Episode 163
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Si-hyeon looked at Miriam blankly for a moment at the unexpected remark.
Then he asked a question as if urging an explanation.
“Demon world?”
“Yes, Demon World.”
“…what exactly do you mean by that?”
“Well… I’ve never been there either. No, I’m sure no one has been there. So no one can explain the Demon World accurately. But one thing is certain: it exists.”
As if he didn’t understand Miriam’s words, Sihyeon tilted his head slightly and opened his mouth to ask.
“How can we be sure that this place called Demon Egg exists when no one has been there?”
“It’s because of him.”
“Him?”
“I am Ibrahim.”
‘Ibrahim?’
It was the same name, perhaps one I had heard before, or one I had never heard before.
However, she seemed to think that Sihyeon herself knew that name for granted.
If I asked a question about such an obvious thing, people might think it was strange.
So I thought for a while about what to do, but fortunately Poahim solved my problem.
[Poahim speaks to you. The Ibrahim she speaks of is the great sage of both sides. Poa Him wants you to get the most information from her.]
‘ah.’
Sihyeon looked like he finally understood.
Now that I think about it, it seemed like Paladin William had mentioned the name Ibrahim when explaining about the Great Sage of the Yang Eyes.
Anyway, although it was completely coincidental, I finally found a clue to the person Poachim had told me to find.
Even if it wasn’t Poahim’s request, I couldn’t just let this opportunity go.
Sihyeon planned to somehow find out as much as possible.
“I see. He was in America. So what about the Demon World?”
“Yes, Ibrahim told me.”
Miriam cast a glance at Max, who was lying unconscious, and then continued speaking.
“And the reason you’re trying to take that human is also related to Ibrahim.”
“What is the reason?”
Sihyeon narrowed his eyes and stared at Miriam.
What is the reason why the Great Sage needs such a worst criminal?
To be honest, I didn’t think there would be a convincing reason.
I couldn’t help but think that they would use even trash if it brought them benefit, just like China used human butchers.
“hmm….”
Miriam paused and turned her gaze into the air, as if contemplating how to explain.
After a while, as if she had gathered her thoughts, her gaze returned to Sihyeon.
“I said earlier that I don’t know exactly about the Demon World. Still, I do know a few things. That there is a being called the Demon King who lives in the Demon World. That the Demon King and humans are surprisingly similar in appearance. That’s why they hate humans so much. ”
“….”
As Sihyeon listened to Miriam’s explanation, he remembered a man named Wang whom he had met on Ganghwa Island.
He certainly had the same appearance as a human. And he treated humans like trash and showed contempt for them.
As I listened to her explanation, I began to understand what happened at that time, as if a thread was unraveling.
Her words continued.
“For them, the only good humans are corpses and slaves. They absolutely cannot tolerate humans daring to live in freedom. That is why they plan to conquer the human countries and force them to submit to slavery.”
“…Then it could be them?”
Sihyeon opened his eyes wide.
I heard from the Inspection Bureau that the people of the Leiter Continent were enslaved by monsters.
But it turns out that there was another dark side behind it, not a monster.
“Yes, they are the main enemies of humans. They invaded the continent of Leiter, killed all the humans who resisted, and turned those who survived into slaves. And this time, they are targeting this Earth. They will do the same thing on Earth. It’s self-explanatory.”
“….”
Sihyeon’s face became stern, with an expression that seemed to be thinking about something.
I had a rough idea of the intentions of those targeting Earth.
I also felt that the man named King whom I met on Ganghwado Island was something unusual.
But I didn’t know that the man was the culprit targeting humans.
“They and humans cannot coexist. One of them must die.”
Miriam said decisively.
She looked straight into Sihyeon’s eyes and continued speaking.
“That’s why you need strength, even if it’s the power of such trash humans. Of course, I know it’s not right, but please understand that it’s the sacrifice of the cow for the greater good. As I said before, it’s a fight that only ends when one of the two dies. “Many people will lose their lives in the battle ahead. If we use human power well, we may be able to save many people’s lives.”
After calmly listening to her explanation, Sihyeon opened his mouth.
“I roughly understand what you mean. But I don’t think this is right. A death row inmate who has some ability….”
Miriam smiled bitterly.
“Don’t prisoners do labor? I think you can understand that instead of labor, the state makes them do other work.”
“What are you trying to make me understand? After all, Poachim is a jailer to his core. Would you be able to understand if I told you that I would let the prisoner out?”
Arthur, who had been watching silently, opened his mouth.
“And Poachim, if you intervene any further, you will be interfering in internal affairs, so please step down. There are quite a few countries on the planet with a shitty penal system, so why bother interfering with them one by one? That’s not right. Besides, I’m not worried about the United States. You can figure it out. “I’ll take good care of it, so don’t worry about it.”
“At least I can’t just watch that kind of behavior happen right in front of my eyes.”
Vision and Arthur’s gaze collided.
“This is so….”
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Arthur smiled as if it was fun.
“It seems like you don’t even notice that you just knocked down a crazy person.”
“Stop it.”
As the atmosphere was about to become hostile, Miriam intervened.
“Are you trying to turn the Lord of the castle into an enemy because of one person like that? Are you out of your mind?”
“Wow, you speak really nicely.”
Arthur chuckled and scratched his cheek.
Miriam glanced at Arthur.
“The Lord of Seong is much more helpful than a bunch of people like that.”
“But you’re not American.”
“Isn’t Korea an ally of the United States?”
“That’s right, they are allies. The United States has many allies. But aren’t alliances all for the benefit of the country anyway? Are you saying that if you are an ally, you just give up one S-class member each?”
