I’m Hunting My Enemy - Chapter 105

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105. Yosua (5)

No one could enter Ryuie’s quarters.

Ryuie, who had even refused to bring in a maid, said she could take care of herself and drove everyone away.

‘As long as Agatos can possess other people’s bodies, I can’t trust anyone.’

Even though she had become an ally cooperating with Agatos, Ryuie didn’t trust that god.

She needed time alone.

As Ryuie undressed to simply wash her body, she suddenly realized that not a speck of dust or dirt had gotten into her hair. The scent of the fragrant oil she had used when washing her hair was still there unchanged.

As if it would never be defiled.

“Ha.”

Suddenly remembering who had touched her hair, Ryuie strode toward her luggage.

Taking out scissors, Ryuie didn’t even put her fingers through the handles but spread them wide and cut like a blade in one swift motion.

Hair cut diagonally fell heavily to the floor.

Feeling the cool breeze touching her nape for a brief moment, Ryuie waited. Then, just as she turned her head slightly, black strands of hair rippled and fell below her chest again.

Everything had been restored to its original state.

Ryuie stared down at her black hair as if looking at a dead snake.

It was indeed the work of the same god.

‘Just like with Glem.’

The moment when she had laughed joyfully while cutting Glem’s hair felt like a distant past.

Back then, Glem’s sulky face upon seeing his hair grown back to its original length was the cutest thing in the world…

Bang!

Ryuie slammed her head against her luggage.

‘Am I really going insane?’

Still holding the scissors, Ryuie pressed her forehead.

No matter how much people pointed fingers saying she was doing crazy things, Ryuie had never thought of herself as insane.

She had only thought that other people were just cowards and incompetent.

But now it really felt like madness was sprouting inside her mind.

‘When Glem was alive, I could only think of Yosua, and now that Yosua is alive, why can I only think of Glem?’

Why can’t I love the person who’s right next to me now?

Her inability to accept the claim that the two were the same person was along the same lines.

She couldn’t think of them as identical.

The temperature that the two brought was so different that it made things worse.

It was hard to come to her senses.

Strength entered Ryuie’s hands as she became absorbed in her emotions. Just when her palm might have been cut.

Click.

The two blades of the scissors closed.

“…”

Ryuie stared for a moment at the scissors that had moved in a direction she hadn’t touched.

No one was still visible inside the quarters.

“…This is much more unpleasant than I thought.”

Ryuie muttered quietly.

“Sneaking in and watching.”

“I wouldn’t have done it either if you hadn’t done it first.”

Yosua’s answer came from the empty air. Ryuie’s eyes darkened to a deep color.

This time she had scissors in her hand.

It was an excellent weapon to stab Yosua with, but Yosua, who had closed the scissor blades before her hand could be cut, had already retreated far away.

She could have stabbed all around with the scissors trying to pierce the invisible opponent, but she didn’t want to because it would obviously make her look pathetic.

Instead, Ryuie adjusted her grip on the scissors so they wouldn’t slip.

“Do I seem like someone who only does unpleasant things?”

“When you came to find me, I wasn’t unpleasant.”

“I’m sure you weren’t.”

Ryuie spoke sarcastically while subtly moving her feet toward the direction of Yosua’s voice.

But Yosua didn’t answer.

‘What provocation should I try next?’

Getting a clear direction was important. Ryuie continued asking questions while moving slowly to look natural.

“Did you only learn thievery in Glem’s body? You used to refuse even things others stole for you.”

“…”

“When I become the demon lord.”

“…”

Ryuie slowly walked in a circle inside the quarters. Since there was no sound of fabric moving, Yosua hadn’t left yet.

“How do you keep following me here? You have no horse or magic.”

“Skill.”

Taking advantage of a brief moment when her mind was distracted, the scissors slipped out from under her hand once again.

Yosua had completely confiscated them.

“Hey!”

The scissors that had passed into Yosua’s hands instantly became invisible.

‘Damn magic tool.’

Making the performance too good was also a problem.

Of course, when she used them herself, it was only natural to use the highest quality, so it couldn’t be helped.

Ryuie tried to look for other weapons, but then Yosua would definitely snatch them away again.

She didn’t want to be held in Yosua’s arms again. She really didn’t want a body that gave off such a different scent from Glem to interfere in an already confusing situation.

Ryuie gave up on tracking and crossed her arms.

“Why did you come?”

“Because I missed you.”

The direction from which Yosua’s voice came kept changing, creating the illusion that he existed everywhere around her.

“I’ll just watch you sleep and then leave.”

“Do you think I can fall asleep with you here?”

At those words, Yosua laughed in a low voice. In a tone that completely misunderstood.

“That’s good too. You being unable to sleep because you’re thinking of me.”

