episode_0432

“I never thought the Black Archer would accept Jeff Yang’s request…”

I puffed out my chest with a proud expression at Lily’s words.

Isn’t it all because I’m so good?

Lily looked at me with sparkling eyes, as if she envied me for being able to do something that even she couldn’t do.

I was so intoxicated by Lily’s gaze that I looked at the wall splitting apart before my eyes.

The split wall opened up and created another path forward.

“Are you really going to see your sister?”

I spoke to the Black Archer and patted the wall.

Is it an illusion that I somehow find this guy cute?

Although I didn’t hear an answer, I stepped onto the path that the Black Archer had created.

Amy, Lane, and Lily followed behind me.

Amy, who had been walking for a while, asked me a question as if she was anxious.

“Jeff? Are you sure it’s okay to go this way?”

“Of course! Did you come like this when you came to your mom?”

I answered with a confident expression.

When I thought about seeing my mother, this black archer guided me to Amy.

So this time, Shine will guide us again.

I believed so.

While walking along the road for a while, Lily, who had been thinking about something, nodded as if she had made up her mind and asked Amy a question.

“Excuse me, is that Amy?”

“Huh?”

“Do any of your family members come from District 1?”

“Among my family?”

“Yes, only nobles could use the Black Arch… But Miss Jeff…”

“Umm…”

Amy looked down at me at Lily’s words.

I turned my head away, avoiding his gaze.

“I don’t know.”

I looked up at Amy’s words.

She didn’t bother to tell Lily that she and I weren’t related by blood.

I smiled slightly at Amy’s consideration.

But Lily’s words bothered me.

Shine and I don’t know what our biological parents look like.

All I could remember was a vague memory of living happily in a certain house until I was captured by bad guys and spent my childhood there.

“You can’t use the Black Spirit Palace if you’re not a noble?”

“No… That’s not it. Except for nobles, there were no cases where the structure could be changed like Jeff Yang. That’s why I was curious.”

“I see…”

I looked at Amy in silence, then hugged her.

As I was rubbing my face against hers without saying a word, Amy smiled faintly and patted my head.

It didn’t matter if she was a noble woman, Amy was more precious to me than my biological parents, whose faces I didn’t even know.

Even if they came now and shamelessly showed their faces and said they were their parents, it didn’t seem like they could say anything good to them.

As I was walking along the path that the Black Palace had created, the wall cracked open and a little girl popped out.

The girl covered in wounds, smelling strongly of blood, was Cissé Vlad, who had parted ways with us earlier.

“CC?”

I quickly ran to CC and lifted her up.

Blood flowed down the corner of his mouth, but he didn’t seem to have lost consciousness, and he squinted his eyes and coughed.

“Jeff?”

The girl, who thought she was 700 years old, seemed to have gotten into a fight with someone.

I looked at the wall with the CC sticking out.

What kind of bad person could have made CC like this?

“Do you know Jeff?”

“Yeah, that’s…”

I opened my mouth to answer Amy’s question.

Because I had no idea how to introduce CC.

The girl in the hidden room of the Black Palace? Or the crazy girl who believes she is 700 years old?

If not that, my friend?

No, we were still in the process of becoming close friends, to the point where we could introduce each other as friends.

So I kept my mouth shut.

Cici, who was in my arms, coughed and sat up.

Blood flowed from her mouth and sprinkled on the floor, then soon disappeared in a puff of white smoke.

As I was standing there with my mouth open in amazement at the strange phenomenon, the next moment, my body was pushed back with a loud explosion.

The strong wind causes the body to sway and the hair to fly in all directions.

I raised my arm, covered my eyes, and looked in the direction the wind was blowing.

There stood Amy, holding Cici’s hand.

CC’s hand was pointed at Lily, but Lily was just sitting on the floor, trembling in fear.

“What the… is this?”

“If you don’t know anything, you’d better stay away.”

What on earth happened?

Just an hour ago, Lily and Cissy were having a nice conversation.

But now, CC’s fierce gaze was directed at Lily, as if she were looking at an enemy.

I helped Lily up from the floor and quickly backed away.

CC’s gaze was still fixed on Lily.

And at that moment, I could see the shadow wriggling beneath CC’s feet.

This was a phenomenon that appeared when CC started using her abilities.

As I flinched and prepared myself, the entire hallway was filled with white energy.

Amy also used her powers.

The shadows spread across the white hallway began to get noticeably smaller.

“Jeff, come here!”

At that moment, Lily, who had been squirming behind me, grabbed my arm.

