150 – Angel
“…”
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Siriel collapsed on the cold concrete floor and was breathing heavily. My mind was blank and I didn’t know what to do next.
The cold wind hit my cheek. However, the body does not tremble or shiver. Before I knew it, a friend came up to me and covered me with a blanket I didn’t know where he had brought it.
“…Lucia.”
Siriel lay down and looked up at her friend’s face. The dark blue sky grew brighter and illuminated her friend’s face, but Siriel could not see Lucia’s face clearly. As soon as I realized it was over, my vision became blurry.
“What happened to you, brother?”
“…Shiron is fine.”
Lucia turned around and stared at the two who still showed no signs of waking up. It’s fine except for a little bit of dust. On the other hand, Siriel was so hurt that she didn’t know who was worried about whom.
There were several small scratches on her pretty face, and she clenched her teeth so hard that a trickle of blood flowed from her mouth. The hand holding the sword is swollen and trembling.
“…thank god.”
But Siriel smiled brightly as if she didn’t care. It was okay even if the pain of having a huge needle pierce my limbs surged through me, or even if my entire body felt weak, like an empty dantian.
It’s okay because the teacher is strong, but my brother is really weak. There was Lucia, but I didn’t want to be overshadowed by her.
If someone were to ask me whether I had finally become a meaningful person, I would be able to answer with confidence. No one can deny it. Siriel was more happy about that fact than anything else and was able to laugh a little.
But at the same time, I couldn’t help but feel anxious. Siriel, who had erased her timid smile, immediately appeared in a gloomy mood and pursed her lips.
“I won’t get scolded, right?”
“What do you mean? Who says they’re scolding you?”
“My brother…”
“…Shiron? Why is Shiron scolding you?”
Lucia opened her eyes wide and turned her head.
“Shiron will definitely praise you… I don’t know why you’re so worried, but watching you from behind, you were truly amazing.”
“…But you could have done it too.”
Siriel took deep breaths and spoke ecstatically. The words she spoke pierced Lucia’s heart.
A fact I was vaguely aware of.
Siriel was feeling jealousy, similar to an inferiority complex, towards Lucia. She had been feeling this subconsciously, but because of what Siriel had just said, Lucia was able to engrave her thoughts into her mind.
My appetite is bitter. So Lucia decided to be honest.
“No, it was truly amazing.”
“…lie.”
“It’s not a lie. Instead of fighting there, I thought about somewhere to take refuge. You’re not a human being, so how can you kill people like you’re killing ants?”
“…I feel like I’m swearing for some reason.”
“That’s not an insult… Anyway, I didn’t think to fight back. There must have been so many opponents. What the hell… I thought you were a troll and not a human? Only the limbs didn’t regenerate. It was so disgusting that I… lost my mind. “There wasn’t any. That’s why.”
Lucia slumped her shoulders as she spouted nonsense instead of defending herself. Siriel chuckled when she saw that.
Still, he is compassionate, but he is a murderer and a murderer… Judging by the fact that he doesn’t talk, he is an interesting friend in many ways.
“So I accomplished what you couldn’t?”
“…yes.”
“It looks like Lucia is also an all-rounder.”
Siriel spoke more comfortably. Is it because the tension has eased? Or was it because there was no one else listening except Lucia? For some reason, it felt comfortable to open my mouth and let out the thoughts I had been keeping in my mind.
“I thought you were the kind of person who could do anything. That’s why I didn’t pay any attention to you from the time I came here. So, um… but that wasn’t the case. um…”
“…Is there something you want to say?”
“I mean the progenitor.”
“…suddenly?”
“It wasn’t all of a sudden. In fact, the reason I kissed my brother and the reason I secretly came here because the teacher begged me to do it was because I was jealous of you. But it seems like that wasn’t the only reason I stormed in here and started swinging the sword.”
Siriel, looking at Lucia’s embarrassed face, chuckled.
“Once upon a time, I told you that I wanted to be like Kylie. Do you remember?”
“Of course I remember everything. How could I forget.”
“That’s right. You’re always looking at that storybook, too.”
“But what is it…whatever.”
“After coming here, I stopped by my ancestor’s mausoleum.”
“…”
“I suddenly thought. As long as you are there, I thought I would never be like Kylie. Prien’s Sogaju has become you. I even thought that I was just a supporting character who couldn’t be the main character of the story.”
Was it because he kept pouring out his heart? Siriel felt her breathing grow lighter.
Hugo Prien.
He also said that he wanted to be like the ancestor of the story from a young age. Every time I read a fairy tale to Siriel, I remembered it by talking about it several times. However, he had to give up that dream for granted.
Although he didn’t say the reason directly, Siriel could vaguely notice it after living with him for the past ten years.
It was because his heart was broken because he lost not only the position of head of household, but also the military power to his younger brother. Siriel didn’t like the two of them overlapping themselves.
“Maybe that’s why I forced myself to come here. I wanted to prove my worth here. I won’t lose to you. I want to become a great person like my ancestors without losing.”
