Chapter 81 – Pure Love

A week has passed since Artin left.

Unikor was still dying with Maggie filling his body with his. However, thanks to the priestesses of her Southern Order washing her with their holy water every day and taking care of her with utmost sincerity, she was neither dead nor corrupted.

– “It’s the last time…Don’t say such weak words..!! In a month, in a month, I’ll save you no matter what. Unicor, you are resting and waiting…!!”-

When Artin was angry with herself, Unikor felt her heart ache. Normally, she laughed halfway at her pranks and when she got angry, she was very happy, but when she was crying and getting angry with her heart, it made her feel sick not to her body or soul, but to her heart her.

‘Artin is… Artin is a fool, she is the leaf of the World Tree, there is no way she can save such a precious thing…’

The World Tree is a sacred tree that is said to be a sacred tree where the souls of elves go after they die, so it can be seen as a religious relic where every branch and leaf is treated as sacred.

Even though the unicorns maintain a close relationship with the elves, taking out the relics of the World Tree is a very important issue.

It is almost impossible for Artin, who is not even an elf, to go to the elven forest, which is famous for its isolation, and retrieve the leaves of the world tree in time. Both Artin and Unicor knew that subjugating the dragon was more likely.

However, Artin left. With the determination to save Unicor himself, he and Cayenne left for the forest of the elves.

Unicor suddenly started to get scared. The fact that his last memory of Artin might be of him being angry with himself felt more frightening than the fact that he might die for unknown reasons.

‘Artin… Artin…’

Unicor gripped the heart-shaped pendant with trembling hands. A cheap necklace that I bought at the Academy’s summer festival by begging Artin a year ago. It wasn’t made of sparkling gold, nor did it contain any valuable jewels, but it was a Unicor treasure that was cherished.

‘It’s okay to fail, please don’t get hurt and come back and smile for me at the last moment…’

Unicor’s body his, which was boiling with fever due to demonic energy, was suffering from another fever that he did not even know about. The name of the fever was familiar to everyone.

*

And on the first month.

Unicor was completely dying. Now, I can’t even wake up for an hour a day, and sometimes I just mumble Artin’s name in a weak voice.

Neither the herbs blessed by the king of the plains nor the seawater filled with Leviathan’s divine power could wash away all demonic energy. The high-ranking priests of the church only speculated that they would not be able to endure for three days, even with a sad face.

“In the end, it looks like Sir Artin won’t be able to arrive on time.”
“It can’t be helped, since the elves are famous for their closedness… Let’s pray together for Shinsoo-sama on behalf of Lord Artin, who is absent.”
“Suddenly… But, Unicor-sama waited so anxiously for Artin-sama… “
“I can’t help it. Didn’t the priestesses also do their best? It’s like a miracle that you survived the demon king’s vicious curse for so long.”

When the priestesses who had been by Unicor’s side for a month without Artyn burst into tears, the high-ranking priests had to soothe and comfort the priestesses.

Many people hoped for a miracle from God, but in the end, the miracle from God did not arrive this time. Because it was a misfortune that befell Unicor, who had been in charge of the church for a long time, the sadness felt even greater.

That buck that buck

Then, the familiar sound of footsteps pounding hard on the marble floor echoed through the temple. The faces of the priests who turned their heads toward the sound of footsteps that everyone had been waiting for were stained with shock and bewilderment.

*

Unicor had a dream. A dream in which Artin comes to meet you.

In that dream, Artin was not angry. Instead, he looked at him kindly with concerned eyes and stroked his hair with a loving hand.

The memory of the past month was only pain, but at this moment, I felt so happy. I didn’t feel the pain as if his heart had been squeezed and I had hit his head thousands of times with a hammer.

‘Artin…Thank you for laughing at the end…’

Even though I couldn’t actually see a smile, I felt like I could face death in peace with the current feeling of happiness. Although it was regrettable not to hear his voice his, Unikor was able to accept his death his with aloof attitude.

And Unicor woke up.

“…Doesn’t my body hurt?”

I felt no pain at all. Instead of divine power, the turbid magic that filled his body was also gone. No, rather, stronger divine power than before the pain was flowing through her body.

And what that meant was clear. Artin must have saved him! He was determined to forgive such a minor offense, even though he did not stand by and wait for him to wake up.

“You even got the leaves of the World Tree for me! Even though he is a man, if he sees Artin, he will give him a hug and stroke his head his!”

Uniqor, who ran out of his room his, found the priestess surprised to see him in good health, and went to find Artin’s room his. Desperate to see her right now, Unicor rushed to the door and opened it without knocking.

“Look, Artin! I have become so healthy! Yes…Thanks…This…Just…”

Entering the room with a lively smile, Artin was sitting on the bed as usual and tending to his weapons. His face his, startedled as if he had n’t expected his own appearance his, was an expression that would make fun of him if it was his usual Unicorn his.

“You’re getting better too! The leaves of the world tree worked too, did I tell you to trust me?”
“That… More than that… What happened… Artin? Is that hand… ?”

Unikor pointed his trembling finger at Artin’s right hand, who smiled at him. Instead of the hand that always stroked her, there was a fake hand made of metal attached to it.

“Oh, this? No big deal. He was injured while helping the elves, but instead gave him a prosthetic arm made of mithril as a gift. It was a windfall!”

He said it proudly as if it was nothing, but Artin secretly hid his prosthetic arm from himself. In the calm Unicorn’s field of vision, Artin, who had changed so much from a month ago, began to appear.

