The Devil’s Dead Child - Chapter 334



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#334 Don’t smile with that face!

Kwajik!

He just told me what he wanted and broke the device.

It may have been a device that was only capable of eavesdropping in the first place, but I didn’t expect a response.

It wasn’t just that I threw my cards away first in a fit of anger.

Anyway, they had already guessed that I was the ‘turning point’ and were moving.

Rather, they would have been embarrassed.

I guess you probably never dreamed that I would personally mention Loco33.

From now on, they will have no choice but to become even more obsessed with me.

“I wondered why you guys were so bad, but it turns out you were just throwing people away.”

“… … It was a necklace I received on the day I enlisted. To us, it was like a symbol of our passing.”

The man was still mumbling something that wasn’t asked with a blank expression on his face, perhaps because he was very upset about the guild’s treatment.

But I wasn’t interested in their circumstances.

“In the end, be grateful that you survived.”

After saying that, I pushed him back into the portal and released his magic.

Phew!

Of course, maintaining the portal for a long time was a task that took a lot of mental energy on my part.

Beep beep beep!

As soon as the portal disappeared, the phone started ringing.

The only person who can be contacted via satellite phone is Im Tae-seong.

It’s easy to guess why he contacted you.

“hello?”

-I’m in the office as you said. Except for the friend who was delivered last… , they all have broken heads.

“Yes… I’m sorry. I didn’t expect that either.”

The office would probably be a mess right now, covered in blood and flesh.

– Did they commit suicide? Just in case, I immediately subdued the remaining friend… .

“No. It seems that the mastermind behind those guys was trying to cover up the traces. The device on the last friend has been removed, so please treat him well.”

-all right.

When I finished talking to Im Tae-seong, I felt Aaron coming towards me.

‘Tsk…! I guess you were planning on sending it all away in one go.’

The detection revealed that the three men that Aaron had subdued first had disappeared from the field of vision.

Aaron soon appeared, his clothes soaked in blood.

Aaron came over, grumbling.

“I was wondering where those guys came from, but they were worse than they looked.”

“… He didn’t take his own life. It was sorted out.”

“her!”

Aaron shook his head as if he was shocked and asked with a serious face.

“So… was it the work of those players you mentioned at dawn?”

“It depends. But Aaron, you didn’t know who he was, so you just ran up to him and knocked him down? What if he was just a tourist?”

I asked because I could see their sinister gestures with my detection vision, but Aaron moved solely based on his intuition.

“What group of travelers would spread out so widely and move so secretly? And when you approach them, you can tell. Those with evil intentions breathe differently.”

“Oh… I have to be careful about even breathing in front of Aaron.”

“What are we going to do now?”

“If I’m going to go out and do something big, I need to secure the safety of my family first. I plan to bring them to the United States.”

“… Am I included?”

“Of course. Aaron is my family too.”

Aaron smiled faintly and turned around.

“I guess I should wash up first. Even after 20 years of eating knife-cut rice, I still can’t get used to the smell of blood.”

A familiar-looking metal syringe caught the eye in Aaron’s hand, who was carrying a backpack on his back.

“Aaron, is that a seahorse?”

Aaron stopped and looked at what he was holding in his hand, smiling bitterly.

“I tried to subdue him by keeping him alive, but it was useless.”

“No, how did a civilian get that?”

“Ah. I snuck some during the Sino-Russian War. I thought I’d try it on my sword when I fight Nienzen someday. … I kept it at home, but I never ended up using it.”

Aaron responded with a somewhat regretful expression and then turned around and walked away.

‘… … Your determination to defeat Yushin was truly sincere.’

***

After seeing the preparations of the farm family, he contacted Im Tae-seong again and asked for his family’s secret residence.

And as soon as the preparations were complete, he was sent on a coordinate transfer device three times.

Since my mother was unable to move coordinates, she was allowed to use the plane with several other women who were afraid to travel by device.

The airport I went to to see my mother off.

I parked my car right next to the plane and helped the mothers and aunts get on board.

“Is it okay for only the five of us to ride on such a big and nice plane?”

“Because it’s a world war.”

