I Possessed the Villain in the Lily Novel

177 – Death of Song (完)

The Great Forest where the World Tree is located was behind bars.

It looks free at first glance, but the trees continued endlessly until the last landscape that the eyes could reach, and then only darkness was visible. The deep forest reduced the range of people’s actions.

In this wide world, only one small village was allowed to Layla. Those in the village persecuted Layla for her appearance, which was different from her own. As is the case with civilized people, there was no other reason for hatred. Her being different from herself was reason enough to hate her, and with that reason, her bullying was not a sin.

It was a happy game to enjoy in the boring life of a civilized person.

Just like that, Lila’s range of motion of her mind also narrowed. She always tried to get recognition from someone, but she couldn’t open her heart to that recognition.

Even after she escaped the cage of the forest, her heart was still in the forest. No matter how much she ran in that closed space, she just kept getting out of the way.

I wanted the purple flowers that bloomed in the grass to be green like other grass. As the flower buds that bloomed gradually withered and decayed on their own, I saw someone.

A butterfly that spreads its wings and flies by itself even when oppressed by others. Butterflies that fly and live freely. Sometimes she reverses the flower that mocked her, and sprays poison to the tree that spit poison.

Layla looked at it, and a feeling sprouted in her. It was a longing.

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It was an opportunity for change. Lila became her butterfly wisher instead of her sunflower, and she tried to be like her. Her older sister, whom she longed for, was too busy to meet, so she did not even know that she had made her the object of her dependence instead of her. Now, I don’t even know why. But the results were clear.

Layla became a witch. But she still fell short. She didn’t want this kind of formal recognition. She really wanted to be recognized by someone. If there was one thing she realized after getting out of the woods, it was that the world is full of great people.

That was enough of an environment to make her lose her self-love. She made an effort to vomit her blood to become a witch. But there were too many witches like her, and the empty applause at her ordination could not fill her heart.

It was still far from enough to catch up with her longing.

While she was living like that, she met a person.

“It’s been a while, Mr. Iba.”

“…Lyla?”

My first impression was not very good. Because I was attached to the person I admired. I was jealous. If only I had been in that position. It was arrogant. Considering his situation, it was almost a sin for her to harbor such feelings.

However, the human heart has not always followed ethics. Lila hated him for a while.

And the human heart is like a reed. A simple trigger can easily turn hatred into its opposite.

“What happened?”

As soon as Iva saw Lila’s face, which had been showing a tearful expression until just now, she covered her face and sat down. After Lila’s heart changed, such a small consideration felt so lovable.

“Don’t be too anxious. Everyone’s lives will be fine. First of all, since we haven’t seen each other in a while, why don’t we talk?”

He protected me and comforted me.

To sum up what he did, it can be summarized like this.

Someone may ask. Does that alone make you feel affection for people?

Then Lyla will answer.

That was just enough.

I don’t know if all he did to Lila were just small words. But if those words were words that affirmed her entire life, wouldn’t that be enough?

Purple is the color of emperors.

Her hateful purple color, which was inseparable from her life, became the device that made her the most honorable in an instant.

So, that was enough.

“Do you remember, Mr. Iba?”

Layla sipped her tea and replied with a broad smile.

“I really hated Iba-san at first.”

“There’s no way you don’t know.”

Eva also answered after sipping her tea, which was placed in her own seat. It wasn’t as good as Monia’s, but it was enough to wet her dry mouth.

“In the first place, it hasn’t been that long since I haven’t met you.”

“Huh, I guess so.”

Lila nodded her head.

“…So, what is it. What happened. How to send us to the past. Are you using that?”

There are many interesting things in the world. You will love the person you hate.

“Yes, that’s right.”

She gave her life for the person she hated.

“Soon you will go back to the past.”

Layla smiled brightly.

“You’ve been through a lot, right? I’m fine now.”

While drinking her tea, Eva felt a question.

It’s too easy.

