Chapter 360

Chapter 360

TL: Zimmings

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Not going back was not in the option in the first place.

Adrian, I had no intention of leaving you even if I’m happy.Findd new stories at novelhall.com

Even if I will be sad, I won’t throw away everything I’ve worked hard on.

Adrian, just before collapsing completely, looked at me.

I laughed while crying.

“You told me not to cry, but you make me cry the most.”

“.......”

“Because your love is overwhelming.”

He grabbed my cheek with his half-collapsed hand. His eyes trembled.

“Are you okay with me being broken like this?”

His voice was miserable.

I tried not to cry and forcibly pulled the corners of my trembling mouth.

“Yes.”

“I won’t last long. Maybe this will be the last time we meet.”

“It doesn’t matter what happens.”

“.......”

“Anything is fine with you.”

I raised him up, who had a hideous crack on his skin.

Adrian followed me silently.

His palms were wet instead of his eyes, since it was now damaged and he was unable to cry. “Let’s go.”

“...The door won’t open. Leblaine, I can’t even open the door of god’s space anymore.”

“Then you can find another way. There’s definitely an exit somewhere. We’ve always found a passage even at dead ends.”

I dragged him and walked through the god’s space.

Adrian came after me carefully.

God’s space was different from what I saw in the future. Rather than being wrapped in light, I had to walk in the dark leaning against the weak light leaking from Adrian.

We talked a lot while walking in the dark.

He asked, and I answered.

“Does your family allow you to go to the temple on the day of the beginning?”

“My family always trusts me. Just like you do.”

Or I asked and he answered.

“What have you been doing?”

“Looking at you.”

“How long have you been wasting time alone?”

“As much as I love you.”

“You’re good at talking about embarrassing things.”

“Because I knew that time we spent together was so precious that I couldn’t waste it with my pride or shyness.”

We’ve talked a lot.

I missed him and it felt heartbreaking when I remembered about forgetting him.

He wanted to see me so much, and it feels sad knowing him watching me forget about him.

The time for us to talk was extremely precious.

Like he said, I couldn’t waste this time with my pride or shyness, so I had no choice but to take out the sincerity hidden in my heart, wrap it up in the prettiest words and present it.

I knew it.

I actually knew best that he wouldn’t last long.

Maybe we can’t cross the passage together, or his body may break completely before crossing the passage.

While walking together, his body parts broke one by one.

I grabbed his hand several times to check, and the sound of my breath became rough because I was holding back tears.......

I held his hands and reduced my stride for him who was too overwhelmed to walk.

Soon after, I saw the door in front of me.

He finally lost his sight and asked me over and over again.

“Is it still far?”

“Yes.”

“Is there a door?”

“Yes, in front of us.”

“Can we really go back?”

That door doesn’t shine.

We won’t be able to go back.

But I answered.

“Yes.”

“.......”

“As you saved me and my children, this time we will save you.”

72 pillars permeated the god’s space.

The dark door and the glowing door overlapped and became one door.

[Go, Leblaine.]

I started running to the door.

My small hands and short legs grew little by little.

While running, I changed from a child to a full-fledged adult.

The exit appeared in front of me.

With my eyes closed, I ran towards the light.

And when I open my eyes... ... .

I was in the middle of the forest.

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It’s a familiar forest.

‘It’s Dubblede’s territory.’

It’s the mountain where Mom and Reina died. I quickly approached the cliff and looked down the mountain.

‘It’s Dubblede’s territory, but what’s that flag?’

It was a flag I’ve never seen before.

Anxiety began to creep in.

‘Have I come to another parallel world?’

No! I can’t go back like this!

I quickly went down the mountain to check.

As I lived in Dubblede’s territory for a long time, it did not take long to descend because I was familiar with geography.

There was a temple under the mountain, and there were a lot of people.

‘What is the temple?’

I grabbed an old man passing by and asked.

“Isn’t this Dubblede’s territory?”

“Dubblede... Oh! They’ve become independent!”

“Independent?”

“Yes! It has been three years since the disappeared princess defeated the evil god and they’ve became independent!”

“3 years.......”

It’s been 3 years?

So, it’s not a parallel world but a future that exists?

The old man clicked his tongue.

“Did you live in the corner of a mountain? Your face is a mess too....... If you need help, why don’t you go there? Just in time, people came from the imperial palace because it was the Day of the Sky Festival. This country doesn’t reject outsiders.”

I looked in the direction pointed by the old man.

There were many women dressed nicely.

Seeing the person in front of me, I narrowed my forehead.

“...Reina?”

What?

Dubblede is independent, why is Reina there?

“Did Dubblede become independent and I come to a parallel world where Reina lives? Did they have such a dream-like parallel world?

“There are no parallel worlds anymore.”

“......!”

The voice behind my back hardened my body.

Slowly, I turned my head.

The person smiled brightly...

“I’ve been waiting for so long.”

“.......”

“My baby.”

“Mom.......”

Tears fell from mymother’s eyes.

My mother, who hugged me tightly cried.

Behind her back, I heard a a familiar voice.

The person who walked to us.......

“Hello, Adrian.”

“...Leblaine.”

[What is your wish?]

‘Serga fulfilled my wish.’

My first and last wish as a pioneer.

A world where I have not lost my loved ones.