The war we don’t know about (5)

Who are you.

To Cynthia’s question, the girl answered bluntly.

“I am you. I am not.”

“me···?”

Even though I’m old, I’m not.

Cynthia looked at the girl with confused eyes.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen it in person…isn’t it?”

There is no hostility in the voice.

The girl’s face is expressionless, but she doesn’t feel any negative feelings towards Cynthia.

Although the voice was blunt, the girl’s reply was detailed and kind.

“Where are you…?”

Cynthia recalled.

How did you come to this place?

Memories were not continuous.

The leaning of the body and the fading away of consciousness were the last of the memories.

“Here, in your subconscious. A mental attack was applied, so I stopped it.”

“Psychic attack…?”

Tilting her head, the girl raised her hand.

There, something condensed in the form of a glowing sphere.

Various voices were intertwined and echoed inside the light that cast an ominous light.

-They say the blood of the demons was mixed.

-Why are demons here?

– Fuck off!

Cynthia shuddered as she saw the severe discrimination she had suffered and the voices that fueled her resentment concentrated in it.

“·······.”

I don’t know who did it, but it couldn’t have been a really bad thing.

The girl bluntly grabbed it and broke it with force.

“Not anymore. I got rid of it. Not anymore…”

However, the girl who was talking suddenly frowned.

“Not… not…?”

“·······?”

He twists his head and wrinkles his expression.

Cynthia cautiously said with an expression that she couldn’t think of something.

“Are you safe?”

“Yeah, that’s right. It’s safe.”

Only then do they chime in as if it were right.

I’ve felt it since before, but this kid’s tone is slurred and his vocabulary is lacking.

Should I say it’s the feeling of trying to vocalize a language you don’t know well?

Cynthia, who was deeply troubled, carefully asked a question.

“Are you not good at talking?”

“difficult.”

The girl bluntly affirmed.

“I don’t know yet.”

As the girl explains in her meager vocabulary, she is her younger self who has just opened her eyes.

Unlike other demons, Cynthia grew up in an environment without demons, and thanks to this, unlike other demons, the time for the ego of the demons to differentiate was delayed.

The girl, she said, it was fairly recently that the ‘beast’s ego’ recognized the world, and it wasn’t even a few months.

In other words, in terms of human beings, they are still infants.

It was difficult for such a child to speak human words with the consciousness of a demonic beast.

“It’s similar to having a hard time learning a foreign language…”

“Foreign language? Yes… maybe.”

It’s a language barrier between races, but if it’s a foreign language, is it a foreign language?

The girl still affirmed with an expressionless face.

Seeing the girl like that, Cynthia somehow thought that this child was taking care of her.

‘It’s a feeling that suits me.’

Not only did he block mental attacks, but he is now talking to him in human words for himself.

Also, while making the most of unfamiliar vocabulary.

‘You’re much younger than me…’

When her thoughts reached that point, Cynthia calmly refined her mana.

“Ahh.”

Distribute mana and focus on vocalization.

It’s a conscious world, so it’s not really using magic, but I was able to implement it with a similar feeling.

So, Cynthia adjusted her mana and uttered the dragon tribe’s ‘magic language’ and spoke.

“thanks.”

“!”

The girl’s eyes widen.

He seemed surprised that he suddenly spoke in the magic language.

The wide-eyed face and blinking eyes were cute even though it was the same face.

As I cautiously approached, the girl, who had come to her senses, stepped back.

It was as if he was saying that the way he was slaughtered was dangerous.

“It’s dangerous. If you get close, I’ll take your body…”

“It’s okay. And…you can do it in demonic language.”

“·······.”

The girl was still hesitant.

It was a face that was clearly afraid of harming Cynthia.

“Last time… did you wake up? Did you wake up then…?”

“yes···.”

The girl affirmed in the magic language.

“I was so confused at the time. I went out of control without even realizing it.”

Contrary to human words, the girl who answered skillfully bowed her head.

When she first opened her eyes, the girl felt fear in the world she was seeing for the first time and ran out of control.

It was probably similar to the crying of a newborn baby.

“But not anymore. I don’t want to.”

The girl said she didn’t want to take her body away.

It was like saying that she didn’t want to be born inside, so Cynthia asked back in bewilderment.

