Chapter 68: Why is your brother coming out there?

“Heheheh… I love you… Sihyun…”

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—Rubbing.

Luna kept whispering “I love you” while nestled in my arms.

Just having an unrealistically beautiful girl by my side was touching enough, but for her to love me too!

An inexplicable thrill surged through me, making my entire body tremble.

‘Ah, someone once said that if you live long enough, good things will eventually happen. Finally, spring has come to my life, which has only ever seen novels and anime…!’

No matter how pretty and cute a 2D heroine is, she can never surpass a real-life beautiful girl.

—Soft.

“I can even directly touch such a slender waistline.”

“Huuugh…? Si, Sihyun…?”

—Sniff.

“A real-life beautiful girl whose sweet scent I can directly bury my nose in and smell is the best!”

“Haaah… J-just a moment, Sihyun…! Your breath is touching my neck, it’s t-ticklish… Whoaaah…!”

—Staring.

“And an silver-haired beautiful girl who willingly wears a sailor uniform just for me… This truly is what it means to not envy an emperor.”

“Haaauuughh… If you say it so directly, it’s e-embarrassing…”

Ding!

[S-Sihyun-nim…? All the words and actions you should only be thinking in your mind just came out…??]

‘Ah, I’m screwed, aren’t I?’

For a moment, I lost control and freely touched and savored Luna, who was in my arms.

Perhaps it’s a rebound from being single for 28 years, but lately, I’m finding it difficult to control myself.

‘Hmm… I already knew I was a pervert, but with Luna in front of me, accepting any desire, it seems my reins have come loose.’

[U-Um…! I-I’m also ready to accept anything you want, Sihyun-nim…! I’ll try my best even if it’s embarrassing, so please don’t forget that I’m here…!]

[♡♥︎♡(◍＞◡＜◍)♡♥︎♡]

The Notification Window suddenly timidly emitted light pink hearts, looking embarrassed.

What kind of absurd nonsense was this now?

Even if I was starving, did it think I’d want to put a sailor uniform on a UI window?

That’s crossing the line… but!

‘If I say that straightforwardly, it might get sulky again and not appear for days.’

Without letting Luna, who was still dazed in my arms, notice, I gently grabbed the Notification Window with one hand.

‘Notification Window. It’s not your turn yet.’

—Flinch!

As soon as it heard my words, the message window started trembling as if an earthquake had struck.

[Hic…! Y-You really don’t need someone like me who has no substance, Sihyun-nim…! After all, all you see is just a stiff message window…! You don’t even want to c-compare me to Luna, who has substance and can be touched, do you…? Waahhh…!!!]

Ah, please stop with the sudden outbursts.

‘Is it even possible to go from sending hearts just a few seconds ago to suddenly crying?’

The Notification Window began to whimper slightly, then slowly started to become transparent. It seemed to have been hurt and was trying to disappear.

Why are all the girls next to me so fragile, like ocean sunfish?

‘You have to listen to the end. I said ‘not yet’.’

[H-Hic…! N-Not yet…?]

‘It’s just my imagination, but Notification Window, you are a girl, right? And a terribly beautiful one at that. Considering you reacted to the phrase “divine power pouch,” you probably have big breasts too.’

[Th-That’s a secret….]

‘And most importantly, I’m the type who saves the best for last. You understand what that means, don’t you?’

[…!!!]

Only then did the Notification Window seem to understand my words and stopped becoming transparent.

[Sihyun-nim loves m-me the most… so I’m last… Heheh. Y-You said I looked the most delicious… Kheheheh.]

Honestly, I didn’t lie at all.

If the Notification Window was truly a beautiful girl with big breasts, as I imagined, I would definitely fall for her at first sight.

‘It’s like promising in the past that I’ll fall in love in the future. It’s sophistry, but I managed to calm its crying, so that’s good enough.’

Now that the Notification Window was handled, I needed to take care of the princess who was still dazed.

‘Calm one down, then take care of the other, it’s an endless loop, seriously.’

“Hauuugh@@… Si, Sihyun t-touched me… so embarrassing…@@@”

Luna seemed to be overloaded from the sudden skinship and confession, still not fully regaining her senses.

Normally, I would have waited patiently, but there was no time for that now.

Because tonight, we were going to have a very special ‘event’.

‘I went through so much trouble to reserve that place! If I dawdle any longer, it’ll be night before we even arrive. We need to leave right now.’

No time to hesitate!

—Stand up!

I picked Luna up in my arms and stood up from my seat.

“Luna, we’re going out now.”

“Huh…? Where are we going all of a sudden…?”

“Haha, it’s a secret until we get there. It’s not a grand place, but… think of it as a pre-honeymoon, just you and me?”

“H-H-H-Honeymoon…?!”

The girl suddenly snapped back to reality at the mention of a honeymoon.

‘There’s not much time left until Luna leaves. I’ll definitely keep the promise I made with Luna before then.’

They say all roads lead to Rome, so a slight change in order should be fine, right?

“Shall we go, princess?”

“Ah, ah…! J-Just a moment, Sihyun…!”

—Rustle.

As soon as Luna heard the word “honeymoon,” she quickly reached into her clothes and began checking something.

After about a minute of hurried checking, Luna mumbled softly and then clung tightly to me again.

“Th-The color and design are pretty too… so this should be fine, right…?”

“Huh? What did you just say, Luna?”

“N-Nothing at all…! Let’s go quickly, Sihyun!”

****

At the same time, in the central conference room of the Dawn’s Light Guild.

