Chapter 262

Gastra looked at Lia with an incredulous expression.

“Ridiculous…… How… How can you come out of the control of madness……?.”

“Honestly, it’s hard for me to believe either. It was a short time, but I was completely dominated by madness. But now I can feel it clearly. The curse that has plagued me all my life is completely gone!”

“Did he do it?”

“That’s right. Without Sihyeon, I could have never escaped the curse alone.”

Lia looked at Lim Sihyeon, who had lost consciousness with warm eyes. And when she turned her head back towards Gastra, her eyes were very cold.

“I’m not afraid anymore. Revenge of mother and brother who had to suffer because of you! You’d better be prepared, bi*ch.”

Kaneff, who stood next to Lia, after hearing her declaration, said.

“Hey, Lia. You have to wait for your turn. That guy was fighting me first.”

“Hmph! Leader, you look like you’re lacking a lot of strength. Stand back and watch comfortably.”

“No, who do you think made me lose my energy? You made me do all the hard work, and now are you going to take all the sweet parts to yourself?”

“I appreciate your help, Leader, but I can’t back down on this!”

While Kaneff and Lia were quarreling with each other, Gastra quietly floated into the air.

The two, who were fighting, belatedly noticed that Gastra was trying to escape and shouted.

“Stay there!”

“Are you running away cowardly again?”

“I admit that it was my fault for underestimating a variable. Since my original is gone, I don’t think I have a reason to fight anymore. Black Hawk, let’s postpone our match until next time.”

“Stop the bullsh*t…… Just say you’re running away because you’re scared!”

Cracks got quickly created around the place where Gastra was. He completely disappeared into the crack, leaving his last words.

“Lia, my dear daughter. You may have escaped from the domination of madness, but you won’t be able to stop the great Chaos. In the meantime, enjoy the freedom you have been given for a little longer.”

When the Gastra disappeared, the cracks in the air quickly returned to their original state.

Kaneff and Lia looked around for a while without relaxing.

Only after confirming that the twisted energy had completely disappeared, they were able to release their stiff expressions.

“What a wuss! He’s still good at running away.”

“…….”

Kaneff grumbled and shook off his dusty clothes, while Lia looked at the place where the cracks disappeared with a complex expression.

The large moon, which began to come down from a high place, and the sound of the desolate wind around it seemed to represent their empty hearts.

“Um…”

At that moment, a groan was heard from behind

Kaneff and Lia came to their senses and turned around.

“Oh, right! He was there.”

“SIHYEON, are you okay?”

The two rushed to Lim Sihyeon. They supported him, who had been lying uncomfortably, and immediately checked for any injuries with a nervous expression, and after a while, a smile of relief appeared on their faces.

I opened my eyes feeling refreshed all over my body.

“…….”

I stared at the ceiling and quickly understood the current situation.

Perhaps because I had experienced this situation several times, I calmly followed the last memory without being confused.

Uh… where was I before losing consciousness?

The last thing I remember was being in Lia’s inner world.

Yes, that’s right. My red chain absorbed that dark-voiced curse.

I felt like everything went well…….

I don’t think the ceiling I’m looking at now is in the innerworld……

As I continued with my wild thoughts….

“Un…”

I felt a wiggling sensation on the left.

When I turned and checked, a silver tail and fox ears got reflected in my eyes.

Speranza had curled up like a cat on my side.

By moving my left hand, I pulled Speranza close to me so that she could sleep comfortably. Then, the cute fox girl moved slowly and clung to my arms.

“Hehe…”

As if she felt comfortable in her dream, Speranza twitched her lips with a happy expression. I gently swept the small back, feeling the warmth in my heart.

In a drowsy mood, my eyelids started slowly closing, but this time I felt a wiggling movement from the other side.

The culprit popped up in front of my face before I could check first.

“Are you awake nyaaa?”

A big cheese cat looked down at me with sparkling eyes.

“Karshi?”

“I’m glad you look fine nyaa.”

“What happened?”

“Thanks to you, everyone is safe nyaa. The furry guys also returned to normal again and quietly stepped back nyaaa.”

Karshi told me that last night, all of the Yakums, who were controlled by Madness, returned to their original form as soon as Gastra disappeared.

The Cheese cat also added that many Dragon demon warriors suffered large and small wounds while trying to prevent the Yakum rampage, but considering that they faced Yakums head-on, it could be said that they prevented it with minimal damage…….

“Nyaaaaa. I used too much strength because of those hair bunches nyaaa.”

The cheese cat stretched as if tired and yawned loudly.

