What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 302

Sub Male Lead Goes On Strike – #302

Transcending Heart (1)

I carefully called out my brother’s name.

“Jung Eun-seo…?”

A voice, as if just waking up, flowed out. It was an unbelievable situation.

It had been so long since I had called out to him like this, my nose tingled and my chest felt tight.

I took a deep breath, clutching the familiar blanket. At the same time, I had this thought.

Could this also be a test from the guardian spirit?

Maybe there’s no one behind that door, and this is just an illusion created to look into my heart.

Was getting stabbed by the sword all mental torture…?

“Why? Are you sick? I’m coming in!”

I flinched. A clear voice rang out from outside the door. A shiver ran down my spine and my hair stood on end.

This was an unexpected development. Eun-seo didn’t wait for an answer and opened the door right away.

It was a very like-him attitude.

-Bang!

“……”

Ah……

“You look fine on the outside?”

It was Jung Eun-seo. It was my brother.

“Do you have a fever? You look a little dazed.”

My family, whom I had desperately missed for the past year, whom I had feared I would never see again.

My world.

“Why are you like this? Should I call big brother?”

When I didn’t answer, the little one’s expression turned serious.

Beyond the door, I could hear the morning sounds I had dreamed of.

Tak, sizzle…… The sound of my brother frying eggs in a frying pan. The smell of freshly cooked rice and the caw of a magpie.

The 8 o’clock news on TV, faintly audible. The noise of a moving truck’s ladder going up at someone’s house.

A nostalgic scene where those things came together.

“……”

I stared blankly at my brother. I could see her bobbed hair, now long enough to tie up.

I could also see her favorite chick-yellow hoodie and jeans with elastic in the waist.

The spotted socks she bought cheaply at the supermarket wriggled.

Her eyes, swollen from crying herself to sleep, leaked laughter like a fool.

Like a sea creature rising from the deep water. Very, very slowly.

“……Look.”

A little kid who looks a lot like my brother, barely twenty years old this year.

“Huh?”

“Come here.”

“What, scary. Are you really sick?”

When I gestured with my sunken voice, my brother grimaced.

Even so, I was thankful and proud that he was approaching me kindly.

I slowly hugged Eun-seo, who had come to my bedside, with both arms.

I couldn’t even give a little strength, afraid that it would break or disappear.

‘Ack! Why are you being so gross!’ My brother screamed.

Even so, he didn’t shake me off, and tapped my back with his fist without hurting me.

After Eun-seo turned ten, I had never hugged him first.

I thought my older brothers would be uncomfortable.

But now I didn’t have time to think about that.

The small, warm body temperature spread throughout my body. Relief washed over me, and my eyes welled up.

This was real. When I was sure of that, my throat tightened and my tension broke.

“Hngh……”

This time it wasn’t a dream. Really.

“Little brother is crying?”

My head fell more and more.

Eun-seo, who was very embarrassed, tried to look at my face, but I couldn’t lift my head in the end.

My brother patted me and hurriedly looked for my older brother.

“Big brother! Little brother is sick! He’s crying, right now!”

“Crying?!”

A surprised voice was heard. Then my brother ran into the room with a spatula.

I hurriedly grabbed his waist.

It was difficult to speak properly with my voice wide open.

Only the sound of me sobbing like a beast kept coming out.

“Ugh, ugh, hic……”

“Jung Ye, where does it hurt? Should I call 119 [emergency services number in South Korea]? Huh?”

“Anyway, we have to go to the hospital. This has never happened before!”

Eun-seo and my brother held me and talked back and forth.

In my blurry vision, the pattern of my brother’s apron flickered.

When my eyes met the familiar pink pig, a burst of hearty laughter erupted.

They say something bad happens if you laugh while crying, but I couldn’t stop either.

The two were restless and listed worries about the emergency room and whatnot.

I hugged my siblings for a long time after that.

And I didn’t let go until my arms cramped.

“Did you have a nightmare, brother? Is that why you’re like this?”

“Ugh, sob. Hngh……”

I came back home. I wasn’t safe.

It had been a year.

The desert night was burning with ruby and gold.

It looked like the eve of destruction.

-Rumble……!

-Kwaaaang!

“Aaaaaaack!”

A tremendous vibration shook the Temple of the Boundary.

Screams and cries of terror poured out from everywhere.

Crack! Cracks appeared on the ancient, solid walls, and the chandeliers on the ceiling shook precariously.

The commotion that started in the basement seemed to be spreading rapidly to the surface.

The Papal Knights moved with pale faces. It was a situation where a large number of deaths could occur with even a slight lapse in judgment.

“Get out! Everyone, get out of the temple! Hurry!”

“Don’t be disorganized! Maintain formation and move!”

