# 108. Let's Not Carelessly Peek at Others' Memories (1)
This feels awful.
Why do I have to watch him being all lovey-dovey with someone else?
*Thump- Thump-*
Luna felt her heart pounding anxiously and tried to avoid the scene before her eyes.
"You're eating it just fine. Why do you always make a fuss before eating?"
"...It's my business. Save the questions for later and hurry up and give me another one."
Aina opened her mouth wide—*ah*.
Jun-woo naturally put the vegetables in her mouth.
Luna hated even listening to it, so she covered her ears too.
Only the loud sound of her own heartbeat could be heard.
*'Why do I have to go through this...!! This isn't him—it's just his past!'*
Luna grabbed her head and screamed.
"Annoying! Annoying! So annoying!"
"Luna, calm down. You're being loud."
"How can I calm down watching that?! Saten, don't you feel anything seeing that?! Seeing him being so affectionate like that, you don't feel anything?!"
"No, I don't feel anything. As you know, I'm a bit dull when it comes to emotions."
Saten couldn't sense the difference between his past and present expressions.
The atmosphere around Jun-woo just seemed a bit softer.
That's why Saten wasn't particularly bothered by his expression.
"The expression doesn't really matter. I'm more curious about how such a strong woman died."
The 'Non-elemental Magic' that he taught them.
Aina, its original creator.
Why did such a strong person die?
That was what Saten was most curious about.
"...Since he said she was more of a genius than me, I'm curious what kind of skills she had."
"Huh? Saten, you're a genius? Genius is a word for a Saint like me, isn't it?"
"...It would be better if you kept your mouth shut, Estia. Anyway, how do we restore his soul?"
"Oh, about that! First, follow me!"
Estia, who was relatively less damaged.
She started wandering around the house looking for something.
Seeing this, Saten tilted her head and asked.
"What are you doing?"
"The book said! There are fragments of his soul in the memories! If we find them, we can move to the next memory! And we just need to collect the other fragments too!"
"...What does it look like?"
"That's why I needed a picture! But the Goddess is an idiot so there's no picture! But it said it looks like this—long and stretched out!"
Like this!
Estia spread both arms wide to express the key to the memory.
The explanation was so strange that no one could grasp it at all.
But they could roughly understand that something long was the key.
"Anyway, let's escape from here! It's nice seeing a young version of him, but honestly, I don't want to keep watching that."
*Nod- Nod-*
Hare, who had been collapsed on the floor, nodded her head countless times.
Her face was ruined with tears.
"*Sniff*... Now that I know... he can make... such expressions... *sniff*... let's move on... *sniff*..."
"Stop crying first and help search, Hare."
"We absolutely... *sniff*... can't restore his memories... I need to... fill them with me..."
Hare muttered as she got up from the floor.
Her eyes seemed filled with determination to never restore his memories.
Luna and Saten shook their heads and left.
"She's definitely not normal no matter how you look at it."
"I agree. She's usually fine, but she gets weird whenever it involves him."
With Saten, who was never normal herself, by her side.
Luna carefully began searching for the key.
The key didn't take long to find.
Luna held up the key triumphantly and shouted.
"Found it! It was in his room! This is it, right? The thing he used when fighting!"
"Right! It said it was a wooden stick! That must be it!"
Estia snatched the staff from Luna's hand.
Then she immediately swung the staff toward empty air.
"Hyah!"
The staff swung weakly.
However, where the staff passed, a golden space appeared.
Estia pointed at the space and shouted.
"Come on! Go in! Let's go to the next memory and quickly find the fragment!"
"...You're more reliable than I thought, Estia."
"Of course! I'm a Saint!"
*Thump thump-*
Estia confidently pounded her chest.
Whether to trust her or not was up to them, but she did have the abilities of a Saint.
Having no choice, the Hero Party put their bodies into the space.
Before entering the space, Luna took one last look at the young Jun-woo.
*'...When I said I didn't want to eat vegetables, he gave me different food.'*
But he fed that Aina woman directly.
What's the difference between me and that woman?
*'Age?'*
He said being young is good.
I won, didn't I?
*'First impression?'*
She tried to use him as experimental material.
I won!
*'Looks? Skills?'*
My looks will be way prettier when I grow up! And I'm stronger because I'm the Hero!
I won!
"..."
But contrary to Luna's thoughts.
The young man's gaze was fixed on Aina without hesitation.
