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44. The guy who never became an adult. (3)

I swung my sword and cut the guy down. Yeah, I thought I definitely cut him down.

However, the feeling you get from your hands is so vain that you could almost say it has no taste.

As if cutting ‘smoke’… only the sensation remained at the tip of the sword.

‘Acting…? Come to think of it… Among the abilities I stole, there was also the ability to turn into acting…? ‘

I quickly retrieved the sword I had been swinging and looked forward. I saw a guy slowly building up his body a little way away.

” Phew, that was seriously dangerous. But just like your stupid family, you forgot the ability I had and rushed in like that~ You’re really stupid. ”

” Is that all you have to say? ”

” Hahaha! Of course not~ Okay, I’ll admit it. You’re not like those stupid punks. So I’ll ask again. Won’t you be ‘mine’? ”

In response to his nonsense, I created [Sword of Flame, Flamberg] and fired it at him.

Choi Si-woo swung his left hand and said, “Well, that’s right.” He sent the Flamberg I had shot back at me.

” Oh, that’s too bad. It’s hard to find a woman like you. Oh, no? It was ‘A Woman Who Was a Man’, right? ”

I tried to ignore his words, but he glared at me with wide eyes, saying things that seemed to be about me.

” How on earth… do you do that…! ”

” Oh~ This was a secret? Well? How did he know? No, but judging by his reaction… I guess he didn’t tell him?

You’re really disgusting too. How can you like a man when you’re a man? Ugh~ You dirty bastard… No, a bitch? Hahahaha! ”

The guy started laughing loudly, as if he thought he had hit me in the face.

But at the same time, I felt disgusted with myself for just standing there, thinking that Hyunseok oppa, who was far away, might hear about my ‘identity’.

” Hahahahaha! That expression is really good, isn’t it? Well then, let’s go and tell him, considering it a good thing~ ”

The sight of that guy jumping around and checking my expression really made me angry.

Was it because of that? My heart, which had been anxious at the thought that I might get caught, began to tremble with anger.

‘Why? Do I have to listen to that guy and do this? I was beating him up just a moment ago? Oh, I don’t know! Now, who cares if I get caught or not! ‘

The guy must have thought I was trembling and sobbing at his words.

” Haha, why are you crying over something like that? Huh? You’re a man~ Is it bad when a man cries~ Or should I call you a woman~ What do you think? I’m broad-minded, so I’ll call you whatever you want. ”

I kicked the floor with a ‘kwaaang’ sound and reached in front of the guy, and grabbed his head.

” Shut up. I can’t stand it anymore. You want to talk? Do whatever you want. But, you can’t. Your mouth will disappear before you even say anything. ”

He just banged his head on the floor and started dragging himself towards the far wall.

The face of the guy who was stuck to the floor with a ‘thud!’ and was swept away started to soak the floor with black, mud-like blood, but it didn’t matter anyway.

There’s no need for me to worry about this kind of guy.

The voice of a guy screaming as his skin was scraped against the floor with a ‘kwakwakwak’ sound.

” Kyaaak! Th, stop! I can’t… sleep…! ”

I lifted the head of the guy I had dragged from the floor and threw him against the wall with a ‘bang!’

The guy with his face stuck in the wall was shaking his body, making his body tremble, and I felt relieved as I watched him.

” Phew~ I feel relieved now. ”

I turned my head and looked at the floor where I had dragged the guy, burning the dirty blood on my hands with fire.

Sticky black blood on the floor. The broken godhood of Thanatos can be felt there.

As I reached out my hand towards it, black smoke from the sticky black blood flew towards my hand and started to be absorbed into my body, making me just chuckle.

‘He really isn’t human anymore.’

I waited for the guy howling at the wall, feeling that my body was no longer that of a normal person.

To finish him off completely, I’ll have to pay him back… just like he did to everyone else.

*****

Choi Si-woo, whose face was pinned against the wall, was filled with anger rather than pain.

Charlotte, a woman who until recently had clearly been considered a toy to be played with.

From the moment I first met her, I could tell that she was the vessel of God that the cult leader Oh Hyuk-jin spoke of. That was why I wanted to play with her before she was ruined.

But when he met her, it was already too late, and he felt bad seeing the burr following him around, but he tried to hide his swollen lower body as he thought about when that burr stole her from him.

The image of her with those rascals kept flashing before my eyes, so I even put on a show that I couldn’t do to please them.

Clearly, he thought that he would return from another world and be treated like the main character in this world, but since that didn’t happen, he did everything he could to at least get what he wanted.

Of course, while acting as Choi Young-wol, I tried to reach out to her younger sister, Yoo Ji-ah, to tease Yoo Ji-seong, whom I would meet again someday, but since she was also so angry, I tried to take it slow at the time.

