chapter 7
007. Digging a grave with my own hands
As the moonlight was about to embroider the air, a yellow light engulfing the whole world spreads in all directions.
Soon, around the time the light stopped. Endymion, who had been closing his eyes for fear that she would go blind, gently opened her eyes.
“Just in case… I didn’t even have to try.”
It was still close. Selene and his distance.
Endymion stared blankly at her as she grew farther and farther away. Selene pushed him on the back and straightened him up.
“Look at that.”
Having come to his senses at those words, Endymion turned around in the direction Selene’s finger was pointing.
“That’s…”
“It seems that the god or something granted him his wish.”
The daffodils bloomed in clusters, but they were no longer alone. After all, a freesia with impressive yellowish petals was blooming before I knew it.
“There’s no way I could have left such a cherished flower unattended.”
Yellow particles falling like snow from the sky. It was very warm and cozy. Endymion calls the name of the departed in a truly astonishing scene.
“Freesia…?”
They suddenly disappeared… I guess I had a plan of my own. Seeing Endymion in a state of fascination, Selene pouted with a strange feeling.
“Let’s just go back. I don’t think we can stay longer than this.”
A long-standing curse has been lifted, and the forest, bound in an eternal moment, has lost its value of existence.
Are you sure?
Ground, trees, grass… It becomes a group of white light and soars high into the sky. The forest was slowly disappearing.
“It’s still fine, but if it’s delayed a little longer, it might disappear together.”
“I need to go soon…But.”
There was one thing that caught his eye as he had to leave. Endymion looked at the two flowers and asked.
“What happens to that flower?”
“They will disappear together. That will make them both happy.”
Is that so? The question remained, but Endymion did not object to Selene’s words. All she could do was nod her head as if she understood.
The two returned to the place where the rift was located and was able to safely return to their original world.
* * *
‘There were a lot of interesting things.’
Crunch Square-
In the study, where the candles flickered, the sound of a pen rolling on paper echoed.
‘I never thought I’d find such a singularity.’
Selene is a fairy, no, she was writing down what she saw in the Nymph Forest in her journal. Near her like that, Endymion was turning over her bookshelf as always.
‘It’s rare to see a world perish.’
It’s not that Selene is knowledgeable about the other world. On the contrary, she could say that the number of times she had been to the other world was so small that she could count it on her hands.
Nevertheless, there was one thing I could be sure of. Witnessing the end of another world is not that easy.
‘The word is a forest, but it was an independent world. The singularity of the god’s curse must have separated the forest from its original world.’
This is interesting. Is it because of that? Selene’s pen stand moved without stopping. It seemed that there wasn’t much content.
‘And there was an unexpected income.’
Before writing down the unexpected income, Selene, who had something to check, glanced at Endymion.
Sarak-
He was quietly reading a book. Selene looked at it for a while, then got up from her seat.
“I’m going to the lab for a while. I’ll be back soon, so read a book here.”
“…I understand.”
At those words, Endymion had a surprised look on her face, but she nodded her head politely.
Tack-
Selene left the room that way and headed for her lab as she said. Her gait was more than unstoppable. It’s like she’s waiting for something exciting.
‘I didn’t tell that guy… In fact, I have plucked the flower.’
Two flowers left behind by Narcissus and Phrygia. Selene said she’d better just leave it in the pinned position, but she said in fact she’d picked both of them when Endymion sneaked up on her.
‘I didn’t even think of that at first.’
She had a strange corner that bothered her, and she couldn’t help it. But she didn’t feel her pity like Endymion did.
Arriving at the lab, Selene put the two flowers she had been keeping on her desk.
She said, “I don’t think she’s ever smelled a scent… It reminded me of sleep.”
A sleeping scent that can put someone to sleep. It can be extracted from certain flowers or grasses, and depending on the type, it could provide near-permanent sleep to those who drank it.
Selene was very interested in him. When she finally thought about it, she had a reasonable doubt that it might have some effect because it is an unusual flower from the background of the pin.
And now, after she had finished checking the effect of her flower through magic, Selene’s eyes fluttered slightly.
As a result of extracting a small amount of ingredients from the yellow flower, Freesia… I was able to confirm that this was the sleeping candle.
But she wasn’t the only one.
“This… Could put even a dragon to rest.”
Of course, there may be differences in skills, but the dragon is said to be the strongest. They had a fairly long lifespan, but the sleeping pill effect of Freesia was strong enough to render their lifespan meaningless.
“On the contrary, this…”
Daffodils of Narcissus. This also boasted an effect comparable to that of Phrygia, as if it had been imbued with divinity in a series of processes.
“An effect that detoxifies everything…”
Selene thought. It’s like their relationship is like poison and antidote.
‘I wonder if this will be of any use to me… ‘
At that time, a person suddenly came to mind and passed through his mind.
“…Why did he see this?”
Endymion is currently reading a book in his study. It was Selene who imagined feeding him this for a moment.
“Feeding this, heh… nonsense.”
At least now that Endymion was obedient, there was no need for that.
* * *
Sarak- Phuc-
“Whoa…”
How many hours does it take to sit in the library and read books? There was no clock here anyway, so Endymion guessed the time by looking at the setting sun.
‘It’s late afternoon.’
