episode_0378

I eventually retraced my steps and headed towards Hell in the guise of the dead.

“Do you know how?”

Hell nods.

“Accept us. We’ll take care of everything after that!”

“···I know that you were killed by servants.”

Ironically, I am finally feeling it.

bowels of the earth. Where my eyes reach. sky.

Hell is staring at me from every direction.

In fact, tens of thousands of pairs of red lights that appeared on the horizon were pointing straight at me from all directions.

“Do you know who I am?”

“Servant’s agent.”

“Then why are you asking me to do that?”

“Because you are the devil’s agent who defended us!”

···It did.

Dantalian is the only servant who opposed burning Laobia.

He must be the only servant who understands Ajin’s physiology.

“If you looked at me, you would know how insignificant I am.”

“You know the topic well. That’s right, you’re just a little dreamer. But he is Dantalian’s agent.”

“The bravery I wrote doesn’t make me a noble person.”

Hell is staring at me.

But soon, he got away from me.

“You will need our help. I’m waiting until then.”

Are you waiting?

Even the way he spoke changed.

Something is clearly different from before.

The soul cannot remember and lives oblivious to time.

But doesn’t this hell’s words seem to mean that they don’t rewind?

“···Who are you?”

It would have been like this.

It had to be like this.

The Hibi Desert is ultimately the land of the Laobian Empire, which boasted a population of hundreds of millions of people.

At first glance, the forces of hell that had swallowed up that huge karma were so strong that it felt like the horizon was on fire.

Grumbling—!

The dead man’s shell burns, and a ‘mouth’ appears from within.

As soon as it opened its mouth, a face with numerous eyes appeared.

Nothing has changed since the time he ate Johnny and Jenny.

“I am Pluto’s sword. It’s hell.”

The teeth are so huge that it gives you chills, and the tongue rolls.

It smiles at me and looks at me with dozens of eyes packed into its mouth.

What’s different from before is that he’s speaking.

“I want to ask you something.”

“What’s inside you?”

“···Yes.”

“That’s me. I touched your weakness to meet you. Pretending to be a trash can.”

So, you ate something you didn’t need to eat on your own?

Somehow, there was something inside my body that I had never seen before!

“Oh, don’t look at me like that. Because eating that ‘young thing’ was my own gift.”

Hell smiles creepy.

“What does it mean?”

“I will take care of that. When you leave the Hibi Desert, you must never say that I took care of that ‘little one’. Because if you do that, great misfortune will definitely come to you.”

“It was Neptune who arranged the meeting with you.”

“As usual, I would have followed the servant. But now that Pluto has chosen me, I have free will like you.”

I was very annoyed.

Are you saying you won’t always tell me the truth?!

Why do I have to live without knowing anything?!

“Couldn’t you just tell me in a clear way?!”

“Even if your soul and mind cannot be read, the brain inside your head created by the servant still belongs to the servant. Will the servant not be able to see through that?”

It means that it penetrates my brain and my hippocampus.

no! I already knew that!

But then, shouldn’t it come out like this at all?

“But didn’t I already hear that?! Then…!”

“Ah, I guess I can’t see you. The devil standing next to you.”

···Dantalian?

Are you sure he’s here?

“The devil is spreading a curtain in your head and around you. So that the other servants don’t notice. I’ll keep acting, and you’ll have to keep up your silly play with me.”

He doesn’t even show up to me.

However, it was clear that he was here.

The servants are small men who burned this vast land because they cut down the totem.

There is no way such people would allow treason.

“Keep in mind. Unless you want to lose everything with just one word.”

“···What should I do?”

“You just have to ask your devil. I will accept the favor of hell.”

It’s so sudden.

But the words of hell were the truth without a speck of falsehood.

“Now, please hurry.”

This is a big quarter for me.

A very large quarter.

I have to choose.

Whether to believe the words of hell or not.

“Hell…”

“Come on!”

I am···.

“I will accept your favor.”

I’m tired of living just to be treated.

* * * * * *

After that, nothing was found until they crossed the Hibi Desert.

nothing.

Soon the ground became solid, and the greenery I missed welcomed me.

We have arrived at the meadow of grace.

My journey is now over.

My mind was so complicated.

From what hell told me, what to say when I meet Lexi.

“Hu…”

I’m home? how have you been doing? sorry?

Will Lexi understand that I have to go find Jules?

···What if you forgot me?

What if you have already started a life with someone else?

Then I…

I cleared out my clogged heart.

Lexi could have left me.

I don’t even want to imagine it, but it’s been 13 years.

Rounding off, that’s 14 years.

Children remember the world from the age of five.

The memories and years that passed from a child to an adult must have accumulated for Lexi.

But in reality, the time we spent together was one year.

Who will wait for a lover who has disappeared for this long?

If you are waiting, I will really do my best to love you.

Even without Lexi, I have already decided what I plan to do.

Climb the highest mountain and find Jool with the help of Mercurius.

