Chapter 226 – 225. The Golden Sun That Gathers People (1)
A brief interlude.
“Aren’t you driving straight, you motherfucker?”
“Oh kinda.”
“Crazy.”
This is a common driving lesson between a father and his son.
And while thinking that, Charles burst into laughter. He looked at Kim Hae-jin, who was sitting right next to him and wearing a red teaching assistant hat and sunglasses, and laughed.
He had Clark draw it, and the car he rode on top of it. We put him in the Jeep, and he sat there and the lesson was going on.
-I guess it’s the same with all boys, when they see me driving a car, they want to do it too.
Kim Hae-jin, who was talking to Charles like that, looked happy but also infinitely lonely.
And now he seemed happy.
He said that after he died, he had a child.
I guess it felt good after being flown here.
Charles smiled bitterly, looking at the few happy expressions on his shit-chewing face.
Are you able to smile even in this hell?
Clark said even after knowing that Cassandra was Kim Hae-jin’s adopted daughter.
-So what?
-So what do you say?
-Did you think I would be shocked by that? In the first place, if you’re going to call them siblings, you have to have seen each other face to face and been together for a long time for that to happen.
-…It’s not that, it’s that you don’t hate me.
-Is there any reason to hate you? Did you abandon your child because you wanted to abandon him? And I also go to catch the devil! Hurry! I went there because I was so damned, otherwise there was no reason to fight, and in fact, I went around doing things like getting beaten to death. Shouldn’t you have made a fuss and asked why I killed him?
-…A plague. It’s really crazy.
-What, why, what?
-No, it’s done. It’s okay.
As he said that, he chuckled. When you see them worrying about each other and asking why they aren’t like that…
As expected, those two-
“You failed the test, you bastard. Even if my grandmother drives, she’ll be better than you.”
“Fuck you, one more time.”
“It’s a waste of fuel, you bitch!”
“No, it’s powered by my magic power, so why are you doing this!?”
If you look at that, those two-
It’s always the same. It feels like watching Pat and Matt, those two idiots.
Yet, they have no ill will towards each other.
Actions that can be shown because we trust each other.
Who would think that is a person who went into the middle of enemy territory and saved himself by seizing the enemy’s weapons with only an ax and a Luger?
Who would see him as a hero who came out of nowhere among idiots who were trying to kill him?
The sight of those two before they disappear for the last time may be the brief moment that Kim Hae-jin has longed for.
Son and father.
…
Just like that, the last moments of their lives pass by.
And Clark Dunn Bringer.
He is as strange as ever.
They say you can perfectly follow, copy, and improve something just by seeing it a few times.
Wow!
Bah!
“Failed, you bastard! Don’t you drive at a constant speed!? Who goes 100km at the test site, you bastard!”
“No, you’re hitting me again, you old man!”
“Drive at constant speed, drive at constant speed! You bastard!”
…
If you see him practice for his car driver’s license like that in just one hour, that’s something beyond a genius. And- After driving at a constant speed once again, I looked at Clark, who had mastered driving, and said as I handed Clark the car keys.
“Great job.”
“…If I call you, you’ll come back, right?”
“Just once.”
“…”
“What is it, dude, why are you looking like that?”
“No, nothing.”
Is it sad?
Well, it must be sad.
It feels like leaving your parents.
Yes, that would have to be the case.
There’s no choice but to do that.
Kim Hae-jin leaves behind Clark, who took the car keys, and approaches Charles.
“Take care of yourself. And don’t get too involved. If Shubniguras is too harsh, start by giving him a punch.”
“…Will I be told that?”
“If you don’t listen, are you going to listen to the damn thing and do it? We’re not doing this because we like it, and we’re not being swayed because we like it. It’s just… All a doll on a string does is hang on a string and climb on top.”
Do they know their miserable situation? Of course, from her perspective, it is not a part-time job.
I’m criticizing it because it gets on my nerves, and of course I’m criticizing it because it’s disturbing.