“…”
Lucia looked at Siriel, who clenched her fists with blistered hands, with astringent eyes. Because I heard something huge inside… My face was so hot that I felt like it was about to explode.
‘What am I saying…’
Siriel admired herself in her past life and was jealous of herself in her current life. Lucia felt complicated by the irony.
Proud.
And it’s sad.
Because Lucia hid her identity as Kylie, the possibility that Siriel could have gone astray suddenly occurred to her.
‘I’m a liar… so I can’t face Siriel’s heart straight…’
The feeling of shame grows stronger. However, this is not because I directly confirmed the tickling longing in my heart. It was a feeling that arose from a sense of guilt that I was faking my pure good intentions with lies.
So Lucia decided to pull herself together.
“Uh… Siriel?”
As long as it’s only for Siriel… the thought that it wouldn’t be good if I revealed my identity suddenly popped into my head.
“I actually have something I want to tell you.”
“Do not say.”
“I… huh?”
“Don’t tell me.”
Siriel spoke firmly. At that, Lucia’s mouth curled up and her eyes widened at the same time. Siriel looked at him with narrow eyes as if he was pitiful.
“I don’t want to hear it. I want to be the main character today. I always feel uncomfortable because I always feel like I’m being pushed by you.”
“No, that’s not it… I…”
“I told you not to talk!”
Siriel shouted in a bright voice. Lucia pursed her lips and made a troubled expression.
“Now I’ve finally regained the confidence that I’m on the same level as you. I don’t want to ruin this feeling. So please keep your mouth shut.”
“…sorry.”
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“You secretly apologized profusely. Unlike strongly.”
“…”
“You are Lucia. You are my only best friend. You are my cousin. You are my acknowledged enemy. Please stay like this.”
The words that came out of Siriel’s mouth were meaningful. It would have been easy to silence her and reveal her true identity, but when Siriel spoke like that, Lucia had no choice but to keep her mouth shut.
“When you broke down the wall. The way you looked. Now what are you talking about? You looked so pathetic. So, I hope you keep your mouth shut for now.”
“…”
“You… I’ll win. Until then, I want you to be in the most perfect condition I know.”
“Okay. I’ll try to make that happen.”
Siriel didn’t want to ruin this relationship. Lucia understood that, and indeed it did. Siriel hoped that Lucia would one day overcome the wall and remain as a friend.
Knowing how Siriel fought, Lucia raised a thin arc at the corner of her mouth.
“By the way, Lucia.”
“huh?”
“I can’t see properly. What should I do?”
“It’s mana exhaustion. If you rest like this for a few days, you’ll get better.”
“…really?”
“Yes, I know because I’ve been through it a few times. So, I’m taking a little rest.”
“Then I’ll just sleep for a little while.”
Lucia stroked Siriel’s eyelids, which were slowly closing. After a while. As her panting breath began to fluctuate at regular intervals, Lucia’s body also relaxed.
‘…I’m completely out of my mind.’
Siron also fell, and Seira, who appeared from nowhere, also fell, and armed troops invaded the hotel, and luckily, Siriel joined them.
‘I didn’t know that Siriel would say such thoughts directly…’
Thinking about that, Lucia sighed deeply.
I don’t know how many ridiculous things have happened in succession today. I tried pinching my cheek to see if it was a dream, but unfortunately I felt a tingling pain and had no choice but to give up the idea that it was a dream.
“…”
Lucia stood up from the concrete floor and wiped her butt. It wasn’t over yet. The remains of the broken building and traces of the battle were still there, and there were signs that Siron and Seira would wake up…
“excuse me.”
“…?”
It was a moment when I was stretching out and trying to check Siron’s condition. An unfamiliar voice came from the back of my head. A voice that reminds me of a young girl. There was no sign of him coming up here. A new enemy? Like Jagannatha, it only appears at the very end…
“hello.”
“…Oh huh?”
A stupid remark that came out of nowhere. She pulled out her sword, heated up the mana of her sword, and tried to aim it at the opponent’s neck, but the moment she saw the girl’s shape, Lucia couldn’t do it.
“Yura?”
This is because the girl in front of me looks very similar to Yura, who died 500 years ago. black hair. Purple eyes. The bold energy seems to have made Yura smaller…
“I’m sorry, but Yura is not my name.”
“…then.”
“My name is [Latera].”
The girl with a brilliant light radiating from her head confidently introduced herself.
“nice to see you.”
“Uh… okay. Bye.”
Lucia said hesitantly. Latera knelt down on the spot. Lucia could not understand the meaning of that action.
“W-what is it? What’s wrong?”
Suddenly, amidst the rubble of the building, a girl he had never seen kneeled before him. She is not an ordinary girl either. The ring floating above her head told her that she was not human.
Yes, like the angel I heard about a long time ago.
After seeing Lucia’s confused expression and seeing her soul, Latera approached her and whispered.
“It’s an honor to meet you like this. I never dreamed that I would meet you like this as soon as I came to this world… but you really don’t know what human life is like… right?”
A short deep breath and then.
“Kylie.”
Lucia’s mouth opened at the next words.