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chapter-208

And how much time had passed?

After Yeon-woo left Edora’s arm, he couldn’t meet her eyes properly. He was drunk from the atmosphere, but as soon as he came back to his senses, it was extremely awkward.

Edora lightly laughed, thinking Yeon-woo adorable. She had only seen his stiff side, so seeing this new side was refreshing. It was interesting that she could also see facial expressions and not just his eyes.

“So you get embarrassed too.”

“…..What did you think of me all that time?”

“I’ll leave that to your imagination.”

Edora tossed a light joke and held out the mask in her hand.

Yeon-woo’s hand was slightly frozen when he accepted it. He still seemed to have a lot of thoughts. They weren’t extreme thoughts like before, but he didn’t know what to say or how to respond.

But as if telling him not to worry, Edora silently grabbed Yeon-woo’s hand. She regarded Yeon-woo with her jewel-like eyes.

“Phante didn’t see your face.”

Yeon-woo looked at her with questioning eyes.

“When he saw you on the ground, he said he didn’t think it was time for him to see yet. You didn’t reveal your face out of your own will, so he said that he would wait until then.”

“…..”

“And I had the same thought but…..the end was a bit different. I wanted to see what kind of burden you were carrying. Would it be wrong if I wanted to share in that?”

Edora shut her mouth after saying that, like she was leaving the rest to Yeon-woo.

Yeon-woo realized that the time had come. The time to make the decision of whether he was going to say his secret or not.

He had known that this time was going to come someday. He couldn’t hide it forever. And also that if he couldn’t say it, he would have to split from them.

But he didn’t know that it would be this soon, so he couldn’t say anything.

Then, he made a decision. If it were these children. If it were these guys. Wouldn’t it be alright? If he was worried about what would happen after, he could leave then. He would only get in their way if he stayed with them.

He organized his thoughts, and slowly put his mask on.

“Someday. I’ll tell you everything.”

“Alright.”

Edora nodded her head and smiled faintly. It was a brighter smile than ever.

***

Yeon-woo moved with Edora to the room opposite of them. She said that Phante, Sesha, Galliard, and Brahm were staying there. And she didn’t know why, but there was a guest that was still staying with them too.

Creak.

When she carefully opened the door, Galliard tilted his head seeing Yeon-woo. He seemed to be surprised that Yeon-woo was wearing his mask again, but he guessed the reason why.

“You’re here?”

“Yes.”

“Brahm’s waiting for you.”

Yeon-woo nodded, and headed towards the bedroom. Phante looked at Yeon-woo with a complicated face and moved to the side. Sesha, who had been sitting on the bed, ran at Yeon-woo.

“Wang! Uncle!”

Had Galliard already explained everything? Sesha was calling Yeon-woo “Uncle.” and not “Dad.” But before he could express his happiness of meeting his relative after everything was revealed, Sesha began to sob.

Brahm was lying on the bed, slowly dying. His dried skin, and weak breathing. A god was dying. And a great god at that, one who had once been among the higher leveled gods.

His breath looked like it would extinguish any minute now, but thanks to Yvlke’s help, his life was extended.

For the first time since Yeon-woo met Yvlke, he had a bitter smile. Looking at Yeon-woo, he fixed his monocle and slowly came out from the bedroom.

“You probably have a lot to talk about, so as an outsider, I’ll leave for a moment. Player