Episode 210 < Cheat. (3) >
3.
“My name is Gongja Kim.”
I said, suppressing my heart pounding.
“And, he is the one who received the name Death King from you.”
“I’ll say it again. “It’s a pleasure to meet you officially, Topju.”
Purple eyes stared at me.
“Hmm.”
Topju was holding my chin. Our faces were so close that our breaths continued. The sound of Topju’s breathing was so quiet that it was barely audible.
“It would be rude if you were introduced and you didn’t respond by introducing yourself.”
Topju clicked his tongue slightly.
“great. As you said, Soin is the owner of the tower. He has a second name, the master of all life. His first name is Amethyst and his second name is Kaleidoscope. “I have many nicknames, but I don’t think I need to tell you about them.”
“Still, I would appreciate it if you could let me know.”
“That’s really shameless.”
“I wanted to know about the tower owner, so I even used this method. Just to meet you. “Isn’t it amazing?”
Topju snorted.
“Just like I heard, it’s Gyoeon Yeongsaek. I know very well that Hamustra was taken in by your words. However, if you are planning to harass a small person with words, give up. “That’s Soin’s specialty.”
“… … “Tapju’s specialty is seducing people?”
“Yeah. You should be lucky that you don’t have a hobby of messing with married men, Death King. “I wouldn’t know it if I were a married woman.”
Tuk.
Topju let go of my chin.
[The master of all life reaps the dragon power.]
Only then did I regain the outlines of my body. Until now, I could only feel the face, mouth, and heart in this darkness. However, after the top owner let go of his chin, the sensation in his limbs became clearer.
My head became much clearer.
“hmm.”
Okay.
My heart is still pounding, but not uncontrollably.
“Tap owner. You know why I called you. “I would like to use my skills to get a glimpse into your past.”
“…….”
“You may be omnipotent in this tower. But at the same time, we are also operators who try our best to be fair and strict. “I only used my skills legitimately, so you have no choice but to grant my request.”
“Damn it.”
Top owner narrowed his eyebrows.
Looking back now, it was really different from Amethyst in [Side Story].
Amethyst, who lives in the side story, had no facial expression at all. Even his words had little pitch. However, Tapju, who was now frowning in front of me, frowned, clicked his tongue, and sighed, even though he had the same beautiful appearance.
It was a living person.
“Death King.”
“yes.”
“I sincerely do not recommend experiencing the past of a minor, especially experiencing only the traumas. It’s dangerous. “It would be safer to dive towards a volcano about to explode with dynamite strapped to your waist.”
Topju shook his head.
“If you don’t want to be broken, please give up.”
“I want to know about you.”
“Death King. Do you know who the saddest being in the myth of Icarus is? A minotaur that was trapped in an eternal labyrinth as soon as it was born? Icarus, who could fly, just wanted to fly a little more? Daedalus, who gave his son wings? no. He is the sun that has no choice but to burn those who approach him and throw them into the Changhae (蒼海). “Please don’t make the little boy sad.”
“…….”
“Your access rights are level B.”
Topju snapped his fingers.
Then purple letters were engraved in the darkness.
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The road to hell.
Agwido (載鬼道).
The way of life.
Surado (修羅道).
The way of humanity.
Heavenly Way.
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“The depth of life you will experience is like that of animals. As I know because I have been through the Constellation Killer’s trauma before, from the point of view of the Beast, it is already a matter of [living] the trauma rather than [seeing] it. If your grade had been C or lower, even a small person might have worried… .”
The top owner looked directly at me.
“No.”
“…….”
“If you don’t want to be left without even bone broth, give up.”
Surprisingly, Topju had a rough mouth.
“… … You know my skills in detail. “I didn’t know what the next stage of animal life was.”
“Of course.”
Topju said softly.
“That’s the original ability of a dwarf.”
“yes?”
It was a completely unexpected remark.
Topju sighed and ran his fingers through his blond hair with his right hand.
