“It’s definitely tastier than candy!”
Odok odok. Raon’s wings flapped as he spoke cheerfully while eating cookies. He looked quite excited, but Kale’s expression was not good.
As soon as he heard about Anroman from the crown prince, Kale immediately teleported with Raonman.
Thanks to that, the place he was now was the crown prince’s office.
“But human, the crown prince seems really busy! When will the crown prince come?”
Of course, there is only Kale and Raon, without Albert.
Click.
Just then the door opened.
“Huh!”
Someone took a deep breath.
Kale, who had raised his head, could see the person stepping back with a frozen expression.
“…shield……!”
As soon as our eyes met, the person shut his mouth tightly in surprise at the words he blurted out without realizing it.
“ha.”
And Albert was seen sighing.
“I’ll organize this and report back to you.”
“Yes, yes! Down!”
Albert closed the door and entered the office alone.
“Are you the new aide?”
“Oh. We hired a lot of people this time.”
Albert, sitting on the sofa opposite Kale, stared at him intently. At that gaze, Kale opened his mouth.
“I clearly told you that I was visiting your office?”
“yes.”
Cale told Albert, who had been talking about Anroman, that he would go and explain and that he would move right away.
Albert told him that he would be away for a while because of some business, so he told them to come when they wanted.
That’s why Kale wondered why Albert was looking at him so uncomfortably.
Albert’s mouth opened as if to answer that question.
“I guess the news of your reappearance will spread among the people?”
“I guess so. I didn’t really hide it.”
Albert smiled faintly at Cale, who answered as if to ask what the problem was.
“The shield prince, there will be chaos if the hero returns to the palace.”
Kale’s face crumpled. Albert continued speaking regardless.
“People will be looking for you a lot.”
“?”
“Because of the mine.”
“!”
Kale felt dizzy for a moment.
It felt like I was standing on the edge of a cliff.
mine.
A very high quality mine received as a reward after dealing with the Black Blood Hunters on Planet Shaolen.
The types were also very diverse, including magic stones and jewels.
After discussing this with Kale, Albert was secretly distributing it in a way that would benefit both Kale and Rowan.
Of course, Albert did this process as quietly as possible, but information inevitably leaked out.
“I feel like I’ve been too busy lately.”
Cale avoided his gaze as Albert spoke softly.
“My little brother, your eyes have become brighter.”
Kale, who left the Central Plains and returned to Rowan, returned to his original form.
In fact, aside from the time when Kale used the power of water in the Central Plains, there was nothing that made her body feel that tired. Rather, she ate a lot of good elixirs.
Thanks to that, his appearance has improved from before.
I gained some weight too.
“… Our Lord is truly, truly-”
Kale opened his mouth but couldn’t say anything else.
Raon spoke instead, eating the cookie.
“Crown Prince! You look so tired! Why are you becoming more and more like us humans?”
Kale turned away from the Crown Prince’s intent gaze.
“ha.”
Albert sighed and leaned back on the sofa.
“Well, you have it harder than me.”
This was sincere.
Kale, who works on projects related to the Kingdom of Rowan and travels across worlds to save a planet.
Just looking at the weight, kale had a harder time.
Kale spoke quietly.
“But since we hired a lot of people this time, isn’t it okay?”
“There’s no one I particularly like. There’s too much to teach to put into practice right away.”
Albert shook his head as if he was disappointed and blurted it out.
“Have you seen the face of Basen Henitus?”
“yes?”
For a moment, Kale felt an inexplicable sense of crisis.
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‘no way?’
Kale’s eyes became sharp. When I looked at Albert with those eyes without realizing it, this time Albert avoided my gaze.
“I heard that your younger brother has considerable administrative experience from a young age. As the Henitus Counts grow into dukes, there are many things to do, but he is the one who takes the lead and works hard, and his abilities are so outstanding that experts recognize him.”
“Why are you curious about that?”
It was Kale who let out an irreverent tone without realizing it.
Albert smiled brightly.
“If it’s just Bassen, he’s your younger brother, and he’s also my younger brother, right? That’s why I want to have a conversation with him.”
“… … .”
“I heard that your youngest brother is quite skilled in swordsmanship despite his young age. And he’s not stopping there, I heard he’s also trying to learn military science and tactics.”
