episode_0494

We found a room at a quiet inn and held our breath.

Meanwhile, my word was spreading.

“The servant told me to plant a tree!”

“Where are the trees in the desert?”

“If you don’t have any, bring some oats to feed the horses first!”

The Terubs even took away the grain they had bought to feed their livestock and scattered it across the desert.

‘Crazy guys.’

To me, who has atheist blood, it only seemed like madness based on group madness.

The expressions on Shir and Lexi’s faces were not bright, perhaps because they were similar.

“You’re really good at lying.”

“That’s right.”

The two, who caught a glimpse of the madness of longing for grace, looked at me with disapproving expressions.

“Liar.”

At this point, I am embarrassed.

“Someday, when the temperature of Pangea drops, the seawater that moved north will naturally return to the southernmost part. It’s all for us?”

“Yunaira will have half of the southern part and part of the Hibi Desert!”

Shir frowns and laughs as if in disgust.

“Sister, look at how insidious this is. Doesn’t it look like a snake?”

“If you look at it this way, you are the devil’s agent.”

It looks like he just wanted to make fun of me.

Anyway, the future is bleak.

‘When I was working as a saint, I definitely visited Doomheim.’

I can’t guarantee they won’t be in Doomheim.

‘Then what should I do?’

The moment you are discovered by these guys, it will be over.

However, if I become immortal, the other person will be able to feel me.

“Why are you making fun of something that was just a joke?”

“After seeing that monster, I don’t know what to do next.”

“The people next to you are all strong beyond the standard.”

“That monster is also out of standard.”

“They have to meet standards.”

‘You sound like it’s within the standards.’

They are the ones who will come back to life without a problem even if a grenade explodes inside their body.

“Stay with Shir until you return to Hindier.”

Shir was humming and eating a cactus with a spoon.

It seems like the words were set in advance.

“Where are you going?”

“Since I came this far, I plan to come see the dead people.”

It meant going to the cradle.

“Well, I can’t work if I’m with him?”

“What did I do?”

Shir is not familiar with Drekkar society.

This is not a high-trust society like UNAIR, nor is the value of currency low.

“You don’t know how much Shir has put himself down, right? Shir needs rest.”

A new word struck me.

Because I had forgotten that fact.

‘······That’s right.’

Shir has changed beyond recognition.

If you think it was just for me, it was right to take this much trouble.

“Unlike us, he is really young.”

“Who is young?”

Shir glared at me.

This is a line that only young people can say.

It seemed like he didn’t like being looked down upon because he was young.

There are emotions that can only be felt when you are young.

“How old are you?”

“More than you.”

‘Now that I think about it, how old is the difference between Shir and I?’

Take a moment to count by adding your fingers.

Soon, laughter broke out.

“You are the same age as me.”

“We were originally the same age.”

“Including my past life.”

“······.”

It seems that he had been dead for too long.

“If you die one more time, you will become my older sister.”

Now it really is the Maginot Line.

You must never die.

“Don’t say anything unpleasant.”

“I also hate to see you older than me.”

The reality I was facing was funny.

‘Shir is the same age.’

To me, he was just a child who needed to be protected.

Once again, the 14 years without me became frighteningly real.

The years were both harsh and refreshing. Like an old man.

‘Let’s take him on a tour of the world right now.’

Shir is looking at me with new eyes.

He had a worried expression.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“···You’re the same age as me?”

“Before we died, we were 14 years apart. Why?”

Soon, Shir smiled triumphantly.

“Just because it’s amazing.”

“Still, you are a child to me.”

“Ah, are you saying that older people are your preference?”

I snorted.

‘It climbs right up.’

I wanted to show Shir a lot of things.

Cultures, specialties, landmarks of another world…

I would have gone to see it with Lexi if she hadn’t stabbed me in the heart.

“What are you going to do?”

“I’ll take you with me.”

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to broaden your horizons at this time.

“It reminds me of the old days.”

“What are you thinking?”

“I wonder what would have happened if Shii hadn’t come.”

I was planning to run away from Immortal with Shir.

“In that case, I was thinking of leaving the south with Shir and traveling to Pangea together.”

“···So?”

“Yes. We decided to leave together. First, I wanted to go to Horus, cross the Hibi Desert, go to Lomaria… and show the blue ocean.”

