episode_0495

“The heavenly ladder has come down again!”

The city was noisy.

“Again?!”

“Who went up this time?”

“People who went up came down?”

All people’s eyes were fixed on the Sky Lake.

We had already come down, but most people hadn’t noticed us.

‘They’re strange people.’

Neptune is the person who will put you down the ladder if you ask him to.

It also meant that I was the only one who could say those words.

Because this is a world where God exists.

“Ahh…! This is so delicious!”

Shir’s tail fluttered like a child.

It looked like a hole-fish egg had hit its mouth.

“Try it too! Come on!”

I obediently accepted and ate the drill fish eggs that Shir held out for me.

“Um…!”

There was no need to pretend to enjoy it.

Because it was a taste that left me amazed, both for the first time and now.

“Isn’t it delicious?!”

“That’s right. Shii would like it too.”

“I should give it to my sister and send it to my mom too.”

I got greedy.

The desire to see the smiles of people I like.

“Please leave a few for me too. There is someone I want to give a gift to.”

“How many?”

“One, fifteen?”

“Tap owner, four children, Dragonia, aunt… three each. Who is the other one?”

Geum-an looked at me as if interrogating me.

“The agent of a servant who is nowhere to be found.”

“You’re a woman, right? A person who doesn’t care.”

“Yes. Not even twenty.”

Sigh! Pussy!

Shir’s blood sword pierced my crotch.

And then they sell it wildly.

“Are you asking me to give you gifts for your mistresses? Do you have a conscience?”

“Jul will like it, right?”

“Oh, what did you do to your aunt?!”

It was an unfamiliar question.

I soon remembered that Shir was a white wolf.

‘You’re probably not attracted to Isabel, are you?’

Jur’s soul sleeps in Isabel’s body.

I decided to tell everything.

“I passed on your father’s spirit. You don’t know how much I cared about you even after death.”

“What?! For some reason, I couldn’t stand up to my aunt…!”

Shir glared at me as if he was in awe.

But even for a moment. Soon his calm expression returned.

“···Did my father do it for me?”

“If it wasn’t for your father’s help, I never would have done it on my own.”

“Did you leave anything for me?”

“You showed it through your actions through me. They say they love you.”

“Really?”

The child-like smiling face was so cute that it almost seemed aggressive.

It’s like I went back 18 years.

“I’ll give you just fifteen.”

“Thank you. Madam.”

Tap! Todog!

Hearing the sound of catharsis, I headed to Golden Road’s headquarters.

Meanwhile, the words Neptune said cannot leave my head.

‘Think from the servant’s perspective.’

What on earth should I think?

Look at Pangea from a servant’s point of view?

When I go back, I think I’ll buy at least a fish tank.

“What are you thinking?”

“I’m trying to understand the servant’s way of thinking, but it’s not easy.”

“Ah! Grandpa knew that well.”

‘A priest?’

Come to think of it, the priest seemed to have some idea of how the world works.

I recalled every detail of my conversation with the priest.

‘This world is the creation of thirteen servants, so if the servants want, the world will be transformed.’

‘Everything on Pangea is the servant’s creation, so all things have no choice but to flow according to the servant’s will.’

‘The only ones who can defy it are those who have received power from another servant or have been given permission to do so.’

‘Even the free will we think of is the will of a servant. If so, I intend to help you according to my free will.’

‘We can’t disobey the servant, but that doesn’t mean we have to cooperate with the servant who stole our granddaughter’s name.’

Servants can warp reality.

Without us knowing. The only ones who can rebel are those who are given permission.

‘Why did you give them free will to rebel in the first place?’

This is what is commonly referred to as a ‘gap’.

Edeline and Seth took advantage of the gap.

The servants couldn’t have been that stupid for it to have been an intentional loophole.

Before we knew it, we had arrived at the headquarters of Golden Road.

“Shir.”

“Huh?”

“From now on, your name is Sur de Arthur.”

“Okay.”

The Golden Road headquarters was nothing short of dazzling.

The marble pillars and floor were reminiscent of a temple, and the gold red carpet draped over the white stairs was neat.

“Let’s go in.”

The guards didn’t really stop us or anything.

In fact, he just glanced at us.

As if I was pretending not to see it.

‘why?’

Occupational illness fills my mind.

“···My heart is beating fast.”

“Don’t say anything strange.”

I pushed the door open.

The first thing that catches your eye is a large chandelier.

─Next, a lot of people and a queue.

Numerous merchants were sitting on chairs, holding number tickets, waiting for their turn.

My eyesight went dark, as if I had stopped by the bank after lunch time.

“···Shall I come later?”

“That’s it. Let’s wait.”

Shir smiles and takes my hand.

The receptionist who distributed number tickets welcomed us with a charming smile.

“Hello. What brought you to Golden Road?”

“I came to meet Jemmy Drucker.”

It was Shir who stepped forward.

The receptionist’s face looks like she’s giving another review.

“···May I ask what happened?”

“If you tell it, he will come.”

“Yes. What can I tell you?”

“Please tell me that a friend from your hometown has come.”

“···Yes?”

“If a friend from your hometown says you are here, you will understand.”