Kale was starting to feel more and more uncomfortable.
Bassen and Lily.
Those two were family to Kale and the last bastion for his dream of becoming a freeloader.
Weren’t they great children who said that their dream was to develop and protect the Henitus estate?
“Crown Prince, human pupils are shaking! Why are they like that?”
“well.”
Albert smiled brightly.
“Crown Prince, your face suddenly looks better! Is it because you’re happy to see us?”
“Hahaha! I guess so.”
Like that detestable crown prince.
Do you dare to drag my brothers into the palace?
Kale thought seriously.
“I can’t let my guard down.”
“ha ha ha!”
The crown prince just smiled brightly.
Kale decided that he had to meet Lily and Bassen soon.
Are the two people’s dreams still the same?
Of course, if the future the two of them dream of goes beyond the Henitus territory and extends to the entire Rowan, Kale is willing to support it.
‘…That doesn’t mean I have any intention of becoming a lord.’
If you look for a way, you’ll find one.
What Kale was worried about was that neither Lily nor Bassen had any intention of working in the palace, but they would be completely swayed by the dazzling tongue of the Crown Prince, who was a paragon of well-oiled tongue before their eyes, and would be dragged to the palace to live a life of working overtime as if it were nothing.
‘That has to be stopped!’
As a brother, as an older brother! Isn’t that right?
But why do I feel so uneasy?
“I also heard that your youngest sibling has transferred to the Kingdom Academy and will be attending this opening ceremony?”
As expected, there was a reason for the anxiety.
“I think I should go give a speech this time. Hahaha!”
Kale made up his mind.
If that human were to go to Lily’s opening ceremony and try to seduce her.
‘I’ll stop it.’
Of course, if you talk to Lily before that, and if Lily dreams of a bigger world-
‘I should tell you this too.’
If you want to work in the Kingdom of Rowan, I’d support that, but if you simply want to see the bigger world, the world is really big and there are many things to do, so think about it slowly.
“Your Highness, our human faces are so solemn! Why are they like that?”
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Kale ignored the conversation between the dragon and the quarter dark elf and made a deep resolution in his heart.
At that moment, Albert’s question suddenly came to mind.
“What is Hyunpi?”
Oh, right. There was this.
Kale’s face began to resemble a wilted cabbage.
Albert’s face became serious.
“The Anroman I’ve met seems like a very thorough person. Didn’t Parang say he was a blood demon? Did the blood demon put Anroman in some kind of crisis?”
Kale remembered what Albert had said.
‘Anroman said so. That bastard Parang, he was supposed to get Hyunpi but he didn’t. He said that his dark history was almost revealed because of that bastard. He said that he was the guy who caused a considerable crisis for him. Hmm. What is Hyunpi and what is dark history?’
Kale opened his mouth slowly.
“Anyway, I’ll explain. Hyunpi is an abbreviation for real PK-”
He continued his explanation in a dry voice. Albert and Raon, who heard all of this, seemed to have difficulty understanding the feast of unfamiliar words, but eventually nodded.
Albert said with a serious expression.
“Hmm. That must have been a pretty complicated situation. An Roman is quite courageous.”
“…yes?”
“I don’t know if An Ro-man was the president at the time of that incident, but judging from the way he spoke, it seems like he was in a considerable position. For someone like that to truly immerse himself in the world contained within the existence of a game and try to connect it to reality, doesn’t that mean he made a huge decision that would create something called a dark history?”
“…uh-“
“According to you, a dark past follows you throughout your life, stays locked in a corner of your mind, and comes out from time to time to remind you of your shortcomings and foolishness, making you feel ashamed, right?”
“Uh… um… right?”
“Hmm. It seems Anroman was serious about the world in that game.”
“… I guess so?”
“And the Transparent Blood family that created a world where a three-term president can pour his heart into a game must also be very dangerous.”
“…Yes?”
Kale nodded, as it all seemed to be correct. Seeing this, Albert continued speaking.
“You have a device that the Blood Demon used when he was young that can enter the game world. Are you saying that you are having trouble accessing it?”
“yes.”
Originally, Kale tried to connect using the remaining arm of the Blood Demon.
