Chapter 7: And still nothing has changed.

“I understood why you got so old right away.”

“Yuseong-ah… I have a favor to ask.”

“Don’t say anything.”

Even though Yooseong had cut her with a knife, Seyeon immediately drank the glass she was holding in one gulp.

“Ugh… Can’t you come to our kingdom? Honestly! To be honest, you’re the one who caught the Demon King, right? Can’t you come and take a seat? I’ll even give you the throne if you want!”

“After talking about that just now, you want me to sit on the throne? I’ve told you this many times before, but I’m not coming here even if I die. You know why, right? Besides, I’m going back home. What the…”

Yooseong retorted and took a sip of the glass that Seyeon poured for him.

“Oh, right… I was just joking.”

Seyeon just smiled and said, but it didn’t seem like a joke at all.

“But Yooseong-ah…”

Seyeon, who had an enhanced body as a warrior, lowered her head and blankly stared at the table, perhaps because she was drunk, opened her mouth.

“This might sound really crazy, but..”

“If it sounds crazy, then don’t do it.”

“No It sounds really crazy, but I have to do it.”

Seyeon raised her head again and looked straight at Yooseong.

“The three of you I just talked about… I think Yoo-seong did this because of you.”

“__!”

In an instant, Yooseong’s expression crumpled and his silver eye and black eyes glared straight at Seyeon’s golden eyes.

“Have you ever thought it was strange? The three of you who were definitely close to Yooseong before you started your adventure suddenly changed 180 degrees after you started your adventure?”

… Of course I thought it was strange.

But what can you do even if it’s strange?

No matter how hard you try to find the reason for the bullying, you can’t find it.

If you ask them, they won’t talk to you and only one-sidedly slander you and bully you more often.

Just like a flea that’s trapped in a glass box with a closed ceiling will keep bumping into you and not jump, Yooseong in the past simply complied with the reality that had no answer.

If I try to find another reason, I’ll go crazy from frustration.

It was a little easier to think that they just hated and loathed me just the way they were.

‘There’s no way Seyeon wouldn’t know that..!

Why was Seyeon mentioning the past now?

And why was she connecting the three people’s madness to me?

Yooseong couldn’t understand it at all.

“There must be a reason why you’re bringing it up now, right?

Otherwise, I think you’d be a little angry. Seyeon.”

“A reason… of course there is! The time when the three people started going wild. When I looked into it, it was all a year ago. Did you know?”

Theard through the information guild. It was a year ago.

“My warrior class disappeared a year ago.”

“_”

“Well, my growth was blocked, but my strength was the same, so I didn’t really care.”

What is the warrior class?

It is a class that is said to be given by the goddess and has the ability to grow infinitely in all kinds of skills, such as swordsmanship, magic, and divine arts.

If they had disappeared 5 years ago when the Demon King was defeated, then what would have happened? Why did they suddenly disappear after 4 years?

“Then the three of you started to change your attitudes a year ago. Seyeon, your job also disappeared a year ago. What does that have to do with anything?”

Yes.

If you listen closely, there’s no connection.

It could just have been a coincidence that the timing matched up. But when I thought about when your job disappeared recently, there was decisive evidence!

 “Decisive evidence…?”

Seyeon, who seemed to be collecting her thoughts for a moment as she looked at him with her forehead wrinkled, slowly opened her mouth.

“The day my warrior job disappeared. Actually, I had a dream.”

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Five years ago, on the day she was selected as the warrior of the warrior party and obtained the holy sword, warrior Jin Seyeon had a dream.

Hwa- She was standing in a place where there was a garden full of flowers in full bloom in an open space that seemed like it was above the clouds, and on one side there was a fountain that sprayed golden water.

Hee-ing! Crunch-!

The animals are also unusual, with white unicorns, birds made of fire, and water flying around.

In a place where the thought of …heaven?’ naturally comes to mind.

A woman with white wings lands.

From far away.