I said, “Uh-uh,” and was dragged along by Lily.

With a very familiar movement, Lily opened the wall to make a path.

I looked at Amy once, then grabbed Lane’s hand next to me and ran after Lily.

“Oh, Mom…”

“Amy will be okay!”

After running for a while, Lily opened the large door, went inside, and grabbed Lane.

She stopped in her tracks, stuck her head out of the room, looked around, nodded, and closed the door.

“Is it okay for me to run away like this?”

“This might be more comfortable for Amy Yang.”

“I see…”

I sighed at Lily’s words.

Certainly, I, who had not reached the realm of transcendence, was nothing more than a burden in the fight here.

Rain seemed to feel the same way as I did, and sat down on the floor with a sullen expression.

“But where is this?”

I looked around and muttered.

The interior of the room is noticeably different from before.

Although the background was black, the cutting-edge machines installed everywhere stood out.

“Well, I don’t know.”

“Really…?”

I walked towards the most conspicuous machine among them.

Inside, there was a chair for a person to sit on, and there were latches around it, as if to secure the arms and legs.

It was definitely not an ordinary place.

What on earth is this machine used for?

I approached the machine and began to examine its structure.

Given that the arms and legs can be firmly fixed, it’s hard to believe that it was made with good intentions.

As I was examining the device, I was able to discover something like a large helmet hanging inside.

Helmet… something that holds your arms and legs in place…

The moment I thought about that, Lily came to me.

“Jeff, are you thirsty?”

“Oh. Thank you.”

Lily handed me a cup filled with a cold drink.

I don’t know where it came from, but since it was given to me, I took it.

I was blankly looking down at the cup in my hand, and I let out an awkward laugh at the sight of Lily smiling brightly at me.

“Don’t you want to eat?”

A cold sweat runs down my back.

When on earth did it change?

Even though they look so similar, how did they not notice that Lily and Kelly had switched?

I swallowed dry saliva.

I got hit.

I got completely screwed by Kelly.

So where did Lily go?

I looked at Kelly, who was smiling brightly in front of me, and sent a hand signal to Lane.

It was a signal I hadn’t used in seven years, but since she had been active in the resistance for so long, I was sure she would notice the signal I sent right away.

As I wiggled my lowered fingers, Rain nodded, not disappointing my expectations.

The moment he brought the cup to his lips, Rain started to move.

Slowly and stealthily, without making a sound, like a cat.

The moment the drink touched the corner of her mouth, Kelly’s eyes widened.

Phagecic-!

The moment I heard the electric sound in my ears, my body was floating in the air.

Kelly’s physical abilities are not outstanding.

The visual acuity of the body is also like that of a very ordinary girl.

So, in Kelly’s eyes right now, it must have seemed like I disappeared for a moment.

I’ve been thinking about Kelly’s abilities all along.

Her ability to reach is limited only to what she perceives.

If so, what about this sword?

The nobleman named Stain must have been with Kelly for a long time.

If so, it was highly likely that Kelly was also fully aware of the power of the sword that Stain had used.

I pulled out the sword stuck in my back.

Ssrreung – A clear sound and a heavy feeling were transmitted to my fingertips.

The next moment, I landed on the floor.

“Kelly.”

Kelly’s eyebrows twitch as she smiles.

I pointed my sword at her.

He had never used a sword before, so his posture was awkward, but the sharpness of the sword was real.

If you brush against it, it will hurt.

“Did you know?”

“Of course…”

I trailed off and looked at Kelly’s expression.

She was definitely aware of the sword I was holding.

It seems my prediction was right.

I waved my fist threateningly at the air as a test.

With a whoosh, Kelly takes a step back.

I smiled at the sight.

“Now!”

I shouted at Lane, who was waiting behind Kelly.

It was Kelly’s ability that made it necessary to make a sound to signal the attack.

If the attack came from somewhere she wasn’t aware of, it wouldn’t be able to reach her.

So, it’s announcing an attack.

Right now, at this moment, I shout with the intention of attacking you.

At my words, Rain jumped into the air and waved his hands.

Bubble bubble – Bubbles gathered around, creating large waves.

At that moment, Kelly turned her head as I expected and recognized Lane’s attack.

With his own two eyes, he recognized the waves heading towards him.

Kwaaah-!

Kelly’s body is swept away by the strong waves.

“Did you knock it down?”

Lane muttered as he watched Kelly being swept away by his waves.

I frowned.

The water begins to drain from the room where the wave swept through.

But Kelly was nowhere to be found.