Chapter 300 – Episode 300 – [Knight of Pure Love: Origin] Knight of Rebellion
* Episode 300 – [Knight of Pure Love: Origin] Knight of Rebellion
The next day.
I made up my mind and made a reservation at a luxurious restaurant.
Ji-hyeon, who became like my stepdaughter, smiled happily while wearing a revealing dress that she rarely wore.
She was happy as if she were a princess and scattered flowers of smiles around her.
“How do you think, is it pretty?”
“Pretty, pretty.”
From his attire to his actions, it was obvious what he was aiming for, so it was cute in a way, but those feelings quickly sunk deep inside.
To be honest, I can’t be happy.
The more you rejoice, the sooner you will be disappointed.
‘7 years…’
It didn’t feel real yesterday, but it’s a long time for humans.
It was only a small portion of hundreds of years, but it was enjoyable in its own way.
-At first, they were wary of me, but when I brought them the ashes of my parents in spirit form, they relaxed and cried loudly, expressing their gratitude.
-Jihyun still has that urn. Before going out for training, she always has a habit of saying hello and leaving.
-She had the potential to become a ranker from the beginning, so she accepted everything she taught like a sponge.
-She is usually a quiet reading girl, but she was a normal cute girl, except for the violence she showed at that time and the evil inside her, so every time I taught her, she was timid.
‘…’
-Jihyun didn’t forget what she heard the day she was picked up by me, and she wanted to conquer the tower and bring back her parents as a reward.
-She knows better than anyone else the eyes of those who have expectations or greed for the tower.
-She didn’t let this child make the same mistake as me. She secretly followed her when she was trying to climb the tower and saved her from danger.
-At that time, she was very scared, so she stopped secretly climbing the tower after that. The problem is that since that day, people have been giving me strange and passionate looks…
‘… When I listed it like this, I realized that there wasn’t much else to do other than that.’
She tried to keep her affection as much as possible in anticipation of Freya’s behavior, but it was still impossible.
From the moment Jihyun started giving her affection from her side, she became conscious.
She is 19 years old.
The day she becomes an adult.
She knows what this means to the girl she loves.
It’s not that he did anything wrong. As a man, I am just grateful that you fall in love.
But that is never love.
I was hungry after losing her family and was looking for someone to fill it, and by chance, I was caught.
“…”
“Oppa.”
“…”
“Oppa?”
“… Ah.”
“You’re blank again~?”
Lift your chin.
As she was immersed in the lingering thoughts for a moment, the sight of Jihyun waving a wine glass with a sly expression caught her eye again.
It was funny because she was a child who had just become an adult and was relaxed about a topic she had never even talked about.
“Oppa. Do you remember that~?”
“What?”
“When you first met me!”
Nod.
“I can recall it like it was yesterday.”
It’s not a joke.
It’s true.
For me, a constellation, seven years were too short.
“But why is that?”
“At that time, you said that if you enter the tower, even dead people can come back to life, and what might happen to your skills?”
“That’s not a guarantee, I’m just saying this based on a guess that it could be so-“
“-But no matter how I think about it, it’s strange.”
I chewed my words.
Then, like the protagonist of her favorite mystery novel, she raised her eyebrows and considered it seriously.
“I always wondered why they recommended TOP to me, who was an elementary school student at the time.”
“… Why?”
“Well, that’s strange. That’s also how my brother suddenly appeared at the top. Even though I didn’t ask anything, he caught a taxi and sent me home. Even though he was Korean, he didn’t even have an ID, and he watched me until the night and then immediately invited me to the top. Right?”
… It’s suspicious if you say it like that.
Anyone can see that he is a degenerate.
Especially the latter part just mentioned.
The part where the man who saved the child in the morning suddenly appears at night and invites them to go to the tower is very suspicious.
“So? It’s true that it’s strange no matter who hears it. What did you infer from that?”
“Oppa, you haven’t aged at all compared to back then. I was wondering if I was looking at it wrong, so I compared it to a photo I took a long time ago, and it’s the same.”
“It’s only been 7 years since I lived with you. Even if I were 20 years old at the time, the change would be like that of a 27-year-old, but would that be visible?”
“That’s true too. But do you know what?”
“What else?”
“It was just like that, but every time I mention it like this, he says my age ambiguously or says it completely incorrectly. Isn’t that just a vague guess because he doesn’t know his age?”
“…”
“The result of such detailed catching…!”
Dugudugu.
Dugudugu.
Braided! I shouted.
“I came to the conclusion that my brother might be immortal!”
“…!”
“Plus, the place we’re staying is the Silver Tower, and I felt like my brother was obsessed with it! Isn’t there something to do with it!?”
It’s a waste.
It’s similar, but I guessed as far as I could reach.
If we had given more hints, we might have reached the point of constellations.
‘Should I call him smart or clever?’
I answered Jihyun’s guess with a laugh.
