8. Lost
8. Lost
Orien has always been in the same place.
When you look at the broken circle room and the ruined furniture, unforgettable memories float around even if you want to forget them. For Orien, the memory of her entrance ceremony was like that.
A man who appeared as a new task as soon as he was summoned to the middle dimension after completing his original world task. The man who gave her the intuition that she would not be able to ascend to heaven without worrying about getting rid of him. She, and she sure enough, was the man who had to assemble a mob and stage a horrific event.
“As expected, it was you.”
Orien’s eyes shone brightly as he set down the teacup.
“Damian.”
Suddenly, the Eros Circle room was incorporated into the world of images.
Amidst the dreamy environment unfolding outside the window like a world in a dream, a man appeared in the hallway and smiled quietly.
“Hello, Orien.”
Damian was a man with a very naive impression. However, the atmosphere subtly changes when you know that he is the leader of the mob during the Eros Incident.
Something suspicious, and with a smirk.
Orien didn’t like that. A level where you can clearly see how much harm he has done here and there, which is all covered with lies. Even now, after a long time, the depth of the sin is much deeper than at the entrance ceremony.
“Peer and Eros holding hands, what were you doing outside? It has become disgusting to the point of not allowing comparison with the first time.”
“Well, I haven’t changed.”
Damian shrugged his shoulders and moved slowly.
“Rather than that, how about the recent Academia? I heard he has a great junior.”
“Don’t talk to me like you’re friendly.”
“To see your face. Curious.”
“Whoever wants.”
Damian, who did not stop walking, finally crossed the line. Orien immediately aroused magic and activated the maximum level of restraint.
Because this is an image world, it was pure power that was not restricted by the usual 5th level liberation of magic. The magical power that would cover the sky was condensed and dwelled in one point. It was an output that could crush at least one person like a tin can.
Pajik.
However, he couldn’t even reach Damian’s downy hair and his magic power disintegrated.
Orien frowned at her.
“It’s still the same, that ability.”
At the entrance ceremony five years ago, even then, his nullification ability collided with the director’s magical seal, causing a great disaster. In Orien’s eyes, Damian’s nullification was not magic, but more like a power with a much more abnormal and irrational authority.
Originally, it shouldn’t exist.
“Worst bug character ever.”
“Oh, how do you know that?”
Damian grinned.
“I guess the chairman told me about it. That poor manager.”
“Don’t insult him. He is more righteous than anyone else.”
“Then what about you?”
“…..”
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“You, who obtained the right to ascend as soon as you arrived in the middle dimension, still remain there, saying that I will do something for you. In fact, he’s not even that nice of a person. Or did you have a crush on me?”
“Bugs.”
“Honestly, wouldn’t it be unfair if it was me? The Eros situation was actually caused by other guys. Was I really embarrassed then? The kids just… “
“That’s bullsh*t, too.”
“…It’s strange, I’ve never seen a woman that bounces like this before in the original world.”
“That’s probably because you originally made all the women in the world into retards.”
“hahahaha…”
Damian laughed.
On the contrary, Orien’s expression was clearly rotten.
“Now I have to put an end to this boring conversation. Go away.”
As I raised my hand to create magic, Damian waved his hand.
“No, no, let’s go and see the juniors’ faces. Do you know where it is?”
“I don’t know.”
After that, Orien waved her hand. Then, for an instant, the Eros Circle room shook and Damian’s form disappeared.
If you can’t touch the nullification caster, you can just remove the entire background surrounding him. He could have resisted even that, but he backed off because Damian judged that there would be no more dialogue with Orien.
“That’s great… “
Damian scratched the back of his head and turned around.
Where he turned around, about twenty former warriors from Eros were waiting. Now, they had even erased their stigma and became outcasts of their own accord.
“Are you done talking with the princess?”
“hehehe, Damian, your goal from before was to put down the arrogant princess once, right?”
“Looking at it, it’s black again, you asshole.”
Damian replied in an embarrassing way.
“hahahaha… It’s not working out. Have I done too many bad things?”
“You’re welcome.”
One of his colleagues chuckled.
