What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 839

O! My Divine (1)

…Huh?

It’s working this easily?

“Jeong-ye is spacing out again.”

“No, I just didn’t expect you to say it so directly…”

“Little brother said he can manipulate spacetime now. It was a mess at the subway station yesterday, wasn’t it?”

Jeong Eun-seo pointed out sharply. I nodded, looking back and forth between Hyung [older brother] and Sir Johan.

“Right. It seems like when my emotions fluctuate too much, the aether [a hypothetical medium for the propagation of electromagnetic radiation] jumps around and causes those phenomena… To prepare for when I can’t control it, I’m locking up my powers completely now. It’s not something I can do at will.”

It was a story she had already heard, but Jeong Hyeon-seo looked serious again at my explanation.

Then, Sir Johan met my eyes and opened his mouth.

“You mean you can’t control it…”

“I can’t use the power according to my will or wishes. So…”

I clasped my hands tightly and then released them, taking a long breath.

It felt like crucial pieces of the puzzle were scattered right under my nose, but I had no way to put them together right now.

Anyone could accidentally step on a fragment in the dark and get hurt.

I really didn’t want Eun-seo and Hyung to be in danger, especially Sir Johan.

Umm…

“I can’t set an exact target point beyond spacetime. It’s certain that I’ve become a Cardinal and the owner of the Holy Relic, so I can use tremendous power…”

“In other words, you have the missile ready, but you can’t set the coordinates. You have the hardware, but no software.”

Eun-seo crossed her arms in front of us. Her clear summary made me perk up.

Beneath her swollen eyelids, the youngest’s dark eyes sparkled as if they contained the universe.

“My dreams are getting clearer and longer, but the content keeps going back to the past? But you guys and Uncle Johan say that the Divine’s gaze isn’t on that world anymore. So I can’t see the future content, and I keep dreaming about the past.”

“That’s right.”

“Right. Since the Divine isn’t reading it, it’s become a free world that doesn’t need to flow according to her wishes. But if the Divine returns to her abode…”

“Then, the flow will somehow be created there as I wish. Because I am the Divine’s ‘biggest fragment’.”

Jeong Eun-seo tilted her chin and spoke solemnly.

We all bowed before the young and tiny Divine.

“So, show it to me right now. Who knows? If I read it, maybe everything will suddenly work out, and little brother and Uncle Johan will meet their friends soon.”

“Huh…”

“Oh… Divine…”

“Hmph. Were you worried about this? Are you guys really stupid?”

The little one wiped her strawberry nose and ridiculed us.

I raised both hands and pretended to bow deeply several times.

As Eun-seo learned all the facts, many parts that we couldn’t fundamentally solve were showing signs of being resolved.

Although in the process, Jeong Hyeon-seo got hit a lot, had his hair pulled, had a wing forcibly taken out and kneaded, received all the youngest’s tearful pleas and curses, and promised to bring two of all the Toegye [a famous Korean scholar] related products she didn’t have—one for collection and one for display—it was definitely a good thing for Sir Johan and me!

“Please, Divine younger sister Princess. I’ll trust only in you, Princess. Loyalty.”

“Okay. I will diligently read all your squares and triangles. If you entrust your brain to the flow, there are no invisible letters.”

‘Ahem!’ The youngest looked down at me and winked.

I hurriedly got up and laid a fluffy pig cushion on the sofa, then went to my room and brought my laptop and mouse.

Of course, what could be more grateful than the twenty-year-old Divine not going to Hongdae, Yeonnam, or Hapjeong [popular districts in Seoul] for the golden weekend and reading our story!

“Princess, what kind of late-night snack would you like to accompany your reading?”

“I feel like bossam [boiled pork belly] today. Prepare a mix of spicy bossam and honey garlic bossam.”

“As you command. I’ll make sure to include plenty of makguksu [buckwheat noodles]!”

“Okay.”

“Certainly.”

I quickly grabbed Jeong Hyeon-seo’s phone and turned on the delivery app.

Sir Johan’s face, hiding his mouth and laughing, made me grin too.

“Hyung, do you have a telecom discount coupon?”

“…Check the message app. There was one a few days ago.”

Jeong Hyeon-seo took off his glasses and rubbed his face wearily.

I tried to suppress the anticipation that was swelling up like bread in the oven.

The beautiful faces of Herrit and our friends seemed to be right in front of me.

Hyung, well, just put on your plastic gloves and mix the makguksu deliciously!

*

Okay.

Gain, Cedrick, and Jibril’s ‘Moon Hunt’ was no longer an abstract operation, but a plan with a plausible achievement process and concrete goals.

However, there was one problem… In fact, that problem was quite big.

“His Highness the Crown Prince is currently the Regent of Liester. The state affairs he must take care of are truly mountainous.”

“……”

-Thud, thud, thud…

Leaving the Duchy of Blanquer and returning to the Imperial Palace.

The imperial carriage, which had already entered the Imperial City, was smoothly shaking and running on the paved road.

Gain frowned at David in the opposite seat, who was speaking with a solemn expression.

It wasn’t because she was displeased or disliked his point, but because she was so frustrated with how to solve this that her stomach felt bloated.

Come to think of it, I forgot.

Cedrick Liester was no longer the young prince of the past, but the heir to the throne who had returned as a victorious general after the war, and there were all sorts of political… whatever tasks laid out before him.

It gives me a headache, so I don’t want to think deeply.

