What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 802

‘-Mom wrote the framework. It’s true that you added flesh so beautifully and richly. But did the story really go the way we wanted?’

‘······Mom.’

‘-We received feedback every day. Really, every single day without missing one. We practically wrote the story together with them. How could they give us words that became bone and flesh so sincerely…’

‘I told you not to look at malicious comments.’

‘-Why? Mom found it all fun.’

‘I’m sorry, but your second son is trapped in a novel.’

‘-Oh my, oh my.’

“Who on earth did you inherit that personality from······.”

At least Hyunseo didn’t.

Step, step, step. The man’s steps across the dark living room ceiling were hurried.

Holding the phone, which was still connected, he knocked hard on his youngest sibling’s door on purpose.

-Knock knock knock! Knock knock knock! Knock knock knock!

“Jeong Eunseo, are you asleep? Sorry, but can I come in for a second······.”

-Swish······

Then, he discovered an amazing clue from outside the door.

He almost threw another thousand won at the pig of greed. [referring to Eunseo, implying she’s greedy]

Instead, he made an internal agreement to bang his perfectly fine forehead against the wall once.

“······I’m going crazy. What is this?”

-Swish······

Through the thin gap in the door, like a bookmark, dazzling golden light was flowing out.

The tingling in his forehead was no longer felt.

Without thinking any further, he stepped on the ground, turned the doorknob, and threw the door open.

-Click!

“Hey.”

“Kuh······.”

His youngest sibling was sound asleep, with her pajama pants rolled up to her knees and kicking all the blankets away.

It was a great relief that the child was at least home and seemed very safe. However······.

-Hyunseo?

“······.”

His mother’s worried voice flowed from the screen, which had been switched to speakerphone.

Hyunseo swallowed the sigh that was about to burst out and shook his head once.

“······Eunseo is fine, Mom. She’s sleeping soundly in bed right now.”

-Oh my, that’s a relief. Thank you.

“······.”

That is, if the phenomenon of emitting golden light from her whole body could be called fortunate.

Of course, he didn’t continue the sentence and walked towards his sister.

Perhaps because of her hair sticking out in all directions, she looked like a glowing jellyfish at first glance.

He reached out to shake her awake, but suddenly······.

-Swish······

“······If this kid is the Supreme God.”

Too many thoughts rushed to the top of his head at once.

Then, they swayed and overflowed as if they were about to spill over.

‘Retired Princess’ was written solely for Jeong Eunseo.

He wrote it hoping that his youngest pig of a sibling, who had been receiving psychiatric counseling until her second year of high school, would relieve some stress and have a happy life preparing for the college entrance exam.

His mother, whose childhood dream was to be a novelist, had been using her imagination in various ways for a long time, even while she was ill, and wanted to give it all to her youngest child as a gift.

Hyunseo just wanted to sincerely help her work.

Anyway, that was the mindset when he started.

-Swish······

“If this kid is the biggest fragment of the Supreme God······.”

Because he knew well the guilt that his mother had towards Eunseo.

His mother was the most sorry person in the world that most of the image of you that this child remembers is not intact.

So Hyunseo, Yeseo, and the rest of the family have been doing their best so far.

Eunseo, who doesn’t even remember her father’s face and is awkward with her mother, didn’t want her to feel any lack.

Even if that were the case, he desperately hoped that it would not deeply wound Eunseo.

He hoped that any deficiency would simply disappear as a moment’s regret, a minor complaint that could be easily covered up with other good memories······.

He sincerely hoped that no scars would remain on her young heart.

Someone might say it’s impossible and laugh at it.

But Hyunseo, Yeseo, and the family firmly believed in and relied on each other.

“······Can I wake her up carelessly?”

Because that was the only way they could endure it. For nearly twenty years.

-Hyunseo, what’s wrong? Did another problem arise?

“······I don’t know what will happen if I wake her up.”

If Mom made such a child a god, if she set all those readers as gods of one world······.

“Isn’t it most important to receive the Supreme God’s gaze in life, Mom? That’s what the faith setting of the Supreme God Church is all about.”

And if there is one more of his siblings left in that world.

“······Is it okay for this kid to take her eyes off that place?”

No, in the first place, will she even wake up if I wake her up?

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“Get lost.”

And the first words I threw at the three sisters were those.

I couldn’t hide the anger and disgust that rushed in instantly.

“······Leave only Jeong Eunseo here and get lost, you bastards.”

「······.」

「······.」

「······.」

Fortunately, the Holy Staff was in the Gaga Bag. [a magical item]

Ether was blocked, so I couldn’t extend the length, but this was enough to threaten them.

I stood alone in front of Eunseo and faced the old women.

“Can’t you understand what I’m saying? I didn’t call you, so get lost right now.”

【······Little brother, why are you so angry?】

Then, the big Eunseo carefully asked, looking at my face.

I aimed at one of the old women and replied as if spitting out.

“People died because of those sisters.”