“As expected! Right!? You’ve lived in the tower for so long that you’re so knowledgeable about it, right? Could it be because you received a curse-like skill like me!?”
“Do you think that I saw your situation and sympathized with you and saved you?”
“That was one of the things I expected!”
No.
It’s just a coincidence.
Furthermore, I was just caught up in the devil’s prank.
Although I was smiling, my smile became increasingly hard.
“I have no intention of answering how much of your reasoning was right and how wrong. However, saving you was just a whim. I saved you because it was a situation like that.”
“… Huh?”
I got along without thinking, but I have no intention of becoming attached here anymore.
Didn’t you come here to say goodbye today in the first place?
“What are you thinking, digging into something like that?”
“Yes?”
“If I were that kind of being, what would I do?”
“Ah…”
When I asked her in a low voice, Jihyeon put down her shaking glass and became quite serious.
As she was choosing her words and thinking about how to respond, her face became increasingly red.
…
… I don’t like predicting what’s going to happen next.
“Heh, if it’s okay…”
Jihyeon said, clasping her hands together and writhing.
“Well, taking that into consideration… What if my brother says he likes it…?”
I committed it.
I tapped the tablecloth with my index finger and did not answer.
“This like is not in the family sense we always talked about… It’s in a rational sense…”
Knock knock knock.
“If you conquer the tower, there will be a way to become immortal…”
Knock knock knock.
“If that happens… Can you also accept me…?”
Knock knock knock.
Knock…
“… What are your parents going to do?”
“I will find a way to save my life. And I will find a way to live with my brother.”
“The tower is not as formidable as you think, much less a place where dreams come true. There is no way it will grant not one, but two of your childish wishes.”
“That said, I will prioritize saving my parents. And if I end up not being able to spend the same amount of time with my brother… I want to at least have a child.”
Then she reached out and grabbed my right arm, which was pounding the tablecloth.
I’m shaking because I’m scared that I might get up from my seat.
“I’m an adult now?”
“So?”
“Now I have nothing to worry about, and I’m at an age where I can have a child with my brother…”
Then he lifted his other hand onto the tablecloth and dropped a key.
It is not a house key.
This is the key from the hotel that is collaborating with the restaurant we reserved.
“… No?”
Yes No I was scared from the moment I got the room.
Love is heavy.
I tried my best not to show affection, but why did this happen?
“What made you think like that? I always correct your name, but you know that he’s a stuffy old man. He’s not a particularly attractive person, and he’s been around the tower and partying with kids who are the same age as you, so why me?”
“I feel sorry for my brother…”
“Me?”
“… I once secretly crawled into my brother’s room while he was sleeping. He was just crying.”
Once he didn’t throw away his hand, he felt reassured by my reaction and told me why he thought that way.
“He was obviously sleeping, but he was crying, sobbing, and muttering as if he was hallucinating… So when I saw him sleeping peacefully when I held his hand, I felt sorry for him because he seemed like he was suffering from something.”
I knew it right away when I heard it.
Seongyeon is work.
I have been watching things about Seongyeon for the past 7 years.
Of course, I couldn’t see it in front of him, so I always watched it in my head or mind.
Thanks to that, I showed myself doing a lot of different things while idling for the past 7 years.
“Isn’t that why you took me in and helped me?”
It’s a misunderstanding.
However, the problem is that it is a misunderstanding that cannot be resolved.
“Are you going to lick the wounds of people who are also sick?”
“Then you can’t?”
When I tried to pull my hand away, he held me tighter, as if to block me.
The eyes had already made up their minds.
“Oppa. Whether I like it or not, I’ll just do it once.”
“It’s not something you can decide so easily.”
“You can keep it simple. Just let us make memories. I won’t threaten you or anything like that. I’ll forgive you even if we break up after that.”
-I want to have a special coming of age ceremony.
-I want to do it with someone I like.
-I want memories that will last a lifetime.
“That’s all, isn’t that okay?”
‘Damn.’
I covered my head.
“What if you say you don’t like even that…?”
“I’ll live with the thought that that’s how much I hated him. Still, we spent a long time together, but I thought that even that wasn’t working. The next day, he’d be lying down in the tower somewhere.”
…
… Jihyun compromised.
You don’t have to date, so just ask for memories.
Then you can live without dying.
I’m calm now, but since I’m fundamentally a hot-tempered person who doesn’t think back and forth, I knew this wasn’t just a lie.
‘If you refuse, you’ll really die.’
You will no longer be able to keep Freya’s orders.
Moreover, the seven years we spent together become meaningless.
Then…
“Okay… Let me ask you one thing instead.”
“… What is it?!”
When I showed signs of agreement, I spoke to Jihyun, whose eyes brightened and the corners of her mouth turned up.
“After tonight, I’m going to talk about something very important to you and me. Whatever I say then, just accept it calmly.”
“Yes? Yes…”
He blushed and said that it would be nice if he could have memories.
It pricked my conscience because it looked like Seongyeon’s expression when she was looking at me.