7. Jealousy is my strength (64)
As usual, the girl was sitting on my bed.
As if I wanted to claim that this position was my due.
It was a jawless sound. Although we spend a few nights together, aren’t we in a position where we can’t walk side by side for the rest of our lives?
Humanity’s rising morning star and mankind’s nemesis who took countless lives.
The confrontation between the two was as if it had been decided. Although they were born as siblings, fate separated them in the end, so no one could be blamed.
I just feel resentful of the world that is entangled in strange relationships.
The reason why I deliberately maintained a cold attitude toward the girl was certainly to blame. It was a complex state of mind that could not be explained by mere resentment or hatred.
Separately, the voice that passed through my vocal chords was extremely cold.
“Aren’t you back yet?”
“I told you, brother. I will never leave my brother… As long as my brother doesn’t leave me.”
“It will happen sooner or later.”
Even though I said that, I didn’t deliberately drive the girl away.
It happened that I had a conversation to share with her. Before long, my hands naturally began to loosen the top.
It was the same procedure as always, as if the girl did not exist. When you return home, you should change your clothes first.
But even in the midst of that, the sword and ax never left my side.
Regardless, the fact that the opponent was one of the Seven Sins of the Dark Church did not change.
She was not a girl who would not notice this. ‘Greed’ soon puffed out his cheeks with a boo-woo. It was a sad look.
“Do you keep doing that? It’s disappointing, we are destined to become one from birth… … .”
“Why did you attack?”
It was a question in which the object word was omitted.
The short question left the girl speechless. The golden eyes directed at me were so clear and clear that it was difficult to read them.
Is it doubt or admiration?
I took off my shirt and put on more comfortable clothes. I had to ask the girl who had an incomprehensible look.
“A vampire. It was a little difficult, but we had two Masters on our side… I mean, there was no need to deliberately put down the river to break the barrier. Even if it wasn’t for that, I would have managed to get rid of the vampire.”
“Huh, are you sure that I did something?”
“Because there are no other possibilities.”
It was a very reasonable suspicion.
The material of the vampire that day was wrapped in a veil. No one, including me, expected that an unexpected encounter would await us.
Even the place where the vampire was waiting was surrounded by a space distortion barrier. Even by chance, it was unlikely that a person unrelated to the incident could have approached the place.
Then there is only one prime suspect.
There was only one woman who boasted that she knew the whereabouts of the vampire from before.
He was also a person with enough inner story to destroy the vampire’s barrier from the outside and annihilate all the people inside the barrier.
Despite my point, the girl’s expression remained calm. No, even twisting the corner of his mouth and rolling it up as if he was having fun.
Golden pupils came to mind with a bleak smile. The dim lighting willingly took on the role of the drawing paper.
“… … And if so?”
“What do you want me to say? I don’t think there’s any need to talk verbally with a traitor.”
and silence.
The eyes of the girl and I met in the air. I didn’t raise my mana properly, but the tight tension was whispering to me.
If only there was a very small ember.
It wouldn’t be strange if he pulled out his sword and had a life-and-death fight with the girl. It was as if they were saying that they would join forces in front of them, but from behind they were saying that they were aiming to destroy me and the vampires together.
It was a clear breach of contract.
The moment my hand was about to reach my waist.
“Puh, ahahahahaha! that stop… OK, I was wrong! That’s right, that’s what I did.”
The girl burst into laughter and gently wiped the dew from the corners of her eyes.
It was an outrageous response for me.
A sharper voice aimed at the girl.
“… … What’s so funny?”
“You are so funny… Kick-kick, then you still believed in me?”
“I wanted to tell you that even the minimum relationship of trust was broken.”
“Puheh, is it? Probably not… oh, that’s cool How can an angry face be so cool? Because my brother is really the best… … .”
The conversation between me and the girl ran parallel lines.
No matter how much I frowned, the girl just stared at me with a hazy look. Occasionally biting my lips as if I couldn’t stand it.
