Chapter 46 (1/2)

Should I have gone in there? I’ll be caught in no time because of the human smell anyway. After confirming that the wagon was moving away safely, I stumbled back to the temple.

Oh, my head hurt from standing in the sun so much. It was also due to lack of sleep for several days. Even if there was shade in the room, it was as bright as broad daylight at night, so I felt like I was sleeping with the lights on, so I couldn’t get a good night’s sleep. Since I don’t have Wazowski, what am I going to hug and chat about now? Taking a deep breath, I climbed the stairs of the temple.

Rather, Assand asked me to come to his temple, but me head throbbed even more as I knew I was going to be questioned.

“…… Ah.”

“Are you okay?”

It was Karein who grabbed my shoulder as I swayed in a momentary daze. I don’t know where he’s popping up like this.

“You should get some rest.”

“It’s okay.”

“I’ll tell Assand that you can’t go.”

“No, I also have something to say. Rather, why didn’t you tell Assand, my ability?”

The hand that was hesitant about whether to put a hand on my forehead or not stopped. After a moment’s hesitation, Karein spoke up.

“I didn’t like Miss Lian’s suffering. Unlike the saint, Miss Lian feels the pain.”

As Saint Lucia said, I have imperfect powers. A look of anger flashed across his face, which had visibly darkened.

“But the saint does not know the value of her own abilities to that extent. She is always proud, without any sense of responsibility or humility.”

“Ka, Karein.”

“However, Miss Lian is more sympathetic to the patient’s pain as you receive the same pain. Did the saint say that Miss Lian’s abilities were incomplete? It seems to me that she harbors immature ideas that are not suited to her abilities.”

“You speak much more than I thought.”

…… Oh, he spoke up bravely and closed his mouth too late. When Karein gets angry, it’s really scary. I burst out a short laugh and he panics, then he smiles awkwardly as he follows. His laughter is low, but there is warmth like an angel.

“Assand, did you tell him?”

However, someone kept reminding me of the silver hair shining brightly in the sunlight, so I couldn’t laugh for a long time.

“…… Yes.”

Karein, whose expression darkened in an instant, responded late.

“As expected, he was strongly opposed to it. I am persuading him.”

Opposed? He didn’t even know my abilities before, so why? I tilted my head and almost stumbled on the next words.

“I said I would go back to the Dark Age with you.”

“What?!!!”

Unlike me, who couldn’t contain my surprise, Karein’s eyes were so calm. Are you going back to Dark Age with me? Why, why? Just before kidnapping me, I remembered the time when he asked me to run away with him, and my spine sank.

Karein. Were you such a reckless person? He was a pure love boy who always took a step back and sacrificed himself, but why did he change like this? The person I once favorited, who was standing in front of me and looking at me sadly, suddenly felt unfamiliar.

“I am not asking for much. Just… just stay by my side. Like this. You can comfort me when I’m sad, laugh with you, or just let me follow you like a shadow.”

“Kar, Karein. Wait.”

“I’m…… allowing you to be my first and my last.”

Ack, ack, ack! It was my favorite line, but I wanted to cover my ears. Why are you saying that line to me? Why? Without even responding, I only let out a suppressed moan.

The long silver hair that was fluttering loose and getting closer was so beautiful. However, it is unavoidable that Abel keeps appearing on top of that pale silver hair.

“It doesn’t matter if someone overlaps.”

Karein, reading my eyes, slowly lowered his head, but I shook my head. A glimmer of hope disappeared in his dark eyes.

“I’m sorry.”

…… Excuse me. Karein bowed his head and politely walked away. After a moment’s silence, he opened his mouth in a hoarse voice.

“In addition…… This is how it is taken away by Abel.”

“Karein.”

“I lost my family to Abel. I’ve spent my whole life trying to get revenge, but that didn’t work, and I barely managed to get the one left, but in the end the reaper takes everything away. Even my only light.”

It sounded even more desperate because I could understand Karein’s words. Abel can’t control his anger and runs wild, and unfortunately, Karein’s entire family who lives nearby die. Only Karein, who was alone in the temple that day, barely survives, and he vows revenge, to take away what Abel had.

“Abel took everything, too, in the end I got nothing.”

It wasn’t just Karein’s family that was swept away by the stormy power. The reason Abel was exiled from Luce with such strong power was because he cursed his own power.

Abel had even killed his own father with his own hands. I closed my eyes tightly and opened it, as if the contents that were simply listed in letters were vividly unfolding in front of me like the smoke of the parchment I saw yesterday.