Ch.134Side Story: Three Days on Earth

“I suppose…”

“Yes. It seems like that’s the cause of the gate connecting to Earth opening.”

Radios and Arsia immediately moved to the location when they felt the flow of magical energy at the café.

There, they found a fierce battle raging between a woman made of shadows and a monster.

[I’ll kill youuuu!]

[Uwooooo!!]

The beings fighting were Namgung Ihyun and something that appeared to be a remnant from the Outer Universe.

Moreover, it was a mindless monster deeply imbued with the scent of Yog-Sothoth.

Wait a moment.

Why did Namgung Ihyun end up confronting that creature?

Let’s rewind time a bit.

[As expected… no one lives here…]

The place Namgung Ihyun headed to after separating from Radios and Arsia.

It was the house where her parents had lived on Earth.

And for Namgung Ihyun, it was the place where the moment she most wanted to erase from her past had begun.

That day when her entire family was brutally murdered by an armed robber.

Namgung Ihyun went mad with rage and encountered Yog-Sothoth.

After learning the truth, she discovered that it was all part of Yog-Sothoth’s scheme.

Like ink quickly darkening pure white paper when dropped upon it.

Her once pure self was sucked into a whirlpool of madness and walked the irreversible path of a killer.

All because of a god’s mischief.

[Yog-Sothoth…]

Crack.

Namgung Ihyun clenched her fist so tightly that blood flowed from her palm.

If it hadn’t been for that bastard, she would have been living happily.

She would have already finished getting a job, and her parents would have welcomed her with warm smiles.

Everything had turned to hell because of a god’s machinations.

Radios, Arsia, Kraud, Veichel.

And countless Earth people who were used by the Outer Gods of the Outer Universe.

Their lives were ruined by Yog-Sothoth’s vicious schemes.

[It makes sense that no one would live here after such a terrible murder.]

If it had ended with just a family being killed… well, someone might still live here.

But when a woman who entered this house went on to commit indiscriminate murders on the street?

Anyone would think this was a haunted house.

That’s why the house still preserved the traces of that day.

Although relatives had cleaned up the bloodstains, the interior was filled with dust.

It meant much more time had passed since she lived here.

[Mom… Dad…]

After becoming Radios’s servant and living in a peaceful world, her madness had subsided.

It was madness forcibly created by Yog-Sothoth in the first place.

Anyway, she was able to regain some of the emotions from her girlish days.

While looking through various items that held traces of her parents,

She sensed something suspicious.

[This crazy bastard… you should know when to stop toying with people… Huh?]

[Uwoooooo!]

Namgung Ihyun stared at a figure approaching with creaking sounds.

It was him.

She could never forget.

The one who had thrown everything she had into the abyss.

The armed robber controlled by Yog-Sothoth.

Something with that bastard’s face

Was slowly approaching her with a sinister grin.

Grrrrrr.

[You crazy bastard… Do you still think I’m the Namgung Ihyun who was Yog-Sothoth’s apostle?]

[Uwoooooo.]

[Speak so I can understand!!]

BOOM!

Namgung Ihyun unleashed her magical power, unable to contain her anger.

The area around the house shook violently, but it didn’t matter.

From the moment she detected the creature’s presence, she had isolated this space from Earth.

Namgung Ihyun was a word magic user.

Isolating Earth’s space with a single word was child’s play for her.

And there was a reason why she needed to isolate it.

She didn’t want to damage her parents’ space any further.

Although she had lost her divine order due to Radios’s ascended order being revoked,

She was able to awaken her divine order in the first place because of her master Radios’s ascended order awakening.

In other words, she was now fully aware of what level of power she could use.

[I’ve always wanted to meet you. The bastard who ruined my life! To see how you’ve been living!]

[Uwoooooo!]

[Everything from the Outer Universe is dead! By killing you here, I’ll complete my revenge!!]

Namgung Ihyun charged at the remnant of Yog-Sothoth, her body wrapped in the order of a thousand killings.

Radios and Arsia, who were far away, could sense the impact.

“Aren’t you going… to help?”

“Let’s watch for now.”

