episode_0147

“Li..Lily..?”

“Uh..why is my sister..”

Lily’s eyes began to tremble violently, as if in disbelief.

“Why did you kiss that girl?”

“Huh..huh?”

Lily’s words made me examine my posture.

Athena’s arms around his waist, his toes raised and his face pressed against hers.

It was quite an embarrassing sight to show to others.

Especially if the person you’re seeing is Lily…

My eyes started to twitch a little.

Lily looked at me in confusion for a while, then took out her holy sword with a look on her face as if she had realized something.

Lee..Lily?

Why are you taking out the holy sword?

“Oh..I see. That woman threatened my sister again.”

“Huh…Huh?”

“Sister. I’ll kill you. I’ll save you. I can do it.”

Lily slowly approaches, clutching her sword.

I tried to hurriedly stop her from speaking as her aura grew more and more murderous, but Athena cut me off first.

“Calm down, kid?”

“Who the kid is..!”

Lily frowned at Athena’s words and approached faster and faster.

“Trying to steal my sister away again…!”

“Li..Lily, that’s not it, Athena, I-”

“It’s okay, sis. I’ll save you. Just trust me.”

Lily quickly runs over after leaving those words.

Athena also sighed as if she had no choice and wrapped mana around her body.

A critical situation.

“Ah..Athena saved me!!”

But as I ran between them and stretched out both arms, both of them stopped moving at the same time.

For a while, there was silence between the three of us.

“….Huh?”

The first to break the silence was Lily’s infinitely calm voice.

I quickly approached Lily and began to explain before she misunderstood any further.

“I..I almost got kidnapped by the Demon King.. but Athena stopped it!”

“…The Demon King’s sister?”

Lily’s purple eyes became even more murderous.

Thinking that this couldn’t go on, I ran to Lily and grabbed her hands tightly.

Then, thankfully, Lily’s mood calmed down a bit. I didn’t miss the opportunity and quickly spoke to her.

“If it weren’t for Athena…I would have been dragged to the demon world. So please let it go…”

“……”

But despite my request, Lily continued to shoot cold glances at Athena.

In the meantime, I, who was feeling restless, began to persuade Lily in the softest voice possible.

“Well…Athena isn’t as bad as you think…huh?”

“You kidnapped my sister. You’re the one who made her cry. What if you do it again?”

“You…don’t worry about that!”

Lily opened her eyes wide at my words, and waited for my next words without saying anything.

I spoke to her in a confident voice.

“Now Athena is my slave! So, it’s okay, Sister.”

“….what?”

A murderous voice came, as if to shatter my expectations that a positive answer would come back.

Lily looked at me with an expression that seemed to say she didn’t understand.

“Sister’s slave? Why? Didn’t your sister accept it?”

“Huh…? Th…that’s…?

“….That won’t work. Let’s talk about it separately.”

Lily grabs my arm and starts taking me somewhere.

As I followed her without any resistance, Athena grabbed my arm from the other side and stopped me.

“Hey kid. I met Hera after two years?”

“Don’t touch my sister..!!”

“That’s impossible.”

The standoff started from both sides like that.

The two of them started pulling me hard, as if they were kids fighting over something during the holidays.

“Okay.. Wait a minute guys..!”

As the pain grew more and more intense, they tried to stop me, but my words were buried in vain in the intense tension between the two.

“I have a lot to talk to Hera about too, kid.”

“My sister!! Don’t take me away!!”

“Okay..wait..!”

My arms were stretched out to the sides and pulled here and there.

While I was lost in the confusion, a figure was approaching us.

Let us look at the person, hoping that perhaps a helping hand has arrived.

“…….Mom?”

Sky blue hair that was slightly longer than before and a very pretty face.

My daughter, whom I would not mind putting in my two eyes.

He was looking at me with calm eyes.

“What is this?”

“Ma..Ma….Maria…”

This situation is already confusing.

It was a moment that was truly heading towards catastrophe.

* * *

Ruither, the heart of the empire.

And a promising restaurant that survived the fierce competition in this famous city.

It is popular among people of all social classes with its delicious food and refreshing drinks.

This restaurant currently has people waiting in line.

The store was now being run solely for three people.

The guests could not help but be dissatisfied at first.

They came to this restaurant with high expectations after hearing good reviews, so they asked why it wasn’t accepting them.

