088. Apocalypse of the Other World (3)
fascination.
The Demon King explained that this is a basic ability that high-ranking devils have, and is usually expressed through demonic energy.
[So, there is no way for non-clerics to resist. So, this guy must have lost his senses and started screaming without even knowing who was planting the egg.]
“Who are you talking about, Red?”
[So who is red, you idiot!]
Leaving the two fussing alone, Seongjin gathered his thoughts.
It seemed quite reasonable to assume that the guy planting Loferum eggs was using a skill like [Charm]. Otherwise, who would just sit by and watch a crazy person plant parasites in his chest?
But for that to happen, shouldn’t it be prerequisite that the demonic species has entered the ecliptic? I heard that demon species cannot even come near Delcross because it is completely under the influence of the Holy Emperor.
[The usual medium is demonic energy, but there are cases where other things become the medium. In a way, it may be more dangerous because it doesn’t think of resisting like the Magi. For example, divine power… … .]
what?
As Seongjin blinked, the Demon King sighed.
[There is no need to go far. Think about it. How did humans react when faced with your father’s overwhelming divine power?]
At those words, Seongjin recalled the day when the wooden sword exploded.
How was it? Aren’t you just a little impressed?
So, all the cardinals came out of the conference room, cried out for God, unable to control their emotions, and collapsed on the floor in tears… what?
‘… Something feels very dangerous?’
As Seongjin broke into a cold sweat, the Demon King hesitated.
[yes? In a narrow sense, fascination is simply a technique to seduce the other person, but in a broad sense, fascination is a technique that extremely stimulates the natural emotions of humans and prevents them from coming to their senses. If you think about it that way, it can be said that the medium is divine power, Auror, or anything else.]
In other words, what the Demon King was saying was that it was possible to produce an effect similar to [Charm] as long as some of the human senses could be properly stimulated.
[Ordinary humans are often unable to distinguish where fascination comes from. That’s why even if you know it, it’s hard to resist it. For example, I have used [Charm] on countless people so far, but there has only been one case where they didn’t fall for me. Only you, Seongjin Lee.]
‘… huh?’
Wait a minute, I feel like I just heard something I couldn’t ignore.
‘… What are you walking on?’
[Ah, fascination. I bet on you… … .]
Seongjin was shocked.
When?
[So, I just said that I would give you the world. Didn’t I look like an amazing beauty back then?]
‘… … ?’
Certainly, the demon lord made several suggestions at that time.
-I save my life, and you get both Earth and the Demon World. Think of the potential of two fused worlds! You could have power comparable to the Demon King!
So, let’s think about the situation at that time in more detail.
What did the demon lord look like back then? A peerless beauty with only her head left and her face completely crushed by a punch?
Wait, is that a situation where [Charm] would work?
[…] Hehehehe!]
The devil suddenly let out a sound that I couldn’t tell if it was crying or screaming and stuck himself in a corner of Seongjin’s head.
Hmm, it seemed like it somehow stimulated his trauma.
* * *
The next morning, Seongjin, who finished his training early, signed up for work at the monster task force along with Masain.
For the first two days, Director Bruno also accompanied them. He faithfully fulfilled Arenja’s request to stay by Seongjin’s side.
But at some point, he began to dislike the monster task force office.
“She keeps talking loudly.”
When asked why, he answered with a frown on his face.
“The woman?”
The leader silently pointed to his head with his hand.
Ah, the woman with abnormal salt crystals on her head.
This is Sir Sharon, the exorcist of St. Terbachia.
I thought he was a person who just quietly did his job, but it seems that people with channeling abilities feel differently.
From what I’ve heard, various voices are constantly coming from her uncontrollable decision to burn. Even if you try to endure it, it’s so noisy that you can’t handle it.
“I asked for your understanding, saying it was something I couldn’t do anything about, but I don’t know… … .”
The leader who said that furrowed his brows and nervously pulled at his mustache.
“He secretly says all kinds of embarrassing things to me and laughs while watching my reaction. I mean, I’m enjoying it. “She is a really unpleasant woman.”
