Chapter 195 : Chapter 195

Chapter 195 - Side Story Chapter 2

Darien Anfeld was, surprisingly, a person respected by the public.

Of course, the position of a religious group's leader wouldn't be possible without public support, but she was a little special among them.

“Because I’ve proven the name Gusegyo itself.”

She said with a bright smile.

“By serving the person who saved the world, I’ve lived up to the name, haven’t I?”

“...Well. Uh. Right. I get that.”

I replied hesitantly and looked around.

“But isn’t this a bit too much?”

My mutter was buried under a deafening scream.

It wasn't that someone was screaming in pain, but that the huge crowd surrounding us had shrieked as if the world was ending the moment Darien gave a slight wave of her hand.

“Aaargh! Aaaaaaaaargh! She looked at meeeeeee!”

“Darien-nim! Darien-niiiiim! I would die for you-!”

“...”

What's with these people.

Anyone would think she was an idol with obsessive fans, not the head of a religious group.

‘Hmm.’

No, to be blunt, Darien was quite a looker.

It’s just that when she was with me, her various eccentricities naturally docked points, but if you just looked at her appearance, you’d have to say she could pass for a celebrity without any issue.

Melancholy features. Lustrous blonde hair. A body with a feast of voluptuous curves that connected smoothly.

The reaction she was getting right now could even be called natural.

In the first place, seeing the unusually high ratio of men among the people nearby, my thoughts probably weren't wrong.

As I was thinking that, Darien pressed herself close to me and continued speaking.

“That person who said he’d die for me is a little insolent.”

“What?”

“If he has a life to give, isn't it the proper etiquette to offer it to the Avatar of the Savior?”

“...”

Let me correct myself. There was a pretty rational reason why I didn't see this woman as a woman.

As I was thinking that and narrowing my eyes, she clung to one of my arms tightly.

A fragrant scent brushed past my nose, making my head spin.

In that state, she looked up at me from below and winked one eye.

“I had a feeling.”

“...What?”

For a moment, a chilling sensation ran up my spine.

This woman, can she read my mind now?

Perhaps since I blew away the System, I too am in the position of desperately trying to be bound to this ‘world.’ It’s a plausible story...

“No, it’s not that. Avatar of the Savior-nim, your thoughts just show on your face too easily, so they’re easy to read.”

“...”

That's strange.

Memories of being treated as a crazy guy, a weird guy, a lunatic by countless beings flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern.

The common thing they all said was that they had no idea what I was thinking.

“Well, I think about the Avatar of the Savior 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, 31,536,000 seconds, you know? So I can notice even the slightest change.”

“...Hey.”

“Ah, I’m sorry. There was a time I fainted for about 3 minutes while offering an all-night prayer to the Avatar of the Savior. I’ll subtract that from the calculation.”

Don't just blurt out such creepy things.

As I looked at her with a hesitant expression, Darien chuckled and looked around.

For a moment, Darien’s eyes narrowed into slits.

As if there was something nearby that was putting her in a very bad mood.

“So, I think I need to make a proper declaration. I hope the people who are cutting in line hear it properly.”

I didn't have a chance to ask what she meant.

Towards the public who were sending fervent reactions to her every move, Darien smiled brightly and raised her hand.

“Everyone! I have something to tell you!”

-!

-!!

A roar of enthusiastic cheers followed.

Among them, screams on the verge of fainting were sparsely mixed in.

“I, am getting married soon!”

...And it didn't even take a few seconds for all those reactions to vanish.

“I plan to live happily ever after with this man here! The donations and other things you offer will all be used for this person, so I’ll use them gratefully!”

A gaze of terrifying pressure was fixed on me.

For now, I was in a position where my face was much more well-known than hers, so I was wearing something like a mask.

Those with a little bit of sense would know that I was the only person Darien would say such things about, but for now, the gazes of the men, which seemed to want to tear me limb from limb, were boring into me with a terrifying force.

Nevertheless, Darien’s words continued to fall over the chilly silence with a bright smile.

“You all will never get to even hold my hand in your entire lives, but I plan to see all there is to see with this person today!”

“...”

The atmosphere in the vicinity began to change into something that couldn't be described as just chilly.

“I think it can’t be helped because this person is more wonderful than all of you combined! Please just watch me from afar for the rest of your lives! I belong to this person from head to toe! So, please continue to give lots of support for my and this person’s happy future-”

I grabbed the nape of the talking Darien’s neck and quickly started to flee.

There’s a line you should and shouldn't cross, you punk.

“...What were you trying to achieve by doing that?”

“...”

The slightly subdued Darien rounded her eyes and looked back at me.

Her attitude became noticeably wilted. She started fidgeting, sneaking glances at me.

