NOVEL FROG Side Story 6. Ruina (2)
“A little while ago, that… didn’t suit me, right?”
After Ruina let out a hearty cry, she finally fell away from Jaehyun's arms.
Even so, the hand clenched at the waist remained the same, but the torrent of emotions seemed to have subsided a little bit.
Emotions poured out like vomiting.
Maybe it was natural.
It was a time that passed quickly for Jaehyun.
For Ruina, it was a time that flowed slowly and slowly like hell and seemed like going crazy several times.
Moreover, at the end of that wait, there was no one he loved.
Exactly, she couldn't give a definite answer to her heart.
From Louisa's point of view, it was something that was on the verge of madness.
What if the person you've wanted for a very long time is right in front of you and that person stops loving you?
What if that happens?
How many people would be able to endure it if they heard such a story in person?
This is what Ruina is great at.
Even in the middle of that, I laughed and laughed again so that Jaehyun wouldn't be sad.
Jaehyun thought.
‘Maybe Ruina was the most considerate of me. It must have been hard... because I tried to endure it somehow. Every day must have been tough...'
Even in the midst of that, he continued to revive the elves.
Louisa was such an existence.
An honorable elf who never forgets the favors he has received.
Jaehyun asked after separating her for a while.
It was a very fundamental question.
“Luna. Why do you like me so much?”
“Do I need a reason?”
“huh. At least for the stupid me.”
stupid
Jaehyun had never thought of himself that way, but now he couldn't think of anything more to say.
Doesn't it look like I'm confused among many people and can't make up my mind?
To be honest, even Jormungandd had been teased before.
-Henir, you are indecisive as expected... Do you like cereal?
.......
‘At that time, I really wanted to kill him.'
Jaehyun quickly got out of his crappy thoughts.
Then, I quietly watched as Ruina in front of me breathed in and exhaled for a short time.
Ruina's story soon continued.
“That's... First of all, I didn't have much interest in it at first, right? But I was a little interested in that strange black hair... I wondered if all other humans looked like that, but that wasn't the case. Moreover, because you healed my wounds and saved me in the end...”
......Unexpectedly, there were so many reasons.
Jaehyun managed to correct his mind that was about to get a little dizzy.
Louisa smiled softly.
“You made me live. That's enough, and it's probably the same for others. Seo Ina-yang, Kim Yoo-jung... and maybe even the one person who has always been by your side to protect you... none of them will give you a great reason.”
just because it's good
That's all.
Ruina said so, but Jaehyun felt that he was not at ease.
Because I heard something strange at the end.
“......What did you say at the end?”
“yes? What do I say?”
When Ruina was silent, Jaehyun pulled her hair and grabbed her by the shoulder.
“No, there's something I said at the end!”
“Because it’s just nice…?”
“Not that!”
“Ah, then I don’t remember either. I really don't know.”
“...The guy who remembered me for 10,000 years forgot what he just said? Are you asking me to believe that?”
“sure! In my eyes, the West is the former?”
“.......”
Jaehyun, feeling that he did not have the skills to overcome Ruina with words, began to recall the story he had just heard.
―And maybe even the one person who stood by you and protected you every time.......
Jaehyun was a bit dazed.
The one who kept by my side...?
Does that person even care about you?
“I'm surprised I'm really popular...”
Jaehyun muttered, and Ruina laughed again.
He had a serious expression on his face, yet he didn't realize how handsome my face was.
He just thinks that he was recognized by all the residents of the Nine Worlds because he was active as a raider and as an adversary.
It really couldn't have been more embarrassing.
* * *
“Ewch!”
“Oh my gosh. Why?”
“Oh no. Suddenly, that sneeze……”
Jaehyun’s house.
Hella, who was sitting in the living room and having a conversation with Seonhwa Lee in the fairly spacious house, sneezed.
Has the power weakened?
It was Hella who suddenly felt that her power had weakened compared to the past as she became completely independent from her main body, Hel.
‘......But no matter how it is. To the point of catching a cold like this... It's probably because Jaehyun worked too hard.'
No matter how much it is, the recent work load of reproduction has been excessive.
It's good to work as an opponent, but recently, didn't he say he would take care of the work with Surt?
That much could be left to the Valkyries...
I thought that the fact that she dared to find work was like that.
Therefore, the condition for the manifestation of a unique skill is ‘not to lose anything anymore.' It was...
‘Well, if you think about it, it's thanks to him that I came to life, so I should be grateful...'
Hella nodded her head thinking small.
In the past, when Heimdall first appeared on the ground and attacked the closed city of Daegu.
She prepared for her extinction and used magic.
It was a very urgent situation, and I thought there was a possibility for him, the adversary.
He was prepared to make sacrifices and ran.
At that time, Jaehyun succeeded in awakening the unique skill he had been thinking about.
