Gaiden ― Later Illusion (14)
“ha… .”
I let out a drowsy sigh as I was hit by the warm water spewing out of the shower.
I came in from the shower room to wake up, but I deliberately moved more because I thought it would be like this for a long time if I let go of my mind.
Although it was bigger than it had just changed, the body was still smaller than the original, and the limbs were shortened.
It wasn’t just the body that changed.
‘Somehow I feel more sleepy… .’
When I came out of the shower, Laune and Minerva were lying on the bed and sleeping.
The large bed was so wide that there was enough space for the three of us to sleep together.
But obviously, they were each lying in bed until they fell asleep, but at what point did these two come in?
“Well… .”
Minerva mumbled as if half awake and fumbled with her hand.
She smiled softly as she touched Raune’s cheek.
“Fufu… Honey, you sleep a lot. What if I’m still sleeping… yes?”
Minerva, who felt something strange only after touching Raune’s hair, lifted her head.
Noticing that she was touching Raune’s cheek, she pulled out her hand as if he were touching it, and Svengali muttered as if it was ridiculous.
[I’m very curious what the guy in the past would have said if he had seen such a stupid appearance.]
“Dude, has it already happened? ?”
“The sun is already in the middle of the sky, Minerva.”
“Uh… .”
Minerva got up halfway, but her head was shaking back and forth as if she had not yet been able to get out of the Suma.
Unknowingly bursting out laughing at the sight, I gently grabbed her hair and laid her back.
“sleep more. After all, you have to relax until this afternoon anyway.”
“Uh… .”
Minerva meekly followed my hand and laid down on the bed.
Then she secretly pushed her cheek towards me, and her arm gripped my wrist tightly.
[I’ll welcome you.]
Seeing her finally kiss her on the cheek, Sbengali muttered in a genuinely disgusting tone, as if she had seen something she could not see.
It was the moment he was about to leave the door after checking Minerva lying on the bed with a satisfied expression on his face, whether he did it or not.
“… … .”
It sounded like a crackling sound.
It was Laune.
When I turned my head to look, Laune’s small hand was clasping my collar.
“… … .”
He had his eyes closed, but he was so tightly closed that his eyelids were trembling.
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On the other hand, he was pretending to be sleeping.
Laune’s hand was definitely holding onto the hem of my robe in anticipation of something.
[Crazy guy.]
… In the end, I had to listen to Sbangali’s lamentations and swear words in that brief moment.
Leaving behind satisfied Laune and Minerva, I was finally able to visit.
“It’s quiet.”
[…] Because there are only four people in this wide place except you.]
We spent the night in the building that Yeeun Lee used as her office and living space because it could be difficult to show up to others.
Therefore, with the exception of Yeeun Lee, there were only three people in the World Tree clan who knew my condition, those whom Yeeun Lee trusted the most: Wooseok Shin, Seoryeong Yoon, and Seokyeong Kang.
I just walked towards Yeeun Lee’s office.
Someone was walking towards me from the other side of the hallway, and when they saw me too, they hurried their steps and approached me with quick steps.
“uh? What are you awake? Hello, Lord Sodang.”
The woman who greeted her with a cheerful smile was none other than Kang Kyung-kyung.
A member of the archery club and close friend of Lee Ye-eun, she became Lee Ye-eun’s direct secretary and bodyguard as soon as she graduated from the academy.
I heard that he was the last of the world tree clan, so there were many objections and he rejected it himself, but he finally accepted it because of Lee Ye-eun’s strong request.
“Hello, Yeongyeong-senpai.”
“OMG… !”
She was startled and looked around.
After confirming that neither Shin Woo-seok nor Yoon Seo-ryung were present, she sighed in relief and said to me.
“Please remove the word “senpai” at the very least, Lord Sodang. If you get caught, you’ll get a real disgrace.”
“Well… Then will you treat me like usual, senior?”
“Yes, yes, I will. It’s okay.”
She nodded her head as if she couldn’t resist my words.
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Only then did I nod my head, and she too looked at me with a distinctive cool smile.
“Well, I was on the way to wake him up because I thought he might have been sleeping.”
Instead of talking, she muttered as if it was really strange.
“But it’s really hard. You are much younger than when we first met.”
“Uh, didn’t you hear about the details?”
“I heard you, I heard the warning not to play around recklessly. But it’s the first time I’ve seen something like this… It’s really exciting.”
After muttering like that, Kang Kang-kyung suddenly asked me.