Of course, there were no flights to the United States, so a charter plane had to be arranged.

“That’s what I’m saying. What kind of luxury is this in my life… I’ve come this far, so it would be nice if you could come along for the ride.”

“I would like to be with you whenever possible, but I have a lot of work to do and I can’t be tied up in the sky for hours.”

But my mother had lost interest in me and was constantly looking around the inside of the plane.

Somehow, I felt complicated seeing him unable to hide his excitement.

It seems like the reason my mother is so excited right now isn’t just because of the previous century.

“…mother.”

“Huh? You haven’t left yet? You said you were busy?”

After thinking about it for a moment, I opened my mouth.

“Even if you arrive in the United States, you won’t be able to see your father.”

Because when you get there, you’ll eventually find out.

“… … ?”

“My father is not in the United States right now.”

“Oh, right… You must be busy again. You must be foolish. But shouldn’t you not be away from your seat for too long? After all, you are a great leader.”

“Due to unavoidable and irresistible reasons… he went to another dimension.”

Just mixed in a little lie.

“Another dimension? What do you mean?”

It was the result of countless weighings between the thought that it was my duty not to hide the news of my father’s death from my mother and the thought that I had to protect her.

Look at the mother’s eyes, already wavering.

How can I tell you the truth when you’ve finally gotten better?

The promise to return it was not something that could be made sense to my mother.

“I mean, he’s not on Earth. You know, Rak-Bishya? The place where Seongyoon is said to have lived. There are countless other worlds like that that we don’t know about.”

“Phew… Enough with the complicated story. So, when are you coming back?”

“Well. Roughly… about two years?”

“This woman?”

Mother’s mood becomes fierce.

“Well, even so, it’s only about 700 days… .”

“So… You’ve been going around for so long without contacting me or seeing my face once. What do you mean now? When this guy keeps asking me to see you, does he really think I’m a bodhisattva?”

“I said earlier that it was an act of God… all of a sudden-”

“I’m not going.”

“yes?”

“I’m going to get a divorce. Your father doesn’t treat me like his wife, so why should I go there?”

“Hey! What are you talking about…? Even father couldn’t do anything about that situation.”

“What? Are you siding with your father right now? You’re not my child either! Get out! I’m getting off!”

Still, the current reaction is exactly what I wanted.

I quickly picked up my mother who was throwing a tantrum and sat her back down.

“Whoa!”

My mother, who was kicking wildly, suddenly saw me and started to panic.

“You, you… no, you, you, how…!”

Because the moment I put my mother down, I transformed into my father.

The eyes of the farm ladies present were wide open at the magic that unfolded before their eyes.

I was worried that it would be too weird for my mother to handle, so I didn’t bother to imitate my father’s voice.

“Starting tomorrow, you will continue to see my father on TV and in the newspapers. I am telling you this in advance so that there is no misunderstanding.”

“Are you saying… you’re going to act like a dad?”

“Because I had to fill the void. The method was different from mine, but… What my father did was very important to me, to our family, and to the world. My father was not simply pursuing ambitions for power.”

“If you thought your father was just a power-playing guy… you would have divorced him already when the chaos broke out in Korea.”

“You continued to believe in me? Wow! As expected, you are our Lady Shin.”

“I believe it. I feel wronged because I have been deceived for nearly 30 years.”

Even aside from the time when they were Belliona and Nephas, I felt anew how great their love was.

That must have been why the smile was created.

“Don’t smile with that face! It’s creepy, so do something about it quickly!”

“Ah… that’s right.”

I returned to my original appearance and smiled awkwardly.

Mother took a deep breath and said.

“… Also, is it about saving the world?”

At first glance, it seemed like he was saying things like, “Aren’t you tired?” but… I could tell.

That these are the words our mother repeats to us once again to try to understand us.

What I didn’t know was that my father had hinted at a similar future to my mother countless times when he was young.

It’s not about his own miserable fate or preaching a mission to end this unrealistic world.

Only faith.

It was a story about trust.

It was conveyed many times in the form of sweet words that I would never have imagined if I had not had my father’s memories, as well as actions that made my mother laugh, cry, and get angry many times.