“I came here to do more bad things from now on, what should I do?”
“What can I do?”
Damian grinned.
“I have to force myself to take her.”
**
It’s strange.
After entering the mental world with Lisbeth, I was dealing with the monsters constantly coming out of the forest, but I couldn’t see the end.
Eventually we gave up all hunting and hid behind a cliff for a while.
Both me and Lisbeth were breathing heavily.
That’s natural. In terms of experience, it was because I had been moving without resting for two hours.
It was not difficult to fight against the massive amount of monsters to the point that thick trees were uprooted and pushed away, but there was nothing they could do about getting physically and mentally exhausted.
Lisbeth, soaked in sweat, immediately sat down on her ass on the bottom of her pool. Soon, a blue shimmer rose around her as she took her meditative posture. The form of her quick recovery of physical strength was similar to that of a warrior from another dimension. Amazing.
“Haa… Is it still an image world?”
Lisbeth closed her eyes and caught her breath.
As she said, this place was clearly far from reality. The vivid tactile sensation on the skin was enough to be fooled even if it was real, but other factors were like that.
Especially, it was difficult to even find the source of the demonic beasts pouring out like the sea.
“I think it would be better to take a little rest and go deeper.”
“I think so too.”
I had already dug through the forest halfway through and grabbed the heads of monsters, but seeing them constantly popping up from somewhere, I felt worse than running on an endless treadmill.
We need to find the source.
“Come to think of it, the chairman also said that… Now I know what you mean. It will never end like this.”
“Professor, is it your first time fighting a peer?”
Lisbeth nodded at her question.
“Yes, Sui and I have not been professors for very long. At best… Hmm… “
Lisbeth, who was about to speak, hesitated for a moment. Then, looking at me, she smiled awkwardly.
“Ask Sui about this. You might resent me if I said it… “
“Yes?”
“Hmm… no. Rather, Alem.”
During her meditation, Lisbeth opened only one eye and looked at me.
“By any chance, what do you think of Sui?”
“Suddenly?”
I opened my eyes wide. Lisbeth seemed to have something she wanted to hear from me.
“Well… “
It’s a bit of a buzz since you’ve come to the world of imagery, but it’s a moment of rest anyway, so there’s nothing you can’t fit in with.
To be honest, I didn’t think much about Professor Sui.
“He is a grateful person.”
“Who are you thankful for?”
Lisbeth tilted her head. I smiled and explained.
“Apart from Orien, who is a senior in the same circle, I think Professor Sui was probably the first person to understand me.”
“Ohh… “
Lisbeth nodded, her eyes suddenly brightening.
“So what?”
“Well, I got a lot of help this way… I was hospitalized for a long time, but he was the one who came to take care of me almost every day. No matter how much I was a professor in charge, I don’t think I’ve received too much grace.”
I really want to repay you. This is a thought that has been going on since the moment Sui accepted me.
But I need to know one thing.
“I think he is a very mature and serious person. I don’t think the age gap between me is too small. I wonder if there are many times when she would be ashamed to be around.”
I pretended not to and quietly threw the bait. Yesterday, I was talking about Professor Sui’s age, but I was cut off, and I lost a lot of sleep because of this.
If it would be painful anyway, I wanted to know the truth and suffer.
“ㅡㅡ!”
But I don’t know if the ‘age difference’ part was the problem, but Lisbeth coughed violently as if she had been caught up in her thoughts, as if her meditation was disturbed. She was contemplating getting a pat on the back when her cough just stopped.
“Cough, Cough… big… Alem.”
“Yes.”
“Maybe… How old is Alem now?”
“Twenty-five.”
“Ah… twenty five… “
Opening and closing her fingers Lisbeth smiled faintly as she repeated. She knew something was wrong, for the laugh was soulless.
“Okay, once she recovers her stamina, she will start again soon.”
Lisbeth flinched, brushing her butt and getting up. In the end, she didn’t get the answer she wanted.
It was then.
“Huh?”
Lisbeth, who was going ahead, stopped. At the end of her gaze, she saw the sky slowly melting in the background.
The image worlds were merging.