“What is it?”

Cheol-geuk-! Cheol-geuk!

Seyeon stared blankly at the iron realized that the figure was the face was covered in a halo so I couldn’t see the exact outline, but the fluttering clothes like the hem of a curtain and the widely spread wings gave off the feeling of something divine!.

Jin Seyeon.

You are a warrior.

You are the ‘main character’ who will overcome all kinds of difficult journeys, defeat the Demon King, and take all the glory.

Now.

Take the holy sword, the symbol of the warrior.

I’m talking about the dream where a being who called herself a goddess called herself the ‘main character’ and handed over the holy sword.

And when I woke up, the holy sword was on the seat next to me.

“But I had a similar dream a year ago..”

Hee-ing-! Crunch-!

A heavenly place where unicorns ran around the garden and firebirds and water birds chirped.

It was the exact same dream as 5 years ago, but there was something crucially different.

“What the hell..”

The warrior Jin Seyeon who had been a pretty boy had become the balding king Jin Seyeon with a golden beard!

“Huh? This is definitely the background where the goddess appeared..? Are you really going to send me home now?!”

In her dream, Seyeon made a serious expression and muttered.

To be honest, because of the king’s work, she muttered about ten times a day, half-jokingly and half-seriously, that she wanted to go home.

If she actually went home, it would be a different story.

As a king, she had a sense of responsibility for the kingdom and was doing her best to run the country.

She couldn’t just accept that they were sending her back four years later, not right after the defeat of the demon king.

‘Okay. I’ll just say I’m here and ask Yooseong to send me.

She made that conclusion and waited for the goddess to appear.

“…?”

Why is a black armored iron man running towards her?

man running towards her.

Cheol-geuk! “Ma… Demon King?!”

She demon king who had single-handedly finished off the warrior party four years ago, or to be exact, Yooseong.

‘Why is the dead Demon King here?! And on a map where a goddess appears!”

Of course, the Demon King is treated as an enemy.

He immediately tried to take out the holy sword, but. ‘It’s… gone?”

His body was in the dream world and his holy sword was gone.

Crunch-!

In the end, the Demon King came within 10 steps and he was trying to get into a fighting stance even though he had no weapon.

“Listen up, warrior! There’s no time! The goddess is gone and a great disaster will come soon..!”

Swoosh- !

The Demon King who had been shouting with his arms outstretched evaporated and the surrounding scenery also distorted and scattered.

“Huh?!”

That’s right.

He had woken up from his dream.

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“Did I get stabbed?”

Yooseong asked with a face filled with the thought, “Why is this happening?” at the story that the Demon King appeared out of nowhere in his dream instead of the goddess.

“Yeah! That’s why I thought it was a stupid dream! I said I had such a dream because I had too much work and was stressed out from the nobles.”

“So, what kind of decisive evidence is the dead Demon King appearing in my dream?”

“Do you still not get it after hearing what I just said? If we assume that the Demon King in my dream is real, then everything fits.

The Demon King’s words “the goddess disappeared, and even the point at which my warrior class really disappeared and the three members of my former warrior party started running wild!”

“..”

It may sound far-fetched, but if we make a hundred concessions and assume that the Demon King who appeared in Seyeon’s dream really did exist, then there are some parts that make sense.

As the Demon King said, “the goddess disappeared’ a year ago and because of that, Seyun’s warrior class disappeared.

Up until that point, it’s understandable. But this alone doesn’t connect it to the three people running wild.

Clinging to me so tenaciously every time.

It’s disillusioning.

However, if you add the fact that the goddess hated Yoo Sung, and himself, then one more assumption is added.

‘What if the goddess who hated me put something on three people to make them hate me.. and it was lifted when the goddess disappeared?”

YooSung suddenly had that thought and opened his eyes wide to look at SeYeon.

“Yoo Sung, you know what I’m trying to say, right?

