But after a few moments.
'You, you, you!'
The warm feeling that was over me evaporated softly.
I was trying hard to disengage from someone who was clinging so tightly to me.
Oh damn!
'In moderation, he should take strength in moderation!'
At first, it wasn't bad.
I've kind of gotten used to that feeling of deep attachment.
More importantly, after seeing those annoying S-level Awakeners in Korea, the sight of someone extending their hand out of pure desire to live didn't displease me.
But there are limits to this.
'Why is he more clingy than usual!'
Was it because my consciousness was a little confused?
Even when I tried to turn my head away, the hand holding my waist was firm and unyielding.
His other hand had crept into my hair, holding the back of my neck tightly.
Are these the roots of that flower, or what?
Or is it an octopus, what the hell!
I was afraid that what happened in the banquet hall when I directed this man for the first time would be repeated.
Oh, my God!
“Now, that's enough.
Stop!”
I was afraid that I would lose steering power so quickly that I would not even be able to stand up.
After I was sure that the blood vess that were frighteningly prominent were beginning to calm down, I tried with all my might to sever the connection.
'Before he fully regains consciousness, I must escape quickly!'
Now that the huge eating flower that had been emitting its death screams was gone, I was even more determined.
My heart was beating hard.
I violently pulled my hair out of the grip of the man who was holding me as if he would never let go.
'What is this, should I pinch it too?'
Whenever I saw Casey's eyelids trembling, I almost shed tears.
Please, help me!
I finished the mission, but how do I get out of here?
'Status window! order!
What do you do?
Lucy, my guide, my fat cat!
Save me.
They'll discover me like this!'
While I was dodging and trying to avoid him and get away from him, I screamed inside.
─ Tinnitus.
Is this the sound of the savior angel's bell?
[Congratulations, congratulations!]
I felt like the system window looked a little tired compared to usual, but I felt like I had received a blessing.
It doesn't matter.
The important thing is that the window appeared.
'Hello, really welcome!'
[Settlement of points─
Congratulations, congratulations!
You completed the task brilliantly.
Orientation points─]
Yes, yes.
Okay, okay.
I really tried hard.
I saved the emperor.
And I dealt with the monster.
So you've accumulated a lot of points, right?
“Now, let's run away quickly!”
I did my best to disengage Kaysis, who would not let go of me.
“Before this guy wakes up!”
His head fell to the ground with a loud thud.
It seemed a bit painful, but my position was more painful.
What a more determined human being than an octopus...
I looked reproachfully for a moment at the handsome man lying on the ground.
'You will never know even if you die that Duchess Ariel, whom you hate, saved your life!'
I felt wronged while he was lying in peace.
And I became angry when I thought about our relationship, which would return tomorrow to his cold and harsh looks and his scathing words!
'But at least he survived.'
Yes, he survived, and that is enough.
I decided to put aside the painful and sad things I felt while confronting him.
This is Duchess Ariel's duty during the day, not now.
I extended my hand with a glare to the system window.
[Mission completed.
If you want to exit the portal, click here.]
I pressed hard.
Everything turned white before my eyes.
Finally, really finally!
"Yes."
A familiar bedroom, and a familiar fat cat.
I ran away.
I got out of that annoying gate!
“I survived.”
As soon as I saw the cat's vertically slit pupils, my body collapsed.
My eyes heated up in an instant.
“Oh, it's me, Lucy, it's really me.”
This time it was very difficult.
“I almost died, the gate is scary, heck.”
I endured well, but as soon as I saw the familiar cat face full of grudge, my tears ran down like a broken faucet.
“Ahh!”
“Meow!
Your voice is heard outside!”
“Ah!”
For fear that my voice would leak out and someone would hear me, I couldn't even cry out loud, so I cried silently like a child.
I was very afraid.
Seeing the illusion of my death, and the effort I made to escape a previous life where I didn't even remember my name, was terrifying.
So was the case of the emperor trapped in the ice that I had to rescue, and my fate tied to his life.
“Ah, but you did well.”
Even though she said she would sleep next to Louis, the curled up cat was waiting for me as if she knew the situation, so I hugged her tightly.
“Meow!”
I punched her with her front feet while she was screaming, and I rubbed my face like crazy.
“Leave me!”
I heard her disgusted voice, but I stood firm.
“Today, you have to endure.
I was so afraid...”
In the end, that fat cat gave up, so I hugged her and realized the reality.
And for a short moment.
I thought of someone who was left alone at the gate.
He got out safely, didn't he?
Without knowing who saved him, he will see me tomorrow with his frowning face.
'Bad human being.'
But at night, it would be nice.
My companion, he would whisper sweetly.
With eyes different from those cold and cruel eyes of the S-Rank Awakeners in my previous life.
His head was hurting as if it was going to explode.
With the familiar pain and feeling of being out of the gate, Casey opened his eyes.
“Your Majesty!”
“What happened, oh my God!”
“You have come out safely!
As expected of Your Majesty!”
The ocean was very noisy.
Casey frowned as he slowly raised his body.
People gathered around him, not knowing what to do.
When he looked around, he saw the palace garden full of ruins.
'Gate.'
She disappeared.
He held his head, which was throbbing with pain, and closed his lips tightly.
“Your Majesty, did you destroy the core on your own?
What kind of gate is that?”
He couldn't answer the knights' voices filled with curiosity and respect.
He doesn't remember.
Rather, there were scattered memories like fragments.
In his distant childhood, he saw horrific scenes and lived through them as if they were reality.
There was someone hugging him tightly...
'That person.'
He called his name, and their eyes met.
That picture.
“Red hair.”
Casey's face became serious.
He raised his hand and saw his clean skin, as if there was no trace of disorder.
The traces of the guide, the traces of his partner who visited him at night, were clearly engraved on his body.
'You were here.'
Inside the gate.
He didn't know how she appeared inside the portal, but there was a bigger problem.
“It's not a dream.”
He laughed sarcastically as he looked at the sleeve of his shirt.
He saw a wound healing slowly, as if something had scratched it.
Not a dream.
This pain, and everything he saw there.
His blue eyes cooled in an instant.
“Your Majesty...?”
The awakened people, who had become as serious as him, looked at him without understanding.
Then Casey rose slowly.
'Sure.'
He saw someone he shouldn't have seen there.
Someone you can't even imagine.
Now all plans have failed.
Since the monster called the Emperor returned to this world alive, they had to prepare their strongest card.
Their sole ruler granted them the blessing of using the power of the portal.
“Get up.”
A force similar to that coming out of the gate flowed into a body that was as quiet as dead.
The eyelids of the sleeping body trembled.
Slowly, the eyelids opened, revealing beautiful eyes as if stars were streaming from them.
“Do you know what you should do?”
A character that could have been used with importance in this world.
The doll gradually transformed into a living human being, smiling with a bright smile.
“Yes, I know.”
She put her hand on her chest and smiled beautifully.
“There's only one thing I have to do.”
Like the nickname she was given, “Lady of the Sun.”
“To become a true mentor.”
She smiled broadly.
“By any means.”