◈ Episode 62 Why are you here?? (3)
The Bentrick family’s second-floor office.
There.
“So, you’re saying that you recognized me through magic?”
[The beak mask nods its head as if saying yes.]
Kim Joo-hyuk looked at the familiar-yet-unfamiliar notification window that appeared before his eyes, lost in thought for a moment, and summarized the story he heard from his student.
To be exact, a story about what happened 300 years ago.
‘… … Well, it’s not much different from what I expected.’
The story the student told was not much different from Kim Joo-hyuk’s expectations.
300 years ago, the destruction stopped as soon as Kim Joo-hyuk cleared the Tower of Destruction, and the disciples escaped the tower immediately afterward, but their names were taken away and they became constellations.
What’s a little disappointing here is that he has no memory of when his disciple’s name was taken away and he became a constellation.
According to her, she clearly remembers that her name was taken away, but she did not remember anything else. Kim Joo-hyuk felt regretful, but did not show it.
Anyway, in the end, ‘how’ the name was taken away was not that important in the current situation.
Anyway, it is said that she eventually became a constellation and has been the guardian constellation of the Ventric family to this day.
The reason is to find myself.
“But then you’re saying you thought I would be reincarnated?”
Kim Joo-hyuk’s question.
[Beak Mask nods.]
At his student’s affirmation, Kim Joo-hyuk asked with a slightly incomprehensible expression.
“how?”
Until now, there were only two people who knew about Kim Joo-hyuk’s reincarnation.
One was Barche, who was in the village sword, the weapon he mainly used in the past, and the other was the guide he had met not long ago.
Even those two didn’t really know why, so rather than knowing Kim Joo-hyuk, they knew that he was reincarnated through a notification window.
That’s why Kim Joo-hyuk asked a question filled with doubt.
That beak mask.
[It is said that when Buri Mask first became a constellation, a voice told him that the Master would be reincarnated.]
“… … voice?”
[Beak Mask nods in the affirmative.]
“Whose voice was that?”
[Beak Mask says he doesn’t really know. He just replies that after he heard the voice when he became a constellation, he couldn’t hear it anymore.]
“It’s a voice… … .”
Kim Joo-hyuk didn’t think about the voice and just buried the keyword in the back of his head.
Anyway, there was nothing I could immediately deduce on my own based on that one keyword, voice.
‘Wow, why does it feel like the more I meet, the more my questions get added little by little, rather than being resolved?’
Kim Joo-hyuk slowly tasted it, but soon decided to turn off his mind.
Anyway, even if he was curious, there was no way he could find out the truth.
Kim Joo-hyuk, who continued to worry for a while, soon opened his mouth again.
“So, now that I’ve found you, what are you going to do?”
[The beak mask answers that of course it follows the master!]
[The beak mask confidently answers that there is no other option.]
[Buri Mask replies that this family was raised for the Master in the first place.]
Kim Joo-hyuk laughed and spoke at Buri Mask’s words.
“Thank you for that.”
A big, unexpected gift.
Of course, Kim Joo-hyuk did not feel any significant difference in the Bentrick family’s military power compared to other families.
From Kim Joo-hyuk’s point of view, it just feels like they are all vague half-hearted people who borrow power from the Constellation.
However, the reason Kim Joo-hyuk thought of the Bentrick family as a gift was because of the power the family held.
Although the Bentrick family’s reputation was slightly tarnished by Kim Joo-hyuk, it was still a family that held great power in the world.
The Bentrick family falls into the hands of Kim Joo-hyuk?
What this means is that no matter what Kim Joo-hyuk does, he can do it much more comfortably than before.
That’s why Kim Joo-hyuk nodded with satisfaction.
“hey.”
“… … .”
“hey?”
“yes… … yes!”
Soon, he called out to Adelia Bentrick, who was sitting next to him in the office and was shivering.
“… … .”
She was shaking like an aspen, as if she was going to faint at any moment, and she looked very haggard, unlike when I saw her in the gym.
The mouth that was clearly smiling overflowing with confidence was kept tightly shut.
Likewise, the corners of his eyes, which were overflowing with arrogance, were trembling.
The reason was because Buri Mask, Kim Joo-hyuk’s disciple, took all of her powers away from her and placed a curse on her just because she was targeting him.
Also, a curse that reduces all magical power and strength to the level of an ordinary person.
‘Well, only those who directly signed the contract can be treated in this way.’
If you can ban something like this just because you don’t like the Constellation, isn’t this complete slavery? I thought so, but Kim Joo-hyuk shrugged his shoulders.
Because this story didn’t really apply to him.
‘What should I do with this guy?’
Kim Joo-hyuk stared at Adelia Bentrick.
‘… … Should we just keep it running?’
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In fact, from Kim Joo-hyuk’s perspective, even though he had eaten up the Bentrick family, he had no desire to run it himself.
Basically, running something is not only very nerve-wracking, but also very annoying.
What Kim Joo-hyuk wanted was to enjoy power comfortably, not to bother with work.
‘It’s shameful that they were trying to save my life.’
Kim Joo-hyuk has never saved a single person who tried to take his life.
Kim Joo-hyuk’s thought was that if you want to harm others, you have to be prepared to be harmed yourself, and if you spare the enemy with a little sympathy, he will always come for revenge.
Basically, people forget favors quickly, but they tend to remember revenge until they die.
Despite that thought, the reason why Kim Joo-hyuk was contemplating not killing Adelia Bentrick was because she seemed quite useful.
