Chapter 12: So you were just trying to be alone…

As all seasoned players do, I also had a favorite sword.

A sword that is more powerful depends on how outstanding its owner’s abilities are,

but swords that stand far above that also choose their owners.

The Demonic Cult is almost the last region in the story.

From the beginning, it was a mode close to DLC.

If so? Naturally, the value of the equipment that can be obtained increases that much.

A place where the relics of the Cheonma and the secret books of peerless martial arts obtained from the Murim are stored.

You can think of everything important in the Demonic Cult as being here.

Magic Soul Repository

Blood Moon Warehouse

Cheonma grave 

Magic Soul Repository is where famous swords among famous swords are established.

A sword that does not recognize if magic does not exist. A sword that is crazy about blood.

There were so many swords with all sorts of bizarre properties-

If those guys liked you that much,

you would gain power that cannot be compared to anything else.

‘In the game, I decided this with traits… but it seems that only the Black Sword will react.’

It wasn’t a bad sword.

A sword with a black blade as its name suggests, with a particularly long blade.

It absorbs the life force, magic, and internal energy embedded in the sword, and it is very familiar with the characteristics and magic of making it its own.

Thanks to that, you can fight while chipping away at your opponent’s stamina little by little. Especially for those who use poison, it is like a natural enemy.

Because it steals some of their life force and steals immunity.

However, the Black Sword was also one of the swords that was not often used as you go to the later parts.

If you get hit once, you go to hell, so it was more advantageous to hit a little harder than to cut with a black sword once and recover a little stamina.

Even so, it was still usable.

…The problem is whether it will react to my magic.

Will it really want me?
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“You have a slightly uneasy expression.”

“How can I not. There are many warriors who enter there and return without gaining anything.”

Did he read my expression?

Ma Roe, who was walking, spat out sharp words.

“The one who made the Sword Empress his, is not bold in this regard.”
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“But those who have set foot in this place have at least not returned empty-handed. Usually, such people are even refused to set foot.

The words ‘Spiritual union with the sword’ are not there for no reason.

The important thing is choice. You are choosing a lifelong companion to live with in the future of your Murim life.

“What does that have to do with this-“

“That’s why don’t worry. Seeing you trying for that, after setting your lifelong partner as an unbelievable person… any sword will raise its hand for you someday.”

What…..

Just by changing the words, I would think you were having an affair.

Cheon Ho-joong, who brushed his snow-white hair back, approached and wriggled the corners of his lips.

“From an aesthetic point of view… it seems to go well with the Blood Demon Sword. If you are fearless and ambitious, there will be quite a few matching parts.

It’s a weapon that a similar guy used in the past.”

“…What do you mean?”

“There was a time when there was a Small Heavenly Demon who was crazy about blood.”

“Are you talking about the Small Heavenly Demon?”

“Hehehe, what is the reason for asking that back? It means that you roughly have a sense.

If you sit in this position for a long time, you can see the path of fate just by looking at people’s behavior.”

“Fate?”

“It means that I can see clearly what this person’s future will be like, what kind of hardships they will go through, and what kind of trials they will experience.”

What is this all about.

As if questioning, I turned my head to Ma Roe and said.

“So are you saying that I will become a guy who is crazy about blood… like that?”

In response, Cheon Ho-joong cut it off firmly.

“No. That’s impossible.”

“…Then.”

“It was a story that someone around you might become like that.”
“
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“In order not to do that, you will soon become that figure.”

…You don’t mean that the Sword Empress will become like that, do you.

“We’re all here.”

The place I arrived at following Cheon Ho-joong was, as expected, the Magic Soul Repository, judging from the energy I felt.

There, a huge black jade gate was severely blocking the entrance, and the gate was emitting a black light that seemed to swallow the surrounding light and sound.

A gatekeeper grabbing a spear and guarding the entrance.

“Ma Roe, what brings you here?”

They bow their heads while taking a fist salute.

“I came to find a sword.”

As soon as he uttered a short word, the discipline on their faces intensified.

“I’ll open the door right away. The Sword Empress is waiting inside.”

As expected, Ma Roe.

He is the person with the highest power after the Sword Empress.

In response, the gatekeeper looked at me.

“This person is… that Great Hero who saved the Sword Empress.”

“The one who made the biggest contribution in this war…….”

It seems that there is no one who doesn’t recognize me these days because I’ve been doing a lot of work.

As is, the gatekeeper vacates his seat.

Ma Roe waved his hand in the air and slowly moved the image of the devil engraved on the stone gate.

“Go in. Now you can spend time alone. I’ll leave, old man.”

Ma Roe opened the way for me and did not go inside the Magic Soul Repository any further.

Perhaps… it seems that he deliberately considered it because he wanted to be alone with Cheon Hye-rin.

That’s not it.

Really.

The severely closed door opened and I moved my steps inside the Magic Soul Repository.

Inside, a vast space enveloped in dark fog unfolded.

The air was as cold as ice, and the ceiling was so high that the end was nowhere to be seen.

Turning my head, various weapons were neatly hung on the walls.

Of course, each weapon was stored with a nameplate with its respective name,

Some of them were only heard of in the legends of Murim.

