episode_0158

“It’s strange.”

From the moment I opened my eyes,

I was plagued by a strange sense of unease.

A man I had never seen before.

He seemed quite strong for a human, but that was it.

Naturally, I thought of him as someone’s servant or subordinate.

“Those eyes. They’re Caligus’. The soul transplant was successful, it seems.”

“Hey… Do you know me?”

“Don’t you remember me?”

“… ”

Confusion peeked through the man’s eyes as he spoke.

His expression seemed to convey that he hadn’t expected this situation.

There was a depth in his face that seemed unknown.

“I… ”

The man swallowed his words as if his throat was dry.

“My comrade! I’ve become a new comrade now. Being in this body means I died and was resurrected. You resurrected me… right?”

“Yes. Just as you say. I am Illek, the Necromancer Mijeong.”

“… ”

Only then did the man respond with a faint smile.

He called me his ‘comrade.’

A normal relationship.

‘Indeed, strange.’

Although I felt unease again, I let it pass.

After conversing, I realized the man was a skilled tactician.

If his body had been torn to shreds, Luna wouldn’t have been able to resurrect him.

Yet, this man, with a frail body, succeeded in bringing me back to life.

But strangely enough,

This man didn’t ask for anything in return from me.

As if it was a natural thing.

He casually handed me a warm chocolate drink and looked at me with a mix of concern and superiority.

“Do you really not remember anything? Just tell me what you remember.”

The man was fixated on my memories.

As if he couldn’t believe that I had lost my memories.

Doubt piled up.

Gradually turning into certainty.

The relationship between this man and me was definitely not ordinary.

Whatever it was, it was certain that it was a relationship accompanied by intense emotions.

The man’s attitude.

And the inexplicable comfort I felt in this body whenever I saw him.

Taking everything into account, I came to only one conclusion.

“Human child… ”

“Call me Mijeong.”

“Mijeong… I have a question, can I ask?”

“Anything.”

“By any chance… were we lovers in the past?”

We were in love with each other.

No matter how much I thought about it, it was clear.

It was a woman’s intuition.

‘What is this crazy guy saying?’

My thoughts came to a halt for a moment.

I had never been so shocked before.

In terms of creepiness, it was comparable to the sharpness of Yerina catching onto my affair, or even worse.

In terms of confusion, it was as if St. Petersburg had invaded when I heard the news.

“Why on earth would you think that?”

“It wasn’t…?”

“… ”

Caligus looked at me with a nostalgic gaze.

For a moment, my heart wavered at that gaze.

What did I say in response to Teleren’s question about what distinguishes one person from another?

Memories.

I said that memories define a person, and that thought still holds true.

So, should I consider the Caligus who lost his memories to be different from the one before?

Caligus destroyed Mijeong’s village, corroded the World Tree, slaughtered countless elves, and had many other sins.

If such a Caligus loses his memories, do his sins disappear?

“… ”

I reached a contradiction.

Although logically, I could say that the Caligus in front of me and the one from before are different people,

emotionally, I couldn’t separate the two.

I want to strengthen Teleren’s opinion right now.

Sins are tied to the soul.

I want to say that the soul defines a person.

‘But that’s not right.’

However, as a reincarnator, that is not acceptable.

Even if the souls are the same, people change according to the memories engraved in their bodies.

They can never be seen as the same person.

Just looking at the current Cali, it’s evident.

Because I entered the body of an unnamed person who likes me and follows me well, Cali herself is under the illusion that she also has a liking for me.

There is no fault in the current Cali.

“Make him pay for his sins.”

So, the punishment for this guy will come after I regain my memories.

I will enlighten him.

I will make him realize what he did, what kind of monster Cali the druid was, how many people he killed.

I will make him remember everything.

And then, I will give him a fitting end.

That’s my plan.

“······Think as you wish.”

There is no mercy.

Pretending to deceive Cali, I had to sweat quite a bit.

Since I was pretending to be the Four Heavenly Kings, I had to act like I belonged.

So, I manipulated the spells wildly while treating Mijung as my right-hand man.

Cali, who cannot handle magic right now, cannot look at the spells at all.

She just thought that Mijung was doing something brilliant and followed suit.

However, the body of the unnamed person seemed to be able to handle magic to some extent.

