episode_0254

Living because you can’t die.

It was no different from his current condition.

Dania stared blankly ahead as she cleaned up the dishes that had been halved since her younger brother left the house.

Who the hell said time heals all wounds?

Now, more than a year had passed since Hera disappeared. His heart still felt dead.

But, since Hera would have lived and hoped for herself to remain strong, she just silently endured her sorrow and lived each day.

Clang-

“Ugh.”

I must have been so absentminded that I dropped the bowl and ended up breaking it.

Looking at the shards of the bowl that were shattered like his own heart, he let out a short sigh and bent down to put the bowl away.

And then.

dripping-

A sound was heard from the door, which had been quiet for a while.

‘….Lily?’

I clearly said I would come back a long time later.

It was too early to come back now.

I wonder if he has regained his senses now.

‘That can’t be true.’

Lily’s reason had long since sunk into the abyss.

I don’t think she’ll ever be back to how she was before, since she won’t even listen to me.

Probably no one can stop her.

What if Hera came back to life?

I walked towards the door with a sad smile on my face at the impossible imagination.

“Who are you?”

“The person you hate.”

Her voice, so familiar as to be disgusting, made me feel down.

The one who kidnapped Hera and failed to protect her until the end.

“I have nothing to say.”

“You’ll regret it.”

“I can’t hear you telling me to get out-”

“What about your younger sibling?”

Athena enters the house despite clear rejection.

She was looking around as if she was looking for someone.

“No. I probably won’t be back for a while.”

Although he snapped at her with a sharp voice, Athena looked relieved.

“That’s good. It’ll be easier to talk this way.”

“What the hell are you-”

“I have good news for you.”

I frowned at her self-willed behavior that made no sense.

I originally thought it was just reckless… but now it really seemed like no one could stop him.

“Please stop talking and come in.”

He didn’t want to let her into the space where his memories and Hera’s were mixed anymore.

‘I’d rather just hear the story quickly and send him away.’

As I looked at her with a short sigh, Athena was smiling for some unknown reason.

“Then I’ll get straight to the point.”

Later, he became deeply grateful that he had not driven Athena away at that time.

“Hera is alive.”

Because the words she spoke turned his life around again.

*

“Huh…?”

When I opened my heavy eyes, a completely different scenery than before unfolded before my eyes.

‘Where is this?’

I slowly rolled my head and tried to recall my memories.

He was being treated by a beautiful white-haired saint who was said to be the best doctor in a clearly magnificent temple.

In the meantime, the girl touched my chest, saying it was for treatment.

After that, my memories were vague, as if they were obscured by something.

“….ummm..it’s clear that this isn’t the temple.”

As I looked around, a mysterious sight came into view that looked like a beautiful night sky.

A familiar space that feels like I’ve been here before.

But no matter how much I tried to recall my memories, I didn’t think I had ever entered such a dreamy space.

‘Is this the place you came to before you lost your memory?’

“Are you here?”

As I was looking around with a curious mind, I heard a voice from behind me.

I felt secretly glad that there were people in a place like this.

So let’s turn our head in the direction of the voice.

My body was frozen in place.

“Huh…?”

When I saw the opponent in front of me, my thoughts stopped for a moment.

Anyone who encounters the same situation as me would probably react the same way.

‘Am I seeing things wrong..?’

The woman in front of him had jet-black hair that lay like silk and red eyes that shone like bright jewels.

It was someone I knew.

No, there’s no way I wouldn’t know.

After all, the woman in front of me had the exact same face as me.

“Hello. This is my first time seeing you in person.”

“What the heck is going on..”

A woman with the same face as me came right up to me, frowning.

“I have a question. Can you check it for me?”

“Yes…? What kind of…”

I tilted my head in confusion. The woman in front of me let out a short sigh and grabbed my shoulder with one hand.

And then she took a short breath.

He swung his arm in a big way and punched me in the lower abdomen.

Phew-!

“Hegeok?!”

My body was startled by the sudden shock.

My legs almost gave out, but I was barely able to hold on and prevent myself from falling.

“What the…what is this…”

“…This is ridiculous. How can this be considered pleasure?”

Her expression became even more serious.

He then struck me in the lower abdomen again with his fist.

Thud- thud-

“Gyah?! Huh?!”

The woman fell to the floor as her body reacted first to the sudden attack and pushed her away.

He looked at me, who was making a face as if he didn’t like something, and shouted.

