- Chapter 2

“Gasp”

 

Elschnein faltered back with her mouth wide open while grabbing both cheeks with both hands.

 

That appearance reminded her of Munch’s ‘Scream’ she had learned in art and liberal arts classes in her previous life.

 

Arwen lies in front of her with eyes closed.

 

Oh, my. What’s going on? Did the date I know is wrong?

 

Looking at the calendar again and again, exactly a year has passed since the day Arwen was taken down the cliff.

 

“The deadline has come…”

 

She let go of the calendar she was flipping over with her trembling hands and tore her hair off.

 

“Ruined, it’s ruined!”

 

A year after the original work begins, the activities of the demon clan begin in earnest.

 

Therefore, even if it is a little late, I waited for her to wake up within a year, but…

 

That deadline has ended.

 

“No…”

 

Originally, Arwen was going to die, then before the crazy Kylian would go more crazy, she would have been sticking close to him and helping him by now.

 

As The female dead and the male lead went crazy on the book, this novel she possessed, followed that cliché.

 

Kylian doesn’t believe when Arwen, who he thought was dead, returns, and thinks that she is a spy sent by the demon clan.

 

In the end, the power of love overcomes everything, and uses it to prevent the conspiracy of the devil who will crush not only the world but also the heavenly world.

 

But what will happen if female lead Arwen is missing here?

 

‘Kilian will get tarnished by magi, become an evil spirit … ‘

 

Then Kylian dies.

 

And the world comes to an end.

 

All the hard work Elschnein has done for 20 years is completely ruined.

 

“What should I do? What should I do with this?”

 

She squatted in the corner of the cabin and pondered for days and days, tearing off her blue hair.

 

When she saw the blue hair she ripped on the floor, as she staggered because there was nothing to eat.

 

Elschnein jumped up with her fist clenched.

 

Finally, she get the answer.

 

“I have no choice but to play the role of Arwen first.”

 

Looking at the date, it is time for Kylian to face danger soon.

 

First of all, I had to turn off the urgent light.

 

‘And if according to the original work… I will be able to get it.’

 

The Flower of Life.

 

I don’t know why Arwen can’t wake up, but that will definitely revive Arwen. Elschnine closed his mouth.

 

In an instant, her goals became two.

 

First, temporarily replacing Arwen’s role so that Kylian is not stained with magi.

 

Second, reviving Arwen in the meantime so that Kylian’s love can come true.

 

‘You can do it. You’ll be able to do it.’

 

She looked out the window with a determined eye.

 

The morning sun was shining as if cheering for her resolution.

 

‘To do so, the first thing I have to do is…’

 

‘To entrust Arwen to ‘there’…’

 

Then bring her in front of Kylian.

 

Fuuhaa, fuuhaa.

 

Elschnein took a long deep breath. In front of her eyes was a flowing valley.

 

After I overworked myself to entrusting Arwen in a hurry, my whole body was tired.

 

‘Aside from being tired, considering my physical condition, it won’t take that long.’

 

Until I pour out all of my strength as a spirit.

 

After wiping off the sweat on her forehead, Elschnein slowly reached out her hand and began to summon water.

 

The water generated in the air fell sharply over the valley water.

 

‘Kylian hasn’t cut off the contract with me yet, but… I can’t use that power now, so I have to use only my power.”

 

Elschnein was the spirit of water.

 

Since the spirit was part of nature, it was possible to control nature without a contractor, but there were clear restrictions.

 

She could only use as much as she had in her bowl. Beyond that, she may disappear.

 

Therefore, the spirit did not use the force in the bowl as much as possible.

 

 

‘Elschnein, never use the power of the bowl from now on. Since you signed a contract with me.’

 

 

Obviously, Kylian make a promised with her when he was young, wrapped their pinky tightly.

 

However, Elschnein broke the promise three times.

 

The first is when Arwen was kidnapped,

 

the second is when Arwen was revived,

 

and the last is right now.

 

When Arwen was revived, she had already put most of her energy into it, so now there was only a handful left.

 

So it was dangerous to use the power of the bowl now.

 

‘But this is the best way.’

 

There was also a way for her to use the one with Kylian’s, but it didn’t fit her plan.

 

She might be very accidentally, aaaccidentally discovered by Kylian.

 

For example, when Kylian’s divine magic as a child is triggered and accidentally discovers her.

 

And the conditions for the triggering of the divine magic are…

 

“Ugh…”

 

Splash- the amount of water she summoned increased, her consciousness gradually became blurred.

 

‘It’s now.’

 

Just before all the faint power disappeared, she stopped pouring in at a close moment and closed her eyes.

 

‘In order to activate the divine magic, it was necessary to lose consciousness…’

 

The divine magic Kylian put on Elschnein was to be activated at a moment when her life was in critical condition.

 

And finally, consciousness flashed.

 

 

***

 

 

“Ugh!”

 

Elschnein hurriedly exhaled and opened her eyes.

 

‘Is the di, divine magic triggered?’

 

As she looked around.

 

There is a huge, spectacular circular hall, and in the center, she stood far away. It was a strange place.

 

Looking down, it was a little blurry. Being summoned next to Kylian as a conscious body.

 

However…

 

‘Where is Kylian?’

 

Looking around, there’s nothing that looks like a human shape. Instead, a large door was seen at the end of the circular hole.

 

The door was splendidly engraved and slightly open. And someone talking in it can be heard.

 

She walked slowly along the sound.

 

‘Is that a Dyrn kingdom…person?’

 

According to the original, Kylian will by now be in the neighboring kingdom, not the Holy Empire.

 

In order to break into the royal castle and destroy the demon clan, who was pretending to be human.

