Chapter 83: Those Who Can Never Be Forgiven (Epilogue)

“I’m sorry. It’s because I’m a fool… I’ve brought things to this point.

I’m sorry, truly sorry… and I’ll definitely return you to your original world.

I promise…”

Sera’s face, as she said that while crying, kept replaying in Kim Suhyun’s mind.

What exactly was she sorry for?

What went wrong that she apologized so profusely?

And what did she mean by sending me back to my original world?

It’s already been a week since I barely escaped the Forest of White Haze, and thoughts of Sera wouldn’t leave Kim Suhyun’s head.

Could it be that she thinks she got pregnant because we slept in the same room?

And that she thinks she had a miscarriage because Baek Minjoon kicked her in the stomach?

It’s possible with the innocent Sera, but the words ‘sending me back to my original world’ bothered me.

I was told I could return to my original world if I defeated the Demon King, but we decided to create our own happy ending.

Kim Suhyun shook his head, recalling the dense mana he saw in the Forest of White Haze.

Just because she can wield that power doesn’t confirm that Sera is the Demon King.

I didn’t want to imagine such an ominous future.

“A world inside a game… a tool…”

And another thing, he recalled the words that the already dead Baek Minjoon kept repeating ad nauseam.

This world is a game.

And the women blessed by God are just tools.

Sera is no exception.

At the time, I was too angry to think much of it, but now that I think about it, Baek Minjoon’s words, even though he was summoned a long time ago, must have meant something.

“Are you troubled by something?”

“Kaellia?”

“Hero, you’ve been staring at the sky since a while ago.

I heard you can get hit by a horse if you don’t walk carefully!”

“… I guess so.

That could happen.”

Snapping back to reality at the sudden voice, he saw Kaellia calling out to him from afar, looking as if she was having so much fun.

You can get hit by a horse if you don’t walk carefully… it sounded like something adults would say to children, and Kim Suhyun couldn’t help but chuckle.

Looking closely, Kaellia was holding a paper bag, and the savory smell made him think she might have bought some fried bread.

Seriously, adapting to human society this quickly.

He admired her as a truly remarkable elf and put his worries aside for a moment, walking down the street with Kaellia.

“Have you had any inconveniences since leaving the forest?”

“Hmm… it’s sad that I can’t go back to my hometown, but it’s amazing that everyone here is from a different race!”

“I… see?”

“How is it living here?

I don’t know if I should be saying this, but… is it hard for you?”

“Huh?

Why would it be hard?

The knight gave me a house, food, and even assigned someone to work for me!”

“Still… you won’t be able to go back to your hometown anymore.”

Such an innocently foolish appearance.

The question he asked, wondering if she might be forcing a bright face, was met with a bright smile from Kaellia.

“Hehe, it’s not like I don’t have any worries, but I decided not to think about difficult things too much.

Isn’t life too busy to only think about good things?”

“You’re amazing… Ah, come to think of it, should I change your title?

Since you’re an elf.”

Life is too busy to only think about good things, and if you worry about things that can’t be solved, nothing changes anyway.

As expected, the wisdom of an elf who has lived for so long is different.

Feeling quite relieved, Kim Suhyun felt his steps lighten.

“Huh?

Why?”

And Kaellia, questioning Kim Suhyun’s words, pondered for a moment before opening her mouth.

“I’m 13 years old, you know?”

“What…?”

13 years old?

Her height and figure were as good as, if not better than, Natalia’s, and she’s 13?

Kim Suhyun wondered if he had misheard and asked again, but the answer was the same.

“What’s wrong?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

“Hmm… Ah, did you think I wouldn’t have a divine blessing because I’m too young?

Here, take a look!”

“Wait, hold on!

Not here!”

Women with divine blessings all have a special mark on their lower abdomen.

Therefore, the best way to prove that they are destined to be the Hero’s companions is to show the mark.

Without any hesitation, Kaellia slightly lifted her clothes and proudly began to show the yin mark engraved on her lower abdomen.

This was still a path where people were walking.

Of course, such a sudden, rash action was bound to attract attention, and Kim Suhyun grabbed Kaellia’s hand in surprise and started running.

“Whoa!

Hero, what’s wrong?”

“I get it, so let’s just run!”

The events in the Forest of White Haze ended in a completely different direction than initially intended.

Originally, she should have fully resurrected Lina to make Kim Suhyun suffer, but instead, she ended up helping the Hero’s party.

However, the happy expression never left Diana’s face as she walked through the darkness.