-Kugugugung!

“Aaaaaaack!”

“There! Evacuate the residents outside the building!”

“You, escort the Cardinals with me!”

‘Kkyaaaaak!’ Orders and shouts piled up madly on top of the tearing screams.

The soldiers ran around here and there, their faces pale.

It was a scene stained with tears and shock.

Ronald Lüpert, the General Manager, as well as Crown Prince Cedric and Princess Elysee, had not yet escaped from the basement.

That group was naturally trapped below as well.

But now was not the time to rescue or worry about the higher-ups.

It was unthinkable to do so.

Because they were the ones who created the current situation.

“My child! My child is upstairs!”

“No, Bishop!”

“Please! My child is inside! My daughter!”

“You can’t go in because there is a high risk of collapse!”

“No! No! Please!”

A bishop was grabbed by soldiers and screamed.

No one here could fail to understand her desperate heart.

But they couldn’t let her in. Now the temple was a building that could collapse at any moment.

A terrifying time bomb, a majestic and ferocious demon.

It was a painful and shocking time for everyone who believed that such an era would not come.

“Please save me! Please help my daughter!”

“Bishop, your daughter will definitely come out!”

“She’s three years old! I have to be there, she’s three years old!”

‘Aaaaaaack!’ At the word ‘three years old’, those who had evacuated together covered their mouths.

They couldn’t sigh in front of the person involved, so they just stamped their feet.

Kwarreureung! Kwakwang! The white pillar under the black World Tree branches crumbled like a cookie.

It was the result of not being able to withstand the intense shock waves rising from under the ground.

The crowd let out a pitiful cry.

It was then.

-Kwagwagwagwa…… Kwagwaaaang!

“Heuaaaack!”

A huge explosion occurred in one part of the roof.

The thick marble roof shattered and flew away like sugar.

The crowd covered their heads with their arms and sat down in a heap.

Some mustered the courage to peek out. And they were shocked and gaped.

Across the dark night sky……

-Jjeeeeeeok!

“Goodness……!”

A house-sized Sticky Gugae was visible. The black and yellow stems were as thick as the temple pillars.

One of the soldiers pointed and shouted.

“Captain! Look over there! There are people attached!”

“My God!”

-Ssaeeeaeaeek!

On the huge crescent-shaped leaves, long glandular hairs were sticking out.

The people gathered like clouds couldn’t believe their eyes and blinked.

As many as dozens of people were being held by the sticky hairs and descending.

From temple staff to caravan employees, no one was missing.

The bishop, covered in tears, shouted in a hoarse voice.

“There! That’s my daughter! My child is over there!”

“Ah……!”

“Oh Lord! The Holy One has helped us!”

As if they had never despaired, applause and cheers poured out at the amazing miracle.

Then a thick vine landed in the safe zone in front of the temple.

Those hanging from each leaf reached out to their families and friends and burst into tears.

The crowd hugged and breathed a sigh of relief.

From the largest leaf, the elderly and children fell out in a heap.

The bishop, who was looking for her daughter, ran out barefoot and covered in sand.

The soldiers who were escorting her widened their eyes at the unexpected faces.

“Those people are……”

They were guests from the Empire. Count and Countess Rambouillet and their daughter—

-Pull the powerless even more. This distance won’t be enough.

A dignified voice flowed from Isabel’s mouth.

The knights looked at her with bewildered eyes.

Her bronze-colored eyes were emitting a mysterious light.

The woman calmly continued, collecting the rotten vines.

-The Archpriest of Fire has gone berserk in the Sanctum.

“Yes?!”

Everyone’s face turned pale.

Behind them, the Count and Countess were hugging the sacred beast and wiping away tears.

The limp small animals were as still as if they were dead.

The priest and young nobleman, who had lost their minds, collapsed.

Even though it was a night without rain, the sandy field was stained in spots. Sobbing flowed quietly like a river.

‘Kwagwagwang!’ Even in the midst of all this, explosions and earthquakes continued in the direction of the temple.

-The Cardinal of Fire is fighting against him, but neither of them intends to back down. The Archpriest of Water and the Cardinal of Air have also intervened here.

“Heok……”

-Also, the General Manager used his healing power. There are survivors, but they won’t be intact.

“Then, then soon—”

-There is a high probability that the Saint will use the Saintly Imprint.

Some of the residents gasped. The knights immediately turned around and scattered in an orderly manner.

And they stood in a row, estimating a distance that everyone could hear well.

Soon, a deafening warning echoed through the desert.

“Saintly Imprint! Saintly Imprint! Saintly Imprint!”

Without any other explanation, it was just a repetition of the word ‘Saintly Imprint’.

