Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 623

◈ 623. Erasing Call Records

The Hwasaja asked,

“If it’s a decision to oppose… are you going to seal the Demon King?”

Ardor immediately objected.

“High Priest, that’s dangerous. The seal in your head will also break.”

Rembrary agreed.

“That’s right.”

But he was still firm.

“I’ve been thinking about that too. After talking to the Demon King, I understand. It’s better to seal him.”

Rembrary recalled everything the Demon King had said.

It would have been better if the Demon King only held a grudge against Redrin and Rembrary.

The Demon King could take proper revenge on Redrin and Rembrary this time, and once the revenge was complete, he would be satisfied.

He would want to return to being a god and take care of people as before. In that case, coexistence with the Demon King could be an option.

Even if people pointed fingers, saying it was ‘coexisting with evil,’ who cares?

People always have something to say about others. Rembrary wasn’t afraid of that.

But that wasn’t the problem. The Demon King….

“Holds a great grudge against people.”

Yeonwoo asked,

“Why?”

“No matter how much the gods fight and slander each other, in the end, it’s not another god but a person who brings down a god.”

Rembrary explained, but Yeonwoo frowned.

“What does that have to do with us Earthlings?”

As Ardor stared at Woo Yeonwoo, Woo Yeonwoo quickly waved his hand.

“No, I mean. The grudge is against people from your world, right? But this is Earth. So, even if you don’t seal him, wouldn’t he not vent his anger here?”

Ardor clicked his tongue.

“If the Demon King cared about that, he wouldn’t be called the Demon King.”

Woo Yeonwoo, treated like an idiot by Ardor, looked upset, but Rembrary sided with Ardor.

“Yeonwoo, if the Demon King cared about every little thing, would he have created dungeons where people die? The majority of those who enter those dungeons are Earthlings, right?”

“!”

“Of course, he might distinguish between Earthlings and non-Earthlings and resent them differently. The dungeon might not be about resentment at all, but just about treating human lives lightly. So, Yeonwoo, can you bet your life on that fifty-fifty chance?”

“……No.”

“That’s why I’m trying to go for the middle ground. That’s the seal.”

Rembrary urged the Hwasaja again.

“If you want, I’ll attach everyone else to you, so do whatever it takes to pass through the 4th dungeon and destroy the pillar, Saja. I’m asking because it’s you. No, first, destroy just two more. Once you pass the last gate, you’ll immediately fight the demons guarding the pillar. We don’t know what will happen then, so you need to prepare well for the end.”

Rembrary then looked at Woo Yeonwoo.

“And Yeonwoo.”

“I’m not going into the dungeon!”

“It’s better for you to stay at my house for the time being.”

Woo Yeonwoo’s expression turned pale.

“Why?”

“There’s no guarantee that Nakru won’t come here again.”

“Jongwoo *hyung* [older brother/male friend] also comes and goes often, and Kesh is alive too. Still, it’s Nakru. Surely they wouldn’t just barge in and drag me away.”

“When it was Senior Woosil, they broke the water pipes downstairs to take him away.”

Woo Yeonwoo’s face darkened even more at Rembrary’s words.

He realized that it might be more dangerous because other people were living together.

After much deliberation, Woo Yeonwoo asked desperately.

“Does it have to be your house?”

“Don’t we have Ardor, Ninring, and Mullu at our house? One of the three is always home. And isn’t our Siyoung a space-related ability user?”

Woo Yeonwoo thought to himself. That’s why I don’t like it, because there’s Ardor, Ninring, and Mullu.

But apart from not liking it, it did sound safe.

“Siyoung is that… the kid at your house, right? Isn’t he a complete toddler?”

“Unless it’s a grim reaper or Hwasaja suddenly appearing from the inside, Siyoung can prevent external intruders from even entering the house. So, our house is the best.”

Woo Yeonwoo covered his head with both hands.

“Ugh, seriously. Why does this have to happen.”

But in the end, he reluctantly agreed.

“Okay.”

* * *

“Huh? Why is Woo Yeonwoo coming to our house?”

“It’s Woo Yeonwoo! It’s Woo Yeonwoo!”

When they took Woo Yeonwoo home, the children were as amazed as if they had seen a celebrity.

He had come to see Rembrary before, but this time, Woo Yeonwoo came with a large suitcase.

Seeing that, they seemed to realize that this visit was different from before.

“Hello.”

While Woo Yeonwoo was being friendly to the children to manage his image.

Jongwoo, who had come along to help with the move, looked around the house.

Having heard that Nakru might be targeting Woo Yeonwoo, Jongwoo also agreed that Woo Yeonwoo should stay here.

He could be kidnapped right in front of their eyes again.

But he seemed worried, so he came along to see the house himself.

“The house is bigger and nicer than I thought.”

Rembrary was pleased with Jongwoo’s admiration.

“The school district is good too.”

Jongwoo wasn’t very interested in the school district, so he replied casually, “Yes.”

In any case, it was fortunate for Jongwoo that this house wasn’t too far from the company.

Rembrary showed Woo Yeonwoo the room that Sunwoo Woosil used to use.

“Woosil *senior* [term of respect for someone with more experience] used this room. You can use it too.”

“Where did Woosil *senior* [term of respect for someone with more experience] go now?”

“After the conflict with Nakru, he ended up moving.”

At the mention of Nakru, Jongwoo turned pale and touched his forehead.

“They seemed like a decent group. Why did it suddenly turn out like this? Yeonwoo must have done something wrong.”

