#122
Fortunately, the frog man’s arm was treated and regenerated. Although his appearance had not changed since the first time he saw him, Sehyun knew that the frog man was different from before. Such were the strong emotions that appeared in his clear eyes. Even his calm eyes were different from back then.
“Yoo Si-un.”
“yes… !”
“When we’re done talking, could you prepare some food for me? “Enough for everyone to eat together.”
“yes yes… ! Already, all the Celestials are helping and preparing. “I’m really preparing a lot.”
“Thank you. But before that, I’d like to finish what I didn’t say yesterday. “There was a conversation that needed to end.”
The only people sitting around the small table were Sehyeon and Yoo Si-woon. Everyone quietly retreated, folded their arms, and leaned against the wall to watch.
Behind Sehyeon and Yoo Si-un, Ruhak and Lewell were one step behind, respectively. Neither of them had good facial expressions. The one with the worst expression was Yu Si-un, who was sitting restlessly.
“Yoo Si-un.”
“yes.”
“Why did you lie to me?”
Yu Si-un’s black eyes fluttered shut. His hunched shoulders also became narrower. Yu Si-un did not deny it. He was sitting on a thorn cushion with a rather guilty expression on his face.
“I don’t think the portal that Yu Si-un entered to go to the empire was in a place where it snowed like this. Or did I see it wrong?”
On the day when Kwak Jeong-han and Yoo Si-woon were sent off, the portal of Yoo Si-un that Se-hyeon saw was a place filled with greenery. This was not a cold region where layers of snow piled up and icicles fell. Yu Si-un entered a place where even the seasons were different, thinking it was his empire. He looked like he had been deceived.
However, Sehyun has kept it quiet until now. I wonder if he is of the same mind as Park Seung-gun.
“I will explain that part.”
The one who opened his mouth was Yu Si-un’s archduke, Lewell, who was standing behind him. He sighed deeply with a distraught expression. The downcast gaze was full of confusion.
“Currently, our king is in a position where he cannot use his country’s portal. To put it simply, he was taken away.”
“Then whose portal did Yoo Si-un go through?”
“It belongs to the Reptilian Empire. If I said it looked like a lizard, you would understand. The autochthonous empire has been plundered more than you think. This place is also a refuge for a former homegrown empire, not its true nature. “Currently, the Jaseng Empire’s home base is being used as a route point for their allies under the control of the Earthen Empire.”
“Are you saying all the empires will gather there?”
“That’s right. It would be more correct to call it a mock place. In the sky of the homegrown empire, there are numerous alliance portals of nameless and faceless empires. Because of this, our king signed a ban on portals in his country, and the people of the Autochthonous Empire were kicked out of their hometowns and relegated to being producers of potions under the Reptilian Empire.”
It was said that the current homegrown empire was nothing more than an empty shell. Fan’s warning has now become more serious. More than Sehyeon thought, the Jaseng Empire was deeply entangled in a hostile alliance.
“It wouldn’t have been easy to explain because I couldn’t say it out loud, so I had no choice but to enter the portal of the Reptilian Empire in silence. Moreover, since I and the people of the empire were in the Reptilian Empire, it is not a lie to say that I will go to the arms of the empire. I assure you there was no intention to deceive. “Our king may be ignorant and foolish, but he is not one to maliciously deceive anyone.”
If you think of Yu Si-un, who made sacrifices for the people of the empire and endured the stigma of being a parasitic empire, then yes. I thought so. Se-Hyun also had no intention of doubting Yoo Si-Woon’s performance in Park Seung-Geon’s airship.
still-
“Yoo Si-un, didn’t you hate that reptilian empire?”
If you have malicious intent, you cannot cross the other person’s portal. In this case, it can be said that Yu Si-un did not have any resentment towards the king of the reptilian empire.
How is that possible?
“… Initially… I couldn’t cross the Reptile Empire portal. many… I got it right a lot. That was the first time I realized that you can’t cross another empire’s portal if you have malicious intent. Later, after Lewell and the children from our empire were moved to the Reptilian Empire… Because even if I wanted to go, I couldn’t go… I pray, cry, pray every day to kill evil intentions… “That’s how I lived.”
Tears formed in Yu Si-un’s blinking eyes. However, Yu Si-un did not cry this time.
