What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 807

My Earth (1)

—Clang!

It was a sound of destruction, so clear it felt refreshing.

“Aaaagh!”

“Kuh!”

[Gain! Cedric! Sir Johann!]

—Whoosh!

I lose my grip.

—Ooooo······!

[Tete, it’s okay! It’s okay, I got you······!]

—Kugugugugu······!

The sensation of falling never gets easier, no matter how many times I experience it.

From head to toe, a dreadful chill runs through me, and I am consumed by fear until the endless gravity stops pulling me down.

The six eyeballs pierced by arrows were still rolling around, looking for us.

From the dying eyes, black ink smelling of plastic dripped down.

I spread my six wings wide, gritted my teeth, and tried to fly upwards.

No, I tried to—

—Whooosh!

[Ah, damn it!]

—Flutter! Flutter flutter!

I crashed down in the exact opposite direction I intended.

The Main God’s universe was completely ignoring the laws of physics!

—Clang! Clang clang clang!

[Jeong Eun-seo! Jeong Eun-seo! Where are you? Are you okay?!]

—Whooooosh······!

[Eun-seo!]

Like the surface of a shattered screen, the universe kept cracking, and tiny fragments of letters crumbled from the gaps.

Hugging the baby, I screamed at the top of my lungs and frantically looked around.

The bands of stars, which had flowed beautifully in irregular harmony, were now broken and distorted.

Some pieces of the Milky Way appeared greatly magnified, while others seemed distant and faint.

It was as if I were trapped inside a giant kaleidoscope. I quickly looked up to check other areas.

—Clang clang clang! Clang!

[Gasp, no, wait a minute······!]

—Auk!

—Kugugugung······!

The situation was no different anywhere else. The collapse was happening rapidly.

The space itself was shattering, breaking, and cracking, the perspective was completely distorted, and the stars seemed to be in turmoil.

Before I knew it, all the bleeding had stopped, but Tete and I were overwhelmed and didn’t know what to do.

The God’s Plaza, which had enjoyed order amidst chaos and held the peace of ancient times—

—Kwaaaang······!

[Oh my god······.]

Was being utterly destroyed by the Main God’s Bow, by the very power of the Main God himself.

—Clang! Clang! Clang—!

[Cough, cough, no, it’s okay, there must be a way······.]

—Kugugung······!

I mustn’t panic.

Even in the worst-case scenario, where the world is turned upside down and the God’s abode collapses, I can’t afford to lose my mind because I have my younger sibling and a baby to protect.

I, at least, had to stay focused no matter what.

I tried to take a deep breath and paused my flapping for a moment.

—Whoooo······

[Oh······.]

I had a hunch, and it was true—the fall had stopped. A hollow sigh escaped my lips.

I wondered if there was any regularity left in this place.

【Little brother! Jeong Ye! Jeong Ye!】

I was startled!

[Jeong Eun-seo!]

【Brother, I’m here!】

‘I’m here, here, here······!’ The voices echoed from all directions, literally from front, back, left, right, east, west, north, and south, all at once.

Startled, Tete started hiccuping, and I desperately tried to find my younger sibling in the middle of the brilliantly collapsing universe.

Where are you?

[Jeong Eun-seo! If you can hear my voice, keep answering!]

【Jeong Ye! I’m here!】

[Ack!]

—Hic!

What a surprise! I grimaced at my youngest sibling’s face suddenly looming large.

Tete’s hiccups stopped, too.

【Catch me! Hurry, piggy!】

—······Auk?

[Catch you? You’re too big right now!]

Under normal circumstances, I would have done anything to save my sibling, but she was as big as a skyscraper, just as I had last seen her.

Besides, she was the ‘Main God’!

Hanging precariously from a pen nib asteroid, she almost made the asteroid look pitiful······.

—Crack crack crack!

[Crazy!]

No! Why did she get so small?!

As a new crack appeared in the universe reflecting Eun-seo, her body returned to its original size!

【Ah! That honey pig bastard! Now that we’ve committed fratricide [the act of killing one’s brother or sister], don’t you dare eat pork belly!】

[Wait a minute! Wait a minute!]

