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29.

“Your Majesty. Why are you doing that?”

“… … .”

Lee Seong-han maintained a blank expression.

He sat haughtily on one knee.

Kang Mi-young opened her eyelids wide.

It had a bouncy feel to it, but it felt strange because it was consistently unresponsive.

“Major.”

It was a few minutes later that Lee Seong-han opened his mouth.

“There was a problem.”

“Speak comfortably.”

“This woman is Hong Seo-min.”

“Amy.”

Kang Mi-young placed her hands on her eyelids.

* * *

I reported everything I found.

“It means fake.”

“Yes.”

“There’s no reason not to trust you. Do you have any plans for the next time?”

“There is.”

He lightened the mood with a dry cough.

“First of all, it is certain that innocent civilians have been captured. We must rescue them.”

“Where is it?”

“Based on our reconnaissance findings, there appears to be a lodging facility nearby.”

“Accommodation?”

“Yes.”

In fact, it is not the power of reconnaissance.

Could this be a white lie to make Kang Mi-young understand?

“As expected, it’s amazing.”

Kang Mi-young let out an exclamation of admiration.

“You are truly amazing. If it weren’t for you, I would have been in trouble. Earlier… …I apologize. I’m sorry.”

“Please don’t do that again. I was surprised.”

“… … I’m sorry.”

Lee Seong-han let out a sigh.

After acquiring this ability, women’s gazes on me have become increasingly strange.

Should I say that the way he looks at me is strangely sexy?

Since fighting Eros, he has become even stronger.

What can I do?

I have to keep going until I’m discharged.

Lee Seong-han stretched his body slightly.

Because I know the location anyway.

“Are you going?”

“. We need to move too.”

“By the way, sir. I have something to ask you.”

“Yes?”

A car that was looking ahead while wiping away beads of sweat with a handkerchief.

Kang Mi-young asked with her arms crossed.

“If you were offered immigration from another country… … would you go?”

I’ve heard a lot about immigration proposals from other countries.

That’s how the early hunters got away.

Of course, to prevent further damage, a drastic measure was taken, such as a ban on leaving the country.

Internal opposition has grown so strong that it has now been changed to a review system.

I heard that we have to swear an oath of loyalty like in a dictatorship.

Surveillance personnel are also attached.

“Well.”

Then a scream rang out.

“Keeek!”

End of the alley.

A group of sausage-sized, plump diggers were running toward us.

“The enemy.”

“Confirm.”

The burrowing snail lives underground, but is fast and has a tendency to move in groups.

“Major! On the side!”

“… … .”

A stone that rushes at Kang Mi-young.

He opened his huge mouth.

However, Kang Mi-young did not panic and skillfully extended her arm to respond.

“Crrr?”

He moved the excavator in one motion, and before I could react, he crushed my skull with his hand.

Kkugugu-

The roaring excavator soon became silent. Brains and various types of blood soaked Kang Mi-young’s entire body.

“I’m sorry. I don’t want to watch those who hit from behind.”

“To answer the question you asked earlier… …I will always be a member of the free Republic of Korea!”

“Yeah, that’s the answer I wanted.”

I’m not scared at all.

* * *

“Enemy in front!”

“Confirm. Enter first.”

Lots of monsters and traps.

It feels like I’ve entered a dungeon in a fantasy game.

As we went forward, we cleaned up the market.

The idea was to root as many devices as possible.

“It’s a huge cave.”

“The excavator has a habit of hoarding valuables. That wasp-nest-like thing is the excavator’s fortress.”

“Are you piercing?”

Kang Mi-young took a lighter out of her pocket and lit it.

“Just burn it.”

After dealing with the excavation stone nest, I took a breather.

It was going to be quiet for a while.

So I returned to the fountain.

“First of all, you have to wait until the backup team arrives. If you want to fight the puppeteer, you have a better chance of winning if you use the same tactics.”

It’s a human tactic.

How many numbers are available?

“You’ll be late anyway because of the entry and exit procedures. The later the timing, the greater the chance of problems.”

“Do you want to handle it now?”

“No. Besides, shouldn’t you get what you deserve?”

Lee Seong-han slapped his knee.

“Hong Seo-min is crazy. Well, even if he starts a coup for someone with superpowers, which is something that often appears in dramas, it will only make the situation worse.”

“Yeah. We don’t have enough manpower to begin with. Everything is being drained to the outside.”

I don’t know.

This isn’t the first or second time that the K-government has had such problems.

Lee Seong-han’s re-enlistment was the same.

The number of Awakened has decreased so much that the original version of the law from 30 years ago has been brought back.

“Hong Seo-min will die.”

“Why?”

“To be blunt, we have many enemies. It’s only natural for us.”

“We······ Ahem.”

Kang Mi-young furrowed her eyebrows and avoided eye contact.

“Oh, don’t worry. I’ve administered a few anesthetics, so you’ll be fine. You’re not responding at all. You’re not awake either.”

