anwhile, it seed like he had no idea how surprising this situation was.
“Were you curious about that?”
If he understood how rare it was for Da-eun to speak normally, he wouldn’t have reacted so nonchalantly.
Look at . I’m shocked by this.
“I said earlier. Among 'us', I bear the most of Mother’s divinity. Wouldn’t it be strange if I were like everyone else?”
“…Aha?”
Da-eun had a dull expression to match her dull answer.
It seed like she didn’t fully understand his words.
As expected, Da-eun carefully opened her mouth again.
“So, is this divinity really that impressive?”
“…It’s the power that creates and sustains the world, so isn’t that impressive enough?”
“Aha!”
This ti, Da-eun pretended to understand.
He stared at her with a sowhat dissatisfied look.
It seed like he had realized sothing about Da-eun’s true nature.
Hesitating for a mont, he seed to want to say sothing, but he turned his head with a sigh.
“I didn’t want to say this… but honestly, this ti was a bit much. Mimicking a high-level lifeform like you to this extent isn’t easy. It would have been different if I could handle Mother’s power properly, but as I said—”
“You don’t have the right to wield that power?”
“Exactly.”
“For soone who says that, you don’t seem very regretful about it.”
“What’s there to regret? I’ve co to realize again how great Mother was.”
“…You’re really sothing.”
Earlier, he described his god as “kind but not wise,” but in my opinion, he wasn’t any different.
If I were in his shoes, I’d never look at it in a favorable light.
Even after becoming like that, he still praised his god.
“Anyway, to co here… and because I used up too much energy mimicking, I need to rest for a while.”
“Really?”
“…But don’t make that face like you’ve already caught . I ca here with a suggestion that wouldn’t be bad for you, but you’ve been so cold.”
“Tch.”
He set himself apart from the other dinsional beings, claiming he wouldn’t harm us and began revealing his past…
Though so parts aligned with Edel’s words, as soone without the ability to discern lies from truth, I couldn’t fully trust what he said.
Plus, the constant ntioning of his mother made it all feel sowhat fanatic, which didn’t leave a great impression on .
I thought about dealing with him when he weakened, but Da-eun, while not as sharp as , still seed pretty quick on the uptake.
I clicked my tongue and subtly changed the subject.
“I have a suggestion.”
Of course.
Even though he claims to be different from others, he must have so purpose for showing up like this.
After quite a detour, I thought he’d finally get to the point—
“Wait a second!”
“…What now?”
Da-eun interrupted again.
Since there were only two chances, the probability of her saying sothing coherent was very low.
“…I do play around a lot, yes. But still… this is too much…! Am I so kind of ultimate weapon that can only be used twice a day?!”
“…Did you hear ?”
“I said it out loud on purpose!”
“But it’s your karma, Da-eun.”
“…Ugh!”
Normally, Da-eun would have jumped at , grabbing my cheek, but this ti she just scowled, still guarding the figure in front of us, as if wary of him.
At least she had so level of caution.
“What were you trying to say?”
“…Before we get to the point, let’s settle the way we address each other.”
“Do we really need that?”
“You can’t just keep calling ‘you,’ ‘that guy,’ or ‘priest,’ can you?”
“Is that so…?”
When I glanced at him, he shrugged his shoulders.
“I don’t mind.”
He had the attitude that it didn’t matter either way.
It wasn’t really an introduction, and I didn’t think it was necessary to do one just to make a new friend.
If his suggestion seed good, we could decide on it then, right?
“No.”
Da-eun shook her head.
“When people et for business, they don’t just start making suggestions and handing out business cards. They greet each other first, then make the proposal or negotiate. Right?”
“I don’t know, I’ve never done business.”
“Ugh…! Of course, you haven’t! But you’ve probably t soone in a non-personal context at least once! Am I wrong?”
“Hmm… Not wrong.”
Anyway, since I had been in a knight commander position, I couldn’t have avoided external activities completely.
“When that happened, what did you do? You didn’t just dive into the business, right?”
“We did talk.”
“See?!”
“Yeah, that’s it.”
“….”
