The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 85
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The soldier shouted save (85)
An unexpected word came out of the gisaeng’s mouth.
‘… Lee Hyeonseong?’
A word that calls me Lee Hyeon-seong.
He takes the woman’s hand away and declares.
“I am not Lee Hyeonseong.”
“… … I know. But, even so, Nari is Lee Hyun-seong.”
He frowns and ponders the courtesan’s words.
‘It’s not Lee Hyun-seong, but you’re saying it’s Lee Hyun-seong?’
The soul of Lee Hyeon-seong that is attached to me.
Could it be that the courtesan knows the secret?
“What do you know?”
“… … the future. And I know the past, before I was born.”
The courtesan, walking slowly, places a cushion in front of her.
“Please sit down.”
“Tell me first why you called me Lee Hyeonseong.”
The courtesan sits quietly and speaks.
“It was Lee Hyeon-seong’s intention.”
“… … Is this Lee Hyun-seong’s intention?”
“Mr. Lee Hyeon-seong said that if you see someone with the same fate as him, think of that person as Mr. Lee Hyeon-seong.”
The courtesan smiles and invites him to sit down again.
“What is your name?”
“This is Prel.”
I sit on the cushion with a calm mind at the sight of the courtesan acting friendly.
“… … Okay, Prel. Tell me what you know in simple terms.”
The prophetic courtesan, Prell, begins to tell a long story.
It was a story of the past, when both I and Prell were not born.
“After the Demon King died, one of the surviving demons attacked Mother’s village.”
The wounded demons branded people with the marks of sacrifice and took part of their souls to restore their bodies.
“It was Lee Hyeon-seong who appeared before my dying mother. He killed the demon and saved my mother. Lee Hyeon-seong is my benefactor!”
As Prel clasped his hands together as if worshipping Lee Hyun-seong, he began to think that it might be a vain delusion.
“Did you hear that from your mother?”
“No, my mother died right after giving birth.”
The words don’t make sense.
“… … Then, who did you hear the old story from?”
You can’t hear stories from the dead.
Prell places his hand on his forehead and says something meaningful.
“There is a spirit of my mother and a special being inside me.”
“……what?”
“What I said was what my mother’s spirit told me.”
Could it be that someone’s soul is attached to me like mine?
Activate the ‘World of the Spirits’ to see souls according to Prell’s words.
‘… … I can see something.’
Examine Prell’s body.
As she said, there was a soul attached to it that was emitting a faint blue light.
‘… …It’s not emitting light, but is it burning?’
Burning the soul.
To my eyes, the soul attached to the body appeared to be burning in blue flames.
“You’re not even a warlock, so how can you be harboring another soul?”
“Mr. Lee Hyeon-seong said that this was the only way to save me in the stomach.”
I thought I knew Lee Hyun-seong’s intentions.
A mother and child whose soul was absorbed by the demon.
Lee Hyun-seong restored the soul damaged by the demon tribe by using another soul.
‘… … If Prell’s claims are true, then his skills are ridiculous.’
He filled the damaged soul with a spare soul and kept the mother alive until she gave birth.
Then, another mother and an extra soul were put into the world for Prell who was born again.
“… … What does it mean that Lee Hyun-seong and I have the same fate?”
“It’s literally true. Beyond the life that is allowed to humans, the image of death repeating itself. I have seen you and Mr. Lee Hyun-seong die countless times.”
Perhaps a repeating future through saves.
“What kind of future have you seen?”
When I ask that, Prell suddenly lowers his head.
“… … I’m sorry. My strength was weak, so I couldn’t protect the privilege.”
“What does that mean?”
“… … It has become a little more blurred every year, and now it has become so hazy that it is hard to see clearly. Even if I look at something blurry, I can recall my memories… … .”
A future that appears so hazy that it is difficult to see.
‘wait for a sec…….’
I ask again about the strange words mixed in with Prell’s words.
“Did you just say it was a special privilege?”
“… … Yes. My ability is not prophecy.”
Frell, waving his hand, looks into the empty space and says.
“Scene flashback. Lee Hyun-seong told his mother that he would be born with the privilege of having that name.”
Flashback to the scene.
The name of the privilege reminds me of someone I’ve never heard of.
‘If it’s Oh Seo-young, she’ll know what kind of special privilege this is.’
I had to return with as many clues as possible.
When asked for further explanation of the privilege, Prell nods and answers.
“If I choose a picture that is lined up like a book page, I can see a certain situation as if I were remembering it.”
As I listened to Prell’s explanation, a question arose.
“… … How can you become a courtesan who can see the future with such abilities?”
“Actually, there is only one person whose future I have ever predicted.”
“… … Only one?”
It didn’t take much thought to come to mind who was the only person who could tell the future.
