episode_0238

The place where Hyangwol disappeared.

Athena and the Sword Master just stared blankly at the place.

Athena, whose eyes were shining with a fierce glare, bit her lips hard and put her sword away.

“…I have to catch it.”

I had an instinctive intuition.

We have to catch that guy called Master.

She would certainly know where Hera is.

That was the moment when Athena was about to leap.

“The story isn’t over yet.”

Dozens of swords were thrust around, blocking Athena.

Geom-hu looks at himself with cold eyes.

“Do you want to die?”

Athena looked at the sword master with her sword in her hand, but the sword master countered with a fierce momentum.

“Don’t be so cocky, little one. You haven’t shown me anything yet.”

“Oh really.”

Athena frowned and steeled herself.

He said he would break the legs of the swordsman so that he wouldn’t be disturbed.

At that moment, the two women were about to rush at each other.

“What…is that!

“Hey…it’s a dragon!!”

A loud commotion was heard from behind.

When we looked in the direction of the noise, all the people in Jangseongga were looking up at the sky in a daze.

Let’s follow them. What we see is a flying object with blue scales and a splendid appearance.

A being too large and intimidating to be called a wyvern.

“….Marie?”

Athena muttered, narrowing her eyes.

She must have always been guarding Hera’s tomb. Why is she here?

Could it be that he was being followed by someone else?

However, Marie did not enter the Eastern Continent.

As if it had done all it could do, it just flew away into the distance.

“….No way.”

Athena focused her magical powers into her eyes and looked at Marie.

Marie flapping her mighty wings.

“No. No. No. ”

Behind her, a woman was sitting in a deep sleep.

Even though his face was covered by a hat and a veil, Athena could instinctively tell who it was.

He tried to move immediately, but there was no way a human could chase a dragon that had already crossed the continent and was soaring through the sky.

Athena took a step back and began to laugh hollowly.

But that was only for a moment.

“Fuck!!!!!”

She shouted loudly towards the sky with her face distorted in an ominous manner.

Athena, who had been trying hard to suppress her quiet anger until now.

It was the moment when the anger reached its peak.

*

‘mom.’

‘….what..?’

‘You…don’t…know…who I am..?’

‘…….’

‘…Yeah. No. I’m sorry, Mom.’

‘Please sleep for a bit.’

Phew-!

‘….Now you can never run away.’

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“Ugh…”

In the midst of consciousness slowly returning.

I woke up clutching my pounding head.

I slowly got up and realized I was lying on a soft, fluffy bed.

I wonder if he fell asleep in the room.

“….Huh?”

As I looked around, I noticed something strange.

It was clear that I was lying on a bed, but the area around me did not look like a room where people lived.

‘…cave?’

It was a vast cave, surrounded by stone on all sides, with tiny drops of water dripping through the cracks in the ceiling.

I got out of bed and looked around.

A cave with nothing in it except a bed.

Why on earth am I here?

I slowly grabbed my pounding head and recalled the memories from before I fell asleep.

Clearly, I was preparing a meal while waiting for the teacher to return.

‘…That’s right. Someone came looking for me.’

In the meantime, someone opened the door and came in.

She was a very lovely girl with eyes as blue as the sky.

A girl who is just about old enough to start school.

I don’t know why, but as soon as the girl saw me, she started to burst into tears.

And looking at me.

– mom….

Yeah, I definitely said mom.

This is the first time I’ve seen this girl in my life. Why does she call me mom?

I just couldn’t understand it.

‘…Did that kid bring me here?’

There definitely wasn’t a cave like this near my house.

If that’s the case, then it means that it took a long time for me to move here.

I can’t believe that little girl carried my body all the way here.

“Are you awake, Mom?”

Then a voice was heard from behind.

It was clearly a girl’s soft voice, but for some reason my whole body trembled with eerieness.

I turned my head to the girl who was staring at me intently.

“Over there..”

“Marie.”

A girl suddenly comes in and interrupts my conversation.

“Yes…?”

“Call me Marie, Mom.”

number of animals.

For some reason, I felt like I suited the girl so well.

Right now, I have so many things I want to ask her, but…

The most curious thing among them is…

“Why…are you calling me mom?”

The girl’s face looked slightly hurt by my words.

When I saw that sad face, I felt a pain deep in my heart for some reason.

The girl looked at me for a moment, then came towards me with a lovely smile.

“Because I’m a mom.”

“Yes..? No. I don’t have any children…”

“……This is too much.”

Another tear flowed from her eye.

thud-

Again.

When I saw her tears, my heart started to hurt like crazy.

