Chapter 260: Side Story – Familiar (4)
nDSSPplI was the happiest man in the world.pm1m0k
38Up7iWorking a decent job, I was trusted by everyone in the village and even had myself a beautiful wife.jOq2
dJfb4hPark Sirin.UJmq1v
QuV9eb6A beautiful and kind-hearted wife.YduN3S
d4MIX29Plus, she was an intelligent mage. She was rich, smart, pretty and sexy… Everyday was a joyful day.n4xKR
ZlNIt was at the Academy that I met her. At the Merkarva Academy that nurtured knights and mages, we met as peers, became close and quit the Academy to get married.nkTP6gt
GDIAlthough we had yet to carry out a proper wedding ceremony, we were basically already married as a pair of young male and female living under one roof.c7c
a6nhczW[Korin, do you want some potatoes?]g2Pg
tSjhnxA“Hmm…”Rvcr
MhtWas there… someone else at the Academy?HcH94x
L2s0kFor some reason, I had trouble remembering my days at the Academy even though it should be quite recent.OCbs
mR5eQA8“What are you doing?”YpJ
xtN“Huh?”JB5
EF9hEMy wifey was back after finishing an experiment from a workshop we built inside the house.zuH7CI
YZUAV“I was thinking about the Academy.”rajXH
U9vfS“………Why?”BseH
HZS4Sw“You know… It’s where we met each other.”Jywr9J
IAaK“It’s not that important, is it? Now is what’s important.”VTr6
gNTNIt felt like she wanted to avoid speaking about the Academy. Although I couldn’t understand why, I didn’t linger on the topic because there was no reason to talk about something my wifey didn’t want to talk about.Z56MJ
RdT[Korin-dongsaeeeeeeng~!]Qcm
7Wv2EWBut a doubt about why those memories weren’t so clear remained in a corner of my mind.22aSI
BSs“Oh right. I have to go to the town hall for a bit.”0uojbF8
2X9“Why?”YMELufa
aUYj0“There is a Village Youth Meeting.”4E0
pfBxC“………”1qcgZ
oKq06aHer face quickly turned stiff. Her dark and hazy eyes went out of focus as she looked straight through me.cffE
NhsKO“You’re lying.”ZAt
5Ntt“Honey?”wy8VxO
eDYH“Which bitch is it this time?”9N9UcfP
nWw5z4N“You’re over-thinking things. Why would I cheat on you?”9v6Ci
cexHKNJ“I didn’t say you would be ‘cheating’ though? Why; is that what you were thinking about? They said there will be a lot of bitches coming over this time. Is that why you’re going?”1pZwy
hZiCjShe was definitely over-thinking things.KKkYz0
OSanThe agenda for this meeting was about reinforcing the fences around the fields and paddies of our village. Of course there would be some young women there as well, because a small village like ours always lacked manpower and both men and women had to work together.wbqoTI
f1dlO4“Are you trying to drive me crazy, oppa?”6PAqB
jwbuk“………”AwT
vYWvFThere was no end to it whenever Sirin started her series of doubts.OlMb
ZPXaCShe was such a lovely wife who whole-heartedly loved me but… this was her only downside. She was way too skeptical and became jealous way too easily.d27v
BQcA0“I know you are trying to meet up with other bitches again, so why bother lying?”xLCR
yOgJiEhew. I guess I wouldn’t be able to go to the youth meeting today.y7NeHOZ
igCoG5“W, wait! What are you— uhp?!”Dl7Y3ud
2OJTmY………Igu2
a4BTj“S, stop… I told you to stop…!”ECpqi
NYYtf……kwK3lW9
MWQ“P, please… L, let me take a breath…”5xL
dDvViRI…UVZ6vk
6k6joeP“Ahtt… Oppa, I love you…”Nkxx
p1jfAMission success.QjQI5
4g8otAs it was said, the rod was the best cure for yanderes.7Wds
Bkyjeh****2FN1aCA
8oKesA1“Haha. You look like you are enjoying yourself lately.”M8ErM
nmQTNOengus, the Danann of Love, laughed upon seeing the gloss on Sirin’s skin.pTSdt
LpKYSS“As expected of the next Sun, a normal Yin is nowhere near enough to deal with it.”V54p
VT8p“Be quiet.”GMx2Qi
CxEphtPark Sirin was spending a better newly-wed life than she had expected. Her beloved oppa was loyal to his family; he loved his wife and his affectionate actions were over-the-top even.H6j
amK2Lz[Are you trying to drive me crazy, oppa?]vZJ
wp4SLLvIt was her fault that she couldn’t dismiss her doubt.YtC3k3
hHcDespite finally laying her hands on her love, Sirin still obsessed over him, was skeptical and constantly observant.oco
