’s switch goes off for no reason in this situation, I think it would be a bit embarrassing… .

‘If I get caught, they’ll use time reversal.’

In the first place, I had no choice.

Because it is my role to fight a mandatory defensive battle if Luffy wants it.

Unfortunately or fortunately, Lufia didn’t really give off that kind of vibe.

Instead, she buried her face in my arms and kept asking me if I loved her, and I had to give her the same answer over and over while stroking her head.

The question and answer session, which lasted for almost an hour, ended with Lufia falling asleep as if fainting.

Looking at the deep dark circles, it seemed like he was quite tired from the start, rather than just falling asleep from exhaustion from crying.

I was so preoccupied that I didn’t notice it until just now, but now that I took a closer look, I couldn’t believe the state of Lufia’s body.

Bones all over the body were pierced to the point where they could be felt by touch, and there were many wounds that were not visible because they were covered by clothes.

‘What on earth did you have to fight with to get hurt like this?’

I heard that you came here to kill a god, but did you fight a god who is so strong that Catsy can’t be compared?

Why did God kill in the first place?

It’s full of things I can’t understand.

There are so many things to think about.

‘I’m tired.’

You can think about it slowly later.

*

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I see a tightly closed door in front of me.

It’s that nightmare again.

I cover my ears and curl up as I hear a terrible noise coming from beyond the door.

I don’t want to see it, and I don’t want to hear it.

All I can do is close my eyes and ears and just wait for it all to end.

However, even though I blocked my eyes, I could picture the situation beyond the door more vividly, and even though I blocked my ears, sounds came through my hands.

stop.

Please stop.

why? Why do you keep bothering me?

What did I do wrong?

I, I just wanted to be happy with Zeke.

Is that such a big mistake?

Because I’m not the ‘female protagonist’?

Just because of that, do you have to suffer this much?

I feel like my body is sinking.

Surrounded by sticky, unpleasant mud,

It felt like there was no way out.

stuffy.

I can’t breathe.

rather.

Everything that bothers me.

If you break it.

Maybe we can end this nightmare?

‘entire… . If you kill them all… .’

Suddenly, the noise that was bothering me subsided.

and,

Squeak–.

The door opened.

Now, if you raise your head, you can escape the nightmare.

But for some reason, I don’t want to raise my head.

I don’t want to see Zeke and ‘that woman’ hugging each other right now.

I’ve seen it so vividly that I can picture it even when I close my eyes, so why am I doing this now?

At that time, something warm enveloped my body.

Perhaps thanks to that, the sticky feeling that had made me suffocate melted away as if it had been washed away.

Soon, soft fingers wrapped around my chin and slowly lifted it up.

“…Zeek?”

“……”

When I opened my eyes, I saw the ceiling of the military barracks that I had always seen.

I tried to get up, but I felt intense pain throughout my body.

“Ugh… !”

It seems like all the wounds and fractures on my body have healed, but are there any aftereffects?

After using telekinesis to force my body to stand up, I looked around and saw Zeke lying face down on the bed.

‘…ah!’

Only then did I remember that I had come to the East Continent.

Instinctively, I tried to run away with Zeke, but the memories that followed stopped me.

‘……why?’

At first, I had doubts.

This must be the camp of the knights stationed on the East Continent.

This means that Zeke met ‘that woman’.

But why did Zeke tell me that he still loved me?

Why did he hug me, caress me, and kiss me?

Thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-.

My heart started beating so fast that I couldn’t control it.

“Ha… Ha ha ha ha ha… Hahahaha – ugh… .”

I felt pain every time I took a breath, but even so, I couldn’t help but smile.

After countless attempts, I was only a supporting actor.

Finally, I became the heroine of a new story and was chosen by Zeke.

Rather, laughter alone was not enough to express the joy and happiness I was feeling right now.

I carefully lifted Zeke up using my telekinesis.

I very slowly laid him down next to me in case he woke up.

I snuggled into Zeke’s arms.

As I buried my face in his chest, a fragrant smell irritated my nose.

The regular heartbeat and breathing made me realize that Zeke was by my side.

“…I love you.”

To Zeke, who finally returned to my arms.

I whispered softly.