What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 888

#888 Faith, Belief, Balance?! (1)

—Meanwhile, regarding Jung Hyun-seo and Jung Eun-seo.

-콰콰콰콰콰콰콰······!

“Wow, seriously! This is insane! Oppa! Jung Ye-seo must be completely out of her mind!”

-싸아아아아아아······!

“Jung Eun-seo! Get back here, stop running around—!”

Their situation was also quite complicated.

For starters, it was beyond anything a normal person could imagine.

Everything happening this night.

-우르르르르릉······!

“Whoa!”

The moonless, dark sky suddenly lit up as bright as day, unleashing an enormous roar. The jet-black hole, which seemed to drip blood, was engulfed in overwhelming light, its shadow vanishing.

The wind, wildly tossing the siblings’ hair, felt like the fierce winds of a tropical storm.

Hyun-seo firmly held onto his younger sister, who was excitedly bouncing around, and looked out over the balcony.

‘쏴아아아앗······!’ The radiance enveloping his younger sister and Sir Johann Haynes was rapidly fading.

And before long······.

-······Spot!

They completely disappeared from the sky!

“······.”

“Ha, is this even possible······.”

-휘우우우······

Moreover, surprisingly, the apartment complex they lived in was quiet.

It was clear that Jung Ye-seo and the divine creatures’ aether [aether refers to the bright upper region of the sky] had distorted space-time, completely deceiving everyone’s senses.

Only a few houses were lit up, where people were still awake late into the night, and the outside scenery didn’t seem much different from any other night.

Hyun-seo sighed and surveyed the situation on the ground.

He could see the security guard’s flashlight patrolling the parking lot, but the guard didn’t seem to sense anything unusual.

Eun-seo was now hitting her older brother’s hard forearm instead of holding onto the balcony railing.

The child’s dark hair scattered like strands in the chaotic night.

“Oppa! Let go of me, look there! Something’s falling from the sky!”

“What?”

The moment Hyun-seo paused and loosened his grip, Eun-seo quickly ran to the railing and stretched out her arms.

“Jung Eun-seo! Don’t lean out!”

“No, look at that! It’s waving its arms and legs and coming towards us······!”

-휘이잉······!

‘Hurry, you have longer arms, catch it!’ the little one cried urgently.

Jung Hyun-seo, pushed by his younger sister, felt that this whole situation was truly absurd, but also thought it was worth reflecting on the fact that a writer was so skeptical of his own world.

But still······.

-덥석!

-뀨!

“Hoo-eok! It’s a lizard! How cute!”

“······.”

······When he made eye contact with the lizard caught in his grasp, he couldn’t help but reflexively gasp.

Our readers, really······.

They really like crazy stuff, don’t they? Well, I don’t dislike it either.

-켓!

“Well, well.”

The surprised fire lizard hiccuped, its eyes wide.

A fingernail-sized flame burst from its mouth.

Eun-seo quickly closed the balcony door at her brother’s instruction, chattering.

“Oppa, isn’t that him? Gu-gu! It looks exactly like the description in the fanfic [fan fiction]! And it fell from the sky hole, and it breathes fire—it’s totally Gu-gu!”

-톡, 톡톡

The little lizard flicked its tongue and tapped Hyun-seo’s hand with its tail.

It was clearly a sign that it wanted to be let go, so the man carefully placed the divine creature on the living room floor.

Perhaps it would be good to slowly get used to such incidents.

Like the current situation where divine creatures or sacred beasts from other worlds frequently entered the house under the pretext of their connection with his younger sister, demanding free lodging and protection.

There was no way to avoid it, and anyway, they were just palm-sized creatures. Besides, for now······.

They were all like children to Hyun-seo.

“If you set the house on fire, you’re in trouble. If you need anything, come and talk to me.”

-······톡!

Gu-gu, rolling its eyes, tapped the floor once with its tail as if it understood, and then began to wander around the living room like a cat exploring a new area.

Perhaps because the siblings were of ‘Jung Ye-seo’s’ bloodline, or perhaps because it was a fragment of the main god, Gu-gu didn’t seem to be shy or intimidated by the two of them.

Eun-seo stared at the divine creature’s orange back for a long time before suddenly saying.

“But even if it crossed the dimensional gate······. Why did it disappear?”

“What disappeared?”

Hyun-seo, who had moved the sofa stool so that the lizard could climb on it, asked back.

Then Gu-gu, with its gray eyes sparkling, clung to his wrist instead of the stool.

It seemed to think that it would be easier to see the house if it stuck to a tall human.

Eun-seo looked back at her older brother with a serious expression.

“No, earlier, Jung Ye-seo clearly told that gate to stay here forever.”

“······.”

‘[As the god wishes for the union of the two worlds, you shall be eternal as a gate.]’

‘[Never disappearing or breaking, but existing only as a passage to continue the will of the main god.]’

‘[As the owner of the Holy Grail, the agent of god, the kin of the phoenix, and the last fragment of the main god, I command you!]’

‘-콰르르르릉······!’

······Hmm.

“Certainly. She did say that.”

There was little room for those sentences to be interpreted differently.

In fact, the readers of hoped that Jung Ye-seo would freely travel between that place and this place.

More than anything else.

“But the sky is clear now, right? Oppa saw the hole disappear completely earlier.”

“······Well, the location wasn’t great.”

Hyun-seo, who had been lost in thought, replied.

Gu-gu nodded up and down as if agreeing. Eun-seo blinked her eyes.

“What are you talking about?”

“People don’t need to dive off the balcony every time. The readers seem to want Jung Ye-seo to stop jumping from the twelfth floor.”

