Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

156. Summary (2)

#156. Summary (2)

Cynthia introduced me to someone.

And I froze as I looked at that ‘someone’.

“… This, this guy, when?”

It’s a face I can’t forget even if I try. There’s no way I wouldn’t remember it.

Succubus Illien. That was definitely the name.

That makes sense… How could he not remember something he did?

“Ahem. He’s my partner. As you guessed, we met at that gate… but his soul was bound to the ‘Libra of the Pantheon’ and he helped me. He will continue to do so in the future.”

“Isn’t it dangerous…? After all, it’s a demon tribe.”

“Not at all. Illien is a good devil.”

A good devil, that seemed a bit odd, but I nodded anyway.

“… … It’s Illien.”

“Oh, yes… this is Han Seong-jin.”

I nodded awkwardly while looking at Illien.

“The two of you are awkward? Is it because you had a huge fight at the gate back then? Well, I guess you’ll get along well with each other.”

‘Fuck… why is this guy alive?’

To be honest, the number one thing I wanted to shut up about was this demon. It was destroyed and disappeared forever… but it suddenly reappeared as Cynthia’s partner? To me, this was like a bolt from the blue.

‘… You didn’t tell Sia about what happened, did you? No. You didn’t. If you did, Sia wouldn’t be so peaceful.’

Cynthia has a very possessive personality.

In the original work, that aspect was not highlighted at all, but now that the novel has become reality, it is different.

“Sia. I have something to ask you….”

I swallowed hard and asked Cynthia.

“Yes? What is it? Ask me anything!”

“By any chance, is it possible to read other people’s thoughts or memories with that divine power?”

“Oh, yes. I can. Why? Oh… Are you worried that I might be able to read your mind? Hehe, I wouldn’t do something like that.”

“Haha, really? Actually, I have some embarrassing memories, so I’m a bit hesitant to show them… But everyone has at least one memory like that, right?”

“You don’t want to show your dark history. I understand. I can embrace everything… but that’s a personal preference.”

“You’ve matured a lot.”

“Ahem. This is me.”

I let out a sigh of relief. I felt like I had done a good job of wrapping things up. However… if Cynthia wanted to, she could read my memories and thoughts at any time. Hmm… well, there’s no way Sia would do that.

At that moment, I had no choice but to think that way.

***

Cynthia, who had quickly cleared away the cracks and monsters on the Earth, created a body for Illien and introduced it to Han Sungjin and the people of the family. Shin Dongbaek and the vassals were generally welcoming of Illien, but Han Sungjin had a trembling expression.

‘I guess… it must be because of the fight at the gate.’

“Illien?”

“Uh, yeah?”

“At the gate before.”

Cynthia had passed out at that time and had no memory. If she wanted, she could have extracted the memories of Illien or Han Sungjin, but she didn’t want to. They were both precious to her. Even if that wasn’t the case, she didn’t want to do anything inhumane to the people around her.

For that reason, Cynthia mentioned to Illien the place where she first met Han Sung-jin.

But… Illien’s reaction was somehow strange.

“Ge, gate?!”

“what’s the matter?”

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

“Hmm… More than that, what happened back then? I passed out back then, right?”

“Well… that’s… .”

Illian was slurring his words and sweating profusely.

Her expression was troubled, as if something had happened between the two of them. Did they have a huge fight? Was that why?

As she thought about that, Cynthia suddenly remembered the name of the Illien race.

” Succubus “

‘S, no way… No, right… ?’

Cynthia let a possibility cross her mind.

I prayed that it wasn’t true, but… I couldn’t rule out this possibility, considering the race of Illien.

“Illian… Answer me properly.”

“huh….”

Illien closed his eyes tightly and gave up.

Given Cynthia’s personality, if she were to get caught… she didn’t know what would happen, but she decided to humbly accept what would happen in the future. She couldn’t run away anyway.

‘… Should I have gone back to the Demon World then?’

While I was feeling a brief regret, Cynthia’s questions continued.

“Did you… seduce my brother?”

