episode_0028

A little while before Sylvia contacted Ildong’s office.

The Ildong office had a festival-like atmosphere.

A few days ago, their warden set foot on the land of Seneburg, and today he finally returned to the Silver Side.

Seneburg is the easternmost port in Maguspol.

It was a place that many people visited to go to the shining sea.

And the vehicle carrying the director of Ildong Office and his younger brothers was moving further and further away from Seneburg.

The vehicles were all orcs and goblins except for one person.

There were others who didn’t… but they didn’t return alive from the Shining Sea.

“Brother, this is Cabrini Green.”

“Yes.”

A prisoner who was called brother by an orc with a star-shaped scar on his face.

A man who was born as a fighting dog of an unknown dog breeder and was destined to live and die that way, but achieved fortune in heaven.

Ilseong (日星) from Ildong Office.

The man’s head had the appearance of a dog.

Doberman. This is the breed that Chris would have immediately thought of if he were here.

His two pointed ears, erected straight toward the sky, were scars from his dog fighting days.

It’s not just the ears.

Ears and tail, the man had to feel the pain of his precious body being cut off by the dog.

Just as Cat Mom’s cats regarded Cat Mom as their mother… the man also regarded Gae Su as his father.

But where are the parents who put their children at risk?

What kind of parents make their children kill each other?

The man’s teacher suddenly appeared.

A strange human being with a name, customs, and culture that did not fit the city.

But even monsters had their own justice.

Gae-gae-su could no longer survive due to the suffering of his children, and the monster gave Gae-gae-su’s children freedom.

Instead of following the freedom given by the monster, the man decided to become the monster’s child.

“Yes, that is your choice too.”

The monster didn’t care about the man’s choice.

Some of the Gaesoo’s children followed the man and became the children of monsters.

However, the man was the only one who survived until he was able to transform into a human being.

The meeting with my teacher was dramatic, and the separation was also dramatic.

The teacher simply disappeared without saying a word.

The man, who lost his father again, traveled from place to place in search of a monster who was both his teacher and his parent.

He also helped the young successor of the Comitopuli office, who is now the owner of the bar, overcome a situation of heavy overload.

He also visited wise men who knew everything in this city and asked for their help.

There was once an attempt to go beyond the Mountains of Madness located in the north.

Even though I traveled the world like that, there were more places I hadn’t been to than places I had been.

The shining sea we headed to this time was also one of the places we had never been to.

Of course, this time too, he could not find any clues about his teacher, and only lost his precious younger brothers.

Ilsung. One star.

The man’s name given to him by his teacher and father.

The name the man gave because he wanted to be like a star to someone…

Although there are countless stars in the night sky, the man still thought that he had not become one of those common stars.

What made it even more difficult for him was the friendly attitude of his younger brothers who welcomed him.

There were quite a few people who left, blaming him for finding a monster.

There was a time when I fell to the lowest point in my life because I was obsessed with finding a monster.

But the man learned from the monster not to be afraid of failure.

Now I was living a compromise between reason and emotion, but it was a very precarious tightrope walk.

And sure enough.

I almost lost my precious younger brothers while I was away for a moment.

I had a fragmentary understanding of the situation so far.

For the man, it was natural to visit his old friends and younger brothers’ benefactors who had opened a new office.

***

News that the director of the Ildong office has returned.

I heard the news, but was busy checking other information Adem showed me.

“Oh, it really feels like some kind of war.”

“It’s not the same thing, it’s war.”

In the video that appeared on Adem’s laptop screen, numerous gargoyles and statues were moving to subdue a horde of rats.

It seemed that the wise man of the East had even mobilized masters.

“Ah.”

“Why? What is it again?”

In addition, Adem checked another video.

A woman wearing golden gloves, earrings and various golden accessories.

Blue eyes contrast with jet black hair.

He was smiling so brightly that his clean teeth were visible… but rather than feeling cheerful, there was a vaguely dangerous smell in the air.

Ranked 3rd in Maguspol’s solver rankings. It seemed like the 3rd place I knew was correct.

It seems that the top solvers are the same as I knew.

“What, then you come to third place to catch a bunch of rats?”

“It looks like there was some contact from Hyeonin’s side.”

Numerous solvers and masters, plus the 3rd ranked solver.

It was a measure that clearly showed the wise man’s will to prevent further damage, no matter how many rats there were.

“Are you in 3rd place? It’s annoying.”

“What is it, Sylvia? Do you know number 3?”

Sylvia appeared behind me and Adem and said.

I asked as I climbed onto Silvia’s head from Adem’s head.

“No, we don’t have a personal relationship, but we have often bumped into each other while making requests.”

“Oh… Then how does Sylvia think third place is?”

“You could call her a strange woman.”

“Then who is in second place?”

“That must be a strange man.”

It seemed that Sylvia did not have any good feelings towards the top solvers.

Actually, I asked about it just in case.

Even if the 2nd place was okay, the 3rd place did not have a good personality.

