153 – Excuses
The room across from me.
Lucia sighed softly as she looked at Latera, who had a distressed expression.
“I don’t like that kid.”
“By little… do you mean Siriel?”
“Yes! That kid with no blood on his head!”
Who is calling someone a kid? Lucia felt troubled as she looked at the girl who was one head shorter than me.
‘I didn’t think the two would get along well, but…’
The dissonance between Siriel and Latera.
Since Latera clings to Siron like a leech, it is so obvious that even Lucia can predict that Siriel will not sit still and watch.
Latera has been waiting for the next great hero for hundreds of years, so she might want to do something intimate of her own. Siriel is displeased with the fact that a girl she has never seen clings to her older brother, who did not mind breaking his body.
‘I think it would be right for me to resolve the matter in my own way.’
Lucia, thinking of Siron dealing with Siriel, took out a box of snacks from her bag. Then he opened the lid and held it out to Latera, who was still upset.
“Do you want some cookies?”
“…Are you treating me like a child?”
“Don’t treat me like a kid. It’s delicious. Try it.”
“It’s okay. I’m not in the mood to eat.”
“…Ah. You’re being picky for nothing.”
The moment Latera turned her head, Lucia smiled brightly and grabbed Latera’s chin. With an irresistible force, Latera’s jaw slowly opened, and a sweet cookie fell into the gap.
“Oop…! Oop! Oom!”
“That’s right, they’re eating well. Be nice, kids.”
Lucia scooped up some water to see if her throat would clog, then patted Latera’s back as she squeaked. Latera quickly drank the water and stared at Lucia with teary eyes.
“Ji, what are you doing now?”
“Eat that and relieve your anger, okay?”
“Well, I’m not a kid. And you’re not angry?”
“I’m angry, but what…”
Lucia clicked her tongue and put a cookie in her mouth. The sweet and spicy texture fills your mouth. Lucia felt a little happiness and her mind calming down.
“…Eat as much as you can now. They say you won’t be able to eat this when you go back to Rien.”
“It’s too obvious to change the subject so quickly.”
“…Why, you said you were trapped in a space with no one around for 500 years, so isn’t that why you couldn’t eat anything you wanted, let alone these snacks?”
“…That’s right.”
“Is that so? Then I think it would be beneficial to just chew some snacks instead of consuming emotions for no reason. I heard there was a time in my past life when I couldn’t eat and died?”
“…”
“After I was reincarnated in this body. When I first came to Lien. This was the first time I knew there were so many delicious things in the world.”
Lucia chuckled as she recalled her dark past. Latera felt her feverish head become cold.
A soul with a gloomy and dull color.
Lucia was smiling, but her soul was not. Latera didn’t get upset anymore, but rather folded her hands together. Lucia stroked Latera’s head.
“Not now, but when I was young, Siron often fed me sweet cookies when I was angry or embarrassed. So, you also fed me sweets to relieve your anger.”
“…”
“And you know? Siriel is also a pretty good girl. When it comes to Siron, there are times when she crosses the line, but this time too, she did her best without sacrificing herself?”
“Why is that kid again…?”
“I ask you to understand as an adult that you are 500 years older than me. You are just a child. Even if you look like that, Siriel is still only 16. She is young.”
“…I’ve never been angry.”
“Then I’m glad.”
Lucia lightly glanced at Latera and put the snack in her mouth. Then, for a moment, the corner of Lucia’s mouth began to twitch slightly.
‘Wasn’t I… a bit intelligent just now?’
Although she was not able to do much in the battle with the Guardians, she felt proud that she had maintained harmony among her colleagues by acting like an adult instead of getting into fistfights.
Lucia giggled and enjoyed the sweet taste of the cookie.
The soul begins to shine brightly.
Latera blinked as she saw Lucia’s brightened spirit.
‘Are you suddenly happy?’
I felt like I was going to die from the hardship right now. Now I am happy like a child who received a toy again. Latera, who felt confused by the sudden change in emotions, suddenly felt a thought come to her mind.
“So, Kylie, are you going to live your new life leisurely like this?”
“Huh…? What do you mean?”
“Well, I think it’s somewhat consistent with the reason Kylie doesn’t reveal her identity.”
Latera tilted her head as she approached Lucia.
“I’ve been thinking about it for a bit. Isn’t it because Kylie had such a hard time in the past that she doesn’t want to take on the karma of a hero now that she’s reincarnated?”
“Hmm… Then doesn’t it look like I was forcing Siron to do something I didn’t want to do?”
Lucia looked embarrassed and scratched the back of her head.
“I’m currently assisting Shiron. Isn’t it absurd to think that I’ve completely passed it on?”
