Resurrection Report
The Black Witch, Iliana Kenifer, was in a state of extreme excitement upon confirming that the suddenly resurrected hidden final great hero standing before her Eun-hyeon was not a dream or an illusion, but the real thing.
"This isn't the time to just sit around! Come on, we need to go see Riod right now."
"W-Wait a second…."
Eun-hyeon grabbed Iliana's sleeve to stop the witch, who was trying to forcibly yank him to his feet. He was still kneeling on the floor, unable to stand due to the indescribable agony crashing over him from something precious between his legs that felt like it had shattered.
Having lived a long life and endured countless wounds and pains, he'd thought himself accustomed to most forms of suffering. But this was a pain unlike anything he'd ever experienced—a searing torment that wracked his entire body, making him tremble uncontrollably, his legs refusing to support him no matter how hard he tried.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"……."
Iliana, the culprit herself, tilted her head innocently with a puzzled expression. Eun-hyeon looked up at her with a gaze that went beyond exasperation, bordering on disbelief.
The perpetrator, who couldn't possibly understand his agony, cocked her head so naturally that for some reason, he couldn't even muster anger.
"Did I kick you too hard? Does it hurt that much?"
"It's not just 'hard'—it's…."
This crazy bitch just burst mine.
He opened his mouth to spit out the curse, but at that precious moment with Iliana right there, Eun-hyeon had to hold his tongue.
Explaining a man's pain to a woman like Iliana would be pointless from the start.
As he pondered how to even broach the subject, Iliana grew impatient at his silence and furrowed her brow.
"If you can't move, just stay put. We need to get going."
"Hey, wait—just a little longer until the pain eases up…."
He couldn't immediately rewind time on his shattered precious gemstone because the overwhelming agony surging through his body made it impossible to focus enough to activate his authority.
He needed time to grow even slightly accustomed to this hellish pain and regain the concentration to trigger Time Rewind. But the witch ignored his plea entirely and immediately invoked high-rank digit magic.
[Eight-Digit High Magic]
[Teleport]
⟨ Teleport ⟩
Wuuuung—
"Damn it—!"
Eun-hyeon realized too late that Iliana had cast the spell, a magic circle forming beneath them on the floor. He tried to stop her in shock, but the resonance of mana filled the air as the magic activated. A blue light engulfed both Eun-hyeon and Iliana.
As the mana light consumed them and teleportation whisked them away, a man's voice laced with a sigh echoed.
"Haa…. Iliana, I told you this is my mansion. Don't just teleport in whenever you feel like it—use the front door like I've said a million times…."
"Who cares about that crap! Look, Riod! See who I brought!"
"Brought? Who the hell…?!"
The brown-haired middle-aged man, who had been scowling at documents on his desk, looked up at Iliana's urging. His face hardened as he spotted the silver-haired man trembling on the floor. He swallowed hard.
"Eun…hyeon…?"
"Ha, haha… Riod…. Glad to see you, but… I can't exactly greet you with a happy heart right now. Bear with me…."
Eun-hyeon gave a wry smile upon seeing Riod Olivion, the knight who had swept battlefields alongside Iliana. Riod's expression turned subtle as he took in Eun-hyeon's state and asked,
"…Why are you collapsed on the floor like that, unable to get up?"
Joy, shock, and bewilderment swirled within him at the sight of a comrade they'd personally buried—not as a corpse, but alive after so long. Yet ultimately, he voiced the question prompted by Eun-hyeon's current pitiful state.
In response to Riod's question, Eun-hyeon pointed a shaky finger at Iliana.
"She… kicked me right between the legs. Hard…."
"……."
Riod, grasping the cause, scowled deeply and glared at Iliana.
"How could you do something so brutal…."
"What? You guys kept charging through battlefields with swords stuck in you, gritting your teeth. You Can't handle this one little thing?"
To Iliana, it was incomprehensible that heroes like Eun-hyeon—who had endured countless pains and dangers to win the war—couldn't tough out this one agony.
Rather than sympathy, she stared at him like he was some demon, while Riod's pitying look only fueled her irritation, leading her to grumble.
"Huuuuh…."
After a deep breath, Eun-hyeon finally grew somewhat accustomed to the infernal pain. He focused to activate his time authority.
Having to adapt to this kind of bullshit pain is ridiculous.
With that thought, he triggered the power.
[Eun-hyeon's Unique Ability]
[Time Rewind]
The overwhelming pain that had ravaged his body gradually faded, and the sensation of his precious gem—shattered by the witch—restoring itself brought a sigh of relief at last.
As he cautiously moved his legs and stood, the lingering aftereffects of the pain naturally twisted his expression.
"You okay now?"
"Eh, somewhat…. Mind if I sit on the sofa for a bit?"
"Sure."
Riod nodded, rising from his desk and walking over to join Eun-hyeon and Iliana at the table.
"How are you even here? We personally buried your body back then…. And now, your body… it's alive."
Though twenty years had passed since the war's end and Eun-hyeon's burial, his appearance hadn’t changed at all.
It was not surprising at all compared to the fact that the dead rose from the grave and came back to life with bodies flowing with blood.
Iliana nodded her head as if agreeing with Riod’s words, and was looking through her silver strings.
Eun-hyeon smiled bitterly and pondered how to explain this situation.
‘Maybe it’s time to reveal it now.’
Until now, what he had been evasive about without revealing the relationship between himself, the ‘Apostle’, and ‘God’ included the consideration of his colleagues who did not hesitate to ask Eun-Hyun’s intentions.
“I can’t really explain it properly. But… I’ll tell you someday.”