It doesn’t seem to be a talent or exceptional level, but it’s better to be cautious about magic.

Dragging Cali around.

I planned to ask Cali various questions, so I set up a build-up.

To briefly explain the setting, it goes like this.

The current Four Kings are in crisis due to the betrayal of Solra, the candidate for the Four Kings.

Cali was killed while trying to subdue Solra, and her body was handed over to the Papal Court, but I managed to retrieve only a part of it.

The Papal Court is now moving systematically to eliminate the Four Kings.

And I am currently in charge of protecting the Four Kings.

I want to protect the Four Kings from human attacks by complementing the weaknesses of Velfegor, Luna, and even ‘that person’.

To do that, we must first know the weaknesses of the Four Kings one by one.

······Writing the drama, Cali was unsuspecting and trusting.

“Ugh······. I’m already sleepy······. Human bodies are so weak······.”

“······.”

After unraveling my soulful setting.

I tried my best to look presentable, and a day had already passed.

As the sun set and night fell, Cali, like any other human, complained of sleepiness and soon fell asleep.

About 10 seconds passed after Cali closed her eyes.

Suddenly, her eyes opened.

Her eyes changed drastically.

Eyes that were so unfamiliar that you couldn’t find a trace of Cali.

It’s certain.

This is the unnamed person.

“Ugh.”

“Thank you. I’m sorry for letting you lend your body to someone else.”

“Ugh······!”

As if saying it’s okay, the unnamed person patted my head and smiled brightly.

I made the unnamed person work hard.

I put a spell on the unnamed person’s memories and soul, blocking access to controlling the body.

The unnamed person can only move the body when Cali loses consciousness.

So, the unnamed person must have watched Cali control my body during the day.

I felt a little sorry.

‘What was the unnamed person like back then.’

I suddenly remembered.

In that dungeon, the unnamed person who connected me to the other world.

The unnamed person who showed me that unfamiliar sight with a completely different tone and voice, speaking methodically.

“Ugh······?”

“It’s nothing.”

The disparity between the current unnamed person and me is still so great that I am still puzzled.

What was that all about?

Was there still a fragment of Cali’s consciousness left?

There is still no corner where I can be sure.

However, one thing is certain.

“Igh!”

“What. Why?”

“Igh······.”

Naturally, I stretched out my arms.

The nameless figure snuggled up to me.

After frequently embracing me warmly and falling asleep, it seems like this place is now considered their sleeping spot.

“······.”

“Why are you staring at me like that?”

“······Oh, it’s nothing.”

Feeling their gaze, I turned around to find Mi-jeong, who was avoiding my gaze and turning their head.

After briefly acting aloof towards me.

Mi-jeong turned back to face me and whispered quietly.

“······Be careful.”

“Careful of what?”

“That, woman. She’s hiding something.”

“······.”

It seems Mi-jeong also senses it.

I share the same thoughts.

Kali is still hiding something from me.

.

.

.

I had a strange dream.

A human child…

That’s right, it was a dream with Mi-jeong in it.

It was so blurry and vague that I can’t remember it well.

He was definitely patting my head.

And I was happily pulling his hand towards me, rubbing my cheek against it.

In the midst of dreaming such a dream.

I woke up from a light sleep.

“······?”

I felt a slight pressure.

It seems like I’m surrounded by something warm.

I was surprised by the sensation of my waist being pulled and looked up to realize its identity.

“Wha…?!”

It’s Mi-jeong.

That man, holding me in his arms as he sleeps.

I almost screamed in surprise at first, but managed to stifle it.

‘As expected, this is not a normal relationship…’

Did he hug me in his sleep?

A relationship where hugging is a habit is not normal.

Although this man insisted it wasn’t.

Perhaps it was to consider me, who has lost my memory.

If he were to explain to someone who can’t remember, like me, that I am his lover, it might feel burdensome…

‘Memory… I want to regain it quickly…’

I buried my face in his embrace once again.

I listened to the steady heartbeat coming from his chest.

Hoping for the day when all my memories will return…

“······?!”

At that moment, a red glint shone in the darkness.

A vampire glaring at me with eyes filled with clear malice!

Feeling the threat to my life, I quickly closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep.

This human…

It seems like I’m not the only one for this woman.