Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 514

◈ 514. I’m Home!

Ardor looked at Rembrary with expectant eyes for a moment.

Meng Woo-shin reached out his hand to receive the glass slipper, but when Ardor only looked at Rembrary without any intention of giving it to him, he waved his hand in the air.

“Hey. Aren’t you going to give it to me? My hand is empty here.”

Still, Ardor only stared at Rembrary. Eventually, Rembrary, unable to watch any longer, asked outright,

“Why are you looking at me like that? Let’s finish quickly and leave. I’m tired.”

‘The laziest one is saying that!’ Meng Woo-shin was annoyed by Rembrary’s words, but he remained silent because he knew that Rembrary was the only one who could control Ardor.

Ardor smiled brightly, lifted the glass slipper with both hands, and said,

“High Priest, I can make you the protagonist of this world. If you accept this-”

“Mission failed. Meng, you’re dead.”

“…….”

Ardor frowned and glared at him, and Meng Woo-shin felt wronged.

‘That bastard blames me for the dungeon, blames me for his High Priest, and blames me for everything.’

Still, Rembrary had spoken directly, so it was hard to refuse. Ardor gave the glass slipper he was holding to Meng Woo-shin.

“Is this slipper yours?”

“Yes! It’s my slipper!”

Meng Woo-shin was also annoyed and snatched the glass slipper away.

* * *

“Ah, no! I almost failed again!”

Waryon, who was watching this scene, let out a painful scream and scolded the other aides of the Demon King, who were busy chatting in the chat window.

Waryon: If you’re not going to help, why are you watching! Get out! You came to help! But why are you playing around! Why are you playing!

Cloth: Wary is angry?

Waryon: How can I not be angry! I’m stuck with demons who won’t give even an angel’s feather of help! You guys are worse than angels!

Noir: What? Angels? Wary, are you betraying us?

Waryon: Don’t exaggerate! Why is the conversation going there! And the betrayal was done by the dragon! You’re going to Redrin [a rival faction]!

Black Dragon: …

Waryon: What. What’s with the dots. Why. You said it yourself. Why are you silent?

Black Dragon: I don’t talk to demons lol Long live Redrin

Waryon: See that! That bastard is the traitor!

Noir: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ [Korean slang for ‘hahahaha’]

Cloth: But I can’t get angry at the dragon

Waryon: Why! Why! Why! What’s the difference!

Cloth: He’s a dragon. Dragons are cute ^^.

Black Dragon: Gyu [onomatopoeia for a cute sound]

Cloth: Dragon head, you’re crossing the line

Noir: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

‘Why are all my colleagues like this? My area is about to be destroyed, but why are all my colleagues like this?’ Waryon was so angry that he almost broke the crystal ball.

Is he the only one who’s afraid of the area being destroyed? Have these guys already decided to surrender to Redrin? Is that why they’re not scared?

Still, as he was huffing and puffing, Noir stopped joking and gave him some serious advice.

Noir: Go in there pretending to be an NPC and talk to them.

Waryon: Now? Which NPC? The king? Should I go and say I can’t approve the marriage?

Noir: If it’s the Cinderella story I know, they don’t need your approval.

Waryon: Then what should I do ;;

Noir: Give up on this game. Do better next time.

Waryon: …

Cloth: I’ll kill you if you say gyu too

Noir: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Waryon: You demons!

Waryon cried, turned off the crystal ball, and packed his bags.

He was very angry, but Noir was right. This game is almost over, so he has to leave.

But next time, he will never let it go like this. He will not only watch but also intervene directly!

* * *

At that time.

Meng Woo-shin, Ardor, and Rembrary were waiting for this mission to end quickly.

Meng Woo-shin received the glass slipper, and the prince found Cinderella, so isn’t it over now?

“…….”

“…….”

“?”

However, even though Meng Woo-shin received the glass slipper, nothing happened.

Rembrary, Meng Woo-shin, and Ardor glanced at each other, and the soldiers also wondered, ‘Why is the prince just standing there in front of the culprit?’

How long had they been standing there?

“Your Highness? Shall we arrest the culprit?”

The soldier behind him finally asked outright.

“Ah!”

The moment he heard those words, Rembrary realized and gave advice.

“The story progressed until he came to find her. Isn’t it not ending because the ending is different? Right now, anyone can see it’s a criminal arrest. In my opinion, the wedding-”

Before Rembrary could finish speaking, Meng Woo-shin was disgusted and gagged his mouth, but Ardor didn’t stop him.

Both of their expressions were rotten, so Rembrary removed Meng Woo-shin’s hand and said again.

“I wasn’t going to talk about that. I was going to tell you to change the atmosphere even if you don’t go that far.”

Rembrary looked at Ardor with expectant eyes.

Ardor looked like he really didn’t want to, but in the end, he had no choice but to turn around and say to the soldiers who were still clueless.

“Actually, that glass slipper was cursed.”

“Yes?”

“Suddenly?”

“That’s right. So Meng, what’s his name, Cinderella, took the glass slipper and ran away instead. Thanks to that, only my clothes disappeared. If Meng, what’s his name, Cinderella, hadn’t taken the glass slipper, my head would have disappeared instead of my clothes.”

Meng Woo-shin quickly nodded and picked up the pair of glass slippers and lifted them up as if handling sacred objects.

At that moment. Light burst out from the glass slippers.

When the light subsided. The group was standing in front of the 3-2 area gate.

“We passed!”

