151 – 31. The Fortune Teller’s Past
“……So, at what point did I start fainting?”
“Yes.”
“That doesn’t make sense! I don’t remember anything like that…”
“Do you remember being awake?”
“…No.”
Crack. Crack.
Late at night, inside an abandoned building, we light a bonfire and talk loudly in sleeping bags.
While I was stoking the fire, a girl whom I had no memory of since entering City Hall tilted her head.
“Why can’t I really remember…?”
“I guess I passed out because I was tired.”
“It’s still cancer…”
“It’s already late, so go to sleep. I can tell you more about it tomorrow.”
“…Yes.”
At my firm words, the girl pulled her sleeping bag over her head.
In fact, considering that she betrayed the player and threatened her life during the event, it is dangerous to sleep with her.
Abel is a warrior, so there is nothing he can do, and I also have That prevents surprise attacks.
If you betray, it is enough to pay the price at that time.
After that, I could only vaguely look at the burning flame.
After confirming that the girl was sleeping about an hour after getting into the sleeping bag, I looked back at the hero who was also in the sleeping bag.
“Hero.”
“……………….”
“Hero, I know you’re not sleeping.”
“……How…….”
“It’s Gura. Actually, I didn’t know. I just thought he wasn’t sleeping.”
“……………….”
“So…How much did you talk about with your sister, Jisoo?”
“…Really…Younger sister…”
“There is. The Namgoong Min of this world doesn’t have it.”
“…It’s a different…World…”
“Are you hard to believe?”
“…There’s…A gate…In the yard…There’s another world…”
“…That’s true too.”
“……The ancestor…The hero…”
“I only found out today that my younger sister was a hero. In the world I lived in, there were no gates or heroes.”
“……Namgoong Min…….”
“Yes?”
“……Could you become a hero……?”
“……………….”
There was silence for a moment.
The only sounds are the sound of the fire stirring, burning, and the breathing of the sleeping girl.
In that breathtaking time.
I opened my mouth.
“…Yes.”
“…Why…”
“Why did you give up? It’s simple.”
“Why……?”
“The only I know is Abel Legion. A warrior who lost his world in a great tragedy, but still saves the world. A warrior who does not give up on his promise to his grandfather. Only you in the collapsing White House. A hero who also resents Charles Teddy Bear, who escaped with him.”
“……….”
“Jisoo is definitely a hero, but… The only true hero I think of is you.”
It is not perfect, but rather humane.
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That is why he is a warrior who overcomes adversity, grows, and saves the world.
That was the reason why I always played his character events over 20 rounds of play, even though they did not give any special rewards.
The growth of Abel Legion is like a human hymn.
Because it made people think that even a country that used to only do manual labor and part-time jobs could do it.
That was all.
“……………….”
“…Hero?”
“……Abel.”
“Yes?”
“……Call me Abel…”
“……Okay, Abel.”
“I want to hear…The story…”
“What are you talking about?”
“……Past…Nam Goong Min…Is…A person’s…Past…”
“Well…It’s not difficult.”
It has already been revealed that he came from another world, so there is no need to hide the past now.
Looking faintly at the crackling flames.
“My parents……Said this to me.”
“……….”
“Let’s die together.”
We started talking late at night.
*
“You look in a bad mood? You.”
“How can I feel good? I, the principal and a great battle mage, have been rejected like this!”
“Please don’t even think about solving that for me.”
“Sigh…!”
The principal, who had been receiving the mediator’s gaze, soon looked away.
No matter how confident she was in her own abilities, it was difficult for her to handle the old age and evil in front of her.
‘It’s not difficult to kill if you just use force…….’
The strength of a mediator comes not from strength, but from contracts.
She is bound by countless causes and effects and cannot even face her own death when she wants.
Even if the principal kills the mediator, she, bound by the contract, will come back to life as if nothing happened.
Knowing that fact, the principal glanced at the mediator with eyes filled with irritation and sympathy.
…… The mediator still had an unpleasant smile on his face.
“So, what’s going on? The fortune teller won’t be back until tomorrow, anyway.”
“I know. Much more than you do.”
