What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 900

The Finale and the Overture (2)

Ughhhhh!

What is this intense déjà vu—!

“Sir Johan, huh, Sir Johan! How, how did you get here!”

I don’t even remember how I got down to the first floor!

I think I ran into the directors when I got off the elevator, but did I greet them properly? I must have?!

Anyway, that wasn’t important right now.

I smiled brightly at Herrit—the boy was wearing a bright yellow hoodie and cotton pants like a chick, which anyone could tell were new clothes his brother had bought him from near their house—and hurriedly looked up at the child’s father.

Facial muscles mixed with surprise and delight twitched wildly.

“I took a taxi today. My brother called a ride for me to the front of the complex.”

“No, that’s not what I mean, agh…!”

I couldn’t help but laugh as I dragged him towards the flower bed.

Apart from the embarrassment, I was so happy, so overjoyed that friends I hadn’t expected at all had come to pick me up at a time I hadn’t expected, that it was hard to manage my expression.

Is this why Deputy Hwayun said I was grinning all day?

At this rate, strange rumors might spread around the company in a few days!

“Cough, how did you cross over here?”

I lowered my voice as much as possible and whispered.

“It’s very convenient with the Einstein-Rosen-Jung Ye Bridge.”

“Ah….”

…The dimensional door Eunseo nicknamed. ‘Gate’.

I couldn’t believe it, but it really works even without me…!

“Herrit, did Herrit have any problems coming over?”

“No. Actually, Herrit wanted to cross the door first. He kept urging me to go see the Palace Lord.”

“Uncle Hyunseo told me to call him Uncle Yeseo outside.”

-Beep!

As the child, clinging to his father’s leg, chattered, a lovely wren popped its head out from inside the yellow hoodie.

Jung Took-shim! I smiled brightly once again and rubbed the cheeks and chest fur of the two little ones.

Now that I looked, Herrit was holding a cup of bead ice cream with only a few bites left.

You ate something delicious as soon as you arrived, our young master. How admirable.

“Uncle Hyunseo taught you such a secret?”

“Yes.”

“Oh my, you’ll be the know-it-all of Jamsil-dong [a district in Seoul] soon. Shall we go home and eat lots of delicious food for dinner?”

“Yes. Uncle Hyunseo bought me bead snacks too.”

“Hahaha.”

My brother is really helpless when it comes to kids.

I was smiling, matching Herrit’s eye level, when Sir Johan’s eyes suddenly turned cold.

Following that, there was a small rustling sound nearby. I was a beat late in surprise and turned around. Who….

“Ah, Deputy Yeseo!”

“Hello, Deputy!”

“Hello, Daebak….”

“Wow, the baby is so cute….”

Huh, it’s the people from the finance and accounting team on the same floor!

“H-hello.”

I quickly gave an awkward greeting.

Then, Sir Johan also tilted his head slightly, and Herrit bowed before hiding halfway behind his father.

The colleagues waved at the child and smiled kindly.

“Hello, so pretty!”

“Such a pretty child. You could be a child actor.”

“Are you Deputy Yeseo’s friend? Is this your friend’s son?”

“Ah, yes. They came to visit our house this time and are staying with us.”

Probably since a few hours ago! I quickly gave an answer, worried it might look awkward.

“Oh, I see. We thought they were filming something here….”

“I asked the PR team earlier via messenger. ‘Chief, is a celebrity coming to the company today? I didn’t see any announcements about filming an advertisement?’ like that.”

“I wondered if it was someone doing YouTube, so I was curious. I saw a very handsome person standing there from upstairs. So, it was a friend.”

“I know, right? Since Deputy Yeseo won’t be a company model, your friend can do it instead.”

“Oh my, what are we going to do with Dasl’s antics!”

“Hahaha.”

The conversation quickly ended with jokes and laughter, and the colleagues greeted brightly before walking away towards the main road.

‘Goodbye, son!’ Their gestures of waving at Herrit until the end were very cheerful.

The child also shyly waved his hand, causing another exclamation to erupt from over there.

I could finally breathe a sigh of relief after the colleagues disappeared beyond the parking lot.

Wow, I should be thankful that they weren’t our team members….

“Shall we take a taxi?”

“Ah, yes.”

Of course, the subway would be much faster and cheaper, but since Herrit was here today (and since he said he had Jung Hyunseo’s credit card), we decided to take a taxi.

Hiding under a tree, I scraped the bottom of the child’s bead ice cream cup.

Here you go, the last spoonful before boarding. Good.

“By the way…. Did you come because something bad happened?”

“Of course not. A few interesting things have happened in the past few days.”

Sir Johan smiled as he put on a black cap.

I was about to call a taxi on my phone but tilted my head. Interesting things?

“Yes. Madame Rambouillet came from the Imperial Palace.”

Approximately eight hours ago.

A living room in Gigolt Caravanserai.

“Mommyyyyy!”

“Good heavens, my daughter!”

“Sisterrrrr!”

“Young Miss, Young Miss Christel!”

“Hooong, Lynn! Eleeeeen!”

