Chapter 902 – 902. Hyunseong Joo (5)
Belldandi couldn’t say anything.
In his heart, he wanted to refute Ju Hyeon-seong’s words.
No, the gods or other selves that existed in another dimension might have been like that, but they said they were different.
He says he doesn’t treat Eun-hyeon as a tool like that.
He wanted to say that he wanted to do his best to help him and minimize the damage to humans in the underworld.
‘You say that… Will anything change?’
No matter what you say, the experiences that Joo Hyeon-seong or another Eun-hyeon went through do not disappear.
The feeling of loss from losing loved ones.
The countless pains suffered from battles with demons.
Once experienced, the scars engraved on the body and soul will never disappear.
Even though he died and remained as a remnant of his memories, he could tell from the reaction that he sent straight anger and hatred towards himself.
“Sorry… That’s right.”
It was Belldandi’s voice that seemed to be squeezing as he closed his eyes tightly.
It was not something she had done, but the goddess’s voice, which was buried in a feeling of repentance for the crime she had committed, contained deep remorse.
“Well, that’s what it says. Actually, neither me nor this guy have any plans to retaliate against you.”
He relaxed his expression and smiled again, trying to create a light atmosphere, but Belldandy’s heart could hardly be lightened.
“Really… Is it… ?”
“Well, that guy can hardly stay still, but I’ll try to stop him.”
“Why are you even doing that?”
“You said that. I can’t take sides with either him or this guy.”
Eun-hyeon from another dimension, Eun-hyeon lying in Belldandi’s arms, or Joo Hyeon-seong is just a cherished younger brother.
Besides, there were too many things that bothered him to just leave him alone.
‘Because Yeon-hwa will be sad.’
Every time I see him, I think of his mother.
“Even if she is a goddess, she has no intention of doing anything to you, whom Hyeon-i holds dear.”
Another Eun-hyeon was thinking of trying to calm him down somehow.
It was only after hearing Joo Hyeon-seong’s confirmation answer, which gave him a small bitter smile, that Belldandy was able to put his mind at ease.
“But I agree with the guy I spoke with earlier.”
“A while ago I… ?”
“As long as you continue to be by his side, he cannot grow any more.”
“…”
At Joo Hyeon-seong’s words, Belldandy recalled what another Eun-hyeon had said.
– You mean
-If you don’t get out of that woman’s skirt, you can’t become strong forever.
Another cruel thing he said to Eunhyun.
Those words were heard by Belldandi, who was watching from afar with a nervous feeling.
I couldn’t understand what you meant.
So he was even more embarrassed and angry.
“What the hell do you mean by that? The child… I haven’t been able to help him much so far, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been able to help at all.”
“I know that.”
Ju Hyun-seong had no intention of denying the fact itself.
The reason why Eunhyeon was able to grow so far is because the power of Belldandi, who was able to freely control the flow of time only for herself, played a big role.
“It means that the stage where we can grow with your help ends here.”
“…”
Belldandy shut his mouth.
No matter what he said, there seemed to be no room for Joo Hyun-seong’s expression to shake.
Another Eunhyeon’s words left a huge scar on Belldandi’s words, but the helplessness of not being able to refute his words left a bigger scar on Belldandy’s heart.
Even if he wanted to refute it, Belldandi didn’t know anything about ‘martial arts’.
It was embarrassing and pitiful.
“I… What should I do?”
For the sake of Eunhyeon’s growth, Belldandy suppressed his sad heart and asked Joo Hyeonseong.
“Remove the protection. As long as he continues to rely on your authority and power, he will not be able to grow.”
“…”
Belldandy lowered his head and looked at Eunhyun’s face in his arms.
It was clearly decided what to do for Eunhyeon.
However, putting it into practice required a greater determination than I thought.
“A little bit… Can you give me some time, for me and the child?”
“You do that.”
Hyunseong Joo nodded and accepted Belldandi’s request.
In this dream world, the flow of time is jumbled.
Even if Eunhyeon and Belldandy spent several days, it could have been just a moment from Joo Hyunseong’s point of view.
There was no problem at all.
“… Thank you.”
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After the conversation, the background surrounding Eunhyeon and Belldandi changed completely.
Just like the first time we held hands and walked down the street, the background changed to a pure white space as soon as we entered Joo Hyun-seong’s dojo.
Just like when they first entered this dream, they were in Eunhyeon’s room.
“Ugh…”
Eunhyun, who frowned while letting out a small moan, began to regain consciousness little by little.
“Hey. Are you okay?”
“Berdandi… ? Ah.”
Eunhyun, who came to her senses belatedly, raised her upper body and looked around him.
“Here is… My room?”
Eunhyun felt the same sense of déjà vu as when she first woke up in this dreamy room.
It’s as if the memory of fighting Joo Hyun-seong wasn’t an illusion, a surprisingly similar sense of déjà vu.
But it couldn’t have been an illusion.
He instinctively stroked his once-broken neck to check his condition.
“…”
“How is your body?”
“… I’m fine.”
It was strangely fine.
Eunhyun turned her head and asked Belldandi, who let out a sigh of relief.
“What happened?”
“I don’t know either. When the child named Ju Hyeon-seong disappeared, the white space also disappeared and turned into a foreigner.”
“… Okay.”
Eunhyun nodded her head slightly.
Although the details of what had happened were unknown, he himself died as his neck was broken by Hyun-seong Joo.
That was the last memory Eunhyeon remembered.
“Just now, that Hyeonseong hyung…”
It wasn’t epiphany.
Come to think of it, the powers and skills he showed were similar to those of Ju Hyeon-seong in prototype, but something was different.
After thinking about what the hell it was, it was Belldandy who solved the question.
