In the name of God (12)
“Unless it changes.”
He grabbed her tightly around the back of her slender neck.
Had to come back quite a bit to rescue her from this Abyss.
Leonhardt pursed his lips as if to inhale her clean breath.
He sucked in his thin, soft lips.
Elina wrapped her arms around Leonhard’s neck and hugged him, clinging to him more as if pleading.
That figure was so desperate and cute that it didn’t seem too bad either.
“Confucius. me too… me too.”
Elin spoke next to Leonhard as if begging.
Even if he tried to hide it well, it was certain that he would jealously look sideways at Elina next to him. It was the same with Elina.
Even though they usually get along well, they were sisters who faced each other with jealousy when Leonhardt was in between them.
Neftam continued to watch them, trembling.
Even in the fear of not knowing when they would be dragged away, my heart was stuffy.
Even if you want to have him, you can’t monopolize him.
You may be his, but he may not be your own.
And that the rookie himself may not be a priority over those two.
Neftam couldn’t help but ask for it himself.
Instead, she sadly watched until the act of love between the saint and Leonhard ended.
The lips were dry. So much so that it felt like a bathtub was better.
By the time it felt like their lips and tongues had melted, Leonhardt stopped teasing them.
He smiled softly at Neftam, who was trembling.
“Come on. Neftam.”
It was like calling a puppy. Despite his previously humiliating attitude, Neftam moved right away.
Elin and Elina glared at her, and she was frightened for a moment, but she didn’t stop.
I was so happy when I was hugged by his firm chest. All the complex emotions from a while ago were washed away in an instant.
“do not do that. Are you good enough?”
Leonhardt spoke as if admonishing the two people on either side.
“I am Confucius… eww… I don’t know. Okay. I haven’t forgiven you, I’ll just say it’s enough.”
“I will forgive you.”
Unlike Elin, who still looked a little dissatisfied, Elina even tried to smile at Neftam.
Elin’s expression was slightly uncomfortable.
“Neptam. I will be glad to be forgiven.”
He smiled and gently brushed Neftam’s fluffy hair.
A feeling of happiness filled his hand. I know that happiness is forced.
With the punishment and affection given by Leonhard, her own happiness has been trained.
So I know that this is not normal. Some cynical part of me kept knocking on her, telling her to come to her senses.
Still, I couldn’t leave him.
he has changed
Hearing anything even the slightest resemblance to a bell is terrifying, and seeing even the slightest amount of water suffocates to death. Chills circulate when I am alone, and my tear glands that have loosened shed tears over and over again.
At the same time, seeing Leonhard made me feel comfortable and happy. The only time I spent with him was precious and happy to death. Being with him was the only time she wasn’t anxious.
The scars he left behind are very deep and large, and although they may become scars, they will never go away.
I will have no choice but to be bound by Leonhardt for a very long time from now.
“yes. I am really sorry for all this time.”
Neftam bowed his head and apologized in a wet voice.
Even so, in order not to lose happiness to the other two, she hugged Leonhard while fighting fear.
“And I am so happy.”
it will be like that forever
forever.
I thought so.
“Shall we go outside?”
Leonhard took Neftam’s hand and walked out of the Abyss.
A rusty world filled with abandoned things came into view in a pitch-black space.
Neftam staggered after him with an unsteady gait.
“I lost a lot of strength in my legs.”
Leonhardt looked at her and put his hands on her back and below her knees and lifted her lightly.
He moved lightly up the tall building and set her down beside him.
“Isn’t it pretty?”
Leonhard said while looking at the ruin-like landscape.
Even from a height, it was the same desolate space.
There was nothing in this space.
“… yes.”
Neftam said honestly and nodded.
Now, the honorifics that stuck to my lips weren’t awkward at all.
In fact, there was nothing wrong with this bleak sight now. Even if it didn’t look as brilliant as before, I was satisfied with this.
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Just Leonhardt. What to do when this tranquility continues without going back to the bathtub.
that was all she wanted.
“I am still happy. You don’t have to have anything. As long as it’s Leonhardt… .”
Hearing Neftam’s heartfelt words, Leonhard smiled a little.
he was silent for a while
“Neptam. I will tell you something important from now on.”
Neftam swallowed dry saliva in an anxious mood.
She was determined.
It will be an important story if you see it called out like this.
She was willing to accept any request.
in order not to lose him.
Leonhardt explained to Neftam in turn in a very calm tone and apologetically.
It was a kind explanation so that even her, whose thinking speed was noticeably slower than before, could fully understand.
“go back… yo. this?”
But even if I understood it with my head, it was something I couldn’t understand with my heart.
I’m half, said Leonhard, so I must go back.
The mask itself temporarily merges memories with the original Nephtam. So, for a while, I might not know who I am.
He knew that he was the half that had been torn away from Neftam.
But as long as it was inside the Abyss, it wasn’t impossible to exist forever.
By the way… come back now
“That, that… !”
Neftam grabbed the hem of his clothes as if clinging to him.
She looked at him with pleading eyes.
The words I hate couldn’t come out of my lips.
“don’t worry.”
Leonhard hugged her.
“Do not die. Trust me?”
For Neftam, no other answer existed.
She nodded, shaking her head.
“yes… I believe you.”
“That’s it.”
“However… don’t do it… black… Whoa… !”
She seemed to stop breathing.
Like being in very deep water.
It seemed that all of his lungs had been filled with water.
“I… How, what should I do?”
“When you leave the Abyss, just open the way for me to go to you.”
Neftam, who was about to nod without thinking, froze for a moment.
‘Can I be free for a moment?’
Suddenly, Neftam barely realized what he was asking for.
Doesn’t it mean that you can be freed from him?
If you don’t open the way for him, he won’t be able to come to the abode of the constellation he is in.
In other words, to obey his orders was nothing more than a self-destructive act of destroying oneself.
“ah… ”
She gasped for wet breath.
“Neptam.”
He grabbed Neftam by the chin and lifted it up.
‘I won’t die.’
One day, as he submerged his hand in the water, he remembered the words he had repeated over and over again.
His soft smile outside the water was clearly imprinted in her memory.
It was only then that she realized that the experience of death she had experienced then was training for the present.
to be submerged in water. To the very depths where no light can be seen.
to throw themselves at his command.
“what if… If that happens, will I disappear?”
“Is that so? don’t worry. Everything I’ve been doing wasn’t done just to annoy you.”
Leonhard hugged her tightly and whispered.
“I’m very possessive, so I usually don’t let go of things once they come to me.”
Leonhardt slowly brushed her trembling back as if comforting a child.
I was relieved by that touch, but scared at the same time.
“As soon as I get back, I will wake you up right away. Neftam.”
Can he really be liberated now?
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Just because I’m free, can I forget him?
Is it really true that I am the only one who breaks down there? Am I the only one who disappears with these memories?
“You will not die.”
don’t die
Neftam repeated his words over and over again. To engrave it into the very depths of one’s heart.
If I didn’t do that, I felt like I couldn’t stand it.
caught his breath
As if treating something very precious, his hand took Neftam’s and lifted it up.
Leonhard lowered his lips as if to swear by each of her slender, thin fingers.
Afterwards, he grabbed her hand and whispered in her ear as she collapsed into his arms.
“You must atone. Neftam.”
right. have to atone
he’s still a sinner
Apologize, atone, be forgiven…
Have a happy time with Leonhard.
Neftam found himself feeling a throbbing euphoria.
There are unforgettable memories.
Especially if it is a very deep wound.
It was a stupid idea to be free.
he was already broken
It is also thoroughly done from root to tip.
‘There’s no way I can escape.’
Neftam closed his eyes.
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Just like when he first sank deep into the water by his hand.