Why, Can't You Eat? - Chapter 73
Translator and Editor: Effe and Yonnee
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Chapter 73
“If you wear this ring, you will become human. You don’t have to live as a succubus anymore, and you won’t have to go back to where you were.”
Then what should I do when I become nothing? He stared straight into his eyes. Lemiel pursed his lips. He said nothing and only handed me the ring.
A few days after receiving the ring, he said goodbye, saying it was time to go back.
“Adelaide, I left everything behind. Relationships with other people and fighting over succession without interest were just boring. I’ve never been greedy for anything until now, but…”
Marsein laughed bitterly. He never told me his story. Now that he was ready to confess, he caressed my cheek with a sweet smile. He gently grabbed my wrist and shook his head. Soon after, he left me too.
“When I see you, I get scared. It makes me think about just how much of a coward I was.”
Dark brown hair that stretched like his mane fell over my chest. I tilted my head at Lantis’s sad gaze. I had never seen anyone more valiant than him. He was never a coward. His rough lips touched my cheek and then left.
“So, I will leave you. Before you become more precious.”
Why did everyone leave? When you said you would stay with me. The tumultuous journey has now become quiet. Perhaps Seran noticed my loneliness, he hugged me tightly. I also hugged his back.
“Everyone has gone. Ulysses, what are you planning to do?”
“I will be with Adelaide. Seran, what about you?”
“I will be with you too. We decided to be together until the end. So don’t worry, Adelaide. Ulysses and I will not leave.”
Seran was weak. Being a member of the royal family of a certain country, he reluctantly accepted his fate of having a short life. It was cruel for him to know when he would die. He met me when he ran out because he didn’t want to die without doing anything.
He was always dazzling as if burning his body at the end of his death. He said he would stay with me, but I knew it was a promise he couldn’t keep.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t keep my promise.”
Saying that, Seran smiled aloof.
Liar.
You’re all liars.
“…….”
When I woke up from the dream, I was crying so much that my pillowcase was damp. It was my grandmother’s memory. My grandmother, who was a succubus before I was born, as the Pope said.
My heart pounded heavily. The Pope said that Grandmother didn’t care about everything and that she didn’t seem to want to shackle herself to anyone or anything.
But she wasn’t like that. Rather, Grandmother seemed to be at a loss because she was happy every day. Like a child tasting sweet candy for the first time.
I couldn’t stand the loneliness and sadness that piled up. I sat on the bed and continued to cry until Endymion knocked on the door.
“I was going to ask if your body was okay, but your eyes are more of a problem now. Keep putting a handkerchief on it. You need to get rid of the swelling.”
“You’re not asking why I cried.”
“What happened?”
“…….”
As Endymion asked while moistening a handkerchief to put it on my eyes, he waited for me to speak. I couldn’t see what kind of expression he was making because he was covering my eyes, but I just smiled dejectedly.
“I had a dream about Grandmother. When she traveled with the Pope.”
“Come to think of it, Miss Lily mentioned that she was inside you? She died a long time ago, so she’s like a soul, so to speak.”
“She must have been very worried. And…”
I thought that there must be other reasons besides worry. As I paused, Endymion pushed back the hair that clung to my forehead.
“Generally, they said that the dead appear because they have regrets.”
“Regrets…”
“This is in no way meant to disparage your grandmother, Miss Lily. It’s just that the timing isn’t right to say that she stayed because she was worried about her granddaughter.”
“Timing?”
My eyes still stung, but Endymion’s words caught me. I lowered the handkerchief and looked up at him. He spoke again with a troubled look.
“You said your grandmother died when she was young, but Miss Lily became a succubus when you were 16 years old. But isn’t the waiting time too long to say that she stayed because she was worried?”
I knew what he was thinking when he said this. Like Lilith, he was worried that maybe Grandmother had ill intentions. I smiled lightly and shook my head.
“Grandmother kept telling my Mom. Whether it’s a daughter or a son, to tell her right away if there’s something wrong with the baby. Surely she has been worried all her life?”
“That means Miss Lily’s grandmother knew that a child born of a succubus could turn into a succubus, no matter how much human blood was mixed.”
Suddenly, I remembered something someone had said before. Was it Damien or Endymion? That they never heard of a half-breed succubus. Endymion sighed.
“I am worried about you, Miss Lily. So that’s why I doubted and doubted again. I know it’s shameful to say this when I used the ring as bait, but I can’t even trust Lilith. So I hope that you don’t take the ring off. Forever.”
“That won’t do. I made a promise.”
“It’s your body in the first place, isn’t it? It was Lilith who tried to take it from you by force.”
