episode_0268

“Seo..Saintess..?”

Alina opened her eyes wide and looked at the woman at the door of the mansion.

A woman with soft, pure white hair that flows down her face.

A lovely face that makes you feel at peace just by looking at it.

A saint who was chosen by the goddess. A person of the empire who could not help but know her.

But the saintess ran to Alina with an anxious face, wondering if there was a problem.

“Huk… Huh… Hera, are you here..?”

Iris speaks, breathing heavily.

Alina was momentarily taken aback by her appearance.

“..Why, Miss?”

“It’s urgent. I have to meet Hera.”

The fact that the saint knew the young lady and that she was desperately looking for her made Alina feel embarrassed.

Alina hesitated to answer for a moment, but she didn’t think that someone called a saint would do something so suspicious.

Besides, Alina is also worried about Hera’s safety right now.

You have to help where you can.

Alina opened her mouth to Iris, then mumbled something.

“..No. Hera left the mansion yesterday.

Iris, who had been looking at me with a blank expression, opened her mouth again in a hurry.

“Yes…?! What about…Athena?”

“I can’t see Athena either.”

“That’s….”

Iris bit her finger with an anxious look on her face, then began walking into the mansion with serious eyes.

“I need a place to pray.”

“Prayer..?”

A quiet space where no one comes. It would be even better if there were items with sacred power.

Alina followed Iris with worried eyes and asked cautiously.

“What’s wrong with you, Miss..?”

“…I don’t know either. I have to find it first.”

Iris nodded her head without thinking at the saint’s very serious words.

When Alina led her to the quietest place in the mansion, the saintess did not hesitate and immediately knelt down and clasped her hands together.

“…Saint.”

Alina looked at Iris hesitantly, then called out to her with determined eyes.

“…..Say it.”

Iris answers with both eyes closed.

Alina took out three envelopes from her bosom and handed them to Iris, saying:

“This is a letter left by Hera. I’m giving it to you in case it helps.”

Irish, who opened her eyes at the name Hera, immediately snatched the letter.

As she quickly scanned the letter, Iris’s eyes began to shake as if she was shaken by an earthquake.

A letter left by Hera.

The letter contained only stories he could not understand.

“……..another world?”

What the hell is this?

*

“Ugh…”

My eyes opened dimly due to my pounding head.

I tried to twist my body, which for some reason was not moving well, as much as I could, and I felt a soft texture supporting me.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw an unfamiliar room I had never seen before.

A room lavishly decorated with an interior that could be called top-notch.

The bed was large enough to comfortably accommodate several adults, and the bookshelf was packed with a variety of books.

Surprisingly, there are many pieces of furniture visible.

But what caught my eye wasn’t such fancy furniture.

An odd sight, out of place in such a luxurious room.

One side of the wall in the room where there should have been a door.

It was all blocked by iron bars.

It was a gloomy iron cage that instantly turned a luxurious room into a prison.

And beyond the iron fence, the thick iron gate stood firmly in place as if telling us not to even think about escaping.

I sat up in embarrassment.

“Ah..ugh..!”

I fell backwards as I felt something strangling my throat.

‘What…is this…?’

I couldn’t hide my embarrassment inside.

A cold lump of iron, just like an iron bar.

It was wrapped around my neck like a leash.

Not only the neck, but also both ankles.

I don’t know what it was made of, but no matter how hard I tried, this leash wouldn’t budge, and it was tightly binding me as if it wasn’t going to let me go anywhere.

‘What the heck is this…?’

“Ah…huh..?”

….uh?

I touched my neck once, feeling the alien sensation.

And then he swallowed again and slowly opened his mouth to speak.

“Ugh…ah..?”

There is no voice.

No, to be exact, the words don’t come out properly.

Even when I try to speak, the only thing that comes out is a voice whose meaning is unclear.

Little by little, fear began to creep into my uncontrolled body.

Let’s take a slow look at what on earth happened. Memories that had sunk into my consciousness are slowly coming back to me.

– I don’t want to hear anything from my mom anymore.

Fragments of memories that come to mind at that time.

