Ch.271Chapter 11. Resurrection of the Dead (1)

“Do librarian, how are you feeling?”

“I’m better now. Thanks to the ability user healer, I’ve successfully completed my hospital treatment…”

“Good. Young people need to take care of their bodies. You’ll be a father in a few years. Don’t worry too much about work. I’ve taken care of everything, so just do things like you used to.”

“Thank you so much. Oh, by the way, there was a master of infused liquor near where I was recuperating. Do you happen to like Nobongbangju? I received it as a gift, but I don’t drink…”

“Ahem. Well, you didn’t have to go that far…”

The parachute appointee was absent for 14 nights and 15 days on sick leave, but there weren’t any major issues.

A sick person taking time off, their absence not causing significant problems, being away during the slowest period, and above all, coming back and greasing the wheels like this meant there wouldn’t be any major issues.

“Has anything happened while I was away?”

“Anything? Well, there was that thing abroad. Thailand was in chaos. Ugh, really. There are too many crazy things happening in the world.”

It’s been over a week since Mateless died, but the Thailand incident is still causing a commotion around the world.

“Good work. Let me know if you’re not feeling well. The scholarship students on basement level 2 were asking where Teacher Do went and were quite worried. Hehehe.”

After the senior librarian who had covered for me went up to the office, I sat at the desk and finally felt like I was back to my daily routine.

Daily life.

The people here probably spent the last two weeks normally, but Thailand had a truly eventful two weeks.

The summary on Hero Wiki about the two weeks of unrest in Thailand amounts to tens of thousands of characters.

There’s no need to ruminate on this again.

I was at the center of the incident, and I directly caused it.

And since it’s obvious that major edits will be made within 30 minutes anyway, I first looked at other reactions on the internet.

[Something else is needed to suppress ability users.]

A news column caught my eye as soon as I went online.

It was from one of the media outlets specializing in hero stories, with a sensational column about the Laplace’s Demon incident.

“Suppression measures for ability users, huh.”

In this world, humanity has researched and used many suppression measures.

However, after the unrest in Thailand, public opinion seems to be flowing in the direction of seeking “stronger suppression measures.”

[…The current situation is so serious that 10 S+ class guardians came from the future to the past because of the demons of Pandemonium. Therefore, until all of Pandemonium disappears, we need to maintain a quasi-wartime mindset…]

Quasi-wartime.

Is the whole world supposed to be in a quasi-wartime state, or just the heroes?

In the end, since it’s ability users causing the disturbances, only ability users can deal with them, but you can’t ask all ability users to be on 5-minute standby.

Only those like the A+ class marine captain growing red berets at the Marine Academy in Thailand can do that.

[…We must prepare. Moving after an accident happens is too late. After all, the dead do not return.]

The column ended neatly.

Because all humans feel and fear death.

It’s normal that the dead don’t return, and once you die, it’s over.

But.

‘What would this person say if they came back?’

If the dead could come back to life.

If it’s not limited to just one or two people, but “theoretically” all of humanity could die and come back to life.

If they could live “like people” while maintaining their sanity, not as mindless monsters like zombies, whether undead or whatever.

For example, if there was a being with the ability to resurrect the dead.

-Those who want to die can die! I want to live!

-If there’s a way to be resurrected, why wouldn’t you do it!

-Check for yourself whether you go to heaven or hell after death, but I’d rather roll around in this world even if it’s in a field of dog poop!

-So, save us! We don’t want to die!!

All of humanity would cling to that being.

In ancient times, even Emperor Qin Shi Huang, who had absolute power, mobilized all national resources to find the elixir of immortality. If such a method existed, wouldn’t not only those in power but everyone demand resurrection rights from the one who possessed that method?

And the one with the resurrection rights judged like this:

-Humanity is not yet ready to accept “resurrection of the dead.”

There is a method for resurrecting the dead.

But when it’s revealed to the world, people aren’t yet prepared enough to accept resurrection of the dead.

Great confusion would come to the world, so rather than causing chaos, it’s better to hide the truth.

To begin with, it’s not like they can resurrect dozens or hundreds of people.

The number of people who can be resurrected is only about one per year.

And all of humanity would want it.

To be that one person.

Even if it means taking away something precious from that target.

Humans are inherently selfish creatures.

Beep.

The wiki was updated.

A rumor-like paragraph was updated in real-time at the end, and I leisurely moved my mouse to the breaking news section.

[Laplace’s Demon, executed by Goblin.]

The Syndicate declared again.

The culprit behind the unrest in Thailand, the demon of Pandemonium, was executed by Goblin.

* * *

Evening.

After going to work for the first time in a while and returning home, I immediately went to my room and called with the Taegeuk Watch.

