Episode 205
Empress Dowager Seo was originally a monster.
However, he had very high intelligence and was able to control his instincts.
‘… … .’
So Empress Dowager knew. That humans and youkai can never mix.
The fact that the fundamentals are different.
That thought did not change at any time, and it was the same until Empress Dowager Seo became a famous ghost all over the world.
However, Empress Dowager Seo, who showed off her endless strength, also met an opponent she could not match and was defeated, and was trapped in his strange chest and drifted for a long time indeed.
Afterwards, Empress Dowager Seo, who came back to the world, met a woman other than that.
“It was as dry as dried fish. You haven’t even eaten?”
Originally, he was a weak human who would have been driven out or used as his daily bread, but Empress Dowager Seo, who had been imprisoned for a long time, could hardly afford to do so.
And on some whim, the woman took Empress Dowager Seo to her residence and took care of her.
Even though he must have noticed that Empress Dowager Seo was not an ordinary human being.
“Put it away. If you don’t want to die, you’d better turn it off right away.”
“Even so, this is my house.”
The woman cared for Empress Dowager indifferently, as if she was not afraid of Empress Dowager, and soon after, Empress Dowager Seo regained her energy.
However, because of the years she had been imprisoned, Empress Dowager Seo, who lost her mind as a ghost, was unable to kill the woman in the end and had no choice but to bite her tongue.
“I never thank you. I just didn’t feel like it.”
“Then it happened. It doesn’t really matter.”
Empress Dowager Seo was a monster, but the woman was strange even to Empress Dowager Seo.
He was too insensitive for an ordinary human being, and there was no expression of joy and sorrow.
But if there was one thing that such a woman was preoccupied with, it was playing with money.
“I have seen quite a few human traders. But I don’t see the same greed in you.”
“It might be. In fact, I have no interest in profits.”
“Then why are you doing this?”
To such a question of Empress Dowager, the woman answered.
“just. That’s fun. Thousands of people playing on a piece of paper that is nothing.”
It may have been her own pleasure and value. However, to Empress Seo, it just felt really strange.
And, attracted by the bizarreness, Empress Dowager Seo couldn’t leave the woman’s side for a long time after that.
Then one day, a woman suddenly asked Empress Dowager Seo.
“Will you marry me?”
“… bullshit.”
“Why, it doesn’t really matter.”
The woman was definitely right. It doesn’t matter that much. So Empress Dowager Seo married a woman and had a child like that.
A day passed, a year passed.
It was a fleeting moment for Empress Seo, who had semi-eternal life, but it was not so for the woman.
In the end, the woman left Empress Dowager Seo’s side due to a chronic illness, leaving only one last word.
“… Please save people.”
That was a really inappropriate word. Because the woman has never loved a human in her entire life.
However, those words somehow remained in her heart, and Empress Dowager Seo could not leave human society.
In this way, he followed the woman and led the Daejin industry, and entrusted the children to those who could see a saksu among their subordinates, so that they could be raised by human hands.
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More than a dozen years passed so smoothly.‘… … .’
However, in the end, Empress Dowager Seo could not love humans. No matter how much time was added, it was also impossible.
After losing the time she lived in and the person she was attracted to, all that was left of Empress Dowager Seo was an endless emptiness.
So Empress Dowager Seo decided to face the woman’s children in this place today.
Hoping that they will bring their end in a frozen time.
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In the midst of silence, Empress Dowager Seo softly opened her mouth.
“If you truly want to have a Daejin industry, do not back down and see the end here.”
It was a word full of belief somehow. At least now it was clear that he was answering from the heart, not lying.
Seo Do-yoon hardened his expression, and Seo Ji-an gently turned his gaze towards me.
“… I’m sorry, I didn’t know it was going to be like this.”
“Who would have known, I can’t help but wake up.”
No one could have realized that Seo Ji-an’s father, Empress Dowager Seo, was a monster.
However, once I knew it for sure, there were parts that made sense.
‘Actually, just looking at Seo Ji-an or Seo Ji-ha, she had a high aptitude for magic in the natural world.’
It could also be seen as one of the characteristics of youkai, so it was not unusual if they were the children of Empress Dowager Seo.
‘I didn’t know there was such a setting at the time of the first episode.’
In the sequel, youkai and human children appeared as the main characters, but that was quite later.
I kept my composure and looked at Empress Dowager Seo in front of me.
‘Strong, but not so absolute.’
On the contrary, if you look at the level, it was inferior to Yusakbi or Jinmyung.
After all, Empress Dowager Seo must have crossed over to this place at the time of the 1st Baekgwi Night Journey, so it may be natural.
“Can you cast a spell?”
“… There is no problem because the waterway is connected.”
Judging from her characteristics, Empress Dowager Seo was a yokai capable of handling water, wind, and fire.
To oppose such Empress Dowager, Seo Ji-an’s strength was absolutely necessary.
“Brother, we have to fight.”
“I hate to admit it, but I think it should be.”
Seo Do-yoon also resigned and slowly raised his spiritual power.
