Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 247

247. Soul Stone (1)

It took quite a while for Seongjin to be released from Logan’s arms. Because this guy couldn’t calm down easily.

“…Hey, are you crying?”

“What nonsense. No.”

Wood clatter.

At the same time, he kept putting on a headlock without raising his face, and I felt like I was going to die.

Seongjin, who couldn’t stand it anymore, said, ‘Hey, my neck vertebrae are now out of alignment,’ and now he’s silently pouring out his divine power to break his neck!

As if they were father and son, what they both did was exactly the same.

“How did you know? Did you just meet your father?”

Tdu-duk-duk.

Seongjin asked, turning his now free neck around. Even so, the words Seonghwang said as he was leaving continued to be bothered.

-Now that we’re here, there’s a place to take a quick look.

I think it refers to this guy.

“huh.”

Finally, the real Logan bowed his head and answered.

“Yes. You already knew that. Well, I guess so.”

The unusually droopy appearance looked so pitiful that Seongjin couldn’t think of anything else to say about his crooked neck.

Still, when I see the red, swollen area around his eyes go back to normal in an instant, I can feel how great this guy’s divine power is.

‘I’m a bit envious of that, don’t you think? If I had that kind of ability, I would be able to use Aurors more easily.’

I was thinking that if Seonghwang had known, he would have called, but Logan’s expression hardened and he looked at Seongjin.

“But when did you find out? Why didn’t you tell me right away when you found out?”

“hmm…….”

Seongjin scratched his cheek with a troubled expression.

“I also heard something vaguely from my father a while ago, so I wasn’t sure how to explain it to you. This is something I can’t provide evidence for.”

“But if you had told me, maybe I would have believed it.”

“Uh, okay.”

Seongjin’s face became a little more serious.

you are a bitch What kind of pride can you be proud of?

“And again….”

“huh?”

‘You’re so kind even when you don’t remember, why did you hate us so much before? ‘Why did you hate me so much?’

Logan wanted to ask that. However, he opened his mouth silently and then closed his mouth firmly.

Why are you asking such a question now? Mores, who has no memory anyway, wouldn’t really know the reason.

More than that, there were things that Logan had to apologize to his little brother who he had finally found.

“I’m really sorry.”

“Huh? What?”

“I couldn’t find an answer to where your soul went, so I thought it might never be possible to find it. If things continue like this, Mores might have completely given up on you without knowing anything.”

In Logan’s eyes as he said that, there was a deep sense of guilt that could not be hidden.

“Besides, I thought that if Mores returned to his body, Lee Seong-jin might disappear, which I didn’t like for some reason.”

Seongjin was taken aback.

‘No, I’m Seongjin Lee anyway.’

Doesn’t that mean you were worried about me? Why are you apologizing for that?

But as I was watching, I noticed that this guy started digging deep into the ground on his own.

“Besides, I told you to return Mores’ body. It was no different than telling you to die obediently. What on earth did I do…?”

“……?”

Seongjin couldn’t understand Logan’s way of thinking at all.

‘So you’re saying you were worried about Mores? So actually, I… Mores… ‘Is that it?’

What on earth is this guy thinking so complicated? Why are you sorry about that?

However, Logan’s digging continued, and he finally reached the boundary between the mantle and the outer core, reaching the pinnacle of digging.

“I’m sorry for doubting you from the beginning. I’m sorry for not recognizing you right away! Can I still proudly call myself your family? I really have no shame.”

“…Hey, what happens to me if you say that!”

I didn’t recognize anyone at Seonghwangga! I had no idea who I was until my father told me!

Plus, I kept telling you that you weren’t Mores! Don’t you remember that?

“Mores. So I….”

“Oh, you’re so loud. Shut up!”

This time it was Seongjin Lee’s turn to twist Logan’s neck.

Tdu-duk-duk.

“Kek! Hey!”

So stop being rude and stop meaningless drilling! Even if oil comes out anyway, there is no place to use it here!

Fortunately, Seongjin’s strong punishment seemed to be effective. After fluttering around for a while, Logan finally got free, completely shaking off the gloomy expression he had just had.

Instead, he looked at Seongjin with new eyes and called.

“Mores.”

“…….”

“Mores.”

“Um, uh, well….”

Seongjin reluctantly and awkwardly raised the corners of his mouth.