owaShe was the wrong one. Korin wasn’t someone who would cheat on his wife.Qg6
YMTUNaturally, his remarks were still flirtatious and he would unconsciously attract women but… there was no way that someone as kind-hearted as him would do anything adulterous.Iov
S0ZEven so, she was still anxious.oYg
8LjjIt felt ominous. He still didn’t feel like hers, and it felt like he could slip past her fingers whenever she wasn’t looking.o0W
9EIgJ“That is how it always will be for love gained through trickery. You will constantly remain uneasy.”IH4niC1
pwr“Just shut up.”axTH
xXyz1FAs reward for her trial, she gained the cooperation of Oengus. Together, they added in fake memories and brainwashed him.1SJzjrR
7Z1J4QAfter spending a ridiculous amount of mana and through several grand magic spells, when she heard the word, ‘honey’ from him at last, the shock and joy was so immense that Sirin had fainted for about 3 seconds.uyduq
RzZ74ZThe following week was the sweetest she could ever imagine – it was a life straight out of her dreams.9nsXHJ3
ke7Vk“Oppa is slowly regaining his memories.”vwkp
tXpLKFBut as if trying to mark an end to this deceitful relationship, Korin was slowly waking up from his hypnosis.H5h
uBbLO“That is natural. If not for his divinity being emptied out due to the fight against Valtazar, no poison would have ever worked on him in the first place.”ubcBwy
uRVVup“…”BwhjpO9
rFgm7JU“Don’t you know better yourself? The Sun has already reached a status that you cannot reach.”8fRyWK
630q“I am still stronger than…”MLBf
RCl“I told you, did I not? From the moment you got here.”kBZ
VSiDjBSirin had arrived in this world when the fight against the Frost Giant was about to begin in the north.OiPH
UdAyCnKorin Lork was still the same retarded idiot, and fool over-immersed in a game, who was running around left and right trying to save the world.K2RcTG
xFR[I can help him…]MKnD
razUnfortunately, she arrived right before the war was about to end.btHLGG
B7kvtAccording to her original plan, she had to remain in Mag Mell for at least a year to recover the mana she had used during the inter-dimensional travel but… the final battle had begun way ahead of schedule.1lJa5
qUwYK[Well, your help won’t make any difference.]5pXpHu5
aOrjONv[What?]NycumJV
pSpHearing the derisive remark of Nuada, the Danann of the Sun, Sirin turned towards him with a sharp gaze, but he continued as if talking to a little child.yVkqkV8
2UHRMMt[Why do you think you weren’t chosen by Lia Fail despite your strength?]aXv
oPiO8B[Even if you happen to recover all your power, do you think you can still guarantee a win against Tates Valtazar, or Korin Lork?]baLL
u7QY[You will definitely fail. Even if you could overwhelm them through force, in the end, you won’t be able to overcome the martial art and karma they possess.]68hkivo
L8g9sdl[……]wl4
Esb8XbrThe Danann of Light, Lugh, said the same thing as the Danann of the Sun.yZbq1Z
HLAzyTAnd now, even the Danann of Love was saying with certainty in his voice.PpRHn
Wrt“What if we recast the hypnosis… when he wakes up…”TyO
lrGbsc“Impossible. After recovering his divinity, the Sun will definitely confront you. Well, in terms of sheer strength, you are definitely above Korin Lork since he still hasn’t done his coronation.”4PCrTY
j4q“Then…”893
QKSK6“But do you think you can beat him? Do you really?”X01
oSrxBPS“…”JZfs
5VcQ8mSirin couldn’t reply, because she couldn’t defeat even the weakened Tates Valtazar. Despite having the upper hand in strength and having stats that would have allowed her to demolish him in-game, she still allowed him to approach her.mWGcfZ
T5O“What even is that ‘martial art’ and ‘karma’?”RX7i
CobLD“I can’t say it for sure either but… they are ethereal things that bloom in a battlefield. You will only be able to keep him here for a short period of time. Before long, the next King of Gods will awaken.”SQ1
z0yJf“…I know.”vqvy8i6