Pierre also moved around, hanging on a doll thread, and died that way, and who will be next? Maybe it could be Charles, maybe it could be Kim Hae-jin.
“Kkekekeke, finally…”
And yet, when I see him shedding bloody tears and rejoicing that the end is approaching, picking up his broken fingers again…
I was so tired now.
If Kim Hae-jin leaves and asks if he can take his place, Charles can definitely say no.
Who will take his father’s empty spot?
Finally, seeing Alina take her adoptive father away, I am in the midst of many complex emotions. Neither Liz nor my sister knew that I wasn’t in a very good mood, so they didn’t ask me anything about it.
Just a moment of silence, silence.
Liz looks at Charles.
The same goes for Gawain.
Hector seems to be wary of someone acting like he’s never seen him before, and the rest were also more, not less –
In particular, my older sister put aside her usual relaxed smile and was ready to take a picture at any time.
Liz said while looking at Charles.
“So, after that guy left, an even more shitty guy came in.”
“I know.”
Of course, Charles doesn’t care whether that’s the case or not.
The person who appeared in front of me and knocked me down once.
Demon Sultan’s Chosen appears as a monster so great that a city can be blown away by a clash of fists. I am human.
I, who had used magic to prevent the aftermath of the clash between my adoptive father and Charles, felt sick to my stomach, and managed to attack him and land a good blow, but in the end, if I hadn’t dragged my sister in at that time, I would have died.
Charles looked at his older sister, then smiled.
It seems like it’s the same.
“You can think of it as the law of preservation of the sick.”
“Oh, that-“
“…So, the annoying person leaves, and the person who came in is also an annoying person, so this is it.”
“Don’t worry. In the first place, I plan to just say what I need and disappear. I will simply carry out the orders given by the Demon Sultan in his place, as he is sick and old. You can think of it as me carrying out the role of supervisor on his behalf.”
“If you attack me like before, you better be prepared.”
“That’s what you’re talking about when you can kill me, right? Why do you think you can kill me when you can’t even kill an old man who’s dying?”
“Stop fucking doing it and mind your business. I don’t think your purpose is to continue to cause trouble here.”
“You don’t come forward either. It looks like Clark is going to talk.”
“…Joy.”
I’m sick of watching this shit continue, so I’m cutting here.
My older sister was really ready to grab her hair and fight, but Liz held her back as well, and when I cut the cut and Liz stopped her, it was only then that she seemed to let go of her anger. Charles looked at me and looked satisfied, and at the same time, his eyes turned black for a moment. .
Ah, I know this.
Just as the Demon Sultan had encroached on his body and that of his adoptive father, the same is true now.
“Congratulations on passing the test. My grandson. You will be my heir. I am truly happy that you survived and did not die. No one has ever made it this far. And for what you did to your women along the way. Please don’t expect an apology from me for this. You can’t grow if you’re wrapped up in the width of your women’s skirts.”
“You’re giving me such a shitty reason, but let’s just say it’s fun to see me suffer, right?”
“Well, if nothing else, the sight of you struggling to survive is fun and funny.”
You damn old woman.
The sister became angry with a low growl, and Liz also looked at Charles, who was possessed by the Demon Sultan, and then she said:
“Is that necessary? To the extent of interfering with me?”
“Of course, since you have absorbed the power of the Elder God and awakened it, you will destroy everything that stands in the way of my child. Naturally, your struggles have no effect on me. The only fun thing was that Clark, It was when you gave me poison.”
“If you want, you can inject something stronger than that.”
“I hope so. And that means you can hurt me, I mean you can tear my body to pieces, I hope so, I hope you will eat me. Eat my body, the greater King. This has to happen.”
And the eyes of Charles, possessed by the Demon Sultan, sparkle with madness. Madness? No, madness may just be our standard. This may be my standard. Nui just looks at her with a blank expression, and Liz just looks at something disgusting.
“Ah, good, good. You will look at me with those eyes, but what you love will be the same as me.”
“You and Clark are not the same.”
