83 – Sun and Moon (4)

After the meal, a young lady dressed in school uniform stared at me as I was holding a bag. She obviously has something to say to me, but she hesitated to say it and opened her mouth first with a restless expression.

“Do you have anything to say?”

“…No.”

Answering my question, she pouted her mouth like a child complaining and averted her gaze.

“Then hurry up and go to class. You’ll be late for the first class of the semester.”

If I didn’t do this, it was almost certain that I wouldn’t be able to speak until the end and go to class. In order to hear the lady’s answer, it worked.

“…Annoying. Really.”

The lady snatched the bag she was holding and seemed to leave right away, but then she lightly kicked my calf with her foot and continued talking.

“After hearing that yesterday, I feel like I’m the only one worried about you today with a nonchalant face. The first time I heard that you are a child of the moon, the name I gave you was denied, and even those people were responsible. I could have left to lose…You were worried until you went to bed…”

She, she didn’t care to calm her upset stomach because of the story she suddenly heard from Sixteen Nights. She tried not to show that to the lady, but she made her worry.

“She didn’t want to appear weak to the lady, but I’m sorry I made her worry.”

You are still 15 years old. Even though he had a mature body that was not suitable for his age, carrying the heavy burden of the 12 pillars of the empire and Sogaju, he was still at an age where he was hungry for affection and attention.

I didn’t want to give you the devastating feeling of having your heart ripped apart as much as the person who was always by your side was leaving. I tried to reassure him by holding his fidgety hand.

“Don’t worry too much. When I leave you, where will I go?”

“…There’s a lot to hide from liars, and how can I trust a butler who always thinks of making fun of me.”

…The karma I’ve committed so far has been pushed back. Even so, seeing the corner of the lady’s mouth go up gently, the corner of her mouth went up in the same way.

“But it’s a little sad. Those people need you. I didn’t expect you to shed tears while ejaculating like that…”

The corners of her mouth stopped rising and she sighed in agreement with the girl’s words. I couldn’t sleep well because her face shimmered all night as she asked me to save her clan.

“If you talk properly today, the answer will come out. Please don’t worry and focus on today’s class.”

“I want to hear it too.”

“I’ll tell you everything when you come back. So please come back quickly. You’ll be really late like this.”

The young lady, who had stuck her tongue out at my resolute reply, cautiously raised her arms towards me.

A signal from a young lady asking for a hug. She said that Mr. Louis Tena said that the weather was nice and that she thought it was the right time to go out to do the laundry.

A lady with only her arms raised and not saying anything. She looked at me without a word, with a mischievous look on her face that seemed to be blushing.

“…Quickly…Do it…So we can go and come back…”

It wasn’t until after a few seconds had passed that she laughed at her cuteness with her mouth open. Every time he takes that signal, he responds like this every time, so it’s always fun and thrilling.

“Yes, yes. I’ll do whatever you want.”

Still, you should do it in moderation. Knowing that if I waited too long, her fierce kick would come flying, so she sneaked up and hugged me, trying to bury her face in her fragrant hair for a moment.

Tick-tock, startled by the sound of knocking, the two of us stared at the front door, clinging to each other.

“Excuse me…It’s the sixteenth night I visited yesterday.”

The uninvited guest who came yesterday has returned. The lady’s eyes were as blue as an ax blade, and she looked at me.

She couldn’t bear to open her mouth at the young lady’s silent question about what she had done before.

#

When I opened the door, a woman who looked different from the one I saw yesterday was standing in front of the door. Even when I rubbed her eyes and looked again, it was hard to believe that her long light brown hair, short ears, and plain apricot skin were the Snow Fairy.

“…You’re probably seeing this for the first time. Could you wait a moment?”

As she flicked her fingers, her hair and skin quickly bleached to the same color as her white eyes. Then, as her buds sprouted, they grew pointy to her ears, and the face of Sixteen Nights, whom I had seen yesterday, appeared.

“Because outside of the northern regions, I had to hide my face as I did before. I’m really sorry for surprising you two.”

