What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 873

The Sub-Male Lead Goes on Strike (7)

My heart feels like it’s about to explode.

-······Did you know that these supermoons are observed about once every three to four months? On May 7th, the fourth and final supermoon of the year rose in the Earth’s night sky. A beautiful full moon also appeared above the Statue of Liberty in New York. It appears about ten to fifteen percent larger than the full moon we usually see······.

A rebroadcast of an educational program was playing on the living room TV.

However, with my pounding heart drumming wildly in my ears, I couldn’t properly hear the MCs’ voices.

I hadn’t done anything, but my palms were already damp with sweat.

I had just drunk water, but my mouth felt parched.

I moved my cold fingers to scroll the mouse wheel on my laptop. Down, down······.

‘”······Something’s wrong, right now. Don’t you all think so?

-Awoo?

“I agree.”’

······The squares are gone.

In the square-square file, there are no squares left now. It really happened as Sir Johann said.

Even though my body wasn’t swaying, my vision was blurring wildly.

But I absolutely didn’t want to miss it.

I frantically read through my friends’ stories.

First, I need to stay calm. It’s not easy, but I need to stay as calm as possible······.

‘”Damn it, something’s seriously messed up.”

“I feel you.”

“Whatever we’ve lost or forgotten, we’re all screwed!”’

Ah······.

“······Ms. Gain is······.”

Ms. Gain remembers me.

I rubbed my hot face several times and cupped my chin with my terribly trembling fingers.

Reality was as clear as the sensation of water touching my lips, then dreamlike like the starlight outside the window.

It wasn’t easy to make expressions freely.

Not only Ms. Gain, but Cedric also remembered me. Even Prince Djibril Diop.

Of course, strictly speaking, they don’t remember······.

‘”I’m feeling uneasy, why.”

“······.”

“······It seems like everyone else isn’t feeling the same sense of unease as I am.”’

······Every day, I keep feeling a sense of unease.

Everyone unconsciously knows that I’ve disappeared. And, and······.

The scroll bar kept going down.

‘”······Recently, the King of Venetian surrendered, and the moon of the continent disappeared. Since tides don’t occur, I heard that small and large problems are already happening in coastal areas.”’

“The moon······. Wait, the moon in the sky disappeared?”

This is serious. I muttered in a surprised voice, clenching and unclenching my left hand.

Could it be that such a phenomenon occurred because I disappeared?

The other time, a huge hole opened in the sky, and black swords fell down with a thud······.

But that was when I was closely connected to the world line.

Even now that the world line doesn’t rely on my existence, are problems occurring?

Because of my absence?

‘”Damage to inland mountainous areas is also being reported. Nocturnal animals and monsters that rely on moonlight to hunt······. are showing various abnormal behaviors.”

“There have almost been incidents in our territory once or twice. If a territory isn’t properly prepared for monster attacks, it will surely suffer great damage.”

Commander Bakari, Marquis François, and Princess Antoinette replied in succession.

Gain nodded, sniffing her nose.’

“Oh my······.”

······If this situation is happening because I’m gone, I should go back quickly.

Not only my friends but also innocent people on the continent will suffer even greater harm.

A world without a moon is like a disaster.

As it is, Venetian has become a defeated nation, and the leadership vacuum has become clear, and even the funeral of Crown Princess Elysee has been held, so the people’s hearts must be broken······.

‘”Anyone here with a clear memory?”’

‘”It’s like a hole has been punched in the middle of the past. Something like that.”’

‘Then Isabel, Commander Bakari, and François slowly raised their hands.

A small ripple ran through the guests, starting with the three of them.

Soon, Eva, Joan, the Duhem siblings, as well as Agnes and David, raised their hands.’

But······.

“Ms. Gain and Cedric are trying to resolve the situation somehow······. They’ve gathered their friends.”

Reading their stories that ‘I don’t know’ for the first time, my heart ached and the tip of my nose felt hot.

Even though the situation isn’t completely resolved yet, a silly smile leaked out. Everyone is really the same as ever······.

‘”Prince Yeseo, if you have urgent business, please come to me······.”

“The reason you have lost some of your memories is that the Chief Angel of the Main God has taken the moon and flown far away.”’

······Wait, that’s not all?

‘”Cardinal Johann Haynes’ disappearance during the battle was also to catch the moon, so if you retrieve the moon, the Grand Master and your lost memories will naturally return.”’

······Prince Yeseo? I blinked blankly.

I don’t have a mirror right now, but I must be making the silliest expression in the world.

Wait, come to think of it, I read a scene where the Prince took out my notebook from the drawer earlier.

I don’t know how it returned to the Imperial Palace, but since it wasn’t originally my item but a magical tool that Elysee gave to the Prince, I somehow understood······.

‘The Prince silently brought his palm to his heart.

The vessel of another that saved him was shaking with terrible loss and longing.

Undoubtedly, this was not his emotion.’

······Ah?

“······Dear Canary readers, oh my god.”

“Your Highness?”

Sir Johann, who had brewed two cups of masala chai [a spiced tea beverage], was already standing in front of the door.

I jumped up from my seat and dragged him in.

“Sir, you’ve come at the right time. Come this way.”

“What happened?”

“Prince Yeseo! It seems like he’s feeling my emotions as they are in that world line. As a result of opening his eyes with my vessel!”

“Ah, I see.”

“No, you should be much more surprised!”

I gaped and tried to explain the seriousness of the situation to him.

I thought the connection between the world line and me was severed, but it turns out it’s connected through him!

“And it’s true that my friends have forgotten me, but they’re suffering from extreme unease and seem to have conspired to take action somehow. With the intention of retrieving Sir Johann as well! Oh! And the languages, all the languages of the continent have become incompatible with each other. The moon has also disappeared from the sky. The Prince even took my notebook, oh, what if he’s read it all······. Is it too late to worry about this?”

