165 – 32. Exchange Meeting
Originally, I had one goal.
Seeing the perfect ending and meeting my sister.
But one more goal emerged.
‘A usurped god.’
Jisoo was chosen as a warrior by that being, and after fighting for decades, he eventually usurped the throne.
As a result, he exists as a god in this world, but that does not mean he is omnipotent, and he is currently recovering his power.
And I also learned that the former god was trying to regain his position as a god.
‘…… ‘Why did Jisoo call me to this world?’
I still don’t know why Jisoo called me into this world.
The game Jisoo created was exactly like this world, so did he exert the power of a god in his own way?
Jisoo told me to be happy in this world, but…… Is that really all it is?
‘And if I die, Jisoo…….’
It was said that he fell into anger and disappointment, and eventually lost his place as a god.
I don’t necessarily believe in the results of fortune telling…… Still, it is true that it feels uncomfortable.
Since I had no intention of dying in the first place, my new goal became clear.
‘The usurped god, the former god…… Exclude If possible, even if it kills me.’
A former god whose existence became unstable due to being usurped, and whose entire body was made of cracks.
If you think about it, his actions were extremely bizarre.
While he ordered me to be killed, he also prevented Jisoo from interfering with me, and at times even helped me.
If I think about it now, I understand.
‘In order to get to know Jisoo who usurped his place, I got to know myself who raised Jisoo…… La……….’
In a way, it is a very God-like perspective. In fact, he created another me.
That’s why it helped me. It would be inconvenient if I died before he could figure me out, and I don’t want him to be ruined by Jisoo’s hands.
But at the same time, it forces me to kill myself. Even though it was a failure, I created another me, and in the end, when I die, the former god can regain his throne again.
‘No matter how you look at it, they are enemies.’
In the end, there is only one conclusion.
If you are Jisoo’s enemy, you are also my enemy.
I don’t know if it’s possible, but—well, you have to try to find out.
‘If it’s an index…… ‘What did you say to me?’
Jisoo didn’t like anyone getting involved in his problems. Especially when it comes to me.
I was hurt at first, but now I know that it was Jisoo’s own consideration. It was a struggle to prevent others from getting caught up in his own problems.
Didn’t you tell me to live happily in this world in the first place, killing the former god…… He may still be reluctant to let me intervene in Jisoo’s affairs.
“But what can I do, we’re family.”
Map: If I’m in danger, I’ll do the same thing, but it’s such a shame.
‘The enemy is that former god, the schoolmaster, the emperor, the arbiter, and the other me.’
There may be more, but for now, those are all the dangerous beings I know.
Those who heard that bastard’s whisper and helped me again.
‘If that bastard had been able to intervene in reality, there would have been no need to have limbs in the first place.’
Now that his position has been usurped by Jisoo, that bastard cannot intervene in reality at will.
So, if you deal with the principal, the emperor, the mediator, and the other me.
Maybe we can buy enough time, or maybe we can reach that bastard.
For that──
*
“I need your help. I sincerely…Please ask.”
There was only silence in the classroom.
Contrary to the noisy outside, where the exchange meeting was still in full swing, the special vocational class classroom, which was always huge and colorful, was quiet.
Only I, who stood on the podium and bowed my head, spoke out.
Someone opened his mouth in the silence.
“So…There’s another you, and he’s trying to kill you?”
“That’s right, Lucas.”
I didn’t even mention the topic of my former god.
If I don’t tell you everything I know, it will be considered nonsense.
But it was revealed that there is another me, that he is trying to kill me, and that there are people who are collaborating with him.
Anyway, if another me kept trying to kill me, everyone would find out someday.
“…I just ask one question.”
“Please speak, Your Majesty the Prince.”
“If it’s someone else… Which of the two is real?”
“It’s both sides.”
“……………….”
“Because he is the Namgoong Min of this world… And I am the Namgoong Min from another world.”
…… It was something I had to say, but after I actually said it, I felt at a loss.
This has already been revealed to the warrior. However, because he talked to Jisoo, it was somewhat easier to communicate.
But the prince, Lucas, the saint, Liu, Eunha, Lane, and Eileen.
