episode_0081

The nameless man pointed to the vast sea beyond, with a somewhat bewildered expression.

“… So, you’re saying we have to go over there?”

“Yes.”

Elia nodded slightly and agreed with the anonymous words.

The expression on the anonymous man’s face as he looked at her became strangely distorted.

“How on earth do you get to a place like that…?”

The voices that I hear are also cut off, stop, stop. It seems that Myeong-i, like me, is really looking forward to going to such a romantic place.

“Huh.”

My eyes began to sparkle brightly.

“That’s using artifacts-”

Just like before, Elia opened her mouth to answer the anonymous question, but then quickly shut it tightly.

Because I broke it.

He shook his head slightly at the nameless ignorance of not knowing even the most obvious things and spread out both arms.

“Of course it would go through that curtain, wouldn’t it?!”

In the first place, no other thoughts come to mind.

And since the foundation of this world is fiction.

In order to describe the most awesome scene possible, wouldn’t it be better to portray the protagonist as someone who has become stronger through the trials and tribulations that come with crossing such a curtain?

This is common sense.

With a confident expression and proud shoulders, everyone’s eyes, not just those of anonymous people, were focused on me.

“…”

… This is a bit burdensome.

My shoulders, which had been very broad, have narrowed slightly.

Did I say something wrong…?

I glanced at Lucius and Elia as if checking their mood. They tilted their heads slightly as if they didn’t understand what I was saying.

Hmm, I guess not.

The expression also followed my shoulders, sullen – the lips were about to stick out.

At my reaction, Moo-myeong trembled with surprise and clapped his hands with the corners of his lips raised in a hurry.

“I think what the teacher said is right.”

“… Is that so?”

It may be a bit arbitrary, but it still feels good to know that there are people who agree with my opinion.

The corners of his mouth twitched.

At my slightly improved mood, Myeong smiled awkwardly and nodded.

“Yes, that is true.”

“Huh.”

Just a moment ago, I was feeling like I was at the end of the world, but now I was out of breath.

… Even if I think about it myself, I realize that I was really simple.

Well, that could be the case.

She nodded, smiling brightly.

And that smile turned into a frown in just three minutes.

…

“You think you can get over there with just this necklace?”

“Uh… Right?”

Elia nodded with an awkward smile, looking at my dilated pupils as if she couldn’t believe it.

I feel like all my strength is drained from my body due to emptiness.

Adversity…? Trials…? The warm friendship between priests that arises there…?

It was all my imagination…?

… this is nonsense.

He stuck out his lips sharply and kicked the innocent ground.

… these days, things are not romantic, they are romantic.

No, aren’t we entering the devil’s realm with the grand name of ‘the end of the world’?

But how can you go in and out so casually with just that tiny necklace?

And this necklace that Elia gave me.

-Sniff sniff

“… Ugh.”

I feel so incredibly upset.

Should I say that it’s as if the energy that Elia always exudes was compressed into something… .

I let out a small sigh.

Besides, with this level of technological advancement, why haven’t we caught the Demon King earlier?

In fact, isn’t this necklace filled with Elia’s energy, the energy of that damn god?

You can make things like that… Why on earth…?

And, why did you give it such a grand name as ‘Magyeong’ and ‘The End of the World’ to make people have high expectations?

This could be seen as an insult to those who harbor romantic ideals.

It’s the death penalty. The death penalty.

… Of course, I didn’t have the guts to say that out loud, so I nodded slightly at Elia’s words.

For a long time, lying there, looking around, I was looking at the necklace Elia had given me.

“Ahahaha… If it were original, Harang would be right… .”

Elia opened her mouth slightly and rolled her eyes at Lucius as if asking for help.

“Lucius and I have already finished purifying this place… .”

“Thanks to that, I can get in so easily,” Elia added shortly, smiling awkwardly as if to cheer me up.

“… Is that so?”

I have never seen it myself, so I don’t know if what Elia said is true, or if it was just a lie to comfort me.

The thought of trying to comfort me was truly admirable, so I nodded with a small smile.