“What are you doing, hitting me out of the blue!!”

“Sorry.”

Me, who surprisingly apologizes sincerely.

She stood up, dusting her knees once, and looked at me intently.

“My head is getting complicated. This is going to be quite a headache..”

“….What did you say?”

“I don’t have a choice anyway…what should I do?”

She was deep in thought, muttering to herself incomprehensible words, then she clapped her hands together and made a smirk.

“Hey. Help me.”

“…Huh?”

“I want to go out, but I’m stuck here. Can you help me?”

Wouldn’t it be more important to first explain who you are? A woman who looks exactly like me.

She was still looking at me with that meaningless smile.

“You seem curious about me, so I’ll tell you if you help me.”

“….”

I don’t really have any aversion to helping others.

For some reason, I felt like I shouldn’t just listen to what that person said.

As I hesitated for a while, she, who looked exactly like me, took a step closer to me and said.

“Well. Think about it slowly. If you help me..”

Soon she shoved me and my body started to fall to the floor.

“I will give you back all the memories I have of you.”

“What is that-”

“Then let’s see you next time?”

With her last words, the meaning of which I do not know.

My consciousness began to fall to the floor along with my body.

*

A port on the farthest outskirts of the empire.

Two women with pretty faces came down from a slightly worn-out-looking ship.

“This is definitely the place.”

As the older-looking of the two women spoke, a girl who still looked young looked around.

“..It’s definitely different from my hometown.”

“Yes, according to the first disciple, it is said to be a place where geometric civilization developed.”

Perhaps because they were not on good terms, the girl responded indifferently to the woman’s words.

“Wow~ Some really nice people came to this shabby place.”

The two women turned their heads at the sudden sound of a deep male voice.

Then, what comes into view is a bald man with a shiny scalp.

Behind him, there was a group of men with fierce looks.

“But what can I do? There’s a toll here, you know.”

“Toll fee?”

The bald man smiled faintly and answered the older woman’s words.

“You have stepped on our land that governs this place. Shouldn’t you pay the appropriate price?”

As he said that, he looked down at the woman’s body and licked his lips.

“If you don’t have money, well…you can fill it with something else…”

The woman looked blankly at the balding man with a disgusted expression, then slowly nodded as if she had guessed something.

“Indeed. They’re a bunch of bandits. Are there guys like this everywhere?”

“This year, she’s quite the mouthy one.”

The bald man spoke as he held out the huge sword he had on his back to the woman.

“You look so well-dressed, I guess you have a family..but that kind of thing doesn’t work here?”

As he spoke, a group of men with fierce appearances surrounded the women and girls in a circle.

“This village is located in the most remote area, so there is no need for security or any help, hahaha!”

As the crowd began to laugh along with the bald man, people around them began to leave one by one.

The woman looked at the crowd, let out a short sigh, and pulled out the sword at her waist.

“What? Are you swinging a sword at the face?”

The bald man tried to provoke the woman as if he was laughing at her, but there was not the slightest wavering on her face.

Perhaps because of her ominous mood, one of the group spoke to the man with an anxious expression.

“Boss. Could it be that you are someone who knows how to use mana? Something is strange.”

“What an idiot. A person like that comes here?”

“……That’s true.”

He slung his sword over his shoulder and looked at the woman, snorting.

“Choose. If you ask for mercy now, I will personally give it to you.”

“…..”

“If it’s your year, especially this body-….”

Crunch-

The man who had been smiling darkly stopped talking.

There was a brief silence like that.

Bam-

The body of a man who had been fine until just now was torn apart, and blood began to spurt out from his body.

“What…what is it!!”

“Boss!!”

People are left bewildered by the body of a man who was brutally murdered.

The girl next to the woman looked at the corpse with a dark expression.

“… You are indeed a master. It was an invisible sword strike.”

“It wasn’t me.”

“Huh?”

The girl opened her eyes wide.

The woman opened her mouth, pointing to one side with a calm face.

“Let’s ask that kid.”

In the direction she pointed with her hand, there was another girl standing.

Although her entire body was covered in a cloak and her true appearance could not be seen, the aura the girl gave off was ominous.

The cloaked girl looked at the woman, sweeping her blood-stained, pure white sword once.

“Are you guys criminals too?”

“…..What a vicious killing intent.”

female.

No, Geomhu Hwaryeon looked at the girl and took out her sword.

The girl faced her like that.

He had a strange smile on his face, with two eyes shining ominously.