“No… But His Highness must go. He is the owner of the Divine Object and one of the people directly related to the angel in question. If we don’t retrieve the moon and hang it in the sky as soon as possible, it’s really only a matter of time before the entire continent is turned upside down. David, you know how serious the situation is, right? Besides, there’s clearly something wrong with your memory, right?”

-Kkia

-Kkurut

-Kkwaeng

The lesser pandas took Gain’s side and stiffened their tails.

Then, David glanced at the Crown Prince next to him and politely replied.

“I also personally have a great desire to support the operation of the esteemed individuals. If it were something that I could proceed with my consent alone, I would have done so long ago. However, with His Majesty the Emperor and his consort absent, the existence of His Highness the Crown Prince is very precious to all people.”

“……”

“……If I move directly, the Aristocratic Council will not agree.”

The Crown Prince said dissatisfiedly. The attendant nodded.

“Yes. They will think that the issue of retrieving the moon can be resolved by sending the Knights or the army. Also, most nobles will not feel the ‘sense of incongruity’ as strongly as Your Highness and your friends…”

“In short, this is our personal matter.”

Jibril Diop swept back his hair irritably.

He seemed to dislike this flow as well.

“Gathering the four Divine Objects is easy. But if it involves the ‘Holy Relic of Wishes’ as they say, then Sixth Cousin must leave the Imperial Palace again.”

“……”

The magician gestured to Prince Yeser on the opposite side.

The blonde beauty was only wearing a smile that was beautiful without wavering.

“The war hasn’t been over for a month. No sane great noble would tolerate the Crown Prince’s trip to the desert.”

“……Ugh. I’m going crazy.”

-Aong

Gain covered her head and tried to bury her face in her knees, but Tete was in her arms, so she buried her face in the plump belly of the harp seal instead.

Of course, no matter how much she enjoyed the baby’s warm body temperature, no brilliant ideas came to mind.

There were many eyewitness accounts of the Seraph, but rumors were rampant from the Venetian royal capital at the end of the war, and there was no material evidence at all.

Wealthy and time-rich enthusiasts were already busy discussing what the ‘Angel of the Divine who flew away with the moon’ meant in a socio-cultural context.

So, Diop’s analogy was truly appropriate.

The journey to find the angel beyond dimensions was only a very private—a personal matter that only they knew and only they could sympathize with….

-Clatter, clatter, clatter…

Yes, it was not a path allowed to the Crown Prince, the hostage of a ruined country, and the war heroes.

Logically, anyone would see it that way. It would just seem like a group of people suddenly rushing off.

“You’re the same, Princess. The Langbuillet family is one of the families that poured the most money into this war. If you want to wander outside the Imperial City, secure a clear justification first.”

“Young Master Diop, excuse me, but it’s the same for you.”

“Ha… I wish an easy and convenient excuse would just fall from the sky.”

Gain muttered, looking out the window with hollow eyes.

Beyond the Imperial Guard knights escorting the imperial carriage and the ceremonial horses wearing splendid harnesses, shops with colorful victory celebration decorations on their signs came into view.

And so many people….

“Long live Crown Prince Cedrick!”

-Awoo, awoo…♪

“Long live! Long live! Long live…!”

The crowd, densely packed on both sides of the road, was bowing towards the Crown Prince’s carriage.

A sigh rose to the tip of her chin and then barely subsided.

If she sighed out loud, she would feel truly desperate, so these days Gain tended to suppress most expressions inside.

“Well, it’s not like we’re gluing the broken Holy Relic back together… Were we too reckless? Ah, I miss Mom.”

-Woo, arreu…♬

“The baby sings very well. She could join the choir.”

At that time, Prince Yeser in the next seat made a joke. Gain chuckled and glanced at Tete.

The round and white baby, like a yu-gwa [Korean traditional sweet], was shaking her flipper feet to attract her attention.

“Yes, our Tete sings a bit. She has a melody she learned from me…”

‘I wanna run to you, ooh……’

Flash!

“……Huh?”

That song just now, those lyrics.

“What is it?”

Cedrick’s eyes immediately sharpened. Gain looked straight at him and inhaled.

“This, wait a minute, it’s a pop song. A very famous pop song. I don’t know how to sing this? So it’s not like I taught her…”

-Awoong♩

‘I wanna run to you, ooh……’

‘-Awoo, awoo’

There was a scene that brightened her mind.

A man holding a baby in his arms. Eyes full of affection and a sweet voice.

A gentle touch patting her small back….

‘Our Tete.’

“……Lullaby.”

Sometimes the Palace Lord sang a lullaby. For Tete.

-Heeheehing—!

“……Your Highness! Crown Prince! Please save our lord!”

Flinch! The two men and women woke up from their thoughts at the same time.

The carriage had already stopped in the middle of the road.

Not far away, someone’s desperate plea poured out amidst the commotion.

“Your Highness! My husband went out to sea to save the flood-stricken people of the territory. Please have mercy on us and help us…!”

*

Saturday morning.

-Click!

“There she comes. Jeong Eun, did you sleep well? Did you read a lot about brother’s story last night?”

“……This is a bit strange.”

The youngest, wearing a knit cardigan over her pajamas, came out to the living room, dragging her slippers.

Holding a laptop, her face was furrowed, which was somehow unusual.

She recited her first impression in a locked voice.

“This… The genre is a bit… My Toegye wasn’t like this. It’s a bit hard to read?”

……Huh? Uh?