 

“It must be the Dyrn kingdom.”

 

There was a huge tapestry with the patterns of the kingdom on the walls of the circular hall and portraits of all kings.

 

The floor was full of blood. As if slaughter had just occurred.

 

She was nervous for no reason, swallowed her saliva, and put her head out a little through the slightly open door to look inside.

 

‘The throne…?’

 

The first thing she saw was the throne on a wide circular staircase.

 

At the end of the stairs, which gradually narrows as the floor rises, there is a large throne, and someone sits there.

 

Because the flagpole standing next to the door collapsed sideways, it was hard to see who the person was.

 

“Sa, save me! If you save me, I’ll give you everything you want! If you want a throne, I will give you the throne!”

 

The voice of a frightened middle-aged man sounded loud. She was surprised and shrank.

 

A man who appeared to be the king of the Dyrn kingdom was shaking with his knees boiling with a red cape on his body.

 

Elschnein sneaked inside and hid in the place where the flagpole collapsed to find out the situation.

 

“Thrones? I don’t need anything like that.”

 

It sounded very familiar, yet unfamiliar.

 

Elschnine’s eyes opened round.

 

She pulled her head over the flagpole.

 

On the throne on the stairs sat a man who looked like he was protruding from the picture.

 

The white armor that only the holy knight of the Holy Empire could wear, made him look holy, but

 

the red eyes that seemed to osse the world, black hair like pitch black, and force that came from his body it believable as if he was the devil lord.

 

‘Kylian…’

 

Elschnein shrank her shoulders.

 

Blackened by Arwen’s death, Kylian had a much more brutal atmosphere than described in the original.

 

“I’ve already told you what I want. Demon who is covered in the place of King Dyrn.”

“Hiik.”

“If you purposely waited without reporting, you should bring results.”

“Tha, that’s… No matter how much I look for it, it looks like it’s go, gone. As if it completely disappeared…”

 

Swiish, clank!

 

“Disappear you say?”

“Urgh.”

 

In the blink of an eye, a sword flew in front of the demon wearing the king’s mask. The blood on the handle hardened, making it look like a magic sword hoping for blood.

 

Kylian looked down at the terrified man, tapping the tip of his fingernail to his other hand.

 

He looked so calm that couldn’t think if he was the person who just threw the sword.

 

“That’s it. That’s it for you, too.”

“Argh!”

 

Elschnein shrugged in surprise at the desperate scream of the demon.

 

In the past, as a colleague of his, she watched the terrible scene until she was sick of it, but her body reacted without realizing it because it had been a long time.

 

‘The moment when the blackened Kylian killed the demon he left alive to find Arwen.’

 

That was right now.

 

‘Even though he is the guardian of human beings, he didn’t trust them completely, so he used the demon to find Arwen, this is about.’

 

Elschnein was disappointed to find out that she did not get the right timing. If she had come earlier, she could have prevented Kylian from getting hurt.

 

It was the moment she thought so.

 

“…There? Who’s there? Did even a mouse hide in?”

 

Flinched. Her body became nervous.

 

Kylian began to approach her with the sword hanging down.

 

The sound of footsteps and shoes came closer.

 

She clenched her fists with great tension. She was scared to think of meeting her close friends after a long time.

 

‘Kylian must hate me.’

 

A traitor who hid herself by taking away the person he loved without giving him a chance to revive his loved one.

 

That was Elschnein.

 

‘It’s already been determined.’

 

While Elschnein was once again holding herself together, Kylian walked leisurely and came in front of her.

 

When the flag between him and her was removed, the distance from him was about three steps.

 

Slowly, a thin-boned hand came through the flag and rolled up the flag slowly.

 

“I asked who…”

 

And Kylian’s face gradually appeared through the cloth rolled up in a curve.

 

“El… schnein?”

 

Wonder where the man who had just removed the demon by spreading the killer force went. When a man with a blank face was seen.

 

As if she was about to disappear, he hurriedly grabbed her wrist.

 

“…!”

 

Elschnein blinked looking at her friend after 8 years. A moment in the past crossed her mind.

 

It was the moment Kylian gave her divine magic.

 

 

‘If you have a problem with your body when you’re away from me, this magic will be activated. You’ll be shocked because you’ll be summoned unconsciously tho. Just remember this.’

 

 

The boy in his memory smiled as he put down a thick book.

 

Just tell me one thing.

 

The low voice sank as it overlapped with the angry voice.

 

“Where are you now?”

 

 

‘Where is the place you are now?’

 

 

The red eyes had subsided dark.

 

Once again, he said in a growling voice.

 

“After 8 years… you came, is this magic? Elschnein. Where are you dying? Hm?”

 

His red eyes were full of anger. She made up her mind every day for 8 years, but after facing the face of her friend herself,  it was much more painful than she imagined.

 

His face slowly began to twist when Elschnein just clapped her lips and couldn’t connect words.

 

His eyebrows soared and his lips were bitten painfully through his teeth.

 

“Say it right now!”

 

He shouted fiercely, but his red eyes were trembling.

 

However, Elschnein, who turned to pain, did not see it.

 

The red eyes looked from place to place in a desperate spirit as if they were looking for a wound.

 

He whispered in a threatening voice.

 

“If you die, this continent is over. Do you want it?”

 

Elschnein, who was absent-minded, came to her senses. What am I doing right now? Things like this. You already expected it, right?

 

She managed to smack her trembling lips.

 

“Vester forest t…”

 

She couldn’t finish talking, but her consciousness began to be dragged somewhere.

 

Beyond the blurred consciousness, a sharp voice touched her ear as if passing by.

 

“Don’t die before I leave. Never.”

 

 

‘I’ll save you wherever you are.’