Side story. The Night of the Blue Bird and the Tiger (Complete)
“Guys, good night.”
– good night.
– good night.
The warden closes his eyes. Lily and Nar opened their eyes as their breathing cracked.
– go?
– let’s go.
There is no big difference between day and night for the World Tree.
This is because sleeping has no meaning to a giant divine tree.
So, when the warden falls asleep, another routine of the two World Trees begins.
A night on Earth where everyone is asleep. Lily spread her wings and flew through the night sky.
– shut up.
Bright lights, crowded people. It is different from Purgatory of the past, which became quiet at night, and Purgatory of today, which is quiet because there are no people. But it wasn’t bad.
– me too.
– Follow.
– yes.
Nar, who had been struggling with his head sticking out the window, kicked off the air and flew up.
Lily and Nar floated through the air. The warden told the humans not to be caught, but in fact there is nothing to be found out. Avoiding the gaze of humans without magical abilities is as easy as breathing.
– What are you doing to day?
– Caliber.
The first destination was a luxury penthouse in Bupyeong.
I went inside through the window, but no one was there.
– Where are you?
– I don’t know.
It was the house of Poisonjaeng, one of the seven gods, but I feel cold rather than human warmth. It’s been a while since I’ve been away, Lily recognized.
– To another place.
– yes.
I immediately left Korea and went to the United States. There were two people to watch in America.
– found.
– Eater.
Lily’s eyes lit up. I saw a man eating a hot dog at a street restaurant in the distance.
– Do you eat again?
– Do you eat again?
“yes? What are you guys doing here?”
The chowder took a bite of the hot dog.
– Caliber?
“Do you want to eat?”
– yes.
Lily and Nar took each bite of the hot dog. The bursting gravy and flavor, and the well-balanced sauce were very good.
“How about it, isn’t it bad?”
– yes.
– yes!
“Food is not necessarily delicious just because it is expensive. No matter how good the ingredients are, how to make them taste good is a chef’s ability. Just like I make delicacies using monsters.”
“Of course, most of them are cheap enough to be worth that much, but there are many secretly hidden masters in this world. The ability to make use of the original taste of ingredients with excellent ability and fill in the missing parts is very…”
– Talk too much.
– that’s right.
Lily and Nar looked tired.
The chowder was always like this. He’s usually quiet, but when it comes to food, he gets louder than a drunken dwarf.
Lily knew from experience that at times like this it was better to just get away quietly.
– let’s go.
Lily glanced at Gnar and the chowder moved away before they noticed.
I heard a bit of a boring explanation, but it was not a bad deal because I ate delicious food.
– This time here!
The next place we went was a huge mansion located in Boston.
I went into the house, but as expected, I didn’t feel the presence. But it was different from the poison man’s house. Because the heat was coming up from below.
The two elementals went underground. After entering about a hundred meters, a huge underground laboratory appeared.
“Great, this is it. That’s awesome!”
Numerous machines and magic circles, even the powers of the gods standing here and there.
It was a private laboratory created by a dwarf while visiting a university.
But today the lab was relatively quiet. Normally, I should have been noisy running this and that machine and experimenting.
– What are you eating?
– what?
“yes? World trees. When did you come?”
– just now.
– just now.
The red-faced dwarf chuckled.
“As for what you eat, you young people are eating amazing things that you don’t know much about yet.”
– Am I young?
– Not young.
“You’re young. They are lumps of blood that haven’t even lived a hundred years yet.”
– Lily, grown up.
– I am also an adult.
Lily replied bluntly. I didn’t like the dwarf either. From the day you locked yourself in a cage.
“Kuhmm, I made a mistake.”
The dwarf, seeing the strange look in her eyes, quickly picked up the words. Her gaze fell on the goblet the dwarf was holding.
– I want to try it too.
– I also.
“This? I can’t.”
– why?
“Because there isn’t much. I can’t even eat myself.”
– Where is that!
– Where are you!
“Then you know that. I can’t give you this! You never know when Durishma will come back to Earth with Kang Min-shik!”
– One drop though!
– One drop!
I knew it was alcohol. Normally, I had no interest in alcohol.
However, it was the first time I had seen a dwarf drunk, and it was the first time I had seen him care so much about anything other than magic cannons. So I was curious.
– I’ll cut some branches.
– I also.
“… um, then that’s it.”
The dwarf held out his glass. Lily and Nar buried their snouts into their glasses.
Whoop whoop-
and spit it out
– It tastes awful! Poison!
– Ugh!
“Phehehe, it’s not poison, it’s alcohol. It’s a pity that you don’t know this taste.”
– Trying to poison us!
– that’s right!
“Poisoning. Do I not eat well like this?”
The dwarf gulped down his drink. Lily and Nar’s eyes went sullen.
– A strange dwarf.
– Poison-eating dwarf.
– A short dwarf.
– Geeky dwarf.
– A drunken dwarf.
– The red dwarf.
“Well, are you going to keep doing that next to me while I’m drinking?”
– huh.
– I’m going!
Lily and Nar have escaped the dwarf’s house.
– Now where?
– Well, before the vaccine!
Nar and Lily disappeared. When I opened my eyes again, they were before the vaccine.
The main body of the two world trees and one of the three dimensions in which the branches are planted.
Except for Purgatory, the most cosmic power-rich dimension. The magic cannons that appeared during the invasion of monsters had disappeared underground again.
