I Became a Porter for a Women-Only Party. 211

Chapter 211 – 210 – That’s How Everyone Lived Happily Ever After

“It’s okay, Tan. Everything is okay.”

It was I who told him to leave. Not TENA.

I killed my family. I plunged a knife into the heart that loved me without any change. The evidence of the crime that I had hidden because I couldn’t bear it was discovered and taken out of the hole, and what filled my mind was neither shame nor fear.

I cried a lot. I can’t even remember how long it’s been since I cried like that. Tena lovingly hugged me and patted the back of her head.

“Everything will be okay. There is no Mithra anymore. Not the Demon Lord, not Danard, not Yajin, not anyone as strong or as bad as they are is targeting us anymore. After all that happened, we came this far. So don’t cry. We can make it out alive. It wouldn’t be enough to spend all the time I had rejoicing.”

“I, ugh. I shouldn’t have said that…

“It wasn’t your fault. And you know what? You were my hero from that day, and you’re still my hero. You saved me so wonderfully, but blaming someone else is not enough.”

“So… I vaguely knew what I liked… But it was too heavy…”

“Let’s think about only the good things we have. Instead of the things we don’t have. Even if we weren’t the luckiest kids in the world, we were happy just like the sound of rain and strawberry milk back then.”

That was a pretty good idea. I thought about all the ways things could have gone sour. Considering the level of risk we had to take, none of it felt like a pipe dream.

And none of that happened. I am not crying at the grave of the dead Thena. She is crying in Thena’s lap covered with a blanket. It is the greatest luxury that Thanh Bhan Thai can enjoy in life.

“Thank you for being with me, for surviving, and for being born. I’ve always walked in your shadow. I’ve done it, won, and endured while thinking of you.”

Did he just fall asleep? All I vaguely remember is Thena’s affectionate whispers that seemed to tingle in my ears, and the faint touch of her forehead.

When I opened my eyes, it was my bed. Adamantone was sleeping, his snoring like a trumpet, and outside the window the sky was dark, and only the snow-covered floor was bright, like a winter dream.

As I was looking at the blank page created by the heavy snow, I noticed two lines of tiny dots leading to the forest.

And then I remembered all the words that Thena had whispered to me.

“So from now on, I can do anything for you.”

What is the purpose of Despair Gadum’s choice of Thena?

I let my guard down. Didn’t you already know that based on the information you’ve received so far?

I quickly ran back to the women’s ward. Adamantone’s bed, which was kicked by me, collapsed, so I heard a shout from behind, but I didn’t turn around.

I cried louder than Adamantone’s protests and looked for Thena.

There was no TENA.

It was nowhere.

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“Do you think it’s okay to leave like this?”

“It’s okay.”

“I made the mistake of leaving regrets behind. And I paid a terrible price. I don’t want you to repeat history with me.”

“History? That’s grand.”

“Is there anything more grandiose than what you will do in the future? Those who live and are born in the next thousand years will be indebted to you, just as I was.”

“I didn’t know it was such a big deal. If I think that I might end up in a history book like you, I feel embarrassed and suddenly want to quit.”

Tena, who had red cheeks, joked without smiling. Edin smiled faintly and bitterly.

Rubbing his hands and then blowing them away in the cold wind is the typical image of a young man of that age. Tena had so many things that it would be a waste to live only for someone else and lose them.

And from now on, TENA Everlight was going to offer itself up as a living sacrifice for everyone.

Rod agreed. Armatam acquiesced. Life should not be weighed, but one person is worth the price of the world.

Perhaps some of those friends may not agree, but even they would be happier missing Tena than a future without her sacrifice.

There was no sign of Thena cursing herself for being born into such a cruel world. The blue-gold hero spoke with a calm face, as if he had just come out for dinner.

“I have a question. At the last moment, you were holding the dying Evenna, regardless of whether the building collapsed or the wizards from the Long Sword Bank appeared and started a fight.”

“Just as I am a being whose soul has already been torn apart and is as good as dead, the doll who was already dead and came back to life as a puppet is not Evenna. It is only a part of Evenna that was temporarily freed from the Demon King’s spell.”

“They whispered something to each other at the last minute, but they said they didn’t hear what was said.”

“···I managed to hide in a corner so no one could see me, but I don’t know why anyone bothered to look at this old man’s trick.”

“I have many friends who have bright eyes and ears. I don’t think they were trying to force me to spy on them either.”

Tena, who cared for her friends, suddenly realized that she would really miss them.

Maybe the demon god will cast out Thena too easily. Like Edin, she doesn’t have to hear the whisper that ‘the love of her life has been raped,’ but she might run out in excitement when she hears, ‘They’ve prepared a birthday party.’

Although her expressions have become dull under Yajin, her colleagues may complain that Thena’s reactions are as dull as always, even before the cake. However, her Thena’s heart will be dancing even at that moment…

That doesn’t happen anymore. Thena laughed at her happy imagination, then she folded it up and threw it away.

“Can I ask what you talked about?”

“Should I listen?”

“Well, should I listen?”

“If you ask me, what does that mean?”

“It’s you who lived a thousand years, not me.”

Edin understood. She seemed unsure whether she understood. So she explained it as if it were being told to her.

