I Lost My Memory and Had Too Many S-Class Girlfriends - Chapter 223



223 – ??? vs. Seongcheonnyeo (Complete)

“……ah.”

Suddenly Edeline came to her senses.

She slowly opened her heavy eyelids.

But I felt as weak as if I had just woken up from bed.

I tried to move my hand reflexively, but it soon stopped.

Because both of her wrists were covered with handcuffs-like restraint devices.

No, that wasn’t all. His wrists, ankles, and neck were all tightly bound with sealing and blocking devices.

Edelin finally raised her head as if realizing her situation.

Then I discovered a gaze looking down silently.

It was me.

“Are you awake?”

“yes.”

Edeline smiled faintly.

It was a sad smile like autumn leaves.

As if he had given up or was a person without any regrets.

She just kept flashing a mischievous smile.

“But why are you tied up like this?”

It seems like he’s curious as to why he wasn’t killed but instead left alive.

And even the wounds were somewhat healed.

I answered with a slight shrug.

“We made a promise, didn’t we?”

“Is this a promise?”

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“Yes. I promised to solve Seoyoon’s problem if I conquered the tower first.”

“aha.”

She blinked her large eyes three or four times and then slowly turned her head towards Seo-yoon.

Seoyoon was staring blankly at Edelin, trying hard to hide her pale face.

As a result of using her telepathic abilities to the limit, which even she herself could not handle, Seo Yoon was currently suffering from severe aftereffects.

I tried to suppress the aftereffects as much as possible by using the best healing water, elixir of eternal life, supernatural powers, etc., but the limits were clear.

Without the help of the Holy Grail or Edelin, Seoyoon will continue to suffer from the aftereffects.

“That’s strange.”

Edeline smiled wryly.

“Isn’t this problem solved by using the Holy Grail?”

After a while, he lets out an exclamation of ‘Ah’ and spits out a mischievous remark.

“Is it a waste to use the Holy Grail on Seo Yoon?”

“… … .”

“Haha. That makes sense. After all, it’s the Holy Grail that can even bring back the dead. It would be a waste to use it for just one person.”

“… … .”

Despite her insulting remarks about whether that was all I could do for Seo-yoon, I didn’t say anything in return and just looked at Edeline silently.

“But even if I treat Seo-yoon, wouldn’t I already be dead?”

“… … .”

“Seo-jun, given his personality, there’s no way he’d let me live. Is there really a need to treat Seo-yoon when he’s going to die anyway?”

“… … .”

“Are you thinking of using your powers to brainwash or torture me? … … Hehe. That wouldn’t be so bad.”

“… … .”

Edelin babbled a few more times, but when I didn’t respond, she shrugged her shoulders like a flat cola and smiled bitterly.

“Well… … Okay, Seojun. A promise is a promise.”

Suddenly, Edelin adds, “The loser must obey the winner,” and quietly extends her hand towards Seo-yoon.

“Oh, right. Could you please remove this seal? It’s a bit difficult to use my powers if this is there. If I make a mistake, it’s going to be a big problem.”

“Yerin, let go.”

When Edelin pointed to the seals on both wrists, I called Yerin and asked her to follow her words. However, Yerin just looked at me with a look that said she was not very pleased with it.

“But teacher… … .”

“It’s okay. You can let me go.”

“……yes.”

When I said it again, Yerin scratched the back of her neck as if she had no other choice, then slowly approached Edelin and released the seal on her wrist.

Of course, there were seals on the neck and ankles, aside from the ones on the wrists, but they were not intended to seal abilities; they were the type that killed the target.

Executioner’s shackles that can explode with a ‘bang!’ if you try to make a fool of yourself.

“Haha. I didn’t know you would really let me go. Even if my physical condition is not good, if I can use my powers without hesitation, wouldn’t it be a bit dangerous?”

“Stop talking nonsense and get Seo-yoon treated quickly.”

“Yes, I like it, Seojun.”

Edelin nodded once and then activated her ability towards Seoyoon.

They looked a bit worried that Edeline might do something useless.

However, Seo-yoon stared at me with a calm face, then slowly closed her eyes and silently accepted Edelin’s ability.

A warm and bright ray of light slowly passed over Seoyoon’s body.

