Chapter 295 – Episode 295 – [Knight of Pure Love: Origin] Abandoning the Name and Becoming a Constellation

* Episode 295 – [Knight of Pure Love: Origin] Abandoning the name and becoming a constellation

When I came to, I was enjoying tea time with my shoulders slumped.

I grimaced at the taste of black tea for the first time, but when I took another sip, I fell in love with the strong aroma.

“There’s nothing better than a scent to come to your senses here. Especially for you, who were human just before.”

He laughs right in front of me.

Even as I sipped my black tea, I was still mesmerized.

“It seems like you have come to your senses, albeit a little. Just listen as you are. The reason you are in a daze right now is because our souls do not understand the passage of time.”

The soul… Could not understand…

“The throne we were just in is a place where the flow of time changes at Freya’s will. As you saw in the video, time can accelerate or slow down in that room. This is an anomaly that a being like a god or a constellation can take for granted. Ina, because you were born as a human, your soul did not understand that hundreds of years had passed.”

…

“Your soul feels the passage of time, recognizes that you are dead, and is trying to ascend to heaven. That is why you need to feel that you are alive right now. Now, drink some more, taste it, accept the scent. And calmly accept the reality. Then your soul will also calm down.”

Following his words, I drank the drink like a broken toy.

It was Earl Grey.

“Ah…”

As the taste and scent engulfed my body, my soul finally calmed down.

I am alive.

Hundreds, maybe even thousands of years may have passed, but this is how we maintain our humanity.

“The moment I went from being a human to becoming a constellation, I spent a lot of time without even having time to adapt. How do you feel? How does it feel to escape from the human realm and spend time as a god?”

“It sucks.”

Haha. Is it shit? I agree with the bio.”

When I started the car, he sat down in front of me, revealed his name, and poured me another drink.

Knight of the Lily.

It was the first day I met him.

*

The 100th floor was an amazing place.

There are countless great spirits flying around, like monsters that could be called masters of a class, and it is filled with huge plants that could be called world trees.

The spirits used the World Tree as their home to lay down their huge bodies, but compared to them, the knights and I were the size of ants.

I enjoyed tea time with such monsters everywhere, something I couldn’t have imagined when I was a human.

“Rest assured. I believe you have noticed, but we are not enemies. We are victims of that witch, just like you.”

“Have you all lost someone you love?”

“That’s right.”

The knight of the lily explained kindly.

– Whenever Freya is bored, she has a tendency to bring a couple from the ground to kill time.

-I am the monumental 100th victim, and although most of the constellations have similar cases to me, I am not necessarily born human.

– Whenever there is a victim, it is a tradition to explain the situation and pass on the know-how to survive in this place.

“It’s called ─.”

“Unless only humans become constellations… Then you too…?”

“In my case, I was a flower spirit with characteristics infinitely similar to humans.”

-I was stigmatized with my partner, and after enduring a lot of harassment, I was able to let go of the woman I loved.

After briefly explaining his situation, he immediately changed his mind.

It was obvious that he didn’t want to explain his situation at length.

“Besides me, there is also a case where a mere beast was turned into a constellation. Before he became a constellation, he was the leader wolf who led the pack, but when he became a constellation, he sent away all his family and wife. Well, if I put it this way, it seems like a story about a mere beast, so I can sympathize a little. There are some difficult parts, but it is a sad story about the loss of many family members, so it would be good to be careful what you say.”

Is there such a case?

Come to think of it, among the constellations lined up in front of the red carpet earlier, there was a monster that walked on four legs.

You probably mean him.

“In his case, not only did he suddenly gain intelligence, but his castle walls were distorted, so he suffered for a while. The one he loved was a wolf, but now that he has the castle walls of a human, he goes on a rampage out of self-loathing. Now, compared to what he looks like, he has a gentle personality and is a good friend. I’ll introduce it to you later, so look forward to it.”

“What else?”

“I see… The most severe case would be the TS article.”

I flinched.

This is because it was a tag often heard in novels or doujinshi.

For people who don’t fit the type, it’s no different from a land mine…

“… If it’s TS, has the gender changed at all?”

“At first glance, you might think so, but the reality is even worse. He, or she, were the bodies of the male and female she loved, glued together and becoming one.”

I frowned.

“No one knows who they mixed up with as their base. However, the two people managed to come to their senses because they loved each other. Their personalities came together, and their minds were distorted and at times they almost went crazy, but they miraculously survived the process. Freya looked at it with amusement, just like you are now.”

I felt ashamed of my shallow analogy.

Just hearing the story, I knew it was the work of madness.

