Chapter 194 – Chapter 49. Common Destiny.
– Sister.
– Huh.
– I don’t think I can live anymore.
– What does that mean? Let’s not be bad, huh?
– I’m having a hard time.
– I’ll help you a lot.
– My sister can’t help me. Noona can’t help
– No. I’ll help. I can help
– Thanks, sister.
– Thank you. Thank you for being alive
However, he was found dead the next day. The cause of death was excessive bleeding. He cut his wrists and lay in bed as a cold corpse. Looking at the bed that had turned red all over, Catherine cried out in despair.
From then on, she developed a strange habit. She starts to hurt herself and she sees things sometimes. In particular, those associated with the Demon Church and the necromancer were caught and killed in a frenzy. As if to avenge him.
As soon as Catherine awoke from the nightmare, she shuddered with anxiety. Her unbearable pain chewed through her whole body. She struggled and eventually lost patience and began slashing herself with the knife. Ah-. Each time her blood flowed in her long veins, she gradually forgot her suffering in her pain. Her entire body was covered in blood in an instant.
Hearing her painful screams, someone came from the room next to her. The benevolent healer looked at her hero and shook her head with her sad expression.
“… Captain…”
Facing Catherine, exhausted and gasping for her blood pouring out, the Healer reached out to her and gave her Heal. The wound she cut with her knife soon healed again. Only blood stains were left on her body.
“I heard that you are going to meet Kang Ji-hyuk Hero today. But what if it happens again?”
“Raby… Does heaven really exist?”
The warrior stretched out his hand and asked like a child. Tears welled up in his moist eyes.
“He must have gone to heaven, right? … You’re a good kid. You’re such a good kid. If he doesn’t go to heaven, who will? Right? Because I, I’m going to hell later. Because I will pay the penalty for committing suicide…”
“I would have gone. It’s clear.”
“Yes? Right? He… , You must have gone to heaven, right?”
The warrior eventually fell to the floor and sobbed. The healer let out a long sigh and gently patted the crying warrior on the back.
Catherine still has not forgotten her colleague, who committed suicide a few years before her. The two had been together before she became her candidate for hero. Having been together for many years, the two have become closer than family. … Obviously, there was no lack of love between the opposite sex in that feeling.
So his suicide left her with a very serious trauma. Maybe I can’t erase it for the rest of my life…
She went to her bath and washed her blood off her body. Coming out of her bath, her complexion was still pale.
Worried about the hero’s body, the healer asked if she would rather postpone today’s appointment. However, the hero firmly shook her head.
“No, you have to go. Must.”
Catherine would abuse her own body as if she were paying for her sins. She believes that if she does, her brother will go to her heaven.
She, of course, had several major conflicts with her other co-workers because of this. Each time, she screamed as if in a fit and told her to leave if she didn’t like it. And the number of her colleagues who left in that way has already exceeded her ten fingers.
Suffering from her great trauma, she was obviously abnormal. Rumors of her had already spread all over the world. A mad warrior As a result, her fellow warriors tended to ignore or avoid her. It’s clear that she won’t look good if she gets entangled.
To be honest, Healer couldn’t completely trust this hero named Kang Ji-hyeok at first. But Catherine’s faith in him was strangely strong. Of course, she didn’t know why.
“I will be back.”
Catherine the Warrior left her mansion. … Healer earnestly prayed that only good things would happen to the captain.
· · ·
He wandered around Ji-hyeok’s mansion as if it were his own, and heard about Catherine while drinking tea from Ji-hyeok.
“… Catherine, is that her?”
Gunda asked the name again, as if he knew something, so she asked if he knew Jihyeok. Gunda’s brow narrowed slightly.
“She’s pretty famous in this world.”
“… Are you famous?”
“Yes. … It’s not very good, though.”
Jihyeok asked me to talk. Gunda thought she had something to talk about for the first time in a while, so she excitedly started teasing her snout.
“People have gone crazy since the death of her close colleague brother. A madman, a self-harm, a murderer… There are many crazy ones among the warriors, but that woman is especially the worse crazy one.”
Jihyeok was also the first to hear about it. Of course, among the warriors, where was the top, but it wasn’t to the extent that I felt strange in the previous episode.
“You, too, should have nothing to do with her. You won’t see anything good.”
At Gunda’s words, Jihyeok nodded lightly a couple of times. He had no reason to talk to him about the things that came and went between the two of them.
After a while, Gunda left, and the warrior Catherine visited her mansion as promised. Her soft smile on her face didn’t look particularly lunatic.
“Nice to meet you, Warrior Kang Ji-hyeok.”
“Welcome, Catherine.”
Ji-hyeok took the warrior Catherine to the office. Apparently, this meeting has a businesslike nature, so the office seems to be more appropriate than the drawing room.