“Do you not want me to not be a succubus, Endymion?”
“Yes. In my eyes Miss Lily and Lilith are completely different people.”
I looked at him without saying a word. His blue eyes, which showed a hint of concern, blinked slowly.
“Why do you think of me as someone else?”
“Well. Is it because I’ve been watching you for a long time? Even when she did an act pretending to be Miss Lily, I saw through her act instantly. The attitude towards people, the way of speaking, emotions, everything is different, so how can they be called the same person?”
Even though I was actually thinking of me and Lilith as ‘we’, Endymion was saying that’s not the case. If he had told me this a little earlier, I wouldn’t have worried about this at all. I said without shaking the hand that touched my cheek.
“Thank you for saying that. Still, Lilith and I are the same person anyway. I became like that because of some circumstances. Even if I don’t lose the ring now, I think it will take time. And about Grandmother…”
When I think about it, I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea that Grandmother had any ill intentions. But I began to think that it wasn’t just because of me that she stayed in my body. I smiled at Endymion, remembering Grandmother, who said that all the people who left were liars.
“Maybe Grandmother missed them too. She just didn’t know that she was missing them. Could it be that she had such regret that she dwelled in me?”
“I was already expecting you to say that, Miss Lily.”
“I got to see you again after all, right?”
“Is that so? Every time I see you, I feel that you become more lovable every day.”
“…Don’t say that.”
Those embarrassing words made my face grow hot. I didn’t know how anyone could hear embarrassing words so casually. He slowly got out.
“Just get ready slowly and come out. I will be waiting for you out front.”
“I’ll be right there.”
Even with the ring on, I could use magic, so it didn’t take long to prepare. After arranging the bedding, I took my bag and came out.
High Priest Larsen was talking to Endymion. The high priest nodded to me and gave me a welcome look.
“Oh, good morning. Was the room okay?”
“Yes. Thanks to you, I rested comfortably.”
“That’s good. Actually, His Holiness the Pope said he wanted to see you one more time before you leave.”
“I’m fine with it, but…”
He didn’t look good yesterday, so was it going to be okay? I followed High Priest Larsen up to the stairs I was guided to yesterday, then Endymion said.
“Miss Lily, I will be waiting for you here.”
“Ah yes. I’ll be back in a while. When I come back after seeing the Pope, let’s go back to Ciel right away, Endymion.”
Because I can’t wear the ring forever. Endymion smiled kindly. And like yesterday, I was guided by a priest wearing a long robe, but the direction was different and the atmosphere overall seemed excited. I asked the priest walking ahead.
“Excuse me, did something happen?”
“Yes. God descended last night.”
“What…?”
What in the world does this mean? However, without further ado, the priest stopped in front of the door engraved with a pattern that looked like the sun, bowed his head, and opened the door. Can I go in? When I gestured, the hidden face nodded slightly.
And I almost bit my tongue as I cautiously stepped in. There was a row of paladins staring at me sharply enough to make my face sting, and the Pope was kneeling at the bottom of the white-shining altar in the innermost part.
I hesitated and took a backward step, feeling that something had gone wrong.
“I’ve been waiting for you, Miss Lilith. Please come this way.”
“…Ah, yes.”
Even with his back turned, he must have known I came. I didn’t even look in the other direction, I looked forward and walked, thinking that it was fortunate that I was wearing the ring. If Lilith had been awake, she would have said why the change happened so fast.
As I approached, the Pope slowly raised himself. He still had a friendly expression, but his complexion was different from yesterday. I heard that God descended, but what exactly happened?
“Thank you for responding to my sudden summons.”
“It’s no trouble. Rather than that, are you feeling better? A little while ago, High Priest Larsen said that God descended…”
“Yes. The Goddess whom I had missed for a long time, whom I wanted to see even in my dreams, had come.”
“If it’s the goddess…”
The Pope put his finger to his lips. As if he had seen it in a dream, I smiled at his bright eyes and curved lips.
“I will see you again at Ciel, but I wanted to say thank you before that.”
“I should be thanking you. I will be looking forward to seeing you again at Ciel.”
“I really wanted to give Miss Lilith a blessing. Now, it’s okay if the divine power touches your body.”
I touched the ring and nodded. Golden grains began to rise from the Pope’s hand who smiled kindly. It was like fireflies, and the sparks were flying. A golden halo slowly enveloped my body.
“There will be a lot of hard work. You may be worried, confused, and unable to make the right choice. But you will find your way somehow.”
May the righteous judgment and the glory of the Divine Spirit be with you. I could feel the light slowly seeping into me.
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