186 – Water Lily (8)
The night air is cool. The chill of winter still lingered in the spring breeze. The coldness sticks to the skin and hardens the body. The merciless wind carries the scent of flowers and adds a little hope to the stiffening body.
The night had passed, and dawn was coming. The scent of flowers changes to the smell of dew, creating a damp sensibility. Depressed. The time of silence turned into a time of emotion.
Breathing that emotion deep into his lungs, Han Jaejoong organized his thoughts.
We already knew that there are many victims of scorpions. If you are a magical girl, the type of human with the highest contact rate with scorpions, the victim rate would be higher. It is even known that scorpions originally lived in Japan.
Even if Silver Luna is one of the victims, there is nothing particularly awkward about it.
“I see… You too…”
It would be a lie if I said I didn’t feel pity. It’s human to feel sad even when you hear that someone you don’t know has robbed you, but the loss of someone you always admired and loved brought about that much sadness.
“I understand your situation.”
But that’s just sadness.
“But there’s no need for me to understand that situation, right?”
There is a situation here too. Even life-threatening. Even though the opponent is a magical girl, the desperation does not change.
Giving concessions without choosing the right time to do so is not a good deed, it is just a favor. Han Jae-joong has his own life, and there are more than one person involved in the trajectory of that life.
“Based on what you just said, it doesn’t seem like your life is at stake. Stop walking away.”
Neglecting one’s life now is no different from being disrespectful to everyone who loves one.
“Do I really need to listen to what the monster says?”
“What are you talking about? “You said it in words?”
Sigh. Odette came out in front of the Watcher and blocked Silver Luna.
“…This!”
Before she could say anything, the figure disappeared. The power of the butterfly was very convenient for eliminating opponents without any context.
“I’m sorry, brother, but now I think I’ll have to catch the scorpion alone.”
Even though the moonlight disappeared, the starlight did not disappear. Colorful flashes of light came and began to fill the empty space.
It is also strange that Silver Luna moves but the other magical girls remain still. It would be convenient to assume that his actions have already been discovered.
As expected, several magical girls appeared.
“Like a comet in your heart!”
“I will use the starlight to defeat you.”
“Bloody mace in the name of the stars!”
Odette put her palms together. A wind rose inside it. The flapping of a butterfly’s wings brings a typhoon. The wind from the wings spread out like a typhoon, sending most of them flying far away. The wind had neither flower scent nor dew, but was full of only will.
“Your life is at stake here, you bastards!! “Don’t disturb me and get out!!”
This is a face that most people know. That’s why she was colder and colder. There will be more than one person who will be hurt by his death.
In particular, there was one person who skillfully blocked the butterfly’s attack just now.
“Hurry before you regret it.”
“Do I have anything to regret about the death of a monster?”
Blue Sirius. She doesn’t know why the Japanese magical girl and the monster in front of her are so obsessed with the scorpion.
However, she is not unaware of the poison of scorpions. The poison of loss. Based on the context of the conversation just now, I guessed that Japanese magical girls and monsters lost something when they were attacked by scorpions.
Probably the monster side is concerned with life.
The question remains. Obsession with scorpions. I understand the anger over loss. I completely understand that desire for revenge. However, the emotions they showed went beyond anger or revenge.
There is something to achieve. That thought keeps coming back to me.
“You can’t get back what was taken from you in the first place, right? “Are you telling me not to interfere with my revenge?”
Blue Sirius hinted at the question.
“Revenge? Where is the time for something like that? Our goal is not revenge, but recovery! So get out! “You’ll really regret it later!”
Indeed. It seems that if you defeat the scorpion, you can regain the lost parts. Moreover, seeing as they are scared of each other’s cooperation, the reward is winner-takes-all.
After listening to Odette’s answer, Blue Sirius was convinced.
‘Well, it was a battle of gain and loss.’
I felt like my veins were loosening up. Were the safety of citizens, justice, respect for seniors, etc. All just justifications? A fight for compensation, not revenge.
In the end, we were just a device to take away the power of the scorpion, and they probably intended to take care of its head.
‘…Shall I go back?’
I suddenly wanted to see Jaejoong. As I live, I see the politics between monsters and magical girls. What trouble is this? What happens is boredom. I wanted to lie in his arms and lament everything.
Looking at how urgent it is right now, it looks like the scorpion hunt will end this night anyway, and even if this monster can’t finish it, the precious Japanese magical girls will finish it on their own.
It’s like blowing your nose without using your hands. There is no need to run hard to catch the scorpion.
After thinking about it, Blue Sirius accepted the butterfly thrown by Odette without intentionally striking it away. Her image melted into thin air, like the ice melting and disappearing.
‘Thank you so much… I’ll serve you at the cafe later.’
Odette also noticed that she had been deliberately harmed and let out a sigh of relief. I was thankful that I was able to get rid of one powerful enemy.
With this, we succeeded in getting rid of most of the Korean magical girls.
“What’s left is…..”
Two long-range snipers, Helios, and. One person is slow to give up.
