43. The Truth Revealed (4)
When Elijah confessed, Judas hesitated for a moment.
I wonder if it’s a refusal.
What should I do if someone says that I feel burdened or that I don’t like it now?
As he drew this moment alone today, Elijah was excited and excited hundreds of times, and then scared and frustrated thousands of times.
Scared, I bit her lip and hugged him tighter.
Please, I hope that those words don’t come out.
“I….”
Judas finally opened his mouth.
My breath trembled dangerously.
He made up his mind.
“… Me too.”
This reality that you, who I like, likes me, is so unbelievable that it’s like a miracle beyond dreams.
Just imagining the wounds you would receive when I pushed you away with the lie of being for you was horrible and I felt like dying.
“I like it very much. Miss Elijah.”
He couldn’t push you away, even with lies.
“… ….”
The moment I heard that.
Something hot rose in Elijah’s chest.
My body was filled with warmth and I felt like I was about to explode.
I didn’t want to cry, but the tears flowed, so I put my face on his chest.
Hard and wide breasts were as cozy and reliable as a bed.
The arms that are waiting for you to lean on at any time are like a cradle.
His heart was beating like it was about to come running towards him.
Like knocking on a door, the pulsation that reaches his ears is pleasant.
In the ecstasy of becoming one with the world, Elijah quietly opened her eyes.
Wiping away her tears revealed the scenery around her.
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For a moment, she felt like watching her own hallucinations.
With Judah as the center, waves of color spread out in all directions.
As it flows along the floor, the grass turns green, the trees turn brown, and the leaves turn green again.
An unknown wild flower greeted me with a shy yellow color.
In the blue sky, white clouds flow like lazy sheep.
“Ah….”
Elijah was involuntarily amazed.
I completely forgot that the world was such a beautiful place.
The color was restored by Judas.
Even if her field of vision is filled with colors, it never changes that her Judah is her only one.
The sun, embraced by the moon, enjoyed the world that had regained its color.
*
We hugged each other silently for a long time.
Then Judas asked a hint.
“Do you mind who I am?”
I was afraid to tell the truth right away.
First of all, I decided to take a detour and find out.
“Huh?”
Elijah was puzzled, so she looked up at him and grinned.
“Is it because of where you come from? I don’t care at all. You did that Birth does not define existence.”
“… ….”
I didn’t expect to get that answer back like this.
She couldn’t help but be happy when she said that she liked her regardless of where she came from.
Judah asked if it didn’t matter what kind of person he was, and Elijah narrowed the scope of the person to ‘originality’.
That’s a kind of line.
Concerning the attributes of the character of Judas, the line that Elijah could allow.
A line was drawn, Judas thought.
Her throat itched.
She wanted to ask if it was okay if she was the one who killed Maria.
But it wasn’t easy.
One day five years ago.
Elijah once crawled out of nowhere onto her own bed.
At that time, little Elijah wept, muttering that it was her mother.
This is the first time Elijah, who thought she was a wicked woman, saw her tender side.
I still remember that night clearly.
With Elijah for five years, I learned what kind of person Mary is.
But in this situation, is it really the right thing to tell the truth?
She knows what it means to be her only weakness that she has allowed her to be.
She means that she is now as dear to Elijah as Mary.
Elijah wants to kill the person who killed Mary, who was so precious to him.
She is that she is herself.
And Elijah himself.
She herself fell in love with Elijah.
Very much.
‘I’m going crazy.’
Why on earth could something like this exist in the world?
I couldn’t figure it out even after thinking about it.
She didn’t possess this body because she wanted to.
So, she changed the question.
‘Why did you make me possess this body?’
Changing the question did not result in an answer.
Suddenly, he remembered the second tragedy.
‘Elijah pouring fire magic on me….’
Rather than that scene, the current situation was more tragic.
“Why? Do you care that much?”
In the end, Judas couldn’t say anything.
It was the first time in her life that she felt so weak.
“… No. I’m a little concerned, but….”
“It’s okay. There is nothing like origin. So don’t worry.”
“… Yes.”
“Then shall we go back now?”
As she watched Elijah smile at her like a child, Judas felt guilty as if he had been stabbed by her sword.
“… Yes. Miss.”
*
Elijah was sure.
‘There is something Judas is hiding from me.’
She doesn’t know what it is.
You will find out now.
She organized the grounds before that.
From the most obvious.
‘The smell of peaches.’
It is the scent of Judas.
She doesn’t have a peach scent in her cosmetics or perfume.
Of course, it wasn’t the usual scent from Judas’ body.
‘What year it must be.’
I don’t think that Judas flirted with another woman.
Judah was quite stubborn in that respect. She
She’s a little clumsy to pull off, but that’s enough for her.
In Elijah’s opinion, it is clear that her opponent’s side must have attached to Judas at will.
She can be generous with Judas, but she can’t be with others.
There are other non-verbal cues as well.
Judah’s reaction when she replies that she was alone at the time.
It was the reaction when I lied.
Even the expressions and eyes that looked worried.