“It’s not that, but….”
Miriam bit her lip.
Then he stamped his foot nervously and turned his head to look at Sihyeon.
“Don’t worry about that strange king. I will take responsibility and put that man back in the cell.”
“Wow, this is absurd. What are you saying to the real king?”
Arthur said as if he was shocked, but Miriam ignored him.
“Miriam… if the Lord says that, then I understand. I trust him and step back.”
After saying the name without thinking, I had to think a lot about what title I should call Sihyeon.
Mr., Mr., Sir, Miss… This is because it was impossible to know what was natural when it came out of Poachim’s mouth.
So, remembering that she was a knight, I just called her Sir. Fortunately, she didn’t take it too strangely.
It probably seemed to match the title Poachim usually used.
“thank you.”
Miriam lowered her head.
“I have never known Sir Miriam to be so self-indulgent.”
Behind him, Arthur shook his head.
“The situation was resolved wisely rather than arbitrarily.”
Miriam said with a slight frown.
“excuse me….”
Sihyeon called her.
“yes?”
“Can’t I see Mr. Ibrahim?”
“Ah, that’s… He’s such an important person that for his personal safety, information about him is top secret. In particular, his location should not be revealed to the outside world. I’m sorry, but no matter how much he is the lord of the castle, it will be difficult to meet him. It’s the same.”
“I’m sorry. If that’s the case, there’s nothing we can do.”
Sihyeon waved her hand as if it was okay.
It seemed that it would be difficult to meet the Great Sage of both sides as Poahim had requested.
However, I couldn’t just leave like this.
The opportunity to hear information from an S-class awakened person in a powerful country like the United States did not come easily.
If it weren’t for the connection in the other world, it was clear that he would have been coldly kicked out rather than given such an opportunity.
“Um… do you mind if I ask you a few questions?”
Sihyeon said.
“Of course. You can tell me anything.”
As expected, Miriam nodded willingly.
“Thank you for saying that. Then let me ask you a question. How many of those so-called demon lords are there?”
“There won’t be many. Each of them is a king who rules over a region. I don’t know how wide the Demon World is, but there won’t be many such kings.”
“That’s a good thing.”
“That’s right. The Demon Lords all have great power. In addition, they have numerous monsters under their command. If there were many such Demon Lords, it would have been a very difficult fight.”
“Have you heard everything about the Demon World from the Great Sage?”
“Yes, I am doing exactly what he said.”
He spoke naturally as if it were his own thoughts, but it seemed like it was just a way of speaking.
“Then the great sage seems to be speaking as if he has visited the demon world.”
“Because he is the one who can sit and see through all things.”
William had said that he was the wisest man in the world and the one who knew the truth.
And now Miriam was sitting and saying that she was the one who saw through all things.
For two S-class awakened people to talk about him like this, he seemed to be a person whose abilities were truly incredible.
“I see. Um… So when are they going to invade in earnest?”
“No one knows for sure. It could be very close, or it could be very far away.”
“Then that means we need to continue to be thoroughly prepared.”
“haha.”
Then suddenly Arthur burst into laughter.
Sihyeon and Miriam’s eyes turned to him.
“Well, that could be true, or you could think of it the other way around.”
‘station?’
Sihyeon looked puzzled at Arthur’s words.
He said he felt like he needed to be prepared.
But if that were the case, would it even be an attack?
Arthur continued, as if he had read Sihyeon’s thoughts.
“Is there a law that tells you to just defend from the corner of the house? I think it would be quite fun to attack their home instead.”
“By attacking… do you mean crossing over to the demon world?”
Sihyeon asked with a look of confusion.
“Haha, of course, only if you have the means to do so.”
After answering that, Arthur closed his mouth again with a smile on his face.
“….”
Sihyeon rested her chin on the back of her hand and thought for a moment.
Even if there was such a means, I didn’t think positively about it.
It was too dangerous.
It was an adventure with the fate of humanity.
Even a mutt eats half of the food in my front yard.
Especially since he is the devil.
Of course, there was the advantage that if enemy territory became a battlefield, the civilians there would not be harmed.
However, the risk was too great to push forward with its merits alone.
The moment Sihyeon was about to speak to ask Arthur again, he opened his mouth first.
“Then shall we leave the question time to this? I can’t sit still any longer. Please remind me that he is an outsider.”
Arthur was still smiling, but everyone could feel that he had a straight face.
Miriam also stayed quiet this time without saying anything.
Because I knew that he had made concessions so far.
“Lord Miriam said she would take responsibility and put the crazy person back in the cell, so trust me and get out.”
Arthur said, pointing to the entrance with his chin as if he was giving an order to congratulate the guests.
It was a truly outrageous act to forcefully drag someone who wanted to leave, but Sihyeon just endured it.
Because nothing good would come of clashing with him here.
‘by the way… .’
There was one very difficult thing.
It became known to the S-class awakened people in the United States that he was Poahim.
If it becomes known in Korea, you will be caught without being able to reveal your identity. That was never what I wanted.
Sihyeon frowned slightly and spoke to Arthur.
“Let me ask you a favor too.”
“What is it?”
“I will also keep quiet about what happened here, so please keep it a secret that I am Poahim.”
“Well… let’s do it. It’s something that neither of us will lose.”
Arthur answered without much hesitation.
Miriam also nodded.
Only then did Sihyeon sigh in relief.
“then.”
It was when Si-hyeon gave Miriam a quick greeting and turned to leave.
Miriam quickly approached. And she quietly placed something that looked like a business card in her hand.
She said as if whispering in his ear.
“This is my contact information. Please contact me when you need me.”
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