“… … .”
Sir Sharon. Why did you do that?
I guess he was so excited to meet someone with channeling abilities like him after a long time that he didn’t know what to do.
In this way, Seongjin and Masain became the regular attendance members of Jinju Palace again.
The monster task force was occupying a temporary office on the second floor of the administrative building annex. Because the annex itself was quiet, the two arrived at the office without encountering anyone, and as soon as they opened the door, they unconsciously frowned at the scent of roses that filled their noses.
“Jibril… … .”
“Lowering!”
A girl with big eyes and brown, curly hair bowed slightly while lifting the hem of her skirt.
Djibril Seymour.
He is a young resource who was invited to the task force as a plague doctor at the Raiora Plague Society.
She always carried a large spray bottle full of rose perfume, and she was so diligent that she would go to work first thing in the morning to finish disinfecting the office. In other words, no matter how much she cleans, her office never smells like roses.
In Seongjin’s opinion, there was no such thing as a quack, but it was impossible for the prince of the Holy Empire to blatantly ignore the teachings of the Lyora School recognized by the Holy Assembly. He cannot justly kick out the talent invited by Sir Leandros, the head of his task force.
Moreover, she was basically a girl with a gentle personality. She smiles sweetly and sprays perfume on me, but she can’t get angry and has no choice but to run away from the spray range.
Seongjin sighed.
“What about the others?”
“Sir Sharon is out on duty today assisting Captain Leandros. “Sir Valery said he was going to the Theological Academy for a while.”
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“oh! Sir, are you already here!”
As soon as Jibril finished speaking, the red-haired Inquisitor opened the office door and came in. She had a bright smile on her face and was holding a large book in her arms.
“I said I would hurry up before you came, but I was a little late.”
“No, I just got here. “What is that?”
Sir Valerie smiled and placed the book she had brought on the table. There was a lot of book dust, perhaps because it was an old book.
“Look forward to it! We’ll probably be the first in decades to open this book.”
As he said, it is an old book full of old dust. As I removed the blackened leather cover, the title of the book, which had been worn to the point where I could barely read it, caught my eye.
[Apocalypse of the Other World]
Masaine flinched and glared at Sir Valerie.
“… Isn’t this a banned book designated by the Holy See? “What are you doing now?”
Masain was particularly sensitive to heresy controversies. When he sneaked in as if to protect Seongjin from the book, the red-haired Inquisitor blinked his eyes as if he was momentarily embarrassed.
“Oh, don’t worry. Of course, I borrowed it from the Theological Academy with official permission.”
“You got permission?”
Sir Valery scratched his head as Masain glared at him with suspicious eyes.
“Well, it’s worth it. Isn’t there a lot of discussion about alien creatures at the crusade these days? Therefore, it is said that there is a high possibility that some materials will be excluded from the banned books list.”
“… … .”
When Jibril raised his head with curious eyes, Sir Valerie smiled at her and continued speaking.
“At least this book is the only one that describes alien creatures that are close to those [monsters]. Even if the book remains banned, limited viewing permission has been granted to our department in the future. “Isn’t this a monster task force?”
A book containing monsters.
Only then did Seongjin feel curious and glanced sideways at the book over Masain’s shoulder.
Who on earth is writing a book about monsters in Delcross? How did you know about creatures that don’t exist in this world?
[Ohh. Is there a book containing the monsters of Gehenna?]
The Demon King also sent me some interesting feelings for the first time in a while.
[Who wrote it? That’s really interesting.]
Seongjin got closer to Masain, who was still hesitant, and took a closer look at the book cover.
The thick leather cover had delicate embossed patterns here and there, making it difficult to distinguish the worn letters. After observing for a while, Seongjin was finally able to find the author’s name in the corner of the book.
-By Sigurd Sigurdson
Sigurd? no way?
[Lee Seong-jin! This guy!]
The voice of an excited demon lord was chattering loudly in my head.
[It must be the guy I told you about before! He is the storyteller who wanders from dream to dream!]
* * *
The day Digory died and came back to life at Manor.