Radios could glimpse Namgung Ihyun’s memories, so he understood.

The remnant of Yog-Sothoth she was facing was the one who had thrown her life into the abyss.

No matter how much Namgung Ihyun had started a new life, it was natural for her to feel vengeful.

If she started losing, he would help, but if not, he wouldn’t intervene.

This was something Namgung Ihyun had to handle on her own.

“Let’s prepare to go back.”

“True… once that thing disappears, the gate connecting to Kadinant will close too.”

“Then we won’t be able to return. I wanted to enjoy a bit more… it’s a shame.”

“Me too.”

Everything on Earth was new to them.

Especially what Arsia was interested in.

“Malatang. When we get back, I need to research malatang.”

“Was it… that delicious?”

“Yes. I finally understand what Ihyun was talking about. You know how you eat it yesterday but keep thinking about it today?”

“Then let me make one request too. After you finish researching malatang, please research tonkatsu as well.”

“Of course. How could I refuse a request from our one and only groom-to-be?”

“Haha. Looking forward to it, my bride-to-be?”

Radios and Arsia were calmly discussing what they would do after leaving Earth.

If one focused only on the two of them, it would seem like a peaceful conversation.

But if one looked a bit wider, a brutal battle with all kinds of savage magical energy was taking place right beside them.

[You vermin!! Split! Split! Spliiiit! Split in half and die!!]

[Uwoooooo!]

[Die! Die! Die! Die! Die!!]

Namgung Ihyun was unleashing word magic so recklessly it seemed almost inappropriate.

Perhaps because of this, the thing with the armed robber’s face couldn’t even properly show its power.

To use an analogy, it was like being the target of a machine gun while hiding behind a single tree.

The thing with the armed robber’s face couldn’t do anything against Namgung Ihyun’s ferocious aura.

[Uwoooooo!!]

All it could do was utter incomprehensible words.

But this couldn’t calm Namgung Ihyun’s already crazed eyes.

[Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die!]

“Stop.”

Namgung Ihyun, consumed by madness, came to her senses when she saw who had grabbed her hand.

Radios.

He was looking down at her with a cold face.

[M-move. That thing must die..!]

“It’s already dead. With all that word magic you threw at it, how could it not be?”

[Really… it’s dead?]

“Yeah.”

[Dead…? No. It shouldn’t die so easily…]

Namgung Ihyun struggled with all her might to free herself from Radios’s grip despite hearing his words.

It shouldn’t die that easily.

That thing needed to suffer more.

It needed to suffer more and repay all the pain it had caused her.

It shouldn’t go so meaninglessly.

Kill it. She must kill it. She would kill it even if it cost her everything.

So.

[I said move!!]

“Tch.”

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

An ominous aura began to rise from Namgung Ihyun.

The thing with the armed robber’s face was already crushed beyond recognition.

But Namgung Ihyun was unleashing all the madness she had been suppressing without restraint.

If this continued, it could have a negative impact on Earth’s people.

Finally, Radios used a function he hadn’t used in a long time.

“Absolute command activated.”

[..!]

“Rest for a while. Faint.”

Thud.

The absolute command right obtained through the Subduing Dead skill.

No servant could resist it.

Radios fortunately made Namgung Ihyun faint before her madness could affect Earth.

Instead of sending her back as a shadow, he carried her on his back.

“Radios… what about Ihyun…?”

“She must have been through a lot. I think she needs human warmth right now.”

“I don’t mind that. But… I’d like to know this much. What was Ihyun’s past like?”

“Do you really… want to hear it?”

“Yes. I think it will help me get along with her better.”

Radios sighed at Arsia’s determined gaze.

Namgung Ihyun would hate having her past revealed to others.

But she needed to pay the price for trying to attack her master.

“Namgung Ihyun was… originally a child so pure she was called ‘snow white.'”

After hearing all about Namgung Ihyun’s past,

Arsia couldn’t relax her stiffened face until they returned to Kadinant.

The Earth trip, which they thought would last three days, ended after just two.

Unlike the happy first day on Earth, the second day was utterly terrible.