281 – Happy lies, cruel truth
“Haa…”
The goddess’s deep sigh broke the silence in the hut.
At the end of her gaze, there was a boy lying on the bed unconscious, and his younger brother next to him, unable to erase his worried expression.
“Eterna.”
The goddess of time who does not even answer her sister’s calls.
The goddess frowned slightly and continued her story in her cold voice.
“The sun has risen. In the meantime, we can’t do anything. “The only time we can be active on land is at night.”
There is only one reason why the two sisters were able to come down to earth.
Because she was the goddess of night and lies.
Under the omnipotence of her goddess, even other gods can be deceived at night. She was able to secretly attempt Kangrim, which was considered taboo in the divine world, without being detected.
But as the night ends and the morning dawns, the goddess’ omnipotence also loses its power.
Probably soon other gods will notice that they have disappeared from the temple.
Furthermore, after the sun rises, the sun god begins to watch over this land.
Now that we have taken refuge indoors away from sunlight, our location may not have been discovered right away… If, by any chance, the sun god were to discover that they had come into contact with humans, then there would be absolutely no way to turn back.
The next best option in the current situation is to somehow avoid the eyes of the sun god, wait until nightfall, and then return to the temple and make up for the day’s absence.
Of course, it would be difficult to brush it off as if nothing had happened, but it was much better than going down to the ground and being found out that he had come into contact with humans.
Contact with humans was a serious crime that, in the worst case, could result in one’s godhood being sealed or being banished to Middle Earth forever.
Therefore, the biggest risk factor in the current situation had to be definitely eliminated.
“Get out of the way. “I’m going to erase that man’s memory.”
For her, the goddess of lies, manipulating her human memories was a very easy task.
The only problem is that she doesn’t move away from the man.
Rather, she stood in between and blocked him, as if protecting her boy from her older sister.
“What are you doing?”
“···This child jumped into the lake because he thought it would be better to die than to be ignored by me.”
Eater I muttered, running a hand through her boy’s hair with a sad look in her eyes.
“But how can all memories be erased…? “To pretend that the fact that we met never happened, there can be no punishment more terrible than that for this child.”
The goddess was furious at her younger brother’s sudden change in attitude one morning.
How can we worry about humans when we don’t know what will happen to us right now? At this point, it occurred to her that her innocent younger brother might have fallen for the tricks of an evil human being.
“There is no way you would feel pain! If I lose my memory anyway, I’ll forget that you even exist!!”
“But… That doesn’t mean the past never happened. “Even if it is overwritten by her sister’s lies, the time we spent together in the past will never be erased.”
“So. Please don’t erase my memories? What difference would that make? In fact, it only becomes more painful. “The memories with you will lead to his destruction!”
A human facing God. The moment that fact reaches the ears of another god, everything ends.
Forgetting themselves, the boy, who is just a human being, will never escape the wrath of the gods.
“Eterna. “If you really care about that boy, you should erase his memories.”
“······.”
Eterna, who was looking down at her boy, biting her lip, raised her head after a moment and spoke to her sister.
“Then do it like this.”
***
I slowly opened my eyes and saw a familiar wooden ceiling.
‘This is… Is it a cabin?’
How did I fall asleep here?
I tried to wake her from her dazed mind and look back on her last memories, but she seemed strangely foggy and couldn’t come to mind.
‘Call me Phantom Thief Raven now.’
Furthermore, it was difficult to clearly distinguish how much of it was a dream and how much of it was reality, as the strangely dressed man I had encountered in my dream was all mixed up.
‘Ugh…. Let’s think. Thought.’
As I held her head and moaned for a while, the memories slowly came back.
Yes. Apparently he was worried about the fox, so he went into the forest at night…
I met a woman there.
Black hair and red eyes. She is a mysterious woman with mesmerizing eyes.
She was someone with the beauty of a goddess, something that only existed in fairy tales, not reality.
“You’re awake. “Are you awake?”
