Chapter 401. Brilliant and sweet (1)
A strange sound resonated in my head.
Why is it so noisy on the other side of the door of reincarnation?
Why is the King of Hell so talkative?
‘I’m tired. I’m sleepy.’
In bed, I turned over, frowning.
I was really tired.
It was natural.
He directed the operation through the night.
Helmed the Hell Knight Corps.
He really fought bloody against the King of Hell.
At the end of that, he jumped into the gate of reincarnation with the king of hell, so it was only natural that his whole body felt tired.
no, almost up.
‘Because I made it through to the end.’
It was my last try.
It was the only way to succeed that the jewel of truth had taught me.
I tried it hard and finally succeeded.
A satisfied smile bloomed at the thought.
But my smile didn’t last long.
“…Here’s the weather news that follows.”
A strange voice was heard.
A voice that is intelligent yet feels like something is broken.
‘Is it a dream?’
It must have been a voice heard in a dream.
On the contrary, I tossed and turned.
But even that gesture couldn’t stop the voice from reappearing.
“It would be better to prepare a thick coat from this morning. A cold wave came in line with the Siberian high pressure that developed from early winter. As the temperature in Seoul dropped to -9 degrees this morning….”
…uh?
It’s not a dream.
It was definitely a voice coming from right next to me.
‘how?’
In the middle of a daze, my mind flashed.
I must have crossed the gate of reincarnation.
So, you have to go through the process after death.
Either you receive a new life and reincarnate, or you will live a new life anyway.
no it should be
however…Are you hearing voices like news and weather reports?
I opened my eyes with a puzzled feeling.
And without even realizing it, my whole body stiffened.
“…Strong winds will accompany it, and the perceived temperature will drop further. The lowest temperatures this winter are expected, especially on the weekends.”
“….”
A TV that was turned on palely in a dimly lit room.
There was a person in it.
It was a face without even a gram of smile.
It was as neat and tidy as the way he spoke.
“news…?”
I muttered involuntarily.
Obvious.
Weather news from the news.
The anchors who convey that are just like that.
As if to answer my guess.
The weather announcer on TV smiled gracefully.
“Tomorrow, it may snow sporadically in the northern mountainous areas of Gangwon. The waves will rise high in the distant sea.”
“….”
It feels like snow is falling in my heart.
“How did this happen?”
I unknowingly spit it out.
The announcer smiled even more gracefully.
“It has been the weather news so far. thank you.”
“….”
I shut up.
The old TV was spewing up merry music announcing the end of the news.
But somehow, I got used to that TV.
I felt like throwing up.
Unbeknownst to me, my hands were shaking.
I realized.
It was in my room at the TV gosiwon.
So, this is the closet of the gosiwon where I stayed.
‘this…what?’
Why are you doing this?
Why the hell am I here?
It seemed like I was losing my mind.
He moved his head like a madman.
I don’t know where to put my eyes.
A familiar, musty smell.
Yellowish wallpaper everywhere.
Soggy bedspreads and duvets.
and….
An old cell phone with one side of the screen broken was lying next to the pillow.
Hopefully not.
That’s not it.
please that’s it.
I turned on my phone screen.
confirmed from the date.
And without realizing it, I put down my phone as if I was throwing it away and spurred the door.
“…Ooh ooh!”
upset stomach
I vomited up my stomach as I was in the public bathroom.
Then, suddenly, I saw myself in the bathroom mirror.
“….”
My face was yellow from not eating properly.
Dark circles around the eyes were full.
Her hair was fuzzy with parted lips.
The face was crying in the mirror.
Kim Soo-ho.
Who are you?
why are you here
But why is today’s date like this?
Seriously, why on earth is it the morning after I became Lloyd?
‘It’s okay…Aren’t there?’
Tears flowed down my cheeks against my will.
I couldn’t understand.
I obviously grabbed the king of hell and jumped into the door of reincarnation together.
So you should be given a new life and a chance.
It’s natural to live a new life.
But why did he come back to this terrible goshiwon life he wanted to avoid the most?
Even that, as of the morning of the day after he left here possessing Lloyd Frontera.
‘This is too much.’
It was unfair.
I don’t know what’s wrong
I was really sad and angry.
Kwachak!
Unknowingly, I punched my face in the mirror.
The washbasin mirror was cracked.