Only then did I begin to realize what kind of situation I had gotten myself into.

A carriage that I got into while running away.

However, the owner of the carriage was a personified horse in the form of an old man.

Marie, shocked by my words, said she didn’t want to hear any more and put a spell on my neck.

That’s probably why I can’t speak.

‘…It failed..’

I slumped down on the bed with a sinking heart.

I tried to leave as quietly as possible, but…

For some reason, Marie seemed to have known from the beginning.

That means…

I guess all the other guys know that too.

“Ugh…”

I let out a short sigh and thought calmly.

I think there must have been some kind of misunderstanding.

..It’s true that I ran away.

There was a clear reason for that.

And the reason was written all in the letter… but it seemed like for some reason the letter hadn’t been delivered to them yet.

What happened to Alina?

‘It’s okay. Just tell me verbally.’

They are the ones who cherish and cherish me.

It is clear that some misunderstanding has built up and caused this to happen.

If we talk enough, I’m sure you’ll understand me.

Clank-

As if responding to my thoughts, someone opened the thick iron door and looked at me through the iron bars.

“Ah….”

Athena.

I tried to call her name, but the words wouldn’t come out properly.

Athena looked at me quietly with an unreadable expression, then took out a key from her bosom, opened the iron door, and slowly approached me, who was tied to the bed.

“Aren’t you very embarrassed, Hera?”

“Ah..uh..”

Athena let out a sly laugh, then grabbed the back of my head and pulled me toward her mouth.

“Ugh..?!”

Athena’s tongue invades my mouth without any warning.

It was a very radical kiss, quite different from what Athena had done before.

“Ugh..! Ugh..!”

This kiss gives me the feeling that it’s only trying to dig into my mouth…

It felt similar to the kiss Athena gave me when I first met her.

Athena, who had been patting my mouth for a while, finally pulled away and lifted my chin with her wet eyes.

“…Hera. I’ll get straight to the point.”

“Huh..?”

Athena looked at me with her eyes, the light in my head dimming.

“I heard you don’t love us.”

“Ahhh?!”

You don’t love me.

What on earth does that mean?

“Honestly, I still can’t accept it.. I’m so angry that I’m about to cry tears of blood. But now I’ve decided to just let it all go.”

– I don’t truly love you.

no way..

Did you hear what I said to Marie before?

“Ah..ah..”

That’s not it, Athena.

It’s not that I don’t love you, it’s that the Hera you love isn’t me-

“I’ll send it to you, Hera.”

” in?”

My eyes widened at Athena’s unexpected words.

I stared blankly at Athena, wondering if I had misheard her, and she smiled faintly and patted my head.

“If you don’t like it, we can’t hold you back. We can’t keep you locked up by force, and we can’t train you to our liking.”

Her words, which were so creepy that I could barely hear them, gave me chills.

“I’ll let you do whatever you want. If you leave us, you can just quietly destroy us and disappear. ”

“…..”

“Just grant me one favor, Hera. That’s all I need.”

…If you grant me just one favor, you’ll let me go without a hitch?

Honestly, I couldn’t believe it.

Aren’t they the ones who searched the entire continent to get Hera back, and even set foot on the Eastern Continent, where the heavenly gods said they couldn’t find her?

To think that they would let me go with a simple request…honestly, it would be difficult.

But did you notice my thoughts?

Athena continued speaking with extremely serious eyes.

“Really, Hera. If you just listen to me, I’ll let you do whatever you want without any complaints.”

“Huh..?”

“Yeah. Really.”

How did she understand my mumbling? Athena snickered and stroked my head.

I nodded, looking at Athena with clear eyes.

“Good idea, Hera.”

There’s only one thing they want from me.

If that could just ease their feelings for me…I’d do anything for them.

Even if it is an unreasonable request that requires me to give up my arms and legs, I can definitely grant it.

If only that could erase all my sins.

“Hera. I will ask you as my representative.”

Athena speaks with a pure smile.

I listened to what she said.

Athena looked at me once and opened her lips.

“Give birth to our child.”