00090 <-- Episode 90 Karen Inasius (7) -->
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Karen’s divine power that had been engulfing her entire body began to disappear.
Seong Si-han felt relieved as he checked his physical condition. The chills, fever, and all the other symptoms of illness that had been so painful had disappeared as if they had been washed away.
“Ah, now I can live a little.”
The divine power that maintained the blessing of disease disappeared, and the power of the black powder used as a catalyst also disappeared. With this, the diseases of Terranor could no longer torment the time.
“It still hurts, but… … .”
Even though the symptoms have disappeared, it doesn’t mean that he is fine. The blows he received from Karen over the years still remain.
Well, even so, compared to when I was consumed by Plague Bless, my condition was surprisingly good. My breathing and the flow of my fighting spirit had returned to normal.
Sihan staggered to his feet and approached Alita, who had fallen.
“are you okay?”
Alita frowned as she lay face down on the floor.
“It hurts… … .”
Unlike Seongshihan, she is not free from the diseases of Terranor. Even if Karen’s divine power is cut off, the diseases she already has will not be cured immediately.
“Thank you, I survived thanks to you.”
Expressing his gratitude, Shihan supported Alita and sat her down. He then placed his hand on her forehead and breathed in her spirit.
It was to treat her illness with speculation, just as Alita had done to him earlier.
“ha…….”
After a while, Alita exhaled with a tired face. Seongshihan was also in a situation where he was running low on energy, so it didn’t have much effect, but his body felt better somehow.
She smiled as she looked at the time limit.
“They’re both tattered, ahaha… … .”
Shihan asked, continuing to look after Alita.
“All your magic power is gone? Can you move?”
Since she used Arcane Blast, it must have completely consumed all of her magical power. I asked because I was worried that it would have a big impact on her physically, but Alita seemed to have taken it in a different way.
“What should I do? If I do this, I won’t be able to open the dimensional gate?”
“doesn’t care.”
If it weren’t for her magic, I would have died, so what’s the big deal about not being able to open the dimensional gate right away?
“That dimensional gate, after we capture Karen, we can wait for your magic to recover and slowly open it. Thank you very much, Alita.”
Shihan thanked him once more. Then he looked puzzled.
Without thinking much about it, I tried to sense Alita’s remaining magical power… … .
“… … Huh? There’s quite a bit left?”
Even though she clearly used Arcane Blast, she felt a significant amount of magical power.
“How could that be? I used up all the magic I had?”
“It seems like I only used about half of what I usually do?”
“… … No?”
It wasn’t someone else’s body, but her own. From Alita’s perspective, there wasn’t a single ounce of magic left in her body.
Shihan said with a dubious expression.
“Allow me to do so.”
It meant to allow the transfer of magical power that was used during the Zexen Guard. Alita shook her head.
“Hey, there’s no way… … Oh my?”
I ‘allowed’ it without thinking, and the magic power really did transfer to Shihan. However, it felt a bit different from when I was in Zexenguard.
What can I say, it feels more like the magic isn’t flowing out of Alita herself, but rather is being injected separately from somewhere through her as a conduit and passes by. It’s a very heterogeneous magic.
Alita tried to manipulate this alien magical power, but it was no use. She had no control at all.
This meant that it was impossible for her to use magic or anything like that. But what about giving it to Seongshihan?
“What the heck is this?”
“well?”
There was no way there could be an answer because of the deadline.
Meanwhile, enough magical power to open the dimensional gate was transferred to Seongsihan. At the same time, Alita’s remaining magical power also disappeared.
“… … Things are becoming more and more incomprehensible.”
Shihan shook his head and got up from his seat.
“I need to tidy up this place first and then think about it calmly.”
For some reason, I was able to open a dimensional gate.
Well then, there is something we need to take care of first.
***
“Ugh… … .”
Karen opened her eyes with a groan, but she couldn’t get up.
My whole body was frozen as if my limbs were tied up. I tried to move somehow, but all I could do was raise my upper body. My knees wouldn’t straighten at all.
Karen muttered with difficulty as she sat down.
“Am I… still… alive?”
Seongshihan took a step towards Karen. Her expression changed when she saw the black-haired young man approaching her with a stiff face.
A cold smile appeared on Karen’s lips.
“Congratulations, Shihan. You won.”
The footsteps of the timer reached right in front of her, within touching distance of the broken claymore.
Karen mutters absentmindedly, looking up at her old friend.
“Kill me now.”
She no longer has any regenerative powers left. A simple strike of the sword can end her life.
The time limit was asked.
“Why did you betray me?”
