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< President >
Squeak-.
The interrogation room door opened and a man came in.
A tall, well-built man with sharp features, wearing a black suit and walking like a model.
I knew his name.
Joo Sang Wook.
He is the current leader of the Superhuman Cooperation Team at the Disaster Management Headquarters, and he would later become infamous as the ‘Superhuman Judge’.
I tried not to get involved because I thought I’d get tired… but this guy shows up in the end.
thud!
Joo Sang-wook put down a thick folder on the iron table.
“A wizard from another dimension···.”
A low, quiet voice.
Pup. Trying to take the initiative from the beginning by raising your voice.
I suppressed the laughter that was about to burst out and answered in a calm voice, true to the concept.
“Yes. I am Aximus, a wizard from the continent of Gaia.”
That doesn’t mean I intended to make it seem easy from the beginning.
I looked around and said.
“I came to tell you about disaster, not to commit a crime…”
The space we were in was an interrogation room that was less than 5 pyeong (approximately 16 square meters).
In fact, it was closer to a prison than an interrogation room.
The walls were made of steel on all sides, and a single dim light bulb on the ceiling illuminated us.
There is a device attached to each corner of the wall that can spray anesthetic gas at any time.
Joo Sang-wook sat down in front of me and said.
“We know it’s inconvenient, but we ask for your understanding. This is our first time experiencing something like this.”
“Are you by any chance the king of this world?”
Joo Sang-wook shook his head at my question.
“I am just a civil servant.”
“What is a civil servant?”
When I tilted my head and asked, Joo Sang-wook frowned and said.
“You can think of him as the king’s subject. … Are you really from another dimension?”
I said with a sigh as if I was frustrated.
“I told you all about that story when I was riding in the black carriage earlier.”
After I told the police officer to guide me to the king, government superhumans arrived at the scene shortly thereafter.
They took us in a car with a black interior and drove us there, and this is where we ended up.
The handcuffs were not applied, but the glowing cane was confiscated.
It wasn’t unexpected, but at this point I was being treated like half a criminal.
And the little one was dozing off next to me.
[Cool···.]
···Time has passed, but don’t you still feel a little uneasy?
I glanced at the kid and then turned my head back to look at Joo Sang-wook.
“There is not much time left before disaster strikes. Please take me to the king.”
Joo Sang-wook shook his head firmly.
“There is a procedure in this country. You cannot guide someone whose identity and purpose are unknown to the president, that is, the king.”
“Ugh! It’s so frustrating. How many times have I told you that there isn’t much time left···!”
I acted like I was really sorry, but in reality, it was all expected.
There was no way he could meet the president right away if he suddenly showed up one day claiming to be a wizard and talking about some kind of disaster.
Because you might think I have some other purpose.
In the worst case scenario, they might torture me to get information out of me.
Of course, I’ve prepared for the worst case scenario. I’ve even acquired a teleportation scroll so I can escape if necessary.
Joo Sang-wook said with a hardened expression.
“Mr. Aximus. We still can’t trust your words. If a person from another dimension suddenly came to warn of disaster… would you believe him?”
I nodded seriously.
“You have to believe.”
“I believe in evidence more than a person’s face. Show me evidence that you are from another dimension.”
“I knew this would happen, so I prepared.”
As if I had been waiting, I started taking out various things from inside the robe.
Most of them were odds and ends I got while hunting for treasure with the little one.
Coins from the continent of Gaia, atlases in the Gaian language, and traditional crafts from the continent.
But Joo Sang-wook just laughed lightly.
“We have many of those things as well. They can be found anywhere during the national reclamation plan.”
I smiled brightly.
“But you don’t know the history. For example, this coin is a commemorative coin for the 800th anniversary of the Imperial Calendar…”
I talked about the history and culture of the continent of Gaia, something that only I know.
“The continent is made up of one empire, two kingdoms, and several principalities. I am from the Hermit Forest…”
These are stories that even cartoonists and novelists could never come up with on the spot.
Vivid memories and experiences that can only be known by living there and feeling it for yourself.
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As my story continued, Joo Sang-wook’s expression also gradually changed.
“······.”
It’s not just Joo Sang-wook.
Everyone outside listening to my story is probably thinking the same thing by now.
‘You really are a wizard from another dimension.’
After a while, I finished my story and stared at Joo Sang-wook.
“Do you still need more evidence?”
But Joo Sang-wook still had an expression on his face that said he couldn’t understand.
“···Let’s say you’re a wizard from another dimension. But that’s a whole other story when it comes to disasters. How could you possibly know what’s going to happen in the future?”
I straightened my back and spoke reverently, infusing mana into the
“I···. I am weak, but I can read fate.”
Joo Sang-wook’s expression distorted. His expression was like, “What kind of nonsense is this?”
“Reading fate?”