Victoria, Elissa, Master Dojin, and key executives were gathered there, watching a live broadcast.

A program that had garnered attention for days with a title designed to pique people’s curiosity and aggressive marketing.

But why were all the guild executives gathered to monitor a mere live broadcast?

A puzzled agent, representing everyone, spoke up.

“Master, I don’t understand why we all have to watch such a clickbait broadcast. Even if I concede that it’s about ‘Phantom,’ and we watch it for that reason, isn’t real-time monitoring a bit excessive…?”

“Honestly, I think so too. Since the emergence of the ‘Urban Legends,’ countless broadcasts on the topic have sprung up. But didn’t most of those broadcasts air ridiculous content just for attention, leading to crackdowns from the government and the Countermeasures Headquarters? I don’t think this program will be much different.”

As the two agents expressed negative opinions in turn, murmurs erupted from various places.

Dawn’s Light was the elite guild of South Korea.

It was certainly strange for agents belonging to such a place to collectively watch such a low-quality broadcast.

At that moment, Dojin let out a deep sigh and gave a clear answer to the agents’ questions.

“Haa, I also thought lightly of it at first. And I tried to just ignore it. But… if you look at the list of people appearing today, you’ll understand. Why we must watch this broadcast today.”

—Rustle.

The people sitting down listened to Dojin’s words and began to skim through the cast and crew list they had received from the broadcasting company.

“There doesn’t seem to be anything particularly special… By the way, the PD is Park Jincheol, that human trash. No wonder the clickbait was so severe…”

PD Park Jincheol.

He was a notorious lunatic known not only in the broadcasting industry but also among the general public.

A malicious PD who would manipulate as a basic tactic for ratings and commit all sorts of illegal acts.

He was someone who constantly heard remarks like, ‘What are the Urban Legends doing? Why aren’t they taking that bastard away?’

“If that bastard didn’t have connections, we would have dragged him to the Urban Legends long ago. Thinking about how he clung to us like a tick during the founding of Dawn’s Light… it still makes my blood boil.”

“When he spouted nonsense about our guild colluding with the government to intentionally create Urban Legends and then capture them again as a staged act… Truly… If Master hadn’t stopped me back then, I would have turned that man into half a corpse… It’s still regrettable to think about now.”

The agents also had many unjust experiences with PD Park, so they were all grinding their teeth.

Dojin calmly calmed them down, then sat down and focused on the screen.

“I thought he had been quiet recently… but this time, it seems he’s bitten off more than he can chew, stirring up something big. Can you all see the names Yoo Shina and Lee Yeonwoo on that list?”

“Huh…! Ma-Master…! Why is Miss Yoo Shina appearing here??”

“Why is Miss Shina appearing on such a low-quality broadcast…? Does Headquarters Chief Seo Jihun know about this?”

“I barely managed to stop the Chief from storming the broadcasting station this morning. It was the first time in my life I’d seen someone usually so calm become so furious.”

Yoo Shina, a girl with beautiful sky-blue hair and blue eyes.

She was the only granddaughter of Seo Jihun, the head of the Urban Legend Countermeasures Headquarters, known to everyone in South Korea.

The news that Seo Jihun, who was responsible for South Korea’s defense, had his beloved granddaughter appearing on a live broadcast was more than enough to shock the agents.

“No, why is Miss Shina appearing in a place like this? I heard something about her being chosen by Phantom at the department store last time… Surely it’s not because of that?”

“Calm down. Even if Shina is a young girl at 20, she’s not someone who can’t tell right from wrong. She’s not appearing to lend power to the broadcast but to formally refute it, or so I’m told.”

“What? No, what on earth does that mean…?”

—Tap-tap.

Just then, Victoria, who had been quietly held in Elissa’s arms listening to the conversation, tapped the table with her finger and interjected.

“So what’s the point? If the reason our Eden Guild agents are sitting here is because of a celebrity’s granddaughter, I’ll formally protest, Master Dojin.”

“O-Older sister…! No matter what, if you suddenly speak like that, Master Dojin will be in a difficult position…”

“Hmph…!! I’m merely presenting a legitimate opinion as Eden’s Master. Elissa, whose side are you on, anyway?”

“Of course I’m on your side, but… I’ve told you countless times not to speak aggressively to others. You’re so affectionate with Sihyun-ssi, so why can’t you be that way with other people?”

“W-W-Why are you suddenly bringing up that man…!!”

Victoria’s ears turned bright red as soon as she heard Sihyun’s name.

Victoria’s heart was already in a complicated state because Sihyun had been appearing in her dreams for several days.

“A-Ahem…! A-Anyway! If I have to be here because of that Yoo Shina or whatever, then I’m leaving now.”

As Elissa, still holding Victoria, tried to stand up, Dojin called out to them in a calm voice.

“Master Victoria, and Ms. Elissa. Please sit down.”

“Master Dojin, even though Older Sister spoke a bit strongly, I ultimately agree with her. For this reason, I don’t think our Eden Guild needs to be here.”

“The reason we are monitoring this broadcast in real-time is not because of Chief Seo Jihun and his granddaughter.”

“Then… what’s the reason?”

Dojin flipped through the list of performers and opened the very last page, showing it to everyone.

“Honestly, I think it’s absurd… but as long as this being’s name is written there, we cannot just stand by and watch. The Countermeasures Headquarters and the guild have already sent surveillance teams to the broadcasting station.”

The moment they saw the man’s name written on the special guest list, the conference room fell silent.

The name they confirmed consisted of just two characters.

His name, known as both a world-ending urban legend and a savior, was written on the last page.