On the face of Artin, who was proud of his cute face, there was a large scar running diagonally across his center. His one ear his was wrinkled, as if it had been forcibly regenerated after it had been cut off, and there were burn marks that could not be hidden even with long-sleeved clothing, extending to the back of his left hand.

“This… What is this, why is it so badly injured! Why!”
“Ah, what. Because you’re not there, I get hurt more often than I thought. Every time I shouted out loud that I could do well without you, it’s a bit embarrassing.”

Watching her talk nonchalantly, Unikor felt his vision her blur. But she couldn’t hold back the tears, and she didn’t want to hold back. Instead, he approached Artin and hugged his wounded body her.

“I’m sorry, you’re kidding me just because I haven’t seen you in a month! I’m fine On the contrary, you say you have become much stronger than before?”

Don’t be stupid, what are you talking about that you’re fine when you’ve been seriously injured?
Why did you do something so stupid! I can’t fix my severed right hand unless I bring an elixir.
You went with Cayenne, who is much stronger than you, and why did you come here injured? Fool.

There were so many things I wanted to say, but I just couldn’t get them out.

The moment she opens her tightly closed mouth, it feels like she will burst out crying, thinking that she will say bad things to Artin, who has been hurt so badly for her sake her.

“So don’t look at me with such sad eyes. If you can save a friend like this, you got it for a very cheap price, right?”

Artin looked at him kindly and stroked his hair affectionately, just like he had seen in his dream. However, the fact that the hand stroking him was not his right hand his but his left hand her made Unikor’s heart ache even more.

And on the spot, he made a firm decision in his heart her. He said that he would never let Artin go through this kind of pain again, and that he would become stronger and more mature so that Artin would not suffer.

The warmth of Artin, which I felt after a month, began to remind me of the very warm memories.

***

Artine’s body was too cold.

“…That’s strange, Artin’s body can’t be this cold…”

Unicor hugged Artin’s body his, whose lips turned blue. He took out a napkin and wiped his mouth in place of Artin, who carelessly spilled red wine on his lips.

“Are you sleepy? Yes? Didn’t I tell you that I’ve been working too hard lately?”

Artin had been meeting people and fighting day and night to help a promiscuous woman named Lucy for the past few months. So it was not unusual for him to fall asleep from fatigue while eating.

“I can’t help it, I’ll give you a special lap pillow, so you can go to sleep.”

Unikor pushed aside the corpse of one of Artin’s comrades, who was dying while vomiting blood, and put Artin, who was asleep in a luxurious gin chair, with his head propped up against his own knee. He had fallen into such a deep sleep that he did not snore normally and gently stroked the head of Artin, who was sleeping as if he were dead.

“I thought about it a little. Why am I so happy and excited just looking at you? Why does every moment with you make me feel so happy?”

Iron flip. The corpse of a woman called Lucy, who was sitting across from Artin, fell to the floor. I warned them several times that it was dangerous, but since they didn’t listen, Unicor thought it was inevitable.

“At first, I thought it was just because you were the first friend I made. But he doesn’t feel this way no matter how much he’s with the other friends he’s made with you.”

Unicor felt very bad when the fishy smell that stung her nose her was mixed with the sweet and sour scent from the wine glass in front of him. He was about to throw the wine glass at the wall, but when Unicor, concerned that Artin would break it, radiated divine power toward the wine, the miasma and fishy scent contained in it disappeared.

“You know that? It is said that unicorns love only one male for the rest of their lives. I longed for that feeling as a child. How happy it must be to live with the male I love for the rest of my life.”

Gently brushing Artin’s hair, he closed her unfocused eyes. Artin’s body his was still very cold, so Unicor, worried that he might catch a cold, drew out his divine power his and covered Artin’s body with warm light.

“However, the moments with you are happy and enjoyable, I want to be with you forever, why did I not realize early on that this is love? Really, like you said, I must have had a foolish side.”

Haha! Unikor laughed out loud with his mouth, but his eyes he couldn’t help but laugh. On the contrary, red tears flowed hotly and dripped onto Artin’s cold cheeks his.

“You know what, Artin? The fact that unicorns live for that pure love. So, in our partner’s last moments, we close our eyes together and die a happy death…”

In the distance, the footsteps of those who had invited Artin and his companions to dinner began to be heard. At one point he thought of revenge, but Unikor shook his head.

Since Artin lived a good life, he would have gone to heaven even after he died. So he remembered that if he was to see Artin again, he too must not have his filthy blood on his hands.

“Artin, if heaven sees you, this time she will be a woman nice enough to hold you, tall enough to pet you.”

You shamelessly liked a woman with big breasts. When you peeked at another woman’s ass, you wanted to poke her eyes her out of her. She had short arms and legs, so she carried me on her back her every time, so I think it’s my turn to carry you next time. . When I die, one hand won’t be a prosthetic arm, so I want to face you with her right hand interlocked, and, and then —

“Next time I’ll tell you first, I love you.”

It is said that a unicorn that has lost its pure love companion loses its vitality and dies on the spot. As a child, Unicor was very sad about the ending, but now, strangely, he doesn’t feel sad. Because I remembered so many things I want to do for Artin, whom I will meet again after I die.

Unikor put his lips on Artin’s cold forehead and slowly closed her eyes. When she opens her eyes again, she hopes to see Artin smiling as brightly as before.