“…That unpleasant way of speaking is still the same. To be honest, I don’t want to talk for a long time, so please tell me about your business.”
The principal frowned at her and gestured as if he was annoyed.
Emperor, Arbitrator, and Principal.
Those whose bodies are made of cracks, who listen to the voice of the being whispering about the future.
Honestly, if it weren’t for the commonality of hearing the voice of that being, it was a race I would never want to meet in my life.
The mediator, who was smiling even deeper in annoyance at the principal, opened his mouth.
“I have a child… That I want to meet.”
“…A child? Are you talking about a student?”
“I guess so?”
“Who is it?”
“She is a wealthy person, a saint, and a princess.”
“……….”
The principal sighed as each name was difficult to handle.
‘A wealthy man, a saint, and a princess?’
Honestly, he is a student attending Romance Academy, but if he is that big of a person, he cannot be treated simply as a student.
This means that you can’t just call them to the principal’s office and have them talk to a mediator. Even if they did, they were all female students who had the power and strength to get out of their seats.
So, no matter how much the principal and mediator tried, they had no choice but to give them enough compensation.
“The great rich… Will probably respond if you hint at the existence of the item.”
“What if…?”
“What would that rich man have to regret about joining the Academy? To be honest, I have no intention of giving it up, but it’s still a sure bait.”
Liu Yen, a wealthy man, wanted something so he entered the Academy, even using bribes to increase the number of students at the Romance Academy.
So, if you tell them what you want, you will be able to attract them.
“What is a saint…?”
“…There won’t be any problem. If you bring up Namgoong Min’s story, I will respond right away.”
“How do you know that?”
“In the world of fanatics…There is only God and oneself.”
Oh, well. I guess so.
The principal nodded, ignoring the mediator’s words.
The existence of the saint, Eileen Teddy Bear, is a secret known only to a very few. In particular, how hard did they try to keep the Pope from knowing about it?
It was a secret that could be kept after an agreement between the saint, the principal, the vice principal, and a few people in power.
‘In that sense, this old man is strange.’
The emperor of the Korean Empire knows a secret that the mediator does not know.
The mediator keeps the existence of the saint a secret even from his lord, whom he calls his majesty. What does that really mean?
Actually, it wasn’t the principal’s concern.
It was just funny that their father, Charles Teddy Bear, did not know the secret they knew.
‘Honestly, I think I only vaguely noticed. Did you say you would listen to it directly from the saint? Still an idiot.’
The principal laughed at Charles Teddy Bear for a moment and then looked at the mediator again.
Well, that old monster said it himself, so even if it doesn’t work out, he will take responsibility himself.
She shrugged her shoulders and repeated her last name.
“And the princess, the princess.”
“Unfortunately, I have already been rejected. You have a chance, right?”
“Well… I have connections in the imperial family, so I’ll ask for it.”
“It’s enough.”
“Then this is the end, right? I’ll get ready right away, so come out──”
“Now that I think about it…There’s one more person?”
“No, just say it a little at a time. Who is it? Surely it’s not a saint or a prince?”
“Superman.”
“……What?”
“We need Lane Arthur.”
“…Ha.”
Dudduddudd.
The principal glared at the mediator with completely different eyes than before.
The objects in the principal’s office vibrate as if reacting to her power and emotions.
The world’s strongest battle wizard.
There is no exaggeration in that title. Because right now, she could erase the entire Romance Academy if she wanted to.
But even as he faced the brunt of the great wizard’s wrath, the arbitrator’s smile never disappeared.
“Why are you doing this? Surely…You still have regrets, right?”
“…What are you thinking?”
“What are you thinking? Your Majesty, you and I. We cooperated for each other’s goals, right? I’m just asking for my natural rights.”
“……………….”
“So…You’ll help me, right? You’re arrogant and annoying, but you keep your promises.”
“……….”
“…Oh, you didn’t keep your promise to your daughter, right?”
Boom!
At the principal’s gesture, half of the mediator’s body burst into flames and flew away.
Still smiling with only half of her face, she returned her body to its original state as if time had gone back.