“Hah.”

This damn cursed Crown Prince.

Harsh words she had never even said to Glem kept trying to burst out.

‘This is why I’m still confused.’

With Glem, she could actually act like a proper Duke’s daughter. Back then, Glem’s role was that of a completely messed-up mercenary.

But now that he had returned to Yosua’s body, he had completely changed into imperial etiquette as if nothing had happened, speaking in a gentle and kind voice.

‘Why is he acting like that?’

He was definitely doing it on purpose.

If he was trying to drive her crazy to break the oath, at least that would make sense.

“You stayed away for ten whole years saying the oath might be fulfilled if I was by your side. Now you’re being too much.”

“Back then, I firmly believed there would be a way somewhere else. Now I know well that there’s no method anywhere to save us.”

Yosua spoke of despair in a voice sweet enough to melt eardrums.

Only then did Ryuie finally feel somewhat inclined to talk with Yosua.

“Did you finally give up on me?”

“I decided not to die in your place.”

Yosua said cheerfully.

“Since I already died once by your hand.”

“…”

Ryuie covered her mouth with her hand to hide the corners of her lips that were slightly rising.

Right, she had done such a thing.

Ryuie had already considered whether her constant thoughts of Glem might be due to guilt.

But absolutely, not at all, it definitely wasn’t guilt.

Ryuie swore to the gods—though right now the gods who received oaths were even less trustworthy, but anyway—she asserted it wasn’t guilt.

“I’m rather glad you have spare lives? I can kill you multiple times.”

“You’re not the only one who can hunt me.”

Yosua said calmly.

“I’m hunting you right now too. Don’t you know?”

“…?”

Ryuie suddenly raised her guard, worried that Yosua might jump out from somewhere again.

Something extremely lethal, like a sword, or rope, or gun, or Yosua’s body. Whatever.

Seeing Ryuie’s deeply furrowed brow, Yosua laughed again.

“Haha. Not here.”

“Not here?”

“When you completely succeed, I’ll be right next to you.”

It was a sentence filled with sufficient vengeful intent. The problem was that just listening to Yosua’s words, it didn’t sound like he was trying to get revenge at all.

Ryuie rarely spoke her true feelings.

“I really don’t understand you anymore, Yosua. I think Glem was the only person I properly understood.”

“Glem is gone now.”

“You were my Glem.”

“And you erased him.”

Glem’s only purpose was Ryuie. Predicting his actions and reading his emotions was easy.

But becoming Yosua felt like starting everything over from the beginning.

Even though the person who had promised to marry her and fallen in love with her was originally Yosua, not Glem.

‘My God, Yosua was my first love.’

Ryuie’s heart churned.

And if things continued like this, there was a very high possibility that Glem would become her last love.

‘Crazy.’

“…I just had a truly terrible thought.”

“What was it?”

“It’s really the worst.”

The reality that only those two people remained as love in her life.

This world was wrong.

When Ryuie made a nauseated expression, she could feel Yosua’s footsteps moving.

“As expected, I have to kill Rkultu to fix it.”

Swoosh!

Thinking she had made him sufficiently off-guard, Ryuie suddenly embraced the air.

If she did well, she might be able to catch Yosua.

Either left or right.

It was a fifty-fifty chance, but it seemed luck wasn’t on her side.

Ryuie, who had failed to catch the invisible Yosua and ended up embracing hot air instead, ground her teeth.

Yosua’s laughter could be heard again.

“Lie down.”

“Shut up.”

“We have a long journey tomorrow, and if you doze off on horseback, you’ll fall.”

“You’ll catch me then anyway, won’t you, Yosua?”

Ryuie retorted sarcastically with an extremely annoyed expression. The response came not in words but in action. Yosua’s hand lightly brushed across Ryuie’s stomach.

“Yeah.”

“…!”

Ryuie’s stomach suddenly felt cold as she swung her arms wildly.

It was just an example of how he would catch her. Yosua made no further contact.

But.

‘Annoying. Damn Yosua!’

“Aaaaah!”

That day, Ryuie spent the entire day throwing blankets around the bed, searching for Yosua until she might get lucky and hit him.

Unfortunately, as if he had left before falling into any trap, Yosua didn’t accidentally get caught in the blankets and reveal his location even by mistake.

‘Should I pour ink next time?’

She should make an ink moat that he’d have to step through before entering the camp.

Then even if his body was hidden, at least she’d be able to see where he went.

‘Besides, Yosua hadn’t really left.’

Because Ryuie had kept holding out that day, and just before she finally fell asleep after holding out all day, she had a faint feeling that someone had kissed her near the eyes and left.

The problem was that she couldn’t tell whether it was a dream or reality.

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