episode_0272

“Everyone stop! Otherwise, the goddess’s punishment will come down.”

“How much did you run?” Iris said, panting heavily and screaming.

Everyone was frozen in place by Iris’s sudden appearance, and Iris took advantage of the gap to run towards me and pull out the syringe stuck in my arm.

“…What?”

When Athena looked at me with a deeply depressed face, Iris flinched once, but then immediately pulled me behind her and looked at everyone with a face full of resentment.

“Are you all crazy?! Do you know what you’re trying to do?”

Lily answered Iris’s cry with empty eyes.

“My sister liked it too, Iris. Don’t interfere.”

“Do you really think you said that because you liked me?! You must have pressured me!”

“….”

Lily was unable to utter any objections for a moment, perhaps because she was stung by Iris’s words. In the quiet silence that followed, it was Marie who spoke first.

“But if there is no child, the mother will run away again.”

Iris frowned at Marie’s seething voice.

“So you were trying to drug and get her pregnant? The person you call your mom?”

“…….Or else I’ll run away again.”

Iris was momentarily taken aback by Marie’s sorrowful voice, then looked at Athena and shouted loudly.

“And Athena, you… As expected, human nature doesn’t change easily. I thought you had changed, but you’re still this way…!”

“Iris. Don’t think that even you will always be like that.”

Iris flinched again at Athena’s growling voice.

Although he may not have known about others, Athena was someone he had held in high esteem since long ago, so the fear and respect for her strength still remained deep in his heart.

But no matter what, I can never overlook the intention to rape Hera without permission.

Iris looked at Athena and the other women one by one, a sad expression appearing on her face.

“I know how you feel. The year I thought Hera was dead was a hellish time for me too.”

The pure white saintess showed a sympathetic look for a moment, then suddenly crumpled her pretty face.

“But no matter what, they’re trying to threaten Hera-nim in a group like this. Are they crazy because they can’t stand the sadness in a group?!”

“Let’s knock him out.”

“Let’s all reflect….okay?”

When Iris heard Lily’s soft voice while she was expressing her anger, she opened her eyes wide and stared blankly at Lily.

“What did you say, Lily..?”

“I wish you would just sleep soundly and not disturb me.”

With those words, Lily began to slowly walk towards Iris.

“Calm down, Lily.”

“Let go, sis.”

Lily shook off Dania’s hand and walked towards Iris. Iris instinctively sensed a threat in her purple eyes that showed no emotion at all.

“Don’t worry. I won’t hurt you because we’re friends. It’ll just give you a little headache.”

“Lily..Lily. You can’t do this. The goddess is already angry.”

“What do you know? I’m a hundred times more scared of my sister leaving me again than of the goddess’ punishment.”

Iris swallowed dry saliva at the sound of Lily’s voice, which had suddenly come in front of her.

“Good night Iris.”

“Ah..! Wait a minute!”

Then, as if something suddenly occurred to her, Iris took something out of her bosom and held it out in front of Lily’s eyes.

“..What is this?”

Lily narrowed her eyes and looked at what Iris had handed her. It was nothing special, just four plainly wrapped letters.

“Hera left a letter for you. Please read this first.”

“Uh..a letter from my sister?”

A worthless letter. But when she heard the writer’s name, the value of the letter to Lily increased exponentially. A little light appeared in her empty eyes, and her drooping face slowly began to open up.

“Give it to me.”

And it was the same for Athena, who strode towards Iris and snatched the envelope with her name on it.

Athena looks at me intently, holding the letter I wrote in her hand.

She let out a short sigh and carefully opened the envelope.

“This time, you left a letter. But no matter what you wrote, we have no intention of letting you go. So don’t get your hopes up.”

She looked at me and said something sarcastic, then carefully took the letter out of the envelope and unfolded it.

“Uh…uh…wait a minute…”

It’s good to see the letter…

‘Do you really have to read it in front of me?’

I wrote some really embarrassing things.

But they wouldn’t grant my hopes.

In the end, I had no choice but to blush and suppress my shame while they read the entire letter.

Even writing this letter, I’m so scared and nervous. I probably would never have said it in front of you. I’m such a coward. Um… Where should I start? Okay. I should start with this.

I am not Hera.

..isn’t that shocking? You might be thinking, what on earth is this? But seriously, Athena.

I am not Hera. Furthermore, I am not from this world.

To put it simply, I am a person who was brought from the world called ‘Earth’ by the god called Celestial God.

They say that the world you live in originally had an unfortunate fate. They brought me here to stop that.

I feel like I kept wavering back and forth without being able to do anything, but I think I was able to come up with an ending that I was satisfied with.

Actually, it’s a much more complicated story than this… I’m stupid, so this is all I can explain. Sorry…

But believe me, I’ve seen all the misery this world has suffered.

Oh right. And you. Were you a really bad person?

He swung a knife at Marie and left Lily to die. He was just a completely self-indulgent thug.

Of course, you were like that in the fate I saw… but I know. You are absolutely different now.

So I followed you around all the time… and I think that’s why I ended up loving you. Well, it didn’t end well though!

You’ve become so much better thanks to me! You know that? I hope you’re grateful!

…Sorry. I guess the joke ends here.

Anyway, Athena. As I said, I am not Hera, but a stranger from another world.

So what happened to the original Hera?

He died. The god of heaven said that because I plundered his body, Hera’s soul lost her body and is floating around the underworld.

When I found out, it was really hard for me. I couldn’t sleep well every single day, and I felt like I was going to collapse from the unbearable guilt.

I love you, Athena. That’s why I was so happy when I was with you, and how much guilt tormented me.

I couldn’t shake the feeling that I had taken away the happiness that Hera should have had.

From then on, I made up my mind that I was a sinner and that I did not deserve this happiness. So I planned to leave after I achieved the goal I had set.

You guys always say I have no tact, but… actually, I knew that from the beginning.

How much you love me. And how true your love is, enough to give me a star for every word I say.

But no, Athena. Our love was a lie from the start.

I know. The reason you and the others love me is because of the beautiful appearance and body of Hera’s body. They loved the body of the child named Hera, not me.

And I am not the owner of that body.

But even though I knew that, I used your hearts. In order to fulfill the purpose for which I was called, and to make this world you will live in peaceful, I used your hearts that loved me to make you fight for me.

I know you like a girl named Hera, but I kept it a secret from you until the end, used you, and left you a letter like this. Isn’t that incredibly cowardly?

So, Athena, forget me. I am not worthy of love or anything else.

Don’t look for me. Our relationship was a lie from the start.

To put it simply, that’s it.

This is such a ridiculous story, I honestly don’t know how much you’ll believe it… You can just think of me as a crazy woman and ignore me. But if there’s one thing I want to ask of you… I want you to be happy.

Live happily. I want you to bury the person I am in a corner of your memory, meet new people, and live your life. It may be disgusting and selfish of me to keep asking for this, but… I really want you to live happily.

I haven’t decided where I’ll go yet, but I’ll be desperately hoping for your happiness from afar.

….I guess I should go now.

There are countless things I want to say, but I’m afraid I’ll just end up regretting more if I keep saying more, so I’ll stop here.

Well then, goodbye Athena. Meeting you was such a precious memory for me.

At first, I just hated you… but now you’ve grown as big as the sun in my heart, and you’re a precious person I can’t forget.

love you.