A Mercenary Who Gets Eaten in a Pure Love Game 159

Chapter 159 – Presence of Doom -1-

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You know who I am, even if you don’t tell me.
By the time this grave was dug, I would have already been annihilated.
You might be wondering why the owner of the tomb and your party look the same?

To begin with, I moved her corpse.

No, it was fed.

If you don’t attack all four heroines, the route to swallow the pieces will inevitably fail.
Besides, in order to attack the owner of this tomb, paradoxically, you can only try after death.
Because the dead escape from the fate entangled in them.

[Traces of writing and erasing something.]

I wish I could go into more detail, but there are limitations.
You just need to know that your party’s mimicry can fool this poor world.

If it were you, you would now know what to do.

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That was all written on paper.

Writing this….

“Ed.”

The guy was clear.
He took revenge by killing those who killed Joanna’s family, revived the world tree, and sealed the evil dragon’s magic.
He then made me meet Mary Joy, the agent who manages the world.

And….

NO. 137 BAD ENDING — sacrifice.

A real hero who started the 138th world to prevent himself from another world line that had become an evil god after the 137th bad ending.

What he wants is to prevent the destruction of this world?
Or is the purpose just to get a happy ending by stopping the evil god Ashte?

Either way, he and I had the same goal.
Even if I tried to doubt it, I couldn’t help it.

He stretched out his hand and looked at Leah.
The blue-haired Lia staring at me with innocent eyes.
As he brushed his hair and looked up, he saw a house that had been burnt down and only the skeleton remained.

And in the center,

“Lethe.”

There is a small tombstone inscribed in Korean.

This wasn’t something I built.
It may be because my memory is not perfect, but until now I had never used Hangeul in this world.
Come to think of it, this must have been a tombstone set up by someone else.

If Hyeji didn’t engrave it, it must have been engraved by Ed.

What are you, a possessor or something?
Bastard, you can’t ask because you’re dead.

Scratching his head in frustration, he wandered around with Lia and found a place where people were rare.
Not thinking about doing it outdoors, but trying to find an empty house.

Because he lost all of his divine protection, he felt tired now that he was the same age as a normal person.
It would be the same for Leah.
Besides, it was very dangerous to move on foot at night without a wagon.

“…….”

As he said, I had no choice but to naturally realize what I had to do.

The first heroine, Lethe.
And Lia, who mimicked her appearance.

If I mix her body with Ria, it will be judged that I captured all the heroines.

I never thought the last heroine I was so curious about was right next to me.

“Lea.”

“Yes. Can you give me water?”

“No… Well, that’s a little later.”

Leah nodded her head quickly, perhaps feeling delighted with my answer.
On the other hand, I felt uncomfortable with her attitude.

Lia, whose mental age seems very young, would probably allow me to ask for something without hesitation.
Even if I don’t feel like it, I’ll allow anything as long as it makes me happy.
That made it even more conflicting.

If Leah really wanted to have a child with me, she would be overjoyed, but I still couldn’t figure out what Lia was thinking.

‘Whatever….’

Even without the premise that I had to have a relationship with Leah in order to save the world, Leah was precious to me.

If someone asked me if I loved her, I would say yes of course.

That’s why I wanted to physically connect with Leah.

When today passes and tomorrow night comes.
That’s when she decided to let Leah ask.

Of course, this was after I explained enough about being pregnant.

I walked with my hands holding each other tighter.

I walked for about ten minutes more, but unfortunately there were no empty houses.
It doesn’t matter if you stay homeless, but it was a little difficult because there was no blanket to cover and sleep at night.

When the days became very chilly and I let out a sigh,

“Brother!”

“Yes? Ben… Well.”

What was your name?

“Vent! It’s called Bent!”

“Ah, that’s right. The kid isn’t sleeping, what’s going on at this late hour?”

“More than that, hyung, are you looking for a place to stay?”

When I first met him, if I recall what he was doing as a traveler, he must have earned pocket money by offering himself as a guide for mercenaries or peddlers passing through this town.

That’s why I was quick to notice.

“Right. In what village are there no empty houses? There are no inns.”