It’s almost evening. Until then, Endymion, who had decided to take a break to cool off, laid his body deep in the chair.
“…How long have you been here already?”
I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve been spending time here. I couldn’t even check the time accurately, so it felt like my sense of time was getting dull.
‘I’ll have to take the opportunity and get out of here.’
If I don’t have anything special to do, reading books all day is my daily life. It means that it was perfect for thinking alone and making plans in your head.
‘But there were parts that I couldn’t bear to do.’
Because I had to be with Selene all the time, I still haven’t fully grasped the structure of this mansion. There was no other way around this.
‘I’ll have to go around alone to get a rough idea.’
That’s a problem because it’s not easy. If Selene’s restraint becomes even stronger due to suspicion, you never know how much longer her escape will be.
‘Unnecessarily delaying escape is something to avoid.’
As I always recall, impatience is poison. There shouldn’t be anything wrong with being in a hurry.
‘So, even if it’s slow, let’s find a sure route.’
Selene’s possession was his situation, so much that it was boring because he didn’t have enough time.
‘How can Selene catch her guard….’
I think deeply with my eyes closed.
“Yes, this is the least possible.”
After a while, he slowly opened his eyes as if he had found a way.
* * *
A monotonous morning as usual.
Selene was waiting for Endymion at the restaurant while organizing her interpretation journal. How long has it been like that Endymion opened the dining room door and entered.
“Are you here?”
Selene then put down her journal and looked at him. But the moment she looked at Endymion, her eyebrows twitched.
‘What’s with the beard? .’
Unbecoming of Endymion, who usually wears her clothes well, she made a mistake. The crooked collar bothered me, probably because the order of button fastening was wrong.
“Endymion.”
Sele was the moment she opened her mouth to let him know that he didn’t seem to know.
“Yes?”
“…No, nothing.”
Selene couldn’t say anything at Endymion tilting her head. She didn’t have the confidence to keep looking, so she hurriedly lowered her gaze, and the tips of her ears were flushed.
‘Of course, the collarbone….’
The shape of the collarbone revealed through the disheveled shirt is too… It’s obscene Even though Selene knew she was nothing, she couldn’t shake the feeling.
Moreover, her breasts, which could be seen if they flowed down a little more, stimulated her imagination. Because of that, Selene’s red ears didn’t know how to cool down, and instead they were busy getting hotter.
‘… It works.’
On the other hand, Endymion looked at Selene, who showed a clear expression of bewilderment, and made her expressionless.
‘I couldn’t believe it.’
Today’s intentional distraction was part of the strategy set up yesterday.
Yesterday, Endymion, who was working her brain hard in the study, suddenly remembered a story from another world she had visited the day before.
‘Prygia fell for Narcissus and acted as if she would give her liver and gallbladder.’
I don’t mean to disparage Freesia’s noble love. It was just what she did.
Anyways-
‘I thought about that relationship by substituting me and Selene.’
Until now, it is Endymion that has more regrets. It meant that he was in Eul’s position.
Like this, Endymion knew that Selene needed her variables to change the structure of her superiority over him.
So she said, let’s create a variable through the realization she got from the other world, and that’s it…
‘It was to seduce Selene.’
To be honest, I didn’t know if it would be possible. However, Endymion judged that there was nothing wrong with trying it.
‘Because it’s worth the bottom line anyway.’
Will anyone notice that the process of seducing her is part of her plan to escape her somehow?
‘I never know.’
Thanks to that, Endymion was able to be bold.
“…….”
Kick-
Naturally, he pulled back her chair and sat down, keeping a sidelong glance at her to check Selene’s condition.
‘But what kind of reaction is this?’
At most, her collarbone is visible and her breasts are barely visible.
Actually, this plan was partially referenced from a book. I tried using Endymion because it was effective even if I didn’t understand the contents.
“Kuhmm…”
“…….”
I was a little puzzled by the unexpectedly good response.
Look at it now. The tips of Selene’s red ears don’t know how to cool down.
‘Besides, he keeps looking this way.’
To be precise, the disheveled chest.
“Are you feeling unwell anywhere?”
“No… so…”
“Yes?”
“…No, it’s nothing, never mind.”
I wanted to point it out in words this time, but Selene couldn’t bear it.
‘Am I crazy… ?’
I’m afraid that if I point it out, the hem of the shirt that’s slightly open will close up, so I won’t be able to see the bewitching collarbone anymore.
Selene was surprised to see herself harboring such evil thoughts. Although it was only natural that she had never been disturbed by anything like this in her entire life.
“Whoa… Whoa…”
Anyway… I try to catch her breath in order to restore her original color. I also tried to think of her green nature to regain her composure.
“Selene?”
“I… I need to get out.”
But the moment she heard his voice, everything went to waste.
Kicking – The chair is pushed back and makes a noise.
Selene couldn’t possibly get her rice down her throat in this state, so she hurriedly tried to get out of her seat.
“After the meal, take care of yourself…, Take care of yourself. I’ll be resting in my room, so don’t look for it.”
She staggered for a moment as if dizzy, and then left the restaurant.
As a result, Endymion, who was left alone in the restaurant, blankly blinked her eyes.
‘Is this really possible?’
She was the one who had even obtained permission to tour her mansion.