## Chapter 1407 – The Approaching Darkness

Claudie is like a mom, right?

Everything about her is right. She’s overflowing with love and she’s the woman who brought me back to this world. You could call her a kind of mom, but since she’s not my real biological mom, it doesn’t really matter.

“Katt, Katt!”

Claudie called my name with a voice full of emotion, rubbing her face against my chest. She’s really touched. Endearingly so.

“Hehe, yeah. Claudie. I’m here.”

I laughed, stroking the back of her head and her ears. Seriously. I can’t help but laugh. Even when I reveal such a shocking truth, Claudie reacts like this.

This is too good.

“Anyway, you understood everything I said, right?”
“Yeah…”
“I feel a bit sorry for telling you this only now. I should have told you sooner.”
“It’s okay… I already knew Katt’s heart.”

The feeling of being reborn into this world thanks to her.

Claudie already knew that.

“And… about that old world. If you thought of it as a past life, it’s fine. Honestly, it’s an amazing story, but… that’s not what’s important. I love Katt.”
“Me too…!”

How can she be such a lovely woman!
The warmth I feel is so nice!

“I wondered why you didn’t talk much about the old days, Katt. You didn’t know anything about Mirkesha, did you?”

Claudie said with a smile.

“Hehehe, that’s right. I really don’t know anything. Aside from what I heard in rumors and read in books, I’m a complete blank slate. No lie, I’ve never even been there.”

The Koria tribe, what a joke.
It’s a story that only makes me laugh.

“I’m going to listen to Katt’s old stories a lot from now on.”
“I’ll tell you as many as you want.”

My old stories, huh.

I hugged Claudie tightly on the bed for a while, rubbing against her. I really feel like I’m going into heat and can’t stand it. But let’s talk about what we need to talk about first.

“By the way, Katt. Was the language injected with the lich’s magic?”
“Yeah.”

Injected.

“The language of this world is completely different from the language I used in the old world. But I feel the language of this world as my native language.”
“…”
“That’s how powerful the lich’s magic is. It can change a person’s entire language system like that.”

The lich is an ancient being.

An existence that has been active since before the Idol War broke out.

There’s no way such a guy could be weak.

The reason he was weak all this time was because…

Whether it was a seal or something, he had just woken up and was recovering his strength. It’s speculated that he created a gap in the dimensions in that state, and that’s how things turned out like this.

“Actually, it’s kind of obvious. The monsters from the other world spoke our language too. It was only natural that I, who had no mana or anything back then, would be affected by that magic. That’s how it is. Don’t worry too much, because you know the reason.”
“…Okay.”

Claudie finally seemed a little relieved.

“So, when Katt was doing that ‘boong-jjeu boong-jjeu? te-e-e-ng? dejaaaaat?’ thing, it was all because of the influence of that world.”
“You could say that.”

I still respect Mr. Newton.

“Katt… then now…”

Claudie came in for a kiss, and I used the mysteries of the Heavenly Demon’s Descent to take off all her clothes without using my hands.

* * *

“So… huh? Our husband. Huh?”
“Yeah.”
“Is actually not from the Mirkesha barbarians, but…”

Karin said cautiously.

“From another world… is what you’re saying?”

Liztina received.

“Yeah. You understood well.”

That’s exactly it.

“I’m sorry for telling you now, sis. But as I said just now, I was thinking of my life in that world as something similar to a past life. That’s why I didn’t say anything… I honestly have nothing to say about this. I’m really sorry.”

I apologized to them.

Karin and Liztina had just returned. I feel a bit sorry for telling them this kind of story now that they’ve come to rest, but since I’ve already told Claudie, I have to tell everyone. If not now, it’ll be hard to find the timing again.

“…”
“…”

Anyway, Karin and Liztina looked at each other for a moment.

—Nod.

Nodding their heads.

—Whoosh.

At the same time, they took off their tops and bras, revealing their breasts.

“Should we rest with our sisters for a bit?”
“Yes. You must have been very tired?”

The two sisters who revealed their breasts looked very affectionate and came over to hug me…!

Do these sisters not trust me!