The two soon entered the office and talked about the Devil Church. In particular, Catherine’s information was surprisingly detailed and numerous, even to Ji-hyeok. … I still don’t know if she’s a crazy bitch or not, but it seemed like she caught a glimpse of her terrible obsession with the Devil Church.
This information was related to one branch, so it was difficult to deal with the enemy with her team alone. According to her guess, there were as many as three hundred people involved in this incident. There was a wide variety of races, ages, and genders.
“The Demon Church is very quick-witted. So, I want to bring the number of people to a minimum. Otherwise, they will notice in advance and run away.”
This time, especially since it was a job that required secrecy, there was a concern that if the number of warriors was too large, it would rather ruin the work. Jihyeok, who had a lot of experience, fully understood that.
Even if the total number of people was about 300, the number of crow troops there was around 100. In other words, it would be no problem to face only two teams, S-class Kang Ji-hyeok and A-class Catherine.
“How are you going to catch it?”
“The Demon Church holds meetings periodically. It is a procedure to check if there is a traitor inside. Reaffirm your loyalty there. Through the devil.”
“… So, are you going to do a surprise attack at that meeting?”
“Yes.”
It was the most common way to catch the Demon Church. Of course, the problem is that we don’t know when and where the meeting will be held.
To be honest, I couldn’t say it wasn’t dangerous at all. The opponent was the Demon Church. Beings who can’t predict how it will come out in any way. Those who are willing to give their lives to the devil, what can they not do!
However, Ji-hyeok could no longer just watch the devil’s cult run around. Reducing their number even just a little bit will help in the showdown with the Great Demon King. After all, these guys gather and gather and all become victims of demon summoning.
“Well, good. Since you seem to know Catherine better than I do, I will go along with your plan if it sees fit.”
“… Thank you.”
“What do you have to be thankful for? Punishing the Demon Church is all for the sake of peace on the continent.”
Catherine was suddenly speechless. She fiddled with the teacup for a long time, and soon she caught his eye and slowly opened her mouth.
“… Do you know my rumors?”
One corner of Jihyeok’s mouth rose slowly.
“Yes, I know.”
“… By the way, why did you say you would join me?”
“Oh, I didn’t know then. I heard the rumor recently.”
“… Oh, is it?”
Catherine’s gaze fell slightly. She couldn’t see the confident and righteous hero she had felt before. … This was not what Jihyo wanted.
“I don’t regret it, though. If I could go back then, I would have accepted your offer.”
She looked at him again.
“… The warrior I saw before, Catherine, was just, proud, and passionate.”
Catherine licked her dry lips. Jihyeok continued with his words.
“Catherine… There is no life without trials in the world. Everyone has trials. As it was with you, so it was with me.”
She didn’t say anything It was something she didn’t want to do.
“I don’t want to say anything about you. I don’t even want to talk about the cliché about getting through the ordeal. There are many wounds that don’t heal forever. Because we are weak human beings. … But.”
Jihyeok’s voice suddenly became heavy. Catherine felt a thrill in her heart.
“Don’t forget that you are a warrior. Whether it’s crying and screaming or acting like a mad bitch, any weak human can do it. … But the moment you forget that you are a warrior, you become nothing. It means that the death of your comrades is also a dog death.”
“Don’t say things like that!”
At the mention of her colleague who had committed suicide, she screamed as if in a sudden fit. There was madness in her eyes as she glared at him. But he just laughed lightly.
“So, I mean don’t make his death in vain. I’m trying to help the hero Catherine, not the human Catherine. … Do you know what I mean?”
It was a cold word. … But she was strangely comforted by his words. She didn’t even know where it was.
… Everyone in her avoided her, calling her a crazy bitch. No one had ever said anything like this before. Just forget about it and start over.
“I cry and blow and do as much as I want. I don’t care. … But don’t forget that you are a warrior.”
“… I don’t forget. Me too, I’ll never forget that. That is my mission.”
Jihyeok smiled.
“Then I’m glad. Catherine Warrior. … If you’re having a hard time, come to me. I will help as long as I can.”
“… Yes, Thank you.”
The heavy talk ended there. Jihyeok said something else as if to evoke the atmosphere.
“Do you want to go eat?”
“No, thanks. … My business is over, so I’ll just go back.”
“Do whatever you want.”
The two said a brief goodbye and parted ways.
Catherine climbed into the carriage parked outside the front door. This is-. The carriage soon passed through the front door and went out.
Whoa.
When the tension was released, a long sigh came out.
… Definitely not a normal person.
As rumored, he was an unusual person. She was instantly overwhelmed by his words and mood. When she came to her senses, she was already on top of his palm.
Catherine thought she was good at choosing Jihyeok. … At least it didn’t seem like there would be conflicts over personal issues while working together.
– Cry, blow, do whatever you want as much as you want. I don’t care. … But don’t forget that you are a warrior.
… She seemed to smell a familiar scent from him for some reason.
For some reason, she felt as if she also had deep scars on him.