That fact made Luna's heart ache so much.
"...Is it really about the time spent together?"
Even though it was for his happiness.
Luna kept having different feelings arise.
After exiting the memory passage.
The Hero Party found their vision pitch black, unable to see anything ahead.
"Where is this! Light! We need light! Goddess! Give us light!"
"...I can see fine. Ah, where is he?"
"You're all too loud. Stay still."
*Snap-*
Saten lightly flicked her fingers.
Then the dark surroundings became bright, and what couldn't be seen began to appear.
"Hmm, this is a cave."
Saten muttered while looking around.
"It's damp and humid. Not a place that suits me."
"...It's dark, so it's perfect for you though, Saten?"
"Well, let's hurry and find him. This place feels unpleasant."
"...Hmph."
Hare, ignored by Saten.
The cave was wide and he was nowhere to be seen.
So the Hero Party decided to split up to search for the key and him.
Of course, Hare was on the team searching for him.
"Where are you..."
While the other kids had to stay with Saten who had the light.
Hare had good night vision, so the cave didn't matter to her.
That's why there was no problem with her going alone.
"Where are you..."
*Tap- Tap-*
Hare muttered as she walked through the cave.
There were clusters of magical beasts along the way, but they couldn't see Hare, so it didn't matter.
"...Disgusting. These ants... Where are you..."
Hare easily passed by even with giant ants right in front of her.
As she rummaged through the cave like that, Hare's ears began to pick up small whispers of people.
"That's his voice...!"
*Whoosh-*
Without a moment's hesitation, Hare ran toward the voice.
Though the voice was faint.
Considering the tone, breathing, and other sounds.
She was certain it was him.
Running hard like that, Hare reached the end of the cave and shouted.
"Wh-where are you! It's me, Hare!"
*Look around- Look around-*
Hare shouted at the edge of the cliff.
However, only his small voice could be heard.
He wasn't visible.
"He should definitely be nearby... Why can't I see him...?"
Could it be?
Just in case, Hare looked down.
There, at the end of the cave.
There was him hanging from the cliff.
And in Jun-woo's arms was Aina.
Seeing that sight, Hare began grinding her teeth.
"Gr, grrr... Grrrrr..."
I want to drop that Aina woman right now!
I want to be in his arms!
Hare trembled with her hands shaking as she screamed deep in her heart.
"L-let go right now...!! Let go of him and fall by yourself...!!"
Hare watched the two while burning with jealousy.
"Where did the others go? There are too many Giant Ants, so it'll be hard for just us to fight."
"...That's why I told you we should have fought instead of running, Jun."
"No, we'd definitely lose if we fought."
"How do you know? How can you be so sure? Do you have more adventurer experience than me?"
"...I just have ways of knowing. Stay still and let's regroup."
"Annoying!"
Aina in his arms, hanging from the cliff.
The two were whispering to each other.
And seeing that, Hare grew even more furious.
"You should have listened to him...! How impudent...! How dare you talk back to him...!"
Hare, emotionally invested in the past version of him.
Just as she was about to cut the rope with her teeth out of jealousy.
Her companions came running from behind, having heard the voices.
"Hare! Is he there!? But what are you doing with your teeth!? You can't grab that with your hands!"
"Wh-why... Why won't it cut...!!"
The rope wouldn't cut at all.
The group ran to where Hare was and checked below the rope.
Luna and Saten's expressions couldn't help but turn ice cold.
"What is he... doing down there...! Wh-who's in his arms?!"
"...It's that red-haired woman. They're stuck together here too."
"Is it time to draw the Holy Sword!"
But the Holy Sword didn't respond at all.
Luna hung her head low and watched below.
There, a world of just the two of them was unfolding.
"...You smell like sweat. Move away."
"Do you want to fall right now?"
"I told you to use honorifics. Anyway, I can just use magic before falling, you know?"
"You want to gather the Giant Ants that react to mana? As expected of my teacher."
"D-don't talk back! Do you want to die!?"
*Grind-*
Their actions naturally made teeth grind.
They were looking at each other with smiles that weren't unpleasant.
So Luna and Hare's hearts were falling to the floor in real time.
"As I thought..."
His happiness is important, but.
My happiness.
For the Hero's happiness too.
*'It would be better not to restore his memories!'*
Even though his happiness was visible right before her eyes.
Because she knew what the ending would be.
Luna firmly decided on her direction.