18 - Sun

I don't know why I can't remember that night clearly. I just felt sleepy, but immediately my soul felt like it was being pushed out of 'Eriu Grith's' body.

It was probably the first time that 'Eriu Grith' tried to fight the stranger living in his body.

When I entered the space of time, I only saw various giant clocks surrounding the entire void. The clocks were motionless and looked broken, with various parts falling into the dark sea filled with stars, like an abandoned place that had never been maintained.

Of course, seeing the view like a fantasy world made me marvel before my head felt an excruciating pain as if it was about to explode. When I woke up, I was already in a crowded place and Eros looked very worried, thinking that this was a side effect of removing the curse that had been on my body for 7 years.

"Huft-"

But I must admit that Louise, my new father, was so strong that he could carry two large bags and lift a 10-year-old child. Maybe because I slept so well, they didn't dare wake me, and when I woke up, I was already in a very crowded place with Eros guarding me. 

I even felt very guilty because I knew that Louise had said that his shoulder and hand hurt a lot. Of course, it was Eros who said that.

Just as the adults were interrogated, so were the children, but it was more like a face check.

This was obviously because the kingdom was afraid that the second prince, Cloen, would be sneaking around and using his subordinates as a way for him to go to the Loss Paradise.

In Loss Paradise, no one can commit violence, even if the criminals are there, because the one who punishes them directly is the Guardian. So many of them repented before going to Loss Paradise, rather than suddenly being punished in public.

But unfortunately, the Guardian was asleep from the beginning, and only a few people knew about it.

'When I get there I'll read the book she gave me.' 

As for the memories of that night, forget it, it's most likely a sign that this side character is marked for death and can never be changed. In fact, the kind of character that was made just to die so that the story could begin.

"Are you okay?" Eros, who was standing next to Eriu, touched his forehead as if he wanted to feel the temperature.

"Is this really a side effect of trying to lift the curse?"

"I don't think so..." Eros whispered as if he was talking to himself.

Eriu shook his head, "I'm fine. I just feel like sleeping."

Shout!

"Quick, put your hands here!" An officer pointed to a large blackboard with a biography written on it, large enough for the people behind it to see. The little boy in front of me shook with fear at the officer's harsh yell. The child walked forward with his head down.

Tratatak!

Green and purple colors mixed as the blank board was touched. Slowly, random words and numbers appeared on the board before the correct phrase and even the child's name and date of birth were displayed.

Whoever made this shitty magic tool deserves to be applauded for being really very clever, that's what the person staring at the blank board must have thought, but not me, who could probably guess the creator of the shitty board.

The second prince, Cleon XII, the incarnation of Michael.

Cleon is described by his genius. The proof is this Transwarp and this board. The game alone explains how gifted the prince's brain is, that he doesn't need the help of alchemists to make Transwarp.

For this reason, Cleon became a threat to the crown prince and also to the king, who was his own father. 

Because of Cleon's intelligence, many people are already looking forward to his future in creating a new civilization. Other kingdoms also invested money and natural resources that the prince needed. With his intelligence, some people thought that Cleon was the one who deserved to be the crown prince, and it would benefit those who made a good impression on the prince, who might become one of the most influential people in the world.

This infuriated the crown prince, the real son of the king and the current queen. The current queen was already hated because there were rumors that she was the one who killed the former queen who gave birth to the second prince.

As for the king, he is the final boss in Cleon's route. It is said that the king is very devoted to immortality because he has read the forbidden book kept in the Peacon Royal Library. 

About immortality and eternal wealth. 

At that time, she laughed when she found out that I got the bad ending from the easiest route compared to the other candidates. Because this bad ending was the reason why this second prince was the most hated character compared to the other candidates, who were also trash.

Because of the strange sword that was said to be holy, the second prince brainwashed by the king made the protagonist sacrifice himself for the sake of everyone just because the holy sword said so to the king who now holds the holy sword.

The protagonist, who was about to die in gold melted like lava, could only see that asshole prince talking nonsense in front of his face.

All this is for the sake of everyone,

please understand.

'Heh.'

'Screw you.'

After playing the game again and again, I found out that the original holy sword was thrown away by the king himself, and the king deliberately made a replica that looks very similar to the original.

The last sentence in each ending is like a puzzle to be solved by yourself. 

