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“Cough! Cough! Coloook! Oh my!”

“······.”

It was ominous from the beginning.

It was strange that Kern had neglected Linda even though she had become like that.

Cairn, who treats her like her own daughter, doesn’t try to fix that.

Although I expected it to some extent.

When I get the correct answer, I feel even more bitter.

It wasn’t that Kern didn’t fix Linda.

It was something that ‘couldn’t’ be fixed.

“Eugene. Is it you…”

“They said it was a cataract. How did you know?”

“Yon Seok-a······. It’s not my real name yet…”

Cairn wakes up coughing and coughing.

Next to him, his wife and daughter hold Cairn with worried faces.

When I saw that, I couldn’t help but smile.

He said he was going to take care of the family he had neglected.

It seems that the reunion over the past three years has been successful.

Even though Cairn looks like a dying old man now, he seems happier than ever.

“Did you come to criticize me? I’m sorry… Because I couldn’t stop Linda… I should have at least left a warning… To be honest, I thought you were dead and forgot about you.”

Kairn opens up about his true feelings.

I may say this as if I were being disrespectful, but I never felt hurt or disappointed.

Yes, because this is normal.

It’s special to hang yourself and wait for three years, firmly believing that someone who is obviously dead is still alive.

“It looks like you lived quite happily.”

“It’s me, but…there hasn’t been a day when I haven’t stopped worrying. I am an old man, but my children still have time to live…”

Cairn coughs again, his voice trailing off.

Even though it was only a small part of it, Cairne would not have had any peace of mind after hearing about this part of the destruction of this world.

But from now on, you can relax.

Cairn’s face, which was full of worry, is seen gradually regaining peace.

“Don’t worry. I’m back. Now you can close your eyes in peace.”

“Yekki! Cough! Cooler! Wow! Hey! I’m suffering from a cold, but they’re all treating me like a dying corpse! Ah-oh! If you’re going to be like this, get out of here!”

“······.”

Wasn’t he dying?

Come to think of it, Cairn is still in his 60s.

It’s because I’m so presbyopic, but it looks like I’m not close to dying yet.

Feeling slightly embarrassed, I approached Cairn, who was sulking and had his back turned.

“You need a wind-up machine. A sturdy, sturdy wind-up machine.”

“······How much.”

“Enough to withstand the load of 9th level magic.”

“No, what… Are you planning to create a weapon of mass destruction? There’s nothing that can’t build a machine that can withstand level 9 magic, but you won’t be able to find a core that can withstand it. What if it’s that level of magic stone…”

“There is. Don’t worry, we’ve already secured the magic stone to use as a nuclear weapon. All you need is a wind-up machine.”

“······.”

Cairn opens his mouth wide and looks at me with his eyes turning gray.

He had a face that made me want to ask him how on earth he got that magic stone, but he seemed to be holding his breath and holding his breath.

Thanks to this, the story did not fall into Samcheonpo.

“I could make a wind-up machine like that, but as you can see, the eyes are like this… I guess I should leave it to my daughter.”

“But… Linda’s limbs were blown off while I was suppressing her. This means that work cannot proceed.”

Fortunately, with parts of Draken removed, Linda is now a completely trustworthy ally.

But the problem is that all of his limbs have been amputated.

Emergency repairs have begun, but it appears that it will take quite some time to reattach the limbs with enough precision to make the work possible.

Even if you keep it to a minimum, it lasts all day…

And Linda also needs time to assemble a new clockwork machine, so by then the world will have already been destroyed.

“Hehehe. Linda is definitely my precious daughter, but I’m not talking about her. I’m giving this guy away. ruler. Say hello.”

“Ah, hello…”

“······?”

A small girl steps forward and bows her head as if shy.

This left me dumbfounded for a moment.

What are you going to do with this girl?

“What should I do? I have someone to marry.”

“Yekki! You bastard! You give me my precious daughter…! Cough! Wow! Should I just give it to you…! I’m telling you to leave the work to this guy! Even if he looks unreliable, his skills are certain. He is the best student I taught before my eyesight got to this point, and he is one of the few engineers I recognize…”

Cairn is very excited and screams loudly.

So much so that Cairn would admit it?

This little girl?

With Cairn’s personality, there’s no way he would have cared for her just because she was his daughter.

If so, it really means that he has far superior skills than many of the engineers who have passed through Cairn so far.

If Cairn says this, I have no choice but to believe it.