The dignified figure wrapped around the flame yesterday felt like a lie looking at the drowsy figure.

-TAP TAP.

After yawning, the cheese cat tapped my right hand with its front foot. I felt like he was asking for something looking at his gleaming eyes.

After thinking for a while, I raised my right hand and patted him on the back. Then, the cheese cat began to make a groaning sound with a satisfied expression.

As I felt comfortable with Speranza on one side and Cheese cat on the other, the person whose life was at stake last night came to mind.

“Oh! Come to think of it, Lia…”

CREEK!

The door opened quietly and someone came into the room.

It was the person I was curious about a while ago. Lia, who returned to her original form, moved very quietly to the bed where I was lying.

“Hey, Lia?”

“Ah…”

When I greeted her first, Lia burst into a small exclamation and covered her mouth. I continued with an awkward expression.

“Haha, are you surprised? I just woke up.”

“…….”

“Are you okay, Lia?”

“…….”

“Hmm, Lia?”

Lia looked at me blankly without answering my question.

Tears filled her eyes as I felt a little confused.

“Wuuuuu. Hwaaaaaa….… SIHYEON!!”

“……?!”

She burst into tears and jumped at me. I quickly got up and caught her, just in case Speranza next to me didn’t get hit.

Fortunately, thanks to my quick response, Speranza only shook a little, but the cheese cat on the other side had fallen out of the bed.

“Nyaaaa! What are you doing nyaaa?”

At the sudden situation, the Cheese cat stared at Lia with a fiery rage.

But Lia didn’t care at all about the wrath of the guardian deity, she just shed tears endlessly in my arms.

At first, Lia’s behavior was very confusing.

But when I remembered what she had gone through yesterday, I could understand the sadness quickly.

I hugged her without saying a word so that she could pour out all her emotions.

“You’re up. That’s a relief, Sihyeon.”

Ryan confirmed my safety and looked very happy.

“I’m fine. But I don’t think I’m the one who you should be worrying about right now.”

I was in good shape thanks to a good night’s sleep, but Ryan had a haggard face that seemed like he would faint anytime.

He replied with an awkward smile.

“Haha. I feel a little heavy because I fought after a long time. I couldn’t afford to rest because I had to deal with the situation all night and report to the Castle in the morning.”

“Have you been working nonstop all this time?”

When I looked surprised, Ryan waved his hand as if it was no big deal.

“That’s all right, someone has to pick up the pieces.”

“Thank you.”

“Why are you thanking him?…… I’m the one who really suffered yesterday.”

Kaneff appeared with a grumpy voice.

Normally, I would have scolded him for being mean, but Kaneff looked as haggard as Ryan.

“Did Boss also stay up all night?”

“Ah, of course.”

No way.

How come Boss didn’t take a break after doing all that much work yesterday.…?

“As soon as I arrived here, I drank in the hot spring all morning.”

“…….”

“But it was worth the effort. I asked them to bring me the drinks, and they brought me a bunch of cool, ripe ones. I kept drinking because I wondered when I’d get this luxury again. What do you think? You’re jealous, right?”

That’s right…

As expected, it was Kaneff, who never fails to disappoint me.

Still, seeing him as usual, I felt comfortable because he seemed to be in a good mood.

“Sihyeon, I’m sorry to bring up work just after you woke up, but I just got a call from Demon Lord Castle. It seems that a decision has been made on what to do with the Yakum herd here.”

“What? Wasn’t the problem solved? I heard that the Dragon demon Gastra has already run away.”

“Of course, as Sihyeon said, the problem has been solved to some extent. However, it seems that the Castle has decided that the Yakum herd could not be left here. Because beings like Gastra may try to use the Yakums again.”

“Then how……?”

“We decided to move the whole group of Yakums to Demon farm.”

“What?”

I asked back, surprised at the unprecedented decision of the Demon Lord Castle.

“You’re moving the Yakums here to our farm? All of them?”

“Yes.”

“But how are we going to take all those Yakums with us? We can’t just walk back to the faraway farm, right? And you said we can’t use the dimensional leap magic here, didn’t you?”

“I thought it would be difficult, too. But, it seems that Castle has prepared a separate method. No, it would be accurate to say that the Schnarfe family has prepared a separate method.”

“……?”

“Oh, I’m getting a call. I think Sihyeon should hear it himself.”

Ryan took out a portable communication artifact. When he put it on the table and activated it, a very cheerful voice came out.

– Brother Sihyeon, can you hear me? You didn’t forget my voice already, did you?

“……Lilia?”
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