156 – Facing the Light
– Really!? Pole…..
– Pajik, Pajik…
Red sparks begin to fly from the black shadow that was seeping into my mind.
– What, what have you done…?
“…Well.”
– No way, no way, you guy…
Soon, a hand suddenly pops out from the writhing black shadow.
– So far… Calculated everything…?
“…Hmm.”
The guy who grabbed me by the collar asked a question with a perplexed look, the relaxed voice he had shown up to now disappeared.
“Of course.”
Of course, it wasn’t planned.
I had no choice but to sacrifice my soul to this guy and get out of here.
It was pure coincidence that the skill that Justia had probably purchased before handing over the system to me was activated.
‘Well, since my ability is an ability… There would have been no room for that skill to be activated.”
Because I can easily block most mental attacks with my abilities, I think that one-time use skill was able to remain until now.
‘Justia…’
To put it another way, Justia also bought that skill and never used it.
Her mental power was comparable to my ability to nullify almost all mental attacks?
If not, did she sense her own death and drain all of her points right before handing her over to me, leaving behind her most useful skills?
No matter which of the two it is, it doesn’t change the fact that she is a great hero.
‘…I want to see you again today.’
Come to think of it, there was a Korean restaurant that she often went to in the back alley before she came here.
I wonder if it still remains.
– Bastard!!!
“What’s wrong? Weren’t you expecting the whole situation? I guess you didn’t expect this?”
After scratching my head for a moment, I started to laugh and mock the guy who was writhing in red sparks.
– Gooooo!!!
“At best, it’s a shadow thing, and that’s what happens because it tries to overcome humans.”
I didn’t plan this whole situation, but it might make him even more upset if I look like that.
– This power… What is this power…?
“…………”
– There is no way he has the power to overwhelm me…!!!
Anyway, while I was mocking the guy who was becoming increasingly blurry, he started saying interesting things.
‘It looks like that guy doesn’t even know what this ability is…’
At this point, I am also curious.
At first, I thought this opaque window was just something derived from Justia’s abilities.
However, according to the recovered memories of the past and the words heard in various places, this is not at least a ‘concept’.
A special being who seems to be at the top of all abilities and mysteries in the world.
How on earth did Justia have this?
‘…I’m not sure.’
It would be nice if we could meet at least once and talk about things we haven’t been able to talk about.
But even if you miss someone who has already left, there is no way for them to come back.
– Grrr, gurrr…
Thinking like that, I stopped thinking about Justia and began to stare at the guy whose shadow had now completely disappeared.
“…….Ah?”
Soon he began to make a blank expression.
“River… Sky…”
“…Sister?”
When the shadow of the guy, who was always covered in darkness, cleared, surprisingly, a woman who looked very similar to his older sister appeared.
“How dare you…”
“……..”
She had longer hair than I remembered and looked quite devastated with dark circles, but it was definitely my older sister, Kang Maru.
“How dare you…!!!”
As she stumbled and ran towards me, I quietly watched and tilted my head.
‘…Why older sister?’
This guy must have originated from me.
Why does he look like his older sister?
Is the trauma from childhood remaining in the unconscious?
No, that doesn’t explain it.
It’s not that the trauma was the starting point for him to appear, but because this guy’s appearance was the starting point for the trauma.
And, I definitely remember him following me from the orphanage.
Why on earth…?
“…Ugh.”
I’m trying to recall the past too much, and suddenly my head starts pounding and I feel nauseous.
“Ugh…”
Orphanage? Yes, I stayed in an orphanage when I was young. But for some reason, something feels off.
Why are the faces of the teachers and children all blurry?
Why do I have no memories of what I did at the orphanage in the first place?
“Gaaah!!!”
“…………”
As my complexion turns pale due to the sudden sense of discomfort and embarrassment that comes over me, something in the shape of my sister has arrived right in front of me and attacks me with a disgusted expression.
“…Tsk.”
If it were a few years ago. No, even if it had been just a few months ago, I would have frozen at the sight and probably met a rather absurd end.
– Swish…!
“…Ah.”