Red cracks also went to the fist.
It didn’t hurt at all.
No, I didn’t even feel sick.
“ha ha ha. under.”
I’m so sorry
I can’t be so desperate.
only laughter came out.
♣
How did you spend the morning?
I don’t know.
But one thing is certain.
It is certain that I have returned to the original Kim Soo-ho.
“….”
Lying in a daze, I picked up my phone.
3 missed calls.
It was a call in the morning.
It was obvious without looking at who it was.
‘I’m guessing he called to ask if he’s out of work.’
I suddenly remembered something from a few years ago.
It also reminded me of the scene where I went out right before I was possessed as Lloyd Frontera.
That was a few years ago for me.
But here?
It was just yesterday.
So maybe I was dreaming?
In the meantime, from the Prontera Territory to the Royal Road Magenta to the Laurasia Continent.
All the times I worked so hard, sometimes sweated hard, sometimes laughed and talked, and sometimes experienced many things…Was it just a grandiose dream of one night?
‘King Xaviel’s sister….’
And the Countess and Julien.
Podongi and Bangbangi, Hamangi and Bibeongi Kkomingi.
Many other relationships came to mind.
The memories we made together also came to mind.
That made me even more frustrated and miserable.
At the same time, I was also afraid.
But I wanted to check.
I opened the novel app.
A list of novels I have read has appeared.
Among them, there was an iron-blooded knight.
The story of the world I lived and breathed as Lloyd.
Perhaps the content of this novel would have changed a little.
Wouldn’t the traces of the things I’ve been through while struggling, laughing and chatting remain in the novel?
I opened the novel with a feeling of fear but anticipation.
I glanced over.
Expectations turned into disappointment.
fear into despair.
It was such a simple thing to change.
“….”
does not exist.
nowhere.
in any corner.
I can’t even find a trace of me.
Lloyd Frontera still dies early.
The count couple also ended their lives miserably.
Xaviel leaves for the world.
He went through many adventures as an iron-blooded knight.
There is only that grand and indomitable epic.
So there was no trace left anywhere that I had lived through so many things.
As if it never existed in the first place.
Just like it was all a dream.
‘No, no.’
I didn’t like to admit it.
At some point I was up and putting on my old parka.
I went to gosiwon with the feeling of wanting to deny the reality.
I rode the train mindlessly like a madman.
Someone frowned at my shabby outfit.
I didn’t even pay attention to that reaction.
I only remembered one thing.
‘Namsan. perhaps….’
There may be traces left there.
No, it certainly will.
It has to be.
‘Because I went to Namsan with Xaviel.’
To build the Jewel of Truth.
To find the last key material of the Jewel.
It reminded me of the time when I came to Seoul with the dimension-shifting magic of Berkis, the Dragon King.
At that time, he climbed Namsan Mountain.
Love lock railing at Namsan Tower.
One of them was said to be the last core material of the treasure.
I took it apart and took it with me.
‘So there will be traces left. Because we took off one of the railings and threw it away. You would have put a new railing in its place.’
I thought it must be so.
So, only the railing in that spot would be new.
That it had less rust than other railings around it, or that it was in different condition.
‘I just need to find it.’
That’s it.
The reason I came here with Xaviel.
It’s not just a dream job.
It really proves what I’ve been through.
‘please.’
even if i can’t go back
At least I hope those times are not dreams.
If even those memories were my own dream, I would want to die.
‘please.’
I climbed Namsan Mountain with a sense of desperation.
Numerous strangers passing by.
passing by and passing by
breathing hard.
Finally, we arrived under the Namsan Tower.
I inspected the railing with a spirit of fervent prayer.
But it wasn’t.
“…uh?”
rust-free railings.
Railings that look like new.
There was no such thing.
It was nowhere to be seen.
Just all equally old.
Like the promise of countless lovers, the locks are piled up.
In the meantime, people’s laughter and chatter were spreading happily.
“….”
So no.
The traces of my coming here with Xaviel.
Not even the only evidence to confirm that the memories of the past few years were not false.
“It just wasn’t there.”
from scratch.
from scratch.
there was no
It was just a dream.
A little grandiose and realistic.
So stop thinking it was real.
It was so sweet that I had a terrible dream.
It’s just like that.
“haha. under….”
I just laughed out of embarrassment.