“There are no empty houses in this village. There are no inns. Just sleep over at my house and go.”

“Your house? What about your parents?”

I wanted to say sorry.
If you see that kid running around alone, he probably has no parents.
I made a mistake.

“Now I live alone! Let’s go home quickly.”

“Huh? Yumma!”

After I finished my words, I chased after the little boy who started walking at a brisk pace.
I wondered if Lia would have a hard time because the kid walks fast, but I had a harder time.

“Lia, aren’t you tired?”

“Yes.”

Leah, breathing evenly and following him, looked calm.

“Brother! Here!”

The little boy’s house, which he arrived at, was, of course, narrow even from the outside.
I don’t think this will be enough for me and Leah to stay.

“I have my own hideout, so the two of us sleep here today!”

“What? It’s cold outside man. Just the three of us….”

“Eh, just go in!”

Having said that, Bent whimpered and pushed Leah and me to the door of his house.

It’s small, but it’s strong.

Trying to hold on, he scratched her head and put her body in as the kid wished.
Then she turned and looked at Vent,

“Brother. It’s really nice to see you again. And… Thank you!”

“No… Well, yes.”

I couldn’t remember, but seeing that reaction made me happy too.
Then the little boy lowered her voice and opened her mouth.

“Please, do me one favor. Brother.”

“What? Would you like more money?”

“No, I don’t need dinars.”

Well, I did give a lot.
Wouldn’t he be the richest among his peers?

Maybe even compared to the adults in this town, I wouldn’t be able to do it.

“Then what is it?”

When I asked, looking at her little boy, she grinned and opened her mouth.

“A while ago, a saintess stopped by this village and asked about her older brother.”

“Is that so? I don’t know if you’re talking about that.”

“Right. Because I answered well, the saintess treated my mother as a reward.”

This is a story I haven’t heard.
The kid’s mother wasn’t in this house, she couldn’t help but know what it meant, unless she was an asshole.

“I have never seen my mother smile so happily. Later, can she say thank you to the saintess instead of me?”

“No, I hate it.”

One month and one week.
That was all the time I was given.

“Ah… Yes. Okay! And thanks to my brother too!”

I had to go back to the cabin anyway, and Hyeji was there.

So,

“You say it yourself. I will take you to the saintess.”

Now that I am an orphan, living in another town would be fine.
It would be better to start anew in a city or another village than to remain in this village and live a life of melancholy honoring your parents for the rest of your life.

“Haha… I’m sorry, but I can’t. … Anyway, you must speak for me!”

The little boy made her eyes light up inappropriately, then closed the door and heard the sound of running somewhere.

“Young… What?”

“What.”

Leah echoed my words like an echo.

Are there even zombies walking around outside when the sun goes down?
Soon, such absurd delusions were put to rest.

I pondered on more important things than that.

‘I already knew I was going to dig a grave.’

A piece of paper that I figured out what I was going to do and arranged it accordingly.
Thanks to that, she found that her first heroine, Leterlia, could take her place.

No, he made it that way.

… However, not all of the questions were resolved, and the content was something you would naturally know if you mixed Lia and her body.

―If you don’t capture all four heroines, the route of swallowing the pieces will inevitably fail.

Part of what has been written.
Among them, I focused on the word root.

In this world that I thought was a game, I greedily enjoyed pleasure without responsibility.

The one-armed Ed took on that responsibility instead.
Anticipating what I was going to do, he solved the narrative necessary for the process instead.

Maybe i… It may be that he is repeating his life in this world without realizing it.

Ed, the hero, observes me, whose existence itself is an error, and induces me to choose only the option closest to the happy ending among the routes I have repeated countless times to save this world.

It was like a shrimp back bursting in a fight between whales.

Well, it wasn’t a bad feeling.
Putting aside the circumstances of Ashte and Ed, I will protect my precious people.

But all of a sudden, I had a thought.

I thought that my love for them could also be the result of being induced by a guy named Ed.

‘I do not care.’

I was the master of my emotions.
And now, this feeling was sincere.

‘This is enough.’

I reached out and hugged Leah.