“Well.”
Minerva, who was sitting on a rock as if meditating, exhaled a little excitedly.
The tail, which had just been jagged and protruding and waving regularly, was now quivering and trembling.
The tightly closed pupils opened, and the crimson pupils, which were mixed with various colors, curved strangely.
“Ha ha,” she muttered after taking a deep breath.
“… It’s finally happened, dear.”
Her tail fluttered in the air in a gentle curve.
“Your Minerva will go to you right now.”
And it wasn’t just Minerva who noticed.
“… … !”
Ye-eun Lee, who was processing documents while sitting in front of the desk she brought with her, immediately flinched and trembled, putting down the pen she was holding.
Then he took off the glasses he was wearing, put them down neatly, and put his jacket over them.
A secret forest that only members of the main family, who are very few even in the World Tree clan, can enter.
The vegetation, the spirits, the wind, and everything in the forest were hurriedly conveying to her, the head of the clan.
The person she had been waiting for over and over has finally woken up.
“… ah.”
Jin Ye-seul, who was lying on the bed and sleeping as if dead, suddenly woke up with a flash of light without any warning.
Although he did not express it to anyone, he carried Yoo Ji-hyeok, who had turned into a dragon, hidden in the shadow of Henir, bathed him with care for almost half a day, and even poured enormous magical energy to promote his awakening.
Even Han Soo-young and Lee Ye-eun had magical powers that far surpassed that of her, so if she was an ordinary wizard, she would have died of mana depletion already 100 times.
Just as a wounded beast falls into a deep sleep to recover, Jin Ye-seul lay down like a corpse without waking up once after everything was over.
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On the way, Lee Yu-na, worried about her, visited several times to check her condition.
She, who did not wake up no matter what happened, woke up as if she was acting, got up with a calm motion, quietly put on her shoes, and began to prepare to go out.
“You woke up.”
She just smiled and muttered that one word.
“… … .”
Choi Hyun-woo, who was quietly meditating with his broken sword on his lap, opened his eyes.
I thought it would have been about an hour or so, but the fact that the sun had been setting for a long time was a bit bewildering, and he got up from his seat, relaxed and stiff.
… He had promised to talk again with Nam Hyun-hwa in the future.
She swore she would never again be deceived or disappear without a second word, and disappeared with the promise that she would come to the funeral and collect the remains of her dead companions.
Hyeonu Choi, who recalled that fact anew, took a deep breath and exhaled for a long time, then chuckled and smiled.
“Let’s see, then.”
Shall we go take a look at the friend who made me clean the dragon, which is not even on sale?
As if conscious of something, he deliberately said aloud in a cheerful voice and carefully captured the scabbard containing the broken sword.
“what?”
After taking a walk for a while because she couldn’t sleep, Yuna blinked at the sensation of touching her skin.
He immediately understood what had happened and muttered with a look of relief.
“I’m glad… .”
Minerva said there was nothing to worry about, but it was the human mind that things didn’t go their way.
Plus, to be honest, she had already been wrong once, so her trust in Minerva had been eroded in her heart.
Just as she was about to go to Yoo Ji-hyuk’s place, she heard a small, crumbling sound and stopped walking.
It was because he felt a familiar energy somewhere in the rustling sound.
no way… .
Having a strange premonition, Lee Yu-na immediately moved towards the epicenter of the sound.
And when she found something shocking in the bushes, she let out a brief scream with a flagging voice without realizing it.
“Master, Master!?”
“… … .”
It was Mandragora, Laune, who, surprisingly, made the sound.
The guy, who made a bag with a handkerchief and hung it around his neck like a bot, was holding onto a branch like a stick from where he had picked it up, looking at Yuna with a trembling body.
It was as if he had thinned out somewhere, and as usual, the change in his expression was unknown, but there was a clear sign of exhaustion.
“… … .”
“Ahhh! Master, come to your senses!”
And as soon as he saw Lee Yu-na, he seemed to have relaxed even if he was nervous, and he collapsed without strength.
At that sight, Lee Yu-na was startled and raised Laune with both hands.
“Master, what is this… ! I’m just waiting in Jihyuk’s tank. Why the hell did you come? Wait, please… Did you come all the way from the academy!?”
“… … .”
Laune raised the staff she was holding without saying a word.
