Chapter 12

She felt it while looking at Cedric earlier, but everyone here seemed to have a knack for moving without a presence. Just looking at them, they weren’t ordinary people. It must have been a lot of training for a long time. What the hell did they do?

“Can you explain a little bit? Where are we, what are you people doing? Little by little.”

“… you really don’t remember anything? Nothing?”

Seeing the disappointed expression on his face, Hyemi couldn’t comprehend herself, who felt strangely guilty.

“Yes.”

“What can I explain first?”

Among the dozens of questions that came to her mind, Hyemi asked the most necessary information first.

“Who is Benedict? That silver-haired man.”

She had to find the man who was a bit crazy. Hyemi was convinced that he was the one who brought her here.

“It’s the Pope.”

“The Pope?”

“He’s also the Archmage.”

“Archmage?”

Walter looked at Hyemi, who repeated his words like a parrot. Hyemi tried her best to keep her head as calm as possible, as it became increasingly confused. She is a modern person, and the most important thing for a modern person is information.

“Yes. He was the one who brought you back to life and found your lost soul.”

Walter’s tone was strangely cold, but it didn’t matter to Hyemi.

“So if dead… that… Are you talking about Eden?”

“You are Eden.”

Hyemi bit her lips while listening to Walter’s words.

1-2. A person named Eden died in this world. After finding Eden, who had died, lost soul in Korea, Benedict used a man named Walter to bring her into this world.

That was the reason for her dimensional move. Okay. It was good up there. But there was one serious problem.

“I’m really sorry… I think I should be honest about this one thing before asking another question.”

“What?”

Hyemi looked at Walter and took a deep breath, then exhaled with a face full of tension.

“The Pope must have found the wrong soul.”

“… What does that mean?”

“Don’t you know? You said that you didn’t want me to die so you looked around in fear, but I’m not the woman you’re looking for. Actually, he brought the wrong person… !”

Walter gave a heavy gaze to Hyemi, who was clenching her fists and shouting seriously. His face looked like he didn’t believe anything at all. Hyemi let out a sigh and grimaced as if begging for him.

“It’s true. So please take me to the mage Benedict.”

“If you really can’t remember anything, how did you know my name?”

“… Yes?”

“You called me as soon as you opened your eyes. My Name. Walter.”

“That… That….”

“After that, you called my name several times and begged. Please don’t finish it. Please finish it later. Right where you are sitting now.”

Hyemi’s face turned red in an instant. The image of her last night, which she had struggled to avoid, was playing vividly in her mind.

Walter looked straight at her with his expression unchanged. It was funny that she was ashamed of it alone, but she couldn’t control the sudden rush of blood to her face.

“Last night, when I woke up… It felt like my brain was tangled up. Therefore… I was obviously speaking out of my mouth, but I felt like I realized what I was talking about a beat late. Do you know what I mean?”

“No. Not at all.”

In response to Walter’s reply without hesitation, Hyemi swallowed a sigh and closed her eyes tightly without saying a word before opening it. There were people in her world who were just as bad as her. In times like these, it was more important to explain calmly. Because when a fool panicked, it was really scary.

“I think… It was this woman who unconsciously called your name… I wonder if Eden’s body has like a learned habit. Think about it. If we could separate the soul from the brain, wouldn’t it be possible?”

Hyemi explained enthusiastically, pointing her fingers alternately between her own head and chest. Walter, who had been watching her quietly, finally got up from his seat and slowly approached her.

“Look, hey, I must have asked you not to come closer….”

Her eyes fluttered in embarrassment.

“Eden.”

Walter knelt silently on one knee in front of her. His large hand came up and gently grabbed Hyemi’s hand that was on her lap. Hyemi shut her mouth, unable to shake him off.

Why did this man suddenly get to his knees and embarrass someone?

Thump, thump.

Her heart was beating faster than it should. Walter’s thumb gently stroked her pulsating wrist. She could feel her heartbeat a little faster and her breathing warmer.

“As far as I know, you are not a head-and-heart person.”

Dark brown eyes with a beastly longing for her. Hyemi looked into his eyes and she didn’t know what to do, so she just held her breath.

“You are honest, you are strong. You can’t do it because it’s bothersome to deceive others, and that must have been the reason why it was obvious in your face when you told a lie. Is that all? You’re also the type of person who runs away with embarrassment when you get praised while working secretly for others.”

It was as if a faint smile had flashed across Walter’s face for a moment. She wondered what he would look like when he smiled.

“There was no one in Sernotti who didn’t love you like that, Eden.”

“She… really must have been a great person.”

Walter moved his lips curiously again. His eyes narrowed with a friendly glow.

“She was great. In many ways.”

Hyemi suddenly became envious of the woman named Eden. What kind of person could she have been to receive such strong affection from others? She must have been a special and wonderful person in the 1%. It would be incomparable to herself who was like 99% of the average person.