episode_0358

It was all a lie.

In fact, the search was on from the beginning.

At that point, when he was wanted, Harnie was no longer in a position to walk down the street with confidence.

Family, status.

I’m basing this on those two, but it’ll be hard to use both of them.

Although the Marquis Teresia family is not that weak, it is still in turmoil, and from the families that have not been able to gain control, collateral branches or relatives will come forward and try to push the head of the family out of their position as illegitimate children.

Even though he is of noble birth, in such an important matter, he is likely to fall into another, lesser status. Furthermore, if he is accused of helping a criminal, he may even be stripped of that status.

It’s obvious that everyone will ignore you and turn their backs on you.

Even if the hearing is not a priority, you may lose everything you have worked hard to build up until now.

Still, I took the risk.

I helped him without caring.

It had to be that way.

Now, even if we talk about family background and status, there is no place for him.

There is only one thing left.

For the purpose of just one person.

For the well-being of the man I care about.

Even if it meant losing everything, I would sacrifice my whole body for him.

No matter how many warrants are issued.

Even if he loses his noble status and falls miserably.

All he had to do was make sure he got back safely.

Even if he is caught in the territory, Karsane can escape by shouting to send a signal.

Even if your identity is discovered and you are being chased by wanted criminals, you can lure all the hunters to this side as long as you are not the one being chased by Karsain.

Even if he is exposed to Bagrand, even if he is captured and judged by the nobles, and in the worst case scenario, even if one of the vassals who supported Velian is beheaded.

Carcein does not die.

With that single-minded thought alone, Harnier has stayed by Karsain’s side until now.

‘That too, this is the last one.’

No matter how many warrants were issued, the Marquis was behind him, and he could still maintain his noble status, but he ended up seeing the warrant at that particular time. That warrant clearly revealed that he had been lying all along.

Still, that was fortunate.

As luck would have it, the goddess of fortune was in my favor.

“I knew everything…and yet…”

Karsine looked more confused than ever.

He was a person who didn’t show his expressions on the outside.

I used to take it lightly, treating it as if it was nothing special.

A person who doesn’t show his feelings well no matter what happens, and whose reactions are hard to understand.

That person was making that kind of expression.

Perhaps what I just said was quite a shock to you.

‘…Don’t be shaken. You mustn’t be shaken.’

Harnie shook her head coldly.

If Karsene properly refutes and takes notice, he will quickly realize that he is in trouble.

If that happened… the worst thing that could have happened was that I would have been held back.

‘There is no other place than now. There is only now, when Karcein is shaking and unable to come to his senses.’

I felt like the things I had bottled up inside would burst out at any moment, but… at least now, reason had to come first.

I’ve already made up my mind.

I suppressed my greed enough to keep from being shaken.

Now, all that remains is to return him to his original world.

To do that…

“I asked you why you didn’t say anything even though you knew everything?”

As I tried to lead a conversation by adding a tail to Karsine’s mutterings, he raised his head from his blank expression.

“Of course. You are not from this world.”

Yeah, that’s obvious.

“I’ve lived in the Empire all my life. It’s true for me, born and raised in this Peselos Empire. But why did you, who was dragged here without knowing anything, have to go through this?”

He is not a resident living here.

A person who has a world to return to, a place where he or she originally lived.

“I only heard the news… but you said you were taken here without even knowing what was going on and suffered a lot. I heard you almost died several times. After being treated so unfairly, I would want to leave as soon as possible.”

He took on all the dangerous tasks.

I almost died several times and went through all kinds of hardships without anyone to help me.

“That’s why I didn’t tell you even though I knew everything. Because you have nothing to do with this world. Because you shouldn’t have had to experience something like this in the first place.”

Because I am the one leaving.

Because I am someone who will return to the original world.

So I didn’t say anything.

“…”

Karsine seemed frozen and couldn’t say anything.

It went as planned.

‘Okay, that’s it.’