And after killing Harold, he will retire to the world.

If that is not possible, face death and throw away your memories.

Let’s gain that unknown intuition and live a happy next life.

That’s all.

I don’t like being played around by people who don’t know who I am.

‘Let’s eat comfortably.’

Whether the cat in the box is dead or alive is not for me to decide.

I walked through the still cool Meadow of Grace.

A large Suyang Lake is visible.

Even the house on the hill.

It’s the house I’ve wanted to see for so long, but my steps feel heavy.

But eventually we arrived home.

At my house.

There is no sign of anything right now.

Things like that happen, too.

Because it’s still daylight.

Lexi used to nap even in broad daylight.

I might have found some kind of job.

Grass grows between the boards… because he doesn’t like troublesome things.

Fading or splitting of color is inevitable.

It’s fading because of the sun, what can I do?

Doesn’t having money make you too lazy?

The stables and vegetable garden that were being built remain the same as before.

You say you want to raise horses, but how can you say that nothing has changed?

I’ll have to say something when I get back.

Slam! I’m going to have a good time…

‘I don’t even know how to speed up the text.’

I opened the door and stepped inside the house.

This desolate house, which did not seem to be popular in the slightest, was even blooming with greenery.

“Haaaa······.”

I sat down in the chair and let out a sigh that filled my lungs.

─You left.

It was so long ago that not even the smell remained.

It’s natural.

“You flew away like a blue bird…”

I sat down and hung around haphazardly.

I didn’t have enough strength to sit down and pay attention.

From the beginning, I knew I was going to die, so I gifted my property to Lexi in advance. It was a sin in itself for a guy like that to meet a woman.

‘It probably wasn’t that bad.’

You earned 2.7 billion Zenarius in one year, right?

He became a ‘billionaire’.

If I could make trillions of dollars in just one year, I would do my best.

Because it was a breakup I had been thinking about for a long time.

It looked different than I thought, but it wasn’t as painful as I thought.

It became peaceful again.

For me it was half a year ago, for Lexi it was 14 years ago.

Who would wait 13 years for someone they only met for 1 year?

‘Unless you’re crazy, you won’t do that.’

This means that Lexi is not crazy.

Lexi survived my death.

It didn’t collapse.

‘The living must live.’

I am dead.

You shouldn’t be caught up in your past life.

I just need to find my life.

Besides, you can’t stop just yet.

First, let’s climb the highest mountain.

And let’s get a clue about Juul.

I tried to stand up, but stopped dead in my tracks.

‘Why do I work so hard?’

Was it necessary?

Isn’t it okay to do it in moderation?

My body wasn’t tired, but my mind was.

‘Let’s take a break for today.’

I opened the door to an unfamiliar bedroom and walked inside.

* * * * * *

I woke up on a bed where the smell had gone away.

As expected, even on a day like this and a night like this, my carnal desires were intense.

I felt ashamed, wondering if I was the kind of person who exposed women like this.

I felt like it was right to break up with a man like this.

Since I couldn’t find any ingredients, I ended up having beef jerky for breakfast.

In the leather pouch on the shelf next to the bed we shared, there were twenty gold Zenarius coins, small copper coins, and silver coins mixed together.

‘It’s heavy.’

It seems that my heart becomes as abundant as my money.

This is a house filled with memories that last less than half a year.

I was able to empty my mind easily.

Where did Lexi go without even taking any money?

I took the money bag, tied it to my belt, opened the door, and went out.

Because a guest has arrived.

Drake is standing in front of the gate, glaring at me.

“What’s going on?”

“How can you speak the words of a dragon…you…”

Drake approaches me with his nose wrinkled, and then he looks down at me.

“He must have died?”

“Anyway, it’s standing right in front of you.”

“Are you back?”

“I will go out again.”

Drake snorts as if he’s touring.

“I assure you, you will be beaten to death by this landlord.”

“Of course.”

The tone is full of ridicule.

I nodded and smiled yes.

I don’t know why Drake pretends to know Lexi, but doesn’t it seem like Talking Two knows her well?

“Do you know where that person went?”

“He said he was going to look for you. He asked me to protect this house.”

Hope burns.

Did Lexi go looking for me too?

“When did you go?”

“14 years ago.”

14 years ago.

It was a time when I died and did not even exist in this world.

“···Has there been any news so far? Even if it’s something trivial.”

“There was none.”

Drake stared at me, then turned around.

“Go to Mercurius. Because she headed there.”

Lexi also went to Mercurius.

And, you must have been informed that I was dead.

That’s why I didn’t come back to this house.

If there’s one thing I learned after losing my parents, it’s that hometown follows traces of life.

In other words, no matter which country you live in, your hometown is where your parents and family are.

Conversely, if you do not have parents and family, any hometown is a foreign country.

That’s why Lexi didn’t come back.

“···Thank you.”

Only now was I able to put my mind in order.

Drake’s ears itchd as if they were itching.