It was also hard work to prevent Henir’s shadow and other branches of the World Tree from posing a threat to her, and from doing nonsense.
Her movements, which they could not have followed with their eyes in the past, are now clearly visible.
Her distorted expression, her clenched fists, and even her legs suffocating.
As she ran, she quickly pounded her shoes on the ground.
The poisoned blade comes straight out of the shoe.
I didn’t move even a single step as I stared straight at it.
“this… !”
And I could see her clenching her teeth as she flew her legs, aiming right at the nape of my neck.
As she moved her legs, she forced herself to fly and jumped into the air.
Then he turned around and hung my neck on the inside of his knee and knocked it down.
Standing defenseless, I immediately jumped out hopelessly at her actions.
“Ugh!”
My body thumped and crashed into the floor.
And immediately I felt the pressure and weight on my chest.
“… Don’t move.”
Jin Ye-seul was sitting on my chest and looking down at me as if it was literally killing me.
It was her unique way of suppressing her by pressing down on her elbow with one knee and trampling her on the other with her foot.
Her hair ruffled and ran down, tickling my face.
I looked up at her without a word.
“Other world, what do you mean? Are you saying this is a different world?”
“okay.”
“… So, how different is it? huh? Say it with your mouth.”
I quietly opened my mouth.
“The world I used to live in was filled with magic, monsters, hunters, and heroes. It was a world of nothing.”
“… Then wouldn’t it be a world without Shadow Walkers?”
She asked with a face like she didn’t want to believe.
“okay.”
When I returned the answer, I heard the sound of her grinding her teeth.
“Then, of course, you wouldn’t be that person’s descendant either.”
“right.”
Jin Ye-seul’s lips trembled slightly.
Seeing it, I felt an indescribable feeling.
“You cheated on me. Until then.”
“… okay.”
“You cheated on me.”
As I agreed, her breathing became more and more difficult.
Seriously, she was staring at me like she was going to kill me with her hurt eyes.
Like a child abandoned by her parents, she could see her eyes slowly getting wet with the expression of a person who had been betrayed by a person she trusted perfectly.
And more than anything else, it became a sure shackle, pressing down on my limbs.
“You cheated on me! you me! You, the one I trusted, Yoo Ji-hyuk, you!!!”
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One of her screaming hands grabbed my neck roughly.
“Then why are you telling me this now? You want me to die for this?!”
“Where in the world is anyone who wants to die, ugh… ?”
The shadow of Henir and the branches of the World Tree tremble at her hand clasping her neck.
He ordered them never to move and kept looking at her.
“under.”
Meanwhile, Jin Ye-seul snorted as if it wasn’t even funny.
Then he took the other hand towards my waist and rummaged around without hesitation.
After confirming that I was naked, she shook her head slightly.
“There is no dagger, no kendo, no spear, no bow, not even a single dagger. Did you leave everything behind and come here naked?”
I nodded hard.
“Then what, why? Can you beat me with my bare body? Or are you suggesting that you don’t want to fight with me?”
Gradually her fingers grew stronger.
“Are you mocking me now? Are you trying to laugh at me playing with your lies and lies all this time? Was that what you meant by showing the shadow of Henir earlier?”
“Such, that… .”
“I’d rather not let you be fooled!!!”
she screamed
Her purple eyes contorted painfully and looked at me.
A single tear fell from her eyes and ran down my cheeks.
Through her wet eyes, I could see myself and the band-aid on my cheek.
The band-aid she put on had a smiling penguin character drawn on it.
“I would rather… ! Continuing without knowing anything… !”
“… sorry.”
I could only say that.
“Actually, I… I can’t explain for sure. As you said, I should have just stayed still and did nothing. It would have been nice if it was just like that. But no more to you…ね!”
“Shut that mouth… !”
She groaned and grabbed my neck with both hands.
Then he shook his head and muttered.
“Don’t talk shit anymore, I don’t believe you anymore! You filthy hypocrite bastard!”
She stuttered and placed her hand on her neck.
Around her neck was still the necklace I gave her, which can also be used as a dagger.
Reflexively trying to grab it, she seemed to have thought of the necklace as well.
“… !”
She clenched her teeth and clenched her teeth, and blood eventually ran down her lips.
A dagger leaked out of her sleeve, leaving the necklace behind.
“Then pay me for what you said.”
Give me your neck for the price you made fun of me.
With those words, the dagger she was holding came to my neck.
That was then.
“Ugh!?”
Jin Ye-seul was thrown back with a painful moan.
When he woke up wanting to do something, Henir’s shadow and a branch of the World Tree appeared threateningly.
I knew right away what had happened.
Ignoring my command to remain still, he moved to protect me.
And Jin Ye-seul, who was not aware of such a situation, was staring at me.
“… Yes, then it is.”
she muttered quietly.
Blood gushed from her mouth every time she spoke.
“You dirty coward. I can see why you were still holding your breath until now. Now I don’t think I can kill you, so you’re here to tell the truth? I can’t hurt you anymore.”
Her words flew like a dagger and locked themselves in.
Even if she thought so, she had nothing to say with her ten mouths now.
“flaw… .”
How the hell did things get so twisted?
I got up slowly, thinking that I had been tangled up with her since the first meeting.
This isn’t anyone’s fault, it’s my fault.
So, as it was the job I started, I had to do the post-processing.
“No matter what I say, it will sound just like a hypocrite to you… .”
“If you know, shut your mouth.”
“I will keep the promise I made with you.”
I slowly laid out what I had been thinking from the beginning.
