“It’s Ibis. Ibis...”
Elysia repeated the name Bayen had given her in a slightly choked voice.
Although the new name seemed unfamiliar, he didn't seem to particularly dislike it.
But was it all a mistake?
A large tear rolled down from her eye.
“Why, why? Don’t you like the name? Should I change it to something else?”
When the surprised Bayen approached her urgently and asked, she quietly shook her head.
“No. I like it. I’m just a little scared...”
“Are you afraid? What is it?”
All he's done is give her a new name, so what's there to be afraid of?
He couldn't understand it at all.
But looking at her trembling shoulders, it seemed like her fear was real.
Bayen, trying to calm his bewildered mind, carefully grabbed her trembling shoulders and asked affectionately.
“What are you afraid of? Speak calmly. Then I will understand, yes?”
She shed tears as if her sorrow was increasing due to Bayen's gentle and soothing attitude. After a long while, she finally managed to catch her breath and open her mouth.
“The first person who gave me a name eventually abandoned me. That’s why I’m afraid of receiving the name you gave me. I feel like you’ll abandon me, too.”
“Elysia...”
“You’re all I have left now, and I’m afraid that you’ll abandon me too...”
She buried her face in Bayen's chest, unable to finish her words.
The hand that was tightly clutching his collar was shaking terribly.
Like a child trembling in fear of being abandoned by its mother.
'It must have been like this when she was abandoned by my mother.'
When she was dragged from living in the bright sunlight to this place where not a single ray of light enters, she must have pleaded like this.
She must have held onto the hem of her mother's clothes as she coldly threw her out, begging her not to abandon her, saying that she was scared.
'But still, mother...'
Bayen couldn't understand.
How could she let go of those tiny hands that were holding her? How could she turn away so coldly?
How can she... see this earnest gesture that breaks my heart just by looking at it?
Bayen, who had been biting his lips tightly, hugged her urgently.
“Don’t say that. I will always be by your side. I will never leave you alone. So don’t cry. If you cry, what will I...”
He didn't know what to do; he just couldn't get the words out.
Because Elysia, no, Ibis kissed him on the lips.
Bayen's pupils dilated to the point where they could not get any bigger.
He was embarrassed.
Even if they have different fathers, aren't they siblings who have the same mother?
But how can siblings do something like this?
Any sensible person should have rejected it immediately.
No matter how pitiful her situation was, this was unacceptable behavior.
But Bayen couldn't shake her off.
His heart pounded like crazy, and his whole body felt hot. The urge and intense desire to entangle his tongue with the tongue that was digging into his mouth and suck it up greedily pierced his chest.
Bayen, who was fiercely conflicted between reason and instinct, made a decision after a long time.
He held her trembling hand and wrapped his free hand around her waist.
He knew it was wrong.
But there was nothing he could do.
He doesn't know when it started, but maybe he had this woman in his heart.
Bayen thought, gripping her probing tongue harder.
Even if the whole world curses him for daring to have feelings for his half-sister, he will not regret today.
That's how they became lovers.
Despite their initial hesitation, they were passionately in love, and while they lusted after each other every day, they always felt inadequate and regretful.
But it wasn't necessarily passionate love that satisfied them.
“I’m home, Ibis. Did you sleep well last night?”
As he entered the underworld as usual, he lightly kissed Ibis on the lips.
A cold and chilly body temperature that contains the chill of the underground.
Still, his heart was filled with warmth like the spring sunshine.
He swore she was the only woman who could make his heart flutter with just such a light touch.
Bayen, who was smiling brightly, placed the basket he was carrying in front of her.
“Are you hungry? We’re having roast duck for breakfast this morning. I brought it because you seemed to enjoy it last time. Let’s eat it while it’s warm.”
A faint smile appeared on Elysia's lips as she put the flesh that Bayen had given her into her mouth and munched on it.
Even though it wasn't a very bright smile, this smile that she occasionally showed, which was a rare expression on her face, was the most beautiful and precious smile to him.
He kissed her round forehead in rapture.
After such a short meal, Bayen hugged Ibis, who was lying listlessly in his arms, and told her in an affectionate voice about the events of the day.
Ibis, who was always confined to the underworld, was delighted and listened attentively to even the most trivial stories.
“The stories you tell are all interesting. The food you bring is all delicious. I wish I could go to the human world someday.”
Bayen, who was playing with her hair, twisting it nicely, stopped.
Her words that she wished she could go to Inkei pierced his heart.
He wished he could take her out right away and show her around.
He wanted to put all the beautiful things he had seen in the world into her eyes.
But that was an impossible dream.
Because she was trapped here and was a dependent being.
So today, Bayen only gave her a short kiss to express his regret.
Then one day it happened.
Ibis, who was in his arms like any other day, spoke as if she had made up her mind.
“Janette, I don’t want to be stuck here any longer. I want to travel the world freely with you.”
“But Ibis, that’s...”
Bayen opened his mouth with an embarrassed expression.
Even though he hadn't even started talking properly, Ibis seemed to know what he was going to say and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.
