14 – I saw a girl 4

Chaejin lightly stroked her hair and gently took her out of her arms.

“Thank you for saying that, hero.”

“Yo, the hero. To think that I was called the hero by the hero! I-I really became a hero!?”

“Yes. Don’t you feel it The energy of divine protection oscillates within you.”

“I can feel it. I can clearly feel it. I have become a warrior…….”

Chaejin also checked her own strength.

‘As expected.’

Even though the divine protection disappeared, the accumulated power itself did not diminish.

However, it seemed impossible to be able to sustain it with willpower even if it suffered instant death damage like before.

‘This power is completely mine.’

ㅡ It has been confirmed that the Divine Protection has been inherited. You have listened to my request.

As she organizes her thoughts, she hears a familiar voice in her head.

It was definitely the voice of a goddess.

ㅡ Even the small piece of divine protection remaining inside you is about to disappear…… We deliver only what you need quickly.

ㅡ Protection is to grow together with the hero’s body. As a human being, you have already become so strong that you cannot grow your blessings.

ㅡ However, since the new hero has already received the protection that you have grown, if he grows through the protection, he can become strong enough to exceed human limits.

ㅡ I have already experienced enough hardships and adversities. The last thing I would like to ask is the pure growth of the new warrior himself.

ㅡ Please train a new hero yourself. After raising the warrior’s strength to the maximum level, he will have the ability to defeat the double body and save the world.

All I could really say was that I couldn’t hear the voice of the goddess anymore.

‘Oh, Goddess, from beginning to end, all she does is ask.’

I felt guilty, but what can I do?

She said that the goddess herself said that she was a ‘made-up being’.

I thought that getting angry at something similar to a machine that didn’t have a special personality and just did what it was supposed to do was a waste of emotion.

‘By the way, if Kaho was inherited as he grew up.’

Even with the divine protection that has not grown at all, Chaejin has become as strong as human beings as a single individual.

In other words, since Gaho, who had just grown up with him, was given to Iril as it is, Iril, who had already grown enough, would become stronger than Chaejin.

Treat unreasonable beings as unreasonable beings.

I felt that those words fit perfectly.

“I, I, the hero… Like the longed-for hero… Warrior…… ! Oh, woo I can’t believe it…….”

Chaejin reminded herself that she still had a lot of work to do.

Although she has ceased to be a hero, the burden on her shoulders is still heavy.

I already felt like I was sighing heavily at the thought of raising that guy into a worthy warrior.

‘But what…… If I just nurture them, they will become an overwhelming force.’

The end of the world.

There is a desire that Ilil in front of me doesn’t die, but Chaejin has no urgency to stop it.

His greatest goal now is revenge against the specific forces that betrayed him and made him miserable.

I will definitely make them experience more regret and despair than what I gave them this time.

Even for that purpose, training someone with overwhelming force is obviously of great help.

‘Yes, I will. You can do it But once…….’

Chaejin moved her seat so that Irill wouldn’t notice, and cautiously approached from behind.

‘What should I do with my head that feels stuffy just looking at it!’

Wide open!

Chaejin spread out the girl’s bangs, which were almost up to her philtrum, with a 5:5 part.

“Hyaaah!”

Irill rolls on the floor, causing a game like someone who has taken off her clothes.

Since I was a little surprised, it wasn’t to the extent that I got that kind of reaction…….

She rolled up her body like a ball worm and pulled her hair back to cover her face.

“Why is that?”

“Me, me, that…… I! I mean, I’m ugly…… !”

“I saw your face when I was sleeping earlier. She was cute and pretty enough. It must be because you always lived watching Elua.”

“Ah, anyway, it’s embarrassing… ….”

I don’t know what the hell the problem is, but it’s embarrassing to think that she’s going to cover her eyes with her hair like that all the time.

At most, you should be looking in front of her through the cracks in her hair.

That’s why I can’t fight properly.

“Illil. Being a warrior isn’t enough for her. Just because you’re a hero doesn’t mean you become strong overnight. I will have to train and fight in the future, but if I cover myself like that, all I can say is that I will die.”

“Ooh…… Hero, is it okay no matter what I look like? Whether it’s disgusting, or hating it…….”

“Absolutely not. I’ll promise.”

“Oh, really?”

“Of course.”

Erill hesitated, brushing her bangs to the side.

What is this makes me nervous.

Since I tried to hide it so much, I wondered what the hell was going on.

‘Oh.’

Chaejin froze when she saw her exposed eyes.

Her left eye is normal, but her right eye has a bizarre shape.

The red pupils that stand out against the black background seem to glow subtly.

In the world Chaejin lived in, what was called her reverse eye was in the girl’s right eye.

Feeling the stare piercing her own eyes, Erill looked at the ground like her wounded child.