She respectfully bowed her head and hurriedly took her apologetically into her room. It was obvious what other people would say when they saw her.

“…Then I’ll be back.”

The young lady went outside to attend her class with still blue eyes at the sixteen and six nights she had been alone. Overwhelmed by the look in her eyes, she didn’t know what to do, so she ushered her in for sixteen and six nights.

“Unlike yesterday, you came alone.”

“Yes. I thought that I alone was enough to give a detailed explanation to you…No Sirius.”

She sat in the same seat as yesterday, and I put on suitable refreshments and looked at her face to face. The sculpted appearance of her eyes felt foreign.

I was hesitant about what to talk about first, now that my mind is complicated. The woman in front of me also stood out as hesitating, probably to avoid offending me.

“…”

“…”

A place where only awkward silence lingers. After several minutes of not doing anything and not being able to see her face, Mr. Rui Tena, who just finished washing her clothes, returned.

“I’m back…The guests are already here. Is there anything I can prepare…?”

She came in cheerfully, then withered. Seeing that she didn’t want to sit in an uncomfortable position, she went out and rested for a while and asked me to buy ingredients for the evening, and she ran out with a happy expression.

“I’ll be back!”

…You’re overjoyed. Still, in the changed atmosphere, Sixteen Days and Nights spoke first.

“First of all, I would like to apologize for coming to you in a hurry yesterday and bringing up various stories without any context, causing confusion to Sirius and Europa. I am very sorry that I only told you my situation as it was urgent.”

She stood up and lowered her head, then sat her back down and continued her conversation.

“Can I ask you a question first?”

“I’ll try my best to answer anything I know.”

“First of all…I’d like to hear exactly what…About me…Moonchild.”

I wanted to know more about the identity of this body I was possessed with, which I had been curious about for a long time. Wouldn’t she know the truth about the child of the moon, which was not recorded in the saintess of her church or even in her books in her library?

In order to organize her thoughts, she calmly closed and opened her eyes and met her eyes of the same color as mine.

“There are many gods and children of gods in the world. Like Europa who received the constellation, the children of the stars and even though we were kicked out of the forest, we are originally children of the forest.”

“Then why don’t you find another moon child? Why did you come to me?”

I couldn’t understand why they came all the way to a place like this to ask for something that could have been done by a child of another moon. However, the question was solved at once.

“There are countless stars and forests in the world, but isn’t there only one noble moon like the arrogant sun? That’s why Sirius-sama is special.”

I was speechless at the way she spoke as if it were a matter of course. She said that there was only one god, and that she also had one child. She was so dumbfounded that the thunder god, who had countless children, snorted at her.

“And don’t you often have vampiric urges?”

“How to…”

She answered her question nonchalantly, refreshingly scratching the itchy part of her that was struggling to ask. She let out a deep sigh as if she knew it.

“…Blood is the medium that binds the soul to the body. Sirius is now using blood to forcibly bind the soul in order to keep the name he was given. If…Get the right name. If you do…You don’t have to force yourself to drink blood.”

“A valid name…”

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Her calm attitude sounded like she was saying that I and her lady were wrong, but unlike yesterday, when she was sharp, she showed a cautious attitude at the end.

“…It’s okay if you don’t get the right name. We’re just giving Sirius a comfortable way to save the clan.”

“So you’re saying there’s another way. In what peril are you looking for salvation?”

“…Let me tell you.”

Her expression suddenly darkened and she told them about their situation. From the story of their ancestors leaving the world tree and settling in the north, six years ago, they felt weak, and from last summer, everyone in the clan told them the desperate fact that they couldn’t have children.

“Before I was a priest…As a woman, I wanted to have a child…So…I came here to find Sirius…Please help me…”

Her deep sighs leaked from her heart as she felt sorry for her, who was broken by the cruel truth of her infertility, that she could not bear fruit with her beloved.

