CH 62

“Stop! Blenn, Dell! That’s an order!”

She was shocked by the unexpected phenomenon. If they came after her like this, it felt like Blenn would disappear for some reason. 

“Stop! Don’t come!”

Blenn and Dell’s bodies stopped just before they reached the entrance of the cave at her desperate command, which was fired with a scream. 

[Nuna…] 

Although nothing could come to mind yet about Dell, if there was a character as unexpected as Blenn in this round, it was him.

She had never seen him in the original.

So she was worried because she couldn’t tell if Dell was a dead character or not.

‘If you jump in to save me for nothing, something might happen.’

[N, Nuna…]

Dell cried.

‘I want you to wait patiently! Don’t worry, I’ll be out soon! And stop Blenn from approaching. Because it’s dangerous. And tell my brother that I’m okay, I’ll be okay, so don’t worry—’

[Uwaaa….] 

Eventually, Dell, who sat on the floor, burst into tears, and Blenn—.

“Lady—”

She saw him spacing out with a shocked face.

His eyes, not knowing what to do, were like a lost child.

It was somehow strongly engraved in her brain.

“It’s okay. Protect everyone, Blenn.”

With those words, she was completely swallowed up by the darkness that had overtaken her.

*****

When she came to her senses, she stood in the middle of a wide passage.

She narrowed her eyes and looked around. 

Particles of light were floating in the air like dust.

It was like fireflies.

Thanks to that, she was able to secure her location right away.

‘Here—’

It was the place she saw in the original.

Ah, she arrived at the right place safely!

Even though she began walking slowly, she gained acceleration.

Her heart was overwhelmed when she arrived at the end of the passage.

Finally! 

She felt relieved at the thought that she had reached the moment she had been waiting for.

‘Whoa…’

She swallowed the exclamation that was about to escape her mouth as a result of the mysterious energy she felt all around her.

On the ceiling there is a huge eight-pointed star.

In the middle of a place full of runes on the floor. She saw a scattered black robe. 

Just like Falden did in the original, she got closer and lifted it up.

The white powder that flowed from the inside of the robe flew in all directions.

As if reacting to it, light began to drift from the eight-point star.

The outside is black. Red in the middle. Inside, dark blue lights lit up one after another.

The air currents that had filled the space also gathered under the light, and the runes engraved on the floor filled with blood. 

“….”

The sight of light that began to flutter with a bleak energy was like an aurora.

She looked at it for a while. 

‘But were there different types of light in the original story?’

At the sudden question, her excitement cooled down.

‘In the original story, there was only gold and silver.’

She took a step back in surprise, and the black robe she was holding slid out of her hand.

‘Do you want to inherit my power?’

Startled. 

As she turned her head to the classic line she heard suddenly, she saw a phantom in a black robe looking straight at her. 

It was a man wearing a crow mask.

When she played the game, she laughed at it, saying it was dirty and tacky—.

But there was no laughter now.

‘In the original story, it was definitely a white crow mask—’

Why? 

‘This guy wears a black crow mask, right?’

Her heart pounded as if it were a drum.

‘Do you want it?’

The man has asked the same question again.

The tip of her lips trembled.

Is the situation different from the original story, in which Falden gained power and she came in here instead of him? 

She was confused.

‘Do you want it?’

The same question followed again.

“…I want.”

She was nervous, but since she had come this far, she couldn’t back down.

‘It doesn’t matter if it’s a black crow or a white crow, as long as I can get power.’

Having made up her mind, she even approached the man’s side.

“I want it.”

So hurry up and give it to me. 

I don’t have time.

‘….’

The man muttered in a strange language.

The longer the murmur, whether it was a spell or not, the more the eight-pointed star light and the bloody rune language on the floor fluctuated like a wave.

Later, as if to increase the effect, blood-colored runes came out of the floor and even floated up. 

This was also a completely different scene from the original story. 

Her fingertips, which had begun to tremble, couldn’t be calmed, so she clenched her fists.

She kept closing her eyes in fear of getting too creeped out.

Meanwhile, the bloody runes that had entered the eight-pointed star took the place. 

And the man’s eyes also flashed under the mask.

Maybe that was the signal. 

The completed eight-pointed star emitted a thick green mist, and the scene she had foreseen began to unfold.

From the fog that enveloped her from head to toe, a sense of arrogance, which is difficult to define in one word, has been transmitted. 

She felt pressure, and her whole body felt numb.

The brows frowned as the strange power spread throughout the body, accompanied by the discomfort.

‘Ugh.’

As she gritted her teeth, the reduced size of the eight-pointed star fell over her head.

Light glistened in her head. 

It was as if the car’s headlights were blinking toward her eyes.

‘I’m dizzy. Damn.’

She was forcing herself to endure it, but the man suddenly touched her face.

‘It is a reward given to you for inheriting my roots.’

‘….?’

‘Focus on me.’

Hiik! 

Her face was straightened by the man reaching out his hands.

She reflected herself in his red eyes.

As she stared blankly, she remembered a child who looked just like her. 

It was the young Serdel. 

The child stared at her. 

Her small lips twitched. She seemed to be saying something, but she couldn’t hear anything. 

“….”

When Serdel blinked as if she was stupid, the child slowly opened her mouth wide.

She still couldn’t hear her voice. 

Serdel, who gave strength to her eyes, focused on the shape of the child’s mouth.

‘Why—don’t—you—remember?’

‘Uhm?’

Remember? 

‘No way, are you talking about childhood memories that are not in the body?’

‘Re—member—it.’

At the end of that, the young Serdel disappeared, and instead—.

“Oppa—?” (t/n: from what I see, it seems like the brother she talks about here was her brother in real life. Not Redan, since he’s still alive.) 

It was a 12-year-old boy.

A precious person who built a fence called the family to her, who had nothing to ask her to be a younger sister when she was young.

The little boy who died saving her was smiling brightly.

Tears flowed from Serdel’s eyes.

‘You’re crying again.’

The boy raised his hand.

But the small hand didn’t touch her cheek.

‘You know. You remember what I said last time, right? You didn’t forget, right?’

Unlike the young Serdel, this time his clear voice rang in her ears. 

It’s a voice she has always missed, but it hurt her a lot when she heard it in this situation.

No. I can’t remember. I’m sorry.

Unable to answer the guilt, she just cried.

It was a car accident.

The older brother who had saved her and had been hit in her place would be in pain, but he smiled and said, “Don’t worry.”

Nevertheless, she kept crying.

She definitely heard it.

Perhaps because the shock was too great, she couldn’t remember it after that.

Despite living the life of her older brother, she couldn’t remember what he had said to her that day.

Sorry, I’m sorry.

“Oppa…”

How much did she apologize and apologize again?

As her brother’s voice disappeared, the only thing left in the man’s red eyes was her present self. 

The messy face was ugly.

At that moment.

“Get out of here!”

She was able to wake up from the despair she had been sucked in like crazy with an unfamiliar voice hitting her ear hard.

It felt like cold water was pouring over her head.

“Get out of here! Serdel Robbesta! Wake up!”

She forcibly turned on the face held by the crow mask.

It looked like a fire was raging.

An angry man with red hair fluttering was running towards her. 

With a sharp force and fierce eyes, it was Falden.