751 – 8.5 Manatee (23)
Seline opened her eyes with a tingling pain.
A pale light seeped through my unusually heavy eyelids. A sharp headache that strikes as soon as the retina receives stimulation.
A moan escaped between pursed lips.
“Ugh, uh… Pfft!”
Tok, tok, tok
Every time the pain that touches my skull continues, blurry memories replay one by one.
Revenge.
Flame.
Oppa Ian.
And countless sins.
The girl’s body trembled like a laboratory animal whose spinal cord had been pierced with a needle. Instinctively, I grab my head, and my eyelashes twitch between my tightly closed eyelids.
“Oh, no… ….”
The first word she spoke was ‘denial.’
I can’t understand it, and I don’t want to understand it either.
The woman muttered again in a frightened tone.
“Well, that can’t be possible…” I’m not… I, I didn’t want to…….”
Hundreds of lives were burned.
He committed arson without hesitation, and was so driven by his resentment that he even punished innocent people. He even pushed Ian, who was in complete disrepair, even further.
It shouldn’t have happened that way.
I cannot be forgiven. Isn’t it too far past the line to beg for mercy now?
What Celine burned with a single wave of her hand was not an old grudge.
Quite everything.
There was no place to return to, no loved ones, nothing left. Literally ‘alone’.
A premonition of extreme loneliness penetrates my skin. The eyes of the girl who had lost her entire life were shaking wildly.
A burden too heavy to bear alone.
Therefore, there was only one path that Celine could take. I watched her struggle, close her eyes tightly, tremble, and squeeze out her ragged breaths.
A watery voice slipped from her lips.
“It’s a lie, a lie… There’s no way I did that… That’s all…… !”
“Is it our fault?”
It was right after that.
Celine’s head shot up, and the unfamiliar scenery began to be engraved on her retina. The tan pupil repeatedly contracted and dilated, clearly revealing its outline bathed in moonlight.
Just three.
It was a group of shadows standing like ghosts without any sign. Even though it was a day with a particularly bright moon, it was not easy to distinguish their faces against the light.
Only the girl sitting on the rock is playing her innocent kicks.
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No matter how dark it was, there was no way she wouldn’t recognize that face. To be honest, I’ve known her for over ten years.
No, to be precise, I should say that she is the original of that relationship.
The hum of a woman resembling ‘Ria Percus’ rang out.
“That’s too much, Celine… “We just made a wish come true.”
“…… Wish?”
A word uttered by the devil with an alluring smile.
As soon as Celine heard those words, she couldn’t help but let out a dumbfounded sound. She even did that for a while.
A spark flew out of the girl’s eyes as she gritted her teeth. As if all sins originated from the woman in front of her.
Stutter, stutter.
Seline touched the ground and stood up shakily.
“I, I hoped? “Something like this?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
There were no gaps in the questions and answers.
The assertion of ‘greed’ was refreshingly clear. A tone that is not mixed with even the slightest suspicion and does not allow even the slightest doubt.
The corners of the woman’s mouth were still drawn into an arc.
“You’ve been hoping for it for a long time… “Celine, she just made a choice.”
“Lies… ….”
“What’s wrong? “Do you feel like you regret losing it now?”
The blade is stabbed through the languid tone.
At the moment when Celine flinched after being stabbed in the crosshairs, the woman smiled even more deeply and touched her lips.
Is that smile a mockery?
“But it can’t be helped, right? Because she wants everything, she has to give it all up… “You’ll get used to it soon.”
“Don’t say anything… ….”
“Don’t be like that. “If you think about it, isn’t this what Celine wanted?”
The emotions in Celine’s voice were already so muffled that they were difficult to recognize.
Is it anger or sadness?
She
She or she might have regrets or despair. It was just that the thick moisture and heat came out every time she squeezed her lungs.
Even Celine looked confused, not knowing her own feelings. On the contrary, the person who seemed to see right through her inner thoughts was ‘Greed’ across from her.
Soon, the corners of her woman’s mouth twitched blatantly.
“There is no hope anyway… If you don’t have the status or skills, the only thing left is strength, right? If you want to get Ian, you’d better…….”
