episode_0151

“Umm… .”

Was my mind awakened by external stimulation? Evans groaned softly and turned over.

Maria, who was hugging Evans as she was overcome with emotion, was afraid that she might be caught acting like a man, so she pulled away.

For Evans, it was actually more stimulating. Evans came to his senses as the thing covering his body disappeared in an instant. He rubbed his eyes and talked sleepily.

“Maria? Umm… I guess I fell asleep… ?”

“Ah… ! Yes, four… ! You fell asleep!”

“I see… But Maria, why are you sweating like this? Where does it hurt?”

Without even raising his upper body, Evans stretched out his hand and gently placed it on Maria’s forehead. Maria, who was in a state of extreme tension, was shocked! I shivered. Evans sensed something strange in that reaction.

‘what? Why are you suddenly showing such an extreme reaction? I didn’t feel like that until I fell asleep, right? ‘What happened while I was asleep?’

Evans quickly grasped the situation. His brain sped into furious rotation.

“Oh my god, there’s a flood on my forehead. Maria, what’s going on?”

Evans’ palms became wet with sweat from Maria’s forehead. Evans was startled.

“… Are you sick somewhere? Do you have any chronic illness or something? Or are you hurt? Where?”

Thump-!

“Ugh… !”

Evans grabbed Maria’s shoulders. Naturally, those arms were also wet. Evans became more and more perplexed.

Normally he wouldn’t have been so embarrassed. Even if a colleague dies, Evans is a great man who won’t even blink. Rather, he did not hesitate to hit his colleagues on the back.

But Maria is his only enemy. This is why he is so excited at this moment.

So, the moment to sharply interrogate Maria.

“Trigram, it’s okay!”

Maria shouted in a high voice. He violently shook off Evans’ touch.

“Huh?”

“Just… It’s because it’s so hot here! Ah, why is it so hot? Did someone turn on the heating incorrectly? Or is it because it is a closed space?”

“Maria?”

“Ah, anyway! My body is fine! So you don’t have to worry!”

She was in a hurry somewhere.

In fact, Maria’s reaction was completely natural and natural. Evans, who did not know the circumstances, did not know.

“… Maria, is there something you didn’t tell me? I’m intentionally trying to change the topic by saying the temperature in the room is high or something.”

Of course, Evans was not a soft person when it came to psychological warfare.

“No! No!”

‘Oh, what should I do? Should I tell you? ‘I discovered the wound on Mr. Evans’ abdomen, and it is now completely healed?’

“Then why are you so excited? It’s hot in this room right now, but not so much that I’m sweating?”

“It’s because it’s really hot! The degree to which each person feels hot is different!”

“… That’s right. however… .”

‘There’s no reason why I shouldn’t tell you… You were hiding it from me on purpose… I think he would be upset if I told him that he found out about it by looking at the boat without permission… .’

Evans’ questioning continued. However, even in her confusion, Maria was in complete denial.

The reason is simple.

‘Because I’m afraid’.

The reason Maria lifted up Evans’ clothes and saw his bare skin, especially his stomach, which was the sensitive inner skin, was out of sheer curiosity. There were only two of them in that space, and there was also the reason that they were so deeply asleep that they couldn’t wake up even if Evans waved his hand in front of them.

The immature girl couldn’t hold back a moment of curiosity. All of those reasons became the basis for Maria opening Evans’ ship with the thought of only seeing it for a moment and immediately covering it up.

‘Ugh… Oh, I shouldn’t let it be known… !’

It was a very insignificant thing to Evans.

Even if Maria had asked Evans to show her the much more primal, lustful, and instinctive insides rather than her abdomen, Evans would have been happy to show them. That is Evans.

He lived two lives as a demon. Although he maintains his virginity in this life, in his previous life he was not someone who could be called clean and neat.

There is no way for him to have any notions of purity or chastity.

But Maria, who had lived her entire life in the Holy Order, was different.

