Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 367

367. Declaration of War?

Lumen was registered as the president of the rapidly emerging new hunter company, ‘Mirage.’ I don’t know why.

In any case, the reason Rembrary was able to find Lumen so quickly was because she was registered in a hunter-related occupation.

“Lumen, I would like to meet you.”

Rembrary quickly greeted her in a friendly manner. But, contrary to his expectation that she would say, ‘Oh, is that you, Rembrary?’ and agree to meet him right away, Lumen refused immediately.

[I don’t want to meet you. Pray to your great God here too.]

It wasn’t the kind of answer that Lumen, who was close to Redrin, would give, so Rembrary was taken aback.

However, since he had to borrow Lumen’s power no matter what, Rembrary didn’t show his surprise and immediately announced his purpose.

“There are people who need Lumen’s help.”

However, Lumen refused again, as if there was nothing to think about.

[Still, I will not meet you.]

“Why?”

[My high priest betrayed me. I’m so heartbroken that I’m sick of humans now. I don’t have much strength since I crossed over here anyway, so I can’t be of much help.]

“Lumen, you’re not helpful? That can’t be true.”

[Flattery won’t work. It’s the truth. Besides, without a high priest, I have no hope of recovery now.]

“!”

[I’m going to make some money by using my abilities moderately in this world, and then live a life of leisure.]

Lumen was a more people-friendly god than Redrin. But when Lumen, who loved and cherished people, declared that she would become a rich *baeksu* (*baeksu* is a Korean term for someone who is unemployed), Rembrary was embarrassed.

“You came here to save people, but you’re going to be *baeksu*…….”

[Now that the rifts have stabilized to some extent, anyone who wants to cross over can. I think I’ve done my part.]

“Lumen, there are still many things going on. The god here is hostile to people and gods from another world, and not only are people from our world crossing over the rifts that you two opened, but strange things are also coming over.”

[That’s why I created a hunter company to catch monsters that could cause harm, even though it’s annoying. I guess that’s enough to fulfill my responsibility.]

“But…….”

[I don’t have a high priest. My high priest went to a native god here.]

“Can’t you find another one?”

[Do you think a high priest vessel can be found right away if you look for it?]

“Still…….”

[Then you become my high priest.]

“!”

[If you become mine, I might regain my lost motivation.]

* * *

A tall man wearing a hat pulled low over his eyes entered the office of the CEO of the *Ja-won-sa* (literally ‘resource company’) ‘Cheonripung’ with the guidance of the secretary.

The secretary was about to ask the man what he would like to drink, but when Hwan-shin, who was standing in front of the desk, waved his hand, she immediately closed the door and left.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen your face.”

Hwan-shin smiled and spoke to the man in a friendly manner as soon as the door closed.

The man wearing the hat took it off before answering. When he took off his hat, a neat and handsome face was revealed. It was Woo Yeon-woo.

“You said we should live without acknowledging each other.”

Hwan-shin threw a meaningful remark and approached the sofa, holding the back of the chair with his hand and recommending.

“Sit down first.”

However, instead of sitting down, Woo Yeon-woo pointed to the sofa with his finger.

Surprisingly, as soon as the tip of his second finger pointed at the sofa, the sofa that Hwan-shin was leaning on was pulled like a small magnet and stopped in front of Woo Yeon-woo.

“!”

Hwan-shin’s eyes widened a little when he saw that. When Woo Yeon-woo sat on the sofa without saying a word and crossed his legs, Hwan-shin raised the corners of his lips.

“It’s not Woo Yeon-woo. The ratio changed once from 8:1:1. I guess another change has occurred?”

Woo Yeon-woo, or rather, the Demon King who occupied Woo Yeon-woo’s body, put his arm on the armrest of the sofa and rested his head, instead of answering in detail. Then, he pointed the tip of his finger towards Hwan-shin and waved it in the air a few times as if conducting.

Wondering what on earth he was doing, Hwan-shin stared at his actions, and the Demon King smiled like a crescent moon and asked.

“Are you one?”

Hwan-shin frowned at the question that couldn’t grasp the context.

“One, what?”

The Demon King’s finger swirled in the air again. Hwan-shin noticed that the tip of his finger was pointing at his neck and reflexively wrapped his hand around his neck. Saliva went down his Adam’s apple.

He knew earlier that the other person wasn’t Woo Yeon-woo. But he couldn’t grasp the attitude he was showing.

The current Woo Yeon-woo was different from the arrogant king-like appearance he had when he was 8:1:1, and also different from the sharp and sensitive appearance he had after undergoing a change.

It was clear without much thought that the current Woo Yeon-woo was in the ‘something similar to a demon’ state among ‘something strange that I don’t know’, human, and ‘something similar to a demon’.

“I can see everything even if you hide it.”

The Demon King slowly raised one corner of his mouth as if Hwan-shin’s attitude seemed like a prank.

“What…… do you mean.”

You shouldn’t show a nervous attitude when dealing with a demon. Knowing this, Hwan-shin couldn’t help but drag out his words.

The Demon King laughed as if he was enjoying it.

“The number of your leashes.”

“!”

Hwan-shin recalled the painting that Woo Yeon-woo in the ‘something strange that I don’t know’ state had given him in the past. A picture of a leash being put on Hwan-shin. Why does that incident suddenly come to mind? Even though it was quite a while ago.

Hwan-shin groped around his neck without realizing it, but tried to maintain a blank expression to avoid showing any signs of shaking, and asked.

