“… … .”
“… … .”
She and I looked at each other and didn’t say anything.
No, it would have been right to say that I couldn’t.
I didn’t know what to say first, and I don’t know what Minerva was thinking, but she just turned her head to the side.
Even Sbengali didn’t say anything.
“ha… .”
As I sighed, Minerva flinched excessively.
I first picked up a chair next to her and pushed it towards her.
“sit down. Why is it that I have someone standing up and I’m the only one sitting there?”
“Uh, uh. If that’s the case, then don’t be grateful for the favor.”
Minerva said so and sat cautiously on the chair.
As I looked at it, I was able to regain my composure surprisingly quickly, even though I was confused because what I was hoping for was real.
I just thought that maybe it was because there were precedents like Margo and Sbengali.
It wasn’t just that my heart started pounding as soon as I saw her, but because of the fact that there was another Seven Devils inside me.
Minerva.
It was because of the fact that there was an existence within me that would have killed everyone, including me, in an instant.
‘… it’s okay.’
If they attacked me or had any intention to do so, they would have done it earlier.
Besides, looking at Taero now, it didn’t seem like he was hostile to me or had bad intentions.
No, rather… .
“for now.”
I opened her mouth and she turned her head carefully and looked at me.
Han Su-young, Jin Ye-seul, Lee Ye-eun, and Lee Yu-na looked so unrealistic that even I, who usually sees the same children, was stunned for a moment.
“… May I ask what happened?”
“Oh, well. Is that so? Genga asking from that.”
Minerva muttered and nodded her head.
But as soon as he knew it, he raised his head and looked at me.
“Okay, the body that should have turned into dust and disappeared when I lost to you anyway. And every winner has the right to control the loser. I will do my best to answer your questions with all I know.”
Minerva, who spoke curiously, immediately answered my question.
“I mean, what happened, but the truth is, I don’t know.”
“What?”
“Gee, it’s true.”
For a moment, without realizing it, Minerva muttered something like that sharply when asked.
“Originally, I had to die at the point where I made you take my raw blood over you and gave up my heart to neutralize it.”
I nodded at her explanation.
Then she straightened her posture and continued the explanation.
“If it had been a wound inflicted in battle, it might have been repaired right away… I couldn’t do it because it was given by my own will. So I calmly accepted my death. As you know, at that time, almost all of my dreams were fulfilled. There was no regret.”
She crossed her arms and blinked her eyes in drowsiness.
“But at some point, when I came to my senses, I found myself lying all over the place in a black space. At first I thought it was the underworld… It wasn’t long before I realized I was in your shadow.”
With those words, she gently raised her hand to show me off.
Then, as I watched Henir’s shadow flicker and vibrate like flames from the wrist she lifted, I coughed involuntarily.
“There, I have assimilated with your shadow, and it is also known that I have unintentionally devoured your shadow. Thanks to that, I was able to handle the powers of the shadows as if they were mine.”
Hearing her words, I immediately opened the status window and looked at Henir’s shadow.
However, there was no change in the status window.
“Ugh… So I think I will stay with you for a while.”
Minerva rubbed her hands between her legs as if something was uncomfortable.
Then he mumbled as he glanced at me with his orange eyes.
“If you are uncomfortable, then stay in the shadows. For once, I have become subordinate to you, so I cannot disobey your orders.”
“no. What. It’s not that uncomfortable… .”
“Is that so?”
At my words, Minerva quickly turned into a dissatisfied expression.
“Then can we stay together? Are you saying that sometimes I can go out and walk with you and talk with you while making eye contact?”
For a moment, I avoided her twinkling eyes without realizing it.
Then, Minerva also made a sound of ah, and returned her body, which had been half-protruded forward.
“Yeah, that’s why I don’t feel the gaze these days.”
“Sight? What gaze.”
“The gaze that watched you.”
Minerva replied in a voice that said nothing.
“Since the day you came here sitting on that wheeled chair, at least two eyes have often looked at you.”
“… … .”
He was at a loss for words for a moment, but Minerva nodded calmly.
“But, well, it didn’t look like there was any hostility towards you, and above all, you disappeared from the day you started walking on two legs… So I just said it was and passed it on.”
It was quite difficult to avoid that gaze and move, and as I looked at her muttering, I asked a question to hide my embarrassment.
“What, rather than that, you told me you made your blood drip on purpose? To neutralize it, your… It gave me my heart.”
“Surely it was.”
“Can you tell me what the effect is? And about the ‘Dragon Blood’, the power I got from you.”
“Anyway, dear.”
Minerva nodded her head with a sign of more joy than before.
No, I heard him hum along the way, so it must not have been a misunderstanding.
“First of all, it is said that those who survived by pouring dragon’s blood on them get skin like steel, and they say that all kinds of swords cannot penetrate. So is my blood.”
“Are you saying it’s similar to a dragon?”
“Don’t think of me as equal to those dragons, my dear.”
Minerva raised her head with a confident expression on her face.
“Your body, which has been poured with my blood, is not right now, but it will become stronger as time goes on, and it will recover quickly even if it is injured. Also, like I said before, any sword won’t be able to injure you. What… I can feel the pain.”
“and?”
“Your blood will soon be the poison and the only cure for it.”
Those words reminded me of Nidhogg’s fangs that were hidden in my wrist.
As soon as he thought of it, he pulled it out and Minerva nodded in interest.
“Are you Nidhogg? His Dokdo is quite scary.”
“How is it compared to you?”
“Dear, don’t try to compare me to a tree root or a chewer.”
