Greek Demon Myth

41 – Torrent

“Um…”

“Wait!”

Before I could say anything, a sweet, chocolate-colored hand covered my mouth, probably because I had eaten honey bread earlier.

“…?”

“There is still one place I haven’t been to”

Atalante smiled broadly, saying that he would listen to his impressions there, and pulled my hand again.

“Are you going to that beach?”

“Yes! Poseidon Beach at dusk is really pretty.”

We left Hestia’s fireside and walked again.

Perhaps it was time for work, the little heroes who had finished their classes, and the nymphs and centaurs who had finished their work, gathered in groups of two and three and were moving for accommodation or leisure.

At the distant crowd of people, Atalanta frowned at her as if she was uncomfortable.

“Ugh…! Ho, do you hate forest roads?”

“No? Why?”

“That’s… Uh…”

Where Atalanta was looking, I followed her gaze and turned around, and at the end of it, there was a room with a beautiful girl leading the crowd.

It was very snobbish to say that she was a beautiful girl, but even in the Forest of Heroes, where all kinds of pretty boys and girls are prevalent, five of them were by far the most beautiful.

If Atalante is a lively sports world, should those five be considered an idol group?

Even hot pink, fluorescent color, deep blue, ultra violet, and blood red.

If you ordered it at a hair salon, the store clerk would ask you to sign a memorandum that you would not receive A/S, and that is an unconventional hair color.

“Where are you looking?”

“They don’t dye that, do they?”

“…What? Dyeing?”

“You mean that natural body hair?”

“What do you mean? Is there a way to change only the hair color?”

Oh my God.

If you look at the fact that you don’t even feel the unique energy of nymphs, you’re at least a student in the forest of heroes, but your hair color was hot pink and blood red when you were born?

“I feel sick”

“…Aphrodite-sama and Ares-sama are half-human and half-gods. The most popular idiots in the forest.”

Even though I didn’t like that I was paying attention to them, Atalanta put on a strangely depressed face, saying that it was strange that the reason I was paying attention was different from Young’s own thoughts.

“Those unlucky guys who only believe in my beauty and power and cause trouble everywhere, how much I suffered because of them…”

“You must not be on good terms with them?”

“Heh, Heo Guheon talking about me behind my back and arguing. Don’t you have any reason to look good?”

Atalanta, who claims to be the daughter of Artemis and possesses much more power and beauty than them.

That kind of girl must have looked like those idols.

So it is said that her daughters of Ares attacked her at every turn, such as ambushing or setting traps in her hunting grounds at night, and Aphrodite’s daughters talking behind her and spreading rumors about her.

“Then, after getting beaten up during combat practice, it became a bit quieter”

Zeop, it’s a forest of heroes. After all, it’s a place where people live.

Laughter leaked out at the feeling that the genre had suddenly changed from an old mythical world to a high-teen drama.

“Then what should I do? Shall we go back?”

“…Why? Would you like to go and talk to me?”

Did it upset Atalante’s heart to be distracted for a moment by the gang of five with extremely unconventional hair colors?

Her Atalanta, who had been shining with excitement like a puppy out for a walk earlier, looked at her sullenly.

‘Hmm… what should I do?’

Atalante is now standing like this in a fit of pout.

Perhaps if I ran into those five people and their followers right now, the atmosphere would definitely get weird.

I didn’t want to disturb the day that was about to end happily with human feelings that I had barely encountered after three lives with young children’s unreasonable fights.

“Atalante”

“Hey! What? Go quickly!”

“Really?”

I urged him to go in a fit of anger, but should I really go? When I answered with a nuance, the twilight-colored dress flinched and swayed.

“Then shall we go?”

“Go, go? Why are you asking again… Kyaaak!?”

Let’s go.

I lightly held Atalanta in her hands.

In the so-called princess hug posture.

“What are you doing?!”

“Why? You said go?”

I shivered lightly and kicked my leg lightly.

Atalanta, who moved from the middle of the road to the top of the tree in the forest next to the road in an instant while being hugged by her, became a rabbit’s eyes in surprise.

“Wow!”

“Bite your tongue. Don’t open your mouth”

“No, wait! What is this?!”

“If we fight without fuss, the day will come. I felt good, but I didn’t want to get caught in an argument.”

As much as Atalante is running around excitedly, I also feel strangely intoxicated by her head buzzing.

I wonder if it’s because it’s the body of a young man with a lot of blood, as opposed to the contents that have died.

Or is it because of this feeling that has tickled my heart for the first time in a really long time.

Or is it because of this red-haired female hunter who fits so well with this beautiful twilight time that even it makes no sense to even argue about it?

I was running through the forest with Atalanta in my arms without realizing it, feeling like an impulse had struck my reason.

“The smell of the sea… This way!”

“Wow! Uh, how did you do that!?”

From thick tree branches to young leaves, I lightly press down with the tips of my feet, and with the rebound, my footsteps shoot out new models.

Atalante forgot that he was upset and came to me in surprise.