Lu6zfGdKorin was slowly regaining his memories despite them being sealed by a Transcendent Spell. He was clearly not the same as the Korin she knew from the last iteration.WLma9Y
LtSWZAnd upon retrieving his memories, he would realize who she was.hVI
TgQ8jThen he would look at her with hatred and disgust… just like before.UMKbW
QTwJT3[You… just chose the easy way out.]9N3oO2G
d3awpThe same eyes of cold fury… that he showed her upon realizing the comfortable life she had lived at the cost of monopolizing everything; even lives.uOB
Mra“If I just have a little bit of time… I can somehow deal with all of them. Those NPC bitches…”E0W0
PpIrGIjSirin now knew that this world wasn’t a fake one. She found out the truth behind the players’ roles and Heroic Legend of Arhan, but even then, she still resorted to calling them ‘NPC’s.OhqR
0DMOne reason was because she feared that if she acknowledged them as people just like her, she might not be able to pull off the deed.2pfO3IR
kqrye2In addition, acknowledging that would also be the same as acknowledging her past of killing countless people in the last iteration, and doing so, she would never be able to approach Korin; she would never be understood or loved by him.LkMmbNC
6alx5qDespite knowing it was a method of self-justification, it was unavoidable. This world had to be fake, and the people she killed had to be NPCs. They had to be fragments of data that could be erased and recovered at ease.ThQjRFh
mpYQLfOengus sympathetically watched the self-paradoxical and pitiful girl thinking to herself. Knowing love and depending on someone for the first time in her life, she wanted to confess her love but couldn’t until the very end due to the body she was forced into.ODI0b
LR5qtVBut now, it was too late for her to simply confess and achieve true love.jG88n
iNOd0v“Young girl.”e9H96qQ
xnVw8Za“…What?”C3n9k1
UWpnd“Half of the reason I am cooperating with you is curiosity, but the other half is sympathy.”5Pw
dMM3DcK“…”OYWh
EnLWCnSirin’s eyes turned sharp. She had more than enough power to eradicate Oengus, who was but a leftover fragment of a god, but despite knowing that, Oengus did not stop his advice on her love.uU9M
uiE4ABecause he was the Danann of Love, a man who had formerly thrown away everything for love, he did not stop.yKH6Z
L1EOLm“This is a process. Do not consider this the conclusion. Your love is impure, obsessive, and will not be understood by anyone.mWojG
bSKAF0b“The reason I am supporting your plan that will surely come to an end is because I consider this a process, not an outcome.lCi5G
HCJNCp5“In order to lead to the final outcome, what you need is not restrictiveness or hypnosis. For your love to bear fruit and receive the true acknowledgement of your loved one, you must endure through this ordeal.tTn
nHY“Young girl Sirin, you young child. Do not think love is that easy to obtain.FPnT
Xkcmwxx“Endure through the pain it brings and approach him with honesty. No matter how unlikely of a possibility it may seem, the love at the end of that tunnel will be incomparably greater than what was achieved by deceiving yourself.xGIUWCU
OlYMNw“Child. Go for an honest love.”XkoZkxp
Ebr“………”nQn
ThimFSVSirin could not say a single thing back to Oengus. It was so clear from the honesty she could feel from his voice and his gaze… that he was truly speaking for her sake.D63
oe0But was it not already too late?tf5Ak
XcJ8AxWhat could she do now…? Undo the hypnosis and be honest?feNX
rU0gpKWhat if he rejected her? What if he looked at her with the same eyes of hatred and anger?1VUjn
7shSirin knew that she wouldn’t be able to handle that.yjx
aDx3 years of unrequited love.8JZO
LwioVZZ15 years of obsession.5Hb
2TjShe couldn’t possibly throw away with her own hands what she had finally obtained at the end of all that.n0HSP
jYK4Even if others might hate her, loathe her, or consider her a lunatic for killing every woman approaching Korin,DwN7Nzn
CPe2os3She could not possibly give up on her love.tXJK
HNn4ZKrIt wasn’t even a possibility for her.wS6
