episode_0529

If I talk about my relationship with the CEO, it gets a little more complicated.

To complicate things, she knows I am possessed.

And I know her real identity.

But what cannot be mentioned is that the head of the government placed a ban on me.

“You know the saying, don’t think about elephants, right?”

She put a ban on me not to think about her identity.

To be precise, it is a prohibition that prevents us from thinking about ‘age’.

“Are you embarrassed to have your real age revealed like that?”

“Ah, I can’t hear you. I can’t hear you.”

“Can I pierce your ears, or should I write it down and show it to you?”

“You touch people’s weaknesses. Do you have no conscience?”

The commander narrows his eyes and points at me.

“You’re calling a balding person bald, a short person a dwarf, or an older woman an ajumma!”

“I never thought of you as ajumma, and I have never called you that.”

“But that’s because I’m trying to think of something similar right now!”

The commander’s index finger points between my eyes.

“Are you thinking like that again now? The CEO wanted to look young and younger than his actual age, so he made himself smaller in the name of lightening. Say!”

“I didn’t think that far.”

“Doesn’t that mean that you had similar thoughts?”

“Thoughts are the driving force of my strength, and humans cannot avoid thinking. Especially.”

I tapped the floor lightly.

“Even more so in this space where all restrictions are liberated.”

This is between heaven and earth.

A space where only me and the leader can enter.

Others cannot enter.

Because this is a space isolated from the Earth, and to use an analogy, it can be said to be a space 0.5 dimensions above.

Between one world and another, where only those who are clearly aware of the existence of ‘another world’ can enter.

There is no specific name.

It can be called Ojakgyo, where Gyeonwoo and Jiknyeo meet, the gap between the worlds, and it can also be called a place of truth where the possessed man and the goddess of omniscience and omnipotence share everything and talk to each other.

At least since people in the ‘Underworld’ cannot observe this place, the stories shared here are all secrets to those in the Underworld.

Even if.

Even if it’s me.

“So, no talking about age anymore. If you keep saying that I am old, people who find out later will say strange things to me.”

“The people I got to know…”

“They are people observing from outer space, or they are beings who can even eavesdrop on conversations here.”

“What will they say?”

“Well, there’s something they usually say when an older woman comes out. Not an ajumma, Hal-”

“Okay. Okay.”

I put my index and middle fingers together and placed them on my temples.

The leader is young.

The leader is young.

The fact that the leader says he is 17 years old means that he is 17 years old at heart.

And the head’s real age is 20, but she lied about her age because she wanted to look younger than other women.

Saying that the president is not a saint is just material for the president to threaten me, and I can just think of it as feeling guilty about committing a serious crime that I could never commit in real life.

“I will try to brainwash myself.”

“Please. Otherwise, I could really hear that kind of thing.”

“I can’t let my wife hear that.”

That’s not my husband’s duty.

“Thank you for your consideration. You know that I love that consideration a lot, right?”

“Do you know how powerful the words “I love you” are for me?”

“Oh my. There wasn’t any hypnosis or brainwashing involved, right?”

“The sense of responsibility that comes from the word love itself becomes the yardstick that determines my actions.”

I approached the commander and held her in my arms.

“As much as you love me enough to give me the most precious thing you have, don’t you keep thinking about wanting to repay me?”

“You don’t have to. Who calls that kind of thing love? It’s just that you misunderstand the love that others have decided upon.”

“Then let’s say that’s what I want to love.”

“Tch….”

The commander twitched the corner of his mouth.

“Obviously I did the kidnapping, confinement, restraint, and making the decision, but why do I feel like I’m being trained?”

“Didn’t you know? You made me like this.”

I grabbed the gunman’s face with both hands.

“Tell her you love her, but then she turns to someone else, falls for another guy, or just shows any of those NTR elements. Because at that moment, everything you cherish and love will be destroyed.”

“Doesn’t that seem like something I should do?”

“Why. Is love a little heavy?”

“Um…. No.”

The leader shook his head resolutely.

“It may be a bit difficult to handle alone, but I thought we could still lift it together if we share it with several people.”

“Aren’t you more anxious? If even one of them shows such a temperament-”

“I will take care of it, so don’t worry.”