After some time had passed, Seo-yoon’s aftereffects seemed to have washed away.

“… … It’s amazing.”

Seoyoon’s complexion was noticeably brighter, making it hard to believe that she had just been suffering from the aftereffects of her telepathic abilities.

Seo-yoon also didn’t know it would be this bad, and showed her surprise without hiding it while checking her own physical condition.

There’s a reason she’s called a saint.

Even though it was a stolen ability, the healing ability was superior to any other ability.

If I had given her just a little more time to heal when she fought Edelin, it could have been a disaster.

“In the past, Seo-jun was injured a lot. That’s why I focused on training my healing abilities to treat him.”

Me in the past.

You probably mean me the first time.

Me when I first met Edelin.

“I’ve even taken your telepathy with me. You won’t have to suffer from mental contamination anymore.”

“… … Is that so?”

Seoyoon’s two eyes fluttered.

Even his voice was trembling.

It seemed like it didn’t feel real.

That’s understandable, since Seo Yoon suffered all her life because of her telepathy ability.

I suffered from severe mental contamination as I was able to read other people’s thoughts, feelings, and minds.

I have always lived alone, keeping my distance from others.

For Seo-yoon, her telepathy ability was a nightmare and a curse from which she could never escape.

However, Seo Yoon-yi looked slightly bewildered and dumbfounded at the fact that the curse of telepathy, which even Il Sung Group had been unable to solve, had been solved so easily.

“Then now.”

I went back to fill the seal on Edelin’s wrist again.

Edelin extended her wrist without much resistance.

They placed their hands on their weapons with a slightly nervous look.

I walked slowly and filled the sealing sphere for Edelin.

With a clank, they released their weapons.

“Mr. Seojun. Can I ask you something?”

“what.”

“Why did you release the seal without any hesitation?”

Before I knew it, Edelin was staring at my face.

“You know full well that the explosive collar around my neck isn’t a threat, right?”

It was a question that arose not because I could prevent the explosion, but because I was certain that he was going to kill me anyway.

Since we’re going to die anyway, it wouldn’t be strange to do something like the water ghost operation.

“Do you believe that I won’t harm Seo-yoon in any way?”

“Well, what do you think?”

I spoke with an ambiguous expression and my tail hanging off the end.

It’s not that I trusted Edeline, but rather that I was certain of something after seeing the path she had walked so far.

What it is is… … .

“Edelin. This is a bit different, you know.”

“yes.”

“You were planning to kill me from the beginning, weren’t you?”

“yes?”

Edeline blinked her eyes.

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“It’s just… … when I think about it logically, your actions just don’t make sense.”

If she had intended to take me down by any means necessary, I would have fallen without even being able to put up a proper fight.

“I have some questions, too, Edelin. Why did you divide your forces and deploy them separately?”

In fact, from Edelin’s point of view, there is no need to divide up the troops and deploy them at each passing point.

Because it could end up being a useless individual fight.

“Thanks to you dividing and deploying our troops in advance, we were able to divide our troops accordingly.”

In terms of rock-paper-scissors, Edelin kept putting her hand out first. That’s why I could take out my fist when Edelin played scissors, take out paper when Edelin played rock, and take out scissors when Edelin played paper.

Thanks to this, we were able to overcome the disadvantageous power and manpower gap to some extent.

“It would have been best not to just divide the troops.”

“Hmm~.”

Edelin seemed to listen to me silently, then smiled brightly.

“Didn’t I tell you earlier? The reason I divided my forces was to capture Ji-hyeon, Seo-yoon, Hwa-ryeon, and Ye-rin. Because I wanted to settle things one-on-one with Seo-jun.”

“Oh. Is that so?”

Well… … From Edelin’s perspective, that could very well be the case.

Because she was a strong person, far above me and them.

If she had the confidence that she would never give up, even if it seemed a bit arrogant, then Edelin’s actions were understandable.

but.

“Then how about this. Why didn’t you notice that Louise was having an affair with me?”

“That’s right. I was surprised when I heard what you guys were saying earlier. I never thought that Sir Louise would betray me.”

Louise Valentine.

One of the executive officers of the Sungcheon Church.

