11. Clues – 12

The future Erekaya’s soul is currently residing in Jin’s image space.

No, to be precise, the word ‘residence’ may not be a very correct expression. Because, in the sense of the phenomenal world, Erekaya’s soul 10 years later is as good as not existing in this era.

Originally, in the material world, an ordinary human being can accommodate only one soul in one body. This is because the original human body was made into a vessel that could contain only one soul, before weighing the size of the mind or the weight of the soul.

Of course, exceptions do exist. Commonly called necromancers or spirit mediums, those who deal with innate spirit-related powers may have no problem accommodating multiple souls in their bodies.

However, that is because they were born with an innate ‘vessel capable of handling multiple souls’, and those who deviate from that category cannot contain two souls in one body no matter what.

And, of course, Jin was not a person who deviated from that category, but a person with extremely ordinary talents.

Because of that, Erekaya had no choice but to use an expedient to dwell in Jin’s body.

That is to ‘informationize’ oneself, to dissolve oneself in the space of Jin’s image.

He reestablished his own soul as an ability called synesthesia rather than a spiritual body, and in the process of transferring his unique ability to Jin, he tried to make sure that the ‘impurity’ of her soul also dwelled there.

Each of these methods used by Erekaya had different advantages and disadvantages when compared to the program in its normal state.

First of all, the advantage is that it is possible to live in the world of his image indefinitely without any duration, unlike the normal state of the code, and even if the target does not have spiritual powers, it is possible for two souls to stay in one body. that it was possible.

However, if there was a downside, it was that Erekaya could not provide direct help to him because he was only living in a corner of the mental world through the form of transfer, not in the state of being imposed on his body.

Originally, necromancy is a spiritual ability that seeks to exert transcendental power that it originally did not possess by accepting a powerful soul other than itself into the body.

However, none of the benefits that Jin gained by Erekaya living in Jin’s body existed.

It was possible to ‘rent’ her synesthesia ability to Jin, but that was not possible because Erekaya was possessed by Jin’s body.

To put it in a word, Erekaya clearly exists inside Jin’s image world, but at the same time, she is not completely fused with him.

However, that did not mean that Erekaya did not have advantages.

For example, even if Jin is sleeping or loses consciousness, Erekaya, who lives in his image world, is counted as a different object from Jin, so he can observe the situation outside.

“i like you.”

That’s why she saw it.

While Jin lost consciousness due to the reaction of Exceed, Altina von Rudel Serias secretly stole his lips, and when that wasn’t enough, he opened his mouth and quietly put her tongue in.

– … Altina.

Indeed, a sigh comes out. Does that woman even know what she is doing?

No, because he was clearly aware of it, he was a little out of his mind due to the recoil of Exceed, and he sharply entered the gap that he had lost his mind and gave him a lap pillow, or he was perpetrating face-to-face in this way.

Of course, the level was a little, no, very low to be called face-to-face, but from Erekaya’s standards, this level of action was not enough to be called face-to-face.

– Me, me, cheeky…

If you think about it, it has been like that since time immemorial. To a woman named Erekaya del Pendragon, a woman named Altina von Rudel Serias was always an obstacle in her work, and at the same time, a woman like a pebble on the street that always got in the way of her life.

The original Count Serias family is only a collateral line of the Pendragon Duke family.

However, the Duke of Pendragon allowed Count Serias to branch out with a truly broad and benevolent heart, and now they have come to arouse sympathy towards Pendragon without knowing how high the sky is.

Thinking that there was no need to match her feelings that were so childish to the point of being originally like that, Erekaya responded by consistently ignoring Altina whenever she saw her.

Because Erekaya and Altina, as well as Pendragon and Serias, had different ‘classes’ from the beginning, and the positions they were standing in were also very different.

Looking at Erekaya, Altina herself might have thought that she was her rival, or that she was a good competitor, but from Erekaya’s point of view, it was nothing more than a terrible illusion.

The two of them had never stood on the same line for a single moment from the time they were born until now.

From the family he was born into, his grades in Nineveh, the depth of his martial arts, and even reaching the level of a master.

Erekaya had always been ahead of Altina in everything, and had proven herself to be a superior and superior human being.

… yes. At this moment, until Altina von Rudel Serias took away a man named Jean.

Indeed, it seems that Altina had a far superior talent than Erekaya when it came to the truly disgusting and obscene aspect of seducing men.