“You contacted me suddenly. Did you call me to count that, Woo Yeon-woo?”

The Demon King smiled as if appeasing a sulky dog.

“Do you want to try wearing one more?”

* * *

[Answer?]

When Rembrary didn’t answer Lumen’s urging, a joyful laughter was heard over the phone.

[Can this be? You, who would have said no without even thinking about it before, are even considering it. I’m glad.]

Even though she was teasing him, Rembrary turned the conversation around instead of answering her right away.

“Would it be okay to give you the answer in person?”

After a moment of silence. Laughter erupted again.

[You were trying to meet me no matter what, using your head.]

“Will you meet me?”

* * *

Rembrary, who barely managed to make an appointment with Lumen, briefly prayed to Redrin, but there was still no answer from Redrin.

In the end, Rembrary decided to ask Lumen directly and went back into the house.

“Lion, Lion.”

“Huh?”

“Let’s go somewhere together.”

“Where to?”

But when he tried to take the Lion Lord to meet Lumen, the Ardor bird kept trying to chase Rembrary.

In the meantime, when Rembrary tried to leave, Ardor, who wanted to meet the manager, jumped out of the second-floor window, and New Big Boss stealthily came out to get the phone charger to contact the secretary.

When Rembrary saw that, he signaled, and the Lion Lord quickly moved around, putting Ardor and New Big Boss back in their places.

When the Lion Lord came back to the front, Rembrary had no choice but to change his instructions.

“I can’t. You stay here and watch those guys so they don’t cause an accident.”

“Then how are you going to move? You said you have to go to the next city? It looks close on the map, but it’s going to be far to actually walk.”

“It’s okay.”

Rembrary went to the living room drawer, took out the car keys, and shook them in front of the Lion Lord’s nose.

“I got my license.”

“Really?”

When the Lion Lord was surprised, Rembrary puffed out his chest and smiled proudly.

“It was easy.”

* * *

“Even though it was somehow treated like a mutual thing with Woo Yeon-woo, it’s too dangerous for the CEO to meet Rembrary alone. The incident where he and his subordinates shot Woo Yeon-woo is still there.”

“That’s right, CEO. Recently, Rembrary Healer’s closest crazy guy broke into some non-city and stole two cars.”

“I wonder what he’s up to, asking to meet the CEO. Do you really have to go? We can meet him instead and tell you what he says…….”

Lumen, surrounded by the hunters from Mirage who were following her around, put her hands behind her back and burst into a benevolent hearty laugh.

“It’s okay, I tell you.”

“We’re worried because you suddenly contacted us and said you wanted to meet us.”

The expressions of the hunters looking at Lumen were full of worry.

“Then let us escort you from this far away.”

As employees, they had no choice but to do this. The only healer, Rembrary, was also famous for being crazy, but the crazy guy under him, Ardor, was a really scary crazy guy. A crazy guy who periodically causes accidents when you’re about to forget about him.

But when that Rembrary suddenly called the CEO and asked to meet, and the CEO immediately said she would meet him and set out on the road, the employees couldn’t help but worry.

Lumen smiled contentedly when the chicks followed her around, saying they were worried about God, and allowed them to do so.

“Don’t worry too much. The rumors are strange, but Rembrary is a *sun-han* (*sun-han* means innocent and obedient) kid. He speaks strangely, but among all the humans I’ve seen…….”

But at that moment. Before she could finish speaking, a car rushed towards Lumen and stopped with a thud.

“……was the most *sun-haet-ji* (*sun-hada* means good).”

As the CEO, who had been bounced out, fell to the ground and blinked, the employees ran to Lumen, crying.

“CEO!”

“Oh my god, CEO!”

Some were angry and pointed at the car that had hit Lumen.

“Are you crazy? Come out! Can’t you drive with your eyes open?”

“Come out! I said come out!”

As the hunters revealed their abilities and shouted in anger, passersby were scared for no reason and looked this way.

The employees were furious and approached the car, thinking of forcibly dragging out the driver who had hit Lumen.

But as if he had no intention of running away, the driver immediately opened the door and came out leisurely from inside.

The excited employees were about to pour out curses at the car owner, but they were embarrassed and froze when they saw his face.

‘Rembrary?’

‘Healer?’

Passersby were also wondering what was going on, but they were surprised and their eyes widened.

‘Why is the healer coming out from there?’

‘It’s a declaration of war!’

‘Redrin has declared war on the Mirage CEO!’

Belatedly, anger soared rather than embarrassment, and the employees of Mirage pointed at Rembrary with their faces flushed.

Just as they were about to shout something, Rembrary approached the fallen Lumen and said with a very apologetic expression.

“I’m sorry.”

At that, the employees, while still angry, thought, ‘Did he not do it on purpose?’

“I can’t join Lumen’s team after all.”

Unbelievable words were heard.

‘Did he hit her to answer that?’

‘He hit the CEO because he didn’t like the scout offer?’

The employees stared at Rembrary with their mouths wide open. They had only heard about him being crazy, but a crazy person like that……?

As they were doing that, their CEO, who was lying down looking at the sky, slowly got up, dusted off her clothes, and sighed.

“You’re rejecting me too violently. Then why did you ask to meet me? There must be a definite reason why you would ask to meet me while rejecting me so passionately.”

“Yes.”

Rembrary calmly approached Lumen, not even feeling the sharp gazes looking at him, and asked for help.

The expressions of the passersby and employees were similarly distorted.

‘Is that crazy bastard?’