“Tsk, maybe it’s because it takes after its creator, so it has no taste.”
“… Why am I being criticized for something like that?”
Cecil was offended by his harsh criticism of her cooking skills. After snorting with laughter, she opened the door of her cabin without looking back and felt the touch of the barren land. She took a step forward.
“… The weather is cold. Where are you going?”
“Hmph, I’m a devil anyway. There’s no need to worry about devils because they are monsters that don’t suffer from the cold.”
Even as she murmured those words, her body trembled slightly, perhaps because the earth of her void was cold.
Julius took off his neatly angled black uniform coat and placed it over Cecil’s shoulders, then silently began walking a step behind her.
“Unless it’s the locket or that second wish, I won’t refuse something like this.”
“… ….”
Cecil, who was looking at the face of her husband as he walked behind her with his back turned, remained silent and mumbled while burying herself in his large coat, as if she were asking him a question.
“… If we really had to live like this forever, just the two of us… would you still love me?”
“Let me try to love you.”
‘Well, not now.
After all, my past self is just an obstacle.
She was a dirty and filthy b*tch.’
Cecil’s sullen shoulders drooped. She stepped forward helplessly, moving aimlessly.
Julius, who was walking slowly behind her, matching her steps, suddenly spoke, his words tickling her cold heart.
“But it will be difficult forever.”
“… Are you tired of living with someone like me?”
“No, I was thinking of living in the same house with Leira soon. A long-awaited family reunion shouldn’t be held in a place like this. Wouldn’t the scenery have to be a bit more vivid?”
He spoke casually, as if it were nothing, but Cecil was too busy muttering the same word that had come out of her husband’s mouth.
‘Family.
It’s family.
Yes, I am part of Julius’ family.
His lovely wife and the mother of sweet Leira.
As long as we have that child, our bond will never disappear.
Yes, it will never fade.
Because our love will last forever.’
As if her heart had eased a little, a faint smile spread across her stiff lips, and her slumped shoulders slowly lifted again.
‘Yes, Julius is also a man. His heart wavers sometimes too.
As his wife, I should look at this with a compassionate heart.’
She thought of the wishes written in the precious book she had kept in the shadows swaying at her feet and began to laugh, imagining an end to the fight between her and her husband as they held hands and admired the beautiful scenery of Aran together.
Feeling refreshed by her more relaxed mind, Cecil looked back energetically, planning to speak to Julius in a playful tone.
‘Hmph, just this once. If this happens again next time, I don’t think there will be any way out!
If I puff out my cheeks like this and act childish as always, Julius will smile, shake his head, and silently listen to what I have to say.
Then, we’ll rebuild our love again. And when winter comes, we’ll return to Kente Village and welcome Leira, whom Kim-kun brought.‘
‘Mom! I love you!’
I heard she’s grown a lot while I haven’t seen her.
They say she looks exactly like me and Julius.
I’ll hold my little girl in my arms, wander around the market with her, and eat delicious food together.
At night, she’ll crawl between me and him, hold both our hands tightly, and fall asleep peacefully.
In the morning, I’ll kiss Leira’s plump cheek as she whines, struggling to open her cute little eyes.
If I can’t go back to the past, then the past is meaningless. Let’s build a love even stronger than before in the present.
If it’s just the two of us, we can definitely do it.
Yes, if it is our love—one that even death cannot separate…’
[…she is coming. Get your mind straight!]
The urgent voice of the soul suddenly resounded in her head, shattering her thoughts.
She had been lost in hopeful dreams of a happy future, but suddenly, her breath caught in her throat.
“… What do you mean, someone is suddenly coming here?”
‘This is paradise for Julius and me.
No one can break through here.
Yes, unless you are an angel.’
***
“No way, it can’t be like this.”
—Kwasik.
Cecil shook her head, trying to deny the worst situation that had come upon them once again.
As if mocking her resistance, the eternal void meant only for the two of them cracked, and heavenly brilliance began to seep in.
“…The void is shattering. Did the disturbance grow so loud that Priestess Emily was forced to come in?”
Julius spoke calmly, gently placing his hand on her shoulder.
However, the moment Cecil felt the faint energy of an angel, she swallowed the scream rising in her throat, barely managing to control her trembling body. She lifted her head to gaze at the golden light above.
—Kwasik.
‘No.’
—Kwasik.
‘Not now.’
—Kwasik.
‘Why, at this moment?’
—Boom!
‘Why are you appearing before me?’
The belly of an ancient monster.
An abyss meant for only the two of them, where endless emptiness stretched as far as the eye could see. Now, that sacred radiance covered everything.
If a supreme artist poured their soul into sculpting a masterpiece, could they create something as breathtaking as this?
Feathers, imbued with an incomprehensible beauty beyond human understanding, adorned the ground.
A black-haired angel, descending with overwhelming energy, gazed arrogantly into the void.
“Lionelta, I suppose that crazy b*tch has already fled from here.”
“…Ziffnel.”
“A filthy devil crawling upon the earth—don’t you dare speak an angel’s name so brazenly.”
The angel curled her lips in a smirk, raising her impossibly beautiful face—one that seemed to embody arrogance itself. She laughed mockingly at the devil who was madly in love.
“You, who know nothing of heaven’s wrath, dare indulge in lust so recklessly? I have come personally, with my representative, to deliver punishment.”
Looking closer, the one who stepped through the void was not just an angel.
A figure, previously hovering behind the angel as if performing some trick, suddenly leapt down onto the vast empty land.
The black-haired girl landed soundlessly, her posture poised and elegant. She frowned as she set her gaze upon Cecil and Julius.
“Julius… Brother. No—Julius Tapnel. And ‘The Emperor’s Nightmare.’”
Calling out the title of the legendary High-ranking Devil, the Priestess of Mercy bit her lip, glaring at the priest and the devil. Slowly, she drew upon the angelic power within her heart.
“Now that I know you’ve stepped onto the path of heresy, I cannot afford to wait any longer.”
Julius stepped forward, shielding his fragile wife behind his back from this sudden and formidable presence.
“…Thalia, let me explain everything. Can you give me some time?”
“No. Now that I know my brother’s wife is a devil, I cannot stand idly by.”
If it were the merciless Priestess Emily, perhaps there would be room for discussion. But this—this, she could never allow.
“It is my duty as an Inquisitor to eliminate all devils from this world.”
As the pure white flames rising from her body shifted, a soft pink hue slowly emerged, blending into them.
“Much more so when the devil in question is an ancient being that once plunged the world into chaos and was sealed away by angelic hands?”
Such a great evil must be eradicated, even at the cost of one’s life.
As a representative of the angels, Thalia Ziffnel loathed devils more than anyone else in the world.
She looked past her brother, fixing her piercing gaze on the devil who glared at her in return. Her voice carried the weight of judgment.
Two pairs of eyes met.
One—black as the abyss yet shining with clarity.
The other—blue as the sky yet clouded with unwavering conviction.
In this land of emptiness, where divine brilliance and demonic turbulence clashed, sorrow welled up within the devil’s heart as she looked upon the girl who dared to stand in the way of her love.
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