172 – Litigation (7)

“I, Iva why are you here?”

“Huh? Uh… Why are you here?”

“That, that’s… I have something to say…”

“Then you are just like me.”

Eva answered calmly and read the novel in her hand.

“I came because I have something to say to Lilia.”

“Then Lilia…?”

Innis looked around Lillia’s room, hiding her nervousness. However, the owner was nowhere to be seen.

“So, why is the owner of the ark not in her room?”

Eva closed her book with a sweet attitude to put up with her irritation.

“Whoa… I went to the library. You dared to hide something in front of me. You said you wouldn’t let me go… That b*tch is real. If someone comes, you should respond. Are you just leaving it behind?”

I could still see Lilia as she made her makeshift staff out of twigs from her flower bed and headed for the library.

Eva was also quite embarrassed. As soon as she entered the room, she said, ‘I’m stealing confidential documents from the library. Would you like to come with me?’ She hears things like that.

Not too long ago, she would have accepted the offer with a sense of exhilaration, but she wasn’t in the mood right now. He was tired of showing off her own freedom and giving off a naughty vibe.

So she chose not to be with Lilia, but to wait in her room.

“Now that it’s like that, if it’s urgent, go to the library to catch that strange owner, or wait here with me.”

Eva casually pointed to a chair and invited me to sit down.

“Wouldn’t it…?”

Innis was embarrassed. It was as embarrassing as Iba watched in real time as the owner of the room left.

I came to ask how to get Eva’s heart, but the person I was talking to disappeared and the person I was aiming for remained. What is this?

Inis, at a loss for what to do, eventually chose to sit down.

‘…What now?’

Unlike Innis’s stomach, which was burning because of his confusion, Iba was just happy to have a friend to wait with. She reads a novel written by Rumia’s brother, she covers her chin, she asks Innis.

“What are you here to ask?”

“Uh, uh uh?”

How should I answer? Innis’ stomach burned even more.

‘How can I say that I wanted counseling to win your heart…!’

She closed her eyes tightly and wrinkled her skirt. No matter how much she thought about it, it wasn’t something she could honestly say.

“This, human relations!”

Innis was proud inside that he had chosen a good answer.

“Human Relations?”

“Ugh, yes! I have something to say about human relationships…”

Eva put her hand on her chin for a moment and then she started to think a little bit about her. Within seconds, he came to a conclusion.

“If you were human, there would be only me and Lilia? But talking to Lilia…?”

The corner of his mouth went up.

“Are you talking about me?”

“Ah, ah, isn’t it?!”

Innis denied it with a single knife. Only in this case, the intuition is sharp. It was disappointing. His face was hot and flushed with red. He lowered his gaze, then glanced again to see Eva’s reaction.

Even that kind of smirk came to me lovingly and it was painful.

‘You’re handsome…!’

Eva was just as usual, but everything looked good to Innis, who was stuck in a bean pod.

“I’m kidding. Come to think of it, you were with both Stella and Wiz? Are you still awkward? Or did you fight? Shall we mediate later?”

“Huh? Uh, uh, that’s right! hehehe… I want to… Get along… With the two of us…”

“Okay? Then let’s spend some time together later.”

I succeeded in turning the horse around. Innis was proud of himself and let out a small sigh in relief.

“Yeah, by the way…”

Innis tried to stay tidy, but he couldn’t seem to get rid of the tension at all. He looked at his eyes, crumpling only the hem of his innocent skirt.

“Why?”

“It’s not a big deal… Eh, I was curious about what Iva came to say to Lilia.”

Before the afterglow of the words he had barely managed to spit out after opening his mouth was gone, Innis waved his hand and denied it.

“Oh, no! You don’t have to tell me… If it’s a secret, you don’t have to tell me…”

Looking at Innis like that, Eva raised her mouth and threw the book that was covered by him onto a corner of the bed and straightened her posture.

“That’s…”

Eva chose her words with some hesitation. Innis was throbbing at the words coming out of his mouth, and he straightened himself as well.

Can I be of his help?

Iba finally relies on me!

It was a good conversation about gradually developing a relationship like this.

But maybe I was asking too much? Did I invade my private realm? After all, wouldn’t a small chat be a better choice than a conversation like this?

I waited for his mouth to open while worrying about this. The heart of a loved one is a complicated thing. It was just stretched out like a matrix without any standard, and it was a confused mind.

Like a person wondering what would be a good book in a bookstore, Innis chose the same word as one book after thinking for a long time. A book without someone’s dictionary review or critic’s review. I opened the book with a pounding heart, hoping that it would be the right choice.

The content of the article was Eva’s reaction.

“Yeah, because I have to tell you right away.”

Eva opened his mouth, which had been kept shut for a long time.

“…Innis. You were covered in blood when you came here, right?”

“Uh, uh uh! Killing monsters on the way!”

Innis told a clumsy lie.

“You were on Earth.”

“Gee, Earth…? What do you mean… hahahahaha…”

Of course, Eva didn’t care at all and hit the mark.

“Innis, are you the culprit?”

There is little reason to point out that she was the culprit by taking only one of her out of the three people in her own childhood. It was just that there was too much blood turned upside down, and the reaction to the thank you was too noticeable.

But that was enough.

“The man who killed my childhood master.”

Innis’s body began to tremble.

“That, that that that…?”

“Don’t pretend you didn’t know. I remembered everything.”

“You didn’t remember seeing each other when you were young… It was the first time we saw each other…!”

“After going to Earth once, all the memories come back.”