Kim Seo-jeong.

I was so excited because of her.

[This is a fake made with chaos magic.]

[That’s for sure.]

‘know.’

Lee Seong-han turned his head. He almost got fooled.

Awkward silence.

Kang Mi-young snickered and gulped down the cold water.

“Well, she did step on the wrong foot. She has a cruel nature and is cunningly lusting after men. She is a vixen who is close to being dirty.”

Oh my, the Major is very good at talking. He pours out words like flowing water from a mountain stream.

Kim Seo-jeong, leaning against the fountain and sound asleep. She stretched out while scratching her belly button.

Seeing her not being shy even in front of men, I thought that was how everyone was.

“What’s the plan?”

“Kill.”

“Now?”

“No. I get everything I want.”

It’s simple

That woman is very likely Hong Seo-min. No. She just goes over 100%, 120%.

Or maybe the original self is there but it is being controlled, and it is just a facade that has been turned inside out. It is something that must be dealt with.

If you kill me now, your safety is guaranteed.

Instead, there is a disruption in completing the quest.

If it’s a puppet show, how can a puppeteer be left out?

Because of the ‘Kang Mi-young Hypnosis Incident’, I want to kill her right away, but what else can I do?

For the whole world?

Lee Seong-han was confident that he could debate with Satan for 100 minutes.

“Hong Seo-min has a separate weakness.”

Kang Mi-young’s eyes grew wide.

“What is it?”

You’re holding the doll’s strings. Then, the old woman becomes a loser.

Lee Seong-han continued his explanation indifferently. Kang Mi-young also maintained a “ssup, really?” expression.

The explanation gradually drew to a close.

Since it was Kang Mi-young, there was no way she wouldn’t know, so I gave her a brief explanation. Of course, the result was shocking.

“Real?”

Why is this person like this again?

“Is it only visible to me?”

“It may be related to your reconnaissance ability. Hong Seo-min’s dolls are more and more like actual humans as they get higher grades. Although they are not body parts.”

“So put your finger in my mouth─”

Kang Mi-young’s face turned red like a carrot. Shh. She waved her hand as if to tell her to stop.

“That, that’s because of hypnosis. Didn’t I apologize? I’m not a pervert who craves for men like Kang Jin-young. I don’t whine because I want to be loved.”

He avoids eye contact while speaking, but it seems blood is thicker than water.

The way he reacts with a blank face is exactly like Kang Jin-young.

Before coming, I asked Kang Jin-young about the doll.

“Thread? Puppeteer’s thread?”

“I don’t know. I’m sure the association saw it.”

He rested his chin on his arm and thought long and hard.

“Well, I’m not sure if the puppeteer has a thread? I’ll ask the information department, but I can’t guarantee the results.”

The first time, I thought it would be like that.

He must have suffered from amnesia after getting hit on the head for ‘an unknown reason’.

Kang Mi-young also became suspicious because of this. If Hong Seo-min secretly went and put a drug in the water, the memory of ‘Sil’ itself would disappear!

Wow, that’s awesome, Hong Seo-min!

No, isn’t it ‘common sense’ that wooden dolls are made by moving them with all kinds of strings?

Kang Mi-young nodded as if she understood.

“I want it. I want it so badly. I want to keep it by my side and spend my whole life walking around the front lines. I can’t let Kang Jin-young take it away from me. The fate of the country is at stake.”

Lee Seong-han turned his gaze to the fountain in horror.

It was visible in his eyes.

Something connected to that thread.

It was blurry so I couldn’t see it properly, but I felt like I could see through its essence.

Sleep, sleep, sleep──

What broke my thoughts was the sound of a spark burning away.

A light bonfire was made using the wooden furniture of each market.

“Now, eat.”

“······Oh, you’re good at cooking too, sir.”

Gulp.

As expected, bloodlines can’t lie, Kang Mi-young’s face was red as a beet.

“Does he have a girlfriend? Of course he does······ He’s overflowing with this kind of masculinity.”

Meeting someone is not my style.

Besides, what is masculinity?

It wasn’t even a woman’s power. Lee Seong-han took a big bite of the freshly grilled hind leg meat.

“Please eat.”

“Are you really giving it to me?”

As expected, freshly grilled food is the best. The meat of the skewer was considered a delicacy in the front lines.

Green and oily.

And you can’t miss the stimulating taste of seasoning.

I was just taking a break.

[The ‘Message’ has arrived!]

what.

Was there a messaging system?

[“message”]

[Are you with your sister now? She’s on her way. I checked the magic working earlier, right? Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere? … ]

[Sender: Kang Jin-young]

Swoop.

The more allies you have, the better.

“Your expression doesn’t look good, sir. Eat quickly. Isn’t a dead ghost pretty after eating?”

If an internal strife breaks out, it will be a total disaster.

It was worth a try.