But that was enough. The crowd gathered under the dim moonlight hurriedly packed their bags.

They comforted the crying children and lined up busily. It was a number that seemed to be about a hundred.

Count Clement Rambouillet offered to support the carriages and carts.

Madame Marise found the fastest horse and rider among them.

The situation was changing urgently every moment.

“You must go to His Majesty, do you understand! You must enter the Imperial Palace!”

“Yes, Madam! Giddy up!”

-Heeheeheehing!

Clatter, clatter, clatter! Kwaaang! The sound of horses’ hooves and terrible explosions mixed together.

The temple was now burning like a torch in the heart of the desert.

Isabel, no, Hanan Lumayan, looked back at everyone and swallowed a sigh.

She didn’t wake up from her long sleep to witness such a tragedy.

She didn’t come out of her grave to get caught up in such a headache.

But it was already an irreversible reality.

“……Your Majesty.”

Joan called her in a watery voice. Hanan looked down at the poor thing.

Her swollen eyes were wet enough to be pitiful.

“What about our prince’s body? Can we recover it?”

“……”

She had spent a thousand years in this land, but she couldn’t answer anything for sure.

-Kwagwagwang!

Because the shadow of war was looming in her childhood.

A while later, I awkwardly held my phone.

Because it was on speakerphone, the sound was very loud.

My brother and Eun-seo, who had placed me in the middle of the living room, were sitting on the sofa waiting for the results.

It was a scene that made me smile bitterly.

Since when have I been so helpless because of these two?

“……Yes, Team Leader. I will. I’m sorry.”

I answered obediently. Everything around me was so unnatural that it was even amazing.

I had only spent a year in another world, but many parts of me that had been with me for a lifetime seemed different.

When I heard my team leader’s greeting a little while ago, I was so happy and glad that tears welled up in my eyes.

We’re not particularly close, but he’s always been good to me, so I often thought of him there.

-What are you sorry for? Don’t just say that again, and if it’s hard, text me on KakaoTalk [popular messaging app in South Korea]. I always tell you to use your vacation days when you can. We have plenty of time these days anyway. Kim Attorney is saying the same thing next to me.

-Ye-dael! What is a half-day off? Just take a day off!

“Hahahaha…… Thank you.”

-Okay. Take your medicine and get some rest.

“Yes. Goodbye. See you later.”

-Tsk! I told you to see you tomorrow if possible. I’ll hang up!

“Yes. Have a good lunch too.”

-Okay. Have a good lunch, Ye-dael!

Click, the noisy call ended. A white number appeared on the standby screen.

‘March 19th.’

It was the day after the night Eun-seo cried her eyes out over the death of ‘Yeser Venetian’.

So all the events I experienced happened in just one night here.

It was an unrealistic theory. I smiled weakly and looked at my brother and sister.

Then the two of them frowned in the same way. Wow, I wanted to see that too.

“Now that it’s like this, take a day off as your team leader said. You don’t seem to be in good condition today.”

“……Should I?”

When I said that, Eun-seo pointed at me and was horrified.

The following sentence was written in large letters on the face looking at my brother.

‘Look, he’s not normal! He’s sick!’

“Look, he’s really not normal!”

Hahahahaha.

“What can I do if he says he’s okay? He doesn’t have a fever. You should go to school soon. You have second period today.”

“No, I’m worried about little brother, so I think I should stay home. What if he collapses like that? My brother writes, so I have to take care of him.”

“No? If he collapses, I’ll contact the PD [Production Director] and take a hiatus? Are you trying to be clever?”

“Ah! Don’t push me with your feet, ah!”

Eun-seo poured out laughter and annoyance at the same time and got up from her seat.

My brother and I giggled like fools and saw her off.

Even the few steps to the front door were new and welcome.

I liked my brother’s face, so I wanted to support her skipping school if I could.

I wanted to be with her all day. But I couldn’t.

Because here, just an ordinary day had passed.

“Come back safely.”

“Be careful of cars, be careful of people. Don’t read Toegye Gong [a prominent Korean Confucian scholar] while walking. Don’t follow anyone even if they say they’ll buy you something delicious.”

“What if it’s a 5-star hotel buffet?”

“Then call your brothers and go together.”

“Euhahahahak.”

My brother and sister. Mom, friends, co-workers.

Because none of them know what I went through.

-Dalkang!

With the unchanging morning skit of the two, the front door closed.

I went into the bathroom before eating a late breakfast.

When I said I was just going to wash my face, my brother teased me, saying, ‘Okay, big eyes. Make sure to use cold water.’

A burst of laughter escaped. When I turned on the light and went in, a large mirror greeted me.

In an instant, my heart sank.

I saw a man who was so familiar, but who I hadn’t met recently.