My mother always complained that my father was a quiet, stuffy gentleman, but now I see that it wasn’t necessarily like that.

Suddenly acting like a murderer,

Sometimes I look like a madman,

No matter what incomprehensible things happen,

Because the only one who made you trust the man you knew until the end was your father.

My mother was now sharing that belief with me.

“Before that… it’s about getting our family back on track.”

“… … Go away.”

My mother, who had been ignoring me for a moment, buried her head in the seat and waved her hand.

Flap flap.

That gesture, as if chasing away a fly, somehow felt familiar.

“Don’t learn anything weird from Aaron.”

When I spoke in Spanish on purpose, Aaron coughed.

“Get out of here. I’ll take good care of you.”

Although not a woman, Aaron was among the five passengers.

Even his dog Alma… .

Alma was afraid of the coordinate shifter, so if you forcibly dragged her near the device and pulled her away, she would scream and fall asleep.

Anyway, there were only four women, including his mother, so I respect Aaron’s courage to come during that time.

“Thank you, Aaron.”

I greeted each of the farm ladies and got off the plane.

I feel somewhat relieved… .

And can we say that our souls were filled with the blessings of the Mother Tree?

I wanted to enjoy that aftertaste for a bit, but Ju Ja-heon, who was waiting in the car, spoke as if he had been waiting for me.

“I just got a call from Angel. He said that if the Simkang guys figured out the location of the Rioja farm, that means there was an informant at the Safety Coordinates Control Center here.”

“Wait… what do you mean? The location of the farm is just… .”

“Your house is in Rioja, which even the Spanish royal family didn’t know. The Lansatero Island fiefdom was outside their jurisdiction, so there was no obligation to report coordinates of your visits there to the Spanish government. In the end, your brother and Ivy were tracked down… The two of you only entered and exited the farm using safe coordinates.”

“So Sim Kang must have bribed someone in the Spanish control bureau who could access the records? If we find that guy, he’s not a throwaway guy… He’ll be able to track down the clues from the higher-ups?”

“okay.”

“Um… But you don’t have to worry about that right now. I couldn’t tell you everything earlier, but I already sent a message to them.”

“… … ?”

Since we don’t know what will happen in the future, it wouldn’t be a waste to track it down if we can find it here.

‘However… there is a high probability that what you found is literally just the upper line of the heart.’

Not the real player behind it.

Just then the phone rang.

It was Im Tae-seong.

“yes.”

-The probability of being tapped right away is low, but this is not a secret call, so you should always be careful.

I immediately understood what he meant and changed my tone of speech.

“Yeah. What’s going on?”

– He Chun-ning has designated the general as his first diplomatic target. It seems like he is trying to show his direction clearly, but in reality, he is trying to personally confirm the general’s safety.

“I’ll be there soon, is that important enough to answer now?”

– At the same time, there was an inquiry regarding the seahorse. As I mentioned before… However, the whole world is in a state of crying out due to a shortage of seahorse. Our stockpile is also at its lowest, and there has been no response from Rak-Bishya.

The reason I hesitated at what Im Tae-seong said before was because he said he reported it to his father.

Since I had that memory, it was not difficult to understand.

During the period when Katrinnan was released from her father’s confinement and her father went into hiding, there was a “first hippocampal surge.”

Later, Yushin used Maru’s ‘blood donation’ to sell seahorse medicine, but after his father returned and founded the United Republic of Korea, he took over the distribution rights again.

Although the ‘Beliona Fragment’ may have played a role in his father’s peaceful deal, giving Yushin what he wanted, thinking back now, Yushin had a hard time understanding why he made the deal with his father.

anyway.

The reason why the 《Second Hippocampus Wave》 is happening now is because the stock of Yushindo has run out.

Of course, the more fundamental reason is that Maru is no longer in a condition to donate blood.

‘Player…, hippocampus.’

It seemed like there was a ton of work to do without any time to catch my breath, but I found the answer to the most important question in two seemingly unrelated keywords.

“That’s it!”

-yes?

“Tell all the countries that have been trading with seahorse. The new supplier of seahorse is Han Seong-jun.”