What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 813

813. Yeonju Car (5)

So, to summarize.

Let’s try to calmly sort out the current situation as much as possible…

“There’s no trace of our worldline on Hyung’s desktop.”

A shaky voice, as if my throat was broken, leaked out.

I bit down, trying to calm myself.

Think, Ye-seo. Stay focused and keep thinking. Don’t stop.

“But, but I have… Ether. I still have my wings, and so does Hyung. Sir Johann is here too, and he can still use the power of air.”

“That doesn’t prove anything. You know that.”

Hyung clicked the mouse a few times and took off his glasses. He looked genuinely exhausted.

He stayed up all night because of me, contacted various places since dawn for the health checkup, drove to the hospital with a lot of tension, and then there was another commotion in the afternoon with the appearance of Sir Johann.

So, I had no face to bother Hyung any further.

I ran my cold palms over my forehead and looked at the monitor.

Jeong Hyun-seo’s simple work folders came into view.

‘Falling Flower Sword Dance’.

‘I Retired and Became an Interdimensional Princess’.

That was it.

I ran the recycle bin recovery program several times, rebooted a few times, and tried everything with the file explorer, but our story didn’t appear.

Literally, even if I turned the computer upside down and shook it, I couldn’t find any meaningful files.

It was too hard to accept the situation mentally before even emotionally. Things shouldn’t have gone this way.

I tried to exhale the suffocating breath as much as possible.

Because I need to breathe first to continue thinking. I need to…

I need to be able to meet them again.

“…Right. The fact that our powers remain is just proof that that place isn’t just a simple novel…”

“It doesn’t mean that world still exists.”

“…”

I went blank for a moment at Hyung’s answer. It was already past sunset.

Eun-seo had sent a message a little while ago saying that she had a flash gathering with her colleagues.

She probably won’t be back until well past dinner time.

I kept drinking water because my insides were burning.

Sir Johann, who quickly learned how to use the refrigerator, brought us a whole bottle of cool corn tea.

I looked down at the mug that was instantly empty and suddenly thought of something.

‘Yes (Y)’.

“…Back then.”

‘Confirm Folder Change’

‘Would you like to merge this folder with the folder below?’

I remember it as clearly as if it were last night. It actually was last night, though.

‘I Retired and Became an Interdimensional Princess’

‘□□ □□□ □□□□ □□□ □’

‘Yes (Y)’

“Warning window. A warning window popped up in our world back then. A warning window popped up on Hyung’s monitor at the same time…”

‘No (N)’

‘-Whoosh!’

‘-Kwang…!’

“…Back then, Cedric pressed ‘No.’ Our goal was ‘No.’ It was absolutely unacceptable for Toegye Gong [likely a reference to a historical figure or story] and our world to merge into one.”

“Yeah.”

“…”

Thump, thump, thump, thump. My heart was beating too loudly.

It felt like it had lost its rhythm long ago and was just flailing around.

I stared intently at Sir Johann’s profile as he refilled my glass.

A dizzying sensation, as if the ground was sinking beneath my feet, kept pulling at my ankles.

Gravity felt strange.

“…So, it wasn’t saved anywhere?”

No way.

“…”

But, even if it wasn’t saved…

I closed my eyes tightly and then opened them, trying to change the direction of my thoughts.

That’s right, I shouldn’t be discouraged. I need to look at the situation from a different angle.

“Hyung. Whether it’s saved or not is different from whether it exists. That place is now…”

“It has become free.”

The cardinal of the free air attribute added softly.

I clapped once to show Sir Johann that I completely agreed. Clap!

“That’s right. There’s no more Bojena, Hyung! The three sisters who maintained the plausibility were hit by the main god’s arrow and disappeared. I saw with my own eyes even the old woman who stabbed my back with a scythe shatter into pieces at the end. It’s completely free there now. Maybe that’s why it left Hyung’s computer!”

“…The worldline you call ‘Dongsan’ isn’t on my computer either.”

“…”

Beeeee. A short ringing in my ears and dizziness occurred.

I quickly grabbed the back of Hyung’s chair.

“As you saw earlier, I’m sorry. No matter what I do, I can’t recover it.”

“That…”

So that’s what happened. It was too hard to even say those four cliché words.

