161. Honeymoon Before the End (1)

“Where… where exactly is this?”

Princess Lilia said in a flustered voice.

Unlike the fog-filled heart of the primeval forest.

Light filled everywhere.

As if it were noon in the middle of summer.

No, it was definitely hotter around, so there was no mistake.

Bbang- bbang-

Just then, noise came from nearby.

A sound like a trumpet announcing the charge of cavalry.

Aylin, surprised, turned her head to look at the sound.

“Is that… a carriage? We need to get out of here first…”

As she said, the surroundings were full of carriages.

The group was standing in the middle of the road where the carriages were passing.

I quickly took them and left the road.

‘My body moves as usual.’

As long as that power, which had already reached the demigod level, was intact.

In fact, there wasn’t much that could threaten me and the two of them anywhere.

The three quickly got caught up in the crowd.

Aylin and Lilia stuck close to me, as if afraid of being separated.

Aylin whispered.

“Here… the people’s attire is very different from the Empire’s.”

“Where in the Demon King’s kingdom could this be? But these clothes… Ah! Could it be?”

Lilia seemed to have realized something.

However, before she could open her mouth, I already guessed where this was.

‘This is probably…’

A landscape that was unfamiliar to me, yet familiar at the same time.

The place I could recall from my past life’s memories.

It was Earth during the time when the old human race existed.

Even on that Earth, it was a landscape from after the 21st century, when scientific civilization had developed.

“I saw the memories of the old human race in the 6th underground shrine of the Pantheon. Of course, at that time, every place was full of destruction… but those iron carriages and the huge buildings around them were also in the Dungeon…”

Lilia’s guess was correct.

I didn’t know why we entered this place yet.

But the situation wasn’t all that bad.

‘It’s much better than the scenery the 6th underground shrine showed me.’

To explain it in the terms of my old memories.

The image of old Earth that I saw in the 6th underground shrine was the age of the apocalypse.

It was literally the end of the world.

But now it was different.

Probably, definitely, the middle of some city.

The people all looked affluent, and their faces were full of leisure.

They were completely different from the Isleners who risked their lives every day to prevent the end of tomorrow.

I took the two of them to a large tree nearby.

There was a bench under it, so we could rest for a while.

“The Imperial Capital, Teria, was also very splendid, but… the atmosphere here is quite different. It seems very developed…”

Like Aylin’s sensitivity.

From the perspective of an Islander, looking at the old Earth would feel very foreign.

It was a modern city that had developed with a scientific civilization that left no trace in Islen.

I belatedly checked the group’s attire again.

Surprisingly, everyone in the group had changed into modern Earth clothing.

Aylin was wearing a white off-shoulder blouse that revealed her shoulders.

And tight jeans.

And Lilia was wearing an elegant sky-blue dress.

Both of them were different from Islen’s attire, but the modern clothes suited them well.

I could feel people passing by glancing at the two of them.

No, including me.

I wasn’t lacking in appearance either.

The gazes of the women passing by kept turning to me.

The two of them, noticing the gazes, stuck even closer to me.

‘Well, this makes it look like I’m on a date with the two of them.’

Maybe it was a dream that an ordinary person wouldn’t want to wake up from.

Two beauties with different charms.

And spending leisurely time in such a glamorous city.

But my mind was always clear and cold.

If the group had really traveled through time to the past Earth.

Mana shouldn’t exist on the Earth that was being shown now.

‘The destruction of the old human race is probably at least 200 years away from this point.’

There were no signs of the collapse of modern civilization at all.

But, I was clearly feeling Mana in this place now.

Even the pure magical energy that could only be perceived in the primeval forest.

Then the meaning of this scenery was clear.

The World Tree wanted to tell me something.

‘That I came here with my lovers…’

First, I rummaged through my pants pocket.

And there was a wallet in it.

Opening the ID card, I was able to confirm where the group should move to first.

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The group moved to a downtown area.

A downtown area in front of a university.

The group moved into a building in that place, which was still full of people.

And they sat down at a window table in a cafe, looking out beyond it.

“It feels really unfamiliar… but it seems very developed. To think that this scenery is what the era when the old human race lived was like…”

Aylin said in a slightly excited voice, unlike her usual self.

There was my ID card in the wallet.

And the registered address written on the ID card was Seoul.

It was an officetel near this university district.

Not only that.

I found a fallen leaf in my wallet.

‘It was a leaf of the World Tree.’

A withered leaf.

It looked like it couldn’t be thought of as a leaf of the World Tree, which symbolizes life.

And placing the leaf on my hand, it quickly turned to powder and crumbled.

