177 – Reorganization (3)
“Sigh… Sigh…”
When I found Lumia, her body trembling and shedding sad tears, with Pandora’s drone hiding behind her, I felt like I had lost my mind for a moment.
‘…Is that the guy I knew?’
Rumia is someone who, no matter what happens until now, has always kept the same unlucky smile instead of shedding tears.
“…Ugh, ugh.”
She was shedding tears quite sadly as she held her head and her hands were trembling.
‘…Is it a dream?’
Because of this, I felt such foolish thoughts for a moment, but there was no way I couldn’t distinguish between dreams and reality.
Nevertheless, seeing the tingling pain radiate to my cheek where I had pinched it just in case, the situation unfolding before my eyes was clearly real.
“It hurts so much…”
“……”
“It hurts…”
But even so, she couldn’t get used to it and stood there blankly, so Rumia began to mutter while changing the bandages again with her trembling hands.
“…Ahhhhh.”
Her burn scars, which were briefly revealed in the wind, were so terrible that I couldn’t even look at them properly.
It is not simply a level where marks remain, but a level where the skin is burned and continues to die at this very moment.
She knows this well because she suffered a similar wound on her thigh while on a mission a long time ago. If she had suffered injuries like that over half of her body, she would definitely be feeling more pain than she could imagine.
“Ha, ha…”
Rumia was frowning because of this, so she closed her eyes tightly and started changing the bandages again.
“…You can’t die yet.”
– Jjijijijijijijik…
“Not yet… Not yet…”
Such murmurs continued to leak out of her mouth as she still held her head with her other hand.
– Purrr…
However, even after quite a long time, the situation did not progress.
In the first place, covering up such a serious wound with a bandage was something that an ordinary person would not even dare to do, let alone attempt.
Thanks to this, the time the skin was exposed to the outside increased and the situation began to worsen.
“…Whew.”
“Huh… Ah?”
And I couldn’t bear to watch that scene any longer.
“Ha, sky… Senior?”
“…….”
“…Ehehehehe.”
When I, who had been hiding behind the wall for a while, emerged with a sigh, Lumia’s expression, which had been staring at me blankly, suddenly brightened.
“It’s handsome Haneul… No, it’s Sky senior…”
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“…You can call me comfortably.”
“Oh? Really? But that’s okay. I’ll just call him senior. I like that better.”
The sight of her happy-looking smile, which was all but gone from the sight of her crying secretly just moments ago, somehow makes a corner of my heart feel sad.
“Because we have to clearly draw a line…”
“…Give me the bandage.”
“Huh? Ah…”
That was probably why I snatched the bandage from her hand while she was mumbling something to herself.
“I’ll wrap it for you, so stay still.”
“…Gasp.”
As she took the bandage away and spoke in a low voice, her eyes widened like a surprised rabbit as she looked at me with a puzzled expression.
“This…Is luxury?”
“…….”
“Skinship while receiving treatment from my favorite… This is completely like a dream.”
Eventually, Lumia came closer to me, who was sitting next to me, with her cheeks flushed, so that I could bandage them.
“…Oh, that’s strange.”
After looking at her blankly for a moment, with Pandora’s drone flying breathlessly behind her as the background, I quietly touch her body and Lumia begins to tilt her head.
“Normally, if you do something like this, you’d either be disgusted or tell me to move to the side in a cold voice.”
“…….”
“Then I have to be treated worse than a dog and become sullen…”
Then, Rumia started staring at me, muttering something I didn’t know if it was a joke or not.
“…But he’s really handsome, hehehehe.”
“…….”
“Especially your eyes are so pretty.”
I, who was wrapping a bandage on her arm while listening to what she said, silently gritted my teeth and lowered her head.
When was the last time you heard that you have pretty eyes?
“Ah, is it creeping up? Is it a murderous intent?”
“…….”
“But I’m really sorry, but can you kill me a little later?”
“…….?”
“I’m in a bad state right now. If I were attacked by my senior right now, I would die… But I have a personal plan in mind right now.”
Suddenly, as I was quietly thinking about something from the past, I began to hear Lumia’s usual laughing voice in my ear.
“It would be most beneficial for you to kill him right at the end of the plan…”
“…The wound is serious.”
