Episode 365. < 1st floor. (2) >
2.
“Come when I tell you to come.”
“Come, if you want to make a joke, do it right in front of my nose, and if you tell me to open a bag of potato chips for you, I will open it for you.”
“Of course you cannot tell me any lies and you must always tell the truth.”
“Where is that? If you try to cry, it will cry, and if you are tired of crying and try to bark this time, it will bark willingly.”
3.
The Count looked around.
“There are too many listening ears to have a conversation here. “Let’s go somewhere else.”
It was a reasonable suggestion. We left the square.
Well, even though he left, he just moved to a cafe near the edge of the square.
‘It’s been a while since I’ve been here.’
This cafe was the place where we first met. The place where the first meeting was held and I was recognized as the deputy guild leader of the five major guilds. It can be said that it is a place with a deep history.
Originally, the world’s most famous franchise, the Green Star Octopus Foot Mermaid Queen, occupied this place. But at some point, it turned into a cat cafe.
“Oh, welcome! Wow! “Dog owner!”
More precisely, it changed starting today.
A horde of cats that I clearly remembered seeing in the Geumcheon World, and no matter how much I looked at them, they clearly looked like [cats with gold coins in their mouths], came rushing out to the entrance.
“Wow! “All of us are so moved by the visit of the dog owner that we can’t help but aim!”
“Ah, Soshin was already unable to aim himself and fell to the ground… … !”
“I built Baekbeeocheonga with the heart for my dog owner, Meng!”
The cats were lined up in a row and lay flat on their backs. Its head was lowered, but its tail was sticking out and waving fiercely.
For your information, the reason the cats meow instead of meow is because the Count ordered them to do so.
“Hmm.”
The count covered his subordinates with a fan. His eyes were smiling.
“Your hospitality skills aren’t bad. After all, he is a merchant god in name, so he shouldn’t be able to do such basic things. “Please show me to my seat.”
“Wow! “I will take you there right away!”
The cats got up and took the lead.
The place we arrived was a window seat. It’s literally the most luxurious hot spot in the store, where you can almost cover the cost of the coffee just by sitting there. And it was also a hot place in the literal sense of the word.
“I was warming up the place in advance in case the dog owner was coming! Woof woof!”
Because the cats were already sitting on the chairs one by one.
“If we can warm up your cold body just a little with the body heat of our buttocks, it will truly be the honor of three lives! Wow!”
“Go sit down, dog owner. All of us can’t wait to serve the dog owner!”
“I kicked out all the other customers. Don’t worry! “We gave each person 10 gold coins and politely asked them to leave, and the guests left happily!”
“I’m sure they will be delighted when they realize that their dull lives have contributed to the comfortable life of His Excellency the Count! Woof woof!”
“What the… … .”
I was thrilled.
“I have never seen or heard of such a servile being… .”
“I was wondering where I should use them to get compliments on how I used them well. When I thought about it, it seemed like there was no punishment better than being patted for eternity by the people they looked down on so much. So I bought a cafe.”
“As far as I know, the land price for this cafe is the most expensive in the tower… … .”
“what. “If it’s money, there’s enough money to rot.”
We sat in the window seat.
In other words, this was a cafe built in a square. No one followed us because the cats were off limits, but passers-by could see us outside the window.
Passers-by took pictures, waved their arms, and shouted, even from beyond the glass windows. When I waved my hand with a slightly awkward smile, cheers instantly exploded and even the soundproof glass trembled.
scared.
“Wouldn’t it be better to sit in a more corner place?” … ?”
“no.”
The Black Dragon Master resolutely refused.
“Do you know how long you’ve been away? I’m not going to tell you to spend 90 out of 100 days in Babylon. Still, I have to stay for at least 30 days at the most. You are no different from a king. “There is no worse leader than a king who vacates the throne.”
“So you came to the cafe on purpose…? .”
“huh. At least when you’re on the first floor, you need to be visible. Rather than holding a meeting in a remote location where no one knows, it is better to allow citizens to observe. “Don’t you feel reassured when you feel that the highest-ranking hunters are living near you?”
In the end, is this also part of image management?
Anastasia, unlike me, smiled and waved her hand in a very skillful way. Sweet, sweet! The window shook again.
Truly, you are a flawless Black Dragon Lord.
“Well, you might be wondering why I remember the heavenly floor, right?”
The count got straight to the point.
“… … yes. I wonder. “Honestly, I don’t understand.”
“As you know, I brought [the cat with the gold coin in its mouth] to its knees.”
In reality, four cats knelt side by side under the chair the Count was sitting on. I knew that this was the count’s own joke of conversion, but he did not react.
“Tsk.”
Anyway, it wasn’t cute, so the count fanned his hand.
“I forced absolute obedience from Sangsin. But in fact, I was aiming for something else. If I wanted to hide the beast, I had to first create a forest to hide it, and for me, absolute obedience was a kind of forest.”
“Then what was the beast?”
“That you can never lie to me.”
When I heard those words, a memory came back to me.
“Of course you cannot tell me any lies and you must always tell the truth.”
The Count’s surrender statement clearly contained such conditions. The Count nodded his head once as if he recognized that I had recalled a memory.
“Judging by the look in your eyes, it seems your brain is still fresh. Gongja Kim. In that case, I will ask from my side.”
Suddenly, the count’s fan folded.
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“Has [the cat that bitten the gold coin] lost its memory?”
I blinked.
“yes?”
“It’s a simple question. [The Ancient Staff] can distort the memories of hunters and constellations. So, if you just think about it, [the cat that bit the gold coin] also seemed to lose its memories of the heavenly floor and the pillars. However, when I heard that story, a sudden thought occurred to me.”
