134 – Chapter 134 This is fine.
The explanation I heard from the Master of the Ten Worlds was simple.
From my point of view, it feels like I jumped into the world of a novel to try to save a friend, but from my friend’s point of view, it seemed like an accident as my position and myself were suddenly reversed.
I tried my best not to get caught, but a friend who had doubts went on a rampage, and thanks to that, another deity called the Witch of the Time Flower was caught.
After that time, the flower witch proposed a similar deal to my friend and sent her to this world.
“You’re not saying you can’t both go back all of a sudden, are you?”
-That’s not the case, so don’t worry. You can make a promise by betting on the position of the owner of the universe. Unless you suddenly have a serious accident or do something that deviate from the rules of the world, that won’t happen.
“…Can I trust you?”
If you look at web novels, those bastards always end up killing you.
-Yeah, I know it’s hard to believe that the image of deities these days is hell. First of all, I’m on the bad side with those guys, so trust me. Doubting it only hurts you?
Well, no matter what, it’s thanks to him that he didn’t die.
“Then he…Ah, so is it true that a writer is not in immediate danger?”
-Then of course. A simple intervention would be possible, but in the first place, I hadn’t even entered this world yet, so what?
It was good news, at least.
My friend didn’t have a decent person different from me, so he had to design himself, so he couldn’t interfere with the world right away.
To be honest, I entered this crazy worldview with the intention of trying to save one, but I was not very happy to see myself trying to come in with my limbs.
Even though it’s a bit quieter now, did you really get mad at me until just now?
-Who asked to save me? Did you think I would be okay if you left like that? You really care
– Even if you possess, is it necessarily Kang So-hyun? Dishonestly.
-…If I had known it would be like this, I would have set it up a little ugly.
And so on.
I almost died from a headache.
“…The power of the Creator, by the way.”
The gods said it was a kind of cheat, and depending on how it was used, it seemed that even the laws of the world could be violated.
I tried to say something strange about the wish of a certain world, but I couldn’t hear it because the pronunciation was muffled from the middle.
In my arms right now, there was a necklace that he made with his authority.
Creator’s favoritism.
As a special grade relic, the effect was that it could automatically absorb surrounding magic and use it as reserve life force.
The user is set exclusively for Kang So-hyun, and as the name suggests, he added favoritism and preferential treatment.
Because he really hates twisting his own writing, I asked if it would be okay to make something like this, but he replied rather angrily.
-…It’s because you’re much more important than the novel, you idiot. Kang So-hyun isn’t a very strong character at first glance, but it’s not something you have to live with.
Not really.
After all, it’s a novel.
In fact, it was a natural thing to say.
No matter how hard I made it, no matter how precious I thought it was, it was because it was written by him, and if I could save him by destroying this world, I would have gladly done so.
Yes, of course.
Of course.
A question was already rising in a corner of my heart.
However, it is too troublesome to confirm that question.
I don’t think I need to worry about that right now.
I tried to ignore the question that came to my mind.
*
Even after awakening my talent, my daily life has not changed much.
The big event is that Chun Yu-hak’s father and Mr. Kang Hyeon-woo know each other, so I attended his birthday party?
I was a little surprised at first, but decided to think positively.
Thinking of the guy in the original work, I thought he needed to be a little stronger and harmful for the future, but it was a perfect opportunity to plant the seeds of change in him.
Anyway, there were no big events other than that, so I spent my time training to deal with my talents from time to time or researching magic.
After spending so much time, I became an elementary school student and reached the age to go to school.
It was embarrassing to still act like a child, but it wasn’t as difficult as I thought.
Perhaps it was because of my young body, I was recognized by the people around me as just a grown-up child, and I came to have the perception that I was always talking brightly next to my sick mother.
“Sohyeon, what did you learn at school today!?”
“My homework is a book review, so I brought a book!”
“Ayu, everyone says that Sohyeon looks like her father, but when she sees her smiling face, she looks just like me!”
Come to think of it, I don’t know, but my sister also said that my smile has started to resemble my mother’s.
…I’m laughing like a naughty boy? I don’t think so.
“Anyway, Sohyeon wants to read a book! What kind of book is that, yes! Even if my mom is very sick, I can read her at least a book…!!!”
“No? I’ll read you a book, so lie down.”
“…You are 7 years old, Sohyeon. How about having your mom read to you?”
“It’s a rabbit and tortoise race. Will it be fun?”
“Sohyeon, why do you forbid your mom to eat…?”
A rabbit and a turtle. As I read her story, which she must have already known, I suddenly burst into laughter.
Coming to think of it, the first time I read a story he made up was a fairy tale based on it.
A twisted story of a child who said that hard work is meaningless and that birth and role are everything.
Regardless of the type of writing he wrote, most of them contained such content.
Even the Holy Swordsman of the Academy, the source of this world, is like that.
Cheon Yu-hak, who was less than a genius or Lilac, encounters a wall that he cannot overcome even with hard work, and resorts to witchcraft.
In fact, it’s not like that.
I think hard work is very important in life.
Of course.
Only when you have the minimum amount of talent that will serve as the foundation for your efforts.
“Hmm? Why are you suddenly laughing while reading Sohyeon-ah?”
“Just like that. It’s funny how a rabbit and a tortoise race. In reality, there’s no way a rabbit and a tortoise would do a race.”
…Ah, did I say something wrong?
It’s not something a child can’t say, but it doesn’t sound like a child at all.
“You are right.”
Are you affirming this in front of your child?
“The race itself has meaning, and even if you try to give meaning to your efforts, it is an obvious fact that each person has a different starting line and a different natural field.”