I can’t imagine how much pain you must have suffered.

“… There are many more, but I’ll stop here. Anyway, you should feel safe for a while.”

“Why?”

“The devil has fallen asleep. He is a god who has no concept of time, so he will not wake up every few decades, or even a hundred years at the most.”

They tell me to be at ease, but I can’t feel at ease.

One hundred years?

I just spent hundreds of years. What good does that do?

“It’s obvious what you’re thinking. I’ll say it again. Don’t worry. As I said before, the flow of time here is unusual. It was because the witch moved forward hundreds of years at a time to torment you. Now, it’s not like you originally felt. I’m moving with the flow.”

Following Lily’s words, I opened my palm and activated the system.

『────.』

In the screen, Seongyeon is lying face down on the desk.

I cut my right arm and there were syringes floating around on the desk, so I could see what was going at at a glance.

‘It’s a drug.’

Unlike before, time did not pass by.

Seongyeon was seen crying very slowly.

I’m like this too, but how much pain will it be on the other side?

Her teeth ground.

“… Don’t look. Just now, you just blasted away hundreds of years of her memories in one go, but she’s different now. Just looking at it will only break her heart.”

“No… This is my fault…”

“I heard about your situation earlier. Even though you are a man, you were thinking of living comfortably with the woman you love at the forefront, right?”

I flinch.

“At first glance, someone might criticize you. They say you deceived and took advantage of a woman who said you liked her. You are trash that is not worthy of being a man.”

It’s not wrong.

I ended up like this because I treated Seongyeon like a bitch who could be exploited.

Even though I mentally understood that it was dangerous, I prioritized my greed.

“I told you not to blame yourself. You did nothing wrong.”

The Knight of the Lily grabbed my shoulder and shook it.

I raised my eyebrows, wondering why he was comforting me with such shallow words.

Even though I thought it was a crooked mindset, he said it regardless.

“If you were really of the race I gave as an example, you wouldn’t make that kind of expression. You wouldn’t be hurt by what Freya did and would act calmly. But it’s different, isn’t it?”

“Wrong… I just… Don’t like myself…”

“What do you hate?”

“Even in the midst of all this… I hate myself for pretending to care about that guy… In the end, I only saw him through my wallet, but to now hurt my heart… Is hypocrisy…”

“Don’t say that. What will happen to her if you say that? If she had only been hurt by you, she wouldn’t have suffered so much. Because we love each other for each other, we can move forward even though we are hurting and suffering. “

“That guy doesn’t know that I’m trash… I’ve been jealous of that guy since before I even grew up… From that young age, I’ve been thinking about taking advantage of that guy…”

“What kind of mistake is that? Is there really an innocent person in this world?”

The lily comforted me, but it didn’t touch my heart.

I put Seongyeon through hell.

It is a hell that is so painful and never ending that you cannot endure it unless you touch drugs.

“I can’t be comforted… I don’t deserve it…”

“… You.”

Lily tried to say something for me, but the words didn’t come out.

Bang!

My eyes fell on the screen displayed next to me.

This is the appearance of ‘another me’ who forced the door open and came to save Seongyeon.

『Seongyeon-ah! Hey, Seongyeon!』

『You’re in a strange condition!? What on earth is this?』

『Hey hey, hey! Come to your senses!』

『Seongyeon!!』

The guy was worried about Seongyeon.

Unlike me, he seems selfless.

He must be my other half… It’s different from me…

Why is it different?

Could it be that they created me by splitting the weakest part of the human called Hong Chang-gi in half?

And isn’t that one made by dividing only the best part of my humanity into half?

Really I… Is he the same person as that guy?

“Don’t be shaken. You are who you are. You are no different from the person on that screen.”

My body shakes.

Lily is holding her shoulder and shaking it.

“Even if you and him switched places, it would be the same. If the situation had gone the same way, you would have acted the same way. You two are the same person with the same soul!”

I shook my head.

“Is that really true…?”

“You…”

“… I can’t do that. So that guy is not me.”

“If that person isn’t you, what on earth is that!?”

“No, I’m telling you exactly. I’m not that guy…”

I saw that guy saving several people.

Ceres, Brigitta, Leah, Ian Lee, Soyeon Lee…

Would I be able to do the same thing if I changed places?

It’s impossible.

I was embarrassed to even have a delusion, let alone imagine it.

‘It’s the same this time too.’

I rushed in to save Seongyeon, who was addicted to drugs.

I am not that kind of heroic person.

It must not have been.

“I am fake, and they are real.”

I bowed my head.

It was from this time that I gave up the name [Hong Chang-gi] And took on the name of a knight.