She knew how difficult it was to move into the past, as she had already experienced her own regression. It’s a past that someone can barely reach after dying, but it ends so easily without any effort? She was puzzled

There was no way there was no price.

“What is it?”

Iva asked. Lila closed her eyes as she expected.

“What’s the price? You can tell that much to someone going.”

Rumia looked at Layla, clearly showing her tension, and Layla let out a sigh as she carried Rumia’s gaze. She was as soft as moonlight.

“Did you have to ask?”

“Sure.”

Eva smiled and passed her car along with her words.

“If I don’t know that, how can I get there?”

Ryla also smiled at the answer.

“Yes, that’s right… That was Mr. Iva’s personality. Yes. Let me explain. So this is…”

“It will cause a rift.”

The Prophet stepped out from behind Eva.

“Even you can’t take it back. It’s already up and running. We’ll just talk for the rest of the time.”

“Crack…?”

Frowning her eyebrows, Iva searched for the hidden meaning behind her, and soon came to a conclusion.

“I mean, I sent you through the rift to the past, the opposite of when I came here… You control the rift at will? Is that okay?”

“Of course not.”

The Prophet answered calmly.

“There’s no way that would be possible. If it was possible, I would have already crossed and crossed the time and made a mess. Impossible.”

“Then how…”

“Instead, when you create an artificial rift, you can decide where the life caught in the rift will anchor.”

The gist of the story was simple. It is impossible to freely move between places and times through cracks, but it allows you to anchor in a single pre-determined time and space.

It is a story that the designated point is the place to move through the rift, as if you have continuously returned to a certain point in the regression.

However, there are still some oddities.

“Then where is it located?”

“This is where we were ten years ago. Ah, Rumia-san isn’t there.”

“So you’ve already seen the future you… So you’ve seen the successful future? Did you see us come back through the rift?”

“Yes. Of course. Thanks to that, I can move forward with confidence.”

“Okay then…”

Eva shot at her, eyes wide open.

“How are you going to open the rift? It’s a collision between a warrior and a baron demon I know. Yes… There’s a holy sword and a holy spear here, and I also have a candidate for the demon king, so there shouldn’t be any problem.”

He smiled and stretched out his arms.

“My body must have been the purpose anyway. Use it as much as you want.”

So it was like this after all. I was also slightly disappointed.

“I’m sorry, but that’s a misunderstanding.”

But Layla denied the suspicion.

“Just because the powers of the Demon King and the Hero collide, it cannot be concluded that a crack will necessarily occur, and I have no intention of forcing Iba-san’s power to run wild. Don’t worry.”

There was even a certain kind of kindness in Lyla’s expression. A few days ago, she matured, unlike her ten years ago. It was said that time makes a person mature. There wasn’t much difference in her appearance, but she was more grown up as a person.

However, there was still longing and love in her eyes.

Dedication. Her eyes were even ready to sacrifice herself.

Unless you used yourself as a material to create a rift.

Then what would it be? What did you do to make the crack?

“…You know what, Mr. Iba? One of the ways to create a rift is to force something out of the seal.”

Lila pulled out her wand and swung it. Her dead flower bloomed again. It was a strange sight.

Iva recalled the novel that Lumia’s younger brother had written, which she had read until just before that.

A story of a girl who loves a sick man.

I thought I wouldn’t be able to read all of them, so I opened the ending in advance.

A self-satisfied act under the guise of devotion, in which a girl magically implanted a man’s disease into herself.

I don’t know why, but that reminded me.

“You are sealed as demons. Demons hostile to the Holy Sword and Holy Lance.”

Iva recalled that the Prophet had stabbed them with holy spears and holy swords before. That’s what I said at the time too. I guess that’s what it meant

“And you’re going to twist the seal on purpose. In fact, you’ve already twisted it. You, as demons, will escape from the seal, and in the process, a crack will appear. It’s a ritual I’ve checked over and over again. Impossible to disturb.” Do.”

Reasonable. A clean process without anyone’s sacrifice. But is this really a good thing? Eva’s anxiety showed no signs of dissipating.

