episode_0170

CLXII.

Boom, boom!

Catherine’s heart pounded at the sound of explosions coming from the distant passage, even though she couldn’t see how they were moving.

This ring and bracelet that she gave herself were definitely ones that May had made for Gray, so they would be safe.

Because May loves her brother so much.

But strangely, a feeling of uneasiness and an inexplicable sense of foreboding enveloped my whole body and showed no sign of going away.

The day when people dressed in dark clothes attacked my mom and dad.

Like that night when my father and mother’s blood spurted out and covered my entire body, leaving a sticky, creepy and unpleasant feeling.

Catherine trembled involuntarily, feeling the same ominous and eerie foreboding as that night.

and,

‘Oh…bro.’

The fact that her voice was still the same as it was that day made Catherine even more afraid.

As soon as Catherine woke up from her dream, she was surprised by the sound of her own voice calling Gray, “Brother,” so clearly.

After that incident, Catherine became inaccessible, isolated from the world, and lost her voice until she fell into a deep and long sleep.

It was as if he was trying to be like his father, who had injured his vocal cords and couldn’t speak.

Should we go back to that time again?

Am I a cursed child after all?

After Dad and Mom, now even Gray Oppa?

Because of me?

weird.

My vision is getting darker and darker, and my head is getting dizzy.

As the loud noises heard around me gradually became faint,

“This person should pay the price.”

Gray’s voice struck Catherine’s ears.

Yes, that’s right.

It would be more accurate to say that it literally hit hard.

Catherine, who was gradually losing her five senses, quickly regained consciousness as if it were a lie at the sound of Gray’s voice hitting her ears, and she became aware of the situation around her.

In the distance, in this eerie, dark passageway, you can see the bright light that Gray is emitting.

Pachichichik!

The sound of the brain discharge is also heard clearly as if it were coming from close by.

Beyond that light, I can feel the energy of an enemy who holds a deep darkness, shaking violently.

how?

I don’t know. I just feel it, so I think I feel it.

‘Ah…! Oppa!’

My brother Gray is trying hard to drive away the ominous darkness, but! I don’t know why, but I keep feeling uneasy and ominous.

I want to dry it.

I want to tell them to run away.

But Catherine feels exhausted, as if her voice is blocked in her throat and her body is too weak to move a single finger.

“Ah… !”

What came out of Catherine’s mouth was not an exclamation, but a sigh. It was not a sound, but a sound of air escaping.

Catherine sees Gray being hit by the monster’s foot and flying into a wall, as if zoomed in.

Catherine, who has been sensitive to darkness and light since some time ago.

To her, the darkness seemed so vast and thick that Gray seemed unable to bear it.

No, it seemed to Catherine that this space itself was connected to that darkness.

Just as the sense of touch and hearing of the blind are much more developed than those of the average person, Catherine, who had been suffering for a long time while hiding in the conscious world, felt the great darkness enveloping the battlefield more clearly than anyone else standing on the battlefield.

Just a moment ago, the vivid and eerie darkness that had been unilaterally beaten by Gray began to grow larger as if stretching.

‘Oh, no!’

Catherine felt sorry for the voice that was not coming out. She wanted to get up right away and run to Gray, shouting at him to stop and run away.

There is no need to protect yourself.

But just like that night, when I couldn’t even warn my mom and dad, all I could hear was the frustrated cry of ‘Whew! Whoa!’

‘My brother…!’

Now Catherine’s vision was a world of dark shades and bright lights.

In Catherine’s sight, a vivid and eerie aura from Gray burns brightly like a bonfire illuminating the darkness.

‘but…!’

Catherine instinctively reads that Gray’s aura is strong, but not enough to drive away the darkness.

And as if a sad premonition was never wrong, the aura of gray, the vivid light, was rapidly diminishing in size.

Catherine could tell that Gray was struggling and that the light would soon die down. If you ask how she could tell, she didn’t know why, but she just knew.

“Ah, ahh… !”

– Are you okay, Catherine?

― Call me. Call my name! Then you can survive this darkness.

Two beings speak to Catherine, but Catherine is unable to respond.

I want to call out their names right now and tell them to help my brother, but the fear and sadness of unknown origins are blocking the way for my voice to come out like an iron wall.

― If you need help, just tell me. I’ll help you. Light is always with Catherine.

― Now is the time! Now is the time when there is no more damned spirit year! If you want to live, call me! Quickly!!

“Ah, aaaah!”

Now the world Catherine sees is increasingly divided into darkness and light.

The darkness grows thicker and the light gradually fades.

