Episode 250
Could it be because I overreacted earlier?
Due to Mana’s resistance, Kim Eun-ah’s entire legs started to go numb. This was like a body that had been overworked belatedly screaming because it had awakened to its limit.
Overload came because the body exceeded its limits a long time ago.
‘…If I had fought like this, I would have almost lost.’
Should I thank Sumire for allowing me to maintain a calm mind? However, as the mana she received through the link disappeared, Kim Eun-ah felt that even the skein-like link was fading.
widely.
Kim Eun-ah stopped walking and leaned her back against the tree. The tension of the mind was cut off, and a sense of exhaustion came to the body.
‘If you meet the opponent like this…’
Fight or flight?
Unable to even move her fingers freely, Kim Eun-ah, now, did not have the confidence to defeat even a wild boar.
Sigh-
Eunah Kim sat down on her seat, leaning against the tree.
‘If only I was stronger. Could it be like this?’
A really what-if story.
If you were as strong as Adela.
okay. If you were as strong as Shin Yooseong.
Could the outcome of the battle have been so disastrous?
‘Sumire has already been eliminated. It’s a life that I don’t know when it will end…’
What kind of heart did Sumire hand over mana to herself? If you were strong, would you have to drop out?
Had he had to be captured by Adela without being able to resist? Should I have run away, leaving Dian behind after the ambush?
“I…”
Weak.
Kim Eun-ah, exhausted, sighed and recited in her heart. Kim Eun-ah was one of the top rankers in Gaon, but there was a different reason for thinking this way.
[Something you had the moment you were born. Even though I gave up everything, I didn’t have it.]
Dian’s words lingered in his head along with his ugly right arm. However, Kim Eun-ah seemed to overlap with someone she was familiar with.
[brother! Black hehe! My brother can’t be like that, why the hell…]
Who was the one who chose ruin by the wrong choice because of his poor talent? The result was two years. While Kim Jun-hyeok fell into a coma and slept for two years. The empty space in Kim Eun-ah’s heart grew every day.
rather than his own talent. What if you went to your brother?
‘…okay.’
I would have been lying if I hadn’t thought of that. However, Kim Eun-ah’s talent was completely her own.
Even without much effort, he maintained second place in Gaon Academy and has never missed the seventh number.
myself.
Have I really achieved anything myself?
“Huh huh…”
Kim Eun-ah exhaled heavily from the pain in her leg. Losing all mana and hiding in the forest, he couldn’t even laugh when he saw his situation crouching down.
“I haven’t really done anything right…”
While Sumire was at the bottom of the academy, working hard to reach her current level. What has changed about you?
characteristic? Wealth? appearance?
Diane was right. All the things people around me praised for being great were given to me from birth. The word effort was too far away from me.
Maybe he himself…
Sagjak!
“Are you really here? Can’t you feel the mana at all?”
Along with the sound of stepping on leaves, someone’s voice came from nearby.
“Are you sure. look here this footprint. I’m sure it went into the woods. That too just.”
Inhaling and holding her breath, Kim Eun-ah pressed her body closer to the tree. Not far from the tree, I saw two men with bows and daggers.
“It must have something to do with that magic explosion earlier. Either the one who won or the one who ran away because he was defeated.”
The female student holding the bow was alert with cool reasoning. She was already convinced that someone was hiding in the woods.
‘How shall I escape?’
But the distance is too close to sneak away. And Kim Eun-ah didn’t have the confidence to beat even two people now that her mana and stamina were running low.
but.
‘There must be a way.’
Kim Eun-ah thought without giving up. Now, he wanted to get rid of his bad habit of giving up easily.
Shin Yoo-seong and Sumire would surely find a way out of this crisis.
‘…you can do it. I’m going to drop them both.’
Kim Eun-ah, leaning against a tree, catching her breath. Clearly, Kim Eun-ah was growing little by little.
Even in such a hopeless situation, the cool mind that surprised even himself was the proof.
Swoop.
‘What I can hit with lightning with the current mana. Just once…’
Not to mention an accurate attack.
Kim Eun-ah had to create the best route to match the two at once.
Sagjak. Sagjak.
The moment the pursuers approached him, breaking through the leaves and blades of grass on the floor.
fault!
Kim Eun-ah squeezed the strength of her body and started running with all her might.