—Whooooosh······!

I frantically flapped my wings, trying my best to move in the direction she was in.

Seeing my younger sibling suddenly become so small, I felt a sudden sense of crisis and a chill ran down my spine.

But neither my arms, legs, wings, nor anything I possessed could propel me forward.

Frustrated and angry, I felt a surge of aether [a classical element thought to fill the upper regions of space] rising up.

Instead of falling, this time I’m stuck in place—what the hell is this—!

—Swish······!

[Eun-seo, Eun-seo! I’m coming right now, it’s okay! Just hold on!]

【······Jeong Ye-seo, I’m scared! I can’t grip anything!】

[It’s okay! I’m almost there! I’m almost there!]

She was a child who never said she was scared, not even as a bluff once or twice a year.

Knowing how our family thought of her, she tried even harder to appear mature.

To hear such a child whimpering made me feel like my heart was dropping to my feet.

I couldn’t move forward or upward, but I could move backward, backward again.

Only then did I feel the space flowing and time moving. Damn it!

[Eun-seo, you’re the Main God! You’re the god of this place, it’s okay! Imagine!]

【Imagine what—!】

I screamed until I tasted blood in my throat, and Eun-seo responded with a similar cry.

Every time the child’s confusion and fear echoed around, the universe shattered with a clanging scream.

I frantically climbed the ink bottle asteroid.

I didn’t care if my palms were torn on the rough surface or if my forehead was cut on the hard paperweight satellite.

Even if this was just a one-night dream for that child, it didn’t matter.

—Kugugugung······!

【Ugh, Brother, this doesn’t feel like a dream! It all feels too real!】

[It will be as you wish, Eun-seo! It’s okay!]

I have to be by her side. We’re family.

【What should I do? It seems like everything is real, just like you said! What should I do?!】

[Everything will be as you wish, don’t worry! Imagine!]

Even if you accept the fact that it’s real in your head, it’s nothing compared to experiencing it firsthand.

I couldn’t even begin to imagine how great the fear that young child was feeling right now.

I swallowed my blood-soaked saliva and hurriedly climbed the last fragment of the universe.

Only after finally setting foot on it did I realize that it held the ‘Wishing Basin’ in the center.

The ruined cartwheel and fabric of Bojena, the scythe, and other items were rolling precariously near the divine object. I also saw a piece of an old robe.

But that wasn’t important right now.

[Eun-seo, I’m here! Just hold on a little longer!]

【Brother······! I want to go home······!】

[You will! When you open your eyes, you’ll be home, don’t worry about anything!]

—Kugugugu······

I screamed with a tearing voice, preparing to leap.

My wings wouldn’t be of any help right now, so I had no choice but to jump and ram into it with my bare body.

The pen nib asteroid that Eun-seo was clinging to was quite large, but its surface was uneven and, true to its name, not even circular.

I had to be even more careful because I had Tete in my arms. Otherwise, we might all fall—

—Sreuk!

【Ah······.】

No!

[Jeong Eun-seo—!]

The moment the child’s broken fingernails lost their grip on the asteroid—

—Tak!

【Aaaagh!】

A white hand reaching out from behind the asteroid snatched Eun-seo.

I was so surprised that I couldn’t even let out a scream and froze.

The silhouette that suddenly appeared was enough to make me feel like a complete idiot.

The emotion that struck me and ran away before relief and gratitude was shock.

A very big shock.

「······She will be alright.」

[······.]

So I just clutched my chest and stared blankly at him.

I needed to form a sentence, but even uttering a single word was too much. How······.

[······You are······.]

Golden hair shining dazzlingly in the white light of the universe, and

Purple eyes reflecting the colors of the nebula [an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases].

[······Prince?]

「It’s been a while.」

【Huh······.】

It was Yeseo Fenetian. The one I had met in the ‘Pure White Interstellar’ someday······. Huh!

[Oh, no, thank you. Thank you so much for catching my sibling! I’ll go over there right away! Then it will be easier to pull her up······.]

—Crack crack crack!