* * *

“Yes, yes. Yes. We’re all at the entrance of the 3-2 area. ……Yes.”

Meng Woo-shin, who had called Daeju to pick them up, looked at the three people from another world, who were squatting side by side in front of the wall and talking about what they had experienced in the fairy tale world.

“I was among the fairies.”

“Fairies are High Priest!”

“How was it? It must have been a fantastic place.”

“It felt like a smithy with steam on the floor.”

“High Priest, please ask what the fairies were like.”

“What were the fairies like, Mullu? And Ardor, Mullu is right next to you, so ask him directly from now on.”

“But High Priest. This is the only way I can have even one more conversation with you.”

“The fairies were like Ardor, High Priest. They were just babbling and annoying.”

“?”

‘Fools.’ Meng Woo-shin clicked his tongue inwardly.

In the meantime, the three people from another world were somehow continuing their conversation.

Then, when he made eye contact with Meng Woo-shin, Rembrary smiled brightly and asked everyone, including Meng Woo-shin.

“Don’t you think the four of us get along surprisingly well?”

Rembrary said happily, but no one answered.

Even Ardor didn’t answer, so Rembrary was a little shocked and quickly looked to the side.

Ardor avoided his gaze and apologized.

“I’m sorry, High Priest. But I had no connection with you at all in this dungeon. I’ve been looking at Meng, what’s his name, all the time, and my eyes are tired.”

‘You son of a bitch. If we’re talking about eye strain, no one is as tired as I am!’

Meng Woo-shin cursed inwardly, but he didn’t want to bring it up, so he closed his mouth.

About 30 minutes later. Finally, Daeju arrived.

* * *

“Then get some rest. I’ll contact you when we’re supposed to gather here later. Go in.”

After taking Rembrary, Mullu, and Ardor to their house first.

Daeju started the car again and immediately demanded to Meng Woo-shin.

“The camera?”

“Ah, here-”

Meng Woo-shin reflexively took out the camera and tried to hand it over, but after thinking for a moment, he turned it on and briefly checked the recorded content.

After a while, Meng Woo-shin turned off the camera and said firmly.

“Nothing was recorded.”

“I saw you checking it just now. I heard a small conversation.”

“Only the sound was recorded.”

“Then you should give me the camera that only recorded the sound.”

Meng Woo-shin hesitated, then took the SD card out of the camera and broke it.

“Woo-shin. You’re crazy.”

Daeju, who saw that, stopped the car on the side of the road and said, and Meng Woo-shin answered firmly.

“Daeju, you’ll go a little crazy if you go in there too. You were wrong this time.”

“What happened inside?”

* * *

“Ah, nothing happened. I just rested.”

Nin-ling, who ran out to the living room happily to greet Rembrary, asked what happened in this maze, and Rembrary answered calmly and smiled.

Mullu, who had been making glass slippers in the dungeon all along, couldn’t agree with that answer, but instead of interfering, he went straight to the bathroom. He wanted to wash up and rest.

“Do you have pears?”

“I’ll peel them for you.”

“Nothing happened here?”

“Nothing happened here…”

“Something did happen.”

“The number of people sneaking into the maze is increasing.”

Rembrary went to the kitchen and sat at the table, and Nin-ling took out a pear from the refrigerator and peeled it.

“Oh, dear.”

“Here’s a fork. It seems that many people are attracted to the fact that the inside of the maze is similar to the original world.”

Nin-ling pushed the plate towards Rembrary and sighed.

“People who have settled down well after the upheaval think it’s nonsense and laugh at it. But people who live in bad shanty towns or can’t settle down here think it’s the same whether they die here or there, so they go in.”

“Oh, dear.”

“There’s also talk that it’s good to go in quickly and settle down first.”

Rembrary clicked his tongue in pity.

Rembrary saw when he briefly returned to the original world that people were living like slaves to the demons.

The demons were a different race from humans.

They had an appearance that was similar, or rather, very outstanding by human standards, but they were a completely different species.

Could people really regain their previous lives in a place created by such beings?

But the problem is……

“The more people like that there are, the more the Demon King’s power will increase.”

“That’s right. Daeju is distributing promotional materials to prevent people from entering, but would anyone who’s going to enter change their mind after seeing that?”

Rembrary put down the fork and rested his chin on his hand. The Demon King’s power was a concern, but other things were also worrying.

“When we seal the dungeon, we plan to bring out as many people as possible who have entered before the sealing. But there’s no answer if they refuse to come out.”

“That’s right.”

“We can’t leave the maze or the Demon King as they are for those people.”

“Yes. If we don’t seal the Demon King, the territory will continue to expand.”

Rembrary frowned. It was truly difficult.

* * *

“If you pick out the ingredients that Rembrary wants, I’ll make something delicious with them!”

Ardor shouted loudly, so Rembrary went to the supermarket alone.

Other people also wanted to go with Rembrary, but Rembrary wanted to think about this and that, so he deliberately separated from the group and came alone.

But after picking out the ingredients and standing at the entrance, it was pouring rain, unlike when he came.

‘I didn’t bring an umbrella.’

Rembrary looked up at the darkening sky, wondering what to do.

Who should he call to come? Or should he wait for the rain to stop? Or should he walk in the rain?

As he was thinking, he heard the sound of something unfolding next to him. And a black umbrella rising above his head.

“?”

Looking to the side, there was a familiar face.

“Demon King…….”

“Shall we talk for a bit, High Priest?”