56 – Pseudo-2
‘It must have been you.’
It was less shocking than I thought.
How much do you expect? My heart was surprisingly calm.
“Do you have any more information?”
“I don’t know. They just ordered us to make weapons.”
“May I ask about what happened here?”
“He probably knows better than I do.”
The woman cautiously pointed to the boss.
Since you said you came first, you must know a lot more than others.
In the first place, it was the boss who answered the questions of the younger generation until now.
“It’s only in the cave, so my sense of time is blurry, but about three hours before I went to sleep, I heard the sound of them gathering together and praying. As if a woman named Lee Soo-ah was a real god, she repeated her prayers every single day.”
“Didn’t the others come?”
“I can’t give you a definitive answer, I haven’t seen anyone else enter the cave, but they may have contacted you from outside the cave or something happened while you were sleeping.”
“Who the hell is that? A person named Lee Soo-ah…”
“If you take her to that bitch and unlock her abilities, you will be able to find out.”
Should I tell the kids about the Lee Soo-ah I know?
If it were me before, I probably wouldn’t say it. Because I have been extremely reluctant to tell my children about my past. When I first met Ha-yeon, I didn’t even reveal my name, and when I first met Wol-ha, I didn’t bring up anything about my life.
‘Let’s talk.’
you are family I can’t live hiding forever.
Living a life free from the past doesn’t mean you have to forget the past, right?
“A person named Lee Soo-ah is someone I know.”
“Yes? Are you my older brother?”
He looked at me with disbelief eyes.
“Couldn’t you have saved someone like Ha-yeon or Wol-ha when you were young?”
“It’s a little different, but it’s safe to say that he saved it.”
The younger’s mouth gaped open. It wasn’t that ugly because he had a small mouth, but it seemed that the younger’s surprise was conveyed as it was.
“Brother? When the hell…”
“It happened before Hayeon met you.”
Because it’s the oldest memory I have.
“It might be a bit long, but will you listen?”
It is a story that has never been told to anyone before. Things I didn’t even tell my boss who treated me like a son.
What facility I was in when I was young, how I lived, who Lee Soo-ah was, and what kind of relationship she had with me.
The story about the Heavenly Demon was not part of it. I didn’t want to make the situation more complicated by mentioning the Heavenly Demon in the current situation where focusing only on Lee Soo-ah was not enough.
Let’s settle things now and talk.
“So, you’ve been brainwashing her all this time?”
Ha Yeon-ah, relax your eyes. Even if you’re not angry with me, but with Lee Soo-ah, it’s scary if you’re giving it that much effort.
“To be exact, there are remnants of brainwashing left. The fact that I left you when I was young could also be the effect of brainwashing.”
At that time, I took it for granted that if I couldn’t help someone, I had to leave.
“I’m fine now.”
“Well, you received the authority of the moon like that…”
“It didn’t come out with that.
Before that, I gained some realizations and improved my personality.
After connecting with Ha-yeon again as siblings, I realized that a person’s value is not determined by their usefulness, and I decided to take a little more initiative after seeing another personality in me act.
It was I, not Wol-ha, who solved Lee Soo-ah’s brainwashing.
“I’ve been solving it as I’ve lived and formed relationships with people.”
As I spit out the vague thoughts through my mouth, my mind became clear.
And at the same time…
‘In order to forget me, I will keep your memories of me sealed deep in your mind until Ahae’s mind is completely released from the bondage of Room 97.’
The image of the Heavenly Demon holding my forehead and smiling bitterly appeared in my mind.
Are you completely released now? That’s why my memories of the Heavenly Demon are reminded again.
‘The Heavenly Demon might come sooner or later.’
Yes, if you want to come, come. You’re busy too, so if you come, you’ll say hello and go.
“Your older brother has such a past… Is that why your expression was so hard when you mentioned artificial awakening?”
“Yes, because I am from there.”
It wasn’t a bad place. There were very few bad memories from that place, and it was also a place that allowed me to have this level of strength despite being a non-awakened person.
“As for Lee Soo-ah, how are you going to handle it?”
“Once you’re presumed to be an S-class Awakener, you can’t rush into it. I think we should report it to the guild leader and have a meeting on what to do next.”
“Probably, I think the outcome of the meeting will come out with captivity. Because if the guild meeting comes to a conclusion that there is no check on Lee Soo-ah, I’ll go and kill him myself.”
Hayeon, you must be very angry. You could even see blood dripping from his eyes.
“You’re the bitch who dared to brainwash your older brother. I’ll never see you live in peace.”
Well, I don’t know now, but I don’t think the brainwashing was done with great malice at the time.
He must have hinted at me with the possessiveness peculiar to a child.
Being young is no excuse, but I’m willing to forgive enough if a proper apology is added.
“First of all, let’s go back today. We have to check the identity of the people who were kidnapped, take them to Mr. Wol-ha and get rid of their brainwashing, go solo and see things, and there are many things to do. Nothing will happen right away anyway, so let’s go back to the city and think. .”
The younger’s words are correct. City people have been kidnapped and brainwashed by the Great Forest near the city, but something won’t happen right now. Three days at the shortest, I think I can enjoy peace enough for that much.
***
‘Are you finally breaking the brainwashing?’
It was much later than expected. I’m sure if I was a child, I would break the brainwashing and come up with the main seat, but it took so long that I thought about going back hundreds of times.
‘I can’t take horses lightly after becoming the Heavenly Horse.’
It’s already been 20 years that I’ve been waiting with that kind of heart.
It was a short time compared to my previous life, but time passes slowly when waiting for someone.
“Are you happy?”
My dear disciple asked.
Even if he was born in Moorim, it was a skill that would have been quite successful. Since such a person has been taught by the Heavenly Demon and even awakened, it would be fair to say that he is the strongest among them except for me.
‘Still, you can’t read my expression, right?’
Was it really that happy to be able to meet Ahae again?
“Because I can meet old ties.”
He spread evangelism in the central plains, now called China.
Originally, I tried to go to Ahae after controlling all of this land, but it was difficult to rule the central plains alone.
It’s a bit lame, but it’s the biggest power in midfield, and wherever you go in midfield, if you say the Demonic Cult’s heavenly horse, you’ll bow your head to me, so it wouldn’t be too much to say that you’ve conquered midfield.
“How long is my schedule scheduled?”
“You have a schedule scheduled for the next month or so.”
“Don’t schedule anything after that.”
I wanted to go see Ahae right away, but I had to finish all my duties as the Heavenly Demon. Because I didn’t want to hear that I was a leader without responsibility.
“And from today onwards, I will continue my work without a break, so you know that.”
“I understand, Master.”
I stopped taking a break and got up from my seat. In order to meet him as soon as possible, I had to work diligently from now on.