‘Ah, Sky Island.’

Why does this sky island exist? Why did they come together It’s sealed, what happens to those who don’t escape? And.

“…A ritual?”

A type of magic that yields results at a cost. It is a method mainly used for the manifestation of demons. There must have been a reason for bringing it up.

The scattered pieces gradually began to come together.

“Ah…”

He realized.

Would it be possible to create a rift with a mild method that only breaks the seal? Wouldn’t it have required a more important price than that?

“What are you going to do now?”

“I have to wait.”

“What are you waiting for?”

Eva asked anxiously.

“Gently pay for sending you.”

Magic is the result of a calculation infinitely close to a miracle. Miracles don’t happen without a price.

Artificial cracks.

To make it, Lila thought of a plan.

“Originally, the period of being sealed on this island is ten years. We intentionally entered this island to activate the ritual to complete the ritual, and since we did not obtain the symbol of a devil, it is impossible to escape. That’s right. It’s just what you think.”

Take his time, in exchange for his time.

“We sold my time as much as the time you lost. We will give away our own time as much as the new time you gained.”

That was the answer Layla could do.

The sky gradually turned gloomy, and the flowers withered and bloomed repeatedly. Obvious anomalies. The distortion of the seal was visible. Now someone will start to evict.

“Iba-san, don’t look too sad.”

Layla cheered him on with a bitter smile.

“Don’t think you’re in debt. Don’t think that someone has suffered because of you. This isn’t a sacrifice. It’s just paying back the favor towards you.”

The sun rose and set repeatedly, and various shades formed on Eva’s face accordingly.

“Iva, why did we only tell you this in front of you? It’s not to increase the burden on you. We just wanted you to know.”

Layla stood up and grabbed his hand.

“Mr. Ivar. You saved a lot of people. If you hate yourself, there are plenty of people here who could just as easily throw away a life or time for you.”

Eva asked.

“…What must I do to repay this favor?”

“I told you earlier. It’s not a favor that Iba-san will repay. We’re just repaying the favor we received.”

Eva’s vision gradually faded.

“If you really want to repay this time, please promise me one thing.”

Layla kissed his lips and grinned.

“Please live. Live better than anyone else in the world.”

A word addressed to the departing person, and the accusation gave another source of strength to Iba.

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Looking at the magic circle that took several days to make, Layla smiled.

I’ve been through a lot of persecution. I kept being stuck somewhere, but paradoxically, I couldn’t anchor anywhere, and I kept thinking of my mind and body.

However, after meeting someone, that is no longer the case. I was able to fit right in and live in the world.

So, the meaning of the magic circle she created was simple.

A place for those who wander the rift to arrive.

It was a port to anchor people, a beacon to guide someone to the right time.

It was also a pillar to honor someone.

A spell to honor the person who made it possible for him to change.

I leave it here to honor his merits.

Are you leaving that one word here?

“【Purple is the color of the emperor】”

Indeed, a lawsuit.

It was a word to remember merit.

The magic circle glows, and people pour over it. It also resembled the refreshing rain water I saw when I escaped the devil one day. The rain in letters. Her gray hair was blown down by the wind.

At that time, the composition was like this. A picture of Iva reaching out her hand towards Lila below.

But unlike that time, this time Layla tried to rescue him.

To capture that love from her. To catch and anchor that beautiful gray, who was her own transformation.

She greeted her with open arms.

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“Haa… That was long.”

“Now what?”

“Let’s all get along!”

After the past ties left. The three women enjoyed the tea party and thought about her future. It was fortunate among the misfortunes that all three of them had long lifespans. For them, ten years must pass quickly.

“…Will give me a lot of time to study.”

“Materials will be insufficient.”

We were exchanging nonsensical jokes, but then I turned around because I felt someone’s presence behind me.

There.

“I don’t like people. Do you guys want to play with each other again?”

The person I sent earlier.

“Hero!”

Rumia ran to him excitedly.

Anyway, it didn’t seem like a lonely decade.