Loki's [Divinity Usurpation].
This finally responded to his will to ‘lose nothing' and led Jaehyun to a higher level.
Finally, he was able to survive.
‘Anyway. Because it's selfish.'
“Hella So, how has Jaehyun been lately? Are you popular with girls?”
Jaehyun's mother
Lee Seon-hwa is asking her about his love story.
I was curious because my son had never said anything like that before.
In my heart, Kim Yoo-jung, Seo, and the recently seen Ruina.......
everyone liked Lee Seon-hwa.
‘You must have a lot of questions about this and that......'
Hella nodded as if it was not a big deal.
Lately, whenever Jaehyun wasn't around, she often came to talk with Seonhwa Lee.
The house I often visited when I was a cat anyway.
It was a little bigger, but it was a familiar place to her.
“yes. Jaehyun is loved by everyone. So don't worry too much.”
Moreover, she has gotten so close with Seonhwa Lee recently that she even asked her to call her Hella.
He was always a half-god... but it doesn't mean much anymore.
I was thinking so.
Lee Seon-hwa suddenly asked Hella after thinking about it.
“By the way, Hella, are you not interested in Jaehyun?”
“……Yes?”
Hella asked such a question without even realizing it.
Her voice is mixed with a little bit of metal and even out of tune.
What is this sound?
Hella had to take quite a long time to understand this.
Lee Sun-hwa was still smiling at herself.
Two curious eyes. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
“I'm going to stop because I have something to do...”
“Hella.”
Hella carefully got up from the sofa and stopped abruptly.
Lee Seon-hwa's voice had the power to make even that Hella pause.
she was calm
“Have you already checked all your schedules with the other guild members? Lots of time to talk. I prepared a lot of snacks and drinks to talk until dawn today...... But if you leave here, I'll be a little sad.......”
“...Okay....... Hella
sat down again and clenched her chin as if she couldn't do anything about it.
For some reason, Jaehyun and Lee Seonhwa are the same.
I thought I was taking care of myself too well.
It's a bit unfortunate, but what can I do?
Your own personality is like this.
Hella couldn't help but let out a small sigh.
Until the next day, Hella talked a lot about Lee Seon-hwa and Jae-hyun's love story, and before long, Jae-hyeon called her.
It was to tell them that a message had come from Surt and that they had to leave for Niflheim again.
Anyway, you're a human who doesn't give you a chance to rest.
Hella thought so and gnashed her teeth.
I don't even need an adversary anymore anyway.
He thought catlike, but he thought he would use a sacrifice, so he kept his mouth shut and followed without a word.
* * *
After the blue gate opens, Jae-hyeon and the rest of the party arrives. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
In other words, Ahn Ho-yeon, Seo In-na, Kim Yu-jung and Hella arrived in Niflheim together.
A hazy water mist blocks peripheral vision.
However, it is just a familiar sight to them.
They've been here a few times already and done a lot of work.
This was especially true for Jaehyun.
But what?
There were people who welcomed the party.
Nidhogg and Idun.
The guys called for Jaehyun as they ate golden apples one by one in their hands.
“Uh! It's here!”
“Wow! The adversary... Henir...? reappearance? Anyway, here you go!!”
I already feel dizzy.
However, since they are the two people who know the geography of this place the best, Jaehyun started to go there as if he had no choice.
Seo Na-na and Kim Yoo-jung muttered softly behind them.
“So… you haven’t decided yet? him?”
“......huh. Maybe it will take another month...?”
“Ehh.......”
Jaehyun had to pretend he didn’t hear the conversation between the two.
Now, it was more important to welcome Nidhogg and Idun, who were reunited after a long time.
“hello. everyone.”
At that moment, Nidhogg covered his mouth with his claws and spoke carefully, hiding his massive size.
“So who?”
“yes?”
“Among them, who is your bride.......”
.......Jaehyun gave Idun a small resentful look at Nidhogg, who had become like an old woman who liked to gossip about it.
Probably because it was most likely her who made him this way.
Meanwhile, Hella waits in the back for a while.
Surprised by Jaehyun's calling, Neet! Let's go. I just shouted.
Is it because of the mood that the party members feel strange as a group?
Jaehyun couldn't help but shake his head.
‘At times like this, work is the best.'
Jaehyun, first of all, according to the message from Idun and Surtr.
He decided to listen to what he had to do in Niflheim.
“Let's go to our garden for the first time in a while and talk! It is not a matter to be dealt with urgently!”
Idun talked excitedly, and Nidhogg told a silly joke.
“Haha, of course, what you have to do is go get this, Adversary...!! This Nidhogg will give you an ordeal...”
“Noisy Nidhogg! That's your job!”
Nidhogg couldn't say anything at Idun's voice and ended up in the same situation as Jaehyun.
In many ways, it felt like my mental strength had already been consumed.