100. Attack of the Demon King! Brave Party is Dangerous (8)
100. Attack of the Demon King! Brave Party is Dangerous (8)
“It’s very dark when you die.”
is this death
My body is cold and my heart is lonely.
Confined in a dark space, you have to be alone.
“How long do you have to wait for things to go according to the ending… ”
still.
I’ll have less trouble than Luna who is struggling outside.
I might be able to survive this much alone.
I take a step to soothe my boredom.
I stepped towards the dark space of death.
The floor was unnecessarily muddy and annoying.
“Come to think of it, it’s been a long time since I’ve been alone like this.”
Because they were kids, the neighborhood around me was always noisy.
I make useless noises and laugh out loud.
Sometimes they cling to me because they feel anxious when I’m alone.
I didn’t have time to organize my thoughts.
“It wouldn’t hurt to take this opportunity to organize my thoughts.”
Until Luna walks the path I have paved.
Let’s organize our thoughts.
However, I do not want to allow even such a time.
A loud nagging sounded towards me in the dark.
“Jun-woo, how do you feel about being dead? People only do it once in their birth. Jun-woo will do it twice? Kkeuk.”
“… Don’t laugh, Minerva. My body is alive.”
Although the soul was attacked, there was no pain.
I feel bad.
Minerva pursed her lips and sneered.
“So, who wants to sacrifice? Even when I told him not to, he continued. Look good! Look good!!”
“Okay, stop.”
“My soul is hurt! It’s good that the hero threw himself and got hit in the shoulder! If it was hit in the heart, the connection was lost and you couldn’t even talk to me like this!”
“… Okay, so don’t be angry. It was the only way.”
“It’s a melon, you fool!”
bee-
Minerva stuck out her tongue.
How could a goddess act like that?
It was so childish.
“Anyway, Minerva. Do I have to be locked up in this gloomy space until Luna defeats the Demon King?”
“Well, yes. ’cause there’s no way And even if you recover your soul and open your eyes, there will be side effects.”
“… I don’t know the specific side effects, but I do know that side effects do occur. I saw it in a book.”
“Hey, hey!”
Minerva suddenly shouted when she heard me.
“What you know! I know too! Is it okay to say thank you for letting me know?”
“Why are you so mean today?”
“just! It’s because you’re stupid! you idiot!”
f*ck- f*ck-
Minerva gasped like an angry bull.
It seemed that something I didn’t like about my behavior.
Minerva yelled more at me and threw a book at me.
“ruler! receive! what you want! Before you speak, give in advance!”
“okay, thanks.”
“… Take good care of your body and mind! I’m coming to see how I’m doing! I’m waiting for you! You foolish Jun-woo!”
“okay.”
Minerva said so and disappeared into the darkness.
I can’t see clearly, but I can see through magic.
I still had a small book in my hand.
The title is ‘The Departure of the Hero Luna’.
Luna’s biography written in real time.
I read the hardships of the warrior Luna with the thought that I would not miss a single word.
“… That you suffered more than anyone else. Even if I am alone, I will know, Luna. Leave the last to Estiya.”
Open the way and watch them reach their destination.
That was the best I could do as the protector of the warriors.
***
Amid the children’s grief.
Estiya summoned courage and shouted.
“I still have divine power left! albeit a little! Maybe I can do something!”
“Ugh… uh, what does that mean… ? Poetry, if you have divine power… Uncle… Oh, you can save it… ?”
“Maybe I can do it!? The divine power is the power of the Goddess! You can do anything!”
Estiya strongly expressed his opinion.
When he defeated the Demon King with his divine power, his confidence pierced the sky.
Saten stabbed Estiya, who was full of confidence.
“Estiya, your divine power is no different from the medicine in the back alley. Just like that holy water.”
“… That’s right, my uncle told me to be careful, Estee. It’s a drug of no return.”
“Oh no! My divine power is divine! Don’t compare it to those drugs! Upset!”
Estiya shouted, “Absolutely not.”
But there are things I’ve seen before.
The Hero party couldn’t trust Estiya’s words.
In the meantime, the bodies of two men come into view.
Having found a new path, Saten murmured with a faint smile.
“… If you do well, you won’t have to go back to your family.”
“Ugh… That, what does that mean-“
“It’s noisy, so stop asking and don’t cry, Hare. It seems there is a new way.”
Saten pointed to the floor with her finger.
A brother who was beaten by the Demon King before Lee Jun-woo was killed.
Saten shouted boldly while looking at Luna.
“Luna, take those two home.”
“Sa, Saten you… ”
“Anyway, the two of them are as good as dead. good to live If you die, just like that. You’d better think carefully, Luna.”
The lives of those two people and the life of the uncle.
