episode_0123

“I..I told you he was a real man?!”

[Stop it now. It’s more believable that ice is hot.]

“Ah..no..”

[You call yourself a man after making such a female-like noise.]

“When did I…”

[Ah. Did you lose consciousness?]

“….”

[Anyway, disciple. You are the most feminine female creature I have ever met.]

“….That’s…not really…”

[Where is that flirtatious woman who used to blush, rub her legs, and ask me for help in a hoarse voice?]

Hwaak-

My face burned with embarrassment.

You couldn’t see it, but my face must have turned bright red.

‘Should I take this… this… as an insult or a compliment?!’

Of course I’m a woman now…

But I’m sure he was a man once…

I felt like my memories of living as a Hinté man were being trampled upon.

Of course, even back then I never heard anyone say I was manly…

‘But he doesn’t scream and act cute all the time..!!’

[Hmm… Let’s just say that for now.]

I must have imagined too much. The Master ended up listening to me.

‘That… female… female… such an embarrassing…’

My face was still flushed.

…..I thought it would be difficult to make her understand that I was a man.

I really don’t know why, but she already believed that I was a woman.

‘It’s not that important, but…’

But I guess it’s inevitable that I’ll feel depressed.

I sighed and spoke to her again.

‘Master. I too am from another dimension, just like you.’

[huh?]

The teacher who gives me a questioning voice when I say something.

‘I am not from another world. I come from a place called Earth.’

[Hmm… This time too… I don’t think it’s a joke…]

She was quietly contemplating for a while.

[Please elaborate a little more.]

Finally, he opened his ears to me.

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.

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[Hmm… Are you sure you really mean it?]

“…Yes.”

[Honestly, I don’t believe it….]

I told her my story.

The place I originally lived, the Republic of Korea.

And that I was brought here because of someone’s anger.

I told her everything, except that this place was a novel.

Oh. Except that I was a guy…

It’s obvious you won’t believe me anyway…

Maybe it’s because I revealed a secret that I’ve been keeping for so long.

I felt like all the weight I had been holding on to was coming off.

[It wouldn’t be that easy to cross dimensions, would it?]

“Master, you also came here from the martial arts world.”

[I did not come over on my own. I asked an absolute being to open the dimension and come in.]

“Absolute Being?”

[Yes. There was a man named Cheonjeon. He was a monster who single-handedly ruled the world of martial arts and reached the realm of life and death. Even he was only able to open a dimension once.]

“But you opened it for the teacher that one time?”

[I screwed you up.]

“…..”

[I still remember the face of the person who sent me off with tears in his eyes. Hehe.]

If it’s like a gumiho, then should I say it’s like a gumiho?

To seduce the one called Heavenly Lord and cross the dimension…

It wasn’t a common idea.

“Why did you come here in the first place..?”

[Because I was bored. There were so many old-fashioned people in Gangho. I wanted to go somewhere new.]

“Uh…don’t you regret it?”

[I don’t remember ever regretting it. Rather, I think it was fortunate now.]

“Really?”

[….because I was able to meet you.]

Because the sound was so faint, I couldn’t properly understand what she was saying.

“Huh? What did you say?”

But when I asked her again, she mumbled and avoided answering.

Within a moment.

The teacher, who had been quietly contemplating, spoke up again.

[By the way, there is only one being that can open a dimension so easily just to vent one’s anger…]

“Huh? Really?!”

[Heavenly God.]

“Heaven…what is it?”

Who is that?

The more I tried to dig into it, the more new characters kept appearing.

[Hmm… That celestial god is a being that is difficult to express in words…]

“Can you give me a rough explanation?”

[Well…if I had to put it into words.]

The teacher thought for a moment and then said.

[The primordial being. The founder. The only god. Connecting stars to stars. Should we say that he is the being that wanders from dimension to dimension and maintains the balance of the universe?]

“Huh..? There is such a being..?”

[You shouldn’t even try to understand them in the first place. They are beings who live in a completely different world from us. Just think that such beings exist.]

“That’s…”

Is this really what it feels like to be a ‘god’?

As the Master said, it was just an area that my mind could not understand.

[As far as I know, only the Celestial God can easily open a dimension and teleport someone to another place.]

“Ugh…”

At least that’s what I expected.