Hero or elf, in the end, they mean nothing in front of the ‘real’ thing.

The thought of tormenting Sera to the point of ruin already made her heart flutter.

The reason was simple: she had met a saintess who thought exactly the same way as Diana.

If everything is fake, doesn’t that mean it’s happier for a fake world to collapse?

Besides, Sera had tormented Baek Minjoon until he begged her to kill him.

Gently healing his wounds and then painfully slicing off parts of his body.

She had so easily accomplished what Diana had so desperately desired when she was still active as a saintess.

Of course, it was a shame that she couldn’t deal with Baek Minjoon, that trash, with her own hands, but compared to the pleasure that lay ahead, it wasn’t something to be too upset about.

“Hehe, hehehe…”

Ah, how can her expression not change?

With such a promiscuous face, she can’t possibly see her beloved Sera.

Diana barely calmed her heart and took out the rosary hanging around her neck.

The relic that the saint who first received the word of God carried around was already overflowing with a large amount of mana.

The reason was simple.

She had been storing mana in this rosary whenever she had the chance.

The pit of contamination that occurred in the Forest of White Haze.

That powerful mana was as good as in Diana’s hands.

Was that all?

Diana had also recovered all the power that Lina had hidden in the World Tree long ago.

Everything was for Sera, and she needed to prepare more mana.

“…It used to smell like Baek Minjoon, but now it only smells like a pervert.”

“Oh my, what brings Ariel here?

You’ve already found your lover.”

There are many places to stay, but she still likes this mansion where she lived a long time ago.

Diana, wondering how she could make Sera more perfect, opened the door.

However, a man with a familiar appearance had already come and was waiting for Diana.

Ariel, a capable elf who had prepared mana in various places in advance in the Forest of White Haze.

Ha, she’s no longer interested in that foolish man.

She had only associated with him because Baek Minjoon needed him.

On the contrary, because it reduced the time she had to think about Sera, Diana wanted to kill the elf in front of her right away.

“Well, I don’t know either.

Now that I’ve finished what I wanted to do, I don’t know what to do… I guess you could say I’ve lost my way?”

“I don’t have a hobby of picking up stray dogs.

If you need an owner, you’ve come to the wrong place.”

How foolish, someone without a purpose is as good as dead.

If you have nothing to do, why don’t you just hang yourself and die?

Diana, not wanting to be disturbed even a little, began to gradually increase the concentration of mana and put pressure on Ariel’s body.

The same method Sera used on Baek Minjoon in the Forest of White Haze.

She was thinking of letting that foolish man die like this when Ariel, who was barely holding on, managed to open his mouth with difficulty.

“…Fallen Wings.”

“…”

With a creaking sound, the twisting floor of the mansion began to return to normal.

Along with the slightly more comfortable air, Ariel spoke in the still dark mansion.

“Fallen Wings.

A new religion that denies treatment through divine power, I was wondering who might be behind that cult.”

“Oh my, how can an elf who has been stuck in the forest all his life have such good ears.”

“As you know, I’m not an ordinary elf.

In the old days, I used to travel around this world with Oberon.”

Ariel smiled and introduced himself once again, while Diana remained silent with an unpleasant look on her face.

She must have put a lot of effort into controlling the information, but no matter how she thought about it, she was already annoyed because she thought it was because that trashy man, Baek Minjoon, couldn’t keep his mouth shut.

“There’s no one better than me as a hunting dog, is there?”

“We may need to put a leash on you so you don’t bite your owner.”

Baek Minjoon, that filthy man, is causing trouble even after death.

Thinking that, Diana slowly examined Ariel.

He was a seasoned elf who had lived for many years, and a man who had come close to the words ‘Fallen Wings’ on his own.

Certainly, she couldn’t easily find a hunting dog like him.

Okay, I’ve worked with Baek Minjoon, so I won’t be disappointed if it’s a smarter man than him.

But there’s a need to put a leash on him.

Diana decided to slowly gather mana and plant a curse in Ariel’s body.

“It’ll hurt a little, but please bear with it.”

Diana’s small hand pierced through his heart, and Ariel groaned in pain, his eyes turning red.

An injury could be healed again, and the closer the curse was to the heart, the better it would work.

A curse planted directly in the heart like this could not be undone no matter what he tried.

The best curse that never allows the act of betraying the owner.

With this mark, the work of making Sera perfect will proceed more smoothly.

The more she thought about that future, the more happy feelings kept rising in Diana’s heart.