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“What does it mean?”
Lee Sung-min asked while tilting his head, but Kim Jong-hyun only smiled with an unknown meaning and did not answer. Instead, he glanced toward Bern and asked.
“however. “What brings you here?”
“Didn’t you tell me?”
Bern let out a laugh.
“I want to meet in person the mercenary who defeated the Ogre Chimera.”
“ah. Ahhh… okay.”
Kim Jonghyun nodded his head. He smiled showing his teeth and then looked back at Seongmin Lee.
“Were you the mercenary who subdued the Ogre Chimera?”
“yes.”
“You’re younger than I thought. “I couldn’t imagine it.”
Kim Jonghyun moved his hands while saying that. When he pushed out the empty air with his hand, the head of an ogre chimera that was floating nearby flew towards Kim Jong-hyun. Seongmin Lee frowned and took a few steps back. The head of the ogre floating in the air had its neck cut off. Both eyes were sunken, and the thread that sewed the mouth had all been pulled out, leaving the mouth wide open.
“Very interesting.”
Kim Jonghyun hummed. He stretched out both hands and grabbed the ogre’s head.
“This chimera has many different types of high-level magic. It’s already a dead body, so we can’t fully understand it. However, what is clear is that the wizard who created this chimera is at least a person worthy of being called an archmage.”
“That’s hard to hear.”
Bern frowned and countered Kim Jong-hyun’s words.
“It’s not something an archmage can say so easily.”
“You can’t say that. Even though the fields are different, shouldn’t we acknowledge what needs to be acknowledged?”
“Umm… !”
Bern let out a bitter groan. Bern, holding his collar tightly, sighed and turned his body around.
“There’s no need for me to listen along. “I’ll go back to the guild first.”
Bern said that and left the room. Lee Seong-min, who suddenly found himself alone with Kim Jong-hyun, panicked and tried to catch Bern, but the door was already closed. Behind him, Kim Jonghyun chuckled and laughed.
“Don’t you think jealousy is so ugly?”
“… jealousy?”
“Bern has been stagnant for a long time. therefore… It’s similar to martial arts. To advance to a higher level, you have to overcome walls. And Bern has not been able to overcome that wall for a very long time.”
Kim Jong-hyun muttered that and pushed the ogre’s head, which he was holding with both hands, towards Lee Seong-min. It was like throwing a basketball. Seongmin Lee was frightened and dodged as the ogre’s head flew through the air.
“If I overcome the wall, I might reach the level of a great wizard. “How frustrated must you be because you can’t overcome that wall?”
As Kim Jonghyun said that, he moved his hand again. The corpse and intestines of an ogre floating in the air approached Kim Jong-hyun.
“Well, that aside. As I said before, this corpse is very interesting. I would like to explain to you step by step how many different magics were harmonized and what types of monsters were used using the ogre as the base, but… “It may be difficult for you, who are not a wizard, to understand.”
“Let’s just get to the point.”
“How was it?”
Kim Jonghyun shrugged his shoulders and asked.
“I heard the story from Rud, who went with you to slay ogres. But I wanted to hear your story about the fight yourself. While fighting… How was it?”
“… “I’m not sure exactly what you’re asking.”
“Did you feel anything strange while fighting that guy?”
Kim Jonghyun asked a question. In response to that question, Seongmin Lee recalled his fight with the ogre. wonderment… I didn’t feel it. In the first place, since this was Lee Seong-min’s first time fighting an ogre, it was impossible to think of any differences compared to other ogres.
“doesn’t exist.”
“How was the durability? “What about regenerative power?”
“There wasn’t even a scratch from the attack that hit with all my might. It was best to target weak areas such as joints. “The eye was pierced, and the wound regenerated in less than a minute.”
“Was there anything else?”
“Agility… I thought so. And the attack is heavy. “I felt like if I got hit head-on, I would turn into a blood clot.”
Seongmin Lee explained what he felt while fighting the Ogre Chimera. Kim Jonghyun, who was quietly listening to those words, nodded his head.
“All right.”
“Does hearing this help you in any way?”
“It’s better than not listening.”
Kim Jonghyun chuckled and grabbed the ogre’s intestines.
“It was quite a helpful story. It is said that corpses contain a lot of information, but in the case of chimeras, there is not much that can be learned from corpses. “From the moment the chimera dies, the magic is released.”
The complexly twisted large intestine straightens out. Lee Seong-min took a few steps back, distorting his face.
“Ogres are monsters classified as apex predators. However, that doesn’t mean it’s strong enough to take on a master’s attack head-on. It also has regenerative power, but it is not enough to regenerate a shattered eye within a minute. “It was very helpful.”
Lee Seong-min looked blankly at Kim Jong-hyun who said that. After a while, Lee Seong-min opened his mouth.
“a little while ago. “What were you trying to say?”
“ah. iced coffee? ah… “It’s nothing special.”
Kim Jonghyun smiled strangely.
“you. “It’s twisted.”
“… yes?”
“The causality is distorted. Do you know?”
Lee Seong-min’s face stiffened at Kim Jong-hyun’s words. A being with a twisted causality. The only ones who recognized him were the intermediaries of Mshi and Erebrisa.
“… “How did you know?”