“···Okay.”

This may sound somewhat absurd.

However, the receptionist nodded and climbed the stairs to the second floor.

“Let’s sit here.”

Just as I was about to sit down on the soft sofa.

A dazed-looking Jemmy Drucker came out.

The receptionist was so embarrassed that she ran out after him.

“Dae, Daebang?!”

Jemmy Drucker then found me and approached me with a smile on his face.

‘I’m not.’

Jemmy Dreeker was watching Shir.

“···That person is fake.”

“What?”

“We also attached someone to Golden Road. That person is a guard.”

I don’t think it’s a lie.

Because that man didn’t recognize me.

“It’s been a while! What brought you here?”

“What’s going on? I came to visit my hometown friend in my hometown.”

“Let’s go up and talk.”

Jemmy Drucker leads the way first.

I held Shir’s waist and pulled him, and we walked up to the second floor together.

The receptionist glances at me and Jemmy Drucker, then returns to her seat with a slant.

How long did it take to walk like that?

“···Why did the Warchief come to such a squalid place? Who is that man─”

“You are a noble person. Don’t even think about speaking in vulgar words.”

“Yes!”

‘The military discipline is strong.’

The second floor was not as fancy as the first floor.

This was because it was not a space to welcome guests.

When Jemmy Drucker arrived, his room was extremely frugal.

It smelled nice, but there was nothing to notice.

The second floor itself seems to have been decorated to Jemmy Drucker’s taste.

But the eyes of Jemmy Drucker, who was sitting there, were shining more than anything else.

“It’s been a while.”

“I heard that he passed away… but I don’t think so.”

“It is true that he is dead. But the servant keeps bringing it back to life.”

Jemmy Drucker burst into laughter.

“Even the servant couldn’t find someone more capable than you.”

“Yes. I think so.”

Jemmy Drucker looks me up and down and then looks at Shir.

“The person next to you…”

“I am a saint. She is my wife and Drekkar’s main enemy.”

Was Jemmy Drucker like this?

The expression doesn’t change at all.

“Haha. The main enemy. Do you know how much Drekkar has improved thanks to your spouse?”

Although he treated me quite warmly, Shir’s expression was not that bright.

‘It looks like you’re not interested at all.’

···Is Shirr just friendly to me?

“We are so happy that you have come to visit us again. What brought you to see me?”

“Soon the Hibi Desert will cool down and people will be able to live in it.”

Jemmy Drucker’s brown eyes twinkled.

“···The Hibi Desert is cooling down?”

A long story has begun.

The demi-humans who remained in the human world where all life was created.

The situation in the Hibi Desert.

train.

Trade between Drekkar and Yunaira.

The birth of a new trade route…

“This again…”

Jemmy Drucker was writing down every single detail of the story.

“···What is that train?”

“It is a transport machine that automatically runs in a designated area. You can carry a million pounds with a laugh.”

“Yes?!”

Steam engines do not lag behind in power compared to modern combustible engines.

The reason such steam engines were retired was simply because it was cumbersome to boil water and load it.

” Doesn’t a million bound make sense?!”

“Yes. It means the end of peddlers and the accumulation of wealth.”

Jemmy Drucker’s eyes become cloudy.

I was lost in thought.

We need to drive a wedge right now.

“Many people are mistaken. There are things that are immutable. That it would be impossible. It’s childish or fantasy.”

But that’s not the case.

The world has always been like that.

“But you know that’s not the case.”

If you fall just one step behind, you will not be able to keep up with civilization.

They will be eaten by the coming new generation and disappear into the background.

“Yes. …That’s right. What do you want from me?”

“I hope that Golden Road will move its affiliation to Horus and trade with the world without discrimination.”

“No. Since tariffs and government are complexly intertwined, we cannot do anything hastily.”

“The Tower, Junaira, and Habstenburg will help you.”

Jemmy Drucker rolls his eyes as if he is reluctant to speak.

Then, eventually, he looks at me.

“I understood everything you said, but I don’t understand. Why are you getting involved in something like this?”

“The ownerless land of gold will once again plunge the world into war. I don’t want to see that.”

“···Will war break out again?”

“I am here to stop that.”

Jemmy Drucker rests his chin, lowers his eyes, and looks at me.

“···I trust you. But… not the top members.”

“You said you believe in money.”

“Shir.”

Shir pulled out a sword made of blood and slashed his own wrist.

“What…!”

“I know this is what you wanted. You can tell by looking at those eyes.”

No blood poured out.

It came together in Shir’s hand like a water balloon.

Jemmy Drucker’s face began to show a look of embarrassment in inverse proportion to its size.

Sur’s overwhelming atmosphere and creepy voice threw the atmosphere of the reception room into a trash can.

“······The power of servants that you distributed in the market is nothing to us. You are just a mortal who will fade away in the waves of time.”

Shir’s cold eyes, which he sees for the first time, fall on Jemmy Drucker.

I’ve never seen eyes like that before…

“I am not as generous as my husband. So, don’t try to tarnish or disgrace my husband with your unique human speaking style.”

“I don’t plan on doing that.”

“This man is the only one who can stop the war.”