“Yes?”
Feeling that her heart was becoming more bitter for some reason, I cut her off and muttered in a low voice.
“If you’re not feeling well like this, why don’t you just tell me the location and get some rest?”
“Uh…”
“I think the condition will get worse if I keep moving.”
Then, Lumia blinked her eyes and looked at me and began to quietly scratch her head.
“…I’m sorry. It’s my first time hearing warm words. I don’t know how to react.”
“……”
“No, but you can’t do that! You must hate me!”
She soon looks genuinely embarrassed and begins to say that.
“The person who made my senior live in hell for the past ten years is sleeping in this body… Is it a big deal if I feel sympathy at an important moment?”
“……”
“I’m not a sure ally to begin with, and you never know when I might betray you? And maybe it was just an act from the beginning…?”
As I look at that urgent look, my heart starts pounding.
– Sigh…
“Ahh, ouch…”
“…Stay still.”
For that reason, I grit my teeth and start bandaging her wound again, and Lumia looks at me blankly for a moment.
“Ah, over there.”
“…….?”
“Okay, that’s enough. I’ll wrap it myself…”
She suddenly grabbed my hand and mumbled while slightly sweating.
“That’s enough.”
“Oh…”
“You can’t handle this much alone.”
However, earlier I saw that she was not even able to properly close the wound on her arm, so I ignored her words and just put my hand inside her clothes.
– Hot…
Then, her face started to turn red.
＞ Blame it! Profanity!! Just leave me alone…
“…It’s really serious.”
＞ …That’s true.
Meanwhile, Pandora, who was showing signs of discomfort by randomly tapping her head with a drone from behind, quietly stops protesting after checking Lumia’s wounds, which were revealed when she took off her clothes.
“”……..””
That’s how the silence began.
“You don’t have to be nice to me like this…”
In that silence, I glanced at Rumia, who always talked a lot, quietly lowering her head with even her ears turning red. Then, I saw her sigh and even began to wrap her bandages.
– Tub…
How much time has passed?
“Well, from here on out, I’ll really do it alone.”
“…….”
“You helped me a lot, so I guess it’s enough for me to do it on my own from now on?”
Her hand, which had been moving up on top of me more and more, must have felt burdensome, so she grabbed my hand again and quickly snatched up her bandage and stood up.
“And… Ugh.”
But she couldn’t even walk a few steps and started to stumble again, clutching her head.
“Ah…”
Seeing as she’s been holding her head a lot lately, it looks like she’s got chronic headaches as an aftereffect of her nerves burning.
“…Thank you.”
I watched her quietly from behind for a while, and after a while, I whispered to her in a low voice as she started to walk forward again.
“Last time… You helped me.”
“…….”
“…It’s just that.”
That was the least courtesy I could give to Lumia, who suffered fatal injuries to her body by causing Justia’s gauntlet to run wild while trying to help me.
“…I heard it’s really cool.”
Only she knew what Lumia’s expression looked like as she muttered that in a low voice and quietly began to walk forward, in response to her politeness.
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“Senior~!”
How much time has passed?
“I’m ready~!”
Lumia, who came out of her alley again, was completely back to the way she had been showing for the past few months.
“Are we going on a private trip together now? Is that so?”
“……”
“I’m excited!”
Normally, I would have been displeased, wondering if it was the beginning again, but why?
Ever since I witnessed her hiding in the corner of her alley, holding her breath and shedding tears, without anyone noticing, I have not thought about such things.
“Hmm? Hey, senior~?”
What should I say about this? Rather…
“Senior.”
“…Surprise.”
“What are you thinking so hard about?”
I was quietly making a confused expression, but then I came to my senses, startled by her call, which was right in front of me.
“…So, where are we going from now on?”
“Oh, I guess I should explain that first.”
Then, as she tried to hide her expression and asked her question, Lumia, who was caressing her head for a moment as if she still had a bad headache, smiled and opened her mouth.
“This is where we are headed.”
“…What is this place?”
“Yes, you know this place well.”
When I checked the check mark on the map she held out, I couldn’t help but frown at her.
“Hero Academy…”
“It’s time to return to Oh Ji-seok.”
Truly, it seemed like the hidden third daughter of the Shinwa Group was currently a student at the academy.