“…Isn’t that why you want to live in seclusion, hiding your identity for fear that Siron will cause trouble? You are trying to be a voyeur who feels proud by secretly helping people?”
“…no.”
Lucia firmly denied it.
And then she couldn’t believe what she heard. What on earth are you talking about? The word ‘Gwaneum’ was not suitable for enjoying refreshments with a faint sensibility.
“What do you mean, voyeurism? Who are you describing as some sort of pervert?”
“What a pervert. It’s just my personal opinion.”
“The word ‘voyeurism’ makes me uncomfortable. How can you use such an obscene word…”
“But, just like before, Kylie’s attitude toward Shiron only seemed that way, right?”
“Is that all you can say?”
“Why? Even when we moved Siron here, he was fiddling with his body like a pervert under the pretext of changing his clothes…”
“Wack! Waak!”
Lucia screamed.
“Hey, kid?! Don’t talk nonsense! Who, when did someone say you were touching your body?”
“sure?”
“It’s just that. It’s because there was so much dust stuck to my body while I was changing my clothes! Siron is the type of guy who takes a bath in the morning and evening every day… Anyway, that’s what it is!”
“Um… I didn’t really mean to say anything. Why are you being so upset?”
“Oh, that’s because you’re making assumptions and describing people as if they’re some sort of pervert!”
Lucia let out a protest as she felt hot blood rushing to her neck. Latera sighed as if steam had escaped.
“Let’s just say that.”
“…What, do you have anything else to say?”
“The story isn’t over yet, Kylie.”
Latera fanned her hands and crossed her legs.
“Are you not going to keep revealing your identity like this?”
“…”
Lucia could not answer right away. In fact, the reason why Lucia could not reveal her past life as Kylie was due to a past enemy who was still alive, but the biggest feeling was shame.
As for his current skills… Yuma has become strong enough to have a good one-on-one match, but that doesn’t mean he can forget the stupid things he did all this time, right?
Even now, shameful memories are being updated in real time.
Even if revealing one’s identity to Siron was one thing, Siriel and Seira were another problem. Siriel knew Kylie as a flawless great person, and Seira… well, the relationship was so twisted that it made my mouth hurt.
That was by no means the heroic aspect that Lucia hoped for, nor was it a happy life.
“Wasn’t Seira a colleague of Kylie’s? Unless there’s a reason why you can’t reveal her identity, it would be better to tell her now and at least have a touching reunion.”
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“Well… there’s a reason I can’t reveal it.”
“What is it?”
Latera picked up a cookie from the box and stuffed it into her mouth. Is it because the blood is rushing to your face? For some reason, the sound of snacks being chewed can be heard loudly. Lucia quickly shook her head.
In order to find the optimal answer without damaging Kylie’s reputation and not destroying the current relationship.
“!”
It was a moment where I continued to think for a while. The perfect answer appeared in Lucia’s heated mind.
“Just as there cannot be two suns in the sky, the presence of the former warrior will cause the current hero to fade.”
“…”
“I want to respect Siron’s choice. He can’t handle mana. It’s sad to see that he’s aware that he’s far behind me and Siriel.”
“So… ultimately, it’s for Siron, not Kylie?”
“That’s right! That’s why I won’t reveal my identity. I’m sorry to Seira, but it’s okay if I don’t reveal my identity. If Shiron finds out that I’m Kylie, I don’t know what he’ll do.”
“…”
“So, do you think it would be right for me to maintain the position of a colleague and play the role of a reliable helper by his side?”
“Well, if that’s the case…”
Latera nodded, looking at Lucia’s breasts. Her soul glowed with strong positivity and happiness.
*
The next morning.
Siron and his party watched the miserable remains of the building from afar.
The hotel was in ruins, and there were traces of horrible filth running down the walls. And above them, strange monsters were rising, singing a requiem as if they were opening the gates of hell.
-aaah!
-Sal, save me!
-Guardians! Where on earth are the guardians?
Siron pointed his finger and asked Seira.
“What is that?”
“well…”
Seira narrowed her eyes and attempted to interpret the hell that was unfolding in real time.
“…I don’t know. Braham is a sacred place with a spiritual vein that exudes powerful divine power. I don’t think this can happen, but this is the first time I’ve felt so many deaths…”
“That was the spontaneous generation of undead who felt a large number of deaths.”
Latera shrugged her shoulders and gave a clear answer.
“This phenomenon would not have occurred in the past, but since the source of divine power that protected this city was destroyed, something unfortunate happened.”
Latera glanced back and looked at Siron and Siriel alternately. Siron did not show any noticeable reaction, but Siriel broke into a cold sweat and regretted that she should have saved at least a few people.