222. A Hazy Relationship (7)
“Yerina…!”
Clang!
Ice spikes shot up into the sky with a spine-chilling sound.
The cold spread out as if it would cover the whole world in ice, and Jill shivered.
I thought she’d be fine for a while.
Yerina had exploded.
Her talent and curse, her madness, had begun to run wild.
Were there any signs of this?
No. There weren’t.
Jill could definitely say that.
Yerina had already mastered the mental method.
She had reached the point where she could use the mental method even while sleeping or unconscious.
Yerina’s strong mental state had been shaken?
Why on earth?
“No, who dares…? How…?”
It didn’t make sense.
Who on earth could throw a stone into that superhuman’s calm lake?
Could I do it?
Jill asked herself the question and immediately shook her head.
It was impossible.
Even if Jill brought up Eugene’s story and talked about her memories with him, Yerina wouldn’t bat an eye.
Yerina was that kind of person.
The more she hurt, the more numb she became to pain.
The more she was wounded, the stronger she became.
Yerina, who had lost Eugene, had literally become a superhuman that no one could understand or approach.
It was the same in terms of force.
It was also the same in terms of the charisma that led the alliance.
Not only had she been simply subdued.
Her mind had been broken and she had gone berserk…?
It was literally impossible.
To exaggerate a little, the current Yerina was an existence that even a transcendent being like a god could not shake.
If there was anyone who could move Yerina’s heart, it would definitely be….
“Huh?”
Jill’s eyes shook.
She thought of an absurd possibility.
The only person who could shake Yerina.
The only one, the one I never thought I’d see again.
What if it was that person?
Thud.
Jill’s hand touched the icy wall of the building.
Inside, there seemed to be a faint vibration.
As if someone was running urgently.
Thump, thump, thump…
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Yerina Frost.
A heroine who boasted the highest difficulty level in conquest since her design.
And the worst heroine who would give players hell from the moment they chose the harem route.
Perhaps if I had been able to clear this game through a normal route, I wouldn’t have even looked at Yerina.
Who in their right mind would try to conquer a heroine who is quick-witted, strong, and has strong suspicions, and there is no way to end it?
Not someone like me who can only escape by seeing the harem ending…
That’s why I think I became even more indifferent when dealing with Yerina.
I accepted everything about Yerina as a game.
I focused only on eliminating any suspicious areas and gradually increasing the conquest rate.
But who would have known?
In the process, I would fall for Yerina’s crystal-like eyes before Yerina fell for me…
“Haah…”
Crunch. Crunch.
I walked through the snow that had piled up mercilessly.
Endlessly towards the ice tower that seemed to touch the sky.
I thought it was close because it looked so big from afar, but oh my god.
There’s no end to it.If Mijeong hadn’t been by my side, I would have died a long time ago.
‘It’s like something similar to my inner world, but······.’
It’s similar in that it’s a cold snowy field, but it’s completely different.
Yerina’s inner world is based on the real world.
It was covered in snow and frozen, so I didn’t know at first.
If you look around carefully, you can see familiar terrain and buildings.
This is none other than the headquarters of the alliance located in the south.
It’s where I was just having a sword fight with Yerina.
The ice tower that rises exactly where it is, was further cooling the world where all life had already frozen to death.
‘Is it a vision of the future based on trauma?’
At first, I thought so.
I just thought it was a scene that Yerina was vaguely afraid of.
But I soon realized.
This is not a world of mere imagination.
This was quite possible.
If Yerina’s madness rages on endlessly.
If the being that stops it disappears, it’s enough.
There was a situation that met all these conditions.
That too, 12 times.
‘Did all 12 times I left Yerina and left end up like this?’
I just left without any responsibility.
I had no way of knowing what would happen to the world after that, and I didn’t even try to find out.
But only after seeing this creepy sight did I realize.
This was the last sight that all the worlds I left behind would face.
And if I don’t regain my existence, this is the future this time will face.
My fist clenched at this.
Finally, I saw it.
A transparent ice tower.
Inside it, Yerina’s blue fur peeked out slightly.
That alone gave me strength in my legs.
‘What a stuffy guy.’
It’s a thought I’ve had every time I see Yerina.
She has a more generous and reckless personality than anyone else.
But as a person to person, I often felt more stuffy than 질 or Julia.
The reason for this is because Yerina is a coward.
A coward who is afraid of getting hurt and cannot move forward.
The numerous memories of ruined relationships remain in her as trauma.
She wants to be loved, but she doesn’t want to share love.
She wants to monopolize, but she doesn’t want to express affection.
She wants and covets more than anyone else, but she doesn’t want to look desperate.
On the outside, Yerina may seem active and lovely, but on the inside, she was always ready to brand me a traitor and be disappointed.
I’ve been suffering from this cowardly nature 12 times.
I wanted to give up so badly.