“It’s not the same? Have you ever felt it? Don’t you feel it more and more? That Clark’s personality is dying little by little. And that he doesn’t care about anything other than himself, other than what he has decided-“
“Stop giving that damn speech and there must be a reason why you came to this world.”
“Why don’t you face the avatar of Niyog-Sotep?”
“It’s my heart.”
“…Face it. You can’t do anything at your current level. Don’t just listen to it and remember it well. Unlike your sister, you haven’t even been able to properly absorb your mother’s true power. And, you don’t have that power. “Even though I had it, my whole body was pierced by insect-like things and I almost died.”
Do you still think you are human?
Demon Sultan’s words are chasing me. It’s heavier than before, but it’s not something you can’t shake off.
“I’m a human. I’m just Marcus Dawn Bringer’s child, Halkas. And, I’m just carrying on the legacy my father left me. I live as [Me] And according to my own will. Don’t be a damn thing. No matter what you say, I am [Me]. Do you want to make a king or a [Puppet]? If the latter, just wait.”
No matter what happens, I will rip you to pieces and kill you.
I am me.
And, after declaring that to the Demon Sultan, it clucks its tongue as if it doesn’t like it.
“How could such a brazen guy be my successor?”
“I never said I would be your successor.”
“If you can’t say you can’t do it, then you don’t have any intention of pretending not to know the children of the stars who will follow you, right?”
“…”
“Cook, cluck, you spend out of necessity, reap out of your emotions, and are revered as a king by them, but you deviate from that path. That’s ridiculous. You will eventually kill me and take this position. And… Death to me is only temporary. It’s like a dream. Even though Mortus next to you can kill me, that doesn’t mean eternal death for me. It just makes me sleep.”
Killing itself is impossible?
And the conversation between beings beyond imagination, and Gawain and Hector, who heard the conversation, were almost dead, and then the Demon Sultan spoke.
“As a reward for overcoming this adversity, I will give you as a gift one of the most powerful [Swords] I have ever created.”
“I’m not a prosecutor.”
“Christine.”
“Under?”
What bullshit.
I asked about it, but ultimately nothing more was said about it.
Fuck, it’s always like this.
Just say what you have to say and then leave. Really.
With that, the communication ends-
“Heo-eok, heo-eok- heo-eok…”
Hector gasps and collapses on the spot.
Judging from the bloodshot eyes and throbbing head, it appears that the so-called SAN level has reached its limit. It seems that he is affected to this extent just by being possessed or by a river spirit, even though he has not shown himself in person, and Gawain also seems to be feeling uncomfortable, although he has not collapsed like before.
And Hector said to me:
“…Are you this kind of guy?”
“…Unfortunately, I am also one of these monsters. I was born in imitation of my human father’s body, a [Star monster]. That is who I am, and that is who I am currently living in this world. Didn’t you have a vague guess, too?”
“That-“
“So what, what are you getting bitten now?”
“What do you plan to do with my sisters?”
“…No, looking at me like that, it’s not like I’m going to eat you. You were living a normal life, and then suddenly you’re like this! How could I have done anything about it?”
“…Paris, are you seeing these things?”
“I told you. It would be easier to search.”
“You evil bastard.”
“How does it feel to be in-laws with that evil bastard?”
“That sucks.”
It was a short, powerful, and simple evaluation.
What do you think?
Life is basically shit.
“…You heard everything you heard, Clark. There’s one thing the Demon Sultan didn’t say, but there’s one damn thing attached to this thing called [Christine].”
“Yeah, fuck. That Halkas is like that.”
“Halka…Puhuh-“
“…Hey, you get it, right?”
“Excuse me. I found out even though I didn’t want to know because of some crazy doctor who was in cahoots with my adoptive father.”
“Machina-sensei?”
“…Are you still treating that woman like her teacher?”
Is there another reason why it can’t be done?
Even though she looks at me like that and doesn’t understand me, I don’t hate her.
Even though I’m angry, I hate it on a human level, I hate it.