“The leader of the bandits. Is he the only person you can tell the future to?”
“… … Yes. As a special privilege, I saw him die for you. I thought that if I dropped a hint, you would hear it and come here… … .”
The name of the perk is Scene Flashback.
I thought that if I thought of the name as a clue, it would be a privilege that would allow me to vividly recall the past, but it was strangely different.
Prell saw not only past memories, but also a future where the bandits met their death.
“I’ve always regretted doing something pointless… … But I can’t tell you how happy I am that you came to see me!”
My head was complicated, but I decided to ask as many questions as I could.
“Were you able to use the privilege as soon as you were born?”
“… … No, I’m not sure, but I think I started seeing something when I was about 10 years old.”
Prell and I had something in common.
Both of us were using our perks even though we weren’t warriors.
‘Maybe Lee Hyun-seong didn’t save Prell simply out of good intentions.’
Two souls were placed into Prell’s body.
Was the intention, as Lee Hyun-seong said, to restore the soul damaged by the demon tribe?
‘It might have been an experiment.’
This is an experiment to transfer privileges through the soul.
“Do you have anything else to tell me?”
“Yes, the Kiru here is safe. This is also a place where I received help from Lee Hyeonseong. And I have a helper I would like to introduce to you who was looking for you like me.”
“aid?”
“He’s a person from another world named Park Jun-hee. He’s a kid who thinks of Lee Hyun-seong as a benefactor, just like me. He’s a kind kid, so if you see him, you’ll like him!”
They start talking about a person from another world named Park Jun-hee for a long time, as if they are close.
“Sometimes you come looking for an elixir that will help me see ahead… … .”
Is Prell’s inability to see due to an illness that cannot be cured by the priest’s divine power?
“I also told you that he really doesn’t like me being in the waiting room. It’s cute to see him get angry even though I’m not dealing with any customers… … .”
As the useless talk gets longer, I get up from my seat.
“Can I come anytime?”
“Yes! You can come anytime, Mr. Lee Hyun-seong!”
“It’s dangerous. Don’t mention Lee Hyun-seong’s name.”
“… … Then what should I call you?”
He hesitates for a moment at Prell’s appearance before speaking.
“Sir. Call me that for the time being.”
“Yes, sir!”
“Don’t tell anyone about me either.”
I left Prell’s room through the window I came in through.
* * *
Dawn, just as the sun rises.
Shake the sleeping body of Oh Seo-young to wake her up.
“… … What, what is it?”
He nods toward the door at Oh Seo-young, who has started to stutter again after a few days.
“Get ready. We have to go catch some hemp.”
Achievements required to enhance customization.
After waiting outside the door for a moment, Oh Seo-young appeared wearing her usual clothes.
“… … Are you thinking of going like that?”
“What, what, what, what! I didn’t even know we were going to catch marijuana in the first place!”
“Fine. I won’t worry about it anymore.”
Get back the weapon you returned to Kiru and speak to the groom who was waiting.
“Go to Cheonghwarim.”
“You can’t go to that forest! There’s been a hemp plantation there for months now… .”
“You just have to go nearby.”
He hands the bag of gold coins to the waving coachman.
“I’ll give you another one when you get there.”
The coachman smiles brightly after checking the bag of gold coins.
“Pull out, I’ll make you feel comfortable, Nari!”
Inside a rattling carriage.
Oh Seo-young looks out the window anxiously.
“Hey, isn’t Mr. Park Won-cheol going?”
“If I had put him in a carriage, he would have vomited. He was lying down with his head on the table, so I threw him into the room and brought him here.”
“Ah, I mean, hemp… . W-It’s not dangerous, is it?”
“I’ll cut off your limbs and bring them to you so they can’t cause any harm, so just finish them off.”
“… … Okay. I’ll believe you.”
To some extent, he accepted the situation, and his anxious appearance became quite stable.
I ask Seoyoung Oh, who is waving her hands frantically, about yesterday’s question.
“What kind of ability is this special ability called scene recall?”
Prell’s special privilege, which he mistakenly thought was seeing the future.
“… … A scene flashback?”
Seoyoung Oh, who was looking up and thinking, explains the special privilege.
“In story mode, past memories… … no, um… … it’s the ability to look back at the past under special circumstances.”
“The past? No, the ability to see the future might also be mixed in there?”
“… … Hmm, the future? Did you mistake it for another special privilege? The flashbacks only show situations experienced by the main character or those around him… … .”
The main character and the people around him.
When asked who that refers to, Oh Seo-young replied that no warrior would know who that refers to.
‘… If what Oh Seo-young said is true, how did Prell see the future?’
A future where the bandit’s abdomen is pierced with black magic.
I thought about it over and over again, but in the end I couldn’t find an answer.
