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53. I will be the dawn that divides the darkness. (2)

” Come in. ”

” Yeah, thanks. ”

The room I entered with Yeonseo was a room filled with love and decorated quite cutely.

Perhaps, it was the room that Yeonseo was decorating for her unborn child.

” Can I really come in here? ”

” Stop talking and come in. I don’t have time, and I don’t have a room to give you. ”

When I saw Yeonseo slowly moving her body and sitting up on the bed, saying that there were no rooms left in Garam Settlement, I thought to myself, ‘I’m really a mother now.’

Yeonseo looked at me, caressing her slightly swollen belly, then tapped her hand next to me and made a gesture telling me to sit down.

” Phew… Seriously… I was just about to fall asleep when you showed up so noisily… ”

” Sorry… Are you, are you having a hard time? Should I make it a little easier for you? ”

When I apologized, Yeonseo smiled slightly and said, “Hehe.” and reached out her hand to me.

” Well, you don’t have to be so sorry… but I can’t help it when the ‘goddess’ I met after a long time says that~ ”

” Yes, yes. Okay~ ”

As I slowly held Yeonseo’s hand and breathed divine power into it to restore her vitality, Yeonseo’s expression began to become noticeably more relaxed, and after a while, I held her hand and asked.

” When did that happen…? When we broke up…? ”

When I asked her that, Yeonseo shook her head and scratched her cheek with her other hand, not the one connected to mine, as if embarrassed.

” That… I guess, it happened… when I came to Garam… right? ”

” Oh… that time…? ”

” Sa, actually… The reason I broke up with you guys was… W, of course I missed my sister and wanted to meet Seojin oppa… but since then, that… that day never came… ”

” Wow… ”

As he listened to her words, Yeonseo looked at him with surprise, turned her head away with an embarrassed expression, and began to cover her mouth.

” I’m really… embarrassed… ”

” Congratulations, Yeonseo. That’s really great. ”

” Uh, yeah… Thank you. My, my story ends here…! You, where the hell have you been? Do you know how worried I was when you disappeared for… three months? ”

” Haha… That guy was sent to another world by Thanatos at the end. He spent ’10 years’ there and finally came back. ”

” Another world again…? Wait, wait? How many years has it been…? 10 years…?! You, you came back safely?”

” It took a while, but I’m back anyway, so it’s okay, right? ”

” Haa… 10 years… you mean…? ”

Yeonseo stared at my face intently and then touched my cheek with a ‘thud’.

” How can someone who’s 10 years older than me still have the same skin…! ”

” Now you’re not a human anymore, you’re a goddess…? ”

” Yeah, you’re good. Ugh… ”

As Yeonseo said that, she continued to touch her stomach, and my gaze was… focused on her stomach.

As if she noticed my gaze, Yeonseo grabbed my hand.

” Want to touch it… just once? ”

” Is that okay? ”

” I wouldn’t allow it for others… but for you… well, since you’re a goddess, at least bless the child~ ”

I smiled faintly and placed my hand gently on her stomach as she led me.

I felt the slightest movement, the fetal movement, which was evidence that the baby was healthy.

” Are you really… staring at me with such intent? Even though you’re going to end up like this anyway? ”

” That’s true, but… It’s still amazing. That the child is inside the stomach like this… ”

” What kind of boyish talk are you talking about? I’m telling you, it’s really funny. Later, ask Hyunseok to do the same thing as me~ ”

” You’ve had a kid, so now you’re really unstoppable? ”

” Yeah~ What do you want me to do~ ”

We laughed and chatted for a bit, and then Yeonseo’s eyes slowly started to close, so she laid down and I lay down next to her.

The moment I was about to fall asleep, I heard Yeonseo’s voice faintly.

” I’m glad you’re back. Really… ”

At the sound of her breathing at the end of those words, I held her hand and poured out my divine power to answer, thinking of her who had suffered so far despite not being alone.

” Yeah. I’m really glad to see you again too. ”

Yeonseo’s breathing seemed very relaxed and quiet, and her expression was smiling happily.

How long did I sleep? I opened my eyes to the sound of a siren, and heard people moving outside the door.

” What… happened all of a sudden… ”

” Sigh…um… Seriously, I was hoping to get some good sleep… ”

I helped Yeonseo slowly get up and asked her what was going on, and she replied that a demon was attacking her.

As the world becomes completely dark, it is now routine to take turns standing guard, as the demons come to attack so frequently.

” Hoo… Hoo… Ugh… ”

” Are you okay?! ”

” Okay, it’s okay. I’m just a little tired because my body is heavy. ”

” Still… ”

” You, before you came here, you were always like this? Phew… Okay. Let’s go. ”

As I leave the room with Yeonseo, I see Yeonseo’s boyfriend, Heo Seojin. No, I should call him her husband now.

As Yeonseo said, this kind of situation is a daily occurrence, and he also looked very haggard.

His hair and beard were unkempt, his clothes had been sewn back on in places, and there were quite a few stains.

And the flying squirrel he raised with his skills is also sleeping on his shoulder.