‘You speak like a servant.’

I took Shir’s hand and led him.

“···You’d better go out.”

“What?”

“I’m out, I’m being quiet.”

Shir eventually closes his mouth.

The blood flowed back into Shir’s wound.

“Maal made thirteen servants, and the thirteen servants made us their agents. I’m asking for your help.”

“Are you saying that all of this is the servant’s will?”

“No. This means that you can’t do everything alone. Even the Creator.”

“······.”

This person is mistaken.

I believe that I am the agent of the servants and that I am acting according to their will.

So I’m thinking you might know some way.

“The servant did not ask me to do this.”

“Yes?”

“From the first time I met you, everything was on my own.”

Jemmy Drucker didn’t understand what I was saying and opened his eyes wide.

“It was my own decision to come up with a reversible medicine.”

“······.”

I stared at Jemmy Drucker.

“I lived a shameful life.”

“We have killed countless people.”

“As a judge. As an avenger. As a servant’s agent.”

“I know what war is, I have experienced it and witnessed it firsthand.”

“Years or now, I just want to achieve what I want.”

If Jemmy Drucker doesn’t follow me, there’s nothing I can do.

At that time, the fake outside the door will become real.

“I want to create a world without war.”

“···What you have done so far was not the servant’s will?”

“The will to act is noble no matter who has it.”

I stared at Jemmy Drucker.

War makes money. At least for merchants.

It was like that no matter what era in the world you looked at.

Jemmy Drucker probably knows that too.

I am urging people who trust money to betray their money.

“I am not forcing Golden Road to make sacrifices.”

“I just want you to move in line with the changes in the world.”

“As has been the case so far, ample compensation will await at the end.”

Jemmy Drucker finally showed signs of being at ease.

Although it wasn’t obvious on the outside, I felt like I had seen through countless people at one point.

“No matter how much I am Golden Road’s opponent, it is not a matter that I can decide alone.”

“What is the problem?”

“The consent of the acting heads is required.”

In some ways, representatives are no different from queen ants or queen bees.

Queen ants and queen bees are treated with great care, but if they fail to perform their duties, they are mercilessly executed.

“···How can you make them trust you?”

“You need to be confident that you will succeed.”

“I can’t show you the future, but… ”

A mysterious idea suddenly occurred to me.

“How about appointing seven servants as notaries?”

“Yes?!”

Jemmy Drucker opened his eyes and was trembled.

Because my suggestion was nothing short of blasphemous!

‘If I use it for something like this, the seven servants will be embarrassed.’

If they decided to help me, they wouldn’t let it go.

“Now, call the servant of your choice.”

“Ha, how could a mere human being ask the Supreme Being to act as a notary or something?!”

“There are servants who like Ain. Neptune once accepted refugees from the Romaria Empire and invited them to the Sky Lake, and Mercurius enjoys listening to the stories of demi-humans.”

“It’s not that problem! This is disrespectful!”

“If I don’t keep my promise, will the only thing worse be death? How many agents are there in total?”

“There are eight people.”

I drank all the water in the glass and put nine borer fish eggs in it.

“This is the egg of the drill fish that was treated by Neptune this time. It’s God’s food. If you try it, your mind will change.”

“···You mean you climbed the heavenly ladder?”

“Yes. It went up today and also a few years ago.”

Jemmy Drucker laughed as if he were a wise man.

“Were they all noblemen…?”

“Yes. It was all me.”

What was so funny was that Jemmy Drucker couldn’t wipe the smile off his face.

“Please prepare for the meeting. We will wait while sightseeing in Benjis.”

“We will provide you with food, clothing, and shelter.”

That can’t be possible.

“As you know… my wife is a native southerner. I want to show you many places even now.”

Jemmy Drucker, who came to his senses after a routine conversation, carefully fixed his shattered expression.

“Okay. The regular meeting will be convened in a week, so just wait until then.”

“Yes, I’ll see you then.”

Just as I was about to stand up with Shir.

“Lastly, I have a question for you.”

The brakes were applied as I stood there hesitantly.

I had no choice but to get up first.

“What are you curious about?”

“···Why did you choose me?”

‘Why did you choose it?’

Jemmy Drucker looked quite serious and was waiting for my answer.

The envy that cannot be hidden is good on the face.

Now that I know that everything is my will.

It was clear that he was looking for a reason in life.

I still seem to be something omniscient and omnipotent.

“Attraction is what led us.”

“······Attraction?”

“It is said that there was a connection in a past life that no one remembers.”

Each person lives with a fantasy.

In particular, this person sat there and poisoned the entire room for the sake of fantasy.

However, I couldn’t hammer the fantasy and grind it into a grinder.

‘What can I do to maintain the illusion?’

I couldn’t think of anything plausible to say.

“Is that so…?”

However, it seems that my answer was not enough to protect Jemmy Drucker’s illusion.

However, I couldn’t pick it up.

‘Now that it’s like this, I’m going to give it my all.’

“···That’s right. Son.”

“······!”

Silence came.

Silence like an inflating balloon.

I left the place before the balloon burst, leaving behind a shocked Jemmy Drucker.