It was a stark contrast to how she had spoken without any hesitation in front of so many people just a moment ago.

“...Uh, um, Avatar of the Savior-nim. Are you perhaps angry?”

“Yeah. A little.”

I stopped and said to her.

She mumbled with her mouth and cast her gaze downwards.

“...I’m sorry. As I thought, being entangled with me like that is a little unplea-”

“No, that’s not it. You idiot.”

I raised my hand and flicked her on the forehead.

“Value yourself more. ‘My property from head to toe’ and what not, why would you say such things? You’re a precious person to me too. You don’t have to say strange things like that for me to treat you properly.”

“...”

“Don’t make a clown of yourself in front of people. Don’t devalue yourself either. You’re important enough to me even without doing such things.”

Darien’s eyes rounded as she stared at me quietly.

For a long time.

She just stared like that for a long time.

“...”

What is it.

What's with her.

My words were a bit cheesy, but did she break down after hearing them?

“...Hey, are you okay-”

“Haaaaaaaaap-!”

Before I could say anything, Darien approached a nearby wall and slammed her forehead into it with all her might.

Along with a spirited kiai, her forehead, rammed into the stone wall, broke through it.

“...”

Wow, it broke.

Ever since she came into contact with the demon weapon, she feels like she has long since surpassed the realm of humans.

Weren't you just a normal human girl who was just gloomy and a little sentimental back in the day?

‘...No, that’s not what’s important.’

While Darien, with blood trickling down from her torn forehead, took deep breaths, I rubbed my throbbing temples and asked a question.

“What on earth are you doing?”

“Hoo, hohoo... i-if, you, say, such, delicious, words, I, want to, just, j-j-jump and devour you, right here, without any mood or anything, you know, hoo, hohoo... to calm down, I have to, do this...”

“...”

What is she saying.

Seeing her mutter like that while emitting a dark reddish-pink aura all over her body, the goosebumps that had just subsided came right back up.

“Still, hearing you say that certainly gives me a sense of relief. I wonder if the people who keep sticking around without knowing their own turn have realized the ‘gap’?”

“...What?”

Without knowing their turn, what?

What is she talking about?

“There’s something like that, Avatar of the Savior-nim. More importantly, let’s quickly move on to the next schedule!”

As she said that and grabbed my arm again, I had no choice but to be dragged along helplessly.

***

“...You know. To be honest, I’m a human too.”

At the somehow familiar sight, Seo Ah-in spoke in a dumbfounded voice.

“So none of you had any intention of keeping the promise, did you?”

“...”

“...”

The assembled group of women silently looked at each other.

A silence reminiscent of outlaws in the wild west with their hands on their holsters flowed for a moment, and finally, Evangeline, who had succeeded in putting on the thickest iron plate on her face, spoke first.

“Well, everyone was thinking the same thing anyway, weren't they.”

“Ha?”

“From the beginning, despite all the talk about turns and whatnot, wasn’t the plan to somehow wrap that man in your own arms?”

The density of the gazes being exchanged grew even thicker.

It was a terrifying atmosphere where it wouldn't be strange if a physical explosion occurred.

“L-let’s! Let’s not fight too much...!”

Meirin, who had maintained the most moderate demeanor, opened her mouth, flustered, but Evangeline sighed and cut in mid-sentence.

“For someone saying that, you’re already out here even though it’s someone else’s ‘turn,’ aren’t you.”

“...”

“If you don’t want to fight, then back out. I’ll be taking him.”

Meirin’s mouth snapped shut.

Her flustered demeanor was gone, and a small spark of fighting spirit lit up in her eyes.

Seeing that, Evangeline let out another deep sigh.

Right. The quiet cat is the first to get on the stove.

In the first place, the people here weren't just getting on the stove; they were all the type of people who would use all their strength to subdue the other cats and live on the stove forever.

“...It seems that man over there has noticed to some extent.”

Evangeline smiled combatively as she looked at Darien, who had been glancing this way from time to time.

As for Kim Gyu-sik, well. As she had felt before, he seemed to be weak to being tailed, so he didn’t seem to have noticed this side yet.

But that one over there had already noticed the presence of someone following her and seemed to be plotting something.

“...Probably, that Saintess over there already thinks she’s won. She’s probably thinking of ending it on her turn without even letting it get to our turns.”

“Interesting.”

As Evangeline said that with a smile, everyone present showed a similar reaction.

Ah, right.

So you’re picking a fight like that, are you?

“From now on, it’s a free-for-all.”

The strong one wins.

Don’t resent the results later.

“...Why are these people talking so confidently about backstabbing someone else?”

Seo Ah-in’s question scattered into the air as a mumble.

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