“You knew. Wow, that’s amazing. “If I were in your situation, I would go crazy with despair.”
Kim Jonghyun chuckled and laughed. He took a few steps back and waved his hands. Two chairs flew out from the corner and were placed near Kim Jong-hyun and Lee Seong-min.
“Would you like something to drink? “There is coffee, black tea, and green tea.”
“no… That’s it.”
I didn’t feel like drinking anything. I would have gone crazy from despair. I was concerned about what Kim Jonghyun added. Kim Jong-hyun let out a dry laugh at Lee Sung-min’s harsh gaze, as if he was glaring at him.
“Who told you?”
Kim Jonghyun asked, crossing his legs. Although he offered it, Kim Jonghyun didn’t drink anything either.
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“… “Msh.”
“aha. The god of trials and penance. Did you practice it on the mountain of Mshi?”
“… yes.”
“okay. “How many years?”
“Is this an important question?”
“no. It was just a personal curiosity of mine. You don’t have to answer. okay. therefore… Are you saying Mr. Shi told you? “The causality is distorted.”
“yes.”
“Do you understand that?”
In response to Kim Jong-hyun’s question, Lee Seong-min took a moment to catch his breath before answering.
“They said I would suffer forever after I die.”
“That’s an unkind explanation.”
Kim Jonghyun whined and laughed.
“Why is your causality distorted? “Can you tell me?”
“What if I tell you that?”
“I may be able to answer your questions.”
“I can’t trust you.”
“I swear. I will never reveal what I heard from you to anyone else. This is an oath that I, as a wizard, make to the great Mana, and I can never break it. If I break it, I will die.”
Kim Jonghyun said as if it was no big deal. As soon as he said those words, blue mana enveloped Kim Jonghyun’s body. An oath to Mana. Lee Seong-min also knew about that. Wizards who walk the magic world can never break that oath. Lee Seong-min stared at Kim Jong-hyun for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“… I died once. After dying, he came back.”
“Are you saying there was a regression?”
“Yes.”
“indeed. So, has the causality been distorted? Well, I guess so. Being born, living, and dying. It is the most basic causal law and the first rule that constitutes this world. “All beings are bound up in that causal law.”
Tuk. Kim Jonghyun tapped the armrest of the chair with his hand.
“It’s not just life. The same goes for the chair under my butt right now. The carpenter made the chair. The chair was used as a chair, but it broke. That too is causality.”
The corner of Kim Jonghyun’s mouth twitched and went up.
“What do you think I should do to get the broken chair back to its original state?”
“… “It needs to be repaired.”
“yes. you’re right. But are they really the same chair? Repair the broken part and put in a new nail. Already in the process, the chair becomes another chair. Chairs are great, but what about life? A dead person returning to the past… It is an act that goes against the most basic laws that make up this world. What goes against the law of causality is distorted in the process. “It becomes the karma that the soul accumulates.”
Lee Sung-min listened to Kim Jong-hyun in silence. Kim Jonghyun’s voice was filled with excitement.
“All karma is cleared after death. What Mr. Si said was true, but it was too unkind. It doesn’t end with just suffering. Oh, of course, I don’t know what pain you will suffer.”
“It’s no different from what Mush said.”
“Because I haven’t died either. Mortals will never know about the existence of an afterlife. what… The study of magic is the pursuit of truth that exists at the end of extraordinary sense. If you get a glimpse of the truth, you may learn about taboo knowledge that is not allowed to mortals, such as the afterlife… “If I had seen that, I would have become a sage who surpassed that of an archmage.”
but. Kim Jonghyun chuckled. He looked at Lee Seong-min’s face and continued speaking.
“If all you heard from Mushi was that the causality was distorted. “I have more to tell you.”
“… “What is that?”
“You are strange.”
Kim Jonghyun’s eyes narrowed.
“You have not only distorted the causality, but also… ”
also…
also.
Again, again, again.
The end of Kim Jong-hyun’s words continues for a long time and lingers in my mind. Seongmin Lee raised his hand and covered his left ear. what? The moment Lee Sung-min was embarrassed, Kim Jong-hyun’s mouth closed. Kim Jong-hyun, who was quietly blinking his eyes, shrugged his shoulders.
“That won’t work.”
“yes?”
“You must not speak.”
Kim Jonghyun smiled bitterly as he said that. Lee Seong-min’s lips parted blankly at those words.
“What does that mean?”
“If I tell you, I will die.”
Kim Jonghyun stood up while saying that.
“Please understand.”
“Now, wait a minute. “What does that mean?”
“I’m not sure if I can say this much.”
Kim Jonghyun muttered.
“Your life may not be yours.”
It was a word whose meaning I could not understand. Of course, Lee Sung-min did not understand Kim Jong-hyun’s words. When Lee Sung-min opened his mouth again to ask a question, Kim Jong-hyun raised his hand and interrupted Lee Sung-min.
“Could you please come visit me next time?”
It was a polite request.
“I’m confused too, so I think I need to organize my thoughts a bit.”
“… I can not understand.”
“Me too.”
Kim Jonghyun laughed bitterly.
“But this is definitely true. If I tell you this, I will die. I don’t want to die. “At least not yet.”
After saying that, Kim Jonghyun took a deep breath.
“Please come visit us next time.”
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