1. The demon queen is considering banishing you...
2. ...if you don't return.
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1. I just pray that you'll make a choice you won't regret.
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1. Oh, mother...
2. I love her and hate her so much that my heart aches.
1. I still remember how she used to sing me that lullaby when I was a child...
2. ...although the lyrics consisted of the demon world's suffocating rules.
1. There was a time when I wanted her to pat me on the head with her giant hand again...
2. ...and tried my very best to win her approval.
3. "Your majesty, do you really plan to make the princess your heir?"
1. We need someone who can make coolheaded decisions to sit on the throne,
2. But she's holding on to pipe dreams...
3. She may even break the demon world's rule one day.
1. Ah, love...
2. There is nothing more trivial than that.
1. But now, I am no longer a child who can be satisfied with a pat on the head.
2. "...I really don't want to go back to the demon world."
1. It took a long time, but I finished my sketch.
2. Now I can finally color it.
3. "Ahh... The stench of oil paint..."
1. I didn't think I missed this smell when it reminds me of gasoline...
2. Once I held the paintbrush in my hand,
3. I felt lost.
1. It had been a while since I stepped into this barren land...
2. ...and I could barely see because of the raging sandstorm.
3. My feet sank into the sand with every step, making me stumble like a toddler learning how to walk.
4. Even so, I felt joy
1. Instead of fear.
2. Maybe it was because I wasn't alone.
3. "..."
1. "Hayeon, what will you do once you finish this portrait and your heart is freed?"
2. That was a random question.
3. "I guess I'll graduate college first..."
4. "...although I'm not sure if I can because I missed a lot of classes."
5. "After that, I guess I'll get a job like other people. I need to make a living, after all."
1. Once that's done...
3. ...maybe I'll keep drawing as a hobby.
4. What should I do from now on?
2. "I'm sure... You'll figure it out."
3. "You clearly don't hesitate to go after what you want,"
1. "So you should use that energy on something other than dating."
2. "Do you really think I can do that...?"
1. Hmm, maybe I woke up too early.
3. But... I couldn't help it.
4. Once I started painting, it got more fun for me...
1. ...so I want to spend as much time on it as possible. I can't stop thinking about it.
2. I woke up early in the morning to work on the portrait.
4. After a short break, I'll keep working on it throughout the afternoon. That way, I'll get in two painting sessions!
1. "Huh?"
1. What the? She usually wakes up way later...
2. She's the model, so I need her...
1. Where the hell is she?!!
2. What was the point of waking up early if she isn't here?!
1. *she was nowhere to be found.
2. "Where on earth did she go...?"
1. "Ugh, hello?!!"
2. "You finally"
1. "You finally picked up the phone."
2. "The thing is... I was hospitalized recently."
1. "Could you come visit me?"
2. "Also... I've thought about what you said..."
1. "...and I'd like to speak to you face to face."
1. "Oh! Your niece is here!"
1. "You came sooner than I thought."
2. "Who are you...?"
3. "Oh, I'm also your aunt's student! She's been teaching me for about a year."
1. "I thought... I was my aunt's only student."
2. "Goodness, so you didn't know. You two really must've been out of touch for a while."
3. "That was a long time ago. Now your aunt is a professor at a university and teaches lots of people."
1. "She's been learning how to teach because she wants to do a better job of teaching you."
2. "Isn't that right?"
3. "You don't need to tell her all that."
4. "All right! I'll go get some coffee for your niece!"
5. "You two can talk in peace."
1. "I won't make any excuses."
2. "The reason why I avoided you..."
3. "...was because I didn't want to see you in despair."
1. "Not to mention, you were my first student... So my own pride was on the line, too."
2. "I felt ashamed whenever you slipped up, which is why I was so hard on you."
3. "So I was afraid I'd resent you and criticize you if I saw you again after you injured your right hand."
4. "You shouldn't have gone on that trip with your parents!"
5. "You're not thinking about quitting art, are you?"
6. "What exactly are you planning to do in the future?"
7. "Why didn't you protect your right hand?"
1. "When I finally worked up the courage to see you, I said I was giving you an opportunity."
2. "But after you stormed out, I realized..."
3. "...that it might be too late for me to make amends..."
4. "...and that what I did to you might've been worse than I thought."
5. "I'm sorry I didn't teach you how to overcome your despair sooner."
1. "You should just live your life the way you want to."
2. "Actually, I started drawing again."
1. "What? When?"
2. "It's been a while... But that's not important."
3. "To be honest, I never understood your artistic philosophy, aunt hwayeong. And it was kinda boring."
4. "What?!"
5. "Back then, I only kept drawing because I liked"
1. "Because I liked being praised..."
2. "My technical skills were decent, but you and I both know I was never that artistic."
3. "If I had truly been passionate about art,"
4. "I would've kept pursuing it, no matter what."
1. But recently,
2. I sat in front of a canvas again simply because I wanted to draw...
1. "...?"
1. "I think..."
2. "...I finally know what I want to draw."
1. "You know, aunt hwayeong..."
2. "I've actually been feeling relieved lately..."
3. "...because I freed myself from you..."
1. "...and started drawing what I really wanted to."
2. "I see..."
3. "I understand now."
1. "Sorry I'm late!"
2. "The cafe was in a residential area, but the line was so long!"
3. "Huh? Did your niece leave already?"
1. "...yes, she left."
2. It looks like she doesn't need me anymore.
1. Art was something I clung to so I wouldn't be abandoned by my god.
2. But now that I'm free from that god, I suddenly feel a powerful yearning for something.
1. What is it that I'm trying to capture on my canvas?
2. My heart's throbbing again...
1. I need to find out what's causing this...
2. Is this simply because of the spell cast on my heart?
3. Or...