{Too stupid to believe in a dead sword.}

{Belief in justice made him resemble that person in the past.}

{You say justice many times, but is it the justice that everyone seeks or just the justice that you want?}

Tap-

"Eri, it's our turn." Eros tapped Eriu lightly on the shoulder, waking him from the scattered papers in his brain. Eros was currently wearing a cloak with a hood covering half of his face. A suggestion to anticipate running into one of the candidates here, or not, to keep Eros away from perverted merchants and nobles.

Eriu nodded and walked over, glancing at the officer who was making an angry face that was enough to scare children. Eriu grabbed Eros' hand and walked over, the officer immediately noticed the hood covering Eros' face, "Take off your hood!"

"!"

Eriu quickly stood in front of Eros to hide him while making a panicked face. Before the officer could use force, Eros opened the front of his face slightly, revealing the burns and scabs that marred the upper half of his face.

"!"

"... Quick, put your hands there!" The officer made an absurd face in disgust at seeing Eros.

Ignoring the look, Eros stepped forward and touched the blank board, but before any personal information other than his name was revealed, Eriu stepped forward and touched the board that hid the words "Chosen".

The officer didn't seem to care about the others except for his name, he quickly shooed the two of us away, "Go away, the others are still waiting."

The girl behind me gasped in fear and came forward with trembling legs.

"Move your feet quickly!"

Eriu looked a little to see the data about his race, which was written as human. Knowing that the race in the data was wrong, Eriu was a bit surprised.

Uh-hu?

'There's no way that this magic tool made by that genius is wrong... Wait, what 001 said about Chimera being a legend is the truth?'

If that's true, it proves that Chimera is very valuable, which is why one of the candidates who is just an expendable person can become the most important person. Is this person also the one who killed 'Eriu Grith' because he didn't want the nickname as one of the Chimera to disappear from him?

...

"This is so much fun." Eros chuckled, feeling very pleased with the little trick. Eros immediately returned the plastic bag with the crushed stone to Eriu.

The scabs and burns were the result of the knowledge from his previous life. They were fake wounds. Why would he go into the forest at night, endangering himself, just to look for magic stones?

If magic stones could be seen during the day, he would not sneak out at night and end up cursed.

"Um,"

"But how do you know that?" Eros asked hesitantly.

"Huh, there's no way you don't know the answer," Eriu shrugged proudly, "Of course, because I'm such a genius!" If he were a Pinocchio, his nose would immediately poke out before he lied.

His original intention was actually for his own use, this was the knowledge he gained from opening the fanmade forum of the game <You are my Ramiel>, otherwise he would never have known about the useless magic stones that could be mixed and create a fleeting false illusion.

Mixing fire and plant magic stones would create a 2-minute illusion. The illusion would activate when the person who first saw it thought of something, so he quickly hid Eros behind him and gave Eros a quick glance before Eros slightly removed his hood.

The memory of the magic stone combined with this made him always think that the protagonist was the strangest and most horrible person he knew. Open what items he brought and look at the description, because none of the items brought are gifts from the targets of love, but all the items brought by the protagonist come from the items owned by 'Eriu Grith', an example is the magic stone, because in the description of the stone it is written that the protagonist who visits the grave of his best friend will take the magic stone that is near the grave of his best friend. So it becomes a charm that will help him.

It made me know the fact that magic stones can appear near graves because when someone is dead, they return what the world gave them, one of which is mana.

"Ohh, you're so amazing." Although only his red lips were visible, it still made Eriu's heart flutter.

"But unfortunately, despite being a genius, you never even thought of being cursed by a wild dog."

"Hehe... Even geniuses can be careless..." Eriu averted his gaze and his face immediately took on a sour look.

"If you know that geniuses are careless, then do it with common sense before the brain takes away your master mind and your fate in the hospital."

"..."

"Yes, Ma'am..."

Eros crouched down and whispered, "I thought you remembered something while you were combining the stones." Eriu, who was standing next to him, realized that Eros was speaking, but he couldn't hear him clearly because of the surrounding sounds. 

Looks like a nobleman has arrived. Look how many bodyguards surrounded the carriage. Before Eriu could clearly see who it was, Eros took his hand, "It's Mama and Papa!" Eriu wasn't too curious and just looked around for a while before walking at the same speed as Eros.

It seemed that the people from the east had arrived.

From the language alone, it sounds like 'Mandarin' has been altered to sound like a new language that this game has created. 

The nobleman, who received a warm welcome, paused before getting out of the carriage. The nobleman held out his hand to his wife so that she could disembark gently. The child sniffed as if discovering something, "Mother, I smell blood similar to the smell of the elders.

