episode_0382

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When was the last time you felt this nervous? Nivir thought.

I wanted to swallow, but for some reason my throat and tongue didn’t listen.

My mouth gets dry all the time, and my hands are shaking. An indescribable fear overwhelmed her body.

Nivir closed his eyes tightly, feeling as if his body was being crushed.

She was strangely familiar with this atmosphere that was constricting her.

I experienced this sensation once, but I couldn’t remember exactly what it was.

“Huh? Didn’t you hear me?”

The sight of Loki smiling while cupping his hands over his ears was humorous yet eerie.

Ah, I understand. Nivir realized.

The name of this feeling that was constricting her was fear of death.

“Seo, senior.”

Nivir, who had barely swallowed her saliva, opened her mouth, but Loki had no intention of giving her any space.

“Do I need some time? Cute junior! Time is passing. Tick tock.”

Loki made a clock sound with his mouth.

The fact that a level 1 official spoke like this meant that he had already figured out the entire incident.

Nivir was not so foolish that he could not even think about it. Rather, it belonged to the capable side.

If you tell everything honestly, you can at least avoid embarrassment.

Nivir placed his hand on his chest and pressed his pounding heart. The heartbeat was clearly conveyed through the palm of my hand.

“2, Nivir, a second-level dimensional manager… I will tell you the truth.”

Controlling his trembling voice, Nivir opened his closed eyes.

Then Loki smiled and returned his lower back to its original state, which had been bent towards Nivir.

“Don’t say it.”

“Yes?”

Nivir’s eyes widened at Loki’s words.

“Our junior has a bad habit of asking questions back?”

Loki rubbed his palms together as if he were about to eat delicious food.

Nivir closed and opened his hands repeatedly. My hands were sweating profusely.

It felt like I had returned to being mortal for the first time in a long time.

Loki slowly approached Nivir.

Every step he took took Nivir’s breath away.

“I’m in a good mood, so I’ll tell you one more time. Don’t say anything.”

As the dimples appeared at the corners of Loki’s mouth, which was pulled up to its fullest extent, he spat out one syllable at a time.

Nivir just froze in place and stared at Loki’s mouth.

Loki, who was looking at his junior’s face as stiff as a statue, smiled again and turned his back.

“I just made an interesting discovery and told it to my junior.”

“Senior, actually…”

“Second-level dimensional management god Nivir.”

Nivir began to speak, but Loki cut him off right away.

“If you tell me something the truth, I have no choice but to act as a level 1 dimensional manager, right? Is that really what you want?”

Loki asked, prolonging his speech.

Nivir closed his eyes. He couldn’t figure out the intention of this being who was spinning and laughing in front of him.

What was certain was that Loki had no intention of revealing her mistake and that she had no choice but to take the hand he held out.

“It seems like Senior Loki had an unusual experience.”

Nivir wasn’t sure if it was right to say this.

“Right? It was so amazing?”

But it didn’t take long for that anxiety to turn into relief.

“What do you plan to do in the future?”

Nivir had no choice but to move forward, even though he knew he was stepping into a swamp.

“Huh? What?”

“You discovered something unusual… Do you plan to report it to the management?”

“No? I don’t think so?”

“Then?”

“I’m just there.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Which one?”

Loki tilted his head at Nivir’s words.

“Since you are very interested in mortals who have traveled through dimensions, I thought you would either pursue their whereabouts or report it to the Bureau.”

Nivir slowly expressed his thoughts. Loki grinned at his clever junior’s words.

“Well, Athena would have done that, right? is not it? If it had been Athena, she might have been dismissed on the spot?”

“…….”

Nivert made a face that seemed even more incomprehensible to those words that seemed like a threat.

“It seems to have something to do with the recently increasing discrepancy in causality? So I decided to leave it alone.”

“I think what you are saying is inconsistent, senior.”

“Is that so? Not me.”

“Senior, I think I am ignorant and cannot follow your thoughts. Sorry, this is a rude question, but would you mind if I ask you one?

Nivir looked at Loki.

“Questions from excellent juniors who graduated first place are welcome.”

“Senior, aren’t you interested in dimensional stability?”

“Hmm… That’s a very bold question, isn’t it?”

“Sorry.”

Nivir quickly lowered his head.

“Haha, I didn’t mean to scold you… I was just amazed that you could come up with such an idea.”

Kids these days are smart. Loki stuck out his tongue.

“Managing causality at all levels is the duty of level management. And I am a dimension manager. Was there an answer?”

Loki shrugged his shoulders and answered.

“But what you said seems far from that.”

To that standard answer, Nivir added something else.

“Huh? Isn’t it a bit new to hear such a story from a junior?”

As Loki laughed, Nivir’s face turned red.

It wasn’t something the person who caused this situation would have said.

“Still, since you asked, I guess I have to give you an answer.”

Frowning, Loki winked. He placed his mouth next to Nivir’s ear, as if he were going to tell a great secret.

And whispered.

“I wish those mortals would go through more dimensions and break the causal law.”

Nivir distanced himself and rubbed his ears with his hands.

His face was full of embarrassment, as if he couldn’t believe what he had just heard.

“Sir, just now, you said it was your duty as a dimensional manager…”

“Yes, I did.”

“The front and back do not match….”

“Well, junior, it might seem that way. Think carefully.”

Loki tapped Nivir on the shoulder and walked toward the door.

“Senior!”

Nivir shouted to Loki’s back as he walked away.

“Huh?”

“Sir, what on earth are you aiming for?”

“It seems like I’m a bad person since you say you’re after me.”

Loki just shrugged his shoulders once again as his junior looked at him with questions and doubts.

“I just want to see fun things.”

As Loki left the meeting room, waving his hand with a harmless expression, Nivir slumped down in his seat.

“…What on earth is going on?”

She was hating Lanael even more today.