Ch.154People Who Are Allowed

1.

The golden system window appeared before his eyes.

【Main Scenario – <The Unsaved Ones – Nahan> has ended.】

【Congratulations!】

【You have completed the Main Scenario – The Unsaved Ones!】

Wondering if he had seen wrong, Nahan pulled up and opened the complete system window.

─『Main Scenario』─

◆ The Unsaved Ones.

: Save the <characters> who would have perished in regret and despair.

◆Those who have been saved.

: So far… [10 / 10]

◆Reward

: One wish of your choice.

Below “Those who have been saved” stood the names of 10 people:

Saint Yuria,

Luna and Mother,

Hanryang and Cheonilhong,

Ruby and Dalan, Rose.

Pedro and Ria,

Castler and Ran,

Lactea and Reina,

Their leader Black Wolf,

And…

-I’ll never give up, Nahan.

Nahan, himself.

【Success reward will be granted.】

【<Wish Ticket> has been granted.】

After countless journeys, all he had to show for it was a single golden ticket in his hand.

“…Pfft.”

A laugh escaped without him realizing.

Nahan looked down at the ticket in his palm and asked as if talking to himself.

“What should I do now?”

To be honest, there were many things he wanted.

He had managed to protect precious things he couldn’t protect in his previous world, and confirmed that they also cared for him.

That’s why it was even more difficult to decide.

“Since only one wish can be granted…”

Should he use this ticket for ‘his own happiness,’ or for ‘the precious ones he couldn’t protect’ in his previous world?

As if aware of Nahan’s dilemma, Aria opened her mouth with a smile.

“『As you said, the wish ticket can only grant one wish.』”

A wish ticket.

Using the power of an omnipotent god to grant any desired wish.

However, it wasn’t something that could be given without conditions, but a reward granted according to the difficulty of the goddess’s request that was fulfilled.

In other words, it could only be properly given in the form of a transaction, which is why only one wish was possible.

“『But… is there really a need to divide happiness into multiple paths?』”

“…What?”

“『Think about it. If I can grant you only one wish, couldn’t you use that one wish to achieve everything?』”

“How exactly would I…”

As Nahan’s words trailed off,

A crimson warning window appeared on the battle screen with Hallorand that Aria had displayed.

【Warning.】

【<Hallorand(???)> is sacrificing everything to set a <Result>.】

【Result: Annihilation of those before him.】

【Cost: Complete destruction of Hallorand and the Abyss.】

【Until cause deletion: …60s】

Hallorand’s unique ability to produce only results while bypassing causes.

“Damn it, first I need to–!!”

As the urgent Nahan was about to use the wish ticket to move to their world,

Aria gently embraced him and whispered in a warm voice.

“『What is it that you truly desire?』”

“I need to get over there right now–!!”

“『No.』”

A voice that firmly cut off his words.

Aria grabbed both of Nahan’s shoulders, pushed him back slightly, and asked again.

“『Wanting to save those from your original world, and wanting to remove the danger facing them now. All of this stems from a single desire, doesn’t it?』”

“There’s no time for this right now!?”

“『The common thread between these two wishes. What those people want from you, what those you’re trying to revive want from you. And what even you yourself desire above all else. Don’t you understand yet?』”

Aria’s words were vague hints without proper subjects.

What his deceased older brother,

What Hyesung who had lost his life,

What those he had saved,

And what even Nahan himself wanted.

“…It would be happiness.”

The moment Nahan unconsciously muttered those words, the wish ticket in his hand responded.

【The Savior – Nahan has made a wish.】

【Wish: <Nahan>’s happiness.】

【Due to the enormous size of the wish, the <Wish Ticket> transforms into its optimal form.】

Just as Aria had said, these were vague words with nothing properly defined.

“What is this…?”

As the bewildered Nahan muttered those words, his brightly glowing body scattered into light.

He instinctively realized.

The place Nahan was being transported to was the world of <Babylonia> that he had saved.

“Wait, if this happens…!!”

What would happen to his older brother from his original world, the siblings he left behind, and the orphanage director?

As his last lingering attachment gripped his ankle like shackles, awakening his guilt,

“『I told you, didn’t I? There’s no need to divide your wish.』”

The goddess summoned a new golden window before Nahan’s eyes.

-…Mom?

-…You, how did you…!!

His older brother and his only blood relative, his mother, summoned somewhere in the system,

-Honey, I’m… I’m having a baby…!!

The orphanage director and her husband, who were able to have their own child after her infertility was cured,

And.

-A scholarship?

-The, the lottery ticket won…?

-You’re offering to send me to study abroad!?