“Lies, words… Don’t tell me… “I did it!”
Rurrr
It is truly an instinct.
Sellin’s attitude was already in Celine’s hands. She cooed, and as her grip tightened, her rising flames were fiercely intense.
Blue flames and a tsunami of intense heat shook the entire landscape.
People who were immersed in darkness become bright in the light. One is a man with a hood pulled down, and the other is a woman with blood-red eyes.
The man was a first-timer, and the woman was an old-timer.
Celine’s tawny eyes turned red like burning firewood. She may not be a man, but she is clearly one of my enemies.
The woman who proposed a ‘contract’.
Yes, all sins originated from the author.
Isn’t even the name like that? Delphirem, the lord of all demons and the source of all evil.
Anger always precedes reason.
Just as Celine was about to take her first step, her straight path caught fire.
It was truly a ‘thunderbolt of fire’. Before she could even react, the ghost of a looming flame was raising her stance in the air.
‘Greed’ only seemed boring until then. Delphirem said nothing, and then.
“…… Stop.”
A heavy sound spread.
None of the two women was the one who opened their mouth. Therefore, there is only one conclusion.
It meant that it was the work of her man who had kept silent.
Right after that.
“Pfft…” … !”
Celine’s body fell to the ground while she was running, and her arms and legs lost their strength and she let out a moan and threw her head down.
It was impossible to even understand. Even if we were to simply consider inertia, Seline’s blade should have reached Delphirem in order to be normal.
Feeling like I lost strength in all movements that I was forced to do.
In fact, no one showed signs of agitation despite this strange phenomenon. Only the person who created this abnormal result sighed.
It was a man wearing a hood.
“If I hadn’t established her technique in advance, she would have been stranded… It’s incredible firepower. Is this ‘anger’?”
“It should be like that.”
These were the first words Delphirem spoke.
There was a gentle smile on the lips of the woman who said that. She had the face of a scientist who had discovered an excellent test subject.
“I gave my whole life… “Of course there should be a reward like this, right?”
“Ugh, don’t crawl…” … !”
It was a scream that was like a scream.
The fist clenched with all its might only left fingernail marks on the dirt floor. Nevertheless, the cry does not stop.
“I-I didn’t even want this! Everything, just… Just don’t let it hurt…… !”
“Yes, I will do that.”
The woman spoke again in a tone full of affection and mercy.
“The source of pain, the cause of suffering… I will get rid of it all and give you the power to make your wishes come true.”
It was then.
‘Ah, my God’, she stretched and ‘Greed’ raised her body. The graceful sound of her lightly moving steps follows.
It was immediately after that that Celine’s face turned pale.
“S-stop…” ….”
Nevertheless, the walking does not stop. The time it takes for her to get close to Celine is only a moment.
The screaming reached its peak at that time.
“Stop it!!”
It was then that ‘greed’ stopped. Delphi Rem’s eyes deepened and the hooded man sighed as she sighed.
Selene shouted.
“I don’t want to do this… cost? Wish? Take back the power or whatever! Ian can’t bother her brother any more…… !”
“Yes, yes.”
Of course, it was a meaningless rebellion.
The hand of ‘Greed’ viciously grabbed Celine’s hair. The woman left a cold sneer at Celine, who was struggling and resisting.
“I’m sorry, but you’ve already made your ‘choice’, right? I can’t give up now… “Give up.”
Even so, Celine’s defiance did not stop. She kept her mouth shut until her man snapped his finger.
Only then did Celine’s expression relax and her eyes slowly closed. Finally, only the water droplets falling from the corners of her eyes speak of her true feelings.
Her man spoke about her ‘greed’ in trying to drag away the unconscious Celine.
“…… “Do it in moderation.”
The woman’s gaze turned sharply. Nevertheless, there was no disturbance in her old man’s tone.
“No matter what she does, it’s inevitable that her former personality will come back from time to time… “It’s the worst torture.”
“So?”
That was the one thing the woman said back with a grin. Although he had a smiling face, he had a strange cold expression on his face.
So her man laughed and laughed.