The girl I met at that time. Charlotte was a fruit so tempting that she made me forget Yujia, even her. When I found out that the fruit was connected to Yujisung, my smile didn’t leave my face even after several days.

‘ Yeah, everything was almost going according to plan. Until just a moment ago…! Shit! ‘

He deliberately became the leader of the reconnaissance team and led them to kill them in order to steal their abilities that he had been keeping an eye on. Of course, in the process, he also got to catch the old man that the leader had mentioned.

After that, things were really going the way I wanted them to, so I was really happy.

Because the moment has come for me to reveal my identity right in front of you and eat the delicious fruit.

‘But that bitch ruined everything…! ‘

The tempting fruit was actually a monster that was devouring him. So he decided to change his methods.

To deal with the burrowers, not her.

He slowly lifted his head, leaning both hands against the wall, and immediately swung both hands.

” Okay! Since it’s come to this! Let’s go together!!! ”

Choi Si-woo created a portal right behind himself and entered it, disappearing into oblivion.

When he emerged from the portal again, what he saw was the memorial hall where he had been fighting just a moment ago.

As he waved both his hands, a huge ring of flame appeared in the sky and began to engulf the memorial in its entirety.

” Okay… Let’s see if you’re that confident there too… ”

*****

I was wondering what the guy who came out of the wall was doing, but he did something like this. It seems like the guy who said he didn’t know his abilities well was right.

The building started to shake and thanks to the guy disappearing, I could see outside and there was a giant ring coming down from the sky swallowing up the building.

‘Tsk!’ I clicked my tongue and ignored the guy, quickly heading towards where everyone was.

” What’s happening right now?! ”

Yeonseo noticed that I had come and shook my shoulder and asked.

” I think the guy is thinking of moving this whole place. So for now… ”

I put my hand on Sister Jia’s body lying on the floor and checked her condition.

After the guy pierced her heart and broke her brooch, her body, which was waiting for death, was barely holding on to its life thanks to Hyun-seok’s intervention.

Yes, I was just holding my breath, but the wounds were not healing and were still there.

As I began to search for the cause, sending out divine power, I felt the aura of Thanatos from my head.

” Haa, you really did something like this? You’re a meticulous guy. ”

After placing my left hand on my chest and my right hand on my head, I began to pour out my divine power. My brother, Ji-seong, who was watching me, asked me if there was a problem.

” I was barely holding on to my life thanks to the brooch. But… the guy had a ‘shard’ planted in his head. ”

” Fragments…? What does that mean…? ”

” Hmm… Maybe, it seems like he used Choi Young-wol’s ability. Maybe, you can think of it as an insurance policy that will allow him to come back to life in this body when he dies. ”

” What?! What the…. That son of a bitch… Not only was he my friend, he tried to take my sister’s body too? ”

” Just in case, it was a good thing I checked it myself. ”

As if a ‘clank!’ sound was heard, the debris in Sister Jia’s head was removed and her body began to regenerate quickly.

A heart is formed in the large, gaping wound, new flesh is growing, and her skin is starting to come back to life. Even though things are returning to normal, her condition is showing no signs of improving, and fear is creeping in.

‘If, like this… my body returns to normal but my consciousness doesn’t return, what should I do…?’

He had already lost so much blood and his heart was gone that the blood that was left in his body was not circulating.

The power contained in the brooch simply kept the flame of life from going out. Therefore, it was highly likely that her consciousness would not return.

After completely healing her body, I took my hands off her body and looked at my brother Ji-seong.

” The treatment… is over. But… I don’t know when I’ll regain consciousness. This is… outside the realm of healing. ”

” That’s what they call a coma…?”

” Maybe… I lost too much blood… and even if Hyunseok oppa gave me the brooch, there was a… time difference. ”

” Golden time… is that what it is? ”

When Yeonseo asked me while slowly caressing her sister’s face, I slowly nodded and answered.

” That’s right. That’s right. But still… there is hope. My sister’s spirit… still remains in her body. ”

When I looked into her divine eyes, I could tell that her soul still remained in her body.

” But there is still hope, right? Right? ”

Hyunseok oppa opened his mouth while stroking my head from behind.

” So let’s all stop being so negative. Rather… Right now, the ground is shaking like this… ”

” Yeah, Choi Siwoo. It looks like that guy is using his powers to move this place. ”

” Do you know where to move it? ”

My brother Ji-seong asked me while hugging my sister’s body after her treatment, and I answered while looking outside.

A blackened tower was faintly visible within the black ring.

” Where we were aiming. ”

Everyone tilted their heads at my words, but soon they seemed to notice and began to make slightly dark expressions.

Yes, the tower of Namsan.

Right now, Choi Si-woo was moving this entire building with us.

I don’t know what the hell he left there, but it doesn’t matter.

No matter what he does, I’m going to finish him off.