[…Huh?]
It felt like I was floating into consciousness, as if I had fallen into a dream.
I tried to speak, but no sound came from my mouth—it just spread around me like a broadcast.
I tried to recall the events from my hazy memories.
I had definitely followed my teacher’s instructions to lull my mind.
Then I had held someone’s hand…
When I opened my eyes afterward, I found myself in this place.
So then…
‘..Is this my inner world?’
My teacher had gone outside of my body?
Looking around, I saw stars twinkling through the pitch-black darkness.
It felt similar to space.
I seemed to be floating in the midst of such a vast area.
Had my teacher always been here?
As I wandered for a while in the wide-open space…
[…I want to see what’s happening outside.]
I muttered my inner thoughts to myself.
Then…
My voice spread around me, and suddenly a screen appeared before my eyes, like a large display.
A softly glowing bright moon.
And the darkness wrapping around it in an elegant manner.
It was definitely the situation outside.
And hovering above me, staring down with a vacant expression, was Lily.
She filled the screen entirely.
– …Is this really you, Unnie?
– Yes..!! Lily, what on earth is going on!!
– ….Something’s different. It’s not the same.
Lily’s voice along with the voice of my body, which my teacher had entered, echoed around me like a broadcast.
[…What the heck is going on?]
‘Hera. Hera, are you there?!!!?!’
I muttered to myself, and immediately got a response.
It was a very urgent voice.
[Teacher..?]
‘Ah…thank goodness..My disciple. This won’t do. We need to switch back bodies!!’
[…What?]
I had just changed bodies as she said. What did she mean by that?
As I expressed my confusion, my teacher conveyed loudly once more.
‘That child..!! Her obsession with you is beyond my expectations! If you don’t switch soon, you will be caught immediately..!’
[Eh…?]
‘There isn’t much time. If this continues, you won’t be able to avoid the consequences! You need to come out quickly..!’
[Um..how do I get out?]
‘Just hold my hand like before. I’m coming right now!’
After that, there was a brief silence from my teacher, and then a shape similar to before appeared before my eyes.
Something in the form of a woman.
She reached out her hand to me, and I immediately took it.
Then consciousness started to get sucked away again.
When I opened my eyes once more, I saw the scenery from before.
“Ugh..!”
“You’re definitely not Unnie—”
Lily was hovering over me, holding me down so I couldn’t move.
I looked at her and cautiously spoke.
“Li…Lily? Can you…calm down a bit?”
“……Unnie?”
With my words, Lily’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Are you really Unnie…?”
“Yes. Then…uh..no..I’m Sera..uh..um…”
Ah.
I accidentally acknowledged that I was Hera again.
Looking at Lily with shaking eyes, she let out a short sigh and placed her hand on my cheek.
“You’re definitely Unnie.”
As if treating something precious, Lily gently caressed my cheek.
With a desperate voice, I said to her,
“Li..Lily. Let’s talk first…”
“I refuse. I’ve waited too long.”
As she said that, there was a terrifying light in Lily’s eyes.
“I want to do what I want to do now.”
…This is bad.
Lily wasn’t listening to me.
It was evident that this situation was serious, just by looking at Lily’s face.
[Disciple. Listen well to me.]
At that moment, my teacher’s voice echoed again.
[That child loves you to an abnormal degree. You need to calm her down using that somehow.]
‘…..Sigh.’
Honestly, I wanted to deny it, but I couldn’t.
The things Lily had told me before and the emotions she had shown me were definitely directed at me.
…Since when had it been?
She said she fell in love at first sight.
So does that mean she had such feelings for me since the first time we met at Drax’s?
If so, the “I love you” Lily had said was not as a family, but rather…was it an affectionate love?
‘Hang on a second…’
Then, the affection expressions Lily had taught me, could it be that…?
“Unnie? Are you seriously spacing out at a time like this?”
[Focus, my disciple! Do you not understand the seriousness of the current situation?]
With vacant eyes, Lily looked down at me with a hollow expression.
That’s when I finally managed to get my focus back.
‘…Right. I need to deal with the current situation first, somehow.’