Which of the two is more valuable?
Luna’s answer to Saten’s question was not long.
“No. 1 is Mr. ! Still, if I can save those brothers, I will unconditionally save them. He’s the first person I’ve saved since I was born.”
“It’s not my will, unfortunately. Let’s go home for now, Estiya. Our job is done.”
Tuck- Tuck-
The Hero party headed back home.
The town had collapsed, but the sky was clear as the demon king disappeared.
However, there was no Lee Jun-woo, who always stood in front of them.
It was a party of warriors who directly witnessed the dangers of the Demon King and realized it with their skin.
***
How should I use the remaining divine power?
What should I do to wake my uncle from sleep?
Saten knew the answer to that method.
“Estiya, do you see these two lying on the desk?”
“Yeah, I see!”
“Experiment.”
“ah?”
“Experiment what kind of power the divine power has.”
“ah… ?”
accumulating data.
I can wake you up with the power of divine power.
“Experimentation is necessary to move forward. So, we’re going to use these two people as subjects. Can you do it?”
“That, that… !”
Estiya shouted with all her might.
“I, I can’t!! Si, you can never experiment! I can’t!!”
“Hmm, is that so?”
“My friends died from poetry and experiments! How do I experiment! I never! Never!”
Estiya knew friends who died in the experiment.
I didn’t see the last one.
The sound that came through the iron fence was clearly remembered.
The end of the experiment was never a good death.
“never… Never experiment… ”
“Even if you have to lie down like that for the rest of your life. Don’t you need an experiment?”
“Experiment is necessary, but… I can’t… ”
“It’s a bit variable. Estiya is not going to do the experiment.”
Saten thought for a moment.
How is Estiya going to use divine power on these two people?
I wondered if there was any way to force the experiment to proceed.
‘… Unfortunately, I do not have the divine power and I do not have the strength to persuade.’
I’m going to have to pass it on.
Saten was worried that the subject would be hurt, but decided to take the next step to save the uncle.
She opened the door and entered the uncle’s room, where his body was enshrined.
quiver-
“Hey, Luna. Estiya says she won’t experiment. I don’t think I want to save him.”
“I’ll come… ”
Hare, who lost all strength, trudged toward his brother.
Her eyes were empty, and her skin was pale.
Tears were shed so much that the area around her eyes was stained red, giving off an aura similar to that of a homeless person roaming the streets.
That is, a person who has nothing.
I could see him as a person with nothing to lose and nothing to own.
“… Estiya.”
“Yes?”
“… won’t you?”
Kwajik-!
Hare put the dagger in his hand between the brothers lying on the desk.
Red eyes shining through pink hair stared at Estiya.
“… Really, don’t you?
“Wait a minute! Put down that dagger first and say-“
“… If you’re not going to do it, you don’t need these two, do you?”
“Hey, hey… !”
Hare pulled out the dagger stuck in the desk.
Then, he asked one last time while listening to the sky.
“… this is the last one If you don’t have a man, you don’t need them… So, choose well Estiya… ”
I’m going to save you.
If not, are you going to let me kill them?
The eyes of those who have nothing to lose are the scariest in the world.
Estiya only realized the meaning of those words today.
Facing Hare’s delicate eyes, Estiya shouted with a trembling voice.
“Ah, okay… do not do that… ! Leave them alone… ! Well, instead of experimenting… Bar, I’ll try it on my brother right away… ! That’s it… ?”
“… If you fail, I will die. uncle… please save me… ”
“okay… ! I’ll do my best to pray… ! If something happens to you… !! I’ll take responsibility… !!”
Instead of experimenting.
I will take responsibility and save you.
With those words, Hare put down the dagger he had held high.
Then, he knelt down and cried silently again.
The familiar process was too frightening for Estiya.
‘What the heck does oppa mean to her? Ugh, no one is sane.’
Estiya glanced at Hare and headed to his uncle’s room.
After passing Luna and Saten, Estiya faced the old man lying in bed.
She swallowed dry saliva and said confidently.
“I don’t experiment. I hate experiments. I’m going to use my divine power on you right away. I take responsibility.”
“The responsibility is heavy. Do you know what I mean, Estee?”
“I don’t know! What’s your responsibility! I don’t know that! Just do it!”
‘Cause I think I can
Unlike in the past when nothing could be done now.
Because it seems like you can do anything.
That was the reason Estiya didn’t cry when the other children cried.
Estiya confidently reached forward and shouted.
“Goddess! Let my brother get up! Open your eyes!”
“Will you wake up with those words?”
“… Be still, Saten. Estiya’s divine power is moving.”
Contrary to Saten’s suspicion, Estiya’s divine power flowed toward Lee Jun-woo.