“Ah, I agree······. I really don’t like that either. Even if she has wings, it looks precarious to ordinary people. I was so nervous earlier that I almost died. I know she says she doesn’t get caught, but I’m still worried about the apartment residents.”

“Then, rather than disappearing.”

Hyun-seo, who had taken off his glasses, pressed his temples.

His sharp black gaze aimed beyond the glass door.

“······It would be more accurate to say that it moved. As you and the readers wished.”

-우우웅······

At the same time as he finished speaking, the balcony where the flowerpots were lined up rippled like the surface of a lake.

The youngest, who had been fiddling with the sleeves of her loungewear, widened her eyes as big as lanterns.

“······Uh-oh! My grass doll is falling over! Hey, be careful!”

“Is that what matters now?”

Hyun-seo, half out of his mind, retorted to the back of his sister’s head, but Eun-seo had already rushed out to the balcony, anxious about her flowerpots falling over.

The man let out a hollow laugh and looked down at the objects in his hand.

The old-fashioned magic phone that recorded his sister’s stories, and the tablet PC.

“······I guess I have no choice but to do weekend updates too, to manage the dimensional door that opened on the balcony.”

-킷

Gu-gu, who had already climbed up to his shoulder, chirped as if agreeing.

Hyun-seo’s gaze shifted slightly to the side.

“You absolutely can’t go outside. Keep that in mind.”

-톡

“And come out whenever I call you, even inside the house. It looks like it’ll be hard to find you because you’re so small.”

-토독

“If you’re good, I’ll put on an ocean documentary for you.”

-······톡톡톡!

Gu-gu’s tail reacted enthusiastically to the word ‘ocean’.

Hyun-seo shrugged once and prepared to wash up.

His sister would probably come back on her own by Monday.

Since she decided to live in two houses, she would balance it out on her own.

*

-저벅

The moment I took a step forward······.

-사아아아······!

“Oh! Lord God!”

“Purple tulips! The Lord God protects the angel!”

“Ah, well, that’s······.”

Purple tulips bloomed brightly at my feet.

I tried to calmly explain the phenomenon, but the voices of the desert residents, flushed red with excitement, were much faster.

In less than a few dozen seconds, I was already branded as the agent of the Lord God, who caused mysteries and miracles as soon as I touched the ground.

I knew very well that half of it was true and that it couldn’t be seen any other way, but directly experiencing people’s fervent reactions up close was on a different level than just ‘knowing’.

Every time I took a step, purple tulips constantly bloomed and withered, and to make matters worse, even the Imperial Knights were very surprised by the sight—because the meaning of purple tulips in Riester was very special—and bowed to me like dominoes.

I walked stiffly like a robot exhibited at a fair, glancing at the lesser pandas who were following me from behind.

“Demi, shouldn’t you stop this······.”

-끼어, 끼어, 끼어

“Three times no······. Okay, I got it.”

Our troublemakers are excited······. I muttered to myself and accepted the escort of Duke Zibril Diop.

His robe, though full of holes, was adequate to cover his torn back.

As the distance to the prince narrowed, the beauty smiled softly and led us towards Gigolt Village.

It wasn’t easy to receive bows and prayers from strangers, so I wished my partners and Sir Johann were by my side—usually their beauty distracts attention quite a bit—but everyone couldn’t get close because of my crown and received the service of the Imperial Army separately.

Hugging Tete, I forced a smile and waved to the people.

“Angel, please have mercy and grace on our Gigolt Village······!”

“Step back five steps! For safety, step back, you’re too far forward!”

“Oh, God······.”

“Hey, there’s no halo now! Looking at it like this, they really look just like humans!”

“Shh! Bow down!”

“That person isn’t just an angel! I heard from the knights earlier that they are the Imperial Family’s Princess Juliet······. They also have a marquisate, and the territory is incredibly wealthy!”

“What? No, wait a minute, that’s right! Didn’t that rumor circulate a while ago? Huh?”

Among the people shedding tears and confessing their faith, many words were naturally spreading.

I vaguely expected it, but it seemed that the lost memories of the people of the continent were also restored as the moon in the sky returned.

“Huh? Isn’t the Empire’s Princess Juliet His Highness Prince Yeseo Fenetian? They definitely said that he was resurrected······. Yes! That person!”

“Oh my, lower your voice and bow down!”

“What? What’s going on? How did one person become two?”

“······.”

I did my best not to look too awkward.

Then the prince, who was walking next to me, looked back at me with a gentle gaze.

“Don’t worry. These misunderstandings will soon be corrected when the Imperial Family issues an official statement.”

“······Yes······.”

Not really, I wasn’t worried.

Of course, unnecessary confusion among people should be prevented, but it’s not unbearably uncomfortable or unpleasant.

Wait a minute, surely the prince doesn’t think of me that way? No way.

“I can hear your brain working from here.”

“Ah.”

I looked to the side with a dazed face.

Duke Diop, who was supporting my hand, was indifferently looking ahead.

“Focus on walking properly now. The prince sent a message to the Fenetian royal capital, so His Majesty will reply soon.”

“Um, I see. Thank you. Excuse me······.”

Come to think of it, it seemed like it would be difficult to convey my greetings if it wasn’t now, so I quickly seized the opportunity.

“Duke, thank you so much for charging my phone last time. Thanks to you, I was able to return here.”

“······.”

“Really.”

The man finally looked at me for the first time.

He seemed to have never expected to hear such words.

I ambiguously raised the corners of my mouth and prepared to add something. It was then.

“Let’s go to the village and have something to eat first. I think you must be hungry.”

“······Ah! Yes!”

Good! I smiled brightly at the prince’s suggestion and looked back at him again.

That’s right, our prince knows what’s up! And he knows me well too!