Chapter 58. Save the world when you’re only five years old2020.08.22.
“…frog?”
I heard Oscar’s voice muttering softly. At the same time, I could feel everyone’s eyes on me.
“A frog?”
Lisandro asked again. I broke out in a cold sweat and laughed.
“I saw a frog!”
“A frog?”
“Isn’t that a bar!”
I pretended not to know anything. Then my dad, who had a serious expression on his face, tucked my hair behind my ear and asked me affectionately.
“Are you afraid of frogs, Mabel?”
“yes?”
“Don’t worry. This dad will dry the seed.”
“…”
Silence fell. Oscar, Lisandro, and the guest called the priest all looked at Daddy as if they were dumbfounded. I deliberately and sternly opened my mouth to nurture my father’s proper character.
“Poor frog. If you don’t like the frog, you’ll be a bad Saramiya.”
“Bad people?”
Dad seemed shocked, but it wasn’t the frogs that mattered now. I took a closer look at the man who introduced himself as an educational priest.
‘As expected, he’s overly handsome.’
Red eyes, the same color as Aidan’s, but with a different feel, were the most striking color among the divine man’s appearance. How old are you? He didn’t look that old. How the hell did you get into the library? Since only the imperial family was allowed to enter, the security was not lax. There were a couple of suspicious things, but I had no intention of questioning them right away. It’s because I wondered if there was a reason if I looked at the ‘hush’.
‘As soon as I go back, I’ll ask my animal friends to watch over me.’
First, I needed to figure out what the plan was.
“Nice to meet you, Hael. Afro well butakae.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
In the library, he used to use short language without hesitation, but now he speaks respectfully and politely, making him feel like a completely different person. Besides, blonde hair and red eyes…
‘I’m sure the God King also said blonde hair and red eyes.’
I felt a strange sense of discomfort. It could not have been the same person. Because Abelardo’s god-king was said to be a very old grandfather. However, there were a lot of things that got in the way, such as the appearance and the name ‘Hael’.
‘Are you the grandson?’
It was time to tilt my head. The sheep that had been standing still jumped down and circled around Hael while gently wagging its tail.
“Sheep!”
I was startled and called out to the sheep, but instead of returning, he now openly looked at Hael’s face.
‘what’s the matter? Come quickly!’
[hmm. Mabel. I feel something unusual about this priest.]
‘What kind of energy?’
[The amount of latent divine power… It’s less than Mabel’s, but it’s amazing.]
‘…Huh?’
I quietly blinked and looked at Hael. Naturally, our eyes met. He didn’t even smile or avert his eyes, he just stared at me. It felt like I had met those eyes once. even though it couldn’t be Dad, who was staring at the undesirable guest with hard eyes, asked with his chin resting.
“The God King himself recommended it and sent it. What is your title?”
“It occupies a seat on the Council of Elders.”
“You still look young, but are you already an elder?”
“Because the size of the latent divine power does not discriminate against age.”
Hael calmly answered his father’s question as if he was interrogating him, without showing any signs of embarrassment. The more I did, the deeper my doubts got.
‘Something’s strange.’
But I couldn’t clearly explain what was strange. Hael’s gaze returned to me as I struggled alone to figure out the cause of the constant déjà vu.
“I would like to begin the education of His Majesty the Emperor immediately. Because the divine king has high expectations, the training schedule is quite tight.”
Dad showed displeasure at him.
“Right now? that’s a bit difficult Mabel also has a schedule.”
“What is your next schedule?”
I can’t remember what the schedule was. Any plans for what’s next? It was time to tilt my head and seriously think about whether there was an emergency meeting. Oscar, who had been keeping his mouth shut all along, answered instead.
“nap.”
“yes?”
“It’s time for Mabel to take a nap.”
Then, everyone except Hael nodded as if they understood. I buried my face in my knees to hide my blushing face as Hael stared at me as if it were absurd. If there was even a mouse hole, I wanted to hide.
‘It’s too dignified to take a nap!’
***
A child’s body is too inefficient. You have to sleep during the day and sleep at night. I had my own pride, so I held out that I wouldn’t take a nap, but I was defeated.
“I had a good night’s sleep…”
Booth opened his eyes and rubbed his sleepy eyes as he got down from the bed. Larima, who was waiting for me to wake up, brushed her messy hair again.
“They say that the priest is waiting for His Majesty in the drawing room.”
“Okay?”
He said he had class today, but he seemed to have really waited. I stared at the mirror with a face still drowsy. A little boy with pink hair glared at me in the mirror. There was no dignity whatsoever. There was no way he could be intimidated with a face like this.