“huh?”

“Is that so?”

‘… I survived!’

Illien let out a sigh of relief when she heard Cynthia’s question. This was also dangerous, but… she didn’t suspect ‘that’, so she thought she could somehow get out of it.

“I, I’m sorry… .”

Illian bowed her head deeply and apologized to Cynthia with the most apologetic expression possible.

“Huh.”

Cynthia narrowed her eyes at Illian and waited quietly for Illian to continue speaking.

“I couldn’t help it… I had been sealed for hundreds of years and had just woken up. I was so hungry that I had no choice… I went after Han Seong-jin’s energy…”

“okay?”

As Cynthia’s eyes grew strange, Illian continued speaking hurriedly.

“Well, I ended up not eating it!”

There are several ways to steal energy.

s*x is one way, but more commonly it can be eaten through dreams or through contact.

“You didn’t eat…? You were alone, oppa?”

Cynthia tilted her head.

Han Seong-jin was an ordinary person who had no outstanding military skills. In that sense, he would not have been able to withstand the attack of the demon Illien. Even if he had used an artifact… he was fighting a demon of the highest hero level?

“Han Seong-jin had the Pope’s holy relics, and he sprinkled holy water on them… He took out dozens of them from the subspace and kept throwing them. Because of that, he became weak… In the end, he lost his strength, lost his body, and his soul was sealed in your symbol.”

“Ah, so that’s what happened… What did I say? Was that why things were awkward between you two? Because you seduced Illien?”

Cynthia nodded in agreement after hearing Illien’s explanation. If it was the Pope’s holy relics and holy water, it wasn’t impossible. The devil’s weakness was in the consecrated items.

“I know about your relationship with Han Sungjin… so it was a bit difficult to act like nothing happened. Han Sungjin would feel the same way too…”

Cynthia laughed and patted Illian on the shoulder.

“What else can I say~ I’m not so narrow-minded as to say something like that.”

“I… I’m sorry. Actually, I took some of your energy.”

“My period? Ah… So it was because of you that I had that weird dream back then. Yeah. Well, that could be the case.”

“Strange dream?”

Illien tilted her head. She couldn’t have dreamed because Han Seongjin sprinkled holy water and the absorption technique was cut off.

“Yeah. Me a few years later? Anyway, a woman who looks like me when I’m grown up, and my brother… Ahem. They were doing that and that. Hey. What am I talking about?”

Cynthia stopped talking with an embarrassed expression. Unlike Cynthia’s blushing face, Illien’s complexion gradually became pale.

“Illien?”

“Oh, it’s nothing. I’m just a little sorry…”

“I told you it’s okay. Rather, I’m the one who feels sorry. Your soul is being tied down for no reason because of me and you’re suffering. Even though I gave you a body now, it’s not your original body…”

“But thanks to you, I was able to meet you like this. If it weren’t for you… I wouldn’t have been able to escape from that place yet. And I’m satisfied with the body you gave me. To be honest, it’s better than before? I can also replenish my nutrients without having to absorb energy.”

“If that’s the case, then that’s great!”

Illien was in a situation where he repaid Cynthia’s kindness with enmity. Of course, he received the silver later… but anyway, that’s how it is.

“It’s already this late.”

Cynthia looked at her watch and realized that it was time to go to bed, so she got up from her seat. She planned to go back to her room and go to sleep.

“Oh, right. Illien.”

“why?”

Cynthia was about to leave the room where Illian was staying when she suddenly turned around. Their gazes met, creating a strange atmosphere. After a moment of silence, Cynthia opened her mouth.

“Brother… you can’t touch him?”

“Of course.”

Cynthia’s voice was soft and warm. However, her eyes and expression were somehow scary. Illien nodded repeatedly and answered, and Cynthia smiled brightly and returned to her usual appearance.

‘Let’s bury this… forever. Yes. We have to bury it.’

She decided to take what happened with Han Sung-jin to her grave. It was something Cynthia should never know. If she found out… Yeah. They would both die for sure.