109 – As Lenormand Whispers
The meal continued in an atmosphere like camping together outdoors. Viktor repeated the act of tearing open the stretched meat and pouring vodka on it, and Jinseong ate by throwing the shredded pieces of meat into the air and occasionally pouring the meat into his mouth.
It resembles a large animal and a small animal eating their meals in one bowl.
“Hey, let’s have a glass of vodka.”
“I haven’t had my coming-of-age ceremony yet, so I shouldn’t drink alcohol.”
“Huh, you’re not a saint? I told you it didn’t look like there was blood in your head, but I didn’t know it was real.”
While eating like that, Viktor learned about Jinseong’s age.
“What is the name of this meat?”
“It’s a capybara.”
He even learned the names of meats he had never tasted.
And when the meal is over.
Viktor began to ask questions in earnest, as if the previous two questions were just jabs.
On a good note, this means that he has begun to show interest in Jinseong, and on a bad note, it can be said that he has entered the process of selecting people who can be of help to him. That’s why Viktor’s question became more like an interrogation, and even in a much softer atmosphere, it was unavoidable that a single ray of blood stood like a sharp sword.
“What’s your name?”
However, this is close to interrogation, not interrogation.
It was clear that the questions he asked were not to confirm what he knew, but to obtain information.
“Truthfulness.”
That’s why Jinseong answered his question without a bad expression.
No, rather, he smiled lightly and showed an attitude that seemed to ask him to ask more questions.
“How old are you?”
“It’s a body with only a few months left until the coming-of-age ceremony.”
“Where are you from?”
“United Republic of Korea.”
Viktor had something come to mind in Jinsung’s answer.
hahahaha! Damn it! My sixth sense has gone wild before I knew it!”
Not too long ago, when Viktor asked to investigate a shaman who seemed to be involved in human sacrifice, he threw away Jinseong’s report without even looking at it.
The reason for this was that there was no way that a guy from a unified Korea who had become a wasteland of witchcraft, and whose hair was not dry, had anything to do with human sacrifice witchcraft.
In a way, this could be seen as a natural judgment based on common sense, but common sense is useless if someone who breaks it appears.
There was a monster that had destroyed all common sense before his eyes, so this was clearly a mistake.
Viktor laughed out loud as if he was dumbfounded and continued to ask questions to Jinseong.
“Are you the one who blocked my attack during the human sacrifice a while ago?”
“So it is.”
“You must be referring to the first encounter I encountered in the place where the human sacrifice took place, right?”
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“Yes.”
“Well then.”
Viktor looked at him sharply and asked.
“What the hell were you doing there? Huh?”
Then, Jinseong smiled brightly as if he had been waiting for the question to come out.
“He interfered with human sacrifice.”
“Have you interfered with human sacrifice?”
At Viktor’s question, Jinseong made an exaggerated gesture again. Just like an actor in an old theater companyLike a storyteller who tells a story to the people in this or that street.
“There is a foolish sorceress who serves Krom Cruach, who sacrifices to seek the path of her destiny. Rather than looking ahead and walking, she prefers to follow the smell of blood, so she is no different from a dog on a leash, and lives with a mirror on. Instead of seeing his own face, he projected something else, so he is a pitiful being who doesn’t even know he is heading towards ruin.”
Jin’s voice was low. His voice was reminiscent of the sound of a tiger purring, drawing attention, and strangely, with the addition of a gesture that drew people’s attention, it seemed that the words were being driven directly into the brain rather than the ears.
“It’s just that a wild dog lives its own life. Even if I can pass it by indifferently, if that wild dog reveals its teeth to me and tries to bite my family, wouldn’t it be right to step in and punish it?”
“Flaw.”
Viktor laughed at Jinseong’s words full of metaphors.
“So in a word, did you get a fever?”
He didn’t want to hear the answer and kept asking questions.
“Yes, dogs that show their teeth should be beaten. But that’s what happens. This coincidence is just unfortunate. A witch doctor who just happened to come to Russia has something to do with you. Yes, maybe family, maybe just acquaintances.” I came out pissed off for trying to touch people. I can understand. But, you interrupted it and you ran into me by accident?”
“So it is.”
“You ran into me by chance, and that was a person born with the fate of a king. Was he even related to you?”
Viktor gulped down his vodka and asked ferociously:
“This isn’t some old cheap play, does that make sense?”
Jinseong replied casually to Viktor’s stare at him in disbelief.
“Of course it makes sense. Isn’t that what life is like?”
“Does that make sense?”
“Don’t doubt. A king is someone who is above people, and it refers to someone who puts people under their feet, leads them, and rules them. The word “King” Has changed over time, but its essence has not changed. In the days when there were only tribes, He was a tribal chief, when there was a kingdom, he was called king, when there was an empire, he was called emperor. In the name of human body, in some countries, in the name of president, we stand above people.”
Even if the words change, the essence does not change.
If the essence does not change, the succession also does not change.