At the same time, the leaf of the World Tree conveyed its will to me.

• Regeneration.

Just that short word.

Nevertheless, the will of the World Tree was fully conveyed.

‘That we entered this past space is also… for the sake of the World Tree’s regeneration.’

The beings that recreated Islen from the destroyed Earth were the two Main Gods and the World Tree.

The will of the Main Gods was silent.

So I could feel the will of the World Tree even more clearly.

The image of the past Earth that was unfolding now was the World Tree’s dream.

The two Main Gods and the World Tree, created from the last legacy left by the good old human race, held the memories of that era.

And the scenery that the World Tree was showing me was not the age of the end.

Rather, it was the most leisurely and happy time.

‘The fact that this space was created with the university district as the background must also have that meaning.’

In other words, it was like the World Tree’s deathbed visions right before death.

In this happy world.

The World Tree was shouting.

‘Regeneration of a new world. A happy day and future where the threat of the end has disappeared…’

And at the same time, it was a gift for the three of us.

After spending a short time of happiness in this university district.

The request of that will to prepare for a new regeneration to prevent the end.

The World Tree had prepared this space for me for the ritual of choosing the first owner of the harem.

Lilia also stared intently at the scenery and continued to speak.

“The Imperial Capital, Teria, was also splendid… but it can’t be compared to the heyday of the past old human race. To think that they had such a wonderful civilization and still fell into the path of destruction by killing each other…”

The two of them, no, all three of us, had been in the middle of the battlefield until recently.

So the peaceful atmosphere felt here made me feel choked up.

Even the Imperial Capital, Teria, was constantly suffering from the threat of magical beasts and Dungeons right on its outskirts.

“But you don’t need to think too complicatedly. Because the World Tree doesn’t want that.”

I said in a much lighter tone than usual.

I threw away the honorifics towards Lilia, and the formal tone as Young Master.

‘The expiration date on my ID card was one week from now. Then…’

The expiration date for this leisurely daily life that the World Tree gave me was also one week.

In other words, I had been granted a week’s honeymoon by the World Tree.

‘A week’s honeymoon, huh.’

I would be accepting my first wife through this week here.

Maybe it was an accurate analogy.

Ttareureureureu-

At that time, the vibration bell placed on the table rang.

The two of them couldn’t be familiar with modern Earth civilization.

So I took care of all the ordering after entering the cafe.

There was even a credit card in my wallet, so there were no problems with payment.

I put the drinks on a tray and handed them to the two of them.

“They have mint choco tea here too. It’s called mint chocolate latte.”

It was summer here, so I naturally ordered it iced.

Aylin’s eyes sparkled brightly when she saw the tea.

“I might be able to add a new recipe to the tea time for Young Master!”

And the moment she actually drank the drink.

Aylin had a very ecstatic expression.

“This… such a sweet and fragrant mint choco tea!”

Lilia’s reaction was the same.

She couldn’t even speak and quickly sipped the drink.

‘Even Lilia, who is the Emperor of the Empire…’

But I, now that my memories of my past life had become vivid in this space.

The taste didn’t suit me very well.

‘It tastes like toothpaste.’

Still, I didn’t want to spoil the mood by showing that I didn’t like it in front of the two of them who liked it so much.

Rather, I was diligently thinking in my head about what kind of memories to make in the special honeymoon with the two of them in the coming week.

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There was not only an ID card in the wallet, but also a student ID card.

Not only mine, but also the student ID cards of the two of them.

The current space was probably South Korea, a country that existed during the old human race era.

It was Seoul, the capital of that country.

According to my memories of my past life, it was a considerable metropolis.

There were no special tourist resources. But it was a metropolis famous for its scale, modern atmosphere, and high security.

Living as a university student here would have been quite enjoyable.

‘Fortunately, the university isn’t a prestigious one.’

Of course, a prestigious university would be much better after graduation.

But a relatively less famous university is better for enjoying that university student life.

I thought of the fact that the students of the Pantheon were always suffering from a tremendous amount of learning and intense training.

‘Come to think of it, everyone here didn’t even get to enjoy a proper campus life.’

Everyone was busy with their own work.

Rather, Lilia and Aylin might be able to experience a proper university student life in this completely unfamiliar other space.

Funnily enough, Lilia and I, who were Westerners by the standards here, were international students.

And Aylin, who was a relatively Eastern beauty, was a local.

I sipped my mint choco latte at the cafe and asked the two of them.

“So, you two. Is there anything you want to do from now on?”

The week’s worth of free time had already been confirmed.

The two of them quickly looked at me.

And Lilia and Aylin shouted at the same time.