What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 805

Anger, hotter than boiling blood, surged within me.

“…I told you to stop doing this.”

「……」

I gritted my teeth, looking at Gain, who was crumpled before my eyes.

Fresh blood flowed from her split lip, dripping down.

Unlike when she was a paper doll in the pure white interstellar space, she now looked like a perfect illustration.

There was no awkward movement like animation frames passing, nor even the blink of an eye.

Just a thin, flat ‘character’ printed on paper.

-Rustle, rustle…

“……”

【What? Crazy, are those our kids?】

An existence that only fluttered helplessly in the vacuum of space, easily torn.

-Rustle, rustle…

“Cedric, Sir Johan…”

【No, why did they make the kids like that? Are those grandmas really sane? Huh?】

An existence that was neither more three-dimensional nor more realistic than the real thing, easily forgotten and erased by time.

A fake without body temperature.

“…Put them back.”

No, they had never lived such a life for a single moment.

I was sure that no one in this world line had lived such a life.

“I already told you that I won’t fall for this kind of trick. Even if you come at me like this, I will never abandon my friends… Give up and put them back while I’m asking nicely.”

「This is a measure to protect them.」

“Don’t talk nonsense and put them back… Insulting precious people only makes humans feel unpleasant.”

「You will not want the consequences of changing the projection.」

“What I want.”

I chewed and spat out each letter, each phoneme.

It felt like blood vessels would burst from the eyeballs glaring at Bojena.

“Is for you to just shut up and do as I say.”

「……」

Hoo… Heat rose from my whole body.

I staggered like someone with a terrible flu and grabbed Cedric’s arm.

-Rustle!

“……”

My eyes closed reflexively. The man, of course, did not meet my gaze.

But it was okay. It was just my body that was struggling; my mind was truly intact.

I flashed my eyelids open and muttered to myself.

Please, it has to be.

“I am… Not intimidated by whatever you do. I’m not afraid of being hated or harassed by you.”

「Probability does not have personal feelings.」

“And I don’t beg for your favor either. Your sisters and I will never be involved in any way in the future. It all ends here today.”

「……」

“So put these people back right now. It’s an order from the ‘noble bloodline’ that inherited the will of the Main God, as you say.”

As I snapped at them with a face about to explode, the three old women exchanged glances once more.

Finally, the one with the scythe tapped a spot in the universe with a solemn face.

-Taang…!

-Whoosh…!

A wind carrying an unpleasant plastic smell ruffled our hair.

Even after a few seconds had passed, the surroundings were still silent.

I quietly met Eunseo’s gaze.

The youngest had been on the verge of tears since earlier, fearing that her loved ones would be harmed, and above all, that I would be harmed.

This moment must be a nightmare for that child. Although she is actually having a nightmare.

“It’s okay.”

I couldn’t tell whether it was a spell for myself or a comfort to my sister.

“It’ll be okay.”

“…Your Highness?”

“……”

At the familiar call that I had heard so many times, I almost burst out laughing.

I forgot that I was covered in blood and turned to look at the three with a bright face.

Our eyes met immediately.

Just the touch of our gazes, just that alone, seemed to magically clear my breathing and restore my heart to its rhythm.

Eyes sparkling with clear water and eyes reflecting distinct sunset light…

“Sereniteit?”

They were looking at me as always. That was enough.

“Oh my gosh, are you okay?”

I grabbed their hands and asked in a trembling voice.

Around that time, Tete in my arms woke up and started babbling. The baby always knew when she had to wake up.

I felt two distinctly different temperatures and smiled brightly. The coldness and warmth that didn’t know the seasons were so familiar.

When I turned my eyes, Sir Johan in armor was smiling peacefully at me, and it was perfectly normal.

So I was relieved.

I shouldn’t have been.

“We’re fine! We were fighting in the royal castle, but suddenly the lights went off and on, no…”

【Mom, what should I do! Our princess is really talking and moving! What should I do, she’s so pretty!】

Surprise! Eunseo, who saw Gain right under her nose, couldn’t control her excitement and made cawing noises.

Like a fool, I chuckled and tried to calm her down—

“Ugh, cough!”

“…Huh?”

【…Huh?】

Blood gushed out like a fountain before my eyes.

For a moment, my head went blank and I couldn’t react.

Looking up at the crimson eyes shedding red blood tears, I couldn’t dare to say anything.

The brain, unable to accept the situation, made a clunking sound and stopped.

Even as the crown prince, who had spat out blood, bent over and collapsed, and at the same time, Gain spat out blood clots from her mouth and knelt down—

-Thud!

“…Cough!”

“Disciple?”

“Gain! Crown Prince—!”

Finally, my body collapsed.

My breathing was blocked again as if someone had covered my mouth. Beeeee— The tinnitus that filled my eardrums quickly roamed around my brain like an ambulance.

Following that unfortunate warning sound, I hurriedly moved my hands.

I wiped Cedric’s eyes, which were constantly spewing blood, with my sleeve, and wiped Gain’s mouth, which kept spitting out blood, with my clothes.

I didn’t care what happened to my nosebleeds. No, in fact, I had forgotten that I was bleeding.