Da-eun went silent as she looked at my unsheathed sword with a trembling gaze.
“I was joking.”
“You joke in a deadly way…”
“It wasn’t always like that.”
“…So, by ‘not always,’ you an sotis you did, huh?”
“Yeah, well. It won’t hurt to know each other’s nas. You never know when it’ll co in handy.”
“Excuse , Kanna? Can you answer ?”
I ignored Da-eun’s chattering.
“This is Da-eun, and I’m Kanna.”
“Mm.”
“….”
He blinked, tilting his head.
His gray hair fluttered as it almost brushed the floor.
“Is that all?”
“Do you need anything else? You already knew my na.”
“Hmmm, no. That’s probably enough for now.”
Whether it’s ‘for now’ or ‘in the future,’ I couldn’t tell, but he seed sowhat satisfied.
He nodded and suddenly showed a bit of awkwardness.
“Sorry, but after introducing myself, I don’t think I can introduce myself properly.”
“You can’t do it because you don’t want to?”
“Yeah. I’ve lost my real na a long ti ago.”
The statent about his soul being twisted was the sa as saying he’d lost what made up his existence.
He had fought and struggled to keep so mories intact, but his na wasn’t part of them.
Hearing this part of his explanation, I expressed doubt.
“…Isn’t that the most important part?”
For soone like , who’s cried and laughed over nas, it was hard to understand.
Of course, it wasn’t literally crying and laughing, but there had been many tumultuous events related to nas.
But he flatly denied my words.
“Nas don’t matter. What defines is that I’m Mother’s first offspring and her most faithful servant.”
“…Oh, I see.”
I made the mistake of trying to asure a fanatic's thoughts with my common sense.
My mistake.
“I won’t stop you from praising your mother, but if you’re going to do that, at least do it with soone else’s face. I don’t want to see you doing it with my face.”
“That’s a valid point. I’ll keep it in mind.”
“You don’t plan to mimic soone else?”
“I don’t have the strength, and thinking about what I need to do, this appearance is all I need.”
He said it nonchalantly.
And for so reason, I felt like I could almost imagine what he looked like before.
While I was looking at him disapprovingly, Da-eun spoke in a troubled voice.
“Hmm, not having a na… That’s a bit tricky.”
“You can just call what you’ve been calling , can’t you?”
“You introduced , so it’s no use if we just go back to calling you that.”
Sigh.
“I’ve got a good idea!”
Da-eun clapped her hands, having thought of sothing.
“If you’ve lost your na, we can just give you one.”
“…You want us to na him?”
“Yeah!”
Da-eun said it as if we were naming a puppy we brought ho.
“If you’re going to live without a na, it’s just too pitiful.”
“…Da-eun. You’re not trying to compare him to , are you?”
“Eh, no way.”
Is she lying?
I carefully watched Da-eun’s expression, but I couldn’t find a hint of suspicion in her, even as she waved her hands.
If she was comparing him to , I’d be really upset.
I’m glad that’s not the case.
“…I’ve never heard of it being pitiful.”
anwhile, he seed just as confused as I was.
After all, soone who invades other dinsions to steal energy probably never experienced any feeling of pity.
He’d been stuck in a broken world for who knows how long, so there hadn’t been any chance to feel that way.
Still, he accepted Da-eun’s suggestion of naming him with little resistance.
In fact, he seed almost pleased.
Although, considering he had gone on about his identity as a servant, it was probably just his mood.
“What do you think? Kanna? Got any good ideas?”
“Mimic.”
“That’s not a na. Forget it. I’m not asking Kanna.”
After saying that, Da-eun began pondering on her own, groaning softly.
I asked if I could just let him decide, but—
“Well, I guess that’s fine, but I think it’s better to na you to mark your coming to this world.”
Da-eun winked as she squinted one eye.
“And by doing this, if anything happens, you might treat us kindly. Call it a goodwill gesture, maybe?”
Da-eun’s ambitious plan might work, but for now, I just let it go.
After quite so waiting, I started to expect just how impressive the na would be.
Finally, after a while, Da-eun spoke.
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