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56 – Sinat (04)

057.

“Kallen!! No… Kallen!!!”

It feels like I’m going crazy.

Sinat began to tremble pitifully while holding onto Kalen’s body.

I barely admitted it.

Beyond talking to myself, I finally had the courage to tell Kalen.

But Kalen, who should hear those words, is barely holding on.

And that too, because he threw himself once again to save Sinat.

The fact that she had driven the man she loved to the brink of death several times because of her, was unbearable.

If she could, she would give her life to save him.

But to handle everything that had happened so far, Sinat’s body and mind were too fragile.

So Sinat just held Kalen in her arms.

She couldn’t do anything else.

“Kalen…!”

They say if you earnestly wish, it will come true.

The one who answered the desperate call was unexpected.

“…Sinat.”

The strange mist, as if losing its strength, began to disappear.

Felicius’s words, perhaps because they hit the mist, seemed a bit sad.

“Wh-who…”

Felicius is Sinat’s spirit.

The lord and heir of the spirit world cannot make contracts with humans.

The first case of breaking that rule was being established there.

“It’s me. Kalryong…”

“Kalryong…?”

The name heard when she couldn’t keep her mind because Kalen was dying.

Sinat remembered the name of her spirit.

“Kalryong…? That appearance…”

“There are circumstances. I can explain later, so calm down a bit.”

“Ah, ah. Kalryong. Help me. Kalen is…”

“Sinat.”

That unusual relationship made it even more special.

Sinat’s loneliness was filled by Kalen,

but Felicius’s loneliness was filled by Sinat.

That doesn’t mean Sinat doesn’t think of Felicius and Kalen as special.

Moreover, in this situation, there is no one to rely on but Felicius.

So, it’s not unreasonable for her to be falling apart like this.

After Kalen captured Gishar,

Felicius and Tiasse, who were connected to him, came to their senses.

The growing torrent of emotions calmed down, and the dizzying thoughts settled.

Thus, Felicius, who could now see the situation clearly, decided to calm Sinat first.

He carefully hugged her trembling figure and patted her back.

The hyperventilation that had made her chest rise and fall heavily subsided.

Sinat found stability in Felicius’s embrace.

“Are you calm now?”

“…Yes.”

After a long while,

Sinat finally regained her breath.

Only then did Felicius let her go.

However, the fundamental problem was not solved.

The fear Sinat harbored would only disappear if Kalen’s condition was resolved.

And that,

is an impossible task.

“Sinat. Can you listen without getting excited?”

Hearing that, at least, doesn’t mean good news.

Sinat guessed Felicius’s intention and closed her eyes.

She nodded calmly.

“He won’t die. This is not the human world, so there’s no actual burden on the body.”

“Then…”

“But. Precisely because of that, it could be more serious.”

“…”

“The body literally refers to the physical body, and it’s very unusual for you and Kalen to come to the spirit world. If the soul returns to the human world with such wounds, I don’t know what will happen…”

Felicius trailed off.

It was already hard enough to say such things to Sinat, who was struggling, and it was also difficult for Tiaze and Felicius himself to speak negatively about Kalen’s condition.

If possible, they wanted to cling to every hope and possibility.

However, patching things up with false hope always comes with a great cost eventually.

It is important to accurately and appropriately assess the current situation and move towards a better direction in the future.

This is the aspect of a successor who will bear the burden of the spirit realm and inherit the duties of the lord.

“…But what Kalen did was so unprecedented that I might be wrong.”

This was also an accurate yet appropriate judgment.

It was an unvarnished truth, but Felicius found it hard to deny that it was filled with his own hopes.

As mentioned, if possible, he would pray for the situation to unfold as he just said.

“…Are you saying his life is not in danger?”

“Yes. At least his physical life.”

Physical life.

It means the body is dead.

Breathing stops, and bodily functions cease.

It leads to biological death.

Felicius denied Sinat’s question, and as Sinat was about to confirm again,

“But the soul…”

Felicius bowed his head apologetically.

The body dies when it suffers a fatal wound.

Kalen’s soul had left his body and come to the spirit realm.

Just as a spirit manifested in the human realm cannot cause physical harm,

a soul in the spirit realm does not die from being wounded.

However, lifespan.

The soul is half of everything.

When the soul is wounded,

especially if it is in a serious condition like Kalen’s, it goes without saying.

It was clear that his soul had taken a great blow, and his lifespan would be shortened.

Hearing all this, Sinat,

could not lift his head.

What he saw in his lowered gaze was Kalen’s struggling figure.

This boy had sacrificed his own lifespan to save him.

He was so grateful, and yet so sorry for that fact.

Sinat looked at Kalen, but could not truly see him.

