9. Unavailable Heroine
** 9. Unavailable Heroine
“As expected, you are weak, Orien.”
Damian’s smile deepened as he gazed at the lofty place.
There were countless students standing beside him. However, there was no reason in those eyes, and each one swayed at a different beat.
There was no need for a grandiose shield to block a large-scale bombardment comparable to its authority.
Even if the dead bodies were lined up, she was too busy running around with no way to fight back.
“Even if you have the power to do anything, why can’t you take a single life because you’re afraid?”
“Be quiet.”
Sitting on her throne, Orien calmly burned her anger.
She didn’t have much to say to the man who had amassed her power in the way she hated most. I just want to get rid of that mug right in front of her eyes.
In the Eros Circle room affected by Orien’s nightmare, her appearance was completely cataclysmic before she knew it, and it had turned into an imperial palace in a far-off dimension.
It was a great war filled with splendid ornaments and decorations everywhere.
Orien was at the center of it.
“… Tsk.”
She hated this place.
There were too many engraved memories to carefully forget in the weather of the years. However, it was another matter that the regrets and stubbornness hidden in the heart appeared in front of my eyes in such a clear form.
Orien looked down at her red fabric and felt great shame and disgust at her.
In my ignorant childhood, when I was worse than an earthworm, how much did I play on the top?
Emperor, in the Judicial Orphanage he created…
Whether he knew it or not, Damian constantly approached Orien.
Every time that happened, the corpse shields were helplessly pushed away by the intangible power, but they did not get pushed back because the power was cut off behind Damian, who had the ability to nullify them.
The siege is gradually narrowing.
‘Should I really end it with my own hands… ‘
It was at that time that Orien’s eyebrows were gradually narrowing.
A lot of people suddenly appeared out of thin air, led by a red-haired girl.
Orien realized at once that it was teleportation.
In addition, even the identity of the woman who landed at the forefront.
It was very pitiful to see the burn marks on her brown skin and the way she was wearing rags, but her eyes were clear.
She was the peer’s boss.
“Bambie?”
Damian saw her suddenly appearing and asked her questioningly.
“It’s probably not the time yet. Are you finished with your job already?”
“It’s over. In a different way.”
Bambier clicked her tongue and followed her words.
“There was a monster. At least for now there is nothing you can do about it. Unless you deal with the chairman first.”
“What?”
Damian asked back, and Bambie notified.
“We are withdrawing at this point. If you’re not going to miss it right now, we can’t lend you a roast, so be aware.”
“You’re talking about getting out now, that.”
Damian fell asleep in an unexpected situation.
It didn’t look like the head of the peer was lying. It was embarrassing when the chairman shouted out loud that even the opponent was confident, and it was already robbed like that no matter how long it had been since the air raid started.
What kind of monster did you see that demoralized you so much?
Demian sighed, determined to listen carefully to the details after he returned.
“I can’t help it. It’s a pity, but this time it’s this far.”
Damian glanced up at her throne.
There, a woman who was arrogant and deserved to be arrogant was looking down on her like a bug. Damian felt a chill run down his spine and smiled.
The hunt for the princess will have to be postponed until next time. Without the cooperation of peers, the difficulty of terrorism would rise exponentially.
Damian used the corpses as his shield and quietly disappeared with his peers.
Orien, exhausted from ever controlling his strength against those who were unclear whether they were alive or dead, finally sat down on the throne powerlessly.
As the world of images changed, he did not have the energy to change the yellow clothes that covered his body again. My temples throbbed from seeing so many disgusting things.
“Haa… “
Students in a strange state, who were lined up in countless numbers on the red fabric, also disappeared along with Damian. However, there was one person left.
A skeleton with only bones remaining.
It lay harmlessly quiet and just stared at Orien. Orien soon noticed its existence.
With her bones in her eyes, she muttered quietly.
“Emperor… “
A skeleton that oozes grim deceit.
The bone called the name slowly weathered to dust and disappeared. Soon, not even a trace was left on the red fabric.
Orien muttered disturbingly.
“I thought I overcame it a long time ago, but now it’s still a nightmare… “
Raising her head, Orien looked at the fading world of images.
As those who created these grotesque nightmares withdrew, the nightmares that had risen like stars in the sky began to disappear one by one.
With this, the sudden surprise attack by the peer ended rather blandly.
It was clear that the chairman had done something behind the scene, but the identity was unknown until now. For her to be able to drive her peers by herself, it is an amazing feat if it is true.
