Chapter Index

    “Give me the mana gold.”

    “I will give it to you. If it is a gold bead-”

    “No need.”

    Taejo looked at me and said, ‘What are we going to do?’

    “There is no one around here. That’s not Armored Taejo.”

    “I didn’t mean to make a joke.”

    “Didn’t you come here because you needed gold beads?”

    “Because I need something other than gold beads. Managold.”

    “…Aha.”

    This is Black Taejo’s studio.

    Avoiding the bright-eyed reporters standing in front of Armored King Taejo’s house, he was working on something in his studio out of sight of others.

    “Is Managold being maintained?”

    “Anything that is broken needs to be repaired. Something bigger and flashier.”

    What he was making was Cheok Jun-gyeong’s two-handed greatsword.

    Since he broke it himself, he is probably trying to fulfill his responsibility.

    “Oh, indeed. Jun-kyung, I think I noticed. That I am myself.”

    “…I guess so. Still, the guy is okay. I’m not the type of person to carelessly tell others.”

    “Are you related to an association?”

    “No. But you know that I’m not the type of person to talk nonsense anywhere.”

    Cheok Jun-kyung is fine.

    The real problem is people like Tushin and Seonmudang.

    -what?! Black Taejo was actually Taejo?! Everyone—!

    The former has a loud voice and is the type of person who talks around the neighborhood.

    -How can we use this to create a favorable situation for the Hwalbindang?

    I think the latter will know that information and try to make it beneficial to themselves.

    “The Seon shaman seemed to notice a little, but…”

    “Seonmudang is also okay. She knows that she will fall into the trap I set for her. I’ll cover it well, so don’t worry and focus on hiding your identity.”

    “Thank you, brother.”

    It’s a little awkward to hear the name ‘big brother’ in an unfamiliar way.

    First of all, a relationship is a decision, but I rarely meet men around me.

    “Long time no see!”

    “Ah. Welcome, Sister Ymir.”

    King Taejo was relieved to see Ymir come through the portal.

    “Now you show your face naturally.”

    “Oppa is showing his face, there is no need for me to cover my face. Oh my, is there something else you want to see?”

    “I don’t know what it is, but I politely decline.”

    “…If I respond to a joke like that, I become a strange person?”

    Ymir looked at me in tears.

    “Oppa. I think I’m going to be misunderstood again.”

    “You must not do anything that will cause misunderstanding.”

    “Ayat.”

    “…You need managold for your sister-in-law.”

    Taejo immediately changed the topic.

    “It went well. I recently watched a video about crafting with a V tube…”

    Taejo stiffened as he saw the two women following Ymir, especially Baek Seol-hee.

    “…….”

    “Hello. I heard the story. This is my first time meeting you in person like this.”

    “…Sure.”

    Baek Seol-hee and King Taejo exchanged a glance with each other, then nodded their heads sharply as if they had reached a tacit agreement.

    “Sister-in-law, are you here because you need managold too?”

    “Taejo, who were you referring to?”

    “Everything.”

    Is the title ‘sister-in-law’ really that good?

    The three people who followed me through the portal and into Black Taejo’s hideout looked at me with subdued expressions and urged me to do something.

    “Just take this. It’s all used up mana gold.”

    “…Hmm?”

    I handed Taejo the old managold, and Taejo frowned as soon as he saw the managold.

    “Why? Did I write it too harshly?”

    “No. Was this what it was originally like? Can I touch it?”

    “Of course.”

    Taejo picked up the old managold with a puzzled look.

    Its shape resembled a shrunken heart, but King Taejo continued to frown and look at the chunks of managold here and there.

    “I’m a little embarrassed. That was my heart until half a day ago.”

    “…….”

    Taejo immediately put down what was Hyeon Se-rin’s heart at Hyeon Se-rin’s words.

    “It’s okay. You’re leaving your heart to the doctor, so what are you embarrassed about? It’s not strange either.”

    “…Are you okay?”

    “Of course. Right, Manager Do?”

    “There’s nothing that can’t be done. In fact, I might have to ask for something more.”

    “The sensitive thing is…”

    “Beyond sensitive, you can also request something skeletal.”

    I uploaded a photo.

    “Maybe I need to make this later?”

    “…Are you making bones, not a skeleton?”

    The photo I uploaded is a white bone model.

    It’s not really Hyeon Se-rin’s, but the meaning was conveyed, so there’s no big problem.

    “If you have enough mana gold, you can make a bone, and then if you nest on it, you can make only the muscles and flesh with mana.”

    “First of all, I don’t understand this part at all…”

    “Once you acquire the alter ego’s ability, you will understand.”

    I pointed to Baek Seol-hee.

    “I hope you can make a doll for Seolhee’s extracurricular activities later when you have time. While making it, the framework for your executives was also made.”

    “…Does it have to be a bone?”

    “Is there something else?”

    “Somehow, I feel more like a decent heart than a bone. How about mixing it with gems and making it into a heart shape or something like that?”

    No matter how much of a Black Taejo he is, he seems unable to let go of his sensitivity as a person with special abilities.

    “For example….”

    “I want the mint colored mana mineral to be cut into a clover shape.”

    “Can I make it an inverted triangle?”

    “It’s nice to have a good conversation.”

    The same goes for Hyeon Se-rin.

    “Phew, I’m glad. They say Manager Do lacks aesthetic sense. He’s making a skeleton out of a body for his woman to possess.”