“I can help. But…How can I help…”

“…If you are to help us without losing the name you now have… We need the blood of Sirius. Our souls are infused into our bodies with the blood of Luna’s closest, imperfect yet child of the moon.” That’s what Luna-sama said to engrave again.”

…Looks like a living blood pack.

#

Ten and sixteen nights saw Sirius’ bewildered expression and cautiously continued his conversation.

“…That’s why I told Sirius you need a proper name. If even a child of the moon bleeds…”

“How much do you need per person?”

Returning from a bewildered face, he demanded an exact figure. He was thinking whether he could afford it or if he lacked it, he could send it periodically like donating blood.

“I don’t know exactly. Lady Luna just said she needed blood…”

“Then I’ll send you the right amount periodically. It’s the fastest way to feel the change while drinking the blood I send.”

To get rid of his horns as well, I pulled out a cleaver from his kitchen and lightly cut his finger. Bright red blood ran down his fingers and dripped into the small saucer.

When the bottom of her bowl was red with blood, he squeezed her cut finger hard to stop the bleeding and handed her a bowl of his own blood. As she took the bowl handed to her, she looked at her bunch with her strained eyes alternating between his face and the blood in the bowl.

“Let’s start with this amount first. You never know, you might come back with this amount, right?”

I nodded at his words and drank at once. The taste of her fishy blood went down her throat before she could even feel it in her mouth. Afterwards, as she watched her progress in silence, she blinked her eyes and muttered as she stroked her stomach.

“…Menstruation…Returned…”

Sirius’ expression distorted at the word menstruation. It was because of the memories he had heard of when Europa felt warm oysters pouring out before him.

“Anyway… I don’t think you’ll need that much since it’s coming back like this. But it might be temporary, so let’s watch the time.”

“Thank you…Thank you very much…”

She was the one who sincerely thanked him for explaining as if a doctor were treating a patient.

“If Sirius wants anything, I will bring it. Even if it’s the head of the demon king, I will sacrifice my life…”

“You don’t have to go that far…”

“But…!”

The events of her first exaltation, and the day she bit off Europa’s neck and drank her blood, coincided with the timing she said. It’s as if he, whom she thought was the cause, was just helping them out of guilt.

“…Haa…Then I’ll call you if I ever need a hand in the future.”

But as she expressed her gratitude to the giver of the cause, her burden restrained her.

Filling a vial with the blood he had duly drawn, she told her where she and her party were staying, and then left her room to ask if she had any questions.

Soon after, Ruitena and Europa came back together. As I stared at his face from a distance with a lot of nervous eyes, Sirius smiled and said.

“My lady, I’m not going anywhere, so please come in.”

“…Really? You’re not lying again, are you?”

“This time it’s for real. Sit down and I’ll tell you what happened.”

She patted the seat next to her on the sofa she was sitting on and asked her to sit down for the first time. I lay down on her sofa.

“…I told you to sit next to me…”

“I can still hear you, so tell me about it. I was so curious throughout the class that I couldn’t even concentrate.”

“Ehh, I don’t know if you’ll be able to get the top rank this semester.”

Europe hit his side fiercely at his sarcasm. Louis Thena, who smiled at the sight of the two of them, didn’t even prepare dinner for a while, but she hurried to the front door at the sound of a knock.

“Who are you…?”

Louie Tena, her eyes wide. A young knight dressed in gold armor with red rims, the symbol of the imperial family, entered.

“I’ve come to deliver the imperial order. Are Europa-sama and Sirius-sama inside?”

At the news of Hwangmyeong, the two people stood up and bowed on one knee in front of the knight. The knight who confirmed the appearance opened his mouth and opened the scroll he was holding.

“This is the order of Emperor Miridianus, the brilliant sun of the Empire.”

“I will listen carefully.”

When the woman with the highest rank among the two answered, the knight’s mouth opened again.

“Europe of the Taurus family and Sirius the butler will be able to attend the Imperial Court at noon tomorrow.”

“It’s over.”

After the knight’s words were finished, the two looked at each other’s faces and the knight’s face, confused by the sudden attendance.

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