“Would you be really upset if I asked you if I could pat you or touch your cheek?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
She stared intently at me for a moment, then shook her head.
“No, I will stop. What will happen if you ever find out… .”
She shook her head in horror.
“But what are you going to do now? Originally, I was on my way to ask Sodang Master and other guests if I would like to sleep more, or if I would like to have breakfast a little later.”
“Your sister?”
“Yeun, as always, you’re working in the office.”
After thinking for a moment, I nodded and answered.
“Then I will go to the office. I think it would be better to ask yourself what the other kids are like.”
“Well… okay. Do you know where the office is?”
“sure.”
“Then I will go to the other guests.”
Saying that, Kang Kang-kyung walked towards the place I had been walking.
Not long after, I found Yeeun Lee’s office.
The door to the office seen from a different perspective was very large and gorgeous.
As I was smart and knocked, I heard Yeeun Lee’s voice from inside.
“Come in.”
As soon as I opened the door, I saw Ye-eun Lee, who was sitting in her seat, working on papers, Woo-seok Shin, who was organizing things next to her, and Seo-ryeong Yoon, who was standing upright.
“Uh, what? Jihyuk?!”
Yeeun Lee, who noticed this with a squint squint, got up from her seat in amazement.
Shin Woo-seok also got up immediately and bowed his head along with Yoon Seo-ryeong.
“Uh, obviously I sent Yeon-kyung… ?”
“We met along the way. I just said I was going to see my sister.”
She smiled slightly as if she was happy with my words.
“Oh, it was.”
“… Did I disturb you?”
When asked carefully, she shook her head.
“No, it’s a hindrance. Anyway, I was just about to take a break. Did you eat breakfast before that?”
“No, I haven’t eaten yet.”
“Then let’s eat together. My sister hasn’t eaten yet.”
She got up from her seat and said to Seo-ryeong Yoon.
“I’m sorry, Seo-ryeong, can you prepare a simple breakfast for me and Ji-hyeok? And now is the time… Yes, we will take a two-hour break from now on.”
“Yes, my lord.”
Ye-eun Lee took me as it was and headed to the room attached to her private and resting room.
The horse was a private room and a resting room, and it was comparable to any other family home.
“Is there anything else you want to eat?”
“No, it’s okay. I’ll just eat what noona eats together.”
She smiled and invited me to sit on the sofa.
As she suggested, she sat down on the sofa and, naturally, the woman sitting right next to her picked up the remote control.
“Would you like to watch TV before breakfast is ready?”
– yes! Today we have a special guest as our guest! Our eternal hero who broke the hiatus for a while and started activities again! This is Seul-hye Yoon!
― Hello, this is Seulhye Yoon!
beep.
Yeeun Lee immediately changed the channel.
It was quite unexpected and, to say the least, a friendly face, so I giggled.
“You said you were retiring and you just came back? No, but I’ve been living quietly for a few years.”
She nodded as if displeased.
“Yeah, I heard about it, but honestly, I didn’t really care. But the timing is… Does it bother you?”
beep.
The channel turned again.
A baseball bat struck the ball, and a distinctive hitting sound resounded.
“If Ji-hyeok says it’s uncomfortable for you to see, then you’ll never be able to broadcast or live as a hero again.”
“Hey, what are you doing like that?”
To tell the truth, it was a car that was even pleasant to see a face like that at the moment I had completely forgotten about it.
I smiled and dissuaded Yeeun Lee, but I could see the face I missed on the TV screen.
“Are you Hyeonu?”
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On the screen, Hyun-woo Choi, he was coming out.
As she leaned forward without realizing it, Yeeun Lee raised the volume of the TV while smiling bitterly.
In the broadcast, it was said that the Hammer of the Brain Gong successfully completed the dungeon attack this time, and in the process, super rookie Choi Hyun-woo, who was newly recruited and already led his own team, made a decisive contribution.
At first, there were people who criticized and ridiculed Lee Myung-joon, who took on a heavy role with his full trust, saying that there was no parachute or parachute, but he proved everything with his skills perfectly.
“Boy, you’ve made it.”
Seeing this made me smile without realizing it.
Soon after, Hyeonu appeared on the screen during an interview.
I heard that you played a decisive role in the dungeon raid. How do you feel when someone, a famous actor and singer, was chosen as your ideal type? Similarly, someone from another guild mentioned that name as a rival, please just say a word about it… .
The last question was thrown to the guy who answered the pouring questions one by one.
― If you have anything you want to say to someone who is watching this show, just say one word!