The tip of the trembling wand was pointing to where Yoo Ji-hyuk was.
* * *
“… I’m glad you woke up as usual.”
Han Soo-young, who was sitting next to me, said so.
I quietly nodded and answered.
“I’m sorry that I only made you suffer for nothing.”
“I’m sorry. We all know it would have been harder for all of us if it wasn’t for you.”
Han Soo-young let out a small laugh as if she had heard a meaningless sound.
Then he started to make a sound by moving his legs with a tuk-tuk, but for some reason, we stared into the air without saying a word.
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Only the squeaking and crowing of insects echoed from all directions.
Han Soo-young, who would normally have said something, for some reason, kept her head down without saying a word.
I glanced at her for a moment and then murmured.
“I don’t know if this is why we all fail to get along well. You keep losing because of me.”
“yes? Oh yes. right.”
Han Soo-young nodded as if thinking deeply about something, and agreed with what I said.
Then he replied with a playful grin.
“Then why don’t you claim damages from you?”
“What? a. Hey, let’s be rude with our friends.”
“Heh, you don’t know that there is a corporation that makes things like this more certain between friends. Yoo Ji-hyuk? Besides, you have a lot of money, because you are a clan of the World Tree.”
She sighed slightly and stared blankly somewhere.
There, the scales I had gathered were piled up like a mountain.
“… If you do, you can tear off the scales like that and sell it.”
Having said that, she sighed once more.
“Scales, dragon scales… .”
Then suddenly, a tear fell from her eyes, one drop at a time.
When I swallowed my breath in surprise, Han Soo-young seemed to be surprised that she was crying too.
“Uh, huh? why am i doing this… .”
She sighed and wiped away her tears.
But the more she wiped it, the more tears flowed from her eyes, and she let out a gasp sound as if she was gradually bewildered.
“Ji-hyuk. me, why am i here? Why do you keep doing this… ?”
She was now almost whimpering.
It was when I grabbed her trembling hand, worried about her crying voice and her distorted expression.
Suddenly, she hugged me so tightly that I could hear a rumble.
She was embarrassed for a moment, but as she was burying her face and trembling slightly as if scared, I hugged her quietly.
“Oh, I was scared.”
Han Soo-young gasped for breath and spoke to me as if she was confessing.
“Jihyuk is afraid that you won’t come back, that you will continue to live as you are… .”
She began to mumble in a crawling voice.
“If that happens, that’s worse than dying… Everyone in the world must have been after you, and the country or other guilds must have been after you as well. Because dragons are worth it. Then, I must have been weak and couldn’t help you. And someday I’ll lose you Right in front of you, helplessly.”
The strength in her arms as she hugged me tight.
I didn’t.
It was because he didn’t know if he would hurt her if he took Minerva’s heart and gave her power in the current state where he had awakened even to the dragon blood.
“There, there… .”
She sniffled and felt her clothes getting wet every time she cried.
After a moment’s hesitation, I gently raised my hand and stroked her hair.
“Jihyuk, you later, me. I’m afraid you won’t recognize me… !”
Her worries were the same as I did.
Seeing her trembling and crying, I said in a voice as friendly as possible.
“Sooyoung, look, I’m fine. So stop crying.”
“Don’t do it… .”
“I don’t cry, too, but what if Sooyoung cries?”
“… … .”
“Okay, it’s okay now… yes?”
When I said that with a smile on purpose, the strength in her hands that embraced me gradually grew stronger.
After a while, she spoke to me in a low voice.
She cried with a whistle, but the sound was so low that she had to stick her head closer.
“… Shut it off.”
“yes?”
“Noisy, loud! you idiot!”
Surprised by her sudden behavior and screaming, she was astonished as a honey-eaten dumbass, and she shouted once more as if frustrated.
“Oh my, time, black! Just shut your mouth… Khhh, give me a hug! you idiot! just. just… Just hug me without saying anything… !”
At her words, I reflexively tightened the arm that was holding her.
“Further, harder.”
A little more.
“more.”
I hugged her a little tighter.
Her posture was erratic and she had to drag herself closer to her.
“harder. Don’t notice it, it’s strong enough to crush me to death. hurry.”
After that, I hugged her tightly and hugged her as if locked in my arms.
After that, she seemed satisfied, and without a word she rubbed her head against my chest.
So we hugged each other silently for a long time.
