Chapter 61: Chapter 100 – Memory That Does Not Exist III
I quickly clung to the past.
I got in between them and blocked the next scene from happening.
『Can I call you Oppa?』
『Can I call you Oppa?』
『Can I call you Oppa?』
『Can I call you Oppa?』
『Can I call you Oppa?』
The same words were repeated.
Like a broken video.
The system window, surprised by my cheating, rushed at me.
[SYSTEM: This act is prohibited.]
My body was pulled back, and I could no longer interfere with my memories.
Finally, the two hugged each other.
『Are you trying to be foolish at that age?』
『Yes. At least I want to do that in front of you.』
『Well, you had a hard time too. It must have been very difficult.』
『… Oppa.』
『Are you okay? You can do that anytime in front of me.』
『Thank you. Really.』
Ceres, who opened her heart to me, clung to me in the previous episode.
It was a situation where she thought of me as her benefactor and was willing to sacrifice everything.
『So, about what I asked last time... 』
『Are you asking at this timing?』
『… Sorry. Still, I was very curious. You know, right?』
『Yes.』
『Let me know. What is ■■■■■?』
『That… ■■■…』
That's why Ceres spoke in this episode.
[Seong Yeon's secret] That he knows.
I have no choice but to answer since I am the benefactor and the one on whom I depend.
And.
-Boom!
『Huh?』
『Oh, oppa? Oppa? Oh, oh oh oh oh oh!!!!』
『Aaaaah!!!!!』
My head exploded, and a fountain of blood came out, giving me a new trauma.
The worst memory was losing her parents and blowing off the head of the benefactor who took care of her.
"… Eh."
Ceres was also devastated when she saw that.
She looked like she didn't understand what was happening even after seeing it.
"Why... did you die?"
She was asking, but I couldn't answer.
Because I don't know Seong Yeon's secret.
I know that if she finds out, she will die.
[SYSTEM: Play the last memory.]
The last video greeted us with a warning in the system window.
Ceres, covered in blood, stands in the center of the guild home.
Right after I died, she ran out naked and had nothing on.
Ceres was devastated.
Not understanding reality, she confronted Seong Yeon.
『You didn't say it before.』
『I told you my secret.』
『If the prostitute was happy, I thought that was okay.』
『If he hadn't said anything, he was going to just watch quietly.』
『Why did you do such a thing?』
『… No. I did not.』
『I told you not to pry into my secrets.』
『I repeatedly warned you not to say anything, but why are you doing that?』
『I found out of curiosity, told the prostitute, and killed him.』
『I thought I could trust you.』
『I'm disappointed.』
『Give me back, my oppa...』
『I'll give him back, but it won't be like this next time.』
『This is the last relationship you want.』
『Like a fool who returned the favor with vengeance.』
『I am… I didn't do that on purpose... 』
『Know. I was like that at first too.』
『Do you think you are the only one who returns favor with vengeance?』
『Haha.』
『Is the term "Yuyusangjong" used in times like this?』
Auras gathered around Seong Yeon's neck.
A new method of suicide that she showed while making peace with her at that time.
I didn't actually do it, but it's different this time.
『You weren't a prostitute's heroine either.』
『You traitor.』
』No… No…! That guy… Just because people you love don't lie to each other!』
『…』
『I don't know where the problem came from. 』
『I have to do better next time. 』
『Next time… More… A good girl... 』
『Good… A girl with big tits... 』
The words did not last until the end.
-Boom!
A new fountain of blood welled up in the guild home.
Song Yeonghead disappeared.
"Aaaaahhh!!!!"
『Huhhhhh...….』
Both in reality and the past.
Two identical people shouted at the same time.
*
[SYSTEM: Replay ends.]
[SYSTEM: Based on this, the tower asks.]
[SYSTEM: Is it really true that these two people fought over a relationship with a woman?]
[SYSTEM: Actually, there was no such reason at all?]
I don't know.
Neither Cerise nor I could understand.
I was so shocked and devastated by the scene just now that I had to refute the system.
"Pause for a moment. The premise is strange to begin with."
What I see now is Seong Yeon's memory.
It is not a memory of my beloved dairy cow girlfriend.
"I know their intention in showing these memories. They are taking issue with Seong Yeon's taunting Ceres by following what I did in the last episode."
[SYSTEM: I affirm this.]
"But the question you are raising has a different direction. Are you saying there is no reason for the two of us to fight over the girlfriend I am currently dating?"
[SYSTEM: I affirm this.]
