Chapter 255 – 255. To Love, or to Love (1)
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The great evergreen forests surrounding the sanctuary began to sway, as if a great storm had fallen from the sky.
Branches were broken.
The green leaves were frantically tossed about in the strong wind, and the evergreens swayed violently as if they were about to fall to the ground as they were uprooted.
After the world tree was planted by the first priest, the evergreen trees that had been in place for over 800 years were caught up in a fight between the high elves and the demon king, and suffered an unexpected ordeal.
‘What was the heat wave trying to tell me… ?’
Savnak, who briefly opened the distance to avoid Ardena’s sword attack, pursued the afterglow of the heatwave that disappeared as a ember at the same time as the high elf’s attack.
The heatwave had already subsided.
The illusion created by the heat waves disappeared due to an external shock.
If Ardena or Valencia hadn’t intervened, Savnak might have heard from the heat wave ‘how to make the half heat wave magic core whole again without taking the magic core from Yushin.’
It was natural for Savnak to feel displeased with Ardena’s sudden interruption.
“I have no intention of fighting. Are you planning to wield a sword against an enemy who has no intention of fighting, Ardena Valencia?”
“My personal honor and pride are of no importance in destroying you, the enemy of my fellow countrymen. As long as I can kill you and prevent future sacrifices, that will be enough.”
At Savnak’s words, Ardena swung her sword again with her determined expression on her face.
The storm, which had subsided for a moment, rose again.
At the same time as the impact that shook the huge forest was applied, Savnak was hit with a series of attacks.
At that, Savnak judged that there was nothing more to be gained from Yushin. As long as Ardena and Valencia were interfering, it seemed that they would have to give up talking to Yushin’s heat wave.
“Yusin Gilead.”
Savnak, who swung his sword and cleared away the violent storm, called Yushin, who was watching like a bystander.
“The beast of lust is targeting you, Yushin Gilead. Their targeting of El Cid this time is also part of their ulterior motive to get you under their control. In order to get you, who is in the elves’ territory, it would be easier to get rid of the elves’ allies first.”
Ardena’s hostility toward Savnak softened for a while when he heard that Grid was aiming for the Restoration as his top priority.
The demon’s oath seeks Yushin.
At Savnak’s words, Ardena paused her hatred towards her enemies, perhaps feeling a change of heart.
Because the comfort of her Yushin was just as important to her as avenging the grudges of her compatriots. That’s why she stopped acting for a while at Savnak’s behavior, saying something that might have depended on her safety.
“What do you mean, Savnak! The oath of the monsters is the Restoration… , Are you aiming for it!! So, Master….”
“A beast of lust, he never gives up what he wants. He’s trying to take it away somehow, he’s trying to have it somehow. That’s why lust… , I call it mad desire.”
The reason Grid killed all of Savnak’s men was also because he wanted to covet her shining honor and lofty pride.
There is no other reason.
Because I just wanted…. She turned Savnak, whom she treated as her underling, into a vengeful spirit because of her desire.
It was arrogance and violence that was possible because it was a monster with the power to destroy the continent in an instant.
He said that Grid was notorious as a cataclysmic beast that swallowed up all the brilliant civilizations of the Southern Continent until it was interfered with by the oath, such as completely annihilating a race or destroying the country where they existed because of their desires and whims.
“Greed, he took hundreds of tribal nations and countless lives to count before he was bound by the restraints of the pact. As much as it has turned the southern continent, which is equivalent to this continent, where humans, demons, and numerous races currently live, into an eternal wasteland, if the Grid starts to act violently without being bound by the oath, it will leave continental damage.”
Savnak said that Grid was the cause of the deterrent called the oath, and warned Yushin while explaining the terrible and unprecedented damage he caused.
Being targeted by such a terrifying monster,
He added that Grid would never reap its lust until it took possession of you.
“But even such a terrible monster is bound by an oath after all. If he ignores the oath and tries to promote the Restoration, Master and the Sword Saint will stop him.”