… but that doesn’t mean my disappointment is compensated.

He let out a small sigh and raised his head, looking at the curtain, a sort of boundary line, that was closing in on him.

Perhaps this is the door that separates this place from the ‘end of the world’.

“What… Let’s go in.”

He walked ahead, waving his hands slightly.

Among the group, I wanted to be the first to set foot here. It was a somewhat childish thought.

…

As I crossed the line, I felt something unknown pass through my body.

To put it in an easy-to-understand metaphor, it’s like falling into something strange that’s neither liquid nor solid.

And, the first feeling I got when I completely crossed that boundary and stepped onto the other side of the ‘end of the world’ was that, contrary to my expectations, this place felt familiar.

“Um… .”

There was no need to think deeply about where it was, it was a cabin.

If I lived there for hundreds of years and I didn’t even know that, it wouldn’t make sense.

anyway.

Why is it that the familiar energy that I only felt in the cabin is everywhere here?

To be more precise, they were traces of that energy. In any case, they were definitely traces of the energy I felt when I lived in the cabin.

It was clear that Anonymous had the same thoughts as me, so I turned my head and looked.

…did you know?

Anonymous showed no sign of surprise.

Rather, it was closer to a perfect expressionlessness, with no ups and downs in the expression at all.

I have a question, and the answer is right in front of me, but I’m not stupid enough to overlook it.

He immediately approached the anonymous person and poked him in the side.

“Anonymous.”

Suddenly being poked in the side, Moo-myeong flinched slightly and tilted his head.

“… Yes, Master.”

I didn’t care about such an anonymous reaction and asked what I was curious about.

“I feel like this place has a similar vibe to the cabin we used to live in. Do you know why?”

“Oh, of course.”

Indeed, Myeong-un nodded his head with a confident expression.

Then he looked around, checking Lucius and Elia.

Soon, when he saw that there was quite a distance between them, he brought his head near my ear and whispered softly.

“The mountain range where we lived is also classified as a demonic realm, just like this place.”

“What.”

The place I lived in was a demonic realm?

“… What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”

No matter how anonymous it may be, it is hard to believe that the place I lived in until now was a demonic realm that people avoided, so I looked at the anonymous with eyes of suspicion.

“True.”

Nameless looked into my eyes with a serious look and nodded.

“Um… .”

Is it true?

It wasn’t even a strawberry, and there was no way that Anonymous would lie to me over something like this, so what Anonymous said must be true…

Well then, there is one thing that is bothersome.

“Then why did you tell me that now?”

Why didn’t Anonymous tell me that fact until now?

Isn’t this some important information?

If Lucius and Elia had accidentally asked us where we came from, and I had thoughtlessly answered without knowing that it was the Demon Realm.

Clearly, we wouldn’t have been able to build the relationship we have now.

With that meaning in mind, I opened my eyes and looked at the nameless person.

The anonymous shrugged his shoulders slightly.

“At the time, we didn’t think it would have much of an impact on our lives.”

“Um… .”

“Even if the Master knew that the mountain range was a demonic realm, wouldn’t he have thought of leaving?”

…That’s true.

I lived there for 300 years without knowing it was a demon realm, so even if Moo-myeong tells me it is a demon realm now, I definitely wouldn’t have moved.

Besides, at that time I couldn’t even imagine going down the mountain.

As I nodded my head in agreement with Anonymous’s words, Anonymous smiled and continued speaking.

“And anyway, Master, you don’t even know the name of that mountain range, right?”

“What?”

I felt a bit bad about the anonymous words that seemed to ignore me… .

What this disciple said is true.

I’m embarrassed to say this, but I don’t even know the name of the mountain I’ve lived on for 300 years.

“Even if the warrior asked, wouldn’t you have explained that the two of you stayed together in a cabin in the mountain valley?”

“… That’s true.”

After listening, there was not a single thing wrong with what the anonymous said. Pouting- He stuck out his lips.

Looking at it this way, I really didn’t know anything… .

I let out a deep sigh.