At that, the boy paused for a moment.
Contrary to the previous questions, the reporters were also nervous as they showed signs of concern.
— … There are three people. Someone you want to talk to separately.
After thinking for a while, Hyunwoo Choi started talking like that.
– First, Master. Now that I feel like I am protecting Master’s name from being insulted, I feel a little more at ease. I will continue to devote myself so as not to defile Master’s name.
– and… Well, I can’t say the name, but there’s something I really want to say to both of you.
― Now it seems that the backs of the two of you, who were far away, can be seen. So wait a little longer.
― Lastly, I don’t know if you’re watching this show right now… .
He looked at the screen and grinned.
As a man, he had such a nice smile that I thought it was too much.
– Thank you for coming back. I’m serious.
With that, the broadcast ended.
Ye-eun Lee, who was watching the broadcast with me silently, asked me.
“By the way, was one of the first people Ji-hyeok you met was Choi Hyun-woo?”
“It was. Sooyoung and Hyunwoo. It was the first time we met each other at the archives. After I leave this world, and after they go to Tokyo.”
Since I had nothing to hide any more, I used to tell everyone, including her, many stories first, and the story of how I first came to this world was no exception.
“I see… .”
Ye-eun Lee, who was nodding her head, snorted slightly.
She muttered with a somewhat triumphant expression on her face.
“Well, Jihyuk, the person you met first was me.”
It was time to give her a small round of applause.
At the sound of the knock, Yeeun quickly cleared her expression and opened her mouth.
“Come in.”
It was Shin Woo-seok, not Yoon Seo-ryeong, who opened the door.
His hands were empty, but for some reason he had a slightly bewildered expression on his face.
“What happen?”
“My lord. That is… .”
It was the first time he had seen such a bewildered expression.
I looked up to see what the hell was going on and he glanced at me.
“The oracle flower has bloomed.”
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Oracle flower.
It was the most important thing for the world tree clan.
This is because the flower of the oracle was the flower of the World Tree that bloomed to express something directly.
And, as is almost the only one, members of the home family who could communicate with the World Tree had to perform a ceremony to receive the World Tree oracle, leaving everything behind when the oracle flower bloomed.
In fact, it was an event that was mentioned several times in the original story or appeared as an event.
“yes? Suddenly?”
The problem was that there was a fixed time for it to bloom.
Towards Lee Ye-eun, who was bewildered, Shin Woo-seok also couldn’t help but reply.
“Yes… Two of them also bloomed.”
What that meant was simple.
The World Tree was hoping that the now two members of the main family would perform the ceremony.
And Lee Ye-eun and I were the only people known to be members of the main family.
* * *
“Suddenly, what the hell is this… .”
Yeeun Lee muttered while wearing the ceremonial attire.
In the vicinity, Seo-ryeong Yoon and Gang-gyeong Kang were also in a hurry, carrying things necessary for the ceremony.
“Is it okay if I go as it is?”
“Yeah, first of all, I’m the leader… Only the head of the family can wear clothes.”
As she gently raised her arms, the large, gorgeous hem of her robe fluttered.
It was similar to the clothes he was wearing during the World Tree Festival in the past, but it was different.
“Fortunately, the main hall where the ceremonies are held and the passageways are all isolated, so you don’t have to worry. Anyway, right now, Mr. Wooseok has gone and is controlling other people from coming.”
Ye-eun let out a small sigh.
“Thank you for being willing to help, Jihyuk.”
“Of course you have to help, because if I say no, my sister will be embarrassed.”
She smiled bitterly at my answer.
“I can’t even bluff this time. That’s right, if Jihyuk had said he didn’t like you, it would have been very difficult.”
She glanced around and whispered a whisper to me.
“… I’m happy though. Because of this incident, in any case, voices that doubt or slander you will enter.”
The fact that the World Tree required two members of the home family can be interpreted as saying that there are more than two members of the home family living now.
It was said that it was a very stressful moment because there were many stories about me constantly circulating behind the scenes, although she was quiet on the surface because of her sarcastic accusation.
“We cannot go from here.”
Seo-ryeong Yoon, who stopped walking as she got closer to the main hall, said so.
Kang Kang-kyung also stopped walking and looked at the two of us.
“Yes, you did well. You two, just go in and rest.”
Yeeun Lee said so and waved her hand at the two of them slightly.
Having received the two see-offs, we continued toward the main hall.
I heard that no one was allowed to enter except for members of the main house, but the road leading to the main hall was neatly maintained.