“I don’t know what kind of hardship I have been forced to endure. I think I know in my head, but ten centuries is something a twenty-four-year-old cannot fathom. When I look back at the world after those years, I see the things I remember and love. Everything will disappear, and I will become a stranger in a world where even the tomb of unrequited love has turned to dust.”

“That’s right.”

“In fact, if everything goes well, if fragmented hatred like yours doesn’t escape, you won’t even know what kind of world you are and what kind of stranger you are.”

“That’s true. That’s right. I sincerely hope you’re better than I.”

“When that time comes. I wonder how I will regret it, thinking about the things I left behind. As an inexperienced person, I want to hear it. I think it will give me immunity like a vaccination. But as an experienced person, I think it will hinder my ability to endure the future. If you think about it, you don’t have to say it.”

Edin moaned in pain and rocked her body back and forth. She was like a teacher who was asked a difficult question by a child, and Thena burst out laughing.

“I don’t think it’s a field where experienced people can gain insight. It might be better to ask the longevity servants.”

“No one has made a sacrifice like you. Her beautiful story of seeing her again, even after over a thousand years, is unique. The only person who can answer her question is Edin.”

“Actually, I think I probably knew. When I hit Jerek’s head… That he was never the man to threaten Evenna.”

Before getting to the point, Edin said in pain. Only then did she let me know.

“So everyone said it was my fault, and I was sorry.”

“What is Evenna’s answer?”

“I only said three words: ‘I was happy that you existed.'”

Edin laughed happily, then laughed sadly, and then laughed again like a person on the verge of going crazy.

Thena watched quietly as the same smile took on different colors in just a few seconds. One day, Tena’s sadness may also carry that kind of weight.

“As expected, Evenna. You were wiser than me until the last moment. I, I should have told you that too.”

“You must have heard.”

As Edin pondered Tena’s words, she finally smiled and cried.

Tena said she thought it looked better than she thought.

“I can hear it now.”

“What was it like for you? What did you say you said to that guy? ‘Let’s think about what you have rather than what you don’t have’?”

“I did.”

“After all, you are better than I. You will be able to do well.”

“I’m no different from you. Just wait a moment.”

Tena, who had secretly escaped to the mountain, had already reached a considerable height. The Freya Temple Hospital was visible at a glance.

Thena slowly and fully inhaled the cold air. She then looked back.

“Hey, Tan-! You idiot-!”

Her cries were not loud enough to return her echoes.

She can’t even scream. Because she really shouldn’t be heard.

Edin’s heart, which did not even exist, was filled with the feeling of her confinement.

“Are you going to be okay? It’s not going to be okay! Of course, it’s sad! The boy I liked got along with my friend, so what girl likes you just because things went well?”

Thena sighed out the rest of her breath. And again she took a breath, and she cried out.

“And if it goes well, it goes well with one person, but what kind of person is it that you start dating them all? What about the great warrior of lust? What I was going to confess after proudly succeeding was just annoying, so I gave up. Have fun playing dirty games with them!”

Edin pretended not to hear and scratched the snow with her toes.

Tena wondered if she had anything more to say, but decided to just forget about it. If it’s something she won’t say to her partner anyway, she’ll end up alone even if she doesn’t like it when it comes up.

“It’s enough now.”

Edin felt bitter at those reassuring words. She truly had the attitude of a master of despair.

Who owns the key to the world temple? What are the criteria by which that insidious sword selects its wielder?

It is a masterpiece by Comrade Rezandartam, and is itself Edin’s comrade in arms. However, Edin could not just cherish and love the warrior sword Despair.

Unlike other warrior swords, that sword had a cruel side. This is evident from the fact that she found Thena while condoning the sacrifices of countless ‘Yajins’.

Is courage the standard? Do you value the courage to dare to step into the world temple?

No. If that’s the case, then Mancellarion and Isilun Sunstorm, and at least Adamantone, who overcame himself, would be qualified as well. Heroic decisions are more common than you might think. This is why humans are beautiful.

So, is patience the standard? It was like that at one time.

But the day a man killed his friend, Despair Gadum realized that he had misjudged the human being. No human being is free from variables, and even a personality like Edin becomes crazy when he is stabbed by evil. Without even looking into it, a twisted misunderstanding can ruin everything.

So the despair lingered for a long time. And I found the perfect person…

“Are you sure it’s okay?”

“It’s what I want.”

A shameless person. A calm person. A person who is willing to endure any sacrifice for the sake of one person’s long-term happiness.

Unlike Edin, Thena’s treasure was not taken away because it already became someone else’s property before she had it. And then and now, all Tena wants is to build a fence so that the boy she loves is safe.

That was heartbreaking for Edin. It may be an adult thing to advise him that he should live for himself, but this world, twisted at the hands of Mithras, ultimately needs a burnt offering for tomorrow’s sunshine.

All Edin could do was just walk along. Their footsteps cross the distant forest until they reach the entrance of the World Temple.

“There was a country girl who loved a country boy.”

Edin looked back at Thena. Thena calmly pulled away from her despair.

“This is not a heroic tale, a myth, or a tragedy. It is simply the story of a country girl who wishes for the well-being of a boy and becomes a wanderer into oblivion.”

He then inserted it into the keyhole of the stone door located deep in the temple. The entire gigantic structure trembled as if trembling, and she opened her deep maw to Thena.

Thena took her own steps into the endless darkness.

“It’s time to end it.”