“It is not possible to know all destinies. However, we can know the major plot lines of history and the futures of those who hold the stars of great destiny to some extent.”
“······.”
A look of distrust appears in Joo Sang-wook’s eyes. He must think that it is a ridiculous story.
But maybe you’ll change your mind after a while?
“You also happen to have a big star of destiny… I will read your destiny.”
I closed my eyes and let out mana from my entire body. The
After a while, I opened my eyes wide in shock and said,
“You… are trying to become king yourself.”
At that moment, Joo Sang-wook seemed visibly flustered.
“Wh, what are you talking about?”
I said, maintaining an air of mystery.
“It might have been ten years, or maybe fifteen years. I saw you giving a speech in front of many people to become king.”
Joo Sang-wook opened his mouth blankly as if he couldn’t believe it. He muttered without realizing it.
“how···.”
How did you know about my ambition?
Well, I know because I personally saw you run for president 10 years later, and 15 years later.
One who holds the big star of destiny.
I think it was a really well-made name.
I guess we can roughly guess the future of even fairly famous people.
With those words, the way Joo Sang-wook looked at me completely changed.
I said with a mysterious smile.
“Can you believe me now?”
Joo Sang-wook bit his lower lip.
“···I’ll be back in a moment.”
After Joo Sang-wook left the interrogation room, I straightened my back and leaned back in my chair.
I checked in my head to see if I had said something wrong, but there was nothing I could find to fault with.
The foreshadowing of the prophecy to come is also well laid out.
‘All that’s left is to prepare for disaster…’
While I was thinking for a moment, Joo Sang-wook came back into the interrogation room.
He said with a stern expression.
“The President said he would like to meet you in person.”
The first step was over. I nodded seriously, suppressing the smile that was forming on my lips.
“Okay.”
And I gently shook the shoulder of the little boy who had been dozing off since a while ago.
“Assistant. Get up.”
The little one mumbled while rubbing his eyes through the cat mask. It really did sound like a real cat washing its face.
[Wow. It’s breakfast already…?]
“······.”
It’s fortunate that the sleep talk is in Gaia.
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As it turned out, we were already at the Blue House.
As I came out of the interrogation room in the basement and took the elevator up to ground level, I could see the scenery outside through the window.
Joo Sang Wook explained it to us.
“This is the Blue House…. In other words, it is the royal palace of this country.”
The newly built Blue House was transformed into something close to a military facility.
At the time of the First Gate, another gate was opened right above the Blue House.
There was only one monster that popped out from there.
Lesser Dragon.
A giant dragon-type monster over 20 meters tall reduced the Blue House to ashes and killed the president and most of the cabinet members.
It took several months for the chaos to be resolved and a new president to be elected.
“This is it.”
As I entered the Oval Office, dozens of security guards stood guard.
At the very back of the office, a man in his fifties with a stern-looking face was looking at me. Behind him stood a large man wearing an iron mask.
The moment I saw that sight, one corner of my mouth twisted slightly.
‘Are you going to come out like this?’
I bowed politely.
“Your Majesty, I am Aximus, a wizard from the continent of Gaia.”
The president pointed to the chair opposite him.
“Both of you, please sit over there.”
It wasn’t just any ordinary chair. It was a chair equipped with a lie detector.
I asked calmly, pretending not to know anything.
“What an oddly shaped chair.”
The president, who seemed strict, didn’t bother to lie.
“It’s a tool to detect lies. If you answer my questions with a lie, the tool will tell me.”
“······.”
For a brief moment, my eyes met the President’s.
A lie detector that was prepared as if it had been waiting.
And dozens of security guards waiting in the room. Among them were quite a few superhumans.
Especially the iron mask standing behind me is probably···.
Sigh.
“I guess I’ll have to use a lie detector on you.”
As I muttered in Gaian, the President frowned and said:
“What did you just say?”
I spoke in Korean again.
“We have nothing to hide,” he said.
And I confidently went to the lie detector and sat down. The little boy also sat in the chair next to me.
“Ask me anything you want.”
Joo Sang-wook came and put various devices on my body. They were devices to check my blood pressure, pulse, and sweat.
The President asked the first question.
“Are you really from the continent of Gaia?”
“Yes.”
[yes!]
The lie detector graph was completely flat. After checking that, the president asked the question again.
“Is the story about the disaster true?”
“Yes, I came here to warn of disaster.”
[The assistant doesn’t know!]
The graph still didn’t move at all. The little one was doing exactly as I had told him to do.
The President’s expression darkened suddenly. He opened his mouth again with difficulty.
“Tell me what you know about the disaster.”
“The day when all seven bands of the rainbow disappear···.”
I spoke in detail about the disasters I knew and had personally experienced.
“Hundreds of dimensional gates will open and at least 10,000 monsters will pour out.”
