What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 611

Shoot for the Ocean (1)

I was too excited. It felt like my eyes were burning with gold!

“Those people *are* plausibility? Their existence itself *is* plausibility?”

“More like, they’re the ones who work in every direction to *maintain* plausibility. That’s probably why there are so many settings in our world that aren’t in ‘Toegye Gong’ [a famous Korean Confucian scholar and philosopher] or were abandoned. From the beginning, everything was twisted, and the content was completely different from Dongsan, so they brought in information from everywhere to make it a plausible flow. Mainly from the original author’s notebook, trying to fill the holes that were punched through!”

“Crazy!”

‘Wow, this feels real!’ Gain covered her mouth and tapped my arm a few times, not hard.

We whispered like scientists who had made a great discovery, and Sir Johan soothed us from right behind, saying, ‘It would be better to lower your voices a little.’

Prince Yeseo, who was escorting Sue in front, looked back at us and smiled slightly.

Around that time, the group was moving to the end of the long waiting room, turning the corner.

Gain and I were just moving our lips while holding the notebook (our eyes were about to pop out), so the Crown Prince sighed and grabbed our shoulders, pulling us along.

The backyard goat, which couldn’t fit into anyone’s bag, occasionally cried, ‘Meeeh.’

The number of people was rapidly decreasing.

“Walk straight.”

-Meeeeh.

“I’m sorry. Perhaps for that reason, the sisters’ domain was reversed in color. In terms of a Korean document, they are the ones who live in the white space, not the black letters [referring to the blank spaces around text in traditional Korean documents, implying they exist outside the main narrative]. They seem like complete outsiders, but they are actually part of the text and cannot be separated from the story.”

“It’s creepy in a good way… Then those people wouldn’t be on anyone’s side? It’s like the personification of plausibility, so they shouldn’t lean to one side. They have to be fair.”

“I guess that’s right.”

Maybe not.

“But what is plausibility needed for?”

The Crown Prince finally spoke. We all looked up at him at the same time.

The man’s orange eyes shone deeply and clearly as always.

“Yes?”

“According to what your brother stated, our world is not someone’s novel. There may have been a set background, but that was never the whole thing.”

“Ah, that’s right.”

“Then there wouldn’t be a fixed ending either, so I don’t know why plausibility is needed.”

“Uh…”

“Uhh…?”

Gain and I opened our mouths at the same time.

Our heads tilted to the side like wooden puppets with loose strings.

Then the Crown Prince gave us a look that said he was seeing all kinds of idiots.

I wanted to argue back—because our reasoning was perfect!—but his point was also so right.

No…

“So…”

“Um, that’s…”

“Because plausibility is not needed in reality. Or rather, it doesn’t exist.”

Sir Johan, who had been quietly listening to our story, finally added that. It was true.

I nodded slowly, agreeing with his words.

That’s exactly why unbelievable accidents happened every day on Earth, where I lived. Things that made you wonder, ‘How could that happen?’ happened really casually there.

Amazing problems always arose without grand reasons or specific causes. That’s why there was also the saying, ‘Reality is stranger than fiction.’

“Thinking about it, that’s another problem. It’s not a world with a fixed ending, so what are those grandmothers taking care of plausibility for…? Oh.”

“The Crown Prince is right. Actually, I have a feeling about that too…”

“Shh, keep your mouth shut from here. There will be Imperial Guards at the portal platform.”

Just as I was carefully about to speak, Sue whispered to us.

The cane that she tapped on the hallway was emitting a faint light.

The eyes with clear age rings were very serious.

“One of the superiors will recognize me, and if it’s a red-haired knight who is usually close to me, things might work out. He’s been a friend for twenty years, so he’ll trust me and let me go.”

“Yes.”

“Yep.”

“But if it’s not that friend, things could get complicated. We might have to give up on the portal, so think of another way early on.”

“I understand, Sue.”

Herit’s father answered in a voice as smooth as butter.

Sue seemed like she was about to say something to him, but eventually swallowed her words.

-Tap, tap, tap…

-Step, step, step…

We were already entering a very narrow and dark path.

Until now, the walls of the waiting room were hung with glittering landscape paintings and portraits of past trade directors, but from here on, the wallpaper had a heavy dark red color.

There weren’t many magic lights, and even those were lacking in light, giving it an early evening feel.

At the end of the passage, a large, black gate stood tall, looking somehow threatening.

It seemed like that was the entrance to the servant-only portal leading to Evelyn.

Empty armor like tin cans was eerily decorated in between.

The atmosphere was such that a real person could pop out, so honestly, I was a little scared.

We temporarily stopped the discussion about the three sisters and focused only on walking.

It was then.

-Fzzzz!

The phoenix, which had been quiet until now, suddenly flapped its wings.

Then purple sparks flew, and a square status window like a scroll appeared.

I blinked quickly.

Hyung [older brother or male friend in Korean]? Are you finally back?

[…Ya]

[Jeong Yeseo]

[Did you eat all the things that I and Jeong Eunseo told you usually?]

[You probably did, you even took out chives and green onion to wrap it nicely because you are a pig]

[Ha…. This kid is all grown up now, I’m going crazy]

Ah, what is it.

“What are you saying suddenly? Speak so I can understand.”

Just in time, Rofi bounced in the bag—I guarantee she found a sewing kit in her pocket—and the goat kid stopped to smell the hallway carpet.

The status window appeared without warning and began to spew out words!

[I told you not to be too nice to people too easily. Huh? I’m not scolding you now, I’m worried as your brother. I told you that you have a blatant pushover tendency, didn’t I?]