"Then the story is over. The person Ceres is falling for is [my girlfriend], not [Seong Yeon]. What if my girlfriend had seduced Ceres the same way I did? The memories she showed me now only relate to Seong Yeon. And it has nothing to do with the topic we were arguing about."
Flinch!
"Ah… I see… That's how it happened..."
Ceres wriggled.
She's looking up at me with an expression that says she's noticed something.
She was so pitiful that I wanted to say something, but right now, discussing it with the system is the priority.
[SYSTEM: Error.]
[SYSTEM: Error.]
[SYSTEM: Error.]
[SYSTEM: Edit question.]
[SYSTEM: Discussing with the Constellation.]
There are many things that have gone wrong with the tower owner, the constellations, and even the system.
I never thought a subject as good as a god would make such a mistake.
"Challenger. This is where the problem gets complicated. Can this body explain for me?』
The knight of pure love invaded.
It's easier for me to talk this way, so I raised my hand and gave her the O sign.
『Keuhum. Okay. Challenger is 100% right. Originally, I shouldn't have shown his memories.』
『But this, you have a girlfriend. Are you hiding your identity?』
『Did you know that the tower is cursed, so it can't show its face to you?』
Nod.
『So that's right.』
『The memory I just showed you... Yes, yes!』
『Your girlfriend did the same thing you did in the past, seducing someone who cheated.』
『When they showed it in the video, their true identity was revealed, so they replaced it with your friend's video.』
…
I understand.
『Then Seong Yeon's act of seducing Ceres was real. Did something similar happen in the girlfriend's past videos that I couldn't see? 『
『Yes! As expected, comrades are very understanding!』
『That's why the system was the problem.』
『Is there really a reason to fight over someone like this?』
『The heart of your partner over there was supposed to be towards you, but things got twisted, and it ended up like this.』
『I'm saying that the fight between the two was a misunderstanding from the beginning.』
In other words, before the return, Ceres was my woman.
I devoted myself to her, and Ceres loved me like that.
My friend Seong Yeon and my girlfriend, who is not in the video, imitated my past and seduced the current Ceres.
The system thought this was [despicable].
"Hmm."
I was convinced.
If you say so, there is no reason for us to fight.
At least from the system perspective.
"Lord Chang…"
Ceres also seemed to have calmed down and returned her title.
She stood up, faced me, and organized her thoughts.
"Is that really true? You originally saved me... And she just wanted to tempt me."
Meanwhile, Ceres uttered the word I was most worried about.
'Just to tempt me.'
… That doesn't work.
I shook my head.
"Don't take that too seriously. Think you saw something and ignore it."
"Why?"
"Because it's not something you'll be that upset about."
She got angry at my words.
"So why!"
"…"
"Why are you so calm? Aren't you even angry?"
When I stayed calm, Ceres went wild.
I finally understood what I had just seen.
"Don't get angry; calm down."
"Don't presume! I'm not stupid!"
"I don't know why you're angry. Stop."
"I don't want to! Should I explain to you why I'm angry? Then you'll understand!?"
I hugged her, blushing and irritated.
In the end, the title returned to Oppa.
She screamed loudly with evidence of loss of reason.
"Seong Yeon, that person! She just copied the favor you gave me! From one to ten! It's all an imitation of what you did!"
It must have started like that.
I can't deny it.
"I knew that if you did this, I would open my heart! She's been faking it my whole life! It's like she is trying to attract the heroine in the game!"
She could have been tempted like that.
This also could not be denied.
"I know where I will fall! I know what hurts my heart! I know what my past is... So why did you ask!?"
"…"
"It's like meeting someone for the first time! Pretending to know nothing about my past! Pretending to listen to my story, but inwardly treating it as 'a story you already know or a common misfortune'!?"
"… Ceres."
When I tried to deny that it might not be that far, she got angry on my behalf.
"Even my parents' tombstone... You knew it from the beginning, right!?"
I should have been so annoyed in the first place.
"It's all your karma! My oppa told me! I don't know how long ago it was, but my oppa took the initiative and worked hard to tell me for me! He just wants me to be happy! Don't be sad anymore!!"
She is truly an amazing little sister.
Thanks to you for being so angry on my behalf, my head has cooled down.
"Say something!"
"Wait a minute. Let me talk too."
I organized my thoughts.
If I encountered this gimmick on the 10th floor, I would get angry.
If you showed me something like this without knowing anything, I was 100% on Ceres' side.
I sighed.
"I'm such a bastard. I worked hard for my cute little sister and gave it all to her friend and girlfriend."
"Do you know now!?"
"From the good deeds I did to save you to the past we loved together are all gone."
