What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 690

Reason D'etre (3)

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Reason D’etre (3)

“Jung Demi—!”

I’m really dying, I’m dying!

-Kkyaaaa!

Oh, did you just say ‘me’?

“What are you doing here? Are you trying to get scolded by your brother! How dangerous is the battlefield!”

-Kwarururung…!

Uwaaah! The whole ceiling is collapsing!

“Good heavens!”

-Kwaga gagang!

“Juliette! Come this way!”

-Hihijing!

“No, what is going on all of a sudden?!”

I know, right! My waist is caught in a vine, and my whole body is swinging around, so I’m just grateful if I don’t get motion sickness.

Even in the midst of all this, I frantically turned my head, trying to find Ms. Gain.

Thank goodness, my friends were also tied up in vines and moving at full speed.

I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again as I watched Perry and Leah taking care of Sir Johann and Cedrick.

The moment the white baby, brought by the little ones on the vines, caught my eye, I almost burst out in anger.

“You, this!”

I’m going crazy, good heavens!

-Kurururu…!

“Demi, you even brought Tete? Aren’t you going too far?!”

-Pippooo!

Before I could hear the troublemaker red panda’s answer, the loud shout of a wren from the ceiling pierced my ears.

In many ways, I felt dizzy.

At this point, holding onto my sanity was a foolish thing to do.

Like riding an amusement park ride, I kept getting thrown somewhere—or rather, dodging the rocks pouring down from the ceiling—and stretched out my arms.

As if waiting for it, Perry threw Tete into my arms!

-Auk!

“Oh my, Tete!”

You really are something!

I quickly kissed the baby’s forehead, checked that he wasn’t hurt, and then busily looked around.

If that’s the case, then this combination can’t be all there is—

-Mweoang!

“Ropi! Go to the black brother, good!”

At the same time as the tiny cat nimbly jumped into the air, the center of the ceiling collapsed.

Gugu, who had been clinging to Ropi’s back, hurriedly leaped onto Sir Johann’s arm.

At first, I was so out of it that I thought the troublemakers had broken down the walls, but now I see that the order was completely reversed. The ceiling collapsed first, and the children had saved us.

The group turned pale as they watched the space begin to collapse like dominoes.

We somehow managed to escape back to the outskirts of the hall, but the problem was just beginning.

Sant, feeling the ground shaking from side to side, was about to faint!

-Kururu, kurururu…!

“I have a bad feeling about this.”

“I think me touching that magic stone gave a bad signal. Maybe it’s some kind of self-destruct device.”

“That’s just like Wilhelmina Sneider, damn it….”

“Demi, hold this place up so it doesn’t collapse! And please make sure the floor magic circle isn’t damaged!”

-Kkiheo!

When I shouted at the top of my lungs, the red panda on the opposite side cried out bravely.

I felt sorry for making unreasonable demands of the suddenly appearing children, but there was no other way right now.

Even though they were the same earth attribute, Hanae’s millennium-old vines were highly poisonous.

They were definitely good at suffocating or melting something, but ‘holding on tight’ was absolutely impossible.

But the Divine Beasts were different.

-Kkiung!

-Kwaaang!

-Kkia!

The children avoided the center where the boulders were falling and scattered in an orderly fashion to the outskirts of the hall.

When the three Divine Beasts simultaneously raised their front paws, thin vine tendrils spurted out like showerheads from the circumference of the huge circle. I was gaping because it was the first time I had seen such a sight.

It was like a meticulously woven green spider web. Or it was like the inside of a cylinder with a lot of super glue sprayed on it.

Thanks to the children’s power being poured out only from the edges, the magic circle in the center was safe—although a few large rocks did fall—and the ceiling, which had been collapsing as if a button had been pressed, was all stuck back in place.

We stood there dumbfounded in surprise….

-Urrurung…!

“Crazy, the earthquake isn’t stopping!”

-Pureureung

“Kids! Come to your brother right away!”

-Kkiuung!

From then on, we started sprinting through the underground passage without looking back.

“Areum, please take care of François!”

