What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 809

My Earth (3)

Amidst the swirling, pure white light, he took my hand, but—

-Whooooosh…!

“Ah…!”

Soon, all senses faded like a dream.

-Thud!

The overwhelming sensation of falling into something!

“Aaaaaaaah!”

I screamed like a madman.

My terrified body thrashed about like a fish pulled from the water.

With a scythe the size of my forearm stuck in my otherwise healthy heart, no one could stay sane!

-Bang!

“Waaaaaah!”

Aaaaaah! Who is that now!

“Haaaaaah!”

“Uwaaaah!”

The man who burst through the door screamed at the top of his lungs when he saw me.

For several seconds, we just kept shouting, filling the room with our screams.

Of course, I was the first to stop screaming.

I had been yelling so much that my throat felt scratchy and ticklish, making me cough. Ouch!

“Agh, cough cough! Cough, cough!”

“Crazy, you! You crazy bastard!”

-Thwack!

A large hand emerged from the darkness and slapped my back.

I arched my back like a bow and quickly reached behind to feel my back. It hurt!

“Ouch!”

-Slap! Thwack!

“It hurts! Ah! It hurts!”

“Jeong Yeseo, you crazy bastard! Are you trying to die, huh?! Don’t you know you have to be careful when you go into a real body!? Isn’t that common sense?! Did you have some grand plan to watch your brother die of a heart attack!”

“Ah, it’s not like that! It’s not! I just got stabbed with a scythe…!”

Halt. Our movements stopped at the last sentence.

Jeong Hyeonseo and I stared blankly at each other.

Then, we slowly lowered our gaze to look at my chest.

My whole body was covered in blood, but there was definitely no active bleeding to be found.

Of course, there was no pain, and there were no side effects or phantom pains.

“……”

What is this? I took irregular breaths, carefully examining each bloodstain.

This is water spilled from the canteen, this is Eliser’s blood. This is the blood from my nosebleed and the blood I spat out.

My face and neck are wet because of tears.

And…

“……Huh? I had a hole in my heart. Where did it go? The scythe went right through here from behind…”

I frantically patted around my chest.

Then, Jeong Hyeonseo, standing tall in the dim light, made a terrible face.

“Oh, for fuck’s sake. Should I put one in for you now that you’re here?”

……Wait, Jeong Hyeonseo is in front of me?

“Huh? No?”

I jumped up and quickly looked around.

I was completely disoriented because the place and the person had suddenly changed.

I wondered if I had been stabbed by the scythe and died, and this was the afterlife.

After all, they say that the Grim Reaper appears as someone you know.

Then, Jeong Hyeonseo, annoyed by my blank face or perhaps uncomfortable with the darkness, quickly turned on the light in the room.

-Click!

“……”

The LED lights, which don’t exist on the continent, brightened, and the room instantly regained its original color.

I frowned, looking around the brightened room.

A super single bed with a seasonal blanket, a simple desk, a chair, a closet, a bookshelf…

An overly familiar scene filled my vision.

So sudden that it was bewildering.

“……Home? This is really our house?”

……What is this?

“Yes. Welcome to Korea. Congratulations on your illegal entry, and if you have anything to declare to the Jeong family customs, do it now and find enlightenment.”

Jeong Hyeonseo sighed deeply and replied cynically.

My brother’s expression was a mix of distress and relief.

I looked up at him with a dazed expression.

“Wait a minute. Home……? Hyung [older brother], what happened?”

“Are you asking me that now?”

“No, this is……”

I couldn’t understand at all.

I couldn’t accept the current situation even a little bit.

What the hell? What kind of development is this?

I rolled my eyes like a lost soul, spouting out sentences as they came to mind.

The cotton blanket that had warmed my body for nearly ten years was covered in blood because of its incompetent owner.

“No……. I was just with Jeong Eunseo. She was watching our world line through a dream……. I met her, Hyung. My friends were there too!”

“Yeah. It seemed like it.”

“I made a wish on the divine object and the sacred altar.”

“Uh-huh.”

“But I didn’t wish to be sent back home.”

“Oh, you said that well. Aren’t you the worst bastard in the world? Why the hell did you turn the wheel there?”

“Well……”

Jeong Hyeonseo stared at me with sharp eyes.

His hands were quick as he snatched the heavy carry-on bag and took off my blood-soaked cardigan.

I swallowed hard, trying to calm down.

Then, I tried to find the right words in my messed-up head.

I hadn’t run, and I hadn’t actually been stabbed by a scythe, but I was out of breath as if I had rushed over here.

“That……”

To be honest, it didn’t feel real at all.

The last time I came home, I had a clear sense of ‘dying’ and a desperate desire to ‘live,’ so when I saw my family’s faces, I was genuinely moved.

First, I was grateful for survival, and second, I was grateful for returning. But now…….

“……Um. I thought there might be another way to return home, so I was going to teach Bojena a lesson first.”

“……Jeong Yeseo.”

