TMTNO - Chapter 43



“I, I want to touch the palm of God’s hand.”

The priest's face was very pale.

As I nodded, the priest knelt down in front of me. He then took my hand and began to rub his lips against my palm.

The priest's lips were soft and supple.

But it was a strange feeling, different from any other lip sensation I knew.

Suddenly, someone's lips came to mind, and I pulled my hand back.

The priest's green eyes widened, as if he didn't know what had happened.

I tapped the priest's cheek because it didn't seem like he would move if I just left him alone.

“Ah, ah! Ah!”

What's his reaction?

“Bring me my shoes.”

The library's floor was made of wood, so it wasn't cold.

But I can't just leave without taking my shoes, so you have to pack them.

“I will give you a new one.”

The priest, blushing and holding my shoes, knelt before me.

It felt strange when he held my feet and put on my shoes.

It felt like the other person regarded me as a rational being rather than a god.

The sight of a priest who appears to be worshipping but at the same time feels sexually aroused was disgusting.

It's reminding me that I'm perfectly suited to be the heroine of a novel.

I ignored the ecstatic priest and said what I wanted.

“There’s a book here that I always check the status of. Could you tell me where it is?”

“Yes, yes, yes. Yes!”

The priest, who had suddenly come to his senses, jumped to his feet and stepped on his clothes. I watched him stumble and fall.

The priest, who had gotten up on his own, put his glasses back on and stood at attention in front of me.

“What do you want to see, God?”

“What I asked is a secret. Can you swear to it?”

“Yes, yes! Yes, yes!”

The priest's glasses slipped down again as he nodded fervently. He quickly put them back on.

“Tell me which of the following books is on the shelf that relates to what I am talking about.”

“Yes, my God.”

“The door to the world, the last door.”

And what else is there?

Can we say that this is a way to go to another dimension?

“If it’s that book, it’s this way.”

My brief hesitation was in vain; the priest immediately guided me somewhere. Up one level, to a space in the far corner.

Even just skimming the titles of the books, it seemed to have everything I needed.

“I don’t know if a book like this exists. God is different.”

“This is an important book, so I need to make sure it is well taken care of.”

“Yes, is there anything else I can help you with?”

I forced a smile at the priest who seemed determined to annoy me.

“I saw you were doing something earlier. Finish it. I like people who are diligent in their work.”

"All right."

The priest nodded vigorously, and as soon as he moved away, I took out the book and scroll.

“The door to the world, the door, the last door...”

I was able to get some interesting information from a thin book, instead of just sending away seven thick books and five scrolls.

Yeah, I've never seen a thick book or anything like that.

“How to turn back time...?”

It had nothing to do with what I needed right now, but the title was so intriguing.

“The ability to turn back time is one of the secret truths, along with traveling through dimensions.”

Oh, the handwriting looks clever too.

I read the text quickly.

- What you need is 'a wish, a promise with the god who created the world, and a key'.

The key was the same one needed for the door you had to pass through to travel through the dimensions.

“However, in this case, the key used will be destroyed in that world, so be careful.”

When I cross the door, my very existence becomes the key and does not disappear.

But they say that when you turn back time, you disappear, so if you use me as a key, I disappear, right?

Ugh, that's scary.

Now that I think about it, you said that the book you used as a key to summon me also disappeared.

It seemed like there was more to the book, but a chill ran down my spine, so I quickly closed the book and put it back where I had left it.

"Hmm..."

If I succeed in returning home, I can go back and meet my senior and ask him about it, and things will be clear.

Perhaps the lost latter part of [The Chronicles of Retri Extra] was taken by a senior.

But the reason he bothered to read the back of the printed copy I had was because he probably didn't know Korean when he first got the book.

Because Yuno also said at first that he didn't know the writing.

In this world, there is no one as academically intelligent as Yuno, so the senior clearly couldn't read the book.

What's certain is that I have no problem just crossing the door.

Even if there are things in this world that I don't know, I am certain that what I know is the truth.

“Phew...”

I spent a long time searching through the data to find the door at the end of the world.

The light coming through the window told me that quite some time had passed.

“Eek.”

It would be a problem if Bilau found out I wasn't in the room.

