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Elsword in private since the day they camped out where Add had provoked him?
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“I can’t sleep”
Add pondered if he should ignore him but answered bluntly instead Add needed someone he could
talk to even if that someone was Elsword
So that Add could clear up his cos
“Is it because you’re worried about to so it will be fine”
“…”
Elsword round Waterway tomorrow
Well wasn’t that kind of him…but what he just said only disturbed Add’s mind
Strong? Who is?
If I was really strong… I wouldn’t have lost someone important to me in front of my eyes!!!
“Yea, I’ stronger There are things
that can’t be done… No matter how much I run amok”
“……There’s absolutely no use?”
“There are stronger people in this world, or they could co
stronger doesn’tnation”
As Add lay he stretched his ar That hand obviously didn’t reach
“Nothing will change NoI become I’ll just continue to lose”
“…You’re saying so difficult”
“You don’t have to listen You won’t be able to remember anyways”
Add will tiain and this conversation will become nonexistent as well There was a
rustling noise and then Elsword sat on his bed
“There are things that change if you becoer”
“Kukuk, nonsense I’ure it out too once
you beco as me That is… if that day ever comes”
Add was jeering then closed his ht either
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Didn’t Elsword get covered in blood as he fell to the Shadow Master’s attack? Add hadn’t checked if
Elsword survived but even if he wasn’t killed immediately he would have received a critical wound
Long as the demons were after Eve, Elsas with her was also exposed to the same
danger
“No, I know soer than you That person told e if you
becoer because you want to change”
Elsword spoke with a force in his voice Those words ca boy but they were
righteous words that didn’t waver
“If you want to change you can becoe”
“…Bunch of gibberish”
“I don’t understand too much because it’s too difficult for me But I know for sure that this is true
Rena said it was true and Ara did as well Eve did too”
“……”
Geez, this guy was really popular ah
Elsword ot on Add nerves but he decided to let it slide
“Don’t you want to becoe?”
“…You’re too noisy”
Add turned his back around and covered hi became dark as
Add closed his eyes, but what Elsword said strangely bugged his ears
What’s the point in becoer, Add even risked
his own life attacking Ran But he couldn’t even touch a single strand of Ran’s hair If Ran was that
strong… Then D er
Protect Eve froeous It was hundred times better to
just cooperate with Eun and steal Eve’s Core
Yes, hundred times better
“Tch…!”
That’s what he thought… But Elsword’s words didn’t leave his ears
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‘Do you want to change? That’s…’
It was a night where the answer didn’t come easily
Next day
Add didn’t want to get up Add rolled up in his bed and dove deep into the blanket
“Big brother Add? Aren’t you going to get up? We should get ready to go soon”
“I’ today”
When Add declared bluntly Elsword left the roo confused When the room became empty
Add let out a thin sigh
He sighed as he wriggled his fingers
“Just what a for…?”
Shouldn’t he steal Eve’s core soon as possible and use that to obtain the technology to safely go
back to the past? The moment to execute the plan Add had always dreamed of had come But for
some reason he didn’t feel up to it
Well if he could time travel repeatedly anyways…was there a proble around for a
bit? Add basically had infinite tiht now
So he wouldn’t lose anything staying inside the bed and not doing anything for the entire day
“Tired…”
He couldn’t sleep last night And because he kept seeing Eve get destroyed for last couple days,
(Although this expression wasn’t quite accurate because he had ti
too well He was also physically exhausted because he had to repeatedly fight high class demons
He was exhausted both h Eun had supposedly healed him
Clack
Just when Add was about to close his eyes and tried to sleep, he heard the sound of a door opening
Light footsteps, it was Rena
“Add are you not feeling well?”
“…Yes”
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Add answered as he curled hiht now No,
he didn’t want to see anyone’s face right now
He just wanted to close his eyes and be left alone
“Do you need anything?”
“…No I’ll follow you guys when I get better So go ahead without me”
Add spoke about soood rest, ignore
other et Eun’s help and go back to the
past
When should he go back to this time? Should the day when El Search Party was formed be okay?