The one who brought me here was the author of the novel The Indomitable Hero.

You son of a bitch, you made me come here in exchange for spoiling the rest of the story.

Even thinking about it again, it’s still absurd.

‘They should have hidden it well from the beginning so that the contents could not be known…’

Anyway, is that crazy guy really a god?

That wasn’t my idea.

He is said to be the one who balances the universe. I never thought that such a being would send me, a mere human, to a dimension just because I spoiled the content of a third-rate novel.

If that were true, the universe would have ended long ago.

……I don’t think that’ll really happen.

[If you are curious about the Celestial Gods, talk to the Goddess later.]

“Goddess…?”

[Yes. The goddess is one of the children that the heavenly god cherishes.]

“….”

A goddess is not someone you can meet just because you want to.

The master speaks as if it were a very easy thing.

‘…Ugh.’

Should I just give up on learning about ice?

I was starting to have a headache from all the new information that kept coming up.

Even if I found out, would there be anything I could change?

Even if I ever realize what it’s like to be possessed, I have no desire to return to Earth…

But I don’t really have any intention of scolding the writer…

I thought it would be okay to just live without knowing.

okay.

Let’s give up.

The universe and everything, the celestial gods and everything. What does all this have to do with me?

Ice Age was no longer my story.

I’ve heard that people should live within their means.

I just wanted… everyone in the novel… no, in this world, to be happy.

That’s enough.

That’s why I’m working so hard for it…

It’s also simple, but I made a plan.

okay.

My plan.

A simple goal that can hardly be called a plan.

The final boss in the novel, and the one everyone fears.

She loves war and killing, and is the enemy of all life.

Demon King Arbes.

To get rid of her.

That was my plan.

In the novel, there was a hint that Athena would appear as the mastermind behind the Demon King.

Excluding Athena, the Demon King is the final target.

If we could just defeat her, there would be nothing left in the world that could pose a greater threat.

A plan so simple.

You might wonder what kind of plan is this that’s so tiring, but I had a lot in mind.

The most important thing is Lily.

For the Demon King who was under the protection of the Demon God, the holy sword imbued with the power of the Goddess and Lily, who had the qualifications of a warrior to wield it, were indispensable weapons.

How much power does the Demon King have? How much does Lily have to grow to defeat her?

I’ve been thinking about various situations for a while now.

So I tried to raise Lily accordingly…

But now, Lily’s strength was so great that I couldn’t even dare to measure it.

‘…..I think it might be possible.’

The warrior Lily and the saint Iris. Grandmaster Sword Master and the dragon Mari. The legion commanders Sephir and I. And finally, the strongest human, Athena.

Just doing this will be more than enough.

It will probably be much stronger than the original warrior party that achieved final growth.

But I won’t move hastily.

Carefully.

Just in case. Absolutely none of us get hurt.

I will do my best to be careful and cautious and only then will I act when I am sure.

Even if I defeated the Demon King, if someone was seriously injured, I didn’t think I would be able to bear the sadness that would surge through me.

For now, it would be best to keep an eye on Lily and Iris.

‘….Be prepared, Demon King.’

I will defeat you.

Because I’m going to see a happy ending.

* * *

The Demon King’s Castle exudes a gloomy yet majestic atmosphere.

“Are you going, Arbes?”

A knight clad in black armor knelt and bowed to the woman sitting on the prince’s throne.

The woman with hair that looked as if it had been painted with blood soon got up from the throne and began to slowly descend the stairs, step by step.

“The Lord is urging me. I guess I have to bring forward the schedule.”

At her commanding voice, the knight lowered his head even further and answered.

“It’s still early. The 3rd Corps Commander has not yet recovered, and the traitor’s replacement has not been found.”

” It happened. When did we ever argue about that?”

As the woman stretched out her hand forward.

A pitch-black darkness took over the space around her, and through it, sinister red eyes appeared.

“We just have to enjoy the pleasure of slaughter.”

At the woman’s sinister laughter, the knight lowered his body even further and assumed a posture as if praying.

“…I didn’t know the Demon King’s intentions.”

“That would be fun.”

Woman. No, the Demon King Arbes muttered with a sullen smile.

“Ah.”

Now that I think about it, there was a pretty doll there.

The spoils of victory.

I guess that kid will do.