ALL NOVEL chapter 149
148. Irina (2)
#148. Irina (2)
A considerable amount of time has passed since I met Irina and Cain.
Their relationship began to change little by little from that of an intruder and a landlord, and at some point, the two became what could be defined as friends.
“I guess I should go now.”
“already?”
Irina looked at Cain with a look of pity, imploring him to stay a little longer. However, Cain shook his head firmly.
“I have something important to do today. Sorry!”
“… Is it not important to talk to me?”
“Uh, um. That, that’s not it… .”
Cain scratched his head in embarrassment, then hardened his expression and quickly ran outside the barrier.
“I’ll come next time!”
“Cain!”
Cain immediately disappeared, making Irina’s screams meaningless. Irina stared blankly in the direction he had been, lying on the floor with a sullen expression.
“He really is gone… tsk.”
Before she knew it, Cain’s visits had become one of the joys of her life. She enjoyed talking to Cain. She looked forward to the stories he told her, and the food he brought her was always delicious.
“It’s reality….”
Irina was a unique case of becoming a higher transcendent being as soon as she reached transcendence. As soon as she caught a glimpse of the truth through the Akashic Records, she tried to escape from the real world into fantasy. She can’t even remember when she last went to reality.
Normally, I wouldn’t be curious about reality, and I have no reason to be, but after Cain came back, I started to want to know a little more. What’s the real world like these days? What’s popular? What kind of food exists? What tourist attractions are there? There were so many things I wanted to know.
Irina began to change little by little.
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Irina and Cain became close. Before they knew it, the two became lovers, and Irina came out of her fantasy world into the real world.
“Cain.”
Irina, who was looking up at the sky at dawn, blankly looked up at the sky and called out Cain’s name.
“Why did you choose me?”
Irina was destined to live her entire life in a fantasy realm, confined to it. Cain must have realized this, too, since he had attained a higher rank and could read the flow of causality.
“I just wanted to do that.”
“Just… what?”
“I wanted to get you out of the cage.”
“… That was too reckless. I could have been seriously injured.”
He may not have been seriously injured, but he could have died.
At that time, Irina was truly trying to kill the intruders. In fact, there were quite a few Transcendent beings who were destroyed by her hands.
“Hmm- Isn’t it because I didn’t do that that it worked out? Thanks to that, I’m able to be here with you like this. I think it was a good decision in many ways?”
“Phew. What is that?”
Irina looked at Cain and burst out laughing.
He was the man who changed my whole life.
“I told you, you’re still a weird person.”
“Be honest with me. I like you.”
“…what.”
He was the one who gave meaning to life and changed her values. But that wasn’t all. Cain was precious to Irina. He was the kind of person she wanted to be with for eternity.
I thought that even if I were to die someday, it wouldn’t be such a bad death if he was by my side.
.
.
.
.
.
[ I couldn’t always say it . ]
Passs …
Her body, which had taken in a massive amount of fraud, was unable to withstand the power of the Watcher and was beginning to disintegrate.
[ You never said, “I love you,” even once. ]
It was a word I had never been able to utter.
Irina was not honest, so she was always unable to properly express her feelings to him.
I’ve always regretted it since I created the sanctuary.
[ The body, isn’t, moving… at all… ? ]
She couldn’t marry her fiancé, Cain, and couldn’t do what she wanted to do with him. There were things she wanted to say to him, but she couldn’t.
[ What is this…? What does it mean… ]
She poured out her honest feelings to him.
[ I am…. ]
Tears were streaming down Irina’s face.
The person in front of him is Cain, his fiancé.
This is the person he wanted to see so badly.
After a long wait that lasted for eons, the two were finally able to see each other again. Irina said the one thing she had always wanted to say to him when she met him.
[ You… … . ]
Irina’s arms wrapped around Cain’s body.
He tried to move Cain’s body, but Irina’s power blocked his actions. All of her divine power was being used to bind both her own body and Cain’s.
[ I love you . ]
-Forever.
-Even if there comes a moment when my life turns to dust and disappears.
-i love you.
It was a cry that came too late.
But Irina desperately hoped that her cry would reach Cain.
[ Ugh. Ugh – ! ]
Irina no longer had any divine power left. Her disappearance was accelerating, and soon she would meet her demise. Irina leaned her body against Cain, who was frozen stiffly.
She continued speaking, head to head with Cain, who remained still without pushing her away.
[ Cain . ]
The divine power was made to bind Cain and herself, and she prepared for the final blow.
He maximized the divine power of the foreign body still remaining in his body through illusion realization to create a giant spear.
[ I’m sorry. And… I love you. ]
She controlled the spear with the last of her remaining divine power, sending a scream that would not reach Cain.
[ That extreme… Geueuugh-! ]
The chains were made of Irina’s divine power that she had collected over hundreds of millions of years. The thoughts of the viewer who could not break free of them were struggling desperately with strange sounds.
“Phew… haa… .”
Irina’s spear pierced through two Transcendent beings.
Blood flowed from the air and fell to the floor. Drop. Drop. Irina felt her consciousness fading.
She no longer had any divine power left, nor the mental strength to endure the fraud. She hugged Cain and expressed gratitude that she could rest with him.
‘Cain. You’re holding on together… .’
The divine power was lacking. Originally… the fragment of the Watcher should have broken his bonds and escaped from his embrace long ago. Nevertheless, there was only one reason why he, who had consumed Cain’s body, was still bound.
Cain.
This must be because he is desperately fighting against the glimpse of the Watcher in his consciousness and keeping him in check.
“Sia….”
Irina called out to Cynthia with the last of her strength.
She called out to Cynthia with difficulty, as if she no longer had the strength to use her tongue.
“Can you finish it…?”
It’s a cruel request, but I can’t finish this ordeal without her, so I asked Cynthia to take the final blow.
Irina felt sorry and grateful towards Cynthia at the same time. Thanks to her, she was able to come this far and meet Cain. She was able to free him from his terrible fate.
“… … I will do that.”
Cynthia nodded, looking at Irina with a miserable expression. What on earth was the purpose of becoming an apostle?
I thought that by accepting the power of order and becoming an apostle of the Guardians, I could end everything with my own power.
But that was his own mistake.
He was unable to do anything.
Irina’s fate, and Cain’s fate.
Nothing could change that.
“There’s no need to… reproach yourself too much…”
Irina, who was disappearing due to fraud, continued speaking with her body turned translucent.
“This is… a fate that I refuse to change… .”
Irina was saying that she denied herself a future in which she could live.
“I think you’ll understand.”
She smiled and said her last words to Cynthia.
“Rather, I’m sorry. For taking away all your roles… For using you…”
“no….”
Thanks to her help, Cynthia was able to survive.
was able to grow.
And I was able to finish the ordeal.
At her sacrifice.
“I was able to come this far thanks to Irina. I don’t blame you at all. So… please don’t apologize or anything. I hope you go to a better place.”
Cynthia struck the final blow to end the ordeal. The blow, imbued with the power of the Holy Spirit and the Outer Spirit, would cleanly blast them both away without even feeling any pain.
“Thank you, Irina. I will never forget you.”
“…me too.”
Cynthia said her final goodbyes to Irina.
A brilliant light spread throughout Langrut.