“Alright, coe your mind”
“……”
Rena spoke calmly and left the roo perfectly well
that he was faking his illness
Add let out a long sigh and closed his eyes He felt a bit sorry for Rena… But this event would
cease to exist as well
Let’s just fall asleep
Nothing would have changed…when he woke up But he just wanted to rest
Clack
Just when Add’s consciousness was fading, the sound of a door being opened was heard again Add
was too drunk in his sleep to identify whose footstep it was
“…”
It sounded like the person hesitated for a moment then sloalked out of the room Sound of the
door closing courteously, the person’s footsteps drifted apart
The sound felt nostalgic
It was Eve’s footsteps
“…”
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Add opened his eyes abruptly soon as he realized this Sleepiness instantly disappeared and his mind
ake Add got up froht and looked around the room
Eve was already gone Add was about to quickly run towards the door but stopped This was
certainly unexpected But as the point of s will just repeat
again
“By demons or…”
Add aze turned towards then remained on
the top of the 3 shelf drawer Soht had appeared
A cup filled with lemonade
“What…”
At a loss for words, Add looked down at the leht it
here What that guy liked was apple juice
“Seriously, what the heck……”
Add let out a hollow laugh as he lifted the leaze turned towards the white note that
was stuck below the cup
I don’t understand what you said yesterday
But thank you for worrying about me
I’ll try to be careful
Take good care of yourself
A neat, calculated handwriting It didn’t say the writer’s name but you could tell instantly rote
it
“What the heck? Are you an idiot? Kukukuk, are you an idiot?”
Add rabbed the tip of the note and shook it up and down It was so
nonsensical that all he could do was laugh
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“Are you an idiot? Wouldn’t it be nor to believe me? Or
even just cooperate withthank you when you don’t even believe ical
You keep proclai to yourself that you don’t have any es
like this…”
Add’s body shook lightly It wasn’t only because he was laughing
“Kukukuk, Nasods paying huoing to
get carved in history Kukukuk”
Add sed his sighdizzy
“It doesn’t ed Why are you doing so
that doesn’tthat’sto write off
what I rambled about yesterday as a simple worry I……”
Add ht the lemonade to his mouth
It was disgustingly sour
“It’s sour Just why do you…like this stuff?”
It was so sour that he could cry So sour that tears really gathered in his eyes
“Are you an idiot? Seriously Kukukuk Huh? You give it to me because you like it? People all have
different tastes I absolutely hate sour things……”
Add drank it without leaving a drop despite what he just said Add’s fists shook as he stared down
at the now clean empty cup
It shook because his hand was crushi+ng the cup
“I absolutely hate stuff like this… I absolutely hate it when someone worries about me”
That’s right, he was alone He didn’t care what happened to the El Search Party He only wanted
Eve’s Core
He did
“I……”
Add bit his lower lip with a force that almost made them bleed His eyes were still blurry from the
sour taste that still reue
“……Eve”
He beca made the conclusion before his reason
could He couldn’t take this lying down
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“Don’t h How dare you not believe what I say? Fine, I’o watch your
pompous face turn pale with fear”
Add put on his hood and bit his lip
“You’ll find out what I said was true when you get cornered by the demons, so…”
He just had to rescue Eve at that
illogical, it was so that took too ht now
He’ll only be gratified if that pompous Eve thanked him honestly from the bottom of her heart
He’ll only be convinced if her gaze that only looked at Elsword turned towards him
“Just you wait!! Eve!!”
Add ran out with a force that alroup right
away using Dynaht
But as Add ca in the corridor leaning against the
wall
Correction, Ara’s white hair, pointy fox ears on top of her head
Eun was standing there
“Alright, Boy What time will you travel to now?”
“I don’t need it I’ht now”
When Add glared at her, Eun giggled then nodded
“Then we can go together I’ to see the same
result again”
“Are you saying that I’ll fail again?”
Eun substituted her ansith a shrug
“I just proposed a way to help the boy Boy is free to choose Whether he wants to see the girl get
destroyed again, the choice is up to the boy”
“Me failing is a certain truth…?”
Add stopped speaking Soe
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Sense that so was out of place
The same sense of incompatibility that he felt ever since he saw Eun for the first time
“……Hey”
He couldn’t tell if Eun was good or evil Ara said she was a Celestial spirit but in Add’s point of view
she was a wily beast no better than the des
pass so far because she said she’d help
“……You, just what are you?”