“Oaths are never omnipotent. It’s just a deterrent full of loopholes. Ardenia Valencia, you must have seen with your own eyes what happened in the kingdom of Valois? It’s just that the five oaths so far have not moved while putting on the guise of an oath.”
The oligarchs only held their breath under the water for fear of colliding with each other.
There were many ways to exploit loopholes in the oath, such as loopholes.
Ardena, who witnessed with her own eyes the unprecedented horrors that took place in the Kingdom of Valois, finally had to accept Savnak’s words.
“It means to be careful, Yushin Gilead.”
After Savnak delivered one last word of warning to Yushin,
As he swung his scrap metal sword, he created flames.
‘Obviously Heat Wave was hesitant to answer me while watching Yushin Gilead. A new way to restore the half-magic core back to its original state… , It must mean that it belongs to Gilead.’
While glaring at Yushin for a moment, Savnak recalled the words and appearance of the heat wave, and his glass-colored eyes shone.
At the same time, flames erupted.
The pitch-black flame spread widely in an instant and at the same time lost its power and was blown away by the wind.
The flames were extinguished fleetingly. And when the flames disappeared, Savnak also disappeared. After he cleverly tricked his eyes with flames, he must have disappeared so that no one could come after him.
“Savnak!!”
Ardena’s shrill shout reverberated throughout the evergreen forest.
But it was after Savnak disappeared.
I felt the presence of her quickly leaving her sanctuary, but Ardena did not pursue her.
It was because the words Savnak left behind were disturbing his heart.
* * *
The reason why Ardena did not pursue Savnak to the end was because she valued the safety of her restoration more than the revenge of her compatriots.
At the word that the oath of demons is aiming for Yushin,
Ardena had to be overcome with anxiety that she might lose Yushin.
The horror and fear that were terrifying as if tearing her whole body apart,
The existence of a super-large monster that appeared in the skies above Rutemine, the capital of the Kingdom of Valois,
Ardenna remembered her well.
“No, please. It’s something Savnak said to disturb me, but just in case….”
Yushin answered the muttering of the high elf warrior leader who opened his mouth with his eyes trembling slightly.
“Perhaps it is true. Grid, right before he disappeared from the kingdom of Valois, he had promised to take over me at all costs.”
“You mean what Savnak said is true!”
At Yushin’s answer, Ardena was stunned and astonished.
“Yes.”
“Why didn’t you tell me!”
“Because I didn’t ask… ?”
Ardena joined shortly after Grid completely disappeared from the skies of Valois.
She forgot to speak for a moment.
Perhaps she was afraid that Ardena would tremble in her restlessness, or that she was not intending to speak until she asked first.
“How stupid!”
“Sorry.”
“I am your lover. I want to know everything about you, from the trivial to the important!”
“From now on, I’ll tell you everything, even the smallest details.”
“Again, am I the only one who didn’t know anything! It’s all because of you! Because you distrust me… !!”
“No, absolutely not.”
“Can’t she say anything with her mouth!”
Seeing Ardena’s exasperated appearance, Yushin tried to calm her anger by waving her hands with both of her hands.
But she seemed to be pretending even that way,
She proved that she was in great rage as Ardena’s elongated ears quivered in her.
Not usually angry. Yushin knew from her experience that if she couldn’t calm her anger, Ardena wouldn’t even come face to face with her for days.
“I didn’t know it would become this big. I’m afraid you’re really worried…. Besides, there was no rush after that….”
“I bet you wouldn’t call that an excuse.”
The hastily made excuse only resulted in stimulating her even more.
She knew it well, but
Under pressure from Ardena, who glared at her with her eyes wide open, she finally did something she should never have done.
“Every time I feel that there is a lot I don’t know about you……. My heart hurts. Between the way you always treat me kindly, I feel like there might be another secret I don’t know about, and I wonder if I’m too insensitive to you… , I feel ashamed of myself.”
She knows that she shouldn’t be angry with him.
He also knew that he had no right to be angry with him.
