Chapter 231 – Ep.16 – The Energy of Death
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Change doesn’t happen that fast.
Very slowly, slowly…
As we go through each day, which seems like ordinary daily life, things change little by little.
[Oh, going out?]
Even as he picks up the receiver and makes a call, Delrin begins to feel a slight change.
[Are you going to the nearby E-Mart? Yes, yes… There are 6 people, Delrin, Chi-Chi, Neva, Eva, Karin, Karen… Yes… Just a moment.]
It was a natural routine to report outings or outings in preparation for any emergency that might arise,
Delrin feels that the reaction of the demon in charge of handling the work is slightly cold.
“…”
[…
The inaudible murmur continued for about 30 seconds,
One insincere answer comes back.
[Please wait a little longer.]
After that, the call stops, and a familiar melody is heard through the receiver. How much longer is she planning on making me wait?
A single phone call, which was close to a simple and formal reporting process, consumes a considerable amount of time. Normally, after just one phone call, Michelle would take care of all the rest for her, and then she would attach several attendants.
“…”
Now you just have to exercise a little patience.
“Whoa…”
After accepting that it was something that could not be helped,
I just want to ignore it and pass it on,
Delrin feels tired of her unspoken pressure on herself and her family.
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“Kaede, is that person okay?”
The topic of conversation for the happy couple walking around with Karin and Karen in one shopping cart is the mother of the two daughters who could not keep up with them.
“I used to be a goofy person, but these days I’m really lost…?”
“I understand to some extent.”
The only person who understands Kaede’s feelings is probably Neba. Only Neba, who stayed by her queen’s side for a long time during her knighthood, can guess how Kaede feels.
“Sometimes a sense of belonging can be toxic. The more free-spirited a person is, the more arduous it is to be tied down to one place.”
However, no one recognizes the small spark that lies at the root of Kaede.
Other women she spends a lot of time with, and even the husband she spends time with, cannot see into her inner self.
Therefore, there is only one thing Delrin can say.
“… I think I need to go back quickly. I have to find Helen. Furthermore, I’ll take good care of Kaede, and you guys help find Helen. Furthermore, I know you’re both already working hard to look for me, but can you give me a little more strength…?”
A request to Neva and Chichi.
“Or even information about the garden… Anything is good…”
I haven’t figured out anything for over three months,
I have to find it somehow and end everything.
It’s time to end it.
If I wait a little longer, I probably won’t be able to go back.
I have that feeling…
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Knock, knock-
Delrin knocks on Kaede’s door, where there is still silence. However, even though it is not time to sleep yet, there is no reply from Kaede.
“Can we talk? Is it okay if I open the door?”
If it’s okay, it’s okay,
If you don’t like it, you won’t like it…
Delrin sighs and slowly enters the room for Kaede, who doesn’t even tell him that.
In a room filled with Kaede’s unique warm smell, only Kaede’s silhouette is vaguely visible, lying helplessly with her body rolled up in her blanket.
“Have you been like this all day?”
“… Kiing.”
Avoiding Delrin’s hand approaching her out of concern, Kaede shrinks her body a little more.
“Just stay still.”
However, Delrin extends her hand a little further and places it on Kaede’s forehead.
“What…? You have a really high fever! Why didn’t you tell me!”
It’s like a fireball? The temperature was so intense that it felt like she would get burned if she touched it just a little longer. Delrin was startled and quickly brought a towel soaked in water.
“If I just foolishly lie down like this, everything will get better? Or, will everything be resolved? I’m lying there whining for some reason! The kids are looking for their mom! I thought I was feeling better before, but suddenly it’s like this again!”
He turns her head towards the ceiling, puts a towel on her forehead, and nags her, making her feel a little relieved. Delrin is so sad and worried about Kaede’s weak appearance that she can hardly sleep.
“… I’ll be back soon. So don’t worry too much and just relax like before. I play with the kids… And I’m sorry for leaving the kids in the care of other sisters.”
Only then did Kaede slowly lift her heavy eyelids and focus her weak eyes on Delrin.
