Episode 359
I can hear someone talking. You can hear the beautiful chirping of birds. The place where Adela woke up was not like a cold ice castle, but a warm forest.
The dazzling sunlight penetrates through the cracks in the closed eyes. Have your eyelids ever felt as heavy as today?
“Ah…”
Adela exhaled and opened her eyes with difficulty. Adela realized that it was the warmth from Yuseong Shin’s hand that had warmed her cold body from earlier.
Adela could see the entire forest through the ceiling of the ruined castle of Ruin. She saw the forest revived as the winter receded as the witch fell.
“You….”
Adela clearly engraved Shin Yoo-sung’s face into her eyes. The view of the world after winter was engraved in my heart.
I’ve been thinking about it sometime.
What kind of expression will he make after he has solved all his inner anxiety? Is the feeling he feels then emptiness? Is it regret? Or is it something more?
But the answer was too simple.
The questions filling Adela’s head right now were not such trivial sentiments, but emotions.
Adela saw a new meteor.
The man in front of me was such a person.
He was the one who defeated the witch in the frozen castle and waited for a difficult time while embracing himself in a nervous heart without the joy of victory. If someone asks what that feeling is, I’d like to answer that I don’t know, but Adela already knew the answer.
“You’re back. Adela.”
Shin Yoo-seong, relieved belatedly, smiled.
Instead of an immediate answer, Adela pondered something and asked a little playfully.
“Did you wait for me?”
This must be a very obvious question. If Shin Yuseong were to suffer from such a thing, he would act the same way himself.
Shin Yoosung opened his mouth.
Mouth moving densely, trying to say something. But Adela knew what Shin Yoo-sung was trying to say and what Shin Yoo-sung was feeling, even if he didn’t say anything.
“Are you worried that I won’t wake up?”
Now Adela knew how sad it was to not see a loved one back. He knew what the past he wanted to face.
“I feel the warm sunshine. My heart beats very quickly. …I didn’t know what this feeling was before, but now I do.”
The moment she opened her eyes and saw Shin Yoo-seong, the moment she held the hand of Velvet, who came to visit her, Adela realized.
“This feeling of being very happy and relieved… Are you the same?”
Yooseong Shin gently held Adela’s white hand, which had turned pale from the cold.
“When I descended Mt. Musin, I considered myself brave. I thought I could give up even my life… for the sake of saving people in danger and for Master’s expectations and my goals.”
Honesty is the door that opens the heart.
Shin Yoo-seong confessed himself without any embellishment. Being able to reveal one’s weakness is based on the realization of trusting the other person and enlightening oneself.
“But I couldn’t either. I’m not that strong I didn’t have the courage to throw myself away, or to be sane after losing someone dear to me.”
Glancing-
“…Huh, I think I know.”
How did Shin Yuseong’s heart resemble his own? Adela realized that Yuseong Shin’s heart was no different from her own.
“I learned a lot after joining your party.”
Adela whispered to Shin Yoo-seong or to herself. His voice was like the serenity of an old man recalling an overdone memory, not that of a languid straggler.
“After eating the delicious cake Sumire made… Kim Eun-ah, who I thought was just a rival.
Perhaps it was because Louis had escaped from inside her body, Adela lifted her weak arm and gently brushed Shin Yoo-seong’s cheek.
“…Me and you. And having fun with Velvet made me believe in a fate I never believed in.”
Adela knew what her deficiencies were. He knew that the feeling he was feeling right now was not based on weakness.
“What I’ve been looking for so far… It’s not a great feeling like the tension of a match… It seems to be a simpler reason.”
Adela let herself go while searching for her parents in the cold. Shin Yoo-sung and Velvet. And filled with the happiness of being a colleague.
“Yes…. What I was looking for so much is happiness.”
If he was insensitive, he could gather courage even in the face of death. But now Adela has realized that life is full of so much happiness.
“…so I can understand your heart.”
Adela held her breath.
Then, they thanked Shin Yoo-seong for bringing back the spring of ‘happiness’ to his life that felt like a cold winter. .
“Perhaps you and I… love each other very much.”
Previously, Adela only pursued the tension of the game. In the battle against the strong, she felt alive, and that was the only emotion Adela was allowed to feel. But now I am moved by gratitude, joy, excitement… and I know love.
I have become a person who can use my strength to protect someone, not just for myself. Is
it
because Adela left out Velvet’s name? Velvet stuck out its head beside Shin Yoosung’s shoulder.
“Kyahang! Velvet loves Adela’s mother too!”
Adela looked at Velvet, who was smiling brightly, and laughed together.
“Ah… Velvet.”
The energy trapped in Ruin Castle was released, and blue hydrangeas bloomed around Adela.
