episode_0296

After briefly summarizing the situation.

Jeong Yushin decided to introduce an acquaintance who was waiting outside.

The boob guy sat down.

“How are you going to explain us?”

Jeong Yushin stroked his chin.

“That’s true.”

That another dimension’s version of me came to this place.

Wouldn’t it be difficult to understand, even for someone from the Labyrinth City?

‘But I have to try.’

Jeong Yushin, who had been contemplating, opened his mouth.

“I have to explain it as it is. And I’m warning you, don’t treat them like you treat me. At least show some respect.”

The ‘Scars’ nodded at Jeong Yushin’s serious gaze.

Jeong Yushin called the women and the Magic Tower elders.

Karin, Mion, Vivian, Sian, and Rin, who had been waiting outside, rushed in.

Karin stepped forward first. Her gaze was fixed on the wolf beastman with thick black fur.

“Scar, who are these people?”

“They are my clones. Me from another dimension.”

Karin perked up her red wolf ears.

“Hmm. It’s difficult.”

The wolf beastman looked at Karin’s face and smiled gently.

“It’s not that difficult. Think of it as another Scar who received a different engraving than the handsome friend here, and formed different relationships.”

“Like a doppelganger?”

“Similar.”

Karin’s cheeks flushed slightly at the black wolf beastman’s polite answer.

“Ah. Uh-huh. Thank you. I understand.”

Sian gave a gentle smile.

“Is that so? As expected of the Labyrinth City. There are many amazing things.”

Vivian quietly stared at the guy in the robe, and the guy in the robe, noticing Vivian’s gaze, also looked at Vivian.

“…”

There wasn’t much conversation, but they seemed to understand something.

At that time.

The white rat, Rin, slowly climbed onto the table and looked at the black rat sprawled out there.

“Squeak?”

Rin hesitated and then bravely called out to the black rat, but the black rat didn’t even pretend to hear.

“…”

Rin took another step closer and poked the black rat’s shoulder.

“Squeak squeak?”

The black rat didn’t even answer, instead turning its head away.

“Squeak…”

Rin drooped her shoulders with a sullen expression.

Immediately, Jeong Yushin’s face turned fierce.

“Rat, what did I just say? I told you to be respectful.”

The black rat glared at Jeong Yushin and then, as if he couldn’t help it, looked at Rin.

“Squeak.”

“Squeak?!”

At his answer, Rin’s eyes sparkled and she grabbed the black rat’s paw and shook it.

“Squeak squeak!”

Rin, with a delighted smile, squeaked excitedly.

Only then did Jeong Yushin’s expression soften.

Two adorable rats getting to know each other on the table.

‘Cute.’

The other Scars also looked at Rin and the black rat with slightly softened faces.

The robe guy watched for a while and then approached Matthias and Radamant.

The two Magic Tower elders flinched.

What should they say?

The robe man emitted a strange aura.

The only similarity to Scar was his black hair.

His eyes were sharper and his personality seemed worse.

“Were you just thinking I have a bad personality?”

The robe Scar immediately hit the nail on the head.

“N, not at all. I was just nervous because your magical power is unusual.”

Radamant stroked his goat beard as he replied.

The robe guy watched Radamant’s hand and smiled wickedly.

“Old man, your hand is shaking? Or is it your beard that’s shaking?”

“Hoo… Hoo…”

It felt like his heart was being gripped. Radamant immediately abandoned his composed attitude and breathed roughly.

‘Even though we just met!’

Standing in front of this robe man, he felt naked.

It was like looking into the abyss?

He could instinctively tell. He was a man more deeply buried in darkness than the original Scar.

“You’re the Magic Tower elders, right? I heard from that gigolo-like guy that there’s a problem with the magic tool analysis. I’ll help you.”

“R, really?”

“Of course.”

The robe guy smiled once more.

An eerie and sinister smile.

Radamant felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the robe Scar’s smile.

It was like.

‘Isn’t this like making a deal with the devil?’

“Uh…”

Radamant stammered. He couldn’t come to his senses as he looked at those red eyes.

Matthias stepped forward as if to divert the robe Scar’s attention.

“Amazing. Are you a Scar with deep knowledge of magic?”

The robe Scar’s eyes narrowed like a snake’s.

“Deep knowledge? That’s a funny thing to say.”

The gazes of the people, including Jeong Yushin, were focused.

The robe Scar spread his arms wide as if enjoying the attention.

“I am the progenitor of magic. The pioneer of the arcane. One who explores the secrets and knowledge of the abyss, and gazes into the workings of the stars and the chaos of outer space.”

Matthias’s eyes widened.

“A… Arcanist!”

The robe Scar smiled sinisterly, his red eyes shining.

“Not the exact answer, but close. That’s me.”

The people at the inn looked surprised.

But the other ‘Scars’ didn’t look very impressed.