He also has the power to be a first-class exorcist, so if I help him, he will be of considerable power.
‘It would have been nice if the exorcists were by my side… … .’
When Empress Dowager Seo cut off the meeting room, they left as if it was an opportunity.
In the end, whatever it was, the three of us in this place had to see the match.
‘I just needed a situation to test it out, and that’s good.’
I slowly increased the shadows and summoned a few shikigami from there.
At the forefront of that was my shadow, Doyoung (盜影), who had signed a shikigami contract in the former residence of Jeong-ha.
“Do whatever you want. I will match you.”
Doyoung nodded at my words. Then, without hesitation, he started running straight to Empress Seo.
‘Concentrate your spiritual energy on your arms and heart, and engraved five magic spells on your legs. Is it Juhongak (追昏脚)?
As if he were a shadow soldier, he seemed fearless, and Doyoung often used melee combat techniques that I was reluctant to use.
And I assist accordingly, and in a timely manner, I slapped Empress Dowager Seo with a check-and-defense technique.
Whoops!
Nettle juice!
blah blah blah!
“… Who are you?”
Empress Dowager Seo, who had not even been interested in me for a while, finally turned her attention.
However, without answering, I just shot the craft again as it was.
quagga!
“It has been Either way, it will be good.”
Do-yoon Seo and Ji-an Seo, who were aiming for an opportunity, ran to either side of Empress Dowager Seo, who threw indifferent eyes.
sway.
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Several water spears made of water were aimed at Empress Dowager Seo, and on the other side, Doyun Seo’s Chilsangyeok (七散擊) revealed its shape.
However, even in the threatening offensive, Empress Dowager Seo never backed down.
“It’s pathetic, the things that have inherited my blood are like this. I don’t even have a jaw like this.”
“… We got nothing from you. Don’t say anything you like.”
I don’t know much about what happened in the past, but the resentment that Seo Ji-an and Seo Do-yoon had toward Empress Seo-hu seemed quite deep.
Even in the face of such blatant emotions, Empress Dowager Seo maintained an indifferent attitude until the end.
“… Can you handle water? However, it is still far from perfect.”
Certainly, Empress Dowager Seo’s skills were several steps ahead of Seo Ji-an’s.
Seo Jian continued his sharp attack, but it failed every time at the water barrier that Empress Seo had laid out.
However, it was rather a good thing for Seo Ji-an.
“I never thought the day would come when I would appreciate you.”
sway.
Whoa!
Seo Ji-an’s water spear, which changed shape in an instant, swam through the air and disturbed Empress Seo’s view.
What Seo Ji-an absolutely lacked was experience.
However, it was growing rapidly, swallowing up Empress Dowager Seo’s techniques and methods.
“… Are you sure you did this?”
Two of the flying spears merged to form a huge web of water in the air.
And at the same time that it caught Empress Dowager Seo, the rest of the windows suddenly fell to the floor.
Nettle!
Nettle juice!
quagga gag!
No matter how much Empress Dowager Seo had to suffer from it, the figure of him kneeling down on one knee caught his eye.
Soon, Seo Ji-an opened her mouth as she approached such Empress Dowager.
“… What are you? Hiding even this fact, how much longer do you have to mock us to be satisfied?”
“I never hid it. You just didn’t notice it because you weren’t enough.”
“I mean now… … .”
Seo Ji-an calmed her excitement and held her breath. Being the child of a monster and nothing else, it must be very embarrassing for her as well.
“Are you just going to watch? If so, then you are not worthy of succession.”
“… Even in this situation, you still have that personality.”
At Empress Dowager’s provocation, Seo Do-yoon also jumped into the battle in earnest.
3 to 1.
In terms of numbers, it is a very unfavorable situation.
Also, it wasn’t just the numbers, none of them had good skills.
But, nevertheless, Empress Dowager Seo felt a sense of intimidation for some reason.
So we went into battle really desperately.
“For the sake of it.”
“… Burn it.”
Whoops!
Fuhua aah!
The fire of Gongsam, strengthened through the cloud dance of Amju, raids Empress Seo, and Seo Ji-an and Seo Do-yoon continue to attack, aiming for the gap.
It was the first time we met today, but surprisingly, we got along very well, probably because they have good brains.
In the endless wheel battle, Empress Dowager Seo continued to be slaughtered.
He was strong, but, as I said earlier, he was not an opponent that could not be matched that much.
In the end, Empress Dowager Seo opened her mouth again with a small smile with a weakened body.
“Humans are humans, and even if I inherited my blood, is it this much in the end?”
“… … .”
To say such a thing, Empress Dowager Seo’s body was not so ferocious. However, it did not appear that he was simply trying to bluff.
Something, essentially, the feeling of what it was trying to convey was different.
As if to prove such a thought, Empress Dowager Seo continued speaking softly.
“You just can’t survive on this level.”
“… What are you talking about?”
“Soon the upper chamber will open. And all humans will die.”
At those words, the faces of everyone in the conference hall trembled.