Like an insane person, he trudges.
I went down Namsan.
passed by countless strangers.
Happy lovers friends family.
While everyone is laughing and talking together.
I went down the stairs alone.
Where did you go after that?
how you walked
I do not know.
I just walked in a daze.
I wondered if I would look around and see if Xaviel would talk to me.
I was afraid that the king’s sister would laugh and say let’s fight.
As I was walking, I suddenly stopped.
I tried putting my hand in the inside pocket of my old parka.
But there is no Ppodongi, Bellangi, Hamangi, Bibeongi, or Kkomingi.
I don’t feel the bone disease or dragon.
Of course there is no Mana Heart Circle.
“under….”
Is it strange that I smile alone while walking?
The eyes of others passing through the crowd.
But it doesn’t matter.
I just kept walking.
Coughing in the blizzard of an early winter afternoon.
It was late in the evening when we arrived in front of the Gosiwon building.
My stupid belly rumbled without even noticing.
Only then did I realize
‘You haven’t eaten anything today.’
Didn’t even drink a sip of water.
It was only later that I felt hungry.
I searched my pockets.
Fortunately, there were two thousand-won bills.
I entered a gimbap restaurant on the first floor of the gosiwon building.
I packed a line of kimbap for 1,500 won and brought it out.
Came to the high school.
But that was then.
“hey. Room 301?”
someone called me
A strangely familiar yet unwelcome voice.
I turned around and saw the secretary of the gosiwon, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time, coming out into the hallway.
“Why did you wake up in the public bathroom mirror in the morning? People say Room 301 is broken, right?”
The secretary of Gosiwon asked with a frown.
I didn’t answer.
just a little blank
I only looked at the secretary’s face.
The secretary let out a deep sigh.
“What’s wrong with Room 301? No, you should be a little nuisance in moderation. Aren’t you supposed to protect what you want to protect?”
“sorry.”
“I’m sorry, is that all? yes? do you live here alone? If you break the mirror, you don’t have to talk. Besides, when are you going to pay for the room this month? Do you know how many days it’s been delayed? But do you have any money to buy gimbap?”
The tuk-tuk general manager hit the bag of gimbap.
The general’s words continued.
“And while the words came out, a little. Even though the common kitchen’s raw rice and kimchi are free, isn’t it a bit harsh? You have to spread it in moderation, right? Aren’t you sorry if you can’t pay your room bill on time? How many times do I have to believe that I was pushed back?”
“…sorry.”
“If you knew I was sorry, would you pay the room bill sooner? I’m going to charge you for breaking the mirror today and for repairing it, as well as the labor cost. Okay?”
“yes.”
Leaving behind the general manager’s harsh eyes, he entered the room.
A cramped alcove that fills up when you stretch out your feet.
A musty yellow wallpaper greeted me.
A sigh came out without my knowledge.
“under.”
I just wasn’t even mad.
I was wondering what to accept.
Somehow I didn’t even feel that way.
Only laughter came out.
Only sighs came out.
I took off my old parka and sat down on the bed.
As if nothing is wrong.
It didn’t seem like a big deal.
I took out a roll of kimbap and took a bite.
But why
why.
Doesn’t the kimbap go over?
Am I constantly choking?
‘really.’
no matter how much it was a dream
I don’t think it was really a dream.
But I can’t admit that it wasn’t a dream.
It’s too unfair to admit it like this.
I was in vain.
It felt like everything collapsed.
I didn’t have the courage or the courage to start over.
The reality of returning to the hopeless life of Kim Soo-ho, who was just rotting away in a small room, was so harsh and unfair.
even I did not know.
Tears flowed.
But that was then.
smart smart
someone knocked on the door
who is it
Is it the general manager again?
‘What am I going to nag this time.’
Could it be that I came to talk about the mirror repair cost I mentioned earlier?
It seemed like that.
I quickly wiped my eyes.
Trying hard to stay calm.
Let’s never show a miserable face.
I promise, I promise, I promise.
slowly opened the door
and met
“…uh?”
there he was
I missed you so much and missed you.
I thought I’d never see you again.
I thought I would never see anything here.
Such a face was waiting for me outside the door.
more than welcome
towards me with teary eyes.
“…I missed you, Mr. Lloyd.”
Xaviel cried and smiled brightly.