“There are two steps in total. First fingerprint, second iris.”
I didn’t know that iris authentication would pop up.
Kale was blocked from authenticating there and could no longer log in.
“Hmm. I think it would be best to talk to An Roman directly first.”
“Is it possible?”
“uh.”
Albert’s unbreakable spear.
Among the gifts that the sun god gave him, saying that it was a natural order, there was an AI called Taerang.
“I have ordered a system to be created that will allow communication through sight as well as voice through Taerang.”
He looked at the kale and added:
“Of course, the method is to log into the system and input the code, but Anroman told me. He seemed to have considerable knowledge of systems and such machinery.”
“okay.”
Albert brought the tarang. It had been a long time since Cale had seen a window so white without a speck of dust.
He suddenly remembered the moment when the Crown Prince used this spear to fight the giant monster, the Lion Dragon. He also saw Albert using this weapon that had been changed into a gun.
“for a moment.”
Albert manipulated Taerang on his own several times. As soon as he gave Taerang some orders, the spear’s appearance changed.
Click. Click.
A crack appeared in the middle of the window. The crack grew larger and larger, creating a rectangular gap.
Albert set up the window.
Then, the light coming from the hole filled one side of the wall in the office.
Kale looked at this and thought of a beam projector.
“oh.”
While Kale was admiring, a screen appeared.
Supporting- Supporting-
The picture quality was poor, almost like a broken television.
But soon the screen began to take shape little by little.
“Is this your first time seeing An Ro-man’s face?”
“yes.”
Up until now, we had only communicated through voice through Taerang.
The two sat side by side on the sofa, waiting to connect with An Roman.
“Oh, but kale.”
“yes.”
“Among the things An Ro-man said last time, there was something like this.”
Albert recalled many things he had said.
One of them.
‘Interesting. So, the current owner, Albert Crossman. You are the crown prince and you have to save the world from the lion dragon?’
‘If you can solve all of this, you will become the ruler of not only the Kingdom of Rowan, but the world. Alright, listen carefully to the information I give you. You won’t regret it.’
‘… But that’s funny. You and I seem to have a lot in common. Are you also of impure blood?’
“He said he was of impure blood.”
Impure blood?
There was a strange expression on Kale’s face. He opened his mouth as he saw that Albert had a similar expression.
“Isn’t it awkward?”
“Me too. Let me keep that in mind.”
That was when.
-Coordinates confirmed.
– We are proceeding with the connection with Anroman of the 3rd Earth.
With Taerang’s voice, the screen turned black for a moment.
As soon as that word came to mind, the screen brightened for a moment.
And then a face came to mind.
Kale didn’t see a single thing in the President’s office, which was both old-fashioned and quite modern.
“uh?”
Raon, who had been turning transparent, let out a voice without realizing it.
“…uh?”
And Kale looked away from the screen.
Once from the front, once from the side.
Cale, who had been repeating this two or three times, blurted out without realizing it while looking at Anroman and Albert Cross, who were not opening their mouths.
“If anyone saw us, they would think we were brothers.”
The two looked quite similar.
That also reminded Anroman of Albert Crossman when he was a quarter dark elf.
Copper skin, brown hair.
Brown eyes.
Of course, his hair was a bit lighter brown than Albert’s, with a lighter copper color, but it was quite similar.
In addition, An Roman wore glasses and looked a little older.
Of course, he still looked like he was in his 30s.
‘The atmosphere is different.’
While Albert Crossmann had a more sociable and outgoing personality, Anromán had a cold, businesslike air.
-Human! I’m so curious!
As Kale continued to listen to Raon’s voice, he suddenly realized something.
‘… So that person is ranked number 1 in the game?’
You mean someone who looks like a good student, Albert?
Are you saying that he is a three-term president who almost got into trouble?
The surprise disappeared from Kale’s face.
“It looks new this way.”
-Yes. Are you Albert Crossman?
“Yes. Is that you, Anroman?”
-okay.
Cale, who had been watching the two people talking with strange expressions, looked at An Roman.
An Roman also looked at Kale.
-Are you the Cale Henitus that Albert Crossman was talking about?
He spoke highly of Kale.
“yes.”