Yushin lost his arm trying to save his master.
The most important thing for prosecutors is
He even saved his master at the cost of his own arm.
He knew better than anyone that he shouldn’t be like this to Yushin, who saved his precious teacher who could not be exchanged for anything in this world, but he made several vows a day and wanted to show Yushin a good side as much as possible, but that didn’t work out as he had hoped.
“Why am I… Am I angry with you every time? Even though I know very well that I am not in a position to hate you.”
“I was wrong this time.”
Ardena shook her head at Yushin’s answer.
As she spoke, her heart gradually grew stronger.
Tears began to well up in the eyes that contained emerald-like eyes.
“It’s my fault.”
Yushin stretched out her arms and hugged Ardena tightly. At that, Ardena bowed her head and accepted her Yushin’s embrace.
So for a while,
When some time has passed.
Ardena opened her mouth.
“No, I am sorry for you. It feels like I am forcing you to sacrifice every time.”
“I was indifferent.”
“What is lacking is on my side. If only I had paid more attention to you….”
At the sight of her Ardena, who was about to fall into her self-loathing again, Yoo-shin brought out her sudden remark to stop her.
“I love you, Ardena.”
“Oh… !! Go, what are you saying all of a sudden… !!”
“Your face is red.”
“Suddenly startling people…. Are you making fun of me again!”
Yushin smiled brightly at the sight of Ardena shouting with her face flushed like a ripe apple.
“I don’t want to see you sad. That’s why I joke even in serious situations. Of course, the results are not good, but…. It’s the only consolation I can give to you, who is sad and stupid.”
“Cowardly…. Well, if you say so… Boo, that’s embarrassing….”
Yushin’s sincere confession made Ardena so embarrassed that she couldn’t meet her gaze.
She turned her head away as she was held tightly in the man’s arms.
Yushin, who was looking at her, slowly lowered her head.
Ardena, who turned her head, noticed that Yushin was about to kiss her, and she responded to his intention while struggling to hold back her embarrassment.
“Huh….”
Ardena, who was about to kiss her, opened her lips slowly as she let out her nasal groan. As she slightly stuck out her tongue, she overlapped Yushin’s tongue.
She still looked shy.
Although she had already kissed her over and over again, Ardena often showed a shy, pouty look like the girl giving her first kiss.
“Huh… !”
After taking her lips for a moment, kissed again,
After catching her breath, she kissed her again, clearing away the uncomfortable parts of her mind.
Every time she kissed her, a coquettish moan flowed from Ardena’s lips.
Drenched in her sticky saliva, she opened her slowly closed lips, revealing that her body was warmed up by her successive skinships. It was one of her instinctive habits to show that her body was so hot that she wanted to have sex right here and there.
“What do you think. Shall we do it now?”
Yushin asked in a whisper.
In response, Ardena, without having time to calm down her overheated body, turned her head away and sent her denial.
“Oh no…. In this sacred realm, how…. Such a vulgar act…. At least back to Valencia Castle…. Or move her place somewhere else….”
“Our first experience was also at Youngrim in Valencia. Sanctuary would be no different. Can I still?”
Ardena was at a loss for Yushin’s question as if she was pampering her.
For older women, if you were to ask them to pick one of their most fatal weaknesses, they would all pick ‘pampering younger men’. At Yushin’s request as she spoke while holding her in her thick arms, in the end, Ardena shyly nodded her head shyly.
That’s right,
It was a gesture that signaled consent to sex.
* * *
When Yushin and Ardena are whispering love to each other,
El, who was worried about Yushin’s act of going alone with Savnak, worried about her misfortune that might happen, so she eventually decided to step out on her own.
‘It’s not that I don’t trust Mr. Gilead… , There is nothing wrong with worrying. Even for Ardena’s sake.’
He knew very well that he could not use direct physical force against Savnak because of the deterrence of the oath.
However, L, who felt more than a crush on Yushin, could not stand her worries and set foot in her sanctuary.
And she,
