The Devil’s Dead Child - Chapter 318



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#Episode 318, What needs to be done right away

My father’s one word of trust in me brought peace to my heart.

My father didn’t believe me.

To be precise, he looked at me as untrustworthy.

If you had believed in me before, there was no way those words would have been conveyed like this.

Actually, it’s a given.

How could it be easy for a craftsman who has been doing a certain job for decades to be distrustful of someone who is just starting out?

It may only be a few decades, but it is an eon.

It might just be about function, but it’s also about fate.

During his long life, my father probably had no choice but to trust only himself.

However, the belief you made your arbitrary choice was not a lie.

That meant that the faith my father had imparted to me came to me like some sort of enlightenment.

At that last moment… .

So you’re saying that you’re not worried at all about that irreversible decision that you risked everything on.

It was more meaningful because it was such a belief.

The moment my father realized that, that damn timing just continues to boil my insides.

I’m still angry enough to make my back hurt, but the more angry I am, the more at ease I feel.

It is difficult to explain what this feeling is. Because it was something I had experienced for the first time in my life.

However, the words that came to mind at this moment were things that felt like complaints to me.

There is no point in spitting it out,

Just a list of trivial words to express how I feel.

If it were in front of my father, he would probably have said something like, ‘Why is your grown child such a fool?’

In fact, I wanted to spit it out even more, but the person in front of me right now wasn’t my father.

“… … .”

Cha Yura did not open her mouth any more.

I wanted to hear a few more words from her mouth.

However, since I knew my father’s personality better than anyone else, I already knew that those would have been his last words.

In the end, it was me who spoke first.

Maybe they didn’t want to disturb me as I organized my thoughts.

Maybe Cha Yu-ra would have stood there with her mouth shut for at least an hour.

“… thank you.”

Cha Yu-ra shook her head and said, as if it was not her place to be greeted.

“Now, just make me understand all this. What on earth was Seongjun’s father planning? … And what kind of work does Seongjun have to handle now?”

It wasn’t just curiosity.

Even though I believed she had no emotions or even had no facial expressions, I read the concern for me in Cha Yu-ra’s eyes.

Eat.

‘Maybe it was because of that.’

It may have been a coincidence that my father’s spirit and Cha Yu-ra’s soul were briefly connected, but it was my father’s choice to deliver the message through her.

I vaguely sensed that the moment you regretted the damn timing a little while ago was the reason you made your decision.

If I were to follow my father’s way of thinking, what good would all my friends be?

Whether it was because he was mind-reading or because his emotions were worn out, to my father, the people on this earth were just passing extras on the screen.

All human relationships were used as weapons by Marduk, and you mercilessly put them away.

But was it really a life-or-death moment for Kang Seon-ho when you suddenly felt that your ways might be wrong?

He must have realized this after seeing Kang Seon-ho.

‘If it were me… Instead of putting away Marduk’s weapon, wouldn’t it be possible to take it away?’

I also realized something only after facing Seo Beom-jin’s poisonous eyes.

In the end, my refusal to give them my heart and the things I ignored due to unavoidable problems were no different from the way my father treated the humans of this land.

I smiled slightly at Cha Yu-ra and walked away.

“Follow me.”

Rak Vishia’s adjutant, who did not understand what we were saying, also followed along haphazardly, but stopped when I held out my hand.

As the body floated, Cha Yu-ra opened her fly and flew up.

It was a lot slower than mine, but it didn’t take long for it to land on a nearby cliff.

A place where you can see at a glance the huge portal leading to Lak Vishia and the dense base surrounding it.

I flopped down there and said,

“sit down. “It’s going to be a long story to listen to standing up.”

“… … .”

I went back to the day I started Lost Korea 2033.

Stories that would confuse anyone who lives here.

Will their souls be hurt?

Words that I was worried might raise doubts about my own identity and dignity came out of my mouth.

I was planning to invite all my other friends to the meeting place with Seo Beom-jin and his group a few days later, but I wanted to tell Cha Yu-ra first.

At least to me, she was someone who should have shown that level of courtesy.

When explaining the father’s motivation, the presence of Marduk could not be omitted.

However, I have briefly summarized some of the stories about time and bondage that are not easily understood.

The long story ended, but Cha Yu-ra did not react for a while.

Of course, just accepting it won’t be easy.

No, if it had been anyone else, he might have already treated me like I was crazy and left, or he might have gotten angry and asked if I was making fun of him.

“So Seongjun is now… “Is it Han Seong-jun or Kim Seong-jun?”

Cha Yu-ra’s first question after speaking for a while.

In fact, she wasn’t the one who couldn’t understand that both memories were mine.

So, that question is a confirmation even though you know it.

Asking whether he or she is an important NPC or friend to me.

There’s no way I could tell this story to an NPC, so even he would know the answer.

Still, does this mean that I want to hear it in person?

“Han Seongjun.”

Crack!

Cha Yu-ra stood up and said, shaking off the dust from her clothes that had touched the floor.