Why on earth does it hurt so much..?

The girl threw herself into my arms and looked up at me with a sad expression.

“My mom gave birth to me.. I looked for her so much… How could I forget Marie..?”

Boom- Boom-

Her words flew like a knife and seemed to pierce my heart.

Seeing her heart beating so hard, I couldn’t help but think about her words.

‘I…gave birth to a child..?’

It was impossible to be certain whether what the girl said was true or not.

I definitely haven’t given birth to a child, but that was only talking about the time after I was taken in by the Master.

I lost my memory.

When I opened my eyes, I was in the middle of the Eastern Continent.

I was taken in by my teacher without any memories of my parents, friends, or hometown.

“Really…my daughter..?”

I asked the girl in a trembling voice.

I don’t know.

I don’t think I would have had a child or anything like that.

But it didn’t seem like he was a child who had nothing to do with me.

If that were the case, my heart wouldn’t hurt this much.

“Yeah..Mom…Did you really abandon me..?”

thud-

Her words brought tears to my eyes.

The girl looked at my face like that, then slowly caressed my stomach and spoke in a sad voice.

“I came out of here..Mom said she would definitely love me for the rest of my life..”

“Okay..wait a minute..”

“Don’t abandon me, Mom..I can’t be without Mom-”

Bam-!

My heart felt like it would burst if I listened any longer, so I hugged the girl with all my might before she could finish speaking.

“Mom..?”

I don’t know.

There was no way for me to know whether this girl was really my daughter or not.

But every time this girl made a sad expression, my heart ached.

Clearly. I feel like she was someone I cherished before I lost my memory.

The girl opened her eyes wide at my sudden action, then threw herself into my arms with a blush creeping up her face.

I suppressed the smile that naturally spread across my face and stroked the girl’s head.

“Did you say Marie? To be honest, I lost my memory so I don’t know anything.”

“…..”

“But. I know that Marie is a very precious person to me.”

At my words, Marie’s eyes slowly began to light up, and she began to nod her head vigorously.

A girl smiling lovingly.

When I finally saw her smile, I felt a sense of relief spread through my chest.

‘Is this…maternal love..?’

For some reason, I began to feel that this child might really be my daughter.

But if what this girl said is true…

“Marie. Where is your father? Did he come with you?”

If I were a mother, I would definitely have a father too.

That means I have a husband.

But contrary to my expectations, the smile disappeared from Marie’s face.

He looked at me with eyes so cold that my heart sank.

“Dad?”

“Yes..Marie’s dad..and maybe my husband?”

Marie’s eyes were filled with a glimmer of life.

An inexplicable tension lingered in her calm eyes for no apparent reason.

Could it be that you don’t have a good relationship with your dad or something…?

“There’s no way my mom would have a husband.”

“Hi.”

Her voice hiccupped at the sound of her growling, like a predatory beast.

I swallowed hard and spoke to the girl named Marie, looking at her cautiously.

“But… didn’t you clearly say that she was my daughter? Then… if that’s the case, then my husband…”

“Isn’t it natural that the mother gave birth to the child alone?”

“Eh..?”

I blinked blankly at the incomprehensible words.

However, the girl’s eyes were serious, without an inch of falsehood.

“My mother gave birth to me alone through her earnest wish.”

“Uh…”

“I don’t have a husband. Do you understand, Mom?”

No, how can that be..?

I haven’t received any proper sex education from my teacher yet, but I know that I can’t have a child on my own.

Since my teacher didn’t tell me, I looked into Jangseongga’s books on my own and learned that a man and a woman must have sex in order to have a child.

Was that knowledge wrong?

Since I only read it in books, I can’t be sure of my shallow common sense.

“Really…you can have a child by yourself..?”

The girl opened her eyes wide for a moment at my words, then stroked my head with a sly smile.

“Mom..you really forgot everything?”

The girl began to slowly stroke my head.

“It’s okay! Mari will tell you everything, from A to Z.”

“Oh…thank you..?”

I’m sure you’re saying this for my own good.

Why do I have such an ominous feeling?

“Learn slowly and for a long time in our nest.”

“Eh..? Nest..?”

A nest.

I felt embarrassed by the unfamiliar word.

When Marie looked around, I naturally followed her and looked around too.

A completely empty cave.

“If you fill it slowly with gems..yeah. You’ll definitely be happy.”

Marie muttered with sparkling eyes.

Soon, she turned her head and looked at me, and my body trembled.

“Right, Mom?”

Her eyes as she speaks.

It was flashing so darkly that it couldn’t even be called a child.