The commander raised his tiptoes and grabbed my face.

“You said it was too much to handle alone, but that doesn’t mean it’s something you can’t handle?”

“I mean.”

“And again, I don’t know. If a daughter is born, I’ll become a daughter and a little bit of that love may go to her.”

“Don’t you think it’s a bit ugly to become a mother and try to shift responsibility to your daughter?”

“Hmph. Because every father is supposed to love his daughter more than his wife, right?”

“Isn’t that love for one’s own flesh and blood, not love for one’s lover?”

“I don’t know. To use your terminology, you may end up being ‘happy’”

“No.”

Knowing myself, sometimes it gets a little uncomfortable at times like this.

“Even if I say it in reverse, I had to say that. Shouldn’t you just not bring up that topic in the first place?”

“I don’t know. In the future, if my daughter loses her father, she will come here and criticize me. I’ll give it back to you. The love for one’s own flesh and blood has become greater than the love for one’s lover.”

“…….”

“It’s hard to answer, right? Hehehe.”

“…I see.”

The answer is not easy.

“Daughter, no, it’s my first time having a child.”

“Huhuhu, we’ve experienced so many things for each other for the first time, right?”

The commander extends his hand behind my shoulder.

“It looks like the outside is getting sorted out, and I think I’ve said what I wanted to say to some extent… Let’s go back. To the lower world.”

“Are you heading back already? More-”

“Anyway.”

The commander raised his index finger above my lips and raised his tiptoes.

“We will meet again in three months, so be patient until then. Got it?”

“…Well, it might not be three months, but it could be sooner than that.”

I held the commander in my arms.

“For now, let’s hold on for a bit. Please keep this in mind. The moment your love is directed towards another…”

“I know. You too, keep that in mind. Other people may love Goblin and Do Ji-hwan, but…”

The commander comes closer to me, exhaling warm breath.

“I am the only one in this world who can love you, the possessed person.”

In the gap between the worlds, we spent time quietly in a place where no one could come, feeling each other’s warmth.

* * *

“Um….”

“Why are you doing that?”

“I think I forgot something important.”

“It’s important, but it’s something you don’t really need to pay attention to, so wouldn’t it be okay?”

“That’s it again.”

Well, it’s probably not something you need to worry about right now.

It is better not to think than to make a mistake.

As the saying goes, don’t think about the elephant, there are many times when it’s better not to think about it.

“Here, there is magical power.”

The commander handed me a golden bead.

The marble he was clutching with both hands was a sphere of magical power as big as a baseball.

“Can you give me this much?”

“Yes. If you run into trouble in Japan, use this magical power. Both external cores have now been handed over to executives.”

“I’m going back to look for managold anyway, so why bother with such a large amount.”

First of all, since the leader is handing it over, I accept it, but my conscience pricks me a little.

“Is it okay for you to give me the magic power that can be obtained in America, squeezing out a meager amount of it?”

“It’s okay. All you have to do is put in that much effort.”

I felt very sorry for the people of America.

There is a very small amount of mana reaching here as well, and the leader is bringing it all here to Phenix City and collecting it.

And now that some of the magic power they have gathered is being handed over to me, I cannot say anything about the people of America.

Because I feel like I’m taking all the mana that goes to them and using it all.

“Then, shall we go out?”

The manager took my hand and opened the door.

We returned to the space we were in, and in front of us were three neatly dressed women sitting in the living room.

“Ah, Commander.”

“Docheol, chaos. What is the result?”

“…sure, it was strong.”

“I lost. Totally.”

Ymir took a bite of an apple and drew a small V with his finger.

“Hmm, then I think we should give a reward to Mr. Ymir. What kind of reward would be good….”

“Can’t it be what you two just did?”

Ymir puts his hands together and his eyes sparkle.

“It looks like you two had a great time together.”

“…….”

“Uh, isn’t it?”

“Mir. Do you think that just because I met the leader after a long time, I would be so patriotic?”

“Still, it’s been a while since we met as a couple.”

“Um….”

The commander looks at me.

Her eyes are somewhat embarrassed, and she looks towards me hoping for ‘understanding’.

“We, just inside….”

I can’t help it.

“The couple had a serious game game and left.”