“Unpleasant, ugly…… ? I’ve lived hearing that I was cursed all along. A witch, a child of the devil…… No matter where I went, I wasn’t treated well. It was to the extent that I would be happy if I just got kicked out…….”

It deserved it.

Eyes are the most powerful part of a person’s impression.

With eyes like that falling behind normal and having an ominous shape, it could be said that being despised was a natural step.

I’m not saying that’s right, but you can’t just ignore that it’s a natural flow.

Isn’t this a world where punishments and curses exist?

Chaejin realized when she saw her downcast.

‘That’s right. I thought your heart resembled mine.’

Of course, in the case of Chaejin, there was no big problem with her appearance.

But there is something called the imprinted emotion of her childhood.

Children who receive the wrong education, have their self-esteem destroyed, and are kicked out of the group without having normal friendships.

This was the case with Chaejin, who was abused and abandoned by her parents in her childhood.

“Whew.”

Iril flinched at Chaejin’s small sigh and covered her eyes with her hair again.

“Yo, the hero too, I…… No, did you lose?”

“I just sighed because it was insignificant. I thought there was something great, but it wasn’t too much.”

“…… No big deal? This?”

Illil carefully holds her head open with both of her hands.

The two eyes, which formed an extreme contrast, looked at Chaejin adventurously.

“Yes. I mean, in the world I used to live in, it’s called ‘Yeokan’. They may be treated as ominous here, but there they are just plain pretty eyes. There are a lot of people who only like those eyes.”

When she heard that, she must have been really surprised, and Illil opened her mouth wide.

“Really? Is that true!? Don’t you hear that you’re cursed, or that you’re gross and horrible?”

“Oh, of course. There, I like eyes like yours, so I leave a lot of them in pictures, and sometimes I disguise myself to look like that on purpose.”

There may have been some distortion, but there was no exaggeration or lies.

It cannot be said that it was the entire world Chaejin lived in, but Iril’s eyes were definitely in explosive demand in some classes.

“Waaa…… !”

Upon hearing that, Ilil’s face changed as if she saw a doll she really liked.

She asked as she got up from her seat and put her hands together with her closer.

“There was such a world! It really only sounds like a dream…… ! Can I, too, go to the hero’s world?”

I’m sorry for pouring cold water on those lantern-lit eyes, but I couldn’t say no.

“Unfortunately, that won’t work.”

“uuu, that’s right. I’m so sorry…….”

“Still, I, a person from that world, am still here?”

“Oh.”

Iril looked at me as if she had realized something and she asked in a low voice.

“Yo, the hero. Do you like these eyes?”

Chaejin smiled softly and told her what she wanted to hear the most.

“Yes. I think it’s really pretty. One eye only feels better to me.”

“Ah, ah…… !”

Then Iril suddenly broke down and started crying.

“Black, black. Whoa! aaang! It’s the first time, it’s the first time I’ve heard such a thing! I thought I’d never hear someone say I’m pretty or anything like that…… ! I thought I wouldn’t be accepted by anyone!”

“El Lua and her brothers accepted you.”

“But, even so, everyone could see me startled when they looked into my eyes! Ugh, this is my first time being a warrior. My eyes are pretty, and you smiled without pretense!”

“But it’s true. To me, it’s just plain pretty. You mean the aesthetic standards are different?”

“Ahhhhh!”

To be honest, even for Chaejin, it’s not normal, but should I say that she has a defensive range?

To be honest, Ilil’s eyes were pretty eyes that had nothing to worry about in the aesthetic sense of modern people who are accustomed to subcultures.

“Illil, listen carefully. From now on you are a warrior. The one who will save the world from peril.”

“Huh, yes.”

“What will people think when they see you, the hero who saved the world, with those eyes?”

“Um…… What kind of warrior is that…… I have to drive it out before the curse moves on.”

“No no no no. From the point of view of ordinary people, if that person is a hero who saved the world, everything starts to look cool. Like you said you admired me.”

“Is that so?”

“Sure. Same goes for your eyes. After you save the world as a hero, before you know it, those eyes could become the charm point of the great hero and an aesthetic standard. You can change people’s perceptions with your power.”

“Something like that… ….”

Iril muttered blankly.

“I don’t know if it will work!?”

It seems that he was looking at the possibilities while he was blurting out his words.

“So you can’t keep hiding it because you’re afraid of people’s reactions, right?”

“Yes, yes!”

“Then stay there. I’m going to cut my bangs.”

“Yes, yes!?”

Chaejin took the knife and smiled sinisterly.

“Stay still. If you resist, you will get hurt.”

The Dwarf artisans of Steel Mountain couldn’t even imagine it.

Trimming a girl’s hair is the first use of the best sword they’ve made for a hero.