Marinette's POV
We searched for the antidote hours after hours, but all we could find were trashes.
"Can I help to search for it??"
"No, Valencia. It's already late now. Let's find an inn for us to stay." I glanced at Victor whose clothes were stained with the trashes, he looked at as if he still wanted to find it.
I took his hands anyway, the receptionist didn't look friendly when they see two people with the disgusting sll walking inside their inn.
But we still got two rooms for us to stay in for the night. I shared a room with Valencia and Victor slept alone inside his room.
"I will take a quick shower. Don't go anywhere, okay??"
"Yes, Unnie." I grabbed the bathrobe and dropped the wig entering the bathroom. It was nice to get the refreshing bath after many crazy things in one day.
I kept worrying about Tristan after I finally got Marinette's past life mories. It felt a little bit terrible now when I knew how Marinette truly felt after Tristan died.
I wanted to save him before, but now that urge kept increasing in my heart. I didn't want him to die, and taking Valencia down didn't an he will survive either.
There was sothing on my mind the whole ti. Sothing felt off about Tristan's death in the first tiline.
When the corpse was delivered to the manor, according to Marinette's mories, there was only a wound on his chest and that didn't match with the wound caused by Valencia at all.
Valencia's sword when slashing her enemy will leave the black spot surrounding the wound but that didn't apply to Tristan's wound.
Could it be Valencia's underling?? But how could such a weak demon defeat soone like Tristan?
Ahh...so complicated.
My mind is a ss because of the new mories I obtained in exchange for losing my mories.
Trying to rember my mories from the earth is impossible for . The deadline for staying here also ca closer too.
And finding the antidote was also hopeless.
"Unnie!!"
Kyaaaaa
"I want to bathe with you too." I almost fainted from the shock of seeing her barging into the bathroom. She entered the bathtub without even hearing my response yet.
"Wahh...it's been a long ti, isn't it?? Ever since we bath together?"
"Yeah, it's been a long ti. Let wash your back." it was a little bit awkward when we shared the sa bathtub but it beca worse when I saw all the scars carved on Valencia's back.
"It's ugly, isn't it??"
"Why do you think that??"
Yeah, I used to have a scar too back on earth. Unlike Marinette's scar which was beautiful, my scar was hideous.
"Well, it's not smooth...and soft...it's rough." she was shuttering.
I giggled and washed her back then splashed it with the water.
"They once said the scar is an honor for the warrior, so don't feel down about it."
"Do you have a scar too??"
She turned back to with her puppy eyes as she put her hair back to hide her scar.
Her eyes probably couldn't see .
"I used to have one too on my face."
"Really??? But...it's smooth and soft..." she touched my cheek and my forehead to check my face.
"It...it was only a temporary scar...it disappeared after years." I bit my tongue trying to find the ridiculous excuse.
"How co I never know about that??"
"That's because I don't want to make you worried."
I poured the shampoo on her head washing it for her then rinse it with water. Her hair was so silky. Her beauty wasn't too bad for a demon, I didn't know a demon could be this beautiful. No wonder, she was the prettiest demon among the legendary demons.
We put on the clothes and slept on the bed together. I felt less scared, unlike the first ti she hugged .
"Unnie...you won't leave , right??"
I didn't expect her to ask that. Her hands were shaking a little, I could feel it as I held her hands.
"I won't."
"I kept getting the feeling you will leave ."
"You worry too much. There's no way I would leave you." I lied.
"I want to hear a story before sleeping. Will you tell a story...?"
"What kind of story do you want to hear?"
"Hmm...how about a story about yourself? I want to know more about you, Unnie."
"?? But I don't have any story. I'm just a normal girl with a normal life."
"How about your love story??? You gotta have one, right?? Tell , tell !! Who is your crush??"
Why did you want to know that anyway??
Well, I used to feel a little tiny bit of love for Ji-hoon. But I gave up on that love long ago. We were better as friends.
That's kinda all of it.
"I don't have one."
"Ehh..." she sounded so disappointed.
"What about you, Valencia??? Do you have one???"
She giggled and whispered into my ears even though it was only the two of us in the room, "Don't tell anyone even that monkey, Victor. The truth is...I crushed on Lucas."
!!!
"Lucas??"
"Ahh...it's embarrassing." she covered her blushing face when she revealed her secret to . That na kinda rang a bell to my mind.
Could it be, Lucas her underling?
"How long have you been loving him??"
"Maybe around thousands of years ago..."
!!!
Thousands of years ago??? Did...I fail on manipulating her mory?? I was so sure I completely erased any trace of her being a demon and the demon world from her head.
"Why don't you tell him about your feeling??"
For a mont, her lip didn't have the smile anymore, she smiled back and murmured to , "I think it's better that way. We've always been friends for many years, I'm afraid things will never be the sa if I told him about my feeling."
"Oh...Valencia..." I hugged her to comfort her. Her sad voice broke my heart, but what broke my heart more than that was the fact I knew Lucas was also thousands of years old. That ant he wouldn't be so low-ranked demons.
In addition to that, to stand behind Valencia for that many years, his power couldn't be underestimated.
Tristan would already arrive at the border by now, if Valencia is with . That only ant the demon he will deal with is Lucas.
"I never knew you love Lucas if you didn't tell . How did you fall for him anyway??"
"He's kind...his voice was so sweet, even though I couldn't see him, he is handso...and he is strong."
"How strong??"
"Hm?? He's even stronger than ."
What???????
Stronger than Valencia, the third-ranked demon?????