How will my story be received?
Stupid joke? A nasty lie? A sudden feeling of betrayal? Inexplicable confusion?
No matter how you take it…… That’s something I can handle.
“It’s a different world.”
“Yes.”
“So you’re saying it came from beyond the gate?”
“That’s… Probably not right. When I opened my eyes, I found myself in this place.”
“…The past we know about you must be someone else’s past.”
“……That will happen.”
If you say something like that, how can you not say it?
I took a deep breath for a moment and looked around at the various aspects of this place.
Lucas and the prince with complicated expressions.
A warrior with an expressionless expression as always.
A saint who looks a bit uncomfortable.
Aileen is just smiling.
Eunha looks somewhat burdened.
For some reason, Rio and Rain seem to be sitting next to each other and arguing under the desk.
Everyone in the special occupation class and Eileen gathered.
Friends I can trust and trust in this world, and indeed everywhere.
Even if they betray me first, there is no way I would betray them.
That’s why I was able to tell the story even under pressure and pressure.
“For me.”
──I had my parents and a younger sister.
*
Liu was happy.
At the same time, I felt an overwhelming sense of satisfaction.
‘Namgoong Min…… ‘I’m telling you directly.’
That b*tch is not forcing it, but is talking about the past of her own volition.
A childhood marked by tragedy, something I have already seen vividly.
Revealing such a past to others requires tremendous courage and strong trust in that other person.
Liu felt ecstatic that he was trusted by Namgoong Min.
But at the same time, he felt displeased that other people were also present.
‘It would be better if I was alone.’
No, it would have been enough if I had been alone.
If I were alone here, I would comfort Namgoong Min, hug Namgoong Min, depend on each other with Namgoong Min, and join forces with Namgoong Min.
It would be able to solve all his worries.
And furthermore.
I must have made it clear that I was the only one who could stand next to Namgoong Min.
Liu, who had fallen into a happy delusion for a moment, looked sideways at Lane Arthur sitting next to him at the pain he felt under his desk.
‘A f*cking evil b*tch.’
You have to act as if you are hearing about the past you already know for the first time, so you should not act like you know or fall into delusions.
So, we decided to pinch each other if we get too involved, but isn’t it against common sense to use supernatural powers to pinch each other?
Liu was thinking about stabbing himself with the artifact in his arms, but he soon shook it off and focused his attention on Namgoong Min.
‘Mediator and…… Another Namgoong Min.’
The mediator was a really unpleasant b*tch, but Namgoong Min, the other person, was not only unpleasant, but disgusted.
Even more so because he had the same face and voice as the Namgoong Min that Liu knew.
The fact that she acts as the only trustworthy companion in the world and the person she likes.
For Liu, it was enough reason to catch and punish Namgoong Min.
‘Looking at it, it seems like other girls have similar thoughts…….’
It is not only Liu who has seen Namgoong Min’s past, but also all four female students present.
And Liu had a hunch that the other three people were thinking similarly.
I don’t even want to know what the rotten b*tches who fart and cling to Namgoong Min are thinking.
I was confident because they had already formed a strange sense of kinship and bond.
‘If it’s a problem, it’s over there.’
Lucas, prince, saint, warrior.
Lucas and the prince were listening intently to Namgoong Min’s story, but the hero and the saint were quite different.
Even so, the hero has the same expressionless expression as always.
The saint’s reaction was something strange.
‘…… Are you embarrassed? Or astonishment?’
Why is there such a reaction?
Liu, who was glancing at the saint, narrowed her eyes.
Saint, Raphael Martina.
Excluding the second-year middle school saint over there, she is currently the only officially recognized saint and the leading Heretic Questioner.
In some ways, he was a person with more influence than anyone else in this position.
‘If you are trying to antagonize Namgoong Min…….’
It must be excluded. Anyone.
The saint must have felt the gaze for a moment and turned his head.
But Liu just naturally turned her eyes towards Namgoong Min.
Liu wasn’t the only one who reacted that way.
Superpowers, princesses, and saints.
Each of them glares at the saint and avoids his gaze.
‘I guess I’ll have to use someone.’