She reached out her hand and caressed my cheek.
“Whose son is our Sohyeon? I’m already thinking about that.”
Then he rubbed my face like it was cute.
“By the way, Sohyeon-ah. But that’s not all.”
You just said yes?
She spoke slowly, in a tone that really spoke to her child.
“Originally, people are creatures who live for useless things!”
…It was the first kind of bullshit I’ve ever heard.
“To live as a creature and to prosper as a species, you don’t need as many things as you think. Entertainment, hobbies, maybe even the process of naturally liking and loving someone and cherishing them. They are simply things that must be given up for the development of the human species.”
Well, I wouldn’t say it’s right, but it wasn’t completely wrong either.
“But people eventually fall in love and find entertainment. I smoke cigarettes knowing it’s bad for my body, and I drink until I’m drunk.”
I think it’s a rather difficult topic to talk about with a child, but she was showing a serious attitude as if she were not a child, but an equal adult.
“It’s just that each one wants and focuses on a different field. Value is something you decide for yourself, Sohyeon-ah. What is precious What to prioritize is different for each person.”
Every person is different.
For some reason, those words did not escape my ears.
“It will eventually break. Because it will disappear eventually. I understand keeping them away for fear of getting hurt, but isn’t it a waste?”
She felt her heart drop for a moment.
To the point where I feel as if what is in front of me is not a character, but a real person.
‘Because it will disappear anyway.’
‘Because it wasn’t mine in the first place.’
Because it was something I said very often in my life before being possessed.
And in the end, they were the words that made me regret deeply in my life.
“Sohhyun, things that have meaning in the world are really limited. Paradoxically, it’s okay for people to give meaning to everything! How about buying a mockery? As long as you don’t harm others, whatever you do is on my mind!”
What the hell does she know?
Could all these words be just a coincidence?
“So, Mom thinks it’s okay for Sohyeon to laugh at rabbits and turtles! I laughed a lot and wondered why the turtle was hung up on running. She thinks she can grow just by thinking about what useless things the turtle is obsessed with.”
I thought it was a mischievous smile, but looking at it this way, it didn’t just look mischievous.
She thought she was treating me like her grown-up, maybe she was wrong.
She really treats me like a child, so I didn’t even know she was telling me such serious things.
“Was it too difficult?”
I shook my head.
I had it too.
Something close to a habit that others might laugh at.
A pointless thing that you continued to do even though you thought it was already over.
Isn’t there a bankbook where you saved money for that guy?
“…Do you have a mother?”
“Huh?”
“It’s useless, but I’m obsessed with it.”
“No?”
…This person? They say people live for useless things.
“This mom is a very rational person, she is definitely obsessed with meaningful things!”
“What is that for her?”
“What is that?”
She pulled my arm in a playful manner and put me into her arms.
…It’s warm.
“Eup!?”
“Sohyeon, Nahyeon and Dad! We have a family, what more could Mom ask for!”
With a body dying day by day, even while smiling and pretending to be bright, did you really like us that much?
How could you possibly love me so much when I was born and took away your future?
-What does Ha-neul want to eat?
-I like everything my mom makes.
At that time, he heard the answer and said something.
-I don’t have anything to hold back like that. I’m sorry, sky.
Ah, you said you were sorry.
Yeah, I forgot, but it seems like he smiled bitterly and said he was sorry.
While moving from one part-time job to another, I heard the story that my original family died by accident.
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Did you say it was an accompanying suicide?
…Why did that happen?
If you left me, I’d rather live well enough to resent you.
I live well so that I can think that I will regret abandoning myself somewhere.
Why do deaths disturb people’s hearts?
Tears were about to come out.
“…Is Sohyeon crying? Was what mom said too hard? Are you okay. One day you will understand.”
No I understand.
That’s why more tears come out.
I feel like you’re telling me that it’s okay to catch things I missed, even if you didn’t mean to.
I feel like you’re really treating me, the thief who stole your son’s place, like your own son.
Perhaps it was because of entering the child’s body, the weakened emotional dam collapsed, and a few tears eventually flowed.
“…Don’t die.”
So I inadvertently said it like a complaint.
“Uh~? Mom isn’t dying? Her pain is all better, so she’ll go for a walk soon and follow So-hyun until she says it’s annoying not to follow her around!?”
I know it’s a lie.
I also know that these words are meant to soothe the child.
It’s selfish nonetheless, but I really hope you don’t die.
Maybe one day you’ll find out that I’m a thief and despise and hate me, but at least for now, I want you to live.
“Is it okay if I sleep with you today?”
“Then ~ Let Sohyeon sleep with her mother! Shall I call her dad and Nahyun too!?”
So I will reach out to save you.
Looking at her in her sleep, she cut her innate quirks from her immature body.
I felt like I was going to cry because of the pain and disgust I felt as my vitality itself diminished, but strangely, I don’t regret it.
Wouldn’t it be okay if I caught it too?
Maybe saving her is a useless thing that doesn’t help anything, but it’s okay to try to catch her.
“Don’t die.”
…Yes, this is no big deal.
It’s just an extension of my usual acting.
It’s not unnatural for her son to worry about his mother.
“Please don’t die. Mom.”
Reinforcement.
At the cost of her life, the light of a talent that elevates everything enveloped her body and dwelled in her heart.
My pulse beat a little stronger.
It was because it enhanced her natural healing and regenerative powers.
I don’t really call her mother, so this is fine.
I’m just returning the favor I received, so it’s okay.
It will be fine.