Whump! Gain hugged the three people in front of her with all her might, sharing the joy of a passionate reunion as everyone’s cheeks were squished like glutinous rice cakes.

Isabelle held her daughter’s face as if she were facing a miraculously surviving relative from the battlefield—strictly speaking, ‘Moon Hunting’ was quite an adventurous endeavor—and Ellen, Christel’s nanny, shed tears as if she had met her baby mistress again after twenty years—she was the one who tied Gain’s shoelaces when she left the Imperial Palace home.

As for Lynn, who was hugging her sister’s neck, the child’s hair color had become quite bright in the meantime, now appearing to reflect the color of Gain’s eyes.

It seemed that her energy as a holy knight was slowly settling in.

She had even worn a particularly pretty dress to meet her sister, giving off the air of a little princess, and her small bag slung over her shoulder was filled with pocket money and snacks given by her grandparents.

Gain wiped away her tears with her sister’s ribbon, constantly sobbing.

“Anihi, hic, I really thought I was going to die, I almost went to heaven myself trying to bring the Palace Lord from the sky, hic…!”

“Oh my, our young miss! You’ve suffered so much that your face has become half its size!”

“Hey, it’s noisy, go inside and do it.”

“But, but the Palace Lord sent kimchi [fermented cabbage], pickled garlic leaves, and instant rice, hooong…. There’s also Shin Ramyun [a popular brand of instant noodles], I’m really going to, hic, stay with Yeseo for life…. Ha, let’s eat together later, hic, let’s eat…!”

“Yeah! I want to eat together later!”

“That Shirang or whatever, it’s a taste that should be legally prohibited.”

“Shut up.”

Finally, Gain turned sharply and snapped at Jibril, and Isabelle and Ellen burst into laughter.

Prince Yeseo, who had been quietly watching them, personally prepared tea for the guests from the Imperial Palace.

Cornelise, who had been playing Gonggi [a Korean game played with small stones] with Iseol until the guests arrived (having learned directly from her idol Gain), jumped up and began to help her brother.

Soon, Johan and Herrit also helped prepare refreshments.

The Rambouillet women were still hugging each other tightly, continuing their conversation.

“Ah, and, and thisher….”

Gain suddenly rummaged through her bosom and pulled something out.

It wasn’t easy to show it because the four people were so tightly knit together….

-Clang!

“This, the water mirror the Palace Lord gave me, a necklace. Christel is here, Mom, hic. Inside here.”

“…….”

“……That’s how I see it now.”

Finally, Gain smiled, frowning.

Isabelle stared blankly at her face for a long time, then hugged her daughter again.

Tears fell under her tightly closed eyelids.

They had so many stories to share.

Following that, Gain carefully took out another treasure she always kept in her arms.

-Rustle….

It was Rumanian’s rag doll.

“….His Majesty, hic, as Mom said, miraculously woke up and helped us….”

“…….”

“….That was the last time.”

“…….”

“….That was the last time…. Mom, uh-huh….”

“Oh dear….”

Ellen made a moaning sound and embraced Gain.

Isabelle was trying hard to suppress her sadness, but she couldn’t even stop the tears from flowing.

The baby, holding the rag doll instead of her mother and sister, quietly looked down at it.

Then, she hugged the doll for a long time.

“….Ladies, please stop crying and relieve the worries of the rain clouds.”

At that moment, François D’Aumale, who had been sitting on the sofa, approached and handed them a handkerchief.

The Marquis skillfully escorted Isabelle first and then said this.

“Her Highness Aurelie is waiting. After calming your hearts with a warm cup of tea, let’s all go and pay our respects together.”

What?!

“François is here? No, ahem.”

I quickly composed my voice, which was about to burst out.

If any of us had been sitting in the passenger seat, we might have bothered the taxi driver.

I turned to Sir Johan with wide eyes, and he smiled gently and explained slowly.

“He said he came under the orders of the late Grand Duke Consort to confirm that the Great Liester Empire’s ‘Moon Hunt’ was officially successful, and also to check on the condition of His Highness the Crown Prince, who has been promoted to Grand Magician. He is, in fact, the person who can cross the continent the fastest in the Imperial Family.”

“Well, that’s true….”

“He is also the chief of the exhibition portal restoration and new portal construction project, so he needed to travel through the desert to check on the current situation.”

“Ah….”

I was so surprised when I first heard it, but when I thought about it, there seemed to be no one more suitable for a business trip to Gigolt than François.

I nodded, looking back at Herrit in the middle seat, who had fallen asleep.

Then perhaps, did the teacher come to Gigolt right away too…?

“Did you also come from the royal palace to meet me and confirm the results of the Moon Hunt?”

“….You could say that.”

Sir Johan slightly raised the corner of his lips. Several honking sounds rang out from outside the window.

-Clang!

Meanwhile.

“….How dare you.”

Aurelie Boutier’s eyes, which had put down her teacup, softly curved.

“Don’t ever mention the Pope again.”

“…….”

The cardinals in the opposite seats fell silent.