Episode 67 Tower of Desire (4)
It was already evening.
Lois quickly crossed town.
The eyes of the village people were glued to Lois as she ran away.
“You’re the village chief’s kid, right?”
“Where are we going?”
The outsiders staying at the village chief’s house these past few days were a big topic of conversation, so many people recognized Royce.
Normally, Lois would have widened her eyes at the sound of ‘little one’, but she didn’t have time to worry about that now.
Soon after, Lois arrived at her destination.
Bang bang-.
A fist like glutinous rice cake pounded on the iron door as if it would break it down.
But still no sound could be heard from inside.
Lois was the first to turn away due to Dexter’s indifference over the past few days.
But today was different.
Bang- Bang-.
“Grandpa! Grandpa, come out and see!”
Still silent.
Lois’ voice grew louder.
“If you don’t come out, I will beat you until you do!”
Bang bang-.
“Is this really going to happen? Come see me. “I really have something to say today!”
I banged on the door and screamed like that for about 15 minutes.
After persistent attempts, a response finally came from inside the door.
The sound of the wooden floor pounding harshly.
After a while, the door burst open and shouting broke out.
“Hey you bastard! “What are you doing in front of someone else’s house?”
“What are you doing? “I called the owner of the tower.”
“Get out of here!”
“Let’s talk.”
“I have nothing to say.”
And Dexter tries to close the door.
There was no way Lois, who had already been in the same situation several times, would miss this.
Lois’ hand moved like lightning and grabbed the door.
Soak-suk-.
“Hey guy, your hand is hurt! “Why don’t you let go of this right now?!”
“Don’t be like that, just talk about it.”
Lois, holding the door with one hand, looked up at Dexter.
No, glaring was the correct expression.
Dexter did not lose out and glared at Lois.
The two stubborn people’s eyes meet and sparks fly.
Dexter gently pulled the door open.
but.
‘huh?’
The door didn’t move.
Even though Dexter, who was surprised, applied more force, the door did not move even slightly, as if it had been secured with rebar.
‘What kind of strength does this brat have?!’
Although she looked young, Royce could easily bend even an iron cage.
This means that the old man who stays in his room and studies is powerless to do anything.
As Dexter grabbed the doorknob and whined, Lois’ voice was heard.
“Oh really! No matter how much you hate meeting people! “If you come to visit for a few days and get turned away, you can at least listen to the story once.”
“I have nothing to say!”
“No, let’s talk about grandpa!”
“This guy! When are you going to say you saw it? “I’ve never had a grandchild like you!”
“I’ve never had a grandfather like you, have you?”
“What on earth do you mean?”
“I just skip over unnecessary things.”
“… … .”
The corner of Dexter’s mouth twitched at Lois’s way of answering questions.
‘This young guy… ‘Why do you speak so well?’
He looked like he was 7 years old, but all he said was, “Go away, the man in his forties who eats in the market.”
Pajijik-.
A spark sparks between the two again.
“good night. So what do you have to say?”
“that is… … .”
When Dexter finally appeared ready to talk, Lois let go of the door she was holding.
That was Lois’ mistake.
bang-.
The door closed as soon as I let go of my hand.
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A voice mixed with laughter was heard from beyond.
“Kkeulkeul, I have nothing to say. good.”
“… … .”
Lois looked blankly at the closed door.
Lois’ shoulders began to tremble as she realized what had happened to her.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly and a low voice came out.
“Grandpa, do you open this when you say something nice?”
“Are you gone yet? I have nothing to say… Cough.”
“… “Don’t regret it later.”
wow wow wow-.
Lois clasped her hands and relaxed her body here and there.
Every time that happened, the whole dragon bone made a bloody friction sound.
Lois was so focused on her task that she ignored the sound of coughing coming from inside the door.
Lois, who had been trying hard to stretch her body, looked straight ahead and opened her mouth.
“I said I definitely regret it.”
Lois said that and grabbed the doorknob.
and.
simplicity and honesty-.
The door handle came out easily.
“what? Why was this chosen?”
Lois slyly threw away the doorknob she had pulled out.
Meanwhile, the broken door opened slightly.
At this, Lois opened the door with a bright face.
“this. Run. door. this. heat. Yes. yes? Grandpa, let’s talk!”
The door suddenly opened.
And Lois’ face, as she looked beyond, suddenly hardened.
“Grandpa Topju?”
What Lois saw was Dexter lying on the floor.
At this, Lois rushed over.
“Grandpa Topju! “Come to your senses!”
Lois patted Dexter’s face, but he was already unconscious and showed no sign of waking up.
It was then.
“Cough!”
Dexter, who lost consciousness, vomited blood.
Lois, who realized that Dexter’s condition was unusual, took out a potion from subspace.
I urgently poured the potion into Dexter’s mouth, but because he was unconscious, the potion flowed out of his mouth.
“shit!”
Royce immediately performed the sacred technique.
Royce secured the airway with a spatial attribute, stole the blood with her hands, and finally gave her a potion.
When about half of the potion was filled, Dexter’s condition improved.
In response, Lois drained all of the remaining potion.
New liquid- New liquid-.
Lois breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that Dexter’s unstable breathing had returned to some extent.
“under… “What kind of lightning is this?”
I came here to talk and all sorts of things happened.
Despite grumbling, Lois did not go back and checked Dexter’s condition.
* * *
“Umm… … .”
Dexter’s eyelids twitched.
A familiar ceiling appeared and Dexter regained consciousness.
The first feeling I felt after the accident was nervousness.
‘this… also… … .’
Fainting has become more frequent recently.
The cycle is getting shorter.
In addition, it would mean that his remaining time is gradually decreasing.
‘I don’t have time.’
Dexter woke up, blinking, and felt something different this time.
‘… light?’
After passing out once in a while, my physical condition got worse.
But this time, my body felt so light that I wondered if it was okay to do this.
It was definitely something he would enjoy, but Dexter was a bit scared.
‘Calm… It looks like the day of death is getting closer.’
He thought that perhaps this state of his body was burning the last flame of his life before death.
Just as he was about to become trapped in gloom.
“I saved the life of a dying person, but why is his face like that?”
“huh?”
Dexter’s head turned.
Then a child squatting on a chair came into view.
At this, Dexter jumped up.
“you you?! “How did you get in?!”
In response to Dexter’s shocked question, Lois smiled and pointed to the door.
“The door was broken, hehe.”
At those words, Dexter gaped at the sight of the broken doorknob.
“Why is this?”
“Hehe, sure. “I just pulled it slightly and it came right out.”
Lois, who was scratching the back of her head, remained unaware of the gaze looking at her.
“why!”
“… … .”
“I didn’t do anything?”
“… … .”
“… “You really didn’t do anything?”
Dexter is still speechless.
Lois, slightly stung, secretly lowered her gaze.
He thought Dexter was interrogating him, but that wasn’t the case.
“you… … .”
Where Dexter’s eyes landed.
It was Lois’ sleeve, stained with blood.
While Dexter was dazed for a moment, Lois jumped off the chair.
“I don’t know what made you feel so bad, but since you took the potion, you should be fine for a while. “But go see a therapist before you collapse again.”
“portion… … ?”
“That’s expensive. “I consider myself lucky.”
Was Royce’s potion just a potion?
It was a dragon-made potion.
Normally, I would have held out my hand and asked him to pay for the potion, but as I looked at Dexter’s distorted face after dying and coming back to life, that feeling disappeared.
‘Well, there are a lot of potions anyway.’
Lois put her hands in her pockets and headed for the door.
“First of all, it looks like you’re not feeling well, so I’ll come back tomorrow.”
“… … .”
“Rest well.”
Just as I was about to go back.
“… “What have you got to say?”
“huh?”
Lois’ head turned at the sound coming from behind.
There, Dexter, with a slightly stiff face, was sitting in a chair, looking at himself.
“What on earth do you want to say by coming here for so many days and causing such a fuss? Oh, if you want to sell the rusty sword from our tower, don’t even open your mouth. “I don’t even want to hear that.”
It was my first time.
The reason Dexter is so willing to talk is.
Lois responded with a smile.
“Luckily, that’s not the case.”
“Then what is it?”
“Please let me stand on the tower.”
“Iptop?”
“Yes, I want to take the entrance exam.”
Dexter’s eyes narrowed at the sound of standing up.
Dexter looked down at Lois with a puzzled expression.
“Do you know what that means?”
“Well, anyway. “It means I will enter the Tower of Desire.”
There was something strange about it, but let’s get over it for now.
‘You stupid little boy. Looking at his eyes, it looks like he has some kind of plan… … .’
Having been tormented by the little boy in front of me for the past few days, I knew better than anyone else that he was no ordinary child.
“hmm… … .”
Dexter wondered what to do with this rambunctious little boy.
But the worries did not last long.
According to the rules of the pagoda that had been passed down from generation to generation, those who wished to enter the pagoda could not be rejected.
This is because wanting to enter the pagoda is a type of wish.
but.
‘Those who are not qualified may not be accepted.’
Dexter thought that and said with a slight smile.
“good night. “Wait there for a moment.”
Dexter stood up and quickly disappeared and came back.
He thrust a piece of paper towards Lois.
“The reward for saving my life is to have this conversation and give you the qualifications to take the test. “Don’t think that just because you saved my life, I will naturally accept you as my disciple.”
“and… You’re so mean to your lifesaver. Well, I say so.”
“It’s noisy, Inseok! Okay, take this! “It’s an entrance exam.”
“Is it a written test?”
Dexter nodded.
“Try to solve that problem later today. Then, I will accept you as a disciple of the Tower of Desire.”
“Is that true?”
“then! However, you will have to solve it on your own without anyone’s help.”
Dexter’s face changed.
It was as if he was telling me to solve it if I could.
The entrance exam question he gave Lois was not something that a mere child could solve.
‘It seems a little excessive, but… Looking at this guy’s stubbornness, if I don’t do this, he won’t go away.’
Dexter no longer wants to take on disciples because he does not have much time left to live.
He did not have time to accept and teach young students.
So, I was thinking of getting rid of the kid in front of me in this way.
Dexter smiled slightly as he looked at Lois, who was staring intently at the paper he handed her.
‘Yonseok, try solving it. I wonder if that will work out.’
The problem Dexter wrote down was one that involved the Holy Law technique he had recently established.
Dexter has studied objects all his life and devoted himself to creating related sacred techniques.
Since we did not know when, where, and for what purpose the objects would be needed, an understanding of their various properties had to be the basis.
And the magic he presented to Lois was one that overlapped time and power properties, which were among the most difficult non-natural properties.
‘Unless you have a decent understanding of the two properties, you will never be able to solve it!’
Dexter was so confident.
Afterwards, he waved his hand as if his business was over.
“Now, go and solve that… … .”
“Grandpa Topju.”
Dexter’s words, which were trying to chase Lois away, were cut off by a small hand suddenly sticking out.
“huh?”
Lois smiled broadly and responded to Dexter’s questioning gaze looking down at her.
“I solved everything!”
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