Just as I was about to say something, I heard Karin’s voice as she hugged my head.

“Claudie? You heard the story first, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Did you take good care of him?”
“What Katt said is true. Believe me, Karin. I was surprised too, but it’s all true. Katt doesn’t lie.”
“…”

I pulled my face out of their breasts.

“Yeah… that’s right. It’s true. But it’s only natural that you don’t believe me.”

It was the moment I said that, gazing intently at their faces.

“Oh, uh… no. It’s not that I don’t believe our husband, it’s just… well. A little? No. I’m just very surprised…”

Karin was in a state of confusion.

“So, in other words. That’s a world where only humans live… and the lich tore a gap in the dimensions. And you happened to come here… is that it? Katt?”

And Liztina, as if trying to confirm again.

“Yes.”

I answered calmly.

“Don’t tell me you’re angry because I hid this, sisters?”

As I asked that, I subtly inquired.

“No! Hey! What are you saying! Would we do that! We’re just surprised!”
“That’s right! Would we get angry over something like that!”

They shouted, their faces red. They vehemently denied it, shaking their hands. Okay… their sincerity was conveyed!

“Of course, I’m a little angry that you told us this only now… but you said you thought of it as a past life, right?”
“Yeah.”

I nodded and answered.

“When I first fell into this place. I was full of hatred and anger. And I was weak. I hated my weak self. So, to distinguish myself from the me at that time, I started thinking of it as something similar to a past life from some point on.”

Hearing those words, Liztina.

“It must have been… hard.”

She took my hand.

“Hehehe, not anymore.”
“Hey. Then. When you first came to learn swordsmanship from me?”
“At that time, I still had the thought that I was from that world. It changed when I met Claudie.”
“Is that so?”

Anyway, I was glad they weren’t angry.

“Haa. Okay. Well, I’ll understand since that’s the case. I actually thought you had a bit of a unique personality, but it was because you were from another world. Your common sense must have been different… I feel like some of my questions are being answered now?”
“There’s definitely that feeling. Are people from that world all like our husband?”

No. People are pretty much the same everywhere.

“Everyone’s different. But well, I was a pretty normal person with common sense. No. If I had to say, I was on the more cultured side.”
“Heh…”

At those words, their mouths dropped open.

—Shake shake.

And Liztina, shaking her head, asked.

“Still, it’s really amazing that there are the same humans in another dimension. What kind of world is it there?”
“It’s a world where there are only humans. Only humans.”
“No elves or dwarves?”
“None. There are no monsters there either. Demons are just products of imagination. There are only beasts, insects, and fish. And humans.”

Karin, who was listening to the story, asked.

“Hmm… Did the humans wipe out all the other races?”

Ah.

So the premise is that they existed in the first place.

“No. It’s not like that. They just weren’t there from the beginning.”
“They weren’t there at all?”
“Yeah. There were only humans from the beginning.”
“That’s a bit strange.”

I was very surprised when I came here too.

“So there are only humans and those beasts living on one planet?”
“That’s right. 6 billion humans are ruling that one planet.”

6 billion Earths.

“What!!!!”
“What did you say!!!!”
“S, six billion?!”

Those words seemed quite shocking.

“There’s no mana there either. You can think of all 6 billion humans as ordinary people without mana. Knights and mages like the ones in this land don’t exist in that world.”
“What kind of ridiculous world is that…!”
“No knights or mages? Then what kind of world is it?”

Is this such a surprising thing?

Well, I guess it’s common sense here that there is mana.
Is it natural?

“It’s really amazing. Hey. Then is there a world of elves too?”
“There might be.”
“Is there a world where only dwarves live too?”
“Maybe?”
“Then there must be a world where only demons live too?”
“Sister. That’s Pandemonium.”
“Ah.”
“Karin? Are you perhaps a moron?”
“What, you little…! No. Damn it. It’s not like that, it just turned out that way as I was asking!”
“Hehehe, it can happen.”

Anyway, they weren’t angry at all. And they seemed very interested in the world I used to live in. I told them stories about that world. It was fun to tell them because they all looked so amazed.

“Then that language. You said the language was injected, right?”
“Yeah. The lich’s magic.”