“In the beginning, there was an absolute God…”
– Fanaticism!
– Fanaticism!
Lily wandered around the vaccine exhibition and found a fanatic spreading the scriptures against the Enforcers.
“They are world leaders. Long time no see.”
– You said you were kicked out?
– You said it happened?
“…I still don’t get used to the straightforward way of speaking by world leaders. Serving God cannot be without suffering. This is an ordeal given by the Supreme Commander to test my faith. We will persevere with firm faith.”
The fanatic’s face, which had been finely cracked, returned to tranquility.
“Yes. will endure certainly. certainly. certainly. certainly. certainly···.”
It wasn’t.
– Strange.
– Let’s run away.
The warden was like that. It’s best not to deal with crazy things. Lily and Nar were good World Trees who listened to the warden’s words.
– beast. doesn’t exist.
– doesn’t exist?
– I think I went out to fight again.
– Fight every day, beast.
– It’s not normal.
Beasts were not there before the vaccine. There was nothing special about him, as he was someone who always roamed the apocalypse dimension and longed for a fight.
– Let’s go to Purgatory.
– yes.
Lily opened and closed her eyes again. The dimension she had created herself with Gnar was revealed.
– Bowman!
– Bowman!
“Didn’t I tell you not to call me that? You really don’t listen.”
The archer’s brow twitched as he was drinking tea at home.
If the beast was the most difficult to meet, the archer was the easiest to meet. Unlike the beasts that roam the apocalypse dimension, archers spend most of their time resting before the vaccine or in purgatory.
– It’s stuck in your mouth.
– Well wound up.
“It is not right to call it that which winds well.”
– Lily, I don’t know.
– I don’t know that either.
“It seems like you’re getting more and more brazen.”
– I don’t know.
Lily shrugged.
I sat on the bowman’s shoulder and brought my beak to the teacup. Kok, I liked the fresh yet subtle scent.
At least it was better than the poison I ate earlier.
– Much tastier.
– that’s right.
“more? What did you eat earlier?”
– The dwarf poisoned me.
– The dwarf ate and blushed.
“They said there was a drink made by Kang Min-sik, so it looks like he ate it. It must have been exciting for a long time.”
The archer laughed.
– A strange dwarf.
– More strange bowman.
“Ah, have you met Diane by any chance?”
– I also saw fanaticism.
– Spread the strange stuff again.
“As expected, I’d rather not go near you for a while…”
– why?
“It is nothing. Who is Kim Woo-jin?”
– Warden.
– Strange. I don’t have to sleep, but I sleep every day.
“Even though the body is fine, there is something called mental fatigue. Sleep is the best means to solve mental fatigue.”
– I don’t know, something like that.
– I also.
“That’s because the mother tree’s mental power is the most outstanding among all the gods.”
– Am I good?
– I’m good too. Ahem.
Lily finished a short tea time with the archer.
After all, it was a place where the body was located, so I felt comfortable. But it wasn’t the most comfortable either.
I missed the place I was used to more than Purgatory.
– I want to go back.
– I also.
“Goodbye. Come again tomorrow.”
– yes.
– yes.
Lily opened and closed her eyes again. A familiar landscape unfolded.
“no! I took a ping to go, but why the hell are you ganging up on me? Don’t you look at the map? Did the monitor just taste bad for that part?”
“Please stop picking Solkill! If you can’t, if you’re ruined, buy some! is that difficult? Hug the tower! Don’t go out!”
An angry voice was heard over the door. Heaps of potato chips could be seen through the finely opened cracks.
– Whoops.
I let out a sigh.
– The original dwarf. still play
– The original dwarf. when to grow up
Didn’t sleep all day and just played games.
When the end of the world happened, it seemed to be a little more productive, but when the apocalypse was over, it came back to square one.
Anyway, it’s a dwarf with a lot of problems.
I have to say something harsh, but the problem is that the warden is especially generous to the original dwarves. There are too many Jungs. so it’s better
Lily shook her head and returned to the sleeping warden.
burrowed into the duvet. The warden stroked her in her sleep. I felt a pleasant touch.
long time for that The day has dawned.
– Kick it?
– yes. kick it
I pulled up the blackout curtains that block most of the sunlight.
– wake up!
– Sleepyhead!
As she patted her cheek with her wings and shouted, Nar responded to her actions.
When touched from either side, the warden stroked their heads instead of opening his eyes. I dug my hand into it even more as I felt a warm feeling.
Oh, it shouldn’t be like this. i have to wake up
– wake up.
– that’s right.
“···what time is it?”
– 10:01!
– One second passed, and now it’s 10:02!
“You can still sleep more…”
– The early bird catches the worm.
– catch.
“Early bugs are eaten by birds.”
– ··· Am I being eaten?
Nar cried.
– No, you are a tiger.
– That’s right, I’m a tiger.
– And I’m a bird.
“No, you are a tree.”
– …Is that so?
– I’m a tree too.
“Okay, so let’s sleep for five more minutes.”
The warden closed his eyes again.
– It’s like a child. be foolish
– that’s right.
Lily sighed deeply and burrowed into his arms.
It was cozy and warm.
calm and accustomed But that’s why it’s even more valuable.
Lily closed her eyes and felt Kim Woo-jin’s warmth.
the sun shines The day started today.
Peaceful as always.
complete