Eva smiled. On the other hand, Innis felt that her blood was drying up. She heard from Stella that the act of getting rid of a guardian at that age would rather push her to hell than help.

What excuse did she have to give to Eba, who was set on the streets at an age where it was difficult for her to take care of herself?

“Don’t be afraid. You’re not wrong.”

“On…?”

“You are my savior. The one who gave me my freedom. There is nothing wrong with you. It is me.”

In a way, Iva had the same concerns as Innis.

“You saved me, but I feel like I’m only hurting you… So, I’m here to tell you how to treat you. Because Lillia is the only person who can stand as a mediator between you and Innis.”

Listening to his words, Innis jumped up, wanting to deny it right away.

No. What are you talking about. You are the one who saved me. He is the person who made me reborn as someone who can truly protect someone.

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However, there was more to Eva’s words.

“I know. You were my savior, you were the one who gave me freedom. But sometimes… Very occasionally… I might hate you. I mistook you for the starting point of my misfortune… Sometimes, I might resent you. .”

This was his concern.

“I have a lot of inferiority complex. I care about others’ eyes, I compare myself to others, I’m jealous, and I quench my passion. A thousand dollars are always boiling. It’s a fire to pass this misfortune to others. That’s why I have this fire. .. Sometimes on a very difficult day, you might blame someone wrong. I hate that.”

He doesn’t resent Innis now. Rather, it is full of gratitude. But what about when time passes? When he falls into endless melancholy like before, who will he blame? He may vent his anger at the man who gave him his freedom, ungrateful for why he did it.

After that, he may be swallowed up again by disgust and repeat his disgust.

He lost confidence in himself.

“…Innis, what should I do? How should I treat you? How should I get along with you from now on? How would I like to see you?”

For a moment, a wind blew in Innis’ heart.

It wasn’t just a calculation to win hearts.

No, I didn’t know if there was a little bit. But it was only a very small piece.

First of all, I was happy.

I can’t believe he cares so deeply about his relationship.

And it was sad.

I can’t believe he’s suffering from anxiety like this.

Innis pondered for a moment, then placed his hand on Eva’s hand.

“Eva… I don’t care.”

“…What?”

She dismissed his anxiety.

“It’s okay if Eva hates me sometimes. I know, I did it while preparing for that.”

Innis did not stutter his words. He didn’t even have to worry enough. It was just a matter of telling the truth. That was enough.

“Will Eva hate me for the rest of her life for that fleeting rage?”

“I don’t think so…”

“Eva, it’s not like I’m being eaten up by my emotions and my judgment is clouded. And I don’t think that the mistakes caused by those temporary emotions are irreparable mistakes.”

When he blamed himself for killing Eva, what Innis resented most was magic, and he was himself. But now, that feeling remains only faintly. Emotions are diluted with time.

At this moment, Innis was filled with more compassion than love for Eva. That little child, an innocent child who didn’t even know what was abusive or what was wrong, was now superimposed on his face.

A child who still can’t forgive my mistakes. A child who is afraid of being hated by others.

Iva said that she herself hurt Innis She is afraid of herself being hurt. As much as she is an opponent with whom she has a deep connection, she is cautious when dealing with such an opponent.

“Do you hate me now?”

“No, I’m just grateful… I’m glad you’re here.”

“That’s enough. Isn’t that what Eva means to me?”

Innis looked straight into Eva’s eyes and grinned. I didn’t turn it around because of her shyness. She couldn’t do that as of now.

“…Eva, I will continue to love you even if she hates me. If you hate me, she will find the reason not in you, but in me and regret it. So don’t worry.”

Innis shouted, holding Iva’s hand tightly.

“Iva, I will love you no matter what you become.”

Even if you stab my heart, even if you become the demon king who burns everything. I will love you forever

As you embraced me even though you were burned by me, so will I.

Innis swore at this moment.

Much stronger than the moment you swore to protect someone with magic.

Inis sent my heart to him in words.

It was a lawsuit.

It was not a word to honor the breakup, but a word sent to continue the meeting.

It was not meant to honor the sender, but to love the person who is here now.

The words that were sent reached him.

And those words were enough to open Eva’s eyes.

It was a buoy for him to rest on while swimming in the waves of anxiety and distrust, and it was a bird that took off holding his shoulder. Freed from this delusion.

“…I see.”

The person who first gave him the wings of freedom is still his wings.

“It was impossible from the beginning.”

When I climbed up to the sky and looked down, everything was just a small dot. Under the vast love, small conflicts were insignificant and insignificant.

Here at this moment, Eva knew Innis’ love.

Knowing, she trusted. Because of trust, he was able to convey the same feelings again.

“Innis, I’ll probably never resent you.”

It was a futile worry. Eva smiled dejectedly.

How can you resent someone you love? How can I spit on a smiling face?

“Thank you. I had to tell you from the beginning, not someone else. It was a problem that could be solved so easily… But I was lucky to see you. Very… Nice.”

Eva bent over with a relieved smile. Then she kissed her on the top of her head.

“…Ugh, huh?!”

“You know what, Innis? A kiss on her hair means love. I learned it from Stella before.”

He lowered his head again and whispered in her ear.

“It’s simple what you mean?”

After Eva said that, she raised her body from her seat.

“Thank you. Really.”

She came out of Lilia’s room with the book she had brought with her. It was a more relaxed look. Several issues have recently been addressed.

Innis was still on his knees with a dazed expression.

He chewed on what he had said and what Iba had told him.

Her ears were red as if they were about to burst.

“…Innis?”

Lillia, who came with a piece of paper in her hand, froze as she looked at her.

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