*

“…”

“Karl…?”

Some time had passed since they had escaped the pit.

In front of the now conscious Kalen stood three girls.

Realizing they were Sinat, Felicius, and Tiasaim in turn, Kalen sighed in relief.

In the end, they had succeeded.

The fact that they had survived safely from that traitorous monster was somewhat overwhelming.

Kalen smiled unconsciously.

“Sniff…”

At the same time, he felt a warmth.

It wasn’t hard to realize that Sinat had embraced him with her small body.

“Why are you crying?”

“You… you…”

“Have you greeted Felicius?”

“Huh…? Felicius…?”

“You haven’t said anything.”

Kalen pointed to Felicius, and before his lips could form the name Karlyon,

“I, I am Felicius. Felicius von Ekelart.”

“Ah…”

He chuckled.

After going through such a great ordeal,

it was a rather fresh sentiment.

Leaving the two who were just introducing themselves behind, Kallen spoke to Tiaze.

“You.”

“I’m fine… Kallen…”

“I’m fine too. It hurt earlier, but now it doesn’t hurt at all.”

“That…”

“You don’t have to say it.”

It was something he had already heard from Felicius.

That there was no benefit to a soul getting hurt in the spirit world.

Kallen didn’t want to utter negative words.

It was a good thing.

They had safely rescued Sinat and discovered the unresolved secret relationship.

Perhaps even the peculiar constitution and mental state entangled with Kallen.

“Turn around.”

“What?”

“You need to take this back.”

“Oh…”

When Kallen tapped his lips, Tiaze, understanding the meaning, blushed and turned her head.

Kallen, somewhat awkwardly, took out the ‘jeong’ and wiped it before returning it to Tiaze.

Fortunately, there seemed to be no problem with the light cluster, and Tiaze’s ‘jeong’ was as it originally was.

“Haa…”

Tiaze turned her head and swallowed the ‘jeong’ again.

Watching Tiaze, Kallen spoke.

“Shall we release it now?”

“…What?”

“The contract. We agreed to release it once the task was done.”

“…”

Originally, the lord and the successor cannot make a contract with a human.

It is a rule that ensures the spirit world runs smoothly.

Tiaze, who must uphold this rule more than anyone else, could not defy it.

Moreover, Tiaze had never once disobeyed her mother, the lord of Clymene.

Her personality was her personality, and she also had a sense of responsibility as a successor.

So Kallen’s words were valid.

It was true that they had decided to terminate the contract after this matter was over.

Everything pointed to the termination of the contract.

Except for one thing, Tiaze’s heart was a little different.

“…No.”

“Shouldn’t we terminate it?”

“No. It’s okay.”

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It was a very short time.

Tiaze accompanied Kallen on his journey with Felicius.

Great if it was great.

The story of a boy who accomplished that reckless task for Sinat.

Tiaze, who had lived her whole life as a successor, modestly.

The most beautiful story created by Kallen and Sinat.

It was enough to ignite the heart of a girl that was slowly withering away.

The first human she made a contract with.

It was a bit dangerous, but an adventure she would never forget.

Decisively, the overwhelming emotion she felt when she briefly merged with Kallen.

Without realizing it, Tiaze had fallen deeply for the human named Kallen.

That’s why she insists.

A flower that had never disobeyed the words of her lord and mother, and should only bloom beautifully, faced the world.

“Kallen, with you… I’ve exchanged enough, so the lord will understand.”

She wants to be with this human boy a little longer.

She wants to face this human boy’s story a little more.

She wants to be the first to hear the story that this human boy will create.

Tiaze reached out to hold Kallen’s hand… but stopped.

Instead, she nodded.

“Well… I’m okay too.”

“Hehe. Thank you.”

The most important thing was Kallen’s heart.

Tiaze had to try to calm the pounding of her heart.

“We’ve been here too long, Kallen, Sinat. It’s time to go back now.”

Felicius, who had successfully concluded the meeting with Sinat, spoke.

Having certainly saved Sinat, there was no longer any reason to stay in the spirit realm.

“We’ll explain everything to the lords, so it seems we must part ways here. Kallen, just retrace the path you took to get here.”

“Got it.”

“Then, farewell.”

“Goodbye.”

Is it sad to part like this?

Sinat asked, looking at Felicius and Tiaze.

“Will we never… see each other again?”

“Well, we’ll return to our manifested forms, so it’s not that we won’t see each other.”

Felicius had a look that seemed to understand that feeling.

“We won’t be able to talk, though. For a manifested form to speak to a human, both sides have to bear a considerable burden.”

“…”

“Don’t cry, Sinat.”

Felicius comforted the tearful Sinat once more, then looked at Kallen.

“We’ll meet again someday.”