It may not be easy to care about a saint──
If it was for Namgoong Min, Liu was ready to do anything.
Even if she has to get blood on her hands.
So that there is no hesitation.
*
3Rd day of exchange meeting, evening.
In floating cities, the sun rises quickly, but the sun also sets quickly. But the Romance Academy never went dark.
Night city. Romance Academy, floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, brightly shines everywhere without any hesitation.
Entertainment establishments for outsiders, stores that have started to attract customers, competitions and exams that can only be held at night, and even the fancy decorations of the academy.
In fact, the later it was, the more successful the exchange meeting was.
At a church located somewhat away from the nightlife.
Raphael Martina was thinking.
“…Comrade sinners are from another world…”
Namgoong Min confessed his past in class today.
Raphael had a hunch. Of all the people there, I think he was the only one who was agitated.
‘Everyone else decided to cooperate.’
Of course it was the four female students, and Lucas and the prince also expressed their intention to cooperate.
What was especially surprising was Legion. Still, since he was a close friend, I tried to talk to him, and Legion decided to help Namgoong Min as if it was natural.
As if I had already heard about his past once.
‘Is it time for a 2-day, 1-night trip?…… Now it’s a meaningless thought.’
Of all the people there, he was the only one who asked for a moment.
Raphael’s mind was so confused.
“…Of course, at this time.”
There were three sheets of paper spread out on his desk full of Bibles and theological books.
One is to organize Namgoong Min’s past.
One was a letter from the Pope.
The other one was a report.
And all three of them were shaking Raphael.
Especially the last report.
“……….”
The content of the report was simple. There was only a list of clergy sent from the church to the academy for the exchange meeting.
We had to be careful because those who were friendly to the saint and the Pope’s spies would also be mixed together.
There was someone else that Raphael was more concerned about.
“…What should I call you?”
Sister, Cloël Martina.
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A formal nun who wishes to belong to the Heresy Inquisitor.
But Raphael has always refused to change her affiliation.
The real step-sister of ‘Rafael Martina’.
At the same time, Raphael Martina was also the most difficult person to encounter.
Already…… Because Rafael Martina, the innocent boy she knew, is dead.
No one knows the secrets of saints and saints, except for saints and the Pope.
Therefore, her saint had no confidence in her to face her.
“After…….”
Wait a minute, should I at least cool my head?
Raphael took off his favorite priest’s uniform, put on his hood, and took only a mace for self-defense and jumped out the window.
Anyway, the priests of the church do not enter his room without permission, so there is no way for this outing to be discovered.
It was a walk he had already enjoyed several times, so Raphael moved onto the roof as if he was used to it, and looked out at the street bustling with exchange parties.
Blowing wind, cold air, and loud noises of people.
When you see this scene from afar, you can forget all complicated thoughts and just relax.
Raphael, who was lightly humming the music coming from afar, turned his head to see him.
‘…… Who is it?’
Where he is, there are no lights on except for a few street lights.
Because it is a place where students’ bases, including churches, are gathered, there is almost no sign of popularity now that all the students are out on the streets for exchange events.
It could have been that the student who had enjoyed the exchange meeting had just returned to bed.
It felt strange to say that.
‘For one man…… ‘One girl.’
It also looks like one person is forcibly dragging the other.
Sensing that something was amiss, Raphael took out his mace for self-defense and quietly followed behind.
“──Stop───Please──”
“───I have a story to tell───”
‘…… ‘That’s not a good thing.’
Someone who refuses, and someone who blindly pushes on.
If you have heard this far, there is no need to misunderstand. Raphael stroked his mace and leapt.
‘If possible, move towards the waist to subdue it──’
“Sister! You can’t do this!”
“What’s the problem…? They’re just talking! Just follow me!”
“Ugh…….”
“──?”
And I could only notice it after I got closer.
The person who refuses is a fortune teller that he knows well.
The person who is forcing it is a nun with a familiar face.
When Raphael took a step back.
“There, there! Help me!”
“What? Don’t misunderstand! Are you just going to talk to this person?”
“……Oh my.”
“Raphael? You are Raphael, right?”
“Are you here, saint?”
“Damn it.”
Why are you two out there? … ?