At that time, I thought it was possible.

“Even before I died in Heindeer. I felt like I wanted to show Shir how beautiful the stained glass was, even though I was about to die.”

Considering that Shir would be thrilled, I was just happy about that.

I really liked Sur that much.

“So, you’re saying I’m a bad bitch?”

It was a blunt voice.

It’s just so funny.

“I have no conscience. I was a really bad bitch back then.”

“When I heard it, I was so disappointed that I couldn’t do it. Should I be a real bad bitch for the first time in a while?”

Lexi breaks her bones and stands up.

I quickly picked up the nonsense.

“But! Now, you are the most beloved bride who has even started a household, aren’t you?”

“You idiot, it’s late.”

Shir scoffed and finished eating the cactus.

* * * * * * *

A quiet farmhouse located on the outskirts of Benzis, Romaria.

Shir, who was experiencing the habitable climate for the first time, already looked excited.

“See you later.”

“Call me when you have finished your business. I’ll come find you right away.”

“Okay.”

Lexi spread her wings and quietly flew up into the sky.

After seeing Lexi off to her cradle, Shir returned to me.

“The air here smells good!”

“Air smell?”

“Yes. In the South, I always smelled like rotten leaves.”

“What does it smell like here?”

“Refreshing. This is my first time smelling something like this.”

I grabbed Shir’s hand.

A date alone with Shir.

It felt like my wish from 17 years ago was coming true.

Moreover, I am not a child anymore.

‘If you’re over 30, you’re old enough to get married.’

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Women of marriageable age.”

Shir smiled and showed his fangs.

“──────?!”

Quack!

“Aaagh?!”

And it bit me without mercy.

So much so that there are holes in my flesh.

It was only then that I remembered it.

In Pangea, the ideal age for marriage is in the teens to early twenties.

“Wait───!”

“Because of who I am────!!!”

“Where I used to live, around our age is the right age to get married!”

Only then did Shir stop biting me.

But even for a moment.

“Anyway, it’s all because of you!”

It seems like he had a sense of entitlement.

I picked up Shir, who was sulking, and walked with him in my arms.

Shir closed his mouth and walked towards me.

“You were cool yesterday. What is that red sword?”

“It’s a sword pulled out with my blood.”

“You mean you can now control blood?”

Is Shir now able to properly wield the power of Venus?

When I think about it, I don’t think I’ve ever properly handled Dantalian’s powers.

Shir was looking at me quizzically.

“Why are you doing this again? Please give me the strength to protect me. That was the petition you asked Venus for, right?”

The blood flowing from Shir’s hand stretched out and took the shape of a sword.

“That’s why I gained control over my blood. This is just an application.”

“···Sharp?”

“Yes. It’s a really sharp sword.”

Shir slowly stabbed the sword made with blood into the glass of the lantern.

The sword penetrates glass without any obstruction.

‘I cut the glass.’

It was a frighteningly sharp sword.

“Stab the heart of the immortal with this. That person becomes immortal, protects people, and drives away Hae-soo. It’s a kind of ceremonial sword for knighthood.”

Shir casually stabbed me in the stomach.

Sigh!

“Ah?!”

“It doesn’t hurt, right?”

“···That’s right. It doesn’t hurt at all.”

“Then die!”

Shir is chopping me up.

Sigh! Sigh! Sigh!

“True guidance! I can’t! From everywhere! A woman! make! Talk to me! Damn it?!”

It was strange. Because I felt better every time I got stabbed.

A bloody sword made of snow and blood soon pierced my heart.

Grump ─ Grumble ─

“Ugh!”

Something hot is flowing inside me!

“I think I’m going to get pregnant with my heart!”

Suddenly!

Shir cut off my head in an arrogant manner, as if he was disgusted.

It seems that this kind of prank was too early for Shir.

“Don’t be a damn thing. You stored my blood in your body. Don’t be dangerous even if you get hurt.”

“Are you trying to spy on my mind again?”

Shir shook his head.

“···I don’t do that anymore. I just want to feel you alive.”

“Yes, you have grown a lot.”

“Don’t pretend to be an adult.”

It seems like he doesn’t know that it’s sad to be like that.

The fact that being able to be sad is a great blessing.