“Quickly big and sipper.”
“oh. why?”
“If you don’t listen to me, I’ll lose everything.”
Was I being too honest? Larimar’s mouth fell open.
“your majesty. Who did you learn those words from?”
“Yes? alone.”
“Is it Xavier? It must be Xavier. Where has this child gone?”
Larimar didn’t even listen to me, and finally left to find Xavier. The sheep, lying languidly on the bed, asked.
[Are you going to meet that priest?]
“Kayagejji.”
[I’m going too!]
Perhaps he was interested in the priest, but the usually lazy sheep was active today. It was even more strange because the other priests who had come so far had not paid any attention. Taking advantage of the lack of people in the bedroom, I called the squeakers for the first time in a while and asked for a deal using a loaf of bread as bait.
“Take care of the priest named Hael. bread crumbs.”
[The payoff is too high]
[It’s too low]
[I’ve never seen a person like this before!]
The squeakers who complained about all sorts of grievances reluctantly disappeared when I earnestly asked for them.
‘Scary squeaks…’
I took Gustav’s hand who had come to pick me up and went down to the drawing room. When I opened the door, I saw Hael’s profile waiting for me. Letting go of Gustav’s hand, he lowered his head.
“Then, Your Majesty, I will be waiting outside.”
“no. Go and work at Gustav Bar!”
“…I don’t know if they are considerate or not.”
Gustav made a puzzled expression and closed the door. In the drawing room, there were only the three of us, the sheep, and Hael. Yangyang walked gently and observed Hael here and there as before.
[As expected, it is different from the priests so far. I feel so good!]
‘Mmm.’
I came closer to Hael, but he didn’t stand up. It was against the etiquette of treating an emperor.
“hi.”
Besides, I had no eyes to see, so I couldn’t stop talking again… I looked at Hael with my eyes narrowed. I vaguely understood the reason for the deja vu I felt. Appearance, name, tone of voice, high-handed attitude, even the last thing Yang said.
“Are you the God King?”
Let’s ask boldly with the assumption that it may not be-.
“that’s right.”
The answer came back without a word of thought. Rather, it was me who was surprised. If you said no, the question you were trying to ask went into place.
‘Even if the God King is right, shouldn’t I say no?’
It seemed that he had no intention of hiding at all.
[And somehow. It was the God King who was in a good mood, right?]
The sheep, who didn’t even have the slightest bit of fidelity, jumped up and sat proudly on the God King’s lap and groaned. I tried to hide my bewilderment and stared straight at the God King.
“You said you were Hara, but why are you so young?”
“Because the body has transcended time thanks to God’s blessing.”
This made it clear that the teaching priest named Hael was in fact Michael Abelardo, the God King. I quickly calmed down my bewildered expression and looked at the god king with cold eyes.
“So why are you here?”
Naturally, my voice was cold. That’s because it wasn’t the first time or two that the Holy Kingdom tried to take me away. He sent Montego to kidnap me, who had just been born, and forcibly opened the divine power by making contact with the holy relic. They even urged me to acknowledge the new name ‘Winter’ by intentionally creating the moment they needed. I couldn’t see it well even if I had to look at it.
“What lies?”
I stood crookedly with my arms crossed and glared at the God King. Maybe his identity was discovered and he was at least relieved of his tension.
“Because it was the right thing to do.”
“Are you kidnapping me?”
“I decided that it would be better to bring her when she was a baby who didn’t know anything.”
The God King smiled and shrugged and added a word.
“It seems you didn’t know anything.”
“…!”
For a moment, I thought my heart stopped. I was so surprised that I opened my eyes wide. I felt regret that I had to pretend to be nonchalant belatedly, but it was already after I was agitated.
“You don’t know what Marin is.”
“Your voice is trembling…”
“Oh, don’t tremble!”
My voice trembled mercilessly.
‘As expected, is it something different because it’s the God King?’
Until now, no one has found out my secret. Even if he could walk quickly or talk quickly, everyone assumed he was just a genius baby. The God King, who had only encountered two or three times a fact that even the people around me had seen since I was born, was sure of course.
“You were also arranged by God, so you weren’t just born. I know when I see it Not just a simple five-year-old.”
“…”
“I am also a being loved by God, so I have received quite a lot of benefits, although not as much as you.”
“It’s a mall, isn’t it?”
“Memories of former god kings. It is passed down from generation to generation.”
