My Strange Savior - Chapter 152

Chapter 152 – END

Gia looked up at Kalion, her eyes wide, as if she hadn’t expected to see him here.

“Kalion….”

“Come on.”

Hurry up.

Kalion’s gaze conveyed that message. The moment Gia understood, she leaped effortlessly from the back of the tall cow, as high as Kalion.

Gia, embracing Kalion as if collapsing into his arms, held his thick neck tightly.

“Kalion. Kalion.”

“Gia.”

The two lovers enjoyed the ecstasy of embracing each other tightly, shattered into pieces. When Kalion felt the scent and warm touch of Gia, he realized it was reality.

“Gia.”

Kalion’s voice, calling Gia’s name, cracked. 

Despite Kalion’s lips, which hadn’t properly slept or eaten for days, being pale and cracked, he couldn’t stop calling Gia’s name.

Afraid that Gia might disappear like a dream if he let her go, Kalion’s arms tightened with all his strength.

“Ka, Kalion. Ugh.”

“Gia?”

At the sound of a groan, Kalion quickly released the strength from his hands.

“Why. Why are you like this? Are you hurt somewhere?”

Kalion, who carefully stroked Gia’s cheek, which looked brighter than usual, separated her face from his chest. He worried that something might be hurting her. Kalion’s voice, filled with concern, trembled.

“Don’t hold me too tight….”

“What?”

Gia, wiping away tears clinging to her handsome face, pulled the corners of her mouth.

“I’m healed now.”

Gia, tightly embracing Kalion’s neck, wrapped her legs around his firm waist. Worried that Gia might fall, Kalion supported her back and waist with both hands.

“I’ve become human now.”

“What?”

Gia laughed brightly and pressed her forehead against Kalion’s forehead. Kalion, as if unable to understand, blinked and looked at Gia, who was smiling dazzlingly like the sunlight.

“I’m really healed now, Kalion.”

“Gia… Is that really…?”

As if unable to believe, Kalion opened his mouth to confirm the truth. Perhaps Gia was lying because she didn’t want him to worry. Gripping Kalion’s two cheeks with her hands, Gia, with a bewildered expression, turned his face.

“See here?”

Gia, holding Kalion’s cheeks in her hands, quickly turned his face. Then, in Kalion’s sight, a large black cow that Gia had brought with her appeared.

“That’s… Isn’t that the divine beast Apheus?”

The cow in front had the same appearance as the divine beast Spencer and Oscar had mentioned.

“Yes, but… Do you remember the video we saw when we went to the shelter before?”

“Yes… Why…”

“Do you remember the cow the doctor named after me?”

“Yes. But what does that… Ah.”

Only then did Kalion’s eyes widen. The cow, with the same appearance as the one seen in the video, but with a different size, finally caught Kalion’s attention.

“No way.”

“Yes. This cow is the one.”

Gia laughed and reached out her hand towards the cow, and naturally, its horned head moved forward. In response to the threatening movement, Kalion quickly turned his body to protect Gia.

“It’s a gentle one.”

Gia, hanging onto Kalion, reached back and gently stroked the black fur of the cow.

Feeling pleased, the cow nodded its head while Gia continued to pet it. Kalion, checking behind him in disbelief, held onto Gia’s waist firmly, stunned by the unbelievable story.

“Ugh. It hurts when you do that. If I get hurt now, I won’t recover as quickly as before, and I’ve also weakened.”

At Gia’s words, Kalion loosened his grip.

“What on earth happened?”

In response to Kalion’s question, Gia explained what had happened.

“So, you’re saying this cow came to you before you went on a rampage?”

Sitting side by side in a meadow, leaning against a large tree, Kalion looked at the cow grazing in the distance.

“Yeah.”

Despite the unbelievable story, Kalion listened attentively, just as he did when he first met Gia. The difference now was that he didn’t want to let go of her hand for even a moment. 

Despite the changed circumstances, Gia found it amusing and smiled.

“Is it funny? I’ve been worried, unable to sleep, and came all the way here…”

“Sorry.”

Gia stuck out her tongue slightly and leaned her head against Kalion’s thick arm.

“I tried to die before turning into a berserker.”

Gia’s confession left Kalion’s lecturing speech stuck in his throat.

“This cow found me. I was about to commit suicide with a gun, but the cow smashed the gun as if it knew what I was about to do. Isn’t it strange?”

“Yes…”

Kalion swallowed a sigh. The story of his beloved trying to take her own life was too painful to hear while sober. He endured the anguish, not wanting to listen, but still listened to the lengthening story.