Injection.

“It has become a part of me and has grown with me. There’s nothing I can do about it. Unless you fundamentally change my brain.”

I’ve already experimented.
I can’t speak Korean now.

“…”

Karin and Liztina expressed their concern.

Then.

“Wait. Then Katt.”

Liztina called me with a face that seemed to have made up her mind. Somehow, I could read that expression. So I answered first.

“I’m not going back.”
“Yes…?”
“I have no intention of going back to that world. I told you, I think of it as a past life that doesn’t matter. This land is my home and cradle, where would I go? So don’t worry about that. Sister.”
“…Yes.”

I stroked her bowed head.

“Where would I go, leaving my sisters’ breasts behind.”
“You’re really a crazy bastard… but what should I say… I suddenly feel like crying… Ah. Damn…”
“No. Why are you crying again, sister.”

But suddenly Karin started to sob. I reached out my other hand and stroked her head too.

“Sniff… no. Well… just a little… Ah, never mind. Then let’s hear some old stories. You suddenly came to this land because of that lich bastard, right? Then you must have lived a normal life before that.”
“That’s right.”
“Then what did you do in that world where there are only humans?”

At that time, I was a student in my mid-twenties who had just been discharged from the military.

“In my previous world, I was a student. At the same time, I was a former soldier.”

In South Korea, most men in their mid-twenties are students who are former soldiers. It sounds impressive when you say it like this, but damn that conscription system.

Ah, damn it. That Googeun bastard. I’ll slaughter his parents.

“W, were you a soldier?”
“A soldier?”
“Katt? You were a soldier?”

The three of them reacted like that.

“Hey Claudie? Didn’t you hear everything?”

Karin asked Claudie.

“I haven’t heard the old stories yet! Katt! You were a soldier?”

Everyone seems very interested in the word soldier.

“Yeah. I was a soldier. A private.”
“Wow. Damn. You were really a soldier. What did you do?”

Karin seemed the most interested.
She’s the kind of sister who likes these kinds of stories.

“Well, my country was a divided country. I was pretty much a low-ranking soldier working on the front lines. My main job was to endlessly monitor the enemies in the mountains where endless winter unfolds.”

It’s a story from when I was working at the GOP.

In fact, it’s nothing to a South Korean, but since I’m telling the story anyway, I decided to mix in a little bit of bullshit.

This is really nothing in Korea.

Divided country. Front lines. Soldier. Private. It might seem a little strange to others, but it’s not in Korea. But my girls weren’t. They’re all amazed right now.

“How could you have such a past…”
“Katt. Then were you always fighting enemies?”

Claudie grabbed my hand, her eyes shining.

“No. Well. There was almost no chance of that happening. I was mostly a watchman.”
“A guard. A guard is important. Well, there might be such a position. Hey. But then. You said there are no mages or knights? Then do they all fight with swords and spears like low-ranking mercenaries?”
“No. They don’t use spears, swords, or bows in that world.”
“What? Then what do they fight with? You’re not going to say they fight with their bare hands.”

Karin said that, looking at Liztina.

“What. Why are you looking at me like that? Karin?”
“What do you think about ordinary people without mana fighting with their bare hands?”
“Self-defense for civilians. And that’s only used among people with citizenship.”

That’s a fact.

“Anyway, there’s a tool. A tool for killing people.”
“Isn’t that a spear and a sword?”
“It’s a more advanced weapon than that. It’s a weapon that can easily kill a soldier who has been training for ten years just by holding it, even a child.”
“What? There’s something like that?”

At those words, everyone expressed their doubts.

“If you pull a lever-like thing, a small piece of iron is fired, and it easily pierces through human flesh. It’s called a gun, and I worked with that.”
“Hmm… Is it like an artifact?”
“No. It’s just something that’s mass-produced in a factory. It doesn’t cost much.”
“It doesn’t cost much?”

Then Liztina intervened.

“Then then. To summarize, are you saying that 6 billion humans fight with weapons like that artifact? In a world where there are only humans? And they don’t even have mana or magic?”

No, not all 6 billion people fight.