A warm golden light enveloped his body and circulated around him as if checking his condition.
Estiya put her hands together and prayed fervently.
“Brother, open your eyes! Heal the wounded soul! please! It’s no fun without you! You saved me from a boring church!”
I told you that it’s fun even without holy water.
I told you something more fun than Seongsu.
Without such an older brother, I will have to drink only holy water again.
“That’s good, but I hate it! I mean, warm is much better!”
So please help my brother!
Estiya put her hands together and prayed earnestly.
However, did I use too much divine power to annihilate the demon lord?
The appearance of the divine power that hovered around Lee Jun-woo began to blur.
“Oh, I can’t… I can’t do this… ”
“No?”
Luna quietly held the sword in her hand.
I was thinking of taking my own life and going back.
Estiya held the lives of the three heroes in her party.
‘Well, if that’s the case… Is it not enough… ? A way to give more divine power… !! I don’t know where… !?’
Estiya hesitated and looked around.
maybe there is a way
Could there be a way to give the divine power to the uncle?
‘uh? What if this?’
Meanwhile, Estiya saw an object in her eyes.
A mirror that reflects oneself.
Estiya reflected in the mirror.
Between the scattered white hair.
The tension was so tight that blood flowed from his shiny lips.
Estiya made a decision at that moment.
“No matter what you think!! I-there is only this!!”
side-
“… ah?”
“Hmm.”
“… ”
Estiya climbed on top of the lying man.
Silence hung over the busy room.
“Hmm, CPR. It must have a lot of divine power in its mouth.”
“… ”
“… ”
It was the best solution if you looked at the situation calmly.
It looks different if you look at it with emotions.
In the silent room, Estiya closed her eyes and shared the divine power in her mouth with Junwoo Lee.
To Luna and Hare, time seemed to stand still for the moment they kissed each other.
The moment the divine power transmission took place for so long, and the sun began to hide into the earth.
The trembling eyelids slowly opened and Lee Jun-woo’s voice flowed out.
“Here… ”
“Oh, brother… !! My, I saved it! Brother!!”
Lee Jun-woo, who looks softer than usual.
Estiyah embraced him in his arms, and Lee Jun-woo stroked Estiya’s hair without saying a word.
There was a lot of poison on his face.
“Oh, brother… stupid brother… I saved… ”
“… yeah, good job Estiya. You have suffered a lot.”
“Don’t do it again… uhhh… I hate to do this again… ”
“You’ve done well, but you’re complaining like a child. As promised, Seongsu… ”
When we meet again, I will give you holy water.
Lee Jun-woo, who offered some kind of compensation.
At those words, Estiya shook her head.
“Huh, I don’t need holy water anymore… ! Sometimes you need… ! I don’t need much anymore… !”
Estiya achieved spiritual growth.
She responded dignifiedly and felt the warmth in Lee Jun-woo’s arms.
Saten just stood still and observed whether Lee Jun-woo was okay.
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Jun-woo Lee had a question and asked Estiya in his arms.
“More than that, Estiya. Where did Luna and Hare go?”
“Luna is behind me… ! Hare is… lying on the floor.”
“… Someone please carry the hare to the room.”
Was it because I suddenly relaxed and shed too many tears?
Hare fainted and fell, and Saten carried her.
Lee Jun-woo was worried about Hare.
However, now was not the time to care about her.
“Luna.”
“Yes, uncle… ”
“You suffered.”
“… ”
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Junwoo Lee replied with a smile as if he knew everything.
Luna remembered the hard times in the past.
Memories of dying hundreds of times, making the wrong choice for a friend, and even choosing to run away.
Luna asked, unable to come closer.
“Uncle I… I… ”
“It’s okay if you don’t tell me.”
“… ”
“It’s good to be here.”
“… ”
Sometimes I wandered by choosing the wrong path.
However, even if the road went wrong, I was able to come back.
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Jun-woo Lee already showed her the way.
‘You know everything… ‘
The painful memories of the past scattered and flowed from Luna’s eyes.
sorrow and joy.
Two emotions coexist.
Luna cried endlessly in Lee Jun-woo’s arms.
“I, I am… whoops… I wanted to give up… Ah, thinking of you… survived… Ugh… use it…”
“… Good job.”
“again… Don’t go… Together with us… Uncle… Now… Don’t leave me alone… ”
“… You did your best.”
A man who affirms the past he hated.
Luna digs deeper into his arms and finds warmth.
I didn’t want to feel that lonely feeling again.
Awkward-
“Ugh… Ooh, don’t leave us… mister… ”
never.
I never wanted to feel it again.
The hero Luna longed for such earnestness deep in her heart.