“I’ll tell you all the promises I made to you, all the clues to the Shadow Walker’s legacy.”
At those words, the tip of the dagger in Jin Ye-seul’s hand shook slightly.
She was looking at me with a constantly vigilant expression, as if trying to understand my true meaning.
If it were her now, you would know.
I had everything wide open so she could read my mind and thoughts, so she would know.
The fact that I am not lying now.
“I will keep my promise. The legacy of the Shadow Walker that should go to you. They are all yours… .”
“I told you to shut up!”
Jin Ye-seul cried out like that and grabbed the dagger tightly.
“I can kill you, dig into your brain and find out! Then I will be able to avenge my anger and get my inheritance!”
“… … .”
“What is that expression… ! I don’t think I can do it!?”
With those words, Jin Ye-seul ran towards me.
However, the dagger she was holding was immediately split in two by Henir’s shadow and broke.
My will was the result of not mixing a single grain.
“this… !”
She continued to pull out the cutlery she had hidden all over her body.
But every time I was blocked by Henir’s shadow and the branches of the World Tree, and in the end, he just started running at me with his own body.
There are few people who excel in fighting arts than her.
And now, she was making a fist that seemed more threatening to be hit by a child.
“why… .”
And at some point, her movements stopped.
With her head bowed, Jin Ye-seul raised her fist and slapped my chest.
“why… !”
She hit me in the chest one more time.
“Why, why? Why, why is it you and not anyone else… !”
Jin Ye-seul muttered like that and knelt down.
It was when he reflexively reached out his hand to her, who had collapsed and collapsed like a broken doll.
“Don’t touch my body!”
I had no choice but to stop what I was doing at her cry.
She was still on her knees and bowed her head.
“I, I… .”
There was nothing I could do about her, who mumbled and collapsed.
after a while.
Jin Ye-seul, who was silently bowing her head, got up from her seat.
Her head was still bowed, and she couldn’t see her expression because of the flowing hair.
“… Yes, let’s do it.”
Jin Ye-seul muttered quietly.
“I’m not stupid either. You wanted something from me, so you kept me by your side until this time, right? And because of that, no matter what I did to you, it must have passed.”
She let out a small laugh.
“It’s fine. We use each other because we want something. It’s my favorite.”
What the hell can I say to her in this situation?
I just couldn’t remember, saying that my head was blocked by something was just an excuse.
Whatever the case, the fact that I deceived her with my own will and used her up until now doesn’t change.
“Yeah, do what you want. The way you want me to deceive you up until this point.”
she muttered so
“If you help me get all my inheritance, I will give you what you want from me. Then will it work? huh? You’re not worried right now, you’re not getting what you want from me.”
Having said that, she immediately turned around, as if she did not want to hear my answer.
And muttered as an addition.
“… Then we can just live with each other as if we didn’t exist. No, I’d rather disappear. After all, once you get all your inheritance, you don’t have to cling to every corner or attend the academy anymore.”
She walked away from me one step at a time.
“Don’t say anything.”
She paused for a moment on the way, and muttered something like that.
“… If you’re really, as you said, sorry for me, don’t say anything now.”
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“Don’t make me miserable anymore… .”
With the words she uttered sobbing, she opened the door to the training room and left.
While I was looking at it, I reached out my hand involuntarily at the feeling of a foreign body on my cheek.
The band-aid she had put on was half off.
I slowly removed the band-aid.
A cutely drawn penguin was smiling on the outside of the band-aid.
I clenched my fists carefully.
* * *
To young children, parents are like gods.
However, Jin Ye-seul was a little different.
From a young age, for her, God was not a parent, but a shadow worker.
And at some point, the object of his faith changed from Shadow Walker to Yoo Ji-hyuk, who claimed to be his descendant.
He was the object of faith for her, and from the moment he felt a thrill from his appearance, he came to believe in Yoo Ji-hyuk more than any other prophet or god in the world.
From that day on, the god of Jin Ye-seul was none other than Yoo Ji-hyuk.
And at some point she could find herself chasing after him.
I never regretted it, never questioned it.
She could feel herself being filled and she felt alive.
so that.
So, for the first time in her life, she truly realized and realized it.
The gaze that everyone who saw his ideals since childhood showed him.
She was finally able to admit that what everyone in the world had been taunting, whispering, and screaming at her for many years was true.
She has always been alone and will never be understood.
For the first time, she had to admit it.
It was a fact realized by the existence that was none other than her god.
It was so sad she couldn’t stand it.
* * *
“What else is this… .”
Returning to the dormitory late at night, I couldn’t help but mumble as I looked at the messy table.
There was a lot of water around the tank, and the tank, which was carefully managed and decorated inside, had changed as if it were a ruin.
“… … !!!”
And as soon as Laune, who had been waiting outside after getting out of the tank, found me, I ran right away.
As I leaned over to accept him, Laune looked at me sadly and shook his roots.
“What, why are you like this?”
“~~~~!!!”
The leaves, which were always fresh and luscious, were torn and ragged.
Not only that, but the shiny roots had wounds here and there.
Raune pointed to the tank as if to look at it with her roots.
There was a fish that had been recently brought in.
“… Could it be because of him?”
“… … !”
Laune nodded at my words.
Maybe he was pushed out of the territorial battle and kicked out?
“her.”
It is a symbol of friendship and trust.
When I looked at the fish, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
No, maybe that’s why I’m making this uproar now.
In the pocket, the band-aid that Jin Ye-seul had put on was making a rustling sound.