Kale, who had expressed his affirmation in a plain manner, was about to open his mouth.
But An Ro-man spoke coldly, as if he was sorry, a little faster.
-It’s not blue.
“yes?”
– Blue said that his hair color was blue. It was over a decade ago when I was 15, but I still remember the information about Blue clearly. What a pity.
15 years old.
When I was in 2nd year of middle school.
Kale’s expression became very calm.
Suddenly, Anroman felt truly comfortable.
That’s why I asked.
“Mr. An Roman, do you know about a company called Transparent?”
I got straight to the point.
Is it because he looks similar to Albert?
I thought the other person would prefer this.
And An Roman answered nonchalantly, as if he was used to such conversations.
-It’s a transcendent company.
“A transcendent company?”
-The world we are in. You said it was the Third Earth, right? On this Earth, a company with enormous wealth and power that transcends nations is Transparent Corporation. And I am from the family of the owner of that company.
huh?
Kale paused.
What did I just hear?
He turned his head and looked at Albert.
Albert also looked at Kale.
The two people who had been staring at each other looked at An Roman again.
Kale opened his mouth.
“Are you a hunter?”
And then the answer came sharply.
-what is that?
It was An Roman who showed his doubts with an extremely innocent face.
“… No, I heard he comes from that family-”
-Ah, my father was originally the president of a small game company. And my uncle was the vice president, and the person my uncle married was the daughter of a transparent stock company.
An Roman said calmly.
-My uncle hit my father on the back of the head and took the game company and turned it into a transparent company with my aunt.
And then he smiled faintly.
-The reason I’m explaining this is because I heard that the reason you contacted me today was because of the game. I’m telling you this in advance because it’s something that will eventually come up as I explain about the game.
Kale opened his mouth slowly.
“… The game my father was developing… … ?”
-Raising my own precious absolute god. The game’s prototype and core world were created with my father and mother as key developers and planners.
A faint smile appeared on An Roman’s cold face.
But there was a cold anger inside.
-The world’s first virtual reality game. The person who created that world where you can’t tell if it’s real or virtual is my father, and the game that came out into the world by manipulating and twisting that world at will is a game about raising a nerd, whether it’s an absolute god or something.
Virtual reality games.
When the word entered Kale’s head, Anroman said it as if it was nothing.
-And I am number one in that world. It may not be the world my parents dreamed of, but it is a world they created with their blood, sweat, and tears, so shouldn’t I at least be number one there?
Kale nodded absentmindedly.
“…virtual reality?”
The one who raised the question was Albert Crossman.
Cale, who had been nodding absentmindedly at the words of the third-term President Ahn Roman, turned his gaze to Albert.
But Albert looked at An Roman and demanded an explanation with his eyes.
-To put it simply, it is another reality, but it does not exist.
“It doesn’t exist?”
-Yes. If you enter that world through the connection device, you can feel all five senses including pain, and you can create various things in the world that exists within it. However, the moment you exit the connection device-
An Roman raised his empty hands.
-That world cannot be touched. Only the mana and mechanical devices that created that world exist.
Hmm.
Kale leaned back on the sofa, crossing his arms.
‘Manara-‘
The third district where Anroman lives.
It was like an intermediate world where the Earth where Kim Rok-su lived and this nameless 1 where Kale lived were combined.
‘There is magic and aura. At the same time, there are various cold weapons.’
It seemed like a world where many things were mixed together.
Kale watched Albert and Anroman ask and answer questions, then focused on the words coming out of Anroman’s mouth.
-Mana is the most transformative energy in nature. Our parents believed that with its transformative power, it would be able to create virtual worlds and allow game users to create those worlds in various directions.
Should we consider it a type of magic engineering?
-Of course, there were many places that conducted such research. But they couldn’t beat the algorithm that my mother and father created.
“And you made the game?”
-Yeah. I finally got it done.
Kale, who had been listening, joined in the conversation.
“I think a project of that scale would have been conducted with considerable secrecy.”
-That’s right. It was confidential. Of course, my parents told the company executives.
“And to your uncle, who is the vice president?”
-Yes. And when my uncle found out the truth, he insisted that we should receive an investment.
“Your parents must have refused.”
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