TL: Zimmings
Jeong Mina lost both parents as soon as she was born, but she was adopted by a childless relative and grew up well.
Her adoptive parents were not bad parents.
Rather, they are overly good parents from the perspective of others.
They had a beautiful house on an expensive land.
A garden that the gardener has carefully taken care of.
Once a month, they went on a trip in the name of Minaâs hands-on learning.
Minaâs car was always waiting on her way home from school, and if there was no schedule, she went on a trip.
Growing up under adoptive parents, Mina did not know that she was lucky.
She was a child loved by people around her.
The teacher sometimes secretly called Mina and gave her workbooks and snacks, and she was always the center among her friends.
Looking back now, she had a happy childhood.
Minaâs misfortune happened during her class president election when she was in elementary school.
She had a close friend who she had been with all day at school, and one day he started avoiding Mina.
Her parents said he did that because he was depressed due to his family circumstances.
Mina called her friend after school and said harshly.
âI know youâre upset because of your family circumstances, but itâs not right to avoid friends.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âLetâs get along well again. No matter what your situation is, Iâm your friend.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âWe will have lunch together again tomorrow, okay?â
ââ¦â¦ No.â
âWhat? I said I donât care about your situation!â
âI just donât want to be with youâ¦â¦â
â⦠Huh?â
The child, who grabbed his pants tightly, looked at Mina.
âYou always do whatever you want..â¦.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âI donât want to play soccer or dodgeball. I want to play games, but I have to go play with you all the time, and if I donât, theyâll scold me.â¦.â
âYou are mean.â
âWhat?â
âThen you shouldâve said no. You hated me and pretended to be friends. How can you be so mean?â
ââ¦â¦.â
âBut Iâll forgive you. People say that we grow up by making mistakes. So, letâs be friends again.â
âAll the other kids do too.â
âWhat?â
âEveryone else is like that too. The teacher, too!â
The boy screamed.
âItâs because if we fight with you, your mom will give other moms a hard time. Jeongmin said that the teacher adores you because they received money!â
âDonât lie!â
Both of them ended up fighting.
Only after the teacher came did the two seperate.
And he was the only one who got in trouble.
Since then, she had many doubts.
âIs my world real?â
Wasnât it a world created by her adoptive parents?
It was after Minaâs stepfather was put in prison that she knew the speculation was true. Under the face of her stepfather, who appeared in the news, there was a caption about embezzlement.
Her sweet world has fallen apart.
A house like a palace turned into a shabby villa, and there was no more kindness from her teachers or friends.
Her house that used to be filled with snacks was now filled with alcohol.
When she came back home, she always smelled alcohol. Her heavily drunk mother grabbed Minaâs face and drank.
âMy pretty baby. My Mina, you look just like me.â
Mina shook off her arm roughly and shouted.
âWeâre not related. Why am I your baby?â
She fell down, couldnât say anything, and stared blankly at Mina.
Mina was sick and tired of her situation.
She threw her bag and ran out of the house. She wandered aimlessly for a long time but there was nowhere to go.
âThis is not my world.â
The world she wants, the real world of hers, is elsewhere.
She sat squatting on the river bank and cried for a long time before falling asleep.
And in her dreamsâ¦â¦.
âCrying again. What should I do with this crybaby?â
âIf you are tired, you can rest.â
âMina.â
âMina.â
Andâ¦
âIâll give you my name. No misfortune or hardship will flood your daily life in the future. Mina Amity.â
She learned that there is a real world of hers.
Her real world is heart-warming.
âAhhhh-!!â
It was painful as if her whole body was torn apart. Her field of view is all red, and the Leblaine in front of her is blurry.
Leblaine grabbed her collar roughly.
âAhh!â
Beep beep-
A sound crossed the minds of the two.
Silence has come to the world.
***
When I opened my eyes, it was bright.
As I looked around, I saw a girl who had collapsed on the floor getting up.
âHereâ¦â¦.â
The child who looks very much like Mina.
I hurriedly looked down at my body.
âI become young too.â
Mina, who was fixing her hair, saw me.
âYou, no way⦠Leblaine?â
âStay still.â
I looked around again.
âThatâs it.â
It was the space of light where Serga and Neliard met in my dreams.
Here, Serga was covered in a shabby robe, and Neliardâs face was invisible.
âGodâs spaceâ¦â
It wasnât that I could put Neliardâs soul on my motherâs body Mina occupied.
âThe body that inherited the blood of Neliard was a passage to Godâs space.â
It wasnât a dream that I came to this space the other day.
I, who had my motherâs blood, was also a descendant of Neliard.
Thatâs why I came to Godâs space through my own body before.
Mina frowned.
âWhat are you talking about? Where in the world did you bring me!â
âShut your mouth.â
âYouâ¦â
Mina, who was glaring at me fiercely, clenched her teeth.
âHow long are you going to disturb me?â
âIâm organizing my thoughts, so please donât bother me and stay still.â
âI tried to understand you.â
âAre you trying to understand me by doing the summoning ritual again? Donât be silly.â
âIt was for the world.â
I took a deep breath with my head down and looked at Mina.
âIâm sure there was a time like that. But not now. You tried to summon only for yourself. It wasnât for the world.â
âAre you saying Iâm the bad girl now?â
âCanât you just shut up?â
âLeblaine!â
âWhat!!â
When I shouted louder than Mina, she gasped.
I waved my hands and looked into my pockets.
âCommunication device, communicationâ¦â
Thenâ¦
Bang!
A condensed circle of divine power flew past my cheeks.
The caster was Mina.
Blood drips down from my cheeks.
âI made up my mind now. I wonât lose anything to you anymore. I will bring back my precious people who you have made evil.â
After touching the blood with my fingertips, I slowly looked at Mina.
â⦠You started first?â
âWhat?â
I rushed to Mina at once.
She screamed and was laid under me.
âMove!â
âIf you told me to get out of the way, would that be a fight?â
And slap!
Mina, who was slapped by me, trembled.
âYou⦠youâ¦â¦!â
âIâve been in a lot of fights in the back alleys for 10 years!â
âThisâ¦â¦!â
I suppressed Minaâs arm with my divine power.
âI thought I couldnât use it.â
I was a little worried because the vent was blocked by the contract with Gremory, but I knew I could when I saw Mina, who was in worse shape than me, use it.
In this space, divine power may be used without limitation.
Mina who had a pope-level divine power was bound to have more, but I had the upper hand when it came to a space where the divine power could be used without restrictions.
Mina tapped my back with her knee.
âI wonât let you go!â
âThis is reallyâ¦!â
Just then,
âChild.â
A manâs voice was heard.
Serga, covered in a shabby robe, was looking at us from afar.
As Serga floated in the air, my body floated up in an instant, and Serga approached me.
When I opened my eyes wide, Serga smiled and stroked my red cheeks.
âYou are truly a soul full of power, both now and then.â
âShe hit me first!â
As I said that, Serga looked at Mina while holding me in his arms.
Mina looked at Serga with trembling eyes.
âYou areâ¦â¦.â
In an instant, Minaâs body flew in the opposite direction.
âA creature of another world god.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âIf you touch my child again, it wonât end with a warning.â
â⦠You are not God Neliard. Are you the evil God?â
After that,
âSerga.â
A chillingly low voice rang in this space.
The gathered darkness soon became the shape of a person, and a very familiar man appeared.
âNeliard.â
Minaâs expression brightened up when I muttered.
The moment she was running toward Neliardâ¦
Neliard walked past her and approached me.
âCome here, Leblaine.â
Mina looked at Neliard that passed by her with an expression of disbelief.