Dear Dad and Mom,

Catherine’s maid, who gives her everything she needs, to the point where you wonder if there’s anyone like her in real life.

The clown sister who always takes care of Gray without him knowing.

The witch teacher who always nags at me, but takes care of me more affectionately.

My older sister May, who took care of me like a friend.

A punishment knight who is difficult to approach, but always has heart-shaped eyes directed at him.

A warm Santa Claus who is more like a mother than a mother.

Recently, when we met, Hwang Yi-unni smiled warmly and called Catherine ‘the child of light’.

And my beloved brother Gray, who took me out of the closed world and sometimes took care of me and cherished me more than my own family!

The scene of everyone being consumed by darkness comes to Catherine’s mind as if it were a foreshadowing (a glimpse of the future) and is vivid in her eyes.

“Ah, aaaahhh!!”

You must call out the names of those who will help you and your loved ones.

But the only sound coming out of my throat was ‘Ahhh’.

The severe trauma he suffered as a very young child was preventing him from speaking out as he faced death.

– Catherine, it’s okay. Gray is strong, so he can win somehow. So don’t push yourself too hard. If you summon us here, Catherine won’t be able to act up anymore.

― That’s what this crazy Gwang-Gwang-bitch said! So don’t push yourself too hard and just wait! But don’t lose your senses! If you feel it’s dangerous, call my name!

“Ah, ah, ahhh!”

Catherine had been feeling this way for some time.

That they are different from ordinary children.

I know that just from the time I was born and the time I spent sleeping, my body should have already become that of an adult.

However, Catherine is still smaller than Lina, and her speech is childish and awkward.

But Catherine liked it.

Her father and mother took care of Catherine like she would fly if they blew on her, and her brother Gray said she was cute.

– Yes, Catherine. It’s okay.

– Tsk. That’s why kids are like this.

But it doesn’t matter now.

Things like that.

– Catherine?

– Kid? You!

Even though she had grown up so much and was no longer able to receive Gray’s cuteness or warm caresses like the spring sunshine.

It doesn’t matter.

And that’s okay.

That’s why I’m going to call out the names of those I’ve heard before, the ones I think are needed now.

“Woo! This! Ah! Eh!”

Even though Gray Oppa thinks it’s strange that he’s grown up so much.

Even if you think I’m a cursed child, even if you distance yourself from me because of that.

It’s okay.

so….

Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please.

Voice please!!

“Wow!”

I can feel Gray Oppa’s light gradually fading away. It’s dangerous!

so……!

“Please!!!”

– Catherine!!

― Oh! Call my name!

“Luminare―!!”

– Leave it to me, Catherine. Definitely!

― Tch! I guess I’ll be in a warm mood again this time. I’ll see you later.

A bright, even warm light drives away the darkness.

She shuts her eyes tightly as she shouts with all her might, but her friend, a spirit who is only known through legend, informs her of the situation wherever the light reaches.

“Haa… . Haa… … . Luminare. Beat me up!”

– Don’t worry, Catherine. Your enemy is my enemy. Light’s hammer on the evil ones!

Light is driving out darkness.

The figures of people whose whereabouts I had not known before come into view.

The clown sister looks this way and smiles her characteristically charming smile. Then she puts her hand to her lips and blows a ‘whoosh’ kiss on the palm of her hand.

The witch teacher smiled for the first time. As if she was proud of me. And did the witch teacher know what I was seeing? She nodded and said, “Good job.”

And then he points to me and the light and says something to his mother next to him. Maybe it means that I’m okay?

As soon as Sister May sees me, she jumps up and down in joy. She’s so cheerful that it makes me laugh along with her.

The Punisher raised his fist, pounded his left chest, and raised his thumb. He seemed to be telling my story to the little Pope and his father standing next to him.

As if she had known this would happen, Sister Hwang made a face that said, “You worked hard.”

And on one side, I can feel the maid with the two horns and the other ladies all looking this way.

The moment they looked straight at Luminare, they saw Catherine.

The bodies of those who looked directly at Luminare once again began to emit brilliant light.

“It’s… a… line. Oh… brother.”

Catherine fell down as if she had fainted. But Luminare did not disappear.

After waking up, the incredible amount of elixirs and health supplements that Dragon Lord Toppori had fed Catherine with special care allowed her to maintain Luminare, the spirit of light, even when she briefly lost consciousness due to exhaustion.

No, from now on, it starts to shine even brighter as if it is in full swing.

It was the moment when the sun of hope and reversal rose in the labyrinth.