‘There seem to be some that are only shown in the descriptions in the story.’

And a woman was standing in front of that hallway.

“My dear, Yu Jin… aren’t you late.”

“Ah. Were you waiting?”

Waiting…were you…?

!

After a while, Cheon Hye-rin, who was breathing heavily, closed her eyes slightly.

“No, I wasn’t waiting long. It’s just that I arrived.”

After uttering those words,

The Sword Empress, who had taken her place right next to me, leaned closer as if she had no choice but to stick to me.

Unlike before, it was a skinship in the fresh way of a man and woman.

“It’s close… isn’t it.”

“It’s all…because of you. After saying those words yesterday…”

“21”

“Anyway, that’s the case. Accept it nicely today.”

A serious expression with no playfulness mixed in.

Cheon Hye-rin, with a look as if to retort on my face that said, “What did I do,” makes a subtle expression.

Cheon Hye-rin, with her arms crossed, lifted the uniform that wrapped around her large chest to the limit and tilted her body slightly.

The way she was walking forward while holding her huge chest with her hands.
“
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Every time her eyes met mine, her steps stopped. She was speechless. She breathed heavily.

Her appearance as she moved her steps forward while muttering was quite different from her usual appearance.

There was a look of not knowing what to do, and her face was full of it.

I can’t concentrate on choosing weapons because I’m worried.

I had no choice but to open my lips.

“Is it because you’re worried about what happened yesterday?”

” “

Startled, but.

Cheon Hye-rin was still walking with her back turned.

I grabbed her shoulder and approached and poked her cheek.
“1”

Even if I don’t know exactly why she’s upset.

That’s how you can understand the other person by looking at their expression.

Perhaps the approach yesterday was too sudden and she didn’t like it very much.

“Cheon Hye-rin.”

“1”
“

I let go of her words for a moment.

Here, as Ma Roe had set the stage, it was a space where only the two of us were.

“I made it comfortable because there was no one watching… From now on, if it’s just the two of us. Is it okay to do this much?”

“…!!”

The sight of her widened eyes shaking was caught in my sight.

Her shoulders trembled. Her unusually long eyelashes couldn’t find a place to go, and she lowered her gaze.

“…Are you worried about me holding your hand yesterday?”

Although I touched her over the gloves.

Originally, Cheon Hye-rin is famous for not holding other people’s hands well. She even considers touching them unclean.

With a subtle expression, I see her holding my hand.

“Th….that’s, Yu Jin.”

“Why.”

“…Don’t, do that too much.”

I looked at Cheon Hye-rin at her unexpected reaction that came out like a murmur.

“More than I imagined… it’s embarrassing. It’s throbbing…”
“
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“M, me…. I’m not the one being attacked. As I said before… I’m not used to this, so that’s why.”
“
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…Um.

You mean you’re going to attack me from now on?

Cheon Hye-rin was silent for a long time before opening her mouth slightly.

“…Y, Yu Jin. In case I’m annoying… am I?”

“?”

Suddenly?

“I… feel like I’ve been taken hostage by you… you, make me… sway too much.”
“

That’s right.

She makes me feel annoyed by mistaking something that is not a big deal on her own.

Moreover, you are the one who made me almost die from the beginning.

You are also the one who had a significant impact on making me known to other elders, which is annoying.

But if I said that, it was obvious that my head would be cut off in two, so I swallowed it beyond my throat.

I combine the words that will perfectly resolve the current situation in my head.

A way to satisfy Cheon Hye-rin and clear up misunderstandings.

The words that came out of that thought were.

“Is there anything more annoying and sad than being hated by someone you like?”
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“Yu Jin… did you come here alone for me?”

In the story, the Sword Empress couldn’t bend her stubbornness, but Cheon Hye-rin bent surprisingly easily.

No, the important thing is that she is not bending at all, so is this unrelated?

“Yes.”

“…!! Th, I understood… y, your heart.”

Cheon Hye-rin covered her reddening cheeks and ears with her hands and nodded.

She stood in front of me for a long time, then apologized with a slightly guilty expression.

“…I’m sorry. I didn’t even know and I was… complaining.”

“…?”

“Wasn’t it you who made time for us to be alone?”

“That’s-“

“I was too worried about what happened yesterday. The fact that you came closer… remains so vivid in my memory.”

No.

I didn’t intend to be alone.

I had no choice but to play along with Cheon Hye-rin’s misunderstanding again.

“Your ear tips are too red.”

She pondered for a moment what that meant, and then.

“…Ah.”

As if recognizing that all her feelings had been found out, she revealed a lot of embarrassment and took a gasp of breath.

“It’s, it’s cowardly…!”
“
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“I was worried. I was worried about your eyes.”

Hearing those words. Cheon Hye-rin, who had been catching her breath with difficulty for a long time.

“Haa… Haa… It’s embarrassing. Please stop.”

She held my hand tightly and dragged me into the hallway.

“…Can you let go of me?”

“…That’s not possible.”

“Why…?”

“Now… I can’t live without you.”

I guess it’s right to go back with the sword.

It’s not a established fact.