Edelin is currently holding the person Louise is serving as a hostage. It is obvious that Louise has very negative feelings towards Edelin.

“I tried to weed them out, but it’s a bit disappointing.”

“Edelin. Don’t talk nonsense. It’s not that you didn’t notice the betrayal, you just let it slide.”

Edelin is a regressor.

Repeated regression countless times.

Of all the episodes she had experienced, was there one in which Louise had betrayed her?

If there is, it would be normal behavior to be endlessly suspicious and wary of Louise.

If it were me, I would have dealt with risk factors like Louise long ago.

Even without Louise, we still had enough troops.

But you’re not only sparing Louise’s life, you’re also joining us in conquering the tower? Why? Why not just leave the fish to the cat?

“Besides, putting Louise under Charlotte’s command seems a bit artificial. Don’t you think so?”

“Why do you think so?”

“Charlotte is sincere to you, unlike Laurent and Camelot.”

Laurent and Camelot only did as they were told, but Charlotte did not. Charlotte was Edelin’s closest confidant and a person who truly followed her. And that fact created a stark gap compared to the other confidants.

– … … Han Seo-jun. Edelin said it would be okay to just let you pass if you were alone.

– So… … I said okay for now.

– So, I said I understood for now.

– … … Thinking about it again, I kind of didn’t like it.

– … … I would follow the likes of Sir Camelot or Laurent, but isn’t there something I don’t like?

Charlotte ignored Edeline’s orders and refused to send me, who was a threat, to Edeline.

– I roughly looked at the situation… … and came up with an estimate. What is Edelin thinking? That’s why I won’t send you to Edelin.

Because I realized it.

What is Edelin thinking?

So he tried to catch me by any means necessary.

“You didn’t think Charlotte would listen to your orders, did you? That’s why you deliberately put Louise under Charlotte’s command and induced her to betray her. Without even telling Charlotte.”

“That’s an interesting point.”

Haha.

I don’t like the look on Edeline’s face when she smiles leisurely.

“And it was the same when you knocked me down. You could have just finished it off. Why did you talk such nonsense? You were just stalling for time until the kids came.”

“… … .”

“To defeat me and the kids directly.”

Adelin ordered Charlotte, Camelot, and Laurent to surrender after some time.

On the surface, he said it was to reduce unnecessary damage, but in reality, he wanted them to follow him.

“……hmm.”

Edelin, who had stopped laughing, stared blankly into my eyes.

And then he asks a question.

“Okay, Seojun. If what you said is true, then why did I go out of my way to lose? There’s no reason for me to do that. If I get the Holy Grail, I can do whatever I want.”

“Why? You said so.”

“Me?”

I said in a cool voice.

“Yeah. You said once you cross the line, you can’t stop?”

“… … ..”

Edelin slowly pursed her lips.

One by one, the things she had said came to the surface.

– Mr. Seojun. As for me, even though I’ve gone through countless regressions, I’ve set one line that I must never cross.

– Could it be a kind of psychological defense mechanism? I had my own Maginot Line. That was… … .

– Yes, that’s right. I have never caused any direct harm to Mr. Seojun.

“Edelin. If I had taken possession of the Holy Grail as you said, I would have easily achieved what I wanted.”

But Edelin didn’t do that.

Because I had forbidden myself to force myself through the Holy Grail.

That’s why she had to abandon the easy way and take the difficult way.

The result is failure and repetition of failure.

“But in this episode, you accidentally did something that was forbidden.”

Although she had never directly harmed me in any way, she ended up seriously injuring me due to an accidental accident.

“You must be greedy. It’s such a simple thing. It’s such an easy thing. Isn’t that right?”

– I unconsciously became a little greedy. Since Seojun tried to kill me, I thought it would be right to just touch him a little bit. So I touched my memories related to them a little bit… … As expected of Seojun, I guess? He was really good at stabbing me and running away.

“And then you realize, once you cross the line, you can no longer control your actions.”

– I knew. I knew. That once I crossed the line, I wouldn’t be able to stop. And that as a result, I might end up hurting Seojun.

“If you had gotten the Holy Grail this time, what would you have done to me? If you had failed this time, would you have gone back in time and started over? Or would you have taken the easy way out, the Holy Grail, and… … .”