* * *
“… Sorry.”
Han Soo-young, who was a little far away from me, said in a crawling voice.
“What are you sorry for? I have nothing to be sorry about.”
“Nope… Jihyuk must have confused you too. You keep forcing me to stand up… .”
She muttered, wiping her tears with her fingers, and secretly looked at my clothes.
I had to twist my body slightly to the side so that I couldn’t see the shirt soaked with her tears and anything else.
“… But how did you know Sooyoung first?”
I opened my mouth carefully, fearing that she would be embarrassed for nothing.
“yes?”
“Are you waiting right next to me?”
“Uh, hey. Nope. like that.”
When I asked her just in case, she waved her hand and said to me.
“just… For some reason, I thought that Jihyuk would be with you by now. So I thought I was being deceived and came here… .”
As she said that, she pursed her lips for a moment.
Then all of a sudden we noticed that a strange light was shining between us.
it was a crystal
“Oh, right. Jihyuk has something to tell you at least once.”
With those words, Han Soo-young snatched the crystal floating in the air.
Then he pulled something out of his pocket, and it was none other than a ‘nameless book’.
When I saw it, without realizing it, strength went into my eyes.
“I don’t know if you know this, but Jihyuk met in Margo’s dungeon… It’s the remnants of another me who died.”
As she tapped and touched, the lens twirled as if it were rotating slowly.
“I checked out Jihyuk for a few days while he was waiting for you… No trace was found.”
“Can’t find any traces? What are those traces?”
“yes. Her memories, abilities, or pieces of magic. I wondered if I could feel something if I was the same person as her, only the world was different… .”
She shook her head slightly.
“Just like the Lich had suffered, the magic power was amplified and it became easier to compose the spell. But that’s all. Of course, because the time was short, I couldn’t do a proper investigation… I’ll have to check it out when I get back later.”
And she swiped an unnamed book at me.
A book that said that I had no qualifications, but that Han Soo-young was qualified.
She opened the book with a careful hand and showed it to me.
“That day, this book suddenly appeared in my hand, and after that, I checked and found this sentence.”
The original empty book had a single line of text on it.
“Wait a moment… .”
“Ah, here.”
The text was so small that I had to get close to her.
She moved with the book open so that I could see it.
The text was written in characters I did not know.
“What does this mean?”
“Do not forget that you are the key to this world, you who have been called and chosen. It is written like this.”
“… … .”
There was only one word that came to mind.
playable character.
And I had been guessing for a long time that among those playable characters, Han Soo-young would have become the ‘main character of this world’.
In fact, it was proof that gave strength to my guess, but I couldn’t be happier.
“… … .”
What the heck does this mean?
No, why does such a thing exist?
A book that even I do not know the reason for its existence is trying to convey something to Han Soo-young, not me.
To her who can be said to be the protagonist of this world.
For what reason and what else are you trying to tell her?
If so, who the hell created this book?
Hopefully this time too, as always, the guy behind everything… .
“Ugh… .”
In an instant, his vision was lost in the light that flashed from the lens.
As I was blinking my eyes reflexively, I suddenly noticed Han Soo-young staring blankly at me right next to me.
“… ah.”
While I was contemplating, she noticed that she was staring at me, and noticed that my eyes met, and let out a small sigh.
After a moment’s hesitation, she came a little closer to me.
Then he tilted his head slightly forward and closed his eyes.
“… … .”
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Originally, he would have come up with strange excuses, or he would have pretended not to know.
But why?
When I woke up, I saw that I was gently placing my hand on her cheek.
She was startled and trembling, and now her eyes were so tightly closed that she was trembling and trembling.
It made me laugh involuntarily.
Then I could see her lips clenched and clenched.
I’d like to see it a little closer.
It was time to think so.
Wow… work.
It was a small, suffocating sound, but I didn’t miss it.
I quickly turned my head and my eyes met someone who was looking at me from afar.
“… Belluna?”
The spirit of the wind, who met my eyes, did not put a cookie in his mouth, but stood firm.
A popcorn fell from her mouth and rolled on the floor.
“uh… … .”
After making a rare bewildered expression, she quickly smiled awkwardly.
“Well, that wasn’t the intention.”
Really.
Seeing her smiling hehehe, as if embarrassed, someone let out a sigh full of regret.