episode_0649

It is a cliché for a character in a novel to realize that he or she is a character in a novel.

And I used that cliché.

Just by becoming aware that you are in the world of a novel, your cognition goes beyond one level.

And based on that, the wish-granting demon discovered the true nature of this space.

“The gap between worlds.”

[People I know describe it as ‘behind the scenes.’]

Yu Yeol-chung is sitting quietly on the sofa.

He is just drinking tea with a face that has already given up on everything, a face that calmly accepts death and extinction.

“So is this also being observed by them now?”

[Maybe so. There’s no way I could know. I am a person living in this world, and a transcendent being is watching from outside.]

If I could recognize it, I would have done something about it a long time ago.

I can imagine that such a thing exists, but I don’t know if it is actually happening.

“Ha. It’s so absurd…”

However, for Yoo Yeol-chung, who was completely unaware of this and was completely unaware of it, that recognition brought about the collapse of his ego.

Not only did it result in the collapse of the ego, but its existence became tied to this place.

“You go back to the original world… no. If I go back to the world in the novel, then I will naturally disappear, right?”

[of course.]

Yu Yeochung’s status was tied to this world.

It was fixed at the back of the stage, in the gap between the worlds.

By giving up my wish to return to the original world, by giving up the rope that leads to the sky, I separated the demon of Yuyeol from ‘my world’.

[Once I finish this technique, you will naturally disappear. The moment you unlock this technology, the back of the stage will disappear forever.]

“And if you use this technology again next time, another backstage will be created, right?”

[okay.]

The wish-granting devil can now never return to Earth.

Forever.

[I seem to have some regrets, can I go back to my original world soon?]

“……Even if it’s a devil, it’s okay to have one last conversation, right?”

[Listen to me. If that is your wish.]

I sat across from Yu Yeol-chong.

“You seem confident. If you talk here for no reason, you might end up getting involved with me and your status will be reversed again, right?”

[If you want me to hope to return to the original world, you can assume that it will never come true.]

The moment I wish for it, this demon will observe the wish that reversed its phase and will appear on earth again.

[You may wish for something like that sometimes, but that wish is only a fleeting thought. What I truly hope for is that I can live in this world.]

To put it the other way, if I want to continue living in this world, Yuyeol’s demon cannot return to this world.

[So, rest assured. Your wish will never come true.]

“But you know my origins, right?”

Yu Yeol-chung’s mouth is distorted like a crescent moon.

“Humans are all beings who want their wishes to come true. Why even hold a ancestral rite? I sincerely pray to my ancestors to let me live happily. What would you wish for on the full moon of Chuseok or as you look at the rising sun in the New Year? You make a wish.”

[In other words, even if you disappear, a second wish-granting devil will appear?]

“Of course.”

A shadow rises behind Yu Yeol-chung.

It was shaped like a black monkey’s hand and disappeared, waving its hand as if to see me off, but before it disappeared, it began to show several new forms.

For example, something like a magic lamp.

For example, the all-powerful cup.

For example, a huge green dragon with a long snake-like body.

“Other devils will appear besides me. As long as humans make a wish, a devil will definitely appear to grant that wish. Can you handle that?”

[one thing. Let me tell you.]

“What?”

[Yuyeol’s demon recognized and observed the existence of an alien world through metacognition. The goblin reversed its status and trapped Yoo Yeol’s demon in the other side of the world. You understand up to this point.]

“Okay. Because I understand, I now realize that I too will quietly disappear. What, is that a scam?”

Yu Yeol-chung looks at me with somewhat expectant eyes.

“Are you planning on taking me around as a slave demon that you can control? Because you’re human too?”

[no. you disappear That’s confirmed. What I want to say is, if, as you say, the ‘wish-granting devil’ was born from humanity, then why were you isolated from Earth?]

“…….”

Yu Yeochong said nothing.

He seemed lost in thought, thinking over what I said.

“I see…yes? No matter how much of a goblin you are, you can’t separate me from that world. Because I am needed more than anyone else in this world. Then-”

[Nevertheless, you cannot return to that world.]

“Why?”

[I stole it.]

I pointed to the floor.

[Based on his earnest desire to grant someone’s wish, he drives his ego into the laws of the world. I definitely received that ability.]