“10,000···. It’s hard to handle even 1,000···.”
The President looked like he was wishing the lie detector graph would move. But the graph didn’t move at all.
“then···.”
There were many questions that followed,
“Yes.”
[I don’t know!]
“no.”
[I don’t know!]
“I think that explanation will be long···.”
[I’m hungry···.]
The lie detector was of no use to us.
I learned martial arts so I could control my breathing, pulse, and sweat.
The kid was still not very good at Korean, so he couldn’t even understand half of the questions.
“······.”
The president stopped asking questions, lowered his head, and remained silent for a while.
After a long time, he raised his head and spoke to the people in the room with a serious expression.
“Everyone, get out.”
A moment later, all that was left in the office were the President, me, the kid, and Iron Mask, who was guarding the President right next to him.
“Take those things off the wizard’s body.”
“yes.”
Iron Mask removed the lie detector devices from my body. With my relaxed arms, I removed the devices from the little boy’s body.
The president said with a sigh.
“I’m sorry for continuing to doubt you. It’s a matter of fact.”
I nodded with a faint smile on my lips.
“I understand. I would have done the same thing.”
“I have a personal question. Before disaster strikes···.”
I knew he would continue asking questions about the disaster.
But then a completely unexpected question came up.
“Can you grant me asylum to the continent of Gaia?”
“······.”
I looked at the President for a moment without answering. He was looking at me with a weary and worn-out face, and speaking to me as if pleading.
“Isn’t the continent of Gaia a safer place than here?”
“······.”
“If it’s money, I have enough. No, if there’s anything else you want, I’ll get it for you. Just take me and my family. Just take this friend here.”
The President pointed to the Iron Mask next to him. The Iron Mask stood motionless.
“······.”
After a moment of clearing my complicated mind, I opened my mouth.
“···So, are you saying that the king will abandon his people and run away?”
The president shook his head desperately.
“I am not a king! I am just a person who happened to sit in this position!”
The president got up from his seat, strode toward me, and grabbed my hands. He clung to me.
“I am tired. I do not want to live in this dangerous land any longer. Please grant me asylum in your country. I have plenty of money. Or information, technology, resources… Whoever sent you must want something!”
“······.”
It was more than I imagined.
I never thought it would turn out like this.
It was so absurd that I laughed out loud.
I slapped his hand away and jumped up from my seat.
“I came to the wrong person! I’ll go back!”
I grabbed the little boy’s arm and turned around. I walked briskly as if I was going to go out right away.
Swish.
At that moment, an iron mask appeared in front of the door like a ghost.
Behind him, the president’s voice was filled with anger.
“Take me to the continent of Gaia. Didn’t you say you’d give me anything I wanted?”
“What if I don’t like it?”
When I looked back and asked, a bitter smile appeared on the President’s lips.
“I guess I have no choice but to do that.”
At that moment, a storm-like energy burst out from the Iron Mask’s body.
Puhwaaaaaaaah!
It was an incredible magical power.
I knew about it from rumors, but it felt even bigger when I actually saw it.
One of the first Awakened.
Giant Kim Soo-ho.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As he walked towards me, he grew taller and taller. He was a little taller than average, but he grew to two meters, then three meters, and then four meters. The reason he didn’t grow any taller was because of the ceiling.
The shrunken iron mask was no longer of any use. He crumpled the iron mask like a piece of paper, threw it on the floor, and looked down at me with an expressionless face.
The magical power flowing through Kim Soo-ho’s body boiled like lava.
Together with Baek Chang-soo, he was the strongest superhuman in close combat.
The moment I saw that face, I burst out laughing.
“Phuhu!”
Because I couldn’t bear this bizarre situation any longer.
I knew better than anyone that this man would never abandon his people.
“···Why are you laughing?”
To Kim Soo-ho, who asked quietly, I smiled leisurely and asked back.
“How long are you going to keep playing these tricks? You are truly the king.”
“······.”
Slurp.
Kim Soo-ho, who had returned to his normal size, asked while scratching his chin.
“How did you know?”
Well, if you are a citizen of the Republic of Korea, there is no way you wouldn’t know.
Kim Soo Ho.
He was a hero who saved Seoul from the death of the president and the collapse of the command system.
As a former police chief, he immediately mobilized the police force to protect citizens and gathered superhumans to retake the Blue House after awakening his powers.
After that, he worked day and night to normalize the city, and after retirement, he devoted himself to restoring the country until his death.
There has been much debate over who the strongest superhuman in history is, but the best name has always been Kim Su-ho.
Since that kind of man is the president, I thought I would meet him.
This ridiculous skit might have been a test to see if I had other intentions.
I gave a mysterious smile to the man I admired.
“How could I not recognize someone with such a big star of destiny as you?”
That night, the President summoned all of the First Awakened.
< President > End
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