Minerva frowned as if in a bad mood.
“To continue the explanation… I was a seven-evil servant of poison. Poison was an organ and part of me. The land on which the breath I exhaled had not grown to the point of not being able to grow a single grass for decades. My poison like that flows through your blood.”
“… … .”
Looking down at his arms with a reluctant expression, Minerva quickly opened his mouth.
“No, of course there is no harm to you. There is no need to worry at all, as it can neutralize the poison with your blood at your will.”
“Yeah, what… .”
Nodding his head in a shaky way, Minerva said with a slightly dissatisfied expression on his face.
“And since you took my heart, it can be seen that in reality you have infinite magical powers. Of course, you may feel pain when you squeeze the magic power, but you won’t have any trouble due to the lack of magic power.”
“That’s good.”
“Of course not.”
After hearing my positive reply, she nodded as if she was pleased.
Then, he slowly looked at me with eyes that twinkled like jewels.
“And my power… To explain hemolysis, yes.”
She quietly opened her mouth.
“I will soon be you, and soon you will become me.”
“That means… .”
“Do you want me to be more direct?”
I nodded at Minerva’s words.
Then she said softly and smiling.
“Because you are the one who devoured my existence, you can summon my form in an instant and cover it up and deal with it.”
[crazy… .]
At her words, Sbengali quietly spit out a swear word, and I nodded as if that was enough.
And I asked carefully what I wanted to ask, but I couldn’t ask right away.
“Then one last thing.”
Seeing me, Minerva looked like she already knew what to say.
“Gina, my sister… Tell me everything about him.”
At that, Minerva nodded.
“Your brother… .”
* * *
“… … .”
Yoo Ji-hyuk was walking down the hallway with a stiff expression on his face.
In his head, the story he had just heard was constantly running around in his head.
‘First of all, please understand that my memory is not perfect.’
Minerva had started saying that with a serious expression.
‘Actually, my memories with you aren’t perfect either. There are a lot of holes here and there. Actually, I do remember that you were with a human woman other than you, and that there was someone else, but my memory was so blurred that I could not even guess who they were. … Maybe someone’s trickery is obvious.’
Ariman.
be the guy
Continue, continue to be that guy.
‘You said you came to find your brother’s traces. It wasn’t the original purpose, but somehow it happened… I can’t remember the details of the story. sorry.’
Minerva frowned as if trying to bring back memories.
‘But there are two things that I do remember for sure.’
First, you said that your brother is in the same world as you.
And second… .
‘You said, obviously, that your brother’s body and mind are separate. Also, he said that he did not know what would happen even if he found them all… .’
thud!
Yoo Ji-hyuk smashed the wall with his fists as hard as he could.
I couldn’t stand it at all.
“Ariman… !”
He mumbled and muttered someone’s name out of hatred.
Anger, resentment, hatred, helplessness, resentment… Everything was a muffled voice.
Why are you doing this to me?
What am I doing, what have I done wrong to you, do you keep doing this and that?
It was not enough for me to rummage through my head and throw it into an unfamiliar world, and the sound that even the child was thrown into this world felt like blood rushing through my body.
No, more than that, what the hell is that guy doing?
What the hell is he doing that throws me into this world and makes fun of the same Seven Evils?
Even that was not enough, he said that he brought the child into this world.
Hearing what he was saying, it seemed that he was thrown away at a time far away from him.
Even when I heard that the body and the mind were separated, it was ridiculous.
I couldn’t understand what it was like, but at least I could tell it had been terribly wretched.
Maybe, maybe like Alice Blesbuck said… !
“… Hyuk! Jihyuk-ah!”
“… ah.”
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On the way, only when someone grabbed his right arm and pulled him out, he was finally able to get out of his thoughts.
“Well, what are you doing? What is this!”
That person was for no other reason.
She exclaimed with a tired expression on her face.
“What the hell is going on? What happened until it got to this point… !”
She grimaced painfully, as if her fist had been crushed, and let go of his right arm, which had been holding her tightly.
His right hand was soaked with blood, and when he felt the pain, he turned his gaze to see the blood smeared on the half-shattered wall.
“… done. it’s okay.”
Yoo Ji-hyuk said so and pulled his right arm back.
Then, as she pulled out a handkerchief and ointment, she grabbed his wrist in surprise.
“What’s okay! Do you see this as a normal wound? You need to get first aid right now and get proper treatment… .”
“Because it’s okay.”
I was annoyed for a moment, but Yoo Ji-hyeok said so and gently tried to shake off Lee Yu-na’s hand.
However, Yuuna was also holding his wrist tightly as if not to lose.
“Yuna, I’m really fine. uh? Because this is a very sensitive and personal matter… Please leave me alone.”
Yoo Ji-hyeok said so, barely holding back the growing irritation.
He wanted to vent his anger towards someone right now, but he knew better than anyone that it was the stupidest and most unreasonable thing to do.
“Well then, let’s get some treatment… yes?”
At Lee Yu-na’s words, Yoo Ji-hyuk turned his head and let out a small sigh.
Then he shook her hand once more and said.
“It has nothing to do with you, so please stop worrying about it.”
“ah.”
At Yoo Ji-hyuk’s words, Lee Yu-na put on a shocked expression without realizing it.
Maybe it wasn’t a big deal, but it was a word that could just be passed on.
However… .
“… … .”
At his words, Yuna felt something in her heart drop and break.
Something that had been pulled tight for a long time for fear of being touched by someone else, that was pulled enough to cut a finger just by touching it.
very forcefully, very quickly.