“…No way, you.”

[Can you see it?]

I lightly hit the goblin bat on the floor.

Then, a woman’s hand, so familiar to me, elegantly stretched out behind me, like a woman’s hand, and grabbed the back of my chair.

[Instead of a wish-granting devil, the Earth chose a wish-granting goblin.]

“Ha….”

[When people ask for a wish to be granted, they will no longer look for black monkey hands. I will find the goblin, me.]

“Are you planning on becoming Santa for all differently abled people?”

[If that’s necessary, you should do it, right?]

Yu Yeol-chong shook his head as if it was nonsense.

“It’s impossible. No matter how much you are, you can’t grant the wishes of all people with special abilities who will be born in the future. Physically impossible?”

[Foolish. The wish-granting goblin is not singular.]

“What?”

[Plural, not individual. It’s simple. In the name of Goblin, the organization will grant the wishes of countless people with supernatural abilities and of humanity around the world.]

as soon as.

[I will become Doge Claus, the leader of the wish-granting goblins.]

“You think you can just stick it on and everything will work?”

[But if you actually act like that, many people will know about the existence of Doggy Claus.]

“Do you know that’s hypocrisy?”

[It doesn’t matter if it’s hypocrisy or anything else. Heroes who perform good deeds are granted their wishes as gifts. That’s all.]

“…Ah.”

Yu Yeol-chong twists the corner of his mouth with an expression of realization.

“You are trying to gain power by saying you will grant your wish. They say that only if you live a good life, your wish will be granted, and if you live badly, you will be punished.”

[Our ancestors called it ‘encouragement and punishment.’]

As in all traditional fairy tales.

Good people are blessed, and bad people are punished.

What this means is that in reality, the evil and rich people say to the good but poor people, ‘That’s something that only happens in fairy tales.’

It is the desperate, goblin’s hope that the stories in such fairy tales can actually have an impact on reality.

“Do people believe in a being called Dodge Claus? Huh?”

[Okay. If you just say that you are one of the Sephiroth Knights, everyone will believe you.]

“I.”

Among the heroes from the future, there is one who grants the wishes of others.

[There are devils who grant wishes, but I’m afraid there are no heroes who grant wishes.]

If you actually achieve that, people will believe it even if they don’t want to believe it.

[Yu Yeol-chung, the devil who granted other people’s wishes, distorted them, and brought about social chaos.]

There are five dents in the falciparum.

one. The devil accepted the ‘name’ I suggested as his own. So I succeeded in identifying the devil.

two. The devil realized that he had a wish that was physically and physically impossible. The moment I thought that something was ‘impossible’ even for myself who thought I was omnipotent, my strong ego cracked.

three. When I heard that the devil exists in a novel, I immediately denied its existence. Even though he should have more confidence in his own existence than anyone else, he denied that he was a character in a novel.

four. The devil lost his ‘status’ on Earth to the goblin. The Earth doesn’t need any more wish-granting devils.

“Why did the Earth abandon me?”

[Difference in popularity.]

“What?”

[Would Goblin be more famous on the Korean Peninsula, or would the unidentified Monkey Hand be more famous?]

As for the land, the land of the Korean Peninsula, Hwan’s will sided with the side where stories from traditional fairy tales influence reality rather than the devil who blindly grants wishes.

And finally, five.

[Goodbye, Yoo Yeol-chung. Along with the stories I wanted to see when I returned to my original world.]

“…….”

My, give up.

“Are you really okay? You don’t know, but who are the other readers waiting for the countless stories of this world that you have seen?”

[Does not matter.]

Somehow, I can do it.

[There must be some way, such as sending telepathy to another world and making the writers dream.]

Even if I can’t get over it.

[Even if you can’t send the manuscript as is, wouldn’t you be able to send me the means to bring it into reality?]

The material, content, and theme of the story will work out somehow.

[We decided to call it ‘inspiration.’]

“…Ha.”

The devil closes his eyes.

“Novels you read all the time, become year-round.”

Baaah!!

As he swung the goblin’s bat, the devil’s head twisted and exploded.

At the same time, I surrendered myself to the hand that grabbed me from behind and pointed my middle finger at the devil.

[Shut up and get out.]

Far away.

In the night sky.

The farthest planet exploded.