Chapter 1261 – 1261. Yggdrasil (8)
When Lucien lost her memory and arrived in this unknown space.
At that time, my first impressions of humans were…
‘He is human.’
It was so short that even I forgot about it.
After that, she didn’t pay much attention and lived among the elves.
Although she occasionally saw groups of humans from a distance, she did not greet them or interact with them.
The reason he stayed away from humans was partly due to the precautions taken by Walter, who plays the role of leader…
‘There’s no need to have a conversation.’
This was because Lucien was not particularly interested in humans.
She didn’t hate humans like other elves, but that didn’t mean she felt any kinship with elves.
Moreover, if the elves stick together, there is no problem in moving forward.
As a result, the idea that she did not need to force herself to interact with humans became stronger as time passed.
That steadfastness did not change much when he met Seong Su-ho.
But after spending a day with him, her firmness suddenly began to melt.
Erdin with eyes filled with strong pride and a mouth that chatters.
And Seong Su-ho, who pulled out the tears that had melted pride in Erdin’s eyes and tightly filled his babbling mouth.
As she saw that, she developed feelings for humans for the first time.
In other words, from the perspective of Lucien, who lost her memories, Seong Su-ho became the human image that Lucien thought of.
Of course, that alone did not mean that the boundaries towards humans and, by extension, towards Seongsuho had completely disappeared.
In the end, it was just one positive element added.
However, by chance, he met Seong Su-ho at night and hunted with him, adding positive elements about humans.
Especially during sparring, the positive aspects became more evident.
He was defeated by Seong Su-ho with his confident swordsmanship.
And that too to the man who defeated Erdin with magic.
Until then, Lucien’s thoughts were simple.
‘I think it would be good to stay close to this person. Bringing these talented people into our ranks will definitely help us survive.’
He just thought that Seong Su-ho would be helpful in his future path.
I didn’t really look at him as the opposite sex.
In the first place, not only Lucien but also the elves tended to treat humans the same without distinguishing between genders.
Since there was a chastity spell, people were not more wary just because they were men.
But the border…
“Thank you for dealing with us. Thanks to you, it was fun.”
“No. I am… I was happy to be able to spar with someone of such skill.”
Holding Seong Su-ho’s hand…
“Uh!? Uh…”
It started to completely change.
An unfamiliar sensation felt as soon as I held Seong Su-ho’s hand.
It was a sensation I had never felt in my life, so I couldn’t identify it at first.
However, I was able to recognize it only after I realized where the sensation was being transmitted.
‘Well, chastity magic… Has it disappeared?’
The chastity magic that had been attached to his body his entire life had disappeared.
With that fact alone, Lucien’s mental state collapsed, and she was unable to come to her senses.
But ironically, what awakened her spirit was…
“Are you okay?”
“Ah!”
She was Seong Su-ho who made herself like this.
Lucien, who came to his senses after hearing Seongsu-ho’s voice, hurriedly got up and said thank you.
“I… Okay, thank you… For lifting me up…”
She greeted me like that and let me take her hand away…
‘Ah… It’s back again.’
Her chastity magic was revived, and thanks to it, her mentality was able to recover again.
After coming to her senses, Lucien was able to talk to Seong Su-ho again as usual.
However, she was just trying to behave as usual based on her own standards.
Seen from the outside, her Lucien reaction was…
“… ? Why are you so down? Her face was red too… “Where are you hurt?”
She was such that even Erdin, who was not interested in others, felt strange.
When Seongsu-ho and Erdin looked at each other with strange expressions, Lucien decided that she had to get over this situation somehow and answered with gibberish.
“Well, I think it’s because it’s our first sparring in a while. Let’s go back first.”
“Oh, yes.”
Seongsu-ho and Erdin looked uncertain, but did not push Lucien any further.
Fortunately, Erdin only showed interest for a moment at first, and then he yawned and cut off her attention.
But it was not Seong Su-ho.
“…”
“…”
Seong Su-ho was carefully gazing at Lucien with a worried expression.
Lucien endured Seong Su-ho’s gaze in silence.
The meaning of being patient did not mean enduring discomfort or discomfort.
If I was in a bad mood, I would have responded flexibly with a question a long time ago.
What Lucien feels right now…
‘Should I hold her hand and check again right now…? ?’
It was a shame I had never felt in my life.
Of course, she could have felt that way before because she lost her memory.
But even though Lucien lost her memories, she was able to understand instinctively.
Even before she lost her memory, she had never felt anything like this…
A heart that remains calm even during intense sparring.
The heart was beating violently as if it had been broken.
Finally, shame and violent heartbeat.