“Every skill has an original source. Rather than creating something that doesn’t exist in the world, it’s much easier to develop by referring to something that already exists. The [penalty for seeing trauma] that you have is originally some kind of solvent… … . Anyway, it’s one of the abilities that a small person’s ancestors have. Small people call it late life.”
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Uh oh.
“Perhaps there is also a nickname [Master of Life]… … ?”
“that’s right. “I got it from there.”
oh my god.
So does this mean that I share similar abilities to Topju?
“It is an unexpected honor. No, this coincidence happened… … .”
“What is glory? Because of this damn ability, Soin’s life fell into abyss.”
I will correct it.
Topju was a much harsher person than expected.
“It’s not even a coincidence. It’s a penalty attached to [Returner’s Clockwork]. “You’ve already heard who created the skill, right?”
“Oh, yes. [The Princess Walking in a Mirage] made it… … .”
“That child is the daughter of a small man.”
My mouth dropped open.
“yes?”
“She’s the daughter of a small man.”
Topju sighed and held out his left hand.
“sleep.”
“W-what is it?”
“Smell it.”
It was a seriously difficult request.
“uh. that. Tower owner. Well, because the body already has an owner… .”
“Are you crazy? Do you want to die? You said earlier that you were not interested in Namjeongne, right? I have something to explain, so I ask you to stick your nose into the back of my hand and smell it. “I just flip her nostrils over and replace the nose hair with the hair on her head.”
“…….”
I obediently put my nose on the back of my hand and sniffed at the swear word I had never heard in my life.
“Ugh.”
At that time, a dizzying scent rose into my skull.
The sight before my eyes was dizzying.
I reflexively raised my head and widened the distance.
“… … “Peach scent?”
“yes. “It’s the personality of a small person.”
“crazy.”
“This is the part that even small people think is crazy.”
Tapju looked like he was chewing something.
“Now imagine the pillow that the little man’s daughter always carries with her.”
In my head, I thought of [The Princess Walking in a Mirage].
As the owner of the tower said, the princess always carried around a pillow.
And the pattern drawn on the pillow.
“peach… … .”
“That kid. She’s a seriously ill mother. No matter how old I am, I still can’t sleep without the presence of a small person by my side. “It’s not that he can’t sleep, but the fact that he doesn’t sleep is the evil thing.”
I was in a daze.
“I expected to hear some secrets when I met the top owner, but… .”
“You never imagined you would find out such a secret, did you? i know. I understand. There are no secrets in the world, and if you force yourself to find out, what awaits you next is infinite responsibility. Damn it.”
Topju’s habit of speaking was ‘damn.’
“It’s the same for small people. Don’t let people know their secrets. Don’t try to dig it up. “It would be fortunate if you were able to survive after we found out and dug it up, but the only relic we can find at the bottom of the small person is a rotten scream.”
“… … “If you still want to see it, what are you going to do?”
“The little man can pay you other compensation.”
The top owner looked at me.
The top owner’s face was expressionless while he was looking at me.
At this time, everything looked the same as Amethyst in [Side Story].
“Tell me what skill you want. Don’t be generous. Tell us what power you want. I’ll count it. Instead, please rip apart the [Returner’s Clockwork Clock]. “So that there is no trauma penalty.”
“…….”
“If you’re worried about losing your ability to regress, there’s no need to worry. “I’ll just remove the trauma penalty and give you the same or even better skills.”
“indeed.”
I nodded.
“You can’t force me to stop you?”
Top owner sighed.
“… … yes.”
“All you can do against me is persuasion. Even now, you have appeared to persuade me. If you stop the penalty from being activated depending on the skill, it would be [abuse of authority]. “You have the power to stop me, and you could change the world to prevent this from happening, but you don’t.”
Because you are a person bound by the rules you set for yourself.
“No matter how much you want to stop it, if I go ahead with it, you have no choice but to go ahead with it. “Am I right?”
“Death King.”
“I have no intention of tearing up [The Returner’s Clockwork].”
“Please, please. You will be torn apart.”
“If I step back from here, even if I get to the 99th floor or the 100th floor, I will forever be ignorant of you. I don’t want to do that. “I want to live with you, even if it’s just for one day.”