[That child loves you. Whether it’s a kiss or a hug, you must calm that eerie energy!!]
‘……Got it.’
Lily’s hands were gradually tightening around me.
Yeah.
Hiding my true self any longer was pointless.
It was time to be honest with her.
I dispelled Sephir’s powers from within me.
For a moment, I felt a strange sensation in my body, and then my form began to change again.
My mid-length brown hair transformed into long black hair, swaying lightly.
And my eyes returned to a deep color, resembling rubies.
Above me, Lily stared at me with trembling eyes.
“Un…nie…”
“…..Hello, Lily.”
…Where should I even start talking?
Yet contrary to my thoughts, I couldn’t say a word.
“Lily..first—Ugh?!”
Lily, who was on top of me, nearly headbutted my lips with hers.
She began to pull my head and started a fierce kiss.
“Ugh…Mmm…”
Her lips clung to mine, opening and closing as if trying to pry my mouth open.
Once my mouth was slightly parted, Lily slid her tongue inside.
Chuu-lick-
The squelching sound of our saliva mixing echoed as Lily pulled me closer into her embrace.
“Haah…Hoo…”
I was lying below while Lily was almost on top of me.
It wouldn’t have been strange to say we were laying on top of each other.
But without a moment to think about such things.
It felt like, as if we had missed each other for too long, our tongues were savoring the flavors we had both longed for years.
After a while, when my face was drenched in saliva, she finally pulled her face back.
“Hah…Haa…Li..Lily…”
As I slowly inhaled the air I had lacked, I opened my eyes to look at her.
“Lil…y?”
She was smiling while tears streamed down her face.
Her expression was a mix of joy and sorrow…an indescribable face.
“Unnie….Unnie…..Unnie…”
She was desperately rubbing her face against my body as she called for me.
“Lily…”
I too, felt a surge of emotions welling up in response to her feelings.
It wasn’t that I didn’t want to see her and Dania.
No. More than anything, I wanted to see Lily and Dania.
But I couldn’t.
The reason I hadn’t sought them out.
The reason I had remained silent even when I met Lily at the Academy.
A foolish reason.
It was because I felt pathetic.
I couldn’t trust myself yet.
When someone glared at me, my instincts made me shrink back, and when someone touched me, I would tremble.
Having become this miserable.
I was terrified of receiving pitying looks from Lily and Dania.
Of course, they were kind-hearted and wouldn’t show it outwardly. But still… I was deeply afraid that their gazes toward me might change.
I wanted to be remembered as a reliable older sister to Lily, and as a trustworthy younger sister to Dania.
I didn’t want to show them my pathetic self who feared others’ gazes.
And in the unlikely event that they were to turn away from me…I felt I could truly lose myself then.
I knew that such an occurrence was unlikely.
Because Dania and Lily were not the type to casually reject people.
But my already shattered self-esteem was cutting down my courage with all sorts of negative imaginings.
So when I saw Lily living her life well.
It was clearly something to be thankful for, but I couldn’t hide my bitter feelings.
As if she had forgotten me.
As if I were the only one trapped in our memories.
I forced a smile, but internally, I carried the feeling of loneliness.
But that was not the case.
Lily said she hadn’t forgotten me for even a single day in those three years.
I was happy.
I knew I shouldn’t harbor such selfish feelings.
Lily had undoubtedly experienced painful times, and I should be grieving for that.
But I was so happy that Lily remembered me, that she missed me.
My eyes started to heat up with the swelling emotions.
And not long after, droplets started to form, spilling down my cheeks, a cascade of tears.
“Uh…Unnie?”
Seeing my tears, a startled expression washed over Lily’s face.
To be honest, I had no idea how to calm her down.
I didn’t know what to say to her.
But there were words I wanted to share.
The feelings I had held for her throughout those three years.
I wanted to convey that.
I wiped away the flowing tears.
I steadied my trembling voice as much as I could.
With great effort, I forced a smile and looked at Lily, saying…
“Lily…..I missed you…”
I had never once forgotten you, even for a single day.
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