“Hye-ra, how are you feeling? Have you eaten?”

[Yes. I drank lots of milk. I feel like my body is full of milk now.]

“That’s good.”

Yoon Hye-ra, Qiongqi is currently at a pension in Ulleungdo.

Applying the same method I used when talking with Baek Seol-hee last time, I made a reservation for a month-long stay at a different hotel but am actually staying at the pension.

“Call me if you need me. I’ll take a boat to Ulleungdo on the weekend.”

[No, no. Your friends on Sejong Island must be eager to meet you. I’ve monopolized you for the past 15 days, so I’m fine. I want to focus all my energy on recovery now. I’ve been ordered to take a vacation.]

Yoon Hye-ra is currently recovering mana at a hot spring for mana recovery, following the “vacation order” from the head.

[I can’t leave until at least the end of July. Well, you can come if you want, but I can’t give you magical power?]

“What if I come to give you some?”

[That’s always welcome.]

Qiongqi’s team is working, but measures have been taken to prevent Qiongqi herself from being called or stepping forward.

[If you need power, you’ll have to call someone else.]

Even if I need Qiongqi’s power, I can’t use even a bit of Qiongqi’s magical power.

To use an appropriate metaphor for magical power in Qiongqi’s case, it could be expressed as “power of existence.”

Although not exactly the same, the context is similar in that if someone who maintains their self with magical power uses all of it and loses their self, they lose their existence.

Therefore, Qiongqi is on vacation.

[About me, about your executive, I think you’ll explain well. Hehe. Is it today?]

“…Yeah. Seems like she’ll be here soon.”

Sparkle, sparkle.

One of the orbs in the room started to shine with a golden light.

“Speak of the devil. Hye-ra, get some rest.”

[Okay. You take care too.]

The call ended.

I spread the curtain next to the 1:1 scale ice figure standing against the wall by the bed, then thoroughly spread the blackout curtain on the window side to prevent anyone from seeing inside from outside.

“…….”

About 10 minutes later.

As soon as light sparkled in the air, Ymir appeared in casual indoor clothes, looking slightly tired.

“I’m here. This is for you, teacher.”

“You didn’t have to bring anything.”

“I didn’t buy it. I brought it directly from my room.”

“…I thought you bought it since it’s in a plastic cup.”

“Heheh.”

Ymir teleported into my room with drinks and snacks in hand.

“How’s your mana? Are you okay?”

“I didn’t use that much. If anything, you used more mana than I did, teacher. The Marksman, Hesed Black Word, and then Goblin too.”

“You’re being quite direct.”

“Heheh. There’s nothing to hide at this point.”

“That’s true.”

True to her overflowing mana, she had fully recovered her mana despite fighting the demon of Pandemonium recently.

“Would you like some of my mana?”

“Hye-ra said the same thing, and now you too?”

“Hye-ra unni was just setting the mood, but I can actually give you some.”

Ymir folded her arms under her chest and lightly shrugged her body from side to side.

“Want some?”

“I prefer natural recovery to 100% rather than taking someone else’s. Last time was different because we needed to gather power quickly.”

“Then you can use that much later or remove it.”

“I’ll ask if it’s urgent. Besides, your purpose isn’t mana supply, but patriotism.”

“……Heheh.”

Ymir smiled with a wink.

“If I’ve been caught, you should accept it gracefully?”

“You want to supply magical power before studying?”

“Isn’t patriotic study also a form of study?”

“Sigh. I never thought you’d be a girl so full of love for your country.”

Where did that protagonist from the original work go, the one who put up walls or kept his distance from the harem girls?

“It’s not that I’m patriotic, I just enjoy doing it with you, teacher.”

“…….”

“You just flinched a little, didn’t you? Caught you.”

Ah.

So she wasn’t much interested as a man but was quite active as a woman?

“Why are you in such a hurry?”

“I want to quickly engage in patriotism with you, teacher, and learn the secret of resurrection through patriotism.”

“…That’s something different.”

“But we could prepare for contingencies. Just like the head of The Syndicate, I could also bind someone’s spirit to the earth if they die.”

Ymir placed a hand on her chest.

“Necromancy.”

Because it’s a world of abilities.

“If you won’t teach me, I’ll develop it on my own. If you die someday, I’ll let you dwell in my womb and be reborn!”

“Hey.”

“I’m serious.”

“……Who’s the father?”

“Um…you?”

Of course it’s possible.

“You impregnate me, maintain the fertilized egg, and after you die, your soul possesses the fertilized egg…?”

Even the resurrection of the dead.

“As long as memories aren’t lost, it’s reincarnation!”

If you know the principle, “anyone” can do it.