Well, I thought I would do that when my father called me, but now that Logan calls me Mores, it feels really weird.

But Logan, who sensed Seongjin’s nervous mood like a ghost, smiled slightly.

“You still find the name Mores awkward.”

“Um… actually, yes.”

If you think about it, isn’t Logan the only person other than his father who knows that Seongjin is ‘Lee Seongjin’? There is a difference between being called Mores by other people and being called Mores by Logan, as big as heaven and earth.

Then Logan nodded.

“Yes, I can understand. There was a time when I too had a hard time enduring the fact that I was no longer ‘Gael Bertran.’”

hmm. It certainly is.

Seongjin also remembered the confusion and anxiety he felt when he first arrived here. If it weren’t for the demon lord making noise next to him, he probably wouldn’t have adapted so quickly.

“Dad, you probably knew. I wish I had consulted with him from the beginning.”

“Do you think so?”

Logan, who was letting out a soft laugh, suddenly made a strange face.

“Well, it’s really surprising. You, who you thought was a completely different person, trust and follow him more than me, who was born as your son.”

“Your father is a good man, Logan.”

“Yeah, I think so too.”

After responding like that, Logan seemed lost in thought for a moment and then cautiously opened his mouth.

“Do you still want me to call you Lee Seongjin?”

Seongjin widened his eyes. Because it was an unexpected proposal.

Oh, that’s right. I think it would be more convenient that way.

“But are you okay? You wanted to find Mores from the beginning, right?”

Then Logan smiled brightly like never before. Instead of his usual smile that made him look somewhat sad, he had a smile that seemed genuinely happy.

“Don’t worry about that. It doesn’t change the fact that Lee Seong-jin is also my brother. Just like Gael Bertran has always been Mores’ brother.”

“……!”

It’s a very obvious and plausible statement, something typical of a guy.

However, it seems that such flashy words can sometimes be of great comfort. Seongjin suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart, and was caught up in the atmosphere and asked without realizing it.

“Would you like me to call you Gael when we’re alone?”

“It’s okay. I’ve been Logan ever since I met everyone in the Blue Rose Labyrinth. Besides, as your senior, it’s not difficult to be considerate like that.”

Then Seongjin’s eyebrows went up.

What, man?

“Wait a minute, what do you mean you’re older than me? You have to say it right away. Didn’t we just decide to acknowledge each other’s past lives? Then of course I’m your older brother! Besides, your birthday is less than half a year before me, right?”

“What do you mean, Seongjin Lee?”

Logan had a stern expression on his face and spoke in a tone of admonishment from a superior.

“You were in your 60s and I was in my 70s. There is clearly a 10-year difference.”

“What? This kid, you still haven’t given up on inflating your age?!”

“Inflating means who inflated it?”

“Who is it? You are Logan, the sword master who swept the battlefield with just a sword at the age of 70!”

He was a famous person whose biography has been written about several times, so why are you trying to fool him like that?

Then Logan made a very disapproving face.

“You’re all grown up now, right? When you were little, you always called me ‘big brother’.”

what? How could that possibly be the case?

“You man, are you ignoring me just because you don’t remember anything? Is this a fabrication?”

Seongjin, who couldn’t bear it anymore, rolled his eyes and broke Logan’s neck.

Crunchy.

“Ugh! Hey! Do you want to keep acting like this? If you’re my younger brother, act like your younger brother!”

Logan, whose neck has turned, groans and raises his arms, wrapping them around Seongjin’s neck.

Tdu-duk-duk.

“You should not be pushy and admit what you have to admit!”

“Ik! Leave it when you have something nice to say, Seongjin Lee!”

“Hmph, do you think you’ll let go? You bastard! Give up and accept it! I’m telling you to admit right away that you are my younger brother!”

Seongjin and Logan, who had been back and forth for a while, suddenly felt eyes staring at them and only then raised their heads.

“…Your Majesty, what are you doing now?”

“……!”

Masain was looking down at them with a bewildered expression. Masain, who had undressed and finished eating, became worried and went to Seongjin’s room again.

“It’s nice to remember the times when you were fighting in the Blue Rose Labyrinth when you were young, but why do you really need to strengthen your brotherly bond in a place like this? What on earth would the people of Sigismund think of you two?”