In her mind, ‘promiscuity’ is something from another world. You must never get close to her, and since she is a saint and not a special or general Catholic, you must behave especially neatly.

The saintly woman, as she should have been, was swayed by a moment of affection and curiosity and tried to take off the man’s clothes. If the church found out about it, they would immediately return it to the church, saying that it was used by Satan since it was outside.

Of course, Maria had no thoughts of being promiscuous or a man until she did something. It was just simple curiosity.

Because Evans was comfortable. A friend you can feel extremely at ease with. The first friend of her age she made.

And, I don’t know about Maria during the day. Her soul spent centuries longing for him. The remnants, the aftermath, the waves were in Maria’s soul.

This is why Maria felt an instinctive attraction to Evans from the first time she saw him and approached him. This is also the reason why Maria has shown great friendliness.

“Well, there really was nothing!”

“Hmm… .”

In fact, even if Maria was aware that she had made a mistake, there was no reason why she could not tell the truth. Rather, revealing the sins committed rather than concealing them and then asking for forgiveness is a virtue taught by the Holy Church.

However, unlike Evans and Maria of the Night, Maria is currently 18 years old. Mental age was no different.

Maria wanted to cover up her facade. It’s like a child who accidentally breaks a cup and hides it for fear of being scolded by his parents.

‘Is this right…? ? Just tell me everything and forgive me right now… but! Mr. Evans even hid the pain in his stomach for me! If you know that I recklessly broke that trust… !’

Even so, it wasn’t like it would work on Evans, who was a master of psychological warfare.

“Maria, are you hiding something from me?”

“Ah, ah… !”

“Hmm… .”

While Maria was struggling with her complex thoughts. Evans had already been observing her reaction. Coincidentally, Maria, who had never lied, was also unskilled at hiding her emotions.

Red eyes filled with deep darkness stared at Maria. Although it was clearly a gaze she had always seen, Maria suddenly felt goosebumps.

It is a gaze that penetrates the heart. Cold sweat broke out and my closed lips trembled. Maria was contemplating whether she should tell the truth now or not, but I don’t think Master Evans would scold her too much.

Tuk-.

“Okay, if Maria doesn’t want to tell, I won’t know.”

Evans’ hand touched Maria’s soft cheek.

It was a steady hand that eased tension.

“Well, is that really true…? ?”

“Because there is no way a good Maria could hide something bad. Even if it was hidden, it would be trivial.”

“Ugh… Well, that’s… .”

“Well, Maria and I have different values, so the size of the ‘fault’ we accept may be different. But the first Messiah also said this. Only those who truly think they have not committed a crime should throw stones at the woman who stole. But it’s also funny that I bring up Maria’s mistakes.”

“Ugh… .”

Maria felt ashamed of herself. I didn’t feel like telling the truth now, but I realized how petty I was compared to Evans’ wide-ranging tolerance that could easily cover up other people’s faults.

‘Really… Mr. Evans is such a good person, as he silently sacrificed himself for my desires. Perhaps she is much more worthy of the title of saint than me… .’

He was truly a person with a lot to learn, Maria thought.

*****

When I woke up, something had changed.

First of all, Maria’s expression on me changed. Should I say that it is a sticky gaze looking at something much more precious(?) than before?

And the stomach pain disappeared. Even when I turn over, I should feel the nauseating pain that I should naturally feel.

Although I am a demon that regenerates quickly, my wounds were inflicted by Stella. Of course, it is not something that can be recovered on its own just by resting for a day or two.

If so, there is only one answer. You’re saying that Maria healed me with divine power while I was sleeping, right? Usually, the sacred power of a sacred church is a counter to demons, and although this is a new fact, I realize it again. Maria was special from a young age.

For some reason, Maria seems to really want to hide that fact from me. I don’t understand.

Is it because of the Messiah’s maxim not to reveal one’s good deeds, or more precisely, ‘Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing?’

After all, he is a truly good human being. There are many things to imitate.