‘You said this guy grew the Ventrick family quickly, right?’
When Kim Joo-hyuk briefly researched information about the Bentrick family in the past, he heard some news about her and knew about her.
That she prospered the family with her outstanding ingenuity.
‘Anyway, the disciple isn’t going to run the family, so it’s better to leave it to the head guy.’
Kim Joo-hyuk knew that in order for Kim Joo-hyuk to consistently use power comfortably, he needed someone to consistently manage the family, so he continued to worry.
Adelia Bentrick felt as if she was suffocating in such silence.
‘What happens to me?’
She was looking at Kim Joo-hyuk, who was contemplating something with eyes full of fear.
In fact, she still couldn’t understand the flow of this story.
It’s still the same even now.
However, her fast-moving mind understood the current ‘situation’.
The situation in which Kim Joo-hyuk is given the power over his life and death.
That’s why she felt like she was suffocating.
Everything has already been taken from her.
Not only did she not die right away, but all of her power and magical powers were banned by her constellation, and the power she had developed so far was now of no use.
The power of the matriarch actually comes from the guardian constellation, but in her current situation, she is no different from being abandoned by the constellation.
So, in fact, she knew that even if Kim Joo-hyuk saved her life, she would not be able to live a smooth life.
She has made many enemies so far, and there are many people in this world who will not kill Adelia gracefully the moment she puts down the name ‘Ventric’.
I didn’t like the ending where I died.
However, she felt her breathing becoming even more difficult because she instinctively knew that even if she survived here, a more terrible ending could be waiting for her.
When a little time has passed like that.
The moment when Kim Joo-hyuk was about to open his mouth to Adelia Bentrick, as if he had made a decision.
[Beak Mask asks you to leave it to him regarding the treatment of Adelia Ventrick.]
Kim Joo-hyuk tilted his head at the notification window that appeared in front of him.
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The central building of the Hero Academy located in the United States.
On the top floor of a strange-looking building that looked like something out of a superhero movie, two men were treating each other alone.
“It’s been a while.”
One man was none other than ‘Beck’, the chairman of the Hero Academy, who once swept the world under the nickname ‘Bomb Maniac’.
“That’s right.”
On the other side was Logan, a man called ‘THE ONE’, the leader of all contractors, and also nicknamed ‘Destroyer’.
A moment of silence after exchanging greetings.
“so.”
It was Beck who broke the short silence.
“You didn’t come visit me even when my son participated in the competition, so why did you come visit me today because of the wind?”
Logan sighed lightly in response to Beck’s playful question.
“Didn’t I tell you that I had work to do at the time? Besides, aren’t you glad you didn’t go there this time? “My son was probably embarrassed.”
“… … Well, it was a worthy record.”
THE ONE’s son, Logan Jr., performed very poorly in this school competition.
Of course, it wasn’t because Logan Jr. was weak.
The reason why Logan Jr. had such disastrous grades was because of Kim Joo-hyuk.
If it weren’t for Kim Joo-hyuk, Logan Jr. would have made a very spectacular debut, as expected, without tarnishing his father’s name.
“So, how is your son?”
“Is it possible that you haven’t even made a single phone call?”
“I thought it would be embarrassing. Doesn’t that guy have a lot of pride in that way?”
Beck nodded in agreement with Logan’s words, but then opened his mouth.
“Well, I guess you don’t have to worry about that.”
“okay? “I thought he must have been fuming because his pride was hurt.”
“In fact, it’s the opposite.”
“The opposite?”
“Yes, ever since the school competition ended, he has been focusing on training like crazy. “It’s surprising even to me.”
“… … really?”
“It’s true, there’s no reason for me to lie to you, is there?”
“That’s true, but… … Isn’t it a bit strange? “He may be my son, but I don’t think he has the personality to do that.”
“Well, from what I heard, he said he found someone he really wanted to become.”
“… … Who do you want to be?”
Logan listened to that for a moment and tilted his head a few times as if he was thinking about it.
“So, are you here to ask about your son?”
Beck, who was watching the scene, asked a question, and Logan shook his head slightly.
“Of course there is that too. but. “Actually, this is why I came here.”
Soon, a sword was pulled out in front of Beck.
A sword with a red seal.
And Beck immediately realized what the sword Logan had brought was and opened his mouth.
“… … Isn’t that a ‘light sword’?”
“that’s right. “It’s the sword that caused the guild massacre 10 years ago.”
10 years ago, this sword was acquired through some route by a contractor who had not yet made a proper contract with the Constellation. It was a sword that provided incredible abilities to the wielder, but had a curse that drove it into a state of madness in return.
Knowing that ‘Corona’, one of the largest guilds in America, disappeared 10 years ago thanks to this sword, Beck looked at the lightsaber with a shocked expression and opened his mouth.
“I knew for sure that you had a sword after dealing with a contractor who was crazy about lightsabers, but… … Why this sword all of a sudden?”
“… … “This sword recently started talking to me.”
“The lightsaber… … “Say?”
As Beck looked at him with strange eyes, Logan shook his head and opened his mouth.
“Don’t worry, it’s not like you’re going to have some strange destructive impulse or anything. No, if I had heard words encouraging such a destructive impulse, I wouldn’t have come to you.”
“… … “Then what do you want me to say?”
Beck’s question.
“I’m not sure if I heard correctly because there was noise.”
Logan looked at the lightsaber for a moment and then spoke in a shaky voice.
“He asked me to find him, Master.”
He soon said that.