“It’s okay. That barrier won’t stop me anymore. I have a feeling I can break it easily.”
“The problem isn’t breaking the barrier...”
“I know. Even if I break through that barrier, Hethel will find me right away. I know that it’s impossible to escape without her knowing.”
Why do you say that when you know that?
Bayen, who had been looking at his lover with eyes that showed incomprehension, was taken aback by the declaration that followed.
“So I’m going to bring down the goddess.”
“Ibis!”
Bayen turned her shoulder with a surprised expression.
“What the hell are you talking about...!”
It wasn't his intention to criticize the goddess for her irreverence.
It was only natural that she, who had been abandoned by the goddess, would harbor such impudent feelings.
The only problem is that she cannot defeat the goddess with her own strength.
The power of Ibis, based on darkness, was certainly strong, but it could not overcome light.
He couldn't send her into a battle where the outcome was already obvious.
Because that would mean losing her forever.
But Ibis seemed to have already made up his mind.
“Of course I can’t do it on my own. So you help me. You can do it.”
In an instant, Bayen's body froze.
What she said was true.
Bayen was born with the destiny to succeed the goddess as a god, and was the only being in the world with the ability to harness the goddess's power.
The goddess knew it too.
Because she often said, “I look forward to the world you will create after I pass away.”
But that was only possible after the goddess herself had destroyed herself.
Because he couldn't commit the heinous crime of killing the mother who gave birth to him with his own hands.
But how can you say something like that?
It was at that moment that he looked at Ibis with a stern expression.
“Janette, you told me. Become the master of my own life. Stop living under someone else’s blessing. As long as that person exists, I can’t live as myself. So...”
Help me.
A silent scream struck his heart.
Bayen's gaze slowly fell downwards.
The hand that was carefully grasping his collar was shaking miserably.
I'm afraid that even you, who gave me a new name, will abandon me, just like that day when I cried silently.
What did he say to her like that?
Bayen, who had been quietly closing his eyes and recalling that day, finally opened his eyelids after a long time.
In those bloodshot eyes that always made him shiver, there was a firmness of determination he had never seen before.
It was her dream.
The first dream she had in her heart was as she lived for thousands of years without a will, trapped in this barren underground world.
How could he shake off that dream?
Bayen let out a long sigh and met her eyes as if he had made up his mind.
“Yes, I will. I am always on your side. I will help you.”
Even if it means betraying his mother, who gave him flesh and blood.
Bayen quietly closed his eyes as the hot kiss finally came.
Elysia repeated the name Bayen had given her in a slightly choked voice.
Although the new name seemed unfamiliar, he didn't seem to particularly dislike it.
But was it all a mistake?
A large tear rolled down from her eye.
“Why, why? Don’t you like the name? Should I change it to something else?”
When the surprised Bayen approached her urgently and asked, she quietly shook her head.
“No. I like it. I’m just a little scared...”
“Are you afraid? What is it?”
All he's done is give her a new name, so what's there to be afraid of?
He couldn't understand it at all.
But looking at her trembling shoulders, it seemed like her fear was real.
Bayen, trying to calm his bewildered mind, carefully grabbed her trembling shoulders and asked affectionately.
“What are you afraid of? Speak calmly. Then I will understand, yes?”
She shed tears as if her sorrow was increasing due to Bayen's gentle and soothing attitude. After a long while, she finally managed to catch her breath and open her mouth.
“The first person who gave me a name eventually abandoned me. That’s why I’m afraid of receiving the name you gave me. I feel like you’ll abandon me, too.”
“Elysia...”
“You’re all I have left now, and I’m afraid that you’ll abandon me too...”
She buried her face in Bayen's chest, unable to finish her words.
The hand that was tightly clutching his collar was shaking terribly.
Like a child trembling in fear of being abandoned by its mother.
'It must have been like this when she was abandoned by my mother.'
When she was dragged from living in the bright sunlight to this place where not a single ray of light enters, she must have pleaded like this.
She must have held onto the hem of her mother's clothes as she coldly threw her out, begging her not to abandon her, saying that she was scared.
'But still, mother...'
Bayen couldn't understand.
How could she let go of those tiny hands that were holding her? How could she turn away so coldly?
How can she... see this earnest gesture that breaks my heart just by looking at it?
Bayen, who had been biting his lips tightly, hugged her urgently.
“Don’t say that. I will always be by your side. I will never leave you alone. So don’t cry. If you cry, what will I...”
He didn't know what to do; he just couldn't get the words out.
Because Elysia, no, Ibis kissed him on the lips.
Bayen's pupils dilated to the point where they could not get any bigger.
He was embarrassed.
Even if they have different fathers, aren't they siblings who have the same mother?
But how can siblings do something like this?
Any sensible person should have rejected it immediately.
No matter how pitiful her situation was, this was unacceptable behavior.
But Bayen couldn't shake her off.
His heart pounded like crazy, and his whole body felt hot. The urge and intense desire to entangle his tongue with the tongue that was digging into his mouth and suck it up greedily pierced his chest.