Seongjin narrowed his eyes and glared at Logan. Look, who called you brother?

Logan, whose face is noticeably red, quickly lets go of Seongjin’s neck and steps back.

“Anyway, how are you feeling, sir? Are your eyes okay now?”

Masain sighed lightly and asked as he picked up the loose bandage on the table.

“Wouldn’t it be better to avoid the light for a while? Just cover your eyes for a few days…”

Eh? no!

I know clearly that I’m fine, but I don’t really want to do that. It’s quite frustrating!

Seongjin was scared, but fortunately, Logan came to his side. Not only did I know that the Holy Emperor had already gone, but I also felt that my auror activity had completely returned to normal.

“Don’t worry, Brother Massain. Mores’ eyes have fully recovered.”

“Is that true?”

Masain’s eyes widened at the rare, decisive words. Then Logan smiles and looks back at Seongjin.

“Because Brother Lee treated me properly. Right, Mores?”

Seongjin looked at him blankly for a moment.

Until now, Logan had avoided calling his name in front of others as much as possible, and even if he did, he felt awkward. But now, Logan looked very relaxed.

I couldn’t help but chuckle as I realized that there were a lot of things I had been paying attention to, whether I knew it or not.

“Yes. For the first time in a while, I benefited from my younger brother who has strong divine powers.”

“…You’re so persistent.”

Logan and Masain stayed in Seongjin’s room for a while. And for the first time, Seongjin heard the story about sleep talking in detail from the two people.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

Masain looked a little embarrassed at Seongjin’s question. I was worried that she would get on my nerves if I found out that she was even talking strangely in her sleep, even though she had no memory of it.

‘But wait a minute, wouldn’t the devil have been listening anyway?’

So after the two finally left, Seongjin began to press the devil. Why did this guy know but keep his mouth shut until now?

After several interrogations, what the demon king revealed was unexpected.

[At the time, I thought you were increasingly being consumed by the memories of ‘Mores.’]

Come to think of it, the possibility that Lee Seong-jin was the real Mores was never explained in detail to the Demon King, so he might have thought so.

[But at first, you mistook the language of Delcross for the language of Sigurd District 34, right? And sometimes, when I dreamed, I would see Mores’ point of view. So, I thought that being aware of that would only accelerate the process of being consumed by memory.]

‘hmm.’

[But as it was repeated every day, I eventually got used to it. Later, I thought it was no big deal.]

Well, I had a conversation like that with the demon lord before.

-If you repeatedly mistake her feelings for yours and her knowledge for yours, won’t you often end up mistaking yourself for Mores?

Certainly, from then on, the Demon King expressed such concerns. It will become increasingly difficult for Lee Seong-jin to exist as ‘Lee Seong-jin’.

-You may have to come up with some special method to protect your identity as [Lee Seong-jin] in the future.

At the time, I thought it was a pointless worry. Because it hasn’t been that difficult so far.

However, even Logan, who was the only person in this world who called himself ‘Lee Seong-jin’, no longer distinguishes Seong-jin from ‘Mores’.

Although I said I would call him ‘Lee Seong-jin’ when it was just the two of us, the boundary will become increasingly blurry in the future.

‘It might not make much of a difference anyway. I guess I am Mores himself after all.’

But why? Seongjin suddenly had this thought.

I feel like I shouldn’t lose ‘me’ until the end. If I don’t get someone to call my name properly, I end up… … .

‘Hey, devil.’

Seongjin, who was thinking deeply, called the devil.

[huh?]

‘Anyway, I will always be [Lee Seong-jin] to you, right?’

[Of course.]

The Demon King smiled and smiled.

[I met you because you are ‘Lee Seong-jin’. Past life or reincarnation, it has nothing to do with it. From now on, you will only be Lee Seong-jin to me.]

‘… okay.’

Only then did I feel reassured.

Seongjin, who had become more relaxed, closed his eyes and spoke kindly.

‘Anyway, what should I eat for dinner? Should we ask for bear meat steak?’

[what? really? Really? Yay!]

The demon lord was so excited that I felt like my whole mind was shaking.

[Bear meat, bear meat, bear meat with a strong aroma and spicy taste~]

Would that be that good?

Listening to the Demon King’s sloppy song, Seongjin, dumbfounded, shook his head.

fantasy,