“I’m serious, Hyung, listen. It’s still Gain and Cedric. How could they, who were the main characters of a novel, not find a way to send one person home? Sir Johan, His Majesty Frederick, and His Highness Orelly are also there. Of course, I would have worked hard with my friends, and even if it took a long time, it would only be one night in Earth time……”

“Jeong Yeseo.”

“Ah, I did it out of anger! Why! I was annoyed that those bastards kept ruining our plans, picking fights, and targeting our friends from behind!”

“……”

I shouted loudly, even though I hadn’t done anything right, and my brother sat about three spans away, just staring at me.

For a while, no conversation flowed between us.

“Hah, whew……”

“……”

“I know, I couldn’t control my temper again. I was wrong. I know I do this sometimes……”

As I was being stared at by Jeong Hyeonseo’s fierce gaze, a sense of crisis finally crept in.

This was not a dream.

I raised my trembling hands and covered my unnecessarily thick face.

What should I do now? What is all this, really?

I had expected to die from the scythe or for the situation to escalate, but when I opened my eyes, it was a ‘familiar’ ceiling.

I couldn’t immediately figure out what to think about first, what to sort out, or what to judge.

I was so bewildered and flustered that my brain was completely frozen.

The only clear priority was…….

“……Eunseo? What is Jeong Eunseo doing now? Where is she?”

“……Sleeping in her room. She’s perfectly fine without a scratch. It seems like she’s sleeping without waking up once, even after all that chaos in her dream.”

“……Mom?”

“She was most worried about you. I just hung up with her a little while ago. The caregiver said she seems fine too……. Nothing happened at the hospital until right before you came.”

“Haa……. Oh my god……”

For the first time, a sigh of relief escaped my lips.

Thank you. Thank you so much. I prayed to all the gods in the world and breathed slowly.

“Whew……”

Then what should I do now? How do I let my friends know my situation?

Is there no way to go back?

“……Hey, you should wash up first.”

Jeong Hyeonseo spat out in a subdued voice. I quickly raised my head.

“Huh?”

“While you’re washing, fill a basin with water and step on your clothes and the blanket. It reeks of blood.”

“……Ah.”

Only then did I realize what I looked like and how serious it must be to my brother, and I shut my mouth.

I must have been out of my mind, because this was the first time I had properly looked at my brother’s face, who had been suffering all this time.

Jeong Hyeonseo seemed to have lost at least 2kg overnight.

His jawline, which already gave a sharp impression, looked even sharper, and so did his keen eyes, and his wings…….

Huh? Wings?

“Hyung, what’s that on your back?”

“……Can’t you tell?”

“……Then is this a tail?”

“……”

He didn’t answer anymore. He just had an incredibly troubled look on his face.

I barely managed to control my expression, suppressing something rising from deep within.

“……Do you know how to fold your wings? Should I teach you?”

“I’ll take care of it, so mind your own business and get your ass to the bathroom.”

“……Okay. We’ll talk about it later. Preferably before Eunseo wakes up.”

The current time displayed on the table clock was 6:59 AM, March 23rd.

The youngest probably won’t remember most of last night’s dream.

I nodded and calmly made a plan, starting with checking the contents of my carry-on bag.

Of course, there were no divine objects or divine beasts accompanying me this time.

Then that means I’m the only Riester person on our Earth……. If I’m not there, that world will collapse.

That’s already been proven once, so it’s important to find a way to go back.

Above all, Gain and Cedric must have been very shocked.

Especially Cedric, it wasn’t the first time he saw me attacked and collapsing…….

Oh my god, Tete was there too. That damn Bojena.

-Rustle, rustle……

“What are you doing instead of washing up.”

“Ah, I was just trying to check my clothes and the belongings in my bag before doing laundry.”

Haa……. Right now, I don’t even know the principle of how I came back.

I have no idea what kind of magic kicked me out of there……. I just don’t understand anything from A to Z.

First of all, the growth is on the bed. Then…….

-Rustle, rustle

“……What? Why isn’t it here?”

“What’s missing now.”

Jeong Hyeonseo, who had already gone out of the room, came back with a mop.

It seemed like he was going to wipe up my blood and filth that had dirtied the floor.

I thanked my brother several times while hurriedly turning my carry-on bag upside down. Crash……!

“……Are you staging a protest now? Do I have to make japchae [Korean glass noodles stir-fry] and throw a welcome party for you from the crack of dawn?”

“No, it’s not that, just a minute……”

I fluttered my lips, not knowing what to do.

All the items that had spilled from the carry-on bag to the floor came into view.

There’s the magic tool quill, a ballpoint pen, Peri’s favorite blanket, leftover jerky and cheese…….

“……The notebook is gone.”

“What’s gone?”

My brother, who had started pushing the bloodstains with the mop, asked casually.

I barely managed to answer in a trembling voice.

“Hyung……. The notebook I used there is gone.”

At the same time, I felt like all the blood was draining from my face.

At that moment. The Great Riester Empire Imperial Palace.

One bedroom in the Juliette Palace.