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69.1

Ch. 69.1 - Item (4)
Occasionally, Edna dreamed.

A dream where she had pure white wings and flew through a garden filled with iridescent flowers.

She would hold hands with baby angels and wander around in a dreamy state.

She would slide down rainbows as if they were slides, playfully jump on clouds, and swim in a lake filled with jewels.

"Edna! Do you want this too?"

"Um..."

With vacant eyes, she received a gift from someone. It was a golden ring that seemed to radiate its own light as if it embraced the sun.

"You wear this on your head."

A man revealed his snow-white teeth and smiled.

Another man beside him slowly placed the golden ring on Edna’s head.

Edna continued to gaze at it with vacant eyes.

‘... Did these guys really go crazy and want to die?’

Suddenly snapping back to her senses, she threw it to the ground.

"Hey! If you talk crap like that one more time, I'll pluck all your wing feathers and make a jacket out of them! Didn't I tell you that?”

"W-Well, our wings aren't made of feathers..."

“This guy is pissing me off. Come and face me in a real fight.”

"Hehe! I-I'm sorry!"

Then, the baby angels... or rather, adult angels, quickly retreated. Most of them were male, with three pairs of wings on their backs and golden rings on their heads.

Angels.

They, the most noble race who always looked down from the celestial realm to the earthly realm, bowed their heads deeply at Edna’s outcry.

‘Oh, I almost got caught…’

Edna touched her own head, hoping to confirm if she had an angel's ring.

Occasionally.

More precisely, once a month.

Her physical and mental strength weakened, such incidents would occur.

The angels would try to put a ring on her and take her away as one of the celestial beings.

She would let her guard down, thinking it was just a dream, and end up experiencing it for real.

"Edna... Instead of that, can't we live together in the sky?"

"That's right. The earthly realm is boring."

"... But you guys are even more boring."

‘What’s so fun about a mundane life, pretending to play musical instruments and eat fruit?’

"Don't dream until I die."

Upon hearing that, the men hung their heads with gloomy expressions. Despite her slightly weak heart due to their appearance resembling an idol group, Edna was not easily swayed by mere looks.

"Hey, when I graduate, I'll come visit occasionally. I promised, right?"

"Yeah."

"So, wait until then. If you make a fuss for no reason, I'll never come."

"That's not fair!"

"I'm sorry!"

"I was wrong!"

She didn’t know why they were so obsessed. Even in the original novel, angels appeared, but their detailed background wasn't described.