-Hihihihing!

While I was neutralizing the dark magic stone, the horses, with the help of Isabel and Sant, had all thrown off their heavy armor.

There was no time to complain about what was a waste or not.

If things went wrong, we would all be buried alive here without a sound.

Even as goosebumps rose, the thought that ‘if you want to live, you have to stay calm’ dominated my mind.

I don’t know how much preparation Duke Sneider had made, but if it was her, who had buried the Salt Marsh and the Lord’s Castle of Statia, anything was possible!

-Kugugung…!

“Run! Always to the big corridor! The widest path!”

-Dagudak, dagudak, dagudak, dagudak!

The horses, now much lighter, raced down the stone path at tremendous speed, and I flew, holding Tete in my arms with the three red pandas dangling.

No one cared about direction anymore.

Even while rushing through the trembling corridor, the Divine Beasts quickly repaired the collapsing road.

All the falling stones were blocked by bushes, and the splitting ground was filled with raised earth.

The musty underground instantly turned into a place full of the scent of grass. It was truly a festival of miracles unfolding before my eyes.

Charlemagne and Doria escorted Alison back and forth so that her speed would not drop, and Dduk-sim also generated tremendous speed with his small body.

Seeing him flying right next to me, I couldn’t help but say something.

“Jung Dduk-sim, I’m grateful that you came when it was dangerous, but what were you thinking? What about Herrit!”

-Ppibbibbii!

“Uh?”

The wren proudly showed his ankle.

I stared, gaping at the ribbon tied securely to him.

That’s the imperial crest of Liester!

“Could it be that His Majesty sent you? Or Master?”

-Ppireureureut!

‘It’s a long story!’ The little one seemed to be saying that.

I nodded hastily and flapped my wings greatly.

Even in the midst of all this, the Divine Beasts were happily chirping. It was then.

-Ududududu…!

“Look, look over there! The skeletons are running away!”

“Ah, really, just do one thing! Please!”

Sant pointed to the intersection far away. Gain burst into anger at the situation on top of the situation.

Dioph muttered a low curse and prepared to swing his staff.

The ground continued to rumble ominously, and a group of bones appeared again in front of us. My heart, which had sunk, quickly returned to its place.

Yes, it seemed that the doors of other underground tombs had been broken by the continuous earthquakes.

We exchanged glances quickly without slowing down. So, what do we do now?

Well, should we wait for those skeletons to pass by as if waiting for a traffic light?

Or should we smash them all with that person’s lightning magic and cross over?

-Dududududu…!

“…How about we follow them!”

Excuse me?!

“What did you just say, Duke?”

“Wasn’t it written on the wall! They wanted freedom!”

Duke Leopold Lasso shouted as he rode his horse in a low posture.

The man, who had climbed onto Alison’s back with the understanding of his friends—the man who had even thrown away all of his heavy armor, had the most confident look we had ever seen.

His expression was very stiff, but it truly felt that way.

His voice echoed through the wide passage.

“Weak animals, herbivores, usually travel in groups! That way, they can quickly escape from the attacks of predators, and they can receive guidance from the most experienced among them!”

“….”

“The group from earlier must have escaped the way we came! Then wouldn’t they also be looking for a nearby exit!”

“That makes sense! If they are so eager for sunlight, they may be able to sense what we cannot!”

Isabel responded clearly. I looked back at my friends and asked urgently.

“Shall we do that?”

“Okay, then! Let’s go!”

‘Giddy up!’ Gain shouted loudly and spurred her horse.

As Doria increased her speed, Alison, who was running ahead, put in even more effort.

Areum, carrying François, also moved her legs without losing.

Thus, we quickly reached the crossroads where the skeletons were crossing.

-Dalggakdalggakdalggakdalggak…!

“Don’t slow down and cut in! Those people won’t give way anyway!”

“Sorry for not being able to turn on the blinker! There are no hazard lights either!”

-Dagak, dagak, dagak, dagak…!