“Uh, why…?”

“Cynthia disappears.”

The girl said that, still expressionless, but with determination.

“For us, our own blood relatives are more important than anything else.”

The instinct of a high-ranking dragon tribe that values blood kinship was also engraved into the girl’s ego.

That’s why, even if he couldn’t be born, he wouldn’t want to harm Cynthia.

After she breaks out of her shell, her human self, Cynthia, will disappear.

“I see···.”

There have been quite a few demons who inherited the blood of common dragons until now, but among them, the egos of hundreds of demons devoured human egos.

It’s because there are a lot of people anyway, so they don’t think blood kinship is very important.

However, they are not high-ranking dragons.

They are few in number, and that’s why they value blood relatives above all else.

And even if it was an ego given to demons, it was acceptable.

It was an unknown fact because there was no demon tribe that inherited the blood of the high-ranking dragon race.

“And people hate me…”

the girl knows

Demons are persecuted, and demons are hated.

Because she had learned it through Cynthia’s memory, the girl also knew the principles of the world.

“·······.”

Cynthia gently closed her eyes.

A girl who knows that she is hated but doesn’t get angry and yields everything for Cynthia.

Even if it was a monster, it must have been a soul with kindness.

Cynthia made up her mind and approached the girl.

The girl was frightened when she saw Cynthia approaching, but before she could avoid her, she hugged her tightly.

“Dangerous···.”

“… No. It’s okay.”

Gently rub the girl’s back as if to soothe her.

“I’m confident in handling magic…”

Magi is only disturbed without eroding Cynthia.

The girl also nodded as she watched her skillfully block demonic energy.

“Yeah… that’s right. Sister, she’s really good at horsemanship.”

“Am I your sister?”

“Because I was born late…”

Suddenly, a laugh came out.

I have always been the younger sister because I have an older sister Karina, but to this child I am the older sister.

For some reason, my heart felt tight, so I gently stroked the girl’s head.

In the meantime, the horn was swept once, and the girl’s body trembled.

“Aren’t you lonely when you’re alone?”

“It’s okay. I can stand it.”

Because she can see Cynthia’s memories, the girl spoke calmly.

“But… that’s not your life.”

“·······.”

The girl is speechless.

It is impossible for her to see and hear the world with her own eyes and ears unless she goes outside.

A girl who cared for Cynthia might be a life she would never be able to face.

“···I will help you.”

So Cynthia promised.

Even though it’s the first child I met today, for the girl who shares the same pain as me.

Sadness as a demon. discrimination. You can’t leave a child like this who knows that.

“I’ll study hard, and I’ll make sure you can see the outside. Then…”

I closed my eyes and remembered.

There was nothing I didn’t know about the mind and consciousness, the gift that one day first called myself ‘human’.

“Let’s go see the professor.”

“Kang Yujin?”

“yes.”

The girl’s heart beats.

She had longed for the dignified teacher she had only seen in her memory.

The sound of a beating heart was transmitted along the hugged body.

“Yeah… I want to meet you too.”

The girl patted Cynthia on the back.

The world was slowly getting brighter.

It was because the mental attack had disintegrated, and Cynthia’s consciousness was floating on the surface.

“Goodbye, sister. See you next time.”

Before Cynthia could say anything, her consciousness floated above the surface of reality.

*

In the middle of a ruin that is thick with fire and smoke.

In the place where the magnificent home of the spider’s web was burned and collapsed, the tarantula lay in a state of disrepair.

“That… uh…”

He was defeated by Yujin Kang.

The power of the highest level was obviously strong, but Kang Yu-jin, who freely manipulates holy and magical powers, exceeded the capabilities of such a tarantula.

He accurately predicted what kind of attack the tarantula would attack and destroyed it, not even giving him a chance to leap into the outer dimension.

Also, the bullets fired from the barrel are absurdly powerful.

Kang Yu-jin’s holy power stamped and suppressed his authority, and the magic created by the Circle pulverized his body.

Of course, Yujin Kang’s body didn’t heal, but none of his wounds were fatal.

Kang Yoo-jin said to the tarantula who was in a state of disrepair.

“It’s not as big as I thought.”

I looked at the man in front of me in despair.

reaper to prepare.