In fact, I had never properly thought about God even though I was using and feeling divine power. At best, I would have been a little resentful. Maybe that’s why the words of the God King who worships God felt precious. I sighed and sat down on the sofa. Then I suddenly realized that there was nothing on the table. There were not even common textbooks.
‘I guess he didn’t intend to teach in the first place.’
If so, there must have been a reason why I decided to have class today. First of all, I agreed with the God King. There was no point in evading it now that the situation had come to this.
“that’s right. As the king said, I am not an ordinary five rice. I won’t tell you how out of the ordinary it is.”
“I had no intention of asking such a personal story.”
“…So what is the purpose of coming here?”
When asked about the main topic right away, the god king smiled.
“If you ask to go to Abelardo-”
“I’m not going.”
“I will say no.”
The judges were somehow twisted by the God King’s leisurely attitude, as if he had expected it.
“But I couldn’t wait forever for you to come, so I had no choice but to come.”
“Is it a dragon?”
“An oracle that came down on the day you were born. know?”
“yes.”
I nodded. I couldn’t know Didn’t he get caught up in all sorts of incidents because of that goddamn oracle? [End of the East. The seed to save the world has been planted.] The easternmost point of the continent was the Ermano Empire, and I became the ‘seed of God’ due to the unusual weather that happened on the day I was born. And on the day he was attacked by Devlin, he awakened the power of healing to save his father’s life in danger and became the owner of an oracle that could not be escaped.
“The Holy Realm thinks you will save the world.”
“Why on earth do I have to save three perfectly fine ones?”
“Do you look all right?”
I nodded. There had never been a catastrophe that the oracle had brought down. The God King also agreed with me.
“It must be now. But in fact, there are details behind the trust that have not been disclosed.”
“What’s behind…?”
Despite being the head of an information guild, it was the first time I had heard of it. I could see how confidential the contents of the oracle were treated in the Holy Kingdom.
“The eastern end. The seeds that will save the world have been planted.”
The king’s words continued.
“The seed of the source will germinate at the moment of the apocalypse when the red disaster burns in the ashes.”
“…”
“Finally, the blessings of the world will be with you.”
catastrophe and apocalypse. Unlike the preceding oracle, these were words that felt weighty. It’s just too heavy for me to bear.
“Are you saying the end will come sooner or later?”
“okay.”
“Is that Daegu or Magaya?”
“that’s right. He’s smart too.”
“…”
I frowned. I couldn’t quite understand it. What the hell is God asking me to do such a heavy duty? If the contents of the oracle were true, the man named God really had no shame.
‘When I prayed for salvation like that, they didn’t even listen.’
Even my end was a mistake.
“I am not a god.”
“Even if you don’t believe in it, God exists.”
“For me, I have no power to stop the apocalypse.”
Shaking his head resolutely, the God King switched to another subject.
“Recently, there has been a drought all over the continent.”
“huh.”
The drought that started three years ago was gradually spreading across the continent. Because of that, I held a ritual for rain, so I knew it well. A drought of unknown cause in which the ground dries up even when it rains.
“What if that is a portent of the end?”
“Gamumi?”
“The oracle of the red disaster is interpreted as a drought in the kingdom. The drought is only the beginning, but disasters will continue to strike.”
“…”
“If this continues, the world as well as the empire will collapse.”
The god king’s expression, which smiled for a moment, disappeared again. he added in a serious voice.
“The only one who can save the world is you, the owner of the trust.”
***
Dark night. I slept well and suddenly woke up.
‘I can’t sleep because I’m disturbed.’
When I woke up rubbing my eyes, the sheep, who had been sleeping curled up like a ball, struggled to sleep. I put the blanket over him and got out of bed.
“Shall we get some air?”
As I opened the balcony door slightly, a warm breeze blew in. I sat down on the chair on the balcony and rested my chin on it.
“Ehhh.”
All that comes out is a sigh. A man called God has no conscience to ask me to save the world when I am only five years old.
‘Just meet me. Defeat it.’
I was tired of playing the role of an unexpected emperor, but I was forced to take on the role of the savior of the world, so I felt a great sense of shame.
‘Is this the leader of the group assignment that I’ve only heard about?!’
It was a time when I was tearing my messy hair and screaming silently.
[Take. What are you doing?]
A thug appeared.
“Gu-gu-nyang…”
I didn’t do anything wrong, but I was intimidated for no reason and answered in a small way.
[Two. He told me to give it to him.]
There was only one person who would use the tape as a contact point.
‘Aidan!’
I quickly opened the note. [Duke Javier contacted the guild.]
“Ew?”
…What is this again?