But when the store manager explained the people inside, they immediately backed down and politely walked away.

It can’t be helped.

It is a historical event where the heroes of the empire and the warriors of the holy sword gather in one place.

Who would dare to step inside with confidence?

‘X is done….’

Store manager Tom thought to himself.

He had worked hard to build up his restaurant to a reputation. However, he had no idea that his life would end up on the gallows overnight.

“I’ll give you beer. Um…the kid can’t drink alcohol, so I’ll give him a soft drink-”

“Who’s the kid?”

The girl with gray hair. Tom flinched once as the warrior spoke angrily.

“Lee..Liliya..Please calm down a little here..”

Fortunately, as the beautiful black-haired woman spoke restlessly, the warrior’s seething spirits died down a little.

Soon, the black-haired woman snatched the order sheet from the hero and began to slowly place her own order.

“Umm..I’d like a beer too. Li..Lily, what do you want to drink?”

“…I am water.”

“Oh.. Really? Then please give me one of each of the water and the most popular menu.”

She finished speaking by handing herself the order sheet.

This order seemed to weigh more heavily than his own life.

“Please make it delicious.”

A woman speaking with a bewitching smile.

Her smile, which seemed like a thoughtful gesture to him, felt like a death sentence to him.

‘The moment it becomes tasteless, my life is ruined…!!’

“Just leave it to me!! I’ll get it to you right away!!”

But he himself couldn’t make any complaints.

In the end, I had no choice but to trudge to the kitchen.

Tom thought to himself.

Maybe your career will end today.

* * *

‘…I guess you were quite surprised?’

The face of the store manager who had just left kept lingering in my mind.

It must be a desperate face, as if he were about to be executed at any moment.

Well… how could I not be nervous when Athena and the warrior Lily are here?

I already felt bad for kicking out all the guests, but it seemed like it was a considerable burden.

‘I should tell them it was delicious when I go out later..’

That’s the least you can do.

“I don’t intend to talk to you for long.”

For a brief moment while I was lost in thought, Lily was once again looking at Athena with those life-filled eyes.

“I want to talk to you?”

“You… aren’t your pants too thick?”

As Athena spoke calmly, Lily gripped the utensils tightly and spoke in a blazing voice.

To be honest, I was at a loss.

I don’t know where to start.

From Lily’s point of view, Athena must be hated.

At first, I also hated Athena to the point of death.

If you add Lily, it will be more, not less.

It was obviously difficult for Lily to become friends with Athena.

But…it’s my personal greed…

I hope the two of you become close friends.

Athena just had a twisted personality. She wasn’t a bad person.

Lily was also sometimes sensitive only to things related to me. She was a really kind and pretty child.

Oh, that’s a bit of a separate story…

Surprisingly, Lily became quite close with Marie.

When I introduced her as my daughter, Lily was very kind to Marie.

– Are you human, sister?

Marie stopped rejecting Lily after hearing her answer to just one question.

After that, the two of us started talking more often than we expected.

“Lily.. Can’t you get along with Athena?”

As I looked at Lily with a longing heart, she flinched and spoke with a face filled with emotion.

“Sister..! Have you forgotten what this woman did to you?! She forced you into being her slave and took you away as she pleased..!”

Athena flinched a little at each word Lily spoke.

Her expression was gradually darkening, as if she had been stabbed.

“But…how am I supposed to do well..? How have I been…for the past 3 years..how hard it has been…”

She raised her voice with tears in her eyes, as if all her pent-up emotions had burst out.

But since it wasn’t wrong, I had no idea what to say to convince Lily.

While I was wandering like that for a long time.

Athena looked at Lily for a moment, then sighed briefly and got up from her seat, starting to walk towards Lily.

“…..What are you.”

As Athena suddenly stepped forward, Lily took the sword in her hand with a sharp aura and prepared to strike her at any moment.

but.

“I was wrong.”

At Athena’s unexpected words, Lily’s hand on the scabbard lost its place.

“….what?”

While Lily was flustered, Athena slowly lowered her posture, knelt on one knee, and looked up at Lily.

“I’m sorry. I really regret what I did back then.”

Lily looks at Athena in disbelief.

But Athena paid no attention and continued to speak while looking at her seriously.

“It won’t be easy, but….can you forgive me just this once?”

“You…..”

Lily’s eyes began to shake violently.