“It seems so.”

The man answered, scanning the monitor with his blue eyes.

I quickly took the teacup and put it on the desk. Thank you for the tea!

“That’s right! Look at my mind. Fortunately, Herrit seems to be doing well! Eva and the Duhem daughters are taking care of him······.”

Click, click. Instead of holding the mouse, I accidentally grabbed my perfectly fine phone and rolled it on the desk.

I panicked that the ring of Birm’s Ark would be crushed and quickly grabbed the mouse.

Sir Johann, who was standing next to me, rumbled lowly. Ugh.

“Here, look here. The Prince is already talking to Herrit······. Huh?”

‘”Gather clues and hunt the moon, Your Highness.”’

‘”If you do so, both public and private disasters will be resolved.”’

“······Your Highness?”

······’Hunt the moon’? That sounds a little creepy······.

“It seems the Prince has accurately grasped the essence of the situation.”

Sir Johann said calmly.

The man had the same expression as usual, but I knew about the rocking horse he often held in his hand these days.

It was a great relief to be able to confirm Herrit’s safety with my own eyes. Anyway······.

“Well, it seemed like the Prince’s memories were intact. I roughly saw the beginning, and unlike my friends, he seemed to know everything.”

“We have an ally over there. What’s the problem?”

I was startled. My brother, who had come out of his room and was watching TV, walked over here.

Eunseo wasn’t visible, probably because she had gone in to wash up first. I nodded awkwardly.

“I didn’t read it carefully, but the Prince is going to······. retrieve me.”

“Originally, the story progresses when someone grabs you by the collar and pulls you along. Reader, collar grab. If you just have these two, the novel will easily exceed 500, no, 700 or 800 chapters.”

“I sincerely appreciate that, but unlike me, he doesn’t have ether [a hypothetical medium formerly believed to fill all space], and he’s been separated from his family for a long time, and his homeland has even become a defeated nation······. I’m worried in many ways. Will he be okay?”

Hunt the moon, that sounds dangerous.

“As I’ve said repeatedly, the only way to ease your worries is to write.”

Jeong Hyeonseo, who took off his glasses, said, wiping the lenses with the hem of his t-shirt.

“When the squares made it hard to see the content, it was difficult because you couldn’t see, but now that you can see, it’s difficult because you can see. But thanks to that, you know that everyone is looking for you. You also know that this method actually works.”

“······Yeah. That’s something I’m really grateful for.”

Really, really.

“If you’re grateful, writing steadily is the writer’s job.”

“I will.”

“You know your friends’ strength so well, yet you’re worried. They’re not ordinary in terms of temper either.”

“······Everyone is kind and nice, but anyway, you’re right.”

“What else can you do here besides writing?”

“That’s also true.”

“If you know, then fight on.”

Having a conversation with my cold-hearted brother made me feel like my heart, which was about to jump out, was slowly finding its place.

While we were drinking slightly cooled tea, my brother went back to the living room and grabbed the remote control.

-······Meanwhile, there are also days when there is no moon in the night sky. The moon’s phase will enter ‘New Moon’ on the upcoming May 22nd. In English, it’s called ‘new moon’. Every month on the first day of the lunar calendar, the moon is completely submerged in darkness before it swells anew. Because the moon and the sun rise and set together, it is difficult to even observe the moon on this day. Although it doesn’t receive as much attention as the supermoon, it is also a time when there are many problems because there is no moonlight. The military calls this period the ‘moonless vulnerable period’······.

-Ting!

The TV, which had been talking enthusiastically, immediately shut its mouth.

Sir Johann decided to connect the old phone to my brother’s tablet instead of me and read my friends’ stories.

As the situation was roughly sorted out, I stroked my chest and sat back at my desk with a determined resolve.

“······Thank you. Thank you so much. I’ll work hard to upload reserved posts today and sleep well······.”

Please keep my friends from getting hurt, protect Herrit and the precious ones, and especially keep the Prince safe······.

Words like prayers to the Main God flowed out in a stream. It was truly a night full of faith.

May 15th, morning.

Yeseo Venetian suddenly looked up at the sky. A sandstorm was blowing.

-Swish······

“······.”

The moon shadow, which had been as black as if someone had dropped ink, had recently become much brighter and felt closer to gray.

At first, a small spot of light seemed to form in the corner of the shadow, but as time passed, it seemed to spread throughout the shadow.

A crescent-like smile formed on the man’s lips.

“······You’re holding onto hope even from afar. That’s just like you.”

“Aaaaaaaah! It’s another failure!”

-Thud!

Pause. The Prince, who had been holding Herrit’s hand, turned his gaze.

Not far away, near an old house with a half-collapsed fence.

Gain, who was lying in a large pit, threw down her shovel and screamed at the top of her lungs. The Crown Prince, who had been shoveling with her, cast a contemptuous gaze, but she was already beyond seeing anything. ‘What’s going to come out!?’

“There’s no dream or hope, you fraudulent alchemist hag―!”

-Squeak!

“Oh dear.”

“I’ve dug up fifteen real artifacts so far! Fifteen!”

-Weeeing!

Because she had shouted so loudly, the residents who had been watching the group from a distance were stirring.

The Prince smiled bitterly and looked down at the child.

Herrit also looked up at him with wriggling eyebrows.

The magician, who had been standing next to him with his arms crossed, grumbled, pulling out his staff.

“Even though this is the only way, it’s starting to feel foolish.”

“You’re quite generous, Prince. This was a very foolish method from the beginning.”

“······Do you know that you have a knack for subtly irritating people?”