Aurora's POV
"Oh, almighty commander Tristan, are you pretty sure this guy is just so low-ranked demon???!!! He is literally beating the sh*t out of us."
Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Just when I was complaining to Tristan, the sword almost cut my neck, I could barely stop it in ti with my super strength.
We could only get ten to fifteen soldiers from the illusion. We were brought back to reality after I broke the void myself.
We thought it would be easy since the illusion magic-user will be weak when we attacked them head on but we were completely wrong.
The white-haired crimson eyes demon could be the second rank or even the first legendary demon if he wanted since that guy was a nutcase to deal with.
Demon Art: Illusion
He spread the smoke jumping into mid-air with the sword coming to my neck, we thought when inhaling the smoke would lead us into his illusion but it was more than that.
Touching the smoke will trap us.
I was brought back to the illusion with Sun-hee as my friend, bla bla bla...
I controlled the illusion and watched Sun-hee in front of the convenience store hit by my car more than ten tis already.
"Eun-Kyung, focus." I snapped back to reality breaking his sword imdiately. Then he took another sword out.
Seriously!!!!
That guy who knew my real na kept calling that, the soldiers were confused since they didn't know he was calling .
I glared at him and then focused on the demon again.
Demon Art: Illusion
Again??!
Demon Art: Illusion
AHHH
Demon Art: Illusion
Oh my freaking god, just stop already!!!
Demon Art: Illusion
Huff huff
My legs gave up on falling to the ground as I couldn't keep up with the sa things over and over again. My ntal health was on the verge of collapse.
At a ti like this, so underhand tricks would be a miracle.
"Eun-Kyung, rest for a while." he picked up with both of his arms.
We switched, again and again, to regain stamina for the past hours but the demon didn't even rest once.
"Commander, you rest too. We could hold off for a while." Tristan didn't even listen to the mage soldier who shooting beam out of the staff. Tristan got up and rushed back to the battlefield but I pulled his jacket.
He turned to frowning his eyes, "I have to save them."
"We need a plan."
"What plan??"
"We can't fight him with the brute strength alone...shouldn't a commander like you know about this???"
"What do you want to do then?? Trap him in his own illusion??"
"!!" That wasn't a bad idea.
What if we pulled him inside the illusion with us to earth with magic that couldn't be used there, he wouldn't be able to pull the new swords from his magic inventory.
"Your face is saying you got an idea."
"Well...it's better to test it out, isn't it??"
!!!!
Haa???
"Eun-Kyung, your chest is glowing."
I covered my chest glaring at him. I thought he ant sothing perverted.
I looked at my chest and it was the necklace the one was glowing. It was the necklace Aurora never took off once in her life.
"I saw the necklace sowhere before..."
"Aurora's mother said it was the gift from a duke during her era."
"A duke during Aurora's mother's era?? Isn't that my father?? Could this be my mother's necklace??!!"
What's this guy talking about?? Why would duke Jellal give such a valuable thing of his beloved wife to a random kid?? Was he doing the giveaway event or sothing??
Ahh...
Out of a sudden, even the small heavy rock, I couldn't hold it with my superstrength.
"Eun-Kyung, are you alright??"
"My power is decreasing..."
"Oh no...it must be because we stayed inside this portal for too long."
[The owner of the necklace, could you hear ?? I'm the mountain spirit.]
I glanced at Tristan when the voice was ringing in my head, by the look of it, I'm the only one who could hear it.
[Yes, I can hear you.]
[Are you Princess Athena?? I thought you died long ago.]
[No, I'm not. I'm Eun--I an I'm Aurora.]
[Did Athena give the necklace to you??]
[Aurora--I an , I an I got it from the day I was born.]
[We can discuss about that later, for now, you must listen to . You must get out of that realm created by the demon Lucas in the next hour or else you will die when the necklace ran out of power.]
[What??? Can't I just take the necklace off instead??]
[I still have more to say. The necklace can be used as a weapon too, especially in a situation like this. The necklace only broke when the magic inside it is too much or completely gone.]
[What do you an using as a weapon??]
[I will save you if you swear that you will return the necklace to when you defeat the demon.]
[Alright. Tell already.]
[In the realm of demon Lucas, the small realm created by him didn't have any sunlight as it is covered in the darkness. Your necklace will be draining bit by bit but if...]
[If what??]
[If you take another person's power, you will fill the magic inside the necklace. That ant you could take another person's power as long as you're in that realm.]
[Isn't that a little bit overpowered??]
[It's your choice to use it or not. But beware, if the necklace contained the magic power it wouldn't be able to handle. It will break and you will die. Well, good luck.]
[Wait!!! Wait, how do I take soone's magic??!!]
[Hmm?? The only way I know it kissing, I guess...]
[What???]
[It's the easiest way...]
[Then do you want to kiss the demon??? Do you think the demon will say 'Oh you want a kiss to steal my power, let's kiss.'??]
[Another way is dangerous and might kill you too...]
[I'm gonna die anyway...just tell .]
[Drink the blood of the person you want to steal their magic. Their blood contained a part of their magic energy.]
[But...but...if I drink the demon's blood...wouldn't I turn to...]
The mountain in the southern empire,
Through the gate of the remaining statue of princess Athena was the realm of the mountain spirit.
"My lord, do you think that woman nad Aurora will succeed??"
The mountain spirit shook his head replying to the little elf, "I don't know either...if Athena was the one wearing the necklace, I wouldn't doubt...but the one wearing it was only an inexperienced warrior."
"I hope she knows what she's doing..."
To be continued....!
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