Hwiikik! The sound of the wind cutting sharply, like a missile falling, shook my ears. It looked like the moon falling. Although it was a fall, the majesty was so great that it was safe to view the fall as the arrival of the moon.
Ayun Jo knows that light.
It is the light of divinity.
A quiet street with no people. The road is wide and almost like an empty lot. A great brilliance that will fill this emptiness. It’s getting closer.
I swallowed dry saliva.
Can I handle it? Can he stop this many people alone? Moving is only a temporary measure. I don’t know about Blue Sirius, but Red Vega may come back. The same goes for White Davih.
‘Wait a minute, why did he really come?’
They probably aren’t the original number of people for this hunt. Did you participate just because it seemed fun? It’s totally worth it.
The divinity alone is daunting, but with each additional enemy, the burden increases dozens of times. Even his magic power and stamina were quite exhausted.
There are no collaborators. You must do it alone.
“…Can you do it?”
Han Jaejoong asked anxiously from behind.
“You have to do it.”
Jo A-yoon raised the corners of her mouth inside her mask, ready to face the coming month. An enemy too big for her to handle.
“It’s always been like that.”
This is a new story. I’ve always had that kind of fight. Have you become arrogant just because you’ve gotten a little stronger lately? The world is wide and the sky is high. There are many people who are greater than you.
I’ve heard people tell me to awaken to divinity, but honestly, I still don’t have a clue. There wasn’t enough time to think in the first place. I’m so busy running forward without even knowing what’s ahead, but it’s a luxury to think about becoming stronger.
So, I am the weak one. We must challenge the impossible from the perspective of the weak.
There is no sense of inferiority. Because it’s just the truth.
There is a sense of duty. Because it just has to be that way. Because that’s the way to go.
As always, preparations are complete.
“I am doing this, so is it wrong for you to trust me and leave?”
There was no answer. Instead, a thunderbolt roared. The person I wanted to protect left to take my own life.
How beautiful is the back of someone who knows when to leave.
Sprinkling ashes on a road like that should not be done.
I will scatter flowers on your way. I will collect the butterflies that gather there. Don’t let anyone block your path.
A small insect flew towards the approaching giant celestial body.
**
I opened my eyes.
Is it because I heard the sound of grass and bodies brushing against each other, because the sound of crickets in the meadow at night was loud, or because I heard the sound of someone waking up? I don’t know why. Anyway, the archer woke up.
Because my back was injured, I was curled up like a fetus. The archer awoke from his primordial form and supported himself on his two legs.
What I could immediately see was Botis, preparing to go somewhere and putting several weapons in his arms.
“Oh my, you’re awake?”
When our eyes met, I smiled and shook his hand. Because he wasn’t wearing a hood, his smile was easily visible even in the night.
“Where are you going?”
“To do what needs to be done. So I was about to wake you up too.”
It means that we must protect the scorpion.
I have work as soon as I wake up. As a former archer, this was an extremely annoying sound.
“No, but why is that half-and-half kid telling us to protect it? Why the f*ck should I protect myself? “It doesn’t seem like he particularly cares about it.”
Seeing as he was sending two scorpions to the magical girl, it was clear that he had no intention of protecting the scorpion.
“To prepare for the coming disaster, training is necessary. If you solve each problem slowly, you will see clues to even the biggest tasks. “Part of that training is that we interfere with their hunting.”
Is it because the archer’s screening was messed up? That wasn’t a proper explanation.
“Then why are you going along with that? You eliminated Jason. There’s no reason for you to help anymore, right? Do you really want to find your memories? “Then we have to hunt scorpions together with them. Why are you doing that?”
“….”
Botis laughed without saying a word.
“Tell me what the f*ck….”
“This is because disaster cannot be avoided.”
Botis spoke first before the archer got angry.
“That’s why the training is absolutely necessary.”
What on earth does it mean to be a disaster? There was so much to hide that the archer felt frustrated.
“So… Then whose side are you on?”
“I’m always on the monster’s side.”
“No, that’s not what you said… Ugh, that’s it.”
I probably won’t give you a proper answer anyway.
“Hmm, okay, this year… Are we going to prevent that disaster? If I were of the same mind, I would want to thwart Contradiction’s plans, but unfortunately, I can’t stop him at my level. “It wasn’t something that was blocked to prevent it, it was something that would explode at some point.”
“So what do you mean… sh*t! He always said things that only he knew. “Is that a monster or something?”
The archer still did not know the true meaning. Since he didn’t tell me, I had no choice but to not know.
“…Then what about you?”
Botis changed the topic and asked the question again.
“Do you still have any reason to help Contradiction?”
“Yes. “Because I have to kill those two fake people.”
“hehehe, really? But isn’t it strange? You don’t need to cooperate with us to achieve that. Why don’t you do it on your own?”
“Of course, it’s easier to have someone who cooperates.”
Tsk. The archer clicked his tongue.
“Don’t try to scold me for being a b*tch. “Your b*tch has no right to say anything to me.”
“I didn’t mean to scold you, but… Oh, that’s right, then did you come up with an answer?”
“What?”