You said it before when I stuck the warrior’s sword into the demon lord’s corpse, the goddess appeared and said you were disillusioned or something?”

“…”

That was too much of a leap.

..But somewhere in his head, the thought that it might really be true flashed through his mind.

“..Okay. Then let’s say that’s true.”

“I’m not saying that’s true, but in my opinion, it’s certain! 100%!”

“Let’s say those three were possessed by something that made them hate me and it was released!

And now they know everything.

What would they think?

They might feel sorry and want to apologize to me.

But to those women, it was just a mistake they made to a party member who was nothing special in the past?”

YooSung, who was excited and spoke all at once. Karen, Sylvia, and Leah.

The three of them defeated the Demon King and were recognized for their achievements, and rose to the top positions in their respective fields.

One day, they suddenly realized that they had done something terrible to a supporter in the warrior party, even though it was not their own will. What would they think?

They would feel sorry for the supporter, Han YooSung.

But that’s all.

Whether or not they realized that they were being controlled by someone.

To them, it would be just an incident where they think, ‘Why did they do that in the past?’

‘I can’t understand their actions! Karen Redleaf, who had the goal of overcoming racial discrimination and being recognized by everyone, even abandoned the appointment ceremony for the grand sorceress of the palace that she had longed for and came to ask for forgiveness from YooSung and herself.

Sylvia Sylvester, who had always been thorough and diligent in self-management, became a training fanatic who ruined her body by becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol, and even abandoned her job as a knight commander, causing chaos.

Finally, Lea Forte, who had lived only in the temple since birth and worshipping the goddess, summoned the Demon King and became corrupted.

In other words, all three of them threw away all the identities they had built up throughout their lives! Was that something they could do simply because they had tormented someone in the past?

That was why YooSung could not believe the assumption that Seyeon had made.

“..?”

When he didn’t receive an answer after saying that, YooSung looked at Seyeon’s face in confusion.

Seyeon was staring at him with a dumbfounded look, unable to close her mouth.

“What. Why are you looking at me like that?”

“No. YooSung-ah.. do you really think like that? Do you think those three were just harassing you, a mere supporter in their party? ”

Yeah.

That’s what makes it weird.

From my perspective, it was really shitty, but to those girls, I’m just a supporter in their party, right?

It wouldn’t be weird if they just ignored it and went about their normal daily lives

“Yeah.. YooSung-ah. Then what if you add that those three liked you.. no, not just liked you as a person, but loved you?”

“Phew!”

YooSung spit out the alcohol he was drinking at Seyun’s words.

“Gulp… Gulp.. Ah.. Hey, I’m sorry for spraying it in your face. But why the hell are you saying such horrible things?”

Even though he apologized, Yoosung thought it was okay for Seyun to get drunk. T

he three people who drove him to the edge of hell liked him?

It would be better to say that three female gorillas liked him.

There was a time when I thought they might like me, but… At that time, I was a high school student who had just been summoned and was too immature.

I must have been going through puberty, so if a girl showed even the slightest interest, I would have thought, ‘Does she like me?’ That’s what I could have thought.

‘But that was when I was young.

However, Yoosung was now an adult and thought that there was no way that would happen.

The ill feelings he had for being harassed by those three people were ill feelings, but it was also true if you think about it logically.

All three of them are dazzling beauties, and they are all capable people who have reached the peak of their careers!

And Seyeon, the warrior chosen by the goddess and a handsome man (at the time), likes me, who is so ordinary?

“Huh. You’re not even the male protagonist of a romantic comedy and you’re filming a fantasy movie by yourself? Those three clearly think that Yoosung likes you?!”

“… Because take it easy.”

Yoosung said with a serious expression, but Seyun didn’t back down.

“What was it like before we left for the adventure?

I only maintained a strictly business relationship with my three former colleagues, but Yoosung, you were always hanging out with those three, right?

To be honest, I even thought that Yoosung was jealous of you back then. I was the hero, but those three liked you more than me, it was so obvious.”