I wondered if this girl liked me, or if there was a possibility that she would like me in the future.
But even as I grumbled like that, I never gave up on Yerina once.
At that time, I just dismissed it as ‘stubbornness’.
But now, I think I can say it firmly.
I was already in love with Yerina at that time.
The more I understood her.
The more I got to know the wounds of a noble wolf.
The more I noticed that she, who always had to be alone, didn’t really want to be alone, the more I fell for Yerina.
I wanted to tell Yerina that she was wrong.
I wanted to prove that not all relationships end in ruin.
I wanted to wipe away Yerina’s tears by her side.
Above all, I wanted to tame the wolf who would trample on everyone and become a monarch.
All those attempts were shattered.
Now there is only one coin left, but my determination remains unchanged.I can’t let Yerina go.
I can’t suppress my feelings of love for her.
Yerina has now become a big part of me.
Losing Yerina would mean losing my history.
“Yerina.”
Finally, the ice tower is here.
When I see it up close, it boasts a huge majesty like a wall.
In front of it, what I’m holding is a sword made of a shabby and tiny will.
Compared to the ice tower that rises like a mountain, it looks like a grain of sand.
But in front of this, my sword is gradually getting stronger and sharper.
Will is added to will.
It is endlessly sharpened and even seems to emit a red light.
“Let’s go back.”
Kwaddeuk!
I stabbed my will into the ice tower as it was.
The ice tower, which I hit with all my might, didn’t even move.
But from the inside, my will began to run wild.
As the ice gradually melted and water began to flow due to the vibration.
The moment I twisted the sword, cracks appeared all over the ice tower.
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Kwajijijik!
The ice tower begins to collapse with a small wave.
The bottom sinks in an instant.
The ice tower slowly and gradually tilted towards me.
However, Mijeong and I just watch the ice tower collapse.
There was no thought of avoiding it.
Will gathers again at my fingertips and creates the shape of a sword.
Yerina is still in there.
Only that fact provides me with a reason to face it without avoiding it.
“Iron Blood Storm Strike!”
I move my frozen body and shoot a sword energy towards the sky.
A sword energy that becomes a net-like shape and hits the collapsing ice tower directly.
Perhaps because it was weakened by the collapse, the ice tower shattered and shattered like ordinary ice.
And from inside it, the figure I had been searching for so much revealed itself.
Blue fur and white flesh.
The ruler of ice was falling, helplessly surrendering to inertia.
My body moved on its own.
Despite being split here and there, ice the size of a building is still falling.
I ran through the rain of ice shards and reached out.
“I got it.”
“······!”
So finally.
Yerina came into my arms.
I faced the destroyer who had destroyed the world.
Yerina’s eyes, which seemed empty as if she had given up everything in the world, turned towards me and instantly cleared up and regained focus.
“Eugene······? Are you?”
“Yeah. It’s me.”
“How, how? Ah, no······. Why here······?”
“Why, why. I came to find you.”
She still looks hazy.
Because I’m talking for granted.
I hugged Yerina’s waist and supported her, supporting the back of her neck.
It seems that she still doesn’t have the strength in her body.
Even during that time, my body was freezing every moment due to the cold air coming from her.
Mijeong is already frozen and unable to move next to her, just blinking her eyes.
“Dream······? No. Isn’t it? Is it real? Were you alive, Eugene?”
“Yes. I’ve been watching.”
“Then why······! Why now······. Why did you come now······.”
Yerina, who was sobbing as if suppressing her anger, hugged me.
The tears are cold.
Yerina’s touch tries to freeze me to the bone.
“Eugene······.”
“Yeah.”
“That’s it. I’m fine now that I’ve seen your face, Eugene. Let go.”
“······.””I hurt you so much… I was so cold to you… Now I’ll let you go… Hurry and leave. Before you freeze too.”
Yerina smiles wryly and caresses my face.
With that one caress, my face freezes solid.
My muscles are so stiff that I can’t make an expression.
Even speaking is difficult, requiring all my strength.
“You see. What the future holds. How I will destroy the world. It’s already out of control. From the moment I opened the lock and started to love you… The madness inside me grew and grew, and one day it was bound to explode.”
“······.”
“But I don’t regret it. If I had lived my whole life with my door closed, I would never have known this feeling, even on my deathbed. Even if the end is death in the apocalypse, I think I did well to love you. I was born with the fate of not being able to love or be loved, and I dared to be greedy, so this is the end I deserve… But I was happy. I enjoyed a joy that was not mine to have. So now, leave me, Eugene. You’ve suffered so much teaching a woman like me about love…”
Yerina kisses me, tears streaming down her face.
At that, my face freezes completely, and at the same time, magic power flows into me.
The magic power is instantly broken down into mana.
And that mana is converted into magic.
I’m ready.
I’m ready to open the space and return to the present world.