Her eyes speak volumes. However, if there is one emotion that Delrin cannot understand, it is the pity mixed in Kaede’s gaze.
Who is worried about whom?
A person who stays in her room and whines.
“… Seobang, please give me a hug. I miss your embrace. I want to hug you for the first time in a long time…”
Just by looking at her whining and asking to be hugged, she seems to be pampering her like the two daughters she gave birth to.
But Kaede’s eyes were so sad that she carefully spread her blanket towards Delrin. Because she sweated so much, her blanket seemed to be soaked with Kaede’s scent, as well as all of her vitality that had been taken from her.
“Oh, really.”
Now that she has a fairly deep relationship with Delrin, she can easily hug the weakened Kaede tightly.
“How long will I keep dragging my feet and whining like this? The kids will say they are so happy to see their mom.”
“…”
Kaede’s body temperature feels hotter and heavier than usual after hugging her for the first time in a long time.
It’s easy to guess that it’s not just her hot energy, but Delrin doesn’t ask any further questions.
“Are you going to eat later? The kids can catch colds too, so if you say you’re going to eat, I’ll at least make some oatmeal and bring it to you.”
“I have no idea…”
Kaede buried her face in Delrin’s chest, who was much smaller than her, and took several deep breaths to comfort herself.
She feels unbearably afraid. Because she is more sensitive to her sixth sense and instinctive inspiration than other women, all the things that will happen to her soon make her suffer.
“West, West…”
Is that why these words are weak?
Or is it really a wise response with its own insight?
“We, all of us… How about attacking right now? Huh…? Let’s all join forces and go first. Before they do something stupid on the other side, let’s go first…”〈 Br〉
“Where are you attacking? Toward the devil?”
However, it is something Delrin, who is just a man, can never understand.
He really is,
I can’t understand Kaede acting frustrated like this.
“I still don’t know who the Demon Lord is, I don’t know where he is, and I don’t know how many more enemies there are, so how do I get in? We are the only ones on this Demon Continent. A good opportunity will come. Okay? Why are you talking about what you said before?”〈 Br〉
However, this time it is different.
With her arms wrapped mournfully behind Delrin’s back, her voice speaks with sincerity, even with desperation
“Please… Please, please…”
Delrin’s chest became wet. A faint tremor spread beyond his ribs to his heart.
“I don’t want to die. I can’t die like this… No, I don’t want to see anyone die. Can’t we just live together like this? Huh…?”
“I’m going to live like this. Why are you being scared alone?”
Kaede senses an ominous future for herself and her loved ones.
Themselves riding on an unstoppable wave,
She feels a huge wall blocking her path.
In front of a wall so thick and heavy that it can never be broken through,
All small fish swept away by the waves become nothing more than a lump of flesh.
This is not a story about the strong or the weak.
It is a story about fundamental fear that cannot be discussed with measures of strength.
At the same time as Kaede senses the disaster that will be brought about by the Demon King of the new era,
She feels the ominousness of the existence of Helen, a woman she does not remember, with every hair on her face.
“There’s nothing we can do. There’s nothing we can do…”
Facing all kinds of dirty and ugly things that no one else has yet noticed, Kaede feels an unbearable sense of helplessness and fear.
Something is happening behind the scenes.
Regardless of the demons’ long-term plans and plots, the small disaster that was causing Kaede trouble is creeping up on her little by little.
“I felt that woman. That woman named Helen. I don’t even know who she is, but I felt her with my whole body…”
Kaede is caught between two unbearable beings,
I can’t even figure out what to do and just suffer.
She can’t die yet.
The gaiety of my youth, when I was as free as the wind, made me not think even the fear of death was a big deal,
Currently, as I face the energy of death, I am filled with endless fear.
The image of her two daughters, whom it would not hurt to have her, and the husband she finally got, flashes in her eyes.
“She’s waiting for us. She’s watching us…”
“Helen?”
Hugging Delrin a little stronger,
Kaede says.
“It’s not Helen, she’s a monster. She’s a monster disguised as a human being…”
“Did you find out something? How could your sister… Stay in the room?”
Another remaining bookshelf falls over.