"That's right! Originally, I should have been with my oppa."
"That's right. Maybe I've lost the happiness I should have held on to."
"It's not like I lost it. I actually lost it."
I scratched the back of my head.
I wanted to persuade Ceres without scratching her, but it was impossible.
I was prepared and threw it straight.
"That's right. I also sympathize to some extent."
"To what extent?"
"Even if these two people knew about my past and followed suit, what's the problem?"
"Oppa!"
She got angry again.
"What do you mean? Everything is a problem! I'm not like a heroine in a game! Even something like this... Taking away all the good deeds my oppa has done..."
"Oh, wait. I said something wrong. It's a problem, as you said. Honestly, my feelings are really hurt. I thought, 'Wow, I didn't have such a close relationship with this person.' I wondered why they didn't take care of this."
"Then get angry!!"
"No. If you get angry here, people become shallow. I really like women and sex, but I'm not the trash that was jealous of me in the past."
"What are you talking about?"
I organized my words.
I put saliva on my tongue and actually hid my hurt feelings.
"If I get angry here, I lose my chance to make Ceres into my girl."
"Because that's right! It's okay to be angry!"
"Why me?"
"That's right, because it was really taken away."
"Yeah. But you know what?"
Immediately denied and persuaded.
"I don't have a single memory of you. Even if I show you my past, I don't even think of that as myself. I just vaguely think, [If I had taken the same action as that, I would have gotten a beautiful woman like you."
I applied saliva again in case I made a mistake.
"You know that. There is not a single sincere heart or good deed you are talking about here. You are just [a guy who regrets losing a European blonde beauty with big breasts]."
"But you said your feelings were hurt."
"Of course I'm hurt. They say the guy in the video is me. So I have feelings like [I must have done a perfect thing at that time]. And my friend and girlfriend [did what I did back then and took my girl away?] There is such manly jealousy, but it is just that kind of ugly jealousy."
"Actually, I was Oppa's woman. She was a woman that her oppa could treat like that."
"It might have been like that back then, but not now."
I gave an example.
"Suppose I had memories from that time. Let's say I lived my life over again like Seong Yeon. So even if I saved you in the same way, I would have these feelings in a corner of my heart, right?"
"What feelings?"
She laughed obscenely.
"Ah, I saved her again! Just like I did last time! Ceres will trust me and follow me obediently! She will grow up beautifully! Just like before she died! This cute bitch has become my girl again!"
"… That is."
Hehe.
"I know how you will grow up. I know that you will grow up to be so beautiful that people will drool over you, that you will be very nice to me, and that you may even become my lover or wife. I will raise you like a princess maker. ?"
"That's because my oppa is also human."
"Yes. As you said, I am also human, so it will be even more so. As you said, I will attack you like a heroine in a game. I will train you so that you can never escape from my arms and become completely and mentally dependent on me, and you will see the ending of [Obedient Busty European Wife]. I will run until the end and stuff your entire life into my mouth."
"Is my oppa that kind of person?"
"I'm not a villain, but I've never given up on being a man. If I lived with you for over 10 years, I would have these ugly thoughts in my mind several times during those 10 years."
She swallowed her saliva.
I know because it's me.
"It's okay at first, but then one day, I start thinking like this: [I've worked so hard, so wouldn't it be okay to just fuck you?] If it were me, I'd do it."
"You're talking about picking and eating fruit. My oppa is not the kind of person who would talk about picking fruit like that.
"Even if I say this, a part of you may be affirming me, saying that such thoughts are not wrong. [That's because you're a man too.] You're thinking things like this."
"… Huh!?"
It was the perfect answer.
"You are so affectionate and loyal that it is easy to know what you are thinking. I am someone who can take advantage of that."
It's natural because I am a man.
Wouldn't your sexual desire boil over when you're followed by such a beautiful woman?
No, it boils.
It's fucking boiling.
"There is no need to belittle me like this. It may not be the case. But the problem is that there is no way that I will not have bad feelings towards you."
Ceres grabbed my shoulder while I was silent.
Her face was right in front of me.
"I think I have the brains. I, who saved you, have been a hunter since my early days, but this time is different. I had no business meeting you in the first place, so I had no need to save you."
"That's…"
"If Seong Yeon or my girlfriend hadn't acted, you would have died on the street. In that sense, there is absolutely no reason to be angry. They only acted as substitutes for me, and they are still your benefactors."
"But… they just followed what the prostitute did.
"That's right. That bitch just copied me. But what's the problem with that?"
"Isn't everything a problem!?"
I shook my head.