Even though such crazy content is rushing in, the two worlds are separate spaces.

One place is where you should remain.

One place he must return to and live happily.

We had to part ways at this point.

“…What’s going on with you? You’re probably being chased.”

Now it was time to say what I had been preparing.

“You know, Carcein. Maybe… I think I might have died there without making any progress on my plan.”

“…”

“If you hadn’t advised me, the upper part of Plesia would have been caught by the Marquis at any time, and in high society, they would always try to eat me, and in the aristocratic society, I would be sold as a flower and quickly thrown away. I think my life would have ended no matter which path I took. But. I survived.”

-Thump!

My heart is pounding.

Her lips tremble, as if telling her not to say that again.

To hide this, he raised the corners of his mouth.

“Because you exist. Because you came here. Because you reached out to me when I was freezing cold. That’s why I’m still alive.”

My throat started to get sore.

As if to dissuade him, saying that he absolutely did not want to say that.

Strengthen your throat to maintain your tone and present voice.

“If I’m alive, I can do anything. The foundation I’ve laid is much more solid than it was then. The upper echelons of Plesia haven’t revealed themselves, but if they reveal that I’m them, they might be able to pressure the noble society by revealing the information each noble has hidden. I might be able to take control of the family alone and get through this crisis. Compared to then, I have a lot more. I’m prepared with countermeasures.”

The area around my eyes starts to get wet and my eyes start to get moist little by little.

It’s as if he’s trying to block it by deliberately letting it flow down.

When you shed tears, your words and actions change. You smile brighter and cover your eyes.

“So don’t worry about me and go back. Forget all the bad memories, forget all the things in this world and go back. Oh, you have to be happy from now on, right?”

Now, just looking at it is difficult.

I wanted to hold his hand right now, I wanted to dive into his arms right now. I felt like I wanted to scream at him not to leave right now.

No, we can’t go wrong here.

As a rejection reaction started to take place all over my body, I turned around.

“The contract ends here. Thank you for everything. Karsain. Oh, in your world, I’m called Kim Min-hyuk… right? I don’t know how to call you… but I will never forget this favor. Min-hyuk. I don’t have time to watch you leave… I should go prepare myself.”

I turned my back and said goodbye.

I tried my best to pretend like nothing happened.

I tried to act as my usual self as much as possible.

He probably didn’t notice, since he put on such a good performance.

But the suppressed emotions seem ready to burst out at any moment.

‘No. I don’t want to send you away. I want you to stay here.’

…Go quickly, go quickly. Carcein.

‘Don’t leave me alone. Please, stay by my side.’

I started feeling pressed for time.

I hope it doesn’t explode while he’s walking away.

‘No. I want to hold on. Do I have to go?’

I couldn’t help but wish for him to leave as soon as possible.

‘No. Don’t go. I like you. Whether you’re Karsain, Kim Min-hyuk, or someone from another world, I like you.’

Please leave quickly. I feel like I’m going to burst into tears right now.

I’m scared because I think I’ll hear a sobbing sound.

I’m afraid that I’ll start crying and tell you not to leave me.

‘I… love you.’

The worst thing is that it gets you caught up in something.

You, who can’t leave this place, are staying here.

The happiness that comes after hardship is fruitless.

therefore…

Please go quickly.

Before I, who love you so much, catch you.

***

My head was dizzy.

Normal thinking did not return.

The shock that hadn’t gone away kept trying to hold me back.

But, Harnie woke me up like this.

“Of course. You are not from this world.”

As she said, it was so obvious.

“I’ve lived in the Empire all my life. It’s true for me, born and raised in this Peselos Empire. But why did you, who was dragged here without knowing anything, have to go through this?”

I was dragged here without knowing anything and it wasn’t even my original home.

It was an unfair situation to have to go through something like this.

“I only heard the news… but you said you were taken here without even knowing what was going on and suffered a lot. I heard you almost died several times. After being treated so unfairly, I would want to leave as soon as possible.”