‘You will always be in my heart.’

Hedgehogs do not suffer if they keep their distance from each other.

But the young hedgehog who doesn’t know that must suffer until he reaches the conclusion.

The blood sword that has completed its duty is sucked into Shir’s hand.

“How did you get the idea to turn blood into a sword?”

“My sister suggested it. They say that if you want to be praised by people, you have to have a decent reputation.”

I wrapped my arms around Shir’s waist and walked forward leisurely.

We saw endless crops stretching across rivers and plains, and saw rivers as clear as glass flowing.

I fell in love with the city of Benjis at first sight.

I also wanted to show Benjis to Shir and Jules.

‘I had to go to Romeria.’

Romaria is where Pangea’s wealth gathers.

The largest branch of the Golden Road was also located in Benzis, the capital of Romaria.

‘Jemmy Drucker needs to trust me.’

As it is a loss-making business, it would be better to lure them with information about the train that will later spell the end of peddling.

“Wow…”

Sur was unable to close his mouth as he saw the beautiful scenery of Benjis.

A waterfall pours from a lake stretched out above the clouds, creating a rainbow.

The lovers took a ferry boat and chatted on the lake.

Fish play peacefully under the clear water.

The practitioners praised the Sky Lake while taking in the waterfall.

“I’ve wanted to show you and Jules the scenery since I first arrived here.”

Shir was mesmerized and was staring at the Sky Lake.

My heart felt warm.

‘I just wanted to see that goofy face.’

“Hey… I want to go up there.”

“That lake?”

The place that Shir was looking at was Sky Lake.

Is that where Neptune lives?

‘···Are you sure you can go?’

I don’t know if Neptune will listen to my request, but I have to get my money’s worth.

He is also a servant who is quite close to Ain.

“Neptune. The representative of Venus wants to go up on the lake. Could you please put your legs down?”

I didn’t know what to ask, so I did whatever was asked.

“Neptune? Legs?”

“Yes. leg. If you have something to do with a human on earth───”

I was speechless.

Because the sky ladder was coming down.

‘Is it okay if I drop you off?’

Sur was mesmerized and looked up at the leg.

“Something is coming down from the sky!”

“Dari.”

“Legs?! What bridge?!”

“It’s called the Sky Ladder. When I go up, I say thank you.”

“Yes! Okay!”

Shir’s excited appearance is ridiculously cute.

‘I like people who smile, too.’

Neptune is the servant who told me to go to hell.

On the other hand, Mercurius is a servant who was told to ignore what Hell said.

If I were to define it as a syllogism with poor logic, my side would be Mercurius and my enemy would be Neptune, but I don’t particularly feel like Neptune is my enemy.

Shir held my hand and carefully climbed the stairs.

Slap─Slap─

The stairs we climbed collapsed and returned to the water.

But the sky is also Shir’s domain.

I’m not scared at all.

Shir looked around at Benjis from the sky several times.

“···Pretty.”

“Yes. It’s a really beautiful city.”

The sky lake is compressed and compacted, making it as soft as gel.

Would it be as soft as playing on the lawn?

The ripples spreading at my feet steal my attention.

I followed the ripples and caught up with the rhythm of Shir’s steps.

Neptune was sitting comfortably on a chair made of water, looking at this direction.

“Thank you for stepping down the ladder.”

“Thank you.”

Shir also knew who lived here and was very nervous.

When I held his hand, his stiff hand began to fidget.

Neptune snorted and avoided our greeting.

“Pretending is enough. After seeing enough, go.”

I think he’s a mysterious servant.

“Thank you.”

Neptune looked away as if he was not interested.

I wandered around the sky lake while holding the hand of Shir, who was stiff from the presence of the Absolute.

“The fish is chasing us.”

“I guess it’s because I’m bored.”

Shir stroked the drill fish gathered at his feet.

Although they don’t have a soul, the drill fish flipped its stomach over to Shir and acted cute.

The ones who were so cute left us without any regrets.

We looked down on West Venges from Pangea’s largest skyscraper.

“Wow…”

The river water sparkles and tickles the eyes.

The sight of buildings in primary colors hanging down like currency was like a disheveled flower.

I quickly got tired of that still, beautiful sight.