“Next time I tell something to my friend, I hope it’s before that friend has to worry about it for a long time.”

“I didn’t know you were a friend who was worried or something… .”

“Thanks to you, I am learning. “I’m so angry right now.”

The veins in Cha Yu-ra’s eyes were red and bloodshot as she looked at me.

There wasn’t a single wrinkle on his forehead, but it felt like he was really angry.

If possible, learn how to smile.

“… sorry. “I was wrong.”

When I apologized, Cha Yu-ra’s whites soon regained their original color.

“The same goes for other classmates.”

“know. I’m still thinking of calling everyone together and talking about it. “I already made an appointment with Seo Beom-jin.”

“… … .”

Cha Yu-ra seemed a little surprised to hear the name Seo Beom-jin come out of my mouth.

She was the person I would have the most trouble with, and she had never encountered him in the tower.

“I came to the tower with Jaehyun and Hong Sohee to seek revenge.”

“is it so. I have to say it. They need to know too. Regardless of whether the other person believes it or not.”

“I will believe it. They already kind of figured it out themselves. … “That’s why you hate me more.”

“It is important not to hide the facts even now. For Yeonhee-na and Ha-seon… .”

“Well, sister, please tell this to the other guys. Let’s meet in Cheongsong in 15 days… Ah, two weeks now, huh! Come to think of it, I didn’t even set a time for them.”

“… … .”

“Roughly lunch… no. Just 12 o’clock? Could you please tell me everything like that? 100 million! “What, why?”

At that time, Cha Yu-ra suddenly grabbed my wrist.

“You look anxious.”

“ah… .”

shit.

My fingertips, held by Cha Yu-ra, were trembling.

I tried very hard to keep my hands from shaking, but it didn’t stop as I wanted.

“haha… . “Are you scared to actually meet the kids?”

I smiled sheepishly and released Cha Yu-ra’s hand.

Cha Yu-ra continued to look down at my fingertips as if she didn’t believe that excuse.

“Seongjun, you need to get some rest.”

Likewise, the concerns I heard from Ha-seon Kwon about me.

“… But before that, there is something I must do right now.”

“… … ?”

What to do right now?

He looked at her with eyes asking what that was, but Cha Yura paused for a moment as if he didn’t want to say it.

When has Cha Yu-ra, a fact gangster, ever cared about who was listening to her words?

When I was thinking about seeing many things today, she said.

“General… . “First, we must hide the general’s absence.”

“… … !”

Hiding his father’s death.

At least make sure to hide it from the public.

Therefore, we must absolutely avoid talking openly about it in various media.

… … This is a fact that I also knew.

There is no need to find a special reason, just do it that way so that the news will not be relayed to your mother or Seongyoon.

So, the reason I was shocked when I heard that story from Cha Yu-ra was because I sensed the hidden meaning of what she was saying.

“Just as George had the appearance, the general also had… “I think it’s possible.”

“It doesn’t even sound like anything… . The question is whether it is possible or not… .”

“Of course it will be painful. But I have to do it. “What will happen when it becomes known that the general has passed away will be chaos itself.”

What Cha Yu-ra said was an undeniable fact.

North right now… I didn’t know how Lim Tae-seong and Gong Ha-gyun in the United Kingdom would react.

Other things my father has done so far… Perhaps the coercive powers that had been operating in your name would disappear at once.

It was probably a man-made disaster, but it was no small disaster.

No matter how much it is, playing a father while barely pushing aside the sadness… .

But the more I thought about it, the more it became clear that this was an issue for which there was no alternative.

“… “Fuck you.”

“It’s enough just to make you aware of its existence. After that, take some rest. “I will take care of the appointment.”

***

Aside from Seo Beom-jin and his group, some members of the investigation team, including Park Dae-geun, also heard the news of his father’s death at the moment when Gu Chang-soo was possessed.

The remaining members of the investigation team were directly at the scene where my father clashed with Kang Seon-ho.

Even if their senses were not high enough to be certain of my father’s death, they would have guessed it based on my subsequent reaction and circumstances.

It was just a fact that was difficult to talk about without evidence.

‘If my father showed up somewhere in that situation, the rumor would immediately be overturned.’

Of course, as Cha Yu-ra said, those who witnessed my abilities through George might think of them as ‘fake’.

Since I did not directly witness the death in the first place, I cannot be sure of anything.

What is clear is that if I let my hands go, my father’s death will gradually spread.

Since I will reveal that fact to my classmates anyway, there is no need to cause any misunderstandings.

On the other hand, if I endure suffering… , it can prevent unimaginable damage.

Still, what bothers me until the end is that just when I’m about to let go of deceiving, I have to deceive someone again.

‘… What kind of person was the father of Lim Tae-seong and Gong Ha-gyun?’

If you don’t know that, you can’t reveal the truth.

Anyway, what I needed right now to control them was to make them believe in me as their father.

I moved to Pyongyang a while ago, but I had not finished touching up my polymorph tattoo.

“… It is a character that is not easy to imitate. My father.”

My fingertips were still shaking.