“My eyes kept wandering, and I felt thirsty. When it became too difficult to continue thinking, unconsciously…”

Gia hesitated as she spoke of her dreadful experience.

“At that moment, the cow’s flesh and blood entered my mouth simultaneously, and suddenly, my mind cleared.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

Kalion listened to Gia’s words with a pained expression.

“Then, as if all the experiences the cow went through were imprinted on my cells, everything flashed through my mind. Only then did I realize. That cow is Apheus, named by the doctor after me.”

Gia played with Kalion’s fingers, teasing and observing his reactions. What if she looks like a monster? 

Carefully examining Kalion’s eyes, which were inspecting her as if she were a person who had committed a crime, Gia skillfully held the hand entwined with his.

“Is it the story that the blood of that cow played a role as a cure?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Kalion, pulling Gia’s shoulders towards him, embraced her petite body.

“I’m relieved.”

Kalion’s palm was covered in cold sweat. Kalion’s breath became heavy as he buried his nose in Gia’s soft hair.

“As long as you’re safe, anything is fine with me.”

“Really?”

“There’s nothing scarier for me than losing you.”

Once again, hearing Kalion’s affectionate voice, Gia’s shoulders relaxed.

“Please continue talking.”

Responding to Kalion’s request to tell the story while staring at him with a deeply moved expression, Gia continued her narration.

“Both animals named after me and my father endured a life of uncertain thousands or even tens of thousands of years after receiving the cure, without being infected by berserkers.”

Whether it was the effect of the cure, both animals gained intelligence beyond that of humans. The difference was that the cow treated with Alpha Antidote acquired purifying abilities, while the lizard, treated with Beta Antidote, or the current dragon, gained the ability to absorb the abilities of berserkers.

As the dragon absorbed more abilities, it became more aggressive and started creating beings like it. The cow, watching this, eventually used its power to seal the dragons and hid, enduring until the moment a new civilization was born.

Thanks to the cow, Gia, despite going berserk, was able to return as a human, as she had hoped. How should this gratitude be expressed?

Should thanks be conveyed to the doctor who developed the cure without losing hope until the end, even though he is no longer in this world?

Gia still seemed to be living in a dream. It was hard for her to believe that she had fully recovered. 

Maybe she’s not dreaming that she has recovered. Gia looked up at Kalion, who was holding her, with a thoughtful expression.

The raised nose gently touched the strands of hair, and the two hands were busily molding Gia’s arms. Perhaps Kalion felt the same way. Becoming human again might seem like a dream.

“Kalion.”

Thanks to the doctor, Gia was saved by a cow named ‘Gia,’ and she could dare to promise a future with Kalion. How to express these overwhelming emotions? 

It was different from what she had thought as her last moments, and her heart swelled with emotion.

“Yes.”

“I’m now powerless like before, just an ordinary human.”

“Yes.”

Kalion’s response seemed to say, ‘So what?’ like a sigh, but his gaze, still red-hot with passion, reached Gia until the end.

“Is it still okay?”

“Gia…”

Frowning, Kalion looked at Gia as if trying to figure out what she was thinking.

“Of course. It doesn’t matter what you become.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

While saying it was obvious, Kalion gave a faithful answer. Gia continued with her questions without backing down.

“Even if I become a zombie?”

“Yes.”

“Even if I become weaker?”

“Yes.”

“Still, will you marry me?”

“Yes. Huh?”

The last question caught Kalion off guard, and his shoulders twitched.

“Marriage?”

“Aren’t you going to?”

While marriage could be hasty, Gia wanted to be with Kalion forever as long as time allowed. Erin’s advice to endure only for that moment had long been forgotten.

“Don’t I have to be the one to propose?”

“What if I ask you? Will you do it then?”

“I’m not doing it for you; we’ll do it together.”

Though he wasn’t oblivious to the playfulness of his lover, even in this romantic moment, Kalion’s lips couldn’t help but curve with a touch of Gia’s charm.

“I love you, Gia.”

Kalion pressed his lips firmly against Gia’s forehead.

“Uh-huh, right here too.”

As if that wasn’t enough, Gia extended her lips like a duck. Looking at the popping lips, Kalion’s eyes conveyed an inevitable softness.

“You’re the only one who can handle me like this, Gia.”

Kalion, who had fallen in love with the peculiar woman who fell from the sky one day, finally realized that his choice was right.

“I love you.”

“I love you too.”

Carefully, Kalion cupped Gia’s cheek and gently lowered his lips.