【Ah······. Is that so.】

“Those guys made Elissa······. They killed her, turned the setting fragments of Mr. Pompili into powder, and said crazy nonsense about plausibility······.”

【······.】

“They’re arrogant as if they’re sitting on top of people’s heads, and they spew out trashy prophecies that everything in the world will go according to their wishes. There hasn’t been a single exception from the moment I first saw them until now. They act as if there’s a big picture that only they know, and we can never understand it, and they arbitrarily stir up the world order and commit tyranny. They’re arrogant, conceited, and presumptuous, and even cheeky.”

【······.】

“No one ever wanted them, and they’re not even the Supreme God, but they interfere in everything. Even when we left the Dongsan world line [a specific timeline or reality]······!”

My jaw kept trembling, and I felt like I would bite my tongue if I didn’t speak with strength.

While holding Tete in one arm, I vented the anger that I had been suppressing inside without any order.

“Plausibility, plausibility, I’m going crazy from that damn refrain! I still don’t understand! Rather, if it weren’t for them······.”

【Brother, but, I’m sorry······.】

At that time, Eunseo tapped the side of my shoe with her little finger.

She seemed to be careful in case I would fall down like before.

【Shouldn’t there be ‘plausibility’ for the novel to make sense?】

“······.”

Ah······.

My eyes closed slowly. For a moment, all the strength in my body seemed to be released and I was about to collapse.

When I somehow took a deep breath and opened my eyes, the three sisters were looking at me with the same smile.

The same smile without even one millimeter of error.

I gritted my teeth so hard that I heard a cracking sound from my jaw.

【······I kind of got the feeling after listening to you earlier? So this is a dream I’m having. You’re appearing in my dream right now. Right.】

“······.”

Eunseo was chattering diligently. I knew. This child was trying in her own way.

【But······. Even if it’s a dream, it’s still based on a novel. There’s an original work······. Isn’t it best to set a goal and stick to the existing settings?】

“This isn’t a dream, Jeong Eunseo.”

I looked up at my sister and answered sharply.

Then, her black eyes spread out like ink that had fallen on paper.

I tried my best to explain calmly.

“······You’re just reading it in the form of a dream. This is just my guess, but it’s very likely.”

【······What does that mean?】

“When I went back home, I thought it might all be a dream. Of course, because there were no traces anywhere. It was a time that no one else knew and only I remembered like a crazy person. It was a more comfortable option to believe it was all a dream. But······.”

My lips were trembling slightly. I looked straight into the child’s eyes.

“It’s not a dream, Eunseo······. None of this is a dream.”

The young gaze was stained with confusion.

【······I hardly remember anything when I wake up? I barely remembered that Werner stabbed you earlier, and that was only after singing. I forgot all about the dream I had last time. I’ll forget everything I’m talking about with you right now when I wake up······.】

“Still, it’s not a dream.”

【······.】

“Even if you forget everything, the people here can’t forget anything, Eunseo.”

As soon as I finished speaking, my throat was choked up.

The sound was boiling because my Adam’s apple was too hot.

The following sentences were submerged below my throat and then came up again.

“······It’s not your fault. But a lot of people really died here.”

【······Really?】

Eunseo’s voice, asking back, was trembling slightly.

The child seemed to gradually realize the seriousness as she looked at my expression.

“Yeah, it’s all real. There’s nothing fake. Even if you forget everything and go to school······.”

【······.】

“Everyone is still here. So everyone is sincerely praying for you.”

【······.】

“Please save them. Please, just once······.”

I can’t not know that desperation now.

‘Humans crave the gaze of the Supreme God until the day they die.’

‘May the Supreme God rejoice in your life.’

“······Literally, ‘just look’ once. Your gaze is their lifeline.”

【······.】

I could see her blinking eyelids twitching.

Her lips, which had lost their smile, were dry, and her shoulders, which had suddenly carried too much weight, looked heavy.

I forced a smile and tapped her little finger.

“······It’s okay. You didn’t know.”

【······.】

In fact, the quick-witted youngest child knew better that this whole situation was not okay.

Seeing her face gradually losing its color, my mouth felt bitter for no reason.

I finally decided to voice the words that had been lingering in my mouth for a long time.

【It’s all real······.】

“You, and those people earlier······.”

【Huh? Those people?】

‘Who else was here besides me?’ Her face asking that was crumpled.

I wondered if it was possible, but Eunseo really didn’t seem to know anything.

Of course, at first, I was flustered and scared when Jeong Eunseo suddenly disappeared and unknown people appeared randomly, and I didn’t know what to do.

Even though my condition wasn’t normal, I felt like either my head would explode or my heart would explode if I stayed like that, or something bad would definitely happen to one of them.

But after the situation suddenly ended, there were parts that were being sorted out one by one.

I’m still a little confused, but if I define all of them, including Eunseo, with one word······.

“Readers. I’m talking about the fans of like you.”