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Karen said nothing in response. Sung Si-han’s voice grew louder.
“Why did you betray me?”
She turned her head away, revealing her pure white neck, and continued speaking calmly.
“I have nothing to say, kill me.”
Shihan’s hand trembled faintly. Silence lingered.
In silence, he looked down at Karen. She was still avoiding eye contact. After a moment, Sihan sighed.
“… … I won’t kill you.”
Slowly raise your right hand and wave it in the air.
“You didn’t kill me. You just sent me back home.”
“Huh! I just couldn’t kill him. If I could have, I would have killed him.”
It was a sharp voice. Seong Si-han’s eyes wavered.
I thought Karen Inasius would definitely be one of the ‘three hypocrites’ that Zexengard spoke of…
“… … It doesn’t matter. They didn’t kill me anyway.”
Controls magical power to perform magic.
“So I won’t kill you either, Karen.”
Karen’s expression changed. It was only then that she realized that she was sensing magic from Shihan.
‘Why bother with magic?’
Shihan raised his hands above his head and recited a spell.
“Open, gates of the other world… … .”
The world splits apart. The void opens its mouth. A black hole two meters in diameter appears in the air.
Karen’s face turned pale.
“Sir, really?”
Her calm expression, even in the face of death, cracked for the first time. Her true feelings were barely revealed in the midst of extreme fear and confusion.
“Are you going to throw me… … across the dimension?!”
Shihan answered in a cold voice.
“It’s time to repay a debt from ten years ago, Karen.”
Karen started to thrash around in desperation.
She tried to move her hands and feet to get away from the black void. But she could only crawl a few centimeters. She had no strength left.
However, Karen had not yet been sucked into the dimensional gate. Unlike in Zexenguard, Shihan had not yet aimed his dimensional suction power at Karen.
I had one last question to ask her before I threw her across the dimension.
“I’ll ask you one more time. If our time together meant anything to you, answer me.”
I swallowed hard and asked the question I had been asking myself over and over again.
“Why did you betray me that day?”
I tried to stay as calm as possible, but it wasn’t easy.
“… … Did I do something wrong to you?”
As the question was asked, countless memories I had shared with Karen flooded back to me.
Seong Si-han, who grew up in a divorced family since childhood, never received proper love from his mother. He never heard a single word of affection from his authoritarian father. As an only child, he never felt affection from his siblings.
To that person, Karen was like an older sister and a mother.
She was the one who silently supported him when he was most miserable and suffering. She was the one who cared for him from behind when he was going through sadness and pain.
On a night of battle, when the hard fighting was over and the pain was overwhelming, how comforting was Karen’s quiet prayer?
“Why on earth did you betray me!”
A furious voice rang out.
“I really thought of you as my own sister, Karen!”
For a moment, Karen’s expression distorted.
“I never thought of you as a little brother, Sihan… … .”
I tried to hide it. I tried to never reveal it. But as my divine power ran out, so did my willpower.
Eventually, the feelings that had been hidden for so long burst out.
“… … I’m not your older sister! We’re not siblings!”
That you will silently embrace me whenever I am most miserable and struggling? That you will look after me from behind whenever I am sad and in pain?
Where in the world are there siblings like that? Where in the world is that the way an older sister treats her younger brother!?
Karen’s furious screams continued.
“Why Levina of all people?”
As if I were about to burst into tears at any moment… … .
“Why on earth?”
She was howling.
“I met you first!”
In an instant, the deadline was set.
“… … .”
I couldn’t say anything in response. My mind felt empty. No, it was as if my thoughts had completely stopped.
‘What, what did you just say…?’
Alita, who was watching the scene, covered her mouth with both hands.
“ah…….”
Karen Inasius’s gaze towards Seongsihan.
That was never the expression of a sister looking at her younger brother.
It was the face of a woman looking at a man.
***
Karen shook her head with a bitter smile. Her emotions subsided and her face returned to a cold expression.
“… … Oh, I got excited for a moment.”
She continued calmly.
“Kill him.”
Even in his daze, Shihan responded as if it were a habit. He had been thinking about it for ten years.
“I won’t kill you. I’ll just return the favor to you.”
Karen smiled.
“You’re not going to kill me by throwing me into a living hell full of otherworldly monsters? Even if I’m a country, how many days do you think I can survive there? Just kill me here!”
“… … It’s none of my business whether you live or die there, Karen.”
There was no emotion in Shihan’s answer. Karen looked at the void above her head with a blank expression.
“I will never kill you here.”
Just a moment ago, he was looking at me with fear, but now his expression is incredibly calm.