“We have arrived, Nari… … .”
A man stops his carriage in front of the forest and looks around, smiling awkwardly.
He says while holding up two bags of gold coins in anticipation of a reward.
“Come back here in two hours.”
“Ha, haha… … That might be a little difficult… … .”
“I will give you as many gold coins as you have ever received.”
“Yes, I will feed you and wait for you!”
I send the groom back and enter the forest.
A green forest where hemp plants live.
-Wheeeheee.
The sound of insects flapping their wings can be heard everywhere.
“Don’t fall behind me.”
With Oh Seo-young behind him, he looks around.
You can see monsters approaching from all directions, flapping their black wings.
‘As the information says, it’s a dark fairy.’
A fairy monster with black wings that is about 1m in size.
“Kkiyaak!”
They all rush in at once, sticking out their sharp spears.
‘I have to cut them all down before they come near me.’
It wasn’t something that could be solved by simply avoiding attacks.
It had to be destroyed in one breath to prevent the monster from reaching Oh Seo-young.
-Whoosh!
It fires a bright red flag horizontally.
-Thud, thud.
The monsters flap their wings on the ground, their bodies cut off.
―“Hehehe, inspector. It’s no use pretending not to hear. I’ll show up sometime… … .”
As Lee Hyun-seong’s power returned, the voice of the demon sword sounded like noise again.
Swing your red sword and instantly cut down the Dark Fairy.
“Are you okay?”
Oh Seo-young surrounded by the corpses of monsters.
-Flutter, flutter.
Oh Seo-young lets out a sobbing sound as she watches the monster flapping its wings even after death.
“D, you told me to just stay behind you! How on earth do you want me to stay behind you! You’re too fast!”
I told him to stay safe, but judging by the beads of sweat on his face, he must have tried to stick to my back somehow.
“… … I’m sorry. I’ll be more precise next time.”
Worried about Oh Seo-young’s safety, he heads to the depths of Cheonhwarim.
After about 40 minutes of walking, easily cutting down the dark fairies.
A hemp plant has appeared.
“… … .”
A tree nymph with a female appearance.
The forest shakes as the tainted dryad raises her hand.
-Puss …
Tree trunks that move like the limbs of a dryad.
“Kkiyaaaaaaaah!”
As he stretches out his hand and lets out a strange scream, tree trunks pour down like spears.
‘In the past, it would have been a difficult opponent.’
There was no need for awkward movements.
-Whoosh!
Just one blow.
A red trajectory flying vertically,
“Kki, kkiaaaaaaah!”
It splits the dryad’s body in two, making a strange screaming sound.
“Hurry up. You’ll be out of breath soon.”
Swing your sword four more times in front of the severed corpse.
-Swish swish swish swish!
A hemp plant with its limbs cut off.
He hands the handle of the Cheongryong Sword to Oh Seo-young.
“Shall I stab you?”
Oh Seo-young tightly shuts her eyes and thrusts the tip of her sword into the dryad’s head.
“Huh, huh?”
A sword that lacks the strength to penetrate the head.
-Phew.
As I gently pushed the back of Oh Seo-young’s hand, the dryad’s head, split in half, was pierced at once.
“Oh, achievement! It said it was done!”
“Now you can even change your face with customization?”
“… Yes, yes. It’s possible, since the ones below have been unlocked as well.”
The result was satisfactory.
I managed to find the prelude in Giru while saving the path and even strengthening O Seo-young’s customization privilege.
‘… … I think it would be better to take Prell to Walker.’
There were many things that were unclear, but he knew too much information that the palace should not know.
Like it or not, it was best to bring him to Walker for protection.
“Haa, I’m finally going back… … .”
Follow the corpse of the monster rolling on the ground and go back the way you came.
‘… … What is that?’
A fallen tree trunk suddenly caught my eye.
“Hey, where are you going?”
Let’s get closer and examine the tree trunk. We can see traces of human cutting.
‘There’s someone else besides us.’
Increases your magical powers and enhances your hearing.
‘… … This way.’
He sends a signal to Oh Seo-young to be quiet and carefully passes through the bushes.
“… …Why do I have to do things like this?”
Kill the sounds and look ahead.
Two men came into view, picking blue flowers.
“Isn’t it because other people have lower status resistance?”
“Resistance? Oh, well. Actually, they’re all the same once they’re finished.”
“… …It’s the same?”
“I don’t know, let’s finish this quickly and go rest. There’s one up ahead too, pick that up too.”
“Yes, Brother Yoochan.”
At the man’s words, the hairs on his arms stand on end.
‘… … If it’s Yoochan, then Kim Yoochan?’
A central figure in the palace with the whisper privilege.
Kim Yu-chan, who manages the warriors, was right in front of me.