In the meantime, keeping the spelling perfect made the words seem weighty.

I glanced at the status window, and Gain whispered, ‘Brother?’

I nodded roughly.

[Until just now, I felt like my eyes were about to fall out, but now my whole body hurts because of you. What are you going to do like this…]

[Why are you going around like this. Huh?]

[Being kind to children and the elderly is desirable. That’s a natural and right thing to do. But you… You’re really…]

[Ha…]

Hyung couldn’t continue for a while. I stared at the Hyunseo window with a sullen look.

Really what? Would I have had any other choice?

I’ve just been working hard to survive, and I’ve gotten involved with many people, and sometimes I’ve taken losses.

That’s what life is like.

I’ve been struggling to survive until now, and if Hyung scolds me for that, I’d be happy to hear it—

[Are you just going to settle down there?]

…What?!

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

[I’m serious. I set a 5-minute alarm and dozed off just now, and I even dreamed that you were coming back holding a nephew.]

Hey, you.

“Stop writing novels. No, write novels, but don’t write about us.”

[The baby’s eyes were blue…]

“Are you crazy?”

[But the hair was black like mine… In the dream, Jeong Eunseo told me to call the allowance account.]

Hey, you troublemaker! You’ll get cursed if you say that anywhere!

“…Hyung. We’re focused on our duty right now, so even if it’s hard for you, please come to your senses. It’s not the time to be thinking about such ridiculous things. We’re going to find the rainbow and return to our original world according to the task you gave us. We haven’t found the last purple yet, but I have the green. Our side’s Bakari helped us get here safely. I’ve roughly figured out how to open the space or dimension door to explode the power of the divine objects. I don’t know the feasibility, but anyway, I have a plan. In addition, I’ve roughly figured out the identities of the three sisters that Hyung only told us the names of.”

[Really nothing between you? Watching the sunrise together and making wishes, always sleeping under the same blanket? Feeding each other and eating, you can’t live without each other?]

Stop! Please! Grandpa!

“How could that be? What kind of life can a natural-born solo like me have!”

I don’t even get set up on blind dates! Because I’m too much of an outsider!

“Your Highness, have you never been in a relationship in your life? Even in elementary or middle school?”

“Yes, yes. Yes?”

I answered absentmindedly and received a flood of gazes.

Gain muttered, ‘It was real.’ Her face turned red.

“…Hyung, focus on what you can do right now. I’m going to do what you couldn’t do last time.”

[What is it?]

“Saving the prince!”

I snapped sharply and strode forward.

The prince, who heard the last sentence, was startled and looked back at me.

The eyes under the snail glasses were round and wide. Our eyes met straight on.

At that very moment,

-Kooong!

The door opened with a heavy noise. It was a portal to Evelyn.

“Stop for a moment.”

“……”

And from inside, a rough and sharp voice flowed out.

We reflexively slowed our steps and exchanged glances quietly.

As planned, Sue stood at the head of the group.

Inside the platform, about eight or nine people who looked like knights were standing in a circle, which was obviously a formation to protect the portal.

We desperately rolled our eyes to find the red-haired knight who was an acquaintance of the old man. Hoping that if we only had him, we could somehow get through…

-Clang!

“Name.”

…The man who stopped us was standing in front of the gate, looking at a thick document.

He was, to exaggerate a bit, twice the size of the Crown Prince, and his hair was brown, which was easily seen here.

There wasn’t even a fingernail of red.

Then a small spotted goat stepped forward as if to protect us. Tac tac.

But the desperate premonition didn’t end there.

“…This portal was originally guarded by the Imperial Guards, but why are the defense forces here?”

Sue asked calmly. The big man didn’t even look at her and answered bluntly.

“With the prince kidnapped, the Imperial Guards don’t have time to play around here. Half of it is their responsibility. Even the off-duty guys have all been called out and put into the search. The defense forces will be in charge here for the time being. Name.”

“…Barbara Sue. I am the bell-ringer of Evelyn.”

“Bell-ringer?”

He frowned with a fierce impression, then looked down at Sue for the first time.

The gaze that scanned the old man from head to toe was very rude and unpleasant.

The knight glanced at his colleagues.

“Is there a bell tower in Evelyn?”

“We don’t know because we haven’t been to the detached palace. Look for it in the documents there. See if it says ‘bell-ringer.’”

“There is a bell tower on the Evelyn coastal cliff dedicated to His Majesty Alexandre. This is something that most commoners know.”

“……”

When Sue answered instead, the knight glared at the old man with a fierce face.

I was sincerely worried that he would hit Sue.

I mean, it wouldn’t happen with us right in front of him, but still.

“…Here it is, Barbara Sue. The second daughter of the Baron family.”

“Yes. Then now…”

“Entry permit. And identification for those people and travel permits.”

“What?”

The old man blinked. The knight snorted.

“Don’t make such a disgusting expression. Do you think Evelyn servants can freely use the portal? That’s unfair. You’re all the same, wiping the butts of the higher-ups.”

“……”

“Hurry up and hand it over so we can move on. It’s our lunch break, so we need to change shifts soon.”

The knight made an unpleasant noise and walked towards us.

When Sue firmly blocked our way, he even pushed her away with a hand as big as a pot lid. ‘Ouch!’

The man, who had already come right in front of me, looked down at me intently.

“You first. Hand over the documents.”

-Poke!

“Ugh, that’s…”

And the moment his index finger poked me,

-Kwaaaang!

A fierce gale shot at him!