episode_0952

A hospital in Seoul.

Beep, beep, beep.

“…….”

A young man on a ventilator opened his eyes.

He had all his hair shaved off, and his whole body was scrawny and thin.

“Are you conscious?”

A man wearing a doctor’s gown waved his hand over the young man’s eyes.

The young man nodded slightly, and the doctor sighed in relief but straightened his posture with a stern expression.

“Don’t be surprised. It is now March 30, 2026. Approximately one year and three months have passed since the patient fell unconscious.”

“……?”

The young man opened his eyes wide.

I was so surprised that I tried to get up somehow, but my body muscles were even more shocked and my head fell back again.

“While the patient was unconscious and in a vegetative state, many things changed. Really, if I were to talk about the changes that have occurred in the past 1 year and 3 months… Sigh, I don’t know where to start.”

The doctor scratched his head for a moment, then turned on the TV.

“The news is covering this issue right now, so it might be a good idea to listen to it.”

The videos on TV were showing special documentary videos about social changes that even doctors who knew all kinds of medical and complex terms had given up explaining.

-Is it okay for someone with SSS level abilities to become the emperor of the Republic of Korea?

“……?”

“Yes. You probably don’t understand. But surprisingly, that is currently true. An SSS-level superpower called Goblin is currently on the verge of becoming the emperor of the Republic of Korea.”

“Do…Kwae…Rain…?”

Is this what Gestalt collapse is like?

With his cracked lips and voice, the young man barely managed to pull out the data that he was a goblin in his memory.

“…Villain executioner…? The villain…?”

“This country is not being ruled by a villain. Goblins really brought about a lot of change. First of all…”

The doctor scratched his head for a moment.

“We destroyed the corrupt Sunshade, won a fair and square 1:1 World Cup final with Gwangikkong, and defeated the demons who caused massive massacres in each country.”

“…….”

“At the time the patient remembered, the state had goblins as villains, but now no one thinks of goblins as villains. He is a hero of this country and is praised by many as the ‘Goblin Emperor’. In short, it’s called Dohwang.”

“Do, Hwang.”

Although he seemed somewhat weak, he was called an emperor, so it was a plausible nickname, but as a young man, I could not understand that the goblin was being praised as both an emperor and a hero.

especially.

-In the history of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, it is not right to call an individual with special abilities, who was not even elected by vote, the emperor. How can this be a democratic country? Does this mean that if this ability is at SSS level, it is okay to become a god in this world?

In a national broadcasting documentary, a person who looked like a political science professor was saying such serious things with a serious face, which felt rather strange to the young man.

“Goblin…what the hell…?”

“I would like to speak to the patient as objectively as possible, but I must first convey the truth. In fact, Goblin paid 99% of the patient’s hospital expenses.”

“……??”

“These areas, such as hospital rooms, life support costs, and labor costs, are originally areas not covered by health insurance, but thanks to the company’s sending of ‘medical volunteers’ and ‘medical support donations’.”

“……That.”

1 year and 3 months.

If you think that at least thousands, or even exorbitant amounts of money are spent to maintain one person’s life, and if you think that it is not even covered by health insurance, it will be a huge burden on the family.

“Why on earth…?”

“If you wonder why the patient received such benefits, it is not a privilege. There are hundreds of patients in this hospital who have received support from goblins.”

“No way….”

“They all received a lot of help, even if the amount was different. I don’t know how they knew, but they provided differentiated help depending on economic power… haha.”

But according to the doctor, the entire burden was not passed on to the family.

“Goblin…is he an angel…?”

“At least I am truly grateful that you chose Korea over another country. Not the United States, Japan, or China.”

“…So like that.”

You’re trying to deny with all your might the possibility of a ‘flight’ with a documentary on TV.

The young man understood.

“…Teacher.”

Whether the goblin becomes emperor or not.

“By any chance, is Snow White…”

“…….”

“When I was having a hard time, I endured it by watching Baek Seol-hee… I’m sure I have a bad relationship with the goblin… Ho, could I get hurt by the goblin…?”

“That.”

The doctor’s expression distorted.

“Patient. You should never be surprised when you hear this. Snow White and Baek Seol-hee….”

-People called heroes are like that too! The woman didn’t even think about stopping everyone after being captured by a goblin’s bat! What is polygamy in Korea?!

“…I plan to give birth to a goblin child within the next few months.”

“…….”

1 year and 3 months.

“The world has changed a lot, a little drastically.”