"Hmm? That can't be. Did the elders get here before us?" The woman covered her mouth in surprise before telling her husband. The nobleman who was the wife's husband also nodded that he smelled the mysterious blood stench.

But unlike the elders who still smelled blood, this smell was completely like water.

The nobleman turned his head in the direction the smell was coming from, but the unique scent instantly disappeared, like water drying up on an unnamed island.

Ariadne and Louise, seeing the two running towards them, laughed. Ariadne held Louise's hand and said that Eriu looked like a rejected lover.

Louise laughed softly and he fell silent for a while before walking back to follow Ariadne's instructions.

"Let's go to a nearby restaurant." Louise said suddenly.

"That's right. Eri, Eros, what would you like to eat today?" 

Eriu immediately raised his hand excitedly without hesitation to declare his wish, "I want roast rabbit!"

Eros next to him did not accept the idea, "You are so cruel". With a thoughtful face, Eros immediately chose another food instead of roast rabbit, "How about fried cat?"

"You're more cruel than me!" Eriu expressed his dislike for the idea.

"Well, let's go eat ramen from the eastern land. I hear they have the newest flavors." Before Ariadne rejected the idea of roasted rabbit and fried cat, Louise answered both with different options. 

Eriu and Eros immediately agreed to the idea without a second thought.

Experiencing this peaceful life sometimes made him wish that things wouldn't change and stay the same.

Like the sky that never changes. 

***

Ariadne told him they would have to wait two more days because of the crowds. It must be because there would be a chosen incarnation. With such a reality, many people hope to go to Loss Paradise to be one of the chosen ones.

That's why we decided to find an inn near the Transwarp, so we could go straight in and not be delayed like before.

Eriu decided to read for a while, and before long night had fallen. Closing the book that contained the information of this world, Eriu turned his head next to him to see Eros, whose closed eyes looked as if he was already asleep.

His long lashes fluttered as Eros opened and closed his eyes.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Eros asked.

"Your birthday is coming up and I want to give you something before that day."

Eros quickly recalled today's date and remembered that it was now February 9th, which meant that his birthday was in 5 days, "Ah..."

"I think you should know this first. These items are similar to the gravel I used to fool the officers."

Eriu twiddled his fingers as if he was unsure of his choice of words, "They might come in handy in the future. So take them with you wherever you go." Eriu stood up quickly and went to his luggage. Although the bag looked small, it held a whole warehouse full of items, maybe the rice cooker could fit in it. 

Eriu took out the items on top, such as clothes, pants, and books, before finding a wooden box that looked old and easily damaged. Without hesitation, Eriu took out the shabby box and walked over to the bed to place it on it.

Inside the shabby box were various potions he had made in case anything happened.

For these materials he found by accident while exploring the forest in Te Amo village with 001. He was quite surprised to find the Rain Flower in the forest because the game explained that the flower was only in the area where the fairy lived.

But luck is luck.

Rain flower has a poison that is quite dangerous but also has a medicine that can detoxify any kind of poison unless the poison is stronger than the medicine.

In the route of the famous witch's son who is the incarnation of Gabriel, there was a time when the protagonist was poisoned and almost died but thanks to this character, the protagonist survived and there was information about this Rain Flower. 

For more details, I looked at the forum because I was too lazy to read the conversation between the characters.

Eriu pointed at the mysterious small purple-black ball, "This is poison, so if you can, run away after throwing the ball before you inhale the fumes."

Eriu's finger immediately moved to a clear-colored potion bottle, "If you are accidentally exposed to poison, drink a little of this and any poison will disappear in an instant.

Eriu pointed to three red-colored potions.

"And for the others, this is just a strength-boosting potion so you won't get tired after practicing." This was to save you in the future when you almost died in a school-organized battle. It's more like increasing mana, but 001, the creator of this potion, said it could be used to increase strength.

Eros immediately held the red potion and his lips curled up, looking very sly and seductive.

"Eri, you are so sly."

"?"

...

!

Knock-knock.

Before the conversation got weird, their room soon heard a light knock. Eriu, who already knew what Eros meant, quickly got up and was the one to open the door. In front of him was his mother, who had a sad face, but still forced a smile on her face.

"There's something I want to tell you before we go to Loss Paradise."

Her voice sounded bitter as she said it.

"It's about not getting caught."

Between hopes and desires that have always been the enemy of life.

The hope for a heavenly life and the desire to be above it all avenge the deepest revenge stored in the heart.