“Tell me quickly! What’s your relationship with Yurian?”
Didi shouted, her eyes flashing like an angry dog.
Shekina felt the urge to run away from this place right now. Why do I have to have this conversation? I haven’t done anything wrong…
Shekina barely held onto her fading composure.
“I’ve never met Yurian before. Saying we have some kind of relationship is nonsense.”
“Don’t lie!”
Unbelievable. If you’re not going to believe me, why ask?
“You don’t have any relationship, so why would Yurian come back because of you? There must be something going on!”
Shekina frowned slightly.
Shekina really hasn’t met a student named Yurian.
Of course, she heard a lot about Yurian from her past life. A typical psycho wizard.
So Shekina had been relieved knowing he wasn’t in the demon castle.
But now he’s coming back because of me?
‘Strange.’
Yeah, it was strange. Very strange.
‘Come to think of it, Nisha also warned me to be careful of Yurian.’
Back then, I thought it was just because he was so crazy, but it seems that’s not the case.
Shekina sighed heavily and shook her head.
“So, wait, were you two secretly exchanging letters behind my back? Having an affair? Being in love with each other?”
“What an imagination. Just stick to being a writer.”
“You…!”
Didi retorted, glaring at her.
Before Sekina could hear more of Didi’s scolding, she quickly spoke up.
“No, wait, what’s your relationship with Yurian anyway?”
“Uh, um? I, I…”
Didi suddenly shrank back, covering both cheeks with her hands.
“I’m just watching Yurian from afar because I like him so much…”
“We call that being a stalker.”
“No! Yurian and I, we, we’re definitely going to get married!”
Didi shouted with her eyes tightly shut.
“I know his taste, preferences, habits, routines, everything. There’s no one who thinks about Yurian as much as I do! I’ve put so much effort into getting to know Yurian…! But then you showed up out of nowhere and ruined everything! It’s all because of you!”
“Oh, it sounds like a typical stalker’s excuse. It’s getting tiresome, so I won’t say anything more.”
“Hey!”
“What? What do you want?”
Frustrated to the point where rational judgment was impossible, Shekina pushed her stomach out and clenched her jaw. Didi’s expression softened.
“Don’t you dare try to stay by Yuriann when he returns. I’ll be watching closely.”
“Uh, okay. So, can I go now?”
“If you’re next to him, I’ll just drop dead in front of you. Got it?”
If the plan was to give me trauma, it’s working perfectly.
I feel like I’m already traumatized enough…
Why are only these kinds of people gathered here?
I need to go to bed quickly. If I sleep, maybe these crappy memories will disappear.
Shekina let out a long sigh and hastened her steps.
***
Yawn.
Shekina stretched her body with a long yawn.
She glanced out the window.
“The weather’s nice.”
As a storm passed by, still cloudy and chilly, Shekina murmured while looking at the world covered in snow, much like before.
Shekina took a sip of the warm cocoa Arthur had left and turned her head towards Martin, who was lying nearby.
“Martin, aren’t you going out today?”
Martin tossed and turned.
“I’m tired. I’ve been working too hard lately.”
Last night, Martin suddenly returned after being absent for days, looking like he had been dragged out of a mud pit, his whole body a mess.
Upon seeing him, Calvin grabbed the cat and ran away. He said being in the same space as Martin might make his nostrils rot.
Shekina was also greatly surprised to see Martin in such a state, but surprisingly, Arthur remained calm.
“Did you go there again?”
Arthur addressed Martin as if it were familiar territory. Shekina wanted to ask where he had been, but seeing how tired Martin looked, she quietly went to sleep. Now that they were alone, Shekina approached Martin.
“Where were you working so hard?”
“Training.”
“Where?”
“…….”
Martin avoided Shekina’s gaze.
“It’s a secret.”
Shekina’s eyes widened. Seeing Martin come out like this indicated that the place Arthur mentioned as ‘there’ was quite important.
Curiosity surged within Shekina, prompting her to rush over to Martin and crouch in front of him.
“How could you… I worried about you, Martin… If I don’t know where you’re going, I’ll worry even more…”
Martin’s shoulders twitched.
He made a perplexed expression, then pulled his jaw tight and spoke in a very low voice.
“Training, at the Ice Wall. Many demons go there.”
“…The Ice Wall? Where the demon corpses are?”
“That’s right. How did you know about the corpses?”
“………”
Shekina quickly shook her head.
“Sebastian told me.”
Sorry, Sebastian.
But I need to stay alive.
Shekina forced a smile as she looked into Martin’s stern eyes.
“What’s so good about training there?”
“The magic there is dense. Training while facing magic.”
Since Martin had already mentioned the location and Shekina knew what was there, there was no need to hide it anymore, so he provided an answer.
“Are you going there again?”
“Yes. There’s still a First Legion of demons there.”
“I see…”
Shekina smirked quietly.
“I want to go too.”
“You can’t.”
“Ugh.”
“Baby, it’s dangerous.”
Shekina pouted.
“When will the training be over?”
She asked this intentionally to express her desire to go. Am I crazy, wanting to investigate dark magic with demons? If there are demons over there right now, I need to avoid it as much as possible. Shekina smiled brightly and lightly tapped Martin with her finger.
“No, I want to play with Martin and the First Legion demons for a while. I’ll wait until the training is over to play.”
Martin’s cheeks slightly flushed.
“It’ll take about a month.”
“Hmm… Okay!”
A month is worth the wait.
Thinking so, Shekina covered Martin with the fallen blanket again and comforted him.
“I’m going out today. With Calvin!”
Martin tilted his head.
“Where? With him? Why?”
“Ah, it’s something the Demon Lord asked for.”
Shekina had to meet Dehan and Yuriel. Ugh, annoying. Shekina frowned.
“I really don’t want to meet him, but I’ve to do that. Then I’ll go ahead!”
Martin stared at Shekina as she left the room, waving her hand.
You said you were going to meet someone you didn’t like,
Why are you smiling so excitedly?
He didn’t quite understand.