“Haha. You’re like a Scar who’s just hit puberty.”

“You’re going to seriously regret this later. Kroo-rleung.”

“I’m the one who gazes into the chaoz of outher shpace. Ebebe.”

“Squeak.”

Mockery immediately followed. The Arcanist guy’s cheeks flushed slightly.

Jeong Yushin glared at the Arcanist guy with a displeased expression.

“Don’t scare people, you ugly bastard.”

The Arcanist guy drooped his shoulders.

“…I was just telling the truth.”

Jeong Yushin looked at the guy who had become sullen and opened his mouth.

“Anyway, since you’re knowledgeable about magic, you can help the Magic Tower elders. But I’m not going to force you. Rest if you want to rest.”

“I understand.”

The Arcanist guy sat sprawled on the table and replied.

The boob guy also sat down and placed his heavy chest on the table.

“Haa. I’m tired.”

Sian, as well as Karin and Vivian, who saw that sight, approached the female Scar with shining eyes.

Karin leaned over the table and looked at the guy’s large breasts.

“Hey, Scar. What engraving did you get? You’ve become a complete woman?!”

The boob guy glanced at Jeong Yushin and opened his mouth.

“A Gender Swap engraving. An engraving that reverses male and female genders.”

Jeong Yushin interjected.

“A Gender Reversal engraving?”

“More precisely, it’s male and female gender reversal. Have you seen it before?”

“A long time ago.”

As soon as the dry Q&A ended.

The women sat next to the TS Scar and made a fuss.

“Your skin is so clear. Amazing.”

“That’s right. I’m so jealous. How do you take care of your skin?”

The boob guy scratched his cheek as if this warm welcome was awkward.

“R, really? I don’t really know.”

“Ooooh! You’re an innocent beauty!”

The TS Scar and the women began to chatter and laugh.

The wolf beastman, Arcanist, and middle-aged man gathered and approached Jeong Yushin.

Jeong Yushin immediately realized what they wanted.

“The rooms are on the second floor. Just grab any room and use it.”

“I will.”

After a fairly long conversation ended.

The Magic Tower elders, Vivian, and Mion left the inn and waved their hands.

“See you later.”

Mion greeted on behalf of them.

“Yes. Priestess Mion, I’ll visit you tomorrow. We can talk about the things we couldn’t talk about then.”

A shadow briefly fell over Mion’s face.

“Yes.”

Jeong Yushin saw the people off, cleaned up the inn, and then went up to the second floor and entered his room.

“Hoo.”

Jeong Yushin, who threw himself on the bed, let out a deep sigh.

Four people and one animal.

It wasn’t a good situation.

But he was glad that they didn’t mistreat his acquaintances to suit his stubborn demands.

‘Maybe they’re not such bad guys.’

Honestly.

He didn’t hate them. It was another version of ‘me’ struggling to survive in their respective environments.

‘I want to talk a little more.’

He would have to keep his distance and watch them more.

Jeong Yushin closed his eyes.

* * *

Three days passed.

The ‘Scars’ wandered around the familiar yet new Labyrinth City.

Jeong Yushin left the ‘Scars’ alone.

They must be curious about the subtly changed environment.

‘There’s another reason, though.’

During that time, Jeong Yushin met Mion and cleared up the misunderstanding about the dimensional travel magic tool.

“Priestess Mion, I didn’t intend to leave somewhere without saying anything. The magic tool activating was a mistake.”

“…Is that so?”

Mion was silent for a while and then gently took Jeong Yushin’s hand.

“I really, really hate to see Scar-nim leave, but I won’t stop you. You must miss your family, right?”

“…”

“Just tell me, please. I want to be prepared.”

Jeong Yushin gently embraced Mion’s thinly trembling shoulders.

“Mion, I think it will be possible to come back again if I can go. Don’t worry too much. I won’t leave without saying anything.”

Mion’s face brightened at the heartfelt comfort.

“T, that’s right, isn’t it?”

“Yes, of course.”

Like that.

He resolved the accumulated misunderstandings a few days ago.

When Jeong Yushin, who was sitting on the counter chair, finished reminiscing about the past.

The inn door opened, and the Scars rushed in.

The guys sat side by side in front of the counter as if they had something to say.

“Scar, you have a good reputation in the Labyrinth City?”

The boob guy said with a smile.

“I worked hard.”

Jeong Yushin chuckled and replied.

‘Is it finally over?’

The expressions of the guys who had finished investigating him were as relaxed as a warm spring day.

The murderous tension they had when they first met had already disappeared.

“It was true. You drove out the Outer God and protected the Labyrinth City several times.”

“I had help from other people.”

The middle-aged man interjected with a soft smile.

“Is that all? You sponsor abandoned orphans, and act as a shield and advisor for weak small and medium-sized clans. Amazing.”

Jeong Yushin scratched his cheek.