Those two things put the brakes on Lucien’s doubts…
“Thanks to you, I got the key. Thank you.”
“Ah…”
She couldn’t answer her questions until she finally arrived at the inn.
“Can I accompany you tomorrow too?”
“Whoa… Well, let’s just do this together.”
“Haha, thanks to having a good little brother, I got the key… “Good!”
“Profit…”
Seong Su-ho teased Erdin and greeted him…
“Then I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Ah, yes…”
After a brief greeting with Lucien, I returned to my room.
Lucien looked at Seong Su-ho who left like that…
‘I can greet you like Mr. Erdin…’
She felt regretful.
Until now, it was nice to see Seong Soo-ho’s politeness, but now he was rather disappointed with his lack of manners.
While Lucien was feeling regretful, Erdin yawned and trudged on.
“Haaam… I’m going to sleep. “If anything urgent happens, please wake me up.”
“Ah, yes…”
After Erdin left, Lucien was left alone in her first floor restaurant.
Lucien was left alone like that…
‘Whoa… ‘Let’s tidy up before going to the bedroom.’
She sat down at the dining room table, closed her eyes, and began to lose herself in her thoughts.
‘Chastity magic… It’s definitely gone, right?’
The magic of chastity disappeared when she joined hands with Seong Su-ho.
And as soon as she took her hand away, the chastity magic was activated again.
With those two facts, Lucien had already realized.
She realized that the magic of chastity chose Seong Su-ho…
But as those thoughts continued in her mind, Lucien’s body began to convulse as if broken again.
‘Huh… Wow, that’s not certain. Maybe I’m mistaken…’
The reason Lucien turned away from her truth was not because she hated Seong Su-ho.
In fact, it was the opposite.
‘Well, if you approach me for that reason… In fact, he might hate me…’
This was because she had no idea that Seong Su-ho, a human, would accept her as an elf.
From Lucien’s point of view, she thought that just as most elves hate humans, many humans also hate elves.
‘If… He is the one chosen by Jeongjo Magic… If you hate me…’
Until now, Lucien had never had any concerns about living alone in her life.
She thought that if she didn’t exist, she would live without her.
But when the one chosen by the chastity magic appears…
‘No… I can’t possibly forget it…’
The fear of being abandoned began to take over her entire body.
It was only after Lucien faced her own view of the opposite sex that she realized it.
Finally…
‘Just… Should we just keep hanging out together without talking?’
She even thought that if she didn’t bring up the story about chastity magic, they wouldn’t be able to be together.
It was good for her not to look at herself.
She just wished she was there where she could look.
Due to her chastity magic incident, the existence of Holy Guardian became something that Lucien could no longer shake off, even if he wanted to.
Lucien suffered like that for an hour…
‘I-I might be mistaken… Let’s check again.’
I returned to the guest room with my head filled with Holy Suho.
.
.
Lucien sighed as she left the guest room with glazed eyes.
‘Whoa… I can’t sleep.’
Lucien finally woke up to the morning sun without even getting a wink of sleep.
There was no need to get up since I could get the keys anyway in the evening…
‘Perhaps… You might be in a restaurant right now…’
Lucien left her room with the expectation that she would be able to meet Seong Su-ho.
What caught the eye of Lucien, who arrived at the restaurant with wide-eyed eyes…
‘Ah, revelation…’
It was an image of Seong Su-ho and a human woman sitting at a table eating.
‘Tsk… !’
But it wasn’t just two people.
“Hehe… “This is the first time I’ve slept that long.”
“Haha… I’m still sleepy too.”
They looked like they were eating together like lovers.
In fact, the appearance of the two people was not much different from what I saw yesterday.
But…
‘Ha… Something… I feel…’
Lucien’s heart changed as he looked at her.
Let Lucien look at the Holy Guardian and the human woman with those calm eyes…
“Ah, Mr. Lucien.”
“Ah…”
When Seong Su-ho saw Lucien’s appearance, he smiled brightly and waved her hand.
And that kind of appearance of Seong Su-ho…
‘Ah, thank goodness… ‘He said hello.’
She brought stability to Lucien’s heart, which had been suffering all night.
Feeling better, Lucien relaxed her nerves and approached Seong Su-ho to offer her greetings.
“Good morning.”
“Yes, good morning. If you came out to eat… Would you like to join us?”
If she were her usual Lucien, she would have said no once and for all.
But now Lucien…
“Ah… Well, still… Will it work?”
She couldn’t even think of saying no to Seong Su-ho’s offer and sat down in a chair.
‘Ah, if you do this… She might be offended…’
After Lucien sat down, she realized her mistake too late.