"You fool. If I had intended to lure you in with bad intentions in the first place, I would have done something even worse. Didn't you hear what she just said? If it were a terrible guy, he could manipulate you and turn you into a sex slave."
There are even more severe expressions than that.
However, I was careful and used my tongue.
"If I was just going to sell you grace, I could have picked you up and thrown you into the devil. If I had just wanted to take care of my conscience, I could have just thrown you into the orphanage right after saving you."
Then Ceres begins a new life as an orphan.
She hasn't become a hunter, and she has no business reconnecting with me.
"But she went out of her way to create a new guild with you and go with her. I don't know my girlfriend's identity, so I can't say anything else, but I know Seong Yeon's position. You were the one who killed me in the last episode. From her point of view, she dragged you into the guild because you were like a bomb. ."
"… That is."
"Even now, you've reunited with me across time. Are you so stupid as to think that all of that long time was just created by copying me?"
"Oppa…"
"Tell me. You've been watching Seong Yeon and my girlfriend longer than me. Did you really just follow everything? The video I just watched wasn't that long, but is that the only memory I have with you?"
"No."
"You might have followed me at first. But wasn't everything else created by the three of us?"
"…"
Ceres' shoulders lowered, and her breathing returned.
"How many years have you been with Seong Yeon?"
"This is the 12th year."
"Who is my girlfriend?"
"She too… Is similar…"
"Do you want to say that all of those 12 years worth of memories were created by following me?"
"No…"
"Suppose you could turn back time and start over. Do you think you could recreate the exact same 12 years of memories with me?"
"No…"
"Yes. That kind of thing is only possible in fantasy."
Even if I sold grace to Ceres in the past, that was before my return, not my current story.
Then you have no thoughts?
No, of course there is.
That's right, I'm human too.
There was definitely pus inside, but that's not something I'm going to say here.
"You fell in love with me enough to fight me. That's why you made a bet with me and fought me. So what happened? Why are you being swayed by such transcendental beings?"
"Still, I can't organize my mind. I understand it in my head, but my emotions are fluctuating.
"That's normal. Since you saw something like that, you must be thinking a lot. But you have to admit it."
"For that matter, you are calm."
"It's because I saw something similar on the 10th floor. If it wasn't for that, you and I would have been screaming together, right? Oh, that fucking bitch copied my achievements and won the heart of a beauty like you."
She blushed at my words.
"Am I that beautiful?"
"You know. She's a beauty that makes people shrug their shoulders just by standing next to her. That's why I set that example. If I were a returner and could sell you grace again, I would do such a mean thing."
"So you want to make me a slave?"
"A beauty who only relies on me is the best. Any man would think the same way, right?"
"Hehe…"
Ceres came to me.
I was also relieved to see her calm down.
『In other words, you are saying that only what is now is true without having to dwell on the past?』
『Even though the woman you are holding now was the woman who should have been with you originally.』
『Understand that you gave your heart to someone who only ignored your achievements.』
『Do you want to say that you have solved your problem?』
The Knight of the Lily was serious.
They treated me seriously, without a single rattle, and I did the same.
"How can I relieve my anger when jealousy is pouring down like rain? When this is over, I'm going to throw Ceres into the guild home, call Seong Yeon and the cow, and watch the three of them bicker from afar. Don't you think it would be fun just to imagine it?"
True intentions without lies.
Even though I was jealous, I wasn't angry.
I questioned my condition once more.
『The two people used your achievements to steal the kite that was supposed to belong to them.』
『Comrade, this is a kind of NTR.』
『Don't you think it's a betrayal that can never be tolerated?』
This time, pure love was denied.
『I was just taking advantage of the time I didn't have and instead holding on to the treasure I had cherished in the previous episode. We didn't mix bodies, and we never dated. Even though one of them was my girl, what kind of NTR are you, you crazy guy? 』
The two knights nodded at my words.
『Well, from a comrade's perspective, it has to look that way.』
『No matter how much it is due to the system, this incident is clearly our mistake.』
They paused.
After thinking about something seriously, he eventually said.
『『I decided』』
The sound of metal resonated.
『In the name of the knight of pure love. 』
『In the name of the Knight of the Lily』
There was the sound of swords clashing.
『We recognize that there is no lie in the hearts of both people. 』
I was confident even though I only heard voices.
These two are clearly in great form.
『The difficult problem was solved through a fair challenge without any shortcuts. 』
Golden light shimmered.
A loud bell rings along with the system alarm.
『『Right here and now, I declare that the door of love and hate has been cleared.』』
Finally, the thick gateway opens.
And that guided me and Ceres to a new world.