There is absolutely no such thing.
Of course I will-
Because she didn’t lie.
“No, you didn’t lie.”
“…”
“They came to kill me. They kill me and take my adoptive father with them. Then they kill you. Before that, I thought it would be fun so I told you to learn this, and I told you everything. I am an honest person, so is there any reason for me to dislike you?”
“? I really see all these idiots in my life.”
No, you idiot, where did you lose face? While I was so surprised, Charles asked me why I was looking at him like that.
“…What are you looking at? Is it strange that I say this? You idiot who doesn’t even know how to fight properly.”
“…Seeing how crappy you are, it looks like you got verbally beaten a lot by my adoptive father. This is going to be fun in its own way.”
“…Why does something like this have to be here?”
My sister seems dissatisfied, but that doesn’t mean she can refuse this.
I’m just doing this because I’m told to do it, and I’m here because Demon Sultan wants me to do it.
“He’s just a guy with a dog on a leash. Shouldn’t I, who doesn’t have a dog on a leash, accept it mercifully? The problem is Halkas, who put this dog on me, not my sister.”
“…There are so many different ways to make someone look bad, Clark.”
“So who wants to start a fight with words? If that Halkas moves, the person who has no choice but to do as he tells him to move.”
And before I left, I said to Charles, putting on the red teaching hat and sunglasses he gave me.
“Assei, this is the Demon Sultan’s mutt life that you never chose. Endure with evil and courage.”
“…If this bastard isn’t someone I can kill-“
They said shit was mutual exchange. Of course, I just returned it.
So who started the fight with words first?
The words that come are good only when the words that go are good.
While Charles and I were chatting like that, Hector came up to me and looked at Charles, and he seemed to be cautious as if he knew just by looking at him that it was dangerous. Now, we’re going to be seeing a lot of things in the future, so what’s the point?
“…From what I heard you say, it looks like you were being criticized. It’s okay, right?”
Hector asks, but to be honest, I don’t know.
To be honest, I don’t know what was discussed between him and his adoptive father, and how could I find out from someone who had no intention of telling me that. My sister would know, but she doesn’t really want to talk about my adoptive father, and we don’t have a very good relationship.
That’s right… From my sister’s point of view, she has always put all her effort into her feelings for me, but it would be such a shame for her to cut it off in the middle.
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know? You are the master of this huge power. If you don’t know-”
“…Look, there are things you can stop just by knowing, and there are things you cannot stop. And one of them is the being you just encountered. Just the fact that you didn’t faint when you saw that is amazing.”
“…How did my sisters become like this- Then your child-“
“Well, at least one word about it: you will grow up to be a normal child, unless your parents specifically want you to.”
And Charles answered that. Ah, is that so? Then me and my sister…
“You and your sister were made that way because you wanted it, because you wanted it to be like that. Do you want to be born just as ordinary humans?”
“At least if they want.”
“So it will be so.”
…
“What are those eyes?”
“No, I think it’s a bit more business-like, unlike my adoptive father who always talks nonsense.”
“…Are you and me going to become friends in the first place?”
That’s right.
“Well, it’s not like I’m joking around with you or anything like that. We’ve been at odds with each other since the beginning.”
“That’s all right. I am only watching you by order of the Demon Sultan, and will not be involved in your actions. But… As the Demon Sultan said, it would be better to face your mother. Human emotions Put it aside.”
“…”
“I know you value it, but it doesn’t help your survival in any way. The Demon Sultan wants to see you survive and struggle longer, and he doesn’t want you to die like a sunfish, so it’s better to be stubborn. If not, , Jjol?”
Fuck this.
And-
His eyes turned black for a moment and then again.
“Are you scared?”
The Demon Sultan spoke to me, imitating his unique, shitty tone of voice. Fuck.
How can I tolerate this?
“Well, you’ll be unconscious for about an hour – so it’s best to face it thinking you’ll have a good rest during that time, Clark. If you’re scared, you’ll be scared.”
Pestilence.