“You’ll be king. You wanted it, and it’s destined to happen. But the title will be the president.”
It is said, the king said that the sky will give fortune.
It is said that a person who will become a king has a natural destiny, and he will finally ascend to the throne, and this is called the Mandate of Heaven. It was said that human beings have a destiny given from birth, and if they live virtuously and not negligently, they can finally acquire the Mandate of Heaven and become noble beings.
It is said that a king is determined from birth.
It is said that there is a degree of nobility given to a person, and that determines a person’s destiny. The nobility that flows in blood has become a privilege in the name of blue blood, and this is determined from birth. This, too, is no different from the fate given to us from birth.
It can also be said that the position of king was determined from birth.
“Fate is like a wheel rolling on a mountain slope. Even if it seems to go down without rules at first glance, you can follow the cunningly crafted path.Going down and accelerating. It is like a star guiding a wandering traveler in the desert, and it is like whispering directions to sailors looking at the sky in the open sea. So, if you’re destined to be king, it’s no wonder you’ve met someone who’s looking to become king.”
“Yeah… One of his jokes is awesome.”
Victor stood up from his seat.
“If you talk about this without any information, I will stop you.”
He muttered that he seemed possessed by a ghost and looked down at Jinseong, who was sitting still.
“Yes. I knew for a moment that you were willing to help me get my hands on power.”
“It is true.”
“And like most kingmakers, you have what you want from me.”
“So it is.”
Viktor ran his right hand through his hair and looked at the Ferris wheel.
The ferris wheel burning like the sun seemed to indicate Viktor’s bright future, and it seemed to indicate the power he would spread throughout Russia in the future. However, fire is hot, it shines brightly, and it has the power to sway and deceive people, heightening people’s emotions and preventing them from making proper judgments.
Things related to the future should not be approached with emotion.
Every moment requires an endless burning uplift and madness, but on a long journey, cold reason settles down the right path.
Viktor didn’t think it was right to talk further here.
In particular, conversations with Jin-seong, who seemed to have a knack for deceiving people, were considered even more dangerous.
So, he decided to do the following.
To discuss the future more meticulously with a more sober mind.
“Today ends here.”
When you feel like you’re going to be unnecessarily dazzled, you cut out what seems useless, compress the sentence and compress it again, and only the truth remains.
There is a mysterious sorcerer named Park Jin-seong.
Willing to help Viktor aspire to become president.
Trying to demand something in return.
Viktor had only that in his head.
With a stiff face, he held the empty plate in his hand, and sharpened the tips of his fingers with qi, writing something on the plate.
『 Solicitation right 』
He tossed a plate with the words “Cheong Tak Kwon” At Jin-seong.
“Come on, I’ll give you Bokchae before you disappear.”
Victor confirmed that Jinseong received the plate and put it into his arms.
“With this, I paid the price of fortune telling. Is that right?”
“That’s right. Solicitation rights… That’s enough.”
“And turn off that fire. I think you lit it to summon me anyway, but there won’t be any reason to burn it if I go.”
“I will.”
“I’m not just talking about it. Turn it off as soon as possible. I can turn a blind eye to it for now, but it’ll be a headache if it’s on the news.”
Jinseong did not try to put out the fire right away despite Viktor’s urging.
“To be thorough.”
Viktor smiled and turned around and walked to his entrance.
And soon after, the sound of busy movement and the loud sound of moving vehicles resonated with the shout to withdraw.
Jinseong moved only after their sounds had completely disappeared.
He approached the altar, picked up the charred charcoal, and tossed it back into the ferris wheel.
“Barely maintaining my shapeJust like firewood.”
When the charcoal collided with the ferris wheel, it exploded silently, spreading black ashes throughout the ferris wheel.
“Whatever burns will sooner or later be extinguished.”
Then, the ashes ate all the flames attached to the ferris wheel, moving up and down like they were eating the flames. And only after eating all the flames, it became a form of sparks and floated in the sky, moving around like fireflies and then completely disappearing.
In this way, the ferris wheel returned to its bony form.
Together with him, the light disappeared as if to light up the entire amusement park, and a cold darkness that seemed to stifle the breath fell.
He smiled contentedly at the scent of ashes that wafted through his nose, then took out the plate he had put in his arms.
『 Solicitation right 』
He stroked the greasy plate once, then vigorously scraped away the spark that was about to burn his left arm with his fingernail. It must have come from the inside of his muscles, but after scratching deep enough to bleed, the sparks completely disappeared.
He looked at the stars in the sky and asked.
“Has the worm in the lion’s body settled down?”
Then the stars answered him.
Instead of words, I communicated with him through light, and conveyed my will through flow and let him know.
He told me that the worm that had acquired resistance to heat had survived in the fire of the mind, and that it had left the cozy nest of the body of Jinseong and settled down in another place.
I just told him that he will miss his old hometown and his mother because he has affection.
It was like saying that Viktor’s life and death were in Jinseong’s hands.
“The bomb inside the body and the request for favors. Blessings are enough.”