After the conversation with Riod, Eunhyun, who arrived at Iliana’s house via teleport, looked at Iliana with a tired gaze.
The reason why I admired the seemingly grand exterior and size of the house was because, as soon as I entered the interior, I saw piles of garbage and clothes piled up, and I was speechless at the messy interior of the house.
She hated being bothered by everything, and did not touch any housework such as cleaning, washing, or eating, and said that a housekeeper would come to her house regularly and take care of the laundry and cleaning in her house.
The only thing she eats as a meal is ‘Energy Bar’, a high-calorie biscuit-type snack sold in the city. Dozens of boxes piled up in the living room.
Most of the garbage that naturally occurs in the house is the label paper of the energy bar.
It is said that there are mysterious rumors about how on earth they can live for 20 years with only this, and people who are curious about the identity of the landlord who does not even know their face.
They only paid to come and clean this place without a lock, and because of the landlord who was away every time they came, the housekeepers didn’t even know that the owner of this house was Iliana, one of the great heroes who saved the world.
She insisted on cleaning together, but she left behind Iliana, who refused to lift her hand, saying it was annoying, and finished cleaning and washing the house, and Eunhyun, who washed her body, threw herself onto the bed in the room Iliana gave her. .
“How was he still alive? Until now…”
It reminds me of Iliana’s proud face, who seems to have no shame at all even though her clothes are messy and she showed her underwear to Eun-hyeon.
Moreover, it seems that she has been eating only biscuits-type energy bars for three meals a day, to the point where I thought that she had lived well without suffering from malnutrition.
“What do I do now…”
Eunhyun was wandering around.
In the empire where the tomb was, there were many processes and time in the process of coming here.
However, even after that long time has passed, her goddesses as apostles do not answer Eun-hyeon’s question.
In this world now, there is no threat to destroy the world, and many countries have formed alliances to restore the damage from the war 20 years ago, and the whole world is living each day with strength.
“It is peaceful…”
In the peaceful underworld, he did not decide or think about what he had to do.
As he revived, he lost his goal of what to do, and now Eun-hyeon was wandering.
In the end, without coming to any conclusion, he closed his eyes and quietly fell asleep.
Eunhyun had a very busy life after him.
First of all, since Iliana did not lift a hand from her, the first half of her family’s household life was basically Eun-hyeon’s responsibility.
Aside from cooking and cleaning, I wonder if there is a slight problem in leaving the washing of clothes and underwear to myself without any shame.
The two of them lived and spent time together, and there was no major problem in their cohabitation, except for Iliana looking at her Eun-hyeon with her disgruntled gaze from time to time.
And one day after about 3 months.
knock
“Come in.”
Upon hearing the knocking sound, Eun-hyeon allowed the visitor to enter the room without looking back.
This house was Iliana’s house, and since only the two of them lived together, Iliana was the only one who came to Eun-hyeon’s room.
Eun-hyeon continued to sit at his desk, sorting through the jewelry and artifacts on the table.
“What are you doing?”
“I robbed a few dungeons when I came here, so I was sorting them out…”
“...Is that the all of jewels and artifacts form going into several dungeons?”
“Well, I ate a little too much.”
Eun-hyeon answered with a bitter smile.
“Sure… Whoa…”
Iliana, who calmed her mind through small inhalations and exhalations, looked at Eun-hyeon’s back, who was sitting at his desk and concentrating on sorting with a determined expression.
He always takes care of himself, and Iliana, who has stared at the back of a man who has led her until now, slowly moves her body and approaches Eun-hyeon.
“I told you. I will give you a room, let you sleep, and feed you.”
“Oh yeah, you did.”
“I also told you not to go anywhere again?”
“Did you say that?”
“What? Did you?”
“No, you said that then kicked my crotch. It hurts so bad that I could not hear you properly.”
“…”
Iliana made an agitated expression, but it was impossible for Eun-hyeon, who was concentrating on his desk, to notice Iliana’s expression behind him.
“What… right. Then pay the rent.”
“Rent? How much?”
“Not with money.”
“Objects? Well, to make me pay in something expensive.”
While arranging the jewels and artifacts, Eun-hyeon smiled and replied.
“It is more valuable than expensive and only you can give it to me.”
“Only I can? What is that…”
“You.”
At Iliana’s short words, Eun-hyeon’s hand holding his jewel stopped.
It wasn’t just the hand that stood tall.
As if Eun-hyeon’s entire body had become a hard stone, despite Iliana’s sudden remark, he couldn’t even look back and remained frozen.
Recognizing Eun-hyeon’s condition, she was clearly beginning to be agitated, and Iliana opened her mouth to deliever more blows.
Taking a step forward.
“I want you.”
Another step.
“I want to have your heart.”
Yet another step.
“I love you.”
Arriving behind Eun-hyeon, Illyana wrapped her arms around Eun-hyeon’s shoulders and hugged him tightly.
Eun-hyeon felt the arm wrapped around his neck
It was strange because the arms Iliana was hugging him with was bare skin, not the robe she usually wore.
Then, on the day of the final battle in the past, he remembered her confession that had stopped him.
(I… I have something to tell you. If even the emperor is torn apart, I…)
(I’ll live to hear it. I promise)
(…Do you really promise?)
‘…I forgot.’
Eun-hyeon hardened his face at the fact that he had put off her lifelong decision and forgot about it until now, and released Illyana’s arms from around his neck.
“Illyana, that… Uh…?”
Eun-hyeon, who hurriedly turned around, saw her Iliana clothes and couldn’t continue his words.