The Count tapped the table with the tip of his fan.
“I’m saying [that can’t be possible].”
“…….”
The Count did not explain himself why he thought this could not be possible. Instead, the cats lying face down under the table pricked up their ears.
“Wow! What the owner thought was correct. We are in a cooperative relationship with the [Primordial Staff]! If the pillar sends a soul, we receive it. Even if other constellations don’t remember the pillars, we, the cooperators of the heavenly layer, have no choice but to remember!”
“… … indeed.”
I felt like I had the full picture of the situation.
“It seems that Nisha lost her memory, but Sangsin retained it. Next, Nisha asked the cat what was going on and found out what had happened. Because lying is impossible. Nisha realized the full story of the whole incident.”
“oh my god. Now you two even call each other by your real names… … .”
Anastasia muttered in admiration next to us. No, it just seemed ridiculous.
The Count shrugged his shoulders, then picked up a cat and placed it on his lap.
“Wow, wow… .”
“hmm. That’s right. But that alone wasn’t enough to convince me.”
The Count stroked the cat’s head. Babble. The cat was terrified, like a mortal given a mythical monster to pet.
“I needed a guarantee that no matter what happens, the pillar will not touch Sangshin’s memories. Unfortunately, I am not in a position to force such a guarantee on pillars. From the pillar’s perspective, I would be nothing more than a hunter. So I came up with a contrarian idea.”
“If it’s a contrarian idea… ?”
“It’s simple. Wouldn’t it be enough to create an incident where the pillars can’t touch Sangsin’s memories no matter what happens?”
The Count tapped the cat’s head. The cat trembled.
“Wow… … . Well, we have become His Excellency’s slaves according to the agreement. This was the final blow. “The moment we became slaves, the [Primordial Staff] could never distort our memories no matter what happened.”
“Why?”
“Because that is a complete mockery of our lives.”
The calico cat twitched its tail.
“If the pillar removes our memories, we will become slaves of His Excellency the Count overnight [without even knowing why this happened]. Isn’t that unreasonable? I literally blinked once and saw a flying bug… … I have become a servant of the most noble person in the world!! bruise! Of course, we would have been very happy about this situation and praised the owner’s elegance, but looking at it objectively, it is nothing more than an extremely unreasonable act of violence!”
“That’s it.”
The Count grabbed the cat’s ears and rubbed them. The cat was startled and said, “Meow!? Wow! He protested pathetically, “Oof!”, but to no avail.
“In short, the point where memories cannot be rolled back. I needed an absolute starting point that should not be eliminated or distorted. That’s why I let you stir up the golden world and subtly pushed your back until you brought the upper body into submission.”
“…….”
As soon as he heard that he would be called to the judgment station and lose his memories, and as soon as he suspected that the manager of the Geumcheon World might be a [cat that bitten a gold coin], the count aimed for Sangshin’s surrender.
I pursed my lips after hearing the count’s magnificent speech.
“… … “Aren’t you worried?”
“hmm? “What do you mean?”
“Maybe the [Primordial Staff] has a vicious personality. He could have been the type of person who tolerates unreasonable violence. How did you trust that pillar?”
The count opened his eyes wide.
Then he covered his mouth with a fan and laughed softly.
“I was wondering what you were talking about. Gongja Kim. “I have never once believed in the [Primordial Staff].”
“yes? but… … .”
“I just trusted you.”
The Count looked at me.
“You are the person who cares about the tower more than anyone else. If the pillar managing such a tower had been an extremely vicious dictator, you would have stepped forward and crushed it before anyone else. “Isn’t that right?”
“…….”
“You are accepting the existence of that pillar. It didn’t feel like I was being forced to accept it. Gongja Kim. “If you are a person you respect, you must have a character worthy of respect.”
Cats waddled from afar. The cats gave us a cup of coffee each. The Count smiled brightly, holding an Americano in one hand.
“I trust your judgment just as you trust my skills.”
“… … “Nisha.”
“You are our leader, and we are your comrades. And I have no doubt that colleagues are relationships where people try to be equal to each other.”
said the count.
“What we did, how we conquered the stage, what conversations we had, the world that only you, Gongja Kim, remember—-Oh my. “I will refuse with all my might.”
The smile the Count gave as he said that was a smile that made it possible to understand why Patricia, who had almost completely opposite personalities, fell in love with the Count.
“I lost my memory. But when I opened my eyes, I saw some cats writhing under my feet. I asked what happened, and the cats showed me what happened in heaven through ultra-high-definition holograms. Everything was my story. “I want to pat myself on the back and say that everything went according to plan.”
“Woof woof.”
The cats who delivered coffee to the Count pressed my pants this time. Three cats were working together to lift the tray.
“White Mocha Frappuccino Venti Quadra Shot with half Java Chip and half chocolate drizzle added!”
Even though I didn’t order anything in particular, the cats came with a special menu for me. I laughed and looked back at the cats’ owner.
“It’s a gift.”
I was speechless for a moment.
“ah. Of course, there is a true gift.”
“really.”
“I just wanted to tell you this.”
“really… … .”
“Welcome. Gongja Kim. We had a hard time conquering the heavens. We will always remember what hardships you went through. “There is really only one thing you need to remember.”
“… … Really, my co-workers are amazing.”
“Even if you leave us alone, we will never leave you alone.”
I’m probably making an expression that I’m embarrassed to show to passers-by right now. To hide my expression, I picked up my coffee and took a sip.
The white mocha that day was very sweet.
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