“Haha, I was worried you would reject me, but I’m glad you did.”
“Whoa…”
But fortunately, she was able to realize that her choice was not a bad one with Seong Su-ho’s bright smile.
So, when Lucien sits down with Seong Su-ho and talks…
“… Have we become friends?”
The human woman sitting next to Seong Su-ho expressed her displeasure.
Seong Su-ho hurriedly explained it to the woman.
“You helped me last night. Thanks to you, I got her key…”
“Ah…”
Fortunately, thanks to Seong Su-ho’s explanation, the woman’s expression quickly calmed down.
But Lucien’s expression…
‘… Could it be that two people… ?’
Rather, it became dark.
From the perspective of Lucien, an elf, if the two were close, she had virtually no chance.
This happened because the Arbos elves had no concept of cheating.
Scenes that I didn’t particularly care about when I wasn’t interested began to look completely different in just one day.
Lucien looked at the two people and forced food into her sore stomach.
Let’s finish our meal like that…
“We’ll just get up.”
“Ah… Yes.”
Seongsuho and the human woman stood up and prepared to leave.
Lucien looked at Seongsuho and sighed inwardly.
‘Ha… I was thinking of holding her hand just to check… If I asked to catch him in this situation, he would look strange, right?’
Lucien lowered her head with such regret.
Let’s see Lucien look so droopy…
“Hanbom, please wait outside for a moment.”
“Hmm… Yes.”
After Seongsu-ho spent Hanbom outside, she spoke to Lucien.
“Maybe I made a mistake?”
“Yes? What is that… ?”
Seong Su-ho smiled bitterly and scratched his head.
“I thought you were uncomfortable at the dinner table. I asked to eat together for no reason…”
“Ah… !”
Only then did Lucien realize her mistake and hastily gave an explanation.
“Well, it’s not like that. Just… I have something to worry about…”
“Whoa… “Thank goodness it wasn’t me.”
Seong Su-ho smiled with relief and began pouring out his hidden words.
“Whoa… How anxious I was, wondering if I had made a mistake with Mr. Lucien…”
“Ah… Sorry, sorry. Don’t worry for no reason because of me…”
“Hey, you don’t have to apologize. I was just worried because I wanted to continue to be with Lucien. If there is any mistake I made, please tell me.”
“Ah…”
It was only after Lucien heard Seongsu-ho’s words that she realized.
‘Really… ‘You’re a good person.’
Lucien carefully asked Seong Su-ho, regretting her guarded behavior the day before.
“If it’s okay with you… “Can I please shake your hand for a moment?”
“Handshake… “You mean?”
Seong Su-ho looks puzzled at the sudden request.
‘Did I say that for no reason?’
Seeing Seongsu-ho like that, Lucien felt so much regret that it made her stomach churn.
But those regrets…
“Haha… “It’s an honor for me.”
“Ah…”
I was able to wash my face while looking at Seong Su-ho’s outstretched hand.
Lucien carefully held Seong Su-ho’s hand, and at that moment…
‘… Of course.’
She was able to experience her own chastity magic being lifted.
But she didn’t show the panic she showed yesterday.
‘Thank god… I wasn’t mistaken.’
She was just relieved to learn that her affection was not her illusion.
Lucien looked up at Seong Su-ho while holding his hand and made a decision.
‘Before we leave here, let’s tell the truth. And… Let’s follow this person’s decision.’
Lucien made that decision and spoke to Seong Su-ho with a smile.
***
Lucien smiled and opened his mouth with a much better expression.
“My colleagues were probably waiting, and I’m sorry for holding you back for so long.”
I thought to myself as I looked at Lucien’s more relaxed expression.
‘Did it work?’
Just by looking at their expressions, I couldn’t tell if they had fallen for me or if they had just given up.
But that question is just a moment…
“Haha, I caught it, so you don’t have to apologize.”
Lucien’s relaxed expression brought relief to my heart.
‘Well, I guess I can confirm the exact thing through a dream.’
While I was thinking that, she was about to leave…
“I… “Can I ask you one more thing?”
“Yes, please say so.”
“Whenever I have time… “Can you spar with me?”
I looked at Lucien, who was slightly looking at me, and nodded her head.
“Of course, shall we do it at night after the hunt?”
“Whoa… Thank you.”
After receiving my acceptance, Lucien let out a sigh of relief as if she had received notification of her acceptance to university.
Although her reaction became calmer, she still seemed different from when we first met.
I made that promise…
“Then I’ll see you later in the evening.”
“Yes, please be careful…”
She left her inn after being seen off by Lucien.