At that time, I unconsciously flinched at the sweet voice coming from her bedside and turned my gaze towards her.
“I was shocked because he suddenly collapsed.”
“I… “Did you do that?”
She felt like she had forgotten something very important, but even though she looked back slowly, there were no gaps in her memory.
“Fortunately, there didn’t seem to be anything major wrong, so I guess he just collapsed because he was so tired. So don’t worry too much.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
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You are a caring person. Anyway, her face was so pretty that it was burdensome to look into her eyes.
And… I don’t know why, but his eyes seemed strangely cold and subdued, so I felt like I would be very intimidated if I faced him directly.
I turned my head to avoid her gaze and found a fox cub staring at me in front of the door.
“Ah!”
I was worried where he went, but it seems he was by my side the whole time I was asleep.
Thanking her for that fact, she held out her hand and called out to her friend. The fox hesitated for a moment and then slowly approached me.
She gently stroked her head, and the fox quietly accepted the touch.
“You didn’t leave me behind. Thank you. Hayang.”
What can I say? It may sound a little strange, but Hayang seemed to understand what I was saying.
When I even looked into those sparkling blue eyes, I felt like I was sad for some reason.
···Huh? Now that I think about it, it’s white.
Did I give this child that name?
At that moment, something vaguely occurred to me.
She was quietly watching us and started talking to me.
“If you don’t mind, would you mind if I stay here just for today?”
“Here…?”
“Yes. “I need a place to stay until tonight due to unavoidable circumstances.”
“Ah, yes! Of course you can! My father goes to the city to sell meat and returns in two days. “In the meantime, this cabin is empty, so you can use it to your heart’s content.”
“Then I will accept your kindness without hesitation. “Thank you so much.”
Rather, shouldn’t we be thankful here?
A woman so beautiful that you would never meet one in a boring country town.
Looking at her clothes, tone of voice, and the atmosphere she gave off, there was a very high possibility that she was a woman of special status, so much so that one could not even imagine it.
This is the first time in my life that I have had such a special relationship…
‘Ugh. Why do you keep doing this…?’
It felt like an uncomfortable feeling of discomfort kept stabbing her in the chest.
I couldn’t get rid of the feeling that I had forgotten something important that should never be forgotten.
“Why are you doing this? “Is there any problem?”
“Oh, no. I guess it’s because I’m still half asleep. hahahaha.”
I tried to push away the rising thoughts and decided to focus on the person in front of me.
“So you have to stay here until night?”
“Okay. “It’s a situation where you have to be trapped in the forest.”
The sight of her sighing while saying that looked really frustrating, and I could feel that she was somewhat displeased.
“Then shall I tell you something interesting?”
“Interesting story?”
“Hmm. “It was the first time I went into the forest with my father…”
At first, she just rested her chin and reacted indifferently to the story that began naturally, but as time passed, she gradually became interested and began to focus on what I was saying.
Even though it was clearly our first time, the conversation flowed so naturally as if we had already experienced the same thing.
Time passes in an instant.
Hayang watched us endlessly from the side.
“···That’s how it happened. How is it?”
When another long episode ended, unlike the beginning, she had a faint smile on her lips and a somewhat sad look in her eyes.
“Now I understand a little bit.”
“Yes? What?”
“No. “It’s nothing.”
She shook her head and hesitated, then stared at me and suddenly asked a question.
“Happy lies and cruel truths. “If you had to choose between the two, which would you choose?”
“Uh… “It’s a bit sudden.”
“I’m curious about your thoughts. If you choose a lie without knowing the truth, you can live happily. On the other hand, if the truth is so cruel that it plunges your life into an abyss of despair, what will you choose?”
She was pondered for a while by a very difficult question, and then she answered slowly.
“Is fake happiness really happiness? “I think the right answer is to choose the truth and enjoy true happiness.”
“That is the realm of the impossible.”
“I will live my life believing that it is possible. “Then it might actually become possible someday.”
That moment was the biggest turning point in my life.