He was embarrassed even though it was praise he was hearing for himself.

“Stop the praise. I just did what I had to do.”

The wolf beastman clicked his tongue.

“But what about the Malrang Fluffy Clan? Those guys seemed to dislike you quite a bit…”

“I hugged them and healed them a bit.”

“Ah… that can’t be helped.”

Everyone nodded.

‘They’re similar in these things.’

Jeong Yushin turned his head and looked at the Arcanist guy.

“Don’t you have anything to say?”

“You lived well. Good job.”

The robe guy turned his head away and said.

The boob guy chuckled.

“What’s with the sudden tsundere?”

“I’m telling you the truth, but you’re still saying something. But Scar.”

The robe guy frowned and continued.

“There are a lot of conflicts with the Eastern District?”

Jeong Yushin scratched his head.

“There were various things.”

“There were too many trash guys, did you go soft a few times?”

“I took in the guys who could be saved in terms of rehabilitation.”

The guy smiled wickedly, his red eyes shining.

“Those guys, they seemed quite displeased? They’re trash guys. We should crush them so they can’t rise again. I’ll clean them up appropriately while analyzing the magic tools.”

“You? You had that much power?”

“…It’s hard to say this myself, but you’re the weakest of us.”

Veins popped out on Jeong Yushin’s forehead at the robe guy’s response.

“What? Follow me to the roof. Let’s sort out the hierarchy.”

The boob guy smiled and spun around.

“Handsome Yushin, that ugly guy is right. You’re the weakest.”

Jeong Yushin made a sullen expression.

“…Really?”

“That’s right.”

The middle-aged man nodded and continued.

“So ‘we’ talked about it, and we planned to do something meaningful since we came here anyway.”

Jeong Yushin tilted his head.

“What kind of thing?”

“There are various things, but first of all, it’s to make you stronger. You haven’t forgotten, have you? ‘Our’ resolution.”

The guys stared intently. A gaze that stung.

The desires that burned like flames in those eyes.

How could he not know?

‘As expected. They were all ‘me’.’

Jeong Yushin’s mouth slowly opened.

“I will definitely survive.”

The ‘Scars’ smiled and nodded.

The middle-aged man smiled brightly.

“Should we start with equipment first? I heard there’s an auction house in the Central District, have you been there?”

“No.”

“Good. Let’s go there tomorrow and see if there are any useful weapons. If not, let’s go to the workshop in the western underground district and prepare equipment.”

At that time.

The boob guy raised his hand.

“Ah! I can’t go. I’m going shopping with your girlfriends.”

Jeong Yushin couldn’t speak.

“…”

‘They even go shopping together? When did they get so close?’

The robe guy also made a troubled expression.

“Actually, I’m also a bit busy. The Magic Tower is grabbing my ankle and begging me not to leave.”

The middle-aged Scar smiled wickedly.

“Then I’ll accompany you.”

The wolf beastman raised his hand and pointed to himself.

“Kroo-rleung. What about me?”

The boob guy poked the wolf beastman’s side.

“What do you mean? Watch the inn. Keep an eye on Rin and the black rat to make sure they’re safe.”

“I understand.”

Jeong Yushin and the ‘Scars’ looked at each other and laughed.

They understood each other perfectly.

It would have been very difficult if they were enemies.

‘I’m glad it worked out well.’

The boob guy stretched his arms out and yawned.

“Kkeueueung!!! I guess it’s roughly over. I need to rest.”

At that moment.

Ting!!!

The button hanging on the puffed-up black shirt bounced off and hit Jeong Yushin’s face.

The ‘Scars’ shut their mouths and watched the scene.

“…”

The TS Scar smiled slyly and pushed out his chest.

“Wow? This works. What? Have you never seen a person’s chest before?”

“Get that away.”

Jeong Yushin frowned and replied.

The TS guy smiled like a cat and pushed his upper body forward. A large chest slumped heavily on the table.

“Why are you acting like such a bumpkin?”

“I’m just saying this in case, but I have a Virgin Female Corruption engraving.”

At Jeong Yushin’s confession, the boob guy retreated faster than the speed of light.

“What?!”

“Hmm.”

“Kroo-rleung!!!”

“Kiyaaaah.”

The ‘Scar’ guys made strange noises and moved away from the counter.

The middle-aged Scar gave a hollow smile.

“Maybe we fell into the world of the most unusual guy.”

The ‘Scars’ nodded in agreement.

Jeong Yushin made a wronged expression.

“I sealed it!”

“You have to believe what you can believe. Don’t come near me.”

“I was wondering why you were so handsome, but it turns out you were the one who had it the easiest among us.”

“Virgin Female Corruption. Crazy. I’m so jealous.”

While Jeong Yushin and the ‘Scars’ were bickering.

A warm spring breeze came into the inn and gently stroked their hair.