    “…Isn’t it more efficient to make it with a skull?”

    ” Fenrir, who only pursued efficiency, fell behind the K-Assassin over there in Northern Europe~”

    Hyun Se-rin giggled and spoke jokingly, but the atmosphere calmed down in an instant.

    “…What. Can’t I even make jokes like this? Some people swear by their mom in front of people.”

    “That’s not a drip, it’s a fact, so it’s okay.”

    More, mood down.

    “Hey, if you say that, what happens to me?”

    “So, how long can I make the clover treasure mixed with mint and gold?”

    Taejo ignored the depressed mood and changed the topic to work.

    “The faster the better. Still, I hope all four will be made before the World Cup qualifiers begin in October.”

    “If you make it like a human bone, there is no problem if you decorate it like a jewel. There are no major problems until mid-October, or even early October…”

    King Taejo turned his attention again to what was Hyeon Se-rin’s heart on the table.

    “No, brother.”

    “Why.”

    “I didn’t transform this… No, this is crazy.”

    Taejo cursed briefly and lifted his heart.

    “Why, no, ha.”

    “Oh. This was unexpected.”

    Pajijijik.

    The heart deformed as if an electric current was flowing, and soon it took on a new shape.

    “Congratulations. I even learned about cultural assets.”

    “……Did you rob the Baekje Museum?”

    “I uncovered what was leaked to Japan. In Osaka.”

    “Ah, back then.”

    King Taejo laughed bitterly as he touched the gilt-bronze Maitreya Bodhisattva half-gatha meditation statue in his hand.

    “This is an item that needs to go to the museum before Managold, so I will put it in the museum separately.”

    “You just keep it, right?”

    “That’s right. The teacher said that when expensive items come into Korean museums, they steal the real items and display counterfeit items.”

    “Who does that….”

    Taejo was about to refute Ymir, but kept his mouth shut.

    “Okay. I will follow your advice. Then, as a matter of urgency, is it okay if I make some mana gold for Serin’s sister-in-law to use?”

    “There is that too, but the purpose of coming today is to strengthen your alibi.”

    “Alibi…?”

    “The most reliable alibi that can dispel the theory that Black Taejo is the same person.”

    I pulled Hyun Se-rin and Baek Seol-hee by their shoulders and patted them both.

    “Here, there is a person with an ice-type special ability who can use the special ability of his alter ego. And there’s a ghost.”

    “…….”

    “And there is a person who can create the nucleus and heart that will become the body, and a deus ex machina who somehow makes it ‘possible’.”

    If you have this level of ability, you can create anything as long as you have enough mana.

    “You, let’s go up to Seoul together. And in Busan, Armored King Taejo just has to rush from Busan to Seoul. Bring people with you.”

    “……You take off your alibi by having two people in different places at the same time? So, is it okay for me to play Armored King Taejo?”

    Taejo pointed to Hyeon Se-rin.

    “Serin’s sister-in-law has this ability as Black Taejo…?”

    “No, no. I just mentioned this to make an analogy, but the real thing is different. How do you want to do it?”

    “…I’ll do it because it’s my brother’s suggestion, but who is it really? …No way.”

    King Taejo’s expression becomes serious.

    “…Hey, brother. Maybe that sister-in-law.”

    “Let’s go. Ymir. To the living room of my house.”

    “I’ll open it right away.”

    Weeeeing.

    Ymir opened the portal in a large circle, and I was the first to cross the portal.

    The location changed from Taejo’s hideout in Busan to my home in Seoul in an instant.

    [Yes, Anmuangung. What the hell, what the hell am I going to do~]

    The familiar voice of Jammin you hear as soon as you arrive.

    The sound was echoing in surround from speakers installed throughout the living room.

    “…….”

    “Uh, are you here?”

    Yoon Hye-ra, who was wearing a headset and playing multiple videos simultaneously, waved her hand at Taejo and greeted him.

    “I will act with my soul. You know the method, right? Even if my sister can’t be Black Taejo, how do you think she can act like Armored Taejo?”

    “…….”

    “Well, why. Are you dissatisfied with the fact that you failed the reading the moment you first met me, or are you dissatisfied with the way I played you?”

    “Can’t I just play Armored Taejo?”

    “Yes, you can’t?”

    Yun Hye-ra pointed north with her thumb and laughed at King Taejo.

    “In order to use this ability as Black Taejo and drive a golden nail into the heart of an S-class vampire who landed in Hwanghae Province, Black Taejo must go up there himself, right?”

    […….]

    “Hey, just live as Black Taejo. So that creates the possibility that you, as a clone of the Armored Taejo, can kill the original, the Armored Taejo?”

    busan.

    Make an alter ego out of ice, make a cage in the shape of King Taejo out of steel, and put the managold that will house the soul into it.

    And if Ymir seals it well, the production of the Armored King Taejo will be completed.

    “It’s okay. No matter how much I possess a male body, I will never do anything to make a woman cry. Rest assured?”

    “…….”

    “Oh, indeed. I have something to ask. Are you still Taejo Ruppong? Or is it Taejiruppongppong?”

    “First of all.”

    King Taejo reached behind his back and pulled out a golden staff as if pulling out a vertebrae, with a straight face.

    “Let’s start with reading. Brother, please create a barrier.”

    “Mir.”

    “Yes~”

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