Surprised, Tete started crying, but I didn’t even have the mind to soothe her.

-Awoong, awoong…!

【No, what’s wrong? Huh? Little brother, what’s wrong with the kids? Are they hurt somewhere?】

“Cough cough! Ugh!”

“No, I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t think they’re hurt, I don’t know…”

Blood, blood… Everywhere I looked, it was all red blood.

A new stream of blood poured down Cedric’s ear.

I tried to squeeze out all the strength I had to open a healing circle, but my heart had already completely stopped the ether [a supposed substance filling the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere] circulation.

In helplessness, the whole universe spun around, and fear instantly grabbed my collar and dragged me into a black hole.

I already had a high fever and dizziness, but now even my fingertips were getting cold.

“I, I’ll do something…”

I could feel the surrounding temperature dropping.

I vaguely realized that the sensation was my problem.

【What should I do, can I help you? Is there anything I can do to help?】

“Cough, cough cough!”

At the same time as Eunseo’s question, Cedric vomited dark red blood clots.

I turned pale and grabbed his cheeks. His pale face had no life in it.

The man seemed to be trying to say something to me, but the sudden bleeding was so severe that he couldn’t even support his body.

I hurriedly looked at Gain with my bloody hands.

Her complexion was also turning blue.

“Cough, ugh…!”

“Gain! Look at me, Gain. It’s okay, shh, it’ll be okay…”

“It seems to be because of that person’s existence.”

Flinch. Sir Johan’s calm voice dug into my ear.

I trembled and looked up at him. Annoying drops of blood kept falling under my chin.

The smell of blood filled the air.

“…Sir?”

“……”

However, the Cardinal was fine.

Although his armor was covered in blood, at least it didn’t seem to be his blood.

The man was white and clean above his neck, and there was nothing different from usual.

I slowly moved my gaze along his bloody finger.

“Ah… Ah.”

No. Jeong Eunseo’s eyes widened.

【…Me? Is it because of me?】

“Ugh!”

Flutter! Gain spat out a large amount of blood once more.

Horrified, Eunseo hurriedly covered her mouth with both hands.

The child’s face, greatly shocked, was turning blue like ice.

I hurriedly turned to look at the three old women.

The ones who received my gaze answered in a indifferent voice.

「We clearly told you in advance.」

「We told you that you would not want the consequences of changing the projection.」

「It is impossible for them to survive even after receiving the Main God’s gaze head-on.」

“…What? What?”

Their lips still didn’t move at all, and for a moment I doubted if I had heard something wrong.

But reality was cold and sharp like a blade.

“Huck, ha, hoo…”

“Cough……”

“……”

【……】

As Eunseo covered her mouth and closed her eyes tightly, her friends were slowly regaining stability.

I carefully stroked their backs and shoulders with trembling hands.

Sir Johan was observing me from head to toe.

「Now you must know for sure.」

Pause.

「The fact that you cannot be with them forever.」

“……”

「So make a wish. There is only one chance left.」

“……”

The old women holding the scythe, cloth, and wheel stood looking at me in a formation that surrounded the wish-granting tray in a circle.

I glared at them, exhaling irregularly hot breaths.

The sensation of fluid in my head draining and returning was repeated, and the symptom of my vision turning black and then white continued.

The Cardinal was seen taking a step forward to attack.

I reflexively raised my hand to stop him.

A voice that was surprisingly calm flowed out.

“…Once… Yeah, you kept emphasizing that there was only one left. Why only once?”

Then the three sisters replied like machines, as if they had been waiting.

「The wish-granting tray is originally a divine object that only the Main God’s regent can handle, and it can only exert its full power when filled with holy water, which is the substance of God.」

「However, there is neither a Pope nor holy water in the Divine world line.」

「According to the permission of Probability, the usage limit of the incomplete tray has been adjusted to three times.」

“……”

Beeeeee— My head was throbbing and the tinnitus was so severe that it was hard to listen to their stiff voices anymore.

My friends, who had seen a lot of blood in a short time, were also unable to get up easily.

No, maybe Eunseo’s existence itself was oppressing them…

I struggled not to let go of the string of reason.

“…When did you use the other two times?”

-Click, click!

Then, panting, I leaned on my cane and stood up.

My legs were losing strength, so it was hard to guarantee how many minutes I could last like this.

But I had to get up no matter what.

The youngest, who didn’t know anything and had her eyes and mouth blocked in an instant, my friends who were pouring blood from all the holes in their bodies and were greatly impacted.

And Sir Johan, a character not created by the Main God…

I couldn’t push them to the front lines. Above all, I had to solve the last one.

「You used it once on the day you opened the gate of the dimension in the Blanquer Duchy, and the power used at this time was not discarded and was consumed when you returned to this world line.」

「The second time was on the day you were murdered by Werner Venetian. The noble bloodline personally poured blood into the tray, and as a result, the wish to return was fulfilled.」

「So if you wish for the same thing this time, the Maintainer will return to the original world and this place will meet a reasonable end.」

“……”

…Yeah. Because I started it.

At least I opened the first chapter here.