“Thrown into hell beyond the dimension… … .”
She nodded.
“Yes, I deserve to go to hell.”
And then he smiled broadly. It was a sad smile.
“But that must be the goddess’ hell.”
She looked up at the sky. It was daytime, so the moon was not visible. However, Karen could feel the moon goddess hiding in the light.
Karen’s expression hardened as if she had made up her mind about something.
“I am a servant of the goddess, I cannot die where Kron Lizate is not present… … .”
He raises his right hand and assumes the form of a sword. He gathers the remaining divine power and sharpens it into a single sharp sword.
Even though Karen used her power again, Shihan still didn’t move. He just stood there with a blank expression on his face.
Alita screamed in surprise.
“It’s dangerous, Shihan!”
But Karen did not point the sharp blade of divinity at the saint.
“So even if I die, I will be in Terrano… … .”
Her blade was pointed at her own heart.
The sharp capital digs into bone and muscle. The heart splits open and blood spurts out. Blood so red it seems it could cover the whole world.
“……uh?”
Karen smiled bashfully at the absentminded time.
I was finally able to give him an honest smile.
“Hello, Shihan… … .”
Her eyes began to rapidly lose their light.
***
Karen Inasius is dead.
With his own hands, he stabbed himself in the chest and tore open his throbbing heart.
Even if she were to activate her regenerative powers while retaining all her strength, it would be an irreversible and certain death.
Seong Si-han was just blinking his eyes while covered in blood.
‘What? What happened? Why did you say that? Why did you look at me like that?’
It felt like a storm was raging in my head. Thoughts and thoughts were mixed together like a cocktail, stabbing and stabbing my brain.
As the time limit’s concentration disappeared, the control over the dimensional gate was also released. The black void became blurry and soon disappeared.
He just stood there, dazed, under the clear summer sky again.
‘……what’s this…….’
Suddenly, Shihan grits his teeth. He grits his teeth and swears.
“Damn it! Who says hello? Who says you want to die?”
Black speculation arose.
“Don’t make me laugh!”
Sung Shi Han, his whole body covered in darkness, grabbed Karen’s corpse. He grabbed both of Karen’s dead arms and screamed like a madman.
“I feel like they’ll just leave me to die!”
The celestial energy began to seep into Karen’s body. It slowly began to penetrate her limbs, turning her pure white limbs black and gradually expanding its territory.
Alita called out to him, frowning.
“Time is running out, she’s already dead… … .”
This is not an ordinary injury. The heart has been punctured. The Karen in front of me is just a corpse whose warmth has not cooled down.
But Seong Si-han did not listen to Alita.
“… … You’re an immortal witch, right? Even if your neck is cut off, if you reattach it within 3 seconds, you’ll recover. There’s no way you’d die just because your heart was shattered, right?”
He continues to raise his arms and talk to himself.
“I haven’t heard the truth yet.”
In a low, hushed voice, he expressed his anger.
“I cannot allow death before telling the truth. Karen Inasius… … .”
***
“Whew… … .”
Alita shook her head. It’s not that I don’t understand Shihan’s obsession with knowing the truth of the past, but this isn’t it.
It was when Alita took steps to appease him.
“Calm down first… … Huh?”
The silver light that had been faintly lingering on Karen’s entire body was driven away by the darkness of the Honcheongi and gathered again and again towards the destroyed heart. With nowhere else to retreat, she used all her remaining strength to bestow grace upon the servant of the goddess.
Bones are fused, muscles are regenerated, and the plump breasts of a woman covered in white skin are revealed through the torn collar.
Karen’s heart is really being regenerated!
“……oh my god…….”
Shihan took his hand off. Karen’s chest moved faintly. Color returned to her pale lips and a faint breath escaped between them.
“Haaah… … .”
Alita stood there blankly, looking back and forth between Sung Si-han and Karen. Even though she was clearly watching it with her own two eyes, it was a sight that did not feel real.
‘A man with a broken heart came back to life?’
It felt a bit odd to have such thoughts in this atmosphere, but the moment I saw that sight, only one thought came to mind.
‘They’re both real monsters, aren’t they?’
Despite having accomplished an incredible miracle, Seong Si-han did not look particularly happy.
“… … You really brought me back to life… … .”
Instead, he looks down at his own feet with bitter eyes.
“I knew it was possible in theory, but I didn’t know it would actually work… … .”
He made a complicated expression towards Karen Inasius, who was breathing heavily.
‘Indeed I… … .’
One question was troubling Shihan.
‘Did he revive Karen just to hear the truth?’