8Gw9wuKThe end, however, came near.3GqK
6kdR8She had to make a choice.VRPY
HI4R6****mVoDN
Q4H9X“Cough…!”ruuqA
CjchXskKorin suddenly coughed out a heap of blood and collapsed. Seeing that, Sirin ran up to her in fright.dqFWy
ZumFatc“O, oppa!”hoHzX
G0gvNKWhat was going on all of a sudden? Why? He hadn’t yet fully recovered his divinity though!chYa2
taZyS“Cough, cough…! Uweeeek…!”MsUUyM
bzPThe amount of blood he was coughing out was definitely abnormal. It was so much that any normal human would have died already.uLvUy3Q
tIkz“W, why… What’s going on?”r8ZO
dcVNkuSSirin carried him with trembling hands. She brought him to her laboratory, laid him down and poured an elixir down his mouth.fHGx9G
SMJCwaHowever, Korin didn’t get any better, and she could see him getting worse and worse in real time.brh5
VsvL“Oppa. Oppa…! N, no…!”ETKS2N
PX2eJTHer mind froze.I7i
b3rNThe God of Magic who was always rational and cold when using magic, could never keep her calm whenever something concerned Korin.5QvF
XeRUgZShe was frightened.1VTC1
h8hoMWhat if oppa died just like this? What if he were to leave my side forever?QcX9
Yi5RZWShe imagined the future she feared the most; a horrendous future where her love didn’t even exist.s2yyyyD
Y3HsPr“C, calm down. There has to be a reason. I can just… find it myself.”pv2KQ
1iWCalming herself down, she started looking for the cause. She used her magic eyes to analyze Korin’s body and look for irregular changes and movements in mana.3k8R
lAEKg– Rip! Rip!ktRMm
BlBJ0She ripped apart his clothes and found letters – Rune letters.4hPpR
40Bj“This…”H8d08mN
UyvAt the start, she hadn’t cared too much about them. At a glance, the Rune letters just looked like faint tattoos, and using tattoos to reinforce the body was quite common, so Sirin didn’t bother analyzing it until now.1boz0
OgoShe didn’t have the time to do so either.ychhqOk
PtAfsBut now that his mana was boiling around the letters, Sirin assumed that this must be the reason behind him coughing out blood.Ov5Y9U
M0Ta57SAlthough she wasn’t specialized in Rune spells, she did have some knowledge of it from when she had studied in order to fight Fermack and Tates.7xwdA6
jANSplhUsing that knowledge, she immediately began analyzing the Rune letters engraved on Korin’s body.TuTc
R2h0l[I will not disregard the misfortune of the good.]bca1sE
kozN[I do not perceive spirits.]xvNwwMr
6jF[I will save the world.]lXmZsF
bCzDuty, Restriction and Pledge.qpa
IX4iHnI see… Sirin thought to herself. Now it made sense how he was able to defeat Tates Valtazar in the body of a side character called Korin Lork. It was all thanks to his Precepts.OVS37Cr
KcTjPrecepts gave more power the more you practiced them. It was a contract with the world itself, which granted great powers in exchange for a possible retribution when failing to abide by it.KBR4
jEyKorin was facing retribution for going against the Precept, and it didn’t take long for Sirin to realize that it was because of her.8BuTvWO
hjci“Ah…”ILBrn
IdeQz1vBecause of me?MTKF5b
2SCiIs it because he’s with me?cvuF4IA
13UFGWas him staying with me… going against the Precept?jeOgt
1QBUcVjHow could that be? What kind of nonsense was that?Tk5e5
IPgTgqgSirin was shocked.TKk9DtV
GvmaOTTIt felt like the world was declaring to her that she could never end up together with him, and it was ever so painful and frightening.yEpG
m5fzOV2“Cough…!”UHuEX
epaZ“O, oppa…”Ox6
OIVLsnUPlease don’t be sick. Please don’t cough out blood. Please, don’t die.ah0
Lfo7z“H, hold on for a bit. I, I will find a way to get you better.”Z9S
KlxinWhat exactly was the problem? What was wrong with the Precepts that he was coughing out so much blood?zlyRv1t
8153Y[I will not disregard the misfortune of the good.]eBM
1El63rAh.OmqE
Q0AkkJDon’t tell me…5NtDQI
ZXXPrecepts… worked based on one’s cognition.s1pjhiM
THm9OYIf for example not eating dog meat was set as one’s Precept, they would fail the Precept not when they ate dog meat, but the moment they were aware of it.QeY