“Hey.”
“Yes?”
“Actually, that child just…”
After Eunhyeon collapsed, Belldandy carefully told the story he had heard from Juhyeonseong.
The story of another existence that was identified with the appearance of Ju Hyun-seong.
Even the fact that the existence is the remnants of memories left by Eun-hyeon from another dimension that the previous Eun-hyeon forcibly possessed in her soul.
Eunhyeon, who had heard the whole story, listened to Belldandy’s story even with a surprised expression on her face.
“Yes… Ok…”
Eunhyun nodded his head with a hard face.
Another reason he hates and despises the goddesses.
And maybe the future he might have reached.
The possibility of being manipulated by the goddess and degraded into a sword that kills demons until she dies, and never ends up as a human being.
Just imagining it is terrifying.
“The child… Did you know the future that child reached?”
Belldandy asked cautiously.
Eun-hyeon had possessed another Eun-hyeon’s swordsmanship into her soul in order to overcome Jupiter’s ordeal before.
However, Eunhyeon had never glimpsed such a memory.
“No. I never did.”
Eunhyeon shook his head in denial.
In the first place, what Eunhyeon possessed was only a small part of the memories he possessed.
There was one thing that bothered me a bit.
I felt a strong obsession in his swordsmanship, as if he had suffered something evil.
However, it was not a dark emotion like hatred or anger toward the goddess.
“Hmm… Perhaps it was because there was no such thing as memory at all from the point of being manipulated by God.”
He felt very ironic and bitter that he had to guess and recite the atrocities of other gods and himself.
Seeing Eunhyun with a complicated expression, lost in thought, Belldandi spoke cautiously.
“… Child.”
“Yes?”
“Are you disappointed?”
“…”
As for what the disappointment was about, I knew right away without even asking.
Seeing the reaction of the goddess who was very nervous while looking at her eyes, she couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.
“Berdandy.”
“Hmm…”
“Are you anxious?”
Belldandi was startled and shook his shoulders.
He felt like he had been stabbed to the point.
Eunhyeon smiled and hugged the goddess to calm her down.
“Are you okay.”
“But…”
“Does Belldandi intend to manipulate my mind, like the other me? Or are you going to?”
“No, no! I can’t do that!”
“Then why are you so anxious?”
“That child… Does he think of the future the child would have gone through… It was so heartbreaking.”
Sick and sorry
A terrible tragedy that he did not do himself, but as a result of himself and other gods.
When he heard the story, he couldn’t think of anything to comfort him.
No, it must have been a terrible experience that would not work no matter what comforts and excuses.
“That Belldandi and Belldandi are different. Likewise, I and the other me are completely different beings.”
Even if they have the same origin or starting point, they are completely different beings carrying completely different experiences, thoughts, and thoughts from a certain moment.
And haven’t the restrictions within the divine protection already granted to his soul disappeared?
It means respecting oneself as a person, and it was the consideration of the goddesses who acknowledged themselves.
The new world here and the new world she experienced were sadly different, but very different.
“This isn’t Verdandi, it’s my problem to solve.”
It had to be Eun-hyeon who had to settle with another Eun-hyeon.
“Sorry. And… Thanks…”
Belldandy bowed his head and apologized and thanked again and again.
“Hey.”
“Yes.”
“Really my blessing… Is it true that you were interfering with the child’s growth?”
“…”
Eunhyun couldn’t answer right away.
That was also a problem I had been thinking about.
While contemplating what could be the cause of his own growth stagnation, it was a possibility that he briefly came up with, but Eun-hyeon immediately erased that thought.
It may have been because of Belldandy’s anxiety that she might be seriously hurt if she ever found out about this, and also because she considered the divine protection and authority bestowed by the goddess as part of herself that she should never lose.
While he was contemplating what to say, Verdandy opened his mouth with a look of great determination.
“Okay.”
“Yes?”
“If only I could help a child…”
“But Belldandy.”
Eunhyun made a surprised expression as if she had heard an unexpected story.
She tried to dissuade the goddess, saying that she didn’t have to go that far, but Belldandi didn’t change her firm resolve.
“I am not leaving my child. It’s just temporarily withdrawing the power you gave to the child’s soul.”
“…”
But perhaps being together is impossible.
It was also a device that allowed Eunhyeon to be with Belldandi.
Although temporary, it was something she had never thought about.
Eun-hyun really becomes alone.
“I am… Here she is waiting for a child. So, she must return safely. Got it?”
Any more she reaped the goddess’ protection meant that the firewall that would protect his mind would disappear.
The reason why he was able to stand up somehow after enduring a series of difficult and harsh hardships was because the divine protection functioned so that his heart and mind would not collapse.
If she is exposed to constant danger without that protective protection, can Eun-hyeon’s mind and heart withstand it?
Eunhyeon knew very well what Belldandi was worried about.
Even though he was worried about it, he withdrew his blessing.
For Eunhyun’s growth.
“… All right.”
Eun-hyeon nodded her head at the goddess’ great determination.
The goddess’ hand carefully touched his chest.
A touch full of affection, as if stroking your precious partner.
Before long, the touch of Belldandy changed.
Belldandi grabbed Eunhyun by the shoulder and pushed her back.
“Uh?”
It was a very weak arm, but Eun-hyeon was pushed back without realizing it.
As she lay on the bed with a puzzled expression on her face, Belldandi climbed on top of Eunhyun.
“Berdandi… ?”
Belldandy took off his clothes and threw them away.
When the clothes covering her breasts were removed, the pure white goddess was revealed.
“Just for tonight… Stay with me.”
Belldandy’s lips overlapped Eunhyeon’s as he bent his upper body.