Are you trying to make me do this?
“There are things in this world that you must do even if you don’t want to do them. And, where is the arrogance in thinking that you will survive the attacks that will become more severe in the future when you don’t even know yourself and yourself? Don’t be damned, it’s your destiny. Please accept it obediently. As for Kim Hae-jin, I will leave it up to you to choose, but if you want to burn me, there is no way you can do that.”
“Ha, fuck. Just tell me. I don’t know anything else, but I will definitely burn you with my own hands.”
“Please do it, you piece of shit.”
Ppajik-
In the end, you face what you have to face.
That is a set procedure.
…
I’m definitely not saying this because I’m angry at what that guy said.
Really.
And then, he takes out the pendant.
Concentrating my consciousness on the pendant filled with the energy of my mother, Niyog-Sotep, I quietly fell backwards and fell asleep, checking on my sister and Liz, who were the last to receive it.
Consciousness.
And beyond that consciousness.
My mother, my mother, whom I had previously given death to, revealed herself and spoke with an expressionless, emotionless face that was completely different from her previous appearance.
“Ah, you have finally arrived. My descendant. My next entity.”
…
I knew it-
She greeted me with a mechanical look that was extremely far from maternal.
“If you’ve come this far, you’ve defeated me. A crazy, ugly, mad shell of me. If you have questions, ask them.”
“What can I learn from you?”
“Like this?”
And-
Her strength flows into me, and she shows.
Space-time distortions, and…The power of causality.
And the hand that touched me.
And she returned to normal once again.
And when I used it again, the hand that reached me touched my head.
Causality, and-
Fuuuk-!
Even though my heart was pierced, I knew that I would not die.
What-
Is it okay for the world to have such unconventional abilities?
“…!”
“Just like this, you will be able to understand. You are a being created that way. So, you will be our king, and naturally, you will gain my powers of space-time distortion, causal manipulation, and immortality – you can use this for better things. There will be.”
…No, wait a minute, why did a being with such immortality reach death, struggle to die and try to eat me?
“One more thing, why did someone with such immortality struggle to survive?”
“It’s nothing. It’s just that the guy who did that [Trick] To me has imprinted on me the image of a human trying to prolong life in some way that I will see at the end of my life. And I have reached the end of the expiration date given by the Demon Sultan. That’s it. “It’s just that.”
Distribution…Expiration date.
…
Am I still not enlightened enough to accept this concept?
Regardless of my reaction, she continues talking.
“The guy you call [Faker], He is your opponent. You will continue to meet him, and you will continue to meet him until the end of this world.”
I don’t like that.
Of course, I didn’t do anything wrong to that guy, but he’s acting like shit.
Is it just malice and murderous intent for no reason?
“Are you as your mother, or as a fragment of Niyog-Sotep?”
“It’s neither. It’s just a being that delivers information to you and then disappears. The black mountain goat’s mother did that, and I did that too.”
…
“So please don’t expect motherly feelings or motherly roles from me.”
I knew it.
I really hate them.
These unpleasant facts, things that don’t need to be told, are often thrust right in front of our eyes. Nevertheless, I myself have hoped for it, and I am not in a position to say anything, but I have also hoped for it. And-
I didn’t want to do it because I knew I would be rejected like this.
And-
“It’s over. We won’t meet again anymore. Goodbye.”
I opened my eyes but-
For some reason, the area around my eyes became moist.
…
“Clarke.”
“…It’s over.”
Liz and my older sister came into view, and as soon as this was over, I hugged them tightly.
“…Sorry, just… Give me a hug.”
I just wanted to stay like this.
The truth I didn’t want to know, the truth I didn’t want to know, I was hoping for just in case, but I became so pathetic and sad.
I couldn’t bear not holding these two, even for a moment.
“…Something happened.”
“…Don’t ask anything. Not now.”
My older sister answered Liz’s words and patted my head.
Even Charles wasn’t visible at this moment-
…
Around them, Gawain and Hector retreated from each other and just waited.