Just like Sylvia’s brief assessment, it was undeniable that she was a strange woman.

First of all, I liked seeing blood, but I wasn’t a typical battle fanatic.

Should we rather say that he is a type of trickster like Loki in Norse mythology?

Therefore, he was more difficult to deal with than a simple battle enthusiast.

“Well, it’s not like we’re fighting against third place, right?”

“That’s true though.”

It seemed as if Sylvia was worried about how the third place would react when she saw me.

yes. If you see a toy like me, you won’t be left alone with its personality.

I thought it would be a good idea to be careful not to overlap the scope of activities.

If the situation arises, there is also a way to hide by turning into a baby bat like now.

***

After that, I checked various news on my laptop with Adem.

Among the solvers participating in the rat swarm extermination, there was also a unique solver.

A black fixer gliding across a plain floor.

He was wearing a purple dress shirt under a black vest and was holding what looked like a magic wand with one hand and a purple hat with the other.

“Oh, what is it? Is your walking method unique?”

“No, he just seems like a weird guy.”

While Adem and I had different opinions, David, who had not been seen for a while, appeared in the office.

“Everyone, listen to this!”

“Huh?”

What David held in his hand was food that I was also familiar with.

To be honest, I’m not curious about the taste, but it’s a street snack that’s often mentioned in games.

It’s ice slime!

It was ice cream made using slime… and the color was dark green like slime, so I thought it was amazing.

“….”

“What are you doing? You can just eat it.”

Before I knew it, I had returned to my normal self and was holding ice slime in my hand.

At David’s urging, I gathered my courage and decided to take just one bite.

oh….

It was sweeter than I expected, and it was sticky, which was a very unique feeling.

The taste itself is like eating cold melon ice cream.

However, as I was eating the highly viscous ice cream, bad memories began to come to mind.

of course! This isn’t my story, it’s my friend’s story.

One day, my friend ate dondurma ice cream, but no! As usual with the Türkiye men who sell dondurma, they were fooled by the joke of not giving even though they thought they would give it to them.

Well, this was an essential process to eat dondurma, so there was no big problem.

but….

– Clap!

Mr. Turkiye, who was moving the dondurma around to give medicine, ended up dropping the dondurma.

The faces of Dondurma and my friend, cold on the cold floor, looked very pitiful.

The man quickly offered to give me a new dondurma.

But here again, the man crossed the line.

The second prank started with the newly given dondurma.

In the end, my friend, who was so angry that he attacked the man, was subdued after other Turkiye men came running from all directions.

Oh, how sad it was at that time. Of course, this whole story was not about me, but about my friend.

***

“Chris, eat mine too.”

“Huh? Really?!”

When Astoby gave up his own, I suddenly became a kid eating ice slime with both hands.

“If someone sees it, they’ll think you’re at an amusement park.”

“Well, it’s an amusement park if you have delicious food and friendly people!”

“…Isn’t the standard a bit strange?”

At Sylvia’s reaction, I tried to avoid her gaze.

Meanwhile, a group of fixers appeared in the office of our Blue Heart office.

“Uh!”

Deoksu and Youngmin.

And an orc with a cute star-shaped scar on its head.

The Doberman is at the front, followed by all these people.

Apparently, that Doberman beast was Ilseong, the director of Ildong’s office.

“Mr. Ilsung, it’s been a while.”

In a strange atmosphere, Sylvia spoke to Ilsung first.

Ilsung smiled and nodded at Sylvia.

“The little lady over here must be Chris.”

Were kid and lady words that could be used together? No, but maybe a little lady would be pretty good too?

“Nice to meet you, Chris. I heard that you saved Sylvia and Youngmin.”

“Oh, that’s right. …Huh?”

Wait a minute, who saves whom?

Under my gaze, Deoksu and Youngmin also looked as if they had forgotten what they were saying.

“Mr. Ilsung, it is the opposite.”

“Silvia is right. I survived thanks to Sylvia and Youngmin.”

“….”

Ilsung stayed quiet for a moment and then opened his mouth again.

“It’s okay. Chris, it doesn’t change the fact that you suffered because of us and that you helped us.”

Oh, what a positive mindset. It wasn’t bad.

It seemed like it had the feel of some kind of great person.

“But I have a question.”

“Are you talking about me?”

Yes, you sweet Doberman.

“Why is your name Ilseong?”

This was something I had been concerned about for a long time. But I wanted to hear it directly from the person involved.

Ilsung responded to my question by pricking up his ears.

“This is the name I received from my teacher… with the meaning of becoming a star for my younger siblings.”

“Oh, really?”

To be honest, I always thought it was (Kim) Il-sung! It’s not that I’m strange, but I thought that most Koreans would think that way.

“S, Master gave you a good name. But then Deoksu and Youngmin?”

“Oh, I chose the names of these two people myself.”

Was it you! They gave Youngmin a strange name instead of his normal name!

Ilsung was making a proud expression on his face, which made me feel worse.