We’ll have to meet and hear from each other later.
Meanwhile, Orien looked at the crumbling imperial palace.
She will soon return to the Eros Circle room of reality as the splendid nightmare is peeled off. She wished to do so quickly, but she couldn’t take her eyes off the red fabric that covered her body.
All sorts of indescribable emotions arose in her heart.
The carnal emperor and the stupid court ladies, the coming-of-age ceremony and the jealousy of her mother and older sisters, slander and assassination attempts…
In the moment I closed my eyes, countless memories passed by. How many experiences are implied in clothes?
She now throws off her imperial clothes and wears her middle-dimensional school uniform, but Orien realizes that through this incident, she still wears the emperor’s clothes in her heart.
“There are still many things to throw away.”
She still had the thought that the reason why she hadn’t ascended to heaven might be because she had nostalgia for the original world.
Orien closed her eyes with her weary expression. Until the throne returned to her shabby chair.
**
It wasn’t long after Peer disappeared, the world of images was over.
The sky regained its clearness, and students who collapsed groaned everywhere in the plaza that had regained its original shape.
There was a lot of talk about the strange phenomenon that suddenly hit everyone in Academia, but soon after the chairman took control of everything, the commotion gradually subsided.
The atmosphere was generally cheering at the announcement that classes would be closed for a week, but there were still quite a few people who were curious about the secrets of the day.
Regarding this, the chairman issued a notice.
“They gain power in a rather peculiar way.”
While I was reading the updated bulletin board, someone tapped me on the shoulder, and when I turned around, the chairman of the board was gesturing for me to follow him with his index finger on his mouth.
After following through the dark alley, the director began to explain in detail.
“Suddenly, the warriors have to be aware of peers in earnest. But it’s not okay to blindly beat peers into their brains by saying they’re horrible people. Because some of them get stronger depending on how much they fear them.”
The chairman continued his words with a tired expression.
“I’m going to cover this situation with something unreasonable about preparing for peer response by Chairman Na.”
“Are you okay?”
“Good night, I have no intention of making them a breeding ground for fear. It’s cumbersome to the end, but you still have to remain as guys you can deal with.”
“…Why do you bother telling me that?”
“It seems like I don’t have much time left.”
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The chairman raised the corner of his mouth in a cold sweat.
He suddenly opened his shirt, revealing his upper body. Starting from his stomach, his entire upper body was engulfed in black flames.
His eyes suddenly opened wide.
“What is that?!”
“The Undying Flame of Bambier.”
The chairman said calmly.
“Me and that guy have been in a relationship for a long time, giving and receiving each other’s strength. He has been pouring more than 90% of his power into me over the past 10 years, even while reducing his power, and I am also devoting most of my sealing to preventing this spark from spreading.”
Both are greatly weakened in a relationship where each other is eaten and eaten, said the chairman.
However, this situation has tilted that indivisible seesaw. Towards the peer.
This was a big deal.
“Bambi, who almost sealed his power just to kill me, can’t produce the previous output, and I, who is using most of my power to block the flame, can’t fully focus on maintaining the academia.”
This background was also why those with outstanding talent among the warriors were able to break the seal of the chairman, albeit at a weak stage.
“Alem, can you help me?”
The chairman, whose upper body was burning, held out his hand.
“I don’t have anything to say about what you’ve done so far, but soon they’ll start messing around all over the place. At that time, your strength is absolutely necessary.”
With that said, he added an offer he couldn’t refuse.
“Heroes come here after ascending from different worlds. If so, do you know where you will go if you ascend again in the middle dimension?”
“…I don’t know.”
“It’s a higher world, and maybe it’s different from the last dimension, which is no different from the ceiling. There, the warriors continue their eternal fight for the Constellations that have chosen them. Each dimension has a different name, but it is universally called Paradise or Valhalla.”
“Do all the warriors end up going there?”
“No, those who are not qualified cannot go. And I, the chairman of the board, grant that qualification. I will give you that qualification. So that you, whose lifespan has been extremely shortened, can ascend to heaven at any time.”
I blankly accepted the badge he handed me.
The badge with the wings on it naturally permeated the back of my hand, transforming the stigma of Eros, which felt only ugly and lewd, into a stylish feather of an angel.
At the same time, I had that intuition.
I feel like I can go to a higher place right now.
I am amazed at his hasty decision, even though he is big.
“What would you do if I were to ascend right now?”
“It’s a pity.”