Jongwoo had been running around to rescue Yeonwoo, but he seemed convinced that Yeonwoo was the cause.

“Ah, *hyung* [older brother/male friend]! You traitor!”

While Woo Yeonwoo protested to Jongwoo.

Rembrary patted Ardor’s shoulder, whose dissatisfaction was evident.

“Take good care of him. He’s weak.”

* * *

“Ardor, that Redrin’s madman came and took Woo Yeonwoo away!”

Guseji stopped as she entered the hospital room with a bouquet of flowers, hearing a loud voice.

The B team leader, who had undergone surgery for a gunshot wound to the leg, was shouting loudly as if he had plenty of energy.

In front of him, Deputy Seo was standing and nodding casually.

“Woo Yeonwoo has clearly joined hands with Redrin!”

“The manager called him, so what.”

Guseji clicked her tongue and handed the bouquet to Deputy Seo.

“?”

As the deputy director awkwardly held the bouquet, the B team leader glared at Guseji.

“You’re talking like it’s a good thing?”

“Do you have mind-reading powers? I didn’t say that out loud, so how did you know?”

“Hey, Team Leader Gu.”

“The manager mobilized everyone he knew because his celebrity was dragged away in front of his eyes. You saw Ardor shooting Yeonwoo-*ssi* [term of endearment/respect], right?”

“Don’t be so biased? Everyone here knows that you’re close to the Woo brothers.”

Guseji ignored the B team leader and said to the deputy director.

“It’s unavoidable that Woo Sungwoo went to the demons, but Deputy Director, Woo Yeonwoo hasn’t done anything special, and it doesn’t seem right to attack him now just because something he couldn’t handle happened in the past.”

As Guseji spoke, she frowned when she noticed one of the B team leader’s subordinates staring at her.

The subordinate smiled and quickly looked away.

Then, looking back at the deputy director, she saw that he was deep in thought with a serious expression.

After a while. Deputy Seo scratched his head and asked.

“What is our goal?”

At that, the B team leader and Guseji stopped arguing and looked over.

Deputy Seo sighed again and said.

“It’s to drive out the demons and bring stability back to the world. What is Redrin’s goal? It’s also to defeat them. Broadly speaking, their goals are no different from ours.”

The B team leader exclaimed in anger.

“But isn’t it because of those cultists that our world is in this state? Besides, there’s a prophecy that Rembrary will side with the demons.”

“That’s right. That’s why it went wrong. But in my opinion, it went wrong too early.”

“!”

“It should have gone wrong after we had almost suppressed the demons. After defeating a common enemy. But it went wrong with a common enemy in front of us. Moreover, isn’t the enemy of Mirage, with whom we have joined hands, Rembrary, not the demons? So, we can’t see it as a bad thing that Woo Yeonwoo received help from Redrin.”

“Deputy Director!”

The B team leader, who had thought that Deputy Seo would side with him, exclaimed in confusion.

Deputy Seo looked back and forth between Guseji and the flowers he was holding and added.

“I’m not siding with him because I received flowers.”

The B team leader asked angrily.

“Then, Deputy Director, are you going to leave those guys alone like this? Those guys ruined our world? Who knows when Rembrary will side with the demons?”

“We can’t do that. However, it’s a matter of timing.”

Deputy Seo said firmly, picked up his phone to check his contacts, and then looked at Guseji.

“I heard that Hunter Management Bureau Deputy Director Morso has a deep grudge against Rembrary. Team Leader Gu, would you like to contact him?”

“Yes?”

‘Is he trying to entrust it to me? What’s going on? He’s been deliberately avoiding assigning me work related to Rembrary or the Woo brothers?’

Guseji looked at the deputy director in confusion.

Deputy Seo called out the contact information to Guseji and said tentatively.

“Try calling him. Maybe it will be helpful. Erase the previous call record, just in case.”

It was just a passing remark, but Guseji felt a pang of guilt. She flinched without realizing it.

‘Did he know that I told Jongwoo-*ssi* [term of endearment/respect] Yeonwoo’s location… and that’s why he said that?’

* * *

Three hours later.

Guseji ended up going to see Hunter Management Bureau Deputy Director Morso with Deputy Seo.

She glanced at Deputy Seo throughout the journey, but she couldn’t tell whether he knew something and was doing this, or whether he was taking her along because the B team leader was injured.

If it’s the latter, it’s okay, but if it’s the former, it’s not good. It means I’m being suspected.

She sided with him because she knew that Woo Yeonwoo was definitely not someone who would be in league with the demons, but it was a difficult situation for Guseji, who had no intention of betraying Nakru.

Even in the meantime, the car glided forward, and finally, the group arrived in front of the Management Bureau building.

After going through several procedures, only Guseji and Deputy Seo were able to meet Deputy Director Morso, while the others were left in the hallway.

Morso, who had been contacted in advance, was sitting at a large desk and asked as soon as they entered the room.

“What business does Nakru have to contact me?”

* * *

“I came to deliver something.”

Shin Jo-woon, who visited with Jang Tae-ri, handed Rembrary the packaged food he had brought, then stopped talking when he found Woo Yeonwoo sitting on the living room sofa.

“He seems to have been misunderstood by Nakru. I decided to keep him for the time being.”

Rembrary explained and then asked.

“Did you come to deliver this?”

“No. I got a strange call from the Hunter Management Bureau.”

“Hunter Management Bureau?”

‘Is that where Morso is?’

“What kind of call was it?”

“They were asking you for help.”