I quickly went down to the first floor and straightened my clothes before the priest saw me.

It has to look mysterious.

As if he had been waiting for me to come down, the priest came over with a bright face as soon as he saw me.

“God, what else do you need?”

“It is time to return to heaven.”

He lifted his lips and smiled kindly.

“I’ll be back tomorrow, so make sure you clean up well.”

The priest, who was about to see me off, stood there, nodding fervently. I quickly left the library while he picked up his glasses that had fallen on the floor.

***

It was the time when the priests dispersed after their group activities, but when I left, there were many people inside the temple, which had been deserted.

It seemed difficult to charm them as a group, so I hid and returned to Bilau's room.

“Phew.”

Luckily, I managed to get to the empty room without encountering anyone.

After checking that my shoes and clothes were clean, I lay down on the bed.

As I was closing my eyes, I heard someone coming in.

“Oh, are you sleeping?”

“Are you here?”

The person who came in was the owner of the room, and I sat up as if I was very happy to see him.

“Oh, you were lying down.”

Bilau smiled broadly and placed the tray he was holding on the table.

“You must be hungry, so please eat quickly.”

Since I was hungry, I didn't refuse and went over to the tray containing soup, bread, and fruit and sat down.

As I started eating the soup, Bilau sat down next to me and stared at me.

I didn't feel very good about the observation, but I couldn't tell him not to look.

“Would you like to try this too?”

Bilau took something wrapped in paper out of his sleeve pocket.

“It’s a fried snack.”

It was something like a cookie with a flower in the middle of an oval-shaped dough.

“Yes, I want to eat.”

I gazed at it for a long time, as it was so pretty, and then my eyes met with Bilau's. Then he closed his eyes tightly.

“If you like it, I’ll bring it to you again next time.”

"great."

Although I was very concerned about Bilau's gaze, I pretended not to care and smiled brightly, munching on cookies.

“Here, there are crumbs.”

The priest reached out and brushed the cookie crumbs from the corner of my mouth.

White, pretty fingers without a single protruding joint.

It reminded me of Shish's fingers.

Ah, Shish.

He fell into the middle of the ocean. Will he be okay?

Dietrich is strong, so he'll be fine, and Shish... I think he'll survive somehow.

Because that's the kind of person he is.

My nose felt a little tingly, so I tried to shake off distracting thoughts and focus on eating.

After we finished eating, the priest, as if he had been waiting, asked for payment for the meal.

“Please let me touch your hand today.”

Bilau was laughing, remembering that I told him not to touch my hand while observing it yesterday.

“Is it okay to allow hand contact today?”

"Yes."

After I finished answering, the priest took my hand in his large hands. He made me open and close my fingers and measured the size of my hand.

“It’s really amazing.”

It's only been two days since I saw him, but he's the most emotionally explicit I've ever seen.

“Wow, people’s hands can be so different.”

Eventually, he started touching my hand with both of his.

The priest's calloused palms were similar to Dietrich's, yet different.

“I just found out.”

A faint smile appeared on Bilau's lips.

“Even if it’s the same woman, depending on who it is, the person touching her can feel so different...”

Suddenly, a red alarm started to sound in the midst of what was almost a muttering.

Eeeeeeeeeeng!

The urge to pull my hand back surged through me, but the man in front of me might use this as an excuse to do something worse.

So I held it in for a while, and then the priest pulled my hand to his mouth.

His pink lips opened, and a red tongue came out from within.

I wondered if it was what I thought, but I told myself it wasn't.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

But, mercilessly, the red alert sounds?

As expected, the tongue licked my palm. It was where the priest had rubbed his lips earlier.

“It’s sweet.”

Billau, who moved from my palm and licked my fingers repeatedly, was amazed.

“Very sweet.”

Is this deja vu?

I felt like crying because I knew what was going to happen next.

“Your hands are warm to the touch. I wonder if the rest of your body feels the same.”

This is what Yuno said.

Do I still remember how he licked my cheek, wondering what the rest of my body looked like?

“I look forward to the day when I can taste your other side.”

Bilau's green eyes were burning with heat.

Are all people who are obsessed with knowledge like this?

This one is even more dangerous because there is no control device!


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