Yeah, it was a really fucked up experience.

It was a rotten, disgusting experience that was so similar to reality that it brought back all the dirty memories I had experienced in real life.

“That’s why I didn’t tell you even though I knew everything. Because you have nothing to do with this world. Because you shouldn’t have had to experience something like this in the first place.”

That’s right. I’m not from this world.

I was dragged into the game. I had no relationship with it from the beginning, but I was dragged in.

To the right, a portal to reality appears.

Just walk here, just walk here.

As she said, there was nothing more I had to do.

The two worlds are disconnected.

There is no business here since I am returning to my world.

To put it simply, I’ve suffered a lot here.

I went through that horrible experience twice more, and it only brought back more unpleasant memories.

Wasn’t it a disgusting world in many ways?

So this situation was nothing short of a sweet fruit.

Just getting out of this fucking world and back to reality.

Of course, there was something on my mind…

“If I’m alive, I can do anything. The foundation I’ve laid is much more solid than it was then. The upper echelons of Plesia haven’t revealed themselves, but if they reveal that I’m them, they might be able to pressure the noble society by releasing information that each noble has hidden. I might be able to take control of the family alone and get through this crisis. Compared to then, I have a lot more. I’m prepared with countermeasures.”

Harnie told me not to worry and to go back, saying that it would be okay and that there was a means of preparation.

She’s a smart woman. There’s no way she wouldn’t have noticed something like this.

Even though his head is not working right now, he is a person who can deal with it foolishly even if he goes back with peace of mind.

I have no attachment to this world, so I can just leave.

No. Rather, I had to move even further because I was being chased.

…

But is that all?

Are you really saying that if I just go back to reality here it’s over?

‘…no.’

I denied that answer.

It has nothing to do with anything.

It is different from the way I pursue evidence, logic, basis, statistics, etc.

By intuition alone.

He denied it, insisting only on the uncertainties of intuition.

There has never been an easy road in my life.

Even though I have never walked the Silk Road, I have walked the thorny road to the point where my hair was about to fall off.

That’s why I could tell.

This road is called the Silk Road, it is so well paved.

That it is a path that someone else is struggling to support.

My head started spinning.

Things I had missed began to come into view.

It was strange not to feel a sense of discomfort.

‘Harnie already… lied to me.’

Why did you think I wouldn’t do it twice?

I could tell, having told so many lies.

That was all a lie.

And that’s not all.

Harnie was wearing a mask.

There was a lot of tea in every movement.

Why, you don’t know that anymore?

The situation was such that it felt like I had to catch Harnie.

It felt like I couldn’t leave her now.

-Tiring!

As soon as I had that thought, the alarm went off.

▶Don’t go backDon’t go backDon’t go backDon’t go backDon’t go backDon’t go backDon’t go backDon’t go backDon’t go backDon’t go backDon’t go back◀

…

…

The status window, which had been repeating the phrase “don’t go back,” displayed a new message.

【Your choices will determine the fate of someone else in this world.】

【You failed to save someone in the past, and that person ended up dying.】

【 This time, can I save you? 】

【Your death brought despair to someone. This despair spread like an epidemic and laid that person’s soul here.】

【 It’s not too late, Kim Min-hyuk. 】

【 It was inevitable. Coming here, and being possessed by Karsine’s body. 】

“This is…!”

Every time you clear an EX episode, messages that say they are the truth of the world appear…?

Those were the phrases that seemed to say that there was a reason I came here.

“No way…”

-Tiring!

▶The EX episode conditions have been met.◀

▶The truth of the world is revealed.◀

【This world was created because of you, and flows because of you.】

【Are you going to let the woman who loved you die again? Kim Min-hyuk.】

▶Would you like to view Hidden Memories?◀

Yeah, the clue should be here.

I reached out to the memorial without even breathing.