RI2kMost contract-based spells followed the same principle, and the person in question couldn’t be punished for something they did not even perceive.1XC
60WjgCIn this case with the Precept of not disregarding the misfortune of the good, it would be broken the moment Korin-oppa perceived that the people he considered good were becoming unhappy.k93
SYdmWhich could only refer to…zPFDoon
VO65Pzz‘Those damn NPC bitches…!’p9H
YcSPMarie Dunareff.94A
kD1ssaArden sisters.V3X2I
Cgb0tAnd all the other sluts making moves on oppa!86OqAN
Lx0R‘Wait, that means…’H4WiLs
coKeeiEIf I were to kill them, would that mean oppa was breaking the Precept altogether?96gRES
94KsA shocking hypothesis budded in her mind as her lips began to tremble. Her original plan was to wipe out all the bugs around Korin to put her hands on him. If they were all gone, after all, all that would be left next to Korin was going to be herself.cxJ4H
lZSyAxqBut even that appeared impossible.5Za
BlgIt seemed… that Korin would die if she were to kill them all.VH2K
NmL‘Even then…!’A21MVs1
AVbFor a moment Sirin thought she would rather have his corpse if he would never be on her side alive, but the moment she realized what she was thinking, she felt disgusted by herself.Gjb9
VTbRHWhat meaning would there be to a dead corpse; when that piece of flesh would neither whisper words of love or gaze at her with even hatred…?uMvTo
Yp5With tears flowing down her cheeks, Sirin tightly held onto his hands.JpC
VeqAnd was frightened by his hands that were as cold as that of a corpse.PbtZ7
iPQX“Ah…”ZkJxXA
OmPAhhh… Why? Why was it so hard for me to lay my hands on my loved one?5dQrI
DfXEI had been holding back for 18 years.PNM
6ej0wEI had to cross worlds to find my love!fU35
toUx[Child. Go for an honest love.]Rlus
PqkbrOFThat was when her mind suddenly recalled the advice from the god that gave her a helping hand. She never saw herself following that piece of advice but…eDC
NWO“…Sirin.”bOR
rEu“U, un… I’m here, oppa. Oppa… Please, wake up…”nig
kEeY“It’s okay.”RbiRGEY
Z9QcKorin smiled as he looked at the pale countenance on Sirin’s face and laid his hand on her head.4u9UWeM
8wQohX“You’re ringing my head. Don’t cry.”u7z
YkSAs always, this guy was always worried about other people even when he himself was close to death. He didn’t even have the power to stand up and yet was patting and consoling her.J3S5
5njtWhat a stupid, foolishly gentle-hearted person was this…? He should be concerned for his own body and not other people.fbbMsmm
rKr87n9“……”edzm
1fCa6euStupid idiot. Son of a bitch.delBF
HBD5TBut because that was the kind of person she had fallen for;Paxh
GblPark Sirin had no other choice.cit
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HZKDqyn“………”Vum
ZeWStanding at the entrance of Merkarva Academy, Korin looked at his two friends sleeping nonchalantly in peace.6E8
vasPFn“Hmm nyaa…”awlX
ToLEdT“Five more minutes…”Bn5gZzT
Ssi6fXJaeger and Lark. They appeared to be having the dream of their lives despite sleeping on the cold hard ground of early morning.4xgt
GAP“………”oFrh2O
0YmXXIBHowever, Korin Lork couldn’t be as peaceful as them.o4x23
Fta34Q[Honey.]5qZi
cFaKKHe could still remember it.oAtWBx
2xYCHSA flood of memories was taking over his consciousness.7mz
QJIThe memories of him sweetly whispering love; the memories of having his hands full of a certain part of the body, and how he played around with the body of a fainted lady like a toy…pVidkLQ
sY9“…Wait, hold the fuck up.”pSALu
oSgoApxWhat was with my ‘first experiences’ happening when I’m unconscious?ngWwc
DdxDph“More importantly, he’s a girl?!”tzjGKf
HD54nDIt was a shocking turnaround of the boy whom he had been thinking of as homosexual, who was also his ex-wife with whom he had whispered love and slept together albeit for a week…lwmTo
ORgZ0“Fuck… What’s going on.”HQEGFb
qFDHwqWith his mind full of confusion and chaos.DoPftd
AeTmlE“Haaaaah….”7s5JmNt
DaIPAll he could do was heave out a deep sigh from within.0s0qUIO
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