‘It’s something I need to find out from now on.’
The method is also simple.
Elijah can know the location of Judas in real time.
Thanks to the artifacts she created for him and shared with each other.
A golden necklace given to Judas.
The ivory ring she wore herself.
The ring is equipped with a teleport function.
Go to Judas or summon him.
Or Judas calls himself.
For this to be possible, the two artifacts must exchange location information in real time.
In other words, if you check the location information of Judas recorded on the ring, it is possible to trace back the movement.
Elijah followed his path with the ring.
You don’t have to walk by yourself.
You can draw a rough map and route with only the traces of the transmitted magical power.
‘… Here it is A fixed place where I stayed the longest before coming to me. It’s like a shopping street in a downtown area.’
Elijah immediately used teleport.
Before the war, things had to be sorted out.
*
Euridike and Orphe were busy sorting out the papers.
I couldn’t stay here long.
It’s because the Imperial Guard are tracking them.
At some point, when Elijah asked him to find out about the prohibition of alcohol, he started digging into the royal family’s back, and at some point, their tail was stepped on.
I pride myself on being good at not being caught.
Anyway, the pride of the past has already been stepped on, and all that remains is to run away.
I just took a moment to come here for Judas.
Hermis left to tell me what I couldn’t tell you, so I can only hope that it arrives before it’s too late.
“Did you pack everything?”
“Everything in the drawer.”
All that’s left are the papers on the desk.
It was arranged to be shown to Judas.
The moment Yuridike was about to take it.
“Hmm.”
Someone appeared in front of me.
“Ugh… !”
Yuri Dicke was startled and stepped back, covering her mouth.
Orphe sent her behind her and blocked her.
I thought they were tracking them, but they weren’t.
“That’s strange.”
A woman who appeared out of nowhere said.
“Why did Judas come here?”
Yuridike recognized her right away.
One of her own clients.
Codename: Chariot of Rising Fire.
My real name is Elijah di Bebel.
He was a wizard who recently took the position of head of the household after killing all of Bebel’s direct descendants along with Balak.
“Hey, young lady? What’s happening here all of a sudden? Also by teleporting….”
Saying that, Yuri Dike quickly shook her head.
Just now Elijah mentioned Judas.
How do we know he is here?
The answer will come soon.
‘It also has the ability to perfectly trace the movement of Judas.’
Fortunately, judging from his attitude, he still doesn’t know the whole truth.
Euridike sneakily stabbed Orphe in the side.
Take the paperwork.
Her mouth draws Elijah’s attention.
She said, “I heard that Young Ae solved the issue regarding the sobriety, but is there anything else you want to entrust? But we’re in a bit of a hurry right now, so outside….”
“Wait there.”
Elijah said coldly.
Orphe paused as he touched her papers.
“If my eyes are not mistaken, I think the name of Judas is written on that piece of paper.”
“Yes? The name of the lady’s precious escort knight is here, Liga….”
Yuri Dicke tried to drag her time, but she was to no avail.
Elijah’s eyes were already stained with gold.
“Kyaaak!”
Fire shot up from the floor and restrained them both.
“Yuri!”
“Don’t make a fuss. I have no intention of hurting you unnecessarily.”
The golden fire that bloomed like a whip pinned their limbs to the wall.
As Elijah said, it didn’t hurt.
There is no burning pain even though it is on fire.
A little warm.
After tying them up, Elijah picked up a bundle of her papers and read them page by page.
The eyes, which had been scanning at high speed, stopped suddenly as if caught on something.
And again, the paper is read from the beginning at a very slow pace.
As if savoring each letter.
Or chew and swallow.
“Young lady. Listen to me. That….”
“Shh.”
The eyes glowing with mad fire looked at Yuridike.
Under pressure to kill her for being loud, Euridike shut her mouth.
Again, Elijah checked the truth in her hands.
Source of information.
Cross validation.
Review of evidence and logic.
The well-organized information was the literal truth that you just had to read and accept.
My heart hurts.
Like running while being stuck in a thorn that could not be pulled out.
‘… ….’
Elijah’s hand holding the papers trembled.
Yuridike mustered up his courage again.
“Listen to me! This, I mean, wouldn’t be what Judas wanted! He too was confused… But….”
She cried earnestly, then slurred her words.
The more I talked, the less confident I was to explain the situation.
Even Yuridike hasn’t figured it all out yet.
But how can she convince Elijah?
Elijah’s trembling hands gripped her papers tightly.
Tears flowed from her eyes.
Her face is neither sad nor angry.
Expressionless, she just weeps.
A number of clues were listed in Elijah’s head.
Empire. Ballack. Moonsingyo.
Those who tried to kill themselves in collusion.
Balak is missing.
According to this document, he did not attempt to kill himself.
It’s confusing, but let’s get over it.
A more important problem remains.
Judah.
The Child of Revelation.
An existence that was carefully selected and raised as a blade to kill itself.
The person he killed in his first quest.
Maria.
Judah was the one who killed his own mother.