“…….”
Suddenly, the top owner’s eyes fell.
“is it so.”
The top owner was lamenting.
“I was determined that this day would come someday. The person who wields the sword must know that he or she will be torn apart by the sword. “There is no way that a child who speaks the same words as a small person, uses the same logic as a small person, and speaks the same beliefs as a small person will not appear for eons.”
Tapju stretched out both hands and grabbed my head.
“Please cheer up.”
And then he put his forehead to mine.
[The Lord of all life blesses you.]
Purple eyes illuminated mine.
“Soin is always by your side.”
The moment a voice whispered.
[Your current hunter rank is Class B.]
[warning.]
[It embodies the trauma of the enemy who killed you.]
The hands of the stopped clock began to turn.
[Penalty depth is high.]
[This is the way of living animals.]
pupil.
My eyes were set in the middle of a world colored in purple.
Once in the eyes, there were purple eyes again.
Inside those purple eyes are my eyes again… … .
My consciousness fell into a maze of mirrors.
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There were endless rumors that year.
In Baron Shinwolseok’s district, a stone that no one had even touched rolled down by itself. The people murmured that it was an ill omen that stones were wandering around in the territory of the rock.
In Daehe River, the water boiled every night for no reason. Frogs jumped out of every waterway, stuck their heads on the ground, and died.
Lightning struck the royal capital twenty-six times in just one day, and the fortune teller at the North Gate said, “It is a bad omen because the numbers thirteen stack up and down to form twenty-six.”
His sin was great because he recklessly predicted good fortune for the country. The royal guards dragged the fortune teller out and hit him. On that day, although the rainy season had not yet arrived, the rivers overflowed greatly, and the roads leading to the royal capital were blocked in all directions.
“The kingdom is a sick patient who cannot be revived.”
The nobles lamented openly.
There were repeated poor harvests. The tomb disease was a kite. Time is like a rotten spine, and pus accumulates at each successive node. The bodies of the people flowed over the overflowing river.
Time to perish.
In the middle of a collapsing kingdom, in December, a girl was born.
Author: Sujeong (水晶) Baron.
Because she was born with special eyes, the Lady of the Amethyst Baron.
The Baroness was beautiful, as if she had absorbed all the last nutrients from the rotting kingdom and bloomed.
“Purple eyes.”
A nobleman praised those eyes, saying, “Once you see them, they are hard to forget.” On the other hand, there were those who criticized her, saying, “There is little to be special about other than being born with a rare color.”
The delicately combed hair fell in small amounts every time the owner turned his head.
“The hair is platinum-colored and truly divine. At first glance, it catches your eye. “That is also a luxury allowed only when you are far away.”
There were also followers who praised it excessively.
“When you get closer, your touch is taken away before your gaze, and you end up stretching out your arms without thinking. Time willingly stops for a moment when I stretch out my arms. She looks back at me. Clearly. Very, clearly. And then I realize. “The fact that I grabbed her wrist.”
Lady Amethyst had an expressionless expression.
“He doesn’t say anything, so at first glance he looks like an idiot.”
Did he have no facial expressions since he was born?
His long eyebrows were slippery, as if he had never frowned before.
“Just a person of interest.”
“I’m never nervous.”
“A natural stage personality.”
The year Young-ae turned seventeen.
That year, rumors continued, stones rolled by themselves without anyone touching them, rivers boiled for no reason, and lightning struck the royal capital twenty-six times. There was a drought in the spring and a revolt in the fall.
The little lady also had a rumor.
“As people in social circles are already hissing-.”
That year, the young lady inherited the title of head of the family in place of her deceased father.
“It is an open secret that the Baroness killed her father.”
And in front of the nobles who were talking about such rumors, Lady Amethyst smiled brightly. As bright as his usual expressionless face seemed to bloom, the socialites who watched him couldn’t help but be amazed. A voice that was almost melodious flowed from angelic lips.
“—You guys are shaking. It’s a disaster.”
Amethyst Baron.
The girl was the greatest idiot in the kingdom’s 2,000-year history.
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