Ah, so that’s how it turned out. It can’t be helped. The reality that was strangling me was too tight to come up with such an answer.

I stopped blankly for a long time like a machine with a dead battery.

I had no idea what to think from here.

‘”We have done nothing. Rather, it is the Phoenix who has attempted forbidden acts.”

‘”Creating worldlines is the sole authority of the main god.”

“That’s…”

To be really honest, I wanted to resent Jeong Hyun-seo in front of me.

Hyung has lived his whole life as our rain gutter [someone who takes on all the burdens], so this was the easiest alternative again.

You said you added a subfolder to the Toegye Gong folder. You said you could save the Dongsan worldline under a different name.

Hyung said that. You said there’s a drive that links files in real time.

The program has automatic temporary file saving turned on, and with today’s technology, files don’t completely disappear just by closing a warning window. Hyung, you told me that.

But why isn’t it there?

“…I see.”

“…”

But I, who am about to turn thirty, knew better than anyone that this wasn’t Hyung’s fault.

I know how much Hyung has suffered, so I couldn’t even make a complaining voice.

In fact, this wasn’t anyone’s fault. Bojena warned us from the beginning.

Not only us, but even them, the Dongsan worldline can never be saved.

So give up.

“…It’s okay. There will be a way.”

…Bullshit. Why would I give up?

“There will be another way, Sir.”

Why would I give up for anyone’s sake? My fists clenched on their own.

I smiled slightly to hide my burning eyes.

Sir Johann was looking at me with an expression that wasn’t greatly shaken.

“…I will definitely help you meet Herrit again. Don’t worry too much.”

‘I will help you meet again.’ It was a promise that had already failed perfectly once, but I shamelessly said it again.

Then the cardinal smiled softly like someone who had everything going smoothly.

“I’m not worried. Herrit probably won’t worry about me too much either.”

“What… That doesn’t make sense.”

I laughed in embarrassment at the perplexing answer.

‘You don’t have to say that much for me. Really.’ I quickly added in a whisper.

Then he pointed to the area near my heart.

“You said you were stabbed by Bojena’s scythe. I was there too. I was hiding to protect the Palace Lord as closely as possible…”

“…Ah.”

Only then did a scene suddenly flash before my eyes.

‘-Swish, swish, swish!’

‘-Grasp!’

The scarred hand that suddenly popped out from the pure white light.

“…Oh my gosh, Sir Johann. You literally grabbed me and came over with me…”

“The sanctuary was open.”

“Yes?”

I paused and blinked.

Then Jeong Hyun-seo frowned and put his glasses back on.

Oh, that’s right. Now that I think about it, that’s what happened.

“…That’s right, I was in the middle of giving a divine message… I was deploying the circle.”

It was even a double-barreled shot.

It opened quite easily, so I felt it was good for setting coordinates and using it as a target.

That’s what I explained to Ms. Gain.

“Then it doesn’t make sense in the first place.”

Hyung retorted with his usual sharp gaze.

I had become the dumbest person among the three before I knew it.

“What doesn’t make sense?”

“If the sanctuary is protecting you, how can the scythe pierce your heart? Bojena is ultimately an entity that must follow the rules of the world.”

“Huh…”

Crazy… Now that I think about it, that’s true? What?

“No, it’s true. I didn’t even bleed back then, and it didn’t hurt!”

To be exact, I spilled something other than blood, but anyway, it was true that there was no pain.

The mental shock was enormous, but the area hit by the scythe didn’t sting or hurt.

Eureka!

“Then there’s only one answer.”

“Bojena had no intention of attacking you from the beginning. So that kind of behavior worked even inside the sanctuary.”

“If she had no intention of attacking, why did she stab me in the heart from behind? Why did she suddenly do that?”

“According to the original setting of Toegye Gong, the heart is the source of ether. It is the core of the ‘vessel’ containing the soul.”

“Oh…”

I raised my index finger and pressed my lips.

I have no idea how to connect it?

-…Beep, beep! Beep beep!

It was then.

-Clang!

“Hyun! Ye! My appointment was canceled, so I came early! I’m hungry!”

“Hey, Jeong Eun-seo is here.”

Ugh!

“First, hide over here!”