Our protagonist roared shamelessly, and Charlemagne, carrying the Crown Prince—in the worst ‘lane splitting’ that would have taken over all video platforms if there had been a black box here—joined the skeleton horde in the blink of an eye.

As a result, some of the bones lost their balance and bounced sideways.

It was the moment when the horses joined the flow in an orderly tail-biting manner.

-Challang!

“Oh, my god!”

From Areum’s back, which had made a sharp turn, Ongdangi slipped and fell into the opposite corridor.

François’s lips turned blue as he missed the little one.

I immediately turned my direction, putting strength into my wings. Ssaeaeeng!

“I’ll go get him!”

“Yeser, Palace Lord!”

“I have wings! I’ll catch up soon!”

-Dududududa…!

‘Don’t worry and go first!’ I shouted so that as many friends as possible could hear.

I could feel Gain and Cedrick’s gazes turning back to me, but I didn’t hesitate.

I also firmly rejected Sir Johann’s wish to hold me back.

I safely crossed the torrent of skeletons and landed in the opposite corridor.

In the roughly cracked and broken corridor, Ongdangi was standing alone.

-Challang, challang…

The little one, who had been floundering around without knowing what to do, seemed surprised that I had come back for him.

I chuckled and lifted the child up with both hands.

“Oh my, you’ve grown a lot in the meantime. Let’s go.”

It was as he said.

I don’t know when he drank so much water, but the little one could now hug my neck with both arms like a person.

Tete, wrapped around in my arms, blinked his black eyes as he looked at Ongdangi.

-Auuu?

“Ah. Come to think of it….”

Wait a minute, is this your first time meeting?

-Woong

-Challang

…Uh?

“You really don’t know each other? Then where did you….”

“You’ll have to be prepared to be scolded by your partners, Palace Lord.”

“Heok, Sir Johann.”

I thought I was the only one who had deviated from the route, but there was no way.

I had to watch our world’s scariest and most handsome adult protector slowly put on a smile without warmth right in front of my nose. Gulp….

The red pandas seemed to be greatly anticipating the next development, but to me, it was no different from a horror movie trailer.

-Hwiing!

“Eut, Herrit’s father! Just a moment! I can fly too—”

“Don’t resist.”

-Ssaeeaeeng!

“Heuwaaaak!”

-Dalgeurakdalgeurakdalgeurakdalgeurak…!

…I’ll leave the rest to your imagination. I really flew to my heart’s content.

*

Meanwhile. In a certain mountain valley.

-Thud!

“Princess!”

Cornelius slumped down in place, and Iseol, who had been walking ahead, was startled and ran over.

Then the princess looked up at her friend with a sulky expression.

“Are you, are you very tired? I’m sorry. I didn’t know I would lose my way so foolishly….”

“No, it’s because of me. Besides that.”

“…Are you hungry?”

“Yes. But besides that too.”

“Then….”

The little priest looked embarrassed. Then the little knight said primly.

“We agreed not to call you Princess outside. Iseol is a fool.”

“Ah.”

The child, finally realizing her mistake, smiled faintly.

Cornelius, who had almost smiled back, patted the seat next to her.

The duchess now knew how to quickly fill the princess’s side.

It was the time when the sun was setting. It was almost time to eat dinner….

-Basrak!

“Princess?”

At that moment, a sharp spear entered between the heads of the two children.

Cornelius’s greenish eyes darkened.

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

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

SMPU TWSB What Happens When the Sub Male Lead Goes on Strike When the Third Wheel Strikes Back ขอทีผมคนนี้อยากหนีจากบทพระรอง 男配角罷工的話會發生的事 서브 남주가 파업하면 생기는 일 섭남파업
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[English Translation] Imagine waking up not as the hero, but as the second fiddle in your sister's favorite romance novel! That's exactly what happened. Except, this isn't just any supporting role—it's a fast track to a tragic war and an untimely demise. Forget destiny! This second lead is rewriting his fate. He's dodging the main characters, embracing a life of leisure, and counting down the seconds until he can finally go home. Can he escape the predetermined plot, or will he be forever trapped in a romantic fantasy gone wrong?

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