“Uh huh huh? Stay still!”

“Huh? Wow!”

I even struggled in the gap where I was floating in the air and almost fell, and then I calmed down a little, but my eyes were still full of questions about my movements.

“Come here!”

“Wow… Quiet, yet fast…!”

The mangryangbo, which I currently use as my main force, was one of the best in the school for its speed and stealth. However, because of that, there was a flaw that it was easily shaken by a small disturbance, just like before.

Since it’s not good for stealth and stealth, it should be said that its durability is relatively low.

Now that there is a new power called Shinmagi, the time to test it out and learn more about ascending light air is approaching.

“Hey, Dianes…”

Like a cat in its arms, Atalanta, who had quietly put her arms around my neck and quietly called me.

She carefully set her down, smiling at her eyes as she looked up at me with her sparkling eyes as if she had her honey in my mouth.

“Teach me?”

“Can you teach me?”

Atalante looked up at me while holding me tightly as if he had just waited, like a puppy waiting for a snack after a walk.

Innocent, cute, and how he wants to be teased so much.

“Well?”

“Huh?”

Let’s admit it.

I’m drunk now.

I didn’t drink a single drop, but I was insane as if I had drunk a whole bottle of hard liquor.

My head was tingling and dazed, and my heart was pumping like it was about to burst like the first time I drank soju.

Like a runaway locomotive, like a sports car with the transmission removed.

A normal person would have looked at Atalante’s aptitude and talent and thought about what to teach.

Even if it wasn’t for her energetic beauty or the variable Hera, Atalanta’s body was, after all, a tremendous potential that would be incomprehensible to anyone who was not a child of a god.

However, I just made fun of this puppy-like girl, laughing out loud at the mischief that raised my head.

“First of all, guide, I need to remind you that your job is not over”

“Is this so?”

“What? Let’s cleanly finish the epic journey called the Forest of Heroes, where we’ve been working hard all day today?”

What would the Twelve Gods say if they saw me?

What if Gwihyeonsa or the Four Heavenly Kings?

I was mischievous, immature, and pure to the extent that I would never have thought that I was the absolute leader of all people who reigned as the lord of ten thousand horses.

As if I had thrown away all the pretense and baggage, I willingly surrendered myself to the feeling of liberation that even relieved me and reached out to Atalanta.

“As you said, the beach is really beautiful”

“…Isn’t it?”

For some reason, Atalanta and I calmly held my hand and walked slowly along the sandy beach, feeling the cool sea breeze.

Did you say Poseidon Beach?

Come to think of it, did Hermes say that Poseidon has a crush on me along with Ares and Hera?

Isn’t it a coincidence that king tuna was carried in the waves every time we practiced spearmanship on the beach of Pasos Island?

Come to think of it, when I first got tuna, there was a guy I liked more than me.

“What are you thinking, laughing like that?”

When I suddenly smiled, Atalanta asked me curiously.

“Well, when you think of the sea, there is a child who comes to mind”

A young nymph with soft hair that shimmered silver like white waves crashing in the twilight.

To be honest, there was nothing particularly memorable about the Temple of Zeus and the island of Pasos, which were tied up in anti-military style.

If there is one memory in Pasos that sticks to my memory, it was that innocent fairy who always waited for me on the beach.

“When I was in Pasos, it was a moonless night after such a beautiful twilight”

The previous day was the best day to practice magic, so it was the time when I left the accommodation and practiced at the training center in the forest without fail.

“Suddenly, I felt an unfamiliar presence from beyond the forest. I wondered if there was a beast I hadn’t caught yet, so I quietly followed the sound.”

At first, I thought it was a moon nymph or the nymph of Artemis, whom I had only heard about through rumors.

However, the moon was forgotten in her aura resembling the scent of the sea that she used to emit, and in her blue silver hair.

Thanks to her soon revealing her true identity, we learned that she was a Nerace Nymph.

“…Are you a girl?”

“Well, I said Nereid Nymph. Sisters of the Cheongalae Wave. After meeting like that, I think we stuck together almost from childhood until we left Pasos. When we parted at the end, we broke up a little badly, but”

Are you doing well now?

By the time I smile again, intoxicated with the fragrance of childhood memories that come to mind in small ways.

Atalante tugged at the hem of my clothes.

“Nymph Nereis?”

“Yes, I did”

“You have silver hair with a hint of blue?”

“…How did you know that?

What are the characteristics of the Nereid nymphs?

“Are you a little shorter than me?”

“How come the question seems specific?”

“Over there”

For some reason, I wondered at Atalanta’s voice, which trembled as the question continued.

Atalante raised her hand and pointed at the surging sea.

“…Huh?”

And on top of the wave that the fingertip pointed to.

A beautiful nymph with finely tied silver hair looked at me and smiled brightly.

“Neri…?”

“Dianes!”

Nereis Nymph.

The youngest member of the Cheongalae waves.

And my first bond ran towards me smiling brightly at me.