However, my current sister could not inflict any emotional damage on me.
– Uddangtangtang…!
Therefore, I was able to avoid her lightly attacking me and was able to successfully subdue her by slightly extending her foot forward and hooking her foot.
“I, I…”
The guy who was lying on the floor like that tried to force himself to get up, even writhing with his whole body.
– Tsuzuzu…
“I am…”
At that very moment, the hand that was on the floor turned into powder and started flying.
“It can’t disappear like this….”
The being that was looking up at me blankly, soon its entire body crumbled and disappeared into the black sub-space.
“…………..”
And then the silence began to flow.
– Pajijik…
“Hmm.”
In that silence, I realized that an incomparably powerful force had begun to flow through my body. I smiled quietly as I looked at the system window that had appeared in front of me for the first time in a long time.
[Knight of Conquest awakening complete!]
[Your level has been met!]
[From now on, the penalty for using abilities will rapidly weaken!]
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Somehow, I felt like I had succeeded in taking only the meat out of the shadow guy.
[ERROR: Memory is not allocated.]
[Would you like to return to the original world?]
[Y/N]
“…Now it feels a bit like a system.”
It is time to return to the relationships of the past, present, and future.
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Meanwhile, at that time. Outskirts of the back alleys.
“Ugh, ugh…”
“Hey, please talk to me…!”
＞ What on earth happened inside!? Where did Kang Ha-neul go!!
Ariel and Pandora, who found Mystic Shine crying bitterly as they dug into her ground, were questioning her with her pale face.
“What happened to Kang Ha-neul?”
＞ Tell me now!!
But when there was no answer from her, the two of them grabbed Mystic Shine by the collar and cried out for their lives.
– Jureuk…
However, when Mystic Shine cannot bear to tell the truth and tears roll down from her eyes, their complexions soon begin to turn with fear.
“Oh, no…? Are you lying? Oh, is today April 1st? hahahaha, ha…”
＞ That can’t be true. Kang Haneul is strong. He’s handsome and smart, but he’s several times stronger than me…
Soon, Pandora is typing with blank eyes, just like Ariel, muttering in a low voice and denying reality.
“Sorry…”
“”……””
“It’s my fault…..”
However, Mystic Shine, who was sitting on the floor and crying, begins to shatter their last wish.
“I, because of me… He…”
“”…………””
“I was left in there alone…”
At the same time, red sparks began to fly from Ariel’s hands.
– Beep, beep…
And Pandora’s combat drones operating in unison, with the screen dyed red.
“It’s all my fault…”
In that imminent situation, Mystic Shine was about to conclude her sentence with a look of loss on her face.
“Don’t forgive me…”
– Purge support…
Suddenly, a bright light began to leak out of the hole she had been dug into.
“Ah…?”
The moment Mystic Shine, whose eyes were wide open at the strange phenomenon, unconsciously extended her hand to the hole from which light was leaking.
– Shaaa…!
“Ugh!?”
A brilliant flash of light began to fill all directions.
“Damn it!”
＞ Glare!! Did they set off a flash bomb or something!?
Even though it is broad daylight, Ariel and Pandora cover their eyes with their hands from the bright light and take a step back with embarrassed expressions.
– Tsuzuzuzuzu…
How much time has passed?
“”……””
After the flash subsided to some extent, the two walked towards where Mystic Shine, who had obviously escaped by now, had dark and cold expressions on their faces.
“Oh…?”
＞ ???
Their eyes soon turn round.
“Ha, sky…”
“……..”
“Sky…?”
And that was the same for Mystic Shine, who instead of running away, sat down in her seat blankly.
“Uh, um…”
This was because Kang Ha-neul, who appeared on the pit holding Dice, who had a blank expression like them, in her princess arms, was looking embarrassed.
“…Ta-da.”
Soon, a deep silence began to hover between them.
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“…….”
Meanwhile, there was a person who was quietly watching the scene from a distance.
“…..Let’s finish it.”
For some reason, Lumia, who had disappeared for a moment, soon smiled and started walking towards them again.
“Hey, everyone. What are you doing there~?”
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