“It’s about your friend. “That guy doesn’t even meet your standards…”
“Shut up!”
The archer interrupted sharply.
“I told you earlier, I have no right to say anything to you. I know. That guy is also a poor guy. “He’s going to kill you after you kill those two b*tches, so don’t mention it.”
She lifted her middle finger and pointed it at her in front of her.
“Of course I will kill you too. “I’m wiping my neck and waiting.”
After declaring so, the archer walked away, muttering his curse.
“…After all, a child is still a child.”
Botis smiled bitterly as he looked at his back.
“Yes, that could also be training.”
The path to a dream is bound to involve many reflections and wanderings. Maybe that’s training to find the right answer.
Thinking like that, Botis followed behind him.
I hope that one day his eyes will see what they need to see.
**
Kwasik!! The exciting kick pierced the scorpion’s back. The scorpion, whose entire body was burned and frozen, suddenly exploded and scattered starlight.
At this point, I feel confident. Everything that is truly important is gathered in the main body, and for the alter egos there is only starlight.
You cannot regain your life unless you catch the main body.
“…This is difficult.”
With this, there are three left.
Finding the main body still seemed far away.
If you can’t get rid of the main body inside the remaining two, you’re heading straight for disaster.
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“I guess I’ll just have to hope I’m lucky.”
Afterwards, I took a deep breath. My physical strength has decreased considerably. It’s not strange if you fall down like a doll whose strings have been cut.
Fortunately, every time I used the starlight, I received a new scorpion starlight, so I did not lack the strength to continue hunting.
I had almost no sense in my body anymore, but my body, accustomed to hunting, handled the opponent skillfully.
What we need now is mental strength. All you have to do is somehow stand up on your feet without falling down. That level of mental strength remains.
To put it bluntly, I didn’t have the mind to care about anything else other than the scorpion.
That is why this intrusion was fatal.
“The guy who fell down is even shaking his legs.”
Shoot! An arrow like a stake flew out and aimed at the leg. I woke up from my daze and struck down the arrow with an axe.
After that, there was a flurry of swordsmanship. It was clearly visible that the sword strike that tore through the air and split the ground like tofu would easily tear apart a body.
Watcher forcibly changed the direction of the moving ax and even struck down the sword strike.
“Hello.”
From archers to botis. Each one was a strong enemy, but in this situation, it was extremely difficult.
“Indiscriminate hunting causes chaos in the ecosystem. “We’ll play the police for a moment.”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
The Watcher gritted his teeth and looked around. There are no gaps in sight. It was not particularly happy news that the archer with whom he was supposed to engage in a sniping battle had come close.
If you try to approach him, Botis will block you, and if you attack Botis, arrows will fly from behind. Outsider. A perfect union was completed in which each complemented the other.
‘I can’t use future predictions because of the crowd…!’
Foresight of the future, as deceptive as it is, requires considerable starlight and physical strength. Of course, it also takes away that much of your life. He has been restraining himself from the moment he learned of his deadline.
But at times like this, shouldn’t it be used? Is it possible to get through this situation without even foresight?
‘…How much can I live now?’
This was a necessary hesitation.
It’s been quite a while since I looked at the constellation Ursa Major. My heart aches. Breathing is more painful than that. If I push myself any further, I might just die. If you try to overcome this crisis and then face a crisis, you will be like Sam Jo Sam. This is a stupid and stupid thing to do.
“If you’ve made it this far today, give up and go back. “It’s the limit now.”
“What are you talking about! Now is your best chance! Kill it here! “Where are you going, you f*cking idiot!”
“It’s going to turn….”
It looks like they have no intention of allowing scorpion hunting.
Is there really no choice but to kill?
When the Watcher tried to put his hand on the belt like that.
Whoosh! An arrow flew.
Not from the front, but from the back.
A bright orange arrow. The Watcher knows its owner.
“Ha, is this an arrow?”
The archer snorted and bounced the arrow back. There is not enough strength or skill. I can’t match his archery skills.
“The arrow is… This is how you shoot it!”
He pulled the string of his bow powerfully and fired. Pow! The sound of the arrow tearing the air was comparable to that of a cannonball. The levels are different. Any amateur would notice that.
An arrow fired high into the sky passed by the watcher and hit the building.
Kwakwang! There was a huge explosion, and someone standing on top of the building fell helplessly. The trajectory was naturally towards the scene where the three monsters were confronting each other.
“Aye!”
A very weak scream for a magical girl. The orange-colored girl was not enough to become the dawn that broke the dawn.
“aaak!!”
She fell from her butt down and complained of her pain.
“Ugh…..”
The fact that she only suffered this much injury after free falling from her building was proof that she was also a magical girl.
Orange Altair. She was once one of the magical girls that the Watcher helped.
“Ah… Hi!”
She let out a frightened hiccup as she looked at the figures in front of her.
“This is… Difficult….”
The fence is not enough. My skills are not enough.
“Why are you here…?”
“I can’t pretend not to notice that Watcher is in trouble!”
But I know loyalty.
“Please, let me help too!”