” Yeonseo! Right now… Huh? Charlotte? When… ”

” It’s been a while. How are things going now? ”

” It’s a pretty tough situation. Yeonseo, are you okay? If it’s tough… ”

” Oppa, it’s okay. And if it’s not me, no one can stop it anyway. ”

” I’m sorry… ”

” No need to be sorry. Just give me a massage later… ”

As I continued to listen to their conversation, I interrupted Yeonseo.

” Yeonseo, you are resting with Seojin oppa. ”

” What? What are you talking about… ”

” I’m here. So you, get some rest. You have to think about the child too. ”

” Charlotte… you… ”

Yeonseo slowly nodded her head, saying she understood what I said, and then leaned against Seojin’s arms and spoke to me.

” Then, like you said, I’ll rest. Do well? ”

” Of course. Then, Seojin oppa. I’ll go out, so you and Yeonseo rest. It looks like you’re really tired too… ”

Seojin Oppa asked me if I was really okay, but Yeonseo pinched his cheek and told him to worry about her, then dragged him into the room.

I smiled slightly at that sight, but since there were many people moving around hurriedly in the hallway, I left that room behind and moved in the direction they were running. I took out a large sword similar in size to my body. [Sword of Judgement. Juwayeuse.] and put it on my back.

I saw Lee Seok-hyeon and Na Jin-hee shouting at me to go outside and take a seat, so I approached them.

” Huh? Charlotte…? You…! When on earth did you get here…! ”

When Jinhee pointed at me in surprise, Lee Seokhyun, who was next to her, also opened his mouth with his eyes wide open.

” Yeonseo? Why isn’t Yeonseo coming and you are? More importantly, you… you suddenly disappeared, what the heck… ”

” Something happened. How is the situation now? I heard the demons attacked. ”

Lee Seok-hyeon scratched his head as if he was quite embarrassed and pointed in the direction with his chin.

” Haa… Normally, a giant leader-level demon would come along with the rest of the ragtag group, but this time, for some reason, only the leader-level guys came together. No, so why did Yeonseo… ”

” Yeonseo told me to rest a bit. I can’t leave the baby with a pregnant mother, right? ”

” That, that’s… Haa… So? Can you stop everything? No matter how much you…. ”

As I passed by him, I cut down a giant monster that had descended from the sky with one stroke of my sword.

” No problem. Is there anything you’d like to ask us? ”

” Hmm… I see. First… I’d like you all to step back. It’s quite difficult to control. ”

At my request, Lee Seok-hyeon and Na Jin-hee turned back the people trying to go out the main gate and sent them up the wall guarding the settlement. I watched them climb up as well, and as I passed the main gate and went a little further forward, I saw the giant guys approaching, grabbed Juwayeuz with both hands, and lifted him up to release my strength.

*****

The people heading outside to face the demon’s attack suddenly tried to question the leader, Lee Seok-Hyeon, who called them back, but their eyes were focused on a woman who passed them by and went outside, so they stopped questioning and looked at her.

Most people were trying to get out, shouting to help the woman, but their attention was suddenly drawn to a bright light that appeared.

It’s been three months since the world was plunged into darkness. In those three months, have you ever seen such a warm and bright light?

The light made me feel as if I was seeing the ‘sun’ that I had lost again.

As if I was held in my mother’s arms when I was little.

However, as the light shone, the figures of the devil hidden in the darkness appeared, and as they rushed toward the light like moths to a flame, people fell into despair and fear, and just put their hands together and prayed to God.

At that moment, a clear and elegant voice resonated throughout Garam Settlement.

[ In the name of the Goddess, Manienu… I judge you all… ]

Just that one voice made everyone in the settlement feel relieved from despair and fear, and at the same time, they began to feel warm.

And then a heavy sound like something being swung followed by a warm voice.

What they heard through that voice was…

[ Promience Dawn ]

With those words, a pillar of pure white flame appeared.

A long pillar of flame that reached the darkened sky.

As the pillar fell vertically, the sky that had been covered in darkness split apart and the light blue sky of dawn began to appear.

Yes, that pillar of flame was like the dawn that drove away the dark night and brightened the dawn.

A story began to spread among the people.

A pure white pillar of fire appeared, cutting through the pitch-black darkness and regaining the sky that humanity had lost.

The sky, which had been dyed in pitch-black darkness, began to widen its crack as if it were burning with pure white flames.

People looked at that sight and once again… felt the light of hope.

And as if the story were true, someone took a picture and posted it, and in it was a woman wielding a giant sword.

They all said the name in unison.

The goddess Manienu, who defeated Thanatos, the evil god who brought about the end of the world, and brought about dawn.

In fact, I was surrounded by many people and didn’t even care about such conversations.

” That’s what they say? Goddess, Mr. Manieneu? ”

” Oh, really! Stop teasing me! ”

” Savior! For the Goddess, Mr. Manieneu~! ”

“” For!!! “”

” Please! Stop it!!!! ”

A Garam settlement where the threat of demons has disappeared and the sunlight shines through the split sky.

There, people were just sharing the joy of having the light of the world restored, raising glasses around a woman who had given them hope.