Adela closed her eyes.
The harsh winter is over and spring has come, so let’s forget the cold, let’s forget the loneliness. Now let’s feel the scent of spring.
“Whoa…”
Adela laughed out loud.
Perhaps it was because she had solved a long-standing problem in her heart for as much as 12 years, but Adela did not forget her smile even in her distant mind.
Today, it seemed like I was going to fall into a very deep and refreshing sleep without any dreams.
* * *
Lorelai just watched as Yoosung Shin returned with Velvet, holding up the fallen Adela with both hands.
Shin Yoo-seong accomplished the expectations of Chronoa wonderfully. Rescued all raiders and freed Volterra from winter.
To Lorelai, Yooseong Shin’s appearance was very similar to the image of the prince she had dreamed of.
only if there is a difference.
Lorelai was always the princess in her imagination, but Shin Yoo-seong’s princess today was Adela.
What would Master think if he heard it? To be honest, Lorelai even felt a bit of envy when she saw Adela hugged by Shin Yoo-seong.
However, Lorelai liked the story more than anyone else. The conversation between the two that she overheard was a very good story. Adela and Shin Yoo-seong were colleagues who were united by trust, and Shin Yoo-seong, who looked so strong, was even wetting his eyes with the joy of saving Adela.
“Shall we go back now? Angela?”
Even though she wasn’t a princess, it was a very good story.
“Are you really okay with this?”
Lorelai nodded at Angela’s question.
“…With the power of love, I believe in someone and open my closed heart. That was a great story.”
Although her heart toward Shin Yoo-seong was ardent, Lorelei thought that she would cover up that regret with the joy of hearing a good story.
“okay. But Lorelai. Do you really have no regrets?”
Angela asked again, and Lorelai shook her head.
“If I said it was okay… I would be lying. But I don’t have the courage to become a villain.”
Lorelai thought of anything a one-sided mind could achieve. The main characters in fairy tales overcome any trials with the power of love, but there is a promise of ‘hearts toward each other’.
Even if he reveals his heart, it is just an ordeal that blocks Shin Yuseong and Adela.
Lorelai didn’t have the courage to do that.
I thought it was enough that everyone got a happy ending by hearing the good story.
Jeubuck-
Lorelai’s feet were especially heavy as she exited the shelter. Also, this is probably because of stupidity. After enjoying a good story, it must be a pleasant feeling of regret that you inevitably experience.
However, Lorelei made a promise to Cronoa, who would be watching over her. He said that he would write a better story than anyone else who would not be defeated by Shin Yoo-seong and Adela.
* * *
Beep beep-
dark lighting.
The green hologram continued writing messages.
[Target Target: Lewis, the Winter Witch]
[Difficulty: Level 6]
[Region: Volterra]
[Special Note: The final evaluation based on data after the raid is completed is raised to a level 7 boss]
[Special Note 2: Student Participants Yin Shin Yoo-seong and Lorelai showed outstanding performance among raid members]
[Measurement of raid subsidy]
[2600000000 won]
[…….]
A 6th grade veteran hunter and a few students solved the 7th grade boss. A huge amount of support of 2.6 billion won per person was measured, but the impact on the world was even more enormous.
Due to this incident, the reputation of Shin Yoo-seong and Lorelei was spreading widely to hunters and citizens around the world.
However, Kang Yoo-chan, who read the report, was very calm.
“I knew you could do it too. Good read. Then, take care of the rest of the schedule as scheduled.”
Mei Lin was uncomfortable with Kang Yu-chan’s attitude. Could it be that Yuchan Kang already knew that Louis’ power was level 7, not level 6?
Did he drive the students to his limbs knowing the danger? If so, what is my purpose?
However, Meirin did not dare to express her curiosity. Mei Lin was not an idiot who would dare to show signs of suspicion against Kang Yu-chan, the president of the association.
Rather, it was Kang Yoo-chan who revealed his thoughts first as if he had read Meirin’s heart.
“…I already know what you think. You might think it’s reckless, but wouldn’t it be difficult for Yooseong to reveal his true face if he took the 7th graders with him?”
As if she had read her thoughts, May-Lin lowered her head involuntarily at Kang Yoo-chan’s sharp words.
“Sorry! Association President! I just…”
Yuchan Kang smiled and shook his head at Meilin.
“It’s okay. It’s true that the assault team would have been dangerous if they weren’t as active as I thought. But if that level of skill is all you need…”
Kang Yoo-chan, who was sitting on the sofa, smiled benevolently and crossed his legs.
“I guess we can’t reach the ‘truth’ that even we couldn’t achieve anyway.”
Accepting any sacrifice for the sake of reality. That was the reason Kang Yoo-chan became the president of the association.