I hurriedly grabbed Sir Johann’s wrist.

The heart that had been rolling on the floor suddenly bounced around like a ping-pong ball.

I was nervous and my spine tingled because I was afraid that the youngest would find out about Herrit’s father—I hadn’t even made a plan on what to say if she found out.

I opened the built-in closet in Hyung’s room wide and quickly went inside…!

-Click!

“Huh?”

Wait a minute, why is it so dark in front of me?

“…Wow! Hello. Who is this person?”

“My brother’s former colleague. He came to Korea this time, but it seems like his accommodation reservation wasn’t properly made. He’s staying at our house for a while as a temporary measure. Sorry for not telling you in advance.”

“Oh, no, it’s okay. He’s really handsome.”

“This is our youngest sibling, Jeong Eun-seo.”

“Hello. My name is Johann Haynes.”

“Wow, you’re good at Korean… But why did Jeong Ye suddenly go into the closet?”

….

“…”

-Click…

I swear, I opened the closet door and came out as if nothing had happened, as if it were no big deal.

My face felt like it was about to explode—Jeong Hyun-seo’s face as he held back his laughter was annoying no matter how many times I saw it—but I somehow managed to handle the situation.

“…Oh, you’re here? Should we eat something delicious for dinner?”

I hid myself instead of hiding the person I had to hide.

It was the first time I was so embarrassed to receive Sir Johann’s gaze.

I don’t think I’m in my right mind today, so I should go to bed early.

And I’ll have to research it again tomorrow.

*

So, to summarize.

Let’s try to calmly sort out the current situation as much as possible…

“Ah, I’m a genius, but my handwriting is terrible. Who writes pretty hands!”

Gain, who was sitting on one side of the camp, raised her voice.

Elizabeth, who confidently raised her hand among the group, blinked without knowing why.

Gain quickly handed her a few sheets of paper and a magic quill.

“We need a scribe, too. So many things have been happening these past few days, but there’s no one to write them down.”

Who used to do this before? No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t remember.

My chest became stuffy on its own.

Instead of squeezing my brain again, Gain decided to focus on the black and white vision.

Even the Cardinal of the Universe has difficulty distinguishing colors, so it was becoming more difficult to identify distances, causing him to spill something or bump into something.

“Certainly, there is that aspect. Isn’t that the same reason why the Emperor and ministers have secretaries?”

Elizabeth, who received the quill, nodded.

She completed the sentence that Gain had started to write and numbered them one by one.

Modest Bakari, the commander, and Marquis Francois Duiem, who were sitting on either side, leaned over and watched it.

“Um, first of all…”

“Three days ago, King Christana Fenetian declared surrender, and the war ended. That night, Princess Elysee Fenetian’s state funeral was held in a flash. The Spirit Lord said he would take the body, so we couldn’t postpone it even for a day, right?”

“That’s right. And the moon hasn’t risen since that day.”

The vice captain nodded immediately and played with the quill.

Gain snapped her fingers and walked around the inside of the camp restlessly.

“Oh, that’s right. I have to write this at the top. It doesn’t make sense. We can’t communicate with the people of the Divine Kingdom right now.”

“Communication with the vassal states has also become impossible.”

“Yes! That’s right, Emma is about to die of frustration these days. And…”

“Accordingly, all war crime trials have been postponed indefinitely. Negotiations for the end of the war between the two countries have also been postponed.”

Francois and Elizabeth added words in order.

Gain patted her stuffy stomach with her fist as if she had indigestion. Of course, it didn’t work.

It had been like this for the past few days.

Suddenly, all languages became incomprehensible, so the warring countries, including the vassal states, had no choice but to be as cautious as possible.

It was a great relief that the sign languages of the three countries were unified.

Emperor Frederick issued an imperial order to call all the empire’s talents capable of sign language interpretation to the front lines.

So, it seems that the current chaos will not last forever…

“Also, the whereabouts of Sir Haynes are still unknown.”

“…Yes.”

“And…”

Elizabeth hesitated as she took Francois’s words.

Gain, who scratched the back of her head, completed the sentence instead.

“…His Highness the Crown Prince has become incredibly prickly. I’ll try to do something about that.”

I don’t think anything will work. A sigh came out on its own.