“I’m telling you to stop being jealous… The older brother I love so much is the person I want to save at the risk of my life? Even though he gave it up so easily… Tsk tsk… ….”
“Hey.”
A voice that has been bleached of both bravado and pretense.
At some point, ‘Greed’, who had a cold face, let out a cold tone. Even the title was omitted.
“Don’t talk about my brother carelessly… “If you don’t want to be torn to death.”
Then the man laughed. Delphirem was still smiling.
As always.
Celine’s hell is not over yet.
*
Room of the accommodation.
After hearing Biltheon’s words, I couldn’t sleep for a while. Shien’s mother is missing.
No matter how much the Empress was, she was once a member of the royal family. When I asked how such an incident could not be known, the answer was simple.
“Because I didn’t want Shien to know.”
In addition, the fact that an empress came from the family was the scandal of scandals. While Shien’s maternal family kept her silence, the imperial family intervened and the incident fell into a labyrinth.
Nevertheless, the truth would eventually come to light.
Feeling that fact once again, I emptied the cheap whiskey in my glass. I brought a contact crystal ball just in case, but there was no reason for me to activate it.
Because my mind had already become so complicated.
Right now, it was difficult to drink and even close my eyes. While thinking about that, just before going to sleep.
Piririri-
A somewhat irritating noise hit my ears. There aren’t many things that can make such an annoying sound.
Unfortunately, the contact crystal ball was one of them.
I woke up with an unpleasant feeling, but stopped when I saw the text that appeared in the crystal ball.
[Yurdina family]
It was a place with many connections. Senior Delphine, Seria, and even the elves.
In other words, it was not a place to get angry if you did not receive communication. Still, why did I allow communication?
Golden hair appeared beyond my hazy vision.
A woman like the sun, Delphine Jurdina.
[“West, where are you now?”]
At those words, I burst out laughing.
She was the woman with whom I had my first experience, and she was the woman who always called herself my concubine. Could it be that he is now jealous?
It was a natural right. So I had no choice but to tell you the honest truth.
“No, it’s in front of the accommodation now…” ….”
[“Then come out and see me.”}
“…… ?”
What nonsense.
They certainly didn’t mean to come all the way to the northern part of the empire. Then there is only one possibility left.
It was right after that that my doubtful body began to move. When I pulled back the curtain covering the window, the scenery in front of the dormitory was illuminated from beyond.
There was an unseasonable sun rising there.
“Hello, West.”
I had no choice but to swallow a laugh.
“Are you saying we’re going to pick up the second child who doesn’t listen to us?”
The golden lion of the Yurdina family, the sun of the northern part of the empire.
It was the moment when Delphine Yurdina’s journey to the Heavenly Sword Mountain was decided.
With a very charming smile.
*
The woman suddenly came to her senses.
It was one of the highest mountains in the western part of the empire. It is an unsuitable place for living things to live because oxygen is scarce and the temperature remains low all year round.
Nevertheless, there was a plant that produced flower buds.
For example, a beautiful flower with blue petals.
The woman with her gray hair knelt for a while and admired the appearance of her flowers. She then stretched out her hand, turned around, and was mesmerized for a while.
“Master of emptiness.”
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One of the group members standing in front suddenly opened his mouth.
She was an old woman whose hair had been bleached white, and whose wrinkled skin seemed to testify to the passage of time.
“Is there something that bothers you?”
A voice that is as merciful as its appearance is eventually spoken.
The girl with gray hair hesitated for a while.
Soon, she stood up as if nothing had happened. With a slight smile.
“No, it’s nothing…” ….”
It was right after that that the wind blew.
As bright blue flower petals fluttered, the eyes of a mysterious woman wearing bamboo fur and a small boy with a sullen expression turned towards the girl called ’empty’.
Looking at this, ‘Gong’ thought.
Okay, now I have to throw it away.
Things like ‘sepia flowers’ have no meaning anymore.
“I just remembered the memories I left behind in this world.”
The woman said that and lowered her head.
This is Cheongeomsan Mountain.
Because it is a place where you have to abandon all ties.
The girl who was once called ‘Seria’ began to follow her teacher again.
Without even knowing the fate to come.