If Edeline, who had crossed the Maginot Line, had truly tried to achieve her goal by any means necessary, I dare say that no one would have been able to stop her.

Even if it’s Edelin herself.

“So he must have been afraid and disgusted with himself. He must have wanted someone to stop him.”

A distance that can be reached by stretching out one’s hand.

What I’ve always wanted is right before my eyes.

If she was just a little bit greedy, she could have taken it at any time. But Edelin continued to hold back. She had no choice but to hold back. If she reached out recklessly, I would get hurt. I didn’t want to get hurt. I didn’t want to be forced, so I lived my whole life enduring it.

But if she made just one mistake and committed the forbidden act, she would have been intoxicated by the sweet desire and could not bear it any longer.

As if a person who was dying of thirst drank a single drop of water.

Once you taste it, there’s no going back.

And Edelin, who could no longer endure, would have been in more danger than anyone else.

“As a result, you decided to kill me to save yourself. Isn’t that right?”

“… … .”

Of course, these were all just guesses.

It is no different from nonsense that makes no sense.

But Edelin just listened to me quietly.

He just smiles bitterly without saying anything.

“I enjoyed listening to your interesting story, Seojun.”

“I see.”

“But aren’t you curious as to why I do this?”

“Well, I’ll just say I’m curious out of courtesy. Why are you doing this? To be honest, it’s a little scary. I can’t tell if it’s your foolishness or your obsession.”

“Yeah.”

Edeline smiled brightly.

“Because I love you.”

“……her.”

I looked down at her with a puzzled look, but she looked straight into my eyes and continued to lick her lips.

“Isn’t it a natural course of action to go through many hardships or sacrifice oneself to possess the person one loves?”

“Isn’t what you’re doing more obsession and foolishness than love?”

“That’s also the flip side of love. Being obsessed with love and being foolish because you love. Isn’t that right?”

“Ha… … Love is so scary, so scary.”

“Haha. You knew that, but you still say that. But Seojun. If you’re talking about obsession and foolishness, there seem to be quite a few people around me who are just as obsessed as I am… … .”

She glanced behind me.

They were in Edeline’s sight.

Yerin, whose feet were numb, grumbled, “Why, why are you looking at me?!” Oh right. Yerin is no pushover either. Honestly, if Yerin had turned evil, she might have ended up like Edelin?

“Aren’t people like this commonly called yandere?”

“What is that?”

“Is that a subcultural term?”

“You know everything. Anyway, you know that if it’s yandere, I’d hate that kind of thing, right?”

“Oh my. If I say something like that, someone might be upset. Am I mistaken?”

He’s looking at Yerin again.

Yerin avoids eye contact and pretends not to hear anything.

… … Yerin, you know very well that you have some slimy parts, right?

“Anyway, I guess I’ve done everything I could. Should I start wrapping things up now?”

“Yes, please do, Seojun.”

That’s all for this stupid, pointless conversation.

I’d like to put an end to my story with Edeline.

“Edeline, I mean, I’m scared, and I don’t want to leave you as an insecurity.”

“I understand.”

“Even if you are captured, lose your power, or lose your memory, there is still a chance. And the forces that follow you. Just by being alive, you pose a great threat to me. Of course, if you die, Charlotte and other forces will resent me, but it will be less dangerous than if you were alive.”

“It will be like that.”

“Honestly, I don’t think you’d give up on me now after all this. Even if you said you would, there’s no way I’d believe you. Right?”

“yes.”

Although the sight of Edelin smiling brightly and answering comfortably seemed ridiculous, I shook my head and took out the icy dagger from my bosom.

“Is there anything you’d like to say as a final remark?”

“Then one thing.”

“Huh? What is it?”

“Remember me.”

Edelin smiled and hummed gently, meeting my eyes.

“The country knows that a woman loves you.”

“… … .”

“That I have loved you and will continue to love you in the past, present, and future.”

“… … .”

“Please remember, Seojun.”

“……okay.”

With those words, I raised my dagger high.

“i love you.”

Just before the dagger pierced her heart, Edelin’s face wore a more beautiful smile than ever, like a flower in full bloom at the peak of its season.

Very beautifully.

Phew.