“Okay then. Please take care of it. All the required specifications are listed here, so you can start working right away. If you need any materials or parts, please contact the Coalition through Linda. Anything, really, don’t hesitate to ask for everything.”

“Yes. Then, when is the deadline…”

“Until tomorrow. There are no deadline extensions. By tomorrow, even if everything else is incomplete, the core part must be completed.”

“Heeek······.”

A girl looks back at her father, making a sound like she is out of breath.

It looked like he was asking if this was correct, but Cairn just nodded calmly.

okay. A top-notch engineer would have to take on such an absurd task.

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The news spread all over the world.

Eugene, the hero who disappeared after defeating the Necromancer, has returned.

It was news that he had destroyed the remnants of the undead army and tamed the great evil.

There was a minor problem in the middle, the betrayal of the 1st Fleet, but this was quickly suppressed.

The world has regained peace.

There is no threat to this world anymore.

A world where you don’t have to worry about an unknown enemy suddenly appearing and pouring out magical energy, or an army of undead coming in the middle of the night and stabbing you.

A world where everyone can stretch out and sleep safely.

The Union declared the completion of such a world and began the process of disbanding.

finished.

The long and tiresome war is over.

There were voices that doubted whether this was really the end, but all of that was drowned out by people filled with hope.

The ominous voice came from nowhere.

“······Did I let my guard down?”

“I hope you did.”

Eugene chanted, concentrating on the dramatic light that spread across the heavens and earth.

The light had already covered the entire city, conveying its entire essence to Eugene.

The joy of joy and the thoughts of people enjoying their daily lives with peace of mind flow in.

However, Eugene’s eyes twisted at the black figure sandwiched between them.

Draken’s power had not yet been fully recovered.

Although most of it was recovered and concentrated on Linda, there were still parts of Draken left here and there for surveillance purposes.

And the same goes for people within the coalition.

Eugene could not reveal everything about the operation except to those who had carefully investigated the world inside.

Therefore, the only people who share the overall operation are the three heroines, Belphegor, and TBD.

They decided to pretend to end the war against the unknown enemy and disband the alliance so that the rest would not even know that the operation was in progress in the first place.

All operational stages were scattered around the world.

Cairn’s daughter is making a wind-up machine.

Tei is doing the final inspection of the magic stone that will be combined with the clockwork machine.

The remaining airships are undergoing renovation.

Everyone involved in the operation probably doesn’t even know what they’re doing.

They’ll just think I’m being weird, as usual.

But if you put them all together, the ultimate weapon that will fulfill your desires is completed.

‘Is it my greed…’

And my mind is still uneasy.

In the end, everything is my greed.

Even though there is a sure way to save this world.

I’m afraid of being forcibly sent back to the real world, so I can’t choose.

They are gambling, risking the destruction of this world as collateral.

Do I deserve this?

Those worries just won’t go away from me.

“······It’s frustrating.”

“What?”

“······Eu Jin-eun, someone else’s. Just think, do it. Baby, yourself. Always, without even thinking about it. None.”

“······.”

Isn’t that a slightly different problem from this?

Mijeong puffed out her cheeks and bit my arm as if she was a little angry.

|People look up to you as a hero, but no matter how you look at it, it doesn’t seem that way. Any hero never loses confidence that the path he is taking is the right path.

“That is correct. I am a coward who cannot be sure based on intuition alone.”

That’s why I’m weak at investing and gambling.

A natural citizen.

He is an ordinary citizen who exists everywhere and cannot jump in without a clear basis, and always regrets it only when it is too late.

|But where’s the bad point in that? I think it would be better to constantly doubt and suffer like you, rather than those who are confident that they are right while walking the wrong path. And even though you talk so hard, aren’t you the one who ultimately follows the path you believe is right? Even if you hesitate, you’re not the type of person to give up. That’s why you’re special. A special reason even though he is not a hero.|

“······.”

|I would like to give you special confidence.|

Before I knew it, Belphegor slipped out of the scabbard, transformed into a humanoid, and placed his mouth next to my ear.

|He is a person who has lived in a far-off void for a time too long for us to fathom.|

“I know that.”

|Then imagine now. The emotions that a dimensional entity that has gained intelligence will feel one day when it learns of the existence of this world. What did you think when you found out that you weren’t alone in this vast void?|

“······!”

My eyes widened at those words.

The reason why Draken comes to this world.

I think I understand a little bit why they rush at me without any hesitation.