It was so he should have made sure of from the start
“I am Eun, a frost fox that sees the future”
“You… Didn’t tell me the truth from the start”
Eun smiled voluptuously as she shook her tails
“Are you suspecting me? How cruel Didn’t boy already find out I was on boy’s side when I helped
him with the time travels?”
“You may not have told any lies But…there’s parts you didn’t speak about”
Eun continued to sation that was put upon her
“What are you saying all of a sudden, boy?”
“It was strange froht it was because
you could see the future That it was because I was related to your future”
But that was impossible
“But that doesn’t make sense at all When I become able to freely control time travel, the time I’m
going back to is the past There’s no way I’d be in the future after that point”
So there was absolutely no reason for Eun to help Add That wasn’t everything Eun always…knew
everything perfectly
Too perfectly
“In addition, you said it yourself that looking into the future unrelated to you consumes enormous
amount of clairvoyant powers”
“I did Is there a problem with that?”
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“But how do you know about the future where Eve gets destroyed? Judging by how you appeared
subtly in the last tiot attacked by the demons, you
already knew”
Add protested sharply Smile disappeared from Eun’s face
“Just like you said, it’s o back to the past and atte the Core
That means you had absolutely no reason to waste your clairvoyant powers and peek into Eve’s
future!!”
“…”
“But you are tellingdestroyed is already an established fact As if you already knew!!”
That’s right That’s hoas froed completely if
Eun had told Add from the start that she could help him with time travel
But Eun only revealed this fact after Add had witnessed Eve getting destroyed
“Just what is your goal?!!”
Eun’s goal wasn’t to blindly help Add Add didn’t know the truth, but Eve’s destruction, and
Add witness her destruction was probably in her plans as well
When Add glared at her, Eun scratched her hair and then sighed
“I should be more careful froh loopholes like
this so composedly”
Eun’s eyes seerip on her spear Add interpreted this as a battle
pose and tensed up But Eun held out her other hand towards Add instead
“Boy, as I said before I’m on boy’s side So you don’t have to be so tense”
“Don’t oals… I can never trust you”
He couldn’t trust Eun any how Eun had pushed Add on to repeatedly witness
Eve’s destruction was enough to make Add’s heart uneasy
“My goals? Will you be able to believe it even if I told you, boy?”
Eun spoke then lightly waved her empty hand
“Hoas the girl’s reaction yesterday when you blindly told her the truth? She didn’t believe and
went on her way I don’t think the boy would be any different”
“It’s up to me to decide whether to believe or not And Eve…”
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Add touched the note he stuck in his chest pocket with his fingertips She didn’t believe him, but
she also didn’t blatantly suspect him
That lemonade was so sour that it made him shed tears…… But it was still tasty
“Don’t you dare talk about her like that”
“I’, you’ll have to pro”
“……What is it?”
“It’s very siether with me There’s no
point inif you don’t do this”
Add looked suspiciously at Eun But Eun lightly closed her fingers then opened them Her white
hand looked very soft
Will I be able to find out the truth if I grabbed this hand? About what the heck was going on?
About why Eve had to end up like that?
“I don’t know if you’re some Celestial spirit or wily beast……”
That’s right, Add didn’t care an inch about Eun’s identity or her goals He just had to know Why
did these events keep happening?
He had to knoas going on so he could break through this situation For that he could even
join hands with a demon
“I’ll cooperate”
Eun added an orabbed the hand she held out to him
“You’re going to regret saying that starting now”
“Then I’ll just go back in tiain”
Eun burst out laughing at Add’s curtly counter Aftera sneer that you couldn’t tell who it
was directed to, the girl spoke coldly
“Congratulations boy, for opening your eyes to the truth of this broken world”
The fox smiled
“Again, you’ll despair and collapse Again, I’ll have to watch you like that and won’t be able to do
anything Welco wheel of ruin and despair”
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It was a prophecy of despair
“For we’re allinto the depths of hell…”
It was a prophecy of sympathy
“Now boy, try to hold out much as you can”
It was the true beginning of a fight that transcended time