“The spirits are in control.”
Yeeun Lee whispered as if she had noticed my curiosity.
After a while we reached the parish where the ceremony was held.
The main hall where the ceremonies were held was small in size, less than a single room, not suited to the clan’s prestige.
“Isn’t it a lot smaller than I thought?”
“Because there was no need to make it bigger.”
With a serious expression on her face, Ye-eun Lee answered as she took off her shoes.
I followed her, took off my shoes, and stepped into the main hall.
The main hall was very small as it looked from the outside, and half of the space was filled with just the two of us.
“Okay, Jihyuk, will you sit quietly behind me? First of all, I have to hear the meaning of why the flower bloomed… !?”
In an instant, a roar rang out.
When I looked behind me, the entrance to the main hall was blocked by something, but it was very familiar to block the entrance.
It was a branch of the world tree.
“… what?”
I panicked for a moment and walked towards the branch blocking the entrance.
Judging from the aura he felt, the branches of the World Tree were clear.
Yeeun Lee, who was as embarrassed as I was, immediately came to her senses and knelt down on the spot.
It was to resonate with the world tree.
“Mother ancestors, your descendants have come to this place by calling. Please, speak your noble words to these fools… .”
She quietly began to recite a prayer, and then she began to cry and tremble.
It was a signal that it was connected to the world tree.
[I’m talking to the World Tree.]
Suddenly Sbangali muttered like that.
He made a squeaky, beak-clashing sound, as if dissatisfied.
[He has a very dirty personality. Knowing that this body exists, I don’t dare say it out loud. Do you mean to tell the story yourself? Heh, that’s right… .]
Sbengali grumbled, but meekly told the story of the two of them.
The story began with Yeeun Lee saying it was an honor to hear her noble voice, and replying that the World Tree was always looking at her.
[…] But these days, your actions are so foolish that I want to do this with tears in my eyes. Please, know my deep meaning, and do not have a grudge heart. If you don’t touch my heart, the two of you will be buried here, so keep this in mind… What, who is this old senile tree threatening now?]
Sbengali murmured as if it were ridiculous.
Taking a peek, Lee Ye-eun’s expression colored with embarrassment didn’t seem like he was making up any useless words.
“What should I do, Mother?”
A desperate voice came out of Lee Ye-eun’s mouth.
Then Sbangali delivered the words of the World Tree.
[I want you two to become Rif and Riftrassir in this place.]
Immediately Svengali cracked hard and clapped his beaks and burst out laughing like crazy.
Alternative riffs and riffs… Anyway, what is it that makes this guy react like this?
“Yes Yes?! Mother, no, what do you mean by that? mother… ?!”
Yeeun Lee, who was so embarrassed, cried out like that, but there was no reply.
The World Tree had unilaterally cut off her connection with her.
What does the world tree mean that both Sbangali and Yeeun Lee are reacting like this?
That was the moment I was thinking about it.
“… Jihyuk-ah.”
“Yes, sister.”
After Lee Ye-eun, she took a deep breath and got up from her seat.
Then he started looking at me with a determined expression on something.
Something is strange.
Thinking like that, I tried to step back, but I couldn’t.
It was because her energy was entangled in me.
“… sister?”
“… It’s okay, leave everything to this sister.”
what.
what the hell is this
Sbangali squeaked and said to me, who was bewildered by the unexpected situation.
Reef and Lyftrasir.
Those two are none other than the names of a woman and a man who are predicted to survive hidden in the World Tree, and they are the beings who prosper again in the newly opened world of abundance.
[Simply put, it’s called Adam and Eve.]
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Only then did I realize how things were going.
Meanwhile, Yeeun Lee was approaching right in front of me.
* * *
“yes?”
Han Soo-young, who was sitting on a chair and meditating, slowly opened her eyes.
In front of her, a sphere was spinning round and round.
Han Soo-young, who looked at it for a moment, muttered in a bewildered voice, as if it was absurd.
“… Oh my gosh, this sister must be really crazy.”
If Yoo Ji-hyeok, who had ‘authority’ at the time, had seen the sphere in front of her now, this notification window would have been floating in the air.
[Lee Ye-eun’s karma value increases by 1 point.]
Han Soo-young, who was staring blankly at it, tapped the sphere and touched it.
This time, if Yoo Ji-hyuk had seen it, this notification window would have come to mind.
[The karma value of the target ‘Lee Ye-eun’ will be removed due to the administrator’s authority.] A notification window appears.
Aight so he did smash the other 2 than good to know