Although Erekaya at this point had never held hands with Jin, Altina, who could be said to be one of her rivals, had reached the point where she faced him, albeit one-sidedly.

yes i know At this moment, Erekaya herself could never stop Altina von Rudel Serias from acting outrageously.

Erekaya at this point in time would have been able to prevent such a low act as that stray cat in Altina, but Erekaya in this place is just a ghost of the past, so it is impossible to prevent that sudden kiss. fact.

– … I’m sorry, really.

Seeing Altina with the eyes of a girl in love no matter who in the world could see it, Erekaya sighed softly.

If Erekaya had just returned, Erekaya from three months ago, she might have calmly calculated something in her head while watching Altina’s actions casually.

she knows The fact that Altina von Rudel Serias was once Jin’s lover.

Originally, men do not forget their first love very well, and first love is bound to give a lot of meaning to the act itself, and Jin will never escape the category of such foolish men.

Erekaya was never standing here for fun.

What was the reason for wanting to return to the past, until he fell into a miserable state of losing his body, living as a parasite in a corner of Jin’s image world, and barely protecting his ego?

Indeed, it was not enough that he killed all the members of the Duke of Pendragon himself after being robbed of his self-consciousness and body by the ‘old snake’, Ajdahaka, and the main cause of the world heading toward destruction was none other than himself. Wasn’t it

Although it was half a joke that he told Jin to flirt with him and handed over information about his taste and favorite male image, the other half was to atone for his own karma and set the future for himself to reach someday. It was meant to catch.

But at this moment, Erekaya forgot all about the end of the world, the ‘old snake’, or the messages on the status window, and stared at Altina stealing Jin’s lips with a trembling gaze.

Her pathetic words were not meant for Altina, who was kissing him for the first time like a stray cat.

It was nothing more than a self-deprecating word that Erekaya uttered while looking back at herself.

Erekaya’s mission is to make Erekaya happy at this point.

Isn’t it to guide Jin on the right path according to the status window message, make Erekaya happy, and ultimately prevent the end that will come someday?

However, the feeling I felt when I saw Altina kissing Jin was no different… It was a feeling that even she herself could not describe.

If I had been there If only I could have stood in Altina’s place, or at least in my place at this point.

If I had a body, if only I had a body with blood and warmth.

If only I had a hand to hold you and caress you when you faint and fall.

If only I had a knee that could lay you down and comfort you when you’re tired.

If only I had feet that could share the same vision, see the same place, and walk the same path as you.

At this moment, if only I, who had shared and shared everything with Jin since the return to the present, would have been standing there instead of the current me who stupidly doesn’t know where or what I’m doing!

At least, like now, Altina von Rudel Serias couldn’t have been installed like that.

ah, gin. I’m saying this now, but I know you well.

you are really stupid

Even though he has returned nine times so far, he still has not abandoned his humanity, has not made progress in martial arts despite the years he has lived, and is a pitiful man who still has more facts he does not know than he knows. Do.

… But at the same time, I know.

The strength to never give up and keep running forward, no matter how broken, broken, or even sometimes stumbled.

From the outside, you don’t have any manners towards women, but at the same time, your innocence still suffers because you can’t get rid of the memory of your ex-lover who has been there for decades.

In all those moments that can be long if long and short if short, I watched you. I have looked into you more than anyone else in the world, and I have shared and shared many things with you.

Compared to those days when I lived as a princess and duke of Pendragon, it is clear that everything I am in now is lacking and miserable. How is this world seen through you as such a brilliant and beautiful thing?

– … happiness, it is

In order to make herself happy, a woman who came up with a plan to seduce herself has now come to have a different wish.

Even now, in order to prevent the end of the world, Jin has no intention of withdrawing from the plan to seduce himself at this point.

… However, there is no guarantee that the subject of ‘happiness’ necessarily refers to one’s self at this point.

For example, there must be a possibility that the Erekaya pointed at by the status window is not the current self, but the current self.

Then, even if you are like this, even if you are just a sinner in the world, it doesn’t matter if you have at least one wish.

… I don’t know. I don’t know anything yet. What is your heart, what direction it is flowing, and what you truly desire. All.

Still, one thing seemed to be clear.

Erekaya hates Altina von Rudel Serias. In one episode, he hates Altina, who was his lover even more.

I also hate Claire Delphine Mascarena. Serica von Wallenstein also hates it.

… And the current Erekaya del Pendragon, who could be called herself, was equally disliked.

Erekaya del Pendragon hated all the women who came near him.