Thinking about it myself, he was very close with those three back then.

Yes.

Enough to think that they might like him.

“Yes. I understand. Yoosung got screwed over by those three. In fact, it’s rude to even bring up those three to you.”

Seyun sighed as she looked straight at Yoosung again and moved her mouth.

“My wife… Elena said so.

Before the warrior party left for their adventure, there was a chance to talk with Karen the court magician, Sylvester the knight commander, and the saintess. She said that at that time, she felt that the three of them liked you, Yoo Sung,”

“Really?!”

“What? You don’t believe me at all when I, your friend, say things, but when Elena says it, your reaction changes all of a sudden?!”

“Princess Elena is a girl, right..?”

If it was a girl and not a high school boy who felt something, then it’s believable.

Besides, the noble ladies of the kingdom were interested in other people’s love lives, but Princess Elena was the pinnacle of such ‘girl’ society.

“Anyway, the three of them, who had never met a man in their entire lives, said that they each had someone they liked and felt fond of, but when I listened carefully, it seemed like you, Han YooSung. That’s what my wife said.”

“But why are you telling me that now?”

“I saw what those three did. Yoo Sung, whenever you mention those three, your face turns pale as if you’re going to vomit and you can tell that you hate them… And how can you tell that those three actually like you? Right now, we’re talking about the current situation…”

Even though the words lingered in my mouth, SeYeon was right.

The three enemies who left me with such intense trauma that they were nightmares actually like me?

It’s something I don’t want to hear even as a joke.

However, even if I want to say it’s ridiculous, I think it could be true.

If input the condition that ‘three people truly love me, everything up until now becomes somewhat understandable.

Karen Redleaf chasing me to the front of my house and begging me with her crazy obsession.

The actions that Sylvia Sylvester and Lea Forte showed.

If it wasn’t just because I was sorry for harassing the supporter of the past warrior party, but because I felt guilty for harassing someone I truly “loved’, then I could understand, even if it was just a little bit.

Those three liked me…?”

Yooseong eventually half-acknowledged it.

‘But what do you want me to do?”

However, nothing had changed.

After realizing all these facts, his perception of those three… had changed from horrible women who he could never get along with annoying faces that he still didn’t want to deal with, even though they had circumstances.

“But what was your intention in telling me that those guys liked me? So that I could go forgive them and appease them?”

Yooseong felt offended.

It was true that he had come to ask about the three of them, but that was just to figure out the exact situation.

However, Seyeon had clearly intentionally developed the conversation to lead to the fact that ‘the three of them like you, Han Yooseong For Yooseong, who didn’t want to get involved with those three, Seyeon’s intention couldn’t help but be very offended.

“I would appreciate it. Even if the saintess has already lost her flavor, Karen the court magician and Sylvia Sylvester Knight Commander are great forces in this country. Well, as a king, that’s fine..”

Seyeon paused for a moment, licking her lips after slurping down every drop from the empty bottle of alcohol, then opened her mouth again.

“How could Han Yooseong’s testicle friend do that..?I know the situation so well. That’s all I told you. Since you have some power yourself, Karen and Sylvia don’t worry. But you’d better be careful with the saintess, Lea Forte. She made a contract with the Demon King and she kills people at random….”

Your gaze looks a bit dangerous, Seyeon added, looking at Yooseong. Seeing the clearly worried gaze, Yooseong finally relaxed his stiff face and opened his mouth again.

“Tm the one who caught the Demon King. Can’t I catch the Demon King?”

“Yeah! Yeah! Han Yoo-seong is great, he’s great!”

Whink. Yoo-seong got up from his seat.

“Huh? You’re going to leave already? I’ll have the driver outside bring you some drinks, so how about another one?”

“I have a place to go.”

“Home?”

Yooseong shook his head at Seyeon’s question.

“Where is Sylvia Sylvester’s room?”

You can’t believe anything until you see it with your own eyes.