Lee Seong-jin, who was advised to take absolute rest, had a lot of conversations with the demon king about what had happened so far while lying in bed.
The story of high-ranking demon kings and alien monarchs that the demon king saw at the border of the void.
The story of Seongjin flying to Sigurd District 34 and returning with Seonghwang’s help. A story about meeting twins and wandering around.
Among them, the thing they talked about the longest was about the puppet show that Seongjin had seen. A puppet show about the Dream King, the Fire Demon King, and a cruel warrior.
[It was him who attacked me back then!]
The Demon Lord wheezed as if he was angry.
[I can never forgive you for using such a non-tickling attack!]
You said it didn’t even tickle?
[hey! If you’re standing on the edge of a cliff, try pushing slightly with your finger. What happens? I was dying at the border of the dimension at that time!]
Uh, sorry.
The Demon King, who was upset for a while, finally calmed down after some time.
[The puppeteer you said you saw is probably a storyteller who wanders around in your dreams.]
‘raconteur?’
[He is a guy who travels from dream to dream, telling stories. They say he walks through a thousand dreams and makes a thousand voices.]
Seongjin recalled the man’s voice, which was imbued with strange magic.
So, is he the devil of dreams? Do you have to fight a hero to become the demon king of the story?
[well. As far as I know, he is not a man worthy of being called the devil. It’s not like stories are a higher concept of dreams. Perhaps he just lightly touched on the concepts used as ingredients to create a small flame.]
The Demon King’s explanation was as follows.
Perhaps the concepts that the puppeteer needed were [Dream], [Fire Demon King], and the human [Hero].
Of course, the Dream Demon King was not friends with the Fire Demon King. It’s just that the Fire Demon came into someone’s dream and died while fighting with humans. It would have been enough just to embody that fact in prayer.
‘Then, that dark story full of betrayal… … .’
[The author of the story is a gloomy guy, so wouldn’t a gloomy story be born? only… … .]
‘only?’
[It seems like a fairly well-researched story about a cruel warrior.]
What, you bastard?
The two argued fiercely for a while.
I’m saying this now, but at the time I thought there were all these psycho guys out there! When I think about that time, my heart still flutters and I just… … .
what? Aren’t you too proud to invade first? Besides, why are you whining that a subject with only a soul left has a heart to beat? uh?
Anyway, what Seongjin paid attention to was the Demon King’s real name and the part called [Dream].
The name of the Demon King was not [Al-Fahas] after all. It may be natural since it was originally meant to be a sarcastic attack on the name.
However, when I asked the Demon King his real name, he hesitated to answer.
[Well, it might be better for you not to know. It is difficult to say this name out loud.]
‘why?’
[There is such a thing. Because there’s a lot at stake.]
‘… … ?’
So how do I call him in the future if he suddenly flies off somewhere again?
[I will call you to mine. Then wouldn’t your father come back to get you in a hurry?]
‘What, man?’
If Seonghwang had found out, he was talking comfortably about something that would be embarrassing. If something like that happens again, I’ll let that guy get away with it!
Seongjin shook his head and asked another question.
‘Then what is that [dream]?’
It was understandable that the Demon King of Gehenna was represented by the Fire Demon King. Gehenna is also another name for hell’s fire.
But how should we interpret the part about the Fire Demon Lord fighting a human warrior in his dream?
However, the Demon King answered in a strange manner.
[What is it? Sigurd is saying that lower flame dimensions such as Earth 34 are just dreams.]
ok?
The Demon King added an explanation to Seongjin, who was dumbfounded.
[The name Sigurd District 34 is nothing else. It means that it is the 34th dimension of Earth discovered by a storyteller named Sigurd.]
The 34th Earth dimension discovered?
‘Are there that many dimensions called Earth?’
[Because it’s just a simple burn. The Earth in the original world is separate, Seongjin Lee.]
The devil drove a wedge into Seongjin, who was so shocked that he was speechless.
[Your world is a fantasy world created by someone based on the concept of the original world. In other words, it’s just someone’s dream.]
fantasy,