The burnt flesh, blood, and pieces are all put together as one, delaying her death, which was originally supposed to happen.
Job Skill .
The death of the arbitrator must occur at the moment predicted by the Creator.
No matter what you do before then, you will not be able to die.
The principal, who was expressing terrible anger as he looked at the regenerated mediator, gritted his teeth.
“…Don’t provoke me again.”
“Shall we do that?”
“And don’t be mistaken. It’s true that I still have regrets, but it means something different.”
“What does it mean…?”
“…What can I do? It’s just the regret of losing a good test subject. Tsk, Hector, it would have been successful even if that bastard had been a little tactless.”
“…So, will you help me?”
“I understand, I understand. Just use Kite Blackwood.”
“Ah, that’s a good method.”
“He’s probably looking for him diligently, right? Even so, he’s been imprisoned in the academy’s prison, so it’s hard to find anything but cancer.”
Rein Arthur, a superpower, is expanding his influence in Europe and the Arthur family.
In particular, they searched all over Europe to find Kite Blackwood, who was one of the causes of the engagement problem, but without much success.
It was also obvious. Because Kite Blackwood was stolen by the principal a long time ago.
I took it anyway to use it for something like this, so if you give it to me, I will respond.
“Okay? Get out now.”
“Thank you… For your cooperation?”
“Okay, so hurry up.”
The principal was still glaring at the mediator who left the principal’s office with an unpleasant smile on his face.
I soon closed my eyes, lost in thought.
‘…… Reine Arthur, la.’
No matter how many times I think about it, the regret remains. I had no choice but to stay.
Because it was the moment that came closest to ‘success’ in the principal’s life.
After faking her death and running away by even changing her face, she became the principal of Romance Academy.
From now on, there is no way for Hector or Raine to recognize her.
But.
“…Is this an opportunity?”
I have been avoiding it until now.
This might be an opportunity.
Rein Arthur. In the end, if she can take over that woman’s body──
“…No, it’s still too early.”
Well, with the help of the emperor and the mediator, I am also creating a spare body.
Just the occasional whisper of that being is enough to carry on with your life.
Therefore, the principal shook off the momentary illusion.
Anyway.
Because there was enough time.
*
“…What is this?”
“I didn’t have time.”
“Definitely stay quiet──”
“Non-believers, be quiet. They say it’s about Namgoong Min.”
“……….”
“Honestly, I feel bad hearing that from this evil b*tch.”
“It’s Nam. You patient with a suspected disease.”
“You all seem to get along well? Can we talk?”
The princess clenched her fists as if she was shocked.
A saint who is interested in the rumor that it is related to Namgoong Min.
Daebooho is just being sarcastic as if he doesn’t like the lane itself.
Even people with superpowers are worried about whether to use their superpowers or not.
Although they are four different people, they are all tied together by one thing in common: Namgoong Min.
That is why the mediator brought everyone together, even at the cost of many costs.
Because that was what her god ordered.
“The story I’m going to tell you is quite interesting, isn’t it?”
“What on earth are you, a non-believer?”
“It’s a story about a fortune teller’s past.”
“…Ha, you came to the wrong place.”
She laughed and put it back on as if Liu was dumbfounded.
That’s right, there was no one here who didn’t know about Namgoong Min’s past.
For those women who knew Namgoong Min’s past through various routes such as background investigation, surveillance, and voyeurism, this could only be a funny statement.
Rain and Kim Eun-ha also showed similar reactions.
“……Past.”
Only the saint was listening seriously to the mediator’s story.
Right before Liu, who was questioning the attitude of her saint, fired something at the mediator.
“For example, about his sister?”
“………What?”
To Namgoong Min, younger sister?
What does that mean──
──Then you probably know that I am an only child, right?
──Ha! Of course.
──Then that’s it.
Suddenly, I remember the conversation when Namgoong Min shamelessly came to borrow money.
Liu, who had goosebumps all over his body for a moment, glared at the arbitrator.
As if responding to him, she smiled kindly yet mockingly.
“Now, here’s the story I’m going to tell you.”
“……….”
“Which family’s tragedy is this?”
The story has begun.