-No way…!

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Small but clear strokes of luck that came to the siblings Nahan had taken care of.

“『Your happiness comes from the happiness of those you love.』”

“…Is this really okay?”

“『Of course. After all, the wish you made is just one.』”

The regrets he had left in his previous world were resolved like a dream, sparkling brightly.

Although except for his older brother who had crossed over to this world, none of them would know the full story.

The results Nahan had achieved through blood and sweat would be reduced to ‘good luck,’ and they would live their separate lives without ever meeting again,

Nevertheless, it swept away all the guilt that had accumulated within Nahan,

“…Thank you.”

As Nahan bowed his head and muttered those words, Aria quietly added,

“『But because of that, I’ve used up a lot of divine power that could have been used in this world… so please save this world yourself. And… be happy with those you’ve saved.』”

The goddess, with a gentle smile, added to Nahan who was already more than halfway transported,

“『Because you’re someone who deserves that.』”

With that, the conversation ended.

“…Someone who deserves that.”

Repeating the goddess’s words, Nahan closed his eyes and thought during the transfer.

He had thought he was born clutching all sorts of misfortunes.

The bankruptcy of the orphanage he had relied on,

The death of the older brother who had taken him in,

The death of Hyesung, his only friend, and the orphanage siblings who had scattered.

His heart ached thinking that the misfortune he carried had transferred to them.

He was someone who could only live by depending on others, while simultaneously being a great misfortune.

He was someone who liked people and wanted to be happy around them, but he rarely opened his heart, thinking it was all just his own selfishness.

But now he understood.

Everyone was the same.

The Light,

The Black Wolf Unit members,

All the other characters.

They all thought they were the main source of misfortune and believed they only brought harm to those around them.

That’s why they tried to escape.

They wandered away from their loved ones, trying to shoulder everything alone.

But now he knew.

Since there’s no hierarchy in misfortune and bad luck, everyone is the same.

Whether together or apart and running away.

If they’re going to hurt and struggle anyway, it’s better to be together.

Not shrinking from approaching misfortune but facing it, sharing even the misfortune they were born with, they would eventually realize:

Any pain can be endured when with ‘loved ones.’

Even without those loved ones, if you endure and live on, they will eventually appear.

So,

“I too… can be happy.”

Something so obvious, yet so difficult to realize because of that.

“Now… I really can be happy.”

As Nahan muttered those words,

A natural smile, one never seen before, appeared on his face.

2.

The situation was dire.

No matter how many fragments he had consumed, a quasi-deity remained there.

【Warning.】

【<Hallorand(???)> is sacrificing everything to set a <Result>.】

【Result: Annihilation of those before him.】

【Cost: Complete destruction of Hallorand and the Abyss.】

【Until cause deletion: …18s】

Under Black Wolf’s direction, they unleashed all their attacks, but they couldn’t attack Hallorand who had wrapped himself in the quasi-deity.

All they could do was stare at the Abyss’s mark stamped above their heads.

“Nahan finished everything… and we’re going to fail again because we’re held back by something like this…”

Black Wolf’s self-deprecating words were conveyed to those around him.

Everyone knew by now.

The fact that they could oppose Eclipse, that they could subdue the awakened Abyss.

It was all thanks to the person ‘Nahan’ who had operated through Black Wolf’s body.

So they wanted to repay that grace by saving him this time,

【Warning.】

【<Hallorand(???)> is sacrificing everything to set a <Result>.】

【Result: Annihilation of those before him.】

【Cost: Complete destruction of Hallorand and the Abyss.】

【Until cause deletion: …9s】

Far from saving anyone, they were about to lose the lives they had desperately preserved along with Hallorand,

Black Wolf gritted his teeth and ordered Castler, who was catching his breath as he stood up.

“Castler. Take everyone and leave.”

“But Leader–!!”

“That’s enough, hurry!!”

Only seconds remained.

If only those in front of him would be annihilated as he was seeing,

If the mark of instant death above their heads would disappear once they were beyond a certain distance,

If he could at least save them that way,

“Even if I alone die–!!”

As the desperate Black Wolf pushed Castler toward the gathered allies,

【Achievement Complete.】

【The used Wish Ticket has been destroyed.】

Golden light gathered on the flat ground between Hallorand and them, forming the shape of a person.

“Move.”

“…That voice, could it be?”

“I said move.”

In response to the man’s words, Lactea instinctively reacted and pushed down on Black Wolf’s head.

【<Divine Punishment(???)> has been activated.】

–!!!

With a sound that overwhelmed the space, the rampaging Hallorand’s movements stopped.