Called the Witchbeast’s Nightmare, his power was overwhelming.

“Yes… bastard…”

“Aren’t you dead yet?”

Yujin Kang said while staring at the tarantula with red eyes.

“Then I’ll give you a good tour before I die.”

After removing all obstacles, he told Karina who was waiting on the cliff.

Afterwards, when the restrictions on her were temporarily lifted, the dull light of magic flashed and Karina’s model leaped into the far-off world of the outer dimension.

The tarantula was taken aback by the vastness reflected across the sky.

“Levi… Atan…”

Was it the highest level?

It was only then that he seemed to know why Kang Yoo-jin was so carefree.

Leaving behind his comrades was possible because, in addition to his confidence in his strength, he had the insurance to subdue the renegade.

If it was the highest level of power, it would be able to subdue even the betrayal of a single demon in an instant.

‘Arachne-sama…’

The tarantula lamented over its stupid plan.

It was right that the Master should have been notified of the preparation of the envoy and the Leviathan from the beginning.

He blamed himself for his stupidity in not grasping the situation earlier.

oh oh oh

Following the circle formula Kang Yoo-jin taught, Karina’s magic encircled the planet and drew a huge ring along its rotational orbit.

Out of the atmosphere, a huge ring showed off its majestic majesty, and Magi, mixed with mana, soon began to fuse with the power of the base station to draw a stable circle.

“Geuh…”

You shouldn’t leave it as it is.

I don’t know what it was, but it was clear that if it was completed, it would act as a great threat to the Witchbeast.

The tarantula squeezed out the last of its strength and let out a thrashing cry with all its might.

Kiki-Ik—!!

His screams, which echoed in all directions, spread in waves and spread throughout the garrison.

“Tsk.”

Yujin Kang clicked her tongue.

A word the tarantula uttered along with death.

It was an order to kill humans.

*

Consciousness rises to the surface.

The darkness dissipated, and a hazy light filtered through my eyelids like a tide.

As all sensation began to return, Cynthia raised her hands and felt her heart pounding in her chest.

‘I’ll promise.’

I recalled the promise I made to the girl on the other side of my consciousness.

Obviously, you can.

‘I’m a human. And also a dragon.’

It’s not that it can’t be either, it can be either.

I know the sadness I went through, and I know that many children are going through the same pain.

And, I realized that the girl I met this time was the same.

‘I want to be a bridge for them.’

Maybe it was for that reason that he was more proficient in the interpretation and vocalization of demonic language than anyone else.

A dream to become a bridgehead connecting them.

Cynthia had such a dream in her small heart.

“Sh-sini! Are you okay!? I was so worried!”

After a while, after confirming that Cynthia was awake, Ensia rushed over and made a fuss.

“Are you okay!? Huh!?!?”

“Uh, uhm… I’m fine now. By the way…”

The surroundings are cluttered.

Kim Yong and Legera were busy building a defense line.

“Why are you doing this?”

“They say the dragons are running this way.”

It still takes time for the sympathetic nervous system to fully function, but a large army of dragons is coming here.

And scaring her to speak, Yujin Kang fell from the sky and landed on the floor.

“Professor! Where have you been!?”

“I came after killing the enemy’s leader. Let’s defend the rest of the monsters here.”

He said it for granted as if he had just gone for a walk and prepared for battle.

Seeing him touch the gun, he seemed intent on killing everyone.

“No, I can’t help it.”

“I hope it ends with minimal damage.”

Regera and Kim Yong looked distressed at the situation of having to fight with their own people, but their faces showed that they couldn’t help it because of the situation.

“·······.”

Cynthia swallowed dryly.

It’s scary, but there was something I had to do… something I wanted to do.

‘I can’t just stay behind.’

Nothing can be changed by being protected.

As long as I was scared, I couldn’t do anything.

Cynthia stood up from her seat and approached Yujin Kang.

Cynthia, who had only learned and listened to him who always admired him and always said the right thing, approached him for the first time.

“professor.”

His eyes see Cynthia.

I flinched at the blunt and ferocious gaze, but I could tell that his gaze was listening to me.

So I mustered up the courage.

Gathering up the courage, I expressed my opinion to him for the first time.

“Those dragons, please leave them to me.”