All the people who looked as small as ants were looking up at Sky Lake.

I see something sparkling.

People were looking at this place with telescopes or something.

I quietly hugged Shir from behind.

As if to show them off.

‘What happened today will become a rumor, adding credibility.’

“You don’t know how much I wanted to bring you here.”

“···Me?”

“I wanted to show you how beautiful the city is.”

Shir looked sulky at me.

“···Do you want to live like that too? Even in the South or Bangor, there are beautiful places─”

“Where I live is next to you.”

“······.”

“I don’t mean to brag, but I thought that this would have given me the same admiration I had when I first saw the great nature of the South.”

I comforted Shir, who had become mute for some reason.

I slowly explained each place I traveled to.

Shir hugged me back, lowered his head, and listened to my story.

“You too will create a place like that.”

“···I’m going to retire with you.”

“People surprisingly easily get tired of everything and change. The duty we feel, the sense of duty, these are the food that allows us to be who we are.”

People often think that being comfortable means being happy, but that’s not really true.

“You should never let yourself go out of anger.”

I hugged Shir and patted him.

“Someday, let’s teach our children about the world and pass the world on to them. We will then retire and quietly retire.”

“···Stay like this for a few more decades?”

“What’s the problem? I am by your side.”

Shir’s body felt hot.

How much did you look at Benjis like that?

“I’ve seen it all now.”

“Then shall we go down?”

I let go of Shir and turned around.

Neptune was staring at me with her arms crossed.

‘···I’m not.’

Sur?

“Agent of Venus.”

“···Yes?”

“Share your blood.”

Shir’s hands tighten as they hold each other.

‘···Was the sky ladder lowered because of Shir?’

I left Shir behind and took a step forward.

“Why do you need my wife’s blood?”

“The drill fish is sick. But if you have the blood of Venus’ representative, you can wash away the disease.”

Neptune’s words were calm, but they were nonsense.

“Precious blood does not work on animals.”

“What do you guarantee you know? Its essence is a totem. It brings different results depending on who uses it and how.”

“···How much do you need?”

Shir passed me and stepped forward.

I was embarrassed, but there was nothing I could do if I came forward.

“One drop is enough. Drop it in the lake.”

Shir plunges the blood sword into the Sky Lake.

Soon, a school of drilling fish swam around at Shir’s feet.

“···But you really only shed one drop.”

Neptune laughs as he gives an unusual attention to the subject of a servant.

Soon, a borer fish started laying eggs.

The egg floated and began to float above the lake.

Pong!

The egg case of a borer fish breaks through the surface of the water under high pressure and is thrown out.

Neptune, with his power, gave it to us in a ball of water.

“Thank you. In return, I will give you food from God.”

Just as water beads form clay, they take the shape of objects.

It was a water bottle shaped like a decanter for pouring wine.

“Thank you. Hmm───?!”

‘It’s heavy!’

I somehow managed to lift it, but I couldn’t even walk a single step, so I had no choice but to put it down.

On my day off, I was staring blankly.

“Is it heavy?”

“No.”

“···That’s strange. I made it heavy.”

what?

Neptune twitched the corner of her mouth.

“I’ll make it light enough for a weak Ain to lift it.”

The decanter became thinner as if melting, finding an acceptable weight.

I looked at Neptune.

It may seem pleasant, or it may seem sad.

Mercurius’ words suddenly came to mind.

‘I said servants are human too.’

“Former Dantalian’s agent.”

“Yes.”

“Do not make mistakes in front of your father.”

“···What are you saying?”

“It means that we should think from our perspective before speaking to our father.”

The person I can’t sympathize with the most is the servant?

It was a feeling of déjà vu, and I soon knew what it was.

‘Dantalian also said something similar to Neptune.’

Ask me to think about what paradise is from a servant’s perspective.

It was something I passed over without even thinking about it.

“···Okay.”

Servants cannot immigrate to subhumans.

It was natural for demi-humans to also empathize with servants.

So I had no choice but to find out.

“Vulcan… Diana… Anyone is good. Don’t be stupid and ask us for help. We are not so vicious that we do not help those who follow our wishes.”

“I will do it when necessary.”

“Yes.”

Neptune took his gaze away from me.

“···Someday you will know.”

Leaving something incomprehensible.