Even if I didn’t do that, my patience, which was disturbing, was gradually reaching its limit.
My hand gripped the handle of the sword, and only then did the girl begin to answer my doubts.
“First of all, I didn’t break the contract. I am a merchant You can’t break the contract. Brother, are you stupid?”
“But you tried to take my life… … !”
“How can I kill my brother?”
while raising the body. The girl asked me with a face stained with pure doubt.
The gentle steps she took were alluring. Various emotions were swirling in those golden pupils staring blankly at me, as if not understanding why.
Love, hate, greed, obsession, and lust.
His face was about to burn with the intense heat. Overwhelmed by intense emotions for a moment, I couldn’t swing my sword until the girl was right in front of me.
With your hands behind your back and your upper body slightly bent.
The girl smiled softly. As if I was satisfied that my hand didn’t move.
“Tell me, brother. How can I kill my brother? Half of my life, the last piece that completes my stolen life? Oppa, are you thinking of cutting my body in half?”
There was no room for doubt in the raging core of desire.
Anyone would have. It’s not just me, but everyone who encounters those clear eyes will give the same evaluation.
The girl was sincere.
Rather, an obsession close to madness clung to my body.
At a loss for what to say, I had to remain silent for a long time. How many seconds had it been since the breaths of the two mixed like that?
In the end, the question I came up with was an obvious counterargument.
“… … Then why?”
“I am not your brother. I was aiming for the other two.”
Of course, as if the girl expected that much, she continued her explanation without interruption.
There was a strange feeling of satisfaction in the way he slightly straightened his upper body and raised his index finger. In fact, the satisfied smile hanging from the corner of his mouth proved this.
“Masters are our Dark Church’s greatest enemies. But can you get rid of both at once along with jealousy, a thorn in the eye? Aren’t you the best?”
“I could have died in the process.”
“Don’t worry too much, I had at least the means to save my brother.”
And then the girl sits down on the bed again.
The heavy buttocks caused a vibration on the down comforter. Without averting my dark gaze, I slowly relaxed my grip on the sword handle.
It was a signal to listen to something.
The girl seemed willing to comply with my request.
“Have you ever seen ‘Boundary’, too?”
“Yes, of course.”
Otherwise, you wouldn’t have reached High Expert.
The girl nodded her head with a proud expression at the answer with such implications.
“Actually, not much is known about ‘Boundaries’. There are very few people who can come and go freely beyond that. Even on the whole continent, can Delphirem-sama be at that level?”
“I don’t want to hear your headmaster boast.”
“Ah, no patience… The important point is that ‘boundary’ is related to the logic of the world. A space outside of the law that exists behind the world we can perceive? So, the more fundamentally the principles of the world are shaken, the greater the possibility of contacting the boundary.”
What does that matter, before you even ask.
I suddenly remembered an explanation the archwitch had once told me.
This world works through the interaction of the five elements.
And the vampire’s barrier was aimed at deliberately disrupting the balance of the five elements.
My reasoning did not last long. Because before that, the girl had driven in the nail.
“That’s right, the vampire’s barrier is to temporarily create a ‘boundary’. The same goes for the space where my brother is confined. Otherwise, there’s no way you’ll be able to go one-on-one with the Master, right?”
“What does that have to do with rescuing me… … .”
“Even if the barrier collapses, my brother will only become a lost child in the boundary. If that happens, most of them will forever wander within the boundary and assimilate beyond it… But did I tell you? There are beings who can freely move in and out of the border.”
There was no need to ask who it was.
Didn’t the girl already say that?
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Just before that, a name I’ll never forget.
As I hurriedly stiffened, the girl smiled even deeper. The golden eyes that glowed in the dark were toxic.
“Delphirem is paying attention.”
As soon as I heard the name, I remembered a dream from long ago.
One of the first memories of the man I looked into.
‘Delphirem is coming.’
The name I heard that day was finally moving.