【Waaaaaagh!】

Before I could even finish speaking, a large crack appeared in the pen nib asteroid.

As Eun-seo’s body shook violently, thick veins popped out on the prince’s neck as well.

I covered my mouth with my bloody palm, barely stopping myself from screaming.

Then the prince turned to me and smiled faintly.

It was a pale and beautiful smile, like a crescent moon.

「Don’t worry.」

[No, but, then······.]

「The Main God’s universe is not just this. Only a part of it has been destroyed by the Main God’s Bow······. The original space is vast, so you don’t have to worry.」

[······.]

「Your family will be safe. Please let her go like this.」

Finishing his words, the man looked down at Eun-seo with a gentle gaze.

The little one was covered in tears, but she had stopped crying and was staring blankly at him.

She seemed to have completely forgotten her primal fear at the sight of Prince Yeseo right in front of her.

I took a few breaths, watching the two of them for a moment.

The dying gasps of the collapsing universe couldn’t even serve as background music and faded away from us. Kugugugung······.

[That······. Um.]

······I have to apologize. Now.

Or I might never get another chance. That thought urged me on.

[I’m sorry.]

「······I have no reason to receive an apology from you.」

[No, I didn’t keep the promise I made to the prince.]

I shook my head, clutching my heart.

Then, the scenes I had last seen on the battlefield mercilessly devoured my mind as if they had been waiting for it.

The horrific scenes I would never forget until the day I died. And······.

‘Our Yeseo······.’

The whisper of a certain older sister, who couldn’t even leave a proper will.

Her extinguished eyes and tragic corpse.

[······I said I would let the three of you meet again, but now······.]

「······.」

I couldn’t continue because my throat was choked up.

I tried several times, but in the end, I just moved my tongue and pathetically shut my mouth.

The prince was looking at me with a sorrowful gaze.

Of course, he had watched everything from the Interstellar.

So there was no way he wouldn’t know the tragedies that had unfolded so far.

「······I hope you don’t feel guilty towards me.」

[I borrowed your body without permission and lived for a year, lying to people all the while. It’s only right that I repay you in some way. Even if it wasn’t what I wanted······.]

「No.」

[······.]

The man whispered kindly but firmly. I lost my words for a moment and looked at him.

「I chose death freely. It was entirely my will.」

[······.]

Sometime in a dream, Jeong Hyun-seo had told such a story in the form of a phoenix.

‘【In other words······. I vaguely foresaw that Yeseo Fenetian would die someday, but the final decision was made by the prince himself.】’

······A death chosen by free will.

Only then did I understand, at least a little, what my brother had meant.

「To me, who could not enjoy any afterstories or second lives······. You have bestowed many memories.」

「So I am the one who is indebted.」

[······You asked me to take good care of your older sister and younger sibling. I remember.]

「······.」

He responded with a bitter smile instead of an answer.

His gaze, once again looking down at Eun-seo, was only warm.

【······.】

My foolish younger sibling was already half asleep.

No one could know whether it was the prince’s harmony or the result of her own imagination.

However, the child now looked comfortable.

The tear marks quickly dried up, and the occasional breaths were regular.

Only after confirming that Eun-seo had fallen into a deep sleep did the prince finally turn to me.

A request followed.

「······Please choose your own happiness.」

He didn’t seem to know it himself, but he was crying silently.

I finally realized that the prince was missing his sisters as he looked at Eun-seo.

His family.

—Crack crack crack······!

[Ah······!]

「It’s alright.」

Kwaaaang······! Finally, the asteroid shattered into dozens of pieces, and the prince held the sleeping Eun-seo preciously in his arms.

I stared blankly at the two of them. To be exact······.

[······Prince!]

—Whooooooooo······!

The man falling, wrapped in the ashes of stars.

The person who threw himself without hesitation into the gravity of the collapsing universe.

The one who tightly hid the flame for life and the rising dreams beneath his heart.

Those suppressed eyes.

—Kwarurururung······!

[······.]

Holding onto the edge of a fragment of the universe, I stared for a long time at the spot where they had disappeared.

For a very long time.