The world has changed so much that democratic countries are trying to transform into empires.

* * *

March 30th, 5pm, South Hwanghae Province.

From the poorest countries devastated by war to the top tier of developing countries seeking a seat in the G20.

In less than 50 years, they were given the title of the Four Dragons of Asia, and people described this tremendous development as the ‘Miracle of the Han River.’

So, what would be the best way to express the new Seoul that has emerged from an empty plain, centered around a huge river, in less than five months?

Miracle on the Taedong River?

I’d like to organize it to that extent.

– Have you seen it?! Apartments are sprouting up around the Taedong River! This is the power of the goblin bat! The patriotic emperor and goblin built a new city on the old land of Pyongyang!! Come on! Come on! Come on!

Cyber Wrecka, who dared to bring a real-time camera up to the fence where officials and no-trespassing signs were hung in the distance, leaking concrete buildings rising in real time and shouting, calls this a miracle of prosperity.

“I’m going crazy.”

“For modern people, who could build a new city, including new apartments, in one hour but the emperor?”

Next to me, a woman with white hair tied in a ponytail came up holding a plastic cup filled with iced coffee.

“Are you out of your mind? It’s a while until the due date, drink ah.”

“It’s an alter ego. The main body is not drinking any caffeine at the moment.”

The woman, Baek Seol-hee’s alter ego, stuck out her tongue at me.

” I can’t even walk properly, so the only thing I can do is walk from car 1 to 10 of the patriotic train. If I don’t get some fresh air, even if I set myself on fire, it’s not good for my mental health, right?”

“What if drinking caffeine as an alter ego causes a similar stimulant effect in the body?”

“Let’s stop worrying. Whose child is this? The synchronization of the alter ego and the main body is having a negative impact on the child.”

Baek Seol-hee pointed to her abdomen.

Unlike her pregnant body, her smooth lower abdomen was much slimmer than when she first met me.

“Don’t worry. This is because all elements that have a negative influence on the child are blocked. I don’t care at all about the Korean Empire and all that, and the stories that say that I sold the Republic of Korea to a goblin to become the second empress, or that I thought I was a patriot of the Korean people but turned out to be a rare traitor.”

“Even if I tell you not to listen to that.”

“How can I stand it when they keep talking about it for almost a month? I didn’t intend to use the child as a shield, but considering the temperament of the high-ranking people in this country, I endured it for quite a long time, right? Hehehe.”

Baek Seol-hee took a sip of her iced Americano and looked up at the 30-story concrete apartments I had built.

“They are creating this capitalist utopia in a haphazard manner, but they are upset that they are not giving their own opinions at all.”

“The residential area to be created on the old Pyongyang land will be a place for people who came to Korea from abroad. How dare you eat it for free just because you have a badge.”

“So, those people are talking about the Korean Empire being nonsense. Hehehe.”

“Ridiculously so.”

Among those who criticize and deny Tao Huang.

Indeed, how many people call out to protect the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, deny it becoming an empire and have a goblin become emperor, with the sincere argument that ‘that is not democracy’?

It’s not just words you say, but if there is an ideology at the root of the ideology that denies Taoism, I understand that.

However, nearly 80% of those who appear on news, current affairs programs, or political issue panels are not like that.

Only one out of five people is worried about the change in the political system based on democracy, and the remaining four people are trying to get some help in the process of transitioning to an empire, but when they hear something, they are offended by the sarcasm and deny the emperor.

“But, I’m sure it’s aggro. Everyone knows that our Do Ji-hwan is trying to represent the Republic of Korea, right? Hehe, how much you don’t know about this person.”

“And you?”

“I know our Jihwan very well.”

Baek Seol-hee comes next to me and puts her hand on my waist.

“In his spare time, he searches for places to travel with us, and then he reads web novels on the Internet, and that person is going to become the emperor of the empire? That’s nonsense.”

“…….”

“Does the wife really not know about her husband? How many nights have I slept with you?”

“There’s nothing I can’t say. What is this? When women become ajumma-”

“What?”

“No.”

this.

“Our Baek Seol-hee is a lady. That can’t be possible.”

“I almost turned into a devil just now. Even though it is an alter ego.”

“…….”

“We have to make up for it tonight, right? Clean the bat well.”

“…….”

What emperor in the world should be so appalled just because he joked with his wife?

“Heung. Should we sing Mir, or will the four of us together with Jia?”

“…Call only one person.”