The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire - The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire chapter 229

229 – Life Is a Flower. Love Is the Nectar of the Flower (16)

Time stopped for a moment.

A cliché expression used when faced with a situation so shocking that thinking stops.

I’ve seen it a lot in various books, and Apis himself has also used it occasionally.

Apis could definitely say that this was the first time she had encountered a situation that fit those words so perfectly.

”·····?”

”Ugh…!”

Dauna keeps blinking at Apis’ unexpected declaration that she is a virgin.

Apis, who was looking at her blank expression, suddenly blushed.

That blank reaction was because it was so far beyond Apis’s expectations that the resolve she had built up to say those words faded away in an instant.

I thought she was going to get angry or swear.

Downa’s dusky silence, which completely cut off the flow of conversation, was making Apis suffer again.

”Phew…”

Apis let out a heavy sigh and was lost in thought for a moment.

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Growing up in such a blessed environment, Downa’s arrogance grew to a level that she could only handle when her self-esteem reached rock bottom.

Her characteristic arrogant and irreverent words and actions, which are based on her attitude of looking down on others, are the exact opposite of Apis, who is hot-headed in everything.

It was a common occurrence in the hero party that a word she said without much thought would upset Apis and lead to violent fights.

In that turbulent situation, the only means by which Apis could silence Dauna was a love story.

Because I had never been able to make a real friend to her, let alone a lover.

In the face of Apis’ boast that she had met countless men over hundreds of years, she could not help but feel helpless.

Well, there are all these promiscuous women, no matter how hard she tries to raise her voice.

After Apis, who lifted the corner of her mouth with a laugh, mumbled the words, ‘On the subject of a virgin’, the liberation of the fight would always go towards Apis.

A ridiculous declaration that the author who ridiculed her whenever she had time was actually in the same situation as herself.

In a way, it was only natural for Apis to judge that Dauna would go on a rampage after hearing those words.

”If you didn’t hear me, I’ll say it again. I’m a virgin. Same as you.”

”·····Eh?”

Dauna shed her vain voice at the shocking declaration that was repeated.

Apis was pretending to be calm on the outside, but in reality, her insides were burning black.

Although he was chewing her lower lip and trying to control his her emotions her her her, he couldn’t do anything about his her long ears her her her, which were turning red from her her shame her of her her.

”What on earth is that…”

Dauna stuttered and opened her mouth.

Black eyes that flicker, like a lamp with little oil left.

Apis clearly witnessed the whitish light of reason blooming within him.

”Why? Don’t you believe me? What should I do, at least open my legs here?”

”─!?”

Dauna, who couldn’t even utter a single word, began to panic after Apis’ bold declaration.

This was because I couldn’t even guess what Apis’ intention was by saying and doing these things, considering that my head wasn’t even half as active as it normally was.

The person I had been chasing after, believing it to be Reisis, was actually Apis in disguise.

That fact alone makes my head pound unbearably.

Aren’t they going to start a fight?

He suddenly reveals that he is a b*tch.

Even in a sane state, the wave of dizzying information was enough to stop Downa’s mind and body for a while.

”Are you still alone like this?”

However, Apis’ angry voice was heard with indescribable clarity, like moonlight breaking through thick dark clouds.

”Ah, Api… Api… Su…?”

Jeopuk.

”Hi!”

Kwaang!

At that moment, the atmosphere in the surrounding area shook violently.

This was because Dauna, who had squeezed out what little magical power was left, used magic on Apis again.

What was the trigger was Apis’ confident steps toward Dauna’s direction.

With just one step, she tried to come towards him.

Even at a glance, Downa’s response to Apis’ behavior was excessive.

A wall of ice as tall as an adult stands between Apis and Dauna.

That clear refusal was a product of the amount of agitation and fear that Dowona was currently feeling.

”Cough, cough! Cough!”

Dauna poured blood from her mouth again.

It’s been a long time since we surpassed any limits.

Nevertheless, the reason Dauna is still able to move her body is due to the great influence of her twisted obsession with Lajith.

A precious bond that she gained for the first time in her life, and perhaps the last time in her life.

I want to feel that cozy warmth again.

I want to escape from the bitter cold that is creeping into that empty space of warmth.

If she misses this opportunity, she may end up alone again.

It was a hasty judgment on the part of Dowona, who was particularly bad at forming relationships with other people.

Now that her mind had been messed up by someone else’s hands, I had no reason left to guess how absurd her thoughts were.

”Ugh, ugh!”

Dauna, who had hidden her true form behind her huge wall of ice, seemed to be frightened by something about her, and she slowly took a step back.

The subject of that emotion was clear.

A mysterious being who utters words and actions of unknown meaning and endlessly evokes unknown emotions in one’s heart.

Apis.

Now I was feeling her vague fear towards her.

That level was nothing compared to when she fought against him.

It was truly ironic.

I’ve been secretly hoping and wishing to be deeply involved with someone, but in reality, I’m just trying to shoo away anyone who tries to get close to me.

However, the opponent Dauna was facing now was not one whose resourcefulness was such that she was able to escape with a trick that was worse than nothing.

Kwaang─!

Apis broke through Dauna’s ice wall by roughly kicking it with her feet and glared harshly at her.

”You idiot! It won’t pop out right away!?”

”Hi-!”

Dauna let out her terrified scream at Apis ‘relentless advance her.

The face of Apis, something I had never seen before and never even tried to see.

This was because the expression like a ferocious beast, distorted by soaring anger, alerted Downa to a crisis unprecedented in the past.

The magic power was just completely gone.

It was no longer possible to replace magic power with her her her her life her force her her her.

Therefore, now that all of her means she has been completely exhausted, there are no means left to fight against the violence in front of her.

Is there any other being as helpless as a mage who has run out of magic power?

Even if he was the strongest magician in mankind, he could not be free from the laws of the world.

Whoo!

It was right then.

Apis’ hand stretched out threateningly into the sky and roughly grabbed Dauna’s hand, which was floundering in the air.

Chuck!

”Uh, uh…?”

Dawna’s eyes suddenly became confused.

It wasn’t because part of the body was captured by Apis.

What truly surprised Downa were several things she realized afterward.

A faint warmth coming from our joined hands.

A very earnest, heartfelt emotion glimmering on the surface.

That’s something Dowona had forgotten for a while.

No, like the light of the sun at dawn, it was slowly reminding me of something I had not realized even though I knew it.

”Ah, Api… Su…?”

Dauna, who was sitting helplessly on the floor, was slowly lifted up by Apis by her arms.

It was at that moment that the original firearm began to return to the black eyes of Downa, who was struggling in the whirlwind of chaos.

”Even after this… Are you still alone…?”

Her entire body was in tatters, and Apis, who was barely able to stand, managed to speak with the last of her strength.

His expression her her was still grim, but his voice her was so calm and warm that it was hard to believe that it belonged to someone who had been shouting murderous words just a moment ago.

”Huh, huh!”

Yeah, why didn’t I realize it sooner?

You probably already knew it in the dictionary.

A person who sometimes fights and fights as if they are going to kill each other, but somehow feels empty when they are not seen.

A person who wants to throw you aside when he gets ahead, but who you can trust and entrust with your defenseless back.

People like that are usually.

”Now the light is coming on in my eyes… Anyway…”

”Ugh, ugh, ugh! Ah, Apis…”

Bad relationship. Or that they call me a friend.