Bayen, who was fiercely conflicted between reason and instinct, made a decision after a long time.
He held her trembling hand and wrapped his free hand around her waist.
He knew it was wrong.
But there was nothing he could do.
He doesn't know when it started, but maybe he had this woman in his heart.
Bayen thought, gripping her probing tongue harder.
Even if the whole world curses him for daring to have feelings for his half-sister, he will not regret today.
***
That's how they became lovers.
Despite their initial hesitation, they were passionately in love, and while they lusted after each other every day, they always felt inadequate and regretful.
But it wasn't necessarily passionate love that satisfied them.
“I’m home, Ibis. Did you sleep well last night?”
As he entered the underworld as usual, he lightly kissed Ibis on the lips.
A cold and chilly body temperature that contains the chill of the underground.
Still, his heart was filled with warmth like the spring sunshine.
He swore she was the only woman who could make his heart flutter with just such a light touch.
Bayen, who was smiling brightly, placed the basket he was carrying in front of her.
“Are you hungry? We’re having roast duck for breakfast this morning. I brought it because you seemed to enjoy it last time. Let’s eat it while it’s warm.”
A faint smile appeared on Elysia's lips as she put the flesh that Bayen had given her into her mouth and munched on it.
Even though it wasn't a very bright smile, this smile that she occasionally showed, which was a rare expression on her face, was the most beautiful and precious smile to him.
He kissed her round forehead in rapture.
After such a short meal, Bayen hugged Ibis, who was lying listlessly in his arms, and told her in an affectionate voice about the events of the day.
Ibis, who was always confined to the underworld, was delighted and listened attentively to even the most trivial stories.
“The stories you tell are all interesting. The food you bring is all delicious. I wish I could go to the human world someday.”
Bayen, who was playing with her hair, twisting it nicely, stopped.
Her words that she wished she could go to Inkei pierced his heart.
He wished he could take her out right away and show her around.
He wanted to put all the beautiful things he had seen in the world into her eyes.
But that was an impossible dream.
Because she was trapped here and was a dependent being.
So today, Bayen only gave her a short kiss to express his regret.
Then one day it happened.
Ibis, who was in his arms like any other day, spoke as if she had made up her mind.
“Janette, I don’t want to be stuck here any longer. I want to travel the world freely with you.”
“But Ibis, that’s...”
Bayen opened his mouth with an embarrassed expression.
Even though he hadn't even started talking properly, Ibis seemed to know what he was going to say and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.
“It’s okay. That barrier won’t stop me anymore. I have a feeling I can break it easily.”
“The problem isn’t breaking the barrier...”
“I know. Even if I break through that barrier, Hethel will find me right away. I know that it’s impossible to escape without her knowing.”
Why do you say that when you know that?
Bayen, who had been looking at his lover with eyes that showed incomprehension, was taken aback by the declaration that followed.
“So I’m going to bring down the goddess.”
“Ibis!”
Bayen turned her shoulder with a surprised expression.
“What the hell are you talking about...!”
It wasn't his intention to criticize the goddess for her irreverence.
It was only natural that she, who had been abandoned by the goddess, would harbor such impudent feelings.
The only problem is that she cannot defeat the goddess with her own strength.
The power of Ibis, based on darkness, was certainly strong, but it could not overcome light.
He couldn't send her into a battle where the outcome was already obvious.
Because that would mean losing her forever.
But Ibis seemed to have already made up his mind.
“Of course I can’t do it on my own. So you help me. You can do it.”
In an instant, Bayen's body froze.
What she said was true.
Bayen was born with the destiny to succeed the goddess as a god, and was the only being in the world with the ability to harness the goddess's power.
The goddess knew it too.
Because she often said, “I look forward to the world you will create after I pass away.”
But that was only possible after the goddess herself had destroyed herself.
Because he couldn't commit the heinous crime of killing the mother who gave birth to him with his own hands.
But how can you say something like that?
It was at that moment that he looked at Ibis with a stern expression.
“Janette, you told me. Become the master of my own life. Stop living under someone else’s blessing. As long as that person exists, I can’t live as myself. So...”
Help me.
A silent scream struck his heart.
Bayen's gaze slowly fell downwards.
The hand that was carefully grasping his collar was shaking miserably.
I'm afraid that even you, who gave me a new name, will abandon me, just like that day when I cried silently.
What did he say to her like that?
Bayen, who had been quietly closing his eyes and recalling that day, finally opened his eyelids after a long time.
In those bloodshot eyes that always made him shiver, there was a firmness of determination he had never seen before.
It was her dream.
The first dream she had in her heart was as she lived for thousands of years without a will, trapped in this barren underground world.
How could he shake off that dream?
Bayen let out a long sigh and met her eyes as if he had made up his mind.
“Yes, I will. I am always on your side. I will help you.”
Even if it means betraying his mother, who gave him flesh and blood.
Bayen quietly closed his eyes as the hot kiss finally came.
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