“There!”
“Quick chase!”
just as expected.
The two find Kim Eun-ah running toward the grass and start chasing.
‘Do you think I’ll take it easy?’
Even in a hopeless situation, Kim Eun-ah, who gnashed her teeth and ran, had a slight smile.
* * *
Adela, who was eliminated, enters the waiting room. Sophia and Leon greeted Adela with serious faces.
“sorry. To be eliminated so quickly…”
Sophia, who lost in the girl match against Kim Eun-ah, apologized for thinking that she was holding her back.
It was true that Adela’s strength was second to none in this national competition.
Even in the finals, this early elimination was due to responsibility stemming from his own mistakes.
As evidence of that, Adela successfully endured against Kim Eun-ah and Sumire. If Sophia’s power had been added to that situation, would this have been the result? Sophia seldom raised her bowed head.
“…why are you apologizing to me?”
Adela didn’t seem to understand Sophia’s attitude, but she shook her head, saying it wasn’t Sophia.
“no. Adela… You don’t believe us, do you? Not relying on us… and missing Gaon…”
Sophia raised her head and gave Adela a bitter expression she had never seen before.
“But now I understand everything. We’re not strong enough for you to rely on… and we haven’t opened up to Adela.”
Sophia fiddled with her glasses.
“It was Adela who made our party come to the finals, but I thought it was me who raised the odds of our team losing.”
The former Adela would have sat down without saying anything. Because it is true that they are weak.
He would have passed by casually, saying that he had never relied on or believed in it from the beginning.
However, seeing Sophia blaming herself, Adela felt strange.
What is this feeling of swelling in the chest along with unknown discomfort?
“I just wanted to say that the reason we were able to come this far is Adela-san, who raised the odds. I’m sorry I couldn’t help you during the party.”
Again, Sophia lowered her head with an embarrassed face. Adela’s feelings became clearer.
“You…”
Leon, who was next to him, also smiled.
He bowed his head towards Adela.
“Adela Ortensia. It was an honor to be with you. Even if all I did was earn a short amount of time at best.”
Contrary to his exasperated appearance in the virtual portal, Leon’s voice was so serious and calm.
“You played an active part until the end. I think it was an undeserved party venue for us.”
Is it because they know that Adela will leave the Bianca Academy once this tournament is over? Leon freely poured out his heart.
“A strong Hunter like you would surely achieve something I couldn’t.”
short laugh.
Leon, more relaxed than before, looked into Adela’s eyes. Unlike the expressionless Adela, Leon’s eyes, shining like gold, were alive.
“I even thought I had my place taken away. The one that just shot you. It’s all my fault for feeling inferior. Maybe I was jealous of you.”
Adela had a hunch.
Although Leon is weaker than himself.
There was something stronger than you.
“I hope Miss Adela will forgive me.”
Leon, who said things he would never have said and admitted his faults, was shining more than anyone else.
If so, what can you say to those who have apologized to you even though they are not at fault?
She didn’t know how to comfort others like Yuseong Shin, care for others like Sumire, and wasn’t straightforward and honest like Eunah Kim.
What can he really do? Adela passed the two and sat down.
“Like you said… I never trusted you from the beginning.”
Then Adela said calmly in her usual voice.
Sofia’s and Leon’s faces looked sad, but Adela’s words didn’t end there.
“But… it was thanks to you that we were able to make it to the finals.”
Dig.
As if they had promised, Sophia and Leon looked at Adela with disbelief on their faces. However, Adela said it calmly, as if it were natural.
“No matter how strong it is…”
No matter how much he thought about it, what he was spitting out now did not suit him. But it was also Adela’s changed thoughts.
Who is it that is speaking through Adela?
Is it Shinyuseong?
Is it Kim Eun-ah?
Is it Adela?
is it velvet?
maybe it’s all
“No one can do it alone. You can’t live like that forever… alone.”
Adela calmly called out the names of the two who were members of her party, although she couldn’t know exactly who they were.
“…everyone has worked hard so far. Leon. Sophia.”
Surprised by Adela’s words, Sophia Leon seemed to have made a promise. smiled brightly
“…Oh Mr. Adela!”
“yes! Good job. Miss Adela!”
Really, it was more of an unbelievable change than winning.