“I spent 15 days starving like that… I miss my kids so much and feel sorry… I thought it would be better for me to disappear. Then you don’t have to suffer from Park Seung-gun anymore… . So I tried to disappear… When I tried to do that… I miss my kids so much and feel sorry for them… In the end, I couldn’t do that. Instead, I cried to the point of death. I cried to the point of fainting, woke up and cried again… When two days passed like that… “It happened then.”
Yoo Si-un spit out some random words and then closed his mouth again. He may have been in violation of his contract. Instead, it was Lewell, who was silently looking at Yoo Si-woon, who opened his mouth.
“What was revealed to our king at that time was the skill to go through all portals without restrictions. It was possible to use the portal of an opposing empire even if one had malicious intent or even murderous intent. And this skill’s effects can only be shared with the person it touches.”
“It’s because of me. because of me… Park Seung-gun was able to go through the Celestial Race portal, kidnap people, and threaten them to force them to sign contracts. because of me… Sehyeon was also kidnapped. sorry… . I’m sorry for talking like this now… .”
It was a truly cruel skill. Because of that skill, Yoo Si-woon would have been used a lot by Park Seung-geon. I couldn’t blame Yoo Si-un for this part.
Sehyeon changed the topic with a long sigh.
“Do you intend to retake the base? Even if the ban was applied before the skill was created, I don’t think the ban would be of any use now.”
“does not exist.”
Lewell spoke clearly. Yes, that place was no longer their safe haven. Recapturing did not mean everything went back to square one. As if Yoo Si-un also knew this, he expressed his approval of Lewell’s words.
“That place now… It’s not our empire. Even if I go back… “No one will ever forget everything that happened there.”
“… Then the base will be here.”
“yes. If possible… “I want to make it here.”
“Still, we have to recapture the flag to change the base.”
Yoo Si-woon and Lewell nodded with shady faces at Se-hyeon’s words. In fact, whether a place became a base for an empire or not was determined by the presence or absence of a ‘flag’ containing the symbol of the empire. This flag was created starting from Empire Level 2, and from then on, several restrictions were placed on moving villages.
If it is true that the portal was created in the direction of the Jaseng Empire, which was the current route, there was a high probability that the flag would also be there. And the flag had to be torn or destroyed in order to register the base somewhere else.
To put it simply, the self-made empire had to be defeated once. Of course, it was not an ordinary defeat. Even if the stronghold is destroyed, the people of the empire will not die as long as the king lives.
“As for the rest, when Yoo Si-un’s contract is terminated, we will hear it directly from Yoo Si-un’s mouth. First of all, thank you for telling me.”
“Oh, no. I am truly sorry, Sehyun. “I will do my best to be of strength, absolutely.”
Yu Si-un said that with desperate eyes. Sehyun smiled once and immediately got up. He couldn’t leave the heroes who had starved for several days longer than this.
“The alliance contract will be officially concluded in our empire, but I want to eat first… Is it okay, Mr. Yoo Si-un?”
“yes! There is a restaurant right next to the square. “You can go there.”
“Are you all going?”
Sehyun looked at everyone and said. Those who were listening from afar also perked up their ears and stood up one by one. Some people were patting their stomachs as if they were finally feeling hungry. Jaeyoung Lee was especially like that.
Sehyun left the room with everyone, wrapped tightly by the heroes who took care of her outerwear. It was a world full of bitter cold. The breath that spread through them shattered white in the sunlight.
The snow crunching under my feet made me realize the season I had forgotten about. It was the first snowy landscape I encountered when I came to Elix.
The village was very small. It was said to be a refuge, but it was run on the scale of an unnamed village. It was as small and cozy as Yu Si-un.
The restaurant was only revealed when everyone turned bright red from the cold wind blowing past their cheeks.
The restaurant was already packed with people. What I could see were wings as white as the snow piled up on the roof.
“Oh, you’re here!”
“I guess you’re awake.”
“Uh, uh… !”
The Celestials who saw Sehyun couldn’t hide their agitation as they fluttered their wings. As if they had been waiting, the food was already neatly prepared on the rough table.
“Sehyeon, all the Celestial Race people are thankful… . Well, you prepared it early on. Please sit down.”
Yoo Si-woon, who was flustered by looking at the Celestial Race and Se-